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PART FOUR Written by Ben Aaronovitch Original air date: 27 September, 1989 Run time: 24:14 Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Surrender to me what is mine by right of conquest. Give me Excalibur. Ace: Never! Morgaine: Then you shall be given over to the Destroyer. Morgaine: And become his handmaidens in hell. Bwahahahaha! Dig site The Doctor: Tell Morgaine to call off the Destroyer. Mordred: Surrender to our justice and the children will live. The Doctor: Your justice? Tell her to call it off or I will decapitate you. Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Now we shall see what is happening. Oh. He must care for you very much to thr*at my son so. Fear not. It is a deception. Dig site Morgaine (O.C.): He is bluffing. Mordred: We know you of old, Merlin. You will not k*ll. The Doctor: I wouldn't count on it. Mordred: Come then, look me in the eye. End my life. Mordred: It is a weakness, this lack of spirit. Brigadier: Try me. Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Ware this man, Mordred. He is steeped in blood. Dig site The Doctor: Brigadier, this is not the way. Brigadier: I'm sorry, Doctor. Can Morgaine hear me? Mordred: Yes. Brigadier: Listen to me, Morgaine. Leave my world or your son dies. Mordred: Deathless Morgaine. Gore Crow Hotel Mordred (O.C.): Save me! Morgaine: Die well, my son. Dig site Mordred: Mother! Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Knight Commander. Above the dig site Commander: Your Majesty. Morgaine (O.C.): Recommence your att*ck. Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Take no prisoners. Ace: No! Above the dig site Commander: We shall make honour our standard. Put down your g*n, draw your swords. Good steel will be our conscience. Do them honour. k*ll them all. Dig site Ancelyn: This is our path, to fight and die. Bambera: That's what we're paid for, so let's do it with some style! Mordred: My mother will destroy you. Brigadier: Just between you and me, Mordred, I'm getting a little tired of hearing about your mother. Get in. The Doctor: Hold tight. Gore Crow Hotel Morgaine: Your friends will soon be d*ad. Morgaine: Now, give me Excalibur. Ace: If you're so powerful, why don't you come and get it? Morgaine: An excellent suggestion. Morgaine: The sword is protecting you. Ace: The Doctor was right. You can't touch us while we're in the circle. Not while we've got the paper Kn*fe. Morgaine: This is true. I cannot break such an enchantment. Destroyer: But I can. Ace: If you're so bad, why haven't you done anything yet? Destroyer: First I must be freed. This mortal has me chained. Morgaine: With silver. Destroyer: It burns. Morgaine: Good. Destroyer: She fears me. Morgaine: I fear nothing. Destroyer: Then free me, and let me claim this world. Morgaine: Perhaps. Ace: What does he want the world for? Destroyer: Why, to devour it. What else? Outside Gore Crow Hotel The Doctor: Ace! Brigadier: Doctor, no! The Doctor: Morgaine! If they're d*ad... Brigadier: Decisions, decisions. Gore Crow Hotel The Doctor: Ace! Brigadier: Doctor, I'm afraid that Mordred m... The Doctor: Ace? Shou Yuing? Ace: We're here, Professor. The Doctor: What happened? Shou: The hotel fell on us. Ace: There was this woman with a pet demon, and I seem to remember a chalk circle that was supposed to protect us from harm. The Doctor: Yes, I get the idea, Ace. Where's Excalibur? Shou: Er, the woman seemed to want it very badly. Ace: Very, very badly. Shou: So we gave it to her. The Doctor: Good. Ace: But it's not our fault. I mean, if I'd had some Nitro, then maybe I could. What do you mean, good? The Doctor: Exotic alien swords are easy to come by. Aces are rare. Brigadier: Doctor? What do you make of this? The Doctor: I don't know. Which way did Morgaine leave? Ace: A flash of light and gone. The Doctor: I wonder. Castle Morgaine: Where is my army? Destroyer: Gone the way of all flesh. Dig site Ancelyn: A good fight. Ancelyn: You are hurt, my lady. Bambera: I told you not to. Oh, never mind. Gore Crow Hotel Ace: Where is she now? The Doctor: At the other end of that interstitial vortex. Ace: So what's our next move? The Doctor: Well, first we go through this. Brigadier, I'll go first. Ace... Ace: Stay here. The Doctor: Correct. And you. Now, high drama is very similar to comedy. It's all a matter of... The Doctor: Timing. Chou: They're going to be k*lled. You saw the Destroyer. Ace: Morgaine could control the Destroyer. She had it chained up with silver chains. Get it? Shou: The silver b*ll*ts! Ace: Keep an eye on the vortex. Shou: It's fading. Ace: Got them! Shou: It's going. What're you going to do, throw them through? Ace: Do me a favour. Geronimo! Castle Destroyer: You would do well to release me, Morgaine. Morgaine: Release you? Destroyer: Merlin is mighty and cunning. I cannot destroy him while I am chained. Morgaine: What matter? I have Excalibur. Without it, Arthur sleeps forever. Merlin cannot find me ere I leave. See! The gateway home is almost complete. Destroyer: He comes even as we speak. Morgaine: How? He cannot come through the vortex. You have allowed him access. Why? Destroyer: So that you would be forced to release me. The Doctor: Morgaine. The Doctor: Brigadier. Brigadier: Well, nothing ventured, Doctor. Destroyer: Nothing gained. The Doctor: That was uncalled for. Morgaine: Your move, Merlin. The Doctor: You haven't won the game yet, Morgaine. Morgaine: I could always defeat you at chess, Merlin. The Doctor: Who said anything about playing chess? I'm playing poker. The Doctor: And I have an Ace up my sleeve. Ace: Very funny. Morgaine: Destroy him. Destroyer: Release me. The Doctor: What is it to be, Morgaine? Who do you fear more? Morgaine: This is no idle thr*at, Merlin. Give me Excalibur or I will loose the Destroyer upon the world. The Doctor: Don't be a fool. Ace: Nice work, Doctor. The Doctor: But I thought she was bluffing. Outside the castle Mordred: Where is she? Brigadier: To whom are you referring? Castle Destroyer: Free! The Doctor: You fool, Morgaine. The Doctor: Do you think this'll solve anything? Morgaine: Yes. Too late, Merlin. The gateway is open. I am gone and you have lost. Ace: Doctor, I've got a silver b*llet! Mordred: Mother! Morgaine: Mordred? The Doctor: About time. Morgaine: You live. Mordred: In spite of thee, false parent. Witch! Morgaine: I thought you d*ad. Mordred: Thought? Or wished it so. Morgaine: Mordred, no. That was not the way of it. No. Ace: Doctor, can I have a word? Brigadier: Doctor? The Doctor: Brigadier, you're going the wrong way. Ace! Destroyer: At last. Outside the castle Destroyer: Devour. Brigadier: What was that? The Doctor: That, Brigadier, was the beginning of the end of the world. Brigadier: Same as ever, eh, Doctor? Castle Destroyer: I hunger. Outside the castle The Doctor: It's no good. It's not good at all. Brigadier: I can have an air strike here in minutes. The Doctor: It's no good, Brigadier. Conventional w*apon won't harm it. Brigadier: No, I didn't think so. The Doctor: Ace, give me the silver b*ll*ts. Ace: How did you know? The Doctor: Silver b*ll*ts'll do the trick. Ace: How did you know I had them? The Doctor: It's all a matter of timing, Ace. Give me your g*n. Brigadier: What, those will stop the Destroyer? What, you just sh**t the b*ll*ts into it? The Doctor: Simple, isn't it? Just like most killings. Brigadier: Good lord, is that a spaceship? Ace: You scumbag! Brigadier: Sorry, Doctor, but I think I'm rather more expendable than you are. Castle Destroyer: This world shall be mine. And then another, and another. Destroyer: Ah, little man. What do you want of me? Brigadier: Get off my world. Outside the castle The Doctor: We've got to stop him. Castle Destroyer: Pitiful. Can this world do no better than you as their champion? Brigadier: Probably. I just do the best I can. Outside the castle Ace: No chance. He's had it. Dig site Bambera: Sergeant, where's that coffee? Sergeant! Mordred: The battle's not over yet. Outside the castle The Doctor: You stupid, stubborn, pig-headed numbskull. You were supposed to die in bed. I could have handled it, done your job. Brigadier: Nonsense, Doctor. The Doctor: You're supposed to be d*ad. Brigadier: Oh, really, Doctor. You don't think I'd be so stupid as to stay inside, do you? The Doctor: Well... Brigadier: Really, Doctor, have a little faith. Ace? Ace: Yes, Brigadier. Brigadier: I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. He's all yours from now on. I'm going home to Doris. The Doctor: Doris? Brigadier: Yes, my wife. The Doctor: Ha, ha, ha. So she caught you in the end. Brigadier: Yeah. Ace: Oi, shouldn't we be getting back? Brigadier: Yes, Ace is right. I suspect there's some clearing up to be done. The Doctor: Yes, just a small nuclear m*ssile bogged down in a nature reserve. UNIT Mobile Command post Bambera: It's a nuclear m*ssile. The blast will k*ll you as well. Morgaine: We shall be long gone ere that happens. Now tell me, what is the secret incantation? Bambera: I don't know what you're talking about. Morgaine: The magic words. The failsafe release code. Bambera: I've no idea. Morgaine: Oh, I doubt that. What is the code? Spacecraft The Doctor: Ancelyn, replace Excalibur and Arthur will arise. Ancelyn: I think the honour belongs to the Brigadier. Brigadier: Oh, the Doctor should do it. Ancelyn: No, my lord. You were the victor. Ace: Give me that. The Doctor: Ace, have you no sense of occasion? Ace: No. Ancelyn: Listen, she is alive. Ace: Which is more than can be said for Arthur the freeze-dried. The Doctor: This is very odd. Ace: Well, you put him there. The Doctor: I will put him there. Ace: What's wrong, Doctor? Ancelyn: Where is the King? Ace: Doctor, this is for you. The Doctor: What does it say? Ace: Dear Doctor. King died in final battle. Everything else propaganda. The Doctor: Who signed it? Ace: The Doctor. The Doctor: Ah well, that sorts that out. Ace: PS, Morgaine has just seized control of the nuclear m*ssile. The Doctor: Tut. I could have given myself more warning. Brigadier, you and Ace see to this ship. Brigadier: expl*sives, Doctor. Ace: Now you're talking. The Doctor: Yes, we'll give Arthur a warrior's burial. UNIT Mobile Command post Morgaine: Too late, Merlin. The Doctor: Is it? Not while there's an abort button. The Doctor: If this m*ssile explodes, millions will die, you will die. Morgaine: I shall die with honour. The Doctor: All over the world, fools are poised ready to let death fly. A spark could turn into an inferno. Morgaine: What do I care? This is w*r. The Doctor: Is it? Death falling from the sky, blind, random, anywhere, anytime. No one is safe, no one is innocent? Machines of death, Morgaine, are screaming from above, of light brighter than the sun. Not a w*r between armies nor a w*r between nations, but just death, death gone mad. The child looks up in the sky, his eyes turn to cinders. No more tears, only ashes. Is this honour? Is this w*r? Are these the w*apon you would use? Tell me! Morgaine: No. The Doctor: Then put a stop to it, Morgaine. End the madness. Morgaine: Then tell Arthur to face me with honour in single combat. Tell him to show himself. It's time he ceased hiding behind your coat tails, Merlin. Dig site Ace: And you said two kilos wouldn't be enough. Brigadier: Hey, mind you don't get your feet wet. UNIT Mobile Command post The Doctor: Arthur is d*ad. Morgaine: No. The Doctor: He's d*ad, Morgaine. Morgaine: Merlin, prince of deceit. Another trick. The Doctor: No. Morgaine: I don't believe you. The Doctor: Don't you? Morgaine: It can't be. The Doctor: He died over a thousand years ago. Morgaine: Arthur, who b*rned like star f*re. The Doctor: Gone. Morgaine: And was as beautiful. Where does he lie? I would look at him one final time. The Doctor: He's gone to dust. Morgaine: Then I shall not even have that comfort. I shall never see him again. Arthur. We were together in the woods of Celadon. The air was like honey. The Doctor: I'm sorry, Morgaine. It's over. Dig site Ancelyn: I do not fear death, Mordred. You have slain my beloved. There is no life without her. Mordred: So be it. Tis time! The Doctor: Time and Time Lords wait for no man. The Doctor: Ah, Brigadier. Before Mordred recovers, lock him up. And while you're at it, lock up his mother. Lethbridge-Stewart's garden The Doctor: Peaceful, isn't it? Ancelyn: The silence after a battle, Doctor. Brigadier: I'm sorry, I'm not being a very good host. Are you all right out here? The Doctor: Oh, just admiring the garden. Brigadier: I don't suppose you've seen Doris, have you? Doris: Bye! The Doctor: I think the battle may be about to begin. Brigadier: You going somewhere, dear? Doris: Out. Brigadier: Out? Doris: Out, with the girls. Lethbridge-Stewart's driveway The Doctor: I thought you said this was a piece of antiquated junk? Ace: Did I say that, Professor? The Doctor: Yes. Shou: We'll try not to break too many speed records. Bambera: Or traffic laws. Doris: Hey, what's that? Ace: Do you want to drive, Doris? Doris: Oh, no. Er, I'll drive on the way back, okay? The Doctor: Allow me. Doris: Thank you, Doctor. Whee! Brigadier: Er, exactly how far are you intending to go, Doris? Doris: Well, I don't know, but there's lots of work to be done in the garden. Roll the grass. Brigadier: What about supper? Doris: Oh, that's a good idea. Have something really delicious ready for us when we get home, okay? Doris: Oh, wicked! Ancelyn: Ah, are they not magnificent? Brigadier: Yeah. Are you any good with a lawn mower, Ancelyn? The Doctor: I'll cook supper.
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foreverdreaming
PART ONE Written by Marc Platt Original air date: 04 October, 1989 Run time: 24:17 1. (Open on a secluded house protected by vine covered stone fences.) 2. (Inside, an elevator descends into a darkened area. The door slides open, and a lady dressed in a Victorian black dress exits, accompanied by a another lady dressed in a maid's uniform. The lady in black, Mrs. Pritchard, is holding an oil lamp, while the maid carries a covered tray that might be used to serve a meal. They walk into a darkened room that seems to be covered in rich Victorian drapes. Aside from an assortment of stuffed vultures and ravens, there is a large wooden desk, which Mrs. Pritchard walks over too. She sets the oil lamp on the desk and proceeds to push one of a set of buttons set into the desk. The drape covering the back wall rises to reveal a sinister looking door, which they both head for. Mrs. Pritchard leans to a small portal set in the door) MRS. PRITCHARD: I've brought you your dinner and a copy of the Times. (She uses a stick with a hook on the end to lift a small sliding panel set into the bottom of the door. The maid puts the tray on the ground and begins to slide it inside, as something from the other side grabs it and the tray disappears startling the maid back a few paces. Mrs. Pritchard closes the panel rapidly.) 3. (Elsewhere in the house, a grandfather clock ticks 5:51. A set of bells can be heard ringing from somewhere. Another maid, somewhat more plump and dressed more in the style of a Victorian handmaiden, Mrs. Grose, runs down a set of stairs to the main door, behind which we can hear the bells ringing much more loudly. She opens the door, and allows a gentleman to enter. He wears a top hat, and appears to be carrying a bag and a cane.) REVERAND MATTHEWS: Tell your Master that the Reverend Ernst Matthews has arrived. (He removes his top hat ands hands that and his bag to Mrs. Grose) Well...(He begins removing his coat) This house is Gabriel Chase, is it not? MRS. GROSE: Well yes sir, but as I understood it you would not be arriving until this evening. REVERAND MATTHEWS: My patience has already been soilified by the interminable journey from Oxford. 4. (And still elsewhere in the house, the TARDIS materializes in a corner amongst a wide assortment of objects.) ACE: (From inside the TARDIS with a hint of annoyance) Professor, thirty-second penalty. THE DOCTOR: Just get on with it. (The eyes of a nearby rocking horse light up registering the arrival, then fade.) THE DOCTOR: All part of the initiative test. ACE: (Edging her way from behind the TARDIS) Your still a lousy parker. (Looking around at the array of objects) Hey, play time. THE DOCTOR: (still inside the TARDIS) Well? ACE: It's a laboratory. (Sees the wooden rocking horse nearby, and rocks it a little bit) Oh no, it could a nursery. (Sees chemistry tools) But the kids would have to be pretty advanced (sees jars full of things that look like organs) and creepy. THE DOCTOR: (in the TARDIS) Be concise. ACE: (picks up a music box, smiling) It's well safe, Professor. THE DOCTOR: (Still in the TARDIS) Oh, very fact sync. ACE: It must be earth. THE DOCTOR: (Emerging from behind the TARDIS) You tell me. ACE: This equipment's prehistoric (The Doctor makes his way to the rocking horse) I like the toys though. (The Doctor climbs onto the rocking horse and begins to rock. He seems to have a grim look on his face) Aw... (Seeing more jars of organs and things) ...those things are pretty sick. I can't stand d*ad things. Must be Victorian. THE DOCTOR: (still rocking) It's a surprise. 5. (The clock ticks 5:56. Mrs. Grose comes through a door into the Foyer, closing it behind her. Two other women enter from another passageway) MRS GROSE: It's all right dears. (She drapes a shawl across her shoulders) Our day is done (they make for the front door) We shalln't stay here a moment longer. (She opens the door, letting the two other women out, and then as she exits...) And heaven help anyone whose still here after dark. (Closes the door. There's a rattle of keys, and a click as the door is locked from the outside) 6. (The rocking horse's eyes light up once again and fade. The Doctor seems to notice this.) ACE: This isn't a haunted house is it Professor? I told you I have this thing about haunted houses. THE DOCTOR: (looking at her perplexed) Did you tell me that? ACE: Yes! THE DOCTOR: How many have you been in? ACE: (in a hushed voice) One was enough (remembering something terrible) Never again. 7. (The clock strikes Six o'clock. It's ancient bells gong this out. In the foyer two wood panels made to look like part of the wall are opened from the inside. Inside are maids dressed like the one that was seen earlier with the tray. They have no expressions on their faces. As these are merely cubbyholes on the wall, and not passages, it appears that they have been standing in there for some time. They stiffly begin to move out, but with purpose) 8. (Elsewhere in the house, a red light seems to flash on a young girl's face. This one wears a regular white Victorian dress of a lady, but she also has no expression on her face. A man gets up from a chair nearby, and walks around her.) JOSIAH: (putting his hand on her shoulders, she begins to turn her head) I think you should go and greet our guests my dear. (She begins to get up) 9. (Two of the maids walk through a hallway, passing a closed door. After they pass, the door slowly opens. Ace and the Doctor cautiously peer after them, then satisfied come out into the corridor.) ACE: We used to go to museums on school trips. (Taking in the pea green decoration of the walls and the nearby drapes) It was always don't touch, don't wander off, don't give the school a bad name. (The Doctor wanders into a T-junction looking down several other passages) We still did it though. THE DOCTOR: (licking his finger, and holding it up as if checking for wind, he points) The front door is this way. (He takes off down the corridor) ACE: (Seeing a stuffed Ostrich nearby, she rubs it's beak and smiles) Hello. You got stuffed and it wasn't even Christmas. THE DOCTOR: (returns annoyed) Ace. ACE: (to the Ostrich) See you later. (Follows the Doctor) (The Doctor spots something on the ground, as Ace passes. He grabs her arm with the handle of his umbrella, and pulls her back near to the stuffed Ostrich. He stoops down and points at a small tin box on the ground) THE DOCTOR: What do you make of that? (The small box has the letters R.F.C. in cursive letters imprinted on it) ACE: Don't know. Whose initials are R.F.C.? THE DOCTOR: (looking annoyed) It's your initiate test. ACE: I'm asking the questions. (She thinks a minute) When was the Royal Flying Corp invented? THE DOCTOR: Ah, the name wasn't thought up until 1912. I can get you a badge if you like. (He pulls a device out his coat, and extends the probe towards the box.) Ask me another. (Behind them the Ostrich's eyes light up as it watches them) ACE: Whose R.F.C.? (She goes to pick it up, but he swats her hand away.) Professor, I'm only looking. THE DOCTOR: Looking's one thing. (He puts the first device away in his coat, then pulls out a g*n shaped detector and holds it to the box. It emits the fast pulse clicking of a Radiation Detector.) ACE: It's Radioactive. THE DOCTOR: Very slightly. ACE: Is it safe? THE DOCTOR: There is no safe level. ACE: What about R.F.C.? THE DOCTOR: (A spear, pointing towards the box, held by someone behind them edges it's way between them without them noticing) Well let's hope he abandoned it before he came to any harm. (They both glance over and see the spear tip inches from there face) A tip? ...so you acidized it. (They rise to see the owner of the spear, a curly haired man with somewhat blond hair) Quite lethal. REDFERS FENN-COOPER: Where did you find it? THE DOCTOR: Right here. I wouldn't touch it if I were you. This is my friend Ace, and I'm the Doctor (raises his hat). REDFERS: I'm a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (Shakes the Doctors hand) THE DOCTOR: Really, so am I, several times over. ACE: Is it your snuffbox? REDFERS: (noticing Ace's modern, ergo somewhat revealing attire) Please my lady your barely dressed. ACE: Who's undressed? THE DOCTOR: (Getting between Ace and Fenn-Cooper) Excuse my friend, she comes from a less civilized clim. ACE: (pushes the Doctor slightly out of the way) What do you want me to do? Wrap up in a curtain? THE DOCTOR: (He pushes her back behind him) Be quiet noble savage. I'm sure in Central Africa you've seen far grislier sites than Ace's ankle. ACE: (pushing the Doctor out of the way again) He can't see my ankle. THE DOCTOR: (pushing her behind him again) Well your boots then. (To Fenn-Cooper) Your, ah, a big game hunter I take it. REDFERS: I am, but I've seen nothing that equals the atrocities that ran rampant throughout this house. ACE: (pushing him aside again) Is this the surprise, Professor because I'm not impressed. REDFERS: I must say I'm very grateful to find an ally, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: You are? REDFERS: (looking down at the box) You have given me the proof I needed. THE DOCTOR: The snuffbox. ACE: (Redfers reaches down for the box) Don't touch it! (The Doctor silences her, and Redfers picks it up) REDFERS: This is the first substantial evidence that I've found. I've come here to find Redfers Fenn-Cooper, one of the finest explorers in the empire. THE DOCTOR: (realizing) R.F.C. REDVERS: I just knew he was in this house. (He turns around and begins down the corridor with the Doctor and Ace in tow) I am commanded to find him and save him from the clutches of that blaggard Josiah Samuel Smith. (The light in the Ostrich eyes fades as they leave) 10. (Another panel opens in the Foyer this one much larger, leading to the elevator mentioned earlier. Mrs. Pritchard and the maid exit, with maid closing the fence like inner doors after they depart. Mrs. Pritchard puts the lamp down, and takes a couple of paces. One of the other doors leading to the Foyer opens and Reverend Matthews spots them. She gives him a rancid stare.) REVERAND MATTHEWS: (Coming up to her) are you aware that I've been ringing for attention since before six o'clock? I demand to see your master immediately. (She approaches him with a blank stare on her face without saying a word) This insolence has gone far enough. I leave now, Madam, and Mr. Smith will regret the consequences. The condemnation of the royal society can be ruinous. (She doesn't say a word) So be it. GWENDOLINE: (Approaching from one of the hallways) Reverend Matthews, you must forgive us for keeping you waiting. (She stops in front of him) I am Mr. Smith's ward. REVERAND MATTHEWS: You are Gwendoline, are you not? GWENDOLINE: Yes sir. My guardian was most concerned that you had been kept waiting but rest assured he will be with us shortly. 11. (In yet another part of the house, this room looking as if it's the trophy room with stuffed heads and a g*n rack, Redfers enters followed by the Doctor and Ace.) REDFERS: Josiah Smith invited Redfers here. Redfers is his sternest opponent and- ACE: -One of the finest explorers in the Empire. THE DOCTOR: And he hasn't been seen since. (Redfers puts the spear away in the g*n rack) ACE: (looking at some of the objects on a desk) Perhaps he got lost on the way. REDFERS: Henry Stanley found Dr. Livingston. I shall find Redfers Fenn-Cooper. (The Doctor pulls out his Radiation detector, and proceeds to scan Redfers as Redfers looks back into the g*n rack. Redfers swats at something around his face.) Damn Tsetse flies. THE DOCTOR: (Checking the readings on the detector) How long did you say he'd been living in this house? ACE: Can we go now, Professor? The whole place gives me the creeps. THE DOCTOR: (Still studying his radiation detector) I thought it might. ACE: Well he's a head case (indicating Redfers). The house is like a morgue. Everything d*ad. (There's a click from behind the Doctor, as Redfers draws a r*fle and points it at them.) 12. (And down in the dark room where the elevator leads, a man is hunched over the desk talking into an old fashioned telephone.) THE MAN: Very good, sir, I understand. I shall be with you shortly. (He puts the receiver down and turns, only now we see he isn't a man but a sort of Proto-human, dressed as a house servant. He shuffles over to the locked door in the corner, and looks into the small porthole.) Poor silent brut. (On the other side of the portal, an eye looks through.) THE BRUT: (In a hushed grating voice) Not silent now. 13. (Trophy Room. Redfers is still pointing the g*n into the Doctor's face.) REDFERS: Redfers had some storys. The pigmies from the eluted forest lead him blind folded three full days through uncharted jungle. They lead him to a swamp full of lizards like giant dinosaurs. Do you know, young Conan Doyle just laughed at him. There's Doctor's for you. THE DOCTOR: (Trying to reach for the r*fle) That wouldn't be a Chinese fowling piece would it? REDFERS: (Backing away momentarily, then advancing towards the Doctor, still pointing the r*fle at him menacingly) We're two weeks out of Zanzibar. I must find Redfers! THE DOCTOR: (backing away with Ace behind him as Redfers advances) Tell me what else you found. REDFERS: Nothing! THE DOCTOR: Describe it. It's all right, I'm a Doctor. REDFERS: Yes, there was light... THE DOCTOR: A bright light? REDFERS: ...burning bright in the heart of the interior. It burnt through my eyes into my mind. (Making ready to sh**t the Doctor) It had blazing, RADIANT WINGS! ACE: Doctor! (She leaps at Redfers, but narrowly misses to go tumbling behind a table) (Redfers begins advancing towards the Doctor again) REDFERS: Redfers was in the Congo. He faced a herd of stampeding Buffalo head on. (Raising his g*n again to sh**t the Doctor) He raised his hand and with one single b*llet...(By this time he's pushed the Doctor towards a window. The Doctor leaps aside, pulling the curtain open as he leaps, and for the first time Redfers see's his reflection in the dark window) Ah (He lowers his r*fle, advancing towards his reflection) There you are old chap, Redfers I found you. What have they done to you? You look like a ghost. ACE: (to the Doctor) Is it really him? THE DOCTOR: His mind's snapped. He's seen something too big to handle; snuff out...a light. I think we'd better go get some help. ACE: It'll blow our cover. (The Doctor gives her an 'I mean business look') All right, all right. (Ace goes over to the door to hallway, opens it, and just as she does Mrs. Pritchard comes through followed by a couple of maids) MRS. PRITCHARD: Fenn-Cooper. Where have you been? THE DOCTOR: How do you do, I'm the Doctor (but Mrs. Pritchard ignores this as they go over to Redfers.) MRS. PRITCHARD: We've been worried about you. (Mrs. Pritchard reaches into Redfers pocket and removes the box.) REDFERS: (Still looking at his reflection) Poor old Redfers, poor old chap. MRS PRITCHARD: (Turning Redfers around) Come along. (She turns him around gently then violently twists his arm behind him towards the door) THE DOCTOR: (with concern) We don't want him hurt. REDFERS (screaming in fear as he's shuffled out the door) Oh no, not the interior, please! I DON"T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE INTERIOR!!!... (One of the maids closes the door as they leave, and Ace screams through the closed door) ACE: You don't have to twist his arm like that! (The proto-human butler has entered the room without anyone noticing due to the commotion. Now that Redfers is gone...) NIMROD: A most unfortunate mishap sir. I trust you and the young lady are not hurt? The gentleman has fits of distracting behavior and must for his own safety be confined. ACE: (walking up to him) She didn't have to hurt him. THE DOCTOR: (pulling Ace behind him and laughing) My friend, Ace and I -.... NIMROD: (opening the door) My Master, Mister Smith asks if you join our other guests in the drawing room. ACE: (whispering to the Doctor) Is this an asylum with the patients in charge? THE DOCTOR: Given a chance it could be Bedlam. (Turning back to Nimrod) Thank you, uhhhh... NIMROD: Nimrod, sir. THE DOCTOR: ...Nimrod. Thank you Nimrod. We would be...(Hands over his umbrella) delighted. (Procedes to hand his hat as well.) 14. (Presumably the Drawing room. Gwendoline and Reverend Matthews are in the middle of a discussion) GWENDOLINE: But Uncle Josiah is a good man, and a great naturalist too. You'll see when you meet him. (A pair of double doors open and Nimrod, still holding the Doctor's hat and umbrella, followed by the The Doctor and Ace enter.) REVERAND MATTHEWS: (walking up to the Doctor) Ah, so you finally condescend to meet me sir. I'm grateful for your hospitality. THE DOCTOR: How do you do. How nice of you to come. (Goes to shake his hand but Matthews spots Ace, who comes up and stands beside the Doctor) REVERAND MATTHEWS: (is disbelief) Good grief. THE DOCTOR: (smiling) Oh, this is my friend Ace. REVERAND MATTHEWS: I see that all the stories about you are true. You have no shred of decency, even parading your shameless wantons in front of your guests. ACE: (calmly) Does he mean me, Professor? REVERAND MATTHEWS: I have it. This is some experiment related to your mumbo jumbo theories. Perhaps she'll evolve into a young lady. ACE: Now who are you calling young lady Bog brain? THE DOCTOR: No such luck (pushing Ace behind him, while her gaze never leaves Matthews) Quiet Eliza. Be a good girl. I'm making some small talk (he turns and smiles and Reverend Matthews) NIMROD: If I might explain, sir- THE DOCTOR: Ahhh, Nimrod yes. There's still some tea in the pot if you'd like to go and get a couple of cups. Thank you very much. (He hands something to Nimrod) NIMROD: (examining the object in astonishment) The fang of the cave bear! A totem of great power. THE DOCTOR: Yes (shuffling him out the door) Thank you, Nimrod. (The Doctor closes it behind him) GWENDOLINE: (politely) Sir, I think Mr. Matthews is confused. THE DOCTOR: Never mind, I'll have him completely bewildered by the time I'm finished. ACE: (smiling) I'll help. THE DOCTOR: (to Gwendoline) We've had some trouble with our carriage and Ace can't go to dinner dressed like this... ACE: Who says? THE DOCTOR: ...so I was wonder if you have any proper apparel she may borrow. GWENDOLINE: Gladly Professor. Come Alice, you can borrow a dress of mine (she opens the door and walks out) ACE: (following her smiling) It's Ace actually. Thanks anyway. 15. (Outside night has fallen, with visible light coming from a few of the windows in the house. Lightening flashes briefly in the sky.) 16. (Drawing Room. The Doctor is studying a collection of stuffed birds and is shaking his head) REVERAND MATTHEWS: Now sir... THE DOCTOR: Yes let me guess. My theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie. REVERAND MATTHEWS: You are a worse scoundrel than Darwin. (Josiah suddenly enters, wearing a suit that appears to have a layer of dust, and sporting a set of spectacled sunglasses. As soon as he enters he shields his eyes from the nearby lamp) JOSIAH: Light (the ambient light in the room fades) THE DOCTOR: Ahhh, Josiah Samuel Smith I take it. (Reaching over he unobtrusively reaches over and feels the dust on Josiah arm and runs it through his fingers) Dust to dust. I'm The Doctor and this is- JOSIAH: -Reverend Matthews. Dean of Mort house College, Oxford. Your servant says welcome to Gabriel Chase. (He motions them to sit. Only the Reverend obliges.) REVERAND MATTHEWS: Josiah Samuel Smith. Now perhaps you'll account for your theories. THE DOCTOR: (indicating the display cases he's been examining) Fascinating moths. JOSIAH: (walking over) I recently made a study of these moths. Even in a single species there can be a wide variation from countryside to town. I'm certain (walking back) they're adapting to survive the smoke with which industries tainting the land. (He sits) REVERAND MATTHEWS: (stands up) Darwinian claptrap. 17. (A darkened room. Redfers is sitting on the floor in the dark, in a strait jacket. From a nearby window the light and sound from the lightening outside fills the room for a moment. Redfers shivers as if in fear. Nearby, in the dim light, it's possible to make out the snuffbox. He looks over and see's that it has come open. It begins to open and as it does a brilliant light begins to emanate from within. Redfers can do nothing but watch.) 18. (In a nearby bedroom someone is changing. We cannot see who it is, but from the giggling, it sounds like Ace. Suddenly an ear-piercing scream fills the room.) REDFERS: AHHHHHHHHHHH! (Ace pokes her face out through the clothes that are hanging over an old fashioned changing screen) ACE: (With concern) Come on, something's happening. (Gwendoline pokes her face through the clothes at Ace who's already come around the screen, but as yet we can't see her) GWENDOLINE: Wait, I can't wear this. ACE: (From out of view) Of course you can. 19. (Redfers is still sitting transfixed by the light from the box. He begins to scream again) REDFERS: Ahhh AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 20. (Mrs. Pritchard stands outside, with a lit candle, listening to him through the door. Gwendoline and Ace, dressed in what look like suits, come around the corner of the corridor to see Mrs. Pritchard) GWENDOLINE: Mrs. Pritchard, what's happening? MRS. PRITCHARD: (in a tone that indicates that she doesn't care what's going on behind the door) the door is jammed. ACE: (preparing to physically att*ck the door) Here let me try. (The Doctor, followed by Josiah and Nimrod come around the corner, with The Doctor pulling Ace away from the door) THE DOCTOR: That's no way for a Victorian lad- (seeing her outfit) -gentlemen to behave. ACE: I'm no gentleman. JOSIAH: (Studying Gwendoline and Ace's attire) Well than, this a metamorphosis. GWENDOLINE: It was Ace's idea. (Redfers screams again from behind the door) REDFERS: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Ace tries to make for the door but The Doctor restrains her) JOSIAH: Nimrod the door. (Nimrod walks around to the door. Mrs. Pritchard produces a key, which she hands over to Nimrod and moves out of the way. As she does, her candle passes very close to Josiah's face, and it flares up. Josiah recoils from it. Ace tries to make for the door again, but the Doctor pushes her away) THE DOCTOR: Stay back. (Nimrod manages to open the door, which Josiah opens. As soon as he does he screams in pain, as the light emanating from the room is so intensely powerful. Nimrod does as well) THE DOCTOR: Cover your eyes! (He places his hand over Ace's face to shield her from the light, but the light doesn't seem to affect him. Nimrod trying to shield his eyes from the light enters the room. The Doctor also enters, heading straight to where Redfers is sitting, but Nimrod stops him.) NIMROD: I'm sorry Doctor. THE DOCTOR: (fiercely) Redfers, what did you see? REDFERS: (babbling) Poor Redfers. He was so frightened, it was apparent he went...he went quite mad you know. NIMROD: (pushing the Doctor into the hallway) We must leave Doctor! THE DOCTOR: (struggling) BUT HE MIGHT NEED HELP! (Ace tries to come to his aid, but Mrs. Pritchard grabs Ace's ponytail) MRS. PRITCHARD: (with radiating anger and force) this way please! (She forces her down the hallway, followed by the Doctor) 21. (The lightening outside continues) 22. (Mrs. Pritchard forces Ace into the drawing room and lets go of her. The Doctor follows.) THE DOCTOR: (grimly) I wanted to see him. MRS. PRITCHARD: (evenly) Out of the question. (We see that Josiah is already here, recovering. Gwendoline stands behind him, and in the background with a bewildered expression, Reverend Matthews) JOSIAH: He will be taken care of. ACE: (menacingly) I bet. (She turns away from Josiah walks over to the Doctor. In a low voice) what was that light? (Indicating Josiah) He was so scared of it. NIMROD: (who enters and walks straight to the Doctor) Doctor, I can personally assure you Mr. Fenn-Cooper is being made comfortable and will come to no harm. THE DOCTOR: Only the madmen may see the path clearly through the tangled forest. (Nimrod bows and pulls out the fang that The Doctor gave him earlier) NIMROD: You have the wisdom of the greatest elders of my tribe, Doctor. JOSIAH: (standing up) Nimrod, you have duties to perform. NIMROD: (bowing to Josiah) Sir. (He promptly leaves, as does Mrs. Pritchard who closes the double doors behind her.) ACE: (indicating Nimrod) He's a Neanderthal isn't he. THE DOCTOR: Yes. The finest example I've seen this side of the stone age. (gives a smile to Josiah) 23. (Nimrod enters the underground room, and walks over to the desk. He presses some buttons on the desk, only this time all the curtains shrouding the room rise. Instead of Victorian brickwork, we see it is a more modern build, although alien in design. On the wall a large orange honeycomb glows, while in front of it is some sort of console. Nimrod walks to the front of the console, gets on his knees, and puts his hands on the console, as if he is about to pray. Something watches him do this, then comes up behind him and knocks him out with some sort of stick.) THE CREATURE: (In a low husky voice) Did that hurt? Good. 24. (Dinning room. The Doctor, Ace, Gwendoline, Reverend Matthews, and Josiah are all seated around the dining room table, with empty plates in front of them, with Mrs. Pritchard and a couple of maids hovering nearby.) ACE: I still haven't worked out where this place is. REVERAND MATTHEWS: (to Josiah) I am still waiting for an explanation for your blasphemous theories. ACE: What theories? THE DOCTOR: (nudges her and whispers) Darwin's theories. They turned 19th century science on it's head. (Reverend Matthews stands up) ACE: (to the Doctor) Is there a free lecture thrown in with dinner? THE DOCTOR: Yes. That's his own specialty. ACE: Do we take notes (smiling)? (The Doctor shushes her as Reverend Matthews begins to speak) REVERAND MATTHEWS: Mr. Smith disputes man's rightful dominion over the forces of nature. JOSIAH: (leans over to the Doctor and whispers) I hope you have a taste for calves' brains, Doctor. REVERAND MATTHEWS: Instead he maintains that mankind should adapt to serve nature or become extinct. JOSIAH: Well sir (there's a ringing from a phone somewhere nearby. He get's up) Hah, pray excuse me sir. (He leaves) REVERAND MATTHEWS: Infernal telephonic machines. (Sits down) ACE: (not to thrilled about the idea of calves brains) Ordering out for takeaway. Anyone fancy a curry? THE DOCTOR: I know a nice little restaurant in the Khyber Pass. (Gets up to follow Josiah) 25. (Josiah enters the room where the phone is ringing. He answers it) JOSIAH: Nimrod! What's going on? I told you not to ring me now. (Pause) Nimrod, are you there? THE CREATURE: (audible from the receiver) I escaped. (Josiah rises in disbelief, and whispers) It's learned to speak! THE DOCTOR: (who stands in the doorway watching him) Having trouble with your connections? Perhaps I can help. (Walks over to the desk, but a cry from another room stops him) ACE: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: On the other hand, I have an emergency of my own. Excuse me (he begins to walk out an opposite door) Time to emerge. (The door opens before he can get there and Mrs. Pritchard enters. The Doctor goes to raise his hat, but remembers he doesn't have it, so does a little wave to her. He then promptly departs through the door) JOSIAH: Mrs. Pritchard, a problem has arisen. Ask Ernst Matthews to join me in here. MRS. PRITCHARD: Very good, sir. (She makes for the door the Doctor entered through) JOSIAH: Then no one is to disturb us. (Mrs. Pritchard turns with an evil smile) 26. (Ace stands on the foot of the stairway, in the foyer) ACE: (calling) Doctor! Doctor, where are you? I want to talk to you! THE DOCTOR: (running in) Ace! What's the matter? ACE: Face-ape Matthews in there says this house is Gabriel Chase. THE DOCTOR: (adopting an innocent-but-I-know-I'm-about-to-be-caught look) So? ACE: It was falling down last time I saw it in 1983. You tricked me! (Getting upset) This is Perviale! (A couple of maids enter. The Doctor looks over, and as he does Ace runs up the stairs. The Doctor runs after her) THE DOCTOR: Ace! 27. (Ace stands in the Trophy Room, panting and getting control of herself. The Doctor sees her, and enters slowly) THE DOCTOR: (softly) Ace. ACE: (not looking at him) It's true isn't it. This is the house I told you about. THE DOCTOR: (walking up behind her) You were 13. You climbed over the wall for a dare. ACE: (moving away from him angrily) That's your surprise isn't it, bringing me back here. THE DOCTOR: (grimly) Remind me what it was that you sensed, when you entered this deserted house, an aura of intense evil? ACE: Don't you have things you hate? THE DOCTOR: I can't stand burnt toast. I loathe bus stations, terrible places, full of lost luggage and lost souls. ACE: (angrily) I told you I never wanted to come back here again. THE DOCTOR: (circling around her) Then there's unrequited love, and tyranny, and cruelty. ACE: (softly) Too right. THE DOCTOR: We all have a universe of our own terrors to face. ACE: I face mine on my own terms. THE DOCTOR: But don't you want to know what happened here? ACE: No! THE DOCTOR: You've learned something you didn't recognize when you were 13. ACE: Like what? THE DOCTOR: The nature of the horror that you sensed here. ACE: (turning to him) It's alien. 28. (Josiah stands in the drawing room. Reverend Matthews enters) JOSIAH: Ernst, pray sit down (offers him a seat, which he accepts. Josiah also sits) I'm afraid that something unforeseen awaits my attention (in the background we can hear someone singing in time with a piano) I shall have to ask you to indulge me a little further. REVERAND MATTHEWS: Having come so far, I have no intention of leaving until I've gained full satisfaction (meanwhile Mrs. Pritchard takes a bottle out of a drawer behind him, and proceeds to dab some of it's contents onto a cloth) JOSIAH: Then we're in accord. Mrs. Pritchard, see to it that the deans time passes as quickly as possible. MRS. PRITCHARD: Very good sir. (She comes up behind Reverend Matthews and smothers him with the cloth with the anesthetic she has just put on it, knocking him out. Josiah laughs) 29. (In another room, the music that we heard was Gwendoline playing the piano and singing "That's the Way to the Zoo") 30. (Trophy room. The Doctor has his hand on Ace's shoulder, but has a grim look on his face) THE DOCTOR: (whispers) Come back to dinner, Ace (He begins to make for the door, but stops when Ace starts to speak) ACE: When I lived in Perivale, me and my best mate, we'd dust around together. (The Doctor hovers behind her listening) We'd out dare each other on things. Skiving off. Stupid things. Than they burnt out Manisha's flat. White kids b*mb it. I didn't care anymore. THE DOCTOR: I think you cared a lot Ace. ACE: (she turns to look at him) That's when I came over the walls of the house...this house. I was so mad, and I needed to get away. It was empty, all overgrown, and falling down. No one came here. But when I got inside it was even worse, I didn't know then. (Behind them Josiah enters the room) It was horrible! THE DOCTOR: Tell me what you saw. JOSIAH: Doctor. (The Doctor shoos him away, still intent on listening to Ace, but Ace runs out the door past Josiah) ACE: Excuse me! (Josiah closes the door after she leaves) JOSIAH: (to the Doctor) I must speak with you. 31. (Ace runs down the stairs. At the bottom, she spots the elevator leading down and heads towards it. Mrs. Pritchard, unseen by Ace, watches her as Ace enters the car. Mrs. Pritchard smiles as Ace pulls the lever, and the elevator starts to descend) 32. (Trophy Room) JOSIAH: I need your help, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Yes. It can't be easy being so far away from home, struggling to adapt to an alien environment. JOSIAH: My roots are in this house. I'm as human as you are. THE DOCTOR: (with a slight smile) Yes. JOSIAH: I'm afflicted by an enemy; a vile-based creature pitted against me. It's waiting for me now. (He pulls out a wade of money from his pocket) I believe you can assist me in defeating it. THE DOCTOR: (frowning) I'm not interested in money. (looks at the wad) How much? JOSIAH: 5000 pounds to rid me of the evil brute. THE DOCTOR: (whistles) Now that's what I call Victorian value. But I'm still not interested in money. (He heads for the door.) 33. (Ace is still in the elevator car, which eventually stops and she gets out) 34. (In the Foyer, Mrs. Pritchard hears the elevator stop down below, smiles, then presses a button on the wall. The panel, which hides the door to the elevator, closes) 35. (Down below Ace begins to walk down the dark bricked hallway. Suddenly, behind her the door to the elevator closes. She runs over and tries to pull it open again, but to no success. Resigned, she begins to make her way down the hallway again.) 36. (In the room, the Observatory, the door to the creatures cage closes, but we don't see what closes it. Ace enters, sees Nimrod lying on the ground unconscious and runs over to him. From behind the iron door) THE CREATURE: (rasping) There's a new scent in the dark. Warm, and pulsing, racing blood! (A previously closed curtain opens to reveal two creatures, green of skin but dressed in black suits like the one Ace is still wearing. Ace backs away in horror. They begin to move towards her) THE CREATURE: Rat kin! Rat kin! (Ace backs in stuffed bird, but it begins making noises as if it were alive) Get her, Rat kin! (Ace stares in horror at the approaching monstrosities...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "26x05 - Ghost Light - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
PART TWO Written by Marc Platt Original air date: 11 October, 1989 Run time: 24:18 Cellar Voice (O.C.): There's a new scent in the dark. There's a warming, pulsing, racing blood! Smells like ratkin. Voice (O.C.): Wake up. Move yourselves. Come on. Ratkin's come to visit. Come on, move, move. Run, ratkin, run. Better get away. Voice (O.C.): Fetch! Ace: You don't frighten me! Doctor! Voice (O.C.): Ratkin! Ratkin! Voice (O.C.): Ratkin! Study The Doctor: Beetles and bluebottles. Gwendoline: It's one of my favourites in the whole collection. It's from Java. The Doctor: Java? Gwendoline: The Reverend Ernest Matthews will be leaving for Java soon. Perhaps he'll see my father. The Doctor: Your father, is he there? Gwendoline: Uncle Josiah sent him there after he saw what was in the cellar. The Doctor: Gwendoline, do you know where Ace is? Cellar Voice (O.C.): Revenge is nearer. Revenge, ratkin. Nimrod: Get back! Back! Are you all right, miss? Ace: They don't like the flame, do they. Voice (O.C.): Door must open. Nimrod: We must leave the chamber now. Voice (O.C.): Open door! Quickly, quickly! Ace: It's getting out! Give me that! Nimrod: Stay calm! Follow me to the tunnel. While we have the lamp, we're safe. Voice (O.C.): No more lamp. Voice (O.C.): Stop ratkin. Ace: I'll sort you lot out. Entrance hall The Doctor: Josiah, where's Ace? Josiah: How should I know? Have you considered my offer, Doctor? The Doctor: What, to m*rder your enemy? I'm not your pet executioner. Ace is in trouble. Josiah: Be careful, Doctor. To cross me could be a serious error. Pritchard: Miss Ace has already retired to bed, sir. Come, I will show you. Gwendoline: Here, Doctor, to light you to bed. Gwendoline: Sleep well. Goodnight. The Doctor: Good night, sleep tight. Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, otherwise known as Java. Well, not tonight, Josiah-phine! The Doctor: Your puppet show doesn't fool me. Sorry to spoil your big game hunt, but Ace need my... The Doctor: Help. Cellar Ace: Let us go or I'll smash it! Nimrod: Give it to me! You are profaning the temple of light. Ace: I'll profane you in a minute. And shut that thing up. Nimrod: You are afraid and do not understand. Nimrod: The sleeping one must not be woken! Entrance hall Josiah: The fool! What's it done? The Doctor: Right, Josiah. Let's get down the rabbit hole. Get that lift! The Doctor: Open those doors! Quickly! Cellar Ace: Steam power! Oi, Tarzan. Nimrod! What's happened? Nimrod! Josiah: Light. The Doctor: At the end of the tunnel. Get a move on. Ace? Ace: Doctor, where have you been? The Doctor: Where haven't I been. I came as quick as I could. Josiah: What have you done to my observatory? Ace: Get off! It's what it nearly did to me. The Doctor: Ace, you haven't been tampering? Ace: It was an accident. Josiah: All my work could be ruined. The Doctor: That's my girl. Ace: Oh, come on, Professor. Let's get out of this madhouse. The Doctor: No, keep him covered. Ace: But... The Doctor: Shush. Ace: Move it, you. Entrance hall Gwendoline: Why did Father go to Java and leave me? And where is Mama? I try and try, but I can't understand. Pritchard: That is a wicked thing to say. Wicked. Your mother would be ashamed if she could hear you. Sitting there dressed like a music hall trollop. It's this Doctor, filling your head with his ideas. Gwendoline: His words are so confusing. Uncle Josiah's ideas are much clearer. Pritchard: Go upstairs and dress yourself decently. Cellar Ace: Don't try anything. The Doctor: Oh, not a patch on the Flying Scotsman. Josiah: Nimrod! Get up, you fool. It's got to be stopped. The Doctor: Better not to move him. Ace: He fell against that thing. The Doctor: He disturbed whatever's hibernating inside. Josiah: Don't touch it! Ace: You're scared of it too, just like the others. The Doctor: Because you know what's in there, don't you, Josiah? Josiah: There's an energy escape. I must stop it. The Doctor: Don't worry. I always leave these things to the last moment. These husks. Old cast-offs of yours, I take it? Ace: They att*cked Nimrod and me. Josiah: You're insane! If the membrane is broken... The Doctor: Yes? Ace: Oh, what? The Doctor: Genetic codes. Ace: DNA. The Doctor: You've done a lot of exploring in here, haven't you, Josiah? Ace: This is a stone spaceship. The Doctor: Yes, and the real owner won't be pleased when it wakes up. Josiah: I am the real owner. The Doctor: Oh no, you're not. You're just part of the cargo. Josiah: You're so smug and self-satisfied, Doctor. The Doctor: I try. Ace: Drop it. Josiah: I'm not a simpleton. That device is a radiation detector, not a g*n. Josiah: You're going to help me s*ab the energy loss, or most of southern England goes up in a firestorm. Voice (O.C.): Set me free. Redver's room Redvers: Not much time left. Soon be light. Gwendoline: Mister Fenn-Cooper. Redvers: So, you've seen Redvers, too. Where are they holding the poor devil? I know he's close by. Gwendoline: I'm lost. I'm so lost and alone. Redvers: Redvers got used to loneliness in the bush. He understands. Gwendoline: I cannot find my mother. I'm sure she was here. Redvers: Don't be alarmed. Redvers Fenn-Cooper always escapes in the end. He knows where the greatest secret of all is hidden. It sleeps in the depths of the interior, and it must never be woken. Cellar Josiah: Drive in the crystal rods when I instruct you. Ace: After this I'll get a job at Sellafield. It'll be safer. The Doctor: (quietly) Just do what I do when I do it. Ace: Hmm, very helpful. Josiah: Lower the first rod. The Doctor: Oh dear, oh dear. Skeletons in the cupboard. Husks in the cellar. Ace: Bats in the belfry. Josiah: Do it! The Doctor: Now, now, don't shout. You'll never evolve into a nice Victorian gentleman if you shout. Ace: Did those husks really used to be him? The Doctor: Yes. Not much improvement on the reptile, is he? Josiah: Just do it! Now! The Doctor: Well, I think congratulations are in order. Ace: Congratulations? Maybe not. Professor, the husks! Voice (O.C.): Give me freeness. I want freeness! The Doctor: Quick, get up! Move! Move! Voice (O.C.): Control needs freeness now! Lift Ace: Quick, Doctor! Voice (O.C.): Help me be like you. Ace: Look out! Control (O.C.): Give me my freeness! The Doctor: Ah, how do you do. I'm the Doctor and this is my friend Ace. Ace: Just call me ratkin. Control (O.C.): Ah, poor Control. No way out. No escaping. No hoping. Josiah: Don't listen to it. It's a depraved monstrosity. The Doctor: Depraved or deprived? There, there, Control. There, there. Now, which of you is the Jekyll and which is the Hyde? Control (O.C.): Spare a farthing, Guv'nor. Pity poor Control, locked away all alone. Josiah: Fie! Entrance hall Pritchard: They're coming. It's almost first light. Lift Ace: He's getting weaker. The Doctor: It's been a hard day's night. He's evolving again, to his next stage. Entrance hall Josiah: I've sealed the lower observatory. Let Control rot down there. Pritchard: You are ill, sir. Josiah: It's getting light. Secure the house. I must change. Pritchard: Take him to the upper observatory. Gwendoline: Uncle! The Doctor: We won't see them till nightfall. Ace: Shouldn't we follow them? What about Josiah? The Doctor: He sounded a little husky. Ace: Oh, you mean he's changing into one of those things? The Doctor: Yes. Attic Matthews: So, here you are at last. Haven't I been kept waiting long enough? Josiah: Reverend Matthews. Matthews: I perceive you are a sick man, sir. Divine retribution for your blasphemy, perhaps? Josiah: It will pass. Matthews: And so will your unholy theories of evolution. It's a complete absurdity that the line of my ancestors could be traced back to a protoplasmic globule. Josiah: Please, go on. Matthews: Man has been the same, sir, since he stood in the garden of Eden, and he was never ever a chattering gibbering ape. Matthews: What are you laughing at? Devil take you, why are you laughing? Drawing room Gwendoline: Can Nimrod be woken now? The Doctor: Oh, don't rush me, Gwendoline. The sun has got its hat on, and we've got all day before Uncle Josiah dare show his face. Ace: Professor. Josiah's lucifigus. The Doctor: Yes. He doesn't like light, either. Ace: What about the spaceship in the cellar? It's knackered, isn't it? The Doctor: Yes. I fixed it. Uncle Josiah knows as much about it's secrets as a hamburger knows about the Amazon desert. Ace: Sounds a bit like you and the TARDIS. Gwendoline: Light! The Doctor: Let her go. Come on, Ace. We've only just started. Now, there's one thing you haven't told me. What was it that frightened you so much when you entered this house in a hundred years time? Attic Josiah: Reverend Matthews, I thought you would amuse me, but you bore me just as much as you did before. Josiah: Gwendoline. Come here, dear child. Gwendoline: Are you unwell, Uncle? Josiah: Only sick at heart, my dear. Soon I shall restore the blighted British Empire to its full power and vigour. Matthews: You're no better than animals. Josiah: The Reverend makes such a tedious toy, don't you think? Gwendoline: Dear Uncle. Josiah: We're so glad he has to go. Gwendoline: And where is he going? Josiah: To Java! Drawing room The Doctor: Time to call out the constabulary. Now, Inspector, perhaps you can assist us with our enquiries. Bedroom Ace: Hello? Grose: The Doctor said that you'd be fair famished when you woke up, so here's scrambled egg, hot buttered toast, kedgeree, kidney, sausage and bacon. Ace: Cholesterol city. Grose: Oh, no dear. Perivale village. Properly exhausted you were when I put you to bed. Oh yes, and there's a message. Would you join the Doctor and the police gentleman in the drawing room. Ace: Police? Grose: It's high time they were called. I've said as much to my husband, Mister Grose. Ace: I think I'll give that a miss, actually. I want to have a walk round Perivale village before lunch. Is there a blacksmith on the village green? Grose: Mercy me, no, dearie. There's only seven houses. Besides, you've missed lunch. Why, it must be all of five o'clock by now. Ace: What! Grose: Yes, almost evening. Now, we must hurry. No one in their right mind stays in this house after dark. Drawing room The Doctor: Snap out of it, Nimrod. If I didn't know better I'd say this was deliberate. Ten minutes was all it took to wake up the more sophisticated, civilised, police inspector. Mackenzie: Ah, you say this house is owned by Josiah Samuel Smith. The Doctor: I didn't say owned, I said inhabited. Mackenzie: Then where is he? This whole house is deserted. The Doctor: He will appear. Mackenzie: I suppose this must be the manservant. Nasty looking customer. Must be a foreigner. The Doctor: Neanderthal. Mackenzie: Ah, gypsy blood. I can see it in him. Lazy workers. What's this one playing up over? Oh, beg your pardon. The Doctor: He's mesmerised. Mackenzie: No self-control, these Mediterraneans. Too excitable. Nasty tempers, too. The Doctor: Yes, especially when roused. Which is exactly what is eluding me at the moment. Bedroom Grose: Have you finished, dear? Oh, is anything wrong? Ace: Where's my clobber? My gear? My clothes. Grose: Those shabby old things? Why, the Doctor had me lay out this for you. Well, will it do, my dear? Ace: No bustle. Okay, Professor, you win. Grose: Much more fitting for a young lady. Lift shaft Control: Control be free to change. Drawing room The Doctor: I'm busy, Inspector. Mackenzie: And I have my investigation to complete. The Doctor: Still not found the mustard? Since I awoke you, you have consumed three English breakfasts, two elevenses and one four-course meal. Why don't you go and get Mrs Grose to make you some afternoon tea. Mackenzie: She's hiding facts from me, and so are you, and if you don't tell me where the rest of the household is, I shall arrest you for obstructing my enquires. Ace: Professor, you could have woken me sooner. The Doctor: This is Inspector MacKenzie from Scotland Yard. He was sent here in 1881 to investigate the disappearance of the owner, Sir George Pritchard. Ace: But that was two years ago. The Doctor: Yes, he's been in Josiah's cupboard ever since. Preserved, hypnotised. Humour him. Ace: Preserved? The Doctor: Inspector? This is my friend, Ace. Ace: Hello. All right? The Doctor: I like the dress. Mackenzie: Perhaps you can tell me where Lady Pritchard is, Miss? Ace: Oh, you mean the old bag, the housekeeper? Mackenzie: I gather you live in Perivale village. Ace: I'll be moving to the area, sometime. How's Tarzan? The Doctor: Still no change. Still out like a light. Light! Outside the drawing room The Doctor (O.C.): The fang of the cave bear calls you, Nimrod. Tell me your tale. Drawing room Nimrod: At the season when the ice floods swamp the pasture lands, we herded the mammoths sunwards to find new grazing. Mackenzie: Tricky things, mammoths. Nimrod: Wise men cast bones to make hunting magic and spoke with the voice of the Burning One. Ace: Is this a race memory? The Doctor: No, these are his own experiences. Nimrod: Now the wild world is lost in a desert of smoke and straight lines. There is smoke thickening. Nimrod: But light will return. Lift Control: Light will return. Entrance hall Mackenzie: This madhouse needs one more good going over. The Doctor: Good idea. But try and be back by six. Ace: Professor, look. The Doctor: Yes. Mackenzie: Why? The Doctor: Around here, the forces of darkness don't wait until midnight to appear. Ace: Professor. The Doctor: I know. Ace: I thought the lift was broken. The Doctor: I mended it. It's very clever, climbing up the lift shaft, but I had hoped that Control creature might bring something with it, and for that it will need the lift. Ace: Professor, what's going on? Drawing room Ace: Professor? The Doctor: Quiet. Josiah Samuel Smith and Control are frightened of it. Redvers Fenn-Cooper saw it and lost his mind. Nimrod, he worships it. Ace: Let there be light? The Doctor: It's asleep down there in its spaceship and Josiah doesn't want it awoken. Ace: Well, maybe that's a good idea. Maybe it should be left alone. Professor, just this once. The Doctor: It's very, very old. Perhaps even older. Just one chat. Ace: Professor. Where's Nimrod? The Doctor: Gone to see a man about a god. Ace: Urgh! They're alive. The Doctor: Yes. Things are hotting quicker than I anticipated. Quick, run and get Inspector MacKenzie. Redver's room Redvers: Redvers knew the relief column would arrive. Nimrod: Excuse me, sir, but you speak with the wildness of the old world. Is it appropriate to seek your wisdom? Redvers: You won't get far without good supplies. Baggage animals, porters. Nimrod: The one I serve, sir, the Burning One, he's waking. What should I do? Redvers: Stanley found Livingstone. I found Redvers, once. You must hunt the dark continent. Seek out what you desire. But be warned, you may find it. Nimrod: I must free you from your bonds, sir. Redvers: The Doctor did that hours ago. Redvers only wears it against the cold of the night air. Cellar Control: Move! Time going faster than you. Move. Light angry, burning angry, but not at poor Control. Control going showing Light way up. Then Control on way up too! Corridor Ace: Inspector? Found anything? Mackenzie: Nothing. This place has more locked doors than Reading Gaol. Drawing room The Doctor: All civilisation starts with hunting and foraging, but don't worry, you'll work your way up. You must excuse me. Things are getting out of control. Attic Mackenzie: No one up here, either. Ace: Josiah. Mackenzie: Disgusting object. What is it? Ace: It's what's left of Josiah Smith. It's just a husk. I think we should get out of here. Mackenzie: Nonsense, young lady. That thing isn't dangerous. Mackenzie: Lady Pritchard! Ace: Lady? Mackenzie: Sir George's wife. Ace: Gwendoline. She's their daughter, isn't she. Mackenzie: What's happening in this house? Ace: They're just toys. They're just Josiah's toys. Ace: h*m* Victorianus Ineptus. Oh no, I don't want to see. Ace: Reverend Matthews. I think I'm going to throw up. Entrance hall The Doctor: Nimrod, where's Ace? Nimrod: I have not seen her, Doctor. I must seek the truth from the Burning One. The Doctor: Stick around. I'll save you a trip. Nimrod: Can you summon it, then? The Doctor: Let's just say I've made a deal with its agent. The Doctor: That'll be them now. Where's Ace got to? It's not dark yet, but I don't want Josiah to miss the show. Attic Ace: Let's get out of here, quickly. Mackenzie: Let go of her! I am a police officer. You will do as I tell you. Mackenzie: Let go of me! Ace: It's Josiah! Ace: Stitch this, Dracula. Josiah: I no longer need to crouch in shadows, young lady. Ace: You're no gentleman. Scratch the Victorian veneer and something nasty'll come crawling out. Josiah: Your meddling Doctor thought to get the better of me, but I'll see him squirming yet. Bring her! Mackenzie: Let go of me! I am a police officer. You will do as I say. Entrance hall The Doctor: That's quite enough of that. Nimrod: Doctor, you are as powerful as you are wise. The Doctor: Cut the homespun twaddle, Nimrod. It's not wise. I've lit the blue touch-paper and found there's nowhere to retire to. Ladies, I do hope you enjoy indoor fireworks. Nimrod: The Burning One is coming. The Doctor: Hmm. I'd stand back from that lift, Nimrod, if I were you. To catch a wolf, I may have unleashed a tiger. Josiah: Doctor, what are you doing? Stop the lift! The Doctor: Ah, Josiah. So you've finally evolved into a Victorian. How quaint. And Ace, you've made it in time. Ace: Sorry, Professor. The Doctor: Oh, don't apologise. Come and meet Josiah's new guest. Josiah: Nimrod, stop the lift! Stop it! The Doctor: Much too late for that. It's now time to shed a little light on your plans. Pritchard: Hold him. Ace: Doctor! The Doctor: Don't worry, Ace. Josiah: You've made a pact with that creature. You don't know what you're doing. The Doctor: No, but I'm about to find out. You can come out now! We're all waiting! Josiah: Control, quintessence of wickedness, corruption incarnate. The Doctor: Thank you for trusting me, Control. Control: My half agreeing done. You desiring, in the darkness you shall find it. Josiah: Don't let it out! Control: Too late! The Doctor: Light?
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "26x06 - Ghost Light - part 2"}
foreverdreaming
PART THREE Written by Marc Platt Original air date: 18 October, 1989 Run time: 24:17 Entrance hall Josiah: Control, quintessence of wickedness, corruption incarnate. The Doctor: Thank you for trusting me, Control. Control: My half agreeing done. You desiring, in the darkness you shall find it. Josiah: Don't let it out! Control: Too late! The Doctor: Light? Josiah: Light! The Doctor: Josiah, come back! Er, how do you do? I'm the Doctor. This is my friend Ace, and I hope you slept well. Mackenzie: What the devil is that thing? Ace: It's an angel, stupid. The Doctor: That's just it's shape here on Earth. It's called Light, and it's come to survey life here. Ace: It was crashed out in the stone spaceship in the basement. The Doctor: And while it slept, the survey got out of control. Control: Control is me. The Doctor: And the survey is Josiah. Ace: And now Light's come to sort out the muddle. The Doctor: That was my idea. Mackenzie: And who are you? The Doctor: I wouldn't want to confuse you. Control: Remember our agreement, Doctor. You promised Control freeness. Light: Control? Control: Now! Tell it now! Light: How long have I been asleep, and why have I naturalised in this form? The Doctor: No, Light. Don't! The Doctor: That was unnecessary. Light: Wasteful. None of the w*apon work. The Doctor: Josiah, withdraw with your people. Josiah: Withdraw! The Doctor: We'll talk. Light: Nothing leaves until I have explanations. Drawing room The Doctor: How many more times, Light? This is Earth. I mean, why don't you check the instruments in your spaceship? Where has he got to now? Ace: How does Light move so fast? The Doctor: He travels at the speed of thought. Light: Earth. Why mention that wretched planet to me? Ace: If you don't like it, then bog off. Light: I once spent centuries faithfully cataloguing all the species there, every organism from the smallest bacteria to the largest ichthyosaur. But no sooner had I finished than it all started changing. New species, new sub-species, evolution running amok. I had to start amending my entries. Oh, the task is endless. The Doctor: That's life. Light: Control. Light: How many more millennia must I suffer your company? Is this Earth? Well? Control: Control wants her freeness. Be a lady-like. Doctor promised. Light: It is not his to give. Ace: Did you promise, Professor? The Doctor: Things ran away with themselves. Control: Control too run away. The Doctor: Light, Light, give her a break. She's not your real troublemaker. Light: You are interfering. The Doctor: Yes, just like you, only I didn't get caught napping. Why don't you forget the survey, Light, and go! Ace: Has he gone? The Doctor: No. Attic Josiah: Nothing will delay my plans for the Empire. With luck, Light and the Doctor will be at each other's throats before they even notice. Mrs Pritchard will organise dinner. Pritchard: Very good, sir. Josiah: Gwendoline, it's time for Miss Ace to leave us. Gwendoline: I'm sure she'll enjoy Java, Uncle, once she gets there. Josiah: Not as much as you'll enjoy sending her, my dear. Josiah: And Redvers Fenn-Cooper? Redvers: Redvers kicked over his traces and lost himself in the bush. Lord knows if he'll ever find his way out again. Josiah: And your other quest, Redvers? Redvers: I can't recall. The heat haze is dazzling. Josiah: I need you, Redvers. Stay out of trouble. We have a royal appointment to keep. Corridor Control: Control's new world. Redvers: You like them? You take. Now we trade words. Entrance hall Light: No. This is not Earth. It cannot be. Light: Come here, child. I need your assistance. Corridor Ace: What was that? The Doctor: Just our imaginations. Ace: No sign of Control. It's weird. It feels like this whole place is coming alive. The Doctor: Yes. It's the energy from Light's ship. Invigorating, isn't it? Ace: No. The Doctor: What does it remind you of? All right, all right, all right. What happened here in a hundred years time is none of my business. Ace: I thought this was a haunted house. The Doctor: It is. Ace: I was only thirteen. The Doctor: Of course. Ace: I got frightened, that's all. The Doctor: The TARDIS key. You can always wait for me there. Ace: That's the easy way out. The Doctor: Well, come on, then. Ace: Doctor, have you ever had one of those nightmares where you couldn't move? Doctor? Ace: You're all d*ad! You're all d*ad! It wasn't my fault! I'm not guilty! I couldn't help it! Gwendoline: Ace, my dear, I want you to come away. Come away with me to Java. Entrance hall Mackenzie: Ah, Lady Pritchard. I've been wanting a word with you. Perhaps we can sort this business out over a pot of tea. Pritchard: Dispose of that specimen immediately. Corridor Ace: You're a right little vicious Victorian, aren't you. Bedroom Redvers: The handsomest woman Redvers ever saw was daughter to an N'Taba chief, but she had a bone through her nose and ate her cousin for breakfast. Control: Will Control be ladylike? Want so much. Redvers: Once this hunt is over, I'll make you the finest ladylike in the Empire. The Doctor: Having fun, Control? Control: You! You come taking away Control's freeness. The Doctor: Control, I've come to help you and to ask you for your help. Control: No help. It's mine. You won't take it. The Doctor: No, Control, don't! The Doctor: Come back! Bah. You won't get far! Redvers: Of course, if she was a real lady, I wouldn't be in her boudoir. The Doctor: Oh, things are getting out of control. Even I can't play this many games at once. Redvers: Then help me. Help me with my hunt. The Doctor: I haven't got time, Redvers. Redvers: But I'm hunting the rarest creature in the world. The crowned Saxe-Coburg. Look. The Doctor: Really? And who's sponsoring the expedition, Josiah Samuel Smith? Redvers: When I find it, I shall sh**t it. Corridor Gwendoline: Come on, Ace. I don't want to hurt you. It'll, it'll be painless. Redvers: The crowned Saxe-Coburg isn't easy to discover. The Doctor: A good hunter always knows the signs, like a royal invitation to Buckingham Palace, perhaps. Why else do you think Josiah has kept you alive so long, Redvers? Redvers: Will you join my expedition, Doctor? The Doctor: Not yet. I've got to find Ace. Redver's room Gwendoline: Come here, you little brat. Ace: Get off me, you! Control, help me! Drawing room Light: I wanted to see how it works, so I dismantled it. I need another specimen. Nimrod: Sir, you are Light. Long ago, my people worshipped you as the Burning One. Light: I know you. I took you up as the last specimen of the extinct Neanderthal race from Earth. Nimrod: Yes, sir. Light: At least they knew when to stop evolving. Who released you from your quarantine cubicle? Nimrod: Mister Josiah, sir. I am in his service. Light: Look at these microbes. They're evolving even as I speak. My entire catalogue of the planet is worthless. Centuries of work wasted. Mackenzie: Ah. Perhaps one of you can tell me where I can find the Doctor. This place is like a madhouse. Light: We don't want things to change. We make sure that they cannot. Bedroom Ace: Control? Control: Leave alone. Go away. Ace: Am I still ratkin? It's all right. I didn't mean it. Control: Hate world. Hate freeness. It bites. Ran away into big empty nothing. Sky flew away to nothing. Want to hide from big open emptiness world. Ace: It's this house. When you're a kid you smash things you hate, but what do I do if it keeps coming back? Control: World only changing for him. Now he's Josiah. Big man now, leaving Control behind. Control no ladylike. Ace: Oh, cut the whinging, Control. You want to fight back. You've got to b*at Josiah at his own game. Ace: Go on, try again. The rain in Spain falls mainly down the drain. Control: The rain-ah, in Spain-ah, falls mainly... Gwendoline: There you are, Ace, my dear. Ace: Control, help me! Control: New game play. Control go next. Redvers: The natives restless tonight. Gwendoline: Let me go! Let me go! The Doctor: Gwendoline, who does this remind you of? The Doctor: Severe trauma. I could forgive her arranging those little trips to Java... Redvers: She was hypnotised, Doctor. The Doctor: If she didn't enjoy them so much. Ace: Professor, Control's got a few things to show Josiah. Control: No longer hiding. The Doctor: Good. Just in time for dinner. Dining room The Doctor: Good evening, Josiah. Don't have the soup. Josiah: Get that creature out of here. Get it out. Ace: Go on, Control. Knock 'em d*ad. Control: Control has her freeness now, squire. Josiah: What's this? Where's Gwendoline? Control: Better orf without you, guv'nor. Josiah: You win this move, Doctor, but I will not suffer that creature at my table. Redvers: That, sir, is no way to speak in front of a ladylike. Ace: Oi, Jungle Jim, I'm here too, you know. Control: No one hurting Control. Not in gutter now. The Doctor: Who was it said Earthmen never invite their ancestors round to dinner? The Doctor: Oh, which reminds me. Lady Pritchard, have you seen this? The Doctor: It belongs to your daughter Gwendoline. And there's a portrait of you in there, you see? Very nice likeness. You and Sir George must have been very happy before the cuckoo inv*de your nest. Pritchard: Gwendoline. Oh, oh, Gwendoline. Josiah: Mrs Pritchard, you're not dismissed. Redvers: Let her alone, sir. The lioness always protects her cubs. The Doctor: No soup, Ace. Josiah: There's no way out of his for you, Doctor. The Doctor: I knew it was a trap as soon as I walked in to it. Unfortunately, your guest of honour seems to have let you down. Josiah: Light will come. Attic Light: It's still changing, seething. Every plain and crevice crawls with life, but I recognise the stench of its over-ripe infested carcase. Bedroom Pritchard: Gwendoline? Gwendoline: Mama? Pritchard: Oh, Gwendoline. Gwendoline: Mama! Pritchard: Oh, my dear. Oh, my dear. Oh, we were so happy once. Do you remember riding down to the village with your father, the dogs running behind, barking? And then he went away, to Java. You sent him. Gwendoline: Mama, I thought you were lost. Pritchard: Oh, I am, my dear. We both are. Gwendoline: Oh, Mama, what have we done? Light: You changed. Like the rest of this verminous planet, you adapted to your situation to survive. Light: Well, you'll never change again. Nimrod: They never harmed you. Light: I've decided Earth's future. We must collect items from the ship. Follow me. Dining room The Doctor: Josiah, tell me about your plan to assassinate Queen Victoria. Ace: You what? Josiah: Who have you been talking to? The Doctor: Myself, mostly. But you're not really empire material, are you? I mean, your background's a bit dodgy. And light wouldn't be amused. Ace: Neither will Queen Vic. Josiah: The British Empire's an anarchic mess. There's no clear directive from the throne, mo discipline. Result? Confusion, wastage. I can provide a new order. Wealth, prosperity. The Doctor: Confusion, wastage, tyranny, burnt toast, till all the atlas is pink. The Doctor: But it isn't your invitation to Buckingham Palace. Redvers? Redvers: I am allowed to take a guest. Control: Control proper ladylike now. Out to dinner. Take Control meeting Queen lady. Josiah: Redvers, we agreed. We hunt the crowned Saxe-Coburg together. Redvers: I gave up on Redvers long ago. All he ever talks about is himself. Here, Control. Control: It's mine, or I burn it. Josiah: You basest creatures. You dare to defy me? I'm a man of property! Control: Then I burn whole house up. Josiah: No! Ace: No, Control, don't do it! Please don't do it! That's what I did! The Doctor: In 1983? Ace, you didn't tell me that. Ace: You're not my probation officer. You don't have to know everything. The Doctor: Ace. Ace: It was the house. It was full of evil and hate left by him. So I burnt the house down. I had to. Control: It is wickedness. Josiah: No! The Doctor: He only wanted to take over an Empire. At least he didn't want to destroy the world. The Doctor: Light, I think I've solved your problem for you. Light: There's only one solution to Earth. I was going to reduce it to this. Ace: Oh, no. The Doctor: So you started with Inspector MacKenzie. Josiah: The cream of Scotland Yard. The Doctor: Primordial soup, the most precious substance in the universe, from which all life springs. Light: Merely sugars, proteins and amino acids. But it will soon start to evolve again, so I'm going to stop the change here. All organic life will be eradicated in the firestorm. And when this world is destroyed, no more change, no more evolution, no more life. No more amendments to my catalogue. The Doctor: But you evolve too, Light. Light: Nonsense! The Doctor: Of course you do. You change, adapt, all the time. Your attitude, your place, your mind. I mean, look at you now. You're no longer your original shape. And I don't think much about your catalogue. It's full of gaps. Light: All organic life is recorded. The Doctor: What about the gryphons, the basilisks? Entrance hall The Doctor: You missed the dragons, the bandersnatches. Then there are the slithy toves and the crowned Saxe-Coburg. Light: Where are these items? The Doctor: I can't think how you missed them. You have to complete the catalogue before you can destroy all life here. Light: Control? The Doctor: She's no use to you now. She's evolved as well. Light: No! All slipping away. The Doctor: All is change, all is movement. Tell me, Light, haven't you just changed your location? Light: Not yet. The Doctor: What's the matter, Light, changed your mind? Light: You are endlessly agitating, unceasingly mischievous. Will you never stop? The Doctor: I suppose I could. It would make a change. Light: Nimrod! I can rely on you. Assist me now. Nimrod: I'm sorry, sir. My allegiance is to this planet, my birthright. Light: Argh! Everything is changing. All in flux. Nothing remains the same. The Doctor: Even remains change. It's this planet. It can't help itself. Light: I will not change. I'll wake up soon. No change. d*ad. The Doctor: Subject for catalogue. File under Imagination comma lack of. Nimrod: Excuse me, sir, but Light instigated the firestorm programme sometime prior to dinner. The Doctor: Ah. Ace: What does that mean? The Doctor: A very big expl*si*n, very soon. Cellar Ace: How do we stop it? Same as before? The Doctor: Ace, don't touch that. Ace: It'll nuke Earth. The Doctor: Look. Ace: Fine time to watch a video. The Doctor: How does this ship travel? Ace: Speed of thought. It's alive. The Doctor: Yes. Light's gone. The ship survives, along with a new crew. Josiah: Turn off the power, Doctor. Ace: Get off, scumbag! Josiah: I'll have my empire yet. The Doctor: Josiah, the ship doesn't want you to. Redvers: There's a place for you here, old chap. Control: Stop that immediately. Get back where you belong. The Doctor: There go the rungs in his evolutionary ladder. Ace: Go on, then. Evolve your way out of that one. Josiah: No way out now. No changing. Control: You are the most unhappy creature. I shall look after you. Ace: They swapped over. Nimrod: We have our work to do, sir. Entries and amendments to revise to complete the catalogue. Ace: No nukes, then? Isn't it going to explode? The Doctor: Explode or fly. I mean, after all, it is a spaceship. Nimrod: The energy will be redeployed for our departure, sir. Redvers: Redvers has the whole universe to explore for his catalogue. New horizons, wondrous beasts, light years from Zanzibar. Control: Doctor, something tells me you are not in our catalogue, nor will you ever be. The Doctor: You're busy. Must fly. Ace: Bye, bye. The Doctor: Come on. Redvers: Bye. Lift Ace: We've got to get clear for the take-off. The Doctor: Take off? They've gone, like a passing thought. As long as their minds don't wander. Entrance hall The Doctor: He's dispersed. Ace: For ever? The Doctor: The house will remember. Just the ghost of an evil memory lingering. A dark secret after the candle is out. Ace: I felt it here in a hundred years time. The Doctor: An evil older than time itself. Ace: So I burnt the house down. The Doctor: Any regrets? Ace: Yes. The Doctor: Yes? Ace: I wish I'd blown it up instead. The Doctor: Wicked.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "26x07 - Ghost Light - part 3"}
foreverdreaming
PART ONE Written by Ian Briggs Original air date: 25 October, 1989 Run time: 24:23 1. The North Yorkshire coast (Two dinghies containing Russian soldiers struggle through the fog to the shore. Beneath the water, something is watching them from the wreck of a Viking dragonship. One of the dinghies gets lost in the fog. The men on the surviving dinghy shout to one another in Russian.) SERGEANT PROZOROV: We've lost the others. CAPTAIN SORIN: Keep rowing. 2. The TARDIS materialises in the grounds of a military base (The DOCTOR and ACE emerge. The DOCTOR is wearing a brown duffel coat and ACE is dressed in a 1940's dress with a red hair net.) THE DOCTOR: Ahhh. This looks about right. (The DOCTOR spots some soldiers driving past.) THE DOCTOR: World w*r Two uniforms. No need to worry about looking silly. ACE: If this is a top-secret naval camp, then I'm Lord Nelson. THE DOCTOR: Oh whine, whine, whine, whine. ACE: Professor, top-secret naval camps usually have men with g*n all over the place. You don't just stroll in. 3. Guard post interior (SERGEANT LEIGH is watching the DOCTOR and ACE through his binoculars. He speaks into a radio transmitter.) SERGEANT LEIGH: House guests leaving the conservatory. Entering the library. 4. Command room (CAPTAIN BATES is receiving SERGEANT LEIGH's transmissions.) SERGEANT LEIGH: They'll reach the drawing room in about sixty seconds. (CAPTAIN BATES smiles.) 5. A North Yorkshire beach (One of the Russian dinghies has landed at the shore, and the armed soldiers carefully disembark.) CAPTAIN SORIN (to SERGEANT PROZOROV): Set up camp. Over there. SERGEANT PROZOROV (to other soldiers): Move it. Take the boat up. (PETROSSIAN, a young soldier, looks around nervously. CAPTAIN SORIN taps him on the shoulder.) PETROSSIAN: What happened to our comrades? CAPTAIN SORIN: Nothing. Nothing. Go on, move on. (PETROSSIAN doesn't look convinced.) 6. Exterior of naval camp (The DOCTOR and ACE are striding further into the camp.) ACE: I've had more trouble getting into Greenford disco without a ticket. THE DOCTOR: You can always go back. ACE: I'd rather go rock climbing. THE DOCTOR: Not in those clothes. (He laughs cruelly.) 7. Guard post interior (SERGEANT LEIGH is watching the DOCTOR and ACE through his binoculars.) SERGEANT LEIGH: House guests leaving the nursery. (Suddenly, he spots ACE's face.) SERGEANT LEIGH: Wait! Something's wrong! One of them's a girl! 8. Command room interior (CAPTAIN BATES is still receiving SERGEANT LEIGH's transmissions.) CAPTAIN BATES: Say again sergeant. SERGEANT LEIGH: One of them's a girl. They're the wrong ones! (CAPTAIN BATES quickly barks a code word into another radio transmitter.) CAPTAIN BATES: Rat-trap! 9. Interior of base (A group of soldiers pick up their fire-arms and dash out of the door.) 10. Exterior of naval camp (In an instant, the DOCTOR and ACE are surrounded by soldiers, all aiming their g*n directly at them.) SERGEANT LEIGH: Don't move! Hand's up! THE DOCTOR: About time too! Call yourselves Royal Marines? You're a disgrace! Those boots are filthy! What would happen if the Germans att*cked now? PERKINS (taken by surprise): Sorry sir. ACE: In fact, how do you know we are not Germans? (PERKINS doesn't reply.) ACE: Well answer me. PERKINS: You don't look like Germans ma'am. THE DOCTOR: I don't suppose you know where Doctor Judson's office is? (The soldiers don't answer.) THE DOCTOR: Never mind. This way. ACE: Yes sir. (The DOCTOR and ACE march away from the group of bemused soldiers.) 11. North Yorkshire beach (The Russian soldiers are scouting the beach. SERGEANT PROZOROV runs up to CAPTAIN SORIN and begins to speak to him in Russian.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Prozorov, everything in English. From now on, everything in English. SERGEANT PROZOROV: Quick! Down on the beach. CAPTAIN SORIN (to other soldiers): Come on! PETROSSIAN: How long till nightfall? CAPTAIN SORIN: Long enough. Come on. (Further down the beach, the soldiers find the body of CORPORAL GAYEV. The soldiers pull his body further up the shore. His skin is deathly white, his neck is cut with deep, razor-straight lines, and his eyes stare wildly about. CAPTAIN SORIN kneels beside him.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Gayev, listen to me. Where are the sealed orders? You had them. Gayev, what happened to them? (CORPORAL GAYEV is unable to answer.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Gayev! 12. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (DOCTOR JUDSON sits in his wheelchair next to a blackboard covered in complex mathematical formula. NURSE CRANE looks on. There is a knock at the door. The DOCTOR and ACE enter the room.) DOCTOR JUDSON: In heaven's name! THE DOCTOR: You must be Doctor Judson. Excuse the interruption. I've driven a long way to meet you. DOCTOR JUDSON: This is intolerable! NURSE CRANE: A little less excitement please, Doctor Judson. Remember your blood pressure. (The DOCTOR notices one of the diagrams on the blackboard.) THE DOCTOR: The Prisoner's Dilemma. NURSE CRANE: You can't just ... DOCTOR JUDSON: Oh, shut up Crane! (DOCTOR JUDSON turns to the DOCTOR.) DOCTOR JUDSON: You're familiar with the Prisoner's Dilemma, then? THE DOCTOR: Based on a false premise don't you think? But a neat algorithm nevertheless Doctor Judson. Excuse me, do you have any official stationary and typewriter I could use? DOCTOR JUDSON: On the desk. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. (The DOCTOR picks up a blank sheet of official paper off the desk, and inserts it into the typewriter.) DOCTOR JUDSON: You're obviously also an expert in this field, but I'm afraid I don't recognise ... (he gestures towards ACE). THE DOCTOR: Ace. (ACE walks towards DOCTOR JUDSON and shakes his hand.) ACE: Hi, I'm Ace and this is the Professor. (The DOCTOR is busy positioning the paper into the typewriter.) THE DOCTOR (irritably): Doctor. ACE: Sorry, Doctor. (ACE spots a logic game lying on top of one of the cupboards.) ACE: Oh, wow! Have you seen this, Professor? (The DOCTOR is too busy typing to listen. She picks up the game.) DOCTOR JUDSON (annoyed): Put it down child! It's not a toy! (ACE begins to play with the game.) ACE: I know it's not. It's a flip-flop thingy. We used them at school. DOCTOR JUDSON (shocked): You understand it? ACE: Yeah, it's a logic game, isn't it? You drop marbles in the top, and depending on what colour each window is, the marble follows a different path. You've got a logic diagram for it on the blackboard. DOCTOR JUDSON: This is extraordinary! And you learnt about logic at school? ACE: Hmm. Miss Birkett taught us in computer studies. She was well good. Can I borrow this? (The DOCTOR has finished typing.) THE DOCTOR: Two pens, please. DOCTOR JUDSON: Crane! (NURSE CRANE hands the DOCTOR two different pens.) THE DOCTOR: Ahh, thank you. (The DOCTOR signs two different signatures at the bottom of the page he has just typed.) THE DOCTOR: There we are. (There is a knock at the door.) THE DOCTOR: Come in! (CAPTAIN BATES rushes into the room.) CAPTAIN BATES (to DOCTOR JUDSON): I'm sorry to disturb you sir, but these two are unauthorised personnel. THE DOCTOR: Unauthorised? We are here by urgent request of the w*r Office. (The DOCTOR hands CAPTAIN BATES the sheet he has just typed.) THE DOCTOR: I think you'll find this is signed by the Prime Minister and the head of the secret service. (CAPTAIN BATES reads the letter.) CAPTAIN BATES: I must apologise sir. We weren't informed of your arrival. THE DOCTOR: Need to know, Captain. Need to know. Doctor Judson's work at breaking the German codes is very important to the w*r effort. CAPTAIN BATES (to ACE): We thought you were something to do with those East End kids. Evacuees. ACE: I'm not from the East End, I'm from ... (DOCTOR JUDSON interrupts.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Doctor, would you like to see the Ultima machine, hmm? THE DOCTOR (enthusiastically): The Ultima machine, yes. DOCTOR JUDSON: Bates, go and fetch Commander Millington, will you? CAPTAIN BATES: Sir. THE DOCTOR (worried): Commander? Um, on second thoughts, it's been a long day. Perhaps tomorrow Doctor Judson. (To CAPTAIN BATES) If you'd just show us to our quarters. (The DOCTOR and ACE leave the room, followed by CAPTAIN BATES.) 13. North Yorkshire beach (The Russian soldiers are gathered together on the rocks.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Now, as soon as it's dark, we check the base. Petrossian, you check the shoreline in case anything gets washed up. PETROSSIAN: Alone? CAPTAIN SORIN: It only needs one. PETROSSIAN: If you listen to me, there's evil here. Can't you feel it? Cold against your skin. CAPTAIN SORIN: Stop it! More stupid Armenian superstitions. You're supposed to be a soldier. PETROSSIAN (indicating Gayev): So was he. (CAPTAIN SORIN moves closer to PETROSSIAN.) CAPTAIN SORIN: You follow orders. (PETROSSIAN finally obeys and moves away.) 14. Beneath the water (Something begins to stir in the wreak of the Viking dragonship.) 15. Later in the day (PETROSSIAN is searching the beach around Maidens' Point. Night is falling as PETROSSIAN finds the Russian secret orders in a black package lying on the pebbles. He slits the package open and searches amongst the papers. Amongst the top-secret papers is a photograph of DOCTOR JUDSON.) 16. A small room containing some bunk beds and a little furniture (The DOCTOR and ACE enter. The DOCTOR turns on the electric light.) ACE: Ace! Bunk beds! Bags I go on top. THE DOCTOR (whispering): Quiet Ace. People are trying to sleep. ACE: Sorry. (ACE climbs onto the top bunk. The DOCTOR sit on the bottom one. Ace's head emerges, hanging upside down from the top.) ACE: Is it all right if I go down to the cliffs tomorrow to do some rock climbing? THE DOCTOR: Go to sleep. ACE: Sorry. (ACE lies back into her bed. After a moments thought, the DOCTOR gets up from his bed and switches off the light.) ACE: Night. (The DOCTOR starts to slip through the door.) ACE: Where are you off to? THE DOCTOR: The night air. Go to sleep. (The DOCTOR leaves the room. ACE gets the logic game out of her duffel bag and begins to play with it. From another room, a crying baby can be heard.) 17. Maidens' Point at dusk (PETROSSIAN continues to search the beach, unaware that he is being watched. Turning, he sees his stalker and runs away in terror.) 18. Naval camp, exterior (PERKINS is patrolling the perimeter fence. THE DOCTOR suddenly appears, making him jump.) PERKINS: Oh it's you sir. Thank goodness. I thought ... THE DOCTOR (not listening): Eyes. Eyes watching. 19. Naval camp, exterior (At the other side of the fence, CAPTAIN SORIN is watching the base and timing the guard patrols. He leaves, satisfied with what he has found.) 20. Maidens' Point (PETROSSIAN tries to escape from his pursuer, but stumbles and falls on the rocks. He covers his face and screams in terror as he is finally caught.) 21. Saint Jude's church, exterior, the following morning (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is seeing his congregation out of the church. MISS HARDAKER stops to speak with him. Two teenage girls, PHYLLIS and JEAN wait patiently nearby.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Miss Hardacker? MISS HARDAKER: Your sermon Mr Wainwright. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Yes? MISS HARDAKER: There's no doubt about it, Mr Wainwright. Of course we'll win the w*r. Right is on our side. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I don't think that right is on anyone's side in w*r, Miss Hardaker. MISS HARDAKER: Your father would turn in his grave to hear such words. When he was vicar of this parish, there was respect for the Good Book. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I think that faith is more than just words. MISS HARDAKER: In plain language, doubt and indecision. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Miss Hardaker ... (The DOCTOR and ACE arrive.) THE DOCTOR: How do you do? I wonder if you might help me. I'm looking for Doctor Judson. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Oh, I think you'll find him still working in the crypt. If you'd like to follow me. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT turns to enter the church.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Ah, good day Miss Hardaker. (To the DOCTOR) If you'd like to follow me. (The DOCTOR raises his hat to MISS HARDAKER before following REVEREND WAINWRIGHT into the church. ACE stays behind to talk to JEAN and PHYLLIS.) ACE: Who's the old gargoyle? Friend of yours? JEAN: She's the old bag we've been billeted with. ACE: Come again? JEAN: We've been evacuated. PHYLLIS: We're from London. ACE: Oh, so am I ... MISS HARDAKER (OOV): Come on girls. Time we were moving. ACE: See you later. PHYLLIS: Where? ACE: What about over there? (ACE points to a sign marked "2 Maidens' Point".) ACE: Maidens' Point. 22. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office, interior (COMMANDER MILLINGTON sits at his desk. His office is adorned with n*zi images and symbols. Swastikas hang on the walls and a large portrait of Adolf h*tler hangs above COMMANDER MILLINGTON's head. COMMANDER MILLINGTON stands up from behind his desk and walks towards a small table holding a Viking chess set. He stares thoughtfully at the carved pieces.) 23. Saint Jude's church, interior (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is leading the DOCTOR to the back of the building.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I can't see why he spends so much time studying old carvings. I keep telling him he's wasting his time. THE DOCTOR: Answering questions is never a waste of time. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Surely that depends on the answers. (ACE enters the church and runs up to the two men.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: When I was studying at Saint Andrew's ... THE DOCTOR: Nature says ... (ACE catches up with them.) ACE: We're not going to be long, are we Professor? Only I've arranged to meet Phyllis and Jean later. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: If you'll just follow me. THE DOCTOR (whispering to ACE): I was having a good conversation. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT leads them into a smaller room at the back of the church. ACE spots some silverware on display.) ACE: Here, vicar. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Yes? ACE: You shouldn't leave all this silverware lying around, you're wide open. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: They're suspicious people in these parts. Too afraid of the old Viking curse to break in here. ACE: Curse? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: This church is built on old Viking graves. They say evil was once buried here. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT leads the DOCTOR and ACE down a spiral staircase to the crypt.) 24. Maidens' Point (PETROSSIAN's body lies on the pebbles. His neck has been slashed and he is completely drained of blood.) 25. Church crypt, interior (DOCTOR JUDSON is seated in front of a wall covered in runes. He is busy making notes, while NURSE CRANE stands nearby, holding a lantern for him. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT leads the DOCTOR and ACE into the crypt.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Here we are, Doctor. This is the crypt. DOCTOR JUDSON: Ah, Doctor. What do you make of these then, hmm? (The DOCTOR leans forward to inspect the runes.) THE DOCTOR: Fascinating. Ace, look at this. ACE: They look like Viking carvings. THE DOCTOR: Viking rune stones. Ninth-century, yes? DOCTOR JUDSON: Ahh, you evidently know more than I do. THE DOCTOR: Well it's the alphabet. The later Vikings used the sixteen character alphabet. DOCTOR JUDSON: Don't tell me. The Ultima machine can break the most sophisticated n*zi ciphers. So ninth-century scribbling shouldn't be much of a problem. (ACE moves away from the group.) ACE: Professor? THE DOCTOR: Hmm? ACE: What's that noise? THE DOCTOR: What noise? ACE: Like a machine. THE DOCTOR: Organ bellows. Come on, let's leave Doctor Judson to his puzzles. (The DOCTOR and ACE leave the crypt.) 26. Saint Jude's church, exterior (The DOCTOR and ACE have left the church and are walking through the cemetery.) ACE: Yeah, it was definitely some kind of machinery, Professor. (The DOCTOR doesn't reply.) ACE: Only don't bother listening to me, because I'm only a mere mortal. (The DOCTOR stops near an old gravestone.) THE DOCTOR: Look. ACE: Yeah, graves. THE DOCTOR: No, at the ground. ACE: There's a slight dip in it. THE DOCTOR: Subsidence, and since the grave was dug. ACE: How do you know that? THE DOCTOR: Well, either that, or they'd been at the communion wine when they'd put up the headstone. (The DOCTOR and ACE move closer to the headstone and read the names engraved onto it.) THE DOCTOR: Joseph Sundvik. He must have been one of the descendants of the original Viking settlers. ACE: Look at the last one. She only lived thirteen days, poor little thing. You don't suppose it was that Viking curse, do you? THE DOCTOR: Where did you say you were meeting your two friends? ACE: Somewhere called Maidens' Point. THE DOCTOR: I think I'll go with you. 27. MISS HARDAKER's cottage, interior (JEAN and PHYLLIS are seated together. MISS HARDAKER is in a furious mood.) MISS HARDAKER: Maidens' Point! Did you say Maidens' Point? PHYLLIS: We only want to go for a walk, maybe have a swim. MISS HARDAKER: I know what girls who go to Maidens' Point have in mind. You will never go near the place. Neither of you. JEAN: All right. Keep your hair on. MISS HARDAKER: You impudent child! Do you know why it's called Maidens' Point? Because when you stand on those cliffs, you can hear the terrible lost cries of girls who went to that place with evil in their hearts. Girls who are damned forever! 28. Maidens' Point (The DOCTOR and ACE are at the top of a cliff, looking down into the sea.) ACE: I like watching the sea. It makes me feel so small. (ACE spots the black packet containing the Russian orders lying on the sand.) ACE: Oh, you'd think people would take their rubbish home with them, wouldn't you? THE DOCTOR: What's that? ACE: Well, people come here for picnics and then leave their rubbish behind. THE DOCTOR: This is not the kind of place people come for picnics. (The DOCTOR takes the package.) THE DOCTOR: Not ordinary tourists. Not English anyway. ACE: Germans! German spies! (The DOCTOR shows ACE the front of the package.) THE DOCTOR: Look at the lettering. ACE: Greek? THE DOCTOR: Russian. ACE: But the Russians were on our side during the w*r. We'd better warn them at the camp. THE DOCTOR: I think they already know. ACE: Where do you suppose the Russians are now? THE DOCTOR: More to the point, where have they come from? From the north, like Vikings? I think I'd better go back to the church. (The DOCTOR turns to leave.) ACE: The church! THE DOCTOR: Well, if you find churches boring, you can stay here. But don't go into the water! 29. The Ultima machine room (The machine fills most of the room and is continually printing out reams of information. DOCTOR JUDSON is busy tinkering with the machine. NURSE CRANE stands nearby. COMMANDER MILLINGTON bursts in.) DOCTOR JUDSON (consulting printout): The North Atlantic U-boats have changed ciphers again. That's twice this month. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Can we crack them? DOCTOR JUDSON: Hmm, it may take a few days longer. (DOCTOR JUDSON consults the latest printout.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Ah, they're using six rotors now, instead of five. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Get inside the n*zi mind, Judson. Learn to think the way they think. It's the only way to understand their ciphers. DOCTOR JUDSON: The machine can do it. If you'd be so kind as to, uh ... authorise it, sir. 30. Maidens' Point (ACE, JEAN, and PHYLLIS are climbing down the rock-face on a rope. They laugh and joke as they reach the bottom.) ACE: Want to do it again? PHYLLIS: No! JEAN: Oh, come on Philly, don't be such a baby doll. You should hear what they call her at school. PHYLLIS: Jean! JEAN (to ACE): Doesn't your uncle mind you coming down here by yourself? ACE: Who? Oh, the Professor. No, he's all right really. PHYLLIS: That witch said we oughtn't to come here. PHYLLIS and JEAN (mockingly): There's evil in the water! (The girls scream and run towards the sea.) JEAN: Come on! ACE: Here, wait for me! Wait for me! (ACE runs after the girls. Unknown to any of them, the drained corpse of PETROSSIAN lies a short distance away.) 31. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON is busy working on the machine. NURSE CRANE and COMMANDER MILLINGTON stand nearby.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Oh, yes. The machine can do it. This is the first. In the future, there'll be many more computing machines, thinking machines. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Yes, but who's thoughts will they think? 32. Saint Jude's Church, vestry (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is absorbed reading an old record book. The DOCTOR enters, shutting the door behind him, making REVEREND WAINWRIGHT jump.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I beg your pardon. I didn't hear you. THE DOCTOR: Possibly not. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: What can I do for you Doctor? THE DOCTOR: I'd like to know the answer. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I'm afraid I don't understand. THE DOCTOR: Afraid, yes. But of what? The Viking inscriptions - the curse? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Doctor, there are some questions better left unanswered. THE DOCTOR: That may be so, but it's too late isn't it? Someone's already translated the inscriptions. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT looks down at the book he is holding.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: It's probably all nonsense. Some records that my grandfather made when he was vicar of Saint Jude's at the end of the last century. He translated the Viking inscriptions. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT passes the record book to the DOCTOR.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I wish to heavens he never had. 33. Maidens' Point (JEAN and PHYLLIS have changed into bathing costumes and are wading into the water. ACE remains on the beach. JEAN and PHYLLIS try to coax her into the water.) JEAN: Come on! Don't be such a baby doll. ACE: No, swimming's stupid. PHYLLIS: It's lovely and warm. ACE: Anyway, it's dangerous, look. (ACE points to a large sign behind her, which reads "Warning. Dangerous Undercurrents.'") JEAN: Oh, you're just a baby doll. (The two girls wade deeper into the sea. ACE walks away from the beach.) ACE: Stupid. (Beneath the water, the two girls are being watched by an evil menace.) 34. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR is reading aloud the translation of the Viking rune stones. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT stands nearby.) THE DOCTOR: We hope to return to the North Way, carrying home the oriental treasures from the Silk Lands in the east, but the dark curse follows our dragonship. (Beneath the water, an old and evil menace begins to stir around the remains of a Viking dragonship.) THE DOCTOR: Black fog turned day into night, and the fingers of death reached out from the waters to reclaim the treasure we have stolen. I carve these stones in memory of Asmund, Rognvald, Torkel, Halfdan, brave Viking warriors slain by the curse. We sought haven in Northumbria, and took refuge at a place called Maidens' Bay, but the curse of the treasure has followed us to this place. (The DOCTOR stops reading, and is obviously worried.) THE DOCTOR: Maidens' Bay? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: That's Maidens' Point. THE DOCTOR: But I've left Ace there. (ACE enters the room.) ACE: Yep, but I'm here now, aren't I? What you got there Professor? THE DOCTOR: It's a translation of the Viking inscriptions, look. And there's something I've just noticed. ACE: What's that? (The DOCTOR flicks through the book to find what he is looking for.) THE DOCTOR: We hope to return to the North Way, carrying home the oriental treasure. Now, listen to this. (The DOCTOR pulls the package of Russian documents out of his pocket, and reads a sentence from one of the papers.) THE DOCTOR: Vozravschayetes v Norwegioo s sakrovischem. ACE: I only did French O level. THE DOCTOR: We return to Norway - the North Way, bearing the treasure. (The DOCTOR puts the package back into his pocket.) THE DOCTOR: Now, let's see how Doctor Judson is getting along , shall we? (The DOCTOR leaves the vestry, followed by ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT.) 35. Maidens' Point (JEAN and PHYLLIS have finished swimming and have changed back into their clothes. PHYLLIS is drawing two lines on the back of JEAN's legs.) PHYLLIS: Hold still, will you? JEAN: Make me look like Lana Turner. PHYLLIS: You mean Betty Grable. PHYLLIS and JEAN: Jane Russell! (They laugh. JEAN spots a lump of welded metal lying on the beach.) JEAN: Here, look at that. (JEAN picks the object up.) PHYLLIS: What is it? JEAN: Ohh, it feels all funny and tingly. Here. (JEAN passes the object to PHYLLIS.) PHYLLIS: No! (She drops the object.) PHYLLIS: It's like electric. (JEAN is about to pick the object up again, but PHYLLIS stops her.) PHYLLIS: No, leave it. I don't like it. JEAN: It's just a piece of junk. Come on, we've got to get going, before that old bag starts worrying. (A short distance away, SERGEANT PROZOROV is lying flat on his stomach, guarding the beach with his g*n. Unaware of the danger, JEAN and PHYLLIS walk towards him laughing and joking.) SERGEANT PROZOROV (muttering to himself): No closer. No closer, please. JEAN and PHYLLIS: Alice Day! (The two girls abruptly change their direction, still laughing and joking. SERGEANT PROZOROV breathes a sigh of relief.) 36. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (DOCTOR JUDSON is busy at work, and NURSE CRANE stands nearby, as always. There is a knock at the door, THE DOCTOR and ACE enter.) THE DOCTOR: Doctor Judson, there's something here that might interest you. DOCTOR JUDSON: What's that then? THE DOCTOR: A nineteenth-century translation of the Viking inscriptions, courtesy of Mr. Wainwright's grandfather. DOCTOR JUDSON: Really? (DOCTOR JUDSON takes the record book from ACE. He reads a passage from the book.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Night is the time of the evil curse, and no man is safe alone. (He looks up from the book.) DOCTOR JUDSON: This is invaluable! 37. On the beach at Maidens' Point (SERGEANT PROZOROV has left his watch post. He finds the same object found by PHYLLIS and JEAN. SERGEANT PROZOROV throws it into the water. Beneath the sea, a clawed hand catches the object, and the pale corpse of one of the Russian soldiers lost in the second dingy floats in the wreak of the Viking dragonship.) 38. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (DOCTOR JUDSON continues reading.) DOCTOR JUDSON: The waters are most dangerous. The dark evil lies waiting in the sea. It has followed the treasure we stole. We cannot see it, but we know it is there: beneath the surface, beyond seeing, but it is there. And one by one, our crew is being k*lled. 39. The deciphering room, interior (The DOCTOR and ACE open the door to the deciphering room, which displays a large warning sign. Inside, several WRNS girls are busily working,) ACE: I didn't know they had personal stereos in 1943. THE DOCTOR (Laughs): They're listening to coded German radio messages. (One of the girls, KATHLEEN DUDMAN, notices them.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Are you looking for someone? THE DOCTOR: Ah, yes. We're just being nosy. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Well, we're the girls. (The DOCTOR and ACE enter the room, smiling at the other workers.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: I'm Kathleen, hello. THE DOCTOR: Hello. (He shakes her hand. ACE notices a baby in a cot under one of the desks.) ACE: Look Professor. A baby. (ACE pulls the baby's cot from under the desk.) ACE (to KATHLEEN DUDMAN): Is it yours? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Yes, and she's a she. ACE: She's lovely. (The DOCTOR does a bird impression to amuse the baby.) ACE: Can I pick her up? THE DOCTOR: You've got to excuse her, she's from Perivale. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: That's all right, of course you can. ACE: Thanks. (ACE lifts the baby out of the cot.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Where's Perivale? ACE: You don't want to know. (ACE is unsure how to hold the baby.) ACE: Now what do I do? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Just put your arm underneath her like that. ACE: Yeah. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN helps ease the baby into ACE's arms.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Get her head, and you're fine. You're fine. There we are. ACE: Oh Professor, isn't she beautiful? Oh, look at her little finger nails. They're so perfect, and so tiny. THE DOCTOR: Yes. Every one a heart breaker. ACE: What's she called? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Audrey. (There is a noticeable change in ACE's attitude.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: What's the matter? Don't you like it? ACE: I hate it. That's my mother's name. Here. (ACE hands Audrey back to KATHLEEN DUDMAN. But at that moment, COMMANDER MILLINGTON enters and sees the baby. However, he fails to notice the DOCTOR and ACE.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Dudman! I gave you clear instructions, the baby is not to remain on camp. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Yes, sir. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Well? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Well I thought she could stay with my cousin sir, only their cottage is too small, and I ... (COMMANDER MILLINGTON walks further into the room.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Twenty-four hours Dudman. I shall have you dismissed from service. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Yes, sir. ACE (furious): Who'd you think you are, armpit? THE DOCTOR: No, Ace. (The DOCTOR manages to bundle ACE out of the room before COMMANDER MILLINGTON notices them.) 40. Outside the deciphering room (The DOCTOR and ACE watch as COMMANDER MILLINGTON leaves the building towards DOCTOR JUDSON's office.) ACE: Why didn't you let me sort him out, Professor? THE DOCTOR: There are more effective ways. Look. (When ACE is distracted, the DOCTOR consults the Russian map from his pocket.) THE DOCTOR: Come on. ACE: Where are we off to? THE DOCTOR: I thought we'd have a quick rummage in his office. (The DOCTOR and ACE dash towards COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office.) 41. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (The DOCTOR and ACE enter.) THE DOCTOR: Extraordinary! ACE: What is this? THE DOCTOR: This is a perfect replica of the German naval cipher room in Berlin. (The DOCTOR walks towards a filing cabinet, glancing at the files.) THE DOCTOR: Even down to the files. (He points towards a portrait of h*tler.) THE DOCTOR: That dreadful man. ACE: Commander Millington's a spy! THE DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no, no. Just trying to think the way the Germans think. Keep one step ahead. But he's done it so perfectly. Let's see what else he's got here. (The DOCTOR searches through some papers on the desk, finding some photographs.) THE DOCTOR: Oh dear, look at that. Pictures of cities being b*mb ... innocent people ... (The DOCTOR notices an old photograph of a school rugby team hanging on the wall.) THE DOCTOR: Wait a minute. That's not right. (He moves closer to look at the photograph.) THE DOCTOR: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. ACE: What is it? THE DOCTOR: The old school tie. It seems that Millington and Judson went to school together. That was before Judson had his accident. (ACE has noticed the Viking chess set on a small table.) ACE: Why is everyone around here so interested in Vikings? THE DOCTOR: Yes, why? 42. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (COMMANDER MILLINGTON is talking to DOCTOR JUDSON.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: A girl? From the w*r Office? DOCTOR JUDSON: She's a mathematical specialist. She understands the logic diagrams. They found an old translation of those Viking inscriptions. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON takes the old record book from DOCTOR JUDSON, and begins to read.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I warn of the day when the Earth shall fall asunder, and all of heaven too. The Wolves of Fenric shall return for their treasure, and then shall the Dark Evil rule eternally. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON looks up from the book.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: This is it! The final battle between the gods and the beasts. It's now, Judson! The curse of Fenric. 43. Maidens' Point (The DOCTOR and ACE have returned to Maidens' Point, and are climbing down the rocks towards the beach.) ACE: I'm confused, Professor. I mean, what's it got to do with the Russian papers? THE DOCTOR: Well, whatever it is, it will be down here, somewhere. Near where we found those papers. ACE: Well, what are we looking for? I mean is it big, or is ... (ACE spots the corpse of PETROSSIAN lying on the beach.) ACE: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: What have you found? (ACE leads the DOCTOR over to PETROSSIAN's body.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, not very pleasant. What's he holding? (The DOCTOR takes the lump of metal, which PETROSSIAN had previously thrown into the sea, out of his hand. In an instant, the DOCTOR and ACE are surrounded by Russian soldiers, all of them aiming their g*n directly at them ...)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who", "episode": "26x08 - The Curse of Fenric - part 1"}
foreverdreaming
PART TWO Written by Ian Briggs Original air date: 01 November, 1989 Run time: 24:09 1. Maidens' Point (The DOCTOR and ACE have returned to Maidens' Point, and are climbing down the rocks towards the beach.) ACE: I'm confused, Professor. I mean, what's it got to do with the Russian papers? THE DOCTOR: Well, whatever it is, it will be down here, somewhere. Near where we found those papers. ACE: Well, what are we looking for? I mean, is it big, or is ... (ACE spots the corpse of PETROSSIAN lying on the beach.) ACE: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: What have you found? (ACE leads The DOCTOR over to PETROSSIAN's body.) THE DOCTOR: Yes, not very pleasant. What's he holding? (The DOCTOR takes the lump of metal, which PETROSSIAN had previously thrown into the sea, out of his hand. In an instant, the DOCTOR and ACE are surrounded by Russian soldiers. All of them aiming their g*n directly at them ...) SERGEANT PROZOROV: No! We don't want to attract attention. (SERGEANT PROZOROV unclips the bayonet from the end of his r*fle.) THE DOCTOR: Do you know what's happening here? Do you think we really k*lled him? SERGEANT PROZOROV: It doesn't matter. You know too much, you die. THE DOCTOR: We know more than you think. Vozravschayetes v Norwegioo s sakrovischem. ACE: Return to Norway with the treasure. VERSHININ: k*ll them now, Prozorov. SERGEANT PROZOROV: No, we take them back to Captain Sorin. (SERGEANT PROZOROV barks some orders in Russian to the other soldiers, who lead the DOCTOR and ACE away.) 2. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (DOCTOR JUDSON is reading aloud the Viking translations.) DOCTOR JUDSON: I am the only one left now. I raise these stones to my wife, Astrid. May she forgive my sin. The day grows dark, and I sense the evil curse rising from the sea. (Beneath the sea, the corpse of a Russian soldier still floats in the wreak of the Viking dragonship. A clawed hand begins to reach towards the surface.) DOCTOR JUDSON: I know now what the curse of Fenric seeks: the treasures from the Silk Lands in the east. (In the crypt of Saint Jude's church, some new runes are being created in the wall by an inner f*re. When the message is complete, the f*re fades, leaving newly-carved runes in an alphabet thousands of years old.) DOCTOR JUDSON: I have heard the treasures whisper in my dreams. I have heard the magic words that will release great powers. I shall bury the treasure for ever. Tonight, I shall die, and the words die with me. (Beneath the water at Maidens' Point, the corpse of a Russian soldier opens it's d*ad eyes, signalling the approaching evil.) 3. Maidens' Point beach (The DOCTOR is trying to reason with CAPTAIN SORIN. The traumatised GAYEV lies a short distance away.) THE DOCTOR: If ... if you att*ck the camp now, you'll walk straight into a trap. And if you stay here, you'll die just like your comrade. CAPTAIN SORIN: And if I let you go, you betray us. THE DOCTOR: It's the only way. It's the only way to destroy the evil that's k*lling your men. (GAYEV screams.) VERSHININ: His mind's in pieces. (The DOCTOR takes off his duffel coat.) ACE: What's happened to him? THE DOCTOR: Whatever it was that k*lled his comrade, he's seen it. (The DOCTOR places his duffel coat over GAYEV, and kneels next to him.) THE DOCTOR: What did you see? Tell us. VERSHININ: This is useless. CAPTAIN SORIN (warningly): Vershinin. THE DOCTOR: Deep down, think back. Maidens' Point ... the undercurrents. What did you see? (The DOCTOR attempts to communicate in Russian.) VERSHININ: He'll never speak again. (CAPTAIN SORIN again silences VERSHININ with a hand gesture. GAYEV begins to show signs of returning to consciousness.) THE DOCTOR: What do you see? (GAYEV lets out an agonised scream. The DOCTOR is able to silence him by touching his temples. Clutched in GAYEV's hand is another piece of welded metal. The DOCTOR takes this and compares it with the one he took from PETROSSIAN.) CAPTAIN SORIN: We will delay our att*ck until you both return. VERSHININ: This is madness! CAPTAIN SORIN: We play for high stakes. Victory goes to those who take the greatest risk. Go. (The DOCTOR and ACE walk away from the group of soldiers.) 4. Saint Jude's church crypt (DOCTOR JUDSON is busy studying the inscriptions. NURSE CRANE holds a lantern for him.) NURSE CRANE: I don't like it down here. DOCTOR JUDSON: Then go away. NURSE CRANE: Don't you feel the cold? It's like winter, most unsuitable for an invalid. DOCTOR JUDSON: Shut up, Crane! NURSE CRANE: Let's get back in the warm. (Despite DOCTOR JUDSON's protests, NURSE CRANE lifts him back into his wheelchair.) NURSE CRANE: Language, Doctor Judson. There's a lady present. 5. North Yorkshire coastline (JEAN and PHYLLIS are walking away from the beach. They pass a patrol of the Home Guard, walking in the opposite direction.) JEAN: Oh, I love men in uniform! PHYLLIS: Don't they look strong? 6. Saint Jude's church, interior (The DOCTOR and ACE enter the church.) THE DOCTOR: Why do I feel there's something different about this place? ACE: Yeah, it doesn't even look like a church. THE DOCTOR: What do you mean? ACE: Well, from the outside, it looks more like a small fortress. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no! Different since we were last here. (He tuts). ACE: Oh. (The DOCTOR marches further into the church.) 7. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and ACE enter.) THE DOCTOR: I think it's about time we had a proper look at those inscriptions. (The DOCTOR leads ACE down the staircase to the church crypt.) 8. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (Seated at his desk, COMMANDER MILLINGTON is speaking to DOCTOR JUDSON. NURSE CRANE stands nearby.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Use the Ultima machine. Use the machine to translate the inscriptions. DOCTOR JUDSON: But what about the German ciphers? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Use it! 9. Saint Jude's church, crypt (The DOCTOR and ACE enter.) ACE: Can you hear noises from behind the walls? THE DOCTOR: Can't hear a thing. ACE: I definitely heard them. (The DOCTOR is examining the newly-carved inscriptions.) THE DOCTOR: Ace, come here. Look at that. (The DOCTOR indicates the inscriptions.) THE DOCTOR: What do you notice? ACE: This one's a slightly different alphabet to the rest. THE DOCTOR: Yes? ACE: And, um ... it uses fewer characters. THE DOCTOR: And? ACE: And, uh ... I don't know. THE DOCTOR: And it wasn't here this morning. ACE: Oh yeah. Hang about, these inscriptions are a thousand years old. (Somebody can be heard approaching from down the stairs.) THE DOCTOR: Quick, hide! (The DOCTOR and ACE duck out of view, just before a figure enters the crypt and exits through a secret passage. The DOCTOR and ACE come out of hiding.) ACE: Where is he? THE DOCTOR: Those noises you heard this morning. ACE: A secret door! (The DOCTOR begins to tap the wall with the inscriptions.) ACE: Yeah, but I'm sure the noises came from over this side. (The DOCTOR begins tapping the bookcase on the opposite wall.) ACE: What happens if we do find something? (COMMANDER MILLINGTON emerges from the secret door behind ACE, with his p*stol drawn. ACE sees him. The DOCTOR does not.) ACE: Professor. (The DOCTOR continues searching.) THE DOCTOR: Ace. ACE: Professor! THE DOCTOR: Ace! (The DOCTOR spins around, finding himself only inches away from COMMANDER MILLINGTON's g*n.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I think this is what you're looking for, Doctor. 10. Saint Jude's church, interior (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is reading from the pulpit to an empty church.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. Now abideth faith, hope, love; these three, and the greatest of these is ... and the greatest of these is ... (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is unable to speak the last word.) 11. North Yorkshire beach (The Russian soldiers are hiding behind some rocks, preparing to ambush a Home Guard patrol.) CAPTAIN SORIN (whispering): No sh**ting. (VERSHININ throws a small pebble near to the guard patrol. While their attention is distracted, the Russian soldiers pounce. They are able to quickly and silently k*ll the surprised men in hand-to-hand combat.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Has anyone seen us? VERSHININ: It's as quiet as the grave. 12. A secret passage (COMMANDER MILLINGTON forces the DOCTOR and ACE to walk ahead, at g*n.) 13. An underground laboratory (Two scientists are busily working. The DOCTOR, ACE and COMMANDER MILLINGTON enter.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON (to scientists): Leave the empty drums. Just take the valuable equipment. ACE: A laboratory. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON forces them further underground.) 14. A small underground room (In one corner, an underground stream trickles a bright green liquid into a large glass vat. The DOCTOR, ACE and COMMANDER MILLINGTON enter.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Behold. The end of the w*r. THE DOCTOR: So, this is what brought you here. A natural source of lethal poisons. ACE: The curse of Fenric! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Once the n*zi see what our planes are dropping on their cities ... ACE: But ... you can't! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: It will mean the end of the w*r. Save hundreds of thousands of lives. THE DOCTOR: More horrible than the Well of Vergelmir. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What did you say? THE DOCTOR: The Well of Vergelmir. Deep beneath the ground, where broods of serpents spew their poisonous venom over the roots of the Great Ash Tree. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The Great Ash Tree! The soul of all the Earth. (ACE, who has been examining the room, tries to get the DOCTOR's attention.) ACE: Professor. THE DOCTOR: Shhh. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: We have seen it, Doctor. You and I, we have seen hell. Come, I'll show you it all. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON leads the way out of the room.) ACE: What's he on about? THE DOCTOR: Norse mythology. It seem I have persuaded him that I'm on his side. (The DOCTOR leaves the room, following COMMANDER MILLINGTON. After one final look at the deadly poison, ACE follows.) 15. A North Yorkshire beach (Most of the Russian soldiers are laughing and in high spirits after their easy victory. SERGEANT PROZOROV, however, is in a more sombre mood.) VERSHININ (to other soldiers): You should have seen him! With his bare hands! When it comes to k*lling, the sarge is an expert. (VERSHININ slaps SERGEANT PROZOROV on the back. SERGEANT PROZOROV moves away from the group, a troubled expression on his face. CAPTAIN SORIN speaks softly to him.) CAPTAIN SORIN: These things have to be done. (SERGEANT PROZOROV still doesn't look satisfied.) 16. Saint Jude's church, interior (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is sitting quietly in one of the rows of pews. COMMANDER MILLINGTON, the DOCTOR and ACE enter through the back of the church.) ACE: Professor. THE DOCTOR: Hmm? ACE: What's wrong with the vicar? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: No girls. Leave her here. ACE: What! You're beginning to aggravate me. THE DOCTOR: Don't antagonise him, Ace. You'd better stay here. ACE: Professor! THE DOCTOR: Only for a short time. I've got to find out what is going on. You can find out what's wrong with Mr. Wainwright. ACE: All right. THE DOCTOR: Coming, Commander. (The DOCTOR begins to follow COMMANDER MILLINGTON, but turns to give one last instruction to ACE.) THE DOCTOR: Give me an hour. (The DOCTOR follows COMMANDER MILLINGTON out of the church. ACE glances at her watch, and sits next to REVEREND WAINWRIGHT.) ACE: Funny church, this. Isn't it? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I was just remembering when I was a child. My father was the vicar here then. It seemed such a warm, friendly place in those days. ACE: Things always look different when you're a child. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Now I stand at the church every Sunday, I see all the faces looking up at me ... waiting for me to give them something to believe in. ACE: Don't you believe in anything? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I used to believe there was good in the world, hope for the future. ACE: The future's not so bad. Have faith in me. 17. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON is busy working on the machine, when COMMANDER MILLINGTON and the DOCTOR enter.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Ah, Millington. I need the central rotor unit unlocking. THE DOCTOR: The Ultima machine. DOCTOR JUDSON: Of course, you haven't seen it, have you? A completely a*t*matic computing machine. The most advanced in the world. THE DOCTOR: Remarkable for the nineteen-forties. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: This is just the bait. THE DOCTOR: For the Germans? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Russians. THE DOCTOR: But they're your allies. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: After the w*r, when they're no longer allies. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON turns a key in the machine, unlocking the central rotor unit.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: This is what the Russians want. The mind of the Ultima machine. DOCTOR JUDSON: More than a thousand combinations an hour, with a*t*matic negative checking. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: And we are going to let the Russians steal it. Orders from Whitehall. Look inside, Doctor. Look deep inside. (Nestled amongst the components of the central rotor unit, is a small glass flask containing the deadly green chemical from the underground stream.) 18. MISS HARDAKER's cottage, interior (MISS HARDAKER is in a furious mood with JEAN and PHYLLIS, because she has discovered their wet bathing costumes.) MISS HARDAKER: You will burn in the everlasting fires of hell! You wicked, evil girls! PHYLLIS: Just because you've never been swimming. MISS HARDAKER: You have black hearts! There's no love in heaven or earth for you, nothing for you but pitiless damnation for the rest of your lives! Think on it! (The two girls storm out of MISS HARDAKER's cottage.) 19. A large bunker (Thousands of chemical b*mb line the walls. Technicians are busily working all around. COMMANDER MILLINGTON calls the DOCTOR over to a large, glass-fronted, air-tight chamber.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: A demonstration, Doctor. (A technician places a cage of white doves inside the chamber, and seals the door. COMMANDER MILLINGTON, using protective gloves, holds a small capsule, containing more of the green poison, over the cage.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: This small capsule contains just a few drops of diluted toxin. (The DOCTOR realises COMMANDER MILLINGTON's intention.) THE DOCTOR: No, don't! (COMMANDER MILLINGTON drops the capsule inside the chamber. In a matter of seconds, it is filled with poisonous green smoke.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Just think what a b*mb full could do to a city like Dresden, or Moscow. THE DOCTOR: It's inhuman. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: It could mean the end of the w*r. THE DOCTOR: And Whitehall thinks that Moscow's careless enough to let you detonate one of those things inside the Kremlin? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Oh, but that's the beauty of it, Doctor. We won't detonate it, they'll do it themselves. They'll use the machine to decrypt our ciphers, but Doctor Judson has programmed it to self-destruct when it tries to decrypt a particular word. And, once the political climate is appropriate, we will include the word in one of our ciphers. THE DOCTOR: And the word is? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What else could it be, Doctor? Love. 20. A passageway beneath the church crypt (Two soldiers are busily bricking up a doorway. Unseen by them, a small section of brick wall pulsates with a green glow, knocking away some bricks, and revealing an old, white flask. One of the soldiers hears the bricks fall.) SOLDIER 1: What was that? (SOLDIER 1 walks over to the wall, and picks up the flask.) SOLDIER 1: Is this ours? SOLDIER 2: Is it marked 'government property'? (SOLDIER 1 examines the flask.) SOLDIER 1: No. SOLDIER 2: Nothing to do with us then, leave it. Come on, let's get this sealed up. (SOLDIER 1 drops the flask to the floor, and continues work with his colleague.) 21. Maidens' Point (SERGEANT PROZOROV is washing his face in the water, when JEAN and PHYLLIS run into the sea, fully-clothed.) JEAN: I don't care! I've got nothing to lose! (SERGEANT PROZOROV slips away, before the girls see him.) 22. Beneath the water (The girls are being watched by a once dormant evil.) 23. Maidens' Point (JEAN and PHYLLIS are paddling in the sea. A mist begins to form around them.) PHYLLIS: It's so warm and peaceful. JEAN: Here, Philly. What's that? PHYLLIS: What is it? JEAN: It's a sort of mist. PHYLLIS: Who cares? It's warm in the water. JEAN: Yeah. (The mist grows thicker, until the girls can no longer see one another.) JEAN: Philly! (In an instant, the mist disperses, but the girls have disappeared with it ...) 24. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (COMMANDER MILLINGTON is seated at his desk when CAPTAIN BATES enters.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Yes? CAPTAIN BATES: I thought you'd like to know, sir. They've finished closing down operations over at the church. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Good. Tell me, they didn't find anything unusual, did they? CAPTAIN BATES: Not to my knowledge, sir. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I can't take any more risks. I want all radio transmitters and outside telephone lines disabling. CAPTAIN BATES: That may attract attention, sir. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Do it! CAPTAIN BATES: Sir! (CAPTAIN BATES turns to leave.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: And if there are any chess sets in the camp, I want them b*rned. CAPTAIN BATES: Chess sets? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: b*rned! CAPTAIN BATES: Sir! (CAPTAIN BATES leaves the room. On a blank sheet of paper, COMMANDER MILLINGTON sketches the shape of a flask ...) 25. Wrens' quarters, interior (Many women are relaxing and playing games. The DOCTOR enters, and sees a young soldier taking a chess set off two of the girls.) SOLDIER: Sorry, girls, Commander's orders. No more chess sets. THE DOCTOR: Don't you find the Commander's orders a little peculiar sometimes, soldier? SOLDIER: Peculiar or not, orders is orders. Come on girls, let's have your chess set. (The DOCTOR walks over to KATHLEEN DUDMAN, who is busily packing her case. Audrey lies in her cot on a bunk bed. The DOCTOR amuses the baby with bird impressions.) THE DOCTOR: What are you going to do with her? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Oh, something will turn up. One of the girls has gone to ask her sister if Audrey can stay with her for a few days, until I sort something out. Do you have any family yourself? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Oh, I'm sorry. It's the w*r, isn't it? It must be terrible not knowing. THE DOCTOR: Yes. (The DOCTOR walks away, deep in thought.) 26. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON is finishing copying the inscriptions onto a blackboard. The DOCTOR enters.) THE DOCTOR: You haven't seen Ace at all? I'm getting a little worried. DOCTOR JUDSON: Quiet! Now, let's see what lies encrypted in these carvings, hmm? (The teleprinter springs into life, translating the inscriptions. DOCTOR JUDSON reads what has been deciphered.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Let the chains of Fenric shatter. Even with an alphabet more than a thousand years old, the Ultima machine can reveal it's meaning. THE DOCTOR: It can translate it. Who knows what it might mean? 27. Maidens' Point (JEAN and PHYLLIS are half-submerged in the water, but the two girls have been transformed. Their hair is wild, their skin deathly white, and their lips blood-red. The teenagers' nails have grown long and claw-like. They spot SERGEANT PROZOROV on the beach.) PHYLLIS: Look. JEAN: Yes, a man. (SERGEANT PROZOROV begins to walk towards the girls.) JEAN: Are you looking at us? (Taking off his helmet, SERGEANT PROZOROV begins to wade towards them.) JEAN: Yes, he's watching us. PHYLLIS: You've got to come into the water with us. JEAN: Yes, you've got to come into the water. (SERGEANT PROZOROV is nearing the girls.) PHYLLIS: It's warm. JEAN: Blood warm. (SERGEANT PROZOROV is now nearly waist-deep in the water.) JEAN: Nobody's forcing him. Nobody ever forces you to come into the water. PHYLLIS: Everybody wants to. Deep down, everybody wants to come into the water. JEAN: Come on. Play with us. (SERGEANT PROZOROV has nearly reached the girls, when several clawed hands drag him under the water.) 28. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (The DOCTOR is chatting to DOCTOR JUDSON. NURSE CRANE is busy knitting.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Yes, I've known Millington since before my accident. (ACE enters.) ACE: Hi. THE DOCTOR: Ah, good. Oh, I need to have a word with your two young friends. ACE: Jean and Phyllis? THE DOCTOR: Yes. ACE: They'll be with the old dragon. THE DOCTOR: Good. Back in a mo. I'm just going to requisition some transport. ACE: Bags I drive! (The DOCTOR leaves the room. DOCTOR JUDSON continues working. ACE begins to play with the logic game.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Shut up! (ACE continues to play.) DOCTOR JUDSON: I said shut up! ACE: I know what it is. DOCTOR JUDSON: I am trying to work. ACE: I know what the inscription means. DOCTOR JUDSON: Yes, yes. I already know that. Let the chains of Fenric shatter. I already know that. ACE: No, no, no. It's a logic diagram. DOCTOR JUDSON: What? ACE: Look, this is a logic diagram for the flip-flop thingy, right? (She indicates one of the blackboards.) ACE: And this is a logic diagram for something else. (She points to DOCTOR JUDSON's copy of the inscriptions.) DOCTOR JUDSON: But it ... it's so complex. ACE: That's because it's not for a small thing like this, it's for a computer. DOCTOR JUDSON (excited): Crane! Take me to the decryption room! (NURSE CRANE wheels DOCTOR JUDSON out of the room.) ACE: And the half-time score: Perivale, six hundred million; rest of the universe, nil. 29. MISS HARDAKER's cottage (MISS HARDAKER has just put a record on the gramophone. From behind a curtain, the transformed JEAN and PHYLLIS emerge. They close in on the terrified woman.) MISS HARDAKER: No, no, I beg you! (She collapses in a chair and screams as the girls tower over her.) 30. In the water at Maidens' Point (SERGEANT PROZOROV's body floats face downwards. He has been drained of blood.) 31. MISS HARDAKER's cottage, exterior (The DOCTOR and ACE creep up to the open door.) THE DOCTOR: Hello? Anybody home? (They enter the cottage.) 32. MISS HARDAKER's cottage, interior (The DOCTOR and ACE enter. The only noise is the click of the gramophone needle, which has reached the centre of the record. The DOCTOR replaces the arm. ACE spots MISS HARDAKER's body lying in a chair. Her skin is pale, there are razor-straight cuts along her face.) ACE: Professor. THE DOCTOR: Just like the one at Maidens' Point. Completely drained of blood. (The DOCTOR shuts MISS HARDAKER's lifeless eyes.) 33. Saint Jude's church, cemetery (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT stands clutching a Bible. JEAN and PHYLLIS approach him from behind.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I know who you are. PHYLLIS: You've always known us. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT turns to face them.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: But vampires are just superstition. Why? JEAN: We have black hearts. We were lost on the day we were born. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: That's not true. No one is lost. PHYLLIS: Everyone is lost. (The girls continue advancing towards him. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT holds out his Bible.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No further! This is holy, it will destroy you. (The girls continue advancing.) PHYLLIS: Objects can't harm us, it's human belief. And you stopped believing when the b*mb started falling. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I'm not frightened of German b*mb. JEAN: Not German b*mb - British. PHYLLIS: On German cities. British b*mb k*lling German children. (JEAN and PHYLLIS have nearly reached REVEREND WAINWRIGHT.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No. No! (The DOCTOR and ACE appear, stepping between the girls and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT.) THE DOCTOR: Stop! ACE: What's happened to you? What are you doing? PHYLLIS: You should have come into the water with us. Then we'd have been together. THE DOCTOR: Go! Go! JEAN: We go, but we'll return for you, Wainwright. (JEAN and PHYLLIS slowly back away.) 34. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON and COMMANDER MILLINGTON are busily working on the machine. NURSE CRANE stands nearby.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: This is it, Judson! NURSE CRANE: A little respect for the wheelchair please, Commander. He's an invalid. DOCTOR JUDSON: I'm not an invalid, I'm a cripple. I'm also a genius, so shut up, the pair of you! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: All that remains is the flask. The machine can unlock its secrets. 35. The church crypt (The flask begins to glow with green energy.) 36. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON has nearly completed his work.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Now then, Millington. Let's see, shall we? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Yes, quick! (The Ultima machine bursts into life.) 37. A wooded area near the camp (The DOCTOR is leading REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and ACE towards the base.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I must tell Commander Millington. THE DOCTOR: No, no. That's exactly what we won't do. He'll just go around sh**ting everything. No, as long as Doctor Judson doesn't work out what the inscription is, it'll keep them out of harms way. And he's a typical blinkered scientist. (ACE stops walking in alarm.) ACE: Oh no! You should have told me! THE DOCTOR: Quick, we've got to stop them! (The DOCTOR races towards the camp.) 38. In the passage below the crypt (The flask grows with an increased green radiance.) 39. Maidens' Point (From the sea, many haemovores begin to rise. Their bodies are hideously mutations of the humans they once were. They menacingly wade towards the shore.) 40. The Ultima machine room (The machine is operating at a furious pace. DOCTOR JUDSON and COMMANDER MILLINGTON are reading the print-out.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What does it mean? DOCTOR JUDSON: I don't know! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: You built the damn machine! DOCTOR JUDSON: It's running at four times maximum speed. It's impossible! 41. Maidens' Point (The hideous haemovores have reached the beach, and are heading towards the naval camp.) 42. The Ultima machine room, exterior (The DOCTOR, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and ACE dash into the building.) 43. The Ultima machine room, interior (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT enter.) THE DOCTOR: Stop the machine! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Get out of here! THE DOCTOR: You've got to stop the machine! DOCTOR JUDSON: I can't! THE DOCTOR: Ace, the power! (ACE attempts to pull down a power lever.) ACE: It's stuck! (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT tries to help her.) THE DOCTOR: Pull it! Pull it! ACE: I can't! (The DOCTOR joins ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT's efforts to pull down the lever.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: You're too late, Doctor!
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foreverdreaming
PART THREE Written by Ian Briggs Original air date: 08 November, 1989 Run time: 24:11 1. The Ultima machine room, interior. (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT enter.) THE DOCTOR: Stop the machine! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Get out of here! THE DOCTOR: You've got to stop the machine! DOCTOR JUDSON: I can't! THE DOCTOR: Ace, the power! (ACE attempts to pull down a power lever.) ACE: It's stuck! (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT tries to help her.) THE DOCTOR: Pull it! Pull it! ACE: I can't! (The DOCTOR joins ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT's efforts to pull down the lever.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: You're too late, Doctor! (CAPTAIN BATES runs into the room.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Captain, no one is to touch the Ultima machine. It must complete it's task. CAPTAIN BATES: Sir. THE DOCTOR: Just one problem. You've weakened the bases' defences precisely so some Russians could steal it. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Captain, radio for reinforcements. CAPTAIN BATES: Sir, you've just ordered that all radio transmitters be disabled. I've just set Perkins onto it now. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What! (CAPTAIN BATES, COMMANDER MILLINGTON, the DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT dash out of the room.) 2. A communication room (PERKINS is busily smashing radio transmitters with an axe. The DOCTOR, ACE, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and COMMANDER MILLINGTON enter.) PERKINS: Sir. Radio transmitters disabled, as ordered, sir. THE DOCTOR: Splendid work, Perkins. Splendid work. Now put them back together again. (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT leave the room.) 3. Naval camp, exterior (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT emerge. The DOCTOR puts up his umbrella to shelter them from the rain.) THE DOCTOR: We haven't got much time. ACE: But, Jean and Phyllis. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Dark legends. In the story of Dracula, this is where he came ashore. ACE: Vampires! THE DOCTOR: No, not vampires, haemovores. They are what h*m* sapiens evolve into thousands of years in the future. Creatures with an insatiable hunger for blood. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I don't understand. The future? How can you know? THE DOCTOR: I've seen it. How good are your parish records? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: They go back as far as the eighteenth-century. THE DOCTOR: Good. Time for a little local history. (The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT begin to walk towards the church. ACE is too troubled to follow.) THE DOCTOR: What's the matter? ACE: I was just thinking, if these vampires - I mean haemovores, if they come here ... Kathleen and her little baby. THE DOCTOR: Once upon a time you'd have dropped everything just for a little bit of excitement. ACE: Yeah, but I just want to make sure they're all right. THE DOCTOR: Catch us up. (ACE runs towards the Wrens' quarters. The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT continue walking towards the church.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Hmm? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Those two girls, they said they'd come back for me. THE DOCTOR: Do you want to stay here? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No. No, no I can't. Come Doctor, the parish records. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT leads The DOCTOR away.) 4. Maidens' Point beach (The Russian soldiers have found SERGEANT PROZOROV's drained corpse lying on the beach. CAPTAIN SORIN and VERSHININ kneel beside him.) VERSHININ: I'm sorry. I know you and the sergeant had been friends a long time. (From the mist, VERSHININ spots a group of haemovores advancing towards them. He shouts out a warning.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Save your b*ll*ts. Everyone pull back, and don't turn away from them, or you're d*ad. Take him. (Several soldiers drag away SERGEANT PROZOROV's body.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Come on! Move, move! (The Russian soldiers flee from the advancing haemovores.) 5. Wrens' quarters (KATHLEEN DUDMAN is still packing when ACE enters.) ACE: Hi, how's the little horror? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Well, I've just fed her and put her down. ACE: Oh, I'm sorry. You should have told me. (ACE sits on the bunk bed, next to Audrey's cot.) ACE: Where will you go? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Oh, I'll manage. Frank's got shore leave in a few weeks. ACE: Who's Frank? Your boyfriend? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: No, my husband. ACE: Oh, I didn't know you were married. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: I've got a baby. ACE: Yeah, I just thought that ... KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Well you can stop thinking it, all right? ACE: Oh, I ... I didn't know ... KATHLEEN DUDMAN: It's Okay. It's Okay. ACE: Where is he? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: He's in the Merchant Navy, Atlantic convoys. ACE: I used to think I'll never get married. Now I'm not so sure. There's a lot of things I'm not sure about now. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: It's the w*r, Ace. ACE: Yeah. Look, take care, won't you? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Thanks, you too. ACE: No, I mean really take care. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN smiles.) 6. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (COMMANDER MILLINGTON and DOCTOR JUDSON are discussing the situation.) DOCTOR JUDSON: We're wasting our time on some superstition. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The Viking legends will come true, the treasure will be brought to us. And with it, all the dark powers of Fenric shall be ours. DOCTOR JUDSON: Oh yes, I know, let the chains of Fenric shatter. But what about my chains? (He indicates his wheelchair.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: That was over twenty years ago. Why must you remind me? I offer you everything. 7. Maidens' Point (The haemovores continue approaching the Russian soldiers.) VERSHININ: What are they? CAPTAIN SORIN: Six months ago, a small sabotage team was sent into German-occupied Romania. Only one survived. He talked about d*ad men coming out of the black fog. The official report said he'd been listening to too much local gossip about vampires. VERSHININ: Vampires don't exist. 8. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT are examining an old record book. ACE enters.) ACE: Why does your bell tower look like a fortress? Like the people who built it were expecting trouble. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I don't think there's a record of any battles taking place here. THE DOCTOR: Today's events haven't been written down yet. Now, you're looking for the descendants of the early Viking settlers, about two hundred years ago. Ace, you help me. (The DOCTOR leads ACE down the stairs to the crypt.) 9. Secret passage (The DOCTOR and ACE are searching the area.) ACE: So what exactly are we looking for? THE DOCTOR: The inscriptions said they were carrying treasures from the Orient. ACE: You might give me something to go on. A few hints might be useful. THE DOCTOR: Well, just look for something evil. (The DOCTOR drops a box on his foot. ACE searches in an adjoining room. On the floor, she finds the flask.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT (OOV): Doctor! Doctor! (The DOCTOR rushes to rejoin REVEREND WAINWRIGHT. ACE puts the flask in her rucksack, not mentioning anything to the DOCTOR.) 10. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and ACE re-emerge from the crypt. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT points excitedly to what he has found in the record book.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Doctor, I've found it! It's exactly as you said. ACE: What have you got vicar? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: There's your Vikings, or descendants of them at any rate. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT begins to read from the record book.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Joseph Sundvik, Florence Sundvik, wife. Daughters: Sarah, Martha, Jane, Clara, Annie THE DOCTOR: The curse of Fenric, passed down through the generations. 11. Saint Jude's church, cemetery (As a mist falls around the church, the haemovores advance towards their target.) 12. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT are still examining the church records. ACE walks over to the door.) THE DOCTOR: Find out which daughters married, and what their new surnames are. (ACE has spotted a puddle of water under the door.) ACE: Professor, what's this water doing here? REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Oh, it's the roof, it leaks. It always seeps in like that when it's raining and there's an east wind. THE DOCTOR: The problem is it's not raining and there's a west wind. (Suddenly, the clawed hands of the haemovores attempt to force open the door. The DOCTOR and ACE struggle to hold it shut. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT, meanwhile, attempts to hold them back from another door. ACE leans against a window, a haemovore breaks through, attempting to grab her. Despite the DOCTOR's best efforts, the haemovores begin to break down the door. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is also slowly losing ground. ACE hands him a candlestick to b*at the monsters back with, while she fights them away from the window. ACE eventually flees up a flight of stairs leading to the top of the bell tower.) 13. Saint Jude's church, bell tower (ACE reaches the top of the tower, and looks for a way to escape.) 14. Saint Jude's church, exterior (A horde of haemovores are attempting to force open the main doors.) 15. Saint Jude's church, bell tower (ACE spots even more haemovores advancing towards the church. She takes a rope ladder from her rucksack, and casts it down to the church roof.) 16. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT are slowly losing the battle against the haemovores.) 17. Saint Jude's church, bell tower (ACE carefully descends the rope ladder to the church roof. However, two haemovores are waiting for her. She struggles wildly as one grabs her around the waist.) 18. Saint Jude's church, exterior (CAPTAIN SORIN and two other Russian soldiers cautiously approach the church. CAPTAIN SORIN spots ACE being att*cked on the roof.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Follow me! (They run towards the church.) 19. Church roof (ACE struggles violently with the two haemovores, but is unable to escape. Just as the two creatures prepare to slit her throat, CAPTAIN SORIN and his two men climb onto the roof.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Takes two against one, does it? How about a little Cossack blood, eh? f*re! (The haemovores recoil as they are h*t by a rain of b*ll*ts from the three soldiers.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Up the ladder, quick! (ACE begins to climb back up the rope ladder. The soldiers f*re another round of b*ll*ts into the haemovores, knocking them to the floor.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Go, quick! 20. Saint Jude's church, vestry (The DOCTOR and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT are still struggling to keep out the haemovores.) THE DOCTOR: Hold them! Hold them! REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I don't know that I can! THE DOCTOR: You've got to have faith! Have faith ... faith ... faith. (The DOCTOR releases his hold on the door, and the haemovores burst into the room. The DOCTOR begins to mutter under his breath. The creatures cover their ears and scream in agony as the DOCTOR's complete faith creates a psychic barrier. To REVEREND WAINWRIGHT's amazement, the haemovores begin to retreat out of the church. ACE returns to the room from the bell tower.) 21. Saint Jude's church bell tower, interior (CAPTAIN SORIN and two Russian soldiers descend from the top of the tower after ACE.) 22. Saint Jude's church, vestry (CAPTAIN SORIN and two Russian soldiers enter from the bell tower, to join the DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT.) THE DOCTOR: Ah, any more up there? CAPTAIN SORIN: Only those creatures. THE DOCTOR: Quick, you and your men, down to the crypt. CAPTAIN SORIN: Go. (The Russians and ACE run down the crypt steps.) THE DOCTOR: Get the record book. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Right. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT picks up the record book.) THE DOCTOR: Hurry up! (He dashes after the DOCTOR, down to the crypt.) 23. Saint Jude's church, crypt (The DOCTOR, ACE, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT, CAPTAIN SORIN and two other Russian soldiers enter.) THE DOCTOR: Jam the door. ACE: Professor, that noise you were making - like singing, only it wasn't? THE DOCTOR: Ah, just a little something to frighten off haemovores. ACE: I thought vampires were scared of crucifixes. THE DOCTOR: Oh no, it's not the crucifix that frightens them, it's the faith of the person carrying it. Creates a psychic barrier, just like I did. CAPTAIN SORIN: The door's secured. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: We're trapped. THE DOCTOR: Ace? ACE: The mine shaft! THE DOCTOR: Correct. (The DOCTOR opens the secret door in the bookcase.) CAPTAIN SORIN: I must go back to my men. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: You can't go back that way! You've seen those creatures. They're ... they're inhuman! CAPTAIN SORIN: I must try. If I fail, I fail. These two will stay with you. (The two Russian soldiers nod their heads.) ACE: Professor, show him how to make the singing. THE DOCTOR: I can't. Either he believes absolutely, or he doesn't. CAPTAIN SORIN: I believe in the Revolution. THE DOCTOR: Complete faith? No doubts? CAPTAIN SORIN: Go. If we meet again, you will have your answer. (The DOCTOR leads REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and the two Russian soldiers into the tunnel. ACE stays a moment longer with CAPTAIN SORIN. He takes off his white scarf and ties it around her neck.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Be careful. (ACE smiles, before following the others into the tunnel.) 24. Secret passage (The DOCTOR, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and the two Russian soldiers run along the passage.) THE DOCTOR: I hope we're not too late. (The DOCTOR find the passage bricked up.) THE DOCTOR: Oh no! REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: What's happened? THE DOCTOR: You two, break that wall down. Quick, quick! (The two Russian soldiers begin to hammer at the wall. ACE notices what is happening.) ACE: If you want a job done properly, get a girl to do it. Out of the way, boys. (ACE kneels down by the bricked up passage.) THE DOCTOR: Ace! Oh, don't antagonise her! Only make things worse. (ACE gets two cans of nitro-nine out of her rucksack. She pulls the tops off them.) ACE: Five seconds, and you're yesterday's breakfast, sunbeam. (ACE places the canisters near the brickwork.) THE DOCTOR: Take cover! (Everyone ducks behind a nearby wall. With a loud expl*si*n, the canisters blow a large hole in the passage wall.) ACE: Wicked! THE DOCTOR: Quick, into the tunnel! (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and the two Russian soldiers run into the newly reopened passage. As ACE is about to enter, the DOCTOR holds her back.) THE DOCTOR: I'll talk to you later. 25. Saint Jude's church, interior (CAPTAIN SORIN is about to leave the vestry, but finds JEAN and PHYLLIS blocking the door, with a host of haemovores behind them. He takes a badge with the emblem of the Soviet Union off his jacket and holds it in front of him. The haemovores scream and recoil from his faith, allowing him to walk through them.) 26. A passage deep beneath the ground (The DOCTOR is leading ACE, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and the two Russian soldiers towards the surface.) ACE: How much further? THE DOCTOR: Three or four hundred meters. ACE: Oh, we'll never make it. THE DOCTOR: What's the matter? (ACE takes the flask she discovered in the crypt out of her rucksack.) ACE: Well, if I get the top off this, then I can make up some more nitro. THE DOCTOR: Another expl*si*n might bring the roof down on top of our heads. ACE: Oh, just a small one. THE DOCTOR: No! REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: If only we could slow them down for a few moments. THE DOCTOR (to the two Russian soldiers): Two minutes, then follow us. (The two soldiers nod their understanding, and return back down the passage. The DOCTOR notices, for the first time, the flask ACE is holding.) THE DOCTOR: Where did you find that? ACE: It was just lying around. THE DOCTOR: That's the Oriental treasure we've been looking for! (He snatches the flask off ACE.) ACE: Oh. 27. Saint Jude's church, cemetery (CAPTAIN SORIN is able to walk through the group of haemovores, they are unable to penetrate his mental barrier. He breathes a sigh of relief when the creatures give up and return to the church.) 28. A Passage deep beneath the ground (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT continue walking at a fast pace.) 29. Secret passage entrance (JEAN and PHYLLIS lead a group of haemovores in pursuit of the fugitives.) 30. Maidens' Point (CAPTAIN SORIN arrives back at the cliff over-looking Maidens' Point beach, where VERSHININ and the rest of his men are waiting for him.) VERSHININ: What's happening? The air is so still and so warm. CAPTAIN SORIN: There is a storm coming on. 31. Secret passage (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT have almost reached the end of the tunnel, where COMMANDER MILLINGTON is waiting for them. Behind them, the g*n of the Russian soldiers can be heard.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON (OOV): Come on! You're almost here. (ACE takes the flask off the DOCTOR as they hurry towards the exit.) 32. The tunnel exit (The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT emerge from a large pair of metal shutters. COMMANDER MILLINGTON and several other soldiers are waiting for them.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Right, seal it. (Two of the soldiers secure the doors shut.) THE DOCTOR: But there are two people following us. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: You're here, that's all I'm interested in. And I'll have those. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON takes the record books off REVEREND WAINWRIGHT and the flask off ACE.) THE DOCTOR: Open those doors! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Many years ago, when I was chief petty officer on board ship, we had an expl*si*n in an engine room. THE DOCTOR: But the Russians are our friends, our allies! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: We had to seal it off to save the ship - keep the flames restricted to one section. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: Please, Commander! Those two men won't stand a chance against those creatures. They're inhuman! ACE: So's he! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: We could hear men screaming behind the bulkheads for nearly an hour, and then the screaming stopped. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON walks away. The DOCTOR, ACE and REVEREND WAINWRIGHT have no choice but to follow him.) 33. Perimeter fence (CAPTAIN SORIN and two other Russian soldiers cut their way through the barbed-wire fence. When the fence is cut, CAPTAIN SORIN switches his helmet for a soft hat.) CAPTAIN SORIN: You stay here. If I'm not back in ten minutes, abort the mission. VERSHININ: Thank you, sir. (CAPTAIN SORIN climbs over the fence.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Take cover. (VERSHININ and the two soldiers hide out of view.) CAPTAIN SORIN (shouting): Commander Millington! Commander Millington, I want to talk with you, officer to officer! (CAPTAIN SORIN walks further into the camp.) 34. The Ultima machine room (COMMANDER MILLINGTON has returned with the flask to show DOCTOR JUDSON. NURSE CRANE listens with interest.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Here we are, Judson. I said it would be brought to us. Release the power. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON passes the flask to DOCTOR JUDSON. CAPTAIN BATES rushes in.) CAPTAIN BATES: Sir, the house guests have arrived. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What? CAPTAIN BATES: The house guests. There's one outside, he wants to talk to you. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Talk? 35. The Ultima machine room, exterior (COMMANDER MILLINGTON and CAPTAIN BATES emerge. A short distance away stands CAPTAIN SORIN.) CAPTAIN SORIN: We need to talk, Commander Millington. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage. You seem to know my name, but I don't know yours. (Around the camp, soldiers aim their g*n at CAPTAIN SORIN. Wary of deception.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: However, that hardly seems to matter at the moment. You will tell your men to put down their w*apon and surrender. CAPTAIN SORIN: I come alone. (CAPTAIN SORIN notices some more soldiers take aim behind him.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Very well. (Shouting to his men) Lay down your w*apon and come in peacefully! Like the wolves of winter. 36. Perimeter fence (Recognising the code word, the Russian soldiers make a hasty retreat.) VERSHININ: Move back! Move it! Let's get out of here! 37. Naval camp, exterior (COMMANDER MILLINGTON realises he has been tricked.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Lock him up! (A group of soldiers lead away CAPTAIN SORIN. The DOCTOR walks up to COMMANDER MILLINGTON.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: You'll be pleased to know, Doctor, everything is under control. THE DOCTOR: The Russians aren't your problem, those creatures are. They devour humans the way you eat fruit. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I doubt if any creatures can walk through iron shutters. (The DOCTOR takes the welded metal he found at Maidens' Point out of his pocket.) THE DOCTOR: They can weld metal beneath the sea, with their bare hands. 38. The tunnel exit (The metal shutters at the tunnel exit begin to dissolve.) 39. Wrens' quarters, interior (KATHLEEN DUDMAN is sitting crying on a bed, a letter is clutched in her hand. ACE enters.) ACE: Are you all right? (ACE kneels next to her.) ACE: What is it? What's wrong? Tell me. What's the matter? I'll do anything. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN passes the letter to ACE.) ACE: What's this? (She reads from the letter.) ACE: It is with deepest sorrow that I write to inform you the ship on which your husband, Frank William Dudman, was serving, was struck by enemy torpedoes. Your husband was trapped in the f*re, and has been listed as missing, presumed d*ad. Please accept our sincere condolences. (ACE is unable to read any more, she hugs the weeping KATHLEEN DUDMAN.) 40. The Ultima machine room (DOCTOR JUDSON and NURSE CRANE are watching the machine finish its work. The teleprinter is continuously printing a list of names.) 41. Naval camp, exterior (The DOCTOR is walking towards the Wrens' quarters, and meets ACE half way.) ACE: You know what's going on, don't you? THE DOCTOR: Yes. ACE: You always know! You just can't be bothered to tell anyone! It's like it's some kind of game, and only you know the rules. You knew all about that inscription being a computer programme, but you didn't tell me! You know all about that old bottle, and you're not telling me! Am I so stupid? THE DOCTOR: No, that's not it. ACE: Why then? I want to know! THE DOCTOR: Evil. Evil since the dawn of time. ACE: What do you mean? THE DOCTOR: Will you stop asking me these questions? ACE: Tell me! THE DOCTOR: The beginning of all beginnings. Two forces only: good and evil! Then chaos. Time is born. Matter, space. The universe cries out like a new-born! The forces shatter as the universe explodes outwards. Only echoes remain. Yet somehow, somehow the evil force survives. An intelligence. Pure evil! ACE: That's Fenric? THE DOCTOR: No, that's just Millington's name for it. Evil has no name. Trapped inside a flask, like a genie in a bottle. ACE: Can we stop it? THE DOCTOR: We need to get that flask. ACE: We can release Captain Sorin to help us. I can distract the guard. THE DOCTOR: How? ACE: Professor, I'm not a little girl. 42. The tunnel exit (As the shutters are dissolved, REVEREND WAINWRIGHT waits to face the haemovores.) 43. Guard post, interior (SERGEANT LEIGH is seated at his desk. ACE peeps around the corner.) SERGEANT LEIGH: Are you looking for someone? ACE: No. You? (ACE walks further out of the guard post. SERGEANT LEIGH follows her.) ACE: There's a wind whipping up. I can feel it through my clothes. Is there a storm coming? SERGEANT LEIGH: I wasn't expecting one. ACE: The question is, is he making all the right moves, or only going through the motions? (ACE leads SERGEANT LEIGH around the back of the guard post. The DOCTOR slips quietly into the front of the post.) 44. Guard post, interior (CAPTAIN SORIN is locked in a cell in the corner of the room. The DOCTOR enters, finds the key on SERGEANT LEIGH's desk, releases CAPTAIN SORIN and leads him out of the room.) 45. Behind the guard post (ACE is keeping SERGEANT LEIGH distracted.) SERGEANT LEIGH: What are you doing here? ACE: You'll have to move faster than that if you want to keep up with me. Faster than light. SERGEANT LEIGH: Faster than the second hand on a watch? ACE: Much faster. We're not even moving yet. Hardly cruising speed. Sometimes, I move so fast, I don't exist any more. SERGEANT LEIGH: What can you see? (Beneath the water at Maidens' Point, huge undercurrents disturb the water.) ACE: Undercurrents, bringing things to the surface. I can't stay. SERGEANT LEIGH: You promised. ACE: I can't. (ACE dashes away.) 46. Tunnel exit (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT watches as the haemovores, lead by JEAN and PHYLLIS, force open the shutters.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: I'm here. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT holds out his Bible.) JEAN: The book won't do you any good. You don't believe. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: We'll see. (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT concentrates on his faith, the mental barrier causes the haemovores to cover their ears and scream in pain.) 47. Naval camp, exterior (ACE meets up with the DOCTOR and CAPTAIN SORIN.) THE DOCTOR: Are you all right? ACE: Yeah, nothing out of my depth. THE DOCTOR: Come on. ACE: How are we going to stop Fenric? THE DOCTOR: Evil needs a body. It hasn't found one yet. 48. Tunnel exit (REVEREND WAINWRIGHT is winning the battle against the haemovores.) PHYLLIS: It's not true. You don't believe it. JEAN: Look at us. There's no good in us. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No! I believe in good. PHYLLIS: You are weak, yourself. There's no good in you. REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No! No! (The haemovores have broken REVEREND WAINWRIGHT's mental barrier. They advance menacingly on him.) REVEREND WAINWRIGHT: No! No! No! 49. The Ultima machine room (COMMANDER MILLINGTON, DOCTOR JUDSON and NURSE CRANE watch in amazement as the machine works at a furious pace. The name 'Ingiger' has been printed by the teleprinter.) DOCTOR JUDSON: What's it doing? (DOCTOR JUDSON touches the machine, a bolt of energy throws him from his wheelchair, onto the floor.) 50. Maidens' Point (A colossal bolt of lightening signals the start of the storm.) 51. The tunnel exit (It is now raining heavily. The haemovores advance in great numbers from the tunnel, trampling over the drained corpse of REVEREND WAINWRIGHT, which lies in the mud.) 52. The Ultima machine room (NURSE CRANE and COMMANDER MILLINGTON stare in horror at the body of DOCTOR JUDSON lying on the floor. The DOCTOR, ACE and CAPTAIN SORIN rush in.) THE DOCTOR: Don't touch him! Don't touch anything! NURSE CRANE: He's an invalid. He can't even stand without someone to support him. The DOCTOR (softly to NURSE CRANE): He's d*ad. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The time is now. The chains of Fenric are shattered. The gods have lost the final battle. ACE: We're too late. It's him! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The d*ad Men's Ship has slipped its moorings, and the Great Ash itself trembles to its roots! (Behind the DOCTOR, the lifeless body of DOCTOR JUDSON rises on its crippled legs. COMMANDER MILLINGTON is the first to see this.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Fenric! (DOCTOR JUDSON opens his eyes, which burn an unearthly green.) DOCTOR JUDSON: We play the contest again, Time Lord!
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foreverdreaming
PART FOUR Written by Ian Briggs Original air date: 15 November, 1989 Run time: 24:16 1. The Ultima machine room (NURSE CRANE and COMMANDER MILLINGTON stare in horror at the body of DOCTOR JUDSON lying on the floor. The DOCTOR, ACE and CAPTAIN SORIN rush in.) THE DOCTOR: Don't touch him! Don't touch anything! NURSE CRANE: He's an invalid. He can't even stand without someone to support him. THE DOCTOR (softly to NURSE CRANE): He's d*ad. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The time is now. The chains of Fenric are shattered. The gods have lost the final battle. ACE: We're too late. It's him! COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The d*ad Men's Ship has slipped its moorings, and the Great Ash itself trembles to its roots! (Behind the DOCTOR, the lifeless body of DOCTOR JUDSON rises on its crippled legs. COMMANDER MILLINGTON is the first to see this.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Fenric! (DOCTOR JUDSON opens his eyes, which burn an unearthly green.) DOCTOR JUDSON: We play the contest again, Time Lord! 2. Wrens' quarters, interior (KATHLEEN DUDMAN stands alone in the room, trying to comfort her baby.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. Down will come baby, cradle and all. 3. The Ultima machine room (The possessed DOCTOR JUDSON holds the attention of the room.) DOCTOR JUDSON: You left me in the shadow dimensions. Trapped for seventeen centuries. But now I've found a body again, and the preparations are complete. (DOCTOR JUDSON holds out his arms, his body begins to blur and fade. A wind blows through the room, and DOCTOR JUDSON disappears with it. CAPTAIN BATES and SERGEANT LEIGH rush into the room.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: sh**t them! CAPTAIN BATES: What for? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Because I order you to! For treason. CAPTAIN BATES: Sir. (CAPTAIN BATES snatches the DOCTOR's umbrella off him, and begins to move them out of the door.) 4. A passage beneath the ground (JEAN and PHYLLIS lead a group of haemovores to meet the possessed DOCTOR JUDSON.) DOCTOR JUDSON: I was only expecting one. I was hoping for something a little more ... well, Aryan. However, let the Ancient One approach. (The haemovores make no response.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Where is the Ancient One? PHYLLIS: He waits. DOCTOR JUDSON: He waits? He waits? What for? Has he no sense of occasion? I want him here. Now! JEAN: As you command. (JEAN and PHYLLIS lead the haemovores back down the tunnel. Two soldiers confront them. However, the rain of b*ll*ts they f*re have no effect. The men stand frozen with fear as the haemovores move in on them. DOCTOR JUDSON smiles at the sound of their dying screams.) 5. Naval camp, exterior (The DOCTOR, ACE and CAPTAIN SORIN are lined up against a wall. A f*ring squad is formed opposite them.) THE DOCTOR: You don't have to k*ll her. CAPTAIN BATES: Let's just get this over with. Ready! (The assembled soldiers prepare their g*n.) THE DOCTOR: She's only a child! CAPTAIN BATES: Aim! (The soldiers aim at their targets.) CAPTAIN SORIN: k*lling us doesn't make any difference. ACE: Mum, I'm sorry! (A grenade is thrown, and explodes a short distance away from the f*ring squad. The British soldiers dive for cover as the Russians open f*re on them. In the resulting battle, the DOCTOR, ACE and CAPTAIN SORIN are able to escape to the Russian lines.) 6. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (COMMANDER MILLINGTON is staring intently at his chess set.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: And the b*ttlefield can stretch a hundred leagues. And at the end of the day, not one living thing shall be left alive. The ancient enemies shall seek each other out, and all shall die! 7. A passage beneath the ground (At the feet of the haemovores, lead by JEAN and PHYLLIS, lies the drained corpses of the two soldiers. DOCTOR JUDSON looks on with amusement.) DOCTOR JUDSON: How English. Everything stops for tea. Fetch me the Ancient One. There is much to do. (The two girls nod in understanding, and lead the haemovores away.) 8. Naval camp, exterior (The DOCTOR and ACE are hiding from the fighting on a grassy bank. The DOCTOR is sheltering them from the rain with his umbrella.) THE DOCTOR: I must play the game, to the end this time. ACE: What game? THE DOCTOR: A very simple game. A game of chess. 9. Maidens' Point beach (The storm is raging as JEAN and PHYLLIS summon the ANCIENT ONE.) PHYLLIS: You are summoned. JEAN and PHYLLIS: You must obey. (A bolt of lightening strikes the surface of the water. The ANCIENT ONE begins to emerge. He is larger than the other haemovores, and begins to wade towards the shore.) 10. Naval camp, exterior (The g*n battle continues between the British and Russian soldiers. The DOCTOR is still sheltering ACE from the storm. CAPTAIN SORIN runs over to them.) THE DOCTOR: I need a chess set to play the game. I need pieces. ACE: We could get into Commander Millington's office and could nick his chess set. CAPTAIN SORIN: We came here to steal an Ultima machine. Chess set, no problem. Follow me. (CAPTAIN SORIN leads the DOCTOR and ACE to the corner of a building. He covers them with his g*n.) CAPTAIN SORIN: You've got a clear path to the British positions. Go. (The DOCTOR and ACE dash towards COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office.) 11. Bunker, exterior (Guarded by his soldiers, COMMANDER MILLINGTON slips through the door.) 12. Bunker, interior (The possessed DOCTOR JUDSON stands listening to the sound of fighting. COMMANDER MILLINGTON enters.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Ah, the sound of dying. When it comes to death, quantity is so much more satisfying than quality. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: The final ... DOCTOR JUDSON: Don't interrupt me when I'm eulogising! Where is the Time Lord? COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Time Lord? DOCTOR JUDSON: For seventeen centuries I was trapped in the shadow dimensions because of him. He pulled bones from the desert sands and carved them into chess pieces. He challenged me to solve his puzzle, I failed. Now I shall see him kneel before me. Before I let him die. 13. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office (The DOCTOR and ACE enter. ACE immediately spots the chess set.) ACE: Here's the chess set. (ACE begins to collect up all the pieces.) THE DOCTOR: No, no! Don't touch! (A poisonous green gas is released from the table. The DOCTOR contains it by putting a litter bin over the source.) ACE: Oh, thanks. I don't know why he used a chemical grenade. If I was him, I've have stuck a few sticks of expl*sives under the table. (The DOCTOR and ACE stop in sudden realisation. They look under the table and find some expl*sives taped to the leg. The DOCTOR pulls ACE out of the room.) 14. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office, exterior (The DOCTOR and ACE throw themselves clear of COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office just before it erupts in an expl*si*n.) 15. A Passage beneath the ground (DOCTOR JUDSON has met the ANCIENT ONE.) DOCTOR JUDSON: At last, another of the wolves of Fenric decides to show up and play his role. THE ANCIENT ONE: My world is d*ad. DOCTOR JUDSON: Hardly a great loss, if you're the best evolution could manage. This is the twentieth century. It doesn't become your world for a long time yet. First, we must k*ll all humans. 16. COMMANDER MILLINGTON's office, exterior (The DOCTOR and ACE brush the mud off each other.) THE DOCTOR: Another of Fenric's traps. ACE: Well at least I managed to grab the consolation prize. (ACE has rescued the parish record books.) THE DOCTOR: Ah ha, well done. The parish records, great. ACE: What I can't understand is what's so special about them. THE DOCTOR: Names. ACE: Whose names? THE DOCTOR: Names of ancient families. Judson, Millington, Wainwright, Dudman. ACE: Dudman! Kathleen Dudman! She's got a chess set. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no. Millington destroyed them all. ACE: No, no. I saw it in her suitcase. THE DOCTOR: Come on! (The DOCTOR pulls ACE towards the Wrens' quarters.) 17. Wrens' quarters (The girls are huddled nervously by the window. They scream as the door is opened.) 18. Naval camp, exterior (CAPTAIN BATES fits a canister of the poisonous gas into a grenade.) CAPTAIN BATES: Ready. (CAPTAIN BATES and his men get into position.) CAPTAIN BATES: Now! (Under covering f*re, CAPTAIN BATES throws the grenade into the Russian positions. The green gas that is released makes the two soldiers cough and scream in pain. They die in a matter of seconds, leaving their skin burnt and blistered. CAPTAIN SORIN and VERSHININ see this.) CAPTAIN SORIN: We are the last two. VERSHININ: This isn't w*r, this is m*ssacre. CAPTAIN SORIN: And the Ultima machine has done this? VERSHININ: Destroy it. CAPTAIN SORIN: Go that way. (CAPTAIN SORIN and VERSHININ run in different directions.) 19. Bunker, interior (DOCTOR JUDSON and the ANCIENT ONE wait in the bunker, COMMANDER MILLINGTON enters.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Your creatures are k*lling my men! (He stops as he sees the ANCIENT ONE for the first time.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: What is it? DOCTOR JUDSON: You'd call him the Great Serpent. COMMANDER MILLINGTON: And the Great Serpent shall rise from the sea, and spew venom over all the Earth. DOCTOR JUDSON: There's enough poison in here to contaminate the world. Forever. (Unknown to them, CAPTAIN BATES has heard their entire conversation. He slips quietly away.) 20. Naval camp, exterior (CAPTAIN BATES runs towards the DOCTOR and ACE.) CAPTAIN BATES: They're insane. They're trying to control the world with chemical w*apon. THE DOCTOR: All part of Fenric's evil game, no doubt. Like this weather. (CAPTAIN SORIN appears from behind CAPTAIN BATES. There is a moment of hesitation between the men.) CAPTAIN BATES: Let's join forces. Fight the real enemy. CAPTAIN SORIN: That's a really good idea. ACE: So we're all on the same side, then? CAPTAIN SORIN: You have the spirit of a fighter. And you wear our emblem. (CAPTAIN SORIN points to a badge ACE is wearing.) ACE: Oh, it's not a real one. I bought it cheap in a market. CAPTAIN SORIN: Have a real one. (He hands her his own badge, and kisses her hand.) THE DOCTOR: Come on! We've got to get Kathleen's chess set. (The DOCTOR leads the group away.) 21. Wrens' quarters (The Wrens are huddled together by the window, with their backs to the door. SERGEANT LEIGH and two other soldiers enter.) SERGEANT LEIGH: It's all right, girls. We'll take over now. (The Wrens turn around, they have been transformed into haemovores. The two soldiers run away, but SERGEANT LEIGH is unable to escape as the creatures close in on him.) 22. KATHLEEN DUDMAN's room (KATHLEEN DUDMAN is comforting her baby when ACE and the DOCTOR enter.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Ace! THE DOCTOR: The chess set? ACE: In the suitcase. (The DOCTOR opens KATHLEEN DUDMAN's suitcase and removes her chess set. He begins to leave.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Oh, don't leave me! ACE: I can't leave them. I'll stay here. THE DOCTOR: Well, don't leave the hut. (The DOCTOR races out of the door.) 23. A small room (NURSE CRANE puts on her coat, preparing to leave the camp, when two haemovores enter through the door. NURSE CRANE backs away in horror.) NURSE CRANE: Oh please! Please! Please! (Behind the haemovores, DOCTOR JUDSON enters.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Nurse Crane. You've looked after me all these years. Almost a mother. Treating me like a child. Humiliating me. I feel this is what Doctor Judson ordered. (DOCTOR JUDSON signals to the haemovores, who move in on NURSE CRANE.) NURSE CRANE: Oh no! No, please! (DOCTOR JUDSON smiles as she screams in terror.) 24. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (CAPTAIN SORIN is searching the room when JEAN and PHYLLIS appear in the doorway. He instinctively reaches for his emblem, but realises he has given it to ACE.) JEAN: You don't have the emblem this time. CAPTAIN SORIN: But I still have my faith. (CAPTAIN SORIN closes his eyes in concentration. The two girls scream in pain, allowing him to walk between them.) 25. KATHLEEN DUDMAN's room (KATHLEEN DUDMAN and ACE are finding ways to fortify the room.) ACE: We've got to do something about this room. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: All right. Let me just sort the baby out, okay? (KATHLEEN DUDMAN puts Audrey back in her cot.) ACE: Let's use the furniture. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Right, let's put that bunk up against the door. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN and ACE drag a bunk bed to block the door.) ACE: What about the wardrobe over the window? KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Good idea. Let's move that and the other bunks up against the windows. ACE: Yeah. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN and ACE continue moving furniture.) 26. Ultima machine room (VERSHININ enters and begins tampering with the machine. Unseen by him, COMMANDER MILLINGTON also enters.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: I'm afraid you've had a wasted journey. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON sh**t VERSHININ in the stomach, he falls to the floor in agony.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: But then you were never really our allies, were you? Your people will always be the enemy. VERSHININ: See you in hell. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON leaves the room.) 27. Bunker, interior (The DOCTOR clears a small table with his umbrella, and begins to set up the chess set.) 28. KATHLEEN DUDMAN's room (ACE and KATHLEEN DUDMAN, who is nursing her baby, are sitting on her bed.) ACE: I don't like dark buildings. There was one in Perivale ... old, empty house. Full of noises ... evil. Things I didn't understand ... undercurrents. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: What kind of a world is this to bring up a child in? (Suddenly, the window behind them is smashed by a haemovore. Both girls scream.) ACE: Quick, the window! (ACE opens another window, and climbs out.) KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Ace, take Audrey. (ACE holds Audrey while KATHLEEN DUDMAN climbs out of the window.) ACE: Quick! 29. Bunker, interior (The DOCTOR is frantically trying to arrange the chess pieces correctly.) THE DOCTOR: No, that's not right! It was so long ago. (The DOCTOR makes a few more moves until he is satisfied.) THE DOCTOR: There. 30. Naval camp, exterior (It is raining heavily. ACE and KATHLEEN DUDMAN run towards an army truck.) ACE: Kathleen, get in. Quick! KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Where shall I go? What shall I do? ACE: Go to London, my Nan will look after you. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: But where? ACE: She lives in Streatham. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Where? ACE: Seventeen Old Terrace. Say it. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Seventeen Old Terrace. Wait Ace, I want you to have this. (KATHLEEN DUDMAN hands ACE a black and white photograph of Audrey.) ACE: I'll always love you. Here. (She kisses Audrey, and hands her back to KATHLEEN DUDMAN.) ACE: Now go! (KATHLEEN DUDMAN takes Audrey, and climbs into the driving seat of the truck.) ACE: Seventeen Old Terrace. KATHLEEN DUDMAN: Seventeen Old Terrace. Seventeen Old Terrace. ACE: Now go! Go! (KATHLEEN DUDMAN drives the truck into the storm. Turning away, ACE finds herself facing JEAN and PHYLLIS.) 31. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (DOCTOR JUDSON is giving instructions to THE ANCIENT ONE.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Take the poison. Carry it to the ocean. Release it in the waters. THE ANCIENT ONE: And the other haemovores? DOCTOR JUDSON: You know how to k*ll them. (THE ANCIENT ONE moves his hands to his head in an intense psychic effort.) 32. Naval camp, exterior (ACE watches in horror as JEAN and PHYLLIS fall to the ground, screaming in pain. Their skin begins to age, until their heads crumble into dust.) 33. DOCTOR JUDSON's office (The ANCIENT ONE moves his hands from his head, his task complete.) 34. Bunker, interior (The DOCTOR is surveying the chess board, when DOCTOR JUDSON enters behind him.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Where is the game, Time Lord? THE DOCTOR: You couldn't resist it, could you? The game of traps. (The DOCTOR gestures towards the chess board.) THE DOCTOR: The contest, as before. One move. Find the winning move. Spring the trap on me. If you can. 35. Ultima machine room (CAPTAIN BATES is trying to help the wounded VERSHININ. COMMANDER MILLINGTON enters, CAPTAIN BATES raises his g*n to him.) COMMANDER MILLINGTON: Are you going to use that g*n? You know your problem, Captain Bates? You don't know who the enemy is. A traitor is someone who doesn't know who the enemy is. (COMMANDER MILLINGTON raises his g*n, but VERSHININ, lying at CAPTAIN BATES's feet, fires first. COMMANDER MILLINGTON falls to the floor.) VERSHININ: But I do. 36. A passage beneath the ground (The DOCTOR is talking to the ANCIENT ONE.) THE DOCTOR: I've been waiting. THE ANCIENT ONE: You know me? THE DOCTOR: Thousands of years in the future, the Earth lies dying. The surface just a chemical slime. Half a million years of industrial progress. THE ANCIENT ONE: I am the last. The last living creature on Earth. I watched my world dying with chemicals, and I could do nothing. My world is d*ad. 37. Bunker, interior (DOCTOR JUDSON is hunched over the chess board, when ACE enters.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Is that you, Time Lord? Tell me the solution. The con ... the contest is ... is too much for such a weak body. ACE: I don't know the solution. DOCTOR JUDSON: Tell me ... tell me the solution! (ACE runs out of the room.) 38. An underground tunnel (The DOCTOR and the ANCIENT ONE are still talking.) THE DOCTOR: You're very patient. Carried back thousands of years in a time storm, to ninth-century Transylvania, and waiting till now. THE ANCIENT ONE: Without the flask, I was trapped. THE DOCTOR: Oh yes, the flask. I trapped him like an evil genie. THE ANCIENT ONE: Only he can return me to the future. THE DOCTOR: And so, like a faithful servant, you follow the flask. THE ANCIENT ONE: A merchant bought it from Constantinople. I followed him through Europe. I followed the Viking pirates who stole it, and I followed it here. THE DOCTOR: Another of Fenric's games. He carries you back in a time storm, to destroy the Earth's water with chemicals. To destroy your future. Think of it, your Earth, your world, dying of a chemical slime. This act will be the beginning of your end. 39. The Ultima machine room (CAPTAIN BATES has helped VERSHININ to his feet.) CAPTAIN BATES: I owe you one. (ACE enters and sees COMMANDER MILLINGTON's body.) ACE: What happened? Are you all right? CAPTAIN BATES: We are all right now. We're fighting together now. VERSHININ: w*r, a game played by politicians. We were just pawns in the game. The pawns are fighting together now. Eh, comrade? ACE: That's it! The solution. The winning move! (She dashes out of the room.) 40. Bunker, interior (DOCTOR JUDSON is leaning over the chess board when CAPTAIN SORIN enters.) DOCTOR JUDSON: Where have you been? CAPTAIN SORIN: It's time to die, Fenric. DOCTOR JUDSON: Do you not understand? You don't know why you were selected for this mission. CAPTAIN SORIN: Because I speak English. My grandmother was English. DOCTOR JUDSON: Of course, granddaughter of Joseph Sundvik. You are touched by the curse of Fenric. I selected you. You are one of the wolves of Fenric. (CAPTAIN SORIN aims his g*n at DOCTOR JUDSON.) 41. The Ultima machine room (CAPTAIN BATES is helping the wounded VERSHININ.) CAPTAIN BATES: Are you sure you can stand? VERSHININ: Workers of the world unite, comrade. (They clasp each other's hands.) 42. Bunker, interior (CAPTAIN SORIN is now leaning over the chess board, with his back to the door. ACE enters.) ACE: Fenric would never have guessed the solution, anyway. CAPTAIN SORIN: Tell me, tavarisch. ACE: A brilliant move. The black and white pawns don't fight each other, they join forces. (CAPTAIN SORIN turns to face ACE. He opens his eyes, which glow green, revealing he has been possessed by Fenric.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Thank you, child. (The DOCTOR bursts into the room, and realises what ACE has done.) THE DOCTOR: Ace! (CAPTAIN SORIN takes one of the white pawns, and knocks over the white king.) CAPTAIN SORIN: Black wins, Time Lord! (CAPTAIN SORIN laughs with pleasure.) 43. Bunker, exterior (A bolt of lightening strikes through the bunker roof.) 44. Bunker, interior (The chess board is engulfed in flames.) ACE: What's happened? CAPTAIN SORIN: The wolves of Fenric. Descendants of the Viking who first buried the flask. All pawns in my game. Doctor Judson, Commander Millington, the Ancient One, Captain Sorin, and now you. (Unknown to ACE, the ANCIENT ONE is standing a short distance behind her.) ACE: Me? (ACE tries to walk away, but finds her escape blocked by the ANCIENT ONE.) ACE: You can't! How? CAPTAIN SORIN: The baby. In thirty years the baby will be grown, she will have a daughter. That daughter will be you. You've just created your own future. (CAPTAIN SORIN holds up the photograph of Audrey for ACE to see.) CAPTAIN SORIN: The baby is your mother! The mother you hate! (to the ANCIENT ONE) k*ll them, slowly. ACE: You don't stand a chance. Tell him, Doctor. He's got it wrong. CAPTAIN SORIN: The Time Lord has failed. The wolves of Fenric have realised me. ACE: The Doctor never fails. I've got faith in him. Complete faith. CAPTAIN SORIN: k*ll them. (The ANCIENT ONE clasps his hands to his head in pain as ACE concentrates on her faith in the DOCTOR.) THE DOCTOR: He can't penetrate Ace's psychic force. CAPTAIN SORIN: Time for the one final game. (CAPTAIN SORIN picks up a small capsule containing the green poison, and holds it over ACE.) CAPTAIN SORIN: The choice is yours, Time Lord. I shall k*ll you anyway, but if you would like the girl to live, kneel before me. ACE: I believe in you, Professor. CAPTAIN SORIN: Kneel, if you want the girl to live! THE DOCTOR: k*ll her. (CAPTAIN SORIN laughs.) CAPTAIN SORIN: The Time Lord finally understands. THE DOCTOR: Do you think I didn't know? The chess set in Lady Peinforte's study. I knew. CAPTAIN SORIN: Earlier than that, Time Lord. Before Cybermen, ever since Ice World. Where you first met the girl. THE DOCTOR: I knew. I knew she carried the evil inside her. Do you think I'd have chosen a social misfit if I hadn't known? She couldn't even pass her chemistry exams at school, and yet she manages to create a time storm in her bedroom. I saw your hand in it from the very beginning. (CAPTAIN SORIN laughs.) ACE: No. THE DOCTOR: You're an emotional cripple. I wouldn't waste my time on her, unless I had to use her somehow. ACE: No! (ACE falls to the floor, her faith in The DOCTOR destroyed. CAPTAIN SORIN laughs.) CAPTAIN SORIN: k*ll them. (The ANCIENT ONE picks up a large chemical b*mb, but instead of attacking the DOCTOR and ACE, he forces CAPTAIN SORIN into the air-tight chamber.) CAPTAIN SORIN: k*ll them! Do you hear me? (The ANCIENT ONE shuts the chamber door.) CAPTAIN SORIN: No! I command you! No! No! No! (The ANCIENT ONE releases the poisonous green gas from the b*mb. In a matter of seconds, CAPTAIN SORIN and the ANCIENT ONE have collapsed to the floor.) THE DOCTOR: Come on. It's over. ACE: Leave me alone! THE DOCTOR: We're going home, Ace! (The DOCTOR pulls ACE to her feet, and out of the building.) ACE: Leave me alone! 45. Bunker, exterior (The DOCTOR pulls ACE away from the bunker, just before the building is destroyed in an expl*si*n. They land in the mud.) ACE: Couldn't even pass a chemistry exam! THE DOCTOR: I'd have done anything not to hurt you, but I had to save you from Fenric's evil curse. Your faith was holding the haemovore back. ACE: You said I was an emotional cripple! A social misfit! THE DOCTOR: I had to make you lose your belief in me. ACE: Full marks for teenage psychology. THE DOCTOR: It's not true. 46. Maidens' Point (The DOCTOR sits on the cliff. ACE stands staring at the photograph of Audrey.) ACE: I don't love her! She's my Mum, and I ... I don't love her! What's wrong with me? Why can't I stop hating her? THE DOCTOR: You loved the baby. ACE: But I didn't know she was my Mum! THE DOCTOR: Love and hate. Frightening feelings. Especially when they're trapped beneath the surface. How do you find the water? (ACE takes off her hair-net, and dives into the sea.) 47. Maidens' Point, under the sea (ACE swims below the surface, reliving her experiences. She finally comes to terms with her confused emotions. She re-emerges from the water feeling whole again.) 48. Maidens' Point beach (The DOCTOR is waiting on the shore as ACE rises from the sea. The DOCTOR puts his arm around her.) ACE: I'm not scared now. (ACE spots the warning sign.) ACE: Dangerous undercurrents, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Not any more. Nyet. (They both laugh and stroll away, happy to be together.)
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foreverdreaming
PART ONE Written by Rona Munro Original air date: 22 November, 1989 Run time: 24:14 We race through a spiral of stars -- a galaxy -- the familiar form of the TARDIS appears, wrapped in a sphere of energy... it speeds away from us... the galaxy forms a friendly, enigmatic face that winks at us... the logo forms: "Doctor Who"... 1: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE, ENGLAND -- 1989 A.D. A nice, sunny day in the English suburbs. The perfect day for washing your car, in fact. And that's just what a young blond-headed man is doing right now, scrubbing his car with care. Far above him on a wall behind a tree, unnoticed, is a black cat. An old woman's face appears at the open window of the house. OLD WOMAN: Hey, your dinner's on the table! YOUNG MAN: All right, Mum! Still unnoticed, the cat hisses at the young man. We look at the young man through the cat's slit-irised eyes... A low growl echoes through the street. THIS the young man notices. He looks up, as a stiff blast of wind tears past him... YOUNG MAN: Oh my god... He backs away, knocking over his bucket of soapy water. He starts running, but the whatever-it-is that's following him is keeping up (we're looking through it's POV). He trips back -- the thing rushes at him -- YOUNG MAN: No -- NO -- A flash of light -- and an instant later, the street is empty. On the hood of a nearby car, the cat slinks off. At that moment, a long familiar wheezing and groaning sound appears... and the TARDIS materializes... Dorothy "Ace" McShane is the first out, her leather jacket slung over her shoulder. ACE: You had to pick a Sunday, didn't you? The Doctor is next out, and he locks the door behind him. ACE: (as they start down the road) You bring me back to the boredom capitol of the universe, you pick the one day of the week you can't even get a decent television program... THE DOCTOR: (putting the TARDIS key in his pocket and hefting his umbrella) As I recall, Ace, we came here at your request. ACE: I just said I wondered what the old g*ng was up to! That's all! You didn't have to bring us here... you could have dropped me out of town, I could have phoned... I just wanted to see what my old mates were up to... The Doctor is walking by the half-washed car. He noticed the spilled bucket. The old woman is outside as well, looking worriedly around... ACE: You didn't have to have the guided tour... The Doctor stops, and picks the bucket back up. He tips his hat to the old woman. ACE: Come on, Professor! The Doctor resumes his walk with Ace. THE DOCTOR: So what's so terrible about Perivale? ACE: Nothing ever happens here. 2: EXT. HOUSE -- PERIVALE Outside another house in the Perivale suburbs, a terrific racket is going on. Bushes are shaking, the yowl of a cat can be heard... A window opens, and another old woman peeks out. OLD WOMAN #2: Wretched cats! Get out of my garden!! Go on, out! OUT!! SHOO!! SHOO!! The black cat leaps out of the bush, bolting across the green field, out of sight. 3: EXT. FIELD -- PERIVALE You can see the whole city from here. Ace and the Doctor take a good look around as their walk continues. ACE: How long since I was here? THE DOCTOR: You've been away as long as you think you have. ACE: I feel like I've been away forever. The good Doctor looks bored. THE DOCTOR: Any particular reason for coming here? ACE: It's Sunday. Some of the g*ng always comes up here on a Sunday. THE DOCTOR: What for? ACE: Oh, I don't know. Light a f*re, muck about... you know. The Doctor yawns. ACE: (clasps his shoulder) Well, I told you it was dull. You don't have to hang around here. I'll meet you back at the TARDIS if you want. The Doctor starts to walk off. THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm sure I'll find something to interest me... ACE: (looks around) Maybe they don't come up here anymore. The Doctor notes a couple pieces of litter on the ground. He picks a piece up. A bent-up can of cat food. He sniffs it. ACE: There's no one around, is there? Nothing but tin cans and stray cats. The Doctor sticks his umbrella into a piece of manure. THE DOCTOR: And horses. ACE: Horses? In Perivale? Don't be stupid. The Doctor sniffs at the can again, uncertain... 4: ANOTHER FIELD -- PERIVALE A bunch of kids are playing football. And from the reeds, watching, is the cat. A kid falls in front of the cat... the kid gets up... the cat's eyes narrow... 5: SOMEWHERE ELSE... A man's eyes suddenly turn glowing yellow. MAN: Show me. 6: ANOTHER FIELD -- PERIVALE The cat slowly turns his head to follow the boy. Its' eyes, we notice, is the same shade of green. 7: SOMEWHERE ELSE... MAN: (his voice strangely distorted) No... no sport for you here. 8: EXT. HORSENDEN HILL -- PERIVALE The kids with the football run downhill past the Doctor, who is consulting a public map. He looks over at Ace, who's just hung up a pay phone in disgust. ACE: No one home. Are you really fed up? THE DOCTOR: Hmm. ACE: Do you mind if I just trot down to the youth club? THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Ace and the Doctor walk off. The cat sh**t by a second later... 9: INT. YOUTH CLUB The Doctor and Ace enter the hangout... but... ACE: Where is everyone?!? ... it's deserted. And it apparently has been for some time. Ace suddenly walks over to a bulletin board, filled with torn-up posters and messages of various stripes, gouged into the wood. ACE: Look at this. We used to have the coffee bar here. What's happened to the coffee bar? (sigh) I mean, it always was a dump, but at least you could meet people... The Doctor walks around the back. He cracks open a door with his umbrella, revealing a fully equipped gym. A pair of guys in tights are wrestling on the floor as a few others watch. THE DOCTOR: Ace? He points with his umbrella. She comes over and has a look. We notice a middle-aged, balding, mustachioed guy in army fatigues with the wrestlers and the audience. ARMY GUY: Well go on! Go on lad, what are you waiting for? WRESTLER: I've beaten him, Sarge! ARMY GUY: Oh, you think we're playing games, do you? Let's Pretend, eh? Is that it? Is that what you're going to do to help some villain, some mugger? Help him up, dust him down, shake hands?!? Go on! The wrestler (who can't be any older than Ace) slams his similarly-young opponent's face into the mat. We notice that all the tight-wearing audience are similiarly teenaged. The group applauds. ARMY GUY: That's better. That's it. You all right, son? WRESTLER #2: (rubbing his cheek) Yes, sir. ARMY GUY: You sure? Let me see that. You okay? The wrestlers get up, and the army guy has a look at the injured wrestler. ARMY GUY: Right, you go get cleaned up. The wrestler walks off, and the army guy spots the Doctor and Ace. ARMY GUY: I'll be with you in a minute. The Doctor tips his hat. ARMY GUY: (to the wrestlers) Okay, lads. Shake hands, and ehh, we'll see you next week, okay? The wrestlers shake hands and start out of the club... with the exception of the first wrestler, who looks like he's about to cry. ARMY GUY: What? WRESTLER: (starts off) I'd already b*at him, Sarge! SARGE: (shoves him, continually poking a finger in the wrestler's chest) Oh, you think I'm too hard, do you? Pushing you too hard, am I? Have you ever heard of "survival of the fittest," son? Eh? Have you ever heard of that? Life's not a game, son. Here, I'm teaching you the art of survival. I'm teaching you to fight back. What happens when life starts pushing you around, son, eh? What're you gonna do then? The young man's fist flashes across the air -- the Sarge effortlessly catches it. SARGE: (laughs) That's better. You all right now, eh? You all right? WRESTLER: All right, Sarge. SARGE: Good. Off you go, then. The Sarge lets him go, then picks up his jacket from a punching bag. THE DOCTOR: "Survival of the fittest." Rather a glib generalization, don't you think? Survival of what, Mister, er... ? SARGE: (puts his jacket on) Sergeant Paterson. You show me a better way of surviving, and I'll give it a go. ACE: (as the Doctor walks off) Where's everyone else? SARGE: Who you looking for, luv? The Doctor steps out and walks back to the bulletin board. ACE (O.C.): Everyone! Everyone used to hang around here on Sundays. This was the only place you could get out of the house and out of the weather... Ironically, one of the posters on the bulletin board advertises "Cats." The Doctor seems more than a bit disturbed by it. Meanwhile, Ace is still talking to the Sarge... SARGE: Well, it's self-defense every Sunday afternoon now. I don't know what happened to the rest. (pauses, looks oddly at her) Don't I know you from somewhere? ACE: (a bit too quickly) I don't think so. SARGE: Oh, that's right. The police let you off with a warning, didn't they? You were lucky. Back at the bulletin board, the Doctor notices something at the front door, looking back at him. The black cat. ACE (O.C.): Listen, I'm just looking for my friends, okay? SARGE (O.C.): I don't think you'll have much luck then. The Doctor walks over to the outer door, kneels down, and stares at the cat. The cat matches his intense stare exactly. 10: SOMEWHERE ELSE... MAN: Ahhhh... 11: INT./EXT. YOUTH CLUB The Doctor looks back at the other door. The Sarge and Ace are coming up to him now. SARGE: I think you'll find most of your crowd have moved on. ACE: Moved to where? SARGE: Well, I think you'd have a better idea of that than me luv, eh? Where've you been hiding yourself? ACE: Around. SARGE: Your Mum had you listed as a missing person. You don't give a toss, do you? I dunno... four kids gone missing just this month... vanished into thin air. The Doctor's ears prick up at this... Ace looks stung by Sarge's words... SARGE: It's the parents I feel sorry for. Doesn't cost much to phone, luv. Tenpence, is all -- Ace has heard enough. She starts for the door, flinging her jacket on. ACE: Come on, Doctor. The cat bolts as Ace reaches the door. She runs out. SARGE: I wouldn't be that age again if you paid me. Would you? THE DOCTOR: I can't remember. It's too long ago. The Sarge snorts and walks out. The Doctor follows. SARGE: What a world to be young again in, eh? Only thing I can do is teach ‘em to fight. That way, they'll fight or go under. The Doctor's eyes are riveted on where the cat went. The Sarge unchains his motorbike from a post. SARGE: Half of them go under anyway around here. Can't save ‘em. Wasters. THE DOCTOR: Tell me Sergeant, do you have a problem with strays? SARGE: Stray what? THE DOCTOR: Cats!! SARGE: I wouldn't know. It's hardly a priority around here. ACE: (nearby leaning against a tree, loudly and disgusted) Come on, Doctor! SARGE: Doctor, eh? (pokes the Doctor's chest) You're not in the best of shape yourself though, are ya? You ought to build yourself up. You know, I teach a class around here Monday nights for the older men. THE DOCTOR: (walking off, flustered) I'm going to see a man about a cat. Ace smiles at the Doctor's discomfort. The two walk away from the club. SARGE: (calling after them) Remember, keep fit! And self-defense! One finger can be a deadly w*apon! As the two walk out of view, the cat hisses after them... 12: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE The two are now in a commercial district. Nearby, a news stand proclaims "LOCAL WOMAN STILL MISSING -- POLICE ABANDON HOPE!" And there's no one in sight... ACE: It still looks the same. d*ad. We're the only life there ever was around here. The Doctor notices the news stand headline. His eyes narrow. Ace pauses at the door of a restaurant -- "Drayton Court." ACE: I should have tried in here first, right? I wasn't thinking. Back in a sec! She runs in, as the Doctor rereads the headline with a creased brow. He then turns and enters the convenience store the stand's in front of... 13: INT. CONVENIENCE STORE The Doctor takes a hand basket -- then pauses, overhearing a conversation between the store owner (reading a tabloid) and a stock worker in the back. STOCKER: Taking Sunday off? Do you think I wanna do it? STORE OWNER: You think I wanna do it? You think I want to give up my one day of rest to come in here and stand behind a cash register? STOCKER: Standing behind a till all day can do your back in. I saw something about it on the news last night... The Doctor walks over to the cat food aisle, looking it over. STORE OWNER: Yeah. It's a jungle, though, right? STOCKER: Yeah. Survival of the fittest, mate. STORE OWNER: I mean, all these other shops are open, aren't they? Where'd you think we'd be if we didn't join here? STOCKER: (walks over to where the Doctor is) Down the plughole. Down the plughole without a paddle, mate. (to the Doctor) Can I help you? THE DOCTOR: Yes. (points to the cans) Which do you think they'd prefer? STORE OWNER: (joins them) What? THE DOCTOR: Well, these brands. Which one do you think our feline friends will find particularly... irresistable? STOCKER: (pulls out a couple of cans marked "Furry") Well, if you believe our advertisers, this is the one preferred by your cat connoisseur. The Doctor takes the two cans of Furry. STORE OWNER: (pulls out a couple cans of another brand, dumping it in the Doctor's arms) And that one has a taste all cat owners who really care put in a dish. STOCKER: (pulls out yet another brand, dumping it on the Doctor) Whereas these ones have the smell that drives a tabby cat wild. The Doctor's arms are filled to near bursting. STORE OWNER: No, no, no. That's an aftershave ad. STOCKER: Is it? STORE OWNER: (to himself) Or is it for cats? STOCKER: All I know is, my Tiger prefers cheese. THE DOCTOR: (lights up) Cheese! Ahh yes... The Doctor moves off toward the dairy section. STOCKER: It's the law of the jungle, mate, isn't it now? STORE OWNER: Hmm. There's these two blokes, right? In a tent, in the jungle... STOCKER: You got another one for me, huh? Go on then, go on... STORE OWNER: It's really dark, and they hear this terrible noise outside the tent. This terrible roaring noise. And one bloke turns to the other bloke and he says, "Did you hear that?" STOCKER: (misunderstanding) What? STORE OWNER: I said, "Did you hear that?" STOCKER: Oh, right, right, yeah... STORE OWNER: "That was a lion." The Doctor, checking out a choice piece of cheese, snaps alert and cocks his head to the story. STORE OWNER: And the other bloke, he doesn't say anything. He just starts putting on his running shoes. The other bloke turns to him and says, "What're you doing? You can't outrun a lion!" The bloke turns to him and he says, "I don't have to outrun the lion... " STOCKER: Ha ha ha... don't get it. THE DOCTOR: He doesn't have to outrun the lion. Only his friend. Then the lion catches up with his friend and eats him. The strong survive, the weak are k*lled. The law of the jungle. STOCKER: Oh yeah. Very clever. THE DOCTOR: Yes, very clever. If you don't mind losing your friend. Strangely, we're suddenly seeing the Doctor, store owner, and stocker through the cat's POV -- but the cat would be behind the cans on the shelf... ... and even stranger, the Doctor seems to be looking right at the cat. THE DOCTOR: But what happens when the next lion turns up? STORE OWNER: What next lion? The Doctor points directly at the cat -- who erupts out of the shelf, blasting past the startled store owner and sprinting out of the store in a blur. THE DOCTOR: (taking the cat food and cheese out the door) I think you'd better get your running shoes on, gentlemen. 14: EXT. STREET Ace is sitting at a table outside the restaurant, slumped head on arms, bored to tears. A can of diet soda sits on the table before her. The Doctor comes out of the convenience store with the food. THE DOCTOR: Did you find your friends, then? ACE: No one even remembers them. The Doctor glances over at that news headline again. THE DOCTOR: (uncertain) I'm sure I've forgotten something... The store owner comes out. STORE OWNER: Hey! Haven't you forgotten something? THE DOCTOR: Yes... STORE OWNER: (holds out his hand) Money. The Doctor thinks about it. THE DOCTOR: (shakes his head) No, it wasn't that... He walks over to the table. He notices a pile of coins by the can of soda. ACE: I got lucky on the fruit machine. THE DOCTOR: Lucky? ACE: Well, they're all fixed anyway, those machines. 15: INT. CONVENIENCE STORE -- BACK ROOM Wielding a flashlight, the stocker walks into the storage area of the store. STOCKER: Tiger? Psst psst? Here boy. Tiger? Psst psst psst... He suddenly spots something on the floor. His face twists with revulsion. STOCKER: God... LEN!! Len (the store owner) runs in. LEN: What is it? The stocker directs his attention to the floor. STOCKER: Something's eaten Tiger. From what we see on the floor, that's an understatement... 16: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE At the door of another store, a skanky young woman shakes a collection cup marked "Hunt Saboteurs." Ace and the Doctor (now carrying his food in a bag) runs up. The woman lights up as she recognizes Ace. ACE: Ange!! ANGE: Oh... hi, Ace! I thought you were d*ad! ACE: What? ANGE: That's what they said. Either you were d*ad, or you'd gone to Birmingham. (looks at the Doctor, who's looking around nervously) Who's he? ACE: Oh, a friend of mine. ANGE: Oh. So you back to see your family? ACE: No. ANGE: So what you doin' here? You're well out of this dump. ACE: I just wanted to see my friends, catch up a bit. ANGE: Oh. ACE: So where is everyone? ANGE: Who? ACE: Jay? ANGE: Dunno. Moved over west someplace. Think he's doing window cleaning, that's what I think. The Doctor hunts over a small table before the shop. He picks up a book about cats, then a scratching post... ACE: Stevie? ANGE: Oh, he's gone. THE DOCTOR: (to himself) Where are they all coming from... ? ACE: Flo? ANGE: Married Darth. ACE: Darth Vader, the brain-dead plumber? Flo?? ANGE: Yeah. Makes you think, eh? Ace laughs. ACE: What about Shreela? ANGE: Oh, she's gone. ACE: Midge? ANGE: He's gone, too. ACE: Gone? What'dya mean, gone? ANGE: Well, I dunno! Gone! Vanished! ACE: People don't just vanish. ANGE: You did. ACE: Yeah, well that's different. ANGE: Is it? ACE: Yeah. So when did they go? ANGE: Dunno... last month? ACE: What?!? ANGE: Well, Midge and Stevie went last month. Shreela went last week, and they had to scrape her mom off the ceiling. Funny though, I always thought she got along with her family... ACE: This doesn't make sense... ANGE: That's what I said. Know what I reckon? ACE: What? ANGE: UFOs. They whisk ‘em off and do experiments on them like we do on animals. Fancy cutting Stevie up to see what's inside him... Ace giggles. ANGE: (nudges her with the cup) Well, come on, give us tenpence, then! Ace obliges. Ange shakes the cup at the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: (reads the name) Not a very efficient way to hunt, is it? All that noise and pantomime just to slaughter one little animal. No, if you're going to hunt, you stalk your prey. You observe it, so you can take it by surprise. And then you don't k*ll too many -- cover your tracks, so you don't leave a smell... can you smell that? Both girls are looking at him like he's nuts. ANGE: Can't. Hay fever. ACE: What are you talking about, Professor? Something going on here? THE DOCTOR: (walks off) Not sure... ANGE: (to Ace) Is he... ? ACE: Professor!! THE DOCTOR: (to himself) When is a cat not a cat... ? When it builds its own catflap! He yanks a can of cat food from his bag. THE DOCTOR: Bait, Ace. Bait. The Doctor walks off. ACE: Hang on, Professor! She waves goodbye to the young woman, who waves back. Then she follows the Doctor out of sight. 17: SOMEWHERE ELSE... MAN: (his eyes glowing yellow) Show me. Show me... 18: EXT. YET ANOTHER STREET -- PERIVALE A beefy young jogger is running down the sidewalk. The cat sits on a nearby wall, watching him. 19: SOMEWHERE ELSE... MAN: Yes, he'll do very well... 20: EXT. STREET A shadow passes over the jogger as he crosses the street. The wind, the roar -- he falls back -- flash of light -- And again, an empty street. 21: EXT. ANOTHER STREET -- PERIVALE The Doctor and Ace continue on down the road... ACE: I can't believe he said that, you know! That T.A. Twit. (sits up on a wall) I reckon that was well out of order. "Tenpence." I mean, even if I could've phoned, which I couldn't really -- The Doctor has knelt down on the ground, pulling a can out of cat food out of the bag. ACE: (con't) -- dy'a think anyone would've listened to me? THE DOCTOR: (to himself) Hello, cat... ACE: It was just that time. Just the whole crowd... (grins) we had a really good laugh. I can't believe everyone just disappeared... The Doctor works furiously at the ground, opening up a dish of Sheba cat food. Ace just now notices he hasn't been listening. ACE: Professor? THE DOCTOR: (holds out his hand) Tin opener? Ace pulls out a can opener, and hands it to the Doctor. He starts to open the can of "Furry." ACE: Professor? THE DOCTOR: Hmm? ACE: Are you listening to me? THE DOCTOR: (effort as he tries to open the can) Quiet, Ace... I'm concentrating... Ace rolls her eyes and walks off. He starts spooning large dollops of Furry onto the ground. She looks back, shakes her head, and walks on. The Doctor grabs his umbrella and hides behind a fence. Eventually, a white-and-brown cat walks up and starts dining on the Sheba. THE DOCTOR: (frustrated) No, you're not the one I'm after... Behind him at a house, a woman taps on her window from inside. WOMAN: What are you doing? THE DOCTOR: (waves at her) Shhh... quiet! (to the cat) Shoo! The cat runs off. The Doctor sighs. 22: EXT. PLAYGROUND Ace is sitting forelorn on an old spinning chair. As she moves around, her eyes fall upon -- the black cat. She gets up and walks over to it, holding her hand out. She picks the cat up, moving it over to a tire swing. The cat hisses... jumps out of her grip, running off... Ace sighs, sitting back on the swing... The wind starts up... that loud growl is heard again... Ace turns, and sees what's been stalking the people. A humanoid on a horse. Except that humanoid has the head, arms and growl of a cheetah. Any other person would scream at this point. Ace says "Wow." The cheetah person leans in close, snarling at her. Ace gets the idea that this guy doesn't like being told "Wow." She starts running, leaping atop the spinning chair as the horse gallops at her. She leaps off the chair, bolts to a slide -- then to another -- the horse keeps up with her -- She puts herself in one of those dome-shaped swinging bar cages. Now the cheetah person can't get at her without jumping off the horse... 23: EXT. STREET At the fence, the Doctor winces -- a brown dog is coming up to the cat food trap. THE DOCTOR: Go on, go away! Go on! Shoo! Dog, go away!! The dog doesn't listen. ACE (O.C.): DOCTOR!!!! The Doctor suddenly double-takes -- he runs in front of the fence, down the road -- 24: EXT. PLAYGROUND The cheetah person's still riding around Ace. ACE: DOCTOR!!!! This guy ain't going anywhere -- she'll have to risk it. She dives out of the dome, running across the field -- the jet black horse effortlessly keeps up, catches up -- a flash of light -- 25: EXT. ????? -- and Ace is suddenly somewhere else entirely. She's at the top of a rocky slope. On pure instinct, she runs down the slope, diving for the ground. 26: EXT. PLAYGROUND The Doctor arrives to find nothing but an empty playground. He's almost breathing f*re, he's so mad. THE DOCTOR: So, they've taken you away... taken you off the planet... but I'll find you... 27: EXT. ????? Rocky slopes are far as the eye can see. Purple, cloudy skies. And a smoke column, rising in the far distance... Ace pulls herself up. She suddenly notices, half hidden behind a bush, two black cats and a d*ad man, holding a sponge. The car washer, his eyes open. Ace forces back a wave of nausea. From behind her, several feet away, the cheetah person and horse appears. He lets out a howl -- Ace bolts again, as the horse starts down the slope towards her... 28: EXT. STREET The Doctor races back to the site of his cat trap. And this time, the cat chowing down is pure black. THE DOCTOR: (reaches an arm out for it) Gotcha... Just as he's about to snatch it by the scruff, a beefy arm yanks him back-- it's the Sarge! SARGE: Now what do you think you're up to? THE DOCTOR: Sergeant--!!! The cat bolts away. The Doctor looks ready to slug the Sergeant. SARGE: I've heard complaints-- THE DOCTOR: What's that to do with you?!? SARGE: Neighborhood Watch! THE DOCTOR: I've got no time for that!! I've got to catch that cat! The Sarge's steel arms keep the Doctor locked firmly in place. SARGE: You're a public nuisance -- THE DOCTOR: Will you leave me go -- ?!? SARGE: Now don't be stupid, and don't get yourself into real trouble! Aw, the hell with this. The Doctor presses a thumb against the Sarge's forehead. The Sarge drops like a sack of rocks. THE DOCTOR: (snide imitation of the Sarge) One finger can be a deadly w*apon. He runs off. The Sarge gets back on his feet. 29: EXT. ????? Ace is still in a losing chase with the cheetah person. Her breath's almost gone, and she finally slips and falls in a sand dune. The horse comes to a halt beside her. The cheetah man dismounts, slowly approaching... VOICE: Go away! Get away from here! GET AWAY FROM HERE!! Suddenly there's a young guy rushing out of a grove of trees. The cheetah person takes off after him. He's on him in two large strides, forces him down, sinks its fangs into him... Ace grabs a rock... The cheetah person turns, blurs past Ace, knocking her to the ground before she can use the rock, is back on his horse, riding over to the young man, picking him up, slinging him over the horse's back, riding off... WOMAN'S VOICE: Ace... A bedraggled young woman appears from the trees. Ace jumps up. ACE: SHREELA!! She runs over to the woman. SHREELA: Ace, you shouldn't have run... they always go for you if you run... She pulls Ace toward the trees. 30: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE The Doctor is on his hands and knees now, stalking that black cat. He approaches a pair of garbage cans... THE DOCTOR: Why don't you come out and we'll talk about this sensibly, hmm? The cat leaps out of the garbage. The Doctor jumps upright and starts running after it again. In the distance behind him, the Sarge becomes visible on his bike. SARGE: HEY, COME BACK!! COME BACK HERE!! 31: EXT. FOREST -- ????? Shreela leads Ace through the forest, to where a pair of leather-jacket wearing young men are sitting around a campfire. ACE: Midge!! MIDGE: Hi, Ace. Long time. ACE: Is Stevie here too? SHIRELLA: He was. MIDGE: Stevie? He's cat food, isn't he? SHREELA: (as the two guys chuckle) Stop it. MIDGE: (indicates the other guy) This is Derek. He's doing very well. He's been here three weeks. Only got flesh wounds. SHREELA: (moves over to the f*re) We'll have to move on soon. They hunt at night sometimes... MIDGE: They can see in the dark. You can't see them... just their eyes. Shreela and Derek share a haunted look. Midge... well, sullen doesn?t quite seem to describe it... ACE: Just as well I'm here. You need some sorting out, you know? 32: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE The Doctor's huffing and puffing, but finally the cat's in sight -- sitting on another wall. The Doctor climbs atop it, crawling toward the cat, arm out. The Sarge's arm clamps down like a vise on the Doctor's ankle!!! SARGE: GOT YA!! THE DOCTOR: GET OFF!! The cat jumps off the wall -- a flash of light -- the Doctor gets yanked off the wall -- 33: EXT. ????? And suddenly the Doctor and the Sarge are lying in the sand, on that mystery planet. THE DOCTOR: You stupid -- A growl interrupts him. A cheetah man, lying on the ground with them, chowing down on some bloody meat. The two freeze. SARGE: Where the hell are we? THE DOCTOR: Shut up, and we may survive. The Doctor and Sarge get up, walking -- not running -- away from the feeding cheetah man. They find themselves before a pair of tents. Another pair of cheetah men appear, approaching but not attacking. The two continue walking backwards, herded by the cheetah men towards one of the tents. Realizing this, the Doctor uses his umbrella and lifts the tent flap. Behind it is the mystery man who's been controlling the cat. A goateed, familiar face. The Master. MASTER: Why, Doctor... what an unexpected pleasure. And before the Doctor's own, the Master's eyes change from human... to the glowing yellow of the cheetah people...
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PART TWO Written by Rona Munro Original air date: 29 November, 1989 Run time: 24:13 1: EXT. ??? And suddenly the Doctor and the Sarge are lying in the sand, on that mystery planet. THE DOCTOR: You stupid -- A growl interrupts him. A cheetah man, lying on the ground with them, chowing down on some bloody meat. The two freeze. SARGE: Where the hell are we? THE DOCTOR: Shut up, and we may survive. The Doctor and Sarge get up, walking -- not running -- away from the feeding cheetah man. They find themselves before a pair of tents. Another pair of cheetah men appear, approaching but not attacking. The two continue walking backwards, herded by the cheetah men towards one of the tents. Realizing this, the Doctor uses his umbrella and lifts the tent flap. Behind it is the mystery man who's been controlling the cat. A goateed, familiar face. The Master. MASTER: Why, Doctor... what an unexpected pleasure. And before the Doctor's own, the Master's eyes change from human... to the glowing yellow of the cheetah people... 2: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... Ace watches as the twin black cats feed off of... something... or someone. It's mostly down to bones and guts by now. Shreela joins her. SHREELA: They don't bother us. They only eat us when we're d*ad. It's like they're watching us... ACE: Yeah... 3: EXT. TENT -- ??? The Doctor takes a step back. MASTER: Run, Doctor. Run. The Sarge starts to do just that, but the Doctor grabs his arm. THE DOCTOR: Don't run!! The Master emerges from the tent, grinning like... well, like a Cheshire cat. From a pocket, he pulls out a ball of silver foil -- he tosses it at the Sarge's feet -- the Sarge panics, bolts -- THE DOCTOR: NO, PATERSON!! Too late. The Sarge is suddenly surrounded by a dozen angry, hungry cheetah people... MASTER: I was relying on your intelligence, Doctor. It would be such an uncivilized death... The cheetah people are all over the poor Sarge now... THE DOCTOR: (realizing) They're just playing with him... MASTER: Yes. Actually a fun-loving species. (looks at the Doctor) Doctor, there are things I must discuss with you. 4: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... Ace, Shreela, Midge and Derek peek from behind a bush. ACE: Okay, so what do we do? MIDGE: "Do?" We die. Maybe today, maybe next week. We could hurry things up a bit, go and find of those big p*ssy cats. That what you want to try? SHREELA: We tried to fight them once. They caught Steven. MIDGE: She threw sticks at it. ACE: Oh yeah? And where were you, Midge? SHREELA: You can't hurt them! DEREK: They're invincible! ACE: (jumps to her feet) Nothing's invincible! MIDGE: (snide) That's right Ace, you tell ‘us. You sort us out. SHREELA: (gets up) Better get back to camp. We're not safe in the open air. ACE: Well, are we any safer back there? At least out here in the open you can see them coming! SHREELA: They usually don't bother us in there. They only hunt in the open. Unless they're hungry, then they take us anywhere. ACE: (to herself) Why do they only hunt in the open... ? MIDGE: (gets up) What do you think this is, "The Wonderful World of Wildlife"? Who knows? Why do they always ride through here?!? Why do they always eat us up without ketchup? ACE: They always ride through here? MIDGE: So what? ACE: So let's get one! MIDGE: (laughs unconvincingly) What? ACE: NOTHING'S invincible! (to Shreela) We've got to fight back! Shreela slowly nods. The group heads back to the woods... 5: EXT. TENT -- ??? The cheetah people are still playing with their food -- namely the Sarge. THE DOCTOR: (picks up the foil ball and stuffs it in his pocket) That was a useful trick before. MASTER: (pulls out three more) Pretty, aren't they? They're a useful distraction. THE DOCTOR: Charming. The Doctor snatches the foil balls out of the Master's hands and runs toward the cheetah people. THE DOCTOR: Come on, pussycats! Come on! The Doctor takes the foil balls and... starts juggling. The cheetah people stare at him. What the... ? THE DOCTOR: (flings the balls every which way) Fetch! Come on, fetch! The cheetah people stare at him deadpan for a moment. Then they go back to the Sarge. MASTER: I'm afraid they're not so easily distracted. They're more interested in him. The Doctor runs over to one of the cheetah people's horses, leaping upon it. As the cheetah people start toward him, the Master holds up his hands. MASTER: STAY!! STAY!! The Doctor rides the horse through the cheetah people, over to the Sarge's side. MASTER: Doctor, why don't we leave these animals to their meal? SARGE: Apologies -- He jumps on the horse behind the Doctor. The cheetah people start towards them -- MASTER: (to the cheetahs) NO!! The Doctor starts riding toward the Master. THE DOCTOR: Bit of healthy exercise, Paterson! Do you a world of good! MASTER: Doctor, I'm warning you. I control these animals. They're mine to command! I control them!! The Doctor and Sarge gallops past the Master, out of sight. The cheetah people turn their attention to the Master, miffed at missing out on a meal. The Master backs into the tent, wagging a finger. MASTER: Very well. I'll find some other food for you. 6: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... Ace and Shreela have set up a trip wire between two trees on the path the cheetah riders travel. ACE: Come on, Shreela! SHREELA: (her eyes going wide) Shhh... Ace hears it too. She ducks behind the tree. A Cheetah person rides up, in no big hurry. He pauses the horse before the wire. He gazes at it, as if it's a curiousity. Then, extending his claws, he plucks the wire apart with one hand and rides off. Ace looks glum. SHREELA: Plan B? 7: EXT. ??? -- DIRT ROAD The Doctor and Sarge trot along this dusty path in the middle of nowhere. The smoke trail is still rising in the distance. SARGE: It's just not like me, you know. You ask anyone -- "Sarge'll keep his head in a crisis." You ask any of the lads. I don't scare easily, Doctor, believe you me. THE DOCTOR: Hmm. SARGE: I was on one of those survival courses, you know, S.A.S style of thing. I was the only one that ate the worm stew. THE DOCTOR: (sounding bored) Very impressive. SARGE: But this... this is just -- where the hell are we, anyway? THE DOCTOR: We're on the planet of the Cheetah People. Intelligent carnivores. No one knows much about them -- they don't survive long enough to find anything out. SARGE: You're trying to tell me we're on another planet? THE DOCTOR: (brings the horse to a stop) Yes. The trouble is, I've never heard of the Cheetah People hunting so far away from their feeding grounds before. And the kitling... SARGE: The what? The Doctor nods out across the plain. Luxuriating in that direction... a black cat. THE DOCTOR: That. A kitling. A feline vulture. It's got the power of teleportation. It can jump from world to world hunting for carrion. A rumbling noise echoes through the air. The Doctor and Sarge looks off to the side. THE DOCTOR: I think we're going to be in big trouble, Sergeant. 8: EXT. PERIVALE -- STREET The milkman is off on his daily rounds, dropping off two fresh bottles and picking up one at a door. Whistling, he heads back out into the street. He pauses to pet a black cat -- or a Kitling, as we now know it -- that's sitting on the wall. He then continues toward the milk truck, as the Kitling watches, licking its lips... 9: EXT. ??? -- WOODS A small campfire's been set up. And the lunch being cooked is roast Kitling. Derek rubs his arms nervously as the others sit about. Midge seems ready to jump out of his skin -- MIDGE: It's gonna get us all k*lled... It's gonna get us all k*lled!! He snaps, leaping atop Derek, punching at him hard. Shreela and Ace run over and pulls him off. MIDGE: NO!! GET OFF ME!! Ace forces Midge to the ground. ACE: SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!! The noise of a horse whickering... SHREELA: Listen! A horse is coming up. Ace grabs a large branch and thrusts it into the f*re, lighting the end. The horse travels into a trip wire -- this one close to the ground. The wire goes taut -- Ace runs into view, waving the torch around, howling-- and finds one very startled Sarge lying on the ground. "AHEM!!" Ace turns around. The good Doctor is hanging in mid-air, his ankles caught by the wire. It's all he can do to keep his hat on. ACE: (grins) What kept you?!? THE DOCTOR: How many times have I told you about playing with f*re? 10: INT. TENT -- ??? Sitting on a rough chair, the Master feeds a kneeling Cheetah person a piece of meat. He pets the Cheetah's head absentmindedly, watching as the others feast on a d*ad body nearby, thinking to himself. MASTER: (to himself) Where are you, Doctor? What's your plan... ? 11: EXT. ??? The Doctor is walking along the blasted plain, with the Sarge, Ace, Shreela, Derek and Midge in tow. He uses a small compass, looking about. They set up watch on a high slope. SARGE: Got to stick together, lads. That's the way. Stealth -- that's what's needed here. At the bottom of the slope, a few Cheetah people are lounging about, toying with the remnants of a few good people. SARGE: Stealth... and surprise. (to the Doctor) You follow me, and I'll get us through this. I'm a hunting animal. I've got instinct for it. THE DOCTOR: Oh, do shut up. (consults his compass -- no wait, that's a minicomputer!) This planet's disintegrating. According to my calculations, the safest place at the moment is over there. He points toward that far-off smoke column. Only it's not so far off anymore. It's clearly emanating from a volcano, as if the rumbling wasn't enough of a clue. MIDGE: Yeah, but what about them? THE DOCTOR: We have to make our way through. SARGE: This disintegration -- you think we're going to blow up? THE DOCTOR: Well, it is an old planet. A bit frayed at the edges. But we'll be safe over there. Safe from the Cheetahs, and the Master... ACE: Master? Who's he? THE DOCTOR: An evil genius. One of my oldest and deadliest of enemies. ACE: Do you know any nice people? You know, ordinary people? Not power-crazed nutters trying to take over the galaxy? THE DOCTOR: I don't think he's trying to take over the galaxy this time. ACE: So what's all this in aid of? THE DOCTOR: He's got some kind of mind-link. The cats, the Kitlings... ACE: Um... they find things for the Cheetah People to eat. THE DOCTOR: Yes... He puts the compass/watch/computer away and gets up. THE DOCTOR: Come on. He leads the group down the slope... 12: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... ... as the Master walks up another, cradling a Kitling in his arms. MASTER: Hunt him. Seek him out. Find him for me. Hurry. He sets the Kitling down, and it slinks away. He closes his eyes, seemingly wracked by pain. MASTER: Must keep control... I must keep control... 13: EXT. ??? The Doctor gingerly leads the group down the slope toward the Cheetah People. Derek slips slightly -- DEREK: Ohh! MIDGE: (grabs his arm) No sudden movements! THE DOCTOR: (holds up his hand) They won't bother you... unless they're hungry. And with them feeding, that doesn't seem too likely. But they are well aware of the party, and it's all Ace can do to keep the jittery Derek down. THE DOCTOR: They're essentially a fun-loving species... He kneels down and picks up a human skull. THE DOCTOR: (tugs at his collar) Is it my imagination... or am I getting hot? ACE: Doctor, I think we'd better keep moving. THE DOCTOR: (puts the skull down) Yes. Quietly... gently... just taking a nice little stroll... The party continues across the Cheetah area, and eventually comes out into a nice clearing. THE DOCTOR: You see? It's all a matter of keeping your head and allowing for the unexpected -- Flash of light -- THE DOCTOR: Oh no... -- and the terrified milkman running down a rock face, screaming his head off. MILKMAN: AAAHHH!!! OH GODD!!!! He sprints through the party -- and right into the waiting arms of the Cheetah people. A rider and a couple of walking Cheetahs watches from the top of the face as the slaughter begins. Ace grabs a rock -- THE DOCTOR: DON'T MOVE!! ACE: WHAT?!? THE DOCTOR: There's one thing more dangerous than being att*cked by a Cheetah, and that is ATTACKING a Cheetah! You do NOT know what it will do to you!! ACE: DOCTOR -- THE DOCTOR: DON'T MOVE!!! The Cheetahs are all around the party now -- the poor milkman's trying to evade them -- SARGE: (fed up) I'm not putting up with this. I'm not standing here and getting eaten alive!! He does what Ace tried to do a second ago -- picks up a rock and chucks it at the rider, running at him -- MIDGE: (does the same) Me neither!! SARGE: (chucks another rock) YAAAHH!! COME ON THEN!! COME AND FIGHT!! The rider doesn't need to be asked twice. He races down the rock face at the group. Ace breaks free of the Doctor, running to protect the milkman -- THE DOCTOR: DON'T MOVVEEE!!! One by one, the humans are run down by the Cheetahs -- the milkman, Derek... ... and from above the fray, at the edge of a cliff, the Master and his Kitling watches. THE DOCTOR: (going hoarse from the shouting) DON'T RUN!! STAY STILL!!! Derek is completely terrified, being batted around by two Cheetahs -- DEREK: HELP ME!!! Ace runs at the rider -- ACE: Come on, then!!! She chucks her rock, clocking the Cheetah on the head. He slips off the horse -- ACE: (runs at the horse) DOCTOR!! Shreela wrestles one Cheetah off Derek -- SHREELA: Get off!! The Doctor watches helplessly as the fight turns against the humans... THE DOCTOR: I TOLD YOU TO STAY STILL!!! He nevertheless helps out, using his umbrella to trip a Cheetah up. He tips his hat to him. THE DOCTOR: STAY STILL!! DON'T RUN!!! Nobody's listening to him now. The humans are taking to their heels, racing up the rock face... SARGE: Come on!! The Doctor looks around, panicking -- THE DOCTOR: Ace? ACE?!? 14: EXT. ??? -- LAKE Ace stops running at the side of a lake, gasping for breath. A rider comes into view at the other side of the lake -- the same one Ace clocked a moment ago. It slides off the ground, prostrate on the ground. It crawls its' way to the lake, moaning, finally collapsing at the edge of the water. Ace runs across the lake, grabbing the Cheetah by the neck, turning it over... Its' eyes snap open, staring right at Ace... 15: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... The Doctor runs around, trying to find Ace. THE DOCTOR: Ace... He comes to a stop at some old stone ruins of some sort. THE DOCTOR: (disappointed) Oh, Ace... The growl of a Kitling -- the Doctor spins around -- The Master, looking at him from atop one of the ruins. MASTER: Good hunting, Doctor? 16: EXT. ??? Meanwhile, a rider is finally catching up with Midge. The rider dismounts, walking toward Midge. Another Cheetah comes into view. Midge braces himself -- And suddenly, the other Cheetah plows into the rider, biting and clawing like crazy. Midge can't believe his luck. But then the rumbling starts again... 17: EXT. RUINS -- ??? The Doctor and Master watches the volcano from the ruins as the rumbling continues... MASTER: They're fighting again in the d*ad valley. 18: EXT. d*ad VALLEY -- ??? The two Cheetahs are really going at it. One finally gains the upper hand, k*lling the other... 19: EXT. RUINS -- ??? The rumbling's continuing, getting louder... THE DOCTOR: It's breaking up. MASTER: This planet's alive. The animals are part of the planet. When they fight each other, they trigger expl*si*n. They hasten the planet's destruction. THE DOCTOR: How long before it blows up? MASTER: Not long. They've been fighting a long time. THE DOCTOR: Why did you bring me here? The Master says the last thing the Doctor ever expected to hear him say... MASTER: I need your help. 20: EXT. LAKE -- ??? The Cheetah slowly pulls its way up, purring. It reaches out, it's arm touching Ace's jacket... or rather, the astronaut patch on Ace's jacket. Realizing this, she pulls it out, making it easier to touch. It looks at Ace with a strangely intelligent stare... a strangely human stare... 21: EXT. d*ad VALLEY -- ??? The other Cheetah's gone now, and the wounded rider lies on the ground. Midge finds a d*ad animal skull, and breaks a horn out from it. Walking slowly over to the rider, he grips the horn like a dagger and buries it in the creature's heart... 22: EXT. RUINS -- ??? THE DOCTOR: You're trapped. You can't escape. MASTER: Just so. It seems the creatures of this world can't take us away from this place. They can only bring us to this place. THE DOCTOR: Yes. They can only return home with their prey. MASTER: I never thought of it quite that way. THE DOCTOR: But now that we're both trapped, what good is it to you? MASTER: You'll find a way out, Doctor. You must. THE DOCTOR: Why should I help you? MASTER: It's not just death we're all facing. This place... bewitches you. (gestures to the ruins) If we stay here, we'll be like the people who built these. They thought they could control the planet... the wilderness. They were the ones that bred the Kitlings. Creatures with minds they could talk to, eyes they could see through the way I do. It only led to their corruption. We shall become like them... The Master's eyes suddenly turns glowing yellow again. He smiles, showing off animal fangs. Cheetah fangs. MASTER: We shall become animals. The Doctor recoils at the sight. And nearby, by the light of the red moon, a Kitling howls... The Master delights in the howl. The Doctor simply shakes his head and walks off. 23: EXT. ??? The Cheetah people lounge around, chewing at the numerous d*ad people around them... another rumbling begins... 24: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... The Sarge, Shreela, and Derek finally stop to rest some distance away from the Cheetahs. SARGE: You all right, lad, eh? DEREK: Yeah. The sound of footsteps makes them look out. Midge is walking up to them, the blood-covered horn in hand. His demeanor seems completely different now... almost feral... 25: EXT. LAKE -- ??? RIDER: http://Www..wwwaterr... ACE: What?!? RIDER: Ww... waterrr... will make me well... very fast... Ace stares at the talking Cheetah with wide eyes. She runs over to the lake, scooping up some water with her cupped hands. She stares at the water -- in her hands, it seems to be glowing pink. She walks over to the Cheetah with it. The Cheetah laps it up, nods, then drifts off to sleep. Ace is about to pat it on the head... THE DOCTOR: (comes up) Ace? ACE: What is it? He doesn't answer. He walks slowly over to the Cheetah... ACE: Should we leave it, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: They're extremely dangerous creatures. They could eat you. Or... ACE: Or what? THE DOCTOR: Worse. ACE: What's "worse?" THE DOCTOR: (a strange, sinister tone in his voice) Let's just say... they're dangerously attractive. He looks down at the sleeping Cheetah. ACE: I think it's the one that chased me. It k*lled that boy. THE DOCTOR: It could be useful to us... ACE: (runs over) You mean it could help us get home? THE DOCTOR: They're hunting animals, Ace. We're their prey. They bring their prey home. ACE: So what? THE DOCTOR: We need an animal whose home is Earth. ACE: Better keep it alive, then. THE DOCTOR: Ace? Ace walks back over to it, kneeling by it. ACE: Yes? THE DOCTOR: It could be very dangerous for you. ACE: Don't worry, Professor. I'm no one's bowl of cat food. From the look in his eyes, that's not what he was talking about... And from the distance, behind a bush, the Master watches... MASTER: (to himself) "Whose home is Earth... " He smirks. 26: EXT. ??? The Sarge regroups the kids together. SARGE: Right. You just follow the Sarge, and I'll get us all through this. There's nothing I don't know about survival. It's k*ll or be k*lled, right? k*ll or be k*lled. MIDGE: (nodding) k*ll or be k*lled. SARGE: Good lad. You'll come through. We'll come through, if you just follow the Sarge. Are you with me? MIDGE: Yes. SARGE: Are you all with me? MIDGE: Yeah! Shreela and Derek look uneasily at each other. SARGE: Well, you'd better get with me, because if we're going to survive we can't carry shirkers and we can't carry deadwood! Midge glares at the other two, a very ominous look in his eyes. Derek goes from nervous to scared. MIDGE: No deadwood. 27: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... Somewhere in the graveyard of d*ad people, the Master carves a chunk of clothing out of a carcass. He looks up as a rumble begins, very worried indeed... 28: EXT. LAKE -- ??? Ace absentmindedly tosses rocks into the lake, as the Doctor stays by the rider. The rider looks up, growling at him. The Doctor gets to his feet. ACE: Where are the others? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. We'll have to find them, and soon. ACE: It's weird, Doctor. I think I like this place... I like it. I feel like I belong here... It's just what the Doctor's expected. And dreaded. THE DOCTOR: (to himself, looking from Ace to the rider) Connected... ACE: I'm a bit scared. It feels... exciting. THE DOCTOR: (insistently) What do you feel? ACE: (gets up) Like I could run forever... I can smell things as clear as pictures!! THE DOCTOR: Anything else? ACE: Well... She turns to face him. ACE: I'm starving, Professor. DEREK: (from far off) HELP!!! The Doctor and Ace bolt toward -- 29: EXT. ??? Where Midge is trying to run Derek through with his horn dagger -- the Sarge trying to pull him off -- SHREELA: NO! SARGE: Don't be a fool! SHREELA: No! Get off him! SARGE: Stop it! SHREELA: Midge! The Doctor and Ace run up, the Doctor grabbing Midge by the shoulders and forcing him to look into the Doctor's eyes... THE DOCTOR: Midge... MIDGE: He's going to get us all k*lled ‘less someone sorts him out. THE DOCTOR: "Sorts him out?" MIDGE: Yeah! The Doctor abruptly notices a homemade necklace on Midge -- one that looks like it was made from bones. He grabs the necklace. THE DOCTOR: Where did you get this? MIDGE: I k*lled it. The Doctor lets go, taking a step back. Everyone else's jaws drop. Midge for his part seems ecstatic. MIDGE: I k*lled it... SARGE: Now then, son... why don't you just give me the w*apon, eh? Midge jumps up and spins around, looking for a second like he'll give the Sarge the horn -- right through the chest. Then he runs off. THE DOCTOR: (starts after him) MIDGE!! Midge spins to face him. THE DOCTOR: (to Midge) It's not too late to go home. SHREELA: Home? Midge suddenly doubles over in pain... then straightens. His eyes have turned yellow. He hisses at them, his teeth elongating into fangs. He turns and races away. THE DOCTOR: Come on. We'd better follow him. They start after him, but someone else has seen him as well -- the Master and his Kitling. The Master tugs at the makeshift rope he's made from the clothing, grinning from ear to ear. He then starts after Midge himself. THE DOCTOR: This way! The Master catches up to Midge first, using the rope as a noose to trap his feet and yank him to the ground. He quickly ties the noose around Midge's neck as the Doctor's party arrives. MASTER: Go hunting. Go home. Midge starts sniffing around, looking at the Doctor's group -- THE DOCTOR: Midge!! MASTER: You see, Doctor, you did help me. You kept these others alive just long enough to serve my purposes. THE DOCTOR: Midge, wait!! MASTER: Only the animals of this place can leave, Doctor, because they carry it with them. THE DOCTOR: Midge, listen to me!! Midge's only answer is a hiss. The Master nearly laughs. MASTER: He doesn't remember his name. (to Midge) Go home. Midge stares at the Master. He turns to run -- flash of light -- and Midge and the Master are gone. SHREELA: So there is a way out! THE DOCTOR: A way out? Yes. We wait for one of us to change, and then we use them. Before they try to escape or k*ll us all. SARGE: Well, there's no telling who'll be next, is there? Just get a grip and... (looks hard at the staring Derek) What're you looking at? It's him, isn't it? He's the one!! (jumps back) You stay away from me! SHREELA: Look! In the distance, the rider on her horse. ACE: (walks a bit toward the rider) Oh yeah! She's better! Doctor, look! When Ace turns back to the Doctor, her eyes have turned bright yellow...
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PART THREE Written by Rona Munro Original air date: 06 December, 1989 Run time: 24:20 1: EXT. ??? MASTER: You see, Doctor, you did help me. You kept these others alive just long enough to serve my purposes. THE DOCTOR: Midge, wait!! MASTER: Only the animals of this place can leave, Doctor, because they carry it with them. THE DOCTOR: Midge, listen to me!! Midge's only answer is a hiss. The Master nearly laughs. MASTER: He doesn't remember his name. (to Midge) Go home. Midge stares at the Master. He turns to run -- flash of light -- and Midge and the Master are gone. SHREELA: So there is a way out! THE DOCTOR: A way out? Yes. We wait for one of us to change, and then we use them. Before they try to escape or k*ll us all. SARGE: Well, there's no telling who'll be next, is there? Just get a grip and... (looks hard at the staring Derek) What're you looking at? It's him, isn't it? He's the one!! (jumps back) You stay away from me! SHREELA: Look! In the distance, the rider on her horse. ACE: (walks a bit toward the rider) Oh yeah! She's better! Doctor, look! When Ace turns back to the Doctor, her eyes have turned bright yellow... The other humans? eyes go wide. The rider comes down from her mount. RIDER: Come hunting, sister! THE DOCTOR: Wait!! Ace flashes a nasty grin. ACE: No. She runs to join the rider. They run off into the prairie, laughing all the way. SARGE: Who's next, eh? Who's next?!? If I had a g*n -- THE DOCTOR: (spitting out the words) We'd be in even more trouble than we are already!! (calms down) Right. Stay here. I'll follow her. 2: EXT. ??? Ace and the rider (Karra, according to the credits) bounds down the side of a hill. Ace seems to be loving every second of it... 3: INT. HOUSE -- PERIVALE, ENGLAND On a wall on a house, sits a picture of a tiger and her cub, nestled against a tree. The camera pans down from the picture to a couch. Midge is lying on the couch, moaning horribly. The Master kneels beside him. The Master gets up and looks in a mirror. His eyes don't look any more human than they did a few moments ago on the Cheetah planet. MASTER: I will be free of it... I will be free of it... He closes his eyes tightly for a moment. Then he opens them again. Nice and human-looking. MASTER: Ahh... He looks down at Midge. Midge is still yellow-eyed and fanged, looking pretty damn sad on that couch. MASTER: You are all animal now. You're so weak, your will devoured... A stronger mind will hold on itself longer. A will as strong as mine. His smile slowly fades as he looks at himself in the mirror. MASTER: How much longer? (looks closer) If I have to suffer this contamination, this humilation... if I am to become an animal... then like an animal, I will destroy you, Doctor. I will hunt you, trap you, and destroy you. 4: EXT. ??? Ace and Karra are kneeling beside a bush. Karra is lapping up a small pond of water. ACE: I thought cats hated water. KARRA: I'm not a cat. I'm Karra. I'm your sister. Ace pulls herself back a bit. ACE: No, you're not. Why do you keep calling me that? KARRA: You're like me. ACE: (grins) Yeah? KARRA: You will be. ACE: (to herself) This is good. I like feeling like this. She looks at herself in the puddle... and notices the yellow eyes for the first time. Her earlier joy vanishes. ACE: Where's the Doctor? I've got to get back to the Doctor... She seems to be fighting some internal struggle... KARRA: Are you hungry? Ace's anguished look is her answer. Karra gets up. KARRA: The chase... ACE: What?!? KARRA: The hunt. Smell the blood on the wind. Hear the blood in your ears. Run, run beyond the horizon and catch your hunger!! She lets out a blood-curdling howl. Her horse suddenly appears, joined by another. KARRA: (mounts her horse) Are you hungry, sister? Come hunting. She howls again. An ugly expression forms on Ace's face. She gets up to follow. 5: EXT. ??? -- ELSEWHERE... That combination pocket watch/computer/compass also seems to work as a trail tracker. It whirrs softly as the Doctor waves it close over the ground. He studies its' readings, and sighs. THE DOCTOR: Ace... how far have you gone? Can you come back? A roar -- the Doctor looks out -- and spots a Cheetah person in the brush before him, chowing down on another luckless soul. He slowly walks off. 6: EXT. ??? -- PRAIRIE Speaking of carcasses, Ace and Karra have just rode up to one. KARRA: (dismounts) Good hunting. Good. Ace doesn't seem too sure of herself or Karra now. ACE: You k*ll people. You eat people... KARRA: When I'm hungry, I hunt. When I hunt, I eat. ACE: Would you eat me? KARRA: There is meat here. ACE: Yeah, but if there wasn't -- would you k*ll me? KARRA: (a dangerous new tone in her voice) How fast can you run, sister? ACE: (quiet) Fast enough. KARRA: (grins) Ha. That would be a good hunt. Are you hungry? Come and eat. Ace smiles herself, and dismounts to join Karra at the bloody carcass. At she's about to reach it, the Doctor runs up -- THE DOCTOR: ACE!! Ace spins to face him. THE DOCTOR: Ace, come back. Come home. She's in a tug of w*r with herself -- humanity versus Cheetah-ness. After a long moment, the humanity wins out. The yellow light fades from her eyes, and she runs and joins the Doctor, hugging him tightly. KARRA: Good hunting, sister. ACE: What's happening to me, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: It's all right, Ace. We're going home. Karra hisses and growls as the two heroes walk away... 7: INT. HOUSE -- PERIVALE, ENGLAND Midge is all but comatose on the couch. The Master kneels beside him again. The yellow eyes and fangs are back on the renegade Time Lord. MASTER: Look at me. Look at me. Midge's eyes slowly meet his. MASTER: You have power now. We have power now. MIDGE: (lifts his head up) Yes! MASTER: You can do anything you want now. Anything. MIDGE: Yeah!! MASTER: You my hunting dog, Midge? The teeth for my trap? Trust me, Midge. Trust me. MIDGE: Trust me, Midge. Trust me. Midge is eating right out of the Master's hands... 8: EXT. ??? The Doctor and Ace rejoin the other humans on the plain. THE DOCTOR: (stops Ace to make her face him) Ace, listen to me. You're possessed. It's the planet, the Cheetah people. You've changed. ACE: (her eyes yellow again) Yes. THE DOCTOR: You're powerful. Dangerous. ACE: Yes. THE DOCTOR: You can do what they do. You can carry your prey home. You can help us escape. ACE: (hears the "but" in his voice) Yes? THE DOCTOR: But if you do that, you may never change back. You'll become like the Cheetah people forever. ACE: (shakes her head) What shall I do? Tell me, Doctor... I trust you... THE DOCTOR: The choice is yours. She thinks about it -- then grips the Doctor's hand. The Doctor runs to the others, making them join hands and taking Shreela's. THE DOCTOR: We're going home! A flash of light, and they're gone from the Cheetah planet. 9: EXT. STREET -- PERIVALE The group reappears on the Perivale street, right next to the good ol' TARDIS. ACE: (grins) I did it. I got us back! I'm all right now, aren't I? Her eyes do seem normal now... THE DOCTOR: Yes, Ace. SHREELA: (looks around) Perivale. We're back. Got to get home! She hugs Ace, then bolts down the street. The Sarge suddenly notices Derek's hand is still in his. SARGE: (forces the hand away) What's your game, then? (shakes his head) So I had a blackout. It's perfectly normal. Stress, overwork... that's all. I've had medicals. You should've got a doctor to me, though. That's the least you could've done, instead of keeping me lying about in the street. You're a doctor, right? You should've known better. The Doctor's amused by the Sarge's trying to forget everything. Ace is merely annoyed. ACE: "Thanks, Ace. Thanks, Doctor. Thanks for saving my life, getting me back home." SARGE: I don't know what you mean. What are you talking about? DEREK: (shakes the Doctor's hand) Thanks, Ace! Thanks, Doctor! Thanks for saving my life and getting me back home!! He runs off into the street, laughing. SARGE: I'm late for self-defense... He walks away, shaking his head slowly. The Doctor takes a quick look around. ACE: (walks back to the TARDIS door) Looks like everything's back to normal, then. The Doctor taps the end of his umbrella on his chin thoughtfully. ACE: Well, come on Professor! What are we hanging about for? THE DOCTOR: (a dark look in his eyes) Unfinished business. ACE: What? THE DOCTOR: The Master!! ACE: Oh, he's not still around here, is he? Dump of the universe. THE DOCTOR: (waves at her absentmindedly) It was you -- ACE: Yeah yeah, who wanted to come home, I know. Listen -- (slaps her hand on the TARDIS) this is the only home I've got now, right? THE DOCTOR: (shakes his head and hand) No, it was you who brought us here home. Therefore, Midge must've -- where does Midge live? ACE: Who? THE DOCTOR: Midge!!! ACE: Oh, I don't know. He used to live in some flats over there somewhere. She points down the road. The Doctor takes off like a Dalek army's at his heels. THE DOCTOR: COME ON!! 10: INT. BIKE SHOP A rivulet of milk runs down the receiver of a phone. It's dangling off the hook, next to the spilled cup. Across from there, Midge is looking over a motorbike like he's never seen one before. He then hops on another, trying it out for size. The Master comes into view at the shop's front window. MIDGE: "Just the start, Midge. Just the start." Both grin cruelly at each other. 11: INT. MIDGE'S HOME The Doctor looks at a portrait of Midge, pre-transformation. Ace is looking over a pair of old vinyl records. ACE: (referring to the records) Are they still on the go, then? They were practically drawing their pensions when I was clubbing it. He spots something in a mirror -- and freezes. Slowly, he turns around, and pokes his umbrella end down at the disemboweled grey cat on the carpet. As Ace joins him, the sound of a young girl crying reaches their ears. Ace runs over into another room after the sound. She comes back with a little dark-haired girl, who was hiding behind a washing machine. ACE: (kneeling over the girl) What's up? GIRL: (sobbing) My catttt... ACE: What happened? GIRL: The bad cat k*lled it. The bad cat the man brought -- THE DOCTOR: What man? Which way did he go? Show me! The girl leads the Doctor and Ace out of the house. 12: INT. EVE CLUB -- GYM The teenage guys are all gathered for the Sarge's class, just sh**ting the breeze and chatting. The door opens. Midge walks in, wearing sunglasses over his Cheetah eyes and sporting a nice black suit. All eyes turn to him. MIDGE: (slowly advancing on the students) Waiting on the Sarge? He's been held up. He asked me to have a little chat with you. I learned a secret today. The secret... of success. Thought I'd share it with you... 13: EXT. BACK OF BUILDINGS The girl leads our heroes to the edge of a overlook and points down. GIRL: Over there... Midge and the bad cat man. Midge went away and then he came back. He's my big brother. He's got funny eyes now. ACE: Where's your Mum, Squeak? GIRL: He made her go away! ACE: (angry) What's he doing it for? Why?!? He's escaped, hasn't he? He doesn't need to keep the Cheetahs busy. He's safe! What's he still doing it for?!? THE DOCTOR: (snarls the word) Malice. ACE: (puts an arm around the girl) Her gran's the next floor up. I'll take her... it's not just malice. THE DOCTOR: Survival. It's what he lives for. He must hope, believe he can find something... ACE: What? THE DOCTOR: To destroy me. ACE: (snorts) You'd wipe the floor with him! THE DOCTOR: Yes, well, we are an expl*sive combination. One day, one of us might blot the other one out. He looks down at a pair of white-and-brown spotted cats, rummaging through some trash bags. THE DOCTOR: If only I could track him down, take him by surprise before he's ready... Ace suddenly jerks, sags to her knees. Her eyes turn gleaming yellow again. GIRL: (brushes at Ace's hair) Bad cat man. 14: EXT. PERIVALE -- EVE CLUB The Master and the Kitling (in the former's arms) look at each other's reflection in the window of the club. The Kitling slips out of his arms as he approaches the window. The yellow eyes and fangs are back... 15: EXT. BACK OF BUILDINGS ACE He's at the youth club! She gets to her feet, the eyes going normal again. ACE: He's at the youth club!! I know he is!! The three run back into the building -- 16: INT. YOUTH CLUB -- GYM MIDGE (continuing his little lecture) It's common sense, right? It's just the way of the world, right? Survival of the fittest. Get rid of the deadwood, let the wasters go to the wall, and the strong will inheirit the earth. You and me. Do you hear what I'm saying? Do you know what I'm talking about?!? A long silence. Midge yanks off the shades, revealing the Cheetah eyes. The students are stunned at the sight. One steps forward to speak -- MIDGE: Don't move. The students freeze, the words of that one dying in his throat. MASTER: (appearing at the back of the gym) You understand me? MIDGE: You understand me, all right? MASTER: (approaches Midge and the students) You'll do anything I say. MIDGE: You'll do anything I say. MASTER: (joins Midge's side, facing the students) Won't you? MIDGE: Won't you? STUDENTS: Yes, sir... At that moment, the Sarge staggers in. He hasn't cleaned up from his earlier adventure, and looks pretty skanky. SARGE: Right, lads. Sorry I'm late. Had a wee accident, but everything's all right now. (claps his hands) Right, come on then, let's get things moving -- The students part, revealing the Master and Midge to the Sarge's sight. The Sarge goes pale. MASTER: Why don't you take over now, Midge? Midge slowly stuffs his shades in his pocket. He saunters up to the Sarge as the students clear a path, grinning evilly... 17: EXT. PERIVALE -- ROAD The Doctor and Ace sprint down the road toward the club -- 18: INT. YOUTH CLUB -- GYM -- but by the time they rush in, the room is empty. Except for the mangled remains of one Sergeant Paterson. THE DOCTOR: (grim) So much for the SAS survival course. Ace jerks again, the eyes going yellow... THE DOCTOR: WHERE?!? 19: EXT. PERIVALE -- FIELD They're back to the wide field. Only now the only thing in sight's a white-and-red motorbike. THE DOCTOR: He's chosen the time. The place. And the means. Ace is staring off into nothing. The Doctor draws her around toward him. Her eyes are normal again -- no, they're starting to turn yellow -- THE DOCTOR: Ace... The eyes go normal again. THE DOCTOR: That's better. ACE: Did I go again? (the Doctor nods) I don't even feel it! I don't even feel myself go! Doctor... will I stay like this? Before the Doctor can answer either way, the roar of a motorcycle engine -- and a bike (ridden by Midge) leaps into view over a high hill, followed by a pack of the hypnotized students. Ace starts at Midge, but the Doctor yanks her back with the hook of his umbrella. THE DOCTOR: Stay out of this, Ace! He steps forward, clearly ready to fight. The Master walks into view beside Midge. MASTER: (to Midge) You are my hunting dog. The teeth for my trap. The teeth to destroy. He shoves the horn dagger into Midge's hand. Down below, Ace's eyes have gone feral again, and she leaps upon the bike. THE DOCTOR: Ace!! Listen to me -- LISTEN TO ME!!! Astonishingly, he flings her off the bike with one hand. THE DOCTOR: If you fight, you'll change -- you'll change completely!! FOREVER!!! He throws the umbrella aside and jumps on the bike himself. He cranks the bike, as mad as we've ever seen him. Midge does the same. It's a jousting showdown. Both stomp on the gas. The two bikes leap at each other -- one downhill, one uphill. Ace slowly gets up, her eyes normal again. The Doctor's not armed -- how can he win?? The bikes get closer -- CLOSER -- COLLISION COURSE -- !!!! ACE: NOOOO!!! KA-BOOOOMMMM!!!!! The fireball boils up into the sky. Several feet away, a b*rned Midge hits the ground, dazed and hurt but still alive. The Master and the students walk up to him, and the Master kneels down over Midge. MASTER: Survival of the fittest. The weak must be eliminated... so that the healthy can flourish. (takes the shades off him) You know what to do, Midge. Midge slowly looks away... his eyes going blank... then he sags lifelessly to the dirt. MASTER: Good boy. Meanwhile, Ace has run up to the crash site... and all she can find of the Doctor is his hat and umbrella. She picks them up, clutching them to her... The Master gets up, as the students crowd around him and the late Midge. The students all walk past him. Toward Ace. ACE: I must not fight... I must not fight... Even so, the students are coming closer, and she braces herself for a battle she knows she can't win... in either sense of the word... ACE: Help me... Help me... Won't SOMEBODY HELPPP MEEEE?!??! As if on cue, a flash of light -- and Karra appears on her steed. The startled students take a huge step back... KARRA: The chase... to hunt in the morning and live until evening... Run out of the light, and slip into the dark. Smell the blood on the wind. Hear your blood in your ears. Die at last, with your enemy's blood in your mouth. WITH YOUR ENEMY'S BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH!!! She howls wildly, and shoves the horse into full gallop at the students. The students panic, running away in every direction. Needless to say, the Master is not pleased to see this. MASTER: Get off the horse. Karra does so. MASTER: You have no power here. This is not your place. I command here. I command you. You've no power over me. I can do anything I wish with you and you can do nothing -- nothing -- to me. KARRA: Do you bleed? I can always do something to you if you bleed. She leaps at the Master -- and impales herself on the horn dagger the Master hid behind his back. With a weak yowl, she sinks to the ground. ACE: KARRRAAA!!!!! The Master watches Karra expire at his feet, chuckling. He looks over at Ace, the last one standing... nah, she's not worth it. He walks away, tossing the dagger aside. He trots over the hill, up to a couch, a couple of carts, and some trash bags. The very place the Doctor crash-landed into after the bike expl*si*n. He walks on out of view, laughing. A moment later, the Doctor painfully pulls himself up. THE DOCTOR: Oh, very good. Very amusing. He staggers toward the hill crest. On the other side -- ACE: Karra?!? She runs to the fallen warrior's side, turns her over -- And strangely, Karra doesn't look like herself. She looks like a young, auburn haired Earth woman. Gravely wounded as she is, she still finds the strength to smile at Ace. KARRA: I--I can hunt in the dark. ACE: (her voice shaking) I'll get you something... I'll make you well again... KARRA: I can run... into the dark... run forever... ACE: Just wait... i'll get you something... KARRA: Good hunting, sister... The life drains out of her. And the spirit out of Ace. ACE: Good hunting... 20: EXT. PERIVALE -- STREET Having beaten his worst enemy, the Master thinks it only fair to take possession of his property -- namely, the TARDIS. He's in the process of trying to jimmy the lock with a tool. The Doctor appears next to him. THE DOCTOR: Good hunting? The tool falls out of the Master's hands, clattering to the floor. MASTER: Yes. Would've been too easy... seems we must always meet again. THE DOCTOR: They do say opposites attract. MASTER: But this is the end, Doctor. His yellow eyes and fangs are back. MASTER: You see it -- it's a power. A power from that planet. It's growing within me. Are you frightened yet? THE DOCTOR: No. MASTER: You should be. You should be -- it nearly b*at me. Such a simple, brutal power. Just the power of tooth and claw. It nearly destroyed me, a Time Lord. But I won. I control that force, Doctor. And now at last, I have the power to destroy you... The Master grabs at the Doctor's shoulder, shoving him back -- flash of light -- 21: EXT. CHEETAH PLANET The planet's in the last throes of destruction. The whole place is a burning, shaking hell. And the Master's got the Doctor on the ground, throttling him, trying to force the life out of him. He seizes up a bone club. MASTER: Welcome to my new home, Doctor! He tries to bring the bone down on the Doctor's head -- the Doctor blocks the blow, gripping the Master's wrist -- squeezing at both wrists -- the Master growls in pain -- the Doctor forces him over, gets atop him -- snatches up a boulder, raises it over his head, ready to dash his lifelong enemies's brains out -- HIS EYES HAVE TURNED YELLOW -- He freezes. Several feet away, the massed Cheetah people watch. Wait. And slowly fade away into nothingness. THE DOCTOR: They've gone... what am I doing?!? I've got to stop... we've got to go... He throws the boulder away, shaking. MASTER: You can't go. Not this time. THE DOCTOR: YES WE CAN!!! MASTER: Escape to what?!? I don't choose to live as an animal. THE DOCTOR: (points at the volcanic plains beyond) If we fight, we'll destroy this planet!! We'll destroy ourselves!! The Master's hand suddenly clamps like a vise around the Doctor's neck. MASTER: You should have k*lled me, Doctor. The planet's shaking worse than ever, f*re rising into the sky -- the end is only seconds away -- the Master raises the bone club up -- THE DOCTOR: IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE'LL DIE LIKE ANIMALS!!!! The club comes down -- FLASH OF LIGHT -- 22: EXT. PERIVALE -- STREET -- and the Doctor's suddenly back where he was, eyes clenched shut, on his knees, in front of the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: IF WE FIGHT LIKE ANIMALS, WE'LL DIE LIKE ANIMALS!!!! Only then does he belatedly realize he's back on Earth. His part-time homeworld. Safe. THE DOCTOR: Home. It's a beautiful day. Birds are chirping. The sky is sunny. The perfect day for washing your car. A blond woman walks up to the Doctor... BLOND WOMAN: D'you hear that racket? Did you hear it? Flipping cat fights all hours of the day. THE DOCTOR: I think you'll find things quieting down now. BLOND WOMAN: So you say. Flipping cats... it's the owners I blame. They want the pet, right? They want the animal, but do they keep it under control? THE DOCTOR: (with a wise smile) Well, we try. BLOND WOMAN: So you say. The woman walks off, leaving the Doctor smirking in her wake. 23: EXT. PERIVALE -- FIELD A tear-covered Ace remains kneeled beside the late Karra. Her fingers curl around Karra's necklace. A necklace with a piece of bone set into it. FLASH OF LIGHT -- And another Cheetah appears on a horse. What the -- ?!? Ace runs aside. Here we go again -- But the Cheetah person doesn't gallop at Ace. Instead, he trots toward Karra -- another flash of light -- and both he and Karra are gone. Quiet, Ace wipes away her tears, putting the Doctor's hat on her head. From behind her, the Doctor walks up. THE DOCTOR: Mine, I believe. He plucks the hat off her head and puts it on. Ace's lips twist into a wry smile. He also takes the umbrella off her. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. ACE: Where have they gone? THE DOCTOR: They've been taken back to the wilderness. The place is different... but the hunt goes on. You know all about the hunt, don't you Ace? ACE: Felt like I could run forever... like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet. Run forever... THE DOCTOR: The planet's gone. But lives on inside you. It always will. A feeling of peace comes over Ace. ACE: Good. (a pause) And the Master? THE DOCTOR: Who knows? Ace gets up. ACE: Home. THE DOCTOR: Home? ACE: The TARDIS. The Doctor grins. THE DOCTOR: Yes. The TARDIS. The Doctor puts his arm around Ace. They walk off together, into the future. Into the sunset. The end has come. 26 years of television history has come down to this. The final walk into the sunset. A wistful version of the Doctor Who theme plays, as we hear the Doctor's voice one last time... THE DOCTOR (O.C.): "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning. And the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere, there's danger. Somewhere, there's injustice. "And somewhere else, the tea's getting cold! Come on, Ace -- we've got work to do!!!"
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SWOOSH! SWOOSH! (Shout from outside) The Doctor: Hello there! Ah... Hello! Young Grant: Hello? The Doctor: Hello! Young Grant: What are you doing? The Doctor: I was setting a trap. Young Grant: A trap? The Doctor: On your roof. Young Grant: What happened? The Doctor: I tried it out. Young Grant: How? The Doctor: Accidentally. (He sneezes) The Doctor: Bless you. Young Grant: Thanks. The Doctor: What's your name? Young Grant: Grant. The Doctor: Hello, Grant. What floor is this? Young Grant: 60. The Doctor: Agh! Would it all right if I came in? Young Grant: I will have to ask my mom. The Doctor: Ow! Young Grant: Mom, wake up. (Grant coughs) (He gasps) The Doctor: Oh! Young Grant: Mom says you can come in. You're expected. The Doctor: Expected? Ahhh! (He grunts) The Doctor: Sorry. Did you say I was expected? Young Grant: Yeah. The Doctor: Who did you say I was? Young Grant: I told her I saw an old guy at the window. (He sneezes) The Doctor: Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas, Grant! Young Grant: Mom and Dad are asleep now. I can get you back on the roof. I know the way. The Doctor: Shh! Young Grant: What are you doing? The Doctor: Take a look at that picture. Young Grant: Okay. The Doctor: Now this one. Take a good, long look. It takes a moment to see it. Young Grant: See what? The Doctor: Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same person. Young Grant: Are you serious? The Doctor: Yeah. Look, I drew specs on Superman. Young Grant: Everyone knows they're the same person. The Doctor: Well, Lois Lane doesn't. And she's a reporter. The Doctor: Why did they call him Spider-Man? Don't they like him? Young Grant: He was bitten by a radioactive spider, and guess what happened? The Doctor: Radiation poisoning, I should think. Young Grant: No, he got special powers. The Doctor: What, vomiting, hair loss and death? Fat lot of use. Hey! What do you think? Young Grant: That looks... The Doctor: I know. Young Grant: Cheap. The Doctor: Oh, shut up! (He sneezes) The Doctor: Got a cold there, Grant? Young Grant: I always get a cold at Christmas. The Doctor: Me too. Or an invasion. Young Grant: Where did you get that from? The Doctor: My pocket. Young Grant: How do you keep a glass of water in your pocket? The Doctor: Skills. Now, hush. I've got a lot of work to do. Take this. Young Grant: Who are you? The Doctor: The Doctor. Young Grant: Yes, but who are you? The Doctor: The Doctor. Young Grant: Which one, though? There's lots of doctors. The Doctor: THE one. The main one, the original. I started it. They're all based on me. Now everyone who wants to sound clever calls themselves Doctor. Bandwagon! Young Grant: In a comic book, you know what you'd be called? Doctor Mysterio! The Doctor: I like that. Doctor Mysterio! I'll have that! Nearly ready. Young Grant: What is it? The Doctor: Well, in terms that you would understand... Sorry, there aren't any. It's a...it's a...it's a...it's a time-distortion equaliser thingy. Young Grant: A what? The Doctor: There's been a lot of localised disruption here in New York, so... My fault, actually. Hopefully this will make it all calm down. Young Grant: I don't understand. The Doctor: Do you know what a lightning conductor is? Young Grant: Yeah. The Doctor: Well, it's not like that. Young Grant: I thought you were setting a trap. The Doctor: I was. To protect this. I don't want anyone turning it off, or stealing it for a Christmas tree. Young Grant: But it looks like a Christmas tree. The Doctor: Of course it does, it's science! Do you want to turn the lights on? Young Grant: Can I? The Doctor: Go on. It's Christmas Day. Young Grant: What do I do? The Doctor: Ah! Put this into this. And you flick all those little switches on. Young Grant: Nothing's happening. The Doctor: Yeah, because now we get to the cool bit. Come here. Do you see that little door there? Pop it open. Now we turn on the lights. Pop the gemstone right in there. Young Grant: What gemstone? The Doctor: The gemstone that I gave you - pop it right in there. Young Grant: (whispers)That was a gemstone? The Doctor: Well, it's more than a gemstone - it's also like a kind of onboard computer. Come here. Can you see... Can you see that little yellow star at the end of that curve? It comes from near there. Formed in the heart of a red hole and s*ab in pure dwarf star crystal! The gemstone is intuitive - it knows what you want and draws energy from the nearest star to make it happen. There's only four of them left in the universe. The Apocalypse Monks of the Andorax called this one the Hazandra - the Ghost of Love and Wishes. Okay, then. Pop it in. Young Grant: I thought it was medicine. The Doctor: What? Young Grant: It looked like medicine. The Doctor: What have you done with it? Young Grant: Well, you gave me medicine and a glass of water, and you said you were a doctor. I thought it was for my cough. The Doctor: Oh! You swallowed it? You can't go round swallowing things! What age are you, 36? Young Grant: Eight. (Sonic screwdriver buzzes) Young Grant: Am I going to get sick? The Doctor: No, no, no - quite the opposite! Young Grant: The opposite? What's the opposite? What happened? The Doctor: Nothing. Young Grant: What's wrong with me? The Doctor: Well, you've got a cough and a slight case of levitation. Stay calm. Young Grant: What happens if I don't stay calm? The Doctor: Oh! Don't panic. Young Grant: What happens if I panic? (Both scream) (Screaming fades) (Baby cries) Grant: Oh, hey, you're all right! You're okay! Yeah... Ssh-ssh-ssh-ssh! Grant: Hey, Mrs Lombard. No, don't worry, Jennifer's fine. She just woke up, but I'm going to put her back to sleep. No, it's okay, Mrs Lombard. It's what you pay me for. Okay. Goodnight. The Doctor (O.C.): Grant, you need to concentrate. Young Grant (O.C.): What's happened to me? The Doctor: Intuitive crystal, plus too many comic books. The gemstone is giving you what it thinks you want. You're a superhero...(echos) Original air date: 25 December, 2016 Mr Brock: Any questions after today can be handled by Miss Shuster or Miss Siegel, who can be contacted on the e-mail addresses provided in your welcome pack. That's all we have time for, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you had a stimulating day, and maybe saw a little of what makes Harmony Shoal the foremost innovator in science and technology the world over. Like we always say - we're here to open your minds. Lucy: Mr Brock, just one more question. I've been looking into your funding, and you seem to have a lot of benefactors for a research institute. Brock: The world is changing, Miss Fletcher. Science got sexy. Lucy: Yeah, but your benefactors - I can't seem to find any of them. Brock: Very simple reason for that. I k*lled them all, buried them in my back yard. (Chuckling) Lucy: How big is your back yard, Mr Brock? Brock: At the last count, Wyoming. (Laughter) Brock: Now, if you good people will excuse me, this young lady will guide you to the exit... Nardole: Mr Brock? Er, Mr Brock? Mr Brock? Mr Brock. Brock: Apparently we have one more question. Nardole: Yes. Where's the little boys' room? Brock: I think you'll find the restrooms to the left, on your way out. Nardole: No, not the restrooms, the little boys' room. Brock: If you successfully locate the restrooms, I think you'll find everything you need in there. Thank you all. Woman (O.C.): This way, ladies and gentlemen. Nardole: I don't want a rest. If everyone's just having a rest, I might cause an incident. Brock: Dr Sim, is there a problem? Dr Sim: It's the brains. There's something I need to show you. It's necessary. Brock: Later. Meet me here... at midnight. Dr Sim: Thank you, sir. Dr Sim: Mr Brock. You startled me. Brock: Shall we? Dr Sim: Of course. Nardole: All clear! (Door whooshes open) (Lights snap on) Brock: Well? Dr Sim: Look at them. You see nothing unusual? Brock: I see brains... every place except here. Brock: These specimens were donated to this facility by our benefactors, for a top-secret research project. A project which is not to be questioned, impeded, or in fact mentioned by any of the employees of the Harmony Shoal Institute. Even I don't have the clearance to know what's going on in here. Dr Sim: But why? Brock: It's not your job to ask questions! Stick to science. Something wrong with your eyes? Dr Sim: Sir, the first time I came in here, I counted 24 specimens. The second time I counted, there were 30. Now there are 36. Brock: Well, I guess they've got the space. Dr Sim: You don't understand. There have been no deliveries. I checked it. Some of these brains, sir, they just... arrived. The Doctor: (Chomping) It's okay. I'm an intruder too. Yeah, I brought snacks - mark of a pro. Keep listening. Brock: Looks like a brain to me. Kind of blue, I guess, but that's the fluid, right? Dr Sim: Yes. That's the fluid. Tap the glass, sir. Brock: What did you say? Dr Sim: Tap the glass. Please. Brock: What...the hell is that? Is that a joke? Dr Sim: No, sir, it's not a joke. Brock: It's got eyes! Look at them, they're like... They're like YOUR eyes. Dr Sim: Yes, sir, they are. Brock: Dr Sim? What are you pointing at? Dr Sim: I'm pointing at Dr Sim. Don't look so alarmed - we merely exchanged containers. You might call this a...hijack. (He groans and gasps) Brock: What happened to you? I don't understand. Dr Sim: The same thing that is about to happen to you. I had a change of mind. Brock: No! No, please, no! Let me out of here! What's happening? What are you doing? (Lid squeaks) (Footsteps recede) The Doctor: Who are you? Lucy: Lucy Fletcher, reporter, from the Daily Chronicle. Hang on, why am I telling you the truth? The Doctor: Spooky, isn't it? Looking for a story? Lucy: I think I just found one. The Doctor: Brains with minds of their own? No-one will believe that - this is America. Lucy: Who are YOU? The Doctor: Special Agent Dan Dangerous from Scotland Yard, Scotland. The Doctor for short. See, they've got institutes all over the world. And always in capital cities. Lucy: Nope. The Doctor: Yes, yes, they are, see? Nardole: New York's not a capital city, is it? The Doctor: You don't need to point out the mistakes. That's not what you're for. Nardole: Washington's got its own one. (Lights snap on) Dr Sim: I would call Security, but they might leave you alive. I do not want any awkward questions about intruders I was forced to sh**t for my own protection. The Doctor: Good plan. Here's another one! Go on. Tell them you sh*t us in the back in self-defence. We'll be laughing all the way to the slab. (Thudding) Dr Sim: Face me. The Doctor: Maybe not. Dr Sim: Face me now. (Thudding) Dr Sim: What is that? Nardole: It's not me. Lucy: It sounds like... (Thudding) The Doctor: Like someone knocking at a window. Lucy: We're on the 100th floor. (Thudding continues) Lucy: Oh, my God, he's real. The Doctor: Who's real? Lucy: The Ghost. The Doctor: Who's the Ghost? Lucy: Masked vigilante. But he's... The Doctor: What? Lucy: Super. (He snaps his fingers) The Ghost: Mind if I come in? Dr Sim: Impressive. Those windows, like everything in this building, are built to withstand a blast equivalent to four nuclear expl*si*n. The Ghost: Sorry about that. Would you like me to call a glazier? Dr Sim: Hmm. (b*ll*ts ricochet) (g*n clicks) The Ghost: Please understand, it's against my personal code to cause lasting harm to any individual. (He groans) The Ghost: However, light to moderate injury is fine. Nardole: That's good! The Ghost: Hello. Was that man annoying you? Lucy: You're real. I can't believe it, you're actually real. The Ghost: I'm afraid I am. I enjoy your column, Miss Fletcher. Lucy: You read my column? You read? You're real and you read? The Ghost: Though I find the political bias in your paper's editorial not entirely to my taste. Lucy: I'll pass that on. The Ghost: Thank you. Who are these gentlemen? Lucy: They're, um... I don't actually know. The Doctor: This is my friend, Nardole. Nardole: Hello, the Ghost! The Doctor: And I'm the Doctor. The Ghost: The Doctor. I thought we had lots of doctors. The Doctor: I'm the main one. The Ghost: Can I give you a ride home? Lucy: You have a car? The Ghost: No. (She gasps) The Ghost: I hope you're okay with heights. Lucy: I'm okay so far! The Ghost: Have a good evening, gentlemen. (She screams) Nardole: He...seems nice! The Doctor: Grant... Young Grant: So I'm a superhero now? The Doctor: Once the gemstone is gone from inside you, you'll be back to normal. It will pass. Young Grant: But how will it get out? The Doctor: Like I said, it will pass. Looking forward to that. Young Grant: Are you sure? The Doctor: Of course I'm not sure. Nothing's ever sure. Just promise me one thing - for as long as you have these powers, you will never, ever use them. Young Grant: Sure. The Ghost: Is this the right building? They all look the same from up there. Lucy: Yeah, yeah, this is me, thanks. The Ghost: Well, I certainly hope this unpleasant experience hasn't put you off a career in journalism. Lucy: Oh, no, no, no. Not at all. (Beeping) The Ghost: Sorry. Duty calls. Lucy: Look at that. The Bat-Signal's an app now? What is it? Bank robbery? Hijack? The Ghost: Uh...something like that. Excuse me! Lucy: Go get 'em! (Baby cries) The Doctor: With great power comes great responsibility. (He sighs) The Doctor: No man worthy of the title leaves a baby alone. Grant: How did you find me? The Doctor: I tracked the gemstone inside you. Your powers, they don't belong in this world. They're an anomaly. You promised me you'd never use them. Grant: May I take her? The Doctor: She's yours? Grant: I'm hers. I'm her nanny. The Doctor: You're her nanny? Grant: Yeah, her nanny. You got a problem with that? The Doctor: No, no, it's just... Okay, so you are a superhero and a nanny. Grant: You've got to make a buck somehow. You don't get paid for saving people. Nardole: You don't have to tell us. Here you go, nice and warm. And tasty! Ooh, elephant! Grant: It's fine. It's a long-range baby-monitor. I can get back to this apartment quicker than most people can get to their kids' bedrooms. The Doctor: Grant, Grant, this is insane. Look, I'm me, the Doctor, and even I think this is insane. Nardole: Even him! Grant: I can cope. The Doctor: Of course you can't. When do you sleep? When are you not on call? How complicated do you need your life to be? (Front door slams) Grant: Well, not as complicated as it's about to get. Grant (O.C.): We're in here, Mrs Lombard. Lucy: Oh, Jennifer, look at you, up again! Don't you ever sleep? Grant: Did you have a good evening, Mrs Lombard? Lucy: Oh, it was work. Why would it be good? Grant: Well, I don't know, you seem a little buzzed. I thought maybe you'd met someone. Lucy: Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Grant... What are you doing here? Nardole: We could ask you the same question. But it's your apartment, so we probably won't. The Doctor: Well... (Grant shakes his head) The Doctor: We...we were worried about you. We wanted to make sure that you were all right, so we followed you. Lucy: You followed me and got here first? The Doctor: Well, that's just a measure of our concern. Nardole: Very concerned. Grant: They said they knew you. I let them in. Lucy: We met tonight. We need to talk, you and me. Grant: Oh! Did something happen? (Toy squeaks) Lucy: Nothing for you to worry your pretty little head about. I'll put her to bed. Grant: I can do that. Lucy: No, it's okay, I want to. Grant: Lombard's her married name. He ran off when the baby came along. The Doctor: Lucy. Of course. (School bell rings) The Doctor: Hey. Young Grant: What are you doing here? The Doctor: I'm your relief algebra teacher! Thought I'd check in on you, see how you're coping. Young Grant: Well, it hasn't passed, if that's what you want to know. The Doctor: I think that it's a part of your DNA now. It's bonded with you. I'm sorry. Why aren't you looking at me? Young Grant: I don't want to. The Doctor: You're not looking at anyone. Are you shy now? Is that floor really interesting? Young Grant: I'm not shy. I just can't stop it. The Doctor: Can't stop what? Young Grant: The X-ray vision. The Doctor: Oh! Young Grant: I'm in hell. Naked hell. I just can't look at people! The Doctor: It's the gemstone. It's responding to...puberty. Young Lucy: Hey, Grant! Young Grant: Hey, Lucy! (Girls giggle) The Doctor: You really like her, don't you? Young Grant: I have X-ray eyes - I like everyone! The Doctor: But Lucy is your favourite. Young Grant: Who says? Grant (O.C.): A couple of years after high school, I ran into her again. Grant: She even remembered me. The Doctor: Oh, that was lucky. Grant: And I was with my best friend at the time, and she couldn't take her eyes off him. The Doctor: Okay. Grant: Love at first sight. The Doctor: Right. Grant: Then marriage, then a baby... and then he ran off with someone else. The Doctor: Leaving, I suppose, the field open for you to move in... Grant: Yeah. The Doctor: .. and care for the child she'd had by another man. Grant: Yeah. The Doctor: So she could keep working and possibly date other friends of yours. Grant: Pretty much. The Doctor: You tiger! Thank you. Grant: Who are you thanking? The Doctor: The universe. There's somebody worse at this than me. (Sirens blare) Grant: Excuse me. (Squeak) Lucy: This is Mr Huffle. Mr Huffle feels pain. (Drawn-out squeak) Lucy: Meet me in the kitchen. (Squeak) (News report on TV) Lucy: With you in a minute. Lucy: So... you're from Scotland Yard. The Doctor: Yes. (Drawn-out squeak) Lucy: It's fine if you don't tell me your secrets. I intend to keep mine. But don't lie to me. The Doctor: Or what? Lucy: I hurt Mr Huffle. (Strained squeak) Lucy: I assume you belong to some kind of, I don't know, agency - I don't care which one - and that your current assignment is to investigate Harmony Shoal. Correct? The Doctor: No, I was just passing through... (Squeak-squeak) The Doctor: Okay, okay. Yes, fine, okay. Yes, broadly speaking, yes. Lucy: What are those brain things? The Doctor: I don't know. It's nothing that need concern you. Lucy: I'm a reporter. That category does not exist. What are they? The Doctor: You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Lucy: No reason not to tell me, then. (Strained squeak) The Doctor: Those brains, they aren't just brains. They're independent alien life forms. Lucy: And...? (Strained squeak) The Doctor: They migrate from planet to planet, extracting and replacing the central nervous systems of compatible hosts. Lucy: And...? The Doctor: Harmony Shoal is a multinational corporation whose true purpose is to extract and replace the brains of key authority figures around the world, and prepare Earth for full colonisation. (Sharp squeak) Lucy: Ha! The Doctor: You believe me? Lucy: I don't think you're lying - slightly different. What has Harmony Shoal got to do with the Ghost? The Doctor: Nothing. Lucy: Ah, so you know who the Ghost really is, then? The Doctor: No, I have no i... (Squeaking) Lucy: Oh, stop it. We just went to a top-secret science research facility, apparently run by brains from space, and a flying man with superpowers turns up. Anybody would assume the two were connected, except for someone who already knew they weren't. So, clearly, you know the Ghost, and trust him. Nobody trusts anybody without knowing who they are, so you know who he really is. So now you can tell me. Who is he? Lucy (quietly): Oh, that's interesting. You don't work for an agency, do you? The Doctor: Don't I? Lucy: You're not used to being spoken to like this, which means you don't have a boss or an employer. So why are you investigating Harmony Shoal? What's in it for you? The Doctor: I like to keep busy. Lucy: Why? What happened to you? The Doctor: Nothing! Oh, look! Lucy: Oh! The Ghost: (on TV): ..Because f*re prevention is the responsibility of every citizen - so get a smoke detector! (Baby cries) The Ghost: (on TV): Sorry, duty calls. Lucy: Oh, look at him go. I need to know who he is. Grant: You're all right. She just needs a change. Lucy: Oh, it's okay, I'll do it. You're so quick, Grant. The Doctor: Oh, yes. He's definitely quick. Do you have any time off? Grant: Sure! Female reporter: (on TV): As the storm h*t, it became clear that two children were still trapped on the big wheel. The two small... Lucy: Doctor? Lucy: So, can you put me in touch with him? (The Doctor sighs) Lucy: The real guy behind the mask? The Doctor: You're smart. You're so clever I actually noticed. I hardly ever listen when other people are talking. Lucy: So what? The Doctor: So why can't you find himself yourself? Lucy: I got a lead. The Doctor: What lead? Lucy: You. You know him. Don't even try telling me you don't. The Doctor: Maybe you know him too. Lucy: Hey, where did Grant go? Grant: Right here, Mrs Lombard. Lucy: Oh. Grant: Would you like your coffee? Lucy: Oh, no, I'm okay, thanks. Are you all right? Grant: Sure, why? Lucy: You're kind of wet. Grant: I prefer mild-mannered. Lucy: Can you put me in touch with him? The Doctor: The Ghost? Lucy: Yeah, the Ghost. The Doctor: Mrs Lombard, there are some situations which are just too stupid to be allowed to continue. (Phone rings) Lucy: Hang on. Lucy: Hello. Husky voice (O.C.): Is this Lucy Fletcher? Lucy: Yes, who is this? The Ghost (O.C.): Sorry, I had to fly. (She gasps) Lucy: Am I... Sorry, am I... Am I speaking to the Ghost? The Ghost (O.C.): Hello, Lucy. Lucy: So, I'm hoping this means I'm getting an interview. The Ghost (O.C.): An interview is entirely possible... Grant / The Ghost: .. but I must make one thing clear. There must be no talk of who I really am. Lucy: Hey, you make the headlines, you make the rules. Grant / The Ghost: Discussion of my true identity... (Baby gurgles) Grant / The Ghost: .. would put the people closest to me at risk. That is not acceptable. Lucy: Fair enough, get that. How about tomorrow night? Grant / The Ghost: For what? Lucy: The interview? We could get dinner. Grant / The Ghost: Dinner? Lucy: Do you eat dinner? Grant / The Ghost: Of course I eat dinner. Lucy: Okay, then. Pick me up here tomorrow night, um, eight o'clock? I'll wait for you on the roof? (Baby gurgles) Lucy: Wait a second. (Clattering) Lucy: Grant, could you babysit for me tomorrow night? Grant: Um... Lucy: Please, it's important. Together: I've got a date. Together: A date? Lucy: Uh, kind of a date. Grant: Okay. Lucy: An interview. Are you...seeing someone? Grant: Um... Lucy: None of my business. I mean... But are you? I mean, you never even go out, and suddenly you've got a date? Grant: Yeah, well, it kind of came as a surprise to me too. Lucy: I'm sorry? Grant: It's complicated. The Doctor: I can confirm that it's definitely complicated. Grant: You know, don't worry about it, I'll look after Jennifer. Lucy: You will? The Doctor: You will? Grant: I'll figure it out. Let me take care of it. Lucy: Okay. Grant: Okay. The Doctor (whispers): She's jealous. Grant (whispers): I'm jealous! The Doctor: Grant, you were jealous of you. Grant: Technically, she's jealous of her. The Doctor: Grant, how long have you known this woman? Grant: Since elementary school. 24 years. The Doctor: 24 years? Yeah, of course it would be that. Grant: Are you okay? The Doctor: Time passes for everyone. Even for me. So, please, as much as it is possible for a human male, try not to be an idiot. Grant: No, seriously, are you okay? The Doctor: I'm always okay. (Sirens wail in the distance) (He sighs) (Whooshing) (Computer keyboard taps) Dr Sim: Ah, welcome, brother. (Brock sighs) Dr Sim: How is your vehicle? (Cracking) Brock: A little cramped. Dr Sim: It will relax with wear. Observe this. The finest vehicle this planet has to offer. Brock: Interesting. And can it be acquired? Dr Sim: A plan is being formulated. Brock: This one. Who is he? Dr Sim: I'm not sure. But he may be dangerous. Brock: He doesn't look dangerous. The Doctor: Boo! I'm talking to you live! (New York accent): In person! You can jump back in your skins now, except, of course, they're not your skins, are they? Brock: What do you want? The Doctor: Mercy. Brock: We have none. The Doctor: It's not a request, it's an offer. I'll give you a head start. I'll close my eyes and I'll count to ten. I will make no attempt to follow you but, starting now, all of you, everywhere, pack your bags and get off of this planet. Brock: Are you declaring w*r on us? The Doctor: I am drawing a line, and I'm suggesting you step back from it with awesome speed. Brock: Then w*r it is. (Cracking) The Doctor: Multi-nucleate organism, functioning as an infinitely adaptable, independently functioning, peripatetic central nervous system. Good to keep an open mind. Ha! Of course it won't work. Brock: What won't work? The Doctor: Whatever it is, whatever you've got planned. Stating the obvious, you've set up in every capital city in the world, so clearly the "plan" is to unzip the head of every world leader, pop yourselves inside. Of course, you can't just roll up with a team of surgeons to the White House or to the Kremlin, because they've got big fences, shouty people and cross dogs. Dr Sim: They will come to us and they will come running. The Doctor: Oh. I very much doubt it. Take this! Yes, take that! Dr Sim: Who are you? The Doctor: There have been many attempts to conquer the Earth. I've lost count. Not one of them has succeeded, not a single one. They all lost and b*rned and ran. That's who I am. (Piercing whistle) Dr Sim: What is this? The Doctor: It's a burger. I always bring a snack. But I don't want it now, he's put me off my dinner. (Metallic thrumming) The Doctor: Very good. Right on target. Nardole: Trial and error, to be honest. A few accidental stop-offs along the way. The Doctor: Where did you get the robes? Nardole: 12th-century Constantinople. I ruled firmly, but wisely. Ah-ah-ah! How did it go? The Doctor: Oh, you know. Issued a warning, donated a burger, nicked some stationery. The Ghost - what have you got? Nardole: The whole story! The Doctor: Fact me, baby, it's why I reassembled you. Nardole: No, sir, that's not the reason, is it? The Doctor: Oh, just get on with it! Nardole: You cut me out of Hydroflax, because you were worried you'd be lonely, and we both know why, don't we? But, oh, look at you, avoiding the subject! The Doctor: I'm not avoiding anything, I'm just trying to save a planet. Nardole: Which is what you always do when the conversation turns serious. (Computer warbles) Lucy: Good girl. Grant: Mrs Lombard? You look...nice. Lucy: You look surprised. Grant: No, no, no, it's just that, well, normally you wear the little red dress when you're, uh... Lucy: This is business, Grant. Strictly business. So... I won't be late. Grant: Okay. (Dramatic music plays) (Door opens) Lucy: Hi. The Ghost: Hi. Lucy: Is something wrong? The Ghost: You look nice. Lucy: You look surprised. The Ghost: I am. A little. The Doctor: He's not supposed to be using those powers. He made a promise. Nardole: What, like the Time Lord promise never to interfere in the affairs of other peoples or planets? The Doctor: I glued your head back on. You should have a little bit more respect. (Electronic warble) Nardole: Oh! The Doctor: Come on. Nardole: Where are we? The Doctor: Where we were, except not. Nardole: Oh. Right... (Excited chatter) Nardole: Oh, Tokyo branch. The Doctor: Yep. Nardole: A bit empty, isn't it? The Doctor: Yes, I created a distraction. I flooded downstairs with Pokemon. Man: You're not supposed to be in here. The Doctor: I know, it's terrible. Sorry, I'm doing everything I can to stop me. See that? Nardole: It's a signal, isn't it? The Doctor: It's a signal beaming into space. There was one from the New York office too. There's something in low orbit. Lucy: I did book a restaurant. The Ghost: I'm... not comfortable in restaurants. Lucy: I suppose you get a lot of stares, dressed like that. The Ghost: Right back at you. Are you sure you're warm enough? Lucy: Yeah. Okay, no. (She gasps) The Ghost: Now? Lucy: Yeah, definitely. The Doctor: Yep, low orbit. Nardole: But you can't get a fix on it? The Doctor: I'm trying, the shielding's too good. Nardole: Can't we track the signals? The Doctor: Tracking them now. Boom. Nardole: Ha-ha! Lucy: So what powers do you have? The Ghost: Well, basic flying, basic super strength... Lucy: Basic X-ray vision? The Ghost: Yep. Lucy: Is that ever tempting? The Ghost: Adolescence was difficult. Lucy: In what sense? The Ghost: It went on a lot longer. Lucy: How much longer? The Ghost: I'll let you know. Dr Sim: We're moving into position. It won't be long now. Brock: The Ghost is located. Dr Sim: Action the surgeons. (Whooshing) (Low roar) The Doctor: That's what Harmony Shoal is signalling to. Shall we pop over and have a look? Pretty sure no-one's on board. Nardole: How do you know? Did you scan for life forms? The Doctor: No. All the lights are off. Nardole: Mmm! Lucy: Do you have a girlfriend? Boyfriend? Well, there has been speculation. You do fly around New York dressed in rubber with a big "G" on your chest. The Ghost: Are we very slightly stereotyping here? Lucy: I get it, there's some stuff you'd like to keep private. The Ghost: Was it the mask that tipped you off? Lucy: (laughs) How do you cope with your double life? The Ghost: I'm nothing special - everyone has a day job. Lucy: Come on, you spend half your time as a regular person... The Ghost: I spend all my time that way. Lucy: .. and the other half saving the world. How do you cope? The Ghost: How do YOU cope with a career and a baby? Lucy: How do you know I have a baby? The Ghost: I... did my research. Lucy: Um... I have a nanny, that's basically your answer. The Ghost: Yes, of course. Lucy: He's downstairs right now. The Ghost: I see. Lucy: And, yes, I said "he". The Ghost: Yes, you did. Lucy: Yes, I did. The Ghost: Is that a problem? Lucy: I'm sorry, it's just that guys like you sometimes find it funny, a man being a nanny. The Ghost: With respect, Miss Fletcher, there aren't too many guys like me. Lucy: There aren't too many guys like Grant either! The Ghost: You okay? Lucy: Excuse me a minute. (Romantic music plays) (Sirens wail) (Ominous music plays) (Metallic thrumming) The Doctor: Bridge is this way. (Alarm buzzes) (Alarm buzzes) Dr Sim: Move. (Electronic beeping) The Ghost: I didn't mean to imply there's something wrong with your friend Grant. Not everyone can be a superhero. Lucy: Not everyone can be a nanny! Sorry. He's downstairs right now and he was supposed to be on a date and he cancelled it and you know what's really bugging me about that? Who is he dating? Why is that bugging me? Why do I care? What's wrong with me? The Ghost / Grant: There's probably something I... ought to tell you. Lucy: Grant. The perfect name. A man I take for granted. The Ghost / Grant: Um, really, if you could just look up about now... Lucy: Always there, always kind, never lies. I even lied to him about this dress but I don't think he's ever told a single lie to me, not once, about anything. Not once. The Ghost: That's very commendable. (Door opens) Brock: Good evening. Please, take no aggressive action, or your friend's life is over. Lucy: Mr Brock? What do you want here? Brock: The same thing you do, Miss Fletcher. His body. (Beeping) (Sonic screwdriver buzzes) Nardole: Hmm. Bit rubbish, innit? The Doctor: Don't touch anything. Nardole: No, it's quite safe, it's just a freighter. The Doctor: I said, don't touch. Nardole: Wh... The Doctor: It's here, the reactor core. It's cycling at critical. Someone's been rewiring. This isn't a ship any more. It's a giant b*mb. Nardole: Ooh! Just going to move out... (He gasps) Nardole: Doctor! (Sonic screwdriver buzzes) The Doctor: They're security drones, that's all. Nardole: So what do they want a b*mb for? The Doctor: What does anybody want a b*mb for? Nardole: Surely they want to conquer the Earth, not blow it up. The Doctor: You couldn't blow up the Earth with this... But you could wipe out a city. Good point, well made! Nardole: What point? The Doctor: New York, it's not a capital city, you're quite right. Nardole: Oh... I don't understand. The Doctor: What if you dropped this ship on New York, what would happen? Nardole: The reactor core would split and New York would vaporise. The Doctor: Not all of it. Not all of it, Nardole. Remember what he said, the scary little German fella? (Beeping) Dr Sim: This building can withstand a blast up to four times the strength of a nuclear expl*si*n. The Doctor: Oh, this is very good, very meta. Dr Sim: Did you understand? The Doctor: You're stage-managing an alien att*ck when the aliens have already landed. Nardole: But why? The Doctor: Because of what happens next. When everyone thinks that the Earth is being att*cked from space, what then? Nardole: Mass panic. (Banging on door) Nardole: Ooh, speaking of panic! The Doctor: Don't worry, it's triple-deadlock-sealed. It'll hold for at least ten minutes. The people will panic, yes. But what about the world leaders? (Banging continues) The Doctor: The presidents and kings, the prime ministers and generals? What will they do? What do the rich old men always do when the fighting starts? They'll find the safest place to hide themselves away and send all their young people to die. And where's the safest place in every capital city now? What's the only part of New York still standing? Nardole: Harmony Shoal. The Doctor: New York isn't a capital city. It's a shop window. "When the world is in danger, come hide with us." Harmony Shoal will open its doors to the terrified leaders of the world. Dr Sim: And they will come running. The Doctor: A few hours later, every politician and commander-in-chief will have a zip in their head. An alien sitting inside their skull. In one day of terror, the executive authority of Planet Earth will pass to Harmony Shoal. It's a good plan, I like it. How come our side never gets plans like that? Dr Sim: The humans have no plan at all. The Doctor: (chuckles) That's where you're wrong. They have the same plan they always have. Dr Sim: What plan? The Doctor: Me. Nardole: Hey-hey! The Doctor: Don't do that. Nardole: Sorry. Brock: The operation is swift and quite painless. You realise I'm talking to my colleague in the jar? The Ghost: You'll find me a lot harder to cut open than your previous victims. Brock: Harmony Shoal have been conquering your world for five years. Whatever our faults, we have the virtue of patience. Lucy: Ghost! Don't worry about me, do what you've got to do. Brock: Do anything at all and we'll k*ll her. Lucy: Don't listen to him! Brock: Remove the mask. I like to see their faces. The Ghost: I'm truly sorry. (They gasp) (Whooshing) Brock: On the bright side, at least I get to k*ll you. (Squelching) Lucy: No, you can't! That's the trouble with one hostage. You k*ll me, the only reason he'll come back is for revenge. You really want to deal with that? Brock: One hostage? Isn't there a child downstairs? (He gasps) Grant: Nobody touches that child. Brock: And who are you? Grant: I'm the nanny. Dr Sim: Stand away from the controls, Doctor. Any attempt to interfere with them will precipitate the att*ck immediately. The Doctor: Yes, I see that! Very clever. One question, as long as I'm here - why haven't you done it already? Dr Sim: When the time is right, there will be no delay. The Doctor: Oh, you told me something there! You told me something useful, you shouldn't have done that. Dr Sim: What did I tell you? The Doctor: You told me that the time is currently wrong. Nardole: Oh, it's the smile. I don't like the smile! The Doctor: The Sword of Damocles hanging over New York! I can't destroy it, I can't remove it, I can't stop it falling. There's only one thing I can do. Nardole: What? The Doctor: The unexpected! The thing about being in a room full of buttons and switches is... I love buttons and switches! Nardole: Don't! Dr Sim: What are you doing? What are you doing?! (Beeping and roaring) Computer: Thrusters engaged. The Doctor: Next stop - New York! Say, "Wheeee!" Nardole: Oh-h-h-h! Dr Sim: Lower shields! Brace for impact! New York is under att*ck. Brock: It occurs to me, Miss Fletcher, I now have three hostages. Grant: Why don't you point the g*n at me? Brock: What difference would it make? Besides, this is the one the Ghost will come for, I think. Ghost! Can you hear me? Do you have super hearing? I'm going to k*ll her. I'm going to k*ll her right now! (Alarm blares) Nardole: Stop! You're going to destroy New York! The Doctor: Of course not! Now the b*mb is arming, the shields are down... Nardole: Help! The Doctor: .. we can use the TARDIS... (Nardole whimpers) The Doctor: .. to hijack the controls and divert it into space! No b*mb, no plan, no problem! Nardole: No, wait! Those things are out there! The Doctor: The ship is crashing! They're not going to be worrying about us! Nardole: Ooh! Oh! (yelps) The Doctor: Okay, plan B... Nardole: Doctor! Help me! The Doctor: Oh, you'll be fine! The ship will have blown up long before you've been strangled to death! Nardole: And what's plan B?! The Doctor: I have no idea, but it's going to be a very big relief when I think of it. Nardole: You are completely out of your mind! The Doctor: How is that news to anyone? Nardole: I know you miss her, but couldn't you just write a poem? The Doctor: Excellent! The controls are locked, but they've still got a little bit of give. It means I can take aim. Nardole: At what?! The Doctor: New York. There's exactly one chance, and one is all you need. Nardole: No! No-o-o... (Rumbling) Brock: No. No, it's too soon. The Doctor (distorted): Grant! Grant! This is the Doctor! You are the only living thing on Earth that can hear this frequency. Look up! We're coming right at you. If that thing hits the ground, then New York is finished! Over to you. Grant (in The Ghost's husky voice): Mrs Lombard, please get down. (Lucy gasps) The Doctor: Nardole! Nardole: Yeah? The Doctor: Brace for impact! (Nardole whimpers and wails) (Tyres screech) (Shouting, horns blare) The Doctor: (grunts) Nardole. Nardole! Nardole: Okay, one more, but text me a rickshaw... The Doctor: Nardole, it worked! The reactor core didn't split! Nardole: Why not? The Doctor: Shock absorber. Grant: Mrs Lombard, I realise in many ways it would have been better to have mentioned something about this earlier in the evening, but, please, don't slap me. I think I'm holding a giant b*mb. (Metallic thrumming) The Doctor: There, on you go, take a look at him. That's why YOU don't stand a chance. You want to know why? He's actually left-handed. Grant: Sorry, instinct, I couldn't let go of this. The Doctor: Oh, oh, ho! Ho! If you two are about to get excited, maybe you could get rid of that spaceship first. Lucy: You know what? I think I prefer you in your superhero costume. Grant: It's a bit difficult for me to change right now. Lucy: I'll do it for you. The Doctor: Grant! Grant! Remember, when you're... finished, throw that thing into the sun. Jennifer's still downstairs! (Baby cries through monitor) Brock: So, Doctor... you think this is over? The Doctor: Yeah. (He grunts) The Doctor: Your b*mb's gone, your plan's finished. And look, there's UNIT, on the way to close your head office. It's almost like they've been tipped off. Brock: The vengeance of Harmony Shoal is known and feared throughout the five star systems! The Doctor: Ooh! Is it? Is it really? Well, I'd like to stick around and listen, but it's been a very long night. (Baby cries through monitor) The Doctor: Also, someone needs changing. You're not the only one that's full of it. Man (O.C.): Let's go, let's go, let's go! (Shouting) Man (O.C.): Down here now! Woman (O.C.): Get off of me! Man: And he was like this when you found him? Man: Yes, sir. Man: Wait here. I'm putting a call into Osgood. The Doctor: So, no more Ghost, then? Grant: Nah, laid to rest. Lucy: Are you sure? Grant: Yeah, of course I'm sure. I mean, life's not a comic book, right, Doctor? The Doctor: Possibly I'm not the right person to ask. Lucy: What if something happens? What if the whole world is in danger? Grant: Well, you know, maybe I'll keep the outfit, then. You know, just in case. Lucy: Hmm. The Doctor: The world will be fine. I've been away for a while, but I'm back. I'll take care of anything that comes up. Grant: You were away? Nardole: Huh! 24 years. What a night. Grant: Where did you go? Lucy: Wrong question. What was her name? The Doctor: I'm sure that I must be busy, I better go. Grant: You okay? The Doctor: Yes, yes, yes, I'm okay. (Fading squeak) The Doctor: Things end. That's all. Everything ends. And it's always sad. But everything begins again too, and that's always happy. Be happy. I'll look after everything else. Nardole? Lucy: Hey, Doctor? (Squeak) Lucy: Keep it real. Nardole: Her name was River Song. They were together for a while and they were very happy. And then she died, a long time ago, in a library. Grant: Are you sure he's going to be all right? Nardole: Hm! He's the Doctor. Nardole (O.C.): He's very brave and he's very silly and I think, for a time, he's going to be very sad. But I promise, in the end, he'll be all right. I'll make sure of it. Bye! Lucy: You never explained. Who exactly is he? Doctor who? Grant: Doctor... Mysterio. (Metallic thrumming) [ COMING SOON ] Bill (O.C.): I'm Bill. I serve chips. He's a professor. Or a lecturer. Or as I call him... Bill: Doctor what? Bill (O.C.): And now we go everywhere. Bill: It's like a... The Doctor: Spaceship. Bill: .. kitchen! Bill (O.C.): Any space... Bill: Where are we? Which way's Earth? What's a Dalek? Can I use the toilet? Bill (O.C.): ..any time... Bill: Get in! Whoa! Bill (O.C.): ..and now I see everything... differently. (She shrieks) Dalek: Exterminate! Bill: Where are we? The Doctor: Basically in the middle of a w*r. Bill: Oh! The Doctor: And it's not as bad as it sounds! I'm the Doctor. I will save all your lives and when I do, you will spend the rest of them wondering who I was. Man: Are you out of your mind? The Doctor: Yes, completely, but that's not a recent thing.
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[ Mendorax Dellora (Human Colony) Christmas Day 5343 ] ♪ Hark! The Herald Angels sing ♪ ♪ "Glory to the newborn king!" ♪ ♪ Peace on earth and mercy mild ♪ ♪ God and sinners reconciled ♪ ♪ Joyful, all ye nations, rise ♪ ♪ Join the triumph of the skies... ♪ [ EXT. TARDIS - Night ] ( There is a note reading "Carol Singers will be CRITICISED" stuck to the TARDIS door. ) Nardole: ( mutters to himself ) Nothing there. Oh! This must be it. ( Nardole knocks on the TARDIS door. The Doctor answers. ) The Doctor: Is there anything on my head? Nardole: Er, well, yes. The Doctor: Describe it. Nardole: Well, you've sort of got antlers. The Doctor: Antlers? Nardole: Yes, antlers. The Doctor: Antlers! ( The Doctor returns inside the TARDIS, leaving the door ajar. ) Nardole: Hm. ( Antlers jingle ) The Doctor (O.C.): You are a time-space machine! You're a vehicle! I've never asked you to cheer me up with hologrammatic antlers! Thank you. ( The Doctor returns to the TARDIS door. ) The Doctor: Can I help you? Nardole: Yes, are you the surgeon? The Doctor: Close enough, why? Nardole: Well, you know. The Doctor: I don't know. Nardole: There's a medical emergency. The Doctor: Will there be singing? Nardole: No. The Doctor: Fine, then. [ EXT. Street - Night ] Nardole: We weren't sure where you'd come down. The Doctor: Sorry? Nardole: In your capsule. The Doctor: I'm never sure. I don't like being sure about things. One minute you're sure, the next everybody turns into lizards and a piano falls on you. Nardole: A piano? The Doctor: It's been a long day. Surgeon: Are you expecting a surgeon? The Doctor: So what's the medical emergency? Nardole: Didn't you read the agreement? [ EXT. Park - Night ] Nardole: There it is. The Doctor: What? Nardole: There, that's it. The Doctor: That's what? Oh, the flying saucer. Is that new? [ EXT. Flying Saucer - Night ] Nardole: Come on. Woman: Well, you took your time. Nardole: Sorry, ma'am. This is him. This is the surgeon. The Doctor: Hello. Woman: You don't look much like your pictures. The Doctor: That's an ongoing problem for me. Woman: Doesn't look very impressive, does he? Nardole, what have you brought to my doorstep? The Doctor: I've had a haircut, this is my best suit. Woman: It's not even a suit. The Doctor: Do I know you? Woman / River: You most certainly do not. And now that you've met me, you'll do your very best to forget me. The Doctor: River! Nardole: Oi! Dr Song to you. Sometimes Professor, but mainly Doctor. River: Don't use my name. Ever. How do you know me? The Doctor: Well, it's a tiny bit complicated. People usually need a flowchart. River: It doesn't matter. If either of you use my name again, I will remove your organs in alphabetical order. Any questions? The Doctor: Which alphabet? Sorry, you really didn't want these questions, did you? River: This way. We don't have a lot of time. [ INT. Flying Saucer - Corridor - Night ] The Doctor: What seems to be the problem? River: My husband. The Doctor: Your husband? River: Didn't you read my message? My husband, yes. My husband is dying. Nardole: Something wrong? The Doctor: I think I'm going to need a bigger flowchart. The Husbands of River Song Original air date: 25 December, 2015 ( Ecclesiastical singing ) [ INT. Flying Saucer - Night ] River: Husband, I return to you. King Hydroflax: Where is my queen? River: Never far from you, my love. Hydroflax: Aahhh. The Doctor: No, wait. That's your husband? River: Listen, you are being watched by four billion people. You are surrounded by warrior monks with sentient laser swords, genetically engineered anger problems and not enough to do. Best just stay still and keep your hands by your side. The Doctor: No, wait... That's your husband? River: My husband, your patient. King Hydroflax. The Doctor: Yes, that's who you're married to, not anybody else? Hydroflax: My love, attend me, woman! River: I fly to you. Is there a problem? The Doctor: Right, so you don't recognise me, then? River: Why would I recognise you? The Doctor: Oh, no reason. I don't like him. ( to Nardole ) Do you like him? Nardole: Don't cross your arms. The Doctor: He's a lying-down person. I don't like lying-down people. It's so untidy. Nardole: Keep your arms by your side, like she said. River: My one true love! The only husband I will ever have. My time with you has been too short. Hydroflax: You have given me days of adventure and many nights of passion. The Doctor: Oh-oh! Nardole: Why d'you keep crossing them? The Doctor: Because they cross, I've got cross arms. Nardole: The end is near. I feel it. River: Forgive me, my lord. I have acted against your instructions. Nardole: My love? River: If you die this day, this galaxy will drown any tears. Look at them -- your people! They watch and hope and pray. With so much at stake, I followed my heart. I disobeyed your orders... and sent for the finest surgeon in the galaxy! ( Crowd cheers on monitor ) ( Nardole chuckles, playfully punches The Doctor on his arm and points. ) The Doctor: This might be an alarming question in the circumstance, but... you really do think I'm a surgeon, don't you? Nardole: Oh... The Doctor: OK, calm down, keep it together. Don't make puddles. River: Surgeon. Attend your patient. Nardole: Oh! ( whimpers ) The Doctor: Any tiny hint of species he might be? Nardole: ( whimpers ) The Doctor: OK, never mind, you just stay there. You're probably going to need a mop. River: Bow. The Doctor: Sorry, what? River: You are in the presence of his Infinite Majesty, King Hydroflax. You will bow. The Doctor: Oh, no, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I can't do that. River: You what? The Doctor: It's my back. River: Your back? The Doctor: Yeah, my back's playing up. It simply refuses to carry the weight of an entirely pointless stratum of society who contribute nothing of worth to the world and crush the hopes and dreams of working people. Hydroflax: Can you save me, Surgeon? The Doctor: Well, that depends upon what's wrong with you. River: There's something in his brain. The Doctor: You could have fooled me. ( Hydroflax gets angry and thrashes about. ) Oh, sorry. Sorry, just gallows humour. Probably the wrong word. Nardole: Yeah, I would say it is. River: My love, you must rest. The surgeon and I will discuss the procedure. Prepare, master of my life, to live anew. ( River Kisses Hydroflax on the forehead. ) River: Patience be with you all. Our King will rise again! All: Our King will rise again. Our King will rise again! ( Chanting ) Hydroflax! Hydroflax! [ INT. Flying Saucer - Night ] The Doctor: All right, enough of this. The joke's over. River: What joke? The Doctor: Look at me. River: Why? The Doctor: I'm the Doctor. River: You'd better be, you've got an operation to perform. Here's the entry wound, just below the hairline. And... there's the projectile. It should have k*lled him straight off, but he's very strong. The Doctor: That's not a b*llet. River: It's a diamond. The Doctor: How did it get in there? River: At speed. Do you recognise it? The Doctor: No! River: Yes. The Doctor: The Halassi Androvar. River: The very same. Hydroflax was leading the raid on the Halassi vaults. In the ensuing firefight, the whole thing blew up in his face, with the result that he now has the most valuable diamond in the universe lodged three inches inside his enormous head. So... can you remove it? The Doctor: It's very small, it might be difficult to manoeuvre it. River: Not the diamond. His head! The Doctor: His head? River: Yes. I think it would be easier just to remove the whole thing, don't you? The Doctor: Wouldn't that k*ll him? River: You're the medical expert, but I'd say so, yes. The Doctor: Your husband? River: Sort of. The Doctor: Sort of? River: I basically married the diamond. The Halassi want their diamond back, so they came to me. The Doctor: Why? River: I'm an archaeologist. The Doctor: Slash m*rder slash thief. River: An archaeologist is just a thief. With patience. Never had much of that. It'll fit in here, don't you think? I've checked it for leaks. The Doctor: Is this what you're like when I'm not...? River: Not what? The Doctor: You're talking about m*rder someone. River: No, I'm not. I'm actually m*rder someone. Cheer up, get a saw, I'll k*ll the lights, you k*ll the patient. I employed you! You agreed to this. Do you not know who that man is? King Hydroflax, the butcher of the Bone Meadows, who ends his battles by eating his enemies, d*ad or alive. The m*rder of a creature like that wouldn't weigh heavily on my conscience, even if I had one. What's that face? Are you... thinking? Stop it, you're a man, it looks weird. The Doctor: I need more information. River: For what? The Doctor: For my diagnosis. River: He's dying. We're about to steal his head and scoop out his brains. Aren't we overthinking? The Doctor: I'll be the judge of that. I'm the Doctor. River: You know who you remind me of? The Doctor: Yes, probably a chap with a big... River: My second wife. ( Hydroflax appears with guards in tow. ) River: Darling! You're up and about! Hydroflax: False wife! River: How much better you're looking! Hydroflax: You plan to take my head. River: Never crossed my mind. Is this your bag? Hydroflax: Perhaps you should have just asked. ( Cyborg arm removes Hydroflax' head and places it on the table. ) River: Well! I wondered why we didn't share a bathroom. The Doctor: You married a cyborg and you didn't even know it. Hydroflax: I'll have you flogged and flayed and burnt. I will crush every last remnant of you from this universe. River: How dare you! I'm your wife. Hydroflax: You planned to m*rder me! River: Don't change the subject. Hydroflax: Why are you doing this? Who are you? River: I'm Professor River Song. You have an ancient artefact of great value to good people, and whatever it takes, I'm going to bring it home to them. You have stolen so much from so many, King Hydroflax, and I'm the woman who's going to steal it all back. Hydroflax: What are you?! River: I'm an archaeologist. Look! I've got a trowel. ( Trowel whirs ) River: Ha-ha-ha! The Doctor: Do not harm her! If you know what's good for you, do not lay a finger on that woman. Hydroflax: Ignore him. att*ck! The Doctor: Garbage disposal, right? Get ready to say, "Whee!" Hydroflax: Put me down. The Doctor: Back off from River Song. Give the order now. Get yourself under control. Hydroflax: Do not att*ck the female. River: Nobody move, or the head gets it! The Doctor: Do you really have a sh**t trowel? River: It's sonic. The Doctor: Sonic trowel, you realise how ridiculous that sounds? Hydroflax: Their thr*at are empty! Destroy them! Cyborg: Negative. 78 percent of significant tissue damage. Hydroflax: Do as you're told! Cyborg: Decision overruled. Recommendation: chill. The Doctor: Look at that, your body's got a mind of its own. River: More like an onboard computer for the cybernetic component. The Doctor: Plus in-built flash drive and vernacular friendly interface. River: Cyber co-pilot. The Doctor: Mobile life support. River: Sexy. The Doctor: It's not sexy. River: It's a little bit sexy. The Doctor: Why is everything sexy now? River: Speaking of which... Ramone, prep for emergency extraction, two to go. Ramone (O.C.): Standing by for teleport. River: Put it in the bag. The Doctor: Sorry? River: The head. Put it in the bag. Hydroflax: Do not put me in the bag. River: Quickly, do it. Ramone, 20 seconds to jump. Hydroflax: I will not be placed into a bag! The Doctor: Stop shouting a minute if you want to go face-up. Hydroflax: You will be crushed! You will be destroyed! You will beg my infinite mercy! The Doctor: Oh, zip it! River: Try to follow me and I'll put him in a blender. Ramone, now. Cyborg: They will be tracked. They will be found. [ EXT. Park - Night ] River: Agh! The Doctor: Ohh! River: Ramone! Just once, can you get the height right? Ramone (O.C.): Sorry, Professor. Hydroflax: ( Muffled ) When I escape, I will bring terror to you and your family. There is no escape from the... Ramone (O.C.): I'm on it. The capsule is really close. ( The Doctor laughs ) River: Is something funny? Hydroflax: Who dares laugh at Hydroflax? You shall be crushed! You shall scream in fear! Let me out of this bag! River: This is a serious mission in a critical phase. There is nothing to laugh about here. The Doctor: We're being thr*at by a bag! By a head in a bag! Hydroflax: I shall make dust of you. My enemies are meat for the devouring! The Doctor: I can't approve of any of this, but I haven't laughed in a long time. River: Good for you. Hydroflax: Prepare to die in agony and submit to my supremacy! ( Shouts ) Unzip this bag! The Doctor: You know, don't you? River: Know what? The Doctor: Stop pretending. You know who I am. River: Who are you? The Doctor: You know who I am, it's... it's... it's me. River: Great. Who are you? Ramone: Professor Song! Sorry, Professor, sorry about the height thing. ( River kisses Ramone passionately. ) River: Prove it. The Doctor: Ugh! Doesn't it get dull after a while? As an activity, it's not hugely varied, is it? River: I'm so sorry. This is my husband, Ramone. The Doctor: Another one? Are you going to k*ll him, too? Ramone: We're not actually married. River: We are, in fact. I wiped it from your memory. Ramone: Why? River: You were being annoying. So, the Damsel, do we have a fix? Ramone: Found the capsule just over in the village, but I can't locate Damsel. I've looked everywhere. The Doctor: Who's Damsel? River: Have you been thorough? It's not easy -- he does have 12 faces. Ramone: None of these men are here. Are you sure it's one of these? River: Yes! He only has these 12 faces. He'll be around here somewhere. This is the closest intersection with the Doctor's timeline. That's why I crashed Hydroflax's ship here. The Doctor: Damsel. Ramone: Codename: "Damsel in Distress". Apparently, he needs a lot of rescuing. The Doctor: What if he has a face that you don't know about yet? River: He has limits. Well, then, let's go find him. [ INT. Flying Saucer - Night ] Cyborg: You are in league with the former Queen. Nardole: She employed me! I didn't really know anything. Cyborg: You have information. Nardole: Oh, hardly anything, really. A tiny bit. Cyborg: You will give this information to us. Nardole: Oh, absolutely! Course I will. Cyborg: We will take the information. Nardole: Anything you like. I'll even write it down for you. Cyborg: That will not be necessary. You will be uploaded. We apologise for the inconvenience. Nardole: Uploaded? How? Cyborg: Recommendation: hold still. Nardole: Ooh-ooh! No, this is no good. I don't like this. Cyborg: Your cooperation is appreciated. Nardole: I never agreed! No, this is unfair. Cyborg: Pursuit now commences. Nardole: This is too tall! I'm afraid of heights. Cyborg: Recommendation: close your eyes. Nardole: ( whimpers ) Aaargh! [ EXT. Street - Night ] Ramone: What if we can't find him? We need to get you off-world now. The Doctor: "Off-world"? People never say that. Are you new? [ EXT. TARDIS - Night ] River: We can't hang around waiting, he could be ages. The Doctor: Yes, he's probably off rebuilding a civilisation or defeating giant robot fish... River: We'll just have to steal it. The Doctor: .. from the ninth dimension. Sorry, what? Ramone: The hopper is really close, we'd be out of here in less than ten minutes. River: I need time travel. I need this TARDIS! The Doctor: I'm sorry, the word "steal", somebody said "steal". River: Yes. We're going to steal this box. Hush, you wouldn't understand. The Doctor: You can't. River: Why can't I? The Doctor: You can't just steal a TA... a box. River: Why not? The Doctor: Look, it says "Police". River: I have a key. The Doctor: OK, this Damsel person, he sounds... he sounds pretty dangerous... ish. River: It's a... time... machine. I can take it, do whatever I want for as long as I like and pop it back a second later, he'll never know it was gone. The Doctor: Yes, he will. River: How? The Doctor: He'll just know. River: Well, he's never noticed before. The Doctor: Maybe... he'll notice now. River: ( laughs ) I'll see you on Temple Beach. ( she kisses Ramone ) I've already picked out your swimwear. Ramone: OK, but be careful. River: Absolutely not. You, with me. Bring the head. Ramone: ( to The Doctor ) Please, look after her for me. River: Oh, before you come in, you'd better prepare yourself for a shock. It's not as... snug as it looks. The Doctor: Finally. Ramone: Finally? The Doctor: It's my go. [ INT. TARDIS - Night ] The Doctor: Oh... my... God! It's bigger! River: Well, yes. The Doctor: On the inside! River: We need to concentrate. The Doctor: Than it is! River: I know where you're going with this, but I need you to calm down. The Doctor: On the outside! River: You've certainly grasped the essentials. The Doctor: My entire understanding of physical space has been transformed! Three-dimensional Euclidean geometry has been torn up, thrown in the air and snogged to death! My grasp of the universal constants of physical reality has been changed... forever. Sorry. I've always wanted to see that done properly. River: Would you like a drink? Aldebaran brandy. Help yourself, but don't tell Dad. ( Beeping ) River: What's that noise? The Doctor: It seems to have powered down, conserving batteries. It's an in-built life-support system. I'm not sure what powers it, but... River: I really don't care. What's that noise? The Doctor: I don't know. A signal? Distress call? River: Homing beacon. The Doctor: Possibly. River: So the rest of him is coming? The Doctor: He must be very cross -- he's lost his head. River: Time we were off then. ( Vworp ) ( Juddering ) The Doctor: You're doing it wrong. River: I am certainly not. The Doctor: Not those levers. River: Hush. The Doctor: You probably want to press that button. River: Why?! That evacuates the waste t*nk on deck seven. The Doctor: Does it? River: What is wrong with you? The Doctor: Better avoid deck seven then. River: Something's interfering with the engines, which is technically not possible. The Doctor: Maybe. River: How would you know? The Doctor: Maybe the engines are interfering with themselves. Wild theory, but what if this machine had certain safeguards. For instance, maybe it can't take off when a life form registers as being both inside and outside at the same time? River: Head and body. The Doctor: Which would mean -- and again, I'm just wildly theorising here -- that's the door would not engage properly. River: Of course. It can't seal the real-time envelope. The Doctor: Hence it can't take off. Not when someone is in and out at the same time. I mean, that just wouldn't be good manners, would it? River: You're very quick. The Doctor: Yes. For a Doctor. River: Yes. The Doctor: Seriously? [ EXT. Street - Night ] Nardole (O.C.): Hello? Hello, is that you? Ramone: Nardole, is that you? Nardole (O.C.): It's me, yes. Please, you've got to help me. Ramone: What's wrong? Where are you? Nardole (O.C.): In the alleyway. Can't you see me? Come a bit closer. Ramone: What are you doing there? Nardole (O.C.): Help me. Ramone: Are you injured? Nardole (O.C.): Well, er... yes. Nardole: Sorry. So sorry. It made me! Ramone: Nardole, why are you pointing a g*n at your own head? Nardole: It's not my head! Well, it is my head, but it's not my g*n. Ramone: What happened to you? Nardole: Please. Just do as it says. [ INT. TARDIS - Night ] The Doctor: It's signalling. We have to assume the body is homing in on this. River: So, how do we stop it? The Doctor: Well, we could chop his head off. Oh, look... River: Does sarcasm help? The Doctor: Wouldn't it be a great universe if it did? River: So, summing up, it's coming, we can't take off, we can't seal the doors. The Doctor: Yep. River: So... we just k*ll the head, right? The Doctor: You can't sh**t the head in the face! River: Why not? Hydroflax: Aaarrgh! The Doctor: Go on, then, tell him to put his hands up. Hydroflax: Do not f*re if you value your lives. The Doctor: Why, what are you going to do? Hydroflax: k*ll me, and my body will burn. The Doctor: Burn what? Hydroflax: This world! [ EXT. Alley - Night ] Cyborg: Inquiry: are you acquainted with the criminal River Song? Nardole: That wasn't me, that was him! Cyborg: Repeat, are you acquainted with the criminal River Song? Nardole: Please, just answer it. Ramone: Yes. Cyborg: You will take River Song a message. Ramone: What message? [ INT. TARDIS - Night ] River: Suppose we believe you; how? Hydroflax: My body contains a split quantum actualiser. The Doctor: A perpetually s*ab black hole; that's your power source. River: What sort of medical school did you go to? The Doctor: A really good one for doctors. Hydroflax: More than a power source. If necessary, a b*mb. The Doctor: So you could wipe out this solar system. Hydroflax: It wouldn't be the first. River: It would be your last. Hydroflax: A fitting end for the glory of Hydroflax. The Doctor: So, why haven't you thr*at this before? Hydroflax: A king does not endanger his people for no reason. The Doctor: You're endangering them now. Hydroflax: I'm cross. Ramone (O.C.): ( banging at the door ) Dr Song, are you there? I have a message for you. River: Ramone! Get in here! Ahh! Ramone: You're going to die! Hydroflax: k*ll her. Ramone: No! The Doctor: Put her down. Hydroflax: k*ll her now! Cyborg: Death initiating. Ramone: I'm so sorry! ( The Doctor closes the TARDIS' doors. ) ( VWORP! VWORP! ) Ramone: I'm sorry! Hydroflax: Stop them! Stop them! The Doctor: Where are we going? River: Get the hell out! Hydroflax: Stop them! Cyborg: Death initiating. The Doctor: You set the coordinates; where for? River: Just get the damn head! Hydroflax: k*ll them! Destroy them! k*ll them! River: Here. With me. [ INT. Corridors - Night ] The Doctor: Where are we? River: This way, come on. The Doctor: What about the box? Stop holding my hand, people don't do that to me. River: Hush. The Doctor: Don't hush me. I'm not a hushing person. [ INT. Plush Function Hall - Night ] ( Burbling ) Tannoy: We are currently cruising at warp factor 12. [ EXT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Night ] Tannoy: Traversing the fourth galaxy of our seven-galaxy cruise. Next is the Andromeda galaxy. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Plush Function Hall - Night ] Tannoy: Supernova approaching now to starboard. Flemming: Ah, Dr Song. Your table is ready. River: Flemming! How are the twins? Flemming: Still digesting their mother, thank you for asking. River: I'm sure it was a lovely ceremony. Flemming: Oh, there were tears. And just a hint of screaming. ( They laugh ) River: Er, Flemming, I wonder, could you deadlock seal the baggage hold for me? Flemming: It's a little irregular. The other passengers might want access. River: Do you remember that time I was transporting dragon eggs? Flemming: Consider it done. ( Bleeping, locks engaging ) Flemming: Is the gentleman here for dinner? The Doctor: Yes, he is. Flemming: Excellent! I'll have the chef prepare him immediately. The Doctor: No, you won't. River: He will in fact be joining me to eat. Flemming: I was about to suggest that force-feeding might be required. ( polite laughter ) This way. Oh, may I take your bag? River: Oh, no, that's fine, Thanks. Hydroflax: ( Muffled ranting ) The Doctor: Sorry. It was my stomach. Hydroflax: ( Muffled shouting ) The Doctor: I have an irritable bowel. Hydroflax: My revenge will be merciless! I will rip you open and devour you! The Doctor: It's having a day. Hydroflax: You cannot escape! Flemming: This way. Hydroflax: Your actions will not go unpunished! River: Here. Hydroflax: Ow! River: I don't suppose you mind if I freshen up. Not bad for 200, eh? [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Dining Room - Night ] The Doctor: 200? River: I have an augmented lifespan. Long story. The Doctor: So, what's the occasion? River: I've got the diamond, now it's time to sell it. The Doctor: I thought you were returning it to the Halassi? River: Tell me, were you born boring, or did you have to work at it? The Doctor: Where did you find a buyer? River: Look around you. The starship Harmony And Redemption, minimum ticket price one billion credits, plus the provable m*rder of multiple innocent life forms. Suites are reserved for planet-burners. Thank you. Even the staff are required to have a verifiable history of indiscriminate slaughter. This is where genocide comes to kick back and relax. Do try the fish. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Hall - Night ] ( Banging ) Concierge: Mr Flemming, there's an issue. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Dining Room - Night ] River: Why are you frowning? The Doctor: How did you know? River: It's audible. The Doctor: Deadlock seals can be broken. River: By geniuses. Hydroflax has a brain the size of a pea and it's currently under the table. He's gone back to sleep, I think. The Doctor: You married him, though. River: I told you, I married the diamond. The Doctor: How? River: I posed as his nurse. Took me a week. The Doctor: To fall in love? River: It's the easiest lie you can tell a man. They'll automatically believe any story they're the hero of. The Doctor: River, there's, er... there's something I should probably tell you. Waitress: Dr Song, your guest has docked, he should be with you in a very few minutes. River: Thank you. Whenever he's ready. Waitress: Of course. The Doctor: What's the book? River: Oh, it's my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on a spaceship. The Doctor: Is it sad? River: Why would a diary be sad? The Doctor: I don't know, it's just that... you look sad. River: It's nearly full. The Doctor: So? River: The man who gave me this was the sort of man who'd know exactly how long a diary you were going to need. The Doctor: He sounds awful. River: I suppose he is. I've never really thought about it. The Doctor: Not somebody special then? River: No. But terribly useful every now and then. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Anteroom - Night ] Ramone (on monitor): Please! I just need you to get me out of here. Concierge: He's in the main hold, sir, but you've deadlocked it. Flemming: If you don't mind be observing, sir, you do seem a little nervous. Is someone thr*at you? Ramone (on monitor): I'm the only one here. Concierge: Confirmed, sir, there's only one reading in the hold. Flemming: I'm on my way. Concierge: Be careful, sir. Flemming: Don't worry, I'll just stick my head round the door. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Dining Room - Night ] The Doctor: So who is this buyer? River: No idea, he just responded to the advert. Scratch: Which of you is Song? The Doctor: Who wants to know? Scratch: I am Scratch. River: Don't need your name. Are you empowered to purchase? Scratch: I represent the Shoal of the Winter Harmony. River: Don't care, don't want to know. I'll need immediate payment. Can you do that? The Doctor: And could you either sit down or fetch us the wine list or something? Scratch: You have the diamond? River: Of course I have the diamond. Show me the money. ( Scratch splits his head making a squelching sound. ) The Doctor: Just a thought, you probably shouldn't do that in a restaurant. Scratch: Once instructed, this will transfer the necessary funds to whatever account you choose. River: Thank you. Scratch: The diamond. River: You're going to have to dig for it a bit, but somehow I don't think that's going to be a problem for you. Scratch: Is this a deception? River: No. The diamond is in there. This is a public place, there won't be any tricks. Scratch: This is not a public place. The Doctor: Block booking, that's clever. River: You needn't have bothered. I've brought what you want. Please do assume that I have also taken precautions, and don't do anything that might make me cross and k*ll you. Scratch: Statement accepted. The diamond is here? ( Hissing ) River: The payment, then. Scratch: 100 billion credits. As we agreed. This accesses all the banks in the galaxy. River: Thank you. Here you go, then. You may need to use a spoon or knitting needle or something. Scratch: Be it known, we do not do this for ourselves. River: I really don't care. Scratch: We do it in honour of our distant and loving King, who once visited our world in blood and joy. River: Well, isn't that lovely? Scratch: We honour thee, we prostrate ourselves in your name... Hydroflax. All (chanting): Hydroflax! Scratch: For love of thee, we do this thing today. Hydroflax. All (chanting): Hydroflax! Hydroflax! Hydroflax! Hydroflax! Scratch: Give it. Give us the treasure. All (chanting): Hydroflax! Hydroflax! Hydroflax! Scratch: What is wrong? The Doctor: Er... well, er... awkward. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Baggage Hold - Night ] Flemming: I beg of you, not my head! Cyborg: Information is required. You know of River Song, wife of Hydroflax? Flemming: I do. I know River Song of old. And if you spare me, I'll tell you who she's really married to. Cyborg: Explain. Flemming: You need a head. I can get you a head... fit for a king. [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Dining Room - Night ] Scratch: Why do you delay? We have paid, we will receive. The Doctor: Yes, you will. Of... by jingo, you will, yes, of course. But obviously, we have to, you know, er, check some... River: Things. The Doctor: Things. There are things that have to be checked before I get it to you. If we don't check the thing, then... Scratch: We will receive! The Doctor: Yes, you will receive, and here it is. Now, on its way. This small distance. Scratch: We will receive! The Doctor: Here you go. And you can have the bag as well. River: You know, it's been... lovely. But we don't want to intrude on this special moment, so why don't we just leave you with the new baby...? Scratch: You will remain. River: Is that strictly necessary? Scratch: I do not like... surprises. The Doctor: Well, it's going to be a funny old day. Oh, boy. You know what? (grandstanding) I just can't stand idly by and let this continue. Death has been done this day! Noble blood has been spilled. And our tears will surely follow. The sky shall crack, the ground shall heave, and even the rocks and the stones shall weep their rage. Behold! The head of Hydroflax! ( The Doctor spins round, revealing the head of Hydroflax. The crowd hiss. ) Rest now, sweet prince. Walk amongst us nevermore. Shall we start the bidding at 200 billion? I'm sorry, Professor Song, but we really couldn't keep this treasure from the truly devout. River: My apologies to the truly devout. The Doctor: Shall we find out who is the most truly devout? Scratch: This is heresy! River: 200 over there. The Doctor: 250 million by the sweet trolley. Scratch: Silence! This is not our way. The Doctor: It doesn't say much for your king if you can't put a price on his head. The Doctor: Let us see what the king himself has to say. Hydroflax: Aaargh! River: Quick! Flemming: Professor Song! Has the food disappointed you? ( The cyborg thuds into the dining room. ) ( Panicked screams ) Hydroflax: At last, I am whole again. Come to me, my body. Well? Put me back. Cyborg: Scan in progress. Hydroflax: You don't need to scan me, just put me back. Cyborg: Tissue deterioration now irreversible. Hydroflax: What are you going to do about that? Cyborg: Additional, the projectile inside your brain continues to move. Prognosis: death in seven minutes. Hydroflax: Well, I refuse. King Hydroflax does not accept death. Cyborg: Orders requested. Hydroflax: Whatever I need to survive, do it. Now. Cyborg: Orders accepted. You need a new head. Hydroflax: No! No. Not a new head! Cyborg: Orders implementing. Hydroflax: No. No...! ( The cyborg sh**t the head, which turns into black dust, and the diamond rests on it. ) River: I don't suppose you could fetch that over for me, could you? Flemming: As I was saying, Your Majesty. Well, your remaining Majesty. If it's a new head you're after, this is the guide to the very best. River: Don't touch that. Give that back to me. Flemming: The diary of River Song. The ultimate guide to the Time Lord known as the Doctor. River: Don't you dare touch that! Flemming: Long live the King. Flemming: "The Pandorica Opens." Ooh, that sounds exciting. And goodness me, a picnic at Asgard. Some people really know how to snack, don't they? River: You should know, I have a significant history of escaping. Flemming: "The Crash of the Byzantium." Didn't they make a movie of that? River: And when I do, I'm going to k*ll you. Flemming: Oh, Jim the Fish! Well, we all know Jim the Fish. River: And the longer you spend reading my diary, the longer I'm going to take. Flemming: And you've just been to Manhattan. What planet is that? River: So do, please, keep going. Cyborg: This is irrelevant. Scratch: If I may intrude, Your Majesty. The Doctor is a legendary being of remarkable power and an infinite number of faces. His head, I assure you, would be your crowning achievement. Flemming: ( Tapping on the cyborg ) Besides which, many of us on this ship would be happy to see his career cut off, as it were, at the neck. Cyborg: Proceed faster, or your head will be taken! Scratch: I would give my head with gladness. Flemming: This woman is the known consort of the Doctor. Cyborg: Confirmation required. Uploading. ( Nardole's head appears from the cyborg's neck oriface. ) Nardole: Ooh. Ooh! Cyborg: Is River Song the consort of the Time Lord known as the Doctor? Nardole: Huh? I think so, yeah. Here, can I stay up for a bit? It's really very whiffy down there. Aww! (O.C.) Oh, it's awful! Flemming: So, where is the Doctor now? River: I haven't the faintest idea. Flemming: Is that credible? River: It's true. Flemming: You're the woman he loves. River: No, I'm not. Flemming: She's lying. River: The Doctor does not and has never loved me. I'm not lying. Cyborg: Confirmed. The life form is not lying. Flemming: Impossible. This is a trick. River: No, it isn't. Flemming: My information is correct. You are the woman who loves the Doctor. River: Yes, I am. I've never denied it. But whoever said he loved me back? He's the Doctor, he doesn't go around falling in love with people. And if you think he's anything that small or that ordinary, then you haven't the first idea of what you're dealing with. Flemming: Your Majesty, I assure you, she is the perfect bait. When this woman is in danger, the Doctor will always come. River: Oh, you are a moron. No, he won't. Flemming: He's probably already here. River: No, he isn't, of course he isn't! Flemming: Possibly on this ship. River: Well, go on, scan it then. Go on, why don't you? The Doctor: River... River: Two hearts, stupid clothes, you can't miss him. The Doctor: River! River: Go on, scan the whole parsec! He's not here. God knows where he is right now, but I promise you, he's doing whatever the hell he wants and not giving a damn about me! And I'm just fine with that. The Doctor: River... River: When you love the Doctor, it's like loving the stars themselves. You don't expect a sunset to admire you back. And if I happen to find myself in danger, let me tell you, the Doctor is not stupid enough, or sentimental enough, and he is certainly not in love enough to find himself standing in it with me! The Doctor: Hello, sweetie. River: You are so doing those roots. The Doctor: What, the roots of the sunset? River: Don't you dare! The Doctor: I'll have to check with the stars themselves. River: Shut up! I was just keeping them talking till it kicks off. Cyborg: What is this conversation? Explain. River: You keep out of this. The Doctor: We need to get to work. River: OK, what have you got? The Doctor: Four exits, two concealed, one in the ceiling. River: There's also one in the floor. The Doctor: No, I don't like it. River: Too close to the engine ducts? The Doctor: A bit too tight. River: I hope you're not being personal. Flemming: Excuse me, what are you talking about? River: Hush, Mummy and Daddy are busy. ( Clock strikes two ) River: There we are. Two o'clock, here we go. Cyborg: Cease this conversation. River: Darling, in the event of a sudden meteor strike on the lower starboard decks, where would you say is the safest place to stand? Flemming: Meteor strikes? The Doctor: Exactly here, I should think. River: D'you know what that isn't? A coincidence. The Doctor: Your escape plan. River: It's cheaper than a taxi. Scratch: What meteor strike? Tannoy: Alert. Meteor storm imminent. River: That meteor strike. Flemming: How could you know? River: I'm an archaeologist from the future. I dug you up. See you in 400 years. ( Screaming ) ( River and The Doctor fall through the floor to the deck below. ) [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Hall - Night ] River: I had this book. History's Finest Exploding Restaurants. The best food for free. Skip the coffee. The Doctor: What do you think, by the way? River: Of what? The Doctor: My new body. River: I'll let you know. I've only seen the face. How have you got a new one, by the way? Aren't there rules? The Doctor: A thing happened. River: I bet it probably did. Tannoy: Starboard decks compromised. Please abandon ship. ( The diamond falls from the deck above and River catches it in her dress. ) The Doctor: The diamond? River: Good, aren't I? The Doctor: I'm not sure good's the word. River: Better not be. The Doctor: We need to get this ship s*ab. Where's the bridge? River: This way. Tannoy: Please abandon ship. Please abandon ship. The Doctor: We also need to stop that. River: Toss for it. The Doctor: I'll take the robot, you drive. River: OK. The Doctor: Oh, don't stop for strangers. River: Look who's talking. The Doctor: What's the point? It's over. Cyborg: I will take your head. The Doctor: What for? We're on a crashing spaceship and I don't even know if I can save it. You just sh*t your own king in your own face. You'd get beheaded if you had one. Cyborg: I will take yours. King Hydroflax will live again. ( The Doctor catches the banking orb. ) The Doctor: Do you know what you need? Do you know what any decent headless king needs? Money. This connects every bank to every other bank in this galaxy. Right here in my hand. All the money you can eat. Cyborg: Demonstrate. The Doctor: With pleasure. ( The Doctor places the orb on the cyborg's neck pin. Sparks fly. ) The Doctor: Welcome to all the best firewalls in the galaxy. Nothing is protected like money. Every stock market within a light year is arguing in your head. Cyborg: I do not understand. The Doctor: Ha-ha! That's the way it is for most people. Cyborg: Do not understand. Do not understand. The Doctor: He had a bad day on the market. Cyborg: ( Sparking )Do not understand. Do not understand. The Doctor: Sorry, I appreciate that wasn't very funny, but I couldn't help saying it. Cyborg: Do not understand. Do not under... [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Bridge - Night ] Tannoy: Surface impact in two minutes. The Doctor: Where's everyone else? River: They ran for it. So should we. The Doctor: We need to get the nav com back online. And re-route the thrusters. River: I'm trying. The Doctor: So, King Hydroflax? River: Oh, how many times? I married the diamond. The Doctor: So you say. River: Elizabeth I. The Doctor: Ramone. River: Marilyn Monroe. The Doctor: Stephen Fry. River: Cleopatra! The Doctor: Same thing. River: Hang on a minute. I recognise that planet. The Doctor: Well, that's nice! Maybe they'll name the crater after us! River: That's Darillium! The Doctor: Always good to know where we're going. Could you concentrate on your work, please? River: You know... the Singing Towers. The Doctor: Yes, I'll be sure to give them a wave as we zoom past. River: You always say you're going to take me there for dinner and then you always cancel at the last minute. The Doctor: I'd quite like to cancel this time too, if at all possible. River: Argh! ( They groan ) ( Sonic screwdriver whirs ) River: What are you doing? That's the internal teleport. The Doctor: Yes. ( he coughs ) I can use the power cell to push the thrusters. River: Really? How? The Doctor: Hold this, quickly. River: Well, I don't see what good this will do. The Doctor: Sorry, River. Crashing spaceships, that's my job. River: You... ( River dematerializes ) [ INT. TARDIS - Night ] ( River materializes ) River: No, you don't! ( VWORP! ) [ INT. Starship Harmony And Redemption - Bridge - Night ] The Doctor: More power! You can do it, you can do it. ( VWORP! ) The Doctor: No, River, no, no, no, no! ( The TARDIS has appeared on the bridge and absorbs the Doctor. ) [ EXT. Starship Harmony And Redemption / EXT. TARDIS - Night ] ( River comes out the TARDIS, followed by The Doctor. ) The Doctor: Get back in the TARDIS! This is my job! River: This is my job! The Doctor: I've been doing it longer. River: I do it better. The Doctor: River, not one person on this ship, not one living thing, is worth you. River: Or you. Computer: Surface impact in ten, nine, eight... River: Teensy bit close. The Doctor: Yeah, sort of. River: Darling, shall we pop back indoors? The Doctor: Yeah, good idea. Computer: .. four, three, two, one. [ INT. TARDIS - Night ] ( They gasp ) ( River is unconscious on the console. ) The Doctor: Indestructible as ever. ( The Doctor picks up the diamond from the console. ) Married the diamond! ( The Doctor looks outside the TARDIS door and we see flames. The Doctor closes the door again and goes over to the console. ) ( Beeping ) ( CLANK! ) ( Metallic thrumming ) ( CLANK! ) ( Thrumming stops ) [ EXT. Darillium Surface - Day ] Alphonse: Hello? Sir... the ship, it came down, did you see it? The Doctor: Yes, I did. Alphonse: I've been searching for survivors. The Doctor: I doubt if you'd find any. And I don't think any of them would be worth it, if that's a comfort. Brave of you to try, though. Well done. Alphonse: Thank you, sir. The Doctor: Those are the Singing Towers, aren't they? Alphonse: Yes, sir, but it's just the wind. The Doctor: The Singing Towers of Darillium. Here we are at last. Alphonse: Sir? The Doctor: You know what? They should build a restaurant right here, with a view of those towers. You could make a lot of money that way. You should do that. ( He chuckles ) Alphonse: You'd need a lot of money to begin with, sir. The Doctor: The Halassi Androvar... I think you'll find that the reward is pretty substantial. Alphonse: Why would you give me this, sir? The Doctor: ( quietly ) Restaurant! [ INT. TARDIS - Day ] ( CLANK! ) ( VWORP! VWORP! ) [ INT. Restaurant Reception ] The Doctor: Excuse me, um, I'd like a table on the balcony with a view of the towers. Receptionist: I'm sorry, sir, the first available slot I have is Christmas Day in four years' time. The Doctor: Not a problem. [ INT. TARDIS ] ( River stirs from her unconscious state. ) ( Computer beeps ) [ INT. Restaurant Reception ] ( Cutlery clinks ) Receptionist: Professor Song! The Doctor is waiting for you on the balcony. River: Oh. Excellent. Receptionist: This way, ma'am. River: Do we have a good table? Receptionist: The finest in all the galaxy, ma'am. River: Ah. Er, one moment. [ INT. Restaurant Corridor ] ( Whirring ) River: Ramone? Receptionist: Professor Song. The Doctor will be with you in a moment. River: What are you doing here? Ramone: They pulled us from the wreckage, ma'am. Fixed us up. I've been working here ever since. Don't worry. The nasty part's all gone -- got deleted in the merger. River: What about Nardole? Nardole (O.C.): Oh, merry Christmas, ma'am. Yeah, good to see you again. River: Merry Christmas, Nardole! Nardole (O.C.): Sorry I'm off duty. I'm just having some me time. River: I imagine that must be quite a challenge. Nardole (O.C.): Yes, ma'am. ( chuckles ) River: So, Ramone... you have a metal body now. The Doctor: Down, girl! River: Now, that, my dear, is a suit. The Doctor: Happy Christmas. River: Really? I don't think you've ever given me a present before. ( She gasps ) It's a sonic screwdriver! How lovely! The Doctor: When I saw the sonic trowel, I thought it was just embarrassing, but, look. ( Screwdriver whirs ) River: Oh, thank you. The Doctor: You look, er, amazing. River: Doctor, you have no idea whether I look amazing or not. The Doctor: Well, you've moved your hair about, haven't you? River: Well done. It's very sweet of you to try. [ EXT. Restaurant Balcony ] The Doctor: So what do you think? ( Haunting music plays ) The Singing Towers. ( Gentle music plays ) River: The music. Listen to it. Are you crying? The Doctor: No. Just the wind. River: Nothing's ever just the wind. The Doctor: No? It blows through the cave system and harmonises with the crystal layer. River: Why are you sad? The Doctor: Why are you sad? River: I told you, my diary's nearly full. I worry. The Doctor: Please don't. River: There are stories about us, you know. The Doctor: Oh, I dread to think. River: I look them up sometimes. The Doctor: You really shouldn't do that. River: Some of them suggest that... the very last night we spend together is at the Singing Towers of Darillium. That wouldn't be true, would it? The Doctor: Spoilers. River: ( gasps ) Well, that would explain why you kept cancelling coming here. Do you remember that time... The Doctor: River, stop. River: .. when there were two of you... The Doctor: Don't. River: .. because I want you to know that if this is the last night, I expect you to find a way round it. The Doctor: Not everything can be avoided. Not forever. River: But you're you. There's always a loophole, you wait until the last minute and then you spring it on me. The Doctor: Every night is the last night for something, every Christmas is the last Christmas... River: But you will. You'll wait until I've given up hope, all will be lost, and you'll do that smug little smile and then you'll save the day -- you always do. The Doctor: No, I don't, not always. Times end, River, because they have to. Because there's no such thing as happy ever after. It's just a lie we tell ourselves because the truth is so hard. River: No, Doctor... you're wrong. Happy ever after doesn't mean forever. It just means time... a little time. But that's not the sort of thing you could ever understand, is it? The Doctor: Mmm. What do you think of the towers? River: I love them. The Doctor: Then why are you ignoring them? River: They're ignoring me. But then... you can't expect a monolith to love you back. The Doctor: No, you can't. They've been there for millions of years, through storms and floods and wars and... time. Nobody really understands where the music comes from. It's probably something to do with the precise positions, the distance between both towers. Even the locals aren't sure. All anyone will ever tell you is that when the wind stands fair and the night is perfect... when you least expect it... but always... when you need it the most... ( Haunting music plays ) .. there is a song. ( Music continues ) River: So... assuming tonight is all we have left... The Doctor: I didn't say that. River: .. how long... is a night on Darillium? The Doctor: 24 years. River: ( gasps ) I hate you. The Doctor: No, you don't. And they both lived happily ever after ... And they both lived happily happily
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[ INT. Clara's bedroom ] (crashing) Santa (O.C.): Argh! (bells jingle) Moron! Numbskull! Elf! Ian (O.C.): That's r*cist! Santa (O.C.): Of course it's not r*cist, you are an elf. [ EXT. Clara's roof ] Santa: Chimneys? Ian: I'm sorry! Santa: I'm just checking that you can see these massive chimneys. Ian: I, er, they, they're hard to miss. Santa: Well, as you've clearly demonstrated, Ian. (reindeer grunt) Wolf: Donner! Donner and Blitzen. Come on down. Down here, boys. Wolf: Good boys, good boys. Good boy. Rudolph? (reindeer brays) Santa: Just, just clear all the tangerines up. Pick 'em up. All of them, Ian. Ian: You know no one really likes the tangerines, don't you? Santa: How dare you! That's my signature gift. That and the walnut. Wolf: Down here, boys, come on. Come. Rudolph? Ian: Er, sir? We've been seen. Santa: Hello. Clara: Hello. Wolf: Hello, ha ha! Ian: Hello, human. Wolf: You can't call her human. Ian: It's not r*cist. They don't mind. Santa: Hush up, both of you. Oh, sorry about this, girl. We are just three passing, perfectly ordinary roof people, doing some emergency roof things. Carry on. Merry Christmas. If, if it is Christmas, I mean. Heh, heh. I don't much care for things like that, myself. Pfft. I mean, Christmas. Clara: Are you Santa Claus? Santa: Me? No! Oh, no! It's ridiculous. Ha-ha. No, no, no, ho-ho-ho! (sleigh bells jingle) Wolf: Rudolph! Rudolph! Down here now! Santa: All right, fine, yes. Yes, it's me. Ha! Guilty. How did you recognise me? Wolf: You know how you grew that beard as a bit of a disguise? People have picked up on it. Clara: OK. No. Hang on. Stop. Shut up. What? Seriously, you, you're Father Christmas. You're real. Santa: Of course I'm real. Wolf: How could he not be real? Santa: Huh? How do you think those presents got under the tree every year? By magic? Clara: Well, I thought it was my mum and... Ian & Wolf (together): Mum and Dad? Santa: Ho, ho! Ian: Well, of course it was. Wolf: I mean, it makes perfect sense. Ian: Yeah, your mum and dad, one day a year, for no particular reason, just out of the blue, suddenly decide to give you a great, big pile of presents. Wolf: No, no, no. Because... "They love you so much!" (he scoffs) It's a lovely story, dear. Ian: Yeah, but it's time to start living in the real world, yeah? Santa: OK. Right. Clara Oswald. Mostly favours travel books, science kits, strict ban on hair products. Marginal for the naughty list, '93. (he tuts) Believer until the age of nine. Why did you stop? Clara: Because you're a fairy tale. I grew out of fairy tales. (Santa sighs) Santa: Did you, Clara? Did you really? (metallic thrumming) The Doctor: Clara, I want you to step inside the TARDIS. I don't want you to talk, I want you to do as I ask. Please. Ian: That was good, with the box. Wolf: Hmph. Not often we get upstaged on a rooftop. Hmm. The Doctor: Yes, I'm really here. I'm back. Now get inside the TARDIS. The Doctor: I know what this is. I know what's happening, and I know what's at stake. Santa: I don't think you do, Doctor. But I promise, before this Christmas Day is done, you will be glad of my help. The Doctor: Happy Easter. Wolf: Ooh, brutal! Ian: Cool exit line, though. Santa: Be sure to save some room for a tangerine, Doctor. The Doctor: Nobody likes the tangerines. [ TARDIS ] Clara: I'm really back here. This is, this is real, yeah? Clara: Doctor? Talk to me. I never thought I was going to see you again. What is going on out there? What's happening? (metallic thrumming) Clara: Oh, that noise. Never knew how much I loved it. The Doctor: There's something you have to ask yourself, and it's important. Your life may depend on it. Everybody's life. Do you really believe in Santa Claus? Clara: Do you know what? Yeah. Right now, here, I think I do. (wind whistles) [ INT. Corridor ] Ashley (O.C.): You are now twenty feet from the infirmary. In a moment, as soon as you're ready... [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: We'll disable the security protocols. Bellows: Your neural link is good and holding. We stand ready to abort and extract at the first sign of an anomaly. Albert: We're going to be with you... [ INT. Corridor ] Albert (O.C.): Every step of the way, Shona. Ashley (O.C.): We're all depending on you... [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: And we know you won't let us down. Shona, I'm opening the door. (bleeping) [ INT. Corridor ] Shona: I need the toilet! [ INT. Control room ] Bellows: No, you don't. We're monitoring your bodily functions. Shona (O.C.): And how are you monitoring that? Cos that's rude! [ INT. Corridor ] Shona: That is perverted. [ INT. Control room ] Albert: Do you remember my briefing, Shona? [ INT. Corridor ] Shona: Yeah. Well, no. I remember some of it. [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Some of it? Bellows: How much? [ INT. Corridor ] Shona: Till he put his hand on my knee. [ INT. Control room ] Shona (O.C.): And then I was just grossing. Albert: It was intended as a comfort. Bellows: For whom? Shona (O.C.): All I could see was his nose, with all the little hairs coming out of it. [ INT. Corridor ] Shona: Have you seen those? It's like he's got insects trapped up there, all trying to escape with their wee, wiggly legs. [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: OK. Let's just go through this again. [ INT. Corridor ] Ashley (O.C.): There are four sleepers inside the infirmary. You're fine, so long as they don't wake up. Bellows (O.C.): She's in range. [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Shona, I'm unsealing the infirmary. [ INT. Corridor ] Ashley (O.C.): From now on, everything you think and feel, everything you see, will be available to them. [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Most of it's fine, like traffic noise when you're sleeping, so long as you don't think about them. [ INT. Corridor ] Ashley (O.C.): So long as you don't look at them. So don't think about them... [ INT. Control room ] (beep) Ashley: Don't look at them. [ INT. Infirmary ] Shona: I thought there was going to be music. Bellows (O.C.): We've got your playlist... [ INT. Control room ] Bellows: Ready to go. Ashley: Focus on the words of the song, try to remember what comes next. [ INT. Infirmary ] Ashley (O.C.): That will work like interference. Bellows (O.C.): Here comes your earworm. (music): Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Keep your eyes on the floor. [ INT. Infirmary ] Ashley (O.C.): Shut them, where possible. Slade: Are you hanging up your stockings on the wall? [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Focus on the music and move forward through the infirmary. ♪ It's the time that every Santa has a ball ♪ Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? ♪ (shona hums along with song) ♪ Does a ton-up on his sleigh? ♪ (shona's singing over intercom) Shona: ♪ Do the fairies keep him sober for a day? ♪ Bellows: Oh, dear Lord, she's not actually... Ashley: If dancing works, it works. Albert: This is insane. [ INT. Infirmary ] Shona: ♪ So here it is, Merry Christmas ♪ Everybody's having fun... ♪ [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: This is working. [ INT. Infirmary ] Shona: ♪ Look to the future now ♪ It's only just g*n ♪ Are you waiting for the family to arrive? ♪ (shona hums guitar parts) ♪ Are you sure you've got the room to spare inside... ♪ Argh! Argh! [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: Shona? Shona, what's wrong? [ INT. Infirmary ] Shona: We've, we've got ghosts! Ashley (O.C.): Ghosts? Shona: Yeah, yeah. It's a skeleton man and a girl in a nightie. [ INT. Control room ] Clara: Doctor? Shona: No, no, no, you're making me think about them. [ INT. Infirmary ] Shona: Don't make me think about them! Clara: What are they? Shona: Look. Just don't ask, yeah? And don't look. Don't make me think about them! (creatures wheeze) The Doctor: Deaf. Blind. How can they see us? How do they even know that we're here? Shona: They can only see you, yeah, if you see them. So just, so just don't look, don't even think about them. The Doctor: Oh, telepathic. They can home in on their own image in someone else's brain. Third-party perception. Mind piracy. We're being hacked. Clara: What does that even mean? The Doctor: The visual input from your optic nerve is being streamed to their brains. Stop broadcasting. Close your eyes. (creepy chirruping) Clara: They're still coming, aren't they? The Doctor: It's because you're still thinking about them. So long as you retain them as an active memory, they can still home in. Think about something else. Clara: How? Shona: ♪ So here it is, Merry Christmas... ♪ Clara: Why is she singing? Shona: ♪ Everybody's having... ♪ The Doctor (quietly): She's running interference. She's trying to distract herself. Three hundred and four minus seventeen. Clara: Sorry, what? The Doctor: Plus twenty. Just do it! Clara: Five hundred and seven. The Doctor: Minus fourteen, times four. Clara: One thousand nine hundred and seventy two. The Doctor: Stop being so good at arithmetic. Clara: I can't help it! The Doctor: Danny Pink! What is Danny Pink up to right now? He's probably flirting with your neighbour or texting women of low moral character. (creatures fall silent) Clara (quietly): Don't you dare. Don't you dare say that. The Doctor: I was only... Clara: Danny Pink is d*ad. (chirruping resumes) The Doctor: No, he's not. Clara: He's d*ad. Ashley: Go, run, now, now, now! The Doctor: Come on, quick, quick, quick, come on! Albert: Here they come! The Doctor: No! (screaming) (Rudolph whinnies) Santa: Whoa, whoa! Ah! Good boy. Santa: Well, now. What seems to be the problem? This is the North Pole. We don't want any trouble here. (rudolph brays) Santa: Rudolph? (car key beep) Santa: Easy, son. Oi! Sleepy heads! It's Christmas Eve, early to bed. Ashley: Who the hell are you? The Doctor: Oh, take a guess. Go on, push the boat out. Tooth Fairy, maybe? Easter Bunny? Ian: Shut your mouth, wise guy, or you get yours. Wolf: It's a balloon animal. Ian: That's a toy g*n. Wolf: Yeah, well, at least it's unsuitable for children under four. Parts small enough to swallow, so watch out. (Santa sighs) Shona: This is ridiculous. Am I dreaming? The Doctor: Oh, very good! Ashley: I need to know exactly who you are, and what's happening here. Santa: Hello, Ashley. Lead scientist on a polar expedition. Oh, that microscope really paid off, didn't it? Now, your mum and dad wanted me to get you a toy one, but sometimes, I take a chance. Ashley: Who are you? Why are you dressed like that? Santa: Why do you think? Shona: Come on, this is mental. This is totally not happening. Santa: I got three words, Shona. Don't make me use 'em. Shona: What three words? Santa: My. Little. Pony. Shona: Shut up, you. Santa: Yeah? I've got lots more, babe. Shona: I will mark you, Santa. Clara: OK, Doctor, are you going to explain? What is going on? Santa: It's an invasion, Miss Oswald. Clara: An invasion of, of what, elves? Wolf: Whoa! That is r*cist. Ian: Elfist! Wolf: Yeah. Which is a bit hypocritical, from someone of your height. Santa: Huh? You seen them before, Doctor? The Doctor: I've heard of them. Santa: The Kantrofarri. The Doctor: Colloquially known as the Dream Crabs. Santa: Yeah. Depending on how many of those are already on Earth, the human race may well have seen its last day. So, are we going to stand about arguing about whether I'm real or not, or are we going to get busy saving Christmas? Ian: Oh, ho, ho! Santa goes badass! Wolf: He's giving me the feels. Santa: Shut up. That's a, that's a verbal warning. Please, stop it. [ INT. Lab ] Clara: Is it d*ad? The Doctor: I don't know. Possibly. Ashley: I'm assuming extra-terrestrial. The Doctor: Oh, definitely. Ashley: Then how can you have heard of these things? The Doctor: Guess. Ashley: Because you're extra-terrestrial, too. The Doctor: Do you believe that? [ INT. Control room ] Shona: If you are Santa... Santa: Mmm hmm. Shona: What are you doing here? Santa: It's the North Pole. And I own it. Ian: He means the actual pole. Wolf: It goes right through the middle of the workshop. Ian: I've got a selfie with it. Wolf: Show her. Look at Ian. Shona: The North Pole isn't an actual pole. Ian: Course it is. Look. Shona: If it was an actual pole, it would not be stripy. Wolf: It's got to be stripy. Ian: Otherwise, you couldn't see it moving round. Wolf: Mmm. It's actually basic physics. [ INT. Lab ] Ashley: Why's it called a Dream Crab, for a start? The Doctor: Theorise. Ashley: Because it generates a telepathic field. The Doctor: And? Ashley: Alters perception. The Doctor: Meaning? Ashley: I seem to be doing all the work here. Clara: Meaning we can't trust anything that we see or hear. The Doctor: Go to the window. Ashley: Why? The Doctor: Because it gets worse. Ashley: What is that? The Doctor: That's how Clara and I got here. Ashley: In a box? The Doctor: Technically, in a telephone kiosk. (she laughs) Ashley: How? The Doctor: Because it's a spaceship in disguise. You know what the big problem is in telling fantasy and reality apart? Ashley: What? The Doctor: They're both ridiculous. [ INT. Control room ] Shona: It's Christmas Eve! Santa: Yeah. You don't have to tell me that. Shona: Yeah, well, then why aren't you out delivering presents? Santa: Technically, I am. Shona: Well, you're not. You're stood right there. Santa: Oh, Shona, grow up, love. Ian: Yeah, do the math, baby. Santa: There's not just one Santa delivery team. How could there be? There are five hundred and twenty six million four hundred and three thousand and twelve children all expecting presents before tomorrow morning. So, hmm, that's twenty two million children per hour. It's impossible! Obviously, I've got a second sledge. [ INT. Lab ] Clara: So we don't know what is real and what isn't? The Doctor: Exactly. Clara: Are we in danger? The Doctor: Oh, we are well way past danger, Clara. If I'm right, and I usually am, we're dying. Ashley: Then how do we stay alive? The Doctor: I like you. Straight to the point. I want you to show me how you first encountered those creatures, and what happened to those people in the infirmary. I notice you all wear mini-cams, so I assume that there is footage. Ashley: Is it possible I'm about to work with someone who might be a dream? The Doctor: If it helps, so am I. Ashley: We have footage on the drives. I'll see what I can pull up. The Doctor: Ashley, what's this polar base for? Why are you all here? Ashley: It's a long story. Clara: What you said about Danny. Unacceptable. The Doctor: I know. I had to flood your mind with random emotion. Clara: Random? The Doctor: You never told me he was d*ad. You said he made it back. Clara: Well, I lied. I lied, so you'd go home to Gallifrey instead of fussing about me. The Doctor: I never found Gallifrey. I lied, so you'd stay with Danny. Clara: So we're dying, then? The Doctor: Yes. Clara: Why? The Doctor: Oh, complicated. Clara: How long do we have? The Doctor: No idea. Clara: Just. Doctor, give me something to do. The Doctor: Trust nothing. Accept nothing you see. Whatever happens, interrogate everything. Clara: In case it's a lie. The Doctor: In case it's a lie. [ INT. Control room ] Shona: Reindeer can't fly. They just can't. Santa: No. No, they can't. It's a scientific impossibility. That is why I feed mine magic carrots. The Doctor: You all right? Shona: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to talk sense into er, Beardy-Weirdy. The Doctor: You don't seem much like a scientist. Shona: That's a bit rude, coming from a magician. The Doctor: Why are you out here? What brought you to the North Pole? Shona: Long story, isn't it? The Doctor: You missed the k*ller question. Shona: Sorry, what? The Doctor: Beardy-Weirdy. Santa: Yeah? The Doctor: How do you get all the presents in the sleigh? Santa: It's bigger on the inside. Wolf: Ooh! Ashley: Doctor? (slurping and chewing) Albert: Sorry. Starving. The Doctor: What am I looking at? Bellows: Footage from a week ago. A side expedition from our main mission. The Doctor: What is your main mission? Bellows: Long story. Ice cave directly beneath this base. Now, look at what we found. Bellows: Dormant at first. The Doctor: Until you looked at them too long. Till you thought about them. Bellows: Exactly. The Doctor: Sleeping. Probably been down there for centuries. Clara: And it wakes up when you think about it? The Doctor: They can detect their own mental picture in any nearby mind. Ashley: That's Bellows' theory. Bellows: It's like it responds to the presence of any data concerning itself. The Doctor: Oh. That was always the legend. You think about a Dream Crab, a Dream Crab is coming for you. (glass smashes) Albert: This is where it gets really nasty. Clara: Only now? The Doctor: OK, then what? Albert: They're a bit like Facehuggers, aren't they? The Doctor: Face huggers? Albert: You know, Alien. The horror movie, Alien. The Doctor: There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you. Bellows: First, they just slept. Couple of days, just lying there. The Doctor: And then they became aggressive. Ashley: If we got close enough, yeah. The Doctor: It would take the Dream Crab a little while to take control. Depends how much of the host brain was... Ashley: Was what? The Doctor: Digested. Ashley: Are they still alive under those things? The Doctor: Depends what you call alive. Ashley: Are they suffering? The Doctor: No. No, no. no, no, no. The Dream Crab induces a dream state. Keeps you happy and relaxed, in a perfectly realised dream world, as you dissolve. Merciful, I suppose. Albert: Compared to what? The Doctor: Compared to that turkey leg you keep eating. Could you rewind for me? I'd like to see them dormant again. Clara, could you fetch me the d*ad one? Clara: Maybe I could fetch you a cup of tea while I'm at it. The Doctor: Ooh. Yes, and a punch in the face, too. Clara: My very next suggestion. The Doctor: Fair enough. [ INT. Lab ] (glass crunches underfoot) Clara: Doctor? (slithering) (clara gasps) [ INT. Control room ] Ashley: What's wrong? The Doctor: We're thinking about it. Clara! [ INT. Lab ] Clara: One hundred minus forty two is three hundred and fifty eight times three is one thousand seven hundred and seventy four minus thirty two is one hundred and forty two divided by seven is twenty and, and, and a bit. Think about something else. Think about something else. Danny Pink, Danny, Danny. Danny Pink, I love you. And I'll never see you again, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry I lied. I am sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... (she screams) [ INT. Clara's bedroom ] (soothing music) (footsteps approach) Danny: Ho, ho, ho. Clara: Who are you? Danny: What do you mean, who am I? Who do you think I am? Clara: Danny? Danny: Merry Christmas. Come on! Clara: Come on where? Danny: Downstairs. Clara: Why? Danny: Well, you know what day it is. Clara: What day is it? Danny: Easter. It's Easter Day. That's why I'm dressed like this, I'm Father Easter. Clara: Is that a thing? Danny: No. Because it's Christmas! Clara: Oh. Well, you've made me want chocolate now. Danny: Good. Come on. You, out of bed. Downstairs. I have surprises. Clara: Tickets for the Indian Orient Express. That painting we saw in Paris, and permission to own a cat. Danny: How did you know? Clara: Because those are exactly the things I want, and you are too clever ever to be wrong. Danny: How do you make you clever into me being clever? Clara: I always protect your ego from the truth. Danny: Oh, er, thank you for that. Clara: It's Christmas. Danny: Hurry up, then! [ INT. Landing ] Clara: Danny? Whose blackboard is that? Danny: What blackboard? Are you coming? Clara: Yeah, just a moment! Danny: Clara. Clara: Coming! Danny: Clara! Clara: Yeah. Just a minute. Doctor (O.C.): (voice echoes) You are dying. (shouts echo) Doctor (O.C.): Dying! Dying! (echoes discordantly) (distorted) Clara! Clara! Clara! (echoing stops) (soothing music) Danny: Well, come on then. You don't know what I'm wearing underneath this Santa outfit. Clara: Your pyjamas. You're too shy to wear less than two layers. Danny: You could have used your imagination. Clara: Yeah, I don't really have to. Doctor (O.C.): Clara! [ INT. Lab ] The Doctor: Clara, you're dreaming. You're dying. Can you hear me? Clara? Ashley: We did try to waken the others. No stimulus worked. The Doctor: OK, we k*ll it. We find a way to k*ll it and we get it off of her. How do we k*ll it? Ashley: There's no way to k*ll it without k*lling your friend, too. And as a scientist, may I just say, I don't like the way you're talking. The Doctor: Santa. In the infirmary, you told the Sleepers to go to bed, and they obeyed you. Santa: Sorry, doesn't mean I can get that creature off her. The Doctor: No, but you can get back in there unharmed. Shona: What? You're asking Santa for help? He doesn't exist. The Doctor: And how would you know that? How did you become an expert on what does and doesn't exist? Santa: I can commit several million housebreaks in one night dressed in a red suit with jingle bells, so of course I can get back into the infirmary. The Doctor: Good. Because there is only one way that I can communicate with Clara. [ INT. Clara's living room ] (knock at door) Danny: Your dad? Clara: Going by the timing, I'd say so. Danny: Mmm. Clara: If you let him anywhere near the subject of golf, I will do a thing, and it will not be a good thing. Danny: Um, aren't we giving him golf clubs? Clara: And I'm prepared to use them. (she chuckles contentedly) Hmmm. The Doctor: Hi. Clara: Hi. Doctor? The Doctor: It's not real, Clara. You know it's not real. It's a dream, and it's k*lling you. Clara: Merry Christmas. Clara: You remember Danny, of course. The Doctor: Not as well as you, clearly. You've made him a fraction taller. Merry Christmas, PE. Danny: Compliments of the season, sir. The Doctor: Dialogue's pretty good, too. Nice work. It's all in the detail. Clara: Just stop it. The Doctor: He's not real, Clara. None of this is real. What's real is there is an alien organism wrapped around your face, keeping you warm and happy while it eats you. Danny: Mince pie, anyone? The Doctor: You're dying. Clara: If this is a dream, how can you be here? How can we both be having the same dream? The Doctor: There was only one way to get to you. Clara: And what was that? The Doctor: I'm dying, too. [ INT. Lab ] Ashley: Have we just k*lled him? Have we just made it worse? Santa: He thinks he can join the dream, and get her out. Have a little faith. [ INT. Clara's living room ] Clara: You just wake up. Just leave me here, please. The Doctor: You have a pain right here. It's like an ice cream pain, but gentle. Do you know what that is? The skin and bone have been parted, probably half an inch, and something has pushed right into the soft tissue of your brain and is very slowly dissolving it. I want you to picture it this way. Somebody has put a straw right through your skull and is drinking you. You should be screaming with agony, but there's anaesthetic. Everything around you right now, even Danny, especially Danny, that's the anaesthetic. Danny: Why are you doing this? Why are you saying all of that? The Doctor: Because it's true. How long do you think you've been here? Clara: All day. The Doctor: No. No, no, no. Barely five minutes. Because dream time goes faster. Because this isn't real. Danny isn't real. Danny Pink died saving the world. Danny: I really didn't. The Doctor: I'm sorry. I thought there was a way back for him, but I was wrong. I can't change that. He's d*ad. Danny: I didn't die saving the world, Doctor, I died saving Clara. The rest of you just got lucky. How long has she got? The Doctor: Minutes, till it's irreversible. Danny: Well then, get out the way. Danny: I'm a dream and you know I am, right? Right, one thing. But it's important. It's a very important thing. That is totally how you guessed all of my presents. (she laughs) Clara: I miss you. Danny: Five minutes. Clara: What? Danny: You can miss me for five minutes a day. And you'd better do it properly. You'd better be sad. I expect my five. But all the rest of the time, Clara, all the rest of the time, every single second, you just get the hell on with it. Clear? Clara: Don't you soldier me. Danny: Do as you're told. The Doctor: Brave. Danny: d*ad already. How does she wake up? The Doctor: I don't know. Just try. Accept this isn't real, and try. Danny: Do it. For me. Clara: When I wake up, you won't be there. Danny: Do you know why people get together at Christmas? Because every time they do, it might be the last time. Every Christmas is last Christmas, and this is ours. This was a bonus. This is extra. But now it's time to wake up. [ INT. Lab ] (she retches) The Doctor: Clara? Clara, look at me, Clara! Clara! Breathe, breathe. Breathe. Breathe. Bellows: So these creatures, when their feeding goes wrong, they die? The Doctor: The carnivore's hazard. Food has teeth too. You OK? Clara: No. The Doctor: Good. There are some things we should never be OK about. Clara: There doesn't seem to be a wound. The Doctor: No. And the pain's still there, isn't it? Shona: Is it the ice cream pain? Just here? Cos I've got that. Bellows: It's the cold, I think. Some sort of reaction. The Doctor: But only on one side, just that spot there. Doesn't that strike you as odd? Albert: Well, we've all got it. Clara: OK, so why do we all have that pain? The Doctor: Theorise. Clara: Don't treat me like a beginner. I was dreaming, then I woke up. I know that. The Doctor: Do you? And have you ever woken up from a dream and discovered that you're still dreaming? Dreams within dreams. Dream states nested inside each other. All perfectly possible, especially when we are dealing with creatures who have w*apon our dreams against us. Bellows: I don't know about anybody else, but I'm pretty certain I'm awake right now. The Doctor: Which is odd, when you think about it. Ashley: Odd? The Doctor: Impossible, in fact. How can any of us be awake? Shona: I don't understand. The Doctor: Remember how we all first met, in the infirmary? The Doctor: Come on, quick, quick, come on. Ashley: Go! Run, now! The Doctor: All those creatures coming down from the ceiling, attacking us. Albert: Here they come! (screaming) The Doctor: We never stood a chance. How did we survive that? Shona: Well, we, we were rescued. The Doctor: Yeah, we were rescued. And who was it that rescued us? [ INT. Control room ] Santa: No, no, no, no. I need you to do the east coast right now. Well, otherwise you're going to be delivering to the islands in broad daylight. Yeah, listen. Please try and remember that our mugshots are on every Christmas card. Yeah, just get it done, head towards the northern lights. Yes, I remembered to switch them on. The Doctor: The Helman-Ziegler test. The only reliable dream test that I know. Ah. Your base manual. I take it none of you have memorised this. Shona: Oh. I haven't, I haven't read it. The Doctor: These books should be identical in the real world. But as they don't exist in your memory, in a dream, they can't be. Agreed? Clara. Give me any two digit number. Clara: Fifty seven. The Doctor: All right, all of you, turn to page fifty seven and look at the very first word. Right, when I point at you. Ashley: Isotope. The Doctor: Well? Bellows: Extremely. Albert: Inside. Shona: Chocolate. Why did I get chocolate? What's that about? Albert: This can't be right. We must have got it wrong, that's all. The Doctor: Well, we'll do it again. Clara? Clara: Twenty four. The Doctor: Twenty four. Ashley: We. Bellows: Are. Albert: All. The Doctor: Shona? Shona: d*ad. Ashley: Since the att*ck in the infirmary, nothing has been real? The Doctor: The att*ck is still going on. This is it! Albert: We've been dreaming since then? Santa: Oh, for Easter's sake! Of course you've been dreaming. Haven't you been paying attention? Ian: Rudolph. Did you see the nose? Wolf: The North Pole? Come on, with stripes? Ian: This... Wolf: Is... Ian & Wolf & Santa (together): A dream! Santa: How much more obvious do you want me to make it? Because I can text the Easter Bunny, you know. The Doctor: Seriously? You're trying to help? Santa: As you stand here, chatting, chatting, your lives are ending. Unless you wake up, unless you free yourselves from these dreadful creatures, they're, they're going to destroy you. Shona: You're a dream who's trying to save us? Santa: Shona, sweetheart, I'm Santa Claus. I think you just defined me. The Doctor: This makes perfect sense. The Dream Crab tries to make the dream as real as possible to trap you inside it. It creates dreams within dreams so you can never be sure if you are really awake. But your brain knows something is wrong. Your subconscious fights back. This is your mind trying to tell you this isn't real. Santa: So it gives you me. Sweet Papa Chrimbo. Ian: It gives you comedy elves, flying reindeer. The Doctor: Exactly. Santa: A time-travelling scientist dressed as a magician. Ian: Classic! The Doctor: No. No, no. Hang on. No, no, no, no. Wolf: Living in a phone box. The Doctor: It's a spaceship in disguise. Santa: You see how none of this makes any sense? The Doctor: Shut up, Santa. Santa: I have watched over you all your lives. I've taken care of you from Christmas to Christmas. Bellows: But you're not real. Santa: And yet that never stopped me. All of you, come near. Come here, come on. Join hands. The Doctor: Look. No. Look, we don't need all this touchy-feely stuff. Santa: Shut up, Doctor. Join hands. Come on, concentrate. Bellows: Why? Santa: You are deep inside this dream, all right, and it is a shared mental state, so it is drawing power from the multi-consciousness gestalt which has now formed telepathically and... The Doctor: No. No, No, no, no. Line in the sand. Santa Claus does not do the scientific explanation. Santa: All right. As the Doctor might say, Oh, it's all a bit dreamy-weamy. The Doctor: Why don't you just go and, and make a naughty list? Santa: I have, mate, and you're on it. The Doctor: Don't give me that. Look, you're supposed to be warm and friendly and cheerful. Santa: Oh, yeah. Well, look at your great bedside manner. The Doctor: Don't be so hostile, Clara: Doctor, behave. Ashley: This is very sweet. But right now I have an alien life form wrapped around my face, and apparently it's digesting my brain. When you speak, how do I know it's not the Dream Crab? Santa: Ooo, good question. Spoken like a scientist. Clara: Can I put it another way? Why would the part of our brain that is trying to keep all of us alive choose you for a face? Santa: Is anyone else asking that? Shona: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. All of us. All of us. Why you? Santa: Why me? It's the North Pole, it's Christmas Day. You're dying. Who you gonna call? Just one last time, huh? One last Christmas, as if your lives depended on it. Please! Ho, ho, ho. Believe in Santa. The Doctor: I'm not very good with this holdy-hand thing. Clara: Tough. The Doctor: I will hold Clara's hand, but that's it. Clara: Shona, take his hand. The Doctor: Oh no, I'm fine, I'm fine. This is very Christmassy, isn't it? Ashley: OK, so what do we... Bellows: Where did he go? The Doctor: We're waking up. That part of the dream is over. We're on our own now. Albert: Well, then. What do we do? The Doctor: That pain in your head. Make it worse. Head towards it. Ashley: So when we wake up, what do we expect? The Doctor: Only a few moments will have passed at the most. The att*ck is still in progress. Shona: I'm scared. The Doctor: Congratulations. That means you're not an idiot. Clara: It's not like the last time. The Doctor: Last time wasn't real. Ashley: Good luck. Stay calm. And God bless us, every one. [ INT. Infirmary ] (they gasp and retch violently) The Doctor: Run! Clara: Argh. The Doctor: Clara! Clara: Doctor! The Doctor: Clara? Come on! Ashley: Out, out, now! NOW! (she grunts frantically) [ INT. Corridor ] The Doctor: Everyone all right? Good. Bye. Clara: Sorry, I'll just go and... The Doctor: No need for chatting, you'll only get attached. This isn't Facebook. [ EXT. The base ] Clara: Er, what about the Dream Crabs? The Doctor: Oh, they're fine. Clara: And the people that they're eating? The Doctor: Beyond help. Clara: Doctor, the others are still in danger. The Doctor: Only if they're stupid. There are polar bears on this ice cap. Am I supposed to do something about that, too? Clara: We know Dream Crabs are still on Earth. The Doctor: There are lots of dangerous things on this funny little planet of yours, Clara, most of which you eat. I'm the Doctor, not your mam. Clara: Doctor? If Santa was only in the dream, why was he on my roof? The Doctor: Four. Four patients. Four manuals. Hurry! Do you know what I hate about the obvious? Clara: What? The Doctor: Missing it. [ INT. Control room ] The Doctor: As you were. No saluting. Are you the same people as before? Clara: Of course they are. The Doctor: Oh, sorry, I deleted you. Shona: Well, that's not a very nice attitude, is it? The Doctor: Four manuals, yes? Ashley: Yes, why? The Doctor: One each. Albert: One each, yes. What's the problem? The Doctor: Well, the problem is, you can't see the problem. For instance, you, gobby one. Shona: I have a name, actually. The Doctor: Doesn't matter. I don't need it. When we first met you in the infirmary, what were you doing? Shona: Mmm. It's a long story. The Doctor: Uptight boss one. What is the primary mission of this polar base? Ashley: It's a long story. The Doctor: Sexy one. What brings you to the North Pole at your age? Bellows: It's a long... story. Clara: OK, why are they all giving the same answer, because that is a tiny bit freaky. The Doctor: If you think that's freaky, try this. We were in the TARDIS. Why did we come here? Clara: It's a long story. Clara: Doctor? The Doctor: Dreams. They're funny. (he laughs hollowly) They're disjointed. They're, they're silly. They're full of gaps. But you don't notice, because the dream protects itself. Stops you asking the right questions. For example, why do you have four manuals, one each, when you have a crew of eight? Or did you forget about your friends in the infirmary here? Albert: But we woke up. The Doctor: Dreams within dreams, I warned you. Bellows: This isn't a dream. I know it isn't. The Doctor: No one knows they're not dreaming. Not one of us. Not ever. Not for one single moment of our lives. Clara? Page number. Make it a good one. Clara: Twelve. Ashley: Very. Albert: Very. Bellows: Very. Shona: d*ad. The Doctor: And who's going to be the first to admit it? Ashley: Admit what? The Doctor: That the pain is still there. Shona: Actually, I think it's getting worse. The Doctor: Yes, there is an alien organism in your brain, eating it. Of course it's getting worse. Clara: Doctor? What are they doing? The Doctor: Factually, getting up. Significantly, sensing the endgame. Clara: How? Ashley: I don't understand. The Doctor: Well, look at them. Go on. Look at them. Look at them properly. Look who they are. They're you. The Sleepers are you. Shona: How can they be us? The Doctor: Because we're dreaming, all of us. This base isn't real. None of us are actually standing in the room. I'm probably asleep in my TARDIS. Clara, you must be in bed. God knows where the rest of you are, probably scattered all over the world. But wherever you are, the Dream Crabs have got us, and we're all being networked into the same nightmare. Bellows: What are they doing? The Doctor: It's your subconscious again. The Sleepers represent the part of your mind that's already surrendered to the att*ck. These are dream images of what's coming to k*ll you. Albert: That's me? That's actually me? The Doctor: No, it's a metaphorical construct representing a psychic att*ck within a shared dreamscape. Do please keep up. Albert: But it's me. The Doctor: Don't get too close. Albert: Why? The Doctor: Because this is a nightmare. The Doctor (screams): No! Clara! The Doctor: Look out, they're coming through. Out! Outside, now! Run, run, run, run! Run! Clara, run. Run, all of you, run. Run! (creatures roar) [ EXT. The base ] Bellows: We'll freeze to death out here. Shona: But it, it's just a dream. The Doctor: This dream just k*lled your friend. Start taking it seriously. Shona: Where's Albert? Where's the professor? The Doctor: He probably just woke up somewhere in the real world, d*ad. If we don't wake up now, we'll do the same. Clara: But how? The Doctor: I don't know. (banging) The Doctor: The TARDIS! Come on! Come on! Clara: Doctor, it's not the real TARDIS. The Doctor: Well, let's hope that I dreamed it really well, then. Clara: It's us. The Doctor: Of course it's us. We're dreaming too. Shona: Oh, my God. Bellows: How is that possible? How can there be so many? The Doctor: The logic of a nightmare. (creatures chitter) Shona: So tell us how to wake up. Because you're always talking like you're so clever, going on and on. So tell us what to do! The Doctor: We have to leave this place. Shona: Leave it? Bellows: How? The Doctor: Use your imagination. Bellows: Excuse me? The Doctor: Dream yourselves home. Bellows: But how? The Doctor: Come on, it's Christmas, the North Pole. Who you gonna call? (sleigh bells ring) (reindeer grunt) Santa: Hyahhh! Whoa! Whoa. Ah. Get in the sleigh. Santa: Fortunately, I know all your home addresses. Yah! [ Sleigh ] Clara: So what happens now? Santa: Hyah! Clara: This is us just waking up, right? The Doctor: Could be. Well, I hope so. Waking up or... Clara: Or? The Doctor: Just focus on this. Do you believe in Santa Claus? Clara: I've always believed in Santa Claus. But he looks a little different to me. Clara: Look! Santa: Hey. You want to take the reins, Doctor? The Doctor: You're a dream construct, currently representing either my recovering or expiring mind. Santa: Yes, but do you want a go? The Doctor: Yeah. All right. (they gasp) The Doctor: Sorry, sorry, sorry. Santa: Easy! This way. The Doctor: No, no, no! Oh, ho ho! Ah! Santa: Up a bit. Lift up. There we go. The Doctor: Look at me. Look. Look at me! (they squeal excitedly) (big ben chimes) The Doctor: Look at me! I'm riding a sleigh. I'm riding a sleigh. (big ben chimes) Yippee yah-yay! (all gasp and coo) The Doctor: Oh. Maybe you could... Santa: Yeah, yeah. (The Doctor pants for breath) Shona: I work in a shop. Ashley: I'm sorry? Shona: I thought I was a scientist. That's rubbish. Bellows: Finally, something that makes sense. Shona: You're horrible, you. Ashley: Perfume. Shona: What? Ashley: I'm an account manager for perfume. Does this mean we're waking up? The Doctor: Possibly. With any luck, we'll all wake up in our proper times and places. Clara: Proper times? The Doctor: Well, we could all be from different time zones. Time travel is always possible, in dreams. Shona: We might not know each other? Not any of us? Ashley: No, possibly not. Shona: Well, you know what we should do? We should swap numbers. We should have a reunion. Ashley: Bellows! [ INT. Bellow's house ] Girl: Gran! Dinner's ready. Bellows: Yeah, sorry, I must have dozed off. [ Sleigh ] Shona: Er, now I'm pretty sure I can remember my number so, if you memorise it, then you text me, we can go for a curry and... The Doctor: The chances of you remembering any of this are very slim. Shona: Well, don't say that. We'll remember, won't we, Ashley? Ashley? (she screams) Shona: Am I next? Is it me now? Clara: Shona, you're going home. You're surviving. Shona: Do you want to hang out sometime? We can just hang out. Clara: Sure. Shona: Santa, can I stay a bit longer? [ INT. Shona's appartment ] (crab screeches) Shona: Gross! [ Sleigh ] Clara: It's a pity we have to wake up, really. It's not really something we do every day, is it? Santa: No, no. Strictly once a year. The Doctor: We stay, we die, Clara. Clara: You're always such a downer, Doctor. [ EXT. Ledge ] (he coughs) The Doctor: Clara! [ Sleigh ] Santa: You really should be waking up too, Clara. Clara: Just a little longer. Santa: Why? Clara: Every Christmas is last Christmas. (metallic thrumming) Santa: Hyah! [ INT. Clara's bedroom ] The Doctor: Oh, Clara. I might have known that you would be the one to sleep in. OK, I tracked the psychic signal here. I'm pretty sure that I know how to do this now. One of the advantages of actually being awake. So, you just hold still. I've just got to zap the neural centres. The Doctor: OK, there you go. The Doctor: The Dream Crabs must have got to me first then found you in my memory. The others were collateral damage. Well, good to see you properly at last. How long has it been? Clara. Clara: Oh, you know. About sixty two years. Doctor, I have missed you very much, you stupid old man. (she laughs) The Doctor: I've missed you, too. [ INT. Clara's living room ] The Doctor: These are Christmas hats, I've seen people use them. You put them on and absolutely anything seems funny. Clara: Oh, probably won't work on you. The Doctor: Probably not. You want to try? Clara: Go on, then. Clara: Can you really see no difference in me? The Doctor: Clara Oswald, you will never look any different to me. So, how was it then? Clara: How was what? The Doctor: The sixty two years that I missed. Clara: Oh, how was my life, you mean? The Doctor: Is there a Mister Clara? Clara: No. But there were plenty of proposals. The Doctor: They all turned you down though? Clara: I turned them down. I travelled. I taught in every country in Europe. I learned to fly a plane. The Doctor: Regrets? Clara: Oh, hundreds. (she chuckles) I just wish there were time for a few more. The Doctor: Yeah, they're always the best part. Christmas cr*cker. We should do one. No one ever matched up to Danny, eh? Clara: There was one other man, but that would never have worked out. The Doctor: Why not? Clara: He was impossible. The Doctor: We should do this every Christmas. Clara: Because every Christmas is last Christmas. The Doctor: I'm sorry. I was stupid. I should have come back earlier. I wish that I had. Santa: Do you, Doctor? How much do you wish that? The Doctor: No. I'm not still... Santa: Wakey, wakey! [ EXT. Ledge ] (he coughs) The Doctor: Clara! [ INT. Clara's bedroom ] (she gasps) Clara: Doctor. Am I young? The Doctor: No idea. The Doctor: Is that any good? Clara: Oh, that's good. The Doctor: The TARDIS is outside. Clara: So? The Doctor: So, all of time and all of space is sitting out there. A big blue box. Please, don't even argue. Clara: Merry Christmas, Doctor. The Doctor: Merry Christmas, Clara Oswald. (she laughs) [ EXT. Clara's place ] Clara: Well, look at you, all happy. That's rare. The Doctor: Do you know what's rarer? Second chances. I never get a second chance, so what happened this time? Don't even know who to thank. (metallic thrumming)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2014-12-25 - Last Christmas"}
foreverdreaming
[ SPACE] A tone resonates as we watch a planet from above. We hear a woman, TASHA LEM, give an introductory narration. A myriad of ships from different cultures gather and wait above the planet. Tasha: 'Once, there was a planet, much like any other... and unimportant. This planet sent the universe a message. A bell tolling among the stars, ringing out to all the dark corners of creation. And EVERYBODY came to see. Although no-one understood the message, everyone who heard it found themselves afraid. Except one man. The man who stayed for Christmas.' [ INT. SHIP] The DOCTOR teleports into what appears to be a large central room. There is only light in the center, the sides shrouded in darkness. He brandishes the w*apon arm of a Dalek. The Doctor: I bring proof of courage and comradeship. What is this ship and why are you here? (lowers hood of cloak) Identify yourselves by species and planet of origin. Blue lights appear in the shadows and there is a low beeping. A parade of Daleks streams out into the open area. Dalek: Exterminate! Exterminate! The Doctor: (into ear bug) Handles? Dalek: Exterminate! Exterminate! The Daleks f*re at the DOCTOR and he ducks. The Doctor: Agh! Dalek: Exterminate! The Doctor: Handles? Agh! Handles? (teleports out) Dalek: Exterminate! [ INT. TARDIS] The DOCTOR reappears in the console room and flings off the cloak as he walks up the steps to the console. The Doctor: Every ship I go on, they just sh**t at me. (rants at the head of a Cyberman attached to the console) Handles, I said, "Put me on a ship." I didn't say, "Put me on a Dalek ship." Don't put me on a Dalek ship, when I'm holding a broken bit of Dalek! (smacks HANDLES with the Dalek arm but it bounces back and hits him in the head) Ow! (pulls HANDLES off his perch and carries him under his arm) Handles: You did not indicate a preference. The Doctor: Use your head! (looks at monitor) It's not like you've got a lot of alternatives. They're all here - Daleks, Sontarans, Terileptils, Slitheen. And they're not even fighting, they're just parked. Why? Handles: The message was received throughout the universe. The Doctor: (paces) Yes, yes, the message, the message. Even I can't translate it. I mean, why is everyone here if they don't understand it? Handles: You're here. The Doctor: Well, you know, I'm OCD. What's their excuse? What does this message mean? The phone rings. The Doctor: Oh, no. (puts HANDLES back) And remind me I've got to patch the telephone back through the console unit. (heads for the door) This is getting ridiculous. Handles: Attention! Information available. The DOCTOR pauses at the door and hurries back. The Doctor: OK? Handles: You must patch the telephone device back through the console unit. The Doctor: No, no. No, no, no, no. No, not now! Remind me later. (turns back) Handles: When? The Doctor: I don't know, just later, just pick a time. Handles: When? The Doctor: I don't know, just any old time. When you think I've forgotten. Handles: When? The Doctor: Just pick a random number, express that number as a quantity of minutes, and when that time has elapsed, remind me to patch the telephone back through the console unit. Handles: Affirmative. The Doctor: (walks to the door) How those Cyber-evenings must fly! (reaches outside and grabs the phone, bringing it inside) Hello. The TARDIS. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY] CLARA is in the kitchen, hurrying in the kitchen. She is wearing a green paper crown. Clara: Emergency. You're my boyfriend. The Doctor: Ding-dong! OK, brilliant. I'm may be a bit...rusty in some areas, but I will glance at a manual. Clara: (checks turkey) No, no, you're not actually my boyfriend. The Doctor: Oh, that was quick. It's a roller coaster this phone call. (picks up HANDLES) Clara: But I need a boyfriend really quickly. The Doctor: Well, I hope you're nicer to the next one. (presses buttons near the monitor) [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA rushes in and sets out napkins. Clara: No, shut up. Christmas dinner, me cooking. [ INT. TARDIS] The Doctor: So? Clara: So, I may have... accidentally invented a boyfriend. The Doctor: Yeah, I did that once and there's no easy way to get rid of an android. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY] Clara: No, not an android, a pretend one, an imaginary one. And I said he'd be coming to Christmas dinner. The Doctor: (distracted) Yeah. Handles, that's a new ship. OK, we'll take the TARDIS this time. Clara: (slides down against the counter in a corner) Come for Christmas dinner. Just do that for me. Come to Christmas dinner and be my Christmas date. The DOCTOR drops the phone as CLARA finishes talking. He grabs it. The Doctor: Sorry, missed that last bit. Got to dash! (ends call) [ INT. SHIP] The DOCTOR sticks HANDLES outside the TARDIS door as a lookout. When nothing happens, he steps out of the TARDIS. He walks down a corridor and, as a door slides open, he greets the inhabitants. The Doctor: OK, don't be alarmed, I come in... The DOCTOR stops when he sees Cybermen in stasis(?) chambers. The DOCTOR comically turns his head to HANDLES' and then back to the CYBERMEN. Cybermen: Alert! Alert! The Doctor: …peace! No. The DOCTOR backs away and uses the sonic screwdriver on the door as the CYBERMEN step free of their chambers. Cybermen: Intruder detected. The intruder will be upgraded. The DOCTOR holds up HANDLES to block the sh*ts fired at him. The Doctor: Agh! Sorry. The DOCTOR runs back into the TARDIS as the CYBERMEN continue to f*re. The phone rings. The DOCTOR quickly reaches out, grabs the phone and brings it inside. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA sets out the Christmas crackers. Clara: I need you. I'm cooking Christmas dinner! [ INT. TARDIS] The Doctor: I'm being sh*t at by Cybermen! Clara: Well, can't we do both? The Doctor: Arghh! Yeah, why not?! Matt Smith Jenna Coleman DOCTOR WHO "The Time of the Doctor" Original air date: 25th December 2013 By Steven Moffat PRODUCER Marcus Wilson DIRECTOR Jamie Payne [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA has her GRAN, DAD and step-mother LINDA in for dinner and they are sitting around the small table watching "Strictly Come Dancing". Tv: 'Happy Christmas!' Linda: How's the turkey doing? Clara: Great, yeah, yeah, it's doing great. Well, d*ad and decapitated, but that's Christmas when you're a turkey. Gran: (holds up wineglass) Actually, maybe I will have a little more. Clara: There you go, Gran. (pours wine) Dad: Did you put it in early enough? Clara: Dad, I put it in when you phoned me. Dad: I e-mailed you some instructions. Clara: Oh, you certainly did. [ EXT. BLOCK, DAY] The TARDIS materializes on the green. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY] CLARA peers out the window and sees the TARDIS. [ EXT. BLOCK, DAY] CLARA hurries down the stairs and runs across to the TARDIS, losing her paper crown to the wind. Clara: Whoops! [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA strides into the TARDIS. Clara: Doctor, I so need you... (stops short, shocked) The Doctor: Clara! The DOCTOR holds up his arms to greet her. He is naked. Clara: No, stop, stop, don't move, don't do anything! (turns her back) The Doctor: Why, what is it? What's wrong? Clara: You're naked. The Doctor: Yes, I am naked. I wondered if you'd notice. Clara: Doctor, why are you naked? The Doctor: Because I'm going to church. The DOCTOR walks over to one of the panels on the console and there is a whooshing sound. He turns around and has his regular clothes on. The Doctor: Better? Clara: (turns around) Oh, that was quick. The Doctor: Hologram clothes, projected directly onto your visual cortex. Clara: Still naked underneath? The Doctor: Everybody's naked underneath. Clara: Eugh, don't say things like that, it's Christmas. Come and meet my family. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA walks into the room ahead of the DOCTOR and introduces him. Clara: Hello, so, er, here he is! The Doctor: Hello, the Oswalds. Hello! (shakes their hands) Merry Christmas. Hello, hello! (kisses GRAN on both cheeks) Hello, handsome. Anyone for Twister? The Oswalds stare at the DOCTOR. Clara: So... this is the Doctor. My boyfriend. Isn't anyone going to say hello? GRAN giggles as DAD and LINDA refuse to look at the DOCTOR. Gran: (flirtatiously) Hello. The Doctor: Excuse me a moment. (whispers to CLARA) Listen, I've got an idea to break the ice. Why don't I project my clothes hologram onto their visual cortexes too? Clara: (whispers) So, to be clear, no-one except me can see your clothes? The Doctor: Yes, and I'm starting to think it may be causing tension. Gran: Are we playing Twister now? Clara: (smiles at GRAN before hissing at the DOCTOR) Get in the kitchen! The Doctor: Eh? Sorry. CLARA pushes the DOCTOR from the room before popping back in. Clara: Sorry... he's Swedish. (leaves) [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY] CLARA closes the kitchen door as the DOCTOR opens the oven. Clara: Doctor, please! The Doctor: Oh, that's never going to work, is it? Clara: (walks over) What's wrong? Do you not think it's done yet? The Doctor: I think a decent vet would give it an even chance. Clara: OK. Well, use an app. The Doctor: An app? Clara: On your screwdriver - app it. The Doctor: Most certainly not, it doesn't do turkey. Nothing does turkey. You'd need a time machine. CLARA just looks at him. The Doctor: What? [ INT. TARDIS] The DOCTOR enters the TARDIS followed by CLARA carrying the turkey. The Doctor: You can't keep using the TARDIS like this. Clara: Like what? The Doctor: Missed birthdays, restaurant bookings. And please just learn how to use iPlayer. They walk down to the section underneath the console. Clara: Ooh, vortex cooking? The Doctor: Yep, exposure to the time winds. (opens one of the panels and CLARA sets the pan inside) It'll either come up a treat, or just possibly lay some eggs. (closes panel) Handles: Information available. Clara: What's that? The Doctor: Oh, just a bit of a Cyberman. He'll get us to the church on time. They walk back up to the console. Handles: I have developed a fault. The Doctor: The organics are all gone, but there's still a full set of data banks. Found it at the Maldovar market. (sets the TARDIS in motion) [ SPACE] The TARDIS materializes in space above the planet with all the other ships. [ INT. TARDIS] Handles: Planet identified, from analysis of message. The Doctor: Right cool, go on, then. OK, tell us, what is the planet? Go on. Handles: Processing official designation. Processing. The Doctor: OK, in your own time, dear. Don't rush! Clara: So, why haven't you just gone down there and had a look? The Doctor: It's shielded. Even the TARDIS can't break through it. Handles: Gallifrey. The Doctor: (turns and looks at HANDLES) What did you say? (slowly walks over) Handles: Gallifrey. The Doctor: What are you talking about? Gallifrey? What do you mean? Handles: Confirmed. Planet designation - Gallifrey. The DOCTOR yanks HANDLES from his "stand" and brings him over to the monitor. The Doctor: You see THAT? Gallifrey is my home, I know it when I see it. THAT is not Gallifrey!! (slams HANDLES onto the console before stalking towards the door) Clara: (follows) Doctor, are you OK? The Doctor: It's not Gallifrey. Gallifrey's gone. (opens door) [ SPACE] Clara: Unless... unless you saved it. You thought you might have. They look down onto the planet. The Doctor: Even if it survived, it's gone from this universe. That is not my home! (slams the door) [ INT. TARDIS] The DOCTOR strides back to the console. The Doctor: It can't be. There is a reverberating sound blast, sounding similar to a very large cruise ship. Clara: What's that? The DOCTOR walks back to the door and opens it. [ SPACE] A large, many-storied ship comes alongside the TARDIS. The Doctor: Papal Mainframe. It's like a great, big flying church. The first ship to arrive. They are the ones who shielded the planet. They can get us down there. A hologram of a woman is projected against the ship. The DOCTOR bows deeply. Clara: A friend of yours? The Doctor: Tasha Lem, the Mother Superious. TASHA crooks her index finger. The Doctor: Oh, she's inviting us aboard. Clara: Why? The Doctor: Because I asked her. Swallow this. (hands CLARA a pill) Clara: (takes pill and chews it) What is it? The Doctor: Your hologram projector. You can't go to church with your clothes on! (blows a kiss to TASHA) The TARDIS moves towards the Mainframe's ship. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, AUDIENCE CHAMBER] A long walkway bearing a red carpet is suspended over a deep chamber. Members of the church line the walk as the DOCTOR and CLARA make their way forward. CLARA is hunched over, self-conscious. TASHA LEM stands on the dais awaiting them. At her side is COLONEL ALBERO. Clara: (whispers) I don't feel like I'm wearing anything. The Doctor: (whispers) I know, relaxing isn't it? Clara: (whispers) What is this place? The Doctor: (whispers) The Church of the Papal Mainframe - security hub of the known universe. Clara: A security church? The Doctor: Yep. Keeping you safe in this world and the next! I venerate the exaltation of the Mother Superious. (bows to TASHA) CLARA drops a nervous curtsey. Albero: Welcome to the Church of the Papal Mainframe. Your nudity is appreciated. Tasha: Hey, babes. The Doctor: Loving the frock! Tasha: Is that a new body? Give us a twirl! The Doctor: Tash, this old thing? (turns in a slow circle) Please, I've been rocking it for centuries. Tasha: Nice though. Tight. Clara: So, er, hello! Also here! The Doctor: Clara, this is Tasha Lem, the Head of the Church of the Papal Mainframe. Tash, ho-ho-ho, this is my... my associate, Clara Oswald. Miss Clara Oswald. Tasha: (to ALBERO) We'll go to my chapel. (to everyone) All honours in place, no sacrifices required. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, CORRIDOR] CLARA follows the DOCTOR and TASHA. The Doctor: It was Tasha who shielded the planet. But you could sneak me down there, couldn't you, Tash? They stop outside double doors. Tasha: I would have conditions. I have confidential matters to discuss with the Doctor. Would you... excuse us? The Doctor: Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of Clara. Well... quite a lot of it. Probably about half, maybe a smidge... under. Actually, Clara, would you mind waiting out here? Clara: No worries! You two get yourselves a room. TASHA opens the door to her chambers. The Doctor: Yes, quite. No, stop it! Clara: Boss of the psycho space nuns. So you! The DOCTOR smiles and enters TASHA'S room. The Doctor: Well... The doors close behind him. CLARA turns around and saunters the hall. She gasps and stops as a SILENT approaches her. Clara: Doctor? [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, TASHA'S CHAMBERS] In the center of the room is a bed-shaped altar/altar-shaped bed. TASHA is preparing them drinks. The Doctor: That altar looks like a bed. Tasha: That bed looks like an altar. The Doctor: (presses on the mattress) Yep. The DOCTOR sits on the furniture as TASHA comes over with the drinks. She hands a glass to the DOCTOR and he takes a sip. He spits it back into the glass and sets it down. Tasha: Excuse me. (reaches over and presses a button and the message plays) That message... is transmitting through all of space and time. What did it make you feel? (sits on the bed next to him) The Doctor: (stands) Feel? Tasha: Every sentient being in the universe who detected that signal felt something. Something overpowering. The Doctor: What? Tasha: Fear. Pure, unadulterated dread. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, CORRIDOR] The SILENT walks behind a divider, out of CLARA'S line-of-sight. She continues to walk on as if nothing happened. The SILENT reappears. Clara: I saw you and then I forgot you. How does that work? The SILENT goes behind another divider and CLARA scratches her head. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, TASHA'S CHAMBERS] The Doctor: Right, what's the signal, where's it coming from? (walks away from TASHA) Tasha: (stands) It's a settlement. Human colony, level 2. A farm, basically. (sets down drink) The Doctor: (walks around to the opposite side of the bed) Right. Anyone been for a look? Tasha: Any one ship lands, the rest will follow, there will be bloodshed. Fortunately we got here first, shielded the planet. We maintain the truce, by blocking all of them. They lean over the bed from either side. The Doctor: Daleks, Cybermen - one of that lot - could break through your defences. Tasha: Perhaps. But they're afraid, remember? Nobody wants to go first. The Doctor: I do. Tasha: I was counting on it. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, CORRIDOR] The SILENT advances on CLARA. Silent: Confess... Confess... CLARA turns around and sees a group of them and gasps. She backs away towards the door of TASHA'S chambers. Clara: What are you? Why do I keep forgetting you? Silent: Confess. Confess. Clara: Wha... CLARA runs from them and into TASHA'S rooms. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, TASHA'S CHAMBERS] TASHA and the DOCTOR look up at CLARA'S entrance. The Doctor: Are you OK? Clara: Fine. Yeah, fine. Sorry. Tasha: (walks over to what looks like a confessional) Right, this is my personal teleport. I can put you down just outside the town. Find the source of the message and report back to me in one hour. (the DOCTOR enters one of the cubicles) And on your life, Doctor, you will cause no trouble down there. The Doctor: When do I? (closes curtain then opens it) Don't answer that. (closes curtain again) TASHA walks over, opens the curtain and holds her hand out. The Doctor: What? Tasha: I'm not an idiot. Everyone in this church is trained to see straight through holograms. Clara: (sits on the bed) Ah, great. Tasha: Give now. You are taking no technology of any kind down there. The Doctor: What can I do with a key? (to CLARA) You... in... now. (closes curtain) CLARA goes to the other booth. Tasha: (opens curtain) You could summon your TARDIS. The Doctor: The TARDIS doesn't work by remote. (closes curtain and opens it again) Fine, if it makes you feel any better, there we are. (removes key from around his neck and hands it to TASHA) TASHA nods and walks over to the controls. Tasha: Remember. I want you back in one hour. [ EXT. SNOWY WOODS, PLANET, NIGHT] The DOCTOR and CLARA arrive on the planet in a flash of light. CLARA immediately feels the cold. Clara: Oh, cold, very cold. The Doctor: (rubs CLARA'S arms vigorously) OK, don't worry. There's a heat loss filter in your hologram shell, it'll kick in, just give it a moment. (hugs her) So, sweet little town covered in snow, half the universe in terror. Why? Why? The DOCTOR turns one way as CLARA looks the other. She sees an arm sticking out of the snow. Clara: Oh, my God! The Doctor: What? Clara: (walks towards the arm) There's something under the snow, it's... The Doctor: What is it? Clara: (reaches out and touches it) It's cold. The Doctor: OK, just stand back, please, Clara. Clara: (laughs and stands) It's stone. It's just stone. It's only a statue. (turns and looks at the DOCTOR) The Doctor: Clara, step away from it! CLARA gasps as the hand grasps her around the ankle. The Doctor: Clara, keep looking at it, don't look away! (comes over and grips CLARA tightly) Don't even... blink! Clara: What is it? The Doctor: There is a Weeping Angel under the snow. Looks like a statue - isn't a statue. Can you get your foot out? Clara: (wiggles foot) Only if I get it out of my shoe. The Doctor: You're not wearing one. Clara: Good point. The Doctor: OK, just pull, hard! Clara: (grunts with effort) I'm trying. The Doctor: Oh... One, two, three! Yeah! They successfully free CLARA'S foot but tumble down a slope in the process. They land in a small clearing surrounded by Weeping Angels. As they look around, the Angels begin to move. Clara: They're climbing out of the snow. Oh, God! The Doctor: Keep looking at them. At all of them. Clara: Why? The Doctor: Quantum-locked life-form - it can only move if it's unobserved. Clara: What are they doing here? The Doctor: Same as everybody else - must've got past Tasha's shield. Keep looking! The DOCTOR and CLARA stand back-to-back and keep circling. Clara: I can't. I can't see - the snow's in my eyes. The Doctor: I just need to bring the TARDIS down. Clara: You can't fly it remotely. The Doctor: No, but it can home in on the key. (reaches around to the back of his head) Clara: But she took your key! The Doctor: She took one of them! The DOCTOR unzips a secret pocket and pulls out his key – tearing off a wig to reveal his shaved head. CLARA gasps and covers her mouth with her hand while she points at the DOCTOR with the other. The TARDIS key glows. [ INT. TARDIS] Handles: Engines activating. The TARDIS materializes around the DOCTOR and CLARA. The Doctor: The old key in the quiff routine. Classic! (sets the wig on top of HANDLES and works the controls) OK, homing in on the mysterious message. Ooh, yes, I like that - the mysterious message. Clara: You've shaved your head? The Doctor: Yep. Clever plan to get us past the shield. Clara: You got bored one night, didn't you? The Doctor: Yeah, tiny bit bored. Clara: Is that what happened to your eyebrows? The Doctor: No, they're just delicate. Right, setting us down, near the signal source. I'm going to turn the engines on silent, don't want to make a fuss. Clara: (pulls the wig off HANDLES and throws it at the DOCTOR) Put it back on. The Doctor: Why? Clara: Your ears are like rocket fins. The Doctor: I know! [ EXT. TOWN, STREET, NIGHT] The TARDIS materializes in the street and the DOCTOR and CLARA step outside. There are lit trees lining the road as well as braziers with lit fires. Clara: Oh, it's good to be wearing clothes again. That's so much better, don't you think? The Doctor: (scans with sonic) Now, what do we make of this place? It's two o'clock in the afternoon, must be very short days here. The message is coming from that tower. (points towards clock tower) (sees another couple walking the street) Hello! Hello, there! (to CLARA) Right, we're a couple from the next town. My name's probably Hank or Rock, something like that. Clara: Or Daisy? The Doctor: Shut up. (to couple) Hello, good to meet you, nice snow. Man: Most pleasant to meet you too. (shakes the DOCTOR'S hand) Woman: Most pleasant. Most pleasant. The Doctor: I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. I stole a time machine and ran away and I've been flouting the principal law of my own people ever since. That wasn't quite what I was meant to say! Clara: I'm an English teacher from planet Earth, and I've run off with a man from space because I really fancy... Woman: I think, perhaps, you should stop talking till you get used to it. The Doctor: Used to what? Woman: What did you say your name was? Clara: Bubbly personality masking bossy control freak! (covers her mouth with her hand) The Doctor: (points to his head) I'm wearing a wig! (covers his mouth) (muffled) No, ah, I see. (removes hand) Yes, of course. It's a truth field. Oh, that is so quaint. I haven't seen a truth field in years! I'm wearing a wig! Man: No-one can lie in this town. Especially this close to the tower. The couple continues to walk on. The Doctor: Doesn't that make life a bit difficult? They answer simultaneously. Woman: Not at all. Man: Yes. The Doctor: This town, what's it called? Man: It's Christmas. The Doctor: It's July. (looks at watch) Woman: No, the town. The town is Christmas, that's what it's called. Man: Be happy here. Be well. Clara: How can a town be called Christmas? The Doctor: I don't know, how can an island be called Easter? Maybe it's just nice here. I almost hate to find out what's wrong. They head for the church. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The DOCTOR and CLARA look around the room and the DOCTOR sees something that grabs his attention. The Doctor: There you are. What took you so long? Clara: What's wrong? It's only a crack in the wall. It's not just any crack, but the same crack that had been in Amy's room. The Doctor: I knew. I always knew it wasn't over. (takes off jacket and walks over to the wall) Clara: What is it? The Doctor: A split in the skin of reality. [F] [ INT. AMELIA POND'S ROOM, NIGHT] The DOCTOR stands back from the wall containing the crack and uses the sonic screwdriver on it. [ INT. BYZANTIUM, SECONDARY FLIGHT DECK] The DOCTOR uses the sonic on the crack. [ INT. HOTEL] The DOCTOR opens the door to Room 11 to reveal the crack as his greatest fear. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The Doctor: A tiny sliver of the 26th of June, 2010. The day the universe blew up. Clara: Missed that! The Doctor: I rebooted it, put it all back together. Clara: That's good. The Doctor: (walks towards the center of the room) It was my TARDIS that blew it up in the first place. I felt a degree of responsibility. But the scar tissue remains. (walks back to the wall) A structural weakness in the whole universe. Whoa! (steps back as if shocked) And someone's trying to get through it, from outside our universe, from somewhere else. (presses ear against wall) Of course, of course. It makes sense. Clara: It does? The Doctor: Yes. If you tried to break through a wall, you'd choose the weakest spot. To break into this universe, you'd choose this crack, because... No. If you were trying to break back into this universe. You said Gallifrey. (goes over to HANDLES and picks him up) Why did you say Gallifrey? Handles: Analysis of message composition indicates Gallifreyan origin, according to TARDIS data banks. Clara: You said Gallifrey was gone. The Doctor: No. I said it was in another universe. The message is coming through here. The truth field is too, at a guess. If it's the Time Lords... If it's the Time Lords... (presses hands against the wall) The tone begins to resonate again. The DOCTOR turns and looks at CLARA. The Doctor: (takes item from pocket) Seal of the High Council of Gallifrey, nicked it off the Master in the Death Zone. (sticks it on HANDLES) There is an algorithm imprinted in the atomic structure. Use it to decode the message. Handles: Message decoding. Message analysis proceeding. Information available. The message is a request for information. The Doctor: It's a question. Why can't you just say it's a question?! Handles: It is being projected through all of time and space on a repeating cycle. The Doctor: The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight... Handles: Warning – translation will be available to all life-forms in range. Translation follows. Doctor who... Doctor who... Doctor who... Doctor who... Doctor who... [ SPACE] Handles: (V.O.) Doctor who... [ INT. DALEK SHIP] Handles: (V.O.) Doctor who... [ INT. CYBER SHIP] Handles: (V.O.) Doctor who... [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, AUDIENCE CHAMBER] TASHA walks onto the dais. Handles: (V.O.) Doctor who... Doctor who... Tasha: Patch me through to the Doctor. Now! [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The DOCTOR leans against the wall. The Doctor: A question only I could answer. A truth field to make sure I'm not lying. If I give my name, they'll know they've found the right place... and that it's safe to come through. Clara: The Time Lords? OK, so what then? If you answer the question, and they come back, what happens? The Doctor: Ah, you need to take this to the TARDIS and put it in the charger slot for the sonic. (presses a cylinder into her hands) Clara: Why? The Doctor: Hell. All hell, that's what happens if the Time Lords come back. There's half a universe up there already, waiting to open f*re. Now, please, go to the TARDIS, and just do as I say! CLARA runs from the room. Tasha: (V.O.) Doctor, speak with me. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] A projection of TASHA appears in the sky above the church. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The DOCTOR puts his jacket back on and walks determinedly from the room. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] CLARA runs towards the TARDIS but pauses when she sees TASHA. The inhabitants of the town gather to watch. Tasha: Doctor! Face me now! CLARA runs to the TARDIS. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] The DOCTOR reaches the top of the belfry and looks out at TASHA. Tasha: Doctor! [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA enters the TARDIS and puts the cylinder into the spot indicated by the DOCTOR. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] The DOCTOR reaches the top of the belfry and looks out at TASHA. The Doctor: Mother Superious, there is only one thing I need from you - this planet... what's it called? Tasha: Trenzalore. The DOCTOR is shocked to learn where he is. [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA steps back from the console. Clara: OK, is that it? Are you doing a clever thing? [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] Tasha: If you speak your name, the Time Lords will return. The Doctor: If they return, they will come in peace. Tasha: It doesn't matter. They will be met with a w*r that will never end. The Time w*r will begin anew! You know that, Doctor! [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA leans against the console. There is a metallic thrumming. Clara: Done. CLARA runs to the door, opens it and rushes outside. [ EXT. BLOCK, DAY] CLARA comes to a stop when she realizes where she is. She turns back to the TARDIS as she hears it begin to dematerialize. Clara: No, don't you dare. No, no! She runs back and tries to make the key work and unlock the door. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFRY, NIGHT] The Doctor: They're asking for my help! Tasha: And if you give it, w*r will be the consequence. I will not that let that happen at any cost. Speak your name and this world will burn! The Doctor: No, this planet is protected. The DOCTOR uses his sonic on the bell and it begins to toll. He heads back downstairs. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The DOCTOR stands on the steps of the church and the people gather to learn why the bells are tolling. The Doctor: So, you lot, a quick word, thank you. Spot of news, Christmas has a new sheriff. Hello, everyone, I'm the Doctor. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, AUDIENCE CHAMBER] TASHA walks onto the dais. Tasha: Attention. Attention all Chapels and Choirs of the Papal Mainframe. The siege of Trenzalore is now g*n. There will now be an unscheduled faith change. From this moment on, I dedicate this church to one cause. Silence. The Doctor will not speak his name, and w*r will not begin. Silence... will fall! All: Silence will fall. Silence will fall. [ SPACE] Tasha: (V.O.) In the time that followed, the Papal Mainframe strove to maintain the peace between the Doctor and his enemies. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The townspeople go about their business unaware of aliens in their midst. Tracks are made in the snow by an invisible vehicle. Sontaran: We remain undetectable to the Papal Mainframe. Elsewhere, the DOCTOR activates the sonic screwdriver. An alarm begins to sound. Sontaran: Commander Skarr! That's the detection warning. Our invisibility cloak is compromised. Skarr: What's wrong with it? Sontaran: I don't know, I can't see it. Skarr: Well, it looks invisible to me. There is a thud and the Sontarans look worried. Their vehicle explodes. Voice: The Church of the Papal Mainframe apologises for your death. The relevant afterlives have been notified. TASHA narrates as the DOCTOR saves the town from various att*cks. Tasha: (V.O.) As the days passed, and the years, the Doctor stayed true to his word. On the fields of Trenzalore, he stood as protector, both of his own people and his new home. Over time, the Doctor's enemies would find new, stranger ways to enter the town called Christmas. A group of children are playing Blind Man's Bluff. The BOY who is It, calls out for the others. Boy: Are you there? Hello? Am I getting warm? There is a beeping and a small yellow light appears in the darkness. The BOY removes his blindfold. Standing in front of him is a wooden Cyberman. Boy: There's another one! (runs into town) The Cyberman follows, sh**ting f*re from its arm. It burns one of the trees. The BOY runs up a set of stairs and rings a bell. Boy: There's another one! There's another one! There's another one! (runs up church steps) Doctor! Doctor! There's another one. The townsfolk run from the Cyberman. Cyberman: Incinerate! A man emerges from a building using a cane. The camera pans up and we see it is the DOCTOR. His hair is greying and he has wrinkles. In his other hand he has a thin wooden cylinder. Cyberman: The Doctor is required. The DOCTOR ignores the CYBERMAN. The Doctor: (tosses cane to a boy) There you go. (tests toy) There you go, Barnable. (tosses it to BOY) Barnable: Thanks. The Doctor: Working fine, nice action. Don't leave it out in the rain again. (pulls a wooden train from jacket pocket and tosses it to another child) Fixed the wheels and the anti-gravs. (boy tosses cane back) Girl: The anti-whats? The Doctor: May have gone a bit far. (walks down steps) Now then, what do we have today? Don't you move one step further. Wooden Cyberman. Nice, like it. Low-tech, doesn't set off the alarms upstairs.(walks over to face it) The CYBERMAN raises his arm part way. The DOCTOR'S hand waits at hip height. The CYBERMAN raises his arm and the DOCTOR pulls out his sonic and uses it on the CYBERMAN. The Doctor: (chuckles) Only bit of tech allowed in - got in before the truce. Now, I just sent an instruction to your firearm, to reverse the polarity and f*re out the back end. As we're standing in a truth field, you will understand I cannot be lying. If you like, you can scan my screwdriver, verify that's the signal I sent. Cyberman: Signal verified. The CYBERMAN reverses the g*n on his arm and fires believing it will k*ll the DOCTOR. It sh**t itself. The Doctor: Yes, I probably should have mentioned - this doesn't work on wood! You send your friends up there a message from the Doctor. You tell them the Doctor stays. The DOCTOR knocks it over with his cane and it falls with a thud. The Doctor: Next. Tasha: (V.O.) With every victory, the town celebrated. There is a street party with tables of food, dancing, fireworks and a puppet show depicting one of the DOCTOR'S victories. The Doctor: And there's me arm-wrestling a Draconian, I remember that. Children hold up the pictures they've drawn for him. Others want his autograph. Tasha: (V.O.) In, time, the Doctor seemed to forget he'd lived any other life... PUPPET-DOCTOR holds up his sonic at a monster. PUPPET DOCTOR: Christmas is defended. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The DOCTOR hangs up pictures by the children. The wall is covered with them. Tasha: (V.O.) ..and the people of the town came to love the man who stayed for Christmas. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] At one of the celebrations, the DOCTOR teaches the children to dance. The Doctor: You've got to BE the drunk giraffe, you've got to commit! Don't be cool, guys. Cool is NOT cool. Children: Cool is not cool! The Doctor: And what's the dance we're doing? Children: The drunk giraffe! The Doctor: The drunk giraffe! Yeah, it is! Merry Christmas. Give me a hug, bring it in. The children come in and hug the DOCTOR. Children: Yeah! LATER The DOCTOR walks over to BARNABLE. The Doctor: How's your father's barn? Barnable: You've fixed the leak all right, but he say it's bigger on the inside now! The Doctor: (bends over with a finger to his lips) Ssh! They'll all want one! The DOCTOR hears a familiar sound and straightens slowly. Barnable: What is it? What's that noise? The TARDIS starts to materialize. The Doctor: Well! Where have you been for 300 years?! Huh! (walks towards the TARDIS) Barnable: What's that? The Doctor: (stops) It's my ship. Barnable: Your what? The Doctor: It's my TARDIS. That's how I got here in the first place. Barnable: Does this mean you're leaving? The DOCTOR doesn't answer and continues on to the TARDIS. He pauses before continuing on. CLARA is clinging to the outside, frozen in place. The DOCTOR walks up slowly and jabs CLARA in the back with his cane. She jerks with a gasp. The Doctor: What are you doing here? Clara: (looks at the DOCTOR) I... I was in space. The Doctor: Well, you were in the time vortex. She must have extended the force field. No wonder... (pries CLARA loose) No wonder she's late, dragging you around. They walk away from the TARDIS. CLARA stops and turns to face him. Clara: You tricked me. The Doctor: I saved you. Clara: You didn't even say goodbye. The Doctor: I'm FURIOUS with you! Clara: Well, I am not even talking to YOU! They laugh and hug. The Doctor: Oh... [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] CLARA is wrapped in a blanket and walks around admiring the pictures on the walls. HANDLES is propped on a desk covered with gadgets and toys. Clara: Oh, Doctor, fixing toys and fighting monsters. The Doctor: (enters) The turkey isn't done yet. Clara: (looks at the crack) Is it still asking the question? The Doctor: Oh, never stops. Come upstairs, it's almost time. (picks up HANDLES) Clara: What for? The Doctor: Dawn. The light here lasts only a few minutes, you don't want to miss it. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, MORNING] The DOCTOR and CLARA sit across from each other, a small f*re burning between them. The Doctor: Well, it's a standoff. They can't att*ck in case I unleash the Time Lords. And I can't run away, because they'll burn this planet to stop the Time Lords. (licks handkerchief and wipes HANDLES) Hey, after all these years, I've finally found somewhere that needs me to stick around. A town called Christmas! Could've been worse. Right, there you go, buddy. (adjusts HANDLES) Comfy? Handles: Comfort is irrelevant. The Doctor: (readjusts) How's that, is that better? Handles: Affirmative. The Doctor: You just take it easy, buddy. (pats HANDLES) He's getting old. I do my best for him, but... I just can't get the parts, you know. Hey, I know the feeling. Clara: (toasting marshmallow) Where do you get these? The Doctor: I have a supplier. The pinks ones are best. (takes a bite of marshmallow) Handles: I have developed a fault. The Doctor: Hey, don't you worry, 'Andles, you're just dreaming. The sun's coming up very soon, you just hang on in there. Handles: I have developed a... fault. I...I have developed a fault. The Doctor: (picks up HANDLES) Hey, Handles. Come on. Come on. One more dawn, you can do it. You've got it in you. Come on, just hang on in there. Handles: Attention! Emergency! Atten... The Doctor: Handles, what is it, what's wrong? Handles: Urgent action required! You must patch the telephone device back through the... console... unit. (light flickers and fades) The Doctor: (shakes HANDLES) Come back. Handles? Handles... (sighs and bows his head) Thank you, Handles, and well done. Well done, mate. (sets HANDLES back down) The sun rises and birds call. The DOCTOR and CLARA stand at the rail. The Doctor: What do you think of my new place? I come up here once a day for a few minutes... remind myself of what it is I'm protecting. Clara: It's beautiful. Why did you send me away? The Doctor: Because if I hadn't, I'd have buried you a long time ago. Clara: No, you wouldn't. I would never have let you get stuck here. The Doctor: Ha! Everyone gets stuck somewhere, eventually, Clara. Everything ends. Clara: Except you. The Doctor: Have you been paying attention? I'm an old man now. Clara: But you don't die. You change. You pop right back up with a new face. The Doctor: No, not forever. I can change 12 times. 13 versions of me. 13 silly Doctors. Clara: OK, so you're number 11, so... The Doctor: Are we forgetting Captain Grumpy, eh? I didn't call myself the Doctor during the Time w*r, but it was still a regeneration. Clara: OK, so you're number 12. The Doctor: Number ten once regenerated and kept the same face - I had vanity issues at the time. 12 regenerations, Clara. I can't ever do it again. This is where I end up. This face - this version of me. We saw this planet in the future, remember? All those graves... one of them mine. The sun sets. Clara: Change the future. The Doctor: I can't. Clara: You've got your TARDIS back. The Doctor: Ha! You think I'm just going to fly away, abandon everyone? Clara: Of course not. But you've been protecting this town for over 300 years. Do you not think it's anybody else's go yet? The Doctor: There is no-one else to protect it. Clara: It won't be you forever. It'll end the same way, whatever you do. The Doctor: Every life I save is a victory. Every single one. Clara: What about your life? Just for once, after all of this time, have you not earned the right to think about that? Sorry. Wrong thing to say. We shouldn't be having an argument. The Doctor: Clara, I've been having that argument for the last 300 years all by myself. Clara: (whispers) But you didn't have your TARDIS. The Doctor: Ah! Yes, well, that made it easier to stay. True. Thunder rumbles. Tasha: 'Doctor!' The Doctor: Ah! Look who's woken up! The DOCTOR and CLARA turn around to see TASHA projected in the sky as before. Tasha: 'The Church of the Silence requests parlay. Your rights and safety are sanctified.' The Doctor: I'll be right up. Tasha: 'I'm sending a transporter.' The Doctor: Nah, don't bother. I've got me motor back. TASHA'S projection disappears. Clara: It's gone dark. The Doctor: Well, the sun's gone down. Clara: Already? The Doctor: Everything ends, Clara. And sooner than you think. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The DOCTOR and CLARA walk towards the TARDIS. The DOCTOR sees a small hand around the opposite side. He walks around to see BARNABLE sitting against it. The Doctor: Hm! Are you guarding my TARDIS, Barnable? Barnable: Are you coming back? The Doctor: Oh, come on. You know me. Barnable: I'll wait. The DOCTOR smiles fondly. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, AUDIENCE CHAMBER] The DOCTOR and CLARA approach TASHA. Clara: (whispers) She hasn't aged much. The Doctor: No, she's against ageing. Tasha: Approach. Silent: Confess. Clara: What are those things? Silent: Confess. The Doctor: Confessional priests. Very popular. Genetically engineered so you forget everything you told them. Clara: (looks at the DOCTOR) Told who? The Doctor: There you go! [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, TASHA'S CHAMBERS] The DOCTOR and CLARA are sitting at a table and TASHA slides a large box towards him and opens it. Tasha: Satisfactory? The Doctor: Where are the pink ones? Tasha: E-numbers. You're hyper enough as it is. TASHA sits opposite the DOCTOR as he pulls out some marshmallows. Clara: So this is sweet. Middle of a siege, and you two have little chats? Tasha: She's right. This situation cannot continue. The Doctor: It can't end either. (closes the box) [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, AUDIENCE CHAMBER] A group of church members stand guard over the TARDIS. Dalek: Report! A WOMAN solider raises her head and we see a Dalek eyestalk protruding from her forehead. All the soldiers flanking her have one as well. Woman: The Time Lord has entered the trap. [ INT. PAPAL MAINFRAME, TASHA'S CHAMBERS] Tasha: Why did you ever come to Trenzalore? The Doctor: Well, I did come to Trenzalore, and nothing can change that now. (points his cane at TASHA) Didn't stop you trying, though, did it? Tasha: Not me. The Kovarian Chapter broke away. They travelled back along your timeline and tried to prevent you ever reaching Trenzalore. The Doctor: So that's who blew up my TARDIS. I thought I'd left the bath running. Tasha: They blew up your time capsule, created the very cracks in the universe through which the Time Lords are now calling. The Doctor: The destiny trap. You can't change history if you're part of it. Tasha: They engineered a psychopath to k*ll you. The Doctor: Totally married her. I'd never have made it here alive without River Song. Tasha: I am not interested in changing history, Doctor. I want to change the future. The Daleks send for reinforcements daily, they are massing for w*r. (leans forward) Three days ago, they att*cked the Mainframe itself. The Doctor: They att*cked here? Clara: How did you stop them? Tasha: Stop them? It was slaughter. The Doctor: Why didn't you call me? I could have helped. Tasha: I tried. I died in this room, screaming your name. The Doctor: (whispers) No. Tasha: Oh... I died. CLARA inches closer to the DOCTOR. Tasha: It's funny the things that slip your mind. (gasps and head falls to the table) The Doctor: (stands by CLARA) No! No, no, no, Tasha, no, please, not Tasha, no. Fight it. There is a cracking sound and TASHA raises her head. The Doctor: Tash, fight it! A Dalek eyestalk grows from TASHA'S forehead. Daleks burst through the door. Dalek: Step away from the Dalek unit, Doctor! The Doctor: You shouldn't even know who I am. Dalek: Information concerning the Doctor was harvested from the cadaver of Tasha Lem. TASHA slowly stands and faces CLARA. The Doctor: Bet she never told you how to break the Trenzalore force field, though. She'd have died first. Dalek: Several times. The Doctor: Well, you'd better k*ll me, then, go on. But before you do... The DOCTOR uses the sonic and we hear the translated message. Message: 'Doctor who...? Doctor who...? Doctor who...?' The Doctor: I'm a tough old bird. I'll be ages dying. Way enough time to answer a question. And, oh dear, what happens then, boys? TASHA walks up behind CLARA, hand outstretched. Dalek: You will die in silence, Doctor, or your associate will die. TASHA puts her hand on CLARA'S shoulder, sh**ting a current through her. The Doctor: (looks at CLARA) Fine, go on. k*ll her. k*ll her! See if I care! But tell me, what you are going to do next? Dalek: See how the Time Lord betrays. Clara: You'll k*ll me anyway. What difference does it make? I'm not afraid. I'll leave that to you. The Doctor: You see, Tasha, that's what I'm talking about! THAT is a WOMAN! (walks over to TASHA) I always knew you were a bit spineless, you and your pointless church! Why did I ever rely on you? Never trust a nun to do a Doctor's work. TASHA releases CLARA and slaps the DOCTOR. She then uses the g*n in her hand to sh**t the Daleks. The Doctor: And she's back! (kisses TASHA) You never could resist a row. Tasha: Kiss me when I ask. The Doctor: Well, you'd better ask nicely. Tasha: In your dreams! The Doctor: Right, get us back to the TARDIS. Can you do that? (turns to transporter) Tasha: Yep, but quickly, the Dalek inside me is waking. The Doctor: Fight it. Tasha: I can't. The Doctor: Listen to me. You have been fighting the psychopath inside you all your life. Shut up and win. That is an order, Tasha Lem. CLARA enters the second booth. Tasha: (works controls) The force field will hold for a while, but it will decay, and there are breaches already. The Doctor: Then this isn't a siege any more, it's a w*r. It's all up to you now. Fight the Daleks, inside and out. You can do it, I know you can. Tasha: Oh, I see. You've got your TARDIS back, haven't you? Time to fly away. The Doctor: Tasha, please... Please. Thank you. Tasha: None of this was for you, you fatuous egotist. It was for the peace. Fly away, Doctor! [ INT. TARDIS] The DOCTOR is at the controls as we hear a bell ding. The Doctor: It's done. Clara: What is? The Doctor: Your turkey. Either or that or it's woken up. Clara: (laughs) Do you want some? The Doctor: Go on, then. Clara: Got any plates? The Doctor: Do you know, I've even got Christmas crackers! CLARA pauses at the top of the steps and walks back to the DOCTOR. Clara: One thing. Give me those big sad eyes, look at me so I know you're not lying, and tell me you will never send me away ever again. The Doctor: Clara Oswald... I will never send you away... again. CLARA kisses him on the cheek and runs down to the turkey. The DOCTOR turns on the monitor which shows Christmas. Clara: Turkey smells good! The Doctor: Yep, smells great. CLARA opens up the compartment and puts on potholders, preparing to take out the turkey. Up at the console, the DOCTOR sees BARNABLE waiting. Clara: Perfect. The DOCTOR places the same device in the slot that CLARA used earlier. Below, CLARA strains as she lifts out the turkey. Clara: Merry Christmas. CLARA goes back up to the console area but the DOCTOR is gone. Clara: Doctor? CLARA walks to the door and steps outside. [ EXT. BLOCK, DAY] CLARA finds herself outside her apartment block. The TARDIS dematerializes behind her. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The TARDIS materializes in the street. The DOCTOR and BARNABLE watch. Barnable: If you're not leaving, why did you bring it back? The Doctor: It's a reminder. (pats BARNABLE on the head and walks away) Besides, I might leave tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the day after that. BARNABLE watches as the DOCTOR walks away. LATER Cybermen transport down onto the planet's surface and begin f*ring on the people. Tasha: (V.O.) And so, to the fields of Trenzalore came all the Time Lord's enemies. For this was the winter of the Doctor. The Silence and the Militants of the Church f*re against the Cybermen. Tasha: (V.O.) In time, when all other races had retreated or b*rned, only the Church of the Mainframe remained in the path of the Daleks. And so those ancient enemies, the Doctor and the Silence, stood back-to-back on the fields of Trenzalore. The DOCTOR walks down the street, twirling his cane, the Silence walking behind him. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA sits with her family at the table. Her father tries to get her to smile with a toy penguin. Toy: Merry Christmas, everyone. Merry Christmas, everyone. Linda: Other fish in the sea, that's what I'm saying. Dad: Linda, I don't think Clara wants to talk about it. Linda: I've got a suggestion, that's all. I've got a list of suggestions. Dad: Linda... Linda: You could make a boy band out of my list! Clara: I hate boy bands. Linda: Of course you don't, not at your age. Gran: (reads slip of paper) These crackers are rubbish. Linda: I bought them. Gran: I know. Linda: They're classy. Gran: They don't have jokes. Linda: Exactly. Gran: They've got poems. Linda: They're more dramatic crackers. Gran: I like the jokes. Clara: Tell us a joke, Gran. You know loads of jokes. Linda: I think we're probably talking about my list now. Clara: Probably not. Dad: Tell us how you met Dad. The thing about the pigeon. Gran: I saw him on a pier on a rainy day. Dad: Not that one! The one about the pigeon. Gran: I'd seen him before, lots of times. But he just looked so beautiful standing there. Dad: The pigeon in the restaurant? You remember? Gran: I wanted everything to stop. I wanted nothing to change ever again. If he could just keep standing there, so beautiful... (fingers wedding ring) A long time ago. CLARA, crying, hugs GRAN. Gran: Don't hug me so tight, dear, you'll break something. Linda: Oh, that's nice! Crying at Christmas. Clara: Sorry. Gran: I hope you made a wish. CLARA hears the TARDIS, gets up and runs from the room. Dad: Clara? What's wrong, Clara? [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY] CLARA runs to the window and sees the TARDIS outside. She runs out. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA stops in the doorway. Clara: Everybody just stay put! (runs out) [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, HALL, DAY] CLARA starts down the hall but turns back. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM, DAY] CLARA runs inside and grabs a cr*cker before leaving. [ INT. CLARA'S FLAT, HALL, DAY] CLARA runs through the halls. [ EXT. BLOCK, DAY] CLARA hurries down the stairs and runs across to the TARDIS. [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA runs into the TARDIS and stops short. TASHA is at the controls. Clara: You can fly the TARDIS? Tasha: Flying the TARDIS was always easy. It was flying the Doctor I never quite mastered. Clara: What's happened to him? [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The TARDIS materializes in a street filled with burning rubble. CLARA and TASHA step out. Clara: What am I supposed to do? Tasha: He shouldn't die alone. Go to him. (leaves) CLARA walks slowly amongst the running townsfolk and makes her way to the church and steps inside. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] CLARA makes her way down the stairs. The walls are still covered with drawings, new covering old. There is a rasping sound and CLARA stops when she sees the DOCTOR'S elderly hands whittling a wooden toy. The Doctor: Barnable? Clara: Clara. The DOCTOR drops the toy and turns around to look at CLARA. He appears to be in his 80s. Clara: Hello, Doctor. The Doctor: (removes glasses) Were you always so young? Clara: Nah. That was you. The DOCTOR holds out his hand and CLARA goes to him. She puts her hand in his and moves to stand in front of him. The Doctor: Ah... (kisses her hand) [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] A group of Daleks trundle down the street. Dalek: Seek the Doctor. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] Clara: Merry Christmas. The Doctor: Merry Christmas. CLARA kneels in front of the DOCTOR and hands him one end of the cr*cker. He can't pull it. Clara: Hey, it's OK. (wraps her other hand around his) It's fine, don't worry. (pulls open the cr*cker) The Doctor: Ah! Is there a joke? Huh? Clara: (reads) Extract from "Thoughts On A Clock" by Eric Ritchie Jr. The Doctor: (settles back in his chair) Is it a knock-knock one? Those are best. Clara: I don't think so. (rests her head on his leg) The Doctor: Well, read it. Go on. Clara: "And now it's time for one last bow Like all your other selves Eleven's hour is over now The clock is striking twelve's." The Doctor: I don't get it. Dalek: (O.C.) Doctor! The Doctor will be brought! [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] A Dalek ship appears in the sky above the bell tower. Dalek: (O.C.) The Daleks demand the Doctor! [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] The DOCTOR and CLARA look up. A YOUTH comes running into the room. Youth: They're here. The Daleks, we can't stop them. They want you. The Doctor: Oh, all right, Barnable. Are you Barnable? Youth: No, Doctor. The Doctor: It's OK, Barnable, don't worry. I have got a plan. Off you pop. The YOUTH looks nervously at CLARA before running off. Outside, rumbling can be heard. The Doctor: I haven't got a plan, but people love it when I say that. (reaches for cane) Clara: Doctor, what are you going to do? The Doctor: (stands slowly) Oh, I don't know. Talk very fast, hope something good happens, take the credit. That's generally how it works. (heads for the stairs) Clara: Doctor... The Doctor: Not this time, though. (stops and looks at CLARA) This is it. Clara: No! The Doctor: Yes. We saw the future, Clara. This is how it ends. Clara: Change it! The Doctor: Huh! (walks away) Clara: Like Tasha said, change the future! The Doctor: I could have once. When there were Time Lords. Not anymore. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] Daleks pass the TARDIS. Dalek: Locate the Doctor. [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] CLARA goes to follow the DOCTOR. The Doctor: Now, you're going to stay here. Promise me you will. Clara: Why? The Doctor: I'll be keeping you safe. One last victory. Allow me that. Give me that... (hugs her) my impossible girl. Thank you. And goodbye. (kisses her, ends the hug and wipes a tear) The trouble with Daleks is, they take so long to say anything. Probably die of boredom before they sh**t me. (starts up the stairs) CLARA sobs and stands over by the DOCTOR'S vacated chair. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] Dalek: (O.C.) The Doctor is required! [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] CLARA turns around, hand over her mouth and suddenly becomes determined. She walks over to the crack in the wall. Clara: Listen to me, you lot, listen! Help him. Help him change the future. Do it. Do something. CLARA walks away to the other side of the room. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] The DOCTOR slowly makes his way to the top. Dalek: (O.C.) Doctor! [ INT. CHURCH, BASEMENT, NIGHT] CLARA turns around, hand over her mouth and suddenly becomes determined. She walks over to the crack in the wall. Clara: You've been asking a question... and it's time someone told you you've been getting it wrong. (walks over to the crack, kneels and whispers into it) His name... His name is the Doctor. All the name he needs. Everything you need to know about him. And if you love him... and you should... help him. Help him. CLARA stands and walks away. As she does, there is a loud cracking sound and the crack closes. CLARA turns around. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] CLARA exits the church and looks up. The townsfolk come and stand at the base of the church steps and looks up. CLARA runs down the steps to join them. Daleks move down the street. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] The DOCTOR reaches the belfrey. The Doctor: Sorry, I'm a bit slow. I may not be at my best right now. Dalek: (O.C.) You are dying, Doctor. The Doctor: (sits) Yes... I'm dying. You've been trying to k*ll me for centuries, and here I am, dying of old age. If you want something done, do it yourself. Dalek: (O.C.) You will die, and the Time Lords will never return. The Doctor: You still can't work up the courage to sh**t me, can you? (points cane angrily at Dalek ship) You're still worried I've got something up my sleeve. Well, you knock yourselves out, boys. I've got nothing this time. Individual Daleks begin zooming around the sky, f*ring on the town. The DOCTOR sits, knowing he can't do anything. Suddenly, the crack appears in the sky and golden regeneration energy flows from it into the DOCTOR. His eyes widen in surprise. He looks down at his hands to see them glow. Dalek: (O.C.) You will die now, Doctor. This is the end of you. The Daleks continue f*ring on the town. Dalek: (O.C.) The rules of regeneration are known. You have expended all your lives. The DOCTOR stands, rejuvenated. The Doctor: Sorry, what did you say? Did you mention the rules? Now, listen! Bit of advice. Tell me the truth if you think you know it. Lay down the law, if you're feeling brave, but, Daleks, never, ever tell me the rules! Dalek: (O.C.) Emergency! Emergency! The Doctor is regenerating! The Doctor is regenerating! The bell strikes twelve. The DOCTOR does a small dance, twirling his cane. The Doctor: Oh, look at this. Regeneration number 13. We're breaking some serious science here, boys. I tell you what, it's going to be a whopper! Dalek: (O.C.) Exterminate! Exterminate the Doctor. The Doctor: (chuckles) You think you can stop me now, Daleks? If you want my life... Come... and get it! The DOCTOR windmills his arm and the regeneration energy sh**t from it at a Dalek, causing it to fall from the sky. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] CLARA turns to the townsfolk. Clara: Get inside! Get off street, get inside, quick. Quick! CLARA ushers the people off the streets as the Daleks continue to att*ck. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] Regeneration energy sh**t from the DOCTOR'S other arm as well. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] CLARA ushers everyone into the church and closes the door. [ EXT. CHURCH, BELFREY, NIGHT] The Doctor: Love from Gallifrey, boys! Regeneration energy from the DOCTOR'S head and neck sh**t straight up to the Dalek ship, destroying it. The belfrey itself is destroyed by the backlash. [ EXT. TOWN, NIGHT] The Daleks on the ground are k*lled in the blast. The sonic boom spreads out for miles. LATER The fires in the streets crackle. CLARA opens the door of the church and everyone comes out, looking around at the devastation. CLARA looks up at the remains of the belfry. She then sees the TARDIS and heads that way. Clara: Doctor? CLARA walks to the TARDIS and sees the phone dangling. She replaces it and goes inside. [ INT. TARDIS] CLARA enters slowly and closes the door behind her. On the floor is a trail of the DOCTOR'S cast-off clothing. She peers into a bowl on the console to see fish fingers and custard. CLARA walks over to the steps to her left and starts down them. Behind her, across the console area, someone is climbing the other set of stairs. CLARA turns around and sees the DOCTOR. He is young again and wearing his preV.O.s clothes. Clara: Doctor! The Doctor: Hello. Clara: You're young again. You're OK. You didn't even change your face. The Doctor: Ha! It's started. I can't stop it now. This is just the reset. Whole new regeneration cycle, ooh... (picks up the bowl, holds it to his mouth and eats) taking a bit longer. Just breaking it in. The DOCTOR walks around the console and wobbles a bit. He grips one of the levers on a panel. He pulls the lever, setting the TARDIS in motion. The Doctor: It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. Any moment now, he's a-coming. Clara: Who's coming? The Doctor: The Doctor. Clara: You... you are the Doctor. The Doctor: (bends over in pain) Yep... and I always will be. (holds up hand, glowing with energy) But times change... and so must I. A child giggles and young AMELIA POND runs past him and up the stairs which are now covered with children's drawings. The Doctor: Amelia? Clara: (looks around) Who's Amelia? AMELIA skips around the upper level. The Doctor: The first face this face saw. We all change... when you think about it. We're all different people all through our lives. And that's OK, that's good, you've got to keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me. The DOCTOR looks around as someone slowly walks down the stairs. A woman's hand glides along the rail. The nails have a dark polish and she's wearing a wedding ring. The woman reaches the main console floor and it is AMY. Amy: (smiles) Raggedy man... AMY caresses his cheek and he returns the gesture. Amy: Good night. AMY disappears and the DOCTOR is holding his hand in the air. CLARA takes a step forward, concerned. The DOCTOR pulls off his bow tie, holds it in front of him and then drops it to the floor. He closes his eyes tightly. Clara: (tearful) No, no. The Doctor: Hey... Clara: Please don't change. CLARA reaches with her hand, but doesn't touch the DOCTOR's glowing hand. There is a swooshing sound and in the blink of an eye, the DOCTOR has regenerated into an older man, somewhere in his 50s. CLARA backs away. He steps closer until he and CLARA are eye-to-eye. There is another swooshing and the DOCTOR falls backwards, clutching his middle. The Doctor: Kidneys! I've got new kidneys. I don't like the colour. Clara: Of your kidneys? What's happening? The TARDIS starts shuddering, throwing the DOCTOR off-balance. The Doctor: We're probably crashing! Oh! Clara: Into what? The Doctor: Stay calm. Just one question. Do you happen to know how to fly this thing?
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EXT. STREET, DAY A policeman walks along the pavement, casting a shadow against the brick wall. A sign points the way to I. M. Foreman’s Scrap Yard on Totter’s Lane. Right around the corner is Coal Hill Secondary School where CLARA is now teaching. CLARA: (V.O.) "Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." Marcus Aurelius. INT. CLASSROOM, DAY The bell rings and the students start leaving. CLARA erases the board. A young MAN runs into the room. CLARA: (V.O.) Have you been running? MAN: Are you OK? There was a call for you, at the office. From your doctor. CLARA: (smiles) Did he leave an address? CLARA takes the slip of paper from the MAN before grabbing her motorcycle helmet and jacket. EXT. STREET, DAY CLARA pulls out of the school at 5:15 and heads out of the city through a tunnel. EXT. COUNTRY STREET, DAY CLARA stops at the crest of a hill and looks down to where the TARDIS is on the side of the road. She smiles and continues on. She honks the horn as she gets closer and the doors open. INT. TARDIS CLARA stops the motorcycle. The DOCTOR looks up from his book “Advanced Quantum Mechanics” at her arrival but doesn’t look over. He licks his finger and turns a page. CLARA removes her helmet. DOCTOR: Draught! CLARA snaps her fingers and the doors close. The DOCTOR closes his book. DOCTOR: Fancy a week in Ancient Mesopotamia (turns around) followed by future Mars? CLARA: Will there be cocktails? DOCTOR: (stands and takes off glasses) On the moon. CLARA: The moon'll do! DOCTOR: Ha-ha! They meet halfway and hug, the DOCTOR lifting and spinning CLARA around. DOCTOR: How's the new job? Teach anything good? CLARA: No. Learn anything? DOCTOR: Not a thing. They raise their hands and slap in a double high-five. At that moment, there is a clunking sound and they both look up to the ceiling. CLARA: What's happening? DOCTOR: Whoa, whoa. We're taking off. But the engines aren't going! EXT. SKY, DAY The TARDIS is being air-lifted by a helicopter. PILOT: (V.O.) 'Windmill 11 to Greyhound Leader. Blue Eagle is airborne. Ready to receive. We're on our way.' INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR and CLARA hold on to the console as the TARDIS sways. The DOCTOR heads for the door. EXT. TOWER of LONDON, COURTYARD, DAY We hear the sound of the TARDIS and learn it is a ringtone as a young woman, OSGOOD, answers the phone. She is wearing a white lab coat and a long multi-colored scarf. OSGOOD: Hello, Kate Stewart's phone? Oh, hold on. (runs to one of the benches overlooking the green and bumps into a Beefeater) Excuse me...sorry! Ma'am! Ma'am! KATE STEWART is sitting on the bench. KATE: The ravens are looking a bit sluggish. Tell Malcolm they need new batteries. OSGOOD: It's him! (holds out KATE’S phone) Sorry, it's your personal phone, but, well, I recognised the ringtone. It's him, isn't it? KATE: (to OSGOOD) Inhaler. (into phone) Doctor, hello. We found the TARDIS in a field. I'm having it brought in. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: EXT. SKY, DAY The DOCTOR is at the open TARDIS door using the outside telephone. DOCTOR: No kidding! KATE: Where are you? The DOCTOR holds the phone up towards the helicopter so KATE can hear the blades. KATE: (stands) Oh, my God! Oh, Doctor, I'm so sorry, we had no idea you were still in there. The helicopter flies along the path of the Thames. OSGOOD looks up and can just see it clearing the Tower Bridge. KATE: Come on. KATE and OSGOOD leave the courtyard. EXT. SKY, DAY PILOT: (V.O.) 'Roger. New heading - 207. Changing course.' With the change of course, the DOCTOR looses his balances and tumbles from the door. DOCTOR: Argh...! INT. TARDIS CLARA runs for the open door. CLARA: Doctor?! EXT. SKY, DAY The DOCTOR is hanging upside-down from the door. DOCTOR: Clara! EXT. TOWER of LONDON, DAY KATE and OSGOOD head down the steps towards the main exit. KATE: Doctor, can you hear me? EXT. SKY, DAY The phone swings and hits the DOCTOR in the head. DOCTOR: Ow! KATE: (over phone) 'I don't think he can hear me.' The DOCTOR grabs the phone. DOCTOR: Next time, would it k*ll you to knock? EXT. TOWER of LONDON, DAY KATE: I'm having you taken directly to the scene. EXT. SKY, DAY The helicopter continues to follow the Thames. CLARA is now holding the DOCTOR’S ankles. KATE: (over phone) Doctor, hello, are you OK? DOCTOR: Whoa...! I'm just going to pop you on hold. (swings upwards) KATE: (over phone) 'Doctor?' CLARA: (loses grip on the DOCTOR) Ah! Doctor! The DOCTOR is hanging on to the underside of the TARDIS as it approaches Trafalgar Square. CLARA stands and leans against the open doorway and she watches the city below. EXT. TRAFALGAR SQUARE, DAY KATE and OSGOOD are there with UNIT soldiers in a cordoned off area as the TARDIS is lowered. The DOCTOR lets go and drops the last few feet. OFFICER: Attention! The DOCTOR salutes. DOCTOR: Why am I saluting? (lowers hand and walks over to KATE) KATE: Doctor, as Chief Scientific Officer, may I extend the official apologies of UNIT? CLARA steps out of the TARDIS as it lands and walks over. DOCTOR: Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, a word to the wise. As I'm sure your father would've told you, I don't like being picked up. CLARA: That probably sounded better in his head. KATE: I'm acting on instructions direct from the throne. OSGOOD reaches into her pocket and pulls out a letter sealed with red wax. KATE takes the letter and holds it out to the DOCTOR. KATE: Sealed orders from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the First. [Flash of wax being melted by a candle, poured on the letter and sealed with the Queen’s seal.] CLARA: The Queen? The First? Sorry, Elizabeth the First? KATE: Her credentials are inside. The DOCTOR starts to open the letter. KATE: No. Inside... (points to the National Gallery) DOCTOR: (points at OSGOOD) Nice scarf. (walks through the soldiers to the museum) KATE: (to OSGOOD) What's our cover story for this? OSGOOD: Um, Derren Brown. KATE: Again? OSGOOD: Oh, we've sent him flowers. As CLARA and the DOCTOR make their way up the stairs, a UNIT officer orders his men. OFFICER: Attention! Right, I want a secure perimeter around the gallery. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, DAY The DOCTOR and CLARA walk through smaller galleries to a double door guarded by two soldiers. KATE and OSGOOD follow. CLARA: Did you know her? Elizabeth the First? DOCTOR: Unified Intelligence Task Force. CLARA: Sorry? DOCTOR: This lot. UNIT. They investigate alien stuff, anything alien. CLARA: What, like you? DOCTOR: I work for them. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, MAIN GALLERY, DAY The DOCTOR and CLARA pass through the door into another, larger gallery. CLARA: You have a job?! DOCTOR: Why shouldn't I have a job? I'd be brilliant at having a job. CLARA: You don't have a job! DOCTOR: I do. This is my job, I'm doing it now. CLARA: You never have a job. DOCTOR: I do! I do. They stop in front of a large covered frame. Two soldiers pull off the tarp to reveal a painting of a futuristic city in flames – in 3D. KATE: Elizabeth's credentials, Doctor. CLARA: But... but that's not possible. ???? DOCTOR: No more. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, MAIN GALLERY, DAY DOCTOR: No more. KATE: That's the title. DOCTOR: I know the title! KATE: Also known as Gallifrey Falls. DOCTOR: This painting doesn't belong here - not in this time or place. CLARA: Obviously. DOCTOR: It's the fall of Arcadia, Gallifrey's second city. CLARA: But how is it doing that? How is that possible? (walks to the painting and puts a hand out to touch it) It's an oil painting... in 3D. DOCTOR: Time Lord art. Bigger on the inside. A slice of real time... frozen. KATE: Elizabeth told us where to find it...and its significance. The DOCTOR takes CLARA’S hand and entwines their fingers. CLARA: You OK? DOCTOR: He was there. CLARA: Who was? DOCTOR: Me. The other me. The one I don't talk about. CLARA: I don't understand. DOCTOR: I've had many faces, many lives. I don't admit to all of them. There's one life I've tried very hard to forget. ???? DOCTOR: No more. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, MAIN GALLERY, DAY DOCTOR: He was the Doctor who fought in the Time w*r, and that was the day he did it - the day I did it. The day he k*lled them all. The last day of the Time w*r. The w*r to end all wars between my people and the Daleks. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA We zoom into the painting, into Arcadia. DOCTOR: (V.O.) And in that battle, there was a man with more blood on his hands than any other. A man who would commit a crime that would silence the universe, and that man...was me. The Daleks fly down from their spaceships and f*re on everyone in the streets, soldiers and civilians. Amid expl*si*n, the soldiers guard civilians as they run to escape. A DALEK chases down a soldier. DALEK: Exterminate! SOLDIER: Argh! DALEK: Exterminate! INT. BUILDING, ARCADIA The SOLDIER ducks into an abandoned building and speaks into his radio. SOLDIER: Message for the High Council, Priority Omega. Arcadia has fallen. I repeat, Arcadia has fallen. The SOLDIER shuts off the radio and looks around the building. He sees the TARDIS resting against the opposite wall. A figure approaches from the shadows. It is the w*r DOCTOR. w*r DOCTOR: Soldier... I'm going to need your g*n. The w*r DOCTOR proceeds to f*re at a wall with the laser r*fle. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA Families run through the streets crying out as they run from the Daleks. They are soon surrounded. DALEK: Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! FATHER: Please! Please, just don't! The children cling to their parents. INT. BUILDING, ARCADIA The w*r DOCTOR continues to cut his message into the wall. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA DALEK: Alert! Alert! The Doctor is detected! DALEK 2: The Doctor is surrounded! DALEK: Inform High Command, we have the Doctor! Seek, locate, destroy! The family makes its escape while the Daleks are distracted. DALEK 2: The Doctor is surrounded... INT. BUILDING, ARCADIA The w*r DOCTOR’S message is complete: No More. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA DALEK: Seek, locate, destroy! Seek... There is a metallic thrumming and the TARDIS bursts through the wall, exploding Daleks in its path. One intact Dalek is lying on its side. DALEK: The...Doctor...is...escaping. (sees the message) What... are... these... words? Explain! Explain! The DALEK is sh*t by the SOLDIER and explodes. INT. CORRIDOR, ARCADIA Two Time Lords – ANDROGAR and a GENERAL – stride the hall. ANDROGAR: The High Council is in emergency session - they have plans of their own. GENERAL: To hell with the High Council - their plans have already failed. INT. MAP ROOM, ARCADIA A number of Time Lords are monitoring the action around the planet. GENERAL: Gallifrey's still in the line of f*re. So he was there, then? ANDROGAR pulls up a projection of the wall and the w*r DOCTOR’S message. ANDROGAR: He left a message, a written warning for the Daleks. He's a fool. GENERAL: No. He's a madman. ANDROGAR: As you can see, sir, all Dalek fleets surrounding the planet, now converging on the capital, but the Sky Trenches are holding. There is a crash and rumbling as there is a strike nearby. GENERAL: Where did he go next? ANDROGAR: What does it matter? This is their biggest ever att*ck, sir - they're throwing everything at us... A TIME LADY hurries to the table. TIME LADY: Sir, we have a security breach to the Time Vaults. They hurry to another screen and the GENERAL taps the screen and a hologram is projected above it. GENERAL: The Omega Arsenal, where all the forbidden w*apon are locked away. There is a red dot moving through the arsenal. ANDROGAR: They're not forbidden any more - we've used them all against the Daleks. GENERAL: No. No, we haven't. INT. OMEGA ARSENAL, ARCADIA They stride to an empty pedestal and the GENERAL reaches out a hand. GENERAL: The Moment is gone. ANDROGAR: I don't understand. What is the Moment? I've never heard of it. GENERAL: The galaxy eater. The final work of the ancients of Gallifrey, a w*apon so powerful, the operating system became sentient. According to legend... it developed a conscience. ANDROGAR: And we've never used it? GENERAL: How do you use a w*apon of ultimate mass destruction when it can stand in judgment on you? EXT. DESERT, DAY The TARDIS stands in the middle of the desert with footsteps leading away. GENERAL: (V.O.) There is only one man who would even try. The w*r DOCTOR trudges across the desert, a sack over his shoulder. w*r DOCTOR: (V.O.) Time Lords of Gallifrey, Daleks of Skaro... I serve notice on you all. Too long I have stayed my hand. No more. Today, you leave me no choice. Today, this w*r will end. No more. No more. The w*r DOCTOR pauses when he sees a barn or shed in the distance. He changes his grip on the bag and continues on. INT. BARN, DAY The w*r DOCTOR opens the door and finds the planks enough apart to let light through. There are leaves and debris strewn on the floor along with scattered pieces of junk. He sets down the bag, unties it and opens it to reveal an ornate box with machinery exposed. He pushes on one of the gears, hoping to start it. w*r DOCTOR: How... how do you work? Why is there never a big red button? He hears a scuffling outside and goes to the door to peer out. w*r DOCTOR: Hello? Is somebody there? WOMAN: It's nothing. The w*r DOCTOR turns around and sees a blonde woman sitting on the box. She looks like ROSE TYLER. ROSE: It's just a wolf. w*r DOCTOR: Don't sit on that! ROSE: Why not? w*r DOCTOR: Because it's not a chair - it's the most dangerous w*apon in the universe. (pulls her off the box and pushes her outside, closing the door) ROSE: (sitting on the box) Why can't it be both? Why did you park so far away? Didn't you want her to see it? w*r DOCTOR: Want who to see? ROSE: The TARDIS. (jumps up and walks around) You walked for miles. And miles and miles and miles and miles. w*r DOCTOR: I was thinking! ROSE: I heard you. w*r DOCTOR: You heard me? ROSE: "No...more. No more. No more. No more." ???? w*r DOCTOR: No more. INT. BARN, DAY ROSE: "No more!" w*r DOCTOR: Stop it! ROSE: "No more! No more." w*r DOCTOR: Who are you? The Moment starts clicking. w*r DOCTOR: It's activating. Get out of here! (goes to the machine and touches it) Ow! (pulls his hands back) ROSE: What's wrong? w*r DOCTOR: The interface is hot. ROSE: (sits on a high crate) Well, I do my best. w*r DOCTOR: There's a power source inside... (realizes what she said and looks at her) You're the Interface? INTERFACE: They must have told you the Moment had a conscience. Hello! (waves) Oh, look at you. Stuck between a girl and a box. Story of your life, eh, Doctor? w*r DOCTOR: You know me? INTERFACE: (stands) I hear you. All of you, jangling around in that dusty old head of yours. I chose this face and form especially for you. It's from your past. Or possibly your future - I always get those two mixed up. w*r DOCTOR: I don't have a future. INTERFACE: I think I'm called... Rose Tyler. No, yes, no, sorry. No, no, in this form, I'm called... Bad Wolf. (eyes glow golden) Are you afraid of the big bad wolf, Doctor? w*r DOCTOR: Stop calling me Doctor. INTERFACE: That's the name in your head. w*r DOCTOR: It shouldn't be. I've been fighting this w*r for a very long time - I've lost the right to be the Doctor. INTERFACE: Then you're the one to save us all. w*r DOCTOR: Yes. INTERFACE: If I ever develop an ego, you've got the job. w*r DOCTOR: (stands and walks over to her) If you have been inside my head... then you know what I've seen. The suffering. Every moment in time and space is burning. It must end. And I intend to end it the only way I can. (turns away) INTERFACE: And you're going to use me to end it by k*lling them all, Daleks and Time Lords alike. I could, but there will be consequences for you. w*r DOCTOR: I have no desire to survive this. The INTERFACE is now sitting on a low box and the w*r DOCTOR sits down next to her. INTERFACE: Then that's your punishment. If you do this - if you k*ll them all - then that's the consequence. You...live. Gallifrey... you're going to burn it... and all those Daleks with it but all those children too. How many children on Gallifrey right now? EXT. GALLIFREY, DAY Children play in the sun and laugh. INT. BARN, DAY w*r DOCTOR: I don't know. INTERFACE: One day you will count them. One terrible night. Do you want to see what that will turn you into? (nudges him) Come on! Aren't you curious? A whirling vortex opens in the air above them. INTERFACE: I'm opening windows on your future. A tangle in time through the days to come, to the man today will make of you. A red fez falls to the ground in front of them. INTERFACE: OK, I wasn't expecting that. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, MAIN GALLERY, DAY DOCTOR: But the Time w*r's over. Why have you brought us here to look at a painting? KATE: The painting only serves as Elizabeth's credentials, proof that the letter is from her. It's not why you're here. The DOCTOR breaks the seal and reads the letter. We see ELIZABETH writing it at her desk. ELIZABETH: (V.O.) 'My dearest love, I hope the painting known as Gallifrey Falls will serve as proof that it is your Elizabeth who writes to you now. You will recall that you pledged yourself to the safety of my kingdom. In this capacity, I have appointed you as curator of the Under Gallery where deadly danger to England is locked away. Should any disturbance occur within its walls, it is my wish that you be summoned. God speed, gentle husband.' DOCTOR: What happened? KATE: Easier to show you. KATE leads the DOCTOR and CLARA from the gallery. A lab-coated scientist makes to follow but stops when his phone rings. OSGOOD follows. McGILLOP: McGillop. (looks at phone) But that's not possible. I was just... Understood, sir. But...why would I take it there? INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, SMALL GALLERY, DAY CLARA and the DOCTOR follow KATE. A metal door slides down behind them. On the wall opposite is a full portrait of ELIZABETH. CLARA: Elizabeth the First? You knew her, then? We see standing next to ELIZABETH, the TENTH DOCTOR in full court dress of the period. DOCTOR: A long time ago. EXT. MEADOW, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 The TARDIS is “parked” on a meadow overlooking a river. The TENTH DOCTOR rides out on a horse, ELIZABETH riding behind him, arms wrapped around him. TENTH DOCTOR: Allons-y! ELIZABETH laughs and the horse whinnies. TENTH DOCTOR: There you go, Your Majesty, what did I tell you? Bigger on the inside! ELIZABETH: The door isn't - you nearly took my head off. It's normally me who does that. (giggles) >> LATER >> ELIZABETH and the TENTH DOCTOR are lying on a blanket having a picnic. ELIZABETH has her head on the TENTH DOCTOR’S lap. The horse grazes behind them. ELIZABETH: Tell me, Doctor, why I'm wasting my time on you. I have wars to plan. TENTH DOCTOR: You have a picnic to eat. (sips wine) ELIZABETH: You could help me. TENTH DOCTOR: Well... I'm helping you eat the picnic. (pops a grape in her mouth) ELIZABETH: But you have a stomach for w*r. This face has seen conflict - it's clear as day. (caresses his face) TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, I've seen conflict like you wouldn't believe. But it wasn't this face. But never mind that, Your Majesty - up on your feet! (stands and holds his hands for her) Up, up! ELIZABETH: How dare you?! I'm the Queen of England! TENTH DOCTOR: (helps her stand) I'm not English. (kneels) Elizabeth, will you marry me? ELIZABETH: Oh, my dear, sweet love. Of course I will! (leans in to hug him) TENTH DOCTOR: (stands) Ah! Gotcha! ELIZABETH: My love? TENTH DOCTOR: One! The real Elizabeth would never have accepted my marriage proposal. Two! The real Elizabeth would notice when I just casually mention having a different face. But then the real Elizabeth isn't an shape-shifting alien from outer space! And... (holds out a handmade device that goes ding) ding. ELIZABETH: What's that? TENTH DOCTOR: It's a machine that goes...ding! (machine dings again) Made it myself. It lights up in the presence of shape-shifter DNA. Ooh. Also it can microwave frozen dinners from up to 20 feet and download comics from the future. I never know when to stop. ELIZABETH: My love, I do not understand. TENTH DOCTOR: I'm not your love. And yes, you do! You're a Zygon. ELIZABETH: A Zygon? TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, stop it, it's over! A Zygon, yes. A big red rubbery thing, covered in suckers. Surprisingly good kisser. Think the real Queen of England would just decide to share the throne with any old handsome bloke in a tight suit... The horse whinnies. TENTH DOCTOR: …just cos he's got amazing hair and a nice horse? (turns to see the horse is gone and an alien is standing there) Oh. It was the horse! I'm going to be King! (takes ELIZABETH by the hand) Run! ELIZABETH and the TENTH DOCTOR run to a stone ruin. ELIZABETH: What's happening? TENTH DOCTOR: We're being att*cked by a shape-shifting alien from outer space, formerly disguised as my horse. ELIZABETH: What does that mean? TENTH DOCTOR: It means...we're going to need a new horse. INT. RUIN, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 They press against either side of the entry as the Zygon goes past. ELIZABETH: Where's it going? TENTH DOCTOR: (goes over to her) I'll hold it off, you run. Your people need you. ELIZABETH: And I need you alive for our wedding day. (kisses him passionately before running away) TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, good work, Doctor, nice one! The Virgin Queen? So much for history! (runs in the opposite direction) EXT. WOODS, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 ELIZABETH runs through the woods, looking about her at any strange sound. The TENTH DOCTOR runs away from the ruins, smacking his machine. TENTH DOCTOR: Come on! Know you're there! ELIZABETH pants as she hurries through the woods. We hear the gurgling sound of the Zygon and see a foot as it follows her. ELIZABETH turns around and screams as it comes towards her. The TENTH DOCTOR runs through the wood but stops when he sees a rabbit snuffling for food on the top of an overgrown stump. TENTH DOCTOR: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Oh, very clever. Whatever you've got planned, forget it. I'm the Doctor. I'm 904 years old. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I am the oncoming storm, the bringer of darkness, (squats down beside the stump) and you are basically just a rabbit, aren't you? OK, carry on - just a...general... warning. (smacks the device) ELIZABETH: (off-screen) Doctor! The TENTH DOCTOR runs towards the call and finds ELIZABETH lying on the ground. TENTH DOCTOR: Elizabeth! ELIZABETH: That thing...explain what it is! (the DOCTOR helps her stand) What does it want of us? TENTH DOCTOR: That's what I'm trying to find out. Probably just your planet. ELIZABETH 2: Doctor? The TENTH DOCTOR turns to see another ELIZABETH, identical to the first. ELIZABETH 2: Step away from her, Doctor. That's not me, that's the creature. ELIZABETH: How is that possible? She's me. Doctor, she's me! The TENTH DOCTOR takes out his machine once again and aims it at them. ELIZABETH 2: I am, indeed, me. A compliment that cannot be extended to yourself. The two queens circle each other. ELIZABETH: Extraordinary! The creature has captured my exact likeness - this is exceptional. ELIZABETH 2: Exceptional? A Queen would call it impertinent. ELIZABETH: A Queen would feel compelled to admire the skill of the execution - before arranging one. TENTH DOCTOR: (shakes device) Ah! It's not working! ELIZABETH: One might surmise the creature would learn quickly to protect itself from any simple means of detection. The machine goes ding. ELIZABETH 2: Clearly you understand the creature better than I. But then you have the advantage. A fissure opens in the air above them. TENTH DOCTOR: Back, both of you, now! That's a time fissure, a tear in the fabric of reality. Anything could happen! A fez lands at his feet. TENTH DOCTOR: For instance... a fez. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, SMALL GALLERY, DAY The DOCTOR continues to stare at the painting. KATE: This way. The painting swings open on hinges to reveal a dark passageway. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, PASSAGE, DAY KATE enters the passage and lights flicker on to reveal shrouded statues set in alcoves along the walls. There is something like sand covering the floor. KATE: Welcome to the Under Gallery. This is where Elizabeth I kept all art deemed too dangerous for public consumption. CLARA follows KATE and the DOCTOR enters last, walking slowly on the dust. He bends over and scoops it up, letting it run through his fingers. DOCTOR: Stone dust. KATE: Is it important? DOCTOR: In 1,200 years, I've never stepped in anything that wasn't. (stands and sees OSGOOD hesitating outside) Oi, you! Are you sciencey? OSGOOD: Oh, erm. Well, erm...yes. (enters the passage) DOCTOR: Got a name? OSGOOD: Yes. DOCTOR: Good, I've always wanted to meet someone called Yes. Now, I want this stone dust analysed. (pours some into her hand) And I want a report in triplicate, with lots of graphs and diagrams and complicated sums, on my desk, (glances at CLARA) tomorrow morning, ASAP, pronto, LOL. See? Job. (snaps and points at KATE) Do I have a desk? KATE: No. DOCTOR: (to OSGOOD) And I want a desk! OSGOOD looks to KATE. KATE: Get a team, analyse the stone dust. KATE and CLARA start to walk away and the DOCTOR follows. OSGOOD wheezes. KATE: Inhaler! OSGOOD uses the inhaler. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, HALL, DAY KATE leads them through a hall that is lined with paintings – one of which is the “Raft of the Medusa” by Gericault - and display cases. In one of those cases is a fez. The DOCTOR walks past and then turns around, mouthing “Ooh”. As KATE continues on, he lifts the display case lid and places the fez on his head. He holds his hands out in the “ta-da” position. CLARA: Someday, you could just walk past a fez. DOCTOR: Never going to happen. They continue on after KATE. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY The room is brightly lit with wood floors. There is shattered glass on the floor. On the wall are more 3D paintings. A scientist takes KATE’S coat. SCIENTIST: As you instructed, nothing has been touched. (leaves) KATE: This is why we called you in. CLARA: 3D again. DOCTOR: Interesting. CLARA: The broken glass? DOCTOR: No... where it's broken from. (picks up a piece) Look at the shatter pattern. The glass on all these paintings has been broken from the inside. (throws the piece over his shoulder) KATE: As you can see, all the paintings are landscapes - no figures of any kind. DOCTOR: So? KATE: There used to be. KATE hands the DOCTOR a tablet bearing the painting with a figure on the path. He lowers the tablet to see that exact painting in front of him without the figure. He looks at the tablet again and then at CLARA. CLARA: Something's got out of the paintings? DOCTOR: Lots of somethings. Dangerous. KATE: This whole place has been searched. There's nothing here that shouldn't be, and nothing's got out. The fissure appears above them. DOCTOR: Oh, no! Not now! CLARA: Doctor, what is it? DOCTOR: No, not now - I'm busy! KATE: Is it to do with the paintings? DOCTOR: No, no. This is different. I remember this. Almost remember... (looks up at the fez and takes it off) Oh, of course! This is where I come in. (smiles at CLARA and KATE before throwing the fez into the fissure) Geronimo-o... (runs at the fissure) CLARA: (steps forward) Doctor! KATE: (grips CLARA’S arm) Wait. The DOCTOR jumps through the fissure. EXT. WOODS, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 The DOCTOR lands on the ground, face-down as the TENTH DOCTOR and both ELIZABETHS watch. He groans before standing. The TENTH stands and puts on the fez as he stares at the newcomer. ELIZABETH: Who is this man? TENTH DOCTOR: That's just what I was wondering. DOCTOR: Oh, that is skinny. That is proper skinny. I've never seen it from the outside. It's like a special effect. (walks over) Oi! (swipes the fez) Ha! Matchstick Man! The two stare at each other. TENTH DOCTOR: You're not... They both reach into their jacket pockets and TENTH reveals his sonic first. The DOCTOR reveals his and activates it with a flourish. TENTH DOCTOR: Compensating? DOCTOR: For what? TENTH DOCTOR: Regeneration - it's a lottery. They each close their sonics, flip them and put them away in a mirror image. DOCTOR: Oh, he's cool. Isn't he cool? "I'm the Doctor and I'm all cool - oops, I'm wearing sandshoes!" TENTH DOCTOR: What are you doing here? I'm busy. DOCTOR: Oh, busy? I see, is that what we're calling it, eh? (picks up fez and puts it on) Eh? Hello, ladies. (bows to the ELIZABETHS) TENTH DOCTOR: Don't start. DOCTOR: Listen, what you get up to in the privacy of your own regeneration is your business. TENTH DOCTOR: One of them is a Zygon. DOCTOR: Urgh... I'm not judging you. There is a whooshing as the fissure opens above them. They each put on their glasses and look up. They then look at each other and “ooh” the other’s eyewear. BOTH: Oh, lovely! DOCTOR: (takes off glasses and walks back to the ELIZABETHS) Your Majesties...probably a good time to run. ELIZABETHS: But what about the creature? TENTH DOCTOR: Elizabeth, whichever one of you is the real one, turn and run in the opposite direction to the other one. ELIZABETHS: Of course, my love! ELIZABETH: Stay alive, my love. I am not done with you yet. (kisses him passionately and runs off) TENTH DOCTOR: Thanks. Lovely. The DOCTOR stares at him, stunned. ELIZABETH 2: I understand. Live for me, my darling. We shall be together again. (kisses him and runs in the opposite direction from the first) TENTH DOCTOR: Well, won't that be nice? DOCTOR: One of those was a Zygon. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah. DOCTOR: Big red rubbery thing. Covered in suckers. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah. DOCTOR: Venom sacs in the tongue. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah, I'm getting the point, thanks. DOCTOR: Nice. CLARA: (through fissure) Doctor? Is that you? DOCTOR: Ah! Hello, Clara! Can you hear me? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY CLARA and KATE look up at the fissure. CLARA: Yeah, it's me, we can hear you. Where are you? DOCTOR: (to TENTH) Where are we? TENTH DOCTOR: England 1562. CLARA: Who are you talking to? BOTH: Myself. KATE: Can you come back through? DOCTOR: Physical passage may not be possible in both directions. It's... Ah! Hang on! Fez incoming! (throws fez into the fissure) CLARA and KATE wait for it to appear. CLARA: Nothing here. TENTH DOCTOR: So where did it go? INT. BARN, DAY The w*r DOCTOR picks up the fez and dusts it off. CLARA: (through fissure) Who's he talking to? KATE: (through fissure) He said - himself. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY KATE takes out her phone and heads for the exit. KATE: Keep him talking. Malcolm? INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, HALL, DAY KATE continues through the hall on her way out. KATE: Malcolm, I need you to send me one of my father's incident files - codenamed Cromer. '70s or '80s, depending on the dating protocol. The shadow of a Zygon appears on the wall as KATE continues on. EXT. WOODS, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 TENTH DOCTOR: OK, you used to be me, you've done all this before - what happens next? DOCTOR: I don't remember. TENTH DOCTOR: How can you forget this?! DOCTOR: Hey, hang on, it's not MY fault. You're obviously not paying enough attention. Reverse the polarity! They each take out their sonic screwdriver and use it on the fissure. DOCTOR: It's not working. TENTH DOCTOR: We're both reversing the polarity! DOCTOR: Yes, I know that. TENTH DOCTOR: There's two of us - I'm reversing it, and you're reversing it back again! We're confusing the polarity. There is a whoosh of air as the w*r DOCTOR comes through, landing on his feet. w*r DOCTOR: Anyone lose a fez? TENTH DOCTOR: You. How can you be here? More to the point, WHY are you here? w*r DOCTOR: Good afternoon. I'm...looking for the Doctor. TENTH DOCTOR: Well...you've certainly come to the right place. w*r DOCTOR: Good! Right! Well, who are you boys? Oh, of course! Are you his companions? DOCTOR: His companions? w*r DOCTOR: They get younger all the time! Well, if you could point me in the general direction of the Doctor... Each Doctor holds up his sonic screwdriver and activates it. w*r DOCTOR: Really? DOCTOR: Yeah. TENTH DOCTOR: Really. w*r DOCTOR: You're me? Both of you? TENTH DOCTOR: Yep. w*r DOCTOR: Even that one? DOCTOR: (indignant) Yes! w*r DOCTOR: You're my future selves. BOTH: Yes! w*r DOCTOR: Am I having a mid-life crisis? The w*r DOCTOR takes a step forward and the others back up a step and aim their screwdrivers at him. w*r DOCTOR: Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that? They're scientific instruments, not water p*stol. Look like you've seen a ghost! They lower the sonics. TENTH DOCTOR: Still...loving the posh, gravelly thing. It's very convincing. DOCTOR: Brave words, Dick Van d*ke. A patrol of soldiers approaches through the woods led by Lord BENTHAM. BENTHAM: Encircle them! The soldiers circle the Doctors, aiming their pikes at them. The Doctors stand back-to-back, their sonics back out and aimed at the soldiers. BENTHAM: Which of you is the Doctor? The Queen of England is bewitched. I would have the Doctor's head. w*r DOCTOR: Well, this has all the makings of your lucky day. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY CLARA is listening to the Doctors through the fissure when KATE returns. CLARA: I think there's three of them now. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: EXT. WOODS, DAY, ENGLAND 1562 KATE: (through fissure) There's a precedent for that. BENTHAM: What is that? w*r DOCTOR: Oh, the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do, assemble a cabinet at them? The Doctors look at each other and lower the screwdrivers. BENTHAM: That thing...what witchcraft is it? DOCTOR: Ah, yes! Now that you mention it, that is witchcraft, yes, yes, yes. Witchy-witchcraft. Hello? Hello in there? Excuse me. Hello! Am I talking to the wicked witch of the well? KATE: He means you. CLARA: Why am I the witch? DOCTOR: (through fissure) Clara? CLARA: Hello? DOCTOR: Clara, hi, hello. Hello. Would you mind telling these prattling mortals to get themselves begone? CLARA: What...he said. DOCTOR: Yes, tiny bit more colour. CLARA: Right. Prattling mortals, off you pop, or I'll turn you all into frogs. BENTHAM starts at that declaration. DOCTOR: Oh, frogs, nice. You heard her. CLARA: Doctor, what's going on? DOCTOR: It's a...timey-wimey thing. w*r DOCTOR: Timey...what? Timey-wimey? TENTH DOCTOR: I've no idea where he picks that stuff up. ELIZABETH walks into the clearing. SOLDIERS: The Queen! Everyone kneels down on the ground but the Doctors. ELIZABETH: You don't seem to be kneeling. How tremendously brave of you. TENTH DOCTOR: Which one are you? What happened to the other one? ELIZABETH: Indisposed. Long live the Queen! SOLDIERS: Long live the Queen! ELIZABETH: Arrest these men. Take them to the Tower. TENTH DOCTOR: (points at ELIZABETH) That is not the Queen of England - that's an alien duplicate! DOCTOR: And you can take it from him, cos he's really checked. TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, shut up! DOCTOR: Venom sacs in the tongue. TENTH DOCTOR: (lowers arm and faces DOCTOR) Seriously, stop it! DOCTOR: No, hang on, the Tower! Did you say the Tower? Ah, yes, brilliant, love the Tower. Breakfast at eight, please. Will there Wi-Fi? w*r DOCTOR: Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about? DOCTOR: (to w*r) Yes! No! (to ELIZABETH) I demand to be incarcerated in the Tower immediately with my co-conspirators, Sandshoes and Grandad! w*r DOCTOR: Grandad? TENTH DOCTOR: They're not sandshoes. w*r DOCTOR: Yes, they are! ELIZABETH: Silence! The Tower is not to be taken lightly. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY ELIZABETH: (through fissure) Very few emerge again. KATE: Dear God, that man's clever. Come on! (heads for door) CLARA: Where are we going? KATE: My office. Otherwise known as the Tower of London. INT. TOWER of LONDON, CELL, 1562, DAY A JAILER shoves the three Doctors into a cell. JAILER: Oi, you lot, get in there! w*r DOCTOR: Ow! The door is closed behind them. The DOCTOR picks up a long nail, holds it by the head in one hand and flicks the fingers of his other hand against it, causing a “ting”. He walks over to a wall and begins scraping. The w*r DOCTOR scans the door with his sonic screwdriver. TENTH DOCTOR: Three of us in one cell - that's going to cause some nasty anomalies if we don't get out soon. (sees the DOCTOR) What are you doing? DOCTOR: (stops and turns) Getting us out! TENTH DOCTOR: (to w*r DOCTOR) The sonic won't work on that - it's too primitive. The w*r DOCTOR stops scanning and turns to face the others. DOCTOR: Shall we ask for a better quality of door so we can escape? TENTH DOCTOR: OK, so the Queen of England is now a Zygon, but never mind that, why are we all together? Why are we all here? Well, me and...Chinny, we were surprised. But you came looking for us - you knew it was going to happen. Who told you? Leaning against the wall behind the other Doctors, is the Moment, still in the guise of ROSE. Only the w*r DOCTOR can see her. DOCTOR: Oi! "Chinny"? TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah, you do have a chin. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, PASSAGE, DAY OSGOOD and McGILLOP are testing the dust. She is looking over a report as he studies a sample under microscope. OSGOOD: Marble, granite...a lot of different stone, but none of it from the fabric of the building. It's like somebody smashed up a lot of old statues. Are there any missing? McGILLOP: (looks around) Don't think so. Why would anyone do that anyway? I mean, I know we're meant to keep an open mind, but are we supposed to believe in creatures that can hide in oil paintings and have some sort of a grudge against statues? OSGOOD has a flash of a statue being knocked to the ground and uses her inhaler. McGILLOP: You all right? OSGOOD: We have to go - right now, this minute. McGILLOP: What's wrong? OSGOOD: The things from the paintings... I know why they smashed the statues. McGILLOP: Why? OSGOOD: Because they needed somewhere to hide. The shrouded figures begin to move and the Zygons pull the sheets off and move in on the scientists. OSGOOD screams. One of the Zygons att*cks McGILLOP, holding a hand over his nose and mouth. OSGOOD runs out of the passage. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, SMALL GALLERY, DAY OSGOOD closes the door and rests against the painting, panting. The Zygon punches a hand through Elizabeth’s face and OSGOOD yelps. She runs for the exit but the metal door is in place. The Zygon crosses the room after her and she presses the call button for the lift. With nowhere to go, OSGOOD backs into a corner, pulls out her inhaler and takes a huff. She then closes her eyes and slides down the wall. OSGOOD: The Doctor will save me, the Doctor will save me, the Doctor will save me, the Doctor will save me, the Doctor will save me, the Doctor will save me... OSGOOD tucks her knees up, lowers her head and covers her face with her hands. There is a squishing sound. ZYGON OSGOOD: Excuse me - I'm going to need my inhaler. (holds out hand) I so hate it when I get one with a defect! (grabs inhaler from OSGOOD) Oh, you've got some perfectly horrible memories in here, haven't you? (uses inhaler) So jealous of your pretty sister. I don't blame you, I wish I'd copied HER. OSGOOD notices the Zygon is standing on her scarf. OSGOOD: So do I! OSGOOD pulls on her scarf causing her double to fall on the floor, dropping the inhaler. ZYGON OSGOOD: Oh, for goodness' sake...! OSGOOD hurriedly picks up the inhaler and runs from the room through the now-open door. EXT. TOWER of LONDON, COURTYARD, DAY A car pulls into the courtyard. CLARA and KAE are in the back. KATE is on her phone. It stops for security. KATE: The Doctor will be trying to send us a message. We're looking for a string of numerals from around 1550, approximately - priority one. (lowers window and talks to guard) I'm going to need access to the Black Archive. The guard looks inside the car and it continues on. INT. TOWER of LONDON, CORRIDOR, DAY KATE leads CLARA through a metal corridor, the only bright light coming through the ventilator shafts. KATE: The Black Archive. Highest security rating on the planet. The entire staff have their memories wiped at the end of every shift. Automated memory filters in the ceiling. They come to a security door with a desk and guard off to the side. KATE: Access, please. (holds up pass) ATKINS: Ma'am. (goes to the door and inserts a key) KATE: (holds out her own key) Atkins, isn't it? ATKINS: (takes key) Yes, ma'am. First day here. (inserts key in second lock) KATE: (whispers to CLARA) Been here ten years. ATKINS opens the door and lets them in, closing it behind them. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY The room is a large warehouse of shelves filled with artefacts collected over UNIT’S existence. KATE locks the door. CLARA: Lock and key - bit basic, isn't it? KATE: Can't afford electronic security down here - got to keep the Doctor out. (walks deeper into the collection) The whole of the Tower is TARDIS-proofed. He really wouldn't approve of the collection. CLARA: But you let me in? KATE: You have a top-level security rating from your last visit. (points to a board covered in photographs) CLARA: Sorry, my what? (looks at board) There are photographs and notes on CLARA as well as past companions. KATE: Apologies. We have to screen all of his known associates - we can't have information about the Doctor and the TARDIS falling into the wrong hands. The consequences could be disastrous. KATE walks over to a window and looks into a room that contains a small wrist-strap resting on a pedestal. CLARA: (walks over and looks in) What is that? KATE: Time travel. A vortex manipulator, bequeathed to the UNIT archive by Captain Jack Harkness, on the occasion of his death. Well, one of them. No-one can know we have this, not even our allies. CLARA: Why not? KATE: Think about it! Americans with the ability to rewrite history? You've seen their movies. (walks to the door) INT. TOWER of LONDON, CELL, DAY We see the worn message the DOCTOR carved in 1562. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY CLARA follows KATE. CLARA: OK, so this is how we're going to rescue the Doctor. KATE opens the door to the containment room. KATE: I'm not sure there's enough power for a two-way trip. In any event, we don't know the activation code. The Doctor knows we have this, so he's always kept the code from us. Let's hope he changes his mind. (answers ringing phone) Yes. Well, if you've found it, photograph it and send it to my phone. OSGOOD and McGILLOP arrive in the archive. INT. TOWER of LONDON, CELL, DAY KATE’S caller takes a photo of the message. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY KATE sets her phone down on the pedestal. CLARA notices the two scientists. CLARA: Erm, Kate. Should they be here? Why have they followed us? KATE: Oh, they've probably just finished disposing of the humans a bit early. CLARA: The humans...? KATE: Dear me! I really do get into character, don't I? KATE transforms into a Zygon and CLARA backs away with a gasp. The ZYGON turns to face the others. ZYGON OSGOOD: The Under Gallery is secured. The photograph appears on KATE’S phone. ZYGON: Prepare to dispose of one more human. We have acquired the device. CLARA turns KATE’S phone so she can read it and straps on the vortex manipulator. She types in the code before the ZYGON turns around. CLARA: Activation code, right? The ZYGON growls and CLARA hits the final button, disappearing from sight. INT. TOWER of LONDON, CELL, 1562, DAY The w*r DOCTOR scans the door and the DOCTOR continues to scratch his message. w*r DOCTOR: In theory, I can trigger an isolated sonic shift among the molecules, and the door should disintegrate. TENTH DOCTOR: We'd have to calculate the exact harmonic resonance of the entire structure down to a sub-atomic level. Even the sonic would take years. w*r DOCTOR: No, no. The sonic would take centuries. Oh, we might as well get started. (sits on a bench by the door) Help to pass the "timey-wimey". Do you have to talk like children? What is it that makes you so ashamed of being a grown-up? The DOCTOR stops scratching and looks over his shoulder towards the w*r DOCTOR. Even the TENTH DOCTOR can’t keep eye contact. w*r DOCTOR: Oh, the way you both look at me. What is that? I'm trying to think of a better word than "dread". TENTH DOCTOR: It must be really recent for you. w*r DOCTOR: Recent? DOCTOR: The Time w*r, the last day. The day you k*lled them all. TENTH DOCTOR: The day WE k*lled them all. DOCTOR: Same thing. The TENTH DOCTOR walks away from them. INTERFACE: It's history for them. All decided. They think their future is real - they don't know it's still up to you. w*r DOCTOR: I don't talk about it. INTERFACE is now sitting on the bench next to the w*r DOCTOR. TENTH DOCTOR: You're not talking about it. There's no-one else here. INTERFACE: Go on. Ask them. Ask them what you need to know. w*r DOCTOR: Did you ever count? DOCTOR: Count what? w*r DOCTOR: How many children there were on Gallifrey that day. DOCTOR: (stops scratching) I have absolutely no idea. (starts again) w*r DOCTOR: How old are you now? DOCTOR: Ah...I don't know, I lose track. Twelve hundred and something, I think, unless I'm lying. I can't remember if I'm lying about my age - that's how old I am. w*r DOCTOR: 400 years older than me. And in all that time, you've never even wondered how many there were? You never once counted? DOCTOR: (stops and faces the w*r DOCTOR) Tell me... what would be the point? TENTH DOCTOR: 2.47 billion. w*r DOCTOR: You DID count! The DOCTOR shakes his head and goes back to his scratching. The TENTH DOCTOR stares at him. TENTH DOCTOR: (angrily) You forgot? 400 years? Is that all it takes? DOCTOR: (stops scratching and faces him) I moved on. TENTH DOCTOR: Where?! Where can you be now that you can forget something like that? DOCTOR: Spoilers. TENTH DOCTOR: No. No, no, no. For once, I would like to know where I'm going. DOCTOR: No. You really wouldn't. They stare at each other. w*r DOCTOR: I don't know who you are...either of you. I haven't got the faintest idea. INTERFACE: They're you. They're what you become if you destroy Gallifrey. The man who regrets...and the man who forgets. The moment is coming. The Moment is me, you have to decide. The DOCTOR goes back to scratching his message. w*r DOCTOR: No. TENTH DOCTOR: No? w*r DOCTOR: Just...no! The DOCTOR leans against the pillar and laughs. TENTH DOCTOR: Is something funny? Did I miss a funny thing? DOCTOR: Sorry. It just occurred to me. This is what I'm like when I'm alone. The INTERFACE is now standing by the TENTH DOCTOR as he tosses the sonic in the air. INTERFACE: It's the same screwdriver. Same software...different case. w*r DOCTOR: (stares at sonic) 400 years! TENTH DOCTOR: I'm sorry? w*r DOCTOR: At a software level, they're all the same device, aren't they? Same software, different case. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah. So...? The DOCTOR takes his sonic from his pocket and he and the TENTH DOCTOR approach the door and watch the w*r DOCTOR as he faces the door. w*r DOCTOR: So, it would take centuries for the screwdriver to calculate how to disintegrate the door. (scans the door) Scanning the door, implanting the calculation as a permanent subroutine in the software architecture and... (turns and faces the others) if you really are me, with your sandshoes and your dicky bow, and that screwdriver is still mine... that calculation is still going on. The TENTH DOCTOR turns on his screwdriver and holds it up to his ear. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah. Still going. DOCTOR: (holds up his screwdriver) Calculation complete. INTERFACE: Same software. Different face. DOCTOR: Eh, 400 years in four seconds. We may have our differences, which is frankly odd in the circumstances, but I tell you what, boys, we are incredibly clever! The door opens and CLARA runs in. She looks at the three of them curiously. DOCTOR: How did you that? CLARA: It wasn't locked. DOCTOR: Right. CLARA: So they're both you, then, yeah? DOCTOR: Yes. You've met them before, don't you remember? CLARA: A bit. Nice suit! TENTH DOCTOR: (puts sonic away) Thanks. CLARA: Hang on. Three of you in one cell, and none of you thought to try the door? w*r DOCTOR: It should have been locked. DOCTOR: Yes, exactly! Why wasn't it locked? ELIZABETH: (enters) Because I was fascinated to see what you would do upon escaping. I understand you're rather fond of this world. It's time I think you saw what's going to happen to it. (walks out) INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, SMALL GALLERY, DAY OSGOOD peeks through the hole in the painting, her face appearing where ELIZABETH’S was. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, PASSAGE, DAY OSGOOD walks through the passage, shining a torch in front of her. She hears a groan and turns around to shine the light on one of the walls where a shrouded figure is attached to the wall by nasty red cords. OSGOOD looks at the bottom and sees black heels. She pulls the sheet off to reveal KATE covered with some sort of webbing. OSGOOD: Kate? Oh, goodness, you're not actually d*ad. Oh, that's tremendous news! (starts freeing KATE) Those creatures, they turn themselves into copies. And they need to keep the original alive, refresh the image, so to speak. KATE: (breathless) Where...where did they go? OSGOOD: I don't know. Ooh, hang on - yes, I do. The Tower. KATE: If those creatures have got access to the Black Archive, we may just have lost control of the planet. INT. TOWER of LONDON, ZYGON BASE, 1562, DAY ELIZABETH leads them to a balcony overlooking the Zygon base where a number of the aliens are working at machines. ELIZABETH: The Zygons lost their own world. It b*rned in the first days of the Time w*r. A new home is required. CLARA: So they want this one? ELIZABETH: Not yet. Far too primitive. Zygons are used to a certain level of comfort. ZYGON: Commander... why are these creatures here? (stands in doorway) ELIZABETH: Because I say they should be. It is time you too were translated. The ZYGON growls and walks towards a glass cube resting on a pedestal. ELIZABETH: Observe this. I believe you will find it fascinating. The ZYGON rests its hand on the top of the cube. There is a whirring and the ZYGON is disseminated and pulled into the cube before reappearing in the painting. CLARA: That's him! That's the Zygon in the picture now. (walks forward to look at painting) w*r DOCTOR: It's not a picture, it's a Stasis Cube. Time Lord art - frozen instants in time, bigger on the inside but could be deployed as... TENTH DOCTOR: Suspended animation. The DOCTOR snaps his fingers and points at the TENTH DOCTOR. TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, that's very good. The Zygons all pop inside the pictures, wait a few centuries till the planet's a bit more interesting, and then out they come. (stands by CLARA) DOCTOR: (walks forward) You see, Clara, they're stored in the paintings in the Under Gallery, like Cup-a-Soups. Except you add time - if you can picture that. Nobody could picture that. Forget I said Cup-a-Soups. CLARA: And now the world is worth conquering. So the Zygons are invading the future from the past. DOCTOR: Exactly! TENTH DOCTOR: (turns on ELIZABETH) And do you know why I know that you're a fake? Because you're such a bad copy. It's not just the smell, or the unconvincing hair, or the atrocious teeth, or the eyes just a bit too close together, or the breath that could stun a horse - it's because my Elizabeth, the real Elizabeth, would never be stupid enough to reveal her own plan. Honestly, why would you do that? ELIZABETH: Because it's not my plan, and I AM the real Elizabeth. TENTH DOCTOR: OK. So...backtracking a moment, just to lend some context to my earlier remarks... ELIZABETH: My twin is d*ad in the forest. I am accustomed to taking precautions. (lifts skirt and pulls a jeweled dagger from her garter) These Zygon creatures never even considered that it was me who survived, rather than their own commander. The arrogance that typifies their kind. CLARA: Zygons? ELIZABETH: Men! CLARA: And you actually k*lled one of them? ELIZABETH: I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but at the time, so did the Zygon. (to TENTH) The future of my kingdom is imperilled. Doctor, can I rely on your service? TENTH DOCTOR: Well, I'm going to need my TARDIS. ELIZABETH: It has been procured already. TENTH DOCTOR: Ah! (smiles) ELIZABETH: But first, my love, you have a promise to keep! EXT. CASTLE, COURTYARD, DAY The TARDIS stands off to the side. In front of a tent, a minister performs the wedding ceremony as the Doctors stand on one side and CLARA on the other. MINISTER: I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride. ELIZABETH grabs the TENTH DOCTOR’S face and plants a passionate kiss on his mouth. CLARA cheers and throws confetti. w*r DOCTOR: Is there a lot of this in the future? DOCTOR: It does start to happen, yeah. The TENTH DOCTOR pulls away from the kiss. ELIZABETH: God speed, my love. TENTH DOCTOR: I will be right back. (runs for the TARDIS) INT. TARDIS The TENTH DOCTOR runs inside to the console and bangs on one of the panels with a mallet. EXT. CASTLE, COURTYARD, DAY The Doctors and CLARA walk over to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Right, then, back to the future. They enter the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS They look around. The w*r DOCTOR notices the changes and the DOCTOR remembers what it used to be. w*r DOCTOR: You've let this place go a bit! DOCTOR: Ah, it's his grunge phase. He grows out of it. TENTH DOCTOR: Don't you listen to them! (pats the column) An alarm continues to go off. The console sparks and the walls change to brightly lit white with rondels. TENTH DOCTOR: Ooh! The desktop is glitching. w*r DOCTOR: Three of us from different time zones, it's trying to compensate. DOCTOR: (points to the walls) Hey, look, the round things. TENTH DOCTOR: I love the round things. DOCTOR: What ARE the round things? TENTH DOCTOR: No idea. There is a beeping from a panel on the console and the DOCTOR hurries over to flip the switch. DOCTOR: Oh, dear, the friction contrafibulator. The console sparks again and the TARDIS changes to the current DOCTOR’S TARDIS interior. DOCTOR: Ha! There! s*ab. TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, you've redecorated! I don't like it. DOCTOR: Oh? Oh, yeah. Oh, you never do! Listen, we're going to the National Gallery - the Zygons are underneath it. CLARA: No, UNIT HQ, they followed us there in the Black Archive. The three Doctors turn and look at her. CLARA: OK...so you've heard of that, then. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY The Zygons are going through the collection. Two have retained the human forms of OSGOOD and McGILLOP. ZYGON McGILLOP: The equipment here is phenomenal. The humans don't realize what half this stuff does - we could conquer their world in a day. ZYGON: We were fortunate, then... in our choice of duplicate. ZYGON McGILLOP: If I were human, I'd say it was Christmas. KATE enters with the real OSGOOD and McGILLOP. KATE: No. I'm afraid you wouldn't. We're not armed. You may relax. ZYGON: We are armed. You may not. KATE: (to McGILLOP) Lock the door. I'm afraid we can't be interrupted. (stands on one side of a table with the scientists) You don't mind if I get comfortable? (sits) ZYGON: You don't mind if I do? (morphs into KATE walking to table) The table acts as a mirror, reflecting the humans on one side and the Zygon counterparts on the other. KATE: You'll realise there are protocols protecting this place. Osgood... OSGOOD: In the event of alien incursion, the contents of this room are deemed so dangerous, it will self-destruct in... KATE: Five minutes. KATE starts the countdown and an alarm sounds. KATE: There's a nuclear warhead 20 feet beneath us. Are you sitting comfortably? ZYGON KATE: You would destroy London? KATE: To save the world? Yes, I would. ZYGON KATE: You're bluffing. KATE: You really think so? Somewhere in your memory is a man called Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. I'm his daughter. DOCTOR: (over device) "Science leads," Kate. Is that what you meant? Is this what your father meant? KATE: Doctor? DOCTOR: (over device) Space-Time Telegraph, Kate. A gift from me to your father, hotline straight to the TARDIS. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: I know about the Black Archive and I know about the security protocol. Kate, please, please, tell me you are not about to do something unbelievably stupid! KATE: I'm sorry, Doctor. Switch it off. McGILLOP goes to turn it off. TENTH DOCTOR: Not as sorry as you will be. This is not a decision you will ever be able to live with. (looks over the DOCTOR) The TARDIS rocks and shudders. DOCTOR: Kate! We're trying to bring the TARDIS in - why can't we land? KATE: I said switch it off! DOCTOR: No, Kate, please, just listen to me... The Tower of London - totally TARDIS-proof. CLARA: How can they do that? DOCTOR: Alien technology plus human stupidity - trust me, it's unbeatable. w*r DOCTOR: We don't need to land. TENTH DOCTOR: Yeah, we do, a tiny bit. Try and keep up. w*r DOCTOR: No, we don't. We don't. There is another way. (picks up the stasis cube) Cup-a-Soup! The DOCTOR looks over at the TENTH DOCTOR and they both smile. w*r DOCTOR: What is Cup-a-Soup? INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, MAIN GALLERY, DAY DOCTOR: What happened? KATE: Easier to show you. KATE leads the DOCTOR and CLARA from the gallery. A lab-coated scientist makes to follow but stops when his phone rings. OSGOOD follows. McGILLOP: McGillop. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: EXT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is standing at the open door of the TARDIS using the phone. DOCTOR: Take a look at your phone and confirm who you're talking to. McGILLOP looks at the screen of his phone and sees the ID on the screen. McGILLOP: But that's not possible. I was just... DOCTOR: You were just talking to me, I know. I'm a time traveller - figure it out. I need you to send the Gallifrey Falls painting to the Black Archive. Understood? McGILLOP: Understood, sir. But why would I take it there? INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY The countdown goes to 2:58. ZYGON KATE: One word from you would cancel the countdown. KATE: Quite so. ZYGON KATE: It's keyed to your voice print. KATE: And mine alone. ZYGON KATE: Not anymore. (faces device) Cancel the detonation! KATE: (stands) Countermanded! ZYGON KATE: (stands) Cancel the detonation! KATE: Countermanded! ZYGON KATE: We only have to agree, to live. KATE: Sadly, we can only agree to die. OSGOOD: (steps away) Please, Doctor. Please save us. Please save us. Please save us. Please save us... The camera zooms in to the painting as it rests on the floor behind OSGOOD. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA Earlier where it had only been the w*r DOCTOR, there are now three DOCTORS. A DALEK comes up behind them and they turn, aiming their sonics. DALEK: Exterminate! They f*re at it and it screams as it rolls backwards and through the glass. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY The Dalek crashes through the glass of the painting, exploding. EXT. STREET, ARCADIA The Doctors stride through the city following the path of the Dalek. INT. TOWER of LONDON, BLACK ARCHIVE, DAY The Doctors stride into the Black Archive and up to the table. CLARA peers out from the painting. w*r DOCTOR: Hello. TENTH DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. DOCTOR: Sorry about the Dalek. CLARA: Also the showing off. DOCTOR: (walks over to ZYGON KATE) Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, what in the name of sanity are you doing? KATE: The countdown can only be halted at my personal command. There's nothing you can do. TENTH DOCTOR: (walks over) Except make you both agree to halt it. KATE: Not even for three of you. w*r DOCTOR: You're about to m*rder millions of people. KATE: To save billions. How many times have you made that calculation? DOCTOR: Once. Turned me into the man I am now. I'm not even sure who that is any more. TENTH DOCTOR: (walks over to the head of the table) You tell yourself it's justified, but it's a lie. Because what I did that day was wrong. Just wrong. (rests hands on table and leans over) The w*r DOCTOR looks around and sees the INTERFACE. He looks at the other Doctors and then back to see only CLARA. DOCTOR: And because I got it wrong... I'm going to make you...get it right. The DOCTOR and the TENTH DOCTOR pulled two wheeled chairs from either side of the table, sit down, prop their feet on the table and cross their arms across their chests, all in unison. KATE: How? TENTH DOCTOR: Any second now, you're going to stop that countdown. (points at them) Both of you. Together. DOCTOR: Then you're going to negotiate the most perfect treaty of all time. TENTH DOCTOR: (leans his head towards the DOCTOR) Safeguards all round, fair on both sides. DOCTOR: And the key to perfect negotiation... TENTH DOCTOR: Not knowing what side you're on. They push away from the table and stand. DOCTOR: So, for the next few hours... until we decide to let you out... They pull their sonics from their jacket pockets. The TENTH DOCTOR gives his a toss. TENTH DOCTOR: No-one in this room will be able to remember if they're human... DOCTOR: Or Zygon. TENTH DOCTOR: Whoops-a-daisy! They leap onto the table and use the sonics on the memory filter. The w*r DOCTOR adds his to the mix. The filter breaks down in sparks. With the clock down to mere seconds, both KATES give in. BOTH: Cancel the detonation! The clock stops at five seconds. DOCTOR: Peace in our time. >>> LATER >>> The KATES begin negotiating with the McGILLOPS. The OSGOODS stand a bit away from the others, facing each other. OSGOOD: It's funny, isn't it? If I'm a Zygon, then my clothes must be Zygon too. So, what happens if I lose a shoe or something? OSGOOD 2 coughs. OSGOOD: Oh! (reaches into her pocket and pulls out the inhaler) OSGOOD 2 looks at OSGOOD who puts a finger to her lips. OSGOOD 2 takes the inhaler and uses it. In another section of the room, CLARA walks past a head of Cyberman and looks at the bulletin board bearing pictures and information of past companions including Ian, Barbara, Susan, Mike Yates, Sara Kingdom, Ben and Polly. CLARA looks over and sees the w*r DOCTOR sitting in a large wingback chair drinking tea. She walks over, pulls up a chair and sits across from him. CLARA: Hello. w*r DOCTOR: Hello. CLARA: I'm Clara. We haven't really met yet. w*r DOCTOR: I look forward to it. CLARA studies him. w*r DOCTOR: Is there a problem? CLARA: The Doctor - my... my Doctor - he's always talking about the day he did it, the day he wiped out the Time Lords to stop the w*r... w*r DOCTOR: One would. CLARA: You wouldn't. Because you haven't done it yet. It's still in your future. w*r DOCTOR: You're very sure of yourself. CLARA: He regrets it. I see it in his eyes every day. He'd do anything to change it. w*r DOCTOR: Including saving all these people. How many worlds has his regret saved, do you think? Look over there - humans and Zygons working together in peace. How did you know? CLARA: Your eyes. You're so much younger. w*r DOCTOR: Then, all things considered... it's time I grew up. (sees the INTERFACE behind CLARA) I've seen all I needed. The moment has come. (turns to look at the INTERFACE) I'm ready. INTERFACE: I know you are. CLARA turns around but sees no one. CLARA: Who's there? Who were you talking to...? (turns back to see an empty chair) INT. BARN, DAY The w*r DOCTOR stands in front of the Moment, a large red button on top of it. He stares at it, contemplating his actions. INTERFACE: You wanted a big red button. One big bang - no more Time Lords, no more Daleks. Are you sure? w*r DOCTOR: I was sure when I came in here. There is no other way. INTERFACE: You've seen the men you will become. w*r DOCTOR: Those men... extraordinary. INTERFACE: They were you. w*r DOCTOR: No. They were the Doctor. INTERFACE: You're the Doctor too. w*r DOCTOR: No. Great men are forged in f*re. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame... whatever the cost. (hand hesitates over the button) INTERFACE: You know the sound the TARDIS makes? That wheezing...groaning. That sound brings hope wherever it goes. w*r DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I like to think it does. INTERFACE: To anyone who hears it, Doctor. Anyone, however lost... even you! Two TARDISes materialize at the far end of the barn. The TENTH DOCTOR steps out of his and the DOCTOR and CLARA step out of the other. They look around the building, taking in their surroundings, as they walk over to the w*r DOCTOR and the Moment. CLARA: I told you - he hasn't done it yet. w*r DOCTOR: Go away now, all of you. This is for me. (turns his back on them) TENTH DOCTOR: These events should be time locked - we shouldn't even be here. DOCTOR: So something let us through. INTERFACE: You clever boys! w*r DOCTOR: Go back. Go back to your lives. Go and be the Doctor that I could never be. Make it worthwhile. (puts his hand on the button) TENTH DOCTOR: All those years, burying you in my memory. DOCTOR: Pretending you didn't exist. Keeping you a secret, even from myself. TENTH DOCTOR: Pretending you weren't the Doctor, when you were the Doctor more than anybody else. DOCTOR: You were the Doctor on the day it wasn't possible to get it right. (moves to stand next to the w*r DOCTOR) TENTH DOCTOR: But this time... (stands on the w*r DOCTOR'S other side and puts his hand on the button as well) DOCTOR: You don't have to do it alone. (puts his hand on top of TENTH'S) w*r DOCTOR: Thank you. TENTH DOCTOR: What we do today is not out of fear or hatred. It is done because there is no other way. DOCTOR: And it is done in the name of the many lives we are failing to save. CLARA is on the verge of tears. The DOCTOR looks over at her and she shakes her head. DOCTOR: What? What is it, what? CLARA: Nothing... DOCTOR: No. It's something. Tell me! CLARA: You told me you wiped out your own people. I just... I never pictured you doing it, that's all. INTERFACE: Take a closer look. The barn darkens and they are shown what is happening in Arcadia as if they were right in the middle of it. CLARA: What's happening? w*r DOCTOR: Nothing - it's a projection. INTERFACE: It's a reality around you. They watch as families are torn apart. CLARA turns to the Doctors. CLARA: These are the people you're going to burn? TENTH DOCTOR: There isn't anything we can do. DOCTOR: He's right. There isn't another way, there never was. Either I destroy my own people or let the universe burn. CLARA: Look at you... the three of you. The warrior. The hero. And you. DOCTOR: (walks over to CLARA) And what am I? CLARA: Have you really forgotten? DOCTOR: Yes. Maybe, yes. CLARA: We've got enough warriors - any old idiot can be hero. DOCTOR: Then what do I do? CLARA: What you've always done. Be a doctor! You told me the name you chose was a promise. What was the promise? People begin to come out of hiding after the battle and families are reunited. TENTH DOCTOR: Never cruel or cowardly. w*r DOCTOR: Never give up, never give in. The DOCTOR looks at the other two, raising his eyebrows trying to convey a thought. TENTH DOCTOR: You're not actually suggesting that we change our own personal history? DOCTOR: We change history all the time. I'm suggesting something far worse. w*r DOCTOR: What, exactly? DOCTOR: Gentleman, I have had 400 years to think about this. I've changed my mind. (uses sonic on the Moment and it closes) w*r DOCTOR: There's still a billion billion Daleks up there, attacking. The TENTH DOCTOR and the DOCTOR pace back and forth. DOCTOR: Yeah, there is, there is. TENTH DOCTOR: But there's something those billion billion Daleks don't know. DOCTOR: Cos if they did, they'd probably send for reinforcements. CLARA: What? What don't they know? DOCTOR: This time, there's three of us. w*r DOCTOR: Oh! Oh! Oh, yes, that is good! That is brilliant! TENTH DOCTOR: (excited) Oh, oh, oh! I'm getting that too - that is brilliant! (jumps up and slaps the TARDIS) DOCTOR: Ha-ha-ha! I've been thinking about it for centuries! w*r DOCTOR: She didn't just show me any old future - she showed me exactly the future I needed to see! INTERFACE: Now you're getting it. DOCTOR: Eh? Who did? w*r DOCTOR: Oh, Bad Wolf Girl, I could kiss you. INTERFACE: Yep, that's going to happen! TENTH DOCTOR: Sorry, did you say, "Bad Wolf"? CLARA: So what are we doing? What's the plan? w*r DOCTOR: The Dalek fleets are surrounding Gallifrey, f*ring on it constantly. TENTH DOCTOR: The Sky Trench is holding, but what if the whole planet... just disappeared? CLARA: Tiny bit of an ask. TENTH DOCTOR: The Daleks would be f*ring on each other - they'd destroy themselves in their own crossfire. w*r DOCTOR: Gallifrey would be gone, the Daleks would be destroyed, and it would look to the rest of the universe as if they'd annihilated each other. CLARA: But where would Gallifrey be? TENTH DOCTOR: Frozen! Frozen in an instant of time, safe and hidden away. DOCTOR: Exactly! w*r DOCTOR: Like a painting. They smile. SPACE The Daleks continue to f*re on the planet. INT. MAP ROOM, ARCADIA A number of Time Lords are monitoring the action around the planet. ANDROGAR: Another one! GENERAL: Are you sure the message is from him? ANDROGAR: Oh, yes! The new message from the DOCTOR reads "Gallifrey Stands". GENERAL: Why would he do that? What's the mad fool talking about now? DOCTOR: (over projection) Hello, hello, Gallifrey High Command, this is the Doctor speaking. TENTH DOCTOR: (over projection) Hello! Also the Doctor. Can you hear me? w*r DOCTOR: (over projection) Also the Doctor - standing ready. GENERAL: Dear God, three of them! All my worst nightmares at once! TENTH DOCTOR: (over projection) General, we have a plan. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH– CUT TO: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: We should point out, at this moment, it is a fairly terrible plan. TENTH DOCTOR: (over projection) And almost certainly won't work. DOCTOR: (over projection) I was happy with "fairly terrible". TENTH DOCTOR: (over projection) Sorry, just thinking out loud. DOCTOR: We're flying our three TARDISes into your lower atmosphere. TENTH DOCTOR: We're positioned at equidistant intervals round the globe. "Equidistant" - so grown-up! w*r DOCTOR: We're just about ready to do it. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH– CUT TO: SPACE The TARDISes take up position. GENERAL: (V.O.) Ready to do what? DOCTOR: We're going to freeze Gallifrey. GENERAL: I'm sorry, what? TENTH DOCTOR: Using our TARDISes, we're going to freeze Gallifrey in a single moment in time. w*r DOCTOR: (over projection) You know, like those Stasis Cubes? A single moment in time held in a parallel pocket universe. DOCTOR: Except we're going to do it to a whole planet. TENTH DOCTOR: And all the people on it. GENERAL: What? Even if that were possible, which it isn't, why would you do such a thing? DOCTOR: Because the alternative is burning. TENTH DOCTOR: And I've seen that. DOCTOR: And I never want to see it again. GENERAL: We'd be lost in another universe... frozen in a single moment. We'd have nothing. DOCTOR: You would have hope. And right now, that is exactly what you don't have. GENERAL: It's delusional. The calculations alone would take...hundreds of years. DOCTOR: Oh, hundreds and hundreds. TENTH DOCTOR: But don't worry - I started a very long time ago! SPACE The Daleks continue to f*re on the planet and another TARDIS appears. FIRST DOCTOR: (V.O.) Calling the w*r Council of Gallifrey, this is the Doctor. INT. MAP ROOM, ARCADIA The FIRST DOCTOR appears on one of the projection screens. SPACE A number of TARDISes whirl around the planet. DOCTOR: (V.O.) You might say, I've been doing this all my lives! INT. MAP ROOM, ARCADIA Various past Doctors appear on projections. SECOND DOCTOR: Good luck!' THIRD DOCTOR: Stand by. EIGHTH DOCTOR: Ready? FIRST DOCTOR: Commencing calculations. FIFTH DOCTOR: Soon be there. SEVENTH DOCTOR: Across the boundaries that divide one universe from another. SIXTH DOCTOR: Just got to lock on to his coordinates. NINTH DOCTOR: And for my next trick...! GENERAL: I didn't know when I was well off! All 12 of them! ANDROGAR: No, sir... all 13! The eyes of the TWELFTH DOCTOR appear. The room rocks as the DALEKS pick up the pace. ANDROGAR: Sir! The Daleks know that something is happening. They're increasing their f*re power. GENERAL: Do it, Doctor. Just do it. 'Do it!' DOCTOR: OK. 'Gentleman...we're ready.' Geronimo...! (throws switch) TENTH DOCTOR: Allons-y! (throws switch) w*r DOCTOR: Oh, for God's sake! Gallifrey stands! (throws switch) SPACE The TARDISes circle the planet and we briefly see a field form before it explodes. Remnants of Dalek ships scatter from the blast. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY The w*r DOCTOR drops a sugar cube into a cup of tea. w*r DOCTOR: I don't suppose we'll ever know if we actually succeeded. But at worst, we failed doing the right thing, as opposed to succeeding in doing the wrong. CLARA is sitting next to him on a bench. The TARDISes are lined up against the wall. CLARA: Life and soul, you are(!) The DOCTOR and the TENTH DOCTOR are standing in front of the bench looking at the painting of Arcadia. Both have their brainy specs on. TENTH DOCTOR: What is it actually called? DOCTOR: Well, there's some debate. Either No More or Gallifrey Falls. w*r DOCTOR: Not very encouraging. TENTH DOCTOR: How did it get here? DOCTOR: No idea. (takes off glasses) TENTH DOCTOR: There's always something we don't know, isn't there? w*r DOCTOR: One should certainly hope so. Well, gentlemen... (stands and walks over to them) it has been an honour... and a privilege. TENTH DOCTOR: Likewise. DOCTOR: Doctor. w*r DOCTOR: And if I grow to be half the man that you are, (turns to CLARA) Clara Oswald, I shall be happy indeed. The DOCTOR and the TENTH DOCTOR share a look. CLARA: That's right - aim high! (chuckles, stands, kisses his cheek) w*r DOCTOR: I won't remember this, will I? DOCTOR: The time streams are out of sync. You can't retain it, no. w*r DOCTOR: So I won't remember that I tried to save Gallifrey, rather than burn it. I'll have to live with that. But for now, for this moment... I am the Doctor again. Thank you. (looks at the TARDISes) Which one is mine?! The other two nod towards the one on the right, the one that is the most b*at-up. w*r DOCTOR: Ha! The w*r DOCTOR enters the TARDIS and it dematerializes. INT. TARDIS The w*r DOCTOR notices a glow around his hands as his regeneration begins. w*r DOCTOR: Oh, yes... Course, suppose it makes sense... Wearing a bit thin. (the glow spreads up his neck to his face) I hope the ears are bit less conspicuous this time. The regeneration energy sh**t from his hands and head. INT. NATIONAL GALLERY, UNDER GALLERY, MAIN, DAY CLARA sits back down. TENTH DOCTOR: (removes glasses) I won't remember either, so you might as well tell me. DOCTOR: (walks over) Tell you what? TENTH DOCTOR: Where it is we're going that you don't want to talk about. DOCTOR: (hesitates) I saw Trenzalore... where we're buried. We die in battle among millions. TENTH DOCTOR: That's not how it's supposed to be. DOCTOR: That's how the story ends - nothing we can do about it. Trenzalore is where you're going. TENTH DOCTOR: Oh, never say nothing. (shakes the DOCTOR'S hand) Anyway... good to know my future is in safe hands. Keep a tight hold on it, Clara. (sets tea on the bench) CLARA: Mm! On it! CLARA stands and reaches out her hand. The TENTH DOCTOR takes it, lifts it to his lips and kisses it. He then heads towards his TARDIS. TENTH DOCTOR: Trenzalore. (unlocks door) We need a new destination, because... (opens door) I don't want to go. (enters) The TARDIS dematerializes. DOCTOR: He always says that. (walks over and stands in front of the painting) CLARA: Need a moment alone with your painting? DOCTOR: How did you know? CLARA: Those big, sad eyes. DOCTOR: Ah. CLARA walks over to the DOCTOR, caresses his face and kisses his cheek. CLARA: I always know. (heads for the TARDIS) Oh, by the way, there was an old man looking for you. I think it was the curator. (goes inside) Alone, the DOCTOR sits on the bench and looks at the painting. DOCTOR: I could be a curator. I'd be great at curating. I'd be...the great curator. I could retire and do that. I could retire and be the curator of this place. CURATOR: You know, I really think you might. The DOCTOR looks over at the older man, shocked. He stands and walks to look at him face-to-face. The CURATOR bears a striking resemblance to an older version of his fourth incarnation. DOCTOR: I never forget a face. CURATOR: I know you don't, and in years to come, you might find yourself revisiting a few but just...the old favourites, eh? The DOCTOR winks at him. CURATOR: You were curious about this painting, I think. I acquired it in remarkable circumstances. What do you make of the title? DOCTOR: Which title? There's two. No More... or Gallifrey Falls? CURATOR: Oh, you see, that's where everybody's wrong. It's all one title. Gallifrey Falls No More. Now, what would you think that means, eh? DOCTOR: That Gallifrey didn't fall. It worked. It's still out there. CURATOR: I'm only a humble curator - I'm sure I wouldn't know. (turns away) DOCTOR: Then where is it? CURATOR: (turns back) Where is it indeed? Lost - shh! - perhaps. Things do get lost, you know. Now you must excuse me. Oh... you have a lot to do. DOCTOR: Do I? CURATOR: Mm. DOCTOR: Is that what I'm supposed to do now? Go looking for Gallifrey? CURATOR: Oh, it's entirely up to you. Your choice. I can only tell you what I would do, if I were you... Oh...! If I were you... The two chuckle. CURATOR: Perhaps I WAS you, of course. The two chuckle. CURATOR: Or perhaps... you are me. DOCTOR: Yeah! CURATOR: (shakes the DOCTOR'S hand) Congratulations. DOCTOR: Thank you very much. CURATOR: Or perhaps it doesn't matter either way. Who knows? Who...knows? (taps the side of his nose) The CURATOR leaves and the DOCTOR turns around and looks at the painting, a smile on his face. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR walks around the console. DOCTOR: (V.O.) 'Clara sometimes asks me if I dream. "Course I dream," I tell her. "Everybody dreams." "But what do you dream about?" she'll ask. "The same thing everybody dreams about," I tell her. "I dream about where I'm going." (opens the door and steps out) EXT. TARDIS The DOCTOR steps out of the TARDIS and walks forward, joining a line of his past incarnations. They look up into the sky at Gallifrey. DOCTOR: (V.O.) She always laughs at that. "But you're not going anywhere - you're just wandering about." That's not true. Not anymore. I have a new destination. My journey is the same as yours, the same as anyone's. It's taken me so many years, so many lifetimes, but at last I know where I'm going, where I've always been going. Home...the long way round.'
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2013-11-23 - Day of the Doctor"}
foreverdreaming
SPACE A ship hurtles out of control towards a planet. CASS: Help me! Please! Can anybody hear me? INT. SHIP, BRIDGE A young woman, CASS is frantically working the controls. COMPUTER: Please state the nature of your ailment or injury. CASS: I'm not injured, I'm crashing. I don't need a doctor! SPACE We see the TARDIS following the ship. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE COMPUTER: A clear statement of your symptoms will help up provide the medical practionner appropriate to your individual needs. CASS: I'm trying to send a distress signal. Stop talking about doctors. DOCTOR: I'm a Doctor... But probably not the one you were expecting. Paul McGann DOCTOR WHO "The Night of the Doctor" Original air date: 14th November, 2013 By Steven Moffat PRODUCER Denise Paul DIRECTOR John Hayes INT. SHIP, BRIDGE DOCTOR: Where are the rest of the crew? CASS: Teleported off. DOCTOR: But you're still here? CASS: I teleported them. DOCTOR: Why you? CASS: Everyone else was screaming. DOCTOR: Welcome aboard. CASS: Aboard what? DOCTOR: I'll show you. The DOCTOR takes CASS by the hand and pulls her from the bridge. INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR The DOCTOR leads CASS down the hall, holding her hand. CASS: Where are we going? DOCTOR: Back of the ship. CASS: Why? DOCTOR: Because the front crashes first, think it through. A door slides closed in front of them and locks. DOCTOR: Oh! Why did you do that? CASS: Emergency protocols. DOCTOR: (uses sonic on door) What's your name? CASS: Cass. DOCTOR: You're young to be crewing a g*n, Cass. CASS: I wanted to see the universe. Is it always like this? DOCTOR: If you're lucky. The door opens and the DOCTOR pulls CASS through. She stops at seeing the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Don’t worry. It's bigger on the inside. CASS: What did you say? "Bigger on the inside"? Is that what you said? DOCTOR: Yes, come on. You'll love it. CASS: Is this a TARDIS? DOCTOR: Yes, but you'll be perfectly safe, I promise you. CASS: (pulls hand free) Don't touch me! DOCTOR: I'm not part of the w*r. I swear to you, I never was. CASS: You're a Time Lord. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm a Time Lord, but I'm one of the nice ones. CASS: Get away from me! (backs away) DOCTOR: Well, look on the bright side, I'm not a Dalek. CASS: Who can tell the difference anymore? The door slides shut between them and locks. DOCTOR: Cass! CASS: It's deadlocked, don't even try. DOCTOR: Cass, just open the door. I am trying to help. CASS: Go back to your b*ttlefield. You haven't finished yet. Some of the universe is still standing. DOCTOR: I'm not leaving this ship without you. CASS: Well, you're going to die right here...Best news all day. DOCTOR: Cass, Cass... (pounds on the door) Cass! Cass! Cass! EXT. PLANET’S SURFACE The ship crashes and is witnessed by an older woman with long white hair. She steps from a cavern entrance, a group of younger women watch from inside. All are wearing red robes. She is OHILA. OHILA: And here he is at last, the man to end it all. My sisters, the Doctor has returned to Karn. We have always known in our bones that one day he would return here. Such a pity he's d*ad. We see the DOCTOR lying in the wreckage. INT. SISTERHOOD TEMPLE The DOCTOR is unconscious on the floor, leaning against a stone altar. He wakes with a jerk. DOCTOR: Cass! OHILA: (kneels in front of him) If you refer to your companion, we are still attempting to extract her from the wreckage. DOCTOR: She wasn't my companion. OHILA: She's almost certainly d*ad. No-one could survive that crash. DOCTOR: I did. OHILA: No. We restored you to life, but it's a temporary measure. You have a little under 4 minutes. DOCTOR: 4 minutes? That's ages. What if I get bored or need a television, couple of books. Anyone for chess? Bring me knitting. OHILA: You have so little breath left, spend it wisely. DOCTOR: Hang on. Is that you? Am I back on Karn? (stands) You're the Sisterhood of Karn, Keepers of the Flame of Utter Boredom. OHILA: (stands) Eternal life. DOCTOR: That's the one. OHILA: Mock us if you will, but our elixir can trigger your regeneration, bring you back. Time Lord science is elevated here on Karn, the change doesn't have to be random. (some of the sisters are holding goblets) Fat or thin? Young or old? Man or woman? DOCTOR: Why would you do this for me? OHILA: You've helped us in the past. DOCTOR: You were never big on gratitude. OHILA: The w*r between the Daleks and the Time Lords thr*at all of reality. You are the only hope left. DOCTOR: It's not my w*r, I will have no part of it. OHILA: You can't ignore it forever. DOCTOR: I help where I can, I will not fight. OHILA: Because you are "the good man" as you call yourself? DOCTOR: I call myself The Doctor. OHILA: It's the same thing in your mind. DOCTOR: I'd like to think so. OHILA: In that case, Doctor...attend your patient. CASS is brought in and laid on the altar. The DOCTOR hurries over and scans her with the sonic. OHILA: You're wasting your time. She is beyond even our help. DOCTOR: She wanted to see the universe. OHILA: She didn't miss much, it's very nearly over. DOCTOR: I could've saved her, I could have got her off, but she wouldn't listen. OHILA: Then she was wiser than you. She understood there was no escaping in the Time w*r. You are a part of this, Doctor, whether you like it or not. DOCTOR: I would rather die. OHILA: You're d*ad already. How many more will you let join you? If she could speak... What would she say? DOCTOR: To me, nothing. I'm a Time Lord, everything she despised. OHILA: She would beg your help, as we beg your help now. The universe stands on the brink. Will you let it fall? Fast or strong? Wise or angry? What do you need now? The DOCTOR takes CASS’ amm*nit*on belt and holds it in his hands. DOCTOR: Warrior. OHILA: Warrior? DOCTOR: I don't suppose there’s any need for a Doctor any more. Make me a warrior now. OHILA: I took the liberty of preparing this one myself. (hands the DOCTOR a goblet) DOCTOR: (shouts) Get out, get out! (softer) All of you. The sisters start filing out. DOCTOR: Will it hurt? OHILA: Yes. DOCTOR: Good. The DOCTOR holds the goblet in front of him with both hands. DOCTOR: Charley, C’rizz, Lucie, Tamsin, Molly…friends, companions I've known, I salute you. And Cass... I apologize. Physician, heal thyself. (drinks) The goblet drops from the DOCTOR’S hands and the golden regeneration energy radiates from his hands. He groans in pain and doubles over as it increases. The room is bathed in a bright light that soon fades. OHILA: Is it done? We see a hand caress CASS’ face before picking up her amm*nit*on belt and straps it on bandoleer-style. WARRIOR: Doctor no more. We see a reflection of a man who is a younger version of the one introduced in "Name of the Doctor".
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2013-11-14 - The Night of the Doctor"}
foreverdreaming
ENGLAND, 1842 EXT. BACK GARDEN, DAY Children are playing in the snow, having a snowball fight. One boy, WALTER, is by himself building a snowman. His MOTHER comes up behind him. MOTHER: Walter? Don't you want to go and play with the other boys and girls? They're very nice. WALTER: I don't need anyone else. WALTER'S UNCLE JOSH comes out of the building and stands next to the WOMAN. MOTHER: (to UNCLE JOSH) He never talks to anyone. He's so alone. It's not right. It's not healthy. The couple heads back inside. WALTER: (to SNOWMAN) I don't want to talk to them. They're silly. SNOWMAN: They're silly. WALTER looks around to see if someone is playing a prank on him. The other children are still playing. SNOWMAN: Don't talk to them. They're silly. WALTER runs away but stops when the SNOWMAN speaks again. SNOWMAN: Don't need anyone else. I can help you. WALTER: (walks back) How? 50 YEARS LATER EXT. LONDON ALLEY, NIGHT An older, stern-faced WALTER SIMEON stands impassive as he watches men scrape snow from snowmen into jars. The jars are then placed in a carriage which bears the insignia “GI”. EXT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, NIGHT The carriage arrives at the elegant building behind high wrought iron fences. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT SIMEON enters the office holding a jar and walks towards a large globe on top of a large dais at one side of the room. Electricity crackles around it. SIMEON: The last of the arrivals have been sampled. INTELLIGENCE: (the same voice as the snowman) The great swarm is approaching. As humanity celebrates, so shall it end. Will the final piece be ready? SIMEON opens a small door on the globe and empties the jar of snow inside. SIMEON: It's in hand. I serve you in this, as in everything else. INTELLIGENCE: And do you keep my secrets, those men who helped us tonight? SIMEON: It won't be a problem. I promised to feed them. EXT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, NIGHT The men are gathered in a courtyard and look up as SIMEON steps out on a balcony. MAN: Beg pardon, Dr Simeon... it's been a long day. I don't see any food here. SIMEON: I do. Snowmen burst up from the ground, surrounding the men, baring their teeth. MAN: What is this? SIMEON: I said I'd feed you. I didn't say who to. The gathered men scream in anguish and we hear the snowmen growl and snarl. SIMEON walks away. INT. ROSE & CROWN, NIGHT The pub is doing a good business. One of the barmaids, CLARA, collects empty t*nk on a tray. EXT. ROSE & CROWN, NIGHT CLARA brings the t*nk outside. She hears a noise and sets the tray down on a barrel. She looks and sees a snowman standing there. A MAN walks past. CLARA: Did you make this snowman? MAN: No. (keeps walking) CLARA: Well, who did? Cos it wasn't there a second ago. It just appeared, from nowhere. The MAN stops and turns around. It is the DOCTOR in Victorian garb. He walks backs to CLARA and slips on a pair of glasses – the ones Amy left behind. He looks at the snowman and pinches some snow off it. DOCTOR: Maybe it's snow that fell before. Maybe it remembers how to make snowmen. CLARA: What, snow that can remember? That's silly. DOCTOR: What's wrong with silly? CLARA: Nothing. Still talking to you, ain't I? The DOCTOR smiles and takes off the glasses. DOCTOR: What's your name? CLARA: Clara. DOCTOR: Nice name, Clara. You should definitely keep it. (walks away) Goodbye! After a pause, CLARA chases after him. CLARA: Oi! (plants hands on hips) Where are you going? I thought we were just getting acquainted. DOCTOR: (turns around) Those were the days. (walks away) CLARA turns back for the pub and pauses when she hears a carriage driver call to the horses. She looks down the way the DOCTOR walked, throws down her shawl and runs after him. She spots the carriage and runs after it. INT. CARRIAGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR sits in the carriage, an old-fashioned speaker hanging from the roof. VASTRA'S voice comes over the speaker. VASTRA: 'How refreshing to see you taking an interest again. Was she nice?' DOCTOR: I just spoke to her. VASTRA: 'And made your usual impact, no doubt.' DOCTOR: No, no impact at all. Those days are over. VASTRA: 'You can't help yourself.' CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH– CUT TO: INT. VASTRA'S CONSERVATORY, NIGHT VASTRA is sitting and speaking into a disguised communication device. VASTRA: It's the same story, every time. And it always begins with the same two words. DOCTOR: She'll never be able to find me again, she doesn't even have the name. Doctor - what two words? CLARA drops her head through the flap at the top of the carriage. CLARA: Doctor? Doctor who? Matt Smith Jenna-Louise Coleman DOCTOR WHO "The Snowmen" By Steven Moffat PRODUCER Marcus Wilson DIRECTOR Saul Metzstein EXT. STREET, NIGHT A carriage progresses slowly through the streets. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT The carriage arrives in front of the Latimer house and Captain LATIMER steps down. The carriage drives away. The maid ALICE greets him at the door. ALICE: Good evening, sir. WALTER: (pauses and looks at frozen pond) Pond's frozen over. Hasn't frozen since the night... SIMEON steps out of the house to stand beside LATIMER. SIMEON: Since the night your children's governess died, a year ago. LATIMER looks to ALICE. ALICE: Dr Simeon, sir - he insisted on waiting. SIMEON: (looks straight ahead at pond) She drowned in this very pond, which then froze. You didn't find her till a month later, when the ice finally melted. LATIMER: I recall the incident. It is the sort of thing one remembers. SIMEON: The ice remembers too. LATIMER: Who are you? What do you want here? SIMEON holds up a business card and LATIMER takes it. SIMEON: The pond is yours, Captain Latimer, but what is growing inside it, when it is ready, is ours. Good evening. (leaves) The ice on the pond creaks as it thickens. EXT. LONDON ALLEY, NIGHT SIMEON walks along but is blocked by a woman clad in figure-hugging black leather. It is JENNY. JENNY: Well, Dr Simeon, you're out very late tonight. A second figure walks up behind SIMEON dressed in a black gown with her face hidden behind a veil. It is VASTRA. VASTRA: Almost makes you wonder what you've been up to. But then, I have often wondered about the activities of Dr Simeon and his exceptionally secretive Institute. SIMEON: Well, I am honoured this evening. The veiled detective and her fatuous accomplice. JENNY: (curtseys mockingly) At your service. SIMEON: You realise Dr Doyle is almost certainly basing his fantastical tales on your own exploits? With a few choice alterations, of course. I doubt the readers of The Strand magazine would accept that the great detective is, in reality... (lifts VASTRA'S veil) a woman. And her suspiciously intimate companion... VASTRA: I resent your implication of impropriety! We are married. JENNY: More than can be said for you, eh, dear? VASTRA: Now then - this snow is interesting, don't you think? (picks up some snow from the top of a barrel) The ice crystals seem to have a low level telepathic field. Almost as if it can detect and respond to the thoughts and memories of the people around it. Memory snow. Snow that learns. SIMEON: How fascinating. VASTRA lets the snow fall through her fingers. VASTRA: I hope it's listening to the right people. It could be a terrible w*apon in the wrong hands, don't you think? SIMEON: I think winter is coming. Such a winter as this world has never known. The last winter of humankind. Do you know why I'm telling you all this? VASTRA: I am intrigued. SIMEON: Because there is not a single thing you can do to stop it. (walks away) VASTRA: Perhaps I can't, but I know a man who can. SIMEON: (pauses) I look forward to meeting him. (walks away) JENNY: Do you mean the Doctor? He won't help us, he never helps any more, you know that. VASTRA: Yes, my dear, I do, so pray for a miracle because I think we are going to need him. EXT. STREET, NIGHT The Great Intelligence Institute is under observation with futuristic technology. The binoculars are lowered and we see it is STRAX. STRAX: They've taken samples from snowmen all over London. What do you suppose they're doing in there? The DOCTOR is squatting, running the snow through his fingers. DOCTOR: This snow is new. Possibly alien. When you find something brand new in the world, something you've never seen before, what's the next thing you look for? STRAX: A grenade? DOCTOR: A profit. (stands) That's Victorian values for you! (faces STRAX) STRAX: I suggest a full frontal as*ault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines and acid. DOCTOR: Why? STRAX: Couldn't we at least investigate? DOCTOR: It's none of our business. STRAX: Sir, permission to express my opposition to your current apathy? DOCTOR: (leans against a shop-front) Permission granted. STRAX: Sir, I am opposed to your current apathy. CLARA: (muffled) Let me out of here! DOCTOR: Thank you, Strax. And if ever I'm in need of advice from a psychotic potato-dwarf,(takes STRAX'S head in his hands) you'll certainly be the first to know. (releases STRAX) STRAX: But if the snow is new and alien, shouldn't we be making some attempt to destroy it? Be reasonable! The DOCTOR puts a finger to STRAX'S lips. Behind them, we see the carriage rocking back and forth. CLARA: (muffled) Let me out! DOCTOR: It is not our problem. Over a thousand years of saving the universe, Strax, you know the one thing I learned? The universe doesn't care. CLARA: (muffled) Oi, Doctor! Let me out! DOCTOR: Now, we have a problem of our own to worry about...(walks to the carriage) CLARA: (muffled) Let me out! Oi! The DOCTOR opens the carriage door and CLARA presses against the opposite side. The DOCTOR sits across from her. DOCTOR: Don't worry. No-one's going to hurt you. CLARA: (sees STRAX) What is that thing? STRAX: Silence, boy! DOCTOR: That's Strax and as you can see, he's easily confused. STRAX: Silence, girl. Sorry, lad. DOCTOR: Sontaran. Clone warrior race - factory produced, whole legions at a time. Two genders is a bit further than he can count. STRAX: Sir, do not discuss my reproductive cycle in front of enemy girls! It's embarrassing. DOCTOR: (whispers to CLARA) Typical middle child of six million. CLARA: Who are you? DOCTOR: It doesn't matter because you're about to forget that you and I ever met. (to STRAX) We'll need the worm. STRAX: Sir. (leaves) CLARA: You'll need the what? The worm? What worm? DOCTOR: Don't worry, it won't hurt, but one touch on your bare skin and you'll lose the last hour of your memory. STRAX returns empty-handed. DOCTOR: Where is it? STRAX: Where's what, sir? DOCTOR: I sent you to get the memory worm. STRAX: Did you? When? Who's he? What are we doing here? Look, it's been snowing! DOCTOR: You didn't use the gauntlets, did you? STRAX: Why would I need the gauntlets? Do you want me to get the memory worm? LATER STRAX is under the carriage looking for the worm. The DOCTOR and CLARA stand by and watch. DOCTOR: Can you see it? STRAX: I think I can hear it. The DOCTOR looks over at CLARA who is trying to hide a smile. DOCTOR: Oi, (points) don't try to run away, stay where you are. CLARA: Why would I run? I know what's going to happen next - and it's funny. DOCTOR: What's funny? CLARA: Your little pal, for a start. Ugly little fella, isn't he? DOCTOR: Maybe. He gave his life for a friend of mine once. CLARA: Then how come he's alive? DOCTOR: Another friend brought him back. I'm not sure all his brains made the return trip! CLARA: Neither am I. STRAX: I can see it. DOCTOR: Oooh! Can you reach it? Have you got it? STRAX: Got what, sir? CLARA: (picks up a pair of large gloves) Because these are the gauntlets, aren't they? STRAX: Sir! Emergency! I think I've been run over by a cab! LATER The DOCTOR stands up with the squirming worm in the grasp of the gauntlets. DOCTOR: There you go. One touch and you lose about an hour of your memory. Let it bite you and you could lose decades. (shoves the worm in a jar) And you're still not trying to run. CLARA: I don't understand how the snowman built itself. I'll run once you've explained. DOCTOR: Clara who? CLARA: Doctor who? DOCTOR: Oh, dangerous question. CLARA: What's wrong with dangerous? DOCTOR: The snow emits a low level telepathic field... As the DOCTOR explains, CLARA turns her head just as a snowman appears. CLARA: My snowman... DOCTOR: …seems to reflect people's thoughts and memories and because it's unusual, somehow it carries a previous shape and... CLARA: No, Doctor! (grabs the DOCTOR by the arm and points at the snowman) My snowman! DOCTOR: Ah! Interesting. Well, were you thinking about it? They approach the snowman. CLARA: Yes. Another snowman appears next to the first. DOCTOR: Well, stop. They turn to run in the other direction and find a third snowman. DOCTOR: Clara, stop thinking about the snowmen! More snowmen appear and open their mouths. The DOCTOR kneels down and grips CLARA'S head in his hands. DOCTOR: Get down! Clara, listen to me, the snow is feeding off your thoughts. CLARA: I don't understand. DOCTOR: You're caught in their telepathic field, they're mirroring you. The more you think about them, the more they appear. Imagine them melting, picture it, picture them melted! CLARA and the DOCTOR close their eyes and are soon splashed by melted snowmen. DOCTOR: Well, very good - very, very good! (stands and laughs) CLARA: Is that going to happen again? DOCTOR: If it does, you know what to do about it. CLARA: Unless I forget. The DOCTOR walks CLARA to the carriage. DOCTOR: Don't come looking for me - forget about me. You understand? CLARA: (gets into the carriage) What about the snow? Shouldn't we be warning people? DOCTOR: Not my problem. (closes door) Merry Christmas! (to STRAX) Take her back where we found her. STRAX: Sir. The DOCTOR walks away and STRAX drives off. As the carriage pulls away, CLARA is revealed to have gotten out and she follows the DOCTOR. EXT. PARK, NIGHT The DOCTOR jumps the wrought-iron fence. He looks around cautiously before slipping his hands in his pockets and sauntering while whistling "Silent Night". He looks around again before jumping up and catching on an invisible ladder. As he pulls it down, CLARA peers out from behind a tree. The DOCTOR climbs the ladder and it retracts, becoming invisible once again. CLARA walks over to the spot where the ladder appeared and looks up at the empty sky. She jumps up in an attempt to reach the ladder, but falls to the ground. She tries a second time and reaches it. CLARA: Come on. She pulls the ladder down and climbs it. She reaches a small landing and looks down at the street and the passers-by. CLARA: (waves) Hello. (no one sees her) Invisible. (looks at spiral staircase behind her) An invisible staircase.(climbs) EXT. SKY, NIGHT CLARA climbs the staircase as it reaches high above London. As she does so, the ladder retracts. The staircase ends in the clouds. CLARA looks around at the stars before she sees the TARDIS. She tentatively steps forwards, finding herself on solid footing. She walks over to the TARDIS and touches it, quickly pulling her hand away. She reaches out and knocks on the door. She hears a noise from within and hides on the side as the DOCTOR opens the door and peers out. DOCTOR: Hello? CLARA moves towards the back of the TARDIS as the DOCTOR steps out and walks forward. He looks around. DOCTOR: Hello? The DOCTOR goes around the TARDIS but as he is in the back, CLARA reaches the front and runs down the stairs. DOCTOR: Hello? The DOCTOR makes his way to the front and over to the staircase where he spots CLARA'S shawl. He looks down the staircase and sees her. EXT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, NIGHT A carriage pulls up in front of the building. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT The VOICE of the GREAT INTELLIGENCE speaks as SIMEON brings more snow and places it within the globe. INTELLIGENCE: Tonight the thaw, tomorrow the snow will fall again, yet stronger. The drowned woman and the dreaming child will give us form at last. Tomorrow the snow will fall and so shall mankind. She is coming. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT A figure moves in the frozen pond. INT. ROSE & CROWN, CLARA'S ROOM, DAY CLARA wakes up and smiles. She then sits up in bed and looks at a bag on a chair. EXT. ROSE & CROWN, DAY CLARA walks out of the door to see no snowman. CLARA: Look at that. Must have thawed in the night. BOB CHILCOTT, the innkeeper of the Rose and Crown stands in the doorway. BOB: I'm begging you, Clara, I'm on my knees. CLARA: Elsie is back this afternoon - I was only helping out. I've got my own work to get back to. BOB: What work? Why won't you ever tell us? CLARA: You'd never believe me! (blows a kiss and leaves) INT. CARRIAGE, DAY CLARA pulls down the shades and opens the bag. She pulls out a gown before letting down her hair. She then begins to unbutton her dress. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, DAY The carriage pulls up in front of the house and CLARA alights now wearing a gown befitting someone of a higher station. She greets ALICE in a posh accent. CLARA: Alice, how smart you look today. ALICE: The governess should enter by the back door, unless accompanied by the children. The two women smile at each other. CLARA: And how are the children? Excited about tomorrow? ALICE: Francesca, same as ever. Digby says he missed you every day. Captain Latimer wants to see you. CLARA: Of course. (picks up her bag and walks inside, stopping in the doorway) Every day? ALICE: Twice on Saturdays. CLARA: That's better. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, DAY LATIMER is holding SIMEON'S card when CLARA knocks on the door and enters. CLARA: Captain Latimer. LATIMER: (turns around) Ah. Miss Montague, you're back. CLARA: In time for Christmas. Apologies for my brief absence - family illness is so unpredictable. You wanted to see me? LATIMER: Francesca has been having nightmares. CLARA: Young girls often do. LATIMER: Every night this week, she says. Won't tell me about them. CLARA: Perhaps if you asked her in the right way, there's no-one she'd rather tell. LATIMER: Children are not really my area of expertise... CLARA: They are, however, your children. LATIMER: You have, if I may say, a remarkable amount of wisdom in these matters, for one so... very pretty, Miss Montague. Young, I mean. CLARA: I'll see to the children now. (leaves) EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, BACK GARDEN, DAY FRANCESCA and DIGBY are playing in tag. They rush over when they see CLARA. FRANCESCA: Miss Montague! DIGBY: Miss Montague, you're back! CLARA: Ah, ah, ah! DIGBY: Good morning, Miss Montague. FRANCESCA: Good morning, Miss Montague. CLARA: Good morning, Francesca. Good morning, Digby. (shakes their hands) Christmas Eve is the most thrilling day, don't you think? Now, what have you two been up to while I've been away? DIGBY: I did seven drawings and we saw a d*ad cow. CLARA: Well, how exciting! DIGBY: Do your secret voice! CLARA: (looks around before bending over and using her real voice) 'Ello, mates! The children laugh. LATER CLARA sits next to FRANCESCA on a bench while DIGBY plays with a ball. FRANCESCA: They're not exactly nightmares. Just dreams. DIGBY: About our old governess - the one who died. (taunting) She's haunting Frannie from beyond the grave! CLARA: Haven't you spoken to your father about this? (looks to the window of LATIMER'S study) FRANCESCA: You can't talk about things like that to Daddy. CLARA: You could try. DIGBY: Do you want to see where she died? EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, DAY DIGBY points to the pond as CLARA and FRANCESCA follow. DIGBY: She fell in there. And then it froze, she was in the ice for days and days. I hated her. She was cross all the time. In Frannie's dream, she's still down there, waiting to come back. CLARA: Everything else has thawed, but this pond... (taps ice) is still frozen. CLARA remembers what the DOCTOR told her about the snow. DOCTOR: (V.O.) 'The snow is feeding off your thoughts - the more you think about the snowmen, the more they appear.' CLARA: Frannie, this is important. You dream about her. What do you dream? FRANCESCA: She's cross with me. She says I've been bad and she's going to come out of the pond and punish me! CLARA: When? FRANCESCA: She said she'd come back for Christmas. Tonight. DIGBY: I think Frannie's gone mad, don't you? I think she needs a doctor. EXT. PARK, DAY CLARA hurries into the park and calls up to the sky. CLARA: Doctor! Doctor! People stop to watch her. MAN 1: What's she looking at? MAN 2: She's asking for a doctor. CLARA: Doctor! JENNY sees her and rushes inside the park to top her from attracting more attention. JENNY: Now then, that's enough noise! We don't want to attract attention, do we? CLARA: I'm looking for the Doctor. Do you know about him? JENNY: The Doctor? Doctor who? CLARA looks at JENNY, knowing they share the same secret. INT. VASTRA'S CONSERVATORY, DAY STRAX blocks the entrance to the conservatory. STRAX: Do not attempt to escape or you will be obliterated! May I take your coat? CLARA gives STRAX her coat and hat and he steps aside. VASTRA is sitting in a high-back cane chair sipping on a red drink. CLARA stops and stares at VASTRA. JENNY: Sit. VASTRA: There are two refreshments in your world the colour of red wine. This is not red wine. (sets glass on table) CLARA sits. JENNY: Madame Vastra will ask you questions. You will confine yourself to single word responses. One word only, do you understand? CLARA: Why? VASTRA: Truth is singular - lies are words, words, words. You met the Doctor, didn't you? CLARA: Yes. VASTRA: And now you've come looking for him again. Why? JENNY: Take your time. One word only. CLARA: Curiosity. VASTRA: About? CLARA: Snow. VASTRA: And about him? CLARA: Yes. VASTRA: What do you want from him? CLARA: Help. VASTRA: Why? CLARA: Danger. VASTRA: Why would he help you? CLARA: Kindness. VASTRA: The Doctor is not kind. CLARA: No? VASTRA: No. The Doctor does not help people. Not anyone, not ever. He stands above this world and doesn't interfere in the affairs of its inhabitants. He is not your salvation, nor your protector. Do you understand what I'm saying to you? CLARA: Words. JENNY smiles. VASTRA: He was different once, a long time ago. Kind, yes. A hero, even, a saver of worlds. But he suffered losses which hurt him. Now he prefers isolation to the possibility of pain's return. Kindly choose a word to indicate your understanding of this. CLARA: Man. VASTRA looks over at JENNY who nods her head. VASTRA: We are the Doctor's friends. We assist him in his isolation but that does not mean we approve of it. So... a test for you. Give me a message for the Doctor. Tell him all about the snow and what fresh danger you believe it presents, and above all, explain why he should help you. (CLARA takes a breath and VASTRA places a finger to her lips) But do it in one word. You are thinking it is impossible that such a word exists, or that you could even find it. Let's see if the gods are with you. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH– CUT TO: INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is reading in the muted blue light when the phone rings. He answers in frustration. DOCTOR: Yes, what? I'm trying to read! VASTRA: Miss Clara and her concerns about the snow. I gave her the one-word test. DOCTOR: 'Always pointless. What did she say? Well? Well?' VASTRA: Pond. The DOCTOR stares ahead, stunned. He removes his glasses. VASTRA: Strax has already suggested where to start investigating. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, DAY SIMEON is sitting at his desk. INTELLIGENCE: Danger. Danger. SIMEON: What's wrong? (stands and walks over to the globe) INTELLIGENCE: There is danger here. An intelligence. An intelligence beyond anything else in this time and place. A CLERK enters the room. CLERK: Dr Simeon, sir, there's someone demanding to see you. SIMEON: No callers, not in here, not ever. Did he leave his name? CLERK: Sir... it's Sherlock Holmes! The DOCTOR enters the office wearing an Inverness cape and a deerstalker hat and carrying a cane. DOCTOR: Ooh, nice office. Big globey thing. Now, shut up, don't tell me! (points with cane) I see from your collar stud you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right? SIMEON: No. DOCTOR: But you've got a wife? SIMEON: No. DOCTOR: Bit of a tree? Bit of a wife? Some apples? Come on, work with me here. SIMEON: I enjoy The Strand magazine as much as the next man but I am perfectly aware that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character. Get out!! DOCTOR: (points to CLERK with cane) Do you have a goldfish named Colin? CLERK: No. (leaves) DOCTOR: Thought not. Now... Ooh! I see this is one of your business cards – (picks it up off the desk and holds it in front of SIMEON'S face) it says so on the front! SIMEON: Who are you? What are you doing here? DOCTOR: This. (runs over to globe) Wakey, wakey! (swings at it with cane) SIMEON: That is highly valuable equipment, (grips the cane) you must step away now. INTELLIGENCE: We are the Intelligence. DOCTOR: Oh! Talking snow. I love new things. INTELLIGENCE: You are not of this world. DOCTOR: Takes one to SNOW one! Right, let's see. (walks around globe) Multi-nucleate, crystalline organism with the ability to mimic and mirror what it finds. (taps glass) Looks like snow. Isn't snow. SIMEON: You must leave here now! DOCTOR: Shut up, I'm making deductions, it's very exciting. Now, what are you, eh? (paces, twirling cane) A flock of space crystals? A swarm? As the DOCTOR talks, SIMEON goes to a panel on the wall and turns a handle which rings a bell help. DOCTOR: The snowmen are foot soldiers, mindless predators. But you - you're the clever one. You're Moriarty. So you turn up on a planet, you generate a telepathic field to learn what you can, (uses sonic over his shoulder) and when you've learnt enough, what do you do? You can't conquer the world using snowmen. Snowmen are rubbish in July. You'll have to be better than that. You'll have to evolve. CLERK: (muffled from outside) Sir, it appears to be stuck! SIMEON: What have you done? Have you locked the doors? (goes to door and pulls on handles) DOCTOR: You need to translate yourself into something more, well, human. SIMEON: Kick it down! DOCTOR: To do that you'd need a perfect duplicate of human DNA in ice form - where do you find that? (turns and looks at desk) CLERK: (muffled from outside) Sir? SIMEON: Get in here! Quickly! CLERK: (muffled from outside) I've got a master key somewhere, sir. DOCTOR: (goes to desk) Let's see. Most opened file... (tosses files in the air) most viewed page. (file falls to the floor open) You really should delete your history! (points with cane) "Governess frozen in pond." Gotcha! (looks at SIMEON with a smile) CLERK: (muffled from outside) Got it, sir! SIMEON: Get in here! (two footmen enter) Take him downstairs. They turn around to find the DOCTOR gone, slipped through another door. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT The DOCTOR walks along the border of the pond, scanning it with the sonic screwdriver. DOCTOR: Body frozen in a pond, the snow gets a good long look at a human being, like a full body scan. Everything they need to evolve. Pond. Good point, Clara. STRAX walks up behind him. DOCTOR: What are you doing here? STRAX: Madame Vastra wondered if you were needing any grenades? DOCTOR: Grenades? STRAX: She might have said help. DOCTOR: Help for what? STRAX: Well, your investigation. DOCTOR: Investigation? Who says I'm investigating? Do you think I'm going to start investigating just because some bird smiles at me? (points at STRAX) Who do you think I am? (turns away) STRAX: Sherlock Holmes. DOCTOR: (steps down) Don't be clever, Strax, it doesn't suit you. STRAX: Sorry, sir. DOCTOR: I'm the clever one, (pokes STRAX between the eyes) you're the potato one. STRAX: Yes, sir. DOCTOR: Now go away. (climbs onto pond edge) STRAX: Yes... Mr Holmes. (walks away) DOCTOR: Oi! Shut up, you're not clever or funny and you've got tiny little legs! Light shines on the DOCTOR as CLARA opens the curtains of an upstairs window. She waves and he nervously waves back. CLARA then motions for him to come up. The DOCTOR points at himself and then at her, questioning her intentions. DOCTOR: (turns around and motions with his hands as he talks to himself) OK, just tell her you're leaving, you're not going up. Leaving, not going up. (turns back and holds up his hand signaling "five" and gives a thumbs up) What was that all about – (smacks his head) five minutes, where did that come from? (points at hand) You... (bites thumb) As he walks away, the ice on the pond cracks. EXT. STREET, NIGHT VASTRA, STRAX, and JENNY are watching the Latimer House. A carriage pulls up with SIMEON inside. STRAX: It's the human male from the Institute. What's he doing here? Suggest we melt his brain using projectile acid fish, and then interrogate him. (JENNY looks at him) Other way round. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, NURSERY, NIGHT CLARA is helping the children as they go to bed. She is sitting on FRANCESCA'S bed. FRANCESCA: Am I going to have the nightmare tonight? CLARA: Definitely not. FRANCESCA: How do you know? CLARA: Because someone's coming to help. FRANCESCA: Who? FRANCESCA scoots over on the bed to make room for DIGBY to come sit next to her. CLARA: You wouldn't believe me if I told you. FRANCESCA: Is it one of your stories? Your definitely true ones? CLARA: Huh! All my stories are true. DIGBY: Like how you were born behind the clock face of Big Ben? CLARA: Accounting for my acute sense of time. FRANCESCA: And you invented fish. CLARA: Because I dislike swimming alone. DIGBY: So what's this one? CLARA: There's a man called the Doctor. He lives on a cloud in the sky, and all he does, all day every day, is to stop all the children in the world ever having bad dreams. FRANCESCA: I've been having bad dreams. CLARA: He's been on holiday. But I am confident he has now returned to work. (sees the candle on the bedside table flicker) And as a matter of fact, he's right here... (the door opens slowly) Aren't you, Doctor? The three look to the door. A woman of ice steps through and they scream. It is the GOVERNESS. The children scramble from the bed and CLARA backs away. CLARA: (real voice) Bloomin' hell! GOVERNESS: The children have been very naughty! CLARA: (stands in front of the children as they back away) Get back, now, quickly. DIGBY: You're doing your other voice. CLARA: Yes, love, did you notice? GOVERNESS: Naughty, naughty children!! CLARA: RUN! They run for the playroom and CLARA bolts the door top and bottom. FRANCESCA: What do we do? CLARA: Frannie, Frannie, imagine her melting. (holds FRANCESCA by the arms) FRANCESCA: What?! CLARA: In your head, melt her. FRANCESCA: I can't! GOVERNESS: (through door) I'm getting impatient! (opens door) You have been VERY naughty! DIGBY: What about the man? You said the man was here, the cloud man. CLARA: Well, he's not, is he? DIGBY: Where's the Doctor? CLARA: I don't know! DOCTOR: (as Punch) Doctor? Doctor who? (uses sonic and GOVERNESS shatters-stands) That's the way to do it! (puppet goes for his face) Oi, Ow! EXT. STREET, NIGHT SIMEON extends a pole until it is above the wall and starts bl*wing snow onto the property. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, NURSERY, NIGHT The DOCTOR is kneeling, using the sonic screwdriver on the remains of the GOVERNESS. FRANCESCA: Where did she go? Will she come back? DOCTOR: No, don't worry. She's currently draining through your carpet. (stands) New setting, anti-freeze, and you're very welcome, by the way. CLARA: I'm very grateful. I knew you'd come. DOCTOR: No, you didn't, because I don't. (walks around and takes off scarf) Because this isn't the sort of thing I do any more. Next time you're in trouble, don't expect me to... The DOCTOR sees himself in the mirror. He is wearing a bowtie. CLARA comes up behind him. CLARA: What is it? What's wrong? DOCTOR: Sorry, it's just... Didn't know I'd put it on. Old habits... (straightens tie) The snow continues to fall outside and frost forms on the windows. CLARA: It's cooler. DOCTOR: Yeah, it is, isn't it? It is very cool. Bow ties are cool! CLARA: No, the room. The room is getting colder. The rug moves as something grows underneath it. FRANCESCA: She's coming back! What's she going to do? Is she going to punish me? DOCTOR: Uh... uh... (the sonic doesn't work) She's learnt not to melt. Of course, she's not really a governess, she's just a beast. She's going to eat you. (takes the children by the hand) Run. The DOCTOR pulls them away. CLARA, holding DIGBY'S other hand, is pulled along. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT They run down the front stairs only to stop when LATIMER confronts them. LATIMER: Children, what is exp... Who the devil are you?! What are you doing in my house? DOCTOR: It's OK! I am your governess' gentleman friend, and we've just been upstairs... kissing! ALICE: (comes running in) Captain Latimer, in the garden, there's snowmen! And they're just growing, out of nowhere, all by themselves - look! ALICE runs to the front door and opens it. VASTRA and JENNY are there. VASTRA: Good evening, I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time and this is my wife! ALICE screams and hurries down the hall only to come face-to-face with STRAX. STRAX: This dwelling is under att*ck! Remain calm, human scum! ALICE screams and faints. The DOCTOR runs to the bottom of the stairs and looks at LATIMER. DOCTOR: So! Any questions? LATIMER: (looks at CLARA) You have a... gentleman friend? CLARA sighs. The DOCTOR walks to a window in the parlor. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, PARLOR, NIGHT DOCTOR: Vastra, what's happening? VASTRA, JENNY and STRAX follow the DOCTOR into the room. VASTRA: The snow is highly localised, and on this occasion not naturally occurring. JENNY: It's coming out of that cab parked by the gates. STRAX: Sir, one pulver grenade would blow these snowmen to smithereens. DOCTOR: They're made of snow, Strax, (tugs on STRAX'S ear) they're already smithereens. See, Clara - our friends again. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT LATIMER: Clara? Who's Clara? DOCTOR: Your current governess is in reality a former barmaid called Clara. The GOVERNESS shuffles her way to the top of the stairs. GOVERNESS: That's the way to do it. DOCTOR: Meanwhile, your previous governess is now a living ice sculpture impersonating Mr. Punch. Jenny, what have you got? JENNY throws a grenade that opens a force field around the GOVERNESS. JENNY: Should hold it. STRAX steps into the hall from the study. STRAX: Sir, this room – one observational window on the line of att*ck and one defendable entrance. DOCTOR: Right, everyone in there now. Move it. You, carry her. LATIMER carries ALICE and follows CLARA and the children to the study. The DOCTOR takes out his sonic screwdriver and uses it on the GOVERNESS. VASTRA comes up beside him. VASTRA: Nice to see you off your cloud and engaging again. DOCTOR: I'm not engaging again, I'm under att*ck. VASTRA: You missed this, didn't you? The DOCTOR swings around, aiming the sonic at VASTRA. The GOVERNESS keeps pounding on the field. DOCTOR: Shut up! (passes VASTRA going to the study) Strax, how long have we got? INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT The DOCTOR enters the study and heads for the desk where he pours a whisky. FRANCESCA and DIGBY are sitting in chairs in a corner, CLARA kneeling in front of them. LATIMER has set ALICE down in a chair. STRAX: They're not going to att*ck. They made no attempt to conceal their arrival. An att*ck force would never abandon surprise so easily - and they're clearly in a defence formation. DOCTOR: (fake-boxes STRAX) Well done, Straxie, still got it! (rubs the top of STRAX'S head before kissing it) STRAX: Sir, please do not noogie me during combat prep. VASTRA: So there's something here they want. CLARA: (stands) The Ice Woman. DOCTOR: Exactly. JENNY: Why's she so important? DOCTOR: Because she's a perfect duplication of human DNA in ice crystal form. The ultimate fusion of snow and humanity. (paces and hands LATIMER the whisky) To live here, the snow needs to evolve - and she's the blueprint. She's what they need to become. (snaps and points at CLARA) When the snow melted last night, did the pond? CLARA: No. DOCTOR: Living ice that will never melt. If the snow gets hold of that creature on the stairs, it will learn to make more of them. It will build an army of ice. And it will be the last day of humanity on this planet. The doorbell rings. DOCTOR: (cracks neck) Stay here. (leaves) After a slight pause, CLARA follows. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR turns to face CLARA. DOCTOR: Oi, I told you to stay in there. CLARA: Oh, I didn't listen. DOCTOR: You do that a lot. CLARA: It's why you like me. DOCTOR: Who said I like you? CLARA puts her hands on either side of the DOCTOR'S face and pulls him into a kiss. He struggles and tries to break it off. Above them on the stairway, the GOVERNESS still tries to break the field. CLARA pulls away, ending the kiss. The DOCTOR is shocked, stunned. CLARA: I think you just did. DOCTOR: You kissed me. CLARA: You blushed. DOCTOR: And we just... Shut up. The DOCTOR straightens his tie and heads for the front door. After a little smile, CLARA follows. The DOCTOR opens the door to reveal SIMEON. The DOCTOR puts on his stern face and walks up to the other man so they're face-to-face. Behind SIMEON, snowmen rise. SIMEON: Release her to us. You have five minutes. SIMEON walks away and the DOCTOR closes the door and walks back through the hall. DOCTOR: We need to get her out of here - but keep her away from them. CLARA: How? DOCTOR: With this. (pulls out umbrella from stand by stairs) Do I always have to state the obvious? LATIMER: Those creatures outside, what are they? DOCTOR: No danger to you, as long as I get that thing out of here! (points at LATIMER) You, in there - now. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, STAIRS, NIGHT The DOCTOR goes partway up the stairs and uses the sonic screwdriver on the force field. CLARA: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Between you and me, I can't wait to find out. (moves the field behind him – and CLARA) Right, if you look after everyone here, then I can... (realizes she's within the field) Clara! CLARA: Doctor! The GOVERNESS lunges at them, but they dodge past her, the DOCTOR holding CLARA'S hand, and up the stairs. DOCTOR: That was stupid! CLARA: You were stupid, too! DOCTOR: I'm allowed, I'm good at stupid! GOVERNESS: (follows) That's the way to do it! CLARA: Why does she keep saying that? They stop at the landing, CLARA standing behind the DOCTOR as he swings the umbrella at the GOVERNESS. DOCTOR: Mirroring, random mirroring. We need to get on the roof. CLARA: (grabs the DOCTOR by the hand) This way! (pulls him along) DOCTOR: I do the hand grabbing, that's my job, that's always me! EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, ROOF, NIGHT The DOCTOR steps onto the roof through a window DOCTOR: Come on, quickly! CLARA: Agh! (stops in the window) DOCTOR: (stops and turns around) What are you doing? CLARA: My bustle is stuck. DOCTOR: Your bustle?! The DOCTOR goes back to the window, puts his arms around her and pulls. They fall to the roof, CLARA lying on top of him. DOCTOR: You're going to have to take those clothes off! I didn't mean... CLARA: I know. I understand, I do. DOCTOR: Good. CLARA: What's the plan? DOCTOR: Who said I've got a plan? CLARA: Course you've got a plan. You took that. (lifts umbrella) DOCTOR: Maybe I'm an idiot. They stand. CLARA: You're not, you're clever. Really clever. DOCTOR: Are you? (tosses the umbrella to CLARA) If I've got a plan, what is it? You tell me. The GOVERNESS appears at the window. GOVERNESS: That's the way to do it! CLARA: Is this a test? DOCTOR: Yes. CLARA: What will it do to us? DOCTOR: k*ll us. GOVERNESS: That's the way to do it! The GOVERNESS turns into snow, bl*wing through the window. DOCTOR: So, come on then - plan, do I have one? CLARA: I knew straight away. (tosses the umbrella to the DOCTOR) The snow swirls as the GOVERNESS begins to reform. DOCTOR: No, you didn't. (tosses the umbrella to CLARA) CLARA: Course I did. DOCTOR: Show me! CLARA: Why should I? DOCTOR: Because we'll be d*ad in under 30 seconds. Do I have a plan? CLARA: If we'd been escaping, we'd be climbing down the building. If we'd been hiding, we'd be on the other side of the roof. But we're standing right here. DOCTOR: So? CLARA: So! (reaches up with the umbrella and pulls down the ladder) After you. DOCTOR: After you. CLARA: After you, I'm wearing a dress. Eyes front, soldier! DOCTOR: My eyes are always front! (starts up the ladder) CLARA: Mine aren't. (watches appreciatively) DOCTOR: (looks down at CLARA) Stop it! CLARA: No! The DOCTOR continues up the ladder. CLARA clears her throat and faces the GOVERNESS. CLARA: I understand you're the previous governess. I regret to inform you the position is taken. (steps onto ladder and taps it with umbrella) Goodnight. The ladder retracts and CLARA rides it up. The GOVERNESS can only watch. EXT. SKY, NIGHT CLARA reaches the landing at the base of the spiral staircase where the DOCTOR is waiting. CLARA: So you can move your cloud? You can control it. DOCTOR: No, no-one can control clouds, that would be silly. The wind, a little bit. The ladder begins to shake and they look down. CLARA: She's following us! DOCTOR: That's the idea. Keep her away from the snow. (runs up the staircase) So, barmaid or governess, which is it? CLARA: (follows the DOCTOR) That thing is after us, and you want a chat? DOCTOR: (stops) Well, we can't chat after we've been horribly k*lled, can we? (starts) CLARA: How did we get up so high so quick? DOCTOR: Clever staircase, it's taller on the inside! They reach the top of the staircase, the cloud. The DOCTOR turns around and aims the sonic down the staircase. CLARA: What am I standing on, what's this made of? DOCTOR: Super-dense water vapour. Should keep her trapped, for the moment. They cross the cloud to the TARDIS that is battered and b*rned. CLARA: So you actually live up here? On a cloud, in a box? DOCTOR: I have done, for a long time. CLARA: Blimey, you really know how to sulk. DOCTOR: I'm not sulking! CLARA: You live in a box! DOCTOR: That's no more a box than you are a governess. CLARA: Oh, spoken like a man! You're the same as all the rest. Sweet little Clara, works at the Rose and Crown, ideas above her station! (follows the DOCTOR into the TARDIS) For your information, I'm not sweet on the inside, and I'm certainly not... little. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR switches on the TARDIS lights and CLARA looks about, awed. DOCTOR: It's called the TARDIS. It can travel anywhere in time and space. And it's mine. CLARA: But it's... Look at it, it's... DOCTOR: Go on, say it, most people do. CLARA runs outside. EXT. SKY, NIGHT CLARA runs around the exterior of the TARDIS, touching its sides before going back inside. INT. TARDIS CLARA: It's smaller on the outside! DOCTOR: OK, that is a first. CLARA: (walks around the console) Is it magic? Is it a machine? DOCTOR: It's a ship. CLARA: A ship? (goes partway up one set of stairs) DOCTOR: Best ship in the universe. CLARA: (comes down to the console) Is there a kitchen? DOCTOR: Another first. CLARA: I don't know why I asked that, it's just... I like making soufflés. DOCTOR: (looks up slowly) Soufflés?! CLARA: (stands by open door) Why are you showing me all this? DOCTOR: You followed me, remember - I didn't invite you. (turns back to the console) CLARA: You're nearly a foot taller than I am. (DOCTOR turns around) You could've reached the ladder without this (holds up umbrella) - you took it for me. (throws umbrella to the DOCTOR) Why? DOCTOR: (reaches into pocket as he walks to her) I never know why. I only know who. (holds up TARDIS key before placing it in her palm and folder her hand) CLARA: What's this? DOCTOR: Me. Giving in. CLARA: I don't know why I'm crying... DOCTOR: I do. Remember this - this right now, remember all of it. Because this is the day, (exuberantly goes around console) this is the day, this is the day everything begins. While on the side opposite the door, the DOCTOR sets to work on the controls. The GOVERNESS comes up behind CLARA, grabbing her and pulling her from the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Clara! (runs for the door) EXT. SKY, NIGHT CLARA struggles as the GOVERNESS pulls her backwards. CLARA: Get off of me! DOCTOR: (exits TARDIS aiming sonic at GOVERNESS) Water vapour doesn't stop ice, I should've realised! CLARA: Get off! DOCTOR: Let her go. Let her go now! NOW! CLARA: Get off of me! DOCTOR: Clara! The DOCTOR and CLARA share a moment before the GOVERNESS takes another step back and both she and CLARA fall from the cloud. Even while falling, the GOVERNESS tries to reach for CLARA. The DOCTOR runs to the edge and leans over. DOCTOR: (muted) No-o-o-o-o! INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT Those gathered in the study hear a thud. VASTRA: What was that? VASTRA and JENNY look out the window into the front yard and see CLARA lying in the snow surrounded by snowmen. JENNY: It's Clara. VASTRA looks at a handheld device. LATIMER: Dear God. (comes to the window) Oh, dear God, where did she fall from? VASTRA'S device reads "No Life Signs Detected". LATIMER: We have to get her inside. (heads for the door) VASTRA: Those things will k*ll you! LATIMER: She's hurt. VASTRA: She's d*ad. LATIMER stops at the door and looks back at VASTRA. VASTRA and JENNY then look outside. We then hear the TARDIS. LATIMER: What is that? What is happening?! EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT The TARDIS materializes around CLARA. VASTRA: He's bringing her in. INT. TARDIS CLARA lies on the floor of the TARDIS, chunks of ice, remains of the GOVERNESS, scattered about her. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT CLARA is lying on a table as STRAX scans her with VASTRA'S device. Above the table floats a pulsing red light of energy. LATIMER stands at the opposite side of the table from STRAX. JENNY stands back against the wall. VASTRA is standing behind STRAX. LATIMER: That green woman said she was d*ad, how can she be alive now? STRAX: This technology has capacities and abilities beyond anything your puny human mind could possibly understand. Try not to worry. VASTRA enters the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is standing by the console using the sonic on a piece of ice from the GOVERNESS. He puts the piece into a tin box decorated with a map of the London Underground resting on the console and takes out another. He repeats the process. VASTRA: Isn't the creature still a danger? It could reform. DOCTOR: No, not in here. VASTRA: Then you should be with Miss Clara. DOCTOR: She's going to be fine, I know she is, she has to be. VASTRA: Doctor, her injuries are severe. That equipment will bring back anyone for a while, but long term... DOCTOR: It was my fault. I am responsible for what happened to Clara, she was in my care! VASTRA: What is the point of blaming yourself? DOCTOR: None. Because she's going to live. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT The DOCTOR steps out of the TARDIS. He hands the box of ice to JENNY before walking over to CLARA. He leans over, takes one of her hands in his and strokes her head. She opens her eyes. DOCTOR: (whispers) Hello. CLARA: (weakly) They all think I'm going to die, don't they? DOCTOR: (whispers) And I know you're going to live. CLARA: (weakly) How? DOCTOR: (whispers) (reaches into jacket pocket) I never know how. (pulls out TARDIS key) I just know who. (kisses key and places it in her hand then kisses her hand) CLARA: (weakly) The green lady... she said you were the saver of worlds once. Are you going to save this one? DOCTOR: (whispers) If I do, will you come away with me? CLARA: (weakly) Yes. DOCTOR: (whispers) Well then. (kisses her forehead) Merry Christmas. The DOCTOR stands and straightens his tie. He then takes the box from JENNY and leaves the room. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR opens the front door. SIMEON is standing there, surrounded by snowmen. DOCTOR: (holds up box) I have in my hand a piece of the Ice Lady. Everything you need to know about how to make ice people. Is that what you want? See you at the office. (closes door) INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR strides into the TARDIS followed by VASTRA. He works the controls furiously. VASTRA: So then, Doctor, saving the world again? Might I ask why? Are you making a bargain with the universe? You'll save the world to let her live? DOCTOR: Yes! And don't you think, after all this time and everything I've ever done, I'm owed this one? VASTRA: I don't think the universe makes bargains. DOCTOR: It was my fault. VASTRA: (grips him by the lapels) Well then, better save the world. The DOCTOR puts the TARDIS in motion. INT. CARRIAGE, NIGHT SIMEON sits in the back of the carriage, impassive. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, HALLS, NIGHT SIMEON walks through the halls to his study. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT SIMEON opens the door to his office. The DOCTOR is sitting at his desk, legs crossed and resting on its surface. VASTRA is standing behind him. SIMEON: You promised us something. Have you brought it? DOCTOR: Big fella here's been very quiet while you've been out - which is only to be expected considering who he really is. (stands and holds up the box) Know what this is, big fella? (walks to the center of the room) INTELLIGENCE: I do not understand these markings. DOCTOR: A map of the London Underground, 1967 - key strategic weakness in metropolitan living, if you ask me, but then I have never liked a tunnel... INTELLIGENCE: Enough of this. We are powerful, but on this planet we are limited. We need to learn to take human form. The Governess is our most perfect replication of humanity... The DOCTOR has taken out the sonic screwdriver and uses it on the INTELLIGENCE causing its voice to change, turning to that of a young boy. VASTRA: What's happening to its voice? DOCTOR: Just stripping away the disguise. INTELLIGENCE: No, stop! Stop that! Cease, I command you! SIMEON slowly falls back against the desk for support. VASTRA: It sounds like a child. DOCTOR: Of course it sounds like a child, it IS a child. Simeon as a child, the snow has no voice without him. INTELLIGENCE: Don't listen to him, he's ruining everything! DOCTOR: How long has the Intelligence been talking to you? SIMEON: I was a little boy. He was my snowman... He spoke to me. FLASHBACK EXT. BACK GARDEN, DAY Young WALTER SIMEON is making his SNOWMAN. SNOWMAN: They're silly. DOCTOR: But the snow doesn't talk, does it - it's just a mirror. FLASHBACK EXT. BACK GARDEN, DAY WALTER: (to SNOWMAN) I don't want to talk to them. They're silly. SNOWMAN: They're silly. DOCTOR: It just reflects back everything we think and feel and fear. FLASHBACK EXT. BACK GARDEN, DAY WALTER: I don't need anyone else. SNOWMAN: Don't need anyone else. DOCTOR: You poured your darkest dreams into a snowman - and look, (points to globe) look what it became! VASTRA: I don't understand. DOCTOR: (walks to the globe) It's a parasite feeding on the loneliness of a child and the sickness of an old man. (walks back towards SIMEON) Carnivorous snow meets Victorian values... and something terrible is born. INTELLIGENCE: We can go on! And do everything we planned. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, and what a plan! A world full of living ice people. Oh, dear me, how very Victorian of you. SIMEON: What's wrong with Victorian values? SIMEON lunges at the DOCTOR and grabs the box of ice. VASTRA comes forward to take it back. The DOCTOR holds up a hand. DOCTOR: Are you sure? SIMEON: I have always been sure! SIMEON opens the box and reaches in to take a piece of ice. Instead, he grabs the memory worm which bites his hand. He groans and keels over on his side. DOCTOR: (coldly) Good. (bends over) I'm glad you think so, since your entire adult life is about to be erased. No parasite without a host, without you, it will have no voice, without the governess, it will have no form. INTELLIGENCE: What... What's happening, what's happening, what did you do? DOCTOR: (stands) You've got nothing left to mirror any more. Goodbye. INTELLIGENCE: What did you... Did you... Did you...(voice and energy fade away before resuming as if nothing happened) Did you really think it would be so easy? DOCTOR: That's not possible. How is that possible? VASTRA: (looks to the window) Doctor! The DOCTOR runs over and looks out the window at the snow. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT The snowmen grow taller and growl. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT JENNY has been keeping watch. JENNY: They're growing! The snowmen are growing! LATIMER comes to the window. LATIMER: What do we do? INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT The DOCTOR and VASTRA stand at the base of the globe. DOCTOR: But you were just Dr Simeon. You're not real, he dreamed you, how can you still exist? INTELLIGENCE: Now the dream outlives the dreamer and can never die. Once I was the puppet. Now I pull the strings! (SIMEON rises up from the floor behind them, charged with electricity. The INTELLIGENCE now speaks through him) I have tried so long to take on human form. By erasing Simeon, you made space for me. (SIMEON'S face is blue with cold, frost covering his skin) I fill him now. VASTRA pulls her sword from its sheath and moves to att*ck SIMEON, but he flings her aside. He puts his hands around the DOCTOR'S throat, pushing him down to the floor. INTELLIGENCE: More than snow, more than Simeon - even this old body is strong in my control. SIMEON reaches his hand to touch the DOCTOR'S face, his skin. The DOCTOR groans. INTELLIGENCE: Do you feel it? SIMEON'S hand touches the DOCTOR'S face and steam rises from his skin as the heat leaves his body and his skin begins to turn blue and cold. INTELLIGENCE: Winter is coming! Winter is coming! INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT STRAX is watching over CLARA STRAX: No, you must fight! Hang on and fight, boy, you can do it! LATIMER comes to stand beside the table. CLARA: (weakly) Captain Latimer... (LATIMER grips her hand) your children... they are afraid. Hold them. LATIMER: (looks to his children) It's not really my area. CLARA: (weakly) It is now. A single tear falls from CLARA'S eye. Outside, there is a flash of lightening and JENNY turns to look out the window. EXT. LONDON, NIGHT The snow turns to rain. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT The snow inside the globe turns to water. SIMEON falls back from the DOCTOR and curls up in pain. INTELLIGENCE: What's happening? The DOCTOR moves to SIMEON to examine him. VASTRA gets up and looks at the globe. VASTRA: Doctor! The globe. It's turning to rain. All of it, the snow, look. The DOCTOR looks at the globe before turning back to SIMEON. SIMEON looks at his trembling hands before dropping them to his side. The DOCTOR feels for a pulse. VASTRA: He's d*ad. What happened? DOCTOR: The snow mirrors, that's all it does. It's mirroring something else now. Something so strong, it's drowning everything else. (runs to the window, opens it and lets the rain fall into his palm) There was a critical mass of snow at the house. If something happened there... (licks his hand) CLARA: (tastes the rain) Salty. Salt water rain. DOCTOR: It's not raining. It's crying. The only force on Earth that could drown the snow, a whole family crying on Christmas Eve. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT CLARA'S tears fall to the floor to be absorbed by the rug. INT. GREAT INTELLIGENCE HQ, STUDY, NIGHT The DOCTOR looks at VASTRA before running to the TARDIS. EXT. LATIMER HOUSE, FRONT, NIGHT The snowmen start to melt in the rain. INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT The DOCTOR and VASTRA step out from the TARDIS. STRAX: I'm sorry. There was nothing to be done. She has moments only. LATIMER has his arms around FRANCESCA and DIGBY as they cry against his chest. DIGBY turns his head and watches as the DOCTOR approaches the table and kneels. DOCTOR: (whispers) We saved the world, Clara, you and me. We really, really did. CLARA: (weakly) Will you go back... to your cloud? DOCTOR: (whispers) No more cloud. Not now. CLARA: (weakly) Why not? (closes eyes) DOCTOR: (whispers) It rained. (bows head) CLARA: (weakly) Run. The DOCTOR lifts his head. CLARA: (weakly) Run, you clever boy. (opens eyes) And remember. (dies) Outside, church bells begin to ring. JENNY: It's Christmas. Christmas Day. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY LATIMER, FRANCESCA and DIGBY stand by the side of CLARA'S freshly-dug grave. The DOCTOR, VASTRA and JENNY watch from a distance. VASTRA is wearing her veil and the DOCTOR holds a bouquet of flowers. VASTRA: And what about the Intelligence? Melted with the snow? DOCTOR: No, I shouldn't think so. It learned to survive beyond physical form. JENNY: Well, we can't be in much danger from a disembodied Intelligence that thinks it can inv*de the world with snowmen. VASTRA: Or that the London Underground is a key strategic weakness. The DOCTOR reaches into his pocket and pulls out the calling card he had taken from SIMEON. DOCTOR: The Great Intelligence... rings a bell... the Great Intelligence? LATIMER and the children leave and the DOCTOR approaches the grave. JENNY: Doctor? (looks at VASTRA) VASTRA and JENNY walk over to find the DOCTOR kneeling by the grave, looking at the headstone. He looks up at their approach before turning back to the marker. DOCTOR: I never knew her name, her full name. The name carved into the stone is "Clara Oswin Oswald". OSWIN: (V.O.) Oswin Oswald, junior entertainment manager, Starship Alaska. DOCTOR: Souffle girl... [clip of OSWIN from "Asylum of the Daleks" taking a soufflé from the oven] Oswin - it was her. FLASHBACK INT. ASYLUM OSWIN: (sits in chair and tucks up legs) Run, you clever boy and remember...(looks at camera) FLASHBACK INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT CLARA: Run, you clever boy… FLASHBACK INT. ASYLUM OSWIN: …and remember. (looks at camera) FLASHBACK INT. LATIMER HOUSE, LATIMER'S STUDY, NIGHT CLARA: and remember. DOCTOR: It was Soufflé Girl again. (stands) I never saw her face the first time with the Daleks, but her voice, it was the same voice. JENNY: Doctor?! DOCTOR: The same woman, twice, and she died both times, the same woman! VASTRA: Doctor, what are you talking about? DOCTOR: Something's going on, something impossible, something... (backs away) Right, you two stay here, stay right here, don't move an inch. (turns and hurries away) VASTRA: Are you coming back? DOCTOR: Shouldn't think so! VASTRA: But where are you going? DOCTOR: (stops and turns around) To find her, to find Clara. (laughs and runs off) JENNY: (looks at VASTRA) But Clara's d*ad. What's he talking about, finding her? VASTRA: I don't know, but perhaps the universe makes bargains after all. VASTRA looks at the headstone. Underneath CLARA'S name, it reads "Remember me for we shall meet again." PRESENT DAY CLARA'S gravestone is now chipped and mottled with age and moss. Two women are walking through the graveyard. One separates from the other. WOMAN: Where are you going? WOMAN 2: (stops by the grave) Short cut. WOMAN: Through there? I hate this place! Don't you think it's creepy? WOMAN 2: No, (turns around – looks just like CLARA) I don't believe in ghosts. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR runs down from the upper level ringing the console room and punctuates his words by flipping a switch on a different panel. DOCTOR: Clara! Oswin! Oswald! (looks at the monitor) Watch me run!
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SPACE Above Earth, a large warship turns its g*n on the planet. In all fairness, a warning is given. SPEAKER: People of Earth, you stand alone. A series of expl*si*n occur throughout the ship. SPEAKER: Intruder alert, intruder alert. Intruder alert. INT. SPACESHIP, CORRIDOR The DOCTOR runs along the corridor, the expl*si*n following. He falls and looks behind him at the flames before standing and continuing to run down the corridor, aiming his sonic screwdriver at a closed door. The door opens just in time and the DOCTOR runs in. He then turns with the screwdriver to close the door. Another large expl*si*n takes away a section of the ship, the section where the DOCTOR is. We see he is clinging to exposed wires as he tries to climb back into the ship. He sees an empty spacesuit lying on the floor and reaches out for it. DOCTOR: Come here, spacesuit. Come to Doctor. There is another expl*si*n and the spacesuit flies into space, heading towards Earth. With a scream, the DOCTOR lets go and the blast propels him after the suit. He grabs it by the foot with a manic laugh. DOCTOR: Got it! As he plummets towards the planet, the DOCTOR hurriedly tries to get into the suit. Matt Smith Claire Skinner DOCTOR WHO "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe" By Steven Moffat PRODUCER Marcus Wilson DIRECTOR Farren Blackbourne EXT. COUNTRY ROAD, NIGHT A woman, MADGE, is riding a bicycle down the road, a headlight and basket attached to the handlebars. We hear a prolonged scream and there is a bright light followed by a crash. MADGE falls off her bike into a bush. She slowly stands and makes her way into the field and the smoking crater. At the bottom is the DOCTOR lying face-down in the spacesuit. MADGE: Hello? Hello? Hello? Are you all right? Are you hurt? (climbs into the crater) Did you fall? (looks up at the sky) Where did you fall FROM? DOCTOR: (groans) The helmet... MADGE: All right. Just... Just let me... I don't want to hurt you. (opens both visors) Oh! We see the back of the DOCTOR'S head. DOCTOR: I can't see! I'm blind! MADGE: Oh, no, love. No. I think you've just got your helmet on backwards. How did you manage that? DOCTOR: I got dressed in a hurry. INT. HOUSE, NIGHT A young boy is looking up at the night sky through a telescope. A Christmas tree is in the room behind him. MADGE enters the house and sees him. MADGE: Cyril, what are you doing awake? (begins searching husband's jacket pockets as it rests on a chair) CYRIL'S older sister LILY enters the room, also in her pajamas. LILY: It's the moon's fault, apparently. It's too interesting. CYRIL: It's astronomy. LILY: Don't make up words. He's always making up things and breathing. MADGE: Where's your father? CYRIL: In the garden. MADGE: What's he doing in the garden? (walks towards the window) CYRIL: Agriculture. LILY: You're not fooling anyone! MADGE: Listen, Cyril. Tell him that I've borrowed Mr Goldsmith's car, that I found a spaceman in a field...possibly an angel... but he's injured, and I can't get his helmet off, so I'm taking him into town to find a police telephone box. All right? CYRIL: All right. MADGE: Good boy! MADGE kisses CYRIL on the head before leaving. CYRIL turns back to the telescope. Barely seconds later, REG, MADGE'S husband, enters the room. REG: Was that your mother? Where's she going? CYRIL: Out. EXT. COUNTRY ROAD, NIGHT MADGE is driving a convertible – rather poorly – through the street. Ahead of them is a police box. MADGE pulls off to the side of the road and as she goes to put it in park, it jerks forward, hitting a small post. DOCTOR: Did we just... bump into something? MADGE: No, no. DOCTOR: We seemed to bump into quite a lot of things. MADGE: Well, a lot of things get in the way. It's hardly my fault. You need to take that silly thing off. (gets out of the car and walks around to the passenger side) DOCTOR: Can't. Impact suit. It's still repairing me. MADGE: Repairing you? (opens the door and helps the DOCTOR out) DOCTOR: Yeah. Well, I mean, that's the idea. MADGE: Won't it repair you all back to front? (walks with him down the street) DOCTOR: (feels his body nervously) No, no. MADGE: Well, that's good! The DOCTOR walks into a streetlamp. MADGE: There's a streetlamp. DOCTOR: Yes. I got that impression. MADGE: Round this way. (walks him to the front of the police box) Don't you want me to take you to hospital or something? Or you're welcome to come to our house. DOCTOR: No, no, no. I'm fine. (searches pockets) I just need to find the... the key... MADGE: Oooh, (pulls out a hairpin) do you want me to do it with a pin? I'm good with a pin. (sets to work on the lock) DOCTOR: Multi-dimensional, triple-encoded temporal interface. Not really susceptible to pointy things. (goes to lean on the box but misses and nearly falls over) MADGE: Got it! DOCTOR: OK. (scratches the top of the helmet) Suddenly the last 900 years of time travel seem that bit less secure. (holds out his hand to where he thinks MADGE is standing) Thank you for taking care of me. You didn't have to, you know. You've been very kind. MADGE: Don't be silly. It's Christmas Eve. No-one should be alone at Christmas. DOCTOR: What did you say your name was? MADGE: Madge. Madge Arwell. DOCTOR: If there's ever anything that I can do for you, let me know. MADGE: How? DOCTOR: I don't know. Make a wish, that usually works. MADGE: Does it? DOCTOR: Well, it did for me. You're here, aren't you? Well, don't wait around here. Just... off you go home. I'll just go and, and wait inside here. (heads into the TARDIS and we hear a thud) Ow! (he is in a real police box) Wrong one. Do you think we could try again? INT. HOUSE, NIGHT REG is sitting reading the newspaper. The headline reads "w*r Looms". He looks up when MADGE enters. REG: You were a long time. Been taking home strays, as usual? MADGE: Just the one. What have you been reading? Not the w*r again! People keep reading about the w*r, then it will actually happen. (sits in chair and pulls out knitting) And then where will you be? THREE YEARS LATER INT. b*mb, NIGHT REG is piloting home a heavily damaged plane and one of the engines has just died. One of his crew joins him. CREW: Sir, Anderson's in a bad way. Where are we? REG: I don't know. Somewhere over the Channel. CREW: What do I tell Anderson? REG: Tell him... Tell him... Tell him we're going home for Christmas. CREW: Yes, sir. (leaves) REG: (on verge of tears) I'm sorry, my love. (lightly caresses photo of MADGE tucked in the windscreen as he fights to keep the plane in the air) INT. HOUSE, BEDROOM, DAY MADGE wakes and sits up slowly. She looks over at her bedside table where a telegram lies open. "We regret to inform you…over the Channel…due to enemy action…deepest sympathy". INT. HOUSE, PARLOR, DAY MADGE looks out the window as LILY and CYRIL sit at the dining table. The house is decorated for Christmas. CYRIL: When's Father coming back? LILY: For Christmas, like he always does. (holds out the wishbone) Now, hurry up and think of something. CYRIL: But we're going to Uncle Digby's house. Will he be there? LILY: He will, won't he, Mother? Daddy WILL be there? MADGE: (pastes on fake smile as she turns) Of course he will. LILY: See? Now, have you thought of anything? CYRIL: Yep. LILY: Count of three, then. Make a wish. One, two, three. As the children pull the wishbone, MADGE closes her eyes, seemingly making her own wish. We then zoom "through" the telescope to the TARDIS in space. EXT. UNCLE DIGBY'S HOUSE, DAY The house is large, the type that would have had a group of servants looking after it in its heyday. MADGE and the children arrive on Christmas Eve. MADGE sets down her suitcase and just looks at the house. CYRIL: Is it haunted? LILY: Is it draughty? MADGE: This is no good. Where's Mr Cardew? He was supposed to be here. (walks to front door and knocks) CYRIL: Maybe it's haunted by the ghost of Uncle Digby. LILY: (looks at CYRIL) Uncle Digby is still alive. He's in a home in Battersea. MADGE: (knocks on door) Mr Cardew! CYRIL: But why do we have to come here? LILY: Because of the b*mb, stupid. CYRIL: I like the b*mb. It's exciting. MADGE walks back to the children. LILY: Will Father be here? He will, won't he? You said he'd meet us at the house. MADGE: He'll be here, of course he will. You don't need to keep asking about it. There is the sound of a door lock turning. The children run to the door. CHILDREN: Father! MAN: (muffled) Sorry! It's the door, it's developed a fault. The door does not want to open fully, seemingly stuck. MADGE: Hello? Mr Cardew? The door falls inward and the sound echoes through the house. The DOCTOR sticks his head out from behind the other door. DOCTOR: There we go! Well, come in, in you come. INT. HOUSE, FRONT HALL, DAY MADGE and the children walk slowly into the front hall, the DOCTOR is behind them. DOCTOR: Mind your step. Now, don't worry, the back door is still, broadly speaking, operational. (pushes the door back into place) Right, then, may I take your cases? MADGE: Thank you. (sets case on floor) LILY: Thank you. (sets case on floor) CYRIL: Thank you. (sets case on floor) DOCTOR: Lovely. Would you mind carrying them for me? I need to show you round. (walks past them and up the stairs) MADGE: No, wait! Who are you? DOCTOR: (stops and turns) I'm the caretaker. MADGE: But you're not Mr Cardew. DOCTOR: I agree. MADGE: But I don't understand. Are you the new caretaker? DOCTOR: (walks back downstairs) Usually called the Doctor. Or the Caretaker. Or Get Off This Planet. Though, strictly speaking, that probably isn't a name. Hello, Madge Arwell. (shakes her hand) MADGE: Hello. DOCTOR: And Cyril Arwell. And Lily Arwell. (shakes them by the hand) Now, come on, come on, lots to see. Whistle-stop tour. Take notes, there will be questions. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR opens a set of double doors with a flourish. The Arwells look on, overwhelmed by the "caretaker". DOCTOR: Smaller sitting room. Just chairs. Bit pointless without a television, so I made some repairs. The DOCTOR flicks a switch on the wall and the chairs begin to move around like a ride at Disney. LILY and CYRIL are amazed. DOCTOR: I know! INT. HOUSE, KITCHEN, DAY The DOCTOR walks into the kitchen and points out things. DOCTOR: Kitchen! That's a cooker, probably. And these are taps. Hot, cold... lemonade. CYRIL: Lemonade? DOCTOR: I know! LILY smiles. INT. HOUSE, FRONT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR steps on the bottom step expecting it to be an escalator and nearly stumbles when it doesn't move. DOCTOR: Staircase. Seems to have broken down. We'll have to walk up. INT. HOUSE, UPSTAIRS HALL, DAY The DOCTOR continues the tour, pointing at different doors. DOCTOR: I sleep up there, stay away. Beware of panthers. MADGE: Panthers?? DOCTOR: They're terrifying! Have you never seen panthers? CYRIL stays behind and looks up the stairway to the attic. DOCTOR: Cyril! CYRIL hurries to catch up. INT. HOUSE, MASTER BEDROOM, DAY The DOCTOR opens the door to reveal a room done in varying shades of blue with gold and brown. There is a half-canopy over the bed. There is also a small fireplace. DOCTOR: Mum's bedroom, grown-up, your basic boring. (closes door) INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR opens the door to the room and it looks more like a playroom than a bedroom with a myriad of toys and games with both children. He gets very excited, showing them the highlights DOCTOR: Lily and Cyril's room! I'm going to be honest... masterpiece. The ultimate bedroom. A sciencey-wiencey workbench. A jungle! A maze! A window disguised as a mirror. A mirror disguised as a window! Torches for midnight feasts and secret reading. Zen garden, mysterious cupboard, zone of tranquility, rubber wall, dream t*nk, exact model of the rest of the house... not QUITE to scale, apologies... dolls with comical expressions, the Magna Carta, a foot spa, Cluedo, a yellow fort. CYRIL: Where are the beds? DOCTOR: I couldn't fit everything in. There had to be sacrifices. Anyway, who needs beds when you've got... (runs to the wall by the door and pulls a lever) hammocks?! (two hammocks fall from the ceiling on rope) (whispers) I know! CYRIL tries to get on the hammock. CYRIL: But how do you get on? DOCTOR: Watch and learn, kid. The DOCTOR makes a running leap but falls between the hammocks to the floor. MADGE: For God's sake! DOCTOR: (sits up, stunned) This hammock has developed a fault! MADGE: Can you please stop talking? Can you please just stop? DOCTOR: (chagrined) Sorry. MADGE: Children, go downstairs. LILY: Why? Are we leaving? MADGE: Yes! No! I don't know. Just, please, go downstairs! LILY: You don't need to shout. LILY and CYRIL leave the room. MADGE: Why are you doing all this? DOCTOR: I'm just... trying to take care of things. I'm the caretaker. MADGE: That's not what caretakers do. DOCTOR: Then why are they called caretakers? MADGE: Their father's d*ad. DOCTOR: I'm sorry. MADGE: Lily and Cyril's father... my husband... Is d*ad, and they don't know yet. Because if I tell them now, then Christmas will always be what took their father away from them, and no-one should have to live like that. Of course, when the Christmas period is over, I shall... I don't know why I keep shouting at them. DOCTOR: Because every time you see them happy, you remember how sad they're going to be, and it breaks your heart. LILY: (muffled) Mother, come and see! CYRIL: (muffled) Mother, you've got to see this. Come on! DOCTOR: Because what's the point in them being happy now if they're going to be sad later? LILY: (muffled) Mother! CYRIL: (muffled) Mother? Are you coming? DOCTOR: The answer is, of course... because they are going to be sad later. Now, we'd better get downstairs. I think they may have found the main sitting room. CYRIL: (muffled) Mother! DOCTOR: (whispers) I repaired it. MADGE precedes the DOCTOR out of the room. The DOCTOR gives a small laugh as he closes the door. INT. HOUSE, MAIN SITTING ROOM, DAY The room looks like something from a Christmas display in a store. There is a large tree in the center with model trains and planes circling it. Ribbons are draped from the ceiling. On the floor is a large present, almost as tall as CYRIL. The children turn in amazement as the adults enter. DOCTOR: I know! CYRIL and LILY walk closer to the tree and present now that MADGE and the DOCTOR were present. CYRIL: Look at that present! (turns over the tag) It's for me! LILY: (reads tag) It says it's for all of us. CYRIL: I'm the youngest, I get to open it first! LILY: Doesn't say who it's from. Mother, who left this here? MADGE turns around to look at the DOCTOR only to see him disappear down the hall. MADGE: That man is quite ridiculous. You must stay away from him. LILY: I like him. CYRIL: I like him, too. LILY: And it's a nice tree, isn't it? CYRIL: It's the BEST tree in the world. MADGE: Yes. Yes, I suppose it is. CYRIL: Say it, mother. Go on, please. Say the thing you always say. MADGE: This Christmas is going to be the best Christmas ever. (wraps them in a hug and kisses each on the forehead) CYRIL looks past his mother and sees the present glow from inside. INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, NIGHT The children are lying in the hammocks and CYRIL is having a hard time falling asleep. CYRIL: Lily! Lily, can you sleep? Lily! LILY: Shut up! CYRIL: What do you think that present is? We could just sneak down and have a look. LILY: Go to sleep! INT. HOUSE, MAIN SITTING ROOM, NIGHT The present glows from within. INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, NIGHT LILY rolls over and tries to go to sleep. INT. HOUSE, MASTER BEDROOM, NIGHT MADGE is holding the telegram about REG as she tries to sleep. INT. HOUSE, HALL, NIGHT LILY sneaks out of the room INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL is asleep. INT. HOUSE, MAIN SITTING ROOM, NIGHT The present glows from within. INT. HOUSE, HALL, NIGHT LILY starts down the stairs until she hears the sonic. She then turns back and heads up the stairs to the attic. CYRIL sneaks out of the room. INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, NIGHT LILY creeps down the hall to the room where the sound is coming from. INT. HOUSE, HALL, NIGHT CYRIL heads downstairs to the main sitting room and sees the glowing present. INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, NIGHT LILY enters the room and sees the DOCTOR sitting at a desk working on something and the TARDIS is in the center of the room. LILY: You were lying about the panthers. DOCTOR: Famous last words. LILY: Why have you got a phone box in your room? DOCTOR: It's not a phone box, it's my... wardrobe. I've just painted it to look like a phone box. LILY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Rewiring. LILY: Why would you rewire a wardrobe? DOCTOR: Have you seen the way I dress? LILY smiles. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL slowly walks towards the present. INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, NIGHT LILY: Who are you? REALLY, who are you? DOCTOR: (a light blinks, concerning the DOCTOR) Your brother, where is he? INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL unties the ribbon around the present. He then kneels down and opens the box. A bright light shines through and a breeze carries through snowflakes. CYRIL looks upstairs before crawling into the box. He pauses when he sees a winter forest. He backs up and sits on the floor, still looking at the box. INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, NIGHT LILY peers into the room and sees what she believes to be CYRIL asleep on the hammock, buried under his blankets. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL looks backwards before going through the box again INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, NIGHT LILY returns to the attic and the DOCTOR looks up from his project. LILY: Still in bed, asleep. DOCTOR: OK. Faulty, then. (uses the sonic on the wires) EXT. FOREST CYRIL jumps down from the box into the snow. On one of the pines in front of him, teardrop icicles form, their base looking like Christmas ornaments. CYRIL slowly walks to the tree and pulls the silver ball free. It grows in his hand, like a balloon being blown up, and he drops it to the ground. It expands again, larger and larger, until it cracks. CYRIL runs back and slides through the box to the sitting room floor. INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, NIGHT LILY is sitting on a trunk across the room from the DOCTOR. The device beeps again and the DOCTOR looks at it before turning to LILY. DOCTOR: You're sure he's still in bed? EXT. FOREST CYRIL crawls back through the box and pauses when he sees the ball has cracked open like an egg. He walks over and sees small footprints walking deeper into the forest. INT. HOUSE, CHILDREN'S ROOM, NIGHT LILY and the DOCTOR enter the room. LILY: See? The DOCTOR puts a finger to his lips shushing her before walking over to the hammock. He pulls down the blanket to reveal a teddy bear. DOCTOR: Oh, he's good! The old bear and duvet? Classic. The DOCTOR rushes from the room followed by LILY. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and LILY arrive in time to see CYRIL'S hand reach back through the box to grab his flashlight. The DOCTOR and LILY run towards the box. DOCTOR: Cyril! The DOCTOR crawls into the box as LILY stops. LILY: What's happening? I don't... What IS that? DOCTOR: (reaches out a hand) With me, quickly, come on! LILY takes the DOCTOR'S hand and he pulls her through. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT The DOCTOR lowers LILY to the ground. DOCTOR: That's it. In you come. Brr! Bit cold. Never mind. (looks around and calls for CYRIL in a whisper) Cyril? Cyril? (examines the cracked shell) LILY: (looks around in wonder) Where are we? DOCTOR: In a forest in a box in a sitting room. Pay attention! He's about 20 minutes ahead of us. (stands and walks after CYRIL) LILY: But we just saw him. DOCTOR: (cuts through trees) Time moves differently across the dimensional planes. What do they teach you in schools these days? (heads off) LILY: (follows) But I don't understand where we are! DOCTOR: (stops and turns around) We've gone through a dimensional portal... thingy. LILY: Well, what's that supposed to be? Where did it come from? DOCTOR: It was a present. And it wasn't supposed to be opened till Christmas Day. Honestly, who opens their Christmas presents early? OK. Shut up. Everyone. The DOCTOR and LILY follow the trail of footprints. ****** In another section of the forest, CYRIL keeps following the trail. ****** LILY and the DOCTOR continue to follow after CYRIL. LILY: I don't understand. Is this place real? Is it fairyland? DOCTOR: Fairyland?! Grow up, Lily! Fairyland looks completely different. (gets down on knee to examine prints) Now, these are Cyril's footprints, and these are the ones he was following. Notice anything? LILY: The other footprints are getting bigger. DOCTOR: Yes. Whatever your brother's following... it's growing. ****** CYRIL sees the overly-large prints and slows. ****** LILY: Well, then we have to get after him! LILY runs ahead and brushes against a tree. Icicles drop and spheres form. She stops and stares, petrified. DOCTOR: It's OK, you're fine. Don't worry. LILY: Is that tree... alive? DOCTOR: Of course it's alive, it's a TREE! LILY: But is it dangerous? DOCTOR: Well, every rose has its thorns. They bend over to examine the spheres. LILY: They're like Christmas tree decorations. DOCTOR: Yeah. Naturally occurring Christmas trees. (sniffs the pine) How cool is that? LILY: I don't understand. DOCTOR: It's a big universe. Everything happens somewhere. Call it a coincidence, call it an idea echoing among the stars. Personally, I call it a brilliant idea for a Christmas trip. Or it should've... been. Do you know the difference between wind and trees talking to each other? LILY: What? The DOCTOR licks the index finger of his right hand and holds it up to test the wind at the same time placing the index finger of his left hand to his lips. DOCTOR: (whispers) No wind. I've been here many times, but I've never heard the trees so active. Something's wrong. What are you doing? What are you up to? (looks into and ornament and his reflections morphs into that of a tree with a face) I'm sorry, Lily. I really am, (takes LILY'S hand as he reaches into a pocket for the sonic) but there is something very wrong in this forest, and your brother's right in the middle of it. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, NIGHT MADGE is downstairs looking for the children. MADGE: Lily and Cyril Arwell, where are you? MADGE sees the open present and gets on her hands and knees to look inside. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT CYRIL has followed the footprints to a large stone tower in the middle of the forest. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT MADGE is looking for her children. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT CYRIL slowly climbs the steps and gently pushes open the door. INT. TOWER, NIGHT CYRIL closes the door and looks up to the dome at the top. He turns and sees a wooden statue of a man sitting in a wooden throne. It is the same as the image the DOCTOR saw in the sphere. He gasps and steps back. He then looks upwards once again and moves to the ramp that circles the inside of the tower. What he doesn't notice is that the footprints he had been following end at the throne. As CYRIL passes behind the statue, it blinks. It then turns its head to follow his progress. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT LILY and the DOCTOR have quickened their pace. LILY: Why would you bring us to this place? DOCTOR: It was supposed to be a treat. This is one of the safest planets I know. There's never anything dangerous here. There is a loud thud and the ground shakes. DOCTOR: There are sentences I should just keep away from. INT. TOWER, NIGHT CYRIL continues up the steps but pauses to look out a window. In the distance he sees a bright searchlight. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT There is another loud thud as the ground shakes. MADGE stops to look around. She changes directions and gasps as the ground shakes again. She heads towards the light cautiously but falls back on the ground when a large metal leg stomps down on the ground in front of her. A bright light shines down and she shades her eyes with her arm. A male voice speaks over an intercom. VOICE: This tree farm is private property. You are trespassing. A sliding door opens in the "leg" and three armed soldiers run out, g*n aimed at MADGE. She holds her hands up as one of the soldiers scans her. MALE SOLDIER: (lifts visor) Unarmed, sir. LEADER: What the hell are you doing here? MALE SOLDIER: No, wait! (checks scanner) Armed! No, unarmed. Sorry, sir. She's wearing wool, sir. It's the natural fabrics, they interfere with... LEADER: (lifts visor) Please say we can tell the difference between wool and side arms. MALE SOLDIER: We can tell the difference, sir. LEADER: Can we? MALE SOLDIER: Not always, sir, no. The third soldier lifts its visor and we see it's a woman. She shakes her head at them. LEADER: (to MADGE) What are you doing here, and do you understand what is about to happen in this forest? MADGE: I was just... FEMALE SOLDIER:: (scans MADGE) Sir, I think she's a time traveller. LEADER: And we're sure it's not her cardigan? MADGE: Who are you? (sobs) It was Christmas! INT. TOWER, NIGHT CYRIL reaches an open door and hesitantly steps through. The door closes behind him. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT LILY: It's just irresponsible! How can you do this to my brother? DOCTOR: It was meant to be a supervised trip. LILY: To the future? DOCTOR: The future, yes. LILY: On a different planet? DOCTOR: Yes, very different. LILY: Where Christmas trees just happen. DOCTOR: Well, sort of Christmas trees, they're not REALLY Christmas trees. INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL arrives at the room on the top of the tower. Standing in the center is another wooden statue. This one is female, standing behind a throne, a circlet held in her hands, waiting to lay it on the head of whoever sits in the chair. CYRIL goes to look out one of the windows and does not see the statue move. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT The DOCTOR and LILY arrive at the tower. DOCTOR: Oh, look at that! The DOCTOR heads for the door and LILY follows. LILY: What, are we going in? DOCTOR: Well, Cyril did. INT. TOWER, NIGHT The DOCTOR enters the room first and sees the seated statue. DOCTOR: Interesting... (looks around the rest of the room) LILY: (slowly walks forward) What's that? What's that statue? What is it? It's like a king. DOCTOR: A king, possibly, but not a statue. (whispers) Look at the floor. (sees the footprints) This is what Cyril was following... the growing thing. Hatched from a bauble on a tree. Grew to this size in less than an hour, I'd say. Impressive. And so is this building! Yes. It's grown, see. This building, it isn't a building, it's a group of trees grown in the SHAPE of a building, disguised as a building. Clever, I love. Clever, clever old forest. So, a forest grows a building. Why would it do that, Lily? LILY: I don't know. DOCTOR: Why's there honey in a honey trap? LILY: Because it's a trap? DOCTOR: Exactly. Thing about people, we can never resist a door. LILY: So, this is a trap? We've just walked straight into a trap? DOCTOR: A people trap. Question is... (whispers) why does a forest need people? They both turn their heads to look at the statue. LILY: (heads for the door) We should go! We have to get out of here. DOCTOR: (holds up a finger) Except? LILY: Except Cyril's here. The DOCTOR reaches his hand behind him and LILY takes it. DOCTOR: So, let's find Cyril. EXT. FOREST, NIGHT MADGE is still crying. LEADER: Ma'am, please stop crying. I can't interrogate you while you're crying. This is a military engagement! There's no crying in military engagements! The MALE SOLDIER starts crying. LEADER: Corporal Ven-Garr, are you... VEN-GARR: (stops) I'm fine, sir. LEADER: What is wrong with you? VEN-GARR: I have... mother issues, sir. It's all on file. It won't affect the performance of my duties. FEMALE SOLDIER: Sir, with regret, I'm going to have to lower my g*n. LEADER: Why? FEMALE SOLDIER: She is a crying, unarmed female civilian. I'm thinking of the visual. LEADER: Nobody's looking. FEMALE SOLDIER: Doesn't mean there's no visual. LEADER: That's exactly what "nobody's looking" means! It means there's no visual. VEN-GARR has started crying again and the LEADER turns to look at him. VEN-GARR: I'm sorry, sir. It's under control. Do you want me to sh**t her, sir? (aims g*n at MADGE) FEMALE SOLDIER: This visual's deteriorating, sir. LEADER: Shut up! The FEMALE SOLDIER sets her g*n down on the ground. LEADER: What are you doing? FEMALE SOLDIER: I am respecting her as a woman, sir. (looks at MADGE and nods) LEADER: OK. We're putting our g*n on the ground. (puts g*n on ground as does VEN-GARR) OK? Happy now? We're stepping away from our g*n. Now can we interrogate you? (MADGE nods) We're from Androzani Major, the year is 5345, and we mean you no harm. Where are you from? MADGE: England, 1941. (pulls out g*n and aims it at them) And there's a w*r on. Crying's ever so useful, isn't it? LEADER: If you say so. But there's nothing you could say that would convince me you'd ever use that g*n. MADGE: Really? Well, I'm looking for my children! INT. TOWER, NIGHT The DOCTOR and LILY come upon the closed door on the stairs. DOCTOR: Cyril? Cyril? (gives LILY the flashlight and takes out the sonic) Can you hear me? INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL turns around at the DOCTOR'S voice and gasps when he sees the statue standing there holding out the circlet. DOCTOR: (V.O.) Cyril? Cyril? Cyril, can you hear me? CYRIL backs away from the statue. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT DOCTOR: (slaps sonic) Of course, it's wood! It's rubbish at wood! LILY: It doesn't LOOK like wood. DOCTOR: It's disguised wood. Have you been listening? LILY: How can trees grow into a building? DOCTOR: Never underestimate a tree, Lily. I met the forest of Cheem once. She fancied me. INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT CYRIL backs away from the statue and falls into the chair as the statues advances on him. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT As the DOCTOR tries to get the sonic to work, LILY looks out the window. LILY: Look at that! DOCTOR: Busy, actually. (to sonic) Yes, I know it's wood. Get over it! LILY: But there are stars. There are stars coming out. DOCTOR: (walks back to the door) That does happen, Lily. Cyril! LILY: Yes. But out of the trees. The DOCTOR does a double-take before coming to the window and looks out. What looks to be stars are indeed rising from the trees. LILY: What is that? DOCTOR: Life force. Pure life force, just... singing. LILY: Beautiful. Doesn't it make you want to cry? DOCTOR: Crying when you're happy. Good for you. (puts hands on LILY'S shoulders) That's so human. A hissing sound, almost like something electrical, comes from behind the locked door. LILY and the DOCTOR rush to the door. LILY: What's it? What is it? Tell me, what?! DOCTOR: Cyril! Can you hear me?? INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT The statue sets the circlet on CYRIL'S head. INT. TOWER, NIGHT Downstairs, the male statue slowly stands and heads for the stairs. Outside the door, LILY and the DOCTOR turn at the sound of its steps. LILY: (whispers) Oh, my God! Oh, my God! INT. HARVESTING PLATFORM, NIGHT The FEMALE SOLDIER ties the men to support poles as MADGE holds the g*n on them. MADGE: What is all this? Is it some kind of cockpit? My husband's a pilot. FEMALE SOLDIER: It drives the platform. MADGE: I don't understand! How did I get here? FEMALE SOLDIER: You tell us, ma'am. MADGE: I'm looking for my children. VEN-GARR: There's nobody else in this forest. There can't be. FEMALE SOLDIER: Well, she found her way in. Maybe her kids did, too. LEADER: Then God help them. MADGE: Why do you say that? FEMALE SOLDIER: We can do a scan for life forms. We can detect people, even though they're far away. MADGE: Like RDF? Radar? FEMALE SOLDIER: Yes. MADGE: Then please stop patronising me and get on with it! FEMALE SOLDIER: Yes, ma'am. (goes to instruments) MADGE: Why did you say, God help my children? LEADER: This forest is about to be harvested. MADGE: Harvested? LEADER: Androzani trees. Greatest fuel source ever. The entire area is being melted down for battery fluid. MADGE: Melted down? How do you melt a forest? LEADER: Acid rain. The satellites are in position. Anyone still out there in five minutes... is going to burn. EXT. TOWER, NIGHT As the DOCTOR works on getting the door open, LILY sees the shadow of the statue getting closer. LILY: Caretaker, it's coming. Open it! DOCTOR: I'm trying! LILY: Open it! DOCTOR: I'm trying! The door unlocks with a loud click. DOCTOR: (whispers) That wasn't me. LILY: It doesn't matter! INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT LILY rushes into the room followed by the DOCTOR. The statue turns its head. CYRIL is unconscious in the chair. LILY runs to the throne and kneels in front of her brother. LILY: What's wrong with him, Caretaker? Is he d*ad? DOCTOR: (leans over and checks CYRIL'S pulse) It's OK, he's just unconscious. (stands and walks over to statue) So, what are you, then? Not a king, a queen! The Queen Bee of the forest. LILY: Caretaker! Look! They watch as the lights lift from the trees. DOCTOR: It's like... LILY: Like what? DOCTOR: Like the life force is leaving the forest. The male statue arrives in the room and walks towards them. LILY: What are they doing? Stop him! The DOCTOR takes out his sonic and uses it on both the wood KING and QUEEN as they advance. It does nothing. DOCTOR: Aliens made of wood! This was always going to happen, you know. They stop, flanking the chair. DOCTOR: It's OK. I think they just want to talk to us. The wood couple look at CYRIL and the circlet lights up. CYRIL: They're scared. Can't you hear them? The trees are screaming. Can't you hear? LILY runs back to her brother. The DOCTOR uses the sonic on the circlet. DOCTOR: No. But you can. You're connected to them. INT. HARVESTING PLATFORM, NIGHT The FEMALE SOLDIER is at the scanner. FEMALE SOLDIER: OK, picking up life signs about half a mile away. MADGE: Can we go to them? Can we move this thing? FEMALE SOLDIER: I'm not trained, ma'am. Those two are. MADGE: I can't trust them. FEMALE SOLDIER: I can't drive the platform, ma'am. MADGE: (looks around) It looks a little like a plane. My husband flies a plane. He took me up once. FEMALE SOLDIER: It takes years of training! I'm scanning for an audio connection. We might be able to hear them. COMPUTER: 'Acid rain alert, five-minute warning. Prepare for beam-out.' FEMALE SOLDIER: (gets up and moves to the area between the other soldiers) I'm so sorry! You have to find a way out! COMPUTER: 'Evacuate.' FEMALE SOLDIER: Acid fall is coming. You won't last two minutes! COMPUTER: 'Evacuate.' MADGE: Don't go! No, please wait! No! What am I going to do? I... The three soldiers are teleported out of the platform leaving MADGE alone. COMPUTER: 'Evacuate. Evacuate.' MADGE: Where have you gone? COMPUTER: 'Acid fall in five minutes. Unauthorised personnel will be incinerated.' There is a crackling sound and LILY'S voice comes over the speakers. LILY: 'Why have the stars left the trees?' CYRIL: ‘I think they're...' DOCTOR: ‘Just concentrate. What are they doing?' INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR is kneeling in front of CYRIL. CYRIL: Evacuating. They're evacuating. DOCTOR: Why? CYRIL: They're... frightened of the rain. The rain that burns. INT. HARVESTING PLATFORM, NIGHT MADGE listens to the speaker. LILY: 'Caretaker, please explain. I'm frightened.' INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Those stars. They're pure life force. Souls, if you like. And they're trying to escape because they think their home is going to burn. LILY: Why can't they just float up into the sky? DOCTOR: They need to travel inside a living thing. Inside Cyril. You see, this... (scans the circlet) It's not a crown, it's a relay. They're turning your brother into a lifeboat! (puts away sonic) That's what this place is for, then. It's an escape plan, is that it? The QUEEN reaches a hand towards CYRIL and wraps it gently around his neck. DOCTOR: Don't you harm him. Do not touch that child! The QUEEN speaks through CYRIL in a distorted voice. QUEEN: Your coming was foretold. LILY: My God, what is that? Why does he sound like that? DOCTOR: Oh, hello! Are we lip-synching now? QUEEN: We had faith. Your coming was foretold. DOCTOR: There's no such thing as foretelling. Trust a time traveller. QUEEN: We waited, and you came. DOCTOR: So, you've got an escape plan. Why aren't you escaping? QUEEN: The child is weak. DOCTOR: You mean he's a child. QUEEN: No, he is weak. The forest cannot live in him. But there are others. DOCTOR: There certainly are, and the good thing is, I look great in a hat. So, let's get this thing off, eh? (reaches for the circlet) QUEEN: You are also weak. DOCTOR: I'm really not. Let's save a forest, Cyril? QUEEN: You are not the one. You are weak. DOCTOR: I'm really not. The DOCTOR grabs the circlet off CYRIL'S head and it shines fiercely in his hands. It struggles against it, gasping, groaning, screaming. LILY: Let go of it, just let go! Let go of it! Just let go! Please, just drop it! DOCTOR: I can't! LILY grabs the circlet from the DOCTOR and it glows softly in her hands. The DOCTOR pants heavily on his knees. LILY: It's funny, isn't it? It's sort of... tingly. DOCTOR: Tingly?! QUEEN: (speaks through LILY) She is strong, but she is young. LILY pulls away with a gasp, dropping the circlet. DOCTOR: She's strong, I'm weak. Interesting. CYRIL: Mummy? LILY: (goes to CYRIL) Cyril, it's all right. It's me. Mummy isn't here, but we're going home to her right now. Aren't we, Caretaker? DOCTOR: No. I don't think we are. The rain has g*n falling outside. DOCTOR: The rain that burns. Acid rain. INT. HARVESTING PLATFORM, NIGHT MADGE is sitting on the floor under the speaker. DOCTOR: 'We have to get out of this forest, we're in terrible danger. This tower won't protect us for long.' CYRIL: 'Where's Mummy?' LILY: ‘She's coming. You know she's coming, because...' MADGE sniffles. INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT LILY: …because she always comes, doesn't she? DOCTOR: Cyril, the way we came here, that door won't stay open for ever. Now, I'm not even sure if I can get us through the forest safely, but if we're going to have any chance at all, we have to go now. CYRIL: (crosses arms) No. We wait for Mummy. Mummy always comes. DOCTOR: Not this time, Cyril. I'm sorry, but not this time. There is a loud thudding and the ground shakes. Through the window, they see the harvester. LILY: What's that? They go to the window. DOCTOR: It's an Androzani Harvester, but... LILY: You recognise that thing? DOCTOR: More to the point... I think I recognise the driving! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. HARVESTING PLATFORM, NIGHT MADGE is at the controls of the harvester as it heads for the tower. She can still hear the DOCTOR over the speakers. DOCTOR: Madge has entered the forest! Come on, Madge, you can do it! You go, girl! MADGE: Shut up, you ridiculous oaf! DOCTOR: Come on. This way ... you can do it, you can do it! Excellent driving! Hello! MADGE: Caretaker? DOCTOR: Yes! MADGE: You're fired! MADGE over-compensates and the harvester falls over sideways. DOCTOR: It's OK, she's fine, don't worry. Stay here. Just stay here. INT. TOWER, NIGHT The DOCTOR runs down to the entrance. DOCTOR: Madge, Madge! You OK? MADGE enters, hood over her head and there are burn marks on her coat. MADGE: (flips back hood) Stay inside, the rain is frightful! Lily? Cyril? (runs upstairs) The DOCTOR looks out the door at the harvester. INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT MADGE: Cyril! (hurries to her children) LILY: Mum! MADGE: Lily! (hugs them) What are you doing? How dare you leave the house?! Cyril, what have I told you about opening your presents early? CYRIL: Sorry, Mummy. MADGE: Something like this was bound to happen. LILY pulls CYRIL away with a gasp as the QUEEN comes up behind MADGE holding the circlet. MADGE: What are those? LILY: Stay away from it. You have to stay back. MADGE: (mesmerized by glowing circlet) That's beautiful, isn't it? CYRIL: Mummy? MADGE: See how it shines! The QUEEN sets the circlet on MADGE'S head. INT. TOWER, NIGHT The DOCTOR scans the harvester from the safety of the doorway. DOCTOR: Nice one, Madge. A complete write-off! He looks up at the sky at sees the "stars" converging on the tower. He rushes inside and upstairs. INT. TOWER, TOP ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR arrives to see the "stars" absorbed by MADGE sitting on the throne wearing the circlet. LILY: The stars are going inside her. She's taking the whole forest! MADGE: Oh, this is marvellous. Oh, this is really quite wonderful. When she has absorbed them all, the DOCTOR and her children stare at MADGE, shocked. DOCTOR: Madge! Are you all right? Talk to me. Madge, can you hear me? MADGE: Yes, I can hear you. I'm perfectly fine, thank you. DOCTOR: Fine?! You've got a whole world inside your head! MADGE: I know. It's funny, isn't it? One can't imagine being a forest, then suddenly one can. How remarkable! DOCTOR: You're OK? She's OK? The QUEEN puts a hand on MADGE'S shoulder. QUEEN: She is strong. MADGE: That wasn't me. This is all really rather clever, isn't it? DOCTOR: She's strong? She's strong? (realizes) Stupid me! Stupid old Doctor! Do you get it, Cyril? CYRIL: No. DOCTOR: Lily, you do, don't you? LILY: No. DOCTOR: Course you do! Think about it! Weak and strong, it's a translation. Translated from the base code of nature itself. You and I, Cyril, we're weak. But SHE'S female. More than female. She's Mum. How else does life ever travel? The MOTHER ship! The room disengages from the rest of the tower, powered by rockets at its base. LILY: What's happening? DOCTOR: No idea. Do what I do: hold tight and pretend it's a plan. They hold tight to the sides as the ship zooms off through the vortex. Once things have smoothed out, the DOCTOR moves to the window. DOCTOR: This is... amazing. CYRIL: Where are we? DOCTOR: Technically, we're not anywhere. We've flown into the time vortex. (to QUEEN) You've got what you wanted... those idiots down there can burn your old home and you'll be safe out here. But these people helped you, and they're in my protection. Now help them. How do we get home? QUEEN: (through MADGE) Think. DOCTOR: Sorry, what? QUEEN: She must only think. DOCTOR: Madge, did you hear that? (kneels in front of the chair) You said it, but did you hear it? You've got to think. MADGE: Think... what? DOCTOR: Think of home, just picture it. Feel it! You have to really feel it. Can you do that? (goes to window) Your mind is controlling this vessel. You can fly us all back for Christmas! CYRIL: My head is full of trees, Caretaker. Can't YOU fly us home? DOCTOR: (kneels) I don't have a home to think of. And, between you and me, I'm older than I look, and I can't feel the way you do, not any more. And you really need to feel it, Madge. Everything about home you miss, till you can't bear it, till you almost burst. MADGE: Till it hurts? Is that what you mean, Caretaker? Till it hurts? DOCTOR: Yes. Yes. MADGE reaches into her pocket and pulls out the telegram. She grips it tightly in both hands. MADGE: (deep breath) Well, then... home in time for Christmas! MADGE moans and the others grip the throne as they go through the vortex. LILY: What's happening? Where are we going? DOCTOR: Show them! Show them! The QUEEN raises her hand and some of the translucent panes clear to make it easier to view what's outside. DOCTOR: Ha! The time vortex. Your mother is flying a forest through the time vortex. Be a little impressed! What are you going home for? What's pulling you there? Please, try. Please, think. A memory of REG holding one of the children as a baby flashes in front of them before changing to him in uniform waving goodbye. MADGE: Reg! CYRIL: Daddy! More scenes of REG and the children appears before them. MADGE: My Reg! DOCTOR: That's it. Focus on Reg. Be careful, but focus on him. MADGE: I don't know... DOCTOR: How did you meet? You and Reg, tell me how you met. MADGE: He followed me home. (the screen shows MADGE'S memory)I worked in the dairy, he always used to follow me home. LILY: Look at Father. He looks so young! MADGE: He said he'd keep on following me till I married him! Didn't like to make a scene! DOCTOR: Just stay focused. Think of home. This thing, it works psychically... it'll find a signal and lock on. (uses sonic on her) REG'S ship appears on the screen. MADGE: (tearfully) No. No, please, don't show me that! Please, don't show me that! CYRIL: Is that Daddy's plane? MADGE: Please, I don't want to see that! DOCTOR: Please, no! No, no, no, Madge. We can't break the signal now, I'm sorry! MADGE: Not the night he died! I don't want to see him die! The DOCTOR grips her arm as CYRIL and LILY look up at her. LILY: What do you mean...the night he died? MADGE: Please don't make me watch him die! CYRIL: Mummy? Is Daddy d*ad? Mummy! MADGE gasps as she thinks of REG and the telegram. INT. b*mb, NIGHT REG is piloting home a heavily damaged plane and one of the engines has just died. One of his crew joins him. CREW: Sir, Anderson's in a bad way. Where are we? REG: I don't know. Somewhere over the Channel. CREW: What do I tell Anderson? REG: Tell him... Tell him... Tell him we're going home for Christmas. CREW: Yes, sir. (leaves) REG: (on verge of tears) I'm sorry, my love. (lightly caresses photo of MADGE tucked in the windscreen as he fights to keep the plane in the air) A bright light appears in front of the plan and REG has to shield his eyes. INT. SHIP, NIGHT MADGE: Goodbye, my love. Goodbye! The ship flies through the vortex. Sometime later, it lands. The DOCTOR comes to first and checks on the Arwell family where they lie on the floor. DOCTOR: Cyril! Lily! Are you all right? LILY: Yeah. The DOCTOR scans the QUEEN as she lies on the floor. MADGE sits up. MADGE: Are they d*ad? DOCTOR: No. They're just wood now. They've been... emptied. The forest has gone from your head too, hasn't it? MADGE: But where is it now? DOCTOR: The life force of the whole forest has transmuted itself into a sub-etheric waveband of light, which can exist as a... (the DOCTOR tries simpler terms) The... The... The... souls of the trees are out among the stars, and they're shining, very happy. And you got them there. Well done, Madge. MADGE: And where are we? All four stand up. DOCTOR: Home! Christmas morning! (wipes a window to show the house) We've taken a bit of a short cut. Haven't you always wanted to do that? LILY: Mother? MADGE: (opens arms) Look at you. You've been so brave. (the children back away) You... Look, we're home again, see? LILY: What did you mean, watch him die? Where's Father? Where is he? Where's Daddy? Why are you holding a telegram? Well, what does it say? CYRIL: Please, just tell us! LILY: Tell us! DOCTOR: I imagine you'd prefer to be alone. MADGE: (looks at the DOCTOR) I don't believe anyone would prefer that. Stay close, Caretaker. DOCTOR: I'll be right outside. (leaves) MADGE: Lily... Cyril... (kneels) EXT. SHIP, DAY The DOCTOR steps out of the ship and looks in wonder at something off-screen. MADGE: (V.O.) A few nights ago, your father, who, as you know, was the best of men and the bravest of pilots, INT. SHIP, DAY MADGE: …was flying home for Christmas. His plane was badly damaged, and his instruments failed him. Unfortunately, he was flying on a night where there was no moon, and because it was very cloudy, there were no stars... There were no stars to light his way. CYRIL: Did he get lost? MADGE: Yes, Cyril. He got so very lost. The DOCTOR re-enters, excited. DOCTOR: Sorry to interrupt. You might want to pop out here for a moment. MADGE: Caretaker, I'm talking to my children! DOCTOR: I know. And before you go any further, I think you'd better come and look. EXT. SHIP, DAY The DOCTOR straightens his tie and smiles as MADGE and the children catch up. DOCTOR: No stars to light the way, Madge? There was one. INT. b*mb, NIGHT REG stares at the light. DOCTOR: (V.O.) There was you! The crew member comes back to the cockpit. CREW: What is it? REG: I don't know...but it's all we've got. We can follow it! The plane follows the light. EXT. SHIP, DAY DOCTOR: Madge Arwell, who flew a whole forest though the time vortex... plus one husband! On the field in front of them is REG'S plane, a puzzled REG standing in front of it. DOCTOR: He did it again, Madge. He followed you home. Look what you can do! Mother Christmas! REG: Madge! What am I doing here? MADGE: It's Christmas Day, my love! Where else would you be? REG: Christmas Day? How? MADGE: We took a short cut. MADGE, LILY and CYRIL run to REG. CHILDREN: Daddy! Daddy! The Arwells have a family hug as the DOCTOR watches. DOCTOR: Happy crying. Humany-wumany. INT. HOUSE, SITTING ROOM, DAY The Arwells sit on the floor as the children open their presents. The DOCTOR watches from the hall before turning away. INT. HOUSE, ATTIC, DAY MADGE enters the attic and closes the door behind her. She opens her mouth in recognition when she sees the TARDIS. The DOCTOR steps out. DOCTOR: Ahh! MADGE: (points) Of course! It's you, isn't it? My spaceman angel, with his head on backwards! DOCTOR: How do I look the right way round? (spins) MADGE: Funnier. DOCTOR: OK. MADGE: So, you came back. DOCTOR: Well, you were there for me when I had a bad day. Always like to return a favour. Got a bit glitchy in the middle there, but it sort of worked out in the end. Story of my life. MADGE: Thank you. (hugs him) DOCTOR: You did it all yourself, Madge Arwell. But thanks for thanking me. MADGE: Now, the last time I saw you, I went back the next day, but the police box had gone. DOCTOR: (excited) Yeah. You want to see how it's done? (heads for the TARDIS) MADGE: No. I want you to stay for Christmas, please. DOCTOR: (stops and turns) Ah, well, you see, things to do, people to see. MADGE: Of course, yes. Family of your own. DOCTOR: Well... no, actually... MADGE: Oh. Yes, yes, you said no family. But there must be people who love you. Friends... DOCTOR: No. Well, yes. But... It's a long story... but they all think I'm d*ad. Never mind. Anyway, watch my box do its thing. It's really cool, you'll love it. (turns back to the TARDIS) MADGE: No, no-one should be alone at Christmas. DOCTOR: (walks back) I'm fine, I don't mind. I'm really very good at... MADGE: I'm talking about your friends! You can't let them think that you're d*ad! Not at Christmas! DOCTOR: It's complicated, very complicated, it's far too complicated... MADGE: You must tell them. At once. Off you go. DOCTOR: Yes, Mum. I'll think about it. (kisses her on the cheek) Now, eyes on the box. MADGE: Oh, Caretaker? What if I require you again? DOCTOR: Make a wish! With a grin, the DOCTOR enters the TARDIS. MADGE watches as it dematerializes. REG enters just in time to see it disappear. REG: What the hell was that? MADGE: It was just the Caretaker returning to the time vortex. It's a lovely place. I've been there myself! Shall we go downstairs? MADGE leaves and, after a moment, REG follows. EXT. HOUSE, NIGHT The DOCTOR knocks on a bright blue door. AMY: If that is more carol singers, I have a water p*stol! The DOCTOR knocks again. AMY: You don't want to be all wet (opens the door holding a water p*stol) on a night like this. DOCTOR: Not absolutely sure... how long... AMY: Two years? (squirts him with the water p*stol) DOCTOR: (wipes face) OK. Fair point. AMY: So... You're not d*ad. DOCTOR: And a happy New Year! AMY: River told us. DOCTOR: Well, of course she did. AMY: She's a good girl. Well? I'm not going to hug first. DOCTOR: Nor am I. They awkwardly try to ignore each other. Their eyes meet and they smile and laugh before hugging. AMY: Mr Pond! Guess who's coming for dinner! RORY: (comes to the door) Whoa! Not d*ad, then. AMY: We've done that. (to DOCTOR) We're about to have Christmas dinner. Joining us? DOCTOR: If it's no trouble. RORY: There's a place set for you. DOCTOR: But you didn't know I was coming. Why would you set me a place? AMY: Because we always do. It's Christmas, you moron. (heads into the house) RORY: (nods his head) Come on. (follows AMY) The DOCTOR hesitates a moment before stepping into the house. He pauses, then raises a hand to his eye and wipes away a tear. He stares at his fingers before chuckling and closing the door behind him.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2011-12-25 - The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe"}
foreverdreaming
Amy Pond: Hey you. The Doctor: Hey Amy Pond: Listen, can we talk? The Doctor: ROREEEY! Amy Pond: No shut up. I've just got a question, that's all. Rory (O.C.): You OK up there? The Doctor: Yeah, fine, no problem. Amy Pond: What are you doing? Rory: Helping the Doctor! ( Rory is helping the Doctor fly the TARDIS ) Ahm ... it's humming, is that OK? The Doctor: Yeah, it's fine, we're just entering conceptual space. Imagine a banana. Or anything curved. Actually, don't, cause it's not curved or like a banana. Forget the banana! Amy Pond: Ahm ... is he helping you fly the TARDIS? The Doctor: Oh, test of the couplings two, seven and eleven. Like I showed you. Amy Pond: How come he gets to go? You never let me have a go! Rory Williams: Uh Doctor, don't. Seriously, I let her drive my car once. Amy Pond: Yeah, to the end of the road. Rory Williams: Where, according to Amy, there was an unexpected house. Amy Pond: Aw, he's jealous because I passed my test first time. Rory Williams: You cheated. You wore a skirt. Amy Pond: I didn't wear a skirt. Rory Williams: A little luck would have worked too. Amy Pond: No, no, I did wear a skirt, but it was any old skirt. Rory Williams: Ever see Amy drive, Doctor? The Doctor: No. Rory Williams: Neither did her driving examiner. Amy Pond: Actually, it was this one. It was this skirt. ( dull expl*si*n ) The Doctor: ( the TARDIS has suddenly stopped ) Rory? Did you drop a thermo coupling? Rory Williams: S-sorry. The Doctor: Ahhh! How did you do that? I told you don't drop them! I specifically mentioned not dropping them! Amy Pond: It... it was my fault. The Doctor: Of course it wasn't your fault! Rory Williams: It kind of was her fault. The Doctor: How could it be her fault? Amy Pond: Because it was my skirt and my husband, and your glass floor. ( b*at ) The Doctor: ( realizes ) Ugh! Rory! We've landed. The emergency materialisation should be fine, should have locked onto the safest space available. Amy Pond: Doctor, what's happened? The Doctor: Safest spot available. The TARDIS has materialised inside itself. Rory Williams: Is that supposed to happen? The Doctor: Take a guess. Rory Williams: No. The Doctor: That's the one. Amy Pond: Well, what are you doing? The Doctor: I've absolutely no idea. Amy Pond: OK, that is a bit weird. Rory Williams: That is actually pretty cool. The Doctor: Glad you're entertained, Rory. Now that we're stuck here for all eternity, at least you won't be bored. Amy Pond: Wait! What? We're stuck? The Doctor: Inside of the TARDIS is now joined to outside of the TARDIS, worse than a time loop, a space loop. Nothing can enter or leave this ship ever again. Amy 2: OK, kids, this is where it gets complicated. Amy Pond: Who the hell are you? Amy 2: I'm you ... from your future. The Doctor: Tell me exactly what's happened. Amy 2: Well, the exterior shell of the TARDIS has drifted forwards in time. If you step into the box now you step inside the control room a tiny bit into the past. Amy Pond: I don't understand. Amy 2: Neither do I. Amy Pond: But you just said it. Amy 2: No, I'm just repeating it. I'm just remembering what I heard myself saying when I was standing where you are standing now and repeting it I'm just repeting this, too, and this ... and this. Amy Pond: Ah, I still don't understand. Amy 2: You still don't. ( a future Amy Pond has appeared in the TARDIS) The Doctor: Okay when does this Amy step inside the box? We need to maintain the timeline. Amy 2: As soon as she slaps Rory. Amy Pond: Okay. Rory Williams: No, why do I get slapped? The Doctor: Because we have to stick to the established chain of events. One mistake and the whole timeline could collapse. We'd end up with two Amy Ponds forever and then what would you do? ( Rory looks questioningly at Amy. She slaps him ) The Doctor: Okay you! Into the Police Box... now! Amy Pond: And then I become her? The Doctor: Yes, go, go, go. Amy Pond: Do I really look like that? Amy 2: Yeah, yeah you do. Amy Pond: ( Flirtatiously ) Mmmm... I'd give you a driver's license. Amy 2: I'll bet you would. The Doctor: Ohhh... this is how it all ends... Pond flirting with herself... true love at last. Oh, sorry, Rory. Rory Williams: Absolutely no problem at all. The Doctor: Now, Amy. Amy Pond: What's the first line? Amy 2: Okay kids. This is where it gets complicated. Amy Pond: Gotcha. Amy 2: So, is that it? Are we OK now? The Doctor: No, we're still trapped. What are you doing? Rory 2: You told us to get into the police box. From...from your point of view, you're about to tell us to get into the police box. From our point of view, you just told us to get into the police box, which is why we got in the police box, which is why we're here. Rory Williams: Do I have to remember all of that? Rory 2: It just sort of happens. Amy 2: Hi. Amy 3: Hi. The Doctor: Stop that! You two, into the police box now. Run. Amy 3: So. What now? The Doctor: You two stay where you are. Rory 2: What are you doing? The Doctor: I'm setting up a controlled temporal implosion. It's the only way to reset the TARDIS but unless I find exactly the right lever to control the implosion we're all gonna die. Amy 3: You don't know which lever? The Doctor: No, but I'm about to find out. The Doctor 2: The wibbley leaver! The Doctor: The wibbley leaver. Thank you! OK. We're back in normal flight, the TARDIS is no longer inside itself, the localised time field is no longer about to implode and rip a hole in all causality, but just in case... Pond, put some trousers on.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2011-03-18 - Space and Time"}
foreverdreaming
SPACE We zoom in on a planet, its atmosphere, swirling blue-white gases. We then pull out to realize we are viewing the planet through the screen of a crashing ship. INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK COMPUTER: Would all passengers please return to their seats and fasten their safety belts? We are experiencing slight turbulence. The CAPTAIN arrives. CAPTAIN: Both engines failed, and the storm-gate's critical. The ship is going down! Christmas is cancelled. FIRST PILOT: Entering atmosphere now! Level - keep her level! SECOND PILOT: Level with what? I can't see! What is that stuff? CAPTAIN: Clouds? FIRST PILOT: What kind of clouds? CAPTAIN: Are you sending a distress signal? FIRST PILOT: It's not me! The CAPTAIN checks the ship to locate the signal. CAPTAIN: Who's in the honeymoon suite? AMY enters wearing her police costume. The CAPTAIN turns to the door. AMY: I've sent for help. CAPTAIN: Who the hell are you? AMY: Look, there's a friend of mine, OK, and he can help us. He'll come! CAPTAIN: And what ARE you wearing? A little self-conscious, AMY tugs at the skirt hem. AMY: That doesn't matter. CAPTAIN: Are you from the honeymoon suite? AMY: Oh, shut up! RORY enters dressed as a Roman soldier. He gets tossed into the walls as the ship shudders. He's holding a device in his hand. RORY: Amy, the light's stopped flashing... Does that mean he's coming? FIRST PILOT: Honeymoon suite? RORY: Oh, oh, the clothes, um... It is just a bit of fun. AMY: Really, shut up! SECOND PILOT: Sensor-loss on 80% of the hull... RORY: So does this mean he's coming? Or does it mean I need to change the bulb? AMY: He'll come. He always comes. RORY: Right, well, he is cutting it kind of fine! CAPTAIN: If we can't s*ab the orbit, we're finished. SECOND PILOT: There's nothing to lock onto. I am flying blind. AMY: Come on, Doctor, come on... SECOND PILOT: There's something coming alongside us. Something small, like a shuttle. AMY: Just this once, don't be late. FIRST PILOT: Ma'am...incoming message. It's from the other ship. CAPTAIN: On screen. Three words appear on the screen in front of them: Come along, Pond. The TARDIS whizzes by. RORY looks at AMY who sighs in relief. CAPTAIN: What does that mean? AMY: It's Christmas! Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "A Christmas Carol" by Steven Moffat Producer Sanne Wohlenberg Director Toby Haynes EXT. CITY, NIGHT We pan down through the clouds and see a red beam of energy sh**ting through the sky from the tallest building in the city. The ship is caught in this beam and is plummeting towards the planet's surface. The city itself is very steampunk: Victoriana mixed with high technology. In the streets, the people prepare for the holiday. KAZRAN: (V.O.) On every world, wherever people are, in the deepest part of the winter, at the exact mid-point, everybody stops and turns and hugs as if to say, "Well done. Well done, everyone, we're halfway out of the dark." Back on Earth, we called this Christmas or the Winter Solstice. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN SARDICK is looking out a large window out onto the stormy sky. KAZRAN: On this world, the first settlers called it the Crystal Feast. You know what I call it? (turns) I call it expecting something for nothing! KAZRAN walks into the room where a family is standing. The FATHER pleads with KARZAN. FATHER: Sir. Mr Sardick. We're only asking for one day. Just let her out for Christmas. Two men wheel a cryogenic pod into the room. Inside is a young woman with long blonde hair. FATHER: She loves Christmas. KAZRAN: Does she? Oh, does she? I see! Hello! (taps on window with cane) Wakey-wakey - it's Christmas! Do you know what? I think she's a bit cool about the whole thing. (laughs but no one else does) That was funny. The servants laugh. SON: She's frozen. KAZRAN: She's what, sorry? SON: She's in the ice, she can't hear you. KAZRAN: Oh, what a clever little boy. You must be so irritated. (to SERVANT) How much? SERVANT: Er...it's 4,500 Gideons, sir. KAZRAN: You took a loan of 4,500 Gideons and Little Miss Christmas is my security. The phone rings and the SERVANT answers. FATHER: We're not asking for her back. Just let her have one day. Let her have Christmas with us. SERVANT: Sir, it's the President. KAZRAN: Tell him I'm busy. Now...where were we? Oh, yes! She's pretty, though, your daughter. Maybe I should keep her. FATHER: She's not my daughter, sir. MOTHER: She's my sister. She volunteered for the ice when the family were in difficulties many years ago. SERVANT: (walks over) Sorry, sir, the President says there's a galaxy-class ship trapped in the cloud layer and...well, we have to let it land. KAZRAN: Or? SERVANT: Well...or it'll crash, sir. KAZRAN: Oh. Well, it's a kind of landing, isn't it? SERVANT: It's from Earth, sir, registering over 4,000 life forms on board. KAZRAN: (chuckles) Not if we wait a bit! SERVANT: You can't just let it crash, sir. The SON hears the sound of the TARDIS materializing. KAZRAN: Says who? Oh, give it here. (takes phone) Look, petal, we already have a surplus population. No more people allowed on this planet. The SON looks to the chimney and sees soot fall into the fireplace. KAZRAN: I don't make the rules. Oh, no, hang on... I do. (hangs up phone) Right, you lot... poor, begging people, off home and pray for a miracle. The FATHER ushers his family towards the door. The SON looks back to the fireplace just as a huge amount of soot falls, spreading embers in a gust. The DOCTOR then falls through, somersaulting. He gets up and dusts himself off. DOCTOR: Ah! Yes, blimey. Sorry! Christmas Eve on a rooftop, saw a chimney, my whole brain just went, "What the hell!" (walks to children) Don't worry, fat fella will be doing the rounds later. I'm just scoping out the general...chimney-ness. Yes. (leans against chimney) Nice size, good traction... big tick! FATHER: Fat fella? DOCTOR: Father Christmas, Santa Claus...or, as I've always known him, Jeff. SON: There's no such person as Father Christmas. DOCTOR: Oh, yeah? (pulls out black and white photo) Me and Father Christmas, Frank Sinatra's hunting lodge, 1952. See him at the back with the blonde...Albert Einstein. The three of us together...hrrroom! Watch out! OK? Keep the faith, stay off the naughty list. Ooh! Now, what's this? And I love this, a big flashy lighty thing - that's what brought me here. (walks over to a large control panel covered with knobs, buttons and flashing lights.) Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time and a crayon. (sits in a chair and swivels to face KAZRAN) Now, this big flashy lighty thing is connected to the spire in your dome, yeah, and it controls the sky. (stands and walks forward) Well, technically, it controls the clouds, which technically aren't clouds at all. Well, they're clouds of tiny particles of ice. Ice clouds, love that. Who's she? (points at cryo-chamber) KAZRAN: Nobody important. DOCTOR: Nobody important? Blimey, that's amazing. Do you know, in 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important before. (goes back to console and begins using the controls) Now, this console is the key to saving that ship, or I'll eat my hat... if I had a hat. I'll eat someone's hat. Not someone who's using their hat - I don't want to shock a nun, or something. Sorry, rambling, cos...cos this isn't working! KAZRAN: The controls are isomorphic – one to one - they respond only to me. DOCTOR: Oh, you fibber... Isomorphic! There's no such thing. KAZRAN reaches across and flips a switch, shutting the machine off. He then turns it back on. The DOCTOR tries the same switch and nothing happens. He then runs the sonic screwdriver over the controls then KAZRAN. He checks the readings. DOCTOR: These controls are isomorphic! KAZRAN: The skies of this entire world are mine. My family tamed them, and now I own them. DOCTOR: Tamed the sky? What does that mean? KAZRAN: It means I'm Kazran Sardick. How can you possibly not know who I am? DOCTOR: Well, just easily bored, I suppose. So, I need your help, then. KAZRAN: Make an appointment. DOCTOR: There are 4,003 people in a spaceship trapped in your cloud belt. Without your help, they're going to die. KAZRAN: Yes. DOCTOR: You don't have to let that happen. KAZRAN: I know, but I'm going to. Bye-bye. Bored now. ..Chuck! One of KAZRAN'S servants takes the DOCTOR by the shoulders to escort him out. The DOCTOR ducks out of his grip and stands in front of KAZRAN, now sitting in a chair. KAZRAN: Ooh, look at you, looking all tough now. DOCTOR: There are 4,003 people I won't allow to die tonight. Do you know where that puts you? KAZRAN: Where? DOCTOR: 4,004. KAZRAN: Was that a sort of thr*at-y thing? DOCTOR: Whatever happens tonight, remember... you brought it on yourself. KAZRAN: Yeah, yeah, right. ..Get him out of here. And next time, try and find me some funny poor people. The DOCTOR is forced towards the door along with the family. The Son picks up a lump of coal and throws it at KAZRAN, hitting him on the head. He storms over to the SON and raises his hand to h*t him. DOCTOR: No, stop, don't! FATHER: Don't you dare! You leave him! KAZRAN: (lowers hand) Get him out of here! Get that foul-smelling family out of here! Out! The family is taken from the room. SON: We're going! KAZRAN heads back to his chair but stops when he sees the DOCTOR still there. KAZRAN: What? What do you want? DOCTOR: A simple life. But you didn't h*t the boy. KAZRAN: Well, I will next time! DOCTOR: No, you see, you won't. Now why? What am I missing? (walks past KAZRAN looking at something else) KAZRAN: Get out! Get out of this house! DOCTOR: The chairs! Of course, the chairs! Stupid me, the chairs! KAZRAN: The chairs? DOCTOR: There's a portrait on the wall behind me. Looks like you, but it's too old, so it's your father. All the chairs are angled away from it. Daddy's been d*ad for 20 years. But you still can't get comfortable where he can see you. There's a Christmas tree in the painting, but none in this house, on Christmas Eve. You're scared of him and you're scared of being like him. And good for you, you're not like him, not really. Do you know why? KAZRAN: Why? DOCTOR: Because you didn't h*t the boy. Merry Christmas, Mr Sardick. KAZRAN: I despise Christmas! DOCTOR: (walking away) You shouldn't. It's very you. KAZRAN: It's what? What do you mean? DOCTOR: Halfway out of the dark. The DOCTOR leaves just as the servants return from escorting the family out. KAZRAN: Get her downstairs with the others. Clean up this mess! INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK SECOND PILOT: Everything's offline! Secondary furnace just vented. AMY is on the phone with the DOCTOR. AMY: (into phone) Have you got a plan yet? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: EXT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into phone) Yes, I do. AMY: (into phone) Are you lying? DOCTOR: (into phone) Yes, I am. AMY: (into phone) Don't treat me like an idiot. RORY: Was he lying? AMY: No, no. DOCTOR: (into phone) (walks into the street) OK, the good news. I've tracked the machine that unlocks the cloud belt. I could use it to clear you a flight corridor and you could land easily. AMY: (into phone) Oh, hey, hey, that's great news. DOCTOR: (into phone) But I can't control the machine. AMY: (into phone) Less great. DOCTOR: (into phone) But I've met a man who can. AMY: (into phone) Ah, well, there you go! DOCTOR: (into phone) And he hates me. AMY: (into phone) Were you being extra charming and clever? DOCTOR: (into phone) Yeah, how did you know? AMY: (into phone) Lucky guess. The FATHER from inside the Sardick house calls to the DOCTOR. FATHER: Sir... Sir. DOCTOR: (into phone) Hang on. (walks over to FATHER) FATHER: I've never seen anybody stand up to Mr Sardick like that. (shakes his hand) Bless you, sir, and merry Christmas. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas. Lovely. Sorry, bit busy. FATHER: You'd better get inside, sir. The fog's thick tonight, and there's a fish warning. DOCTOR: Oh, right, yeah. Sorry, fish? FATHER: Yeah. You know what they're like when they get a bit hungry. DOCTOR: Yeah, fish, I know fish. Fish? FATHER: It's all Mr Sardick's fault, I reckon. He always lets a few fish through the cloud layer when he's in a bad mood. Thank you. Bless you once again, sir. (leaves) DOCTOR: Fish? AMY: (into phone) Doctor, the Captain says we've got less than an hour... AMY: (over phone) What should we be doing? The DOCTOR looks up at a streetlight and sees small fish swimming around it like moths. DOCTOR: Fish...! AMY: (over phone) Sorry, what? DOCTOR: Fish that can swim in fog. I love new planets. RORY: Oh, oh, the clothes, um... It is just a bit of fun. AMY: (over phone) Doctor! AMY: (into phone) Doctor, please don't get distracted! DOCTOR: (into phone) Now, why would people be frightened of you tiny little fellas? (holds up his hand and the fish investigate) Look at you, sweet little fishy-wishies. Mind you, fish in the fog, so the cloud cover... Ooh. Careful up there. AMY: (into phone) Oh, great, thanks, Doctor, because there was a real danger we were all going to nod off! We've got less than an hour! DOCTOR: (into phone) (looks at nearby clock) I know. "Ding Dong Merrily on High" begins to play over loudspeakers. AMY: (into phone) Doctor? How are you getting us off here? DOCTOR: (into phone) Oh, just give me a minute! (to himself) Can't use the TARDIS, cos it can't lock on. So that ship needs to land, but it can't land unless a very bad man suddenly decides to turn nice, just in time for Christmas Day! AMY: (into phone) Doctor, I can't hear you. What is that? Is that singing? DOCTOR: (into phone) A Christmas carol. AMY: (into phone) A what? DOCTOR: (into phone) A Christmas carol. AMY: (into phone) A what? DOCTOR: (into phone) A CHRISTMAS CAROL! AMY: (over phone) Doctor! The DOCTOR looks up, a cunning smile crossing his face. DOCTOR: Kazran Sardick! AMY: (over phone) Doctor! DOCTOR: Merry Christmas, Kazran Sardick! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN has fallen asleep in his chair. On a wall, a recording of a little boy in his bedroom plays. It is YOUNG KAZRAN speaking to the camera. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Hello. My name is Kazran Sardick. I'm 12½, and this is my bedroom. KAZRAN: (mumbles in his sleep) Top secret special project. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) This is my top secret special project. For my eyes only. Merry Christmas. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) Kazran, Kazran! The shout wakes KAZRAN with a start and he watches the screen as his father comes into the bedroom. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) Kazran, what are you doing? What are you doing?! (peers into the camera) KAZRAN stands and backs away in fear. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) I've warned you before about this, you stupid, ignorant, ridiculous child! YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) I was just going to make a film of the fish. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) The fish are dangerous! YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) I just want to see them. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) Don't be stupid, you're far too young! YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Everyone at school's seen the fish. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) That's enough! You'll be singing to them next, like gypsies. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) The singing works! I've seen it. The fish like the singing. KAZRAN walks closer to the wall. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) What does it matter what fish like? YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) People say we don't have to be afraid of the fish. They're not really interested in us. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) You don't listen to people! You listen to me! (backhands YOUNG KAZRAN) KAZRAN reaches a hand to his cheek. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Ow! I'm sorry, Father. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) This is my house! The DOCTOR enters the room behind KAZRAN. In the video, YOUNG KAZRAN has his head down on the desk and is crying. DOCTOR: (puts a hand on KAZRAN'S shoulder) It's OK. It's OK. KAZRAN jerks away from his touch and turns on the DOCTOR. KAZRAN: What have you done? What is this? DOCTOR: Found it on an old drive. Sorry about the picture quality, had to recover the data using quantum enfolding and a paperclip. (sits in KAZRAN'S chair and picks up the newspaper) Oh, I wouldn't bother calling your servants, they quit. Apparently they won the lottery at exactly the same time, which is a bit lucky when you think about it. KAZRAN: There isn't a lottery. DOCTOR: Yeah, as I say, lucky. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) There's a fog warning tonight. You keep these windows closed, understand? Closed! KAZRAN: Who are you? DOCTOR: Tonight, I'm the Ghost Of Christmas Past. ELLIOT SARDICK: (onscreen) Mrs Mantovani will be looking after you tonight. You stay here till she comes. Do you understand? Do you understand? DOCTOR: Did you ever get to see a fish back then, when you were a kid? KAZRAN: What does that matter to you? DOCTOR: Look how it mattered to you. KAZRAN: I cried all night, and I learned life's most invaluable lesson. DOCTOR: Which is? KAZRAN: Nobody comes. Get out! Get out of my house! DOCTOR: OK. OK. But I'll be back. Way back. Way, way back. The DOCTOR opens the door where the video is playing. In the other room we can see the TARDIS. We hear the TARDIS dematerialize, and, at the same moment, YOUNG KAZRAN lifts his head and turns to the window where the DOCTOR has appeared. DOCTOR: (onscreen) See? Back! (opens the window) YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Who are you? DOCTOR: (onscreen) Hi. I'm the Doctor. I'm your new babysitter. (jumps into the room) YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Where's Mrs Mantovani? DOCTOR: (onscreen) Oh, you'll never guess! Clever old Mrs Manters, she only went and won the lottery! (jumps on the bed and bounces) KAZRAN: There isn't any lottery! YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) There isn't any lottery. DOCTOR: (onscreen) I know. What a woman! (jumps off the bed) YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) If you're my babysitter, why are you climbing in the window? DOCTOR: (onscreen) Cos if I was climbing out, I'd be going in the wrong direction. Pay attention. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Mrs Mantovani's always my babysitter. DOCTOR: (onscreen) Times change. (peers into the camera) Wouldn't you say? You see... Christmas Past. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Who are you talking to? DOCTOR: (onscreen) You. Now, your past is going to change. That means your memories will too. Scary, but you'll get the hang of it. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) I don't understand. DOCTOR: (onscreen) I'll bet you don't! I wish I could see your face. (points at YOUNG KAZRAN and then the camera) KAZRAN: But that never happened. (turns away) But it did! INT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Right, then. Your bedroom. Great! Let's see, you're 12 years old, so we'll stay away from under the bed. Cupboard! Big cupboard, I love a cupboard. (runs to the cupboard and opens it) Do you know, there's a thing called a face spider. It's just like a tiny baby's head with spider legs, and it's specifically evolved to scuttle up the backs of bedroom cupboards...(closes door) which, yeah, I probably shouldn't have mentioned. Right, so what are we going to do? Eat crisps and talk about girls? I've never actually done that, but I bet it's easy. Girls! Yeah? YOUNG KAZRAN: Are you really a babysitter? DOCTOR: I think you'll find I'm universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult. (shows YOUNG KAZRAN the psychic paper) YOUNG KAZRAN: It's just a lot of wavy lines. DOCTOR: (looks at paper) Yeah, it's shorted out. Finally, a lie too big. (puts it away) OK, no, not really a babysitter, but it's Christmas Eve. You don't want a real one, you want me. YOUNG KAZRAN: Why? What's so special about you? DOCTOR: Have you ever seen Mary Poppins? YOUNG KAZRAN: No. DOCTOR: Good. Cos that comparison would've been rubbish. Fish in the fog, fish in the clouds. How do people ever get bored? How did boredom even get invented? (stands at open window) YOUNG KAZRAN: My dad's invented a machine to control the cloud belt. Tame the sky, he says. The fish'll be able to come down, but only when we let them. We can charge whatever we like. DOCTOR: (turns to face YOUNG KAZRAN) Yeah. I've seen your dad's machine. A large something with fins passes behind the DOCTOR. YOUNG KAZRAN: What? You can't have. DOCTOR: Tame the sky... Human beings, you always manage to find the boring alternative, don't you? You want to see one? A fish. We can do that. We can see a fish. YOUNG KAZRAN: Aren't you going to tell me it's dangerous? DOCTOR: Dangerous?! (comes back inside) Come on, we're boys! And you know what boys say in the face of danger. YOUNG KAZRAN: What? DOCTOR: Mummy! The sonic screwdriver is tied with a string to a pulley hanging from the ceiling, beeping intermittently. The string continues to the cupboard where the DOCTOR and YOUNG KAZRAN are hiding. YOUNG KAZRAN: Are there any face spiders in here? INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT The string is looped around the DOCTOR'S finger. DOCTOR: Nah, not at this time of night. They'll all be sleeping in your mattress. So why are you so interested in fish? YOUNG KAZRAN: Cos they're scary. DOCTOR: Good answer. YOUNG KAZRAN: What kind of tie is that? DOCTOR: A cool one. YOUNG KAZRAN: Why is it cool? DOCTOR: Why are you REALLY interested in fish? YOUNG KAZRAN: My school. During the last fog belt, the nets broke and there was an att*ck. Loads of them, a whole shoal. No-one was hurt, but it was the most fish ever seen below the mountains. DOCTOR: Were you scared? YOUNG KAZRAN: I wasn't there. I was off sick. DOCTOR: Ooh, lucky you. Not lucky? YOUNG KAZRAN: It's all anyone ever talks about now, the day the fish came. Everyone's got a story. DOCTOR: But you don't. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (onscreen) I see. KAZRAN sits down. YOUNG KAZRAN: (onscreen) Why are you recording this? DOCTOR: (onscreen) Do you pay attention at school, Kazran? INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: Sorry, what? DOCTOR: Cos you're not paying attention now. The string is tugging the DOCTOR'S finger. DOCTOR: Ssh! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: Now I remember. (watches as the DOCTOR stands and goes to open the door) No, Doctor, you mustn't! INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: Doctor, are you sure? DOCTOR: Trust me. YOUNG KAZRAN: OK. DOCTOR: Oi! Eyes on the tie. Look at me. I wear it and I don't care. Trust me? EXT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: Yes. INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: Yes. DOCTOR: That's why it's cool. EXT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN fingers the tie at his throat. INT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR slowly enters the room and sees a small fish investigating the screwdriver. DOCTOR: Hello, fishy. Let's see. (walks slowly close to the walls) Interesting. Crystalline fog, eh? Maybe carrying a tiny electrical charge. Is that how you fly, little fishy? INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: What is it? What kind? Can I see? DOCTOR: (through door) Just stay there a moment. INT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: (through door) Is it big? DOCTOR: Nah, just a little one. (leans in closer) So, little fella, what do you eat? A shark swims into the room and swallows the fish—and the sonic screwdriver. The DOCTOR jerks back. INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: How little? INT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Erm... YOUNG KAZRAN: (through door) Can I come out? DOCTOR: No, no. Maybe just...wait there for a moment. Without taking his eyes off the shark, the DOCTOR edges his way back to the cupboard door. YOUNG KAZRAN: (through door) What colour is it? DOCTOR: Big. Big colour. (dashes for the door) INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT The DOCTOR shuts the door and leans against it as the shark butts it with its head. YOUNG KAZRAN: What's happening? DOCTOR: Well, concentrating on the plusses, you've definitely got a story of your own now. Also, I got a good look at the fish, and I understand the fog, which'll help me land a spaceship in the future, and save a lot of lives. And I'll get some readings off my sonic screwdriver when I get it off the shark in your bedroom. YOUNG KAZRAN: There's a shark in my bedroom? DOCTOR: Oh, fine, focus on that part! The banging stops. YOUNG KAZRAN: Has it gone? What's it doing? DOCTOR: What do you call it if you don't have any feet, and you're taking a run-up? The DOCTOR grabs YOUNG KAZRAN and pulls him from the door just as the shark breaks through and the camera stops. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN stands and rushes to the wall as the video ends. KAZRAN: No! It's going to eat us. INT. CUPBOARD, NIGHT The DOCTOR and YOUNG KAZRAN are on the floor in the far corner, out of reach from the shark at the moment. As the sharks opens its mouth, there is a green glow inside. YOUNG KAZRAN: It's going to eat us, it's going to eat us, it's going to eat us... Is it going to eat us? DOCTOR: Maybe we're going to eat it, but I don't like the odds. It's stuck, though. Let's see. Tiny brain. If I had my screwdriver, I could probably stun it. YOUNG KAZRAN: Well, where's your screwdriver? DOCTOR: Well, concentrating on the plusses... within reach. There's a real chance, the way it's wedged in the doorway, of keeping its mouth open. YOUNG KAZRAN: There is? DOCTOR: Agree with me. Cos I've only got two goes, and then it's your turn. YOUNG KAZRAN: Two goes? DOCTOR: Two arms. Right, then! OK. Geronimo! Open wide! (gets up and heads for the shark) EXT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT They are on the patio just outside YOUNG KAZRAN'S bedroom. The shark is lying on the ground as YOUNG KAZRAN kneels beside it. The DOCTOR is checking the screwdriver. DOCTOR: What's the big fishy done to you? Swallowed half of you, that's what. Half a screwdriver, what use is that? Bad, big fishy. YOUNG KAZRAN: Doctor? I think she's dying. DOCTOR: Half my screwdriver's still inside, but yeah, I think so. I doubt they can survive long outside the cloud belt. Just quick raiding trips on a foggy night. YOUNG KAZRAN: Can't we get it back up there? (sniffles) We were just going to stun it. I didn't want to k*ll it. DOCTOR: She was trying to eat you. YOUNG KAZRAN: She was hungry. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN sits, tears trailing down his cheeks. DOCTOR: (V.O.) I'm sorry, Kazran. I can't save her. EXT. YOUNG KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: I could take her back up there, but she'd never survive the trip. We need a fully functioning life-support. YOUNG KAZRAN: You mean like an icebox? OK. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE - PAST, NIGHT The DOCTOR and YOUNG KAZRAN run down the stairs. As YOUNG KAZRAN gets a lamp, the DOCTOR is distracted by a Christmas tree. DOCTOR: Ooh, a tree! YOUNG KAZRAN leads the DOCTOR to the basement. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT The DOCTOR peers through a small window and sees a roomed lined with containers, similar to the one that contained the young woman in the beginning. DOCTOR: What is this? YOUNG KAZRAN: The surplus population. That's what my dad calls it. They try to turn the wheel to open the door. YOUNG KAZRAN: Oh, it's not turning! Oh, why won't it turn? The DOCTOR uses the partial sonic on the security keypad. It doesn't work. DOCTOR: Ah, what's the number? INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: 7258. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN: I don't know! DOCTOR: This place is full of alarms, it's not just the door. I need the number! (goes back to the wheel) INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: 7258! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT DOCTOR: I need the number! YOUNG KAZRAN: I'm not allowed to know until I'm older. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: 7258! DOCTOR: Just what I was after. (the DOCTOR is at the door, the TARDIS behind him) Thank you! (closes door) INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT DOCTOR: 7258. 7258. YOUNG KAZRAN hears as the DOCTOR arrives and punches in the numbers. The wheel is unlocked and they open the door. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT Due to the cold temperature, the fog is thicker. YOUNG KAZRAN leads the DOCTOR through the vault. DOCTOR: Ah, there's fish down here, too. YOUNG KAZRAN: Yeah, but only tiny ones. The house is built on a fog lake. That's how Dad freezes the people. (stops in front of a chamber) They're all full, but we could borrow one. (points) Yeah, this one. The DOCTOR holds the lamp up to the window and we see it is the same woman from earlier. DOCTOR: Hello again. YOUNG KAZRAN: You know her? DOCTOR: Why her? Important, is she? YOUNG KAZRAN: She won't mind. She loves the fish. YOUNG KAZRAN taps in some number on a keypad on the side of the container. A video of the woman speaking appears in the small window. ABIGAIL: (onscreen) My name is Abigail Pettigrew, and I'm very grateful for Mr Sardick's kindness. My father... YOUNG KAZRAN: She starts to talk about the fish in a minute. ABIGAIL: (onscreen) …but I would not allow it. I could not have chosen this path were it not for the compassion and generosity of the great philanthropist and patron of the poor, Mr Elliot Sardick, but I'm also surrounded by the fish, the beautiful, iridescent, magical fish... As ABIGAIL speaks, the DOCTOR walks down the row of containers, peering into some. YOUNG KAZRAN stays and watches the video. DOCTOR: Why are these people here? ABIGAIL: (onscreen) ..they catch the light as they dart through the fog... DOCTOR: What's all this for? YOUNG KAZRAN: My dad lends money. He always takes a family member as... He calls it security. DOCTOR: Hard man to love, your dad. But I suppose you know that. ABIGAIL: (onscreen) ..I am not alone, and I am at peace. YOUNG KAZRAN hits more buttons and the inside of ABIGAIL'S container lights up. YOUNG KAZRAN: (walks to the DOCTOR) What's wrong? DOCTOR: Just my half a screwdriver trying to repair itself. It's signalling the other half. Realization hits them both. YOUNG KAZRAN: The other half's inside the shark. DOCTOR: Yeah. Sounds like she's woken up. OK. So it's homing on the screwdriver... The shark looms out of the fog, mouth wide open. Getting out of the way, the DOCTOR falls to the floor. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN: Run! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KARZAN runs through the maze of containers. He stops and hides behind a small pillar. Behind him we see the shark swim by. We then hear a woman's voice singing "In the Bleak Midwinter". INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KARZAN looks around as he, too, hears the music. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KARZAN follows the music and sees the door to ABIGAIL'S container is open. At the end of the aisle, she is kneeling on the ground, singing to the shark and stroking it. The DOCTOR finds them. DOCTOR: It's not really the singing, of course. YOUNG KAZRAN: Yes, it is. DOCTOR: Nah. YOUNG KAZRAN: The fish love the singing, it's true. DOCTOR: Nah. The notes resonate in the ice, causing a delta wave pattern in the fog. (slaps the back of his neck) Ow! A fish bit me. YOUNG KAZRAN: Shut up, then! ABIGAIL turns to them as she sings. DOCTOR: Of course! That's how the machine controls the cloud belt. The clouds are ice crystals. If you vibrate them at the right frequency, you could align them... (slaps neck again) Ow! Why do they keep biting me? YOUNG KAZRAN: Look, the fish like the singing, OK? Now shut up! DOCTOR: (makes a face) OK. YOUNG KAZRAN is entranced by her singing. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KARZAN smiles at the memory and turns his head to see a full-body portrait of ABIGAIL where his father's used to be. KAZRAN: It's bigger on... INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and ABIGAIL are looking inside the TARIDS in awe. YOUNG KAZRAN: ..the inside. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the colour. Really knocks the walls back. (taps on the container lying on the floor) Shark in a box, to go. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KARZAN walks to the portrait. KAZRAN: Abigail. INT. TARDIS ABIGAIL looks about the TARDIS in wonder. The DOCTOR sets it in motion. ABIGAIL: This is...amazing! DOCTOR: Nah, this is transport. I keep amazing... (runs to the door and opens it) out here. Fish swim amongst the clouds. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KARZAN goes to one of the bookcases and pulls back curtains on the lowers shelves. He removes a small chest. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR heads back to the container. DOCTOR: Come on, then, let's get this shark out. (punches the numbers to start the defrost) YOUNG KAZRAN pulls out his camera and begins taking pictures. The first is of ABIGAIL as she looks out on the fish. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN opens the chest. It is full of pictures. The first one he takes out is the one of ABIGAIL. INT. TARDIS YOUNG KAZRAN watches as the shark is released. YOUNG KAZRAN: Hey, look at her go! Closing the container, the DOCTOR sees numbers on the front. DOCTOR: Abigail, this number, what does it mean? ABIGAIL: It pertains to me, sir, not the fish. DOCTOR: Yeah, but how? ABIGAIL: You are a doctor, you say? Are you one of mine? DOCTOR: Do you need a doctor? ABIGAIL looks sad and the DOCTOR is about to pursue the question when a bell chimes on the console. DOCTOR: Ah! Sorry! (runs to console) Time's up, kids! YOUNG KAZRAN: Why? DOCTOR: It's nearly Christmas Day! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN looks up to the ceiling, his eyes teary. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR put ABIGAIL back in her container. ABIGAIL: If you should ever wish to visit again... DOCTOR: Well, you know, if I'm ever in the neighbourhood... YOUNG KAZRAN: He comes every Christmas Eve. Yeah, he does, every time. He promises! DOCTOR: No, I don't... YOUNG KAZRAN closes the door…and opens it again. For Abigail, it's been mere seconds, but a year has passed outside. The DOCTOR and YOUNG KAZRAN are wearing Father Christmas hats. YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR: Merry Christmas! ABIGAIL: Doctor! The DOCTOR leads the way down the aisle. He's carrying a harness. ABIGAIL: What are we going to do? YOUNG KAZRAN: The Doctor's got a great plan! Wait till you hear! As they run off, the number on the front of ABIGAIL'S container goes from "8" to "7". EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR has found a two-wheeled open carriage and has hooked up the harness. ABIGAIL: You are out of your mind. This will never work! DOCTOR: Oh, don't think shark, think dolphin. The DOCTOR lifts YOUNG KAZRAN onto the seat. ABIGAIL: A shark isn't a dolphin! DOCTOR: It's nearly a dolphin. ABIGAIL: No, it isn't. DOCTOR: That's where you're wrong, because... Shut up. (uses the sonic) YOUNG KAZRAN: It could be anywhere. (gets down from the carriage) Will it really come? DOCTOR: No chance. Completely impossible. Except at Christmas. EXT. SKY, NIGHT The DOCTOR is at the reins as the flying shark takes them through the clouds. YOUNG KAZRAN: How are we going to get back? DOCTOR: I don't know! ABIGAIL: Do you have a plan? DOCTOR: I don't know! They laugh and cheer as they fly all about the city. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR take ABIGAIL back to her container. ABIGAIL: Best Christmas Eve ever! YOUNG KAZRAN: Till the next one! They close the door and ABIGAIL is frozen once again. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN is sitting on the floor, pictures spread on the carpet in front of him. KAZRAN: New memories. How can I have new memories? INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR open ABIGAIL'S container on another Christmas. YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR: Merry Christmas! ABIGAIL: Doctor! Where to this time? DOCTOR: Did I mention, at any point, all of time and space...? INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN looks through more photos. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR open ABIGAIL'S container on another Christmas. Both are wearing fezzes. YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR: Merry Christmas! ABIGAIL: Doctor! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN smiles at the photos, some of them from Egypt and the pyramids. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT YOUNG KAZRAN and the DOCTOR open ABIGAIL'S container on another Christmas. YOUNG KAZRAN is wearing the scarf and is looking somewhat sullen. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas! ABIGAIL: Doctor! The countdown reaches "4". INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN smiles at more photos. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT TEEN KAZRAN and the DOCTOR open ABIGAIL'S container on another Christmas. TEEN KAZRAN is taller, perhaps late teens and wearing a bowtie. DOCTOR and TEEN KAZRAN: Merry Christmas! ABIGAIL: Kazran! The countdown moves to "3". INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR moves to the controls as TEEN KAZRAN and ABIGAIL walk a little slower. ABIGAIL: You've grown. TEEN KAZRAN: Yeah. ABIGAIL: And now you're blushing. TEEN KAZRAN: Sorry. ABIGAIL: That's OK. TEEN KAZRAN: So, Doctor, where this time? DOCTOR: Pick a Christmas Eve. I've got them all right here. ABIGAIL: Might I make a request? DOCTOR: Of course. ABIGAIL: This one. EXT. STREET, NIGHT ABIGAIL stands in the street wearing a hooded cloak as she looks in a window and watches her family. Her sister hands her husband a drink. HUSBAND: Thank you, darling. (kisses her) TEEN KAZRAN and the DOCTOR stand back a-ways, watching her. TEEN KAZRAN: Who are they? DOCTOR: Her family. The lady's her sister. I met her once, when she was...older. TEEN KAZRAN: (whispers) Abigail's crying. DOCTOR: (whispers) Yes. TEEN KAZRAN: (whispers) When girls are crying, are you supposed to talk to them? DOCTOR: I have absolutely no idea. TEEN KAZRAN walks over to ABIGAIL. ABIGAIL: My sister's family. They're so happy. TEEN KAZRAN: They look very poor. ABIGAIL: They are very poor. Doesn't mean you can't be happy. TEEN KAZRAN: And then why aren't you? The HUSBAND closes the curtains. ABIGAIL: Because this is the life I can never have. TEEN KAZRAN: Why not? ABIGAIL takes his hand in hers, keeping them at their sides. ABIGAIL: I think you're blushing again. The curtains open again, and the DOCTOR is there, waving them in. DOCTOR: Come in. Still holding hands, they go inside. INT. FAMILY'S HOME, NIGHT The DOCTOR is entertaining the son with card tricks at one end of the table while ABIGAIL sits with her SISTER at the other. TEEN KAZRAN is helping the HUSBAND decorate. DOCTOR: Pick a card, any card at all. SISTER: Every Christmas Eve. I don't understand. ABIGAIL: I'm not sure I do. DOCTOR: Memorise the card, put it back in the deck. Don't let me see it. HUSBAND: Is this what it looked like last year? SISTER: It doesn't have to be exactly the same. HUSBAND: I'm starting again. Come on, Kazran, we're starting again. SISTER: That's Sardick's boy, isn't it? ABIGAIL: He's not like his father. SISTER: His father treats everyone like cattle. One day, that boy will do the same. ABIGAIL: No. He's different. DOCTOR: The three of clubs. SON: No. DOCTOR: You sure? I'm very good at card tricks. SON: It wasn't the three of clubs. DOCTOR: Well, of course it wasn't, (tosses away card) because it was the seven of diamonds! (pulls it from inside pocket) SON: No. DOCTOR: Oi, stop it, you're doing it wrong. SISTER: I see him around the town sometimes. Never any friends. ABIGAIL: He's got me. SISTER: All those Christmas Eves, you never once came to see us. ABIGAIL: I'm here now. SISTER: Then stay. Stay for tomorrow, have Christmas dinner with us. ABIGAIL: I can't. SISTER: Well, then. (stands) Tomorrow's dinner is cancelled, as my sister refuses to attend. ABIGAIL: Isabella... ISABELLA: Instead...we'll have it tonight. LATER…. They are sitting around the table, the DOCTOR at one end, and they are about to pull the crackers. DOCTOR: Three! Two! One! Pull! Everyone cheers and laughs. The SON pulls a playing card from his. SON: How did you do that? DOCTOR: Your card, I believe. SON: No! DOCTOR: Oh, shut up! KAZRAN: (toast) Er, Merry Christmas. ALL: Merry Christmas. Under the table, KAZRAN and ABIGAIL hold hands. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT They say goodbye for another year. ABIGAIL: Best Christmas Eve ever. (hugs the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: Ah! Till the next one. ABIGAIL: I look forward to it. Now I'd like to say good night to Kazran. DOCTOR: Of course. (stands there) Well, on you go. (KAZRAN looks at him) Oh! Oh, yes, right! Sorry, I'll, um, I'll go, then. (to ABIGAIL) Good night. (to KAZRAN) Good luck...night! Good night! (backs into a container) Sorry. (walks away) TEEN KAZRAN: (hushed shout) Doctor! (rushes over) I, er, I think she's going to kiss me. DOCTOR: Yeah, I think you're right. (pushes him towards ABIGAIL) TEEN KAZRAN: I've never kissed anyone before. What do I do? DOCTOR: (puts arm around TEEN KAZRAN'S shoulder) Well...try and be all nervous and rubbish and a bit shaky. TEEN KAZRAN: Why? DOCTOR: You'll be like that anyway. Make it part of the plan. Off you go, then! (pushes TEEN KAZRAN, who resists) TEEN KAZRAN: What, now? I kiss her now? DOCTOR: Kazran, it's this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes. Now, go! TEEN KAZRAN goes back to ABIGAIL and stands there awkwardly until she pulls him into a kiss. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN looks at photos of their trip to New York, Paris and Australia. He then finds one dated "California 1952" in front of the Hollywood sign. EXT. HOLLYWOOD MANSION, NIGHT ABIGAIL is standing by the pool in a period gown. She is unhappy about something. TEEN KAZRAN finds her. TEEN KAZRAN: Abigail! Are you coming back? The Doctor is going to do a duet with Frank. Abigail. What's wrong? ABIGAIL: I have something to tell you. TEEN KAZRAN: A bad thing? ABIGAIL: A very bad thing. TEEN KAZRAN: What is it? ABIGAIL: The truth. The DOCTOR, wearing a white evening jacket, tie undone, finds them as they're kissing. DOCTOR: Guys, we've really got to go quite quickly. I just accidentally got engaged to Marilyn Monroe. How do you keep going like that? Do you breathe out your ears? Hello? Sorry, hello? Guys, she's phoned a chapel, there's a car outside, this is happening now! MARILYN: Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo. DOCTOR: Right, fine, thank you. I'll just go and get married then, shall I? See how you like that! (walks away) Marilyn, get your coat! TEEN KAZRAN: What are we going to do? ABIGAIL: There is nothing to be done. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT TEEN KAZRAN escorts ABIGAIL to her container as the DOCTOR tests the sonic on a small fish. TEEN KAZRAN: Good night, Abigail. ABIGAIL: (breaking) Good night, Kazran. They slowly let go of each others' hands as they back away. TEEN KAZRAN closes the door as ABIGAIL shakes her head. The DOCTOR walks over, cheerful. DOCTOR: There we go. Another day, another Christmas Eve. I'll see you in a minute, eh? I mean, a year. TEEN KAZRAN: Doctor... Listen, why don't we leave it? DOCTOR: Sorry, leave what? TEEN KAZRAN: Oh, you know. This. Every Christmas Eve, it's getting a bit old. DOCTOR: Old? TEEN KAZRAN: Well, Christmas is for kids, isn't it? I've got some work with my dad now, I'm going to focus on that. Get that cloud belt under control. DOCTOR: Sorry. I didn't realise I was boring you. TEEN KAZRAN: Not your fault. Times change. (walks away) DOCTOR: Not as much as I'd hoped. Kazran. TEEN KAZRAN stops and the DOCTOR walks up to him. DOCTOR: I'll be needing a new one, anyway. What the hell... (gives him the sonic) Merry Christmas. And if you ever need me, just activate it. I'll hear you. TEEN KAZRAN: I won't need you. DOCTOR: What's happened? What are you not telling me? TEEN KAZRAN walks off. DOCTOR: What about Abigail? TEEN KAZRAN: I know where to find her. The countdown shows "1". INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT TEEN KAZRAN closes and locks the door behind him, his eyes red from tears. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN turns to look at the portrait and it had changed back to that of his father. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE - PAST, NIGHT KAZRAN is dressed in sober black and his hair is slicked down. He is standing with his father, ELLIOT, drinking champagne. They are standing in front of the machine. ELLIOT SARDICK: Another Christmas Eve, Kazran. But a very special one. It's complete. Look at it. Sound waves. As simple as that. We can control the clouds, the fog, the fish... TEEN KAZRAN: Why do we want to control the fish? ELLIOT SARDICK: People are cattle. If you want to control cattle, you need to control their predators. What's the face for? Look what I'm giving you. The sky, and everything beneath it. Only you and I can control this. This planet is ours! TEEN KAZRAN: Excuse me, Father. TEEN KAZRAN sets down his glass and walks out of the room. INT. KAZRAN'S BEDROOM – PAST, NIGHT TEEN KAZRAN walks to his desk and opens a drawer. Inside is the sonic screwdriver. He takes it out and stares at it for a moment. He ten turns and sees the DOCTOR standing in the window. KAZRAN walks over. The DOCTOR leans down, a smile on his face. KAZRAN closes the curtains before walking back to his desk and putting the sonic back in the drawer. INT. KAZRAN'S BEDROOM, NIGHT KAZRAN opens the desk drawer. Inside, gathering dust, are souvenirs from his trips with the DOCTOR. He lifts out the screwdriver and presses it against his cheek. The phone rings. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN walks with the phone. KAZRAN: Yes, what? Oh, Mr President, we've been through this! It's not going to crash on my house, so what's it got to do with me? Yes, I know. 4,003. As a very old friend of mine once took a very long time to explain, life isn't fair. KAZRAN hangs up the phone and looks down at the pictures at his feet, one of which is a smiling ABIGAIL. He takes the sonic from his pocket. Just as he does so, a hologram of AMY appears. AMY: Hello! KAZRAN: Who are you? What are you doing here? AMY: Didn't think this was over, did you? I'm the Ghost of Christmas Present. KAZRAN: A ghost? Dressed like that? RORY: (pushes AMY aside) Eyes off the skirt. AMY shoves RORY out of the way. KAZRAN: You turned into a Roman. AMY: Yeah. I do that. I also do this. (hologram disappears) KAZRAN: Do what? What are you talking about? Voices begin singing "Silent Night". INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, BASEMENT, NIGHT KAZRAN follows the sound of the voices to the vault. He looks inside to see a number of people singing. He keys in the code and opens the door. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT He stares at the singers and AMY reappears. AMY: They're holograms. Projections, like me. KAZRAN: Who are they? AMY: The people on the ship up there. The ones you're going to let die tonight. KAZRAN: Why are they singing? AMY: For their lives. Which one's Abigail? The Doctor told me. KAZRAN: Did he now? AMY: He doesn't hold back. You know the Doctor. KAZRAN: How do I? I never met him before tonight. Now I seem to have known him all my life. How? Why? AMY: You're the only person who can let that ship land. He was trying to turn you into a nicer person. And he was trying to do it nicely. KAZRAN: He's changed my past. My whole life! AMY: Time can be rewritten. KAZRAN: You tell the Doctor, tell him from me, people can't. KAZRAN strides forward, breaking up the holograms. He stops in front of ABIGAIL'S container. AMY follows. AMY: That's Abigail? KAZRAN: I would never have known her if the Doctor hadn't changed the course of my whole life to suit himself. AMY: Well, that's good, isn't it? KAZRAN: No. AMY: Why is she still in there? You could let her out any time. KAZRAN: Oh, yes. Any time at all. Any time...I choose. (puts his hand to the window) AMY: Then why don't you? KAZRAN: This is what the Doctor did to me. Abigail was ill when she went into the ice. On the point of death. I suppose the rest in the ice helped her, but she's used up her time. All those Christmas Eves with me. I could release her any time I want... and she would live a single day. (turns to AMY) So tell me, Ghost of Christmas Present, how do I choose which day? AMY: I'm sorry. I really am. I'm very, very sorry. But you know what? She's got more time left than I have. More than anyone on this ship. KAZRAN: Good. AMY: Rory, widen the beam. The room flickers out of existence and KAZRAN finds himself elsewhere. INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK KAZRAN now appears as the hologram on the ship. CAPTAIN: Update on engine one... KAZRAN: How did I get here? AMY: You didn't. It's your turn to be the hologram. Since you're going to let a lot of people die, I thought you might like to see where it's all gonna happen. KAZRAN: The singing... What is it? I don't understand. RORY: The Doctor's idea. The harmonies resonate in the ice crystals. The fish like it. He thought maybe it would s*ab the ship. But it isn't working. It's not powerful enough. KAZRAN: Why are they still singing, then? CAPTAIN: Because we haven't told them. I understand you have a machine that controls this cloud layer. If you can release us from it, we still have time to make a landing. Nobody has to die. KAZRAN: Everybody has to die. AMY: Not tonight. KAZRAN: Tonight's as good as any other. How do you choose? AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: (over phone) Yeah? AMY: Are you hearing this? DOCTOR: (over phone) I can hear. KAZRAN: He's here? Where is he? Doctor?! RORY turns off the hologram and KAZRAN disappears. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT KAZRAN finds himself back in the vault. The DOCTOR is leaning against a divider. KAZRAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: I'm sorry. I didn't realise. KAZRAN: All my life, I've been called heartless. My other life, my real life, the one you rewrote. Now look at me. DOCTOR: Better a broken heart than no heart at all. KAZRAN: Oh, try it. You try it. Why are you here? DOCTOR: Cos I'm not finished with you yet. (walks forward) You've seen the past, the present...and now you need to see the future. KAZRAN: Fine! Do it! Show me! I'll die cold, alone and afraid. Of course I will, we all do! What difference does showing me make? Do you know why I'm going to let those people die? It's not a plan. I don't get anything from it. It's just that I don't care. I'm not like you. I don't even want to be like you! I don't and never, ever will care! DOCTOR: And I don't believe that. KAZRAN: Then show me the future. Prove me wrong. DOCTOR: I am showing it to you. I'm showing it to you right now. So what do you think? The DOCTOR looks over KAZRAN'S shoulder. KAZRAN turns around to see YOUNG KAZRAN in pajamas and a robe. DOCTOR: Is this who you want to become, Kazran? The two Kazrans slowly walk towards each other. YOUNG KAZRAN: Dad? KAZRAN drops his cane and lifts his hand to strike his younger self. He flashes back to the moment in his bedroom when his father struck him as well as the first Christmas Eve without the DOCTOR or ABIGAIL. He also remembers almost striking ABIGAIL'S nephew as well as their last parting. He starts to cry. KAZRAN: I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. (reaches out for YOUNG KAZRAN who takes a step back) It's OK, don't be frightened. (puts his hands on YOUNG KAZRAN'S shoulders and pulls him into a hug) I'm...I'm so, so, so... DOCTOR: Kazran. We don't have much time. INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK SECOND PILOT: Structural integrity at 30%! CAPTAIN: We have five minutes max. We need to land! There is static as the DOCTOR appears onscreen. DOCTOR: (onscreen) Hello, hello! Ah, hello, everyone. Prepare to lock on to my signal. AMY: Doctor, what's happening? DOCTOR: (onscreen) I just saved Christmas. Don't go away. (switches off) AMY: Doctor? Doctor! INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, NIGHT KAZRAN is at the controls of the machine as the DOCTOR walks up. YOUNG KAZRAN stands to the side. DOCTOR: We good to go, then? KAZRAN: The controls won't respond. DOCTOR: They're isomorphic, tuned to your brainwaves, they'll only respond to you. KAZRAN: They won't. DOCTOR: That doesn't make sense, why wouldn't... (tries controls) Oh! Oh, of course. Stupid, stupid Doctor! KAZRAN: What's wrong? Tell me, what is it, what...? DOCTOR: It's you. I've changed you too much, the machine doesn't recognise you. KAZRAN: But my father programmed it... DOCTOR: He would never have programmed it for the man you are now. KAZRAN: Then what do we do? DOCTOR: Um... Um... I don't know, I don't know. YOUNG KAZRAN: There must be something! KAZRAN: (pulls out the sonic) This! You can use this! I kept it, see? DOCTOR: What, half a screwdriver? With the other half up in the sky in a big old shark, right in the heart of the cloud layer. We use your aerial to boost the signal, set up a resonation pattern between the two halves...That would work! My screwdriver, coolest bit of kit on this planet. Could do it. KAZRAN: Do what? DOCTOR: My screwdriver is still trying to repair. It's signalling itself. We use the signal, but we send something else. YOUNG KAZRAN: Send what? KAZRAN: Well? What? What? DOCTOR: (turns to KAZRAN) I'm sorry, Kazran. I truly am. KAZRAN: I don't understand. AMY: We need to send something into the cloud belt, something we know works. We need her to sing. INT. SARDICK RESIDENCE, ICE VAULT, NIGHT DOCTOR: Her voice resonates perfectly with the ice crystals. It calmed the shark. It will calm the sky, too. KAZRAN: Could you do it? Could you do this? Think about it, Doctor. One last day with your beloved. Which day would you choose? ABIGAIL: (steps out) Christmas. Christmas Day. Look at you. (puts a hand on his cheek) So old now. I think you waited a bit too long, didn't you? KAZRAN: I'm sorry. ABIGAIL: Hoarding my days, like an old miser. KAZRAN: But...if you leave the ice now... ABIGAIL: We've had so many Christmas Eves, Kazran. I think it's time for Christmas Day. INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK AMY: Doctor?! CAPTAIN: We can't hold this. Time's up, we're going down. AMY: Doctor! We hear ABIGAIL singing. SECOND PILOT: Captain, I've got... I don't know what I've got. (switches to speaker so everyone can hear) CAPTAIN: What are you listening to? SECOND PILOT: This is coming from outside. This is coming from the clouds. ABIGAIL'S song carries through the ship. EXT. STREET, NIGHT ABIGAIL sings into the sonic screwdriver which the DOCTOR has connected by extremely long wires to KAZRAN'S machine. The DOCTOR works on some adjustments. KAZRAN: Well? DOCTOR: Well, the singing resonates in the crystals. It's feeding back and forth between the two halves of the screwdriver. One song, filling the sky. The crystals will align, I'll feed in a controlled phase loop, and the clouds will unlock. YOUNG KAZRAN: What does that mean? What happens when a cloud unlocks? DOCTOR: Something that hasn't happened in this town for a very long time now. As ABIGAIL continues to sing, snow begins to fall. INT. STARLINER FLIGHT DECK FIRST PILOT: We're flying normally. CAPTAIN: Can you land? FIRST PILOT: I can even land well. RORY and AMY hug. AMY: Oh, he did it. The Doctor did it. RORY: Yeah, he gets all the credit. Which is actually fair enough, if you think about it. They kiss. EXT. STREET, NIGHT KAZRAN wraps his hand around one of ABIGAIL'S. The people of the city come out to marvel at the snow and the children play. ABIGAIL places her hand against KAZRAN'S cheek. They look up to see the shark swimming above. KAZRAN: Hello, my old friend. DOCTOR: (to YOUNG KAZRAN) Let's go. YOUNG KAZRAN enters the TARDIS and the DOCTOR turns and smiles at his handiwork before entering the TARDIS. As the TARDIS dematerializes, KAZRAN and ABIGAIL wave goodbye. Where the TARDIS was, KAZRAN sees a carriage and harness similar to what they had used years ago. LATER… The DOCTOR has returned for taking YOUNG KAZRAN back and is rubbing noses with a snowman. AMY: You know, that could almost be mistaken for a real person. The snowman isn't bad, either. The DOCTOR looks up to see AMY and RORY walking up the street, both still in costume. DOCTOR: Ah, yes, you two! About time! Why are you dressed like that? RORY: Ah, kind of lost our luggage. Kind of crash landed. DOCTOR: Yeah, but why are you dressed like that at all? AMY: They really love their snowmen around here. I've counted about 20. DOCTOR: Yeah, I've been busy. AMY: Yeah, yeah, you have. (hugs the DOCTOR) Thank you. DOCTOR: Pleasure. Right, come on, then, let's go! (heads for the TARDIS) RORY: Got any more honeymoon ideas? DOCTOR: There's a moon that's made of actual honey. Well, not actual honey. And it's not actually a moon. And technically, it's alive and a bit carnivorous, but there are some lovely views. (unlocks the TARDIS) RORY: Yeah, great, thanks. (enters TARDIS) AMY: Are you OK? DOCTOR: Course I'm OK. You? AMY: Of course. It'll be their last day together, won't it? DOCTOR: Everything has to end some time, otherwise nothing would ever get started. RORY opens the door. RORY: Your phone was ringing. Someone called Marilyn. Actually sounds like THE Marilyn. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Tell her I'll phone her back. And that was never a real chapel. RORY goes back inside. AMY: Where are they? Kazran and Abigail. DOCTOR: Off on a little trip, I should think. AMY: Where? DOCTOR: Christmas. AMY: Christmas? DOCTOR: Yeah, Christmas. AMY goes inside and the DOCTOR looks up at the sky. DOCTOR: Halfway out of the dark. (enters the TARDIS) The camera pans up to the sky and we see KAZRAN and ABIGAIL fly by in the carriage drawn by the shark, both laughing.
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RECAP of PART ONE David Tennant John Simm and Bernard Cribbins DOCTOR WHO "The End of Time, Part Two" by Russell T. Davies Producer Tracie Simpson Director Euros Lyn EXT. GALLIFREY, DAY There is wreckage all throughout the landscape and the dome protecting the Citadel is broken with smoke rising from some of the buildings. INT. CITADEL CORRIDOR, DAY Three Time Lords march down a corridor as pieces of the ceiling fall. The one in the center, the leader, is the same from the end of Part One. He is the PRESIDENT. INT. CITADEL CHAMBER, DAY The PRESIDENT sits at the head of the table. PRESIDENT: What news of the Doctor? TIME LORD 1: Disappeared, my Lord President. TIME LADY 1: But we know his intention. He still possesses the Moment. And he'll use it, to destroy Daleks and Time Lords alike. TIME LORD 1: The Visionary confirms it. At the other end of the table is an old woman with long straggly grey hair. Across her face and hands are tattooed lines and dots. In front of her are sheets of paper bearing writing and drawings. VISIONARY: Ending, burning, falling, all of it falling, the black and pitch and screaming f*re, so burning. TIME LORD 1: All of her prophecies say the same, that this is the last day of the Time w*r, that Gallifrey falls, that we die, today. VISIONARY: Ending... Ending. Ending. Ending! TIME LADY 1: Perhaps it's time. This is only the furthest edge of the Time w*r. But at its heart, millions die every second, lost in bloodlust and insanity, With time itself resurrecting them, to find new ways of dying, over and over again, a travesty of life. Isn't it better to end it, at last? PRESIDENT: (stands) Thank you for your opinion. The PRESIDENT holds out a gauntlet-covered hand in her direction. It glows with energy and the TIME LADY disintegrates with a scream. PRESIDENT: I will NOT die! Do you hear me?! A billion years of Time Lord history riding on our backs. I will not let this perish. I will not! TIME LORD 1: There is, um...(picks up one of the VISIONARY’S scrolls) There is one part of the prophecy, my Lord. (brings the scroll to the PRESIDENT) Forgive me. I'm sorry. It's rather difficult to decipher. But it talks of two survivors, beyond the Final Day, two children of Gallifrey. PRESIDENT: Does it name them? TIME LORD 1: It foresees them locked in their final confrontation, the enmity of ages, which would suggest... PRESIDENT: The Doctor! And the Master. TIME LORD 1: One word keeps being repeated, my Lord, one constant word. Earth. VISIONARY: Earth. Earth. Earth! Earth! Earth...! (continues chanting) TIME LORD 1: The planet Earth, indigenous species, the human race. A hologramatic projection of Earth appears above the table. PRESIDENT: Maybe that's where the answer lies. Our salvation, on Earth. (laughs) INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY The DOCTOR is strapped in the chair that formerly held the MASTER. There is a strap across his mouth. WILF is tied to a regular chair. MASTER: (leans in to the DOCTOR) Now, then. I've got a planet to run. (walks to the center of the room) Is everybody ready? INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY NAISMITH-MASTER is running things from the lab. NAISMITH-MASTER: 6,727,949,338 versions of us awaiting orders. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY On a communications screen, the MASTER can see and speak with each major version of himself. INT. WHITE HOUSE, PRESS ROOM, DAY PRESIDENT-MASTER: (onscreen) This is Washington. As President of the United States, I can transfer all the United Nations protocols to you immediately, putting you in charge of all the Earth's defences. INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: (onscreen) UNIT HQ, Geneva reporting. All under your command, sir. INT. CMC BEIJING, DAY COMMISSIONER-MASTER: (onscreen) And this is the Central Military Commission here in Beijing, sir, with over 2.5 million soldiers, sir. (into microphone) Present arms! EXT. BEIJING An army, all bearing the MASTER’S face, present their r*fles. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY MASTER: Enough soldiers and w*apon to turn this planet into a warship. Nothing to say...Doctor? (walks back to the DOCTOR) What's that? Pardon? Sorry? WILF: You let him go, you swine. MASTER: Oh, your dad's still kicking up a fuss. WILF: Yeah? Well, I'd be proud if I was. MASTER: (puts a finger to his lips) Hush, now. Listen to your Master. WILF’S mobile rings, surprising the MASTER. MASTER: But that…that's a mobile. WILF: Yeah, it's mine, let me turn it off. MASTER: (walks to WILF) No, no, no. I don't think you understand. Everybody on this planet...is me. And I'm not phoning you, so who the hell is that? (kneels and searches WILF) WILF: It's nobody. Probably some ring-back call. MASTER: (finds the revolver and shows the DOCTOR) Ooh, and look at this. Good man! (drops it on the floor and continues searching until her finds the phone) "Donna." Who's Donna? WILF: She's no-one, just leave it. The MASTER answers it. DONNA: (over phone) Gramps... Don't hang up. You've got to help me. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: EXT. ALLEY, DAY DONNA is on the phone, trying to hide in the alley behind the house. DONNA: I ran out. Everyone was changing. MASTER: Who is she? Why didn't she change? DONNA: (over phone) Gramps, I can’t hear you. WILF: Well, it was this thing the Doctor did...He did it to her. The Metacrisis. MASTER: Oh... He loves playing with Earth girls. Ugh! DONNA: (over phone) Are you there? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The MASTER directs NAISMITH-MASTER. MASTER: (onscreen) Find her. Trace the call. NAISMITH-MASTER: Trace the call. The TECHNICIAN-MASTERS work on tracing the call. DONNA: (over phone) Are you still there? Can you hear me? MASTER: Say goodbye to the freak, Grandad. (holds the phone to WILF’S ear) WILF: Donna, get out of there! DONNA is on the phone, trying to hide in the alley behind the house. WILF: (over phone) Look, Just get out of there! Run! DONNA runs. TECHNICIAN-MASTER: She's on Wessex Lane, Chiswick. NAISMITH-MASTER: Open the phone lines. Everyone on Wessex Lane - red alert. DONNA: (over phone) What do I do? WILF: Run, sweetheart, that's all. Run for your life! DONNA stops when one of the MASTERS blocks her way. She looks back the way she came to see another. DONNA: There's more of them. WILF: (over phone) Donna? What's happening? Are you still there? More come out to block her way. DONNA: They're everywhere... WILF: (over phone) Donna? NEIGHBOR-MASTER 1: Oh, I'm starving. WILF: (over phone) Look, I'm telling you. Run, Donna! NEIGHBOR-MASTER 2: I'm still hungry! WILF: Just run, sweetheart. Just run! They begin to advance on DONNA. DONNA: It's not just them... (has flashes of memories) I can see those things again. Those creatures. Why can I see a giant wasp? (puts a hand to her head) WILF: Donna, don't think about that, Donna, my love, don’t! DONNA: And it hurts. My head, it keeps getting hotter, and hotter, and hotter, and hotter, and hotter! DONNA screams and energy pours from her knocking all the MASTERS in the road to the ground. DONNA: (softly) What did I...? (collapses) WILF: Donna? What was that? Donna...? Donna, are you there? The MASTER looks over at the DOCTOR WILF: Donna...! Donna! Donna... The MASTER gets up, strides over to the DOCTOR and removes the gag. DOCTOR: That's better. Hello. But really, did you think I'd leave my best friend without a defence mechanism? WILF: Doctor, what happened? DOCTOR: She's all right, she's fine, I promise. She'll just sleep. MASTER: Tell me, where's your TARDIS? DOCTOR: You could be so wonderful. MASTER: Where is it? DOCTOR: You're a genius. You're stone-cold brilliant. You are, I swear, you really are. But you could be so much more. You could be beautiful. With a mind like that, we could travel the stars. It would be my honour, ‘cause you don't need to own the universe, just see it. To have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space. That's ownership enough. MASTER: Would it stop, then? The noise in my head? DOCTOR: I can help. MASTER: I don't know what I'd be without that noise. DOCTOR: Wonder what I'd be, without you. MASTER: (sniffles) Yeah. WILF: What does he mean? What noise? MASTER: It began on Gallifrey. FLASHBACK [clip of the MASTER as a child walking in front of an older Time Lord] MASTER: (V.O.) As children. MASTER: Not that you'd call it childhood. (sits) More a life of duty. Eight years old. FLASHBACK The young MASTER hesitates and looks back at the Time Lord MASTER: (V.O.) I was taken for initiation. To stare into the Untempered Schism. WILF: What does that mean? DOCTOR: It's a gap in the fabric of reality. You can see into the Time Vortex itself. And it hurts. MASTER: They took me there, in the dark. FLASHBACK We see the Untempered Schism and the swirling vortex. MASTER: (V.O.) I looked into time, old man, and I heard it calling to me. MASTER: Drums, the never-ending drums. INT. CITADEL CHAMBER, DAY The PRESIDENT sits at the head of the table. PRESIDENT: The Untempered Schism, that's when it began. TIME LORD 1: History says the Master heard a rhythm, "a torment that stayed with him for the rest of his life". PRESIDENT: A drumbeat, a warrior's march. TIME LORD 1: A symptom of insanity, my Lord. The VISIONARY repeatedly taps out a four-b*at rhythm with her forefinger. PRESIDENT: A rhythm of four! The heartbeat of a Time Lord. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY MASTER: Listen to it. (looks at the DOCTOR) Listen. DOCTOR: Then let's find it, you and me. MASTER: Except... (stands) Oh! Oh, wait a minute. Oh, yes. Oh, that's good. DOCTOR: What? What is? MASTER: The noise exists within my head. And now within six billion heads. Everyone on Earth can hear it. Imagine! Oh... Oh, yes! (laughs and there is a skeletal flash before he drops in a crouch) DOCTOR: The Gate wasn't enough. You're still dying. MASTER: This body was born out of death. All it can do is die. (stands) But what did you say to me, back in the wasteland? You said, "the end of time." DOCTOR: I said something is returning. I was shown a prophecy. That's why I need your help. MASTER: What if I'm part of it? Don't you see? The drumbeat is calling from so far away, from the end of time itself. And now it's been amplified six billion times. Triangulate all those signals. I could find its source! Oh, Doctor... That's what your prophecy was. Me! (slaps the DOCTOR) Where's the TARDIS? DOCTOR: No. Just stop. Just think. MASTER: (points to WILF) k*ll him. A helmeted soldier walks over to WILF and aims his g*n at him. MASTER: I need that technology, Doctor. Tell me where it is, or the old man is d*ad. WILF: Don't tell him. MASTER: I'll k*ll him, right now! DOCTOR: Actually, the most impressive thing about you is that after all this time, you're still bone-d*ad stupid. MASTER: (rolls his neck) Take aim. The soldier aims. DOCTOR: You've got six billion pairs of eyes, but you still can't see the obvious, can you? MASTER: Like what? DOCTOR: That guard is one inch too tall. The MASTER turns to look at the soldier who hits him with his r*fle. The soldier then takes off the helmet to reveal the male Vinvocci, ROSSITER. ROSSITER: Oh, my God, I h*t him. I've never h*t anyone in my life. ADDAMS runs into the room and unties WILF. ADDAMS: Well, come on! We need to get out of here, fast. The VINVOCCI goes to free the DOCTOR. WILF: God bless the cactuses! DOCTOR: That's CACTI. ROSSITER: That's r*cist! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The NAISMITH-MASTER walks to the screen. NAISMITH MASTER: This prophecy of yours, Doctor...where did it come from? Doctor? INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY ADDAMS: Come on! We've got to get out. ROSSITER: There's too many buckles and straps. ADDAMS: Just...wheel him. ROSSITER begins to push the chair from behind. DOCTOR: No, no, no! Get me out! No, no, don't! Don't! No, no, no... INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The NAISMITH-MASTER sees the DOCTOR wheeled past. NAISMITH MASTER: What's going on? Doctor! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, CORRIDOR, DAY ROSSITER: Which way? ADDAMS: This way. DOCTOR: No, no, no, the other way! I've got my TARDIS. ADDAMS: I know what I'm doing. DOCTOR: No, no, just...just listen to me! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, OFFICE, DAY The MASTER kneels on the floor, hand on the back of his head, as soldiers run in. MASTER: Find him. Find him! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT STAIRS, DAY DOCTOR: Not the stairs... Not the stairs! They push the chair down wide steps leading down to the cellar. Each bump has the DOCTOR grunting in pain. DOCTOR: Worst...rescue...ever! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, CORRIDOR, DAY The soldiers run through the corridors, the MASTER following. GUARD-MASTER: Underneath the Gate Room, sir. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY NAISMITH-MASTER: Basement. Get him. GUARD-MASTERS: Yes, sir. (leave) INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT STAIRS, DAY The MASTER and the guards run down the stairs. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT, DAY ADDAMS leads the way to the tech room under the lab. ROSSITER follows, pushing the DOCTOR, WILF in the rear. DOCTOR: Just...stop, and listen to me! The guards appear, blocking the room. The MASTER arrives and smiles. MASTER: Gotcha. ADDAMS: You think so? (presses her watch) DOCTOR: No, no, no - don't, don't! The four of them disappear. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE They reappear on the ship. DOCTOR: Now get me out of this thing! ADDAMS: Don't say thanks, will you? DOCTOR: He's not going to let us go. Just hurry up and get me out! WILF: (looks out a window) Oh, my goodness me... We're in space! (looks down on Earth) DOCTOR: Come on! ADDAMS: All right! WILF: Oh... DOCTOR: Get a move on! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT, DAY The MASTER taps on a keyboard in an attempt to get their location. MASTER: Open the teleport and follow him! INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE DOCTOR: Come on! ADDAMS: All right! Finally free of the chair, the DOCTOR uses the sonic on one of the control panels which explodes. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT, DAY The MASTER gets some readings on a computer. MASTER: He's still up there. Target practice. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE DOCTOR: Where's your flight deck? ADDAMS: But we're safe! We're a hundred thousand miles above the Earth. DOCTOR: And he's got every single m*ssile on the planet ready to f*re! ADDAMS: Good point. ADDAMS leads the way. The DOCTOR stops when he realizes WILF isn’t following. He comes back and takes the older man by the arm and leads him out. WILF: But we're in space! DOCTOR: Yup. With a laugh, he follows. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP COMPANIONWAYS, SPACE The four run through the ship to the flight deck. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: Turn everything you've got to the skies. Find me that ship. And prime the m*ssile. INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: Open up the radar, maximum scan. UNIT-MASTERS: Yes, sir. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE DOCTOR: We've got to close it down! ROSSITER: No chance, mate, we're going home. ADDAMS: We're a salvage team. Local politics has nothing to do with us. Not unless there's a carnival. Sooner we get back to Vinvocci space the better. DOCTOR: You're not leaving. (uses the sonic and the ship goes d*ad) INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: Anything? INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE The DOCTOR shushes them until the only sound is the ship creaking. INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY UNIT-MASTER: I'm sorry, sir. Nothing. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: (onscreen) Lost him. MASTER: What about teleport coordinates? INT. NAISMITH MANSION, BASEMENT, DAY MASTER: (over radio) I need that information. One of the soldiers checks the computer. SOLDIER-MASTER: He's cut the link, sir. No trace, all d*ad. Still... (aims g*n at computer) Open f*re! All the soldiers f*re at the teleport until it’s in ruins. SOLDIER-MASTER: No way back now. He's stranded. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE ADDAMS: No sign of any m*ssile... No sign of...anything. You've wrecked the place! ROSSITER: The engines are burnt out. Just auxiliary lights. Everything else is kaput. We can't move. We're stuck, in orbit. ADDAMS: Thanks to you. You idiot! (storms out) WILF: I know you, though. I bet you've got a plan, haven't you? Eh? Come on! You've always got a trick up your sleeve. Nice little bit of the old Doctor flimflam, ha-ha-ha, sort of thing? Eh? The DOCTOR just looks at him, solemn. WILF: Oh, blimey. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, NIGHT MASTER: Night has fallen. Are we ready? NAISMITH-MASTER: Every single one of us is prepared. MASTER: Then we listen, all of us, across the world. Just...listen. The MASTER closes his eyes and so do all the others across the Earth. MASTER: Concentrate. Find the signal. The rhythmic tapping of four beats is heard. MASTER: There. The sound is tangible. Someone could only have designed this. But who? INT. CITADEL CHAMBER, DAY TIME LORD 1: The signal has been sent. A simple task of four beats transmitted back through time, and implanted in the Master's mind as a child. PRESIDENT: Then we have a link, to where the Master is right now. The hologram of Earth is brought back on. TIME LORD 1: But we're still trapped inside the Time Lock, sir. The link is nothing more than...a thought, an idea. PRESIDENT: Then we need something to make the contact physical. Something...so simple. VISIONARY: So small and shining, shining bright and cold, the tiny, tiny star, falling, falling, burning, burning, burning. The PRESIDENT stands and motions for his staff. He looks at the jewel embedded in the head. PRESIDENT: Small enough to follow the link. (removes the diamond) And if this were on Earth... (throws the diamond at the hologram) INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE The DOCTOR is working on some wiring when he looks out through the window and sees a meteor heading for Earth. He stands and walks to the window. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, NIGHT NAISMITH-MASTER: The sound...it's coming from above. MASTER: It's coming from the sky! (runs out) EXT. NAISMITH MANSION, BALCONY, NIGHT MASTER: There! (points at the trail in the sky) Get out there and find it! GUARD-MASTERS: Yes, sir. EXT. FIELD, NIGHT The soldiers arrive at the crash site and pull their vehicles to the edge of the flaming crater. They all get out and search the site with torches. One slows and enters the crater where he sees something glitter. GUARD-MASTER: It's a diamond, sir. (picks it up) Oh... the most impossible diamond. You won't believe this. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, NIGHT GUARD-MASTER: (over radio) It's a Whitepoint star! Stunned at first, the MASTER begins to laugh, going skeletal. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP COMPANIONWAYS, SPACE WILF is looking for the DOCTOR. WILF: Doctor...? Hello? Hello? (hears clanging) Is that you? (walks forward) Doctor...? Anyone? (enters large room) Anyone?! Oh, I think I'm lost. The WOMAN from the church appears behind him. WOMAN: And yet you are found. WILF turns around, startled. WOMAN: Events are closing. The day is almost upon us. But tell me, old soldier, did you take arms? WILF: (pulls the revolver from his pocket) I brought this. But...what am I supposed to do? WOMAN: This is the Doctor's final battle. At the end of his life, he must stand at arms, or lose himself and all this world, to the end of time. WILF: But he...he never carries g*n. He doesn't do... Who are you? WOMAN: I was lost... so very long ago. WILF looks down at the g*n in his hands. When he looks up, the WOMAN is gone. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE WILF finds the DOCTOR working with the wiring. WILF: Aye, aye. Got this old tub mended? DOCTOR: Just trying to fix the heating. WILF: (sits down beside him with a sigh) D'you know, I've always dreamt of a view like that. (chuckles) I'm an astronaut. It's dawn over England, look. Brand new day. My wife's buried down there. I might never visit her again now. D'you think he changed them, in their graves? DOCTOR: I'm sorry. WILF: No, not your fault. DOCTOR: Isn't it? WILF: (looking out window) Ooh... 1948, I was over there. End of the Mandate in Palestine. Private Mott. Skinny little idiot, I was, stood on this rooftop, the middle of a skirmish. It was like a blizzard, all them b*ll*ts in the air. The world gone mad. Yeah, you don't want to listen to an old man's tales, do you? DOCTOR: I'm older than you. WILF: Get away. DOCTOR: I'm 906. WILF: What, really, though? DOCTOR: Yeah. WILF: 900 years... We must look like insects to you. DOCTOR: I think you look like giants. WILF: (takes out the g*n) Listen, I... I want you to have this. I've kept it all this time, and I thought... DOCTOR: No. WILF: No, but if you take it, you could... DOCTOR: No. You had that g*n in the mansion. You could have sh*t the Master there and then. WILF: Too scared, I suppose. DOCTOR: I'd be proud. WILF: Of what? DOCTOR: If you were my dad. WILF: Oh, come on, don't start. But you said...you were told... he will knock four times, and then you die. Well, that's him, isn't it, The Master? That noise in his head? The Master is going to k*ll you. DOCTOR: Yeah. WILF: (holds the g*n out) Then k*ll him first. DOCTOR: And that's how the Master started. It's not like I'm an innocent. I've taken lives. I got worse - I got clever. Manipulated people into taking their own. Sometimes I think a Time Lord lives too long. I can't. I just can't. WILF: If the Master dies, what happens to all the people? DOCTOR: I don't know. WILF: Doctor, what happens? DOCTOR: The template snaps. WILF: What, they go back to being human? The DOCTOR nods. WILF: They're alive and human? Then don't you dare, sir. Don't you DARE put him before them. Now you take this, that's an order, Doctor. Take the g*n. You take the g*n and save your life. And please don't die. You're the most wonderful man and I don't want you to die! (sobs as he takes the DOCTOR’S hand and places it on the g*n) DOCTOR: Never. (pushes the g*n away) MASTER:(over Tannoy) A star...fell from the sky. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: Don't you want to know where from? INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE ADDAMS and ROSSITER are trying to get the ship started. MASTER: (over Tannoy) Because now it makes sense, Doctor. ADDAMS: It's an open broadcast. Don't reply, or he'll know where we are. MASTER: (over Tannoy) The whole of my life. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE MASTER: (over Tannoy) My destiny. The star was a diamond. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: And the diamond...is a Whitepoint star. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE The DOCTOR gasps. MASTER: (over Tannoy) And I have worked all night to sanctify that gift. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: Now the star is mine. I can increase the signal and use it as a lifeline. Do you get it now? Do you see? Keep watching, Doctor. This should be...spectacular. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP, SPACE MASTER: (over Tannoy) Over and out. WILF: What's he on about? What's he doing? Doctor, what does that mean? DOCTOR: A Whitepoint star is only found on one planet, Gallifrey, which means… it's the Time Lords. The Time Lords are returning. WILF: Well, that's good, isn't it? That's your people. The DOCTOR grabs the g*n from WILF’S hands and, with a determined face, runs from the room. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: Open up the nuclear bolt. Infuse the power lines to maximum. One of the technicians enters one of the booths, pressing a button to release the lock on the other. TECH-MASTER: Nuclear bolt accelerating, sir. The MASTER walks to the device built for the occasion and places the diamond in it. MASTER: Send the signal back and the link becomes a pathway. The machine lights up and pulses out the b*at. The MASTER moves to the center of the room and holds his arms out to his side, spinning slowly. MASTER: Come home. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE The DOCTOR rushes into the room and goes straight to the PA and switches it on. They hear the four beats repeated. ADDAMS: What's that? ROSSITER: (checks computer) Coming from Earth. It's on every single wavelength. INT. CITADEL CHAMBER, DAY PRESIDENT: Contact! At last. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: We have contact. INT. CITADEL COUNCIL CHAMBER, DAY The PRESIDENT strides forward to face the Time Lords gathered in the large amphitheathre. PRESIDENT: Now the High Council of Time Lords must vote. Whether we die here, today, or return to the waking world and complete the Ultimate Sanction, for this is the hour when either Gallifrey falls, or Gallifrey rises! (holds up staff) TIME LORDS: Gallifrey rises! PRESIDENT: Gallifrey rises! INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE WILF: But you said your people were d*ad, past tense. DOCTOR: (working on equipment) Inside the Time w*r, when the whole w*r was time-locked - like, sealed inside a bubble. It's not a bubble but think of a bubble. Nothing can get in or get out of the time-lock. Don’t you see? Nothing can get in or get out, except something that was already there. WILF: The signal. Since he was a kid. DOCTOR: If they can follow the signal, they can escape, before they die. WILF: Well, big reunion. We'll have a party. DOCTOR: There will be no party. WILF: But I've heard you talk about your people like they're wonderful. DOCTOR: That's how I choose to remember them, the Time Lords of old. But then they went to w*r, an endless w*r, and it changed them, right to the core. You’ve seen my enemies, Wilf. The Time Lords are more dangerous than any of them. ADDAMS: Time Lords? What lords? Anyone want to explain? DOCTOR: (points) Right, you! This is a salvage ship, yes? You go trawling the asteroid fields for junk? ADDAMS: Yeah, what about it? DOCTOR: So, you've got asteroid lasers! ROSSITER: Yeah, but they're all frazzled. DOCTOR: Consider them unfrazzled. (flips a lever and two doors on opposite sides of the room slide open) You there - I'm going to need you on navigation. And you, get in the laser-pod. Wilfred? WILF: Yeah? DOCTOR: Laser number two. The old soldier's got one more battle. WILF: Right. (taps the DOCTOR on the arm and stands) ADDAMS: This ship can't move. It's d*ad! DOCTOR: Fix the heating. The DOCTOR pushes to large levers on either side of the control panel and the ship starts up. ADDAMS: But now they can see us. DOCTOR: Oh, yes! INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: Sir. We've got a fix. 105,000 miles in orbit. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, SPACE ADDAMS: This is my ship and you're not moving it. Step away from the wheel. DOCTOR: There's an old Earth saying, Captain, A phrase of great power, and wisdom, and consolation to the soul in times of need. ADDAMS: What's that, then? DOCTOR: Allons-y! The DOCTOR takes control and drives the ship forward to Earth. INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY UNIT-MASTER: He's moving, sir. GENERAL-MASTER: Get a fix on him. UNIT-MASTER: He's moving very fast. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY DOCTOR: Come on! The ship begins to burn as it enters the atmosphere. DOCTOR: Come on...! ADDAMS: You are blinkin', flippin' mad. DOCTOR: You two. What did I say? Lasers. ROSSITER: What for? DOCTOR: Because of the m*ssile. We've got to fight off the entire planet! ROSSITER and WILF head for the laser pods. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: (onscreen) All NATO defences coordinated, sir, awaiting your command. MASTER: I don't need HIM. Any second now, I'll have Time Lords to spare. Take him out. Launch m*ssile! INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: Launch m*ssile. UNIT-MASTERS: m*ssile launching in three, two, one, zero. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 1, DAY WILF arrives at the laser pod and sits in the chair. WILF: Hey! (whistles) How does this thing work? INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 2, DAY ROSSITER is getting into his own chair. ROSSITER: The tracking's a*t*matic. Just deploy the trigger on the joystick. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 1, DAY WILF tries to get the hang of the controls as the pod rotates. WILF: Oh... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY m*ssile lock onto the ship. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY ADDAMS: We've got incoming. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 2, DAY ROSSITER is getting into his own chair. ROSSITER: Look at this one! Oh, my God! INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY DOCTOR: You two! Open f*re! INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 2, DAY ROSSITER: Oh, my God! INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY The DOCTOR takes evasive action. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER PODS, DAY WILF is still getting used to the controls and ROSSITER lets out an undulating w*r cry a la Xena. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY DOCTOR: Open f*re! Come on, Wilf! EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY WILF and ROSSITER f*re at the m*ssile, causing them to explode. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP LASER POD 1, DAY WILF: Whoo! Oh, I wish Donna could see me now. INT. UNIT HQ GENEVA, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: Second wave. Launch m*ssile. UNIT-MASTER: Yes, sir. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY ADDAMS: And there's more. 16 of them. Oh! And another 16. DOCTOR: Go to the rear-g*n lasers! ADDAMS heads for the door. DOCTOR: You two, open f*re! NOW! ROSSITER and WILF take out a large number of m*ssile. The DOCTOR’S evasive flying sends ADDAMS back and forth across the room. DOCTOR: No, you don't! The DOCTOR sends the ship into a spin. Through the DOCTOR’S piloting and the sh**ting of ROSSITER and WILF, they destroy all the m*ssile. In the course of the battle, the front window is blown away. DOCTOR: Lock the navigation! ADDAMS: Onto what? DOCTOR: England! The Naismith mansion! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY GENERAL-MASTER: (onscreen) He's heading straight for you. MASTER: But too late. They are coming. INT. CITADEL CHAMBER, DAY The PRESIDENT strides forward past TIME LORD 1 where two others are standing, hands over their faces in shame. PRESIDENT: The vote is taken. Only two stand against and will stand as monument to their shame, like the Weeping Angels of old. Now the vanguard stands prepared, as the children of Gallifrey return to the universe, to Earth. They are enveloped in a bright light. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The MASTER laughs excitedly. The space in front of the Gate glows brightly. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY DOCTOR: Destination? ADDAMS: 50 klicks and closing. EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY The ship reaches the English coast. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY ADDAMS: We've locked on to the house. We are going to stop, though? The DOCTOR is grimly determined and doesn’t answer. ADDAMS: Doctor? We are going to stop?! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The MASTER laughs and jumps in place. MASTER: Closer! And closer! And closer! Red silhouetted figures appear in the light. EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY The ship zooms over the countryside. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY WILF and ROSSITER arrive back on the flight deck. WILF: Doctor! Doctor, you said you were going to die. ADDAMS: He said what?! WILF: But is that all of us? I won't stop you, sir, but is this it? EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY The ship continues on its path. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The MASTER watches, hand shading his eyes, as the five Time Lords materialize. NAISMITH-MASTER is looking through the window. NAISMITH-MASTER: I think I should warn you... MASTER: Not now! EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY The DOCTOR aims the ship right at the mansion, pulling up at the last moment. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY The DOCTOR lifts a hatch from the flight deck floor. With the g*n in hand, he pauses to look at WILF before jumping from the ship. EXT. VINVOCCI SHIP, DAY The DOCTOR falls through the sky. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The DOCTOR crashes through the glass dome and falls to the floor in the center of the room on his stomach. He lifts the revolver in a shaking hand and aims it at the PRESIDENT. Weak from his fall, his arm drops to the floor. He tries to stand. PRESIDENT: (strides forward) My Lord Doctor. My Lord Master. We are gathered for the end. The DOCTOR just lies on the floor, panting. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY ADDAMS takes control of the ship. WILF: Just...just turn it round, land it! ADDAMS: We are not going in there. WILF: I am NOT leaving that man on his own, not today. Land it! ADDAMS makes a face but changes direction. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY Grunting, the DOCTOR slowly rises, first to all fours and then kneels, resting on the back of his legs. DOCTOR: Listen to me. You can't… PRESIDENT: It is a fitting paradox that our salvation comes at the hands of our most infamous child. DOCTOR: Oh, he's not saving you. Don't you realise what he's doing? MASTER: Hey, no, hey! That's mine. Hush. Look around you. I've transplanted myself into every single human being. But who wants a mongrel little species like them? Because now I can transplant myself into every single Time Lord. Oh, yes, Mr President, sir, standing there all noble and resplendent and decrepit. Think how much better you're going to look as me! The PRESIDENT holds out his gauntlet-covered hand, and, as it glows, the human race returns to themselves. MASTER: No, don't...! No, no, no, stop it! No, no! No, no! Don't! PRESIDENT: On your knees, mankind. The humans in the room kneel, scared. MASTER: No, that's fine, that's good, because you said salvation. I still saved you, don't forget that. PRESIDENT: The approach begins. There is a low rumbling and the room gets brighter. MASTER: Approach of what?! DOCTOR: Something is returning. Don't you ever listen? That was the prophecy. Not someone, something. MASTER: What is it? DOCTOR: They're not just bringing back the species. It's Gallifrey. Right here, right now. SPACE In the space above Earth, a glowing red planet appears. INT. NOBLE HOUSE, PARLOR SHAUN: Donna. Where's Donna? SHAUN and SYLVIA look around in desperation for DONNA but then the Earth begins to shake. They run to the door. EXT. NOBLE HOUSE, FRONT, DAY People are running through the streets, screaming. SHAUN and SYLVIA run into the street and look up at the sky. Gallifrey is looming closer SHAUN: Donna? Donna! Donna! (runs off to find her) SYLVIA: Oh, Doctor...please! INT. NAISMITH MANSION, CORRIDOR, DAY WILF makes his way through the corridors. INT. VINVOCCI SHIP FLIGHT DECK, DAY ADDAMS: We're getting out of here. This whole planet's going to be knocked out of orbit. ROSSITER: What about the Doctor? ADDAMS: Well, he said he was dying. (starts the ship) INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The humans run from the room screaming. MASTER: (on one knee) But I...I did this. I get the credit! I'm on your side. EXT. NAISMITH MANSION, DAY Everyone runs outside, screaming. They look up and see Gallifrey. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY WILF fights his way into the room. WILF: Come on, get out of the way! Get out of the way! Doctor... There is an urgent knocking. One of the technicians is locked in the booth. TECH: Somebody, please! WILF: All right! I've got you. (goes into the other booth) DOCTOR: Wilf, don't... Don't! WILF presses the button to release the other booth. WILF: I've got you. Come on. Go on. The TECH runs from the room. EXT. NAISMITH MANSION, DAY Gallifrey gets closer. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY MASTER: (stands) But this is fantastic, isn't it? The DOCTOR glares at him. MASTER: The Time Lords restored. DOCTOR: You weren't there in the final days of the w*r. You never saw what was born. But if the time-lock's broken, then everything's coming through, not just the Daleks, but the Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child, the Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Never-weres, the w*r turning to hell. And that's what you opened, right above the Earth. Hell is descending! MASTER: My kind of world. DOCTOR: Just listen! ‘Cause even the Time Lords can't survive that! PRESIDENT: We will initiate the Final Sanction. The end of time will come at my hand. The rupture will continue, until it rips the Time Vortex apart. MASTER: That's su1c1de. PRESIDENT: We will ascend to become creatures of consciousness alone, free of these bodies, free of time, and cause and effect, while creation itself ceases to be. DOCTOR: You see now? That's what they were planning in the final days of the w*r. I had to stop them. MASTER: Then take me with you, Lord President. Let me ascend into glory.(kneels with arms outstretched) PRESIDENT: You are diseased, albeit a disease of our own making. No more. The MASTER lowers his arm, realizing he can’t talk his way out of this. The PRESIDENT holds out the gauntlet-covered hand. As the energy starts to hum, there is a click. The DOCTOR aims the revolver at the PRESIDENT as he stands in front of the MASTER. PRESIDENT: Choose your enemy well. We are many. The Master is but one. MASTER: But he's the President. k*ll him, and Gallifrey could be yours! The DOCTOR turns, now aiming the g*n at the MASTER. MASTER: He's to blame, not me! Oh, the link is inside my head. k*ll me, the link gets broken, they go back. You never would, you coward. Go on then. Do it. The DOCTOR turns back to the PRESIDENT. MASTER: Exactly. It's not just me, it's him. He's the link, k*ll him! PRESIDENT: The final act of your life is m*rder. But which one of us? The DOCTOR looks past the PRESIDENT and sees one of the dissenters lower her hands from her face. It is the WOMAN who kept appearing to WILF. There are tears running down her face. They know each other, it’s obvious the way they look at one another. She motions with her eyes. The DOCTOR switches position once more. The MASTER looks at him somewhat sadly. DOCTOR: Get out of the way. The MASTER smiles as he dives out of the way and the DOCTOR sh**t the device holding the diamond and completing the link. The machine goes up in flames. DOCTOR: The link is broken. Back into the Time w*r, Rassilon. Back into hell. VISIONARY: (V.O.) Gallifrey falling! SPACE VISIONARY: (V.O.) Gallifrey falls! Gallifrey begins to flicker. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY RASSILON: You'll die with me, Doctor. DOCTOR: I know. RASSILON holds out his hand as the DOCTOR stands there, accepting. The WOMAN covers her eyes once more. MASTER: (stands) Get out of the way. The MASTER sh**t a bolt of energy and the DOCTOR gets out of the way just in time. The bolt strikes RASSILON in the chest and he staggers backwards. MASTER: You did this to me! All of my life! (uses other hand) You made me! (with each bolt, he steps closer) One! Two! Three! FOUR! The MASTER is within the pull of the link and gets sent back to Gallifrey with the others. SPACE Gallifrey flickers and fades. EXT. NOBLE HOUSE, FRONT, DAY Gallifrey moves away from Earth. The people in the street laugh in relief and hug each other. SYLVIA smiles. INT. NAISMITH MANSION, LAB, DAY The DOCTOR is lying on his back on the floor. He rolls onto his side with a groan. DOCTOR: I'm alive. I've... There was... (pushes himself into a sitting position) I'm still alive. (laughs shakily) As the DOCTOR comes to terms with his survival, there are four knocks on glass. The DOCTOR’S eyes go wide at the realization. The four knocks repeat twice before the DOCTOR turns around to see WILF in the booth. WILF taps again and gives a little wave. WILF: They've gone, then? Good-oh. If you could let me out...? DOCTOR: Yeah. WILF: Only, this thing seems to be making a bit of a noise. DOCTOR: (stands) The Master...left the nuclear bolt running. It's gone into overload. WILF: And that's bad, is it? DOCTOR: No...’cause all the excess radiation gets vented inside there. Vinvocci glass contains it. All 500,000 rads, about to flood that thing. WILF: Oh! (chuckles) Well, you'd better let me out, then. DOCTOR: Except it's gone critical. Touch one control and it floods. (takes out the sonic) Even this would set it off. WILF: I'm sorry. DOCTOR: (whispers) Sure. WILF: Look, just leave me. DOCTOR: (breaking) OK. Right, then...I will. (paces) ‘Cause you had to go in there, didn't you? You had to go and get stuck, oh, yes! ‘Cause that's who you are, Wilfred. You were always this. Waiting for me all this time. WILF: No, really, just leave me. I'm an old man, Doctor. I've had my time. DOCTOR: Well, exactly. Look at you. Not remotely important. But me? I could do so much more. (yells at the ceiling) So much more! But this is what I get. My reward. And it's not fair! (pushes items off a desk and breathes heavily) Ohhh... Lived too long. (walks across the room) WILF: No...no, no, please, please don't. No, don't. Don't... Please don't! Please! The DOCTOR puts his hand on the door to the other booth. DOCTOR: Wilfred...it's my honour. Better be quick. Three, two, one. The DOCTOR steps inside the booth and presses the button, releasing WILF. His booth his then flooded with radiation. The DOCTOR groans and slides down to the floor. He curls up in pain. WILF watches until the machine switches off. The DOCTOR slowly unwinds and sits up. WILF: What...? Hello. DOCTOR: Hi. WILF: Still with us? DOCTOR: (stands with a gasp) The system's d*ad. I absorbed it all. Whole thing's kaput. (puts his hand on the door) Oh. Now it opens, yeah. (steps out) WILF: There we are then, safe and sound. Mind you, you're in hell of a state. You've got some battle scars there. The DOCTOR covers his face with his hands. There’s a slight sizzling noise, and, when the DOCTOR removes his hands, the cuts are healed. WILF: But they've... Your face! How did you do that? DOCTOR: (looks at hands) It's started. WILF walks over and hugs the DOCTOR, sobbing into his jacket. The DOCTOR remains stoic. INT. NOBLE HOUSE, PARLOR, DAY DONNA is lying on the couch, unconscious. SHAUN presses his hand to her forehead. SHAUN: It's no good. She's freezing. How long was she lying there? It's like hypothermia! Try them again. SYLVIA: I did, it's engaged. Everyone's dialling 999, I can't get through. SHAUN: We've got to do something. Wake her up. Donna, can you hear me? Donna? SYLVIA hears a strange metallic thrumming. It becomes the sound of the TARDIS materializing. DONNA’S eyes flicker open. SHAUN: Donna? It's me, I'm here. You're safe, you're home. DONNA: But...I was... What happened? Did I miss something...again? SYLVIA smiles and runs out as SHAUN kisses DONNA’S hand. EXT. NOBLE HOUSE, FRONT, DAY SYLVIA stands in the doorway and smiles when she sees WILF and the DOCTOR step out from the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Oh, she's smiling. As if today wasn't bad enough. Anyway... Don't go thinking this is goodbye, Wilf. I'll see you again, one more time. WILF: What do you mean? When's that? DOCTOR: Just keep looking. I'll be there. WILF: Where are you going? DOCTOR: To get my reward. (goes into the TARDIS and closes the door) EXT. WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, DAY MARTHA JONES runs down a paved area. She is dressed in black and carrying a r*fle. Something is f*ring at her. She runs and ducks behind a concrete wall where MICKEY SMITH is waiting, also in black with a r*fle. MICKEY: I told you to stay behind. MARTHA: You looked like you needed help. Besides, you're the one who persuaded me to go freelance. MICKEY: Yeah, but we're being fired at by a Sontaran. A dumpling with a g*n. And this is no place for a married woman. MARTHA: Well, then. You shouldn't have married me. The Sontaran gets the couple in his sights from behind them. He is standing on a catwalk in the warehouse. Just as he his about to f*re, there is a crash and it falls to the floor. The DOCTOR stands behind it, mallet in hand. He looks at his former companions. MICKEY: (looking at map) If we go in here and down to the factory floor and down past that corridor, then he won't know that we're here. MARTHA: (sees the DOCTOR) Mickey... Mickey! MICKEY: (sees the DOCTOR) Hey! They look at each other until the DOCTOR walks away. The couple hugs and we hear the TARDIS dematerialize. EXT. STREET, DAY LUKE SMITH walks down the street, talking on his mobile. LUKE: That was the maddest Christmas ever, Clyde. Mum doesn't know what happened. She got Mr Smith to put out a story saying wi-fi went mad, all over the world, giving everyone hallucinations. How else do you explain it? (crosses the street without looking) Everyone with a different face... The DOCTOR runs and pulls LUKE to safety as a car honks its horn. LUKE: But it's you! You're... The DOCTOR heads back to the TARDIS. LUKE: Mum! (looks before running across the street) Mum! SARAH JANE: What? What is it? LUKE: It's him. It's the Doctor. SARAH JANE and LUKE look back to the TARDIS. The DOCTOR unlocks the TARDIS and looks back at them. He raises his hand in a little wave. SARAH JANE smiles sadly. INT. ALIEN BAR While the tune "My Angel Put the Devil in Me" plays on the alien equivalent of a jukebox, various aliens (Judoon, Slitheen, Adipose, Hath, Graske) mingle. At the bar sits JACK HARKNESS, drowning his sorrows. BARTENDER: (passes JACK a note) From the man over there. (points over his shoulder) JACK looks up and sees the DOCTOR. The DOCTOR nods. JACK opens the note: "His name is Alonso". JACK looks up and the DOCTOR nods to the man just taking the seat beside JACK. It is ALONSO FRAME (from "Voyage of the Damned"). JACK looks at ALONSO and then back to the DOCTOR, who salutes a finger to his forehead. JACK gives him a proper salute. The DOCTOR walks away. JACK: So, Alonso, going my way? ALONSO: How do you know my name? JACK: I'm kinda psychic. ALONSO: Really? JACK: Yeah. ALONSO: Do you know what I'm thinking right now? JACK: (smiles) Oh, yeah. ALONSO smiles and nods. JACK laughs and finishes his drink. INT. BOOK STORE, DAY A woman is signing her book: "A Journal of Impossible Things". She is VERITY NEWMAN. She’s talking with a customer. VERITY: No, it's not just a story, no. Every word of it is true. I found my great grandmother's diary in the loft. She was a nurse in 1913, and she fell in love with this man called John Smith, except he was a visitor...from another world. She fell in love with a man from the stars. And she wrote it all down. VERITY closes the book and slides it across the MAN. MAN: Thank you. The MAN leaves and another customer puts a book on the table. VERITY: And who's it for? DOCTOR: The Doctor. VERITY: "To the Doctor." Funny, that's the name he used. (looks up) DOCTOR: Was she happy...in the end? VERITY: Yes. Yes, she was. Were you? The DOCTOR smiles ruefully, lip trembling. He picks up his book and leaves. EXT. CHURCH, DAY The church bells chime and flower petals are blown on the wind. DONNA and SHAUN exit the church to the cheers of well-wishers. DONNA laughs and shows off her ring. WILF kisses them both. WILF: Three cheers. Hip, hip... ALL: Hooray! WILF: Hip, hip... ALL: Hooray! WILF: Hip, hip... ALL: Hooray! DONNA: (organizes people) Right, come on then, you lot. Get in! This photo is just with friends. Come on. And I want all of you in it, come on. That's it. Well, friends, and Nerys. (takes her place front and center) I'm only joking. Oh, look at her! NERYS: You made me wear peach. DONNA: That's ‘cause you are a peach. Furry skin, stone inside, going off. PHOTOGRAPHER: OK, smile. ALL: Cheese! MINNIE: How about it, Wilfred? WILF: Eh? MINNIE: Well, it's never too late. (drops petals over his head) WILF: Will you behave, Minnie! Honestly! MINNIE: I'm going to catch that bouquet. (heads off) WILF: (chuckles) Oh, dear. SYLVIA looks around and sees the DOCTOR standing in front of the TARDIS. SYLVIA: Dad... SYLVIA taps WILF on the arm and he turns around. They then walk over to where the DOCTOR stands. WILF: And here you are, same old face. Didn't I tell you you'd be all right? Oh! They've arrested Mr Naismith. It was on the news. Crimes undisclosed. And his daughter. Both of 'em, locked up. Yeah, but I keep thinking, Doctor, there's one thing you never told me. That woman. Who was she? The DOCTOR looks away and he sees both SYLVIA and DONNA. DOCTOR: (reaches into inside jacket pocket) I just wanted to give you this. (hands small envelope to WILF) Wedding present. Thing is, I never carry money. So I just popped back in time, borrowed a quid off a really lovely man. Geoffrey Noble, his name was. "Have it," he said. (SYLVIA gasps) "Have that on me." SYLVIA and WILF head back to DONNA who’s just had a photo taken with NERYS and the flower girl. WILF hands her the envelope. DONNA: Oh, don't tell me, it's a bill. Just what I need, right now. (opens it) A lottery ticket?! WILF and SYLVIA look at each other in shock. DONNA: What a cheap present. Who was that? Still, you never know, it's a triple rollover this week, I might get lucky. (slips the ticket in her bodice) Oi! Shaun! Come on, we're on a tight schedule, oxtail soup at 2.30. WILF and SYLVIA smile and then look back at the DOCTOR. WILF salutes him then the DOCTOR turns and enters the TARDIS. WILF blows him a kiss and gets teary-eyed. The TARDIS dematerializes EXT. POWELL ESTATE, NIGHT ROSE and JACKIE are walking across the lot in the snow. ROSE: I'm late now, I've missed it. It's midnight. Mickey'll be calling me everything. This is your fault. JACKIE: No, it’s not. It's Jimbo! He said he was going to give us a lift, then he said his axle broke. I can't help it. ROSE: Get rid of him, Mum, he's useless. JACKIE: Listen to you! With a mechanic. Be fair though, my time of life, I'm not gonna do much better. ROSE: Don't be like that. You never know. There could be someone out there. JACKIE: Maybe. One day. Happy New Year. ROSE: Happy New Year! They hug. ROSE: Don't stay out all night. JACKIE: Try and stop me. The two split up. ROSE walks past a doorway where the DOCTOR is standing, watching her. He grunts in pain and she turns around. ROSE: You all right, mate? DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSE: Too much to drink? DOCTOR: Something like that. ROSE: Maybe it's time you went home. DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSE: Anyway... Happy New Year. DOCTOR: And you. ROSE starts to walk away. DOCTOR: What year is this? ROSE: (stops) Blimey, how much have you had?! The DOCTOR shrugs. ROSE: 2005, January 1st. DOCTOR: 2005? Tell you what. I bet you're going to have a really great year. ROSE: Yeah? See ya. (smiles and runs off) The DOCTOR watches ROSE enter her building. He grunts again in pain and walks along the wall, one hand resting on the bricks to support him. He turns the corner and sees the TARDIS. He struggles to stay upright and to even move forward. He cries out in pain and falls to the ground. He looks up to see OOD-SIGMA standing there. OOD-SIGMA: We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. The DOCTOR stands slowly as a choir sings. INT. ELDER COUNCIL CHAMBER The Ood join their hands in a circle and the singing continues across the Ood-Sphere. EXT. POWELL ESTATE, NIGHT With a gritted teeth, the DOCTOR forces himself to continue. OOD-SIGMA: This song is ending. But the story never ends. The DOCTOR reaches the TARDIS, unlocks the door and steps inside. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR leans heavily on the door after he closes it. Pulling himself along by the handrail, he makes his way to the console and takes off his coat. He looks at his right hand as it begins to glow with energy. He walks around the console, leaning on it heavily, finally setting it in motion. He continues the circuit and stops, just standing there. DOCTOR: (petulant) I don't want to go. The energy begins to flow from his face. He holds out both hands slowly. He throws his arms out to his side and his head back as the energy pours from him. It is too much for the TARDIS and it catches f*re and beams collapse. His new body screams and gasps before taking inventory. DOCTOR: Legs. I've still got legs, good. (kisses his knee) Arms. Hands. Ooh, fingers, lots of fingers. Ears, yes. Eyes, two. Nose, I've had worse. Chin, blimey. Hair... (runs hand through longer hair) I'm a girl! (feels Adam’s apple) No! No... I'm not a girl. (pulls hair in front of eyes) And still not ginger! And something else, something important, I'm, I'm... I'm... (expl*si*n) Ha! Crashing! SPACE The TARDIS tumbles back to Earth. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (whoops in excitement) Geronimo!
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We see static on a screen as a picture tries to come through. Finally it does. A young woman is sitting on a couch, baby on her lap. WOMAN: Hello, Mum! Susie says hello, don't you, sweetheart? (holds baby’s arm) That's it. Give a little wave. INT. BASE An older woman is watching the screen, smiling at her daughter and granddaughter. WOMAN: (onscreen) Erm... oh, what was I gonna say? Uncle Soon called in, he says hello. Erm... he keeps saying, "You must be missing her." I said, "She's been gone for over two years now, I'm getting used to it!" (static returns) Oh, no, it's breaking up. It must be the solar flares. WOMAN 2: Talk faster. WOMAN: (onscreen) About the deposit on the house... Ooh... Erm, I've spoken to the bank... (the connection is lost) EXT. MARS SURFACE The TARDIS materializes in the middle of nowhere and the DOCTOR steps out wearing a spacesuit. DOCTOR: The Red Planet. With a smile, he sets off to explore. EXT. BASE A man in a spacesuit steps out of the airlock as alarms blare. He is carrying some equipment. MAN: (on radio) Sun sets in ten minutes, Yuri. You're gonna lose the light. WOMAN: (on radio) That's it. Got you on External Ten. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, CONTROL A young ASIAN WOMAN is watching YURI on the screens. An older man also watches. YURI: (over radio) Almost there. That's the radial clamp down. One more thing. MAN: Get back inside. You're using power and oxygen. YURI: (over radio) Oh, hold on. Get this on camera. (holds up a sign reading "No Trespassers") What do you think? ASIAN WOMAN: Hey, looks good! Nice one, Yuri. MAN: You wasted an entire solar panel just to make that. YURI: (over radio) Oh, lighten up. It's a joke. MAN: We come all this way, to an empty planet, untouched by civilisation, and what do we do? Put up cheap jokes. That's not funny, that's pollution. The WOMAN we saw earlier talking to her daughter enters the room. WOMAN 1: Having fun? MAN: I was just telling him…. WOMAN 1: I expect better of you, Ed. Now get back to work, all of you. EXT. MARS SURFACE The DOCTOR stops on a ledge, looks out and smiles. DOCTOR: Ohh, beautiful. He is looking down on the base. There is one large center dome with six corridors radiating out. Five connect to smaller domes and one leads to a rocket. A device is pressed into his back. ROBOTIC VOICE: Rotate, slowly. The DOCTOR puts his arms up and turns around slowly. ROBOTIC VOICE: You are under arrest, for trespassing. Gadget-gadget. The DOCTOR sees a robot holding a g*n on him. David Tennant Lindsay Duncan DOCTOR WHO "The Waters of Mars" by Russell T. Davies And Phil Ford Producer Nikki Wilson Director Graeme Harper INT. BASE, CONTROL WOMAN 1 holds a g*n to the DOCTOR. WOMAN 1: State your name, rank, and intention. DOCTOR: The Doctor. Doctor. Fun. A man opens the door to the main section and peers down. MAN 1: What the hell?! (runs to the steps) It's a man! A man on Mars! (joins them) How? A young GERMAN WOMAN holds the DOCTOR’S spacesuit. GERMAN WOMAN: He was wearing this thing. I have never seen anything like it. MAN 1: What did Mission Control say? GERMAN WOMAN: They're out of range for ten hours with the solar flares. WOMAN 1: If we could cut the chat, everyone. DOCTOR: Actually, chat's second on my list, the first being g*n, pointed at my head. Which then puts my head second and chat third, I think. g*n, head, chat, yeah. I hate lists. But you could hurt someone with that, just... put it down. WOMAN 1: Oh, you'd like that. DOCTOR: Can you find me someone who wouldn't? WOMAN 1: Why should I trust you? DOCTOR: Because I give you my word. And, 40 million miles away from home, my word is all you've got. WOMAN 1: (lowers g*n) Keep Gadget covering him. A YOUNG MAN standing next to the robot from earlier, nods. He is wearing gloves that give him motor control over the robot. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! DOCTOR: Oh, right, so you control that thing? Auto-glove response? YOUNG MAN: You got it. (demonstrates) To the right... GADGET: (moves right) Gadget-gadget! YOUNG MAN: And to the left. GADGET moves left. DOCTOR: It's a bit flimsy. The YOUNG MAN glares at the DOCTOR. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! DOCTOR: Does it have to keep saying that? YOUNG MAN: I think it's funny. DOCTOR: I hate funny robots. WOMAN 2: (over radio) Excuse me, boss. Computer log says we've got an extra person on site. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, BIO-DOME A young BLACK WOMAN is speaking into her radio. BLACK WOMAN: How's that possible? WOMAN 1: Keep the Bio-dome closed. And when using open comms you call me Captain. BLACK WOMAN: Yeah, but... who is it? (radio disconnects) Disconnected! She's cut me off. Can you believe her? It's like we're just... gardeners! An OLDER MAN is shoveling dirt into a container of plants. OLDER MAN: As long as they leave us alone, that's fine with me. Oh, you beauties! (pulls out two large carrots) Look at this! BLACK WOMAN: Better start planting some more, if there's an extra mouth to feed. The OLDER MAN rinses the carrots under a faucet. OLDER MAN: The very first garden off Earth. Everything brand-new. Eden. That's what we should've called this place. (takes a bite of carrot) BLACK WOMAN: It's the Philippines. I bet. If there's someone else on Mars, it's got to be the Philippines. Unnoticed by the BLACK WOMAN, the OLDER MAN falls to his knees. BLACK WOMAN: All those stories about them building a rocket. He shakes and convulses behind her. BLACK WOMAN: All those stories about them building a rocket. (scoffs) Adelaide's gonna love that! Stealing her thunder. Mind you, worth it to see her face. Or it could be the Spanish. They've kept that spacelink project under wraps. He has stopped convulsing when she turns to him. BLACK WOMAN: Didn't your sister work for them? (when he doesn’t move, she walks over) Are you all right, mate? Come on, stop mucking about. Andy? Are you OK? ANDY turns to her, his face around his lips cracked, irises white and his mouth is black. The BLACK WOMAN screams. INT. BASE, CONTROL ED: He can't be a World State flight, we'd know about it. Therefore, he's got to be one of the independents, yeah? Was it the Branson inheritance lot? They've talked about a Mars sh*t for years. DOCTOR: Right, yes, OK, you got me. So I'm the Doctor, and you are? WOMAN 1: Oh, come on. We're the first off-world colonists in history. Everyone on Planet Earth knows who we are. DOCTOR: You're the first? (looks around) Then... this is... DOCTOR and WOMAN 1: Bowie Base One. DOCTOR: Number one? Founded July 1st, 2058. Established Bowie Base One in the Gusev Crater...(flashes to an online news page) You've been here how long? WOMAN 1: 17 months. DOCTOR: 2059. It's 2059, right now. (another flash to news page showing the woman) OHH! My head is so stupid, you're Captain Adelaide Brooke!(flash: died 2059) And Ed! You're Deputy Edward Gold. (died 2059) Tarak Ital, MD. (died 2059) Nurse Yuri Kerenski. (died 2059) Senior Technician Steffi Ehrlich. (died 2059) Junior Technician Roman Groom. (died 2059) Geologist Mia Bennett. (died 2059) You're only 27 years old. ADELAIDE: As I said, Doctor, everyone knows our names. DOCTOR: Oh, they'll never forget them. (flashes on an expl*si*n) What's the date, today? What is it? Tell me the exact date. ADELAIDE: November 21st 2059. The DOCTOR flashes on another article "Bowie Base Destroyed, World in Mourning. Nuclear Blast Crater - November 21, 2059." DOCTOR: Right. OK, fine. STEFFI: Is there something wrong? MIA: What's so important about my age? DOCTOR: I should... go. I... really should go. I'm sorry. I'm sorry with all of my hearts, but it's one of those very rare times when I've got no choice. It's been an honour. (shakes all their hands) Seriously, a... very great honour to meet you all. The Martian pioneers. Oh, thank you. Ah! (taps GADGET) GADGET: Gadget-gadget. DOCTOR: (salutes ADELAIDE) Thank you. (stops) There's the other two. Hold on... Margaret Cain and Andrew Stone. The DOCTOR flashes on the obituaries on both: died 2059. ED walks over to one of the computers. ED: Maggie... if you want to meet the only new human being that you're gonna see in the next five years, better come take a look. A loud snarling comes over the tannoy. MIA: What was that? DOCTOR: Ohh, I really should go. ED: This is Central. Bio-dome report immediately. ADELAIDE comes to stand beside ED at the monitor. ADELAIDE: Show me the Bio-dome. ED brings up security footage but only static appears. ED: Internal cameras are down. ADELAIDE: Show me the exterior. ED pulls the camera feed up and they see the lights in the bio-dome go out. ADELAIDE: I'm going over. Doctor, with me. DOCTOR: Yeah... I'm sorry, erm... I'd love to help, but I'm leaving, right now. ADELAIDE: (to STEFFI) Take his spacesuit, lock it up. (STEFFI takes the suit) This started as soon as you arrived, so you're not going anywhere, except with me. INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL The DOCTOR, ADELAIDE and TARAK are walking along the dark corridor with only the light from their torches and intermittent lights on the wall to show the way. GADGET follows. ADELAIDE: What's so important about Mia's age? You said she's only 27, why does it matter, what did you mean? DOCTOR: Oh, I just... open my mouth and words come out. They don't make much sense. TARAK: You’re telling me. DOCTOR: Thank you, doctor. TARAK: Any time, Doctor. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! DOCTOR: I hate robots. Did I say? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN is sitting at his station, watching their movements via GADGET’S camera. ROMAN: Yeah, and he's not too fond of you. What's wrong with robots? DOCTOR: It's not the robots, it's the people. Dressing them up and giving them silly voices, like you're reducing them. ROMAN: Yeah. Friend of mine, she made her domestic robot look like a dog. DOCTOR: Ah, well, dogs, that's different. ROMAN: But I adapted Gadget out of the worker drones. Those things are huge! They built this place when the shell was lowered down from orbit. They've got a strength capacity of... ADELAIDE: The channel is open for essential communications only. ROMAN: Sorry. Love those drones. DOCTOR: I've read all that stuff about you, Captain Adelaide. But one thing they never said, was it worth it? The mission? ADELAIDE: We've got excellent results from the soil analysis. DOCTOR: I know… But all of it. Cos they say you sacrificed everything, devoted your whole life to get here. ADELAIDE: It's been chaos back home. 40 long years, the climate, the ozone, the oil apocalypse. We almost reached extinction. And to fly above that, to stand on a world with no smoke, where the only straight line is the sunlight, yes. It's worth it. DOCTOR: Ahh! That's the Adelaide Brooke I always wanted to meet. The woman with starlight in her soul. ADELAIDE stops when she sees something. ADELAIDE: What's that? They run up to where a body is lying on the floor. ADELAIDE: It's Maggie. DOCTOR: Don't touch her! TARAK: I know the procedure. Maggie, can you hear me? It's Tarak. Maggie? (rolls her over) It's OK. She's still breathing. She's alive. The DOCTOR looks down towards the bio-dome. TARAK: (into radio) Yuri, I've got Margaret Cain, head trauma. I need a full medpack. INT. BASE, SICKBAY YURI grabs the medpack. YURI: I've got it. Medpack on its way. (runs out) INT. BASE, CONTROL ED: I'm going to help! (heads for the door) STEFFI: In the absence of the Captain, you're in charge, sir! You've got to stay in the Dome! The door closes behind ED. INT. BASE, CONTROL ED and YURI run down the corridor, the latter carrying the medpack and a backboard. DOCTOR: Don't touch her, use the gloves. TARAK: Do what he says. Get her to sickbay. Put her in isolation. ADELAIDE: We're going to the Bio-dome. Tarak, with me, Yuri can take care of her. Ed, go back. Gadget, stand guard. Keep an eye on this area. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! ED: Captain, you're gonna need me. Andy's the only other crew member out here, and if that wasn't an accident, then he's gone wild. ADELAIDE: You've deserted your post. Consider that an official warning. Now, get back to work. Doctor! (heads off) With a look at the others, the DOCTOR follows ADELAIDE. INT. BASE, CONTROL MIA and STEFFI analyze the snarling and find the voice matches that of ANDY. STEFFI uses the radio to contact ADELAIDE. STEFFI: Captain. That sound we heard from the Bio-dome, I've run it through diagnostics. According to the computer, it's...it's Andy. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, BIO-DOME AIRLOCK STEFFI: (over radio) It registers as the voice-print of Andy Stone. ADELAIDE: Understood. Double-check, thanks. TARAK: Air pressure s*ab. The airlock door opens and the three step cautiously into the dome. ADELAIDE: Andrew? Andrew Stone? It's Captain Brooke. Andy, report. I need to see you. Where are you? The DOCTOR checks the computer, using the sonic screwdriver. The lights come back on. DOCTOR: There you go. ADELAIDE: What's that device? DOCTOR: Screwdriver. ADELAIDE: Are you the Doctor or the Janitor? DOCTOR: I don't know, sounds like me. The maintenance man of the universe. ADELAIDE: You, stay with me, don't step out of my sight. Tarak, go to External Door South, make sure it's intact. TARAK: Yes, ma'am. DOCTOR: (looks at the plants) Quite an achievement. First flower on Mars in 10,000 years. And you're growing veg! ADELAIDE: It's that lot, they're already planning Christmas dinner. Last year it was dehydrated protein, this year they want the real thing. DOCTOR: Still, fair enough. Christmas. ADELAIDE: If we must. Birds chirp. DOCTOR: You've got birds! ADELAIDE: It's part of the project, to keep the insect population down. DOCTOR: Good sign. ADELAIDE: In what way? DOCTOR: Well, they're still alive. YURI: (over radio) Captain? Good news. INT. BASE, SICKBAY YURI: It's Maggie. She's awake, she's back with us. Behind him in isolation, MAGGIE sits on the bed and looks through the window at YURI. YURI: Hey. How are you, soldier? Just take it easy. Can you remember what happened? MAGGIE: I was just working. Then I woke... woke up here. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, BIO-DOME ADELAIDE: What about Andy? We can't find him. Was he all right? MAGGIE: I don't know, I just... ADELAIDE: If you remember anything, let me know straightaway. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, CONTROL ED: Yuri, does she know how she ended up in the tunnel? ADELAIDE: And keep the comms clear. Everything goes through me, got that? ED sighs. MAGGIE: Come on. Just let me out of here. I'm fine. Just groggy. YURI: (looks over his shoulder at MAGGIE) You know the rules. 24 hours. MAGGIE looks at YURI through the window. INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TARAK is searching for ANDY. TARAK: Andy? Andy! Andy! (turns and sees ANDY facing away from him) There you are. Are you all right? As TARAK approaches, he sees ANDY is literally dripping wet. TARAK: Andy? (sees the water pouring from ANDY’S hands) Andrew, look at me. ANDY turns, showing TARAK his face. INT. BASE, SICKBAY YURI is playing a video on his monitor of a young man speaking Russian. YURI chuckles. MAGGIE: Is that your brother? YURI: Well, it's only a repeat. The solar flares are still up. Are you OK? MAGGIE: Yeah, just... y'know... YURI: (turns back to the screen) He makes me laugh, though. It's his husband, he spends money like... an idiot! Behind him, MAGGIE drops her head and begins shaking and jerking. YURI: Last year, for Mikhail's birthday, he said, "Don't buy me anything. Let's save money." Georg says, "Fine, OK." His birthday comes around, turns out Georg has bought him a car! (MAGGIE stills) Top of the range. And the thing is, he's used Mikhail's credit stamp! So Mik's saying, that means I bought it myself! Georg says, "It's the thought that counts." MAGGIE’S head comes back up and she looks different, like ANDY. MAGGIE: Where does he live? YURI: Oh, just outside Dagestan. MAGGIE: Where's that? YURI: On the Caspian Sea. Here you go. (pulls up a map on the screen) MAGGIE: By the sea. YURI: Well, technically it's more of a lake. MAGGIE: Earth is so much water. YURI: Yeah. Just look at her. 40 million miles away. (the screen now shows the Earth spinning) MAGGIE: It has so much beauty. (distorted) We should like that world. YURI turns and sees MAGGIE, a look of horror on his face. He grabs the radio. YURI: This is sickbay, we have a situation. Maggie's condition has... I don't know…I don't know what it is. It's water, just... pouring out. ADELAIDE: (over radio) Yuri, calm down. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, BIO-DOME ADELAIDE: Just tell me what's happened to her. YURI: The skin is... sort of broken around the mouth. And she's exuding water, like she's drowning. ADELAIDE: Tarak, this area's unsafe, we're going back. Tarak? Tarak! DOCTOR: Where was he? The DOCTOR and ADELAIDE race across to bio-dome floor to the area TARAK had been searching. INT. BASE, CONTROL ED enters the control area, speaking to YURI on the radio. ED: Yuri, keep her contained. Seal the door at maximum. I'm on my way! INT. BASE, BIO-DOME ADELAIDE stops but the DOCTOR keeps going. He comes back and they see TARAK on his knees, convulsing, as ANDY has a hand on the other man’s head, water pouring down it. The DOCTOR and ADELAIDE walk slowly towards them. DOCTOR: Andy, just leave him alone. ADELAIDE: (raises her g*n) Step away from him. The DOCTOR and ADELAIDE’S voices overlap. DOCTOR: I can help. I promise, I can help. Just leave that man alone. ADELAIDE: I order you to stop! DOCTOR: Andy, I’m asking you, please just take your hand away from him and listen to me. ADELAIDE: Stop, or I'll sh**t! ANDY looks at them and removes his hand. TARAK collapses to the ground. DOCTOR: There now, that's better. Hmm? So, you must be Andy. (moves slowly forward) Hello. TARAK looks at them and he is now like ANDY and MAGGIE. DOCTOR: (whispers to ADELAIDE) We've got to go. They quickly run back to the airlock, chased by ANDY and TARAK. ADELAIDE goes in first as the DOCTOR closes the door. DOCTOR: Set the seals at maximum! ANDY raises his arm and sh**t water at the door. The DOCTOR jumps back, startled. ANDY lowers his arm and moves to the door. He looks at them through the window before pounding on the door. INT. BASE, SICKBAY ED arrives and looks through the window at MAGGIE. She has her hand against the glass, water pouring from it. ED: What the hell? INT. BASE, CONTROL STEFFI and MIA are watching the sickbay on the monitor. MIA: That's not Maggie. What's happened to her? STEFFI: (opens communication) Yuri. What IS she? Captain, we need you back here. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, AIRLOCK ADELAIDE: Just tell me that Maggie is contained. Can you confirm, Ed? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, SICKBAY ED: Confirmed. She's locked in. ADELAIDE: Keep surveillance till I get back. And close down all water supplies. All pipes and outlets, don't consume anything. Have you got that, everyone? That's an order. Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop. DOCTOR: (to ANDY) Can you talk? (to ADELAIDE) Human beings are 60% water, which makes them the perfect host. ADELAIDE: What for? DOCTOR: I don't know. I never will...because I've got to go. Whatever's started here, I can't see it to the end. I can't. ANDY slams his hands against the door and TARAK joins him. Together, they open their mouths and sh**t water at the door’s seals. DOCTOR: This thing's airtight, yeah? ADELAIDE: And therefore watertight. DOCTOR: Depends how clever the water is. The control panel starts sparking. ADELAIDE: They're fusing the system. DOCTOR: Abandon ship! INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL ADELAIDE opens the door into the corridor and starts running. The DOCTOR closes the door and follows. ANDY and TARAK make it through and begin to chase them. The DOCTOR stops when they reach GADGET. ADELAIDE: (breathless) Doctor, we haven't got time! DOCTOR: They can run faster than us, we need a lift! (uses the sonic on the robot) INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN feels the shock through his connection to GADGET. ROMAN: Hey! INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL GADGET: Gadget-gadget. The DOCTOR fiddles with the wires. INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN jerks and screams. INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL The DOCTOR climbs onto GADGET. DOCTOR: Get on behind me! ADELAIDE: That thing goes at two miles an hour! DOCTOR: Not any more! Trust me. ADELAIDE climbs up behind him. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! DOCTOR: Gadget-gadget! The DOCTOR starts up GADGET and flames sh**t out from the exhaust and it leaves a trail of flame. TARAK and ANDY still chase after them. INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN jerks and screams, only stopping when GADGET stops. INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL The DOCTOR opens the door while ADELAIDE handles the control panel. ADELAIDE: The Central Dome airlocks have got Hardinger seals. There's no way they can get in. DOCTOR: (calls to GADGET) Come on, come on! GADGET: Gadget-gadget. ADELAIDE: I thought you hated robots! DOCTOR: I do! GADGET trundles inside and the DOCTOR closes the door just as ANDY and TARAK reach them. INT. BASE, AIRLOCK ADELAIDE: We're safe. It's hermetically sealed. They can't get in. DOCTOR: Water is patient, Adelaide. Water just waits. It wears down the clifftops, the mountains, the whole of the world. Water always wins. Come on! They head for the other door. INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN, STEFFI and MIA are watching the screen as ADELAIDE contacts them. ADELAIDE: Bio-dome Tunnel is out of bounds. Andy and Tarak are infected, repeat, infected. Make no contact. And if they make any move, tell me. I'm going to the Medical Dome. INT. BASE, MEDICAL TUNNEL ADELAIDE strides along the tunnel, the DOCTOR keeping pace. DOCTOR: Blimey, it's a distance. You could do with bikes in this place. ADELAIDE: Every pound in weight equals three tons of fuel. DOCTOR: Yeah, I know, but bikes… INT. BASE, SICKBAY ADELAIDE and the DOCTOR arrive. ED is just watching MAGGIE as she stands at the window. ADELAIDE: Has that door got a Hardinger seal? ED: No, just basic. ADELAIDE: Then the moment she heads for the door, we evacuate. Got that? ED: Pulse is low. Electrical activity in the brain seems to be going haywire. ADELAIDE: Can she talk? YURI: Don't know. She was before we noticed the change, but... ADELAIDE: Maggie? Can you hear me? Do you know who I am? Your commanding officer, Captain Adelaide Brooke. Can you tell me what happened? MAGGIE turns her head to look at the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Hoorghwall in schtochman ahn warrellinsh och fortabellan iin hoorgwahn. ED: What language is that? DOCTOR: Ancient North Martian. ADELAIDE: Don't be ridiculous. ED: It's like she recognised it. DOCTOR: And her eyes are different. They're clear, like she's closer to human. ED: Not close enough for me. DOCTOR: Where do you get your water from? ADELAIDE: The ice field. That's why we chose the crater, we're on top of an underground glacier. DOCTOR: Tons of water. Marvellous. YURI: But every single drop is filtered. It's screened, it's safe. DOCTOR: Looks like it, yeah. ED: If something was frozen down there, a viral life form, held in the ice for all those years... DOCTOR: Look at her mouth. All blackened, like there's some sort of fission. This thing, whatever it is, doesn't just hide in water, it CREATES water. (to MAGGIE) Tell me what you want. YURI: She was looking at the screen, at Earth. She wanted Earth. A world full of water. ED: Captain, with me. (walks to the other side of the room and ADELAIDE follows) I'm sorry, but it's an unknown infection and it's spreading. That demands Action Procedure One. ADELAIDE: You think I don't know that? ED: I think you need reminding. ADELAIDE: Yeah. ED: Well, at least I'm good for something. ADELAIDE: Now and again. ED: That's almost a compliment. Things must be serious. DOCTOR: Sorry, sorry, but... Action One, that means evacuation, yeah? ADELAIDE: We're going home. (into radio) This is Captain Brooke. I'm declaring Action One, repeat to all crewmembers, this is Action One, with immediate effect. Evacuate the base. INT. BASE, CONTROL As the alarm blares, STEFFI delegates duties. STEFFI: I'll store the Central Computer, Mia, strip the cargo down to essentials. Roman, on your feet! ROMAN: But we came all this way. GADGET: Gadget-gadget! STEFFI: (packing) And you can kiss that robot goodbye, it's too heavy. Now shove it in storage and hurry up! ADELAIDE: (over radio) Steffi, what's your estimate on shuttle viability? STEFFI: It's a nine-month flight, it'll take three hours to load what we need. ADELAIDE: (over radio) You've got 20 minutes. And give me a report on Andy and Tarak. STEFFI: (checks monitor) Still in the Bio-dome Tunnel. They're just standing there, like they're waiting. INT. BASE, SICKBAY ADELAIDE: Keep an eye on them. And make that 20 minutes 15! Ed, line up the shuttle, go straight to ignition status. ED: Doing it now. (leaves) YURI: But what about Maggie? ADELAIDE: (packing supplies) She stays behind. We've got no way to contain her on board. Close this place down. I want the power directed to the shuttle. The DOCTOR watches, a sad, resigned look on his face. Decided, he approaches ADELAIDE. DOCTOR: Of course, the only problem is... ADELAIDE: Thank you, Doctor, your spacesuit will be returned. And good luck to you. DOCTOR: The problem is, this thing is clever. It didn't infect the birds or the insects in the Bio-dome, it chose the humans. You were chosen. And I told you, Adelaide, water can wait. Tarak changed straight away, but when Maggie was infected it stayed hidden inside her, no doubt, so it could infiltrate the Central Dome. Which means... ADELAIDE: Any one of us could already be infected. We've all been drinking the same water. DOCTOR: And if you take that back to Earth... One drop, just one drop… ADELAIDE: But we're only presuming infection. If we can find out how this thing got through, when it got through... Yuri, continue with Action One. I'm going to inspect the ice-field. (heads for the door) The DOCTOR stands there, hands in his pockets, as YURI continues to pack. DOCTOR: Right. I should leave. Finally, I should leave. Yuri, me old mate, no point in me seeing the ice-field. (crosses his arms) No point at all. No. (bangs head against cabinet before running after her) Adelaide! INT. BASE, MEDICAL TUNNEL ADELAIDE runs down the tunnel. The DOCTOR runs to catch up. DOCTOR: All I'm saying is bikes. Little foldaway bikes. Don't weigh a thing. INT. BASE, SICKBAY YURI finishes packing and heads for the door. He pauses with a glance at MAGGIE. YURI: I'm sorry. YURI shuts off the power and closes the door. Red emergency lighting comes on. MAGGIE goes to the isolation room door and presses her hands on the seams. The power shorts out. INT. BASE, CONTROL ED and ROMAN are watching the sickbay on the monitor. ROMAN: Even if she gets past the Medical Dome, she'll never get past the Hardinger seal at this end, right? ED: So we keep saying. The feed goes down. ED: Camera's down. We've lost her. INT. BASE, SICKBAY MAGGIE opens the door and steps into the sickbay. She then throws her head back, arms out, and screams. INT. BASE, BIO-DOME TUNNEL ANDY and TARAK hear her and then slowly walk back towards the Bio-dome. INT. BASE, OVERLOOKING ICE FIELDS ADELAIDE and the DOCTOR look down into the open space. DOCTOR: They tell legends of Mars, from long ago of a fine and noble race who built an empire out of snow. The Ice Warriors. ADELAIDE: I haven't got time for stories. DOCTOR: Perhaps they found something down there. Used their might and their wisdom to freeze it. ADELAIDE: (heads to computer) Doctor! We need to find any sort of change in the water process. We've got to date the infection. The DOCTOR tries to access the computer while ADELAIDE works another monitor. COMPUTER: Access denied. ADELAIDE: You don't look like a coward, but all you've wanted to do is leave. You know so much about us. DOCTOR: Well, you're famous. ADELAIDE: It's like you know more. DOCTOR: This moment, this precise moment in time, it's like... I mean, it's only a theory. What do I know? But I think certain moments in time are fixed. Tiny, precious moments. Everything else is in flux, anything can happen, but those certain moments, they have to stand. This base, on Mars, with you, Adelaide Brooke, this is one vital moment. What happens here must always happen. ADELAIDE: Which is what? DOCTOR: I don't know. I think something wonderful happens, something that started 50 years ago, isn't that right? ADELAIDE: I've never told anyone that. DOCTOR: You told your daughter. And maybe, one day, she tells the story to her daughter of the day the Earth was stolen and moved across the universe. And you... ADELAIDE: I saw the Daleks. We looked up, the sky had changed. Everyone was running and screaming. And my father took hold of me... FLASHBACK— YOUNG ADELAIDE is wearing pajamas as she and her FATHER enter the attic room. FATHER: Stay here! Don't move. (puts hands on her shoulders and they kneel) I've got to go out. I'm gonna find your mother, but I'm coming back, I promise you. I'm coming back. (kisses her on the forehead and leaves) ADELAIDE: (v.o.) I never saw him again. ADELAIDE: Nor my mother. They were never found. But out on the streets, there was panic and burning. I went to the window. FLASHBACK— YOUNG ADELAIDE walks to the attic skylight and looks up. ADELAIDE: (v.o.) And there in the sky... (a Dalek hovers outside) I saw it, Doctor. And it saw me. It stared at me. It looked right into me. And then... (Dalek leaves) ADELAIDE: It simply went away. I knew, that night, I knew I would follow it. DOCTOR: But not for revenge. ADELAIDE: What would be the point of that? DOCTOR: (smiles) That's what makes you remarkable. And that's how you create history. ADELAIDE: What do you mean? DOCTOR: Imagine it, Adelaide. If you began a journey that takes the human race all the way out to the stars. It begins with you. And then your granddaughter, you inspire her so that in 30 years, Susie Fontana Brooke is the pilot of the first light-speed ship to Proxima Centauri. (flash to Susie’s article) And then everywhere. With her children, and her children's children forging the way to the Dragon Star, the Celestial Belt of the Winter Queen, the Map of the Water Snake Wormholes. One day a Brooke will fall in love with a Tandonian prince, and that's the start of a whole new species. But everything starts with you, Adelaide. From 50 years ago, to right here, today. Imagine. ADELAIDE: Who are you? Why are you telling me this? Doctor, why tell me? DOCTOR: As consolation. The computer beeps and shows ANDY’S record. ADELAIDE: Andy Stone. He logged on yesterday. The screen shows a video of ANDY in the Bio-dome. ANDY: (on video) Maintenance log, 21.20, November 2059. Number three water filter's bust. And guess what? The spares they sent don't fit. What a surprise. Over and out. (shuts off camera) DOCTOR: A filter. One tiny little filter and then the flood. ADELAIDE: But that means the infection arrived today, and the water's only cycled out of the Bio-dome after a week. The rest of us can't be infected. We can leave! (into radio) Ed, we're clean! How are we doing? INT. BASE, CONTROL ED: Shuttle's active, stage one! EXT. MARS SURFACE The lights on the launch tower begin to turn on. INT. BASE, CONTROL ED: I haven't got time to convey the protein packs. If you want food you're gonna have to carry it by hand. Start loading! Right now! The other four members begin to go through the food stores. INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL ADELAIDE and the DOCTOR are running. ADELAIDE: You were right, Doctor. DOCTOR: What about? ADELAIDE: Bikes! The DOCTOR laughs. INT. BASE, CONTROL YURI, MIA, ROMAN and STEFFI continue to pack as ED runs the shuttle through its checks. ADELAIDE gives the DOCTOR his spacesuit. ADELAIDE: Now get to your ship. I'm saving my people, you save yourself. I know what this moment is. It's the moment we escape. Now get out. The DOCTOR stands by the door and watches. YURI: Come on! STEFFI: How many do we need? INT. BASE, ?? TARAK is climbing a ladder to a roof. INT. BASE, CONTROL The DOCTOR continues to watch as the crew calls to each other as they prepare to leave. ADELAIDE: Roman, what about you? ROMAN: Protein-packs 30 to 36. (pushes them into the container) No one hears the alarm beeping as two life-forms are shown on the roof. EXT. BASE, CONTROL ANDY and TARAK walk along the roof. INT. BASE, CONTROL ADELAIDE: Steffi, ditch the central containers. We don't need them. STEFFI: Units 41, 42 and 43. MIA: Unit 41 is here. ROMAN: I’ll swap them around. The DOCTOR stands there, taking in everything. ADELAIDE: Roman try to condense the oxygen membranes, we can lose ten pounds. Faster! Come on! Ed, how's the fuel jets? ED: Cooling down in about 30 seconds. EXT. BASE, CONTROL ANDY and TARAK stop near the center of the roof and fall to their knees and put their hands down on the surface. INT. BASE, CONTROL ADELAIDE: What the hell's that noise? Mia, you lot, shut up. Everyone is quiet and the beeping continues. ED: It's the module sensors. Exterior as well. The cameras are down, but there's pressure on top of the module. Two signals right above us. STEFFI: That means...they're on the roof? They all look to the ceiling. EXT. BASE, CONTROL Water seeps from ANDY and TARAK’S hands and then pours from their mouths like from hoses. INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN: How did they get inside the Dome? ED: They used the maintenance shafts. MIA: The shaft's open, they haven't got spacesuits. (reaches for YURI’S hand) ED: They breathe water. STEFFI: But they'd freeze. YURI: They've got that internal fission. MIA: Are we safe? They can't get through, can they? (ceiling creaks) Can they? Water begins to come through the ceiling. ROMAN: This place is airtight! STEFFI: Can it get through? Ed? Can it get through? ED: I don't know! Water itself isn't motile, but it has some resistance. ADELAIDE: Everyone, listen to me! That's ten feet of steel-combination up there. We need all the protein-packs or we'll starve. Now keep working! (they get back to work) Roman, watch the ceiling! Ed, get to the shuttle, f*re it up. ED: I can carry more than this lot, Captain. ADELAIDE: That's an order! ED: Captain. Standing there, the DOCTOR flashes on the article about the disaster. Everyone moves in slow motion. AT the door, ED turns and looks at ADELAIDE with a smile. YURI helps MIA while ROMAN keeps an eye on the ceiling. ED leaves. ADELAIDE looks up and sees the DOCTOR but keep son working. The DOCTOR turns and heads out the door. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE CORRIDOR ED runs down the corridor to the shuttle. INT. BASE, OUTSIDE AIRLOCK The DOCTOR enters wearing his spacesuit. The door hisses shut behind him and he starts the process. COMPUTER: Access denied. The DOCTOR tries again. COMPUTER: Access denied. ADELAIDE: (over radio) Tell me what happens. DOCTOR: I don't know. ADELAIDE: (over radio) Yes, you do. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BASE, COMMUNICATIONS ADELAIDE: Now tell me. DOCTOR: You should be with the others. ADELAIDE: Tell me! (she is watching him on monitor) I could ramp up the pressure in that airlock and crush you. DOCTOR: Except you won't. You could have sh*t Andy Stone, but you didn't. I loved you for that. Imagine... Imagine you knew something. Imagine you found yourself somewhere, I don't know, Pompeii. Imagine you were in Pompeii. ADELAIDE: What the hell's that got to do with it? DOCTOR: And you tried to save them, but, in doing so, you make it happen. Anything I do just makes it happen. STEFFI slides the glass door open. STEFFI: Captain, we need you right now. (leaves) ADELAIDE: I'm still here. DOCTOR: (looks into the camera) You're taking Action One. There are four more standard action procedures. And Action Five is...? ADELAIDE: Detonation. DOCTOR: (onscreen) The final option. The nuclear device at the heart of the Central Dome. Today, on the 21st November 2059, Captain Brooke activates that device, taking the base and all her crew members with her. No-one ever knows why. But you were saving Earth. That's what inspires your granddaughter. She takes your people out into the galaxy, because you die, on Mars. You die, today. She flies out there like she's trying to meet you. ADELAIDE: (softly) I won't die. I will not. DOCTOR: (onscreen) But your death creates the future. ADELAIDE: Help me. Why won't you help, Doctor, if you know all of this? Why can't you change it? DOCTOR: (onscreen) I can't. ADELAIDE: Why can't you find a way? Tell me. DOCTOR: (onscreen) Adelaide, I swear, I can’t. I'm sorry, but I can't. Sometimes I can, sometimes I do. Most times, I can save someone. Or anyone. But not you. You wondered all your life why that Dalek spared you. I think it knew. Your death is fixed, in time, for ever. And that's right. ADELAIDE: You'll die here too. DOCTOR: (onscreen) No. ADELAIDE: What's gonna save you? DOCTOR: (onscreen) Captain Adelaide Brooke. ADELAIDE: (presses a button to start depressurization) Damn you. INT. BASE, OUTSIDE AIRLOCK The airlock door opens. INT. BASE, CONTROL ROMAN: Water! We've got water! It’s running down the walls. ADELAIDE rushes out. MIA: Captain! Get back! Get back! Captain! Don’t touch it, Roman! Don’t let it touch you! MIA pulls ROMAN back with YURI and STEFFI. ADELAIDE: Get back! We're abandoning this section. Get to the shuttle! Yuri, lead the way, Section B Corridor, now. YURI opens the door to where they have store everything and the water is pouring through. ADELAIDE: Close it! YURI closes the door. STEFFI: Yuri, did that water touch you? YURI: I'm safe. STEFFI: Did it touch you? Yuri, did that water touch you? YURI: I'm clean, I'm dry. INT. BASE, OUTSIDE AIRLOCK The DOCTOR can hear everything. INT. BASE, CONTROL ADELAIDE: Everyone, Section B is out. Listen to me! Take every pack that you can. We'll go round. We'll make our way out through Section F. They begin to gather the packs. STEFFI: Transferring authorization, Section F. Mia you take the redline stock! And hurry up! YURI, MIA, ROMAN and ADELAIDE start heading for the opposite door. As STEFFI goes to join them, water pours from the ceiling, blocking her way. YURI: Steffi, go! MIA: Steffi, get back! YURI: Get back! ADELAIDE: Steffi, keep back! YURI: Get back! ADELAIDE: Steffi! YURI: Just get back! Steffi! MIA: Get back! ADELAIDE: Just get back! Hurry! STEFFI backs up to the enclosed communications center. MIA: You’ll be safer in there! ROMAN: Just shut the door! Close the door! STEFFI closes the door. ADELAIDE: Steffi, we'll come get you, OK? We'll come get you! Steffi! STEFFI: Captain! ADELAIDE: We'll open the access panel. We'll get you out through the back. (to others) Get her out! Move it! STEFFI: (screams) Captain, it's inside! (backs away from the door) ROMAN: Steffi! MIA: Steffi, get back! Steffi! INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL The DOCTOR steps outside the airlock. ADELAIDE: (over radio) We're coming! Steffi, hold on! ROMAN: (over radio) The access panel’s fused, Captain. We can’t open it. YURI: (over radio) We can't get through! STEFFI: (over radio) Don’t! Don’t, please! YURI: (over radio) There’s nothing we can do. STEFFI: (over radio) I can't move! The DOCTOR starts to walk away. INT. BASE, CONTROL STEFFI, pressed against the wall, presses a button on the monitor that plays a video of her DAUGHTERS. DAUGHTER: Hallo, Mutti. Hallo, Mars! (turns to other girl) Sag hallo.(to camera) Ich fragte warum nicht. Wir koennen doch mit dem Zug... The water hits STEFFI on the back and she sobs. INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL The DOCTOR listens as STEFFI’S daughter continues in German. INT. BASE, CONTROL ADELAIDE: Steffi, can you hear me? They watch STEFFI shake as the transformation takes place. MIA: Oh, my God. INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL The DOCTOR continues to listen to STEFFI’S daughter. INT. BASE, CONTROL ADELAIDE: Out! Get out! MIA, YURI and ROMAN head out. ADELAIDE watches as the now-transformed STEFFI walks slowly towards her. ADELAIDE follows MIA. ADELAIDE: (into radio) Ed, we're going round the long way, how are we doing? INT. BASE, SHUTTLE ED is in the pilot’s seat checking the controls. ED: All systems online, 100%. Not a single delay! Don't you worry, Captain, we are gonna fly! EXT. MARS SURFACE As the shuttle’s rockets f*re, the DOCTOR walks away from the base. ADELAIDE: (over radio) I need air in Section F right now. YURI: (over radio) Locking chamber three. Locking chamber four. ADELAIDE: (over radio) Keep looking! ROMAN: (over radio) Gate five is open! Gate six is open! INT. BASE, SECTION F ROMAN is looking around to make sure they have everything. YURI: Quickly, come on! MIA: I’ve got 25 to 30 lockdown. ROMAN looks up at the ceiling just as a drop of water falls. It hits him on the face. ADELAIDE: Roman, come on, with me. ROMAN: You'd better go. EXT. MARS SURFACE ADELAIDE: (over radio) Don't just stand there, move! ROMAN: (over radio) You'd really better go without me. INT. BASE, SECTION F ROMAN: I'm sorry, Captain. One drop. EXT. MARS SURFACE The DOCTOR closes his eyes. INT. BASE, SECTION F ROMAN starts to shake. MIA: Roman! Roman! YURI: (grabs MIA around the waist) Leave him, come on. EXT. MARS SURFACE MIA: (over radio) We can't just leave him! YURI: (over radio) Sorry. Come on. MIA: (over radio) Let me go! YURI: (over radio) I can’t let you go. MIA: (over radio) Roman!! (sobs) INT. BASE, SECTION F YURI takes MIA out of the room. YURI: I’m so sorry. ADELAIDE follows. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE The door opens and MAGGIE is there. She aims her hand at the cockpit and ED is too slow closing the door as water sh**t through. He groans as he feels the change start. INT. BASE, SECTION F ADELAIDE, YURI and MIA are heading for the shuttle. ED: (over radio) Captain. The shuttle is down. ADELAIDE: (into radio) What the hell do you mean? EXT. MARS SURFACE ED: (over radio) Compromised. It was Maggie. ADELAIDE: (over radio) Get out of there! ED: (over radio) Too late. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE ED: They want this ship to get to Earth. Got no choice. (hits a few buttons) EXT. MARS SURFACE ED: (over radio) (groans) Hated it, Adelaide. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE ED: (groans) This bloody job. Ohhhh! EXT. MARS SURFACE ED: (over radio) You never gave me a chance. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE Ed reaches out his hand. INT. BASE, SECTION F ED: (over radio) You never could forgive me. INT. BASE, SHUTTLE ED’S eyes have changed. ED: See you later. He presses the self-destruct, destroying the shuttle. INT. BASE, SECTION F The base shakes from the expl*si*n. EXT. MARS SURFACE The blast knocks the DOCTOR to the ground. INT. BASE, SECTION F Electronics spark and ADELAIDE, YURI and MIA fall to the floor and cover their heads from falling debris. Air begins to escape. EXT. MARS SURFACE The DOCTOR sits up and looks back at the devestation. INT. BASE, SECTION F The loss of air pressure pulls the three of them towards the hole. YURI: We're losing oxygen! EXT. MARS SURFACE YURI: (over radio) The hull is broken!! The DOCTOR is lying on the ground amidst flaming debris. He remembers… *DOCTOR: (remembering) I'm not just a Time Lord, I'm the Last of the Time Lords. It’ll never come back, not now. I've got a TARDIS. Same old life, last of the Time Lords. And they died, took it all with them. The walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed, gone forever. 'The Time Lords kept their eye on everything. And it's gone now. But they died, the Time Lords! All of them, they died! I'm the last of the Time Lords. With a look of grim determination, the DOCTOR heads back to the base. INT. BASE, SECTION F The alarm is beeping. YURI, MIA, and ADELAIDE are holding onto anything that will keep them from getting sucked out. The DOCTOR appears and takes charge. DOCTOR: Mia, take this sealant, fix that rig! (tosses a canister) Yuri, open emergency oxygen. Adelaide, don't just sit there! (helps her up) MIA seals the whole and YURI starts the oxygen. DOCTOR: That's better! The Dome's still got integrity! It’s 10 feet of steel-combination, made in Liverpool. Magnificent workmanship! ADELAIDE: It can't be stopped. Don't die with us. DOCTOR: No, because someone told me just recently, they said I was gonna die. They said, he will knock four times, and I know what that means. And it doesn't mean right here, right now! Cos I don't hear anyone knocking, do you?! There are three loud bangs on the door. It’s ANDY. DOCTOR: Three knocks is all you're getting! The DOCTOR electrifies the door and ANDY screams and falls. DOCTOR: Water and electricity, bad mix. Now then, what else have we got? ADELAIDE: But there's no way to fight them. DOCTOR: Heat! They use water, so we can use heat! (presses buttons on the computer before rushing across the room) Works against the Ice Warriors, works against the Flood. We’ll ramp up the environment controls and steam them! ADELAIDE: But you said we die! For the future, for the human race. DOCTOR: Yes, because there are laws. There are Laws of Time. Once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? Me! It's taken me all these years to realise the Laws of Time are mine and they will obey me! The base shudders again and the DOCTOR is thrown to the floor. The DOCTOR’S helmet falls to the floor. ADELAIDE: Environment controls are down! Sorry, Doctor, it looks like history's got other ideas. DOCTOR: (stands) Not beaten yet! I'll go outside! Look at the heat regulator.(picks up helmet and sees it’s broken) No, not beaten, not beaten! (throws helmet to the floor) You've got spacesuits, in the next section. The DOCTOR runs out the door but is stopped by water. He runs back. DOCTOR: We're not just fighting the Flood, we're fighting time itself and I'm gonna win! INT. BASE, OVERLOOKING ICE FIELDS MAGGIE raises her arms and roars and the ice begins to crack. INT. BASE, SECTION F YURI: Something's happening to the glacier. DOCTOR: Think, think, think-a think! What have we got? Not enough oxygen! Protein-packs? Useless! Glacier, glacier mints, minty, Monty, molto bene, bunny, Bonny, bish-bash-bosh! Baaaaaaah! The room, the room, look at the room! Section F, what's in Section F? Anyone?! YURI: Nothing, it's just storage. DOCTOR: Storing what?! YURI: I don't know. The weather spikes, robots, atom clamps… DOCTOR: Atom clamps? Atom clamps!? (opens a storage cabinet) Who needs atom clamps? I love a funny robot! GADGET: Gadget-Gadget. INT. BASE, OVERLOOKING ICE FIELDS MAGGIE continues to roar. INT. BASE, SECTION F The DOCTOR puts something in GADGET’S pincer "hand". DOCTOR: You take that. Good boy. GADGET: Gadget-Gadget. The DOCTOR puts on the control gloves for GADGET. DOCTOR: Off we go then! GADGET: Gadget-Gadget. (heads off) ADELAIDE brings up the warning screen on the computer. INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL GADGET trundles down the tunnel past the water and flames. INT. BASE, SECTION F DOCTOR: Come on, come on! ADELAIDE taps on the keypad. COMPUTER: Implementing Captain's protocol. DOCTOR: Adelaide, what are you doing?! MIA: Oh, my God. Action Five. DOCTOR: If I have to fight you as well, then I will. ADELAIDE hits "enter". COMPUTER: Nuclear device now active and primed. Nuclear device now active and primed. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on GADGET’S control panel. DOCTOR: Blast off!! INT. BASE, CONNECTING TUNNEL GADGET: Gadget-Gadget. GADGET goes turbo and jets down the tunnel. INT. BASE, SECTION F DOCTOR: Faster! EXT. MARS SURFACE GADGET speeds across the red dust. INT. BASE, OVERLOOKING ICE FIELDS MAGGIE continues to roar and the ice splits open. INT. BASE ANDY, TARAK, STEFFI and ROMAN, raise their arms and join in MAGGIE’S roar. INT. BASE, SECTION F The upheaval of the ice causes the base to shudder and ADELAIDE falls to the floor. EXT. MARS SURFACE GADGET reaches the TARDIS. INT. BASE, SECTION F YURI uses a f*re extinguisher against the many small fires that have started. COMPUTER: Nuclear device entering final process. EXT. MARS SURFACE GADGET raises its "hand" which is holding the TARDIS key. INT. BASE, SECTION F The DOCTOR guides GADGET’S "hand", inserting the key and opening the door. DOCTOR: And we're in! (laughs as he guides GADGET to the console) From her position on the floor, ADELAIDE watches and shakes her head. INT. TARDIS GADGET: Gadget-Gadget. GADGET dematerializes the TARDIS. INT. BASE, SECTION F The countdown has reached 22 seconds. The TARDIS arrives. The countdown reaches 0. EXT. MARS SURFACE Bowie Base One explodes. EXT. LONDON STREET It is snowing as the TARDIS materializes. The DOCTOR opens the door and is followed out by ADELAIDE, MIA and YURI. They look around and the DOCTOR waits for comments. DOCTOR: Isn't anyone going to thank me? GADGET trundles out and then shuts down. DOCTOR: He's lost his signal. Doesn't know where he is. ADELAIDE: That's my house. DOCTOR: Don't you get it? This is the 21st November 2059. Same day on Earth. (looks up) And it's snowing. I love snow. MIA: What is that thing? It's bigger... I mean, it's bigger on the inside! Who the hell are you? (runs away) YURI wants to follow, but hesitates. He looks at ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE: Look after her. YURI: Yes, ma'am. (goes after MIA) ADELAIDE: (walks towards the DOCTOR) You saved us. DOCTOR: Just think though. Your daughter, and your daughter's daughter, you can see them again. Family reunion! ADELAIDE: But I'm supposed to be d*ad. DOCTOR: Not any more. ADELAIDE: But Susie, my granddaughter, the person she's supposed to become might never exist now. DOCTOR: Nah! Captain Adelaide can inspire her face-to-face. Different details, but the story's the same. ADELAIDE: You can't know that. And if my family changes, the whole of history could change. The future of the human race. No-one should have that much power. DOCTOR: Tough. ADELAIDE: (backs away) You should have left us there. DOCTOR: Adelaide, I've done this sort of thing before, in small ways, saved some little people. But never someone as important as you. Oh, I'm good! ADELAIDE: Little people? What, like Mia and Yuri? Who decides they're so unimportant? You? DOCTOR: For a long time now, I thought I was just a survivor, but I'm not. I'm the winner. That's who I am. The Time Lord Victorious. ADELAIDE: And there's no-one to stop you? DOCTOR: No. ADELAIDE: This is wrong, Doctor. I don't care who you are. The Time Lord Victorious is wrong. DOCTOR: That's for me to decide. (changes mood) Now, you'd better get home. Oh, it's all locked up, you've been away. Still, that's easy. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on her door and it unlocks. DOCTOR: All yours. ADELAIDE: Is there nothing you can't do? DOCTOR: Not any more. ADELAIDE walks to her house and up the steps to the door. She looks back at him as he heads for the TARDIS. She reaches for her g*n and draws it as she steps inside and closes the door. Just as the DOCTOR reaches the TARDIS, there is a g*n. The DOCTOR turns and looks at the door. He flashes on her obituary again and the date is still the same, though the place has changed. In a sudden realization of what he made ADELAIDE do, he falls back against the door. He flashes on a story about YURI and MIA, the only survivors, saying that ADELAIDE was a hero. He also flashes on SUSIE’S news page. *ADELAIDE: I don't care who you are. A Time Lord Victorious is wrong. The DOCTOR turns and looks in the opposite direction. DOCTOR: I've gone too far. OOD-SIGMA is standing in the road. The DOCTOR falls to his knees. DOCTOR: (to OOD-SIGMA) Is this it? My death? Is it time? OOD-SIGMA vanishes. The DOCTOR stands and enters the TARDIS, slamming the door shut. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR stands and stares at the console. DOCTOR: No. (dematerializes the TARDIS)
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INT. MUSEUM, NIGHT A golden chalice is surrounded by a high-tech energy field. Armed guards arrive. GUARD 1: Positions. The guards take position at each corner of the field. The HEAD GUARD sets the alarm HEAD GUARD: 'Night, boys. A small hole opens at the top of the dome situated directly above the chalice revealing a black-clad figure. The figure then lowers itself by wires headfirst. It switches out the chalice and presses a button on its belt to raise itself. One of the guards turns to see a statue of a cat waving. The figure runs through one of the exhibit halls, stops and removes the balaklava covering it’s face. It is a woman with long black hair. The alarm is raised and she sighs. EXT. NIGHT, LONDON ALLEY She stops when she sees her male accomplice being arrested. WOMAN: Sorry, lover. She runs in the opposite direction and out to a busy street where the police are searching for her. As the detective in charge arrives and seems to be heading in her direction, she jumps on a bus. INT. BUS, NIGHT WOMAN: Hello. I'm so terribly sorry. That card paying device thing, that's a Lobster card, am I right? DRIVER: Oyster card. WOMAN: Ah, well, that's the problem, you see. I only use my Oyster when there's an R in the month. DRIVER: It's April. Back on the street, the DETECTIVE is directing his men. DETECTIVE: Go, go, go! WOMAN: (takes off earrings) Diamonds. Genuine. (drops them in his palm) Drive! DRIVER: Works for me. As the woman takes a seat, we see a man from the shins down, walking towards the bus, he boards and swipes his card. DRIVER: You're just in time, mate. The man takes a sit next to the woman and we see it’s the DOCTOR. He holds out a chocolate egg. DOCTOR: Hello, I'm the Doctor! Happy Easter! David Tennant Michelle Ryan DOCTOR WHO "Planet of the d*ad" by Russell T. Davies And Gareth Roberts Producer Tracie Simpson Director James Strong EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DETECTIVE is directing officers. DETECTIVE: Right, close off the area, get all these people cleared. She has got to be here somewhere. The OFFICER speaks into his radio. OFFICER: Robinson, clear the road. Get the whole place sealed off! As he turns around, the DETECTIVE sees the woman on the bus. DETECTIVE: She's on the bus! She's on the... Come on! Get the car! It's definitely her. Come on, move it! (runs to the car and gets in) Jackson, follow that bus! Sirens on, the police cars follow the bus. INT. BUS, NIGHT The DOCTOR is talking to the woman. DOCTOR: Funny thing is, I don't often do Easter. I can never find it, it's always at a different time. Although I remember the original. Between you and me, what really happened was... There is a beeping sound and the DOCTOR hands the woman the chocolate egg as he reaches into his pocket. DOCTOR: Oh, sorry, hold on to that for me. Actually, go on, have it, finish it. It's full of sugar and I'm determined to keep these teeth. (bares his teeth then pulls a gadget from his pocket) Ah! Oh, we've got excitation! (shakes it, garnering strange looks from another passenger) I'm picking up something very strange. WOMAN: I know the feeling. (looks out the window) EXT. STREET, NIGHT The police are in pursuit of the bus. DETECTIVE: (into radio) All units in pursuit, registration Whisky nine seven four, Golf Hotel Mike. They're heading for the Gladwell Road Tunnel. Please stop all traffic. Seal off the North End. The bus enters the tunnel. INT. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A FEMALE OFFICER is watching the bus on a monitor. FEMALE OFFICER: The bus has entered the south entrance of the tunnel. EXT. STREET, NIGHT The police are in pursuit of the bus. FEMALE OFFICER: (over radio) Officers in pursuit. Units now arriving at the North entrance. A group of police cars pull up, blacking the tunnel. A uniformed OFFICER steps from the car and speaks into his radio. OFFICER: Tango 183 at the far end, sir. I've sealed off the exit. There's no way out, over. INT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The DETECTIVE’s car is following the bus. DETECTIVE: I'm right behind. We've got her! INT. BUS, NIGHT The DOCTOR is talking to the woman but she is ignoring him. DOCTOR: Rhondium particles, that's what I'm looking for. This thing detects them. (taps gadget) The little dish should go round, that little dish there... WOMAN: Right now, a way out would come in pretty handy. Can you detect me one of those? One of the passengers, BLACK WOMAN, looks at her husband. BLACK WOMAN: Lou, can you hear them? LOU: Hear what, sweetheart? BLACK WOMAN: The voices. So many voices. Calling to us. Calling so far. DOCTOR: Oh, the little dish is going round! WOMAN: Fascinating. DOCTOR: And round. Whoa... (the dish spins faster until part of the gadget explodes) A FEMALE PASSENGER looks at him. FEMALE PASSENGER: Excuse me. Do you mind? DOCTOR: (stands) Sorry. That was my little dish. WOMAN: Can't you turn that thing off? DOCTOR: (turns back) What was your name? WOMAN: Christina. DOCTOR: Christina, hold on tight. (sits next to CHRISTINA and grabs the handle) Everyone, hold on! The bus lurches and shakes and the passengers scream as they jerk forwards. The Doctor falls to the floor. BLACK WOMAN: The voices! Oh, the voices, they're screaming! One of the windows shatters and sparks fly from the overhead wires. A YOUNG MAN falls down the stairs from the upper deck. YOUNG MAN: What's going on?! There is a blinding light and more windows shatter. The DOCTOR moves forwards to the driver. EXT. STREET, NIGHT More police have arrived to blockade the tunnel. OFFICER: (into radio) Tango 183. Units in position, sir. Uh, sorry to report, but, er, no sign of the bus. Over. INT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The DETECTIVE is standing in the middle of the tunnel. DETECTIVE: It's gone. Right in front of me. The bus has just... gone. EXT. STREET, NIGHT DETECTIVE: (over radio) Over. INT. BUS, DAY The DOCTOR gets up off the floor and looks around. Sunlight is streaming through the windows. He walks to the door, opens it and looks out onto a desert. DOCTOR: End of the line. (steps out) Call it a hunch, but I think we've gone a little bit further than Brixton. CHRISTINA and the other passengers follow him. The top deck of the bus is crushed and smoke is wafting from it. There is nothing else around them. INT. ?? The bus and its passengers appear on a screen. A pincer taps the screen and we hear chittering INT. BUS, DAY LOU: We should get out! Even if that's the Sahara, we can't stay on board this thing. BLACK WOMAN: I'm not going out there! They're still calling. All around us. The voices are crying. LOU: What voices, sweetheart? BLACK WOMAN: The d*ad... We're surrounded by the d*ad. EXT. DESERT, DAY The DOCTOR, practically lying on the ground, lets the sand sift through his fingers. FEMALE PASSENGER: That's impossible. There are three suns. Three of them! BLACK YOUTH: Like when all those planets were up in the sky! YOUNG MAN: But it was Earth that moved back then, wasn't it? BLACK YOUTH: Oh, man, we're on another world! DRIVER: It's still intact, though! Not as bad as it looks. The chassis's still holding together. Oh, my boss is gonna m*rder me! FEMALE PASSENGER: Can you still drive it? DRIVER: Oh, no, the wheels are stuck. Look at them, they're never gonna budge. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The DECTIVE approaches the OFFICER. DETECTIVE: Dennison, listen. We've sealed off the far end, nothing is to come through. DENNISON: But I don't understand, sir. How can a bus just disappear? EXT. DESERT, DAY CHRISTINA has taken off her jacket and is wearing a black short-sleeve top. She puts on a pair of sunglasses. CHRISTINA: Ready for every emergency. The DOCTOR looks up at her, removes his glasses and uses the sonic screwdriver on them. He then puts them back on, now tinted. DOCTOR: Me too! (continues to examine the sand) CHRISTINA: And what's your name? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. CHRISTINA: Name, not rank. DOCTOR: The Doctor. CHRISTINA: Surname? DOCTOR: The Doctor. CHRISTINA: You're called 'the Doctor'? DOCTOR: Yes, I am. CHRISTINA: That's not a name, that's a psychological condition. DOCTOR: Funny sort of sand, this. There's a trace of something else. (puts some on the tip of his tongue to taste it) Ack.Eurgh. Blah, that's not good. CHRISTINA: Well, it wouldn't be, it's sand. DOCTOR: No, it tastes like...(stands) Never mind. CHRISTINA: What is it, what's wrong? The other passengers come over, the BLACK YOUTH pointing at the DOCTOR. BLACK YOUTH: Hold on a minute, I saw you, mate! You had that thing, that machine. Did you make this happen? DOCTOR: Oh, humans on buses, always blaming me. If you must know, I was tracking a hole in the fabric of reality. Call it a hobby. But it was a tiny little hole, no danger to anyone. Suddenly it gets big, and we drive right through it. DRIVER: But then where is it? There's nothing, there's just sand! DOCTOR: All right. If you want proof, (reaches down and picks up some sand) we drove through this. The DOCTOR throws the sand at the space behind the bus, revealing a swirling vortex which soon disappears. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The vortex appears briefly at the mouth of the tunnel DETECTIVE: What the hell was that? EXT. DESERT, DAY CHRISTINA: And that's? DOCTOR: A door. A door in space. DRIVER: So what you're saying is, on the other side of that is home? We can get to London through there? DOCTOR: The bus came through, but we can't. DRIVER: (looks at the others) Well, then what are we waiting for? DOCTOR: Oh, no, don't. DRIVER: (heads for the portal) I'm going home, mate! DOCTOR: I said don't! The DRIVER hits the portal and screams as his body catches f*re. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The body of the DRIVER, now a skeleton, continues its forward momentum, crumbling to the ground the moment it is through. The DETECTIVE and the police are stunned. EXT. DESERT, DAY BLACK YOUTH: He was a skeleton, man! He was bones, just bones! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The DETECTIVE looks at the still-smoking bones. DETECTIVE: Dennison, uh... I think we're out of our depth here. We need experts. (into radio) Get me UNIT. Emergency Code One! EXT. DESERT, DAY DOCTOR: (walks back to the bus) It was the bus. Look at the damage, that was the bus protecting us. Great big box of metal. CHRISTINA: Rather like a Faraday cage? The YOUNG MAN is comforting the FEMALE PASSENGER. YOUNG MAN: Like in a thunderstorm, yeah? Safest place is inside a car, cos the metal conducts the lightning right through. We did it in school. CHRISTINA: But if we can only travel back inside the bus... A Faraday cage needs to be closed. That thing's been ripped wide open. DOCTOR: Slightly different dynamics with a wormhole. There's enough metal to make it work, I think. I hope. CHRISTINA: Then we have to drive five tonnes of bus, which is currently buried in the sand, and we've got nothing but our bare hands. Correct? DOCTOR: I'd say nine and a half tonners, but the point still stands, yes. CHRISTINA: Then we need to apply ourselves to the problem with discipline! Which starts with appointing a leader. DOCTOR: Yes, at last, thank you, so... CHRISTINA: Well, thank goodness you've got me! Everyone do exactly as I say! Inside the bus immediately! YOUNG MAN: Is it safe in there? CHRISTINA: I don't think anything's safe any more, but if it's a choice between baking in there or roasting out here, I'd say baking is slower. Come on! All of you. Right now! And you. 'The Doctor'. DOCTOR: Yes, ma'am. CHRISTINA: Up! Come on! INT. BUS, DAY CHRISTINA: Point five, the crucial thing is, do not panic. Quite apart from anything else, the smell of sweat inside this thing is reaching atrocious levels. We don't need to add any more. Point six. Team identification. Names. I'm Christina, this man is apparently 'the Doctor'. DOCTOR: Hello. CHRISTINA: And you? YOUNG MAN: (waves) Nathan. BLACK YOUTH: I'm Barclay. FEMALE PASSENGER: Angela, Angela Whittaker. LOU: My name's Louis, everyone calls me Lou, and this is Carmen. CHRISTINA: Excellent. Memorise those names. There might be a test. Point seven, assessment and application of knowledge. Over to you, the Doctor. DOCTOR: I thought you were in charge. CHRISTINA: I am. And a good leader utilises her strength. You seem to be the brainbox. So, start boxing. DOCTOR: (sits on the back of his seat) Right. So, the wormhole. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was just an accident. CARMEN: No, it wasn't. That thing, the doorway. Someone made it. For a reason. DOCTOR: How do you know? LOU: She's got a gift. Ever since she was a little girl, she can just... tell things. We do the lottery, twice a week. CHRISTINA: You don't look like millionaires. LOU: No, but we win ten pounds. Every week, twice a week, ten pounds. Don't tell me that's not a gift! DOCTOR: (hides his hand behind his back, showing three fingers) Tell me, Carmen. How many fingers am I holding up? CARMEN: Three. The DOCTOR adds another finger. CARMEN: Four. DOCTOR: Very good! Low level psychic ability, exacerbated by an alien sun. (sits down across from her) What can you see, Carmen? Tell me. What's out there? CARMEN: Something... Something is coming. Riding on the wind. And shining. DOCTOR: What is it? CARMEN: Death. Death is coming. ANGELA: (weeping) We're going to die. BARCLAY: I knew it, man, I said so. NATHAN: We can't die out here. No-one's gonna find us. (The passengers’ voices begin to overlap) CHRISTINA: This isn't exactly helping. BARCLAY: Shut up, we're not your soldiers. NATHAN: It's not doing any good... LOU: You’re upsetting her, be quiet. NATHAN: Will we be bones, like the bus driver?! CHRISTINA: Stop whimpering, all of you! DOCTOR: All right now. Stop it, everyone, stop it! The arguing stops and the only sound is ANGELA crying. The DOCTOR stands in front of her and grips her shoulders. DOCTOR: Angela, look at me. Angela, Angela, answer me one question, Angela. That's it, at me, at me. (she stops crying and looks at him) There we go, Angela, just answer me one thing. When you got on this bus, where were you going? ANGELA: Doesn't matter now, does it? DOCTOR: Answer the question. ANGELA: Just home. DOCTOR: And what's home? ANGELA: Me, and Mike and Suzanne, that's my daughter. She's 18. DOCTOR: Suzanne. Good. (sits and looks at BARCLAY) What about you? BARCLAY: Dunno. Going round Tina's. DOCTOR: Who’s Tina? Your girlfriend? BARCLAY: Not yet. (gives a small smile) DOCTOR: Good boy. What about you, Nathan? NATHAN: Bit strapped for cash, I lost my job last week. I was gonna stay in. Watch TV. DOCTOR: Brilliant. And you two? LOU: I was going to cook. CARMEN: It's his turn tonight. Then I clear up. DOCTOR: What's for tea? LOU: Chops. Nice couple of chops and gravy. Nothing special. DOCTOR: Oh, that's special, Lou. That is so special. Chops and gravy. Mmm! What about you, Christina? CHRISTINA: I was going... so far away. DOCTOR: Far away. Chops and gravy. Watching TV. Mike and Suzanne and poor old Tina. BARCLAY: Hey! DOCTOR: Just think of them. ‘Cos that planet out there, all three suns and wormholes and alien sand, that planet is nothing. You hear me? Nothing compared to all those things waiting for you. Food and home and people. Hold on to that. Cos we're gonna get there. I promise. I'm gonna get you home. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT A small convoy of trucks and cars advances towards the tunnel as UNIT arrives to take charge of the situation. SOLDIER 1: Section One, assume position! Section Two, assume position! SOLDIER 2: Section Three, assume position! SOLDIER 3: Section Four, assume position! The soldiers take up position in front of the tunnel, r*fles aimed at the mouth. Two more take the tarp off a machine g*n mounted on the bed of a truck. SOLDIER 1: Spread out! SOLDIER 2: Take basic intervention mode! A FEMALE OFFICER steps out from one of the cars. FEMALE OFFICER: Isolate the area! SOLDIER 1: Yes, ma'am. (leaves) FEMALE OFFICER: Establish an exclusion zone. Any media, move them back. Any trouble, arrest them. SOLDIER 2: Yes, Ma'am. (leaves) FEMALE OFFICER: I want the vehicles in the standard Procedure Five layout. All outreach officers will report to me via Sergeant Calhoon, is that understood? SOLDIER 3: Yes, Ma'am. (leaves) DETECTIVE: Captain, I'm Detective Inspector McMillan. CAPTAIN: Clear the area, thank you. McMILLAN: Yes, but I was here when the... thing... the bus, with the... CAPTAIN: I've read the report. Now clear the area! Pandovski, get these men out of the zone. McMILLAN: (is stopped by the soldiers) There's somebody on that bus... She's mine! SOLDIER: Just move back, sir. McMILLAN: All right. The CAPTAIN comes to stand behind the soldiers. CAPTAIN: Perimeter guard, stand ready. Stay alert. Any hostile activity, sh**t to k*ll. EXT. DESERT, DAY BARCLAY and NATHAN come out of the bus holding seat cushions. The DOCTOR meets them. DOCTOR: Here we go! That's my boys! We lay a flat surface between the bus and the wormhole, like duckboards, and reverse into it! CHRISTINA: Let some air out of the tyres, just a little bit. Spreads the weight of the bus, gives you more grip. DOCTOR: Oh, that's good! CHRISTINA: Holidays in the Kalahari. BARCLAY: Yeah, but those wheels go deep. CHRISTINA: Then start digging. BARCLAY: With what? CHRISTINA: With this. (reaches into her bag and pulls out a folding shovel) The DOCTOR takes it, opens it and then hands it to BARCLAY. DOCTOR: Got anything else in there? CHRISTINA: Try that, might help with the seats. (hands NATHAN a small axe) NATHAN: Thanks! (takes axe and heads back to the bus) ANGELA:(inside the bus) I can't find the keys. DOCTOR: (runs to the door) Buses don't have keys. There's a master switch, one button for start, the other one for stop, yeah? INT. BUS, DAY ANGELA is in the driver’s seat. ANGELA: Right. Hold on, oh, I've got it. (flicks a switch) Here we go, hold tight, ding ding! She presses the start button but the engine only splutters and dies. EXT. DESERT, DAY DOCTOR: Oh, that doesn't sound too good. (takes a look at the engine) Oh! Never mind losing half the top deck, you know what's worse? Sand. Tiny little grains of sand. The engine's clogged up. CHRISTINA walks around to where BARCLAY and NATHAN are working on the wheels. CHRISTINA: Anyone know mechanics? BARCLAY: Me! (stands) I did a two-week NVQ at the garage. Never finished it, but... DOCTOR: Off you go then, try stripping the air filter, fast as you can. Back in two ticks. The DOCTOR heads towards the dunes as BARCLAY goes to look at the engine. CHRISTINA: Wait a minute! (follows the DOCTOR) You're the man with all the answers. I'm not letting you out of my sight. INT. ?? The same creature watches the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA as they walk through the sand. EXT. DESERT, DAY The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA are in the middle of the desert, out of sight from the bus. DOCTOR: Easier if you left that backpack behind. CHRISTINA: Where I go, it goes. DOCTOR: A backpack with a spade and an axe. Christina, who's going so far away, and yet scared by the sound of a siren. Who are you? CHRISTINA: You can talk. Let's just say we're two equal mysteries. DOCTOR: We’d make quite a couple. CHRISTINA: We don't make any sort of couple, thank you very much. Come on then. Tell me. If Carmen's right, if that wormhole's not an accident, then what is it? Has someone done this on purpose? They stop walking. DOCTOR: I don't know. But every single instinct of mine is telling me to get off this planet, right now. CHRISTINA: And do you think we can? DOCTOR: I live in hope. CHRISTINA: That must be nice. It's Christina de Souza. (holds out her hand) To be precise, Lady Christina de Souza. DOCTOR: (shakes her hand) Ooh, that's handy. Cos I'm a Lord. CHRISTINA: Seriously? The Lord of where? DOCTOR: It's quite a big estate. CHRISTINA: No, but there's something more about you. That device you were carrying, and the wormhole. Like you knew. And the way you stride around this place, like... DOCTOR: Like? CHRISTINA: Like you're not quite... DOCTOR: Anyway! Come on! Allons-y! (continues on) CHRISTINA: (follows) Oui, mais pas si nous allons vers un cauchemar. (Yes, but not if we go towards a nightmare) DOCTOR: (laughs) Oh, we were made for each other! They stop on a high dune and look to the horizon. DOCTOR: Ah. Don't like the look of that. CHRISTINA: (shades her eyes) Storm clouds. Must be hundreds of miles away. DOCTOR: Getting closer. CHRISTINA: If that's a sand storm, we'll get ripped to shreds. DOCTOR: It's a storm. Who says it's sand? They run back. INT. BUS, DAY CARMEN is sitting next to LOU, her eyes closed. CARMEN: Closer... and closer and closer... The DOCTOR gets on the bus followed by CHRISTINA and BARCLAY. DOCTOR: Where is it? BARCLAY: There, there on the seat. The DOCTOR picks up BARCLAY’S mobile and using the sonic screwdriver on it. CHRISTINA: You're hardly going to get a signal, we're on another planet! DOCTOR: Oh, just watch me. Right, now, bit of hush, thank you. Gotta remember the number, very important number. (dials) MAN: (over phone) Hello, Pizza Geronimo? DOCTOR: (disconnects and redials) And again! Ah! seven-six, not six-seven... MAN: (over phone) This is the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. Please select one of the following four options. DOCTOR: Oh, I hate these things! ANGELA: No, if you keep your finger pressed on zero, you get through to a real person. I saw it on Watchdog! DOCTOR: Thank you, Angela! (sits) WOMAN: (over phone) UNIT helpline, which department would you like? DOCTOR: Listen, it's the Doctor! It's me! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT A SOLDIER approaches the CAPTAIN with a mobile. SOLDIER: Captain! Urgent call, ma'am, relayed direct from HQ. CAPTAIN: Who is it? SOLDIER: It’s him, ma’am. It's the Doctor. The CAPTAIN takes the phone. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BUS, DAY The DOCTOR listening to the CAPTAIN on speaker. CAPTAIN: Doctor. This is Captain Erisa Magambo. (salutes) Might I say, sir, it's an honour. DOCTOR: Did you just salute? ERISA: No. DOCTOR: Erisa, it's about the bus. HQ said you're at the tunnel, yeah? ERISA: And where are you? DOCTOR: I'm on the bus. But apart from that, not a clue, (looks out window) except it's very pretty and pretty dangerous. ERISA: A body came through here. Have you sustained any more fatalities? DOCTOR: No, and we’re not going to. But I'm stuck. I haven't got the Tardis, and I need to analyse that wormhole. ERISA: We have a scientific advisor on site, Dr Malcolm Taylor. -CUT TO: INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT Inside surrounded by electronic equipment is MALCOLM, an older man wearing large glasses and a lab coat. ERISA: (v.o.) Just the man you need, he's a genius. DOCTOR: (v.o.) Oh, is he? We'll see about that. ERISA enters the lab, shutting the door behind her. ERISA: Here's the Doctor. MALCOLM: No, I'm all right now, thanks. It was just a bit of a sore throat, although I've got to be honest, a cup of tea might be nice. ERISA: (holds out the phone) It's THE Doctor. MALCOLM: Do you mean... "the Doctor" Doctor?! On the bus, the DOCTOR can hear their conversation. ERISA: I know. We all want to meet him one day, but we all know what that day will bring. DOCTOR: (v.o.) I can hear everything you're saying. MALCOLM is incredulous at the DOCTOR’S voice. MALCOLM: Hello, Doctor? Oh, my goodness! DOCTOR: Yes, I am. Hello, Malcolm! MALCOLM: (chuckles) The Doctor! Cor blimey. I can't believe I'm actually speaking to you! I mean, I've read all the files! DOCTOR: Really? What was your favourite, the giant robot? No, no hold on, let's sort out that wormhole. 'Scuse me. (moves to the front of the bus) ERISA: On speakerphone, please. I don't want anyone keeping secrets. The DOCTOR is sitting in the driver’s seat. CHRISTINA stands behind him, listening. DOCTOR: Malcolm, something's not making sense here. I've got a storm and a wormhole, and I can't help thinking there's a connection. I need a complete full-range analysis of that wormhole, the whole thing. MALCOLM: I've probably got the wrong idea, but I've wired up an integrator. I thought it could measure the energy signature. DOCTOR: No, that'll never work. Just listen to me. MALCOLM: It's quite extraordinary, though! I'm measuring an oscillation of 15 Malcolms per second. DOCTOR: Fifteen what? MALCOLM: Fifteen Malcolms. It's my own little term. A wavelength parcel of ten kilohertz operating in four dimensions equals one Malcolm. DOCTOR: You named a unit of measurement after yourself? MALCOLM: It didn't do Mr Watt any harm. Furthermore, 100 Malcolms equals a Bernard. DOCTOR: And who's that, your dad? MALCOLM: Don't be ridiculous, that's Quatermass. DOCTOR: Right. Fine. But before I die of old age, which in my case would be quite an achievement, so congratulations on that, is there anyone else I can talk to? MALCOLM: No, no, no, no, but listen! I set the scanner to register what it can't detect and inverted the image. DOCTOR: You did what? MALCOLM: Is that wrong? DOCTOR: No, Malcolm, that's brilliant! So you can actually measure the wormhole. OK, I admit, that is genius! MALCOLM: The Doctor called me a genius. ERISA: I know, I heard. DOCTOR: Now, run a capacity scan. I need a full report. Call me back when you've done it. And Malcolm? You're my new best friend. MALCOLM: And you're mine too, sir. The DOCTOR ends the call. DOCTOR: Barclay, I'm holding on to this. (goes out the door) BARCLAY: Then you'd better bring it back! As the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA leave the bus, NATHAN is still digging out the tires. INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM: You're mine... He's gone. He's gone. EXT. DESERT, DAY The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA walk through the desert. INT. ?? The same creature watches the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA as they walk through the sand. EXT. DESERT, DAY DOCTOR: Send this back to Earth, see if Malcolm can analyse the storm. (holds up BARCLAY’S phone) CHRISTINA: There's something in those clouds, something shining. Look... DOCTOR: Like metal...(takes a picture) CHRISTINA: Why would there be metal in a storm? INT. BUS, DAY CARMEN: So fast and strong, they ride the storm. They are the storm. LOU: But what are they? CARMEN: They devour. EXT. DESERT, DAY While the DOCTOR is taking photos, CHRISTINA hears chirruping. CHRISTINA: Did you hear something? DOCTOR: Hold on. Busy. CHRISTINA: There was a noise, like a sort of... (she looks around) We then see the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA as if viewed through an insect’s eyes CHRISTINA: Doctor... CHRISTINA has seen the insectoid creature watching them. INT. BUS, DAY CARMEN: There's something new. EXT. DESERT, DAY The creature approaches them, a w*apon in its hand, and speaks. This is the creature that has been watching them. The DOCTOR answers in its language. DOCTOR: That's ‘wait’. I shout ‘wait’, people usually wait. CHRISTINA: You speak the language? DOCTOR: Every language. The DOCTOR and the creature speak. DOCTOR: That's begging for mercy. It motions with its g*n. CHRISTINA: That means 'move.' DOCTOR: Ooh! You're learning. The creature marches them off in front of it. CHRISTINA: These fly things, they must be responsible. They brought us here. They arrive at the creature’s crashed ship. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no! Look at the ship, it's a wreck. They crashed, just like us. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The interior of the ship looks like they have been trying to make repairs, wires and electronics exposed. CHRISTINA: But this place is freezing! DOCTOR: The hull's made of Photafine steel. Turns cold when it's hot. Boiling desert outside, freezing ship inside. Since I met you, Christina, we've been through all the extremes! CHRISTINA: That's how I like things. Extreme. DOCTOR: Oh, this is beautiful! Intact, it must have been magnificent. A proper streamlined deep-spacer! CHRISTINA: I'll remember that as I'm being slowly tortured. At least I'm bleeding on the floor of a really well-designed spaceship! A second creature joins them and touches a device attached to his clothes. DOCTOR: Oh, right, good, yes, hello! That's a telepathic translator. He can understand us. CHRISTINA: Still sounds like gibberish to me. DOCTOR: That's what I said, he can understand us. Doesn't work the other way round. (translates) "You will suffer for your crimes." Et cetera. "You have committed an act of v*olence against the Tritovore race." Tritovores, they're called Tritovores. "You came here in the 200 to destroy us." Sorry, what's the 200? CHRISTINA: It's the bus. Number 200, they mean the bus. DOCTOR: Oh! No, look, I think you're making the same mistake Christina did. I'm the Doctor, by the way, and this is Christina, the Honourable Lady Christina, at least I hope she's honourable! But we got pulled through that wormhole. The 200 doesn't look like that normally. It's broken, just the same as you. The Tritovores talk to each other. They lower their g*n. CHRISTINA: What are they doing? DOCTOR: They believe me. CHRISTINA: What, as simple as that? DOCTOR: I've got a very honest face. And the translator says I'm telling the truth. Plus, the face. Right! So, first things first, there's a very strange storm heading our way, can you send out a probe? The DOCTOR makes his way to a control panel, followed by the Tritovore with the translator who speaks to him. DOCTOR: Ah, they've lost power. Hmm, the crash knocked the mainline crystallography out of synch. But if I can jiggle it back... (his kicks the panel and the power comes back on) I thank you! (the Tritovore chitters) Yes, I am! Frequently. Okey-doke, let's launch that probe. EXT. DESERT, DAY The probe flies out from the ship and into the sky. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA watch the picture sent back from the probe as a hologram projection. DOCTOR: The Scorpion Nebula. We're on the other side of the universe. Just what you wanted, so far away. (the probe zooms in) The planet of San Helios. CHRISTINA: And that's us? We're on another world. DOCTOR: We have been for quite a while. CHRISTINA: I know, but seeing it like that... DOCTOR: It's good, isn't it? CHRISTINA: Wonderful. The Tritovores tell their story. DOCTOR: The Tritovores were going to trade with San Helios. Population of one hundred billion. Plenty of waste matter for them to absorb. CHRISTINA: By waste matter, you mean? DOCTOR: They feed off what others leave behind. From their... behind, if you see what I mean. It's perfectly natural. They are flies. CHRISTINA: Charming. Just remind me never to kiss them. The projection now shows a thriving city with trees and green parks. DOCTOR: San Helios City. CHRISTINA: That's amazing. But you've seen this sort of thing before, haven't you? DOCTOR: Thousands of times. CHRISTINA: That Lordship of yours... The Lord of where, exactly? DOCTOR: Of Time. I come from a race of people called Time Lords. CHRISTINA: You're an alien? DOCTOR: Yeah. But you don't have to kiss me either. CHRISTINA: You look human. DOCTOR: You look Time Lord. Anyway! CHRISTINA: So if that's San Helios, all we need to do is find that city. They can help us! DOCTOR: I don't think it's that simple. (the projection changes to the desert) We're in the city right now. CHRISTINA: But it's sand! That first image, the temples and things, what's that, then? Ancient history? One of the Tritovores chirrups. DOCTOR: The image was taken last year. CHRISTINA: It became a desert in one year? DOCTOR: (bends over) I said there was something in the sand. (sand falls through his fingers) The city, the oceans, the mountains, the wildlife and 100 billion people, turned to sand. All those voices in Carmen's head. She's hearing them die. CHRISTINA: But I've got sand in my hair. That's d*ad people! Oh, that's disgusting! Oh! DOCTOR: Something destroyed the whole of San Helois. CHRISTINA: Yes, but in my hair! The mobile rings and the DOCTOR pulls it from his pocket. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – CUT TO: INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM is sitting in his chair and has the DOCTOR on speakerphone. ERISA is there as well. DOCTOR: Malcolm! Tell me the bad news! MALCOM: Oh, you are clever! It is bad news! It's the wormhole, Doctor, it's getting bigger! We've gone way past 100 Bernards, I haven't invented a name for that. DOCTOR: How can it get bigger by itself? MALCOLM: Well, that's why I'm phoning! You'll work it out, if I know you, sir. ERISA: Doctor, we estimate the circumference of your invisible wormhole is now four miles, heading upwards. I've grounded all flights above London. We can't risk anyone else falling through. DOCTOR: Good work, both of you. ERISA: But I have to know. Does that wormhole constitute a danger to this planet? The phone beeps and the DOCTOR looks at it. DOCTOR: Oh, sorry, call waiting, gotta go. (switches off) INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT ERISA: Call waiting?! MALCOLM: He's a devil, that one! INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR switches calls. DOCTOR: Yep? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BUS, DAY The five are sitting on the seats, BARCLAY comforting ANGELA. NATHAN: Doctor, it's Nathan. We got those duckboard things down, but... ANGELA: It's my fault. NATHAN: No, it's not, don't say that. DOCTOR: Why, what’s happened? NATHAN: We kept on turning the engine, but... We're out of petrol. Used it all up. Even if we can get those wheels out...This bus is never going to move. The DOCTOR lowers the phone CHRISTINA: What is it, what's wrong? Doctor, tell me. NATHAN: You promised you'd get us home. Doctor? Are you still there? CHRISTINA: Doctor, tell me, what did he say? A beeping comes from one of the monitors and the Tritovores chirrup excitedly. DOCTOR: It's the probe. It's reached the storm. CHRISTINA: And what's he saying? DOCTOR: It's not a storm. EXT. DESERT, DAY The probe flies through a mass of creatures that look like flying manta rays sending video back to the ship. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA stand CHRISTINA: It's a swarm. Millions of them. DOCTOR: Billions. EXT. DESERT, DAY One of the creatures flies straight at the probe, its mouth open showing sharp teeth. The connection is lost. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Ah! We've lost the probe. I think it got eaten. Everything on this planet gets eaten. CHRISTINA: How far away is that swarm? DOCTOR: Hundred miles. But at that speed, it'll be here in twenty minutes. The Tritovore chirrups. DOCTOR: No, they're not just coming for us. They want the wormhole. CHRISTINA: They're heading for Earth! DOCTOR: Show the analysis. One of the Tritovores pulls up a 3D image of the creatures. DOCTOR: Incredible! They swarm out of a wormhole, strip the planet bare, then move on to the next world, start the life cycle all over again. CHRISTINA: So, they make the wormholes? DOCTOR: They must do. CHRISTINA: But how? They don't exactly look like technicians. And if the wormhole belongs to them, why are they 100 miles away? DOCTOR: Because they need to be? No. That's bonkers. Hang on! Yes! Oh! Do you see? Billions of them, flying in formation, all around the planet, round and round and round, faster and faster and faster, till they generate a rupture in space! The speed of them, and the numbers, and the size, all of that rips the wormhole into existence! CHRISTINA: And the wormhole's getting bigger? DOCTOR: Because they're getting closer! CHRISTINA: But how do they get through? Cos that wormhole's a k*ller, we've seen it! DOCTOR: No, no, see the exo-skeleton? CHRISTINA: Metal. DOCTOR: They've got bones of metal! They eat metal, and extrude it into the exo-skeleton! So their velocity makes the wormhole, then their body makes it safe! Perfect design! CHRISTINA: Those things are going to turn the entire Earth into a desert. So why exactly are you smiling? DOCTOR: Worse it gets, the more I love it! CHRISTINA: Me too. EXT. DESERT, DAY The swarm gathers speed and there is a squealing sound as they cut through the air. INT. BUS, DAY There is a loud rumbling heard. NATHAN: Sounds like a storm. ANGELA: If it rains, we've got water. CARMEN: No water. All of it, dust. But the girl... LOU: Don't now, sweetheart. What girl? CARMEN: The girl, she will fly. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY CHRISTINA: The thing is, Doctor, you're missing the obvious. We came here through the wormhole, yes? But our Tritovore friends didn't. They came here to trade with San Helios. Therefore, the question is, why did they crash? DOCTOR: Ah, good question! What a team! Like she said, why did you crash? INT. ALIEN SHIP, WELL ROOM, DAY One of the Tritovores leads them to another room where there is a large open hole in the floor. DOCTOR: Oh, yes. Gravity Well, look. Goes all the way down to the engine. So what happened? (alien chirrups) He says the drive system stalled. Ten miles up, they fell out of the sky. But what caused that? The Tritovore shrugs. CHRISTINA: Which means, ‘no idea’. DOCTOR: Yeah. But wait a minute, that's a crystal nucleus down there, yes? (Tritovore answers) And it looks like it survived the crash. If the crystal's intact... Oh, yes, that's better than diesel! CHRISTINA: What, you can use the crystal to move the bus? DOCTOR: I think so. The spaceship's a write-off, but the 200's small enough. CHRISTINA: How does a Crystal drive a bus? DOCTOR: In a super-clever outer-spacey way, just trust me! (pulls up a feed on a monitor) There's the crystal! It's fallen to the bottom of the well. Have you got access shafts? (Tritovore answers) All frozen? Maybe I can open them! Internal comms, put that on. (gives CHRISTINA a Bluetooth-like device and runs for the door) You stay here, keep an eye on the shaft. Tell me if anything happens.(leaves followed by the Tritovore) CHRISTINA removes her pack and sits at the edge of the well, a smile crossing her face. INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR rushes to a bank of machinery. DOCTOR: If I can use that sunlight to start the a*t*matic maintenance. Christina? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. ALIEN SHIP, WELL ROOM, DAY DOCTOR: (pulls out some cables)If you see a panel opening in that shaft, let me know. CHRISTINA: (puts on a harness) Nothing yet. DOCTOR: (connects cables) Anything now? CHRISTINA: (puts her hair up) 'Fraid not. DOCTOR: Any sign of movement? CHRISTINA: Nope. DOCTOR: How's that? CHRISTINA: Nothing. (sets up a wire cable and winch) DOCTOR: Any result? CHRISTINA: Not a dickie bird. (attaches the cable to the harness) So let me get this right. You need that crystal? (pulls a small torch from her bag and attaches it by Velcro to the harness) Then consider it done. DOCTOR: Why, what d'you mean? Christina? Christina! (runs to the well room) CHRISTINA: The aristocracy survives for a reason. We're ready for anything. CHRISTINA swan dives into the gravity well just as the DOCTOR enters. DOCTOR: No! INT. ALIEN SHIP, GRAVITY WELL, DAY CHRISTINA falls through the well, arms outstretched. INT. ALIEN SHIP, WELL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on the pulley. INT. ALIEN SHIP, GRAVITY WELL, DAY CHRISTINA stops. INT. ALIEN SHIP, WELL ROOM, DAY DOCTOR: That's better. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. ALIEN SHIP, GRAVITY WELL, DAY CHRISTINA: I decide when I stop, thank you. DOCTOR: You're about to h*t the security grid. Look! There is a field of crackling energy just below her. CHRISTINA: Excellent. So what do I do? DOCTOR: Try the big red button. CHRISTINA: (presses the button on the wall) Well done! DOCTOR: Now come back up! I can do that. CHRISTINA: Oh, don't you wish? DOCTOR: Slowly! CHRISTINA: Yes, sir. (continues head-first) DOCTOR: Quite the mystery, aren't you? Lady Christina de Souza. Carrying a winch in her bag. CHRISTINA: No stranger than you, spaceman. DOCTOR: I had this friend, once. She called me spaceman. CHRISTINA: And was she right? Do you zoom about the place in a rocket? DOCTOR: Well, a little blue box. Travels in more than space. It can journey through time, Christina. Oh, the places I've been. World w*r One. Creation of the universe, end of the universe, the w*r between China and Japan. (looks in her bag and sees the chalice she stole) And the Court of King Athelstan, in 924 AD. (lifts out the cup) But I don't remember you being there. So what are you doing with this? CHRISTINA: Excuse me. A gentleman never goes through a lady's possessions. The Tritovore chirrups. DOCTOR: It's the Cup of Athelstan. Given to the first King of Britain, as a coronation gift from Hywel, King of the Welsh. But it's been held in the International Gallery for 200 years, which makes you, Lady Christina, a thief. CHRISTINA: I like to think I liberated it. DOCTOR: Don't tell me you need the money. CHRISTINA: Daddy lost everything. Invested his fortune in the Icelandic banks. DOCTOR: No, no, no, if you're short of cash, you rob a bank. Stealing this, that's a lifestyle. CHRISTINA: I take it you disapprove? DOCTOR: Absolutely. Except, that little blue box. I stole it. From my own people. CHRISTINA: Good boy. You were right. We're quite a team. There is a loud screeching from the lower levels of the ship. CHRISTINA: What the blazes was that? DOCTOR: We never did find out why the ship crashed. Christina, I think you should come back up. CHRISTINA: Too late. I can see it. DOCTOR: Careful. Slowly. (to Tritovore) Have you got an open-vent system? (alien answers) I thought so. CHRISTINA: What does that mean? DOCTOR: It's like when birds fly into the engines of an aircraft. CHRISTINA has reached the bottom and sees one of the creatures. CHRISTINA: One of the creatures. DOCTOR: Got trapped in the vents. Caused the crash. Christina, get out. (stands) CHRISTINA: It's not moving, I think it's injured. DOCTOR: No, it's dormant, because it's so cold down there. But your body heat is raising the temperature. CHRISTINA: I tend to have that effect. Almost there. (tries to release the crystal) DOCTOR: Not just the crystal. I need the whole bed, the plate thing. CHRISTINA lifts it from the ground just as the creature moves. CHRISTINA: I've got it! The DOCTOR uses the screwdriver on the winch. DOCTOR: Come on, come on! The creature follows CHRISTINA up the well. DOCTOR: Come on, come on, come on, come on! It's gonna eat its way up! CHRISTINA hits the red button on the way up, turning on the field. The creature flies into it and shrieks. DOCTOR: Oh, she's good! CHRISTINA arrives at the top of the well and the DOCTOR swings her over to the side, taking the crystal and its couplings. DOCTOR: That's it, that's it. I've got you, I've got you! The Tritovore takes the crystal and chirrups at the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Isn't she just? INT. ALIEN SHIP, CONTROL ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR, CHRISTINA and the Tritovore run to the control room where the other Tritovore stands by the controls. The DOCTOR holds the crystal. DOCTOR: Commander! Mission complete! Now we've got to get back to the 200, all of us. (Commander chitters) Oh, don’t be so daft! A captain can leave his ship if there's a bus standing by. They hear a rumbling. CHRISTINA: What the hell was that? Is this place safe? It's the creature. It's not d*ad. DOCTOR: Maybe you didn't h*t just one of them. If you h*t a swarm... CHRISTINA: Do you mean if there's more on board? DOCTOR: This ship's built inside a metal sleeve. They can move through the infrastructure, all around us. The creature thuds against the wall. DOCTOR: And they wake up hungry. Commander, you've got to come with us, right now! CHRISTINA: You can come back to Earth, we'll find you a home! DOCTOR: And that's the word of a lady! Come on! One of the Tritovores starts after the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA. As the second turns to follow, one of the creatures drops through the ceiling and eats it. The first Tritovore takes out its g*n and prepares to sh**t. DOCTOR: No, don't! The Tritovore advances and is eaten by the creature. The DOCTOR pushes CHRISTINA ahead of him as they leave. DOCTOR: There's nothing we can do. Run! The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA run through the corridors of the ship. EXT. DESERT, DAY The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA race across the desert in front of the swarm. INT. BUS, DAY The others see the swarm approaching, but still think it’s only a storm. ANGELA: What sort of storm is that? CARMEN: (knowing the DOCTOR and CHRISTINA are running) Run! Run, run, run, run, run! EXT. DESERT, DAY The mobile rings. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM: Doctor... DOCTOR: Not now, Malcolm! MALCOLM: Fair do's. He's a busy man. EXT. DESERT, DAY They reach the bus. NATHAN and BARCLAY stand at the door. NATHAN: At last! Where've you been?! DOCTOR: Get inside, get them sitting down. Now then, let's have a look. (holds the crystal) CHRISTINA: So what does that crystal do? DOCTOR: (tosses it over his shoulder) Oh, nothing, don't need the crystal. CHRISTINA: I risked my life for that! DOCTOR: No no, you risked your life for these. (unhooks one of the clamps) The clamps! (runs to the driver’s side front tire and attaches a clamp) One there. (rear tire) One there. (other rear tire) One there. (other front tire) And one there! (goes inside the bus) INT. BUS, DAY CHRISTINA: But what are the clamps for? Do they turn the wheels? DOCTOR: (sits in the driver’s seat) Something like that. I just need to fix this. Have you got a hammer in that bag? CHRISTINA: Funnily enough. (pulls a hammer from her bag) DOCTOR: Phone, phone... (hands her the phone) Press redial. CHRISTINA dials the phone as the DOCTOR hooks the "plate thing" to the steering wheel. CHRISTINA holds the phone to the DOCTOR’S ear. DOCTOR: Malcolm, it's me! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM pops up from the floor wearing very large goggles/binoculars. MALCOLM: I'm ready! DOCTOR: Ready for what? MALCOLM: I don't know! You tell me! DOCTOR: I'll try to get back. There might be something following us. You need to find a way to close the wormhole. MALCOLM: Would that be a compressed burst of feedback on a counter-oscillation, perchance? DOCTOR: Oh, Malcolm! You're brilliant! MALCOLM: Coming from you, sir, that means the world. ERISA: Doctor, what sort of something? That wormhole is now measuring ten miles and growing, I need to know the exact nature of the thr*at. DOCTOR: Sorry, gotta go. (nods to CHRISTINA who ends the call) INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT ERISA: (into radio) All troops, mobilise and stand ready. Possible Code Red. Unknown! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT SOLDIER 1: Understood. Code Red! Repeat, Code Red unknown! SOLDIER 1: Positions! The soldiers take their positions and aim their r*fles at the tunnel opening. INT. BUS, DAY The DOCTOR is still working on the steering wheel. It sparks. DOCTOR: Ah, it's not compatible! Bus, spaceship, spaceship, bus. I need to weld the two systems together. CHRISTINA: And how do you do that? DOCTOR: I need something non-corrosive, something malleable, something ductile, something... (looks at CHRISTINA) Gold. CHRISTINA: Oh, no you don't. DOCTOR: Christina, what is it worth now? BARCLAY comes forward offering his watch. BARCLAY: Hey, hey, use this! DOCTOR: I said gold. BARCLAY: It is gold. DOCTOR: Oh, they saw you coming. Christina! BARCLAY heads back to his seat dejectedly. CHRISTINA looks at her bag and then looks back at the other passengers. She then takes out the cup and holds it out. CHRISTINA: It's over 1,000 years old. Worth £18 million. Promise me you'll be careful. DOCTOR: (takes cup gently) I promise. (turns the cup upside-down and proceeds to bang it with the hammer) CHRISTINA: I hate you. INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM taps away at his keyboard and the computer beeps. MALCOLM: Done it! Transmit that, and the wormhole should close. ERISA: Then do it. MALCOLM: Well, after the Doctor's come through, obviously. ERISA: I'm sorry. Believe me. That wormhole constitutes a major thr*at, and I have a duty to every man, woman and child on this planet. It's got to be closed immediately. MALCOLM: No, no, no. ERISA: That's an order. MALCOLM: No, no, no. No, we can't just abandon him! He's the Doctor! How many times has he saved our lives? I won't let you, ma'am. I simply won't! ERISA cocks her g*n and aims it at MALCOLM’S head. ERISA: Right now, soldier. INT. BUS, DAY DOCTOR: This is your driver speaking! Hold on tight! BARCLAY: What for? What's he doing? CHRISTINA: Do as he says! (hushed to DOCTOR) What are you doing? DOCTOR: (coaxes engine) Come on, that's it... You can do it, you beauty! One last trip! The bus powers up and rattles. It then rises from the sand and the passengers in the back make sounds of astonishment. BARCLAY: (looks out window) Ah, you are so kidding me! NATHAN: We're flying! It's flying! LOU: He's flying the bus! ANGELA: It's a miracle! DOCTOR: Anti-gravity clamps. Didn't I say? Round we go. The DOCTOR turns the bus around so they are facing away from the oncoming swarm and aimed at the wormhole. CARMEN: (looks out back window) Doctor! They're coming! The DOCTOR and CHRISTINA look out the side-view mirrors. INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM holds his keyboard in front of him like a shield. MALCOLM: I will never surrender. Never. INT. BUS, DAY CHRISTINA: Do you think this thing will survive the journey back? DOCTOR: Only one way to find out! Next stop... CHRISTINA: Planet Earth! Everyone holds on tight and yells as the DOCTOR propels the bus through the wormhole. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT There is a flash of light before the wormhole becomes visible and the bus comes through and flies over the heads of those assembled. INT. BUS, NIGHT The bus is flying above London. BARCLAY: It's London! ANGELA: We're back home! NATHAN: He did it! He did it! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT One of ERISA’S soldiers runs to the lab door. SOLDIER: Captain! INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT SOLDIER: (v.o.) Captain! They're back! It's the bus, ma'am, it's come back. And it's flying! ERISA lowers her g*n and goes outside. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT As ERISA comes out to see, three of the manta creatures fly through the wormhole. ERISA: Code Red! f*re at will! The soldiers open f*re on the creatures, some of the b*ll*ts reach the bus. INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM peers out the window before going to answer his phone. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BUS, NIGHT DOCTOR: Malcolm! Close that wormhole! MALCOLM: Yes, sir! My pleasure, sir! (goes to his computer) DOCTOR: He's hung up on me! INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM presses a button on his keyboard MALCOLM: Yes! The electronics spark. MALCOLM: Oh, no, no! No! One large spark sends him toppling over backwards in his chair. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The soldiers continue to f*re at the creatures. INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM tries to put out a f*re. His phone rings. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. BUS, NIGHT DOCTOR: Malcolm? MALCOLM: Not now, I'm busy. (sets phone down) DOCTOR: He's hung up again! MALCOLM’S phone rings again. DOCTOR: Malcolm! Listen to me! MALCOLM: It's not working! DOCTOR: I need that signal. We've got billions of those things about to fly through! MALCOLM: Well, what do I do? DOCTOR: Loop it back through the integrator, and keep the signal ramping up. MALCOLM: But by how much? DOCTOR: 500 Bernards! Do it now! Malcolm makes the adjustments on the computer and it works. MALCOLM: Yes! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The wormhole closes. EXT. DESERT, DAY Just as the rest of the creatures are about to reach it, the wormhole closes. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT The UNIT soldiers continue to f*re at the three creatures as they fly overhead. SOLDIER 1: Maintain rapid f*re! f*re! INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT MALCOLM opens the door and puts on a scarf, coat and fingerless gloves. MALCOLM: Yes! EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT ERISA: Target at nine o'clock! They f*re at the creature. Even m*ssile don’t hurt it. ERISA: I don't believe it, g*n don’t work! INT. BUS, NIGHT NATHAN: Doctor, it's coming for us! One of the creatures heads for the open window, but swerves away like it’s playing with them. DOCTOR: Oh, no, you don't! (swerves the bus and bats the creature away) EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT ERISA: Twelve o'clock! Take it out! SOLDIER: f*re! They f*re at the creature and this time the m*ssile brings it down. ERISA: Cease f*re! SOLDIER: Cease f*re! ERISA: Arms down! INT. BUS, NIGHT CHRISTINA: Did I say I hated you? I was lying. (grabs the DOCTOR by the jacket and lays a long kiss on him) The others on the bus cheer and clap. DOCTOR: (looks stunned) Do not stand forward of this point. Ladies and gentlemen, you have reached your final destination. Welcome home, the mighty 200. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT Everyone watches as the bus comes in for a landing, bell ringing. Once it touches down safely, they applaud. INT. BUS, NIGHT The DOCTOR opens the bus door with the sonic screwdriver. Everyone gathers their belonging and puts on their jackets. EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT A SOLDIER greets the passengers as they get off the bus. SOLDIER: Welcome back. If you could step away from the bus to be safe. As fast as you can. It's standard procedure. We need to screen you, and then you'll all be taken to debriefing. DOCTOR: (holds up psychic paper) I don't count. CHRISTINA: (makes to follow) No, but Doctor... SOLDIER: (takes her arm) With me, ma’am. The DOCTOR heads towards ERISA, but MALCOLM sees him. MALCOLM: Doctor! DOCTOR: You must be Malcolm! MALCOLM: (grabs the DOCTOR in a large hug) Oh! Oh, I love you. (ends the hug) I love you, I love you. ERISA: To your station, Doctor Taylor. MALCOLM: Yes, ma'am. (heads back to the lab but turns and points at the DOCTOR) I love you! (the DOCTOR points back with a smile and MALCOLM continues on) ERISA: Doctor, (salutes) I salute you, whether you like it or not. Now, I take it we're safe from those things? DOCTOR: They'll start again. Generate a new doorway. It's not their fault, it's their natural life cycle. But I'll see if I can nudge the wormholes on to uninhabited planets. Closer to home, Captain, those two lads, (looks at BARCLAY and NATHAN) very good in a crisis. Nathan needs a job, Barclay's good with engines. You could do a lot worse. Privates Nathan and Barclay, UNIT's finest. ERISA: I'll see what I can do. CHRISTINA and the others are being tested for radiation with a handheld Geiger counter. ERISA: And I've got something for you. A tarp is dropped to reveal the TARDIS. The DOCTOR laughs and walks over to it. DOCTOR: Better than a bus, any day! Hello! ERISA: Found in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. DOCTOR: Oh, she doesn't mind. ERISA: Now, I've got three d*ad alien stingrays to clear up. I don't suppose you fancy helping with the paperwork? DOCTOR: Not a chance! ERISA: Till we meet again, Doctor. DOCTOR: I hope so. They shake hands and ERISA leaves. ANGELA is standing next to NATHAN as she calls her daughter. ANGELA: I said I'm back, Suzanne, I'm home! (to NATHAN) They didn't even know I was gone! The Geiger counter monitoring CHRISTINA beeps loudly but she’s had enough. CHRISTINA: That's quite enough of that! (runs towards the DOCTOR) McMILLAN: (spots CHRISTINA) She is not getting away this time. CHRISTINA: Little blue box! Just like you said! Right then, off we go! Come on, Doctor, show me the stars! DOCTOR: No. CHRISTINA: What? DOCTOR: I said no. CHRISTINA: But I saved your life. And you saved mine. DOCTOR: So? CHRISTINA: We're surrounded by police. I'll go to prison. DOCTOR: Yeah. CHRISTINA: But you were right, it's not about the money. I only steal things for the adventure, and today, with you... I want more days like this. I want every day to be like this. We're made for each other, you said so yourself. The perfect team. Why not? DOCTOR: People have travelled with me and I've lost them. Lost them all. Never again. McMILLAN arrives with uniformed officers. McMILLAN: Lady Christina de Souza! Oh, I have waited a long time to say this. I am arresting you on suspicion of theft. (DENNISON handcuffs her hands behind her back) You do not have to say anything, etcetera, etcetera. Dennison, take her away. The DOCTOR does nothing as she is led away. CARMEN and LOU come over to him. CARMEN: Doctor? You take care, now. DOCTOR: (smiles) You too! Chops and gravy, lovely! CARMEN: No, but you be careful. Because your song is ending, sir. DOCTOR: (smile disappears) What do you mean? CARMEN: It is returning. It is returning through the dark. And then, Doctor... Oh, but then... He will knock four times. CARMEN and LOU leave. The DOCTOR just stares ahead for a few moments. He then looks back to where CHRISTINA is being led to the police car. He uses the sonic screwdriver, unlocking the handcuffs. CHRISTINA lets them place her in the back seat and then scoots over, gets out the other side and runs for the bus. McMILLAN and DENNISON give chase. McMILLAN: No! Stop that woman! Stop that woman! Stop her! Don't just stand there, stop her! Once in the bus, CHRISTINA closes the door. The DOCTOR saunters up to the bus. McMILLAN: Open the door! I'll add resisting arrest! DOCTOR: I'd step back, if I were you. McMILLAN: I'm charging you too! Aiding and abetting! DOCTOR: Yes, I'll just step inside this police box and arrest myself. (heads back to the TARDIS) McMILLAN: Out, now! CHRISTINA waves and starts the bus. McMILLAN watches helplessly as it takes off. McMILLAN: No! Come back! Everyone watches and laughs as CHRISTINA escapes. ANGELA: Go on. The DOCTOR stops by the TARDIS door and looks up as CHRISTINA stops the bus and opens the door. CHRISTINA: We could've been so good together. DOCTOR: Christina. We were. They both smile and CHRISTINA closes the door. The bus flies off into the sky and the other passengers of Bus 200 cheer. The DOCTOR slips into the TARDIS.
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foreverdreaming
EXT. MARKETPLACE, DAY The TARDIS materializes under a bridge in the snow. The DOCTOR opens the door and looks about with a smile. He walks along and finds himself in a busy street market. The stalls are decked with green garlands and ribbons. There are hawkers of mistletoe and chestnuts along with carolers. The DOCTOR sees a BOY. DOCTOR: You there, boy. What day is this? BOY: Christmas Eve, sir. DOCTOR: What year? BOY: You thick or something? DOCTOR: Oi. Just answer the question. BOY: Year of our Lord 1851, sir. DOCTOR: Right. Nice year. Bit dull. WOMAN: (yelling) Doctor! The DOCTOR looks around for the source of the call. WOMAN: (yelling) Doctor! DOCTOR: Who, me? (takes off running) EXT. ALLEY, DAY The DOCTOR runs into an alley where he sees a black WOMAN nervously backing away from bolted doors. WOMAN: (yelling) Doctor! DOCTOR: Don't worry, don't worry. Stand back, what have we got here? Ooh. A growling comes from behind the doors as something throws itself against them. DOCTOR: OK, I've got it. Whatever's behind that door, I think you should get out of here. WOMAN: (ignores the DOCTOR and yells again) Doctor! DOCTOR: No, I'm standing right here. Hello. WOMAN: Don't be so stupid, who are you? DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor. WOMAN: Doctor who? DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. WOMAN: Well, there can't be two of ya. A MAN comes running up dressed of the period. WOMAN: Where the hell have you been? MAN: Don't worry. Stand back. What have we got here, then? DOCTOR: Hold on, hold on. Who are you? MAN: I'm the Doctor. Simply the Doctor. The one, the only and the best. Rosita, give me the sonic screwdriver. ROSITA hands the DOCTOR 2 something too quickly for the DOCTOR to get a proper look. DOCTOR: What? DOCTOR 2: Now quickly, get back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Back to the what? DOCTOR 2: Stand back, sir. This is a job for a Time Lord. DOCTOR: Job for a what lord? The door bursts open to reveal a creature with a shaggy, furry body and a metal mask where its face should be. DOCTOR: Oh, that's different. (reaches into his pocket) DOCTOR 2: Oh, that's new. They both aim their sonic screwdrivers at the creature. BOTH: Allons-y. David Tennant David Morrissey DOCTOR WHO "The Next Doctor by Russell T. Davies Producer Susie Liggat Director Andy Goddard EXT. ALLEY, DAY The creature, a Cybershade, looks at them. DOCTOR 2: I've been hunting this beast for a good fortnight. Now step back, sir. The Cybershade leaps over them and clings to the wall of a building. DOCTOR: Some sort of primitive conversion, like they took the brain of a cat or a dog. DOCTOR 2: Well, talking's all very well. Rosita. ROSITA: I'm ready. ROSITA gives DOCTOR 2 a rope which he begins to swing over his head like a lasso. DOCTOR 2: Now, watch and learn. (releases the rope and it circles the Cybersahde) Excellent. Now then, let's pull this timorous beastie down to earth. The Cybershade scales the wall taking DOCTOR 2 with him. DOCTOR: Or not. DOCTOR 2: I might be in a little bit of trouble. DOCTOR: Nothing changes. I've got you. The DOCTOR grabs hold of the rope and is pulled up the building as well. ROSITA: You idiots! DOCTOR 2: Perhaps if you could pull? DOCTOR: I am pulling. In this position, I couldn't not pull, could I? The Cybershade jumps into a window and stops. DOCTOR 2: Then I'd suggest you let go, sir. DOCTOR: I'm not letting you out of my sight, Doctor. Don't you recognise me? DOCTOR 2: No, should I? Have we met? This is hardly the right time for me to go through my social calendar. INT. WAREHOUSE, DAY The Cybershade runs across the floor, pulling both DOCTORS up. They are pulled into the room and across the floor towards the far window. DOCTOR: It's gonna jump! DOCTOR 2: We're gonna fall! ROSITA chops the rope with an axe and both Doctors tumble from the quick stop. They slowly stand, groaning, and soon start laughing and hug. ROSITA walks over and drops the axe to the floor. EXT. ALLEY, DAY All three walk down the stairs from the warehouse. The Doctors are still laughing. ROSITA: Well, I'm glad you think it's so funny. You're mad. Both of you. You could've got k*lled. DOCTOR 2: But, evidently, we did not. Oh, I should introduce Rosita. My faithful companion, always telling me off. DOCTOR: Well, they do, don't they? Rosita? Good name. Hello, Rosita. ROSITA: Huh. Now I'll have to go and dismantle the traps. All that for nothing. And we've only got 20 minutes till the funeral, don't forget. (walks away) Then back to the TARDIS, right? DOCTOR: Funeral? DOCTOR 2: Oh, long story. Not my own, not yet. (bends over) Oooh, I'm not as young as I was. DOCTOR: Well, not as young as you were when you were me. DOCTOR 2: When I was who? DOCTOR: You really don't recognise me? DOCTOR 2: Not at all. DOCTOR: But you're The Doctor. The next Doctor. Or the next-but-one. A future Doctor anyway. DOCTOR 2: Oh! DOCTOR: No, no, don't tell me how it happened. Although... I hope I don't just trip over a brick, that'd be embarrassing. Then again, painless. Worse ways to go, depends on the brick. DOCTOR 2: You're gabbling, sir. Now, might I ask, who are you, exactly? DOCTOR: No, I'm, uh... I'm just Smith. John Smith. But I've heard all about you, Doctor. Bit of a legend, if I say so myself. DOCTOR 2: Modesty forbids me to agree with you, sir. But yes. Yes, I am. DOCTOR: A legend with certain memories missing. Am I right? DOCTOR 2: How do you know that? DOCTOR: You've forgotten me. DOCTOR 2: Great swathes of my life have been stolen away. When I turn my mind to the past, there's nothing. DOCTOR: Going how far back? DOCTOR 2: Since the Cybermen. Masters of that hellish wall-scuttler and old enemies of mine, now at work in London town. You won't believe this, Mr Smith, but they are creatures from another world. DOCTOR: Really? Wow. DOCTOR 2: It's said they fell onto London, out of the sky in a blaze of light. And they found me. (looks into the brazier and has flashes of memories) Something was taken. And something was lost. (looks at the DOCTOR) What was I like? In the past? DOCTOR: I don't think I should say. Sorry. Got to be careful with memory loss. One wrong word... DOCTOR 2: It's strange, though. I talk of Cybermen from the stars and you don't blink, Mr Smith. DOCTOR: Ah, don't blink, remember that? Whatever you do, don't blink? The blinking and the statues? Sally and the angels? No? DOCTOR 2: You're a very odd man. DOCTOR: Hmm, I still am. Something's wrong here. DOCTOR 2: Oh, the funeral. The funeral's at two o'clock. It's been a pleasure, Mr Smith. Don't breathe a word of it. DOCTOR: Can't I come with you? DOCTOR 2: It's far dangerous. Rest assured, I shall keep this city safe. Oh, and, er... merry Christmas, Mr Smith. (leaves) DOCTOR: Merry Christmas, Doctor. (follows) INT. CYBERMEN BASE, DAY CYBERLEADER: Report. CYBERMAN: Cybershade 16 has made contact. CYBERLEADER: Then observe the enemy. Both Doctors appear on a small screen from the CYBERSHADE’S POV CYBERLEADER: This man is dangerous. This man is our enemy. This man is The Doctor. The screen replays the encounter. CYBERLEADER: The att*ck is scheduled for 1400 hours. Plans for the Ascension demand a successful intervention. (stops in front of a woman) Is everything in position? WOMAN: That's rather dependent on you. All I can promise is to do my best. CYBERLEADER: Define the parameters of "best". WOMAN: As you would say, I will operate at maximum efficiency. And you'll keep your part of the bargain? CYBERLEADER: You will be heralded, in the new age at the Court of the CyberKing. CYBERMEN: (salute) The CyberKing will rise. WOMAN: The CyberKing will rise, indeed. How like a man. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a funeral to attend. EXT. STREET, DAY The funeral procession makes its way slowly down the street, the black of the mourners contrasting against the snow. DOCTOR 2 and ROSITA watch as it passes by. DOCTOR 2: The late Reverend Fairchild, leaving his place of residence for the last time. God rest his soul. Now, with the house empty, I shall effect an entrance at the rear while you go back to the TARDIS. This is hardly work for a woman. The DOCTOR is watching them. ROSITA: Oh, don't mind me saving your life. That's work for a woman, isn't it? DOCTOR 2: The Doctor's companion does what the Doctor says. Off you go. DOCTOR 2 and ROSITA part ways. The DOCTOR watches ROSITA stride away and turns back. EXT. FAIRCHILD’S HOUSE, DAY DOCTOR 2 works on picking the lock to the door and it is opened from the inside by the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Hello. DOCTOR 2: How did you get in? DOCTOR: Oh, front door. I'm good at doors. Um, do you mind my asking, is that your sonic screwdriver? DOCTOR 2: Yeah. (holds up a regular screwdriver) I'd be lost without it. DOCTOR: But, that's a screwdriver. How's it sonic? DOCTOR 2: Well, er, it makes a noise. (taps it against the doorframe) That's sonic, isn't it? Now, since we're acting like common burglars, I suggest we get out of plain view. DOCTOR 2 enters the house and the DOCTOR closes the door behind him. INT. FAIRCHILD’S HOUSE, LIBRARY, DAY The room is decorated for Christmas, intruding on the masculine retreat. DOCTOR 2 heads straight for the d*ad man’s desk and begins to search the drawers. DOCTOR: This investigation of yours, what's it about? DOCTOR 2: It started with a m*rder. DOCTOR: Oh, good. I mean bad, but whose? DOCTOR 2: Mr Jackson Lake, a teacher of mathematics from Sussex. He came to London three weeks ago and died a terrible death. DOCTOR: Cybermen? DOCTOR 2: It's hard to say, his body was never found. But then it started. More secret m*rder. Then abductions. Children…stolen away in silence. DOCTOR: So whose house is this? DOCTOR 2: (moves to a book rack) The latest m*rder. The Reverend Aubrey Fairchild. Found with burns to his forehead, like some advanced form of electrocution. DOCTOR: But who was he, was he important? DOCTOR 2: You ask a lot of questions. DOCTOR: I'm your companion. DOCTOR 2: The Reverend was the pillar of the community, a member of many parish boards. A keen advocate of children's charities. DOCTOR: Children again. But why would the Cybermen want him d*ad? And what's his connection to the first death, this Jackson Lake? DOCTOR 2: It's funny, I seem to be telling you everything. As though you engendered some sort of... trust. You seem familiar, Mr Smith. I know your face. But how? DOCTOR: I wonder. I can't help noticing you're wearing a fob watch. DOCTOR 2: Is that important? DOCTOR: Legend has it that the memories of a Time Lord can be contained within a watch. Do you mind? DOCTOR 2 hands the DOCTOR his watch and whispering voices can be heard. DOCTOR: It's said that if it's opened... (he opens the watch and the workings fall out onto the floor) Oh. Maybe not. DOCTOR 2: It’s more for decoration. DOCTOR: Yeah. Anyway, alien infiltration. The two break apart and begin to search the room. DOCTOR 2: Look for anything different, possibly metal. Anything that doesn't seem to belong, perhaps a mechanical device that could fit no earthly engine. The DOCTOR takes out his sonic screwdriver and uses it on a locked desk. DOCTOR 2: It could even seem to be organic, but unlike any organism of the natural world. Shh! What's that noise? The DOCTOR puts the screwdriver back in his pocket. DOCTOR: Oh, it's just me... whistling. (does his best whistling impression of the sonic screwdriver) I wonder what's in here, though. (points at the scroll-top desk he unlocked and opens it) Ah. (pulls out a metal cylinder) Different and metal, you were right. They are infostamps. I mean, at a guess. Um, if I were you, I'd say they worked something like this. The DOCTOR presses one end of the cylinder and images are projected onto the wall from the other. DOCTOR: See? Compressed information. Tons of it. (puts on glasses) That is the history of London, 1066 to the present day. This is like a disk, a Cyberdisk. But why would the Cybermen need something so simple? The DOCTOR hasn’t noticed that DOCTOR 2 has reacted badly to the sight of the infostamps and has collapsed into a chair. DOCTOR: They've gotta be wireless. Unless... they're in the wrong century, they haven't got much power. They need plain old basic infostamps to update themselves. (notices DOCTOR 2) Are you all right? DOCTOR 2: I'm fine. DOCTOR: No, what is it? (sits across from him) What's wrong? DOCTOR 2: I've seen one of these before. (flashes on a memory of himself and Cybermen) I was holding... this device, the night I lost my mind. The night I regenerated. (more flashes) The Cybermen, they made me change. My mind, my face, my whole self. And you were there. Who are you? DOCTOR: A friend. I swear. DOCTOR 2: Then I beg you, John. Help me. DOCTOR: Ah. Two words I never refuse. (stands) But it's not a conversation for a d*ad man's house. It'll make more sense if we go back to the TARDIS... Your TARDIS. Hold on, I just need to do a final check. Won't take a tick. (begins opening doors) There's one more thing I cannot figure. If this room's got infostamps, then maybe, just maybe, it's got something that needs infostamping. (opens a door and sees a Cyberman) OK. (closes door) I think we should run. As the DOCTOR runs to DOCTOR 2, the CYBERMAN shoves pushes the door open. DOCTOR: Run, Doctor! Now, Doctor! (pushes the other man ahead of him out of the library) CYBERMAN: Delete! INT. FAIRCHILD’S HOUSE, FRONT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR and DOCTOR 2 try to run but are blocked by a second CYBERMAN. CYBERMAN 2: The Doctor will be deleted. They run back only to have the first CYBERMAN break through the door. CYBERMAN: Delete! DOCTOR: Stairs! Can't lead them outside! DOCTOR 2 runs up the stairs as the DOCTOR tries to find something to use as a w*apon, only finding an umbrella. He spots a sword on the wall just as CYBERMAN 2 arrives. CYBERMAN 2: Delete! DOCTOR: (flourishes the sword) I'm a dab hand with a cutlass. You don't want to come near me when I've got one of these. This is your last warning. No? (the CYBERMEN keep advancing) OK, this is really your last warning! OK, I give up. (starts up the stairs) CYBERMAN: Delete! DOCTOR: Listen to me properly!(backs up the stairs as the CYBERMEN advance, using the cutlass to block their blows) Whatever you're doing stuck in 1851, I can help! I'm the only person in the world who can help you! Listen to me! CYBERMAN: Delete! DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor. You need me. Check your memory banks, my name's The Doctor. Leave this man alone! The Doctor is me! (kicks the CYBERMEN back and runs up the stairs) CYBERMAN: Delete! DOCTOR: The Doctor, remember? I'm The Doctor! You need me alive! You need The Doctor, and that's me! DOCTOR 2 looks at the infostamp in his hand and has another flash. The CYBERMAN pushes the DOCTOR to the floor and advances. CYBERMAN: Delete! DOCTOR 2’s flash shows him how he once destroyed the CYBERMEN using the infostamp. He opens up the end and aims the energy beam at them. They fall to their knees and then their heads explode. DOCTOR: Infostamp with a cyclo-Steinham core. You ripped open the core and broke the safety, zap! (chuckles) Only The Doctor would think of that. DOCTOR 2: I did that... last time. DOCTOR: Come here, you'll be OK. Let me just check. (pulls out his stethoscope) DOCTOR 2: You told them you were The Doctor. Why did you do that? DOCTOR: Oh, I was just protecting you. (listens to his chest) DOCTOR 2: You're trying to take away the only thing I've got, like they did. They stole something, something so precious. But I can't remember. What happened to me? What did they do? DOCTOR: We'll find out. You and me, together. EXT. CEMETARY, DAY The Rev. Fairchild’s body is lowered into his grave. As the VICAR speaks, the WOMAN who was with the Cybermen arrives at the cemetery, dressed in bright red. VICAR: Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working... (stops at the WOMAN’S arrival at the gravesite) WOMAN: Do continue. VICAR: Madam, I must protest! WOMAN: Whatever for? VICAR: A lady at the graveside is debatable enough, but... your apparel.... WOMAN: Is it too exciting? COLE: You're disgracing the ceremony, dressed like a harlot. WOMAN: Oh, and you should know, Mr Cole. COLE: How do you know my name? WOMAN: You've walked past me so many times, all you good men of charity, never once asking my name. SCOONES: It's Miss Hartigan, isn't it? HARTIGAN: Oh, you noticed. I saw you looking, you cheeky boy. VICAR: I'm sorry, but who is she? HARTIGAN: Matron of the St Joseph Workhouse, your humble servant. Oh, I've watched you all. Visiting. Smiling. Bestowing your beneficence upon the poor while I scrubbed down their filthy beds. VICAR: I must insist that you depart. HARTIGAN: (looks into the grave) But that's why the late Reverend Fairchild had to die. To gather you all in one place. Where better than a funeral? (to VICAR) Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live. Although I've got some friends who might disagree with that. Would you like to meet them? Hark! I can hear them now. The Cybermen march in from all sides, surrounding the funeral party. HARTIGAN: Mr Cole, Mr Scoones, Mr Fetch, Mr Milligan, stay where you are. You're needed. The rest of you are disposable. Sorry. VICAR: But what manner of men are they? HARTIGAN: Cybermen. The mourners run from the Cybermen and Cybershades. A large number of them are electrocuted as they each try to save themselves. HARTIGAN: I repeat, Mr Cole, Mr Scoones, Mr Fetch, Mr Milligan. Stay. COLE: You monstrous witch! HARTIGAN: Merry Christmas to you, too. SCOONES: But why are we spared? What do you need us for? HARTIGAN: Your children. It's funny, now I think of it, but in all these years not one of you has asked my first name. It's Mercy. The Cybermen come up and surround the remaining men. EXT. ALLEY, NIGHT ROSITA is pacing as she waits. The DOCTOR and DOCTOR 2 walk up. ROSITA: Doctor! (runs over and hugs DOCTOR 2) I thought you were d*ad! DOCTOR 2: Now then, Rosita. A little decorum. ROSITA: You've been gone for so long. He's always doing this, leaving me behind. Going frantic. DOCTOR 2: What about the TARDIS? ROSITA: Oh, she's ready. Come on. (takes DOCTOR 2 by the arm) DOCTOR: I'm looking forward to this. INT. s*ab, NIGHT Clothes and cases are scattered through the building. The DOCTOR looks about as DOCTOR 2 talks with ROSITA. DOCTOR 2: You were right though, Rosita. The Reverend Fairchild's death was the work of the Cybermen. DOCTOR: So, you live here? DOCTOR 2: A temporary base, until we rout the enemy. The TARDIS is magnificent, but it's hardly a home. DOCTOR 2 steps into one of the stalls and puts a cloth into a basin of water and proceeds to wash his face. DOCTOR: And where's the TARDIS now? DOCTOR 2: In the yard. DOCTOR: Er... What's all this luggage? DOCTOR 2: Evidence. The property of Jackson Lake, the first man to be m*rder. Oh, but my new friend is a fighter, Rosita, much like myself. He faced the Cybermen with a cutlass. I'm not ashamed to say, he was braver than I. The DOCTOR takes out the sonic screwdriver again and uses it on some of the luggage. DOCTOR 2: He was quite brilliant. Are you whistling again? DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I am, yeah. Yeah. (makes a "sshh" to ROSITA as he puts the screwdriver away and makes to open one of the trunks) ROSITA: That's another man's property. DOCTOR: Well, a d*ad man's. (searches trunk) How did you two meet, then? ROSITA: He saved my life. Late one night, by the Osterman's Wharf, this...creature came out of the shadows. A man made of metal. I thought I was gonna die. And then, there he was. The Doctor. Can you help him, sir? He has such terrible dreams. Wakes at night in such a state of terror. DOCTOR 2: Come now, Rosita. With all the things a Time Lord has seen, everything he's lost, he may surely have bad dreams. DOCTOR: Yeah. Oh, now, look. Jackson Lake had an infostamp. DOCTOR 2: But how? Is that significant? DOCTOR: Doctor, the answer to all this is in your TARDIS. Could I see it? DOCTOR 2: Mr Smith, it would be my honour. EXT. s*ab YARD, NIGHT DOCTOR 2 leads the DOCTOR out to show him his TARDIS. Pride of place is given to a hat-air balloon. A young man is standing beside it. DOCTOR 2: There she is! My transport through time and space. The TARDIS. DOCTOR: You've got a balloon. DOCTOR 2: TARDIS. T-A-R-D-I-S. It stands for Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style. D'you see? DOCTOR: Well, I do now. I like it. Good TARDIS. Brilliant. Nice one. (inspects the balloon) And it’s inflated by gas, yeah? DOCTOR 2: We're adjacent to the Mutton Street Gasworks, I pay them a modest fee. Good work, Jed. (claps the man on the shoulder) JED: Glad to be of service, sir. DOCTOR 2 takes out a number of bills and pays JED. DOCTOR: You've got quite a bit of money. DOCTOR 2: Oh, you get nothing for nothing. How's that ripped panel, Jed? JED: All repaired, should work a treat. You never know, maybe tonight's the night, Doctor. Imagine it, seeing Christmas from above. DOCTOR 2: Well, not just yet, I think. One day, I will ascend. One day soon. DOCTOR: You've never actually been up? ROSITA: He dreams of leaving, but never does. DOCTOR 2: I can depart, in the TARDIS, once London is safe. And finally, when I'm up there... Think of it, John. The time and the space. DOCTOR: The perfect escape. Do you ever wonder what you're escaping from? DOCTOR 2: With every moment. DOCTOR: Then do you want me to tell you? ‘Cos I think I've worked it out now. How you became The Doctor. What do you think? Do you want to know? EXT. STREET, NIGHT The men singled out by Miss HARTIGAN stand in front of her, each with Cyber implants in their ears. HARTIGAN: Mr Cole, Mr Scoones, Mr Fetch and Mr Milligan, you have your instructions and the Court of the CyberKing is waiting. First of all, let's just see. A little test. Turn right. (the men turn right) Turn left. (the men turn left) And face me. (the men face her) Oh, I could do this forever. But now, set about your appointed tasks. And bring them to me. The men go their separate ways as Miss HARTIGAN climbs into a hansom driven by a Cybershade. INT. s*ab, NIGHT The DOCTOR sits with DOCTOR 2 and ROSITA DOCTOR: The story begins with the Cybermen. A long time away, and not so far from here, the Cybermen were fought and they were beaten, and they were sent into a howling wilderness called The Void, locked inside forevermore. But then a greater battle rose up, so great that everything inside The Void perished. But, as the walls of the world weakened, the last of the Cybermen must have fallen through the dimensions, back in time, to land here. And they found you. DOCTOR 2: I fought them, I know that. But what happened? DOCTOR: At the same time, another man came to London. Mr Jackson Lake. Plenty of luggage, money in his pocket. Maybe coming to town for the winter season, I don't know. But he found the Cybermen too. And just like you, exactly like you, he took hold of an infostamp. DOCTOR 2: But he's d*ad. Jackson Lake is d*ad. The Cybermen m*rder him. DOCTOR: You said no body was ever found. And you kept all his suitcases, but you could never bring yourself to open them. I told you the answer was in the fob watch. Can I see? DOCTOR 2 removes his watch and hands it to the DOCTOR. He flips it over in his palm, revealing a monogram. DOCTOR: "J.L." The watch is Jackson Lake's. ROSITA: Jackson Lake is... you, sir? JACKSON: But I'm The Doctor. DOCTOR: You became The Doctor because the infostamp you picked up was a book about one particular man. (projects the infostamp onto the wall and it shows all his incarnations) The Cybermen's database. Stolen from the Daleks inside The Void, I'd say, but it's everything you could want to know about The Doctor. JACKSON: That's you. DOCTOR: Time Lord, TARDIS, enemy of the Cybermen. (clicks tongue) The one and the only. You see? The infostamp must have backfired, streamed all that information about me right inside your head. JACKSON: (flashback to the use of the infostamp) I am nothing but a lie. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no. Infostamps are just facts and figures. All that bravery. Saving Rosita. Defending London town. Hmm? And the invention, building a TARDIS. That's all you. JACKSON: And what else? Tell me what else? DOCTOR: There's still something missing, isn't there? JACKSON: I demand you tell me, sir. Tell me what they took. DOCTOR: Sorry. Really, I am so sorry. But that's an awful lot of luggage for one man. ‘Cos an infostamp is plain technology. It's not enough to make a man lose his mind. What you suffered is called a fugue. A fugue state. Where the mind just runs away, because it can't bear to look back. You wanted to become someone else, because Jackson Lake had lost so much. A bell tolls in the distance. ROSITA: Midnight. Christmas Day. JACKSON: I remember... Oh, my God... (flashback to the Cybermen and a woman screaming before being electrocuted) Caroline. They k*lled my wife. (cries) They k*lled her. ROSITA comforts him. The DOCTOR finds another infostamp and hears a loud beeping. He follows the sound to another trunk. DOCTOR: Oh... (pulls out a belt holding infostamps) You found a whole cache of infostamps. ROSITA: But what is it? What's that noise? DOCTOR: Activation. A call to arms. The Cybermen are moving! (runs outside) EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR runs out and sees the shadows of the Cybermen heading towards him. INT. s*ab, NIGHT ROSITA sits next to JACKSON. JACKSON: The Doctor needs help. I learnt that much about him. There should be someone at his side. Now go. Go. ROSITA leaves. EXT. STREET, NIGHT ROSITA meets the DOCTOR as he watches a parade of orphans walk by. ROSITA: What is it? What's happening? (sees COLE walking behind the children) That's Mr Cole. He's Master of the Hazel Street Workhouse. Maybe he's taking them to prayers. DOCTOR: Oh, nothing as holy as that. (walks alongside COLE) Can you hear me? Hello? No? Mr Cole, you seem to have something in your ear. Now, this might hurt a bit, but if I can just... (reaches for his sonic screwdriver but stops at the sight of a Cybershade) They're on guard. Can't risk a fight. Not with the children. ROSITA: But where are they going? JED walks up to them. JED: All need a good whipping, if you ask me. There’s tons of ‘em. I've just seen another lot coming from the Ingleby Workhouse down Broadback Lane. DOCTOR: (to ROSITA) Where's that? ROSITA: This way! ROSITA leads the DOCTOR through side streets until they come to another group of children being led by another controlled man. ROSITA: There’s dozens of 'em! DOCTOR: But what for? In another area of the city, SCOONES leads a group of children to a large set of wooden double doors. The doors open and two Cybermen step forward. SCOONES: You will continue. You will enter the Court of the CyberKing. One boy tries to escape but is herded back by Cybershades. SCOONES: March. That is an order. March! The children march through the doors. INT. s*ab, NIGHT JACKSON is sitting, crying, inside a stall converted to a bedroom. He then stands, determined, and heads back out to search the luggage. JACKSON: Where is it? Where is it? EXT. CYBERMEN LAIR, NIGHT The DOCTOR and ROSITA watch as the children enter through the doors. ROSITA: That's the door to the sluice. All the sewage runs through there, straight into the Thames. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's too well guarded. We'll have to find another way in. The DOCTOR and ROSITA turn back to find another way only to find their path blocked by two Cybermen. DOCTOR: Whoa! That's cheating, sneaking up! Did you have your legs on silent? Miss HARTIGAN strolls up and stands in front of the Cybermen. HARTIGAN: So... what do we have here? DOCTOR: (thinking she’s in danger) Just walk towards me, slowly. Don't let them touch you. HARTIGAN: Oh, but they wouldn't hurt me, my fine boys. They are my knights in shining armour. Quite literally. DOCTOR: Even if they've converted you, that's not a Cyber speech pattern. You've still got free will. Step away... HARTIGAN: There's been no conversion, sir. No-one's ever been able to change my mind. The Cybermen offered me the one thing I wanted - liberation. ROSITA: Who are you? HARTIGAN: You can be quiet. I doubt he paid you to talk. More importantly, who are you, sir, With such intimate knowledge of my companions? DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor. CYBERMAN: Incorrect. You do not correspond to our image of The Doctor. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's cos your database got corrupted. Oh, look, look, look! Check this! The Doctor's infostamp. (throws the infostamp at the Cyberman) Plug it in. Go on, download. CYBERMAN: The core has been damaged. This infostamp would damage Cyberunits. DOCTOR: Oh, well. Nice try. The CYBERMAN holds the infostamp in his hand as it beeps. CYBERMAN: Core repaired. Download. (its chest unit opens and it inserts the infostamp and images of the DOCTOR flash in its eye) You are The Doctor. (removes infostamp) DOCTOR: Hello! (waves) CYBERMAN: You will be deleted. DOCTOR: (stutters) Oh, but let me die happy! Tell me - what d'you need those children for? HARTIGAN: What are children ever needed for? They're a workforce. DOCTOR: But for what? HARTIGAN: Very soon now, the whole Empire will see. And they will bow down, in worship. DOCTOR: And it's all been timed for Christmas Day. Was that your idea, Miss...? HARTIGAN: Hartigan. And, yes, it’s the perfect day for a birth, with a new message for the people. Only this time, it won't be the words of a man. DOCTOR: The birth of what? HARTIGAN: A birth, and a death. Namely, yours. Thank you, Doctor. I'm glad to have been part of your very last conversation. Now, delete them. CYBERMAN: Delete! The DOCTOR moves in front of ROSITA as the CYBERMEN advance. A beam of energy hits them from behind as JACKSON aims an infostamp at them and they collapse. JACKSON: At your service, Doctor. HARTIGAN: Shades! Shades! DOCTOR: (grabs ROSITA) Run! Come on! HARTIGAN: Shades! ROSITA: One last thing. (punches HARTIGAN in the face and she falls to the ground) DOCTOR: Can I say, I completely disapprove! Come on! HARTIGAN: (to Shades) Get off me. I said, get off! Tell your masters, we're not waiting till dawn. The CyberKing will rise... tonight! EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR, JACKSON and ROSITA stop for a breather. DOCTOR: That stronghold down by the river. I need to find a way in. JACKSON: I'm ahead of you! My wife and I were moving to London so I could take up a post at the university. And while my memory is still not intact, this was in the luggage. (pulls out legal documents) The deeds - 15 Latimer Street. And if I discovered the Cybermen there, in the cellar, then... DOCTOR: That might be a way in! Brilliant! JACKSON: But there's still more. I remember the cellar...and my wife. But I swear there was something else in that room. (flashes) If we can find that, perhaps that's the key to defeating these inv*de. So...onwards! (heads off followed by ROSITA) DOCTOR: Maybe you should go back... ROSITA: Don't even try! DOCTOR: No. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, NIGHT CYBERLEADER: You have wisdom. If The Doctor is planning to intervene, then the Ascension will commence immediately. HARTIGAN: Excellent. And as for you, Mr Cole, Mr Scoones, Mr Fetch and Mr Milligan, your work is done. Miss HARTIGAN flips a lever and the men are electrocuted by the implants. She then turns and steps through a door into a cavernous room where the orphans are slaving away. HARTIGAN: Children! Pay attention! Now let the new Industrial Revolution begin. I want to see you work! The children continue to carry, shovel coal and manually turn gears while Cybermen watch. CYBERMAN: Energy levels 60% and rising. CYBERLEADER: Soon the CyberKing will awake. HARTIGAN: Then show me. (wraps her arm through that of the CYBERLEADER like she would any Victorian gentleman) INT. CELLAR, 15 LATIMER STREET, NIGHT JACKSON enters the cellar to find a CYBERMAN. CYBERMAN: Delete! JACKSON kills it with an infostamp. The DOCTOR and ROSITA join him. The DOCTOR runs into the cellar where a device is set up in the middle of the floor. DOCTOR: Must've been guarding this. A Dimension Vault! Stolen from the Daleks again, that's how the Cybermen travelled through time. Jackson, is this the thing you couldn't remember? JACKSON: I don't think so. I'm... I just can't see. It's like it's hidden. DOCTOR: Yeah, not enough power. Come on! Avanti! (runs off) INT. CYBERMEN BASE, NIGHT Still holding the CYBERLEADER’S arm, Miss HARTIGAN stops when she sees what is before her. HARTIGAN: Oh, that is magnificent. Across a narrow bridge is a throne flanked by two Cybermen. HARTIGAN: That is royalty, indeed. And that's quite a throne. Oh, you will look resplendent. CYBERLEADER: The chair you designate as "throne" is not intended for me. My function is to serve the CyberKing, not to become the CyberKing. HARTIGAN: Then who sits there? The CYBERLEADER turns to face her. HARTIGAN: (realizing) No! Now, just...I think if you remember correctly, you said I was to be heralded. CYBERLEADER: All hail the CyberKing. CYBERMEN: All hail the CyberKing. HARTIGAN: But you promised I would never be converted! CYBERLEADER: That was designated a "lie". INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS, NIGHT The DOCTOR proceeds cautiously followed by ROSITA and JACKSON. ROSITA: What do the Cybermen want? DOCTOR: They want us. That's what Cybermen are - human beings with their brains put into metal shells. They want every living thing to be like them. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, NIGHT Miss HARTIGAN is strapped to the chair and the Cybermen walk back across the bridge. HARTIGAN: You can't do this to me! (struggles) CYBERLEADER: Incorrect. It is done. HARTIGAN: But I would have served you anyway! CYBERLEADER: Your mind is riven with anger and abuse and revenge. These have no place in a Cybermind. Activate! A helmet-like device lowers from above the chair. CYBERLEADER: Emotions have tormented you all of your life. Now you will be set free. This is your liberation. HARTIGAN: For the love of God! Have you no pity? CYBERLEADER: Correct. The device clamps onto Miss HARTIGAN’S head and electricity charges through her. She gasps when it is done. CYBERLEADER: A CyberKing is born. CYBERMEN: All hail the CyberKing. When Miss HARTIGAN opens her eyes, they are completely black. INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS, NIGHT The DOCTOR, ROSITA and JACKSON have found the workroom where the children are. JACKSON: Upon my soul. ROSITA: What is it? DOCTOR: It's an engine. They're generating electricity. But what for? JACKSON: (makes to go forward) We can set them free! DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no, no...(runs back the way they came) INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: I hold such information! INT. CYBERMEN BASE, POWER ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR checks the power readings. DOCTOR: Power at 90%! But if we stop the engine, the power dies down, the Cybermen will come running. Ooh. (taps read-out) Hold on. Power fluctuation. That's not meant to happen. JACKSON: It's going wrong? DOCTOR: No, it's weird. The software's rewriting itself. It's changing. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: (distorted voice) I can see the stars, the worlds beyond, the Vortex of Time itself and the whole of infinity. Oh, but this is glorious! CYBERLEADER: That is incorrect. "Glorious" is an emotional response. HARTIGAN: Exactly! There is so much joy in this machine. CYBERLEADER: Joy is not acceptable. HARTIGAN: Don't you see? My mind is stronger than you ever thought! It dominates, sir! It dominates you! CYBERLEADER: Alert! You are operating beyond the standard parameters. HARTIGAN: I am new. The might of your technology combined with my own imagination. Yes! There will be a new race of Cybermen. MY Cybermen! Logic and strength combined with fury and passion! CYBERLEADER: Diagnosis, system failure! You will be removed from the processor. The CYBERLEADER walks forward but Miss HARTIGAN sh**t a beam of energy from the device attached to her head and kills him. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, POWER ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR steps back as there is a surge. DOCTOR: What the hell's happening? It's out of control! JACKSON: It's accelerating. 96%, 97... ROSITA: When it reaches 100, what about the children? DOCTOR: They're disposable. Come on! (runs back) INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: I am CyberKing. My mind inside the Cybermen. And you will obey me! CYBERMEN: All hail the CyberKing! INT. CYBERMEN BASE, POWER ROOM, NIGHT A CYBERMAN checks the power. CYBERMAN: Power levels now at 100%. Delete the workforce. An alarm sounds. CYBERMAN 2: Delete. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, ENGINE ROOM, NIGHT The CYBERMEN receive their orders. CYBERMEN: Delete. Delete. The DOCTOR runs in as JACKSON and ROSITA use the infostamps. DOCTOR: Right. Now! All of you, out! D'you hear me? That's an order! Every single one of you, run! The children run for the exit. JACKSON: All of you, come on! As fast as you can, come on! DOCTOR: There's a hot pie for everyone, if you leg it! JACKSON: Go! DOCTOR: Rosita, get them out of the sluice gate! And once you're out, keep running! Far as you can! (to children) Come on, come on, come on. ROSITA: Turn right at the corner! Fast as you can, and don't stop! Keep running, keep running! INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: Come, my soldiers. Come to me. The Cybermen and Shades join her. EXT. CYBERMEN LAIR, NIGHT The children rush out the doors with ROSITA. ROSITA: Come on, come on! Quick! Keep running! Keep running! The children run away through the streets. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, ENGINE ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR urges the last of the remaining children out. DOCTOR: Go! Quick, quick. (checks the gauge just inside the door) It's some sort of starter motor, but starting what? JACKSON watches as some boys run down from the higher reaches. He has another flash and remembers that the Cybermen abducted his son. He looks up, and, on the very top level is a little boy frozen with fear. JACKSON remembers. JACKSON: That's my son... My son. Doctor, my son! DOCTOR: (runs over) What?! (looks up) JACKSON: They took my son. No wonder my mind escaped! Those damned Cybermen, they took my child. But he's alive, Doctor! Frederic! DOCTOR: (to FREDERIC) Come on! JACKSON: No, he's too scared. Stay there! Don't move! I'm coming. JACKSON heads for the stairs but there is a large expl*si*n and f*re bocks that route. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: CyberKing rising. The structure rises. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, ENGINE ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR helps JACKSON to his feet. JACKSON: I can't get up there. Fred! DOCTOR: They've finished with the motor. It's going to blow up. JACKSON: What are we going to do, Doctor?! What are we going to do?! DOCTOR: Come on, Jackson. (pulls out the cutlass from Fairchild’s and wraps his arm around a rope) You know me. (cuts rope and the weight falling on the other end lifts him to FREDERIC) Oh, that's it. Hello! Now, hold on tight. Don't let go. (FREDERIC climbs onto his back and the DOCTOR swings off the platform) INT. CYBERMEN BASE, CYBERKING, NIGHT The Cyberking continues to rise. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, ENGINE ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR comes out of the f*re and smoke holding FREDERIC and hands him to JACKSON. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas! JACKSON hugs his son tightly and cries. EXT. CYBERMEN LAIR, NIGHT ROSITA gives one of the children directions. ROSITA: Go to St Stephen's. Ask for the Warden, he'll take care of you. Now run! Quickly! The girl runs away and ROSITA heads back. INT. CYBERMEN BASE, ENGINE ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and JACKSON try to navigate the way out around f*re and expl*si*n. EXT. STREET, NIGHT As ROSITA runs back, she encounters people running the other way. One man stops to explain. MAN: It's under the water! There's something in the Thames! ROSITA stops at the river’s edge and sees the Cyberking rise from the water. It is a steampunk Cyberman that towers over the city. INT. CELLAR, 15 LATIMER STREET, NIGHT JACKSON enters followed by the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Head for the street. An expl*si*n comes through the tunnel. The DOCTOR stops and takes a scepter from the device in the cellar. JACKSON: Come on, Doctor! Hurry up! DOCTOR: Gotcha! EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT From her vantage point in the Cyberking’s "mouth" Miss HARTIGAN addresses London. HARTIGAN: Behold! I am risen! Witness me, mankind, as CyberKing of all! EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR and JACKSON—holding FREDERIC—reach the river. DOCTOR: It's a CyberKing. JACKSON: And a CyberKing is what? DOCTOR: It's a ship! Dreadnought class! Front line of an invasion. And inside the chest, a Cyberfactory, ready to convert millions! EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: And I will walk! I will stride across this tiny little world! EXT. STREET, NIGHT As the Cyberking walks through London like Godzilla through Tokyo, people run screaming in the streets. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: My people. Why do they not rejoice? EXT. STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR stops running with JACKSON. DOCTOR: Take him south, go to the parkland. JACKSON: But where are you going?! DOCTOR: To stop that thing. JACKSON: I should be with you! DOCTOR: Jackson, you've got your son. You've got a reason to live. JACKSON: And you haven't? (the DOCTOR only looks at him) God save you, Doctor. The DOCTOR runs off as JACKSON and FREDERIC head south. INT. s*ab, NIGHT The DOCTOR runs into the s*ab and begins to go through the trunks. JED is there and stands as the DOCTOR enters and sets down the rod. JED: What the hell is that thing, sir? DOCTOR: Oh, good man. Jed, wasn't it? Jed, I need your help! (pulls out another strap of infostamps) JED: I'm not going out there! DOCTOR: I'll give you five pound notes! JED: Um... All right. What d'you want me to do? DOCTOR: The TARDIS is gonna fly! The DOCTOR runs out to the s*ab yard followed by JED. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: People of the world! Now hear me. Your governments will surrender. And if not, then behold my power! (begins f*ring on the city) EXT. s*ab YARD, NIGHT The DOCTOR tosses the infostamps into the basket under the balloon then jumps in. JED: You're flamin' bonkers, sir! DOCTOR: It's been said before! Now gimme. (JED hands him the sceptre) Not enough power, come on! Jed! Let her loose! JED runs to the ropes securing the balloon and begins to untie them. JED: Ever flown one of these before? DOCTOR: Nope! Never! (pulls the ropes inside) JED: Can I have my money now? DOCTOR: Oh, get on with it! EXT. STREET, NIGHT Running in opposite directions, ROSITA and JACKSON find each other. ROSITA: Oh, sir. I thought I'd lost you. JACKSON: My son, Rosita. This boy is my son. One of the blasts from the Cyberking lands near them and they take shelter. EXT. s*ab YARD, NIGHT JED unties the last rope and the balloon floats upwards. JED: God’s luck to you, sir! (laughs) EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON and ROSITA look up and see the balloon rising behind the Cyberking. JACKSON: It's the TARDIS. She's flying! INT. BALLOON, NIGHT The DOCTOR throws out the sandbags in order to go higher. EXT. STREET, NIGHT A young MAN comes up and stops in front of JACKSON and ROSITA. MAN: Who the 'ell is that?! JACKSON: (proudly) His name, sir... is The Doctor! INT. BALLOON, NIGHT The DOCTOR looks around to judge his direction. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT An alarm goes off. CYBERMAN: Attention. Proximity alert! HARTIGAN: How is that even possible? Oh, this I would see. TURN! The Cyberking swivels so that is facing the DOCTOR. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT The DOCTOR prepares the infostamps. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: Excellent. The Doctor! Yet another man come to assert himself against me in the night. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: Miss Hartigan, I'm offering you a choice. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT DOCTOR: (v.o.) You might have the most remarkable mind this world has ever seen. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: Strong enough to control the Cybermen themselves! EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: I don't need you to sanction me. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: No, but such a mind deserves to live! EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT DOCTOR: (v.o.) The Cybermen came to this world using a Dimension Vault. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: I can use that device to find you a home. With no people to convert. But a new world where you can live out your mechanical life in peace. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: I have the world below, and it is abundant with so many minds, ready to become extensions of me. Why would I leave this place? INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: Because if you don't, I'll have to stop you. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: What do you make of me, sir? An idiot? INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: No. The question is, what do you make of me? (aims the infostamp at the Cyberking) EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT HARTIGAN: Destroy him! INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: You make me into this. (fires) EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON and ROSITA are now amidst a crowd watching the encounter. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT The beam hits the device on Miss HARTIGAN’S head. When the energy has run its course, she is unharmed. HARTIGAN: Then I have made you a failure. Your w*apon are useless, sir. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: I wasn't trying to k*ll you. All I did was break the Cyber-connection, EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT DOCTOR: (v.o.) leaving your mind open. Open, I think, for the first time in far too many years, Miss HARTIGAN’S eyes have returned to normal. DOCTOR: (v.o.) so you can see. Just look at yourself. Look at what you've done. The Cybermen turn on her as the connection is broken. DOCTOR: (v.o.) I'm sorry, Miss Hartigan. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: But look at what you’ve become. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT Miss HARTIGAN realizes what she has done and knows what is going to happen as she is still strapped into the chair beside Cybermen she no longer controls. She screams. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT DOCTOR: I'm so sorry. EXT. LONDON, CYBERKING, NIGHT Miss HARTIGAN continues to scream and the energy from her brain is still channeled through the machine, destroying the Cybermen and then herself. The Cyberking begins to stagger as expl*si*n go off throughout its body. EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON: He's k*lled it. Whatever he did, he's k*lled it! ROSITA: But it's gonna fall! Everyone runs, trying to escape the toppling colossus. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT There is a beeping and the DOCTOR picks up the Dimensional Vault. DOCTOR: Oh. Now you're ready! The DOCTOR aims the device at the CYBERKING and fires. The alien ship disappears just as it begins to fall. EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON: I'd say he used that Dimension Vault to transfer the wreckage of the CyberKing into the Time Vortex, there to be harmlessly disintegrated. (chuckles) Oh, I've picked up a lot. But here...(sets FREDERIC down by ROSITA and stands on the base of a lamp post) Ladies and gentlemen, I know that man! That Doctor on high! And I know that he has done this deed a thousand times! But not once, no, sir, not once, not ever, has he ever been thanked! But no more! For I say to you, on this Christmas morn, "Bravo, sir! Bravo!" The crowd begins to cheer and applaud. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT The applause carries up to the DOCTOR, taking him away from his melancholy thoughts. EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON: Bravo! Bravo, sir! INT. BALLOON, NIGHT THE DOCTOR waves down. EXT. STREET, NIGHT The crowd rejoices. INT. BALLOON, NIGHT THE DOCTOR rings the bell. EXT. STREET, NIGHT JACKSON: Bravo, Doctor. (salutes) INT. BALLOON, NIGHT THE DOCTOR leans on the basket rail and seems to take time to enjoy his position. EXT. MARKETPLACE, NIGHT The DOCTOR and JACKSON walk through the market as others try to right tipped over stalls and talk of what happened. JACKSON: The city will recover, as London always does. Though the events of today will be history, spoken of for centuries to come! DOCTOR: Yeah. Funny that. JACKSON: And a new history begins for me. I find myself a widower, but with my son and with a good friend. JACKSON looks back to see ROSITA with FREDERIC, JED standing beside them. DOCTOR: Now, take care of that one. She's marvellous. JACKSON: Frederic will need a nursemaid and I can think of none better. But you're welcome to join us. We thought we might all dine together, at the Traveller's Halt, The DOCTOR looks away, but JACKSON will not give up. JACKSON: a Christmas feast, in celebration, and in memory of those we have lost. You won't stay? DOCTOR: Like I said, you know me. They approach the TARDIS. JACKSON: No, I don't think anyone does. (sees the TARDIS) Oh! And this is it! Oh, if I might, Doctor? One last adventure? DOCTOR: Oh, be my guest. (unlocks the door) JACKSON: Oh... INT. TARDIS JACKSON pauses on the ramp. JACKSON: Oh, my word. Oh. (walks up to the console) Oh, goodness me. But this is... But this is nonsense! DOCTOR: (hurt) Well, that's one word for it! JACKSON: Complete and utter, wonderful nonsense! How very, very silly! Oh, no. I can't bear it! Oh, it's causing my head to ache. No, no, no, no, no, no, no... (runs out) EXT. MARKETPLACE, NIGHT JACKSON: Oh! Oh, gracious. That's quite enough. The DOCTOR closes the door behind him. JACKSON: I take it this is goodbye. DOCTOR: Onwards and upwards. JACKSON: Tell me one thing. All those facts and figures I saw of The Doctor's life, you were never alone. All those bright and shining companions! But not any more? DOCTOR: No. JACKSON: Might I ask, why not? DOCTOR: They leave. Because they should, or they find someone else. And some of them… Some of them forget me. I suppose, in the end…they break my heart. JACKSON: That offer of Christmas dinner, it's no longer a request, it's a demand. DOCTOR: In memory of those we’ve lost. (JACKSON nods) Oh, go on then! JACKSON: Really? DOCTOR: Just this once. You've actually gone and changed my mind. Not many people can do that! Jackson, if anyone had to be The Doctor, I'm glad it was you. JACKSON: The feast awaits. Come with me! Walk this way. DOCTOR: (checks TARDIS door) I certainly will! The two men walk away from the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas to you, Jackson. JACKSON: Merry Christmas, indeed, Doctor! DOCTOR WHO Will return in "City of the d*ad"
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INT. TARDIS - DAY Repeat of 3.13. The Tardis in flight. The Doctor walks around the console when a ship's horn is heard and something crashes into the Tardis. Deep in thought. And then... expl*si*n! . The Doctor's showered with debris! He's on the floor. Coughing. Smoke in the air. He waves his hand to clear the air, looking up. Gobsmacked. He looks up to see the bow of an ocean liner has broken through the wall. DOCTOR: What?! (coughs) What?! (Finds a life preserver that reads "Titanic"). What?! The Doctor gets up, and, using various controls on the console, closes the Tardis, pushing out the ship. He then materializes it within the Titanic. DOCTOR: What?! He steps out and looks around, seemingly in a supply closet. He closes the Tardis door, wipes his hands together and steps out of the room. INT. SMALL CUPBOARD - NIGHT Tiny, dark linen cupboard, just big enough for... The Tardis materialises. The Doctor comes out, still brushing himself down. Pats the Tardis, to make sure it's okay. Then opens the cupboard door, steps out. INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - CONTINUOUS We see him again in a wood-panelled room decorated with potted palms and Christmas decorations. People dressed in early 20th century dress mill about as waiters pass hors d'oeuvres and champagne. The band is playing a sedate version of "Jingle Bells". The Doctor approaches two golden angels garbed in white. They move mechanically and he realizes they're robots. He wanders to the window and looks out. DOCTOR (drawn out): Right. EXT. NIGHT MAN OVER PA: Attention all passengers. The Titanic is now in orbit above Sol 3, also known as Earth. Population: Human. As the man is speaking, we see a spaceship modelled to look like the Titanic in space above the Earth. PA: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Christmas. OPENING TITLES INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT Quiet and dark. On the bridge, the crew is in period uniform and the equipment is a mix of period and futuristic. CAPTAIN HARDAKER: Orbit nice and steady. Good work, Mr Cavill. And maintain position. CAPTAIN HARDAKER (CON'T) (more relaxed): Now then, gentlemen, according to the traditions of the planet below, Christmas is a time of celebration. I think you might be entitled to a tot of rum. Just the one. Off you go, (Three crewmembers salute with a "Sir"). I'll keep watch. CAVILL: Sir. Salutes and leaves. The youngest member, Midshipman Frame, pauses at the door before closing it and facing the Captain. CAPTAIN (CON'T): And you, what was it...? FRAME: Midshipman Frame, sir. Only just qualified, sir. First trip out! CAPTAIN: Then you can stand down, Midshipman. FRAME: Uh, but, uh... regulations say the bridge has to be staffed by two crewmembers at any one time, sir. CAPTAIN: Well said. Very good! (Frame walks to a bank of instruments). It should be nice and quiet. It's only a Level 5 planet down below. They don't even know we're here. "Silent Night", I believe they call it. A silent night. And they stand together, on duty. INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - DAY A video of a bald man with a thin moustache sitting behind a desk. This is Max Capricorn. CAPRICORN: Max Capricorn Cruiseliners-the fastest, the farthest, the best. And I should know because my name is Max. Gold tooth glints. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT Pulling out, Max Capricorn looped on a wall-screen. The screen reverts to the cruise line logo. The Doctor, in a dinner jacket, watches as he fiddles with his tie. The Doctor walks towards reception. INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT Christmas decorations, tables and booths with guests, milling around; dotted about, heavenly host, standing perfectly still; then a dance floor, couples dancing, then a stage, with singer and band, performing " Winter Wonderland ". Crowd Replication, all having a good time. The Doctor strolls through, looking round... His POV: Bannakaffalatta, dancing away. His POV: another table, Morvin and Foon, a large pair, tucking into buffet. They like their food. For some reason, they're dressed as cowboy and cowgirl. STEWARD: Merry Christmas, sir. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas. Once inside the same room from earlier, the Doctor mingles. He passes another man, Rickston Slade, talking into a futuristic mobile. RICKSTON: It's not a holiday for me, not while I've still got my vone. Now do as I say and sell. Walks off. The Doctor approaches a robotic angel. DOCTOR: Evening. Passenger 57. Terrible memory. Remind me. Uh, you would be... Its voice is calm, posh, neutral, movements smooth and controlled, rather than robotic. HOST: Information: Heavenly Host supplying tourist information. DOCTOR: Good, so, um... tell me, cos I'm an idiot, where are we from? HOST: Information: The Titanic is " en route " from the planet Sto in the Cassavalian Belt. The purpose of the cruise is to experience primitive cultures. DOCTOR: Titanic. Um... who... thought of the name? HOST: Information: it was chosen as the most famous vessel of the planet Earth. DOCTOR: Did they tell you why it was famous? HOST: Information: all designations are chosen by Mr Max Capricorn, president of Max- Max- Max... Host keeps repeating the name becoming higher in pitch. He's broken, stuck, jerks his head with every " Max ". DOCTOR: Ooh, bit of a glitch. Reaches into his pocket. He's about to sonic the Host, but three stewards rush in. CHIEF STEWARD (hurries over): Sir, we can handle this. (Waves to others for assistance. Two other stewards arrive and switch off the host, taking it away). Software problem, that's all. Leave it with us, sir. Merry Christmas. He presses a button on the back of the Host's neck. It snaps rigid, upright, a statue, topples to the side-one Steward catches its torso, the other picks up its legs, and they carry it out, like a dummy. All fast and discreet. Chief Steward walks with them, mutters to Stewards, angry. CHIEF STEWARD: That's another one down. What's going on with these things? The chief steward has brought the host down to what is the Host storage and repair room. CHIEF STEWARD (to chief engineer): That's eight of them now on the blink. One woman, she asked the Host to fix her necklace. It almost broke her neck... in First Class. CHIEF ENGINEER: I've been over the robotics. Nothing. It's like somebody's got into them. Some kind of bug. (A forklift comes by with Host parts on it). Whoa, wait, wait, wait. Over there, Bay 15. CHIEF STEWARD: Tell you what. If you can't fix them, throw them overboard. The chief steward and chief engineer walk off in opposite directions. The host moves its head. In Reception, the Doctor witnesses a waitress, Astrid Peth, drop her tray of drinks after bumping into Rickston. RICKSTON: For Tov's sake, look where you're going! This jacket's a genuine Earth antique. ASTRID: I'm sorry, sir. Gets down to pick up broken glass. RICKSTON: You'll be sorry when it comes off your wages, sweetheart. (walks off, on vone). Staffed by idiots. No wonder Max Capricorn is going down the drain. Storms off. DOCTOR (coming to help her): Careful. There we go. ASTRID: Thank you, sir. I can manage. DOCTOR: I never said you couldn't. I'm the Doctor, by the way. ASTRID: Astrid, sir. Astrid Peth. DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, Astrid Peth. Merry Christmas. ASTRID (surprised): Merry Christmas, sir. DOCTOR: Just "Doctor", not "sir". ASTRID: You enjoying the cruise? DOCTOR: Um... Yeah, I suppose. I don't know. It doesn't quite work, a cruise on your own. ASTRID (standing): You're not with anyone? DOCTOR (standing): No, no. Just me. Just, uh... used to be but, uh... No. What about you? Long way from home, Planet Sto. ASTRID: Doesn't feel that different. I spent three years working at the spaceport diner, travelled all the way here... and I'm still waiting on tables. Walks away. DOCTOR (following): No shore leave? ASTRID (clears table by window): We're not allowed. They can't afford the insurance. I just wanted to try it, just once. Saying that, standing, both going to the window. Earth below them. Romantic image, the two framed against the spacescape. ASTRID: Never stood on another world. I used to watch the ships heading off to the stars and I always dreamt of... It sounds daft. DOCTOR: You dreamt of another sky. New sun, new air, new life. A whole universe teeming with life. Why stand still when there're all that life out there? ASTRID: ... yeah. (She's a bit dazzled. Hold, then break the moment). So... you travel a lot? DOCTOR: All the time. Just for fun. Well, that's the plan. Never quite works. Must be rich, though. Haven't got a penny. (whispers) Stowaway. ASTRID: Kidding. DOCTOR: Seriously. ASTRID: No! DOCTOR: Oh, yeah. ASTRID (laughing): How did you get on board? DOCTOR: Accident. I've got this, sort of, ship thing. I was just rebuilding her. Left the defences down, bumped into the Titanic. Here I am. Bit of a party, I thought "Why not?" ASTRID: I should report you. DOCTOR: Go on then. ASTRID: I'll get you a drink... (whispers) on the house. Walks away. INT. HOST STORAGE, DECK 31 - NIGHT 10 The damaged, d*ad Host from sc.9 is slammed up against a wall. Chief steward stands back. Big signage, Deck 31. The area is full of deactivated Host, some with wires running into the walls as though recharging, others in pieces, a disconnected Host head on a table, etc. This is Below Decks, all pipes and steam and oil. He goes over to an engineer, who's giving hand-signals, " forward " to a fork lift truck, which has two deactivated Host stacked up on its scoop, horizontally, like dummies. CHIEF STEWARD: That's eight of them now, on the blink. One woman, she asked the Host to fix her necklace, it almost broke her neck. In First Class! ENGINEER: I've been over the robotics. Nothing. Like something's got into them, some sort of bug. (To the truck): Ok, park'em in Bay 15. The Fork lift truck turns. CHIEF STEWARD: Tell you what, if you can't fix them... Throw them overboard. He walks away, the Engineer goes over to the truck. Pause. Closer on the deactivated Host, closer... And it slowly turns its head to watch the Chief Steward go. d*ad black eyes. INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT The singer starts "Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day", the dance floor livens up. Astrid passes a group of first-class passengers, glamorous people, cruel, who are laughing and pointing at a heavyset couple, Morvin and Foon Van Hoff, dressed in purple country-western outfits sitting and eating a basket of chicken wings. With dignity. MORVIN (to Foon): Just ignore 'em. The Doctor slides in to join them. DOCTOR (sits at their table): Something's tickled them. FOON: They told us it was fancy dress. Very funny, I'm sure. MORVIN: They're just pickin' on us because we haven't paid. We won our tickets in a competition. FOON: I had to name the five husbands of Joofie Crystalle in "By the Light of the Asteroid". Did you ever watch... DOCTOR: Is that the one with the twins? FOON: That's it. Oh, it's marvelous. MORVIN: Probably not good enough for that lot. (Motions to laughing crowd). They think we should be in steerage. DOCTOR (reaches into pocket): Can't have that, can we? The Doctor holds the sonic screwdriver at his side and aims behind him. The champagne on the table pops its cork, spraying all over those at the table. Morvin and Foon hooting. FOON: Did... Did you do that? DOCTOR: Maybe. Puts screwdriver away. FOON: We like you. MORVIN: We do. (reaches out his hand to the Doctor). I'm Morvin van Hoff. (shakes hands). This is my good woman, Foon. DOCTOR (shakes Foon's hand): Foon. Hello, I'm the Doctor. FOON: Ooh, I'm gonna need a Doctor by the time I'm finished with this buffet. Have a buffalo wing. They must be enormous, these buffalo, so many wings. The Doctor takes a buffalo wing. PA: Attention please. Shore leave tickets Red 6-7 now activated. Red 6-7. FOON (takes out ticket): Red 6-7. That's us. (stands). Are you Red 6-7? DOCTOR: Might as well be. MORVIN: Come on. (puts arm around Foon). We're going to Earth. INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - NIGHT Frame is examining the panels. FRAME: Seems to be power diverted to deck 31, sir. It flared up then it stopped. CAPTAIN: Nothing to worry about. She's an old ship, full of aches and pains. FRAME: Picking up a meteoroid shower portside, bearing West 56 North 2. CAPTAIN: Pretty standard in this part of space. Miles away. FRAME: We could probably see it, sir. Frame looks through binoculars and sees the meteors with burning tails. * * * An older man, Mr Copper, dressed in a tweed suit holds up a red sign bearing "6-7". COPPER: Red 6-7. Red 6-7. This way, fast as you can. The Van Hoffs rush over, the Doctor following. Astrid approaches. ASTRID: I got you that drink. DOCTOR: And I got you a treat. Come on. Takes tray from here and sets it on a table. COPPER: Red 6-7 departing shortly. DOCTOR (holds up psychic paper): Red 6-7 plus one. COPPER: Uh, quickly, sir, and please take two teleport bracelets if you would. ASTRID (whispers): I'll get the sack. DOCTOR (hands her a bracelet): Brand new sky. COPPER: To repeat, I am Mr Copper, the ship's historian, and I shall be taking you to old London town in the country of U.K. ruled over by good King Wenceslas. Now human beings worshipped the great god Santa, a creature with fearsome claws, and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve the people of U.K. go to w*r with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner... like savages. DOCTOR: Excuse me, sorry, sorry, but, um... where did you get all this from? COPPER: Well, I have a first class degree in Earthonomics. Now stand by... BANNAKAFFALATTA (high pitch): And me! And me! Red 6-7! The owner of the voice is a small red-skinned alien with short spikes along his head. COPPER: Well, take a bracelet, sir? DOCTOR: Uh, but, um, hold on, hold on. What was your name? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Bannakaffalatta. DOCTOR: Ok, Bannakaffalatta. But it's Christmas Eve down there. Late-night shopping, tons of people. He's like a walking conker. No offence, but you'll cause a riot 'cause the streets are going to be packed with shoppers and parties... The group is teleported down to Earth and arrive on an empty street. EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT 13 Teleport glow, The Doctor, Astrid, Mr Copper, Morvin and Foon, Bannakaffalatta and the four guests appear. DOCTOR (looks around): Oh. COPPER: Now, spending money. I have a credit card in Earth currency if you want to buy trinkets or, uh, stockings or the local delicacy, which is known as "beef" but don't stray too far, it could be dangerous. Any day now they start boxing. While Mr Copper is talking, the Doctor looks around, confused by the empty street. Astrid is in awe. DOCTOR: It should be full. It should be busy. Something's wrong. ASTRID: But it's beautiful. DOCTOR: Really? Do you think so? It's just a street. The pyramids are beautiful, and New Zealand... ASTRID: But it's a different planet. I'm standing on a different planet. Th- there's concrete... and shops, alien shops, real alien shops! Look, no stars in the sky. And it smells. It stinks! (gasps). This is amazing! Thank you! Hugs the Doctor. DOCTOR: Yeah? Come on then, let's have a look. The Doctor and Astrid cross the street to a newsagent's booth. Inside is an older man, Wilf Noble, bundled in winter clothes. DOCTOR: Hello there! Sorry, uh, obvious question, but where's everybody gone? WILF: Oh-ho, scared! DOCTOR: Right, yes. Scared of what? WILF: Where have you been living? London at Christmas? Not safe, is it? DOCTOR: Why? WILF: Well, it's them, up above (points skywards). Look, Christmas before last we had that big bloody spaceship, everyone standing on a roof. (points at his small TV that is showing a clip). And then last year, that Christmas Star electrocuting all over the place, draining the Thames. ASTRID: This place is amazing. WILF: And this year, Lord knows what. So everybody's scarpered, gone to the country. All except me... and Her Majesty. Stands proudly and looks at TV. INT. BACKGROUND TBC - DAY TELEVISION REPORTER: Her Majesty the Queen has confirmed that she will be staying in Buckingham Palace throughout the festive season to show the people of London, and the world, that there's nothing to fear. EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT WILF: God bless her! (salutes) We stand vigil. DOCTOR: Well, between you and me, I think her Majesty's got it right. Far as I know, this year, nothing to worry about. The Doctor and Astrid are teleported back to the ship leaving Wilf standing there, mouth open. WILF (falls into his seat): Then again... INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - NIGHT The group arrives back in Reception on the Titanic. DOCTOR (annoyed): I was in mid-sentence. COPPER: Yes, I'm sorry about that. A bit of a problem. If I could have your bracelets... CHIEF STEWARD (joins them): Apologies, ladies and gentlemen, Bannakaffalatta, we seem to have suffered a slight power fluctuation. If you'd like to return to the festivities. And on behalf of Max Capricorn Cruiseliners, free drinks will be provided.The ticket holders depart. ASTRID (to Doctor): That was the best, the best! Leaves. The Doctor approaches the chief steward. DOCTOR: What sort of power fluctuation? INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT Frame is still watching the meteoroids. FRAME: That's a bit odd, sir, the meteoroids are changing course. Still, we can put the shields up to maximum just in case. CAPTAIN: As you were, Midshipman. Frame looks to see the captain pushing buttons on an instrument panel. FRAME: Sir? You're magnetizing the hull, sir. It's drawing the meteors in. COMPUTER: Port turning Earthside. FRAME: I take it that's deliberate. COMPUTER: Port turning Earthside. FRAME: Bit of a light show for the guests. CAPTAIN: Something like that. * * * The Van Hoffs are eating at their table, the chief steward warily eyes the host, Rickston is winning at roulette, Bannakaffalatta is dancing and Astrid smiles at the Doctor while serving drinks. All the while, the band plays. The Doctor sees a framed screen showing a video loop of Max Capricorn. CAPRICORN: ... and I should know because my name is Max. The Doctor puts on his glasses and takes out his screwdriver, which he uses on the frame. CAPRICORN: The fastest, the furthest, the best... my name is Max. The Doctor opens the frame and changes some settings until the screen shows the Titanic and her immediate surroundings. He sees the shields are offline. He peers out the window and sees the meteors approaching. On the bridge, the communications whistle sounds. DOCTOR (over comms): Is that the bridge? I need to talk to the captain. You've got a meteoroid storm coming in West 0 by North 2. CAPTAIN: Who is this? * * * DOCTOR: Never mind that. Your shields are down. Check your scanners, Captain. You've got meteoroids coming in and now shielding! * * * CAPTAIN: You have no authorization. You will clear the comms at once. * * * DOCTOR: Yeah? Just look starboard! Two stewards come to escort the Doctor out of reception. CHIEF STEWARD: Come with me, sir. FRAME: But he's right, sir. The shields have been taken offline. Goes to an instrument panel. CAPTAIN: Step away from there. FRAME: But we have to re-energize them. CAPTAIN: I said step away, Midshipman. Frame looks up to see the captain holding a g*n on him. The Doctor is led away through Reception, still arguing. DOCTOR: You've got a rock storm heading for this ship and the shields are down! In space we see the meteoroids heading towards the ship. CAPTAIN: They promised me old men. FRAME: I'm sorry, sir? CAPTAIN: On the crew. Sea dogs, men who'd had their time. Not boys. In Reception, the Doctor breaks from the stewards and runs to the stage where the band is playing. DOCTOR: Everyone, listen to me! This is an emergency! Get to the lifeb... A host covers the Doctor's mouth and pulls him away. Astrid, the Van Hoffs and Bannakaffalatta look on in surprise. FRAME: I'm sorry, sir. It's my duty! Frame reaches for the panel and the captain fires. The Doctor is taken out of the room more forcibly this time. He passes a small gathering, one of which is Rickston. DOCTOR: Look out the windows! Astrid, Rickston and the Van Hoffs slowly go to the windows. Bannakaffalatta excuses himself from a conversation. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Him, friend. Rickston looks out a window and sees the meteoroids. The stewards are dragging the Doctor out. DOCTOR: If you don't believe me, check the shields yourself! ASTRID: Sir, I can vouch for him! MORVIN: Look, Steward, he's just had a bit too much to drink. COPPER: Sir, something seems to have gone wrong. All the teleports are down. CHIEF STEWARD: Not now! A small piece of rock breaks through a window and lands at Rickston's feet. COMPUTER: Oxygen membrane holding. Oxygen membrane holding. Rickston turns to host. RICKSTON: You there. Has anyone checked the external shielding? HOST: Information: you are all going to die. The captain stands at the wheel. Frame lies on the floor, still alive but bleeding from a wound in his side. Sonar shows the meteoroids getting closer. RICKSTON (to a steward): Where's the Chief Steward? STEWARD (points): That way, sir. Rickston rushes off. The chief steward is taking the Doctor through maintenance corridors. Astrid, Mr Copper, Bannakaffalatta and the Van Hoffs follow them. DOCTOR: The shields are down, we are going to get h*t. Everyone begins talking at once. FRAME: You're going to k*ll us. CAPTAIN: I'm dying already. Six months. And they offered me so much money... for my family. Rickston catches up to the others. RICKSTON: Oi! Steward! I'm telling you the shields are down! DOCTOR: Listen to him! Listen to him! We see Capricorn's video intercut with a couple watching from a window and the bridge. CAPRICORN: Max Capricorn. * * * WOMAN (looks out window): Darling, come and have a look at this. * * * CAPRICORN: Fastest... * * * The captain is at the wheel. COMPUTER: Red Alert. Red Alert. * * * MAN: Cheers. * * * Three meteoroids head straight for the ship. * * * CAPRICORN: The furthest.... * * * Frame is lying on the floor, whimpering. * * * CAPRICORN: The best. The meteoroids strike the side of the ship and everyone throughout the ship is thrown to the floor. On Deck 31, the chief engineer calls for help. CHIEF ENGINEER: Bert! Bert! (looks at Host). Help me! Help! A beam falls on him. The Doctor protects Astrid as they are thrown to the floor. On Deck 31, the host form a line. In the maintenance area, the Doctor is the first to stand. He shushes everyone and listens. DOCTOR: It's stopping. The Titanic creaks and groans as bits of it float off in space. DOCTOR (helps Astrid stand): You all right? ASTRID: I think so. DOCTOR: Bad name for a ship. Either that or this suit is really unlucky. The Doctor kneels to examine one of the stewards. The man is d*ad. Max Capricorn's voice can be heard. CAPRICORN: My name is Max. My name is Max. My name is Max. CHIEF STEWARD: Ev... everyone... Ladies and gentlemen, Bannakaffalatta, I must apologize on behalf of Max Capricorn Cruiseliners. We seem to have had a small collision. The Doctor finds a comms panel, the source of Capricorn's voice. MORVIN (indignant): Small? RICKSTON: You know how much I paid for my ticket? CHIEF STEWARD: If I could have silence, ladies, gentlemen... They ignore him and continue arguing. CHIEF STEWARD: Quiet! (they stop). Thank you. I... I'm sure Max Capricorn Cruiseliners will be able to reimburse you for any inconvenience. But first I would point out that we are very much alive. ASTRID (to Mr Copper): Are you all right? Helps dab the cut on his head. The Doctor walks over to the others. CHIEF STEWARD: She is, after all, a fine, sturdy ship. If you could all stay here while I ascertain the exact nature of the... the situation. Goes to open a hatch. DOCTOR: Don't open it! The hatch opens and the chief steward is sucked out into space by the vacuum. Everyone grabs hold of any piping near them. The Doctor goes over to the comms and uses the sonic screwdriver on the computer to replace the shield. COMPUTER: Oxygen shield s*ab. DOCTOR: Everyone all right? Astrid? ASTRID (panting): Yeah. DOCTOR: Foon? Morvin? Mr Copper? Bannakaffalatta? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Yes. DOCTOR: You, what was your name? RICKSTON: Ah, Rickston Slade. DOCTOR: You all right? RICKSTON: No thanks to that idiot. ASTRID: The steward just died. RICKSTON: Then he's a d*ad idiot. Astrid gasps and takes a step towards Rickston. DOCTOR: All right, calm down. Just stay still, all of you. Hold on. Walks to hatch opening. ASTRID (joining him): What happened? How come the shields were down? DOCTOR: I don't think it was an accident. Astrid looks out into space and sees bodies among the flotsam and jetsam floating above Earth. ASTRID: How many d*ad? DOCTOR: We're alive, just focus on that. I will get you out of here, Astrid. I promise. Look at me. I promise. (she nods). Good. Now (looks around) if we can get to Reception, I've got a spaceship tucked away. We can all get on board... (looks outside) Oh. ASTRID: What is it? What's wrong? DOCTOR: That's my spaceship over there. ASTRID: Where? DOCTOR: There, that box. That little blue box. The TARDIS floats in space. ASTRID: That's a spaceship? DOCTOR: Oi, don't knock it. ASTRID: It's a bit small. DOCTOR: A bit distant. Trouble is, once it's set adrift, it's programmed to lock onto the nearest centre of gravity and that would be... the Earth. The Tardis heads down to Earth. On Deck 31, the chief engineer is trapped under a beam. CHIEF ENGINEER (to Host): Don't just stand there! Get this thing off me! Host, that's an order. Help me! That's your job, isn't it? HOST (steps forward): Information: we now have only one function. CHIEF ENGINEER: And what's that? HOST: Information: to k*ll. Reaches both hands to halo and removes it. CHIEF ENGINEER: What are you doing? I'm ordering you... Stop it. Stop it right now! The host throws the halo like a Frisbee towards the trapped man who screams. The Doctor speaks into a comms device. DOCTOR: Deck 22 to the bridge. Deck 22 to the bridge. Is there anyone there? * * * Frame moans, and clutching his side, reaches the comms. FRAME: This is the bridge. * * * DOCTOR: Oh hello, sailor. Good to hear you. What's the situation up there? * * * FRAME: We've got air. The oxygen field is holding. But the captain... (looks to the captain's body buried under wreckage). He's d*ad. He did it. (voice breaks). I watched while he took down the shields. There was nothing I could do. I tried. I did try. * * * DOCTOR: All right. Just stay calm. Tell me your name. What's your name? * * * FRAME: Midshipman Frame. * * * DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, sir. What's the state of the engines? * * * FRAME: They're um... (he tries to see without moving). Hold on. He pushes himself forward and groans. * * * DOCTOR: Have you been injured? * * * FRAME: I'm all right. Oh my vot. They're cycling down. * * * DOCTOR: That's a nuclear storm drive, yes? * * * FRAME: Yeah. * * * DOCTOR: The moment they're gone, we lose orbit. * * * FRAME: The planet. * * * DOCTOR: Oh yes. If we h*t the planet, the nuclear storm explodes and wipes out life on Earth. Midshipman, I need you to f*re up the engine containment field and feed it back into the core. * * * FRAME: This is never going to work. DOCTOR (over comms): Trust me, it'll keep the engines going until I can get to the bridge. The Doctor switches off the comms and faces the others. FOON: We're going to die! COPPER: Are you saying someone's done this on purpose? ASTRID: We're just a cruise ship! DOCTOR: Okay, okay. Tch, tch. First things first. One: we're going to climb through this ship. B... no... two: we're going to reach the bridge. Three or C: we're going to save the Titanic. And, coming in a very low Four or D or that little "iv" in brackets they use in footnotes... why. Right then, follow me. RICKSTON: Hang on a minute. Who put you in charge and who the hell are you anyway? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I'm the man who's gonna save your lives and all six billion of the people on the planet below. You got a problem with that? RICKSTON: No. DOCTOR: In that case, allons-y! The Doctor slowly pushes open a metal door that leads into a stairwell littered with debris and sparking cables. DOCTOR: Careful. Follow me. The Doctor goes ahead, clearing the way. Astrid follows then Mr Copper, Rickston and the Van Hoffs. COPPER: Rather ironic when this is very much in the spirit of Christmas. It's a festival of v*olence. They say that human beings only survive depending on whether they've been good or bad. It's barbaric. DOCTOR: Actually, that's not true. Christmas is a time of-of peace and thanksgiving and... what am I on about? Christmas is always like this. (Uncovers a dormant host). We've got a Host. Strength of ten. If we can mend it, we can use it to fix the rubble. MORVIN: We can do robotics, both of us. FOON: We worked on the milk market back on Sto. It's all robot staff. DOCTOR: See if you can get it working. (To Astrid) Let's have a look. Everyone but the Van Hoffs climbs the stairs and fine their path blocked by wreckage. ASTRID: It's blocked. DOCTOR: So what do we do? ASTRID: We shift it. DOCTOR: That's the attitude. Rickston, Mr Copper, and you, Bannakaffalatta... look, can I just call you Banna? It's gonna save a lot of time. BANNAKAFFALATTA: No! Bannakaffalatta! DOCTOR: All right then, Bannakaffalatta, there's a gap in the middle. See if you can get through. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Easy. Good. Squeezes through opening. The ship lurches again sending loose debris falling in them. RICKSTON: This whole thing could come crashing down any minute! DOCTOR: Oh, Rickston, I forgot. Did you get our message? RICKSTON: No. What message? DOCTOR: Shut up! BANNAKAFFALATTA: Bannakaffalatta made it. ASTRID: I'm small enough, I can get through. Makes her way through the hole. DOCTOR: Careful. ASTRID: I'm fine. RICKSTON: Thing is, how are Mr and Mrs Fatso gonna get through this gap? DOCTOR: We make the gap bigger. So start. Hands him a piece of metal. The Van Hoffs are working on the host. Having overheard Rickston, Foon starts crying. MORVIN: Hey, hey! Come on, sweetheart. Don't listen to him. FOON: No, but it's all my fault, though. The tickets. MORVIN: We won them fair and square. FOON: I know. I never told ya. I dialled the competition line 5000 times. That's 5000 credits. I might as well have paid for the tickets. I've been hiding the vone bill for months now. MORVIN (shocked): 5000 credits? You spent 5000 credits? FOON (nods ashamed): Don't hate me. (Morvin laughs). What's so funny? MORVIN: 5000? Laughs. FOON: We'll never pay that off. MORVIN: I know. We'll have to work 70 years you mad, bloody woman. Laughs. FOON: You're not cross? MORVIN: Does it matter? Look at us. You drive me barmy. I don't half love you... Mrs van Hoff. Come here. Hugs her. The Van Hoffs' laughter floats up to where the Doctor and Mr Copper are clearing debris while Rickston looks on. RICKSTON: What happened? Did they find a donut? ASTRID: I can clear it from this side. Just tell me if it starts moving. (Sees Bannakaffalatta lying down). Bannakaffalatta, what's wrong? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Sshhh. ASTRID: What is it? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Can't say. ASTRID (moves to his side): Are you hurt? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Ashamed. ASTRID: Of what? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Poor Bannakaffalatta. Lifts shirt to reveal cybernetic components. ASTRID: You're a cyborg. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Had accident long ago. Secret. ASTRID: No, but everything's changed now. Cyborgs are getting equal rights. They passed a law back on Sto. You can even get married. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Marry you? ASTRID: Well, you can buy me a drink first. Come on. Let's recharge you. (presses a button on his torso) Just stay there for a bit. Goes back to clearing. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Tell no one. ASTRID: I promise. DOCTOR: What's going on up there?! ASTRID: I think Bannakaffalatta and I just got engaged. Frame is attempting to bandage himself when the comms whistle. FRAME: This is the bridge. * * * A group of six men are waiting, huddled together in a cramped room. MAN: This is Kitchen 5. * * * FRAME: How many of you are there? * * * MAN: Six of us, just about. Are we the only ones left alive, sir? * * * FRAME: No. There's more on Deck 19. Hold on, if I reverse the scanner... No, 50, 60 people still onboard ship. Hold on. I can see you. Kitchen Five, there you are. Listen, everyone's heading for the bridge. Don't go portside, there's no way. Can you make your way starboard? * * * MAN: We're stuck. The doors have sealed. We can't get out. (The wheel on the door turns). No, wait a minute. It's opening. There's someone on the other side. (the door opens to reveal four host). Host. We've got Host. The Host are still working. * * * FRAME: Oh, that's brilliant. Tell them to clear a path up to the bridge. * * * The host lift their hands and remove their halos. * * * FRAME: Did you get that? Kitchen Five report. Hello? Kitchen Five? Screams come over the comms and the life signs vanish from the scanner. MAN: It's the... FRAME: Report! MORVIN: Almost done! DOCTOR: Good, good, good. (into comms) Mr Frame, how's things? * * * FRAME: Doctor, I've got life signs all over the ship but they're going out one by one. * * * DOCTOR: What is it? Are they losing air? * * * FRAME: No. One of them said it's the Host. It's something to do with the Host. The Doctor looks to where the Van Hoffs are working just as the host resumes function. MORVIN: It's working! The Doctor rushes down. The host takes Morvin by the throat. HOST: k*ll. k*ll. k*ll. Keeps repeating. DOCTOR: Turn it off! Foon tries to shut it off. FOON: I can't, Doctor! DOCTOR (arrives): Go! Foon backs away up the stairs. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver on the host. DOCTOR: Lock! Double deadlock! (puts away screwdriver and uses his hands to pry Morvin free). Okay, go upstairs! FOON: Run, darling, run! HOST: Information: k*ll, k*ll, k*ll... MORVIN: Foon! Foon! DOCTOR: Rickston! Get them through! RICKSTON: No chance! Goes through the narrow opening himself. COPPER: Rickston! FOON: I'll never get through there. COPPER: Yes, you can. Let me go first. The host goes after the Doctor who runs up to the comms. DOCTOR: It's the Host! They've gone berserk! Are you safe up there? Frame turns to see host heading for the open door of the bridge. HOST: k*ll. k*ll. k*ll. Frame closes and locked the door just in time, catching the hand of one of the host. Mr Copper and Astrid are helping Foon. FOON: No, I'm stuck! ASTRID: Come on, you can do it! Mr Copper is using a metal pole as a lever to widen the space. COPPER: It's going to collapse! (Foon makes it through). Rickston, vot damn it, help me! RICKSTON: No... way. DOCTOR: Morvin, get through! Morvin is having a tougher time than Foon. The host is still following. HOST: k*ll. k*ll. k*ll. Keeps repeating. The Doctor comes up behind Morvin. ASTRID: Doctor, he's stuck! DOCTOR (puts his hands on Morvin's rear): Mr Van Hoff, I know we've only just met but you'll have to excuse me. Shoves. Morvin makes it through. ASTRID: That's it. We've got you. Doctor, come on, get through. The Host is right behind the Doctor. DOCTOR (turns to host): Information override! You will tell me the point of origin of your command structure! COPPER (straining): I can't hold it! HOST: Information: Deck 31. DOCTOR: Thank you. (scrambles through hole). Let go! Mr Copper releases his grip on the pole and the beam crashes onto the Host's head. At the door, Frame turns to see the hand still moving. With a yelp, he turns a handle causing the door to fully close, cutting off the hand. He looks through the window in the door to see a line of host waiting. The Doctor, Astrid, the Vaan Hoffs, Mr Copper and Rickston find themselves in another open room. Foon looks to a table. FOON: Morvin, look, food. RICKSTON (sarcastically): Oh great. Someone's happy. MORVIN: Don't have any then. The Doctor heads for the comms. On the bridge, the comms whistles and the Doctor'svoice comes over. DOCTOR: Mr Frame, you still there? FRAME: Yes, sir, but I've got Host outside. I sealed the door. * * * DOCTOR: They've been programmed to k*ll. Why would anyone do that? * * * FRAME: That's not the only problem, Doctor. I had to use a maximum deadlock on the door, which means... No one can get in. I'm sealed off. Even if you can fix the Titanic, you can't get to the bridge. * * * DOCTOR: Yeah, right, fine. One problem at a time. What's on Deck 31? * * * FRAME: Um, that's down below. It's nothing. It's just the Host storage deck. That's where we keep the robots. * * * DOCTOR (looks at scanner): Well, what's that? (puts on glasses). See that panel? Black. It's registering nothing. No power, no heat, no light. FRAME (over comms): Never seen it before. DOCTOR: 100% shielded. What's down there? * * * FRAME: I'll try intensifying the scanner. * * * DOCTOR: Let me know if you find anything. (takes off glasses). And keep those engines going! Astrid brings him some food. ASTRID: Saved you some. You might be a Time King from?? but you need to eat. DOCTOR: Yeah, thanks. Takes food and sits. ASTRID (sitting): So, you look good for 903. DOCTOR (mouthful): You should see me in the mornings. ASTRID: Okay. They both realize what was said and look away from each other. Mr Copper joins them. COPPER: Doctor, it must be well past midnight, Earth time. Christmas Day. DOCTOR: So it is. Merry Christmas. ASTRID: This Christmas thing, what's it all about? DOCTOR: Long story. I should know, I was there. That didn't take long COPPER: But if the planet's waking up, can't we signal them? They can send up a rocket or something. DOCTOR: They don't have spaceships. COPPER: No, I read about it. They have shuffles, space shuffles. DOCTOR: Mr Copper, this degree in Earthonomics,... where's it from? COPPER: Honestly? DOCTOR: Just between us. COPPER: Mrs Golightly's Happy Travelling University and Dry Cleaners. Mops brow with hankie and sits. ASTRID: You... you lied to the company... to get the job? COPPER: I... I wasted my life on Sto. I was a travelling salesman, always on the road and I reached retirement with nothing to show for it. Not even a home. And Earth sounded so exotic. DOCTOR: Hm, I suppose it is, yeah. ASTRID: How come you know it so well? DOCTOR: I was sort of... a few years ago, was sorta made... well, sort of homeless, and, um there was the Earth. COPPER: Thing is, if we survive this, there will be police and all sorts of investigations. Now the minimum penalty for space-age fraud is ten years in jail. I'm an old man. Well, I won't survive ten years. There is a banging on the door and the Doctor drops his food and rushes to the opposite door. DOCTOR: A Host! Move! Come on! The pounding continues on the door, which dents from the force. Astrid screams and they all follow the Doctor to the opposite side. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver on the door and it opens to reveal a space that runs the height of the ship. The only way across is a makeshift bridge, created by a fallen strut below which are the engines. RICKSTON: Is that the only way across? DOCTOR: On the other hand, it is a way across. ASTRID: The engines are open. DOCTOR: Nuclear storm drive. Soon as it stops, the Titanic falls. MORVIN: But that thing, it'll never take our weight. RICKSTON: You're going last, mate. DOCTOR: It's nitrofine metal. It's stronger than it looks. MORVIN: All the same, Rickston's right. Me and Foon should... Steps on a weak piece of metal near the edge, the railing gives away and Morvin falls towards the engines with a scream. FOON: Morvin! The others watch in shock and horror. RICKSTON: I told you! I told you! COPPER: Just shut up! Shut up! FOON (hysterical, to the Doctor): Bring him back! Can't you bring him back? Bring him back, Doctor! DOCTOR: I'm sorry, I can't. FOON: You promised me! DOCTOR: I know. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. A group of host is marching through the halls towards them. COPPER: Doctor, I rather think those things have got our scent. RICKSTON: I'm not waiting. Starts across the bridge. DOCTOR: Careful! Take it slowly! There's a rumbling as the ship rocks and Rickston is nearly knocked off. RICKSTON: Vot help me. DOCTOR: You're okay. One step at a time. Come on, you can do it. HOST: k*ll. k*ll. k*ll. Repeat. COPPER: They're getting nearer! DOCTOR (mutters): Seal us in. Uses sonic screwdriver in the door. COPPER: Leaving us trapped, wouldn't you say? DOCTOR: Never say trapped, just inconveniently circumstanced. COPPER: Oh. Rickston is halfway across. RICKSTON: I'm okay! FOON (hopefully): Maybe he's all right. Maybe... Maybe there's a gravity curve down there or something. I don't know. Maybe he's unconscious. ASTRID: I'm sorry, Foon. He's gone. Hugs her. FOON (crying): What am I going to do without him? Rickston reaches the other side. RICKSTON: Yes! Oh yes! Who's good?! DOCTOR: Bannakaffalatta, you go next. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Bannakaffalatta, small. DOCTOR: Slowly! The host are pounding on the door from the other side. COPPER: They've found us! DOCTOR: Astrid, get across right now. ASTRID: What about you? DOCTOR: Just do it. Go on. (Astrid starts across). Mr Copper, we can't wait. Don 't argue. (Mr Copper follows). Foon, you've got to get across right now. FOON: What for? What am I gonna do without him? RICKSTON: Doctor! The door's locked! DOCTOR: Just think... what would he want, eh? FOON: He don't want nothing, he's d*ad! Sobs. RICKSTON: Doctor, I can't open the door. We need the whirring key thing of yours! DOCTOR: I can't leave her! RICKSTON: She'll get us all k*lled if we can't get out! DOCTOR: Mrs Van Hoff, I am coming back for you, all right? Foon nods and the Doctor starts across. The metal creaks at the weight of the four of them. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Too many people! DOCTOR: Oi! Don't get spiky with me! Keep going! ASTRID: It's gonna fall! DOCTOR: It's just settling! Keep going! It becomes quiet as the pounding stops. ASTRID: They've stopped. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Gone away? DOCTOR: Why would they give up? RICKSTON: Never mind that. Keep coming! DOCTOR: Where have they gone? Where are the Host? COPPER (looking up): I'm afraid... we forgot the tradition of Christmas that angels have wings! Points. Host are gliding down from above and encircle them. HOST: Information: k*ll. The host reach for their halos. DOCTOR: Arm yourselves! All of you! They all reach for pipes or bits of metal to defend themselves as the host throw their halos. They keep batting them away. One grazes the Doctor's arm and another Mr Copper's leg. Astrid falls to her knees. ASTRID: I can't. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Bannakaffalatta stop! Bannakaffalatta proud! Bannakaffalatta, cyborg! Lifts shirt and discharges energy, disabling the host and all but one fall toward the engines. One falls onto the strut behind the Doctor. DOCTOR: Electromagnetic pulse took out the robotics. Oh, Bannakaffalatta, that was brilliant! Bannakaffalatta falls and Astrid goes to him. ASTRID: He's used all his power! BANNAKAFFALATTA: Did good? ASTRID: You saved our lives. BANNAKAFFALATTA: Bannakaffalatta happy. ASTRID: We can recharge you, get you to a power point and just plug you in! BANNAKAFFALATTA: Too late. ASTRID: No, but... you gotta get me that drink, remember? BANNAKAFFALATTA: Pretty girl. Dies. Astrid goes to button his shirt when Mr Copper reaches for his power source. COPPER: I'm sorry. Forgive me. ASTRID: Leave him alone. COPPER: It's the EMP transmitter. He-he'd want us to use it. (removes it). I used to sell these things. They'd always give me a bed for the night in the cyborg caravans. They're good people. But if we can recharge it, we can reuse it as a w*apon against the rest of the Host. Bannakaffalatta might have saved us all. RICKSTON: Do you think? Try telling him that. Points behind them. They turn to see the host that had landed on the bridge begin to move. HOST: Information: reboot. RICKSTON: Use the EMP! COPPER: It's d*ad! ASTRID: It's gotta have emergency... Takes the EMP from Mr Copper. The Doctor confronts the host. DOCTOR: No, no, no. Hold on. Override loophole security protocol... Ten! 666! Oh. 21, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Um, I dunno, 42! Uh, one! HOST (stops mid-motion and stands passively): Information: state request. DOCTOR: Good... right. You've been ordered to k*ll the survivors, but why? HOST: Information: no witnesses. DOCTOR: But this ship's gonna fall on the Earth and k*ll everyone. The human race have nothing to do with the Titanic so that contravenes your orders, yes? HOST: Information: incorrect. DOCTOR: But why do you want to destroy the Earth? HOST: Information: it is the plan. DOCTOR: What plan? HOST: Information: protocol grants you only three questions. These three questions have been used. DOCTOR: Well, you could have warned me. HOST: Information: now you will die. The host prepares to strike the Doctor with its halo when a lasso is thrown over its head and tightened around its body by Foon. FOON: You're coming with me. Foon closes her eyes and jumps over the side, pulling the host with her. DOCTOR: Nooooo! They all watch helpless as Foon falls to her death. DOCTOR (determined): No more. They make it out and into another set of maintenance halls. DOCTOR: Right. Get up to Reception One. Once you're there, Mr Copper. You've got staff access to the computer. Try and find a way of transmitting an SOS. Astrid, you're in charge of this (holds out the EMP). Once it's powered up, it'll take out Hosts within fifty yards but then it needs sixty seconds to recharge. Got it? Rickston, take this (gives him the sonic screwdriver). I've preset it. Just hold down that button. It'll open doors. Do not lose it! You got that? Now go and open the next door. Go on! Go! RICKSTON: All right! Goes. The Doctor takes down First Aid kit and hands it to Mr Copper. DOCTOR: Mr Copper, I need you fighting fit. Astrid, where's the power point? ASTRID: Under the comms. They run to the power point and the Doctor shows her how to recharge the EMP. DOCTOR: When it's ready, that blue light comes on there. ASTRID: You're talking as if you're not coming with us. DOCTOR: There's something down on Deck 31. I'm gonna find out what it is. ASTRID: What if you meet a Host? DOCTOR: Well, then I'll just... have some fun, eh? ASTRID: Sounds like you do this kind of thing all the time. DOCTOR: Not by chance. All I do is travel. That's what I am, just a traveller. Imagine it. No tax, no bills, no boss, just the open sky. ASTRID: I'm sort of... unemployed now and I was thinking the blue box is kinda small, but I could kinda squeeze in. Like a stowaway. DOCTOR: It's not always safe. ASTRID: So you need someone to take care of you. I've got no one back on Sto, no family, just me. So what do you think? Can I come with you? DOCTOR (smiles): Yeah, I'd like that. Yes. The ship lurches again and the Doctor stands and speaks into the comms. DOCTOR: Mr Frame, you still with us? * * * Frame is at the wheel. FRAME: It's the engines, sir. Final phase. There's nothing more I can do. We've got only eight minutes left! * * * DOCTOR: Don't worry, I'll get there. * * * FRAME: The bridge is sealed off! * * * DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, working on it. I'll get there, Mr Frame, somehow. (The EMP is ready). All charged up? Mr Copper, look after her. Astrid, look after him. Rickston, um... look after yourself. And I'll see you again, promise. Starts to leave. ASTRID: Hold on! There's an old tradition on Planet Sto... DOCTOR: I've really got to go. ASTRID: Just wait a minute! Grabs the First Aid kit from Mr Copper, sets it on the floor in front of the Doctor, stands on it and kisses him. DOCTOR (bemused): Yeah, that's a very old tradition, yeah. Runs off. ASTRID: See you later! DOCTOR (stops and turns): Oh, yes! Leaves. The Doctor heads back the way they came while Astrid, Mr Copper and Rickston continue upward to Reception. Rickston opens a door with the sonic screwdriver and comes upon Host. RICKSTON: Do it! Astrid uses the EMP and the Host collapse. They stand stunned before cheering and laughing. The Doctor runs into a small kitchen and is soon surrounded by four Host. He grabs a pot by the handle, prepared to use it as a w*apon. DOCTOR: Wait, wait, wait, wait! Security protocol one! Do you hear me? One! One! (The Host stop advancing). Okay, that gives me three questions. Three questions to save my life, am I right? HOST: Information: correct. DOCTOR: No, that wasn't one of them. I didn't mean it. That's not fair. Can I start again? HOST: Information: no. DOCTOR: No, no! No, no, no. That wasn't one either. Blimey. One question left. One question. So, you've been given orders to k*ll the survivors but survivors must therefore be passengers or staff, but not me. I'm not a passenger. I'm not staff. Go on, scan me. You must have bio records. No such person on board. I don't exist therefore... you can't k*ll me. Therefore, I'm a stowaway and stowaways should be arrested and taken to the nearest figure of authority. And I reckon the nearest figure of authority is on Deck 31. Final question: am I right? HOST: Information: correct. DOCTOR: Brilliant. Take me to your leader. (smiles). I've always wanted to say that. Astrid, Mr Copper and Rickston arrive in Reception. Astrid uses the EMP to take out the Host waiting there. ASTRID: Rickston, seal the doors, make the room secure. Mr Copper, keep an eye on the Host. (gives him the EMP). I need to check the computer. We need that SOS. (The computer is down and she slams her fist in frustration. Turning, she sees the teleport bracelets. She calls the bridge). Bridge, this is Reception! * * * FRAME: Who's there? * * * ASTRID: Astrid Peth. I was with the Doctor. Tell me, can you divert power to the teleport system? * * * FRAME: No way. I'm using everything I got to keep the engines running. * * * ASTRID: It's just one trip. I need to get to Deck 31. * * * FRAME: And I'm telling you no. * * * ASTRID: Mr Frame... this is for the Doctor. He's gone down there on his own, and I... I can't just leave him. He's done everything he can to save us. It's time we did something to help him. * * * FRAME (shakes head): Giving you power. * * * Astrid turns on the teleport and grabs a bracelet. ASTRID: Mr Copper, I'm gonna find him. Puts bracelet on. COPPER: Good luck. Astrid teleports. The Doctor is escorted to the Host storage facility on Deck 31. There is much structural damage as well as small fires. DOCTOR: Now that is what you call a fixer-upper. Come on then, Host with the most, this ultimate authority of yours, who is it? (Two doors slide open behind him and he spins around). Ooh, that's clever. That's an omnistate impact chamber. Indestructible. You can survive anything in that, eh? (A vehicle starts wheeling out). Sit through a supernova or a shipwreck. Only one person can have the power and the money to hide themselves onboard like this and I should know, 'cause... The vehicle is revealed to be a giant life-support system for Max Capricorn who is now just a head. CAPRICORN: My name is Max. Gold tooth glints. DOCTOR: It really does that. CAPRICORN: Who the hell is this? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. Hello. HOST: Information: stowaway. DOCTOR: Well... CAPRICORN: k*ll him. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no! Wait, but you can't. Not now. Come on, Max... You've given me so much good material like... How to get ahead in business. See "head"? "Head in business"? No? CAPRICORN: Oh, ho ho, the office joker. I like a funny man. No one's been funny with me for years. DOCTOR: I can't think why. CAPRICORN: 176 years of running the company have taken their toll. DOCTOR: Yeah, but... nice wheels. CAPRICORN: No, a life-support system in a society that despises cyborgs. I've had to hide away for years. Running the company by hologram. Host, situation report. HOST: Information: Titanic is still in orbit. CAPRICORN: Let me see. (He moves forward and the Doctor steps out of his way). We should have crashed by now. What's gone wrong? (goes to edge and looks down on engines). The engines are still running! They should have stopped! DOCTOR: When they do, the Earth gets roasted. I don't understand. What's the Earth got to do with it? CAPRICORN: This interview is terminated. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no! Astrid has arrived and peeks from around a corner. DOCTOR: Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! I can work it out. It's like a task. I'm your apprentice. Just watch me. So... Business is failing and you wreck the ship so that makes things even worse. Oh yes! No. Yes. The business isn't failing, it's failed. Past tense. CAPRICORN: My own board voted me out. s*ab me in the back. DOCTOR: If you had a back. So... Astrid moves closer unseen. DOCTOR: You scupper the ship, wipe out any survivors in case anyone's rumbled you and the board find their shares halved in value. Oh, but that's not enough. No, 'cause if a Max Capricorn ship hits the Earth, it destroys an entire planet. Outrage back home. Scandal! The business is wiped out. CAPRICORN: And... the whole board thrown in jail for mass m*rder. DOCTOR: While you sit there, safe inside the impact chamber. CAPRICORN: I have men waiting to retrieve me from the ruins and enough off-world accounts to retire me to the beaches of Pentaxico Two where the ladies, so I'm told, are very fond of... metal. DOCTOR (indignant): So that's the plan. A retirement plan. 2000 on this ship, 6 billion underneath us, all of them slaughtered. And why? Because Max Capricorn is a loser. CAPRICORN: I never lose. DOCTOR: You can't even sink the Titanic. CAPRICORN: Oh, but I can, Doctor. I can cancel the engines from here. Alarms sound. Up on the bridge, Frame hears the computer. COMPUTER: Engines closing. FRAME: No, no, no, no! Rushes to instrument panels to try and stop it. COMPUTER: Engines closing. Mr Copper and Rickston are still in Reception. RICKSTON: What's happening? DOCTOR: You can't do this! CAPRICORN: Host, hold him. Two Host hold the Doctor by the arms and pull him away. CAPRICORN: Not so clever now, Doctor. A shame we couldn't work together. You're rather good. All that banter yet not a word wasted. Time for me to retire. The Titanic is falling. The sky will burn. Let the Christmas inferno commence. Oh! Oh, Host! k*ll him. The one Host not holding the Doctor removes his halo preparing to follow orders. ASTRID (in forklift): Mr Capricorn! I resign. Starts the forklift and rushes towards Capricorn. DOCTOR: Astrid, don't! Astrid lifts the front of Capricorn's life support just enough so the tires have no purchase. His rear tires have enough traction to cause a standoff. The Host who was about to k*ll the Doctor throws his halo at Astrid but misses, hitting something else. DOCTOR: He's cut the break line! Slow Motion - Astrid looks at the Doctor who mouths "No! " They stare meaningfully at each other before she turns back to Capricorn. She raises the fork higher, lifting Capricorn fully off the ground and steps on the gas. They both go over the edge. DOCTOR: Astrid! Runs to the edge and sees Astrid falling towards the engines, her hands reaching for him. Exterior sh*t of space. COMPUTER: Titanic falling. Voyage terminated. On the bridge, Frame takes the wheel trying to control the ship. In Reception, Rickston and Mr Copper hold on for dear life. Slow Motion - The Doctor walks away as sparks fall behind him and fires burn - end Slow Motion. He holds his arms out to his sides and a Host stands on either side. The Doctor snaps his fingers and the Host hold his arms the fly upwards, gaining speed. With arms raised the break through the floor of the bridge causing Frame to shout. COMPUTER: Deadlock broken. DOCTOR (climbs through and stands): Ah, Midshipman Frame at last! FRAME: Uh, but... but the Host! DOCTOR: Controller d*ad they divert to the next highest authority and that's me. FRAME: There's nothing we can do. There's no power. The ship's gonna fall. Exterior sh*t. COMPUTER: Titanic falling. DOCTOR (takes wheel): What's your first name? FRAME: Alonzo. DOCTOR (looks at him surprised): You're kidding me. FRAME (puzzled): What? DOCTOR: That's something else I've always wanted to say. Allons-y Alonzo! Whoa! The ship lurches dramatically as the Doctor tries to steer. They fall straight towards Earth's atmosphere and Frame screams. Outside, the Titanic begins to burn on entry. The Doctor fights the wheel. In Reception, Mr Copper and Rickston cling to the furniture. An alarm sounds on the bridge and the Doctor uses his foot to check. The computer shows the impact zone to be somewhere in London. DOCTOR (sighs): Ah. (uses the comms to "dial out"). Hello, yes, um... could you get me Buckingham Palace? NEWSCASTER: And as dawn rises over Great Britain, it seems that this year the city of London has escaped alien intervention. (vo.) The Queen has remained in residence in defiance of extraterrestrial att*ck. DOCTOR: Listen to me! Security Code 771! Now get out of there! The Queen rushes down a red-carpeted hallway, hair in curlers and wearing a dressing gown. A footman is carrying a corgi. FOOTMAN: Open the door! Wilf steps out of his kiosk and looks up at the sky. WILF: Don't you dare, you aliens! Don't you dare! COMPUTER: Engine active. Engine active. The Doctor pulls back on the wheel sending Frame back against the wall. Straining and bent over backwards, the Doctor regains control. The ship barely misses Buckingham Palace. At the wheel, the Doctor gasps, unable to believe his luck. In Reception, Mr Copper holds onto Rickston. Outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen waves at the passing ship. QUEEN: Thank you, Doctor! Thank you. Happy Christmas! Once out of danger, the Doctor begins to enjoy steering and laughs. In Reception, both Rickston and Mr Copper realize how close it was. RICKSTON: Yes, oh yes. Hugs Mr Copper. Frame rings the ship's bell. Whoo-hoo! DOCTOR: Whoo-hoo-hoo! The framed picture pf Capricorn sparks and falls to the floor. Sometime later, Frame is sitting on the floor and the Doctor joins him. DOCTOR: Used the heat of re-entry to f*re up the secondary storm drive. Unsinkable, that's me. FRAME: We made it. DOCTOR: Not all of us. (pause). Teleport! (gets up). She was wearing a teleport bracelet! Rushes out the door. Frame follows. The Doctor runs into Reception, his hand out. DOCTOR: Rickston! Sonic! (Rickston throws it and he catches it). Mr Copper, the teleports, have they got emergency settings? COPPER: I don't know. They should have. DOCTOR: She fell, Mr Copper. She fell. What's the emergency code? COPPER: Uh, let me see... FRAME: What the hell are you doing? DOCTOR: We can bring her back. Begins to work on the teleport. COPPER: If a passenger has an accident on shore leave and they're still wearing their teleport, their molecules are automatically suspended and held in stasis so that we can just trigger the shift. DOCTOR (finishes): There! Stands and turns around. A glowing, transparent Astrid appears. ASTRID: I'm falling. DOCTOR: Only halfway there. Come on. Adjusts inner workings of the teleport. ASTRID: I keep falling. DOCTOR: Feed back the molecule grid, boost it with the restoration matrix. (teleport sparks). No, no, no, no! Need more phase containment. COPPER: Doctor... DOCTOR: No! If I can just link up the surface suspension... COPPER: Doctor, she's gone. DOCTOR: I just need to override the safety. I can do it. COPPER: Doctor, let her go. The Doctor turns to face Astrid's ghost-like figure. He kicks the teleport in frustration. DOCTOR: I can do anything! ASTRID: Stop me falling. The Doctor walks towards her while the others watch. Mr Copper stands beside him. COPPER: There's no enough left. The system was too badly damaged. She's just atoms, Doctor. An echo with the ghost of consciousness. She's stardust. DOCTOR (walks closer): Astrid Peth... citizen of Sto... the woman who looked at the stars and dreamt of travelling. There's an old tradition. (leans down and kisses her). Now you can travel forever. (opens a window behind her with the sonic screwdriver and she turns into motes of light). You're not falling, Astrid, you're flying. The lights go out the window leaving the Doctor, Rickston, Mr Copper and Frame. Exterior sh*t of the Titanic over Earth. In Reception, Frame updates the others. FRAME: The engines have s*ab. We're holding steady till we get help and I've sent the SOS. A rescue ship should be here within twenty minutes. And they're digging out the records of Max Capricorn. It should be quite a story. COPPER: They'll want to talk to all of us, I suppose. FRAME: I'd have thought so, yeah. Mr Copper wanders over to the Doctor who is staring straight ahead, his face expressionless. COPPER: I think, uh, one or two inconvenient truths might come to light. Still, it's my own fault, and then years in jail is better than dying. RICKSTON (comes over): Doctor... I never said... thank you. (hugs him). The funny thing is... I said Max Capricorn was falling apart. Just before the crash, I... sold all my shares, transferred them to his rivals. It's made me rich. What do you think of that? The Doctor's look at this comment seems to say "How can you still be thinking of money after what just happened?" Rickston's vone rings. RICKSTON: Salvain? Those shares, I want them triple-bonded and locked. Voice fades as he walks away. COPPER: Of all the people to survive, he's not the one you would have chosen, is he? But if you could choose, Doctor, if you decide who lives and who dies... (shrugs) that would make you a monster. The Doctor looks at Mr Copper, curious at the insight. DOCTOR (sighs): Mr Copper... (turns to teleport and takes two bracelets). I think you deserve one of these. Mr Copper smiles and puts on a bracelet. Frame sees and mouths "Hey" as he stands. Mr Copper chuckles and the Doctor starts the machine. Before they disappear, Frame salutes and the Doctor salutes back, forefinger to the forehead. * * * Somewhere in an open space in London the TARDIS is waiting. The Doctor and Mr Copper walk across in what appears to be falling snow. COPPER: So, Great Britain is part of, uh, "Europee" and just across the British Channel you've got Great France and Great Germany. DOCTOR: No, no, it's just... it's just France and Germany. Only Britain is great. COPPER: Oh, and they're all at w*r with the continent of Ham-erica? DOCTOR: No, well... not yet, uh... could argue that one. (arrives at the TARDIS). There she is. (pats it). Survive anything. COPPER: You know, between you and me, I don't even thing this snow is real. I think this is the ballast from the Titanic's salvage entering the atmosphere. DOCTOR (looking up): Yeah. One of these days it might snow for real. COPPER: So, I- I suppose you'll be off. DOCTOR: The open sky. COPPER: And, uh, what about me? DOCTOR: I travel alone. It's best that way. COPPER: What- what am I supposed to do? DOCTOR: Give me that credit card. COPPER (hands it over): Well, it's just petty cash, spending money. It's all done by computer. I... I didn't really know the currency so I thought a million might cover it. DOCTOR: A million? Pounds? COPPER: That enough for trinkets? DOCTOR: Mr Copper, a million pounds is worth 50 million credits. COPPER: How much? DOCTOR (ment*lly calculating): 50 million and 56. COPPER: I... I've got money! DOCTOR: Yes, you have. Hands back card. COPPER: Oh my word. Oh my vot! Oh my goodness me! I... Ya-ha! DOCTOR: It's all yours Planet Earth. Now that's a retirement plan. But just you be careful, though. COPPER: I will. I will. Oh, I will. DOCTOR: No interfering. I don't want any trouble. Just... just have a nice life. COPPER: But I can have a house, a proper house, with a garden, and-and a door, and... Oh, Doctor, I will made you proud. (hugs the Doctor). And- and I can have a kitchen with chairs, and windows, and lace... Skips off laughing. DOCTOR (pauses unlocking the TARDIS): Um, where are you going? COPPER (chuckles): Why, I have no idea! DOCTOR: No, me neither. Unlocks TARDIS. COPPER: But, Doctor... I won't forget her. At the door, the Doctor nods, looks up at the sky and sees a blue streak of light zigzag across. He looks back at Mr Copper skipping away. DOCTOR: Merry Christmas, Mr Copper. Steps inside and the TARDIS dematerialises. END In memory of Verity Lambert (1935 - 2007).
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2007-12-25 - Voyage of the Damned"}
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Martha walks to the TARDIS door MARTHA: I'll see you again, mister. She exits the TARDIS, pauses, then walks away. Inside, the (tenth) Doctor leans against the console, looks thoughtful, then operates the controls. The TARDIS spins out of control and a klaxon sounds. The Doctor struggles back to the controls. TEN: Stop that! Stop it! What was all that about, eh? (He taps the time rotor) Eh? What's your problem? As he goes to investigate the controls, the fifth Doctor appears on the other side of the console. FIVE: Right, just settle down, now... Going in opposite directions around the console, they bump into each other. TEN: Excuse me.. FIVE: So sorry... They stop and look at other. TEN: What? FIVE: What? TEN: What? (Credits) FIVE: Who are you? TEN: Aw, brilliant! I mean, totally wrong, big emergency, universe goes bang in five minutes, but... brilliant! FIVE: (angrily) I'm the Doctor, who are you? TEN: (chuffed) Yes, you are, you are the Doctor. FIVE: (exasperated) Yes, I am, I'm the Doctor. TEN: (Still chuffed) Oh, good for you, Doctor. Good for brilliant old you. FIVE: Is there something wrong with you? TEN: Ooo, there it goes, the frowny face! I remember that one! Mind you, (he grabs the fifth Doctor by the face and squishes his cheeks) it's saggier than it ought to be, (he fiddles with Five's sideburns) hair's a bit greyer, that's cos of me, though, two of us together has shorted out the time differential, should all snap back in place when we get you home, (he grabs him by the lapels) be able to close that coat again. But never mind that, look at you! The hat, the coat, the crickety cricket stuff, the... stick of celery, yeah... Brave choice, celery, but fair play to you, not a lot of men can carry off a decorative vegetable. FIVE: Shut! Up! (Snatches off his hat in anger) There is something very wrong with my TARDIS, and I've got to do something about it very very quickly, and it would help, it really would help, if there wasn't some skinny idiot ranting in my face about every single thing that happens to be in front of him! TEN: Oh, okay. Um, sorry. Doctor. FIVE: Thank you. (He turns back to the console) TEN: (Hugely enthusiastically) Aw, the back of my head! FIVE: What!? TEN: Sorry, sorry, it's not something you see every day, is it, the back of your own head. Mind you, I can see why you wear a hat... I don't want to seem vain, but could you keep that on? FIVE: (Turns to face him) What have you done to my TARDIS? You've changed the desktop theme, haven't you? What's this one? Coral? It's worse than the leopardskin. (He put on a pair of half-moon spectacles, and turns back to the console) TEN: (bouncing) Aw, and out they come! The brainy specs! You don't even need them! You just think they make you look a bit clever! A klaxon sounds. FIVE: That's an alert... Level five. Indicating a temporal collision! It's like... two TARDISes have merged, but there's definitely only one TARDIS present... (As he rushes around pressing buttons, the tenth Doctor strolls across, leans on the viewscreen and watches him) It's like two time zones at w*r in the heart of the TARDIS... That's a paradox. Could blow a hole in the space-time continuum the size of... (Ten shoves the viewscreen across into his eyeline) Well, actually, the exact size of... Belgium. That's a bit undramatic, isn't it? Belgium? TEN: (Pulls the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket) Need this? FIVE: Nah, I'm fine. TEN: Oh no, of course, (does a rather swish flipping and catching move, and puts the screwdriver back in his pocket) you mostly went hands free, didn't you, like 'eh, I'm the Doctor, I can save the universe using a kettle and some string, and look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable'. FIVE: (Stalks over to stand nose to nose) Who are you? TEN: (Softly) Take a look. Pause. FIVE: No. Oh, no... TEN: Oh, yes. FIVE: You're... oh, no... TEN: Here it comes... yeah, yeah, I am... FIVE: (With disgust) A fan. TEN: Yeah... What? Something on the console beeps. FIVE: Level ten, now. This is bad. Two minutes to Belgium! TEN: What'd'ya mean, a fan? I'm not just a fan, I'm you! FIVE: Okay, you're my biggest fan. Look, it's perfectly understandable, I go zooming around space and time, saving planets, fighting monsters, and being, well, let's be honest, pretty sort of marvellous... (Ten nods in agreement) So naturally, now and then, people notice me. Start up their little groups. That LINDA lot. Are you one of them? How did you get in here? Can't have you lot knowing where I live... TEN: Listen to me, I'm you. I'm you with a new face. (Slaps his own cheeks) Check out this bone structure, Doctor, cos one day you're gonna be shaving it. A bell sounds, causing the Who purists in the room who've been making snarky comments during the earlier klaxons to feel a bit silly. FIVE: The cloister bell! TEN: Yep, right on time. That's my cue... FIVE: In this limit, we're gonna generate a black hole strong enough to swallow the entire universe! TEN: Yeah... That's my fault, actually. I was rebuilding the TARDIS, forgot to put the shields back up. Your TARDIS and my TARDIS... well, the same TARDIS, different voyages in the same time stream, collided and wurp, there ya go, end of the universe, butterfingers, but, don't worry, I know exactly how this all works out, watch... (he fiddles with the console) Venting the thermo buffer... Flooring the helmic regulator... And just to finish off, let's f*re those zyton crystals. FIVE: (Pulling Ten's hands away from the controls) You'll blow up the TARDIS! TEN: Only way out. FIVE: Who told you that? TEN: You told me that! (He hits the controls, and the TARDIS whirls through the time stream. Everything fades to white, then returns...) FIVE: A supernova and a black hole at the exact same instant... TEN: expl*si*n cancels out implosion. FIVE: Matter remains constant. TEN: Brilliant. FIVE: Far too brilliant. I've never met anyone else who could fly the TARDIS like that. TEN: Sorry, mate, you still haven't. FIVE: You didn't have time to work all that out. Even I couldn't do it! TEN: I didn't work it out. I didn't have to. FIVE: You remembered. TEN: Because you will remember. FIVE: You remembered being me, watching you doing that... You only knew what to do because I saw you do it. TEN: Wibbly wobbley... BOTH: Timey wimey! (The tenth Doctor raises his hand for a high-five, but there aren't any takers. Another alarm sounds and he leaps for the console) TEN: Right! TARDISes are separating. Sorry Doctor, time's up, back to long ago. Where are you now? Nyssa and Tegan? Cybermen and Mara and Time Lords in funny hats and the Master? Oh, he just showed up again, same as ever. FIVE: Oh, no, really? Does he still have that rubbish beard? TEN: No, no beard this time. Well, a wife. FIVE: (Beginning to fade) Oh. I seem to be off. What can I say? Thank you. Doctor. TEN: Thank you. FIVE: I'm very welcome. (Disappears) (The tenth Doctor flips a switch on the console and he reappears) TEN: (Picking up Five's hat which was left on the console) You know, (hands him the hat) I loved being you. Back when I first started at the very beginning, I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important, like you do when you're young. And then I was you. I was all bashing about and playing cricket and my voice going all squeaky when I shouted, I still do that! The voice thing, I got that from you! (The fifth Doctor smiles and puts on the hat) Oh! (Puts his foot up on the console) And the trainers! And... (Pulls a pair of glasses from his pocket and puts them on) Snap! Cos you know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor. FIVE: (Raises his hat) To days to come. TEN: All my love to long ago. (The fifth Doctor disappears. Ten smiles at where he was) FIVE: ('s voice) Oh, Doctor? Remember to put your shields up. (The tenth Doctor hits a button on the console, and immediately afterwards, the Titanic smashes through the wall) TEN: What? What? What? (end credits)
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2007-11-16 - Time Crash"}
foreverdreaming
Christmas special episode A familiar sh*t; we begin, as usual, with the sweeping camera move from the moon to the Earth, zooming in on 21st century London. INT. CHURCH A bride, Donna, is about to be given away by her father. They are ready to walk down the aisle. Donna's father, Geoff, has his arm linked through hers rather than the other way round, Donna swaps their positions with a slight cough. GEOFF: Sorry. The organ begins to play and Donna sighs happily. The congregation stands. Donna's fiance, Lance, catches her eye from the front of the church and they smile at one another in anticipation. Donna and Geoff begin to walk slowly down the aisle, which elicits sounds of appreciation from their friends and family, except from one blonde woman, Nerys, who looks Donna up and down with a look of pure contempt. They are about halfway down the aisle when Donna starts to glow gold. Lance's eyes widen. It takes Donna a moment to notice, but when she does, she screams long and loud. The congregation members mutter excitedly as Donna disappears in a puff of golden dust, which then zooms upwards and through the ceiling. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS is exactly where we left it in "Doomsday", in orbit around a super nova. The golden dust flies straight through the walls and reassembles itself in the form of Donna in the console room. The Doctor looks up from the controls in alarm. THE DOCTOR (aghast): What?? Donna spins around to face him with a yelp. DONNA: Who are you? THE DOCTOR (looks around, dumbfounded): But... DONNA: Where am I? THE DOCTOR: What?? DONNA (voice rises): What the hell is this place? THE DOCTOR: What??! OPENING CREDITS INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (looking around for some explanation, bewildered): You can't do that, I wasn't... we're in flight! That is... that is physically impossible! How did...?? DONNA (commandingly): Tell me where I am. I demand you tell me right now, where am I? THE DOCTOR (stares at her): Inside the TARDIS. DONNA: The what? THE DOCTOR: The TARDIS. DONNA: The what? THE DOCTOR: The TARDIS! The Doctor turns to the controls. DONNA: The what?? THE DOCTOR: It's called the TARDIS. DONNA (angrily): That's not even a proper word. You're just saying things. THE DOCTOR: How did you get in here? DONNA (rigid with rage): Well, obviously, when you kidnapped me. Who was it? Who's paying you? Is it Nerys? Oh, my God, she's finally got me back. This has got Nerys written all over it. The Doctor watches her rant, looking her up and down with utter confusion. THE DOCTOR: Who the hell is Nerys? DONNA: Your best friend. THE DOCTOR: Hold on, wait a minute... what're you dressed like that for? DONNA: I'm going ten pin bowling. (Yells). Why do you think, Dumbo? I was halfway up the aisle! The Doctor begins to fiddle with the controls whilst Donna walks around, ranting. DONNA: I've been waiting all my life for this. I was just seconds away! And then you... I dunno, you drugged me or something! THE DOCTOR: I haven't done anything! DONNA: We're having the police on you! Me and my husband, as soon as he is my husband, we're gonna sue the living backside off ya! The Doctor does not reply, engrossed in operating the controls. Donna notices the doors and rushes over to them. The Doctor looks up in alarm, hurrying after her. THE DOCTOR (urgently): No, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't...! But too late , Donna has already thrown open the doors and is now looking upon the super nova. Her mouth falls open slightly. The Doctor goes to stand next to her. THE DOCTOR: You're in space. Outer Space. This is my... space-ship. It's called the TARDIS. DONNA: How am I breathing? THE DOCTOR: The TARDIS is protecting us. DONNA: Who are you? THE DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. You? DONNA: Donna. THE DOCTOR (looks her up and down): Human? DONNA: Yeah. Is that optional? THE DOCTOR: Well, it is for me. Donna glances around at him, but there's not much room for more surprise. DONNA: You're an alien. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. DONNA (after a moment): It's freezing with these doors open. So the Doctor slams them shut and darts back to the console. THE DOCTOR: But I don't understand it and I understand everything! This... this can't happen! There is no way a Human Being can lock itself onto the TARDIS and transport itself inside. It must be... Suddenly he's all energy, he grabs an ophthalmoscope and uses it to look into Donna's eyes, all the while muttering an endless flow of techno-babble. Donna is stuck silent with confusion. THE DOCTOR: Impossible. Some sort of subatomic connection? Something in the temporal field? Maybe something pulling you into alignment with the Chronon shell. Maybe something macro mining your DNA within the interior matrix. Maybe a genetic... She slaps him. THE DOCTOR (indignantly): What was that for?? DONNA (yells): Get me to the church! THE DOCTOR (dropping his instruments and going back to the controls): Right! Fine! I don't want you here anyway! Where is this wedding? DONNA: Saint Mary's, Hayden Road, Chiswick, London, England, Earth, the Solar System. Donna suddenly spots a blouse slung over one of the railings. It's one of Rose's, the purple one she was wearing in "New Earth". She snatches it up. DONNA (accusingly): I knew it. Acting all innocent. She strides over to the Doctor and shows him the blouse. DONNA: I'm not the first, am I? How many women have you abducted? The Doctor looks up from the controls and his eyes fall to the garment in Donna's hands. His face falls. THE DOCTOR (quietly): That's my friend's. DONNA (sarcastically): Where is she, then? Popped out for a space walk? THE DOCTOR: She's gone. DONNA: Gone where? THE DOCTOR (after a moment): I lost her. DONNA (furiously): Well, you can hurry up and lose me. She watches him for a moment, suddenly seeming to realise this is a sensitive topic. DONNA: How do you mean, "lost"? The Doctor looks up at her darkly and advances; for a moment, Donna looks fearful but he only snatches Rose's blouse away from her. He makes towards the doors. THE DOCTOR: Right! Chiswick. INT. CHURCH There is much commotion and a large crowd of confused friends and families inside Saint Mary's church. Donna's mother, Sylvia, pushes her way through the throngs whilst talking to someone on her mobile. SYLVIA: No, she didn't run away. We're not talking jitters. She literally vanished. Now, go and check the house and see if she's there. She hangs up. SYLVIA (addressing someone in the crowd): Oh, Angelica, that's not helping, is it? Now, smarten up. ANGELICA: Sorry. Donna's fiance, Lance, comes towards her. SYLVIA: Lance, any sign? LANCE: I've looked all around and I can't find her. Where the hell did she go?? He disappears into the crowd. SYLVIA (to Geoff): Showing off, that's what she is! First day at school, she was sent home for biting. GEOFF: Well, it's a bit more serious than that. She's never disappeared before! SYLVIA (contemptuously): She didn't disappear, it's a trick! It's one of her silly little "look at me" party pieces. (Suddenly worried). What if she's d*ad? GEOFF: Oh, don't say that! EXT. LONDON STREET Donna alights from the TARDIS, the right time, the right planet, but unfamiliar surroundings. DONNA: I said: Saint Mary's. What sort of Martian are you? Where's this? The Doctor strokes the TARDIS with concern. THE DOCTOR: Something's wrong with her... Donna rolls her eyes. THE DOCTOR: It's like she's... recalibrating! He rushes back into the TARDIS and over to the console. THE DOCTOR: She's digesting. Donna is standing outside with her mouth open . She's finally noticed what she's stepped out of and how small it is in comparison to its interior. THE DOCTOR (one hand on the rotor): What have you eaten? What's wrong? (Calls). Donna? You've really gotta think. Is there anything that might've caused this? Donna isn't listening, she's pacing around the outside of the TARDIS, feeling the walls in utter bewilderment. THE DOCTOR: Anything you might've done? Any sort of alien contacts? I can't let you go wandering off in case you're dangerous. I mean, have you... have you seen lights in the sky? Or... did you touch something? Something... something different? Something strange? Something made out of a sort of metal or... who're you getting married to? All the while, Donna has completed her circuit of the TARDIS and has popped her head back inside, as if to check whether she wasn't just imagining how big it was. Having confirmed this, she stumbles backwards, hands over her mouth. THE DOCTOR: Are you sure he's human? He's not a bit overweight with a zip around his forehead, is he? The strangeness of the TARDIS is too much for Donna, she runs. The Doctor runs after her. THE DOCTOR: Donna! He falls into step beside her. THE DOCTOR: Donna. DONNA: Leave me alone. I just want to get married. THE DOCTOR: Come back to the TARDIS. DONNA: No way. That box is too... weird. THE DOCTOR: It's... bigger on the inside, that's all. DONNA: Oh! That's all? She sighs exaggeratedly and checks her watch. DONNA (suppressing tears): Ten past three. I'm gonna miss it. THE DOCTOR: You can phone them. Tell them where you are. DONNA: How do I do that? THE DOCTOR: Haven't you got a mobile? Donna stops and stares at him. DONNA: I'm in my wedding dress. It doesn't have pockets. Who has pockets? Have you ever seen a bride with pockets? When I went to my fitting, do you think I said "Alison, the one thing I forgot to say is give me pockets"?! THE DOCTOR: ... This man you're marrying, what's his name? DONNA (suddenly all loved-up): Lance. THE DOCTOR: Gotta like Lance. DONNA (changing manner with terrifying abruptness): Oi! No stupid Martian is gonna stop me from getting married. To hell with you! She runs off. THE DOCTOR (feebly): I'm... I'm not... I'm not... I'm not from Mars. He runs after her. EXT. SOME DIFFERENT LONDON STREET Donna runs down a busy street. DONNA: Taxi! The Doctor joins her. The taxi ignores them. DONNA: Why's his light on?? THE DOCTOR (pointing): There's another one! He runs to try and catch it. DONNA: Taxi! They stumble into the road in their effort to catch the driver's attention, but again, it just drives straight past. DONNA: Oi! THE DOCTOR: There's one! He runs, waving for attention. And again, it ignores them. DONNA: Oi! THE DOCTOR: Do you have this effect on everyone? Why aren't they stopping? DONNA: They think I'm in fancy dress. Another taxi drives past, the driver hooting his horn. TAXI DRIVER: Stay off the scotch darlin'! DONNA: They think I'm drunk. Two guys in their car yell out of the window as they drive past. DRIVER AND PASSENGER: You're fooling no-one, mate! DONNA: They think I'm in drag! The Doctor looks Donna up and down appraisingly. THE DOCTOR: Hold on, hold on. He puts his fingers between his lips and whistles, long and piercing, causing Donna to wince and cover her ears. However, it attracts the attention of a taxi, which grinds to a halt before them. The Doctor and Donna clamber in the back seat. DONNA (instructing the driver): Saint Mary's in Chiswick, just off Hayden Road. It's an emergency, I'm getting married! Just... hurry up! TAXI DRIVER: You know it'll cost you, sweetheart? Double rates today. DONNA: Oh, my God! (To the Doctor): Have you got any money? THE DOCTOR: Um... no. And you? DONNA (gesturing her dress violently): Pockets! The taxi screeches to a halt and they're out. The Doctor slams the door. DONNA (yells at driver): And that goes double for your mother! The taxi drives off. DONNA: I'll have him. I've got his number. I'll have him. Talk about the Christmas Spirit. THE DOCTOR (looks around, vaguely surprised): Is it Christmas? DONNA: Well, duh. Maybe not on Mars, but here it's Christmas Eve. She hits him, having spotted something in the distance. DONNA: Phone box! They rush towards it. DONNA: We can reverse the charges! THE DOCTOR: How come you're getting married on Christmas Eve? DONNA: Can't bear it. I hate Christmas. Honeymoon in Morocco. Sunshine, lovely. They reach the phone box, the Doctor holds the door open for Donna. DONNA: What's the operator? I've not done this in years. What do you dial? 100? THE DOCTOR (applying his sonic screwdriver to the phone): Just... just call the direct. The dial tone buzzes on the end of the receiver. DONNA (demandingly): What did you do? THE DOCTOR (distracted, looking around): Something... Martian. Now, phone. I'll get money! He sprints to the nearest cash machine. The man currently using it in front of him is being aggravatingly slow. The Doctor hops from foot to foot impatiently. DONNA (still in the phone box): Ohh, answer the phone! She punches the numbers out. INT. CHURCH At the church, Sylvia's phone rings. SYLVIA: Hello?? Oh, no! The battery's gone! Has anyone got a charger? LANCE: Have you tried the hotel? Hello? Hello?? (His phone goes d*ad). Vicar, is your phone working? Mine's run out! VICAR (ignoring him, already on the phone): I've got one wedding about to arrive and another wedding refusing to leave, so yes, I do think it's a police matter. EXT. STREET DONNA (leaving a message): Mum, get off the phone and listen. I'm in... (looks around). Oh, my God... I dunno where I am! It's... it's a street. And there's WH Smith... but it's definitely Earth. The Doctor is still waiting to use the cash machine, growing more agitated by the second. Finally the man in front of him leaves. The Doctor darts forwards, casting a furtive look about him before using his sonic screwdriver to retrieve cash from the machine. Donna leaves the phone box, out of breath. She approaches a woman at random on the street. DONNA: Excuse me... I'm begging you. I'm getting married, I really am and I'm late and I just need to borrow a tenner and I'll pay you back I promise and it's Christmas. The Doctor takes the cash. His eye is caught by a row of masked Santa's playing trumpets a short distance away. He watches them, remembering his last encounter with similar Santa's, suspicions aroused. DONNA: Taxi! A taxi pulls up beside her, she converses with the driver for a few seconds before shouting back to the Doctor. DONNA: Thanks for nothing, spaceman! I'll see you in Court. She climbs into the taxi and it drives away. The driver is a masked Santa. THE DOCTOR (shouts after them): Donna! But they've gone. The Doctor looks back at the Santa's playing the trumpets. One of them lowers his trumpet ominously. Now all three of them are held like w*apon. The Doctor sonics the cash machine causing notes to fly everywhere and there is mad scramble and confusion as people run around trying to catch the money and stuff it into their pockets. The Doctor runs back in the direction of the TARDIS. INT. TAXI Donna and the masked Santa drive along in the taxi. DONNA: I promise you, mate, I'll give you the rest when we get there. Oh, I look a mess. She takes her veil off, trying to catch her breath. DONNA: Hurry up! EXT. STREET The Doctor reaches the TARDIS doors at a sprint. INT. TAXI DONNA: Hold on a minute, I said: Chiswick. You've missed the turning. (No response from the driver). 'Scuse me? We should've turned off back there. We're going the wrong way! The Doctor pummels the TARDIS into action with his usual equipment, namely his fists and a hammer. The rotor starts to rise and fall. INT. TAXI The taxi now joins the motorway and cuts across the lanes, causing other drivers to beep their horns angrily. DONNA: What the hell are you doing? I'm late for the wedding. My own wedding. Do you get that? INT. TARDIS The Doctor traces the taxi's progress on his monitor. INT. TAXI DONNA (yells): Turn around! Turn this cab around right now! Are you deaf or what? She lunges forward, pulling the Santa hood off the driver. His mask falls off, revealing a robot underneath. Donna sits back in her seat, shocked. DONNA: Oh, my God. She starts pushing the door and window, looking for a way out, trying to attract the attention of other drivers. DONNA (frantic): Help me! Help me! Help me! (Pummels the glass). Help me! Help me! A man in a red van notices her, looks concerned, but is powerless to help since they're on a motorway. DONNA: Help me! Help me! Get me out! Help me! Help me! I'm being driven by a robot! INT. TARDIS Sparks fly from the TARDIS console and it tilts dangerously. THE DOCTOR (hitting it with a hammer): Behave! INT. TAXI The TARDIS falls out of the sky just above Donna's taxi, spinning through the air. DONNA: ... you are kidding me. Two children stare through the back window of their car, amazed. INT. TARDIS The Doctor attaches string to the console so he can operate the controls from the door. He then stumbles over to the doors, string between teeth, and throws it open. The TARDIS is in line with the taxi, zooming along beside it on the motorway. Donna stares at him, hands pressed against the window. THE DOCTOR (yells to her): Open the door! DONNA: Do you what? THE DOCTOR: Open the door! DONNA: I can't, it's locked! The Doctor sonics the door, enabling Donna to push the window down. DONNA (like he didn't already know): Santa's a robot. THE DOCTOR: Donna, open the door. DONNA: What for?? THE DOCTOR: You've got to jump! The robot driver turns his head slightly at this. DONNA (shrilly): I'm not bleedin' flip jumping, I'm supposed to be getting married! The robot puts his foot down and the taxi overtakes the TARDIS. The Doctor pulls on the string, causing random expl*si*n from the console once more and the TARDIS bangs the roof of the car of a distressed man before pulling itself back in line with the taxi. The children, still watching, mutter to each other excitedly. The Doctor struggles to regain his balance, then sonics the robot, disabling it. THE DOCTOR: Listen to me, you've got to jump. DONNA (obstinately): I'm not jumping on a motorway. THE DOCTOR: Whatever that thing is, it needs you. And whatever it needs you for, it's not good. Now, come on! DONNA (yelling to match him): I'm in my wedding dress! THE DOCTOR (exasperated): Yes! You look lovely! Come on! Breathing heavily with fear, Donna opens the door and positions herself ready to jump. The Doctor holds out his arms to catch her. The children are chanting "jump! Jump! '"from inside their car. DONNA (fearfully): I can't do it. THE DOCTOR (calmly): Trust me. DONNA: Is that what you said to her? Your friend? The one you lost? Did she trust you? THE DOCTOR: Yes, she did. And she is not d*ad. She is so alive. Now, jump! So Donna, with a scream, jumps and lands on top of the Doctor in a heap on the floor. The children cheer, the doors slam closed and the TARDIS zooms back up into the sky. EXT. ROOF Donna looks at her watch. It's just gone half three. The Doctor has landed them on the roof of some high rise building and is now coughing and spluttering as he tries to extinguish the smoke billowing from the TARDIS doors. THE DOCTOR (joining Donna): The funny thing is, for a spaceship, she doesn't really do that much flying. We'd better give her a couple of hours. You all right? DONNA (shrugs): Doesn't matter. THE DOCTOR: Did we miss it? DONNA: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: Well, you can book another date... DONNA: Course we can. THE DOCTOR: Still got the honeymoon... DONNA: It's just a holiday now. THE DOCTOR: Yeah... yeah... sorry. DONNA: It's not your fault. THE DOCTOR: Oh! That's a change. DONNA: Wish we had a time machine. Then we could go back and get it right. THE DOCTOR: ... Yeah, yeah. But... even if I did, I couldn't go back on someone's personal timeline. Apparently. Donna gives the Doctor a suspicious glance before going to sit on the edge of the roof. The Doctor sits next to her, removing his jacket and draping it around her shoulders. DONNA: God, you're skinny. This wouldn't fit a rat. THE DOCTOR: Oh and you'd better put this on. He produces what looks like a wedding ring from his pocket. DONNA: Oh, do you have to rub it in? THE DOCTOR: Those creatures can trace you. This is a bio-damper. Should keep you hidden. He slips it onto her finger. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): With this ring, I thee bio-damp. DONNA: For better or for worse. The Doctor smiles at her. DONNA: So, come on then. Robot Santas, what are they for? THE DOCTOR: Ah, your basic robo-scavenger. The Father Christmas stuff is just a disguise. They're trying to blend in. I met them last Christmas. DONNA: Why, what happened then? THE DOCTOR: ... Great big spaceship? Hovering over London? You didn't notice? DONNA (dismissively): I had a bit of a hangover. The Doctor decides not to pursue this. He scans the landscape. THE DOCTOR (nodding in the direction of the Powell Estate): I spent Christmas Day just over there, the Powell Estate. With this... family. My friend, she had this family. Well, they were... He pauses for a moment, lost in thought. THE DOCTOR: Still... gone now. DONNA: Your friend... who was she? THE DOCTOR: Question is, what do camouflaged robot mercenaries want with you? And how did you get inside the TARDIS? I don't know... He contemplates her. Donna rolls her eyes. THE DOCTOR (pulling his sonic screwdriver out of his jacket pocket): What's your job? DONNA: I'm a secretary. THE DOCTOR (scanning her): It's weird, I mean, you're not special, you're not powerful, you're not connected, you're not clever, you're not important... DONNA: This friend of yours, just before she left, did she punch you in the face? She whacks the screwdriver aside. DONNA: Stop bleeping me! THE DOCTOR: What kind of secretary? DONNA: I'm at HC Clements. It's where I met Lance. I was temping. INT. BIG OFFICE Flashback: Donna's sitting in a crowded, open-plan office space, gazing at her surroundings as though slightly overwhelmed. DONNA : I mean, it was all a bit posh really. I'd spent the last two years at a double glazing firm. Well, I thought, I'm never gonna fit in here. From across the office, Lance catches Donna's eye and gestures to the coffee pot, offering her some. DONNA: And then he made me a coffee. Donna gestures to herself and mimes "me?!" with disbelief. DONNA: I mean, that just doesn't happen. Nobody gets the secretaries a coffee. End flashback. EXT. ROOF DONNA: And Lance, he's the head of HR! He don't need to bother with me! But he was nice, he was funny. INT. OFFICE BUILDING Flashback: Donna and Lance are laughing and joking at the bottom of a flight of stairs within the office block. LANCE: She's not that bad! DONNA: She is! They laugh hysterically. End flashback. EXT. ROOF DONNA: And it turns out he thought everyone else was really snotty too. So that's how it started, me and him, one cup of coffee. That was it. THE DOCTOR: When was this? DONNA: Six months ago. THE DOCTOR: Bit quick, to get married... DONNA: Well... he insisted. INT. BAR Flashback: Donna and Lance are standing in a crowded bar, when : DONNA: Will you marry me? Lance's eyes widen in terror. End flashback. EXT. ROOF DONNA: And he nagged... and he nagged me... INT. OFFICE BUILDING Flashback: Donna is chasing Lance down several flights of stairs in the office block. DONNA (imploring): Go on, just think about it! We'd make a great couple! And I'd get rid of the dog... and we could do up that back bedroom. End flashback. EXT. ROOF DONNA: And he just wore me down and then finally, I just gave in. EXT. STREET Flashback: Donna and Lance walking down a street, her clinging to his hand. DONNA: Please? Oh, please? Please? Please, please, please, please, please. End flashback. EXT. ROOF THE DOCTOR: What does HC Clements do? DONNA: Oh, security systems, you know... entry codes, ID cards, that sort of thing. INT. OFFICE Flashback: Donna and Lance smile coyly at one another as he hands her a coffee. The camera focuses in on the name H.C. Clements printed on the window. End flashback. EXT. ROOF DONNA: If you ask me, it's a posh name for "locksmiths". THE DOCTOR (musing): Keys... DONNA: Anyway, enough of my CV. Come on, it's time to face the consequences. Oh, this is gonna be so shaming. You can do the explaining, Martian-boy. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. I'm not from Mars. Donna nods. The Doctor stands and lends her a hand to help her up. DONNA: Oh, I had this great big reception all planned. Everyone's gonna be heartbroken. INT. RECEPTION However, it looks as though everyone has decided to go on with the reception without Donna. "Merry Christmas Everybody" blares out at full volume, everyone is dancing, drinking, eating and laughing. The Doctor and Donna walk in. Donna looks around at the merriment, thunderstruck. She folds her arms. Sylvia spots her first and freezes. The rest of the room soon follows suit until all is silent and all eyes are on Donna and the Doctor. DONNA: You had the reception without me? LANCE: Donna... what happened to ya?? DONNA (raising her voice a notch): You had the reception without me?? An awkward pause. THE DOCTOR (cheerfully): Hello! I'm the Doctor. DONNA (turning to him): They had the reception without me. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I gathered. NERYS: Well, it was all paid for, why not? DONNA: Thank you, Nerys. SYLVIA (approaching Donna): Well, what were we supposed to do? I got your silly little message in the end: "I'm on Earth"? Very funny. What the hell happened? How did you do it? I mean, what's the trick because I'd love to know... The whole room starts talking at the same time until all Donna can hear is an incomprehensible babble of voices, so she bursts into tears, at which their anger melts into pity. Lance hugs her and she cries into his shoulder. Everyone applauds, and Donna winks at the Doctor through her fake tears. He smirks. INT. RECEPTION (CONT'D) The reception party continues as before, except now Donna has joined in with the dancing. The Doctor, leant against the bar, smiles slightly as he watches her. He notices a man with a mobile phone and gestures to borrow it. The man nods and hands it over. The Doctor, putting on his glasses, does a WAP search for H C Clements. He casts a furtive look around the room before using his sonic screwdriver to speed the process up; the result "Sole Prop. TORCHWOOD" is displayed on the screen. The Doctor closes the phone and gives it back to the man, memories now seeming to flood back to him. The music becomes more prominent as he watches the dancing. His eyes fall onto a couple dancing. The man throws the woman backwards over his arm and the Doctor is reminded briefly of the moment on New Earth when Rose fell into his arms after Cassandra left her body. He swallows and looks away. He notices the cameraman in the corner, who is recording the proceedings. The Doctor is at the cameraman's side as he puts a tape in the camera to show the Doctor. CAMERA MAN: I taped the whole thing, they've all had a look. They said: "sell it to You've Been Framed". I said: "more like the News". Here we are... He plays the tape, the camera is zoomed in on Donna's face as she seemingly disintegrates into golden particles with a scream. THE DOCTOR: Can't be! Play it again? CAMERA MAN: Clever, mind! Good trick, I'll give her that. I was clapping. The Doctor watches the video again, brow furrowed incredulously. THE DOCTOR: But that looks like... Huon Particles! CAMERA MAN: What's that? THE DOCTOR: That's impossible, that's... ancient! Huon energy doesn't exist anymore, not for billions of years! So old that... His eyes is suddenly drawn to the ring/biodamper he earlier placed on Donna's finger. THE DOCTOR: ...it can't be hidden by a biodamper! He runs as fast as he can to a window, and sure enough, there are the Santas, making their way slowly to the house. He rushes back to Donna. THE DOCTOR: Donna! Donna, they've found you. DONNA: But you said I was safe. THE DOCTOR: The biodamper doesn't work. We've got to get everyone out. DONNA (looking around at everyone): Oh, my God, it's all my family... THE DOCTOR: Out the back door! They run out the back door, only to be confronted with two of the Santas. THE DOCTOR: Maybe not. They run back inside. The Doctor darts over to another window and sees two more Santas. DONNA: We're trapped. The Santas are holding some kind of remote control, which they raise. The Doctor looks at the Christmas tree in the middle of the room. THE DOCTOR: Christmas trees... DONNA: What about them? THE DOCTOR: They k*ll. He runs into the crowd. THE DOCTOR: Get away from the tree! DONNA: Don't touch the trees! THE DOCTOR: Get away from the Christmas trees, everyone get away from them! The Santas are at the ready with their remote controls. Donna ushers a group of little girls away from the Christmas tree. DONNA: Out! Lance, tell them! THE DOCTOR: Stay away from the tree! The Santas press a big red button in the middle of their consoles. THE DOCTOR: Stay away from the tree! SYLVIA: Oh, for God's sakes, the man's an idiot! Why? What's a Christmas tree gonna... oh! She trails off as she observes the baubles float away from the tree in some kind of weird dance. The Doctor watches them mistrustfully as they hover above everyone's heads. Everyone chatters excitedly until they start dive-b*mb around the room and causing small expl*si*n. Everyone starts screaming and running for cover. Donna pulls Lance down to hide under a table with her. The Doctor runs over to the DJ's stand. The Santas are lined up opposite. THE DOCTOR: Oi! Santa! Word of advice: if you're attacking a man with a sonic screwdriver...(Into the microphone): ... don't let him near the sound system. He holds his sonic screwdriver next to the amplifiers and it makes a horrible, high-pitched screeching sound. Everyone covers their ears and the Santas vibrate violently until they fall to pieces. The Doctor removes his sonic screwdriver and then runs to examine the mechanics of the Santas. Everyone begins to get up off the floor. GEOFF (helping Stan up): All right, Stan... you'll be all right. It's all over. DONNA (running to two of the children): Michael? Connie? The Doctor picks up the consoles which the Santas were using. DONNA: Oh Senita, do something useful. SYLVIA: But what is it? (Points at Santas). What were they? DONNA: Just stop wittering, just help 'em. THE DOCTOR: Look at that, remote control for the decorations (He shows her the hand held consoles) but there's a second remote control for the robots. (He examines the head of one). They're not scavengers anymore. I think someone's taken possession. DONNA: Never mind all that, you're a doctor, people have been hurt. THE DOCTOR: Nah, they wanted you alive, look, (he throws her a bauble) they're not active now. DONNA: All I'm saying, you could help. THE DOCTOR (holding the head to his hear): Gotta think of the bigger picture... there's still a signal! And with that, he takes off. Donna makes to follow him when : SYLVIA (scared): Donna... who is he? Who is that man? Donna doesn't have an answer for her. She follows the Doctor, leaving Sylvia and Lance staring after her. EXT. OUTSIDE RECEPTION HALL Donna follows the Doctor outside where he stands scanning the helmet with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: There's someone behind this, directing the robo-force. DONNA: But why is it me? What have I done? THE DOCTOR: If we find the controller, we'll find that out. Oh! He raises his sonic screwdriver into the air. THE DOCTOR: It's up there. Something in the sky. INT. RACNOSS SHIP "Something in the sky", namely an enormous spider (Empress) with a woman's head and a rasping voice, is watching the Doctor and Donna on a screen. EMPRESS: Clever, clever, clever boy. Travelling man. He shall come to me and beautiful bride. Such secrets to unlock! I shall descend this night, I shall descend upon this Earth and shine! A star shaped web is hovering in space over the Earth. EXT. OUTSIDE RECEPTION HALL THE DOCTOR: I've lost the signal. Donna, we've got to get to your office, H C Clements. I think that's where it all started. Lance, is it Lance? Can you give me a lift? He darts off without waiting for an answer. INT. H C CLEMENS The Doctor, Donna and Lance arrive at H C Clements. They run into the building and then into Donna's office. The Doctor goes straight to a computer. THE DOCTOR: This might just be a locksmiths, but H C Clements was brought up twenty three years ago by the Torchwood Institute. DONNA: Who are they? THE DOCTOR: They were behind the battle of Canary Wharf. Blank silence from Donna. THE DOCTOR: ... Cyberman invasion. She looks at him inquiringly. THE DOCTOR: Skies over London full of Daleks? DONNA: Oh, I was in Spain. THE DOCTOR: They had Cybermen in Spain. DONNA: Scuba diving. THE DOCTOR: That big picture, Donna, you keep on missing it. (He darts over to another computer). Torchwood was destroyed, but H C Clements stayed in business. I think... someone else came in and took over (he whacks the monitor) the operation. DONNA: But what do they want with me? THE DOCTOR (giving her his full attention): Somehow you've been dosed with Huon energy. And that's a problem because Huon energy hasn't existed since the Dark times. The only place you'd find a Huon particle now is a remnant in the heart of the TARDIS. See? That's what happened. Say... that's the TARDIS (shows Donna a mug). And that's you. (picks up pencil). The particles inside you activated. The two sets of particles magnetised and whap! (throws pencil into mug). You were pulled inside the TARDIS. DONNA (weakly): I'm a pencil inside a mug? THE DOCTOR: Yes, you are. 4H. Sums you up. Lance? What was H C Clements working on? Anything top secret? Special operations? Do not enter? LANCE (defensively): I don't know, I'm in charge of personnel. I wasn't project manager. The Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver to the screen and it instantly displays the page he's looking for. LANCE: Why am I even explaining myself?? What the hell are we talking about? THE DOCTOR: They make keys, that's the point. And look at this... (A 3D plan of the building on the screen) ... we're on the third floor. INT. OFFICE BUILDING The Doctor, Lance and Donna wait for the lift to come down to their floor. THE DOCTOR: Underneath reception, there's a basement, yes? The doors ping open and the Doctor goes inside and looks at the controls. THE DOCTOR: Then how come when you look on the lift, there's a button marked "lower basement"? There's a whole floor which doesn't exist on the official plans. So what's down there, then? LANCE: Are you telling me this building's got a secret floor? THE DOCTOR: No, I'm showing you this building's got a secret floor. DONNA: It needs a key. THE DOCTOR: I don't. He sonics the lock. THE DOCTOR: Right then, thanks you two, I can handle this. See you later. DONNA: No chance, Martian. You're the man who keeps saving my life, I ain't letting you out of my sight. She joins him in the lift. THE DOCTOR: Going down. DONNA (pointedly): Lance? LANCE: Maybe I should go to the police. DONNA: Inside. Lance meekly joins them in the lift. THE DOCTOR :To honour and obey? LANCE: Tell me about it, mate. DONNA: Oi! The doors close and the lift descends. INT. RACNOSS SHIP The Empress observes the proceedings from her web. EMPRESS: The bride approaches. She is my key! INT. OFFICE BUILDING The lift pings when it reaches the lower basement and the Doctor, Donna and Lance step out into a long, dark, dank corridor, dimly lit with an eerie green light. DONNA: Where are we? Well, what goes on down here? THE DOCTOR: Let's find out... DONNA: Do you think Mr. Clements knows about this place? THE DOCTOR: The mysterious H C Clements? I think he's part of it. (His eye is caught by something). Oh, look, transport. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE The Doctor, Donna and Lance trundle down the corridor each standing on their own electric scooters, all looking extremely comical. Donna looks at the Doctor and Lance and bursts out laughing. The Doctor joins in, but Lance doesn't get it. They come to a door which says "Torchwood - authorised personnel only", so naturally they abandon their scooters as the Doctor turns the wheel that will open the door to reveal a ladder. The Doctor peers upwards. THE DOCTOR: Wait here. Just need to get my bearings. Don't... (points at them both sternly) ... do anything. He starts up the ladder. DONNA: You'd better come back. THE DOCTOR: I couldn't get rid of you if I tried. Donna smiles. She and Lance watch the Doctor climb the ladder. LANCE: Donna... have you thought about this? Properly? I mean, this is serious! What the hell are we gonna do?? DONNA (not really listening): Oh, I thought July. She smiles brightly and then turns her attention back to the Doctor climbing the ladder. The Doctor reaches the top of the ladder where he is confronted with the underside of a manhole. He opens it and climbs out into daylight, he is overlooking the Thames Flood barrier. THE DOCTOR (jumping off the last rung of the ladder): Thames flood barrier! Right on top of us. Torchwood snuck in and built this place underneath. DONNA: What, there's like a secret base hidden underneath a major London landmark?? THE DOCTOR: I know! Unheard of. They enter some kind of laboratory, full of massive test tubes bubbling away and chemistry equipment. THE DOCTOR: Oh, look at this! Stunning! Particle extrusion! DONNA: What does it do? THE DOCTOR: Particle extrusion. Hold on... (He darts over to one of the bubbling tubes and taps it). Brilliant. They've been manufacturing Huon particles. In case my people got rid of Huons, they unravelled the atomic structure. LANCE: Your people? Who are they? What company do you represent? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm a freelancer. But this lot are rebuilding them. They've been using the river! Extruding them through a flat hydrogen base so they've got the end result, Huon particles in liquid form. He picks up a small test tube full of the Huon particles. DONNA: And that's what's inside me? The Doctor gently turns a knob at the top of the test tube, making the contents glow gold, and Donna with it. DONNA: Oh, my God! THE DOCTOR: Because the particles are inert, they need something living to catalyse inside and that's you. Saturate the body and then... Ha! (Donna jumps out of her skin and the Doctor is all mad enthusiasm again). The wedding! Yes, you're getting married, that's it! Best day of your life, walking down the aisle, oh, your body's a battleground! There's a chemical w*r inside! Adrenaline, acetylcholine, wham go the endorphins, oh you're cooking! Yeah, you're like a walking oven! A pressure cooker, a microwave, all churning away, the particles reach boiling point, SHAZAM! She slaps him. THE DOCTOR (indignantly): What did I do this time?? DONNA: Are you enjoying this?? The Doctor relaxes, ashamed of himself. Donna walks towards him, breathing heavily in her distress. DONNA: Right, just tell me, these particles, are they dangerous? Am I safe? THE DOCTOR (unconvincingly): Yes! DONNA: Doctor... if your lot got rid of Huon particles... why did they do that? THE DOCTOR (gently): Because they were deadly. DONNA: Oh, my God... THE DOCTOR: I'll sort it out, Donna. Whatever's been done to you, I'll reverse it. I'm not about to lose someone else. They are distracted by crashes and bangs that seem to come from all around them. EMPRESS (voice only): Oh, she is long since lost. One of the walls slides upwards to reveal a secret chamber with an enormous round hole in the floor. EMPRESS: I have waited so long, hibernating at the edge of the universe... Lance, eyes widened in horror, hurriedly retreats through the door. EMPRESS: ... until the secret heart was uncovered and called out to waken! The walls of the chamber are lined with the armed robots wearing black hoods. Lance runs as fast as he can down the corridor back to the door concealing the ladder, he opens it. THE DOCTOR (peering down the hole): Someone's been digging... oh, very Torchwood. Drilled by laser. How far down does it go? EMPRESS: Down and down, all the way to the centre of the Earth! THE DOCTOR: Really? Seriously? What for? DONNA (shuffling forwards): Dinosaurs. THE DOCTOR: What? DONNA: Dinosaurs? THE DOCTOR: What are you on about, dinosaurs? DONNA: That film, Under the Earth, with dinosaurs. Trying to help! THE DOCTOR: That's not helping. EMPRESS: Such a sweet couple. THE DOCTOR: Only a madman talks to thin air and trust me, you don't want to make me mad. Where are you? INT. RACNOSS SHIP EMPRESS: High in the sky, floating so high on Christmas Night. THE DOCTOR (on monitor): I didn't come all this way to talk on the intercom! Come on, let's have a look at you! EMPRESS: Who are you with such command? THE DOCTOR (on monitor): I'm the Doctor. EMPRESS: Prepare your best medicines, doctor-man, for you will be sick at heart. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE The Empress teleports herself into the chamber, snarling and growling. THE DOCTOR: The Racnoss... but that's impossible, you're one of the Racnoss! EMPRESS: Empress of the Racnoss. Elsewhere in the base, Lance clambers up the ladder and through another corridor. THE DOCTOR: If you're the Empress, where's the rest of the Racnoss? Or... are you the only one? EMPRESS: Such a sharp mind. THE DOCTOR: That's it, the last of your kind. (To Donna): The Racnoss come from the Dark Times, billions of years ago, billions. They were carnivores, omnivores, they devoured whole planets. EMPRESS: Racnoss are born starving, is that our fault? DONNA: They eat people? THE DOCTOR: H C Clements, did he wear those... those erm, black and white shoes? DONNA: He did! We used to laugh, we used to call him the fat cat in spats. The Doctor nods and points to a web on the ceiling. A pair of black and white shoes still attached to the unfortunate H C Clements can just be seen poking out. DONNA: Oh, my God! EMPRESS: Mm, my Christmas dinner. She cackles. THE DOCTOR: You shouldn't even exist! Way back in history, the Fledgling Empires went to w*r against the Racnoss, they were wiped out. Lance appears on a balcony above the Racnoss, unbeknownst to her. Donna spots him and Lance motions for her to stay silent. EMPRESS: Except for me. DONNA (in a bid to distract her): But that's what I've got inside me, that Huon energy thing. Oi! Look at me, lady, I'm talking. Where do I fit in? How comes I get all stacked up with these Huon particles? Lance descends the stairs, axe at the ready. DONNA: Look at me, you! Look me in the eye and tell me. EMPRESS: The bride is so feisty! DONNA: Yes, I am! And I don't know what you are, you big... thing. But a spider's just a spider and an axe is an axe! Now, do it! Lance swings the axe, the Empress swings around and hisses at the last moment, then he stops. He glances round at Donna and starts to laugh and the Empress laughs with him. LANCE (to the Empress): That was a good one. Your face! EMPRESS: Lance is funny. DONNA: What?? THE DOCTOR (quietly): I'm sorry. DONNA: Sorry for what? Lance, don't be so stupid! Get her! LANCE (staring at her pityingly): God, she's thick. Donna looks right back at him, so confused. LANCE: Months I had to put up with her. Months. A woman who can't even point to Germany on a map. DONNA (uncomprehending): I don't understand. THE DOCTOR: How did you meet him? DONNA: In the office. THE DOCTOR: He made you coffee. DONNA: What?? LANCE (as though addressing an idiot): Every day, I made you coffee. THE DOCTOR: You had to be dosed with liquid particles over six months. DONNA: He was poisoning me? THE DOCTOR: It was all there in the job title, the Head of Human Resources. LANCE: This time, it's personnel. He and the Racnoss laugh. DONNA: But... we were getting married. LANCE: Well, I couldn't risk you running off. I had to say yes. And then I was stuck with a woman who thinks the height of excitement is a new flavour Pringle. Oh, I had to sit there and listen to all that yap yap yap..."oh, Brad and Angelina... is Posh pregnant?" X Factor, Atkins Diet, Feng Shui, split ends, text me, text me, text me, dear God, the never ending fountain of fat, stupid trivia. Donna listens to this torrent of abuse with an expression of increasing hurt and confusion. LANCE: I deserve a medal. THE DOCTOR: Oh, is that what she's offered you? The Empress of the Racnoss? What are you? Her consort? LANCE: It's better than a night with her. DONNA (plaintive): But I love you. LANCE (nastily): That's what made it easy. It's like you said, Doctor, the big picture, what's the point of it all if the Human Race is nothing? That's what the Empress can give me. The chance to... go out there. To see it. The size of it all. I think you understand that, don't you, Doctor? EMPRESS: Who is this little physician? LANCE: What she said, Martian. THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm sort of... homeless. But the point is, what's down here? The Racnoss are extinct. What's gonna help you four thousand miles down? That's just the molten core of the Earth, isn't it? LANCE: I think he wants us to talk. EMPRESS: I think so too. LANCE: Well, tough! All we need is Donna! EMPRESS: k*ll this chattering little doctor-man! DONNA (standing in front of the Doctor): Don't you hurt him! THE DOCTOR: No, no, it's all right. DONNA (frightened): No, I won't let them! EMPRESS: At arms! The robots point their g*n at the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Ah, now. Except. EMPRESS: Take aim! THE DOCTOR: Well, I just want to point out the obvious... EMPRESS: They won't h*t the bride. They're such very good sh*ts. THE DOCTOR: Just... just... just... hold on, just a tick, just a tiny... just a little... tick. If you think about it, the particles activated in Donna and drew her inside my spaceship. So, reverse it... the spaceship comes to her. He once again tweaks the tube of Huon particles which causes both the particles in the tube and inside Donna to glow. EMPRESS: f*re! The robots f*re their g*n, but too late, the TARDIS has already materialised around them and the Doctor and Donna are safe inside. THE DOCTOR (darting to the console): Off we go! EMPRESS (incensed): My key! My key! The TARDIS dematerialises, impervious to the b*ll*ts hitting it. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Oh, you know what I said before about time machines? Well, I lied. And now we're gonna use it. The TARDIS spins through the vortex. THE DOCTOR: We need to find out what the Empress of the Racnoss is digging up. If something's buried at the planet core, it must've been there since the beginning. That's just brilliant. Molto bene! I've always wanted to see this. Donna, we're going further back than I've ever been before. It's only then that he notices Donna's shoulders are shuddering with the silent tears pouring down her cheeks. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: If a key is lost, then another must be cut. (shouts). At arms! Her robots turn their g*n onto Lance. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS, having arrived at its destination, clicks quietly as it cools down. The Doctor peers around the console at the miserable Donna sat in one of the chairs. THE DOCTOR: We've arrived... want to see? DONNA (unenthusiastically): I s'pose. The Doctor swings the monitor round. THE DOCTOR: Oh, that scanner's a bit small. Maybe your way's best. (Goes to the door and waits for Donna). Come on. Donna stands resignedly and joins him. THE DOCTOR: No human's ever seen this. You'll be the first. DONNA: All I want to see is my bed. THE DOCTOR: Donna Noble, welcome to the creation of the Earth. He opens the doors onto a spectacular sight. Donna's mouth falls open. The sun shines through beautiful coloured dust and gas clouds, enormous rocks floating around. THE DOCTOR: We've gone back 4.6 billion years. There's no solar system, not yet. Only dust and rocks and gas. (Points). That's the Sun over there, brand new. Just beginning to burn. DONNA: Where's the Earth? THE DOCTOR: All around us... in the dust. DONNA: Puts the wedding in perspective. Lance was right. We're just... tiny. THE DOCTOR: No, but that's what you do. The human race. Making sense out of chaos. Marking it out with weddings and Christmas and calendars. This whole process is beautiful, but only if it's being observed. DONNA: So, I came out of all this? THE DOCTOR: Isn't that brilliant? A massive chunk of rock floats lazily past the TARDIS. DONNA: I think that's the Isle of Wight. They laugh. THE DOCTOR: Eventually, gravity takes hold. Say, one big rock, heavier than the others, starts to pull other rocks towards it. All the dust and gas and elements get pulled in, everything, piling in until you get the... DONNA: Earth. THE DOCTOR: But the question is... what was that first rock? A star shaped rock emerges through the clouds. DONNA: Look. THE DOCTOR (whispers): The Racnoss... INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: Now I have measured the bride's catalysis, I can force feed it. One of the robots force-feeds water poisoned with Huon particles to Lance. EMPRESS (CONT'D): Drink the particle, become the key! INT. TARDIS The Doctor rushes back to the console and turns a wheel frantically. THE DOCTOR: Hold on, the Racnoss are hiding from the w*r! What's it doing? The rocks, the particles of dust and gas, they're all zooming towards the Racnoss as though drawn by a magnetic force. DONNA: Exactly what you said. THE DOCTOR (running back to the door to look): Oh, they didn't just bury something at the centre of the Earth... they became the centre of the Earth. The first rock. The TARDIS suddenly shudders violently and they are nearly knocked off their feet. DONNA: What was that? THE DOCTOR: Trouble. He slams the doors shut. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: My wonderful key. Now, my servants, bind him! Lance is restrained by two of the robots as he glows. INT. TARDIS The Doctor and Donna struggle to keep their balance as the TARDIS shudders and tips. DONNA (yelling over the noise): What the hell's it doing?? THE DOCTOR: Remember that little trick I pulled, particles pulling particles. It works in reverse, they're pulling us back! He desperately tries to pilot the TARDIS but it is beyond his control as they whirl through the vortex. DONNA: Well, can't you stop it? Hasn't it got a handbrake? Can't you reverse or warp or beam or something? THE DOCTOR: Backseat driver. Oh! Wait a minute! He pulls out the extrapolator from underneath the console. THE DOCTOR: The extrapolator! Can't stop us, but it should give us a good bump! The TARDIS materialises back in the chamber. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: The bride shall join her groom. What a wedding there shall be. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (whacking the extrapolator): Now! INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE The TARDIS disappears and reappears down the corridor. The Doctor and Donna emerge. THE DOCTOR: We're about 200 yards to the right. Come on! They run. EMPRESS: She is close! The holy bride in white. Find her! Find her! The Doctor and Donna arrive at the doorway leading up to the Thames Flood Barrier. DONNA (out of breath and scared): But what do we do? THE DOCTOR (seemingly listening behind the door with a stethoscope): I don't know! I make it up as I go along! But trust me, I've got a history. DONNA: But I still don't understand. I'm full of particles, but what for? THE DOCTOR: There's a Racnoss web at the centre of the Earth, but my people unravelled their power source. The Huon particles ceased to exist but the Racnoss are stuck. A robot grabs Donna for behind, covering her mouth so she can't scream and drags her away. THE DOCTOR (who hasn't noticed): They've just been in hibernation for billions of years. Frozen. d*ad. Kaput! So you're the new key. Brand new particles, living particles! They need you to open it and you have never been so quiet. He finally looks behind him and notices that she's gone. He groans and looks up and down the empty corridor. He opens the door with his sonic screwdriver, only to be confronted with an armed robot. DONNA (who has joined Lance tied up in the web on the ceiling): I hate you. LANCE: Yeah, I think we've gone a bit beyond that now, sweetheart. EMPRESS: My golden couple. Together at last, your awful wedded life. Tell me; do you want to be released? DONNA AND LANCE: Yes! EMPRESS: You're supposed to say "I do". LANCE: Ha. No chance. EMPRESS: Say it! LANCE (looks at Donna): I do. DONNA: I do. EMPRESS: I don't. (She cackles). Activate the particles. Purge every last one! Donna and Lance both begin to glow again. EMPRESS: And release! The particles extract themselves from Donna and Lance and zoom down the hole in the ground. EMPRESS: The secret heart unlocks. And they will waken from their sleep of Ages. DONNA: Who will? What's down there? LANCE: How thick are you?? EMPRESS: My children, the long lost Racnoss. Now will be born to feast on flesh! The chirping of the spiders and the patters of their feet can now be heard coming up the hole. EMPRESS: The web-star shall come to me. EXT. SPACE The star drifts towards the Earth. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: My babies will be hungry. They need sustenance. Perish the web. LANCE: Use her! Not me! Use her! EMPRESS: Oh, my funny little Lance! But you are quite impolite to your lady-friend. The Empress does not approve. The web around Lance loosens and he tumbles down the hole. DONNA: Laaaaaance! EXT. LONDON STREET (NIGHT) The star descends over the Thames. The confused Londoners point up at it in wonder and awe. LITTLE GIRL (loving it): It's Christmas! INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE EMPRESS: Harvest the humans! Reduce them to meat. EXT. LONDON STREET (NIGHT) What looks like bolts of lightning sh**t out of the points of the stars, k*lling all they touch. The crowds below run for cover, screaming. The little girl screams, screwing her eyes shut as a bolt cuts through the floor towards her until her dad picks her up out of the way just in time. INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE One of the robots ascends the stairs running up the side of the chamber. EMPRESS: My children are climbing towards me and none shall stop them! (She hisses and turns to the robot). So you might as well unmask, my clever little doctor-man. THE DOCTOR (removing the mask and the cloak): Oh well. Nice try. I've got you, Donna! He aims his sonic screwdriver up at her and the web loosens. DONNA (screeches): I'm gonna fall! THE DOCTOR: You're gonna swing! Sure enough, she swings right over the hole on one of the stands of web and towards the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (with his arms outstretched): I've got ya! Donna screams and swings right underneath the Doctor and smashes into the wall with a dull bang. The Empress smirks. THE DOCTOR: ... oh. Sorry. Donna is sprawled out on her back below him. DONNA: Thanks for nothing. EMPRESS: The doctor-man amuses me. THE DOCTOR: Empress of the Racnoss,I give you one last chance. I can find you a planet. I can find you a place in the universe to coexist. Take that offer and end this now. EMPRESS: These men are so funny. THE DOCTOR: What's your answer? EMPRESS: Oh, I'm afraid I have to decline. She laughs. THE DOCTOR: What happens next is your own doing. EMPRESS: I'll show you what happens next. (She hisses). At arms! The robots raise their g*n. EMPRESS: Take aim! (they aim). And... THE DOCTOR (quietly): Relax. The robots go limp. DONNA: What did you do? THE DOCTOR: Guess what I've got, Donna? (He produces the remote control from one of his pockets). Pockets. DONNA: How did that fit in there? THE DOCTOR: They're bigger on the inside. EMPRESS: Robo-forms are not necessary. My children may feast on Martian flesh. THE DOCTOR: Oh, but I'm not from Mars. EMPRESS: Then where? THE DOCTOR: My home planet is far away and long-since gone. But its name lives on. Gallifrey. EMPRESS (suddenly full of anger): They m*rder the Racnoss! THE DOCTOR: I warned you. You did this. He produces a handful of baubles. EMPRESS (panicking): No! No! Don't! No! The Doctor throws several handfuls of the baubles into the air. Some surround the Empress and some smash into the walls of the corridor, destroying them and letting the water from the Thames rush though in torrents. Another bauble explodes causing a f*re at the Empress' feet. She wails as water floods into the chamber and down the hole. EMPRESS (grief-stricken): My children! The Doctor stands watching in silence, surrounded by f*re and water, while the river swirls down the hole like it's a plughole. EMPRESS (hysterical and in torturous pain as she is consumed by flame): No! My children! My children! DONNA: Doctor! You can stop now! But the Doctor can't stop, he watches the Racnoss writhe and wail in agony with dark eyes, full of some secret pain and then : THE DOCTOR: Come on! Time I got you out! The Doctor and Donna run up the stairs, soaking wet. EMPRESS: Transport me! INT. RACNOSS SHIP She teleports herself back to her web in the sky. EMPRESS: Oh, they will suffer! So suffer! This planet shall be scorched! INT. TORCHWOOD UNDERGROUND BASE DONNA (as she and the Doctor climb the ladder): But what about the Empress? THE DOCTOR: She's used up all her Huon energy, she's defenceless! EXT. LONDON STREET (NIGHT) Huge army t*nk rumble down the streets of London and aim their cannons up at the star. COMMANDER: Orders from Mr Saxon, f*re at will! SOLDIER: f*re! Cannon balls sh**t at the star from all directions and it quickly falls to pieces until finally it bursts into flame and disintegrates completely, the Empress and all. The Doctor and Donna have reached the top of the ladder and they clamber out into the night, both whooping and cheering in delight when they realise the Racnoss has been destroyed. DONNA (after catching her breath): Just... there's one problem. THE DOCTOR: What's that? DONNA: We've drained the Thames. Sure enough, the Thames is completely emptied of water. The Doctor and Donna collapse into laughter once more. EXT. CHISWICK STREET (NIGHT) The TARDIS materialises across the road from Donna's house. She and the Doctor step outside. THE DOCTOR: There we go. Told you she'd be all right. She can survive anything. DONNA: More than I've done. THE DOCTOR (scans her): Nope! All the Huon particles have gone. No damage, you're fine. DONNA: Yeah, but apart from that... I missed my wedding, lost my job and became a widow on the same day. Sort of. THE DOCTOR: I couldn't save him. DONNA (unfeelingly): He deserved it. The Doctor raises his eyebrows. Donna's face softens. DONNA: No, he didn't. (Looks round at the house). I'd better get inside. They'll be worried. THE DOCTOR: Best Christmas present they could have. They watch Sylvia and Geoff embrace each other through the window. THE DOCTOR: Oh, no, I forgot, you hate Christmas. DONNA: Yes, I do. THE DOCTOR: Even if it snows? He tweaks a hidden switch on the TARDIS and a ball of light sh**t out of the top and explodes like a firework in the sky into softly falling snow. Donna laughs with delight. DONNA: I can't believe you did that! THE DOCTOR (casually): Oh, basic atmospheric excitation. He grins at her and she smiles back. DONNA: Merry Christmas. THE DOCTOR: And you. So... what will you do with yourself now? DONNA: Not getting married for starters. And I'm not gonna temp anymore. I dunno... travel... see a bit more of planet Earth... walk in the dust. Just... go out there and do something. THE DOCTOR: Well, you could always... DONNA: What? THE DOCTOR (tentatively): ... come with me... DONNA (smiles): No. THE DOCTOR (quickly): Okay. DONNA: I can't... THE DOCTOR (with false indifference): No, that's fine. DONNA (overwhelmed): No, but really... everything we did today... do you live your life like that? THE DOCTOR (unconvincingly): ... Not all the time. DONNA: I think you do. And I couldn't. THE DOCTOR: But you've seen it out there. It's beautiful. DONNA: And it's terrible. That place was flooding and burning and they were dying and you were stood there like... I don't know... a stranger. And then you made it snow. I mean, you scare me to death! THE DOCTOR (after a short silence): Well then. DONNA: Tell you what I will do though, Christmas dinner. Oh, come on. THE DOCTOR: I don't do that sort of thing. DONNA: You did it last year, you said so. And you might as well because Mum always cooks enough for twenty. THE DOCTOR (after oo-ing and ahh-ing in his reluctance): Oh, all right then. But you go first, better warn them. And... don't say I'm a Martian. (Indicates TARDIS). I just have to park her properly, she might drift off to the Middle Ages. I'll see you in a minute. He disappears inside the TARDIS and it begins to dematerialise, and that's when Donna realises she's never going to see him again. DONNA (yells): Doctor! Doctor! The engines stop and the Doctor pops his head outside the door. THE DOCTOR: Blimey, you can shout. DONNA: Am I ever gonna see you again? THE DOCTOR: If I'm lucky. DONNA: Just... promise me one thing, find someone. THE DOCTOR: I don't need anyone. DONNA: Yes, you do. Because sometimes, I think you need someone to stop you. THE DOCTOR (quietly): Yeah. (Pauses, then...) Thanks then, Donna, good luck, and just... be magnificent. DONNA (smiles and laughs): I think I will, yeah. The Doctor smiles and retreats back into the TARDIS. DONNA: Doctor? THE DOCTOR (opening the door with mock exasperation): Oh, what is it now?? DONNA: That friend of yours... what was her name? THE DOCTOR (a lump in his throat): Her name was Rose. He closes the door for the last time, and instead of its usual dematerialisation, the TARDIS sh**t up into the night sky. Donna watches with a sad smile and then walks back home. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2006-12-25 - The Runaway Bride"}
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EXT. SPACE Planet Earth. Zoom down into London, right into INT. TYLER'S FLAT Jackie picks up a red bauble and hangs it on a white Christmas tree, which is standing in the corner of the room. She picks up two presents, ready to put them under the tree, when the label of one of them catches her eye. She sits down slowly, holding the present. The label says "To Rose. Merry Christmas. Lots of love, Mum x". Jackie sighs. INT. MICKEY'S CAR WORKSHOP The radio is blaring out "Merry Christmas". Mickey suddenly pauses in his work, listening intently. MICKEY: Hey, turn that down. Hey, Stevo, turn that off! Turn it off! The radio is turned off, and we can clearly hear the sound of the TARDIS engines. Mickey listens, and then dashes off. INT. TYLER'S FLAT Jackie, who is hanging up some Christmas cards on a length of string on the wall, stops and turns around as she also hears the engines. JACKIE: Rose! EXT. POWELL ESTATE Jackie exits the block of flats and running outside, where she is shortly joined by Mickey. They run towards each other. JACKIE: Mickey! MICKEY: Jackie, it's the TARDIS! JACKIE: I know! I know, I heard it! She's alive, Mickey! I said so, didn't I? She's alive! MICKEY: Shush! Shut up a minute! They both look frantically around. JACKIE: Well, where is it then? Suddenly, the TARDIS appears out of thin air, about 20 feet above their heads. It crashes against the buildings on either side as it falls to Earth. Jackie screams and grabs onto Mickey. It finally skids to a halt, smashing into a post van and knocking over some dustbins on the way. The Doctor throws the doors open and peers out with his mouth wide open. THE DOCTOR: Here we are, then! London! Earth! The Solar System! We did it! He stumbles out of the TARDIS, gazing up at the flats with his mouth still hanging open. Jackie and Mickey both stare at him. The Doctor suddenly notices them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Jackie! Mickey! Blimey! No, no, no, no, hold on. (Stumbles backwards a few steps). Wait there, I've got something to say. There was something I had to tell you. Something important, what was it? No, hold on, hold on... (Comes back to them and puts his hands on Jackie's and Mickey's shoulders, apparently thinking hard). Hold on, shush, shush, shush, shush... Oh! Jackie and Mickey jump in alarm. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I know! (Looks from one to the other, panting and beaming). Merry Christmas! And then he collapses, falling to the ground unconscious. Rose comes out of the TARDIS and notices him on the ground. ROSE: What happened? Is he all right? MICKEY: I don't know, he just keeled over! But who is he? Where's the Doctor? ROSE: That's him. Right in front of you. That's the Doctor. JACKIE: What d'you mean, "That's the Doctor"? Doctor who? The Doctor lies on the ground, as still as if he were d*ad. OPENING CREDITS INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM The Doctor is tucked up in bed, wearing a pair of stripy pyjamas. Rose is sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him when Jackie enters the room, holding a stethoscope. JACKIE (handing the stethoscope to Rose and sitting on the bed): Here we go. Tina the Cleaner's got this lodger, medical student. And she was fast asleep, so I just took it. Rose starts to put the stethoscope in her ears. JACKIE (CONT'D): Though, I still say we should take him to hospital. Rose takes the stethoscope out again. ROSE: We can't. They'd lock him up. They'd dissect him. One bottle of his blood could change the future of the human race. Jackie opens her mouth to say something. ROSE (CONT'D): No! Shush! Jackie stops. Rose puts the stethoscope back in her ears and places it on one side of the Doctor's chest. We hear his steady heartbeat. She then places it on the other side and hears the same. ROSE (CONT'D): Both working. JACKIE: What d'you mean "both"? ROSE: Well, he's got two hearts. JACKIE (contemptuously): Oh, don't be stupid. ROSE (getting up, going to the door): He has! JACKIE: Anything else he's got two of? ROSE (turning back): Leave him alone. She leaves the room. Jackie peers at the Doctor before following her. When the room is empty, the Doctor's mouth open and a wisp of the golden Time Vortex escapes from him. EXT. SPACE The Time Vortex floats out of a window, up into the sky and out into space. The whispering voices accompanying this sound as though they are saying "You will pay for your chances. These are ours." INT. TYLER'S FLAT, KITCHEN In the kitchen Rose opens the fridge and picks up a pork pie. JACKIE: How can he go changing his face? Rose shuts the fridge door. JACKIE (CONT'D): Is that a different face or is he a different person? ROSE (frustrated): How should I know?! (A pause. Guiltily): Sorry. Jackie nods. ROSE (CONT'D): The thing is... I thought I knew him, mum. (Eyes fill with tears, voice trembles). I thought me and him were... and then he goes and does this. (Wipes her tears away with the back of her hand and sniffs). I keep forgetting he's not human. She takes Jackie's hand and makes an obvious effort to make her voice light-hearted again. ROSE (CONT'D): The big question is... where'd you get a pair of men's pyjamas from? JACKIE (walking away): Howard's been staying over. ROSE: What, Howard from the market? How long's that been going on? JACKIE: A month or so. First of all, he starts delivering to the door and I thought, "that's a bit odd". Next thing you know, it's a bag of oranges... Distracted, Rose turns her head towards the direction of the TV. ROSE: Is that Harriet Jones?! She leaves the kitchen and goes into the living room. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM JACKIE: Oh, never mind me... ROSE (staring at the screen): Why's she on the telly? JACKIE: She's Prime Minister now. I'm eighteen quid a week better off. Rose smiles incredulously. JACKIE (CONT'D): They're calling it "Britain's Golden Age". Keep on saying "my Rose has met her". ROSE: Did more than that. Stopped World w*r Three with her. Harriet Jones... MAN (on television screen): Harriet Jones , what about those calling the Guinevere One Space Probe a waste of money? HARRIET JONES (on television screen): Now, that's where you're wrong. I completely disagree if you don't mind. Rose laughs. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): The Guinevere One Space Probe represents this country's limitless ambition. British workmanship sailing up there among the stars. LLEWELLYN: This is the spirit of Christmas, birth and rejoicing, and the dawn of a new age, and that is what we're achieving fifteen million miles away. INT. PRESS CONFERENCE LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): Our very own miracle. On the TV, a computerised image of the probe zooming from the Earth. NEWSREADER: The unmanned probe Guinevere One is about to make its final descent. Photographs of the Martian Landscape should be received by midnight tonight. EXT. SPACE The probe crashes into what appears to be a large rock. A door in the ship opens, and the probe is sucked in. EXT. HIGH STREET Rose and Mickey are walking down the street together. It is crowded with Christmas shoppers. MICKEY: So, er, what d'you need? Twenty quid? ROSE (taking the note he is holding out): Do you mind? I'll pay you back. MICKEY: Call it a Christmas present. He laughs. ROSE: God, I'm all out of synch. You just forget about Christmas and things in the TARDIS. They don't exist. You get sort of... timeless. MICKEY: Oh, yeah, that's fascinating, 'cos I love hearing stories about the TARDIS. Oh, go on Rose, tell us another one 'cos I, wow, I could listen to it all day. TARDIS this, TARDIS that... ROSE (smiling): Shut up! MICKEY: Oh! One time, in a biiiig yellow garden, full of balloons. ROSE: I'm not like that! MICKEY: Oh, you so are. ROSE: Hmm, must drive you mad. I'm surprised you don't give up on me. MICKEY: Oh, that's the thing, isn't it? You can rely on me. I don't go changing my face. ROSE: Yeah. What if he's dying? MICKEY (stopping): Okay... ROSE: Sorry! MICKEY (taking her hands): Just let it be Christmas! Could you do that? Just for a bit. You and me, and Christmas. No... no Doctor, no... no bog-monsters... no life or death. ROSE: Okay. MICKEY: Promise? ROSE: Yes! MICKEY: Right! What're you gonna get for your mum? They start walking again. Rose looks behind her, distracted as Mickey starts talking again. MICKEY (CONT'D): I'm round there all the time now, you know. She does my dinner on a Sunday... talks about you all afternoon, yap yap yap yap yap... Rose isn't really listening. She looks back at the brass band of masked Santas, who are playing "Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy". She gazes at them for a long moment, sensing something is wrong. Suddenly, their trumpets are revealed to be flame throwers - blue flame sh**t out of them, and people run around screaming. The Santas start blasting around, and there is a lot of commotion. Rose and Mickey duck behind a stall. ROSE: It's us! They're after us! The Santas blast the stall Rose and Mickey are hiding behind, and Rose screams. They run, the blasting of the Santas pursuing them. One of the blasts catches the enormous Christmas tree instead, and it falls to the ground on top of one of the Santas. Its mask clatters to the ground. Rose and Mickey run down the street. MICKEY (frantically): What's going on? What've we done? Why are they after us? A taxi draws up. ROSE: Taxi! They clamber in. INT. TAXI ROSE (CONT'D): They're after the Doctor. MICKEY: I can't even go shopping with you. We get att*cked by a brass band. The taxi drives off. Rose taps a number into her mobile. MICKEY (CONT'D): Who're you phoning? ROSE (putting the phone to her ear): My mum. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Jackie, however, is already on the phone. She walks around the flat, yapping about nothing. JACKIE: She turns up - no warning. I've got nothing in. I said, "Rose, if you want a Christmas dinner of meat paste, then so be it". She picks up a cup of tea. INT. TAXI ROSE (exasperatedly): Mum, get off the phone! Police sirens in the background. MICKEY: Who were... those Santa things? ROSE: I dunno. But think about it, they were after us. What's important about us? Well, nothing. Except the one thing we've got tucked up in bed. The Doctor. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM JACKIE (wandering into the Doctor's room with a cup of tea): Oh, no. Don't come round, darling. No, flat's all topsy turvy. (Plonks the tea down at the Doctor's bedside). Yeah, she just barges in and litters the place. Yeah, no, I'll come round and see you on boxing day. When she has left the room, the vortex escapes through the Doctor's mouth again. EXT. POWELL ESTATE The taxi pulls up and Rose and Mickey jump out and start running towards the flats. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM They burst into Jackie's flat where Jackie is still on the phone. JACKIE: So, save us a chipolata... ROSE: Get off the phone! JACKIE: It's only Bev! She says hello. Rose grabs the phone off her mum. ROSE: Bev? Yeah, look, it'll have to wait. She hangs it up and looks at Mickey and her mother. ROSE (CONT'D): Right, it's not safe, we've gotta get out. Where can we go? MICKEY: My mate Stan, he'll put us up. ROSE: That's only two streets away. (To Jackie): What about Mo? Where's she living now? JACKIE: I dunno! Peak District! ROSE: Oh, we'll go to Cousin Mo's then. JACKIE: It's Christmas Eve! We're not going anywhere! What're you babbling about? ROSE: Mum... She stops as she notices the tree in the corner of the room. ROSE (CONT'D): Where'd you get that tree? Jackie turns to look at it. It is not white, but green. ROSE (CONT'D): That's a new tree. Where'd you get it? JACKIE: Well, I thought it was you! ROSE: How can it be me? JACKIE: Well, you went shopping, there was a ring at the door, and there it was! ROSE: No, that wasn't me. JACKIE: Then who was it...? They all stare at the tree. Rose pulls her mother behind her. The tree lights up. ROSE: Oh, you've gotta be kidding me. The tree starts to spin, slowly at first and then very fast. Jackie screams. "Jingle Bells" plays, sped up. It reduces the coffee table firewood within seconds. MICKEY: Go, go, go! Get out! Rose and Jackie run from the room while Mickey picks up a chair and holds it in front of him. Jackie runs to the front door but Rose runs to the Doctor's bedroom. ROSE: We've got to save the Doctor! JACKIE: What're you doing?! ROSE: We can't just leave him! JACKIE: Mickey! The Christmas tree chops up the legs of the chair. JACKIE (CONT'D): Leave it! Get out! Get out! Mickey stands his ground. JACKIE (CONT'D): Mickey! Get out of there! He gives up and joins Jackie. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey runs into the Doctor's room. JACKIE: Just leave him! MICKEY: Get in here! Frustrated, Jackie slams the door shut. The Christmas tree smashes through a pane of glass. Mickey and Jackie slide a wardrobe in front of the door while Rose bends over the Doctor. ROSE: Doctor, wake up! The tree spins towards the room. Mickey and Jackie lean against the wardrobe and Rose takes the sonic screwdriver out of the Doctor's leather jacket. The wardrobe starts to shake as the Christmas tree tries to get through. Jackie shouts out. Rose places the sonic screwdriver in the Doctor's hand, but he remains lifeless. The Christmas tree finally smashes through the wardrobe, and Mickey and Jackie are thrown backwards. Jackie cowers against the wall. JACKIE (voice rising squeakily): I'm gonna get k*lled by a Christmas tree! Rose, desperate, leans right down close to the Doctor's ear. ROSE: Help me. Rose draws back slightly. The Doctor sits up very suddenly and points his sonic screwdriver at the tree. It explodes. The Doctor lowers the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Remote control. But who's controlling it? He gets out of bed. EXT. TYLER'S FLAT, BALCONY The Doctor goes out onto the balcony, securing a dressing gown around him. Rose, Jackie and Mickey follow him. Outside on the ground stand three of the Santas. MICKEY: That's them. What are they? ROSE: Shush! She looks at the Doctor, who raises his sonic screwdriver and points it at the Santas thr*at. They back away, standing closer to each other. Then, they teleport themselves away. MICKEY: They've just gone! What kind of rubbish were they? I mean, no offence, but they're not much cop if a sonic screwdriver's gonna scare them off. THE DOCTOR: Pilot Fish. ROSE: What? They all look at him. THE DOCTOR: They were just Pilot Fish. He coughs and throws himself backwards against the wall, clearly in pain. They all hurriedly kneel down to him. ROSE: What's wrong?! THE DOCTOR (panting): You woke me up too soon. (Breathes heavily). I'm still regenerating. I'm bursting with energy. More of the vortex escapes through his mouth. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You see? The Pilot Fish could smell it. A million miles away. So they eliminate the defence, that's you lot, and they carry me off. They could run their batteries on me for a couple of year. He lurches forward, groaning. JACKIE: Oh! Oh! Oh! THE DOCTOR (through gritted teeth): My head! Jackie kneels before him, holding him up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm having a neuron implosion. I need... JACKIE (frantically): What do you need? THE DOCTOR: I need... JACKIE: Say it, tell me, tell me... THE DOCTOR: I need... JACKIE: Painkillers? THE DOCTOR: I need... JACKIE: Do you need aspirin? THE DOCTOR: I... JACKIE: Codeine? Paracetamol? Oh, I dunno, Pepto-Bismol? THE DOCTOR: I need... JACKIE: Liquid paraffin. Vitamin C? Vitamin D? Vitamin E? THE DOCTOR: I need... JACKIE (voice rising hysterically): Is it food? Something simple? Uh... a bowl of soup? A nice bowl of soup? Soup and a sandwich? Soup and a little ham sandwich? THE DOCTOR: I need you to shut up. JACKIE: Oh, he hasn't changed that much, has he? The Doctor lurches forward again, and leans against the opposite wall, Jackie making "oo" sounds of sympathy. THE DOCTOR (panting): We haven't got much time. If there's Pilot Fish, then... (Takes an apple out of his dressing gown pocket). Why's there an apple in my dressing gown? JACKIE: Oh, that's Howard, sorry. THE DOCTOR: He keeps apples in his dressing gown? JACKIE: He gets hungry. THE DOCTOR (looking at the apple confusedly): What, he gets hungry in his sleep? JACKIE: Sometimes. The Doctor suddenly shouts with pain again and sinks to the floor. He grimaces. THE DOCTOR: Brain... collapsing... He grabs hold of Rose's upper arms, holding them tightly. Speech is a huge effort. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): P... the Pilot Fish. The Pilot Fish mean... that something, something... (Deep breaths). Something's coming. He collapses into Rose's lap. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM Rose kneels next to the Doctor on his bed, tucking him in and mopping his forehead with a flannel. He is restless and sweaty. Mickey passes the room holding a laptop. He looks at them both. Rose looks back. He nods, then goes on his way. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Mickey sets up his laptop. MICKEY: Jackie, I'm using the phone line. Is that all right? JACKIE (holding two cups of tea): Yeah. Keep a count of it. (Plonks a cup of tea down next to Mickey). It's midnight. Christmas day. Rose comes in and sits on the arm of a chair. Jackie gives her the other cup of tea. JACKIE (CONT'D): Any change? ROSE: He's worse. Just one heart beating. Jackie sighs and sits in the chair. REPORTER (on television): Scientists in charge of Britain's mission to Mars have re-established contact with the Guinevere One space probe. They're expecting the first transmission from the planet's surface in the next few minutes. LLEWELLYN (live at a press conference): Yes, we are. We're, we're back on schedule. We've received the signal from Guinevere One. The Mars landing would seem to be an unqualified success. MAN: But is it true that you completely lost contact earlier tonight? LLEWELLYN: Yes, we had a bit of a scare. Guinevere seemed to fall off the scope, but it... it was just a blip. Only disappeared for a few seconds. She's fine now, absolutely fine. We... we're getting the first pictures transmitted live any minute now. I'd better get back to it, thanks. He leaves the conference. MICKEY (staring at the laptop): Here we go, Pilot Fish. Rose gets up to look. MICKEY (CONT'D): Scavengers, like the Doctor said. Harmless, they're tiny, but the point is, the little fish swim alongside the big fish. ROSE: Do you mean like sharks? MICKEY: Great big sharks. So, what the Doctor means is, we had them.... now we get that. The animation of a shark on the screen snaps viciously. ROSE: Something is coming... The TV goes slightly static. ROSE (CONT'D): How close? MICKEY: There's no way of telling, but the Pilot Fish don't swim far from their daddy. There is a distorted image on the television screen. ROSE: So, it's close? JACKIE (referring to the image on the TV): Funny sort of rocks. ROSE (looking at the screen): That's not rocks... The image becomes clearer. Rose edges towards the TV, squinting at it. REPORTER ON TELEVISION: ... coming live from the depths of space on Christmas morning. The image is thrown into clarity. It is revealed to be an alien, which roars viciously at them. Jackie, Mickey and Rose gasp and jump backwards. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM BBC NEWS READER (on television): The face of an alien life form was transmitted live tonight on BBC1. AMERICAN NEWS READER (on television): On the 25th of December, the human race has been shown absolute proof that alien life exists. NEWS READER (on television): These remarkable images have been relayed right across the world. EXT. TOWER OF LONDON Three cars drive through the gates of the Tower of London and draw up outside. The driver gets out of one and opens the back door for Llewellyn. Major Blake comes out of the building and indicates to him. BLAKE: This way, sir. Llewellyn walks in the direction he indicates. INT. UNIT BASE The doors to UNIT open, and Llewellyn enters, flanked by two others. The room is extremely busy. BLAKE: Mr Llewellyn. Llewellyn approaches Harriet Jones. LLEWELLYN: Mr Llewellyn, ma'am. HARRIET JONES (holding up ID card): Harriet Jones. Prime Minister. LLEWELLYN: Oh, well, yes. I know who you are. I suppose I've ruined your Christmas. HARRIET JONES: Never off duty. Now, we've put out a cover story. Alex has been handling it. ALEX: We've said it was a hoax. Some sort of mask or prosthetics. Llewellyn nods. ALEX (CONT'D): Students hi-jacking the signal, that sort of thing. HARRIET JONES: Alex is my right-hand man. I'm not used to having a right-hand man. I quite like it, though. ALEX: Quite like it myself. They grin at each other. LLEWELLYN: I... I don't suppose there's any chance it was a hoax? HARRIET JONES: That would be nice. Then we could all go home. I don't suppose anyone's offered you a coffee...? LLEWELLYN: No. HARRIET JONES (pouring coffee): But, no, the transmission was genuine. And this seems to be a new species of alien. (Hands him the coffee). At least, not one we've encountered before. LLEWELLYN: You seem to be talking about aliens as a matter of fact. HARRIET JONES: There's an act of parliament banning my autobiography. BLAKE (joining them): Prime Minister? HARRIET JONES: I'm with you. She follows him into the busy room. BLAKE: Miss Jacobs can explain. A blonde woman at a computer stands up to meet them. HARRIET JONES: I don't think we've been introduced. Harriet Jones, Prime Minister. JACOBS: Yes, I, I know who you are. The transmission didn't come from the surface of Mars. Guinevere One was broadcasting from a point 5 thousand miles above the planet. BLAKE: In other words, they've got a ship and the probe is on board. LLEWELLYN: But if they're not from the surface, then... they might not be from Mars itself. Maybe they're not actual Martians. BLAKE: Of course not, Martians look completely different. Llewellyn looks rather shocked. BLAKE (CONT'D): We think the ship was in flight when they just came across the probe. JACOBS: And they're moving. The ship's still in flight now. We've got it on the Hubble array. She turns back to the computer. HARRIET JONES: Moving in which direction? JACOBS: Towards us. HARRIET JONES: How fast? JACOBS: Very fast. Harriet Jones stares at the diagram showing the position of the ship in comparison to the Earth which Jacobs has made come on the large screen on the wall. HARRIET JONES: What was your name, again? JACOBS: Sally. HARRIET JONES: Thank you, Sally. She stares avidly at the screen. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose is sitting on the sofa. MICKEY: Rose. Rose rushes over to him where he sits in front of his laptop, and perches on the edge of his chair. MICKEY (CONT'D): Take a look, I've got access to the military. They're tracking a spaceship. It's big, it's fast, and it's coming this way. He has the same image on his screen as the one on the screen in UNIT. ROSE: Coming for what, though? The Doctor? MICKEY: I don't know. Maybe it's coming for all of us. An image of four of the Sycorax comes onto the screen. They begin to speak in an alien language. MICKEY (CONT'D): Have you seen them before? ROSE (shaking her head): No. INT. UNIT BASE The Sycorax continue to speak. The people in UNIT gaze up at the screen. BLAKE: Translation software. ALEX: Yes, sir. The Sycorax speak more passionately. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM ROSE: I don't understand what they're saying. The TARDIS translates alien languages inside my head, all the time, wherever I am. MICKEY: So, why isn't it doing it now? ROSE (quietly, lost and upset): I don't know. Must be the Doctor. Like he's part of the circuit, and he's... he's broken. Mickey looks at her. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM The Doctor breathes heavily in his sleep. INT. UNIT BASE Harriet Jones goes up to Major Blake. BLAKE: I'm getting demands from Washington, ma'am. The President's insisting that he take control of the situation. HARRIET JONES: 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 w*r. Harriet leaves Blake, and joins Alex, who is using a laptop. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): What've we got? ALEX: Nothing yet. Translating an alien language is going to take time. BLAKE (joining them): How far off is the ship? ALEX: About 5 hours. Harriet Jones looks up at the screen, showing the ship coming towards the Earth. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM AMERICAN NEWS READER (on television): Despite claims of an alien hoax, it's been reported that NATO forces are on red alert. Jackie sits beside the restless Doctor. JACKIE (gently): Oh, come on, sweetheart. What do you need? What is it you need, tell me... NEWSREADER (on television): Speaking strictly off the record, government sources are calling this our longest night. INT. UNIT BASE Blake sits in a chair, deep in thought. Harriet Jones goes up to him, and he stands up. HARRIET JONES: I don't suppose we've had a Code 9? No sign of the Doctor? BLAKE: Nothing yet. Harriet Jones closes her eyes, disappointed. BLAKE (CONT'D): You've met him, haven't you? Harriet nods. BLAKE (CONT'D): More like the stuff of legend. HARRIET JONES: He is that. Failing him... (Looks him directly in the eyes). What about Torchwood? BLAKE (surprised): I... HARRIET JONES: I know I'm not supposed to know about it, I realise that. Not even the United Nations knows. But if ever there was a need for Torchwood, it's now. BLAKE: I can't take responsibility. HARRIET JONES: I can. See to it. Get them ready. Blake nods and leaves her. Alex approaches her, holding the laptop. ALEX: Prime Minister... HARRIET JONES: Has it worked? ALEX: Just about. He places the laptop down on a desk and shows her. Llewellyn and Jacobs also come to watch. ALEX (CONT'D): "People..." that could be "cattle"... "you belong to us. To the Sycorax"... they seem to be called "Sycorax", not Martians. "We own you. We now possess your land, your minerals, your precious stones. You will surrender or they will die. Sycorax strong, Sycorax mighty, Sycorax rock", as in the modern sense, they rock. LLEWELLYN: "They will die"? Not "you will die", "they will die"? Who's they? ALEX: I don't know, but it is the right personal pronoun, it's they. HARRIET JONES: Send them our reply. Tell them... "This is a day of peace on planet Earth." Tell them... "we extend that peace to the Sycorax". Alex nods, taking notes. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): And then tell them... "this planet is armed and we do not surrender". Jacobs nods. The three of them leave her. JACOBS: Come on. The screen shows the ship coming ever-closer to the Earth. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM Jackie has fallen asleep beside the Doctor, her head on a pillow she has put next to him. Rose watches the pair of them, leaning against the doorframe. Mickey comes and stands next to her. She glances at him and then back at the Doctor. ROSE (voice shaking slightly): The Doctor wouldn't do this. The old Doctor. The proper Doctor. He'd wake up. He'd save us. MICKEY: You really love him, don't you? Rose closes her eyes and sighs, putting her arms around Mickey. INT. UNIT BASE The sun rises. UNIT is still working hard. JACOBS: They got the message. Here comes the response. They look up at the screen, onto which an image of the Sycorax is being transmitted. The leader holds out his hand, around which appears a blue light. HARRIET JONES: What was that? Was that a reply? ALEX: I don't know. Looked like some sort of energy, or... static? LLEWELLYN: Almost like someone casting a spell. The blue light surrounds Jacobs's head - and some of the others, but they don't notice. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): Maybe it's a different form of language, some sort of ideogram or pictogram. The members of UNIT affected by the blue light all turn on their heel and begin to march from the room as though hypnotised. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): What the hell? It's the light! It's the same light! Sally? What're you doing? Sally? He tries to grab her, but she pays him no heed. HARRIET JONES: Oh, leave her! You'll hurt her! Security guards raise their g*n - prepare to f*re. BLAKE (sternly): Let them pass! LLEWELLYN: Where are they going? EXT. TYLER'S FLAT, BALCONY On the balcony of the flats, a woman pursues a man who is under the same influence. SANDRA: What is wrong with you? Jason? Jason? Rose and Mickey pop their heads out the door of Jackie's flat. ROSE: Sandra? SANDRA: He won't listen! He's just walking, he won't stop walking! (Stares after him). There's this sort of... light, thing. Jason? Stop it! Rose takes a few cautious steps forward, followed by Mickey. SANDRA (CONT'D): Right now! Rose and Mickey look over the balcony. On the ground below, there are dozens of people hypnotised by the same blue light. INT. UNIT BASE Harriet Jones and the others at UNIT go with the flow of the hypnotised people, watching them. HARRIET JONES: They're all heading in the same direction. LLEWELLYN: It's only certain people. Why isn't it affecting us? ALEX: Prime Minister? It's happening all over the country. EXT. STREET Crowds of people head down a normal looking street. WOMAN: Anna, come on, now stop this. It's not funny anymore. Come on, Anna. Come back inside the house. Katherine... Katherine, now listen to me... you come back inside now. She tries to stop her hypnotised children, who just keep on walking. WOMAN (CONT'D): And you, Jonathan, you come back in with mummy. Jonathan, come on back in with mummy! You're scaring me now! Come on! She sounds close to tears. She turns to another hypnotised man, presumably her husband. WOMAN (CONT'D): Alan, help me out here! Please! All around them are frantic unaffected people trying to talk to and stop the affected. POLICEMAN (into his walkie-talkie): As far as I can tell, they're heading for any sort of high-rise building. Anything with stairs... anything with steps... The hypnotised people walk up the stairs going up the side of a building. INT. UNIT BASE Llewellyn addresses Blake. They are both standing on a flight of stairs amongst the hypnotised people. LLEWELLYN: They've gone all the way up. They've gone into the roof. EXT. STREET Crowds of hypnotised people make their way up a flight of steps. POLICEMAN: Just making my way to the front of the building now. There's hundreds of them. (Looks up). Oh, God. They've gone right to the edge. They're gonna jump. They're all gonna jump! EXT. ROOFTOP Llewellyn hurries after Sally Jacobs, who is on the roof. LLEWELLYN: Sally, stop it. He walks backwards in front of her, trying to stop her. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): It's Danny Llewellyn. Daniel Llewellyn. Sally, just concentrate. Listen to me, you're being controlled. We need you! Jacobs walks right on, unable to hear or respond to him. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): Stop it, Sally! EXT. POWELL ESTATE, ROOFTOP The hypnotised people position themselves on the very edge of the roofs of the high-rise buildings. Loved ones are trying to hold them back, trying to make them listen. SANDRA: Jason, I'm talking to you! Just stop! Rose and Mickey come to the edge of the roof too, looking around. When the hypnotised people reach the edge, they just stand and wait, as though waiting for a signal. INT. UNIT BASE ALEX: It's not just the whole country. It's the whole world. As he says, there are sh*ts of people positioned along the edge of the roofs of high-rise buildings in France, Rome, all over the world. EXT. STREET POLICEMAN (talking into his walkie-talkie): They've stopped. They've all stopped. They're just... standing there. Right on the edge. INT. UNIT BASE ALEX (at his laptop with Harriet Jones): According to reports, it's like a third. One third of the world's population. That's two billion people ready to jump. EXT. ROOFTOP LLEWELLYN (to Blake): "Surrender or they will die..." EXT. POWELL ESTATE, ROOFTOP MICKEY: What do we do? ROSE: Nothing. There's no-one to save us. Not anymore. INT. UNIT BASE Llewellyn and Blake come back to the UNIT base. ALEX: Wait a minute... there is a pattern. All these people tend to be father and son, mother and daughter. Brothers and sisters... family groups, but not husbands and wives. LLEWELLYN (staring at his computer screen): Oh, my God. Alex and Harriet Jones look over at him. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): It's Guinevere One. Have you got medical records on file for all your staff? ALEX: Course we have, yes. Llewellyn moves aside so Alex can see the screen. Harriet Jones and Blake move to one side. HARRIET JONES: What about Torchwood? BLAKE: Still working on it. Bear in mind, they have just lost a third of their staff. HARRIET JONES: But do they have what we need? BLAKE: Yes, ma'am. HARRIET JONES: Well, tell them to hurry up. LLEWELLYN (accessing the medical records): Here it is. Sally Jacobs... blood group A Positive. Who else walked out? ALEX (thinking): Luke Parsons. LLEWELLYN (tapping the name in): Luke Parsons... A Positive. ALEX: Jeffery Baxter. LLEWELLYN (looking him up): Baxter... A Positive. That's it. They're all A Positive. BLAKE: How many people in the world are A Positive? LLEWELLYN: No idea. But I bet it's one third. BLAKE: What's so special about that blood group? LLEWELLYN: Nothing, but... it's my fault. Guinevere One... it's got one of those plaques identifying the human race. Er... a message to the stars. I mean, you don't expect anything to come of it, but... I put on maps and music and samples. There's wheat seeds, and water, and... and blood. A Positive. The Sycorax have got a vial of A Positive. And well, I don't know how, but... through that... HARRIET JONES: They control the blood. LLEWELLYN: Oh, my God. HARRIET JONES: There's only one more thing I can try. Major, with me. Major Blake follows Harriet Jones from the room. INT. PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Harriet Jones sits at a desk, broadcasting a speech on national television. HARRIET JONES: Ladies and gentlemen... if I may take a moment during this terrible time. It's hardly the Queen's speech, I'm afraid that's been cancelled. (Turns her head to the side, addressing someone off-camera): Did we ask about the royal family? (Waits for reply). Oh. They're on the roof. But, Ladies and gentlemen, this crisis is unique, and I'm afraid to say, it might get much worse. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Jackie, Rose and Mickey stand watching her on the television. HARRIET JONES (on television): I would ask you all to remain calm. But I have one request: Doctor. If you're out there... we need you. Jackie turns to look at Mickey and Rose. Rose does not look back at her, but looks as though she is fighting back tears. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): I don't know what to do. But if you can hear me, Doctor... Rose turns away. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): If anyone knows the Doctor, if anyone can find him... the situation has never been more desperate. Rose walks to the Doctor's room, silent tears running down her cheeks. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): Help us. Please, Doctor. Help us. Rose leans against the doorframe, watching the Doctor's lifeless from. She is now sobbing, taking great gulping breaths, the tears flooding down her cheeks. Jackie comes to her, and takes her arm. Rose turns to her and puts her arms on Jackie's shoulders, her eyes screwed up against the tears. ROSE (choked with tears): He's gone. The Doctor's gone. He's left me, mum. He's left me, mum... Rose sobs even harder. Jackie places a kiss on her forehead and embraces her. Rose cries onto her shoulder. JACKIE (gently, soothingly): It's all right... I'm sorry... At that moment, the windows smash, showering the floor with glass. The ground shakes violently. INT. UNIT BASE An alarm goes off. LLEWELLYN: Sonic wave! It's the spaceship, it's h*t the atmosphere! EXT. POWELL ESTATE Mickey walks outside the flats, treading on the broken glass, and looks up at the sky. Everywhere else, people do the same. Rose and Jackie join Mickey, staring upwards. As they watch a huge spaceship floats into view, obscuring the sun. People everywhere gaze up at it, open-mouthed. It hovers right over central London. Rose stares up at it for a few more seconds, then runs back into the flat. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BEDROOM Rose runs into the Doctor's bedroom. ROSE: Mickey, we're gonna carry him. (Throws the duvet off the Doctor). Mum, get your stuff, and get some food. We're going. MICKEY: Well, where to? ROSE: The TARDIS. It's the only safe place on Earth. JACKIE: What're we gonna do in there?! ROSE: Hide. JACKIE: Is that it?! ROSE: Mum, look in the sky. There's a great, big, alien invasion and, I don't know what to do, alright? I've travelled with him, and I've seen all that stuff but when I'm stuck at home, I'm useless. Now, all we can do is run and hide, and I'm sorry. Now, move. Jackie leaves the room. Rose heaves the Doctor up, taking his shoulders. Mickey takes his legs. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh, lift him. INT. UNIT BASE Harriet Jones hurries forward. LLEWELLYN: They're transmitting. Onscreen. The Sycorax on the screen speak in an alien language. ALEX (translating): "Will the leader of this world stand forward." Harriet Jones steps forward. HARRIET JONES: I'm proud to represent this planet. ALEX: "Come aboard..." HARRIET JONES: Well, how do I do that? Harriet Jones, Blake, Llewellyn and Alex are all bathed in a blue light. LLEWELLYN: Wh... what's happening? HARRIET JONES: I would imagine it's called a teleport. The four of them are teleported from UNIT... INT. SYCORAX SHIP And into the Sycorax's spaceship. They find themselves facing thousands of Sycorax. One of them, the leader, steps forward. The four humans do the same. The Sycorax Leader raises his hand to his head to take his helmet off. LLEWELLYN: It's a helmet. They might be like us! The Sycorax Leader takes his helmet off, and the face underneath appears to have the bone and muscle on the outside. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): ... or not. The Sycorax says something in Sycoraxic. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose and Mickey carry the Doctor out of the front door. Jackie follows them, struggling with several shopping bags. She drops one and tries to pick it up again. ROSE: Mum, will you just leave that stuff and give us a hand? JACKIE: It's food! You said we need f... ROSE: Just leave it! INT. SYCORAX SHIP The Sycorax Leader talks to the humans, whilst Alex translates. ALEX (reading off the translation software): "You will surrender, or I will release the final curse. And your people will jump". LLEWELLYN (pushing his way to the front): If I can speak. BLAKE (grabbing his arm): Mr Llwellyn, you're a civilian! LLEWELLYN: No! I sent out the probe. I started it. I made contact with these people, this whole thing's my responsibility. He pulls his arm out of Blake's grasp and steps forward. He addresses the Sycorax Leader, who is coming slowly down the stairs on which he stood. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): With respect... sir. The human race is taking its first step towards the stars, but... we are like children compared to you. The Sycorax leader looks unimpressed. LLEWELLYN (CONT'D): Children who need help. Children who need compassion. I beg of you now... show that compassion. The Sycorax Leader raises a whip and lashes it at Llewellyn. It fastens around his neck, and he shouts with pain and he glows blue, next he falls the ground, as nothing more than a pile of bones. BLAKE (stepping forward furiously): That man was your prisoner! Even your species must have articles of w*r, forbidding... The Sycorax leader exercises his whip on Blake too, silencing him. His skeleton smoulders on the ground. Alex makes to step forward, but Harriet Jones stops him. She steps forward herself, and holds up her ID card. HARRIET JONES: Harriet Jones. Prime Minister. The Sycorax Leader replies curtly. ALEX (translating): "Yes. We know who you are. Surrender or they will die". The Sycorax Leader turns his back on them, taking his position next to a large red button. HARRIET JONES: If I do surrender... how would that be better? The Sycorax Leader positions his hand above the red button. ALEX: "Half is sold into sl*very or one third dies". The Sycorax Leader speaks again. ALEX (CONT'D): "Your choice". Harriet Jones closes her eyes and opens them again. The Sycorax Leader hisses at her. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose and Mickey carry the Doctor towards the TARDIS, Jackie following them, still carrying the shopping bags. She drops one. They carry him through the doors, starting to pant slightly with the effort. Jackie hurriedly follows them. She pauses for a moment, looking around before coming in completely. INT. TARDIS MICKEY: No chance you could fly this thing? ROSE: Not anymore, no. MICKEY: Well, you did it before... ROSE: I know, but it's sort of been... wiped out of my head, like it's forbidden. They place the Doctor down on the floor. ROSE (CONT'D): Try that again and I think the universe rips in half. MICKEY: Ah, better not, then. ROSE: Maybe not. MICKEY: So, what do we do? Just sit here? ROSE (clearly frustrated): That's as good as it gets. JACKIE (with a thermal flask): Right, here we go. Nice cup of tea. ROSE: Hmm, the solution to everything... JACKIE: Now, stop your moaning. I'll get the rest of the food. She leaves the TARDIS. Rose leans against the console and looks down at the Doctor. MICKEY: Tea. Like we're having a picnic while the world comes to an end. Very British. Rose does not answer. Mickey looks at the TARDIS computer screen. MICKEY (CONT'D): How does this thing work? It picks up TV, maybe we could see what's going on out there. Maybe we've surrendered. (Presses a few button). What do you do to it? ROSE: (still snappy): I dunno, it sort of tunes itself. She presses a few buttons. INT. SYCORAX SHIP On the Sycorax spaceship, the Leader turns as if responding to the blips of the TARDIS computer. He speaks angrily. ALEX (translating): The noise, the bleeping, they say it's machinery. Foreign machinery. They're accusing us of hiding it. Conspiring. Bring it on board. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Jackie comes out of the doors of the flats holding two more shopping bags. She begins to walk towards the TARDIS when it is teleported away. JACKIE: Rose? The TARDIS disappears. JACKIE (CONT'D): Rose! Jackie stares up at the spaceship hovering in the sky, scared. INT. TARDIS Mickey and Rose are listening to the bleeping sound the TARDIS computer is making. MICKEY: Maybe it's a distress signal. ROSE: Fat lot of good that's gonna do. MICKEY: Are you gonna be a misery all the time? ROSE: Yes. MICKEY: You should look at it from my point of view, stuck in here with your mum's cooking. ROSE (looking around): Where is she? Mickey shrugs and Rose jumps to her feet. ROSE (CONT'D): I'd better go and give her a hand. It might start raining m*ssile out there. MICKEY: Tell her anything from a tin, that's fine. ROSE: Why don't you tell her yourself? MICKEY: I'm not that brave. ROSE (pausing with her hand on the door handle): Oh, I don't know... She smiles at him and opens the door. Mickey smiles back. INT. SYCORAX SHIP As soon as she steps foot outside the door, she is grabbed by a Sycorax. She screams. INT. TARDIS Mickey looks around. MICKEY: Rose? He makes to follow her, dropping the thermal flask of tea on the grilling next to the Doctor's head. It starts to leak. INT. SYCORAX SHIP ROSE: Get off! Get off me! Mickey runs out of the TARDIS doors, staring around at their surroundings with amazement. ROSE (CONT'D): The door! Close the door! Mickey dashes to the door and slams it shut before he is grabbed by a Sycorax. Rose and Mickey both shout out. INT. TARDIS The Doctor is left alone inside the TARDIS, still lifeless on the floor. The tea drips from the flask and through the grilling. It drips onto the machinery below the console, causing it to steam. INT. SYCORAX SHIP The Sycorax Leader yells with glee, and the onlookers cheer. Harriet Jones stumbles towards Rose. HARRIET JONES: Rose. They embrace each other, both terrified. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): Rose! I've got you. My Lord. My precious thing. The Doctor... is he with you? ROSE (voice shaking): No. We're all on our own. INT. TARDIS Inside the TARDIS, the smoke caused by the dripping tea rises from beneath the grilling and surrounds the Doctor's head, making its way into his airways. He takes a deep breath in his sleep, opens his mouth and more of the vortex escapes. INT. SYCORAX SHIP The Sycorax Leader points at Rose and addresses her angrily. ALEX (translating): "The yellow girl. She has the clever blue box. Therefore, she speaks for your planet". HARRIET JONES: But she can't. ROSE (quietly, not taking her eyes off the Sycorax leader): Yeah, I can. MICKEY: Don't you dare. ROSE: Someone's gotta be the Doctor. HARRIET JONES (grabbing her): They'll k*ll you. ROSE (shaking her off): Never stopped him. Rose takes a few steps towards the Sycorax Leader. The surrounding Sycorax all mutter excitedly. Rose starts to speak nervously, unsure of herself. ROSE (CONT'D): I, um... I address the Sycorax according to... article fifteen of the Shadow Proclamation. I command you to leave this world with all the authority of the Slitheen Parliament of Raxacoricofallapatorius, and um... the Gelth Confederacy... The Sycorax Leader begins to stride towards her. ROSE (CONT'D): A... as uh... sanctioned... by the Mighty Jagrafess... and... Oh, the Daleks! Now, leave this planet in peace! In peace... There is a few seconds of stunned silence, and then all the Sycorax burst out laughing. The Sycorax Leader begins to speak again. ALEX (translating): "You are very, very funny". The Sycorax Leader speaks more angrily. ALEX (CONT'D) (translating): "And now you're going to die". HARRIET JONES (lurching forward): Leave her alone! MICKEY (also lurching forward): Don't touch her! HARRIET JONES: Leave her alone. They are both restrained by the Sycorax. The Sycorax Leader continues to speak to Rose, circling her. ALEX (translating): "Did you think you were clever with your stolen words?". The Sycorax Leader raises his arms into the air, speaking passionately. ALEX (CONT'D): "We are the Sycorax. We astride the darkness". The Sycorax Leader hisses at Rose, who whimpers. ALEX (CONT'D): "Next to us you are but a wailing child. If you are the best your planet can offer as a champion..." SYCORAX LEADER: Then your world will be gutted... ALEX: "... then your world will be gutted..." Rose stares. SYCORAX LEADER: ... and your people enslaved. ALEX: "... and your people enslaved". (Looking up). Hold on, that's English. HARRIET JONES: He's talking English. ROSE: You're talking English. SYCORAX LEADER: I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile! ROSE (pointing at him): That's English. She turns to Harriet Jones, Mickey and Alex. ROSE (CONT'D): Can you hear English? They all nod. MICKEY: Yeah, that's English. ALEX: Definitely English. SYCORAX LEADER (angrily): I speak only Sycoraxic! ROSE (to herself): If I can hear English... then it's being translated. Which means it's working. Which means... She turns slowly around to look at the TARDIS. Mickey and Harriet Jones follow suit. The doors open and there, standing smiling in his stripy pyjamas and dressing gown, is the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Did you miss me? Rose smiles in delight. The Sycorax Leader roars in fury and lashes his whip at the Doctor, who simply catches the end and pulls it away from him. He discards it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You could have someone's eye out with that! The Sycorax Leader roars again and tries to att*ck the Doctor with his staff, but the Doctor snatches it off him and snaps it over his knee. He chucks the broken pieces on the floor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You just can't get the staff. Now, you, just wait. I'm busy. The Sycorax Leader stares at him incredulously. The Doctor points at him warningly, then goes over to Mickey. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Mickey! Hello! (Turns to Harriet). And Harriet Jones MP for Flydale North! Blimey, it's like 'This Is Your Life'! (To Rose, beaming): Tea! That's all I needed! A good cup of tea! Superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for healing the synapses... (Seriously, lowering his tone). Now... first thing's first... be honest. How do I look? ROSE: Um... different. THE DOCTOR: Good different or bad different? ROSE: Just... different. THE DOCTOR (deadly serious): Am I... ginger? ROSE (raising her eyes to his hair): No, you're just sort of brown. THE DOCTOR (turning away, put out): Aww, I wanted to be ginger. I've never been ginger. (Turns back, pointing at her violently). And you, Rose Tyler, fat lot of good you were, you gave up on me, oh, that's rude. That's the sort of man I am now, am I? Rude. (Ponders this). Rude and not ginger. HARRIET JONES: I'm sorry, who is this? THE DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. ROSE: He's the Doctor. HARRIET JONES: But what happened to my Doctor? Or is it a title that's just passed on? THE DOCTOR (walking towards her): I'm him. I'm literally him. Same man, new face, well, new everything. HARRIET JONES (brow furrowed): But you can't be. THE DOCTOR: Harriet Jones. We were trapped in Downing Street, and the one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens... wasn't the w*r... it was the thought of your mother being on her own. HARRIET JONES: Oh, my God. THE DOCTOR (bending down slightly): Did you win the election? HARRIET JONES (smiling, rather pleased): Landslide majority. SYCORAX LEADER: If I might interrupt! They all spin around, having seemed to have forgotten him. THE DOCTOR: Yes! Sorry! Hello, big fella! SYCORAX LEADER: Who exactly are you? THE DOCTOR (fixed grin): Well. That's the question. SYCORAX LEADER: I demand to know who you are! THE DOCTOR (imitating the Sycorax's rough voice): I DON'T KNOW! (Relaxes). See, there's the thing. I'm the Doctor, but beyond that, I... I just don't know. I literally do not know who I am. It's all untested. (Walks around, addressing everyone). Am I funny? Am I sarcastic? (Looks at Rose). Sexy? (Winks cheekily, she smiles shyly). Right old misery? Life and soul? Right-handed? Left-handed? A gambler? A fighter? A coward? A traitor? A liar? A nervous wreck? I mean, judging by the evidence, I've certainly got a gob. (Notices the button). And how am I gonna react when I see this? (Points up at the button with an insane smile). A great big thr*at button. (Runs up the stairs, laughing). A Great Big thr*at Button Which Must Not Be Pressed Under Any Circumstances. Am I right? Let me guess, it's some sort of control matrix? Hmm? Hold on, what's feeding it? He bends down and pulls open a small door in order to access the controls underneath the button. He notices the red liquid inside. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And what've we got here? Blood? (Dips his finger in it and tastes it). Yeah, definitely. Blood. Human blood. A Positive. With just a dash of iron. (Waggles his tongue around at the nasty taste and wipes his finger on his dressing gown). Ahh. But that means... blood control... (Positively delighted). Blood control! Oh! I haven't seen blood control for years! You're controlling all the A Positives! The Sycorax's grimace falters slightly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Which leaves us with a great big stinking problem. 'Cos... I really don't know who I am. I don't know when to stop. So if I see a Great Big thr*at Button Which Should Never Ever Be Pressed... then I just wanna do this. He whacks the button hard. ROSE / HARRIET JONES: No! EXT. POWELL ESTATE ROOFTOP The A Positives who have been hypnotised onto the roof tops take a step forward... and then they are released from the hypnosis. They all look extremely confused. JASON: What the hell am I doing up here? SANDRA (relieved): Get away from the edge! They all hastily retreat from the edge, staring at the spaceship above their heads. INT. SYCORAX SHIP ALEX: You k*lled them! THE DOCTOR: What do you think, big fella? Are they d*ad? SYCORAX LEADER: We allow them to live. THE DOCTOR: Allow? You've no choice! I mean, that's all blood control is. Cheap bit of voodoo. Scares the pants off you, but that's as far as it goes. It's like hypnosis... you can hypnotise someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis, you can't hypnotise them to death. Survival instinct's too strong. SYCORAX LEADER: Blood control was just one form of conquest. I can summon the armada and take this world by force. THE DOCTOR: Well, yeah, you could, yeah, you could do that, of course you could. But why? Look at these people. (Gestures the humans, speaking passionately). These human beings. Consider their potential. From the day they arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun. There is more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than... no, hold on... (Pauses, thinking). Sorry, that's "The Lion King". But the point still stands. Leave them alone! SYCORAX LEADER: Or what? THE DOCTOR: Or... He grabs a sword from one of the Sycorax guarding Rose and the others, runs down the steps into the empty floor space in front of the TARDIS and raises it into the air. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I challenge you. The Sycorax Leader and the other Sycorax burst out laughing again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, that struck a chord. Am I right that the sanctified rules of combat still apply? SYCORAX LEADER (coming down the steps and unsheathing his sword): You stand as this world's champion. THE DOCTOR (shrugging off his dressing gown): Thank-you. I've no idea who I am, but you just summed me up. He tosses his dressing gown to Rose, who catches it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): So... you accept my challenge? Or are you just a cranak pel casacree salvak? The Sycorax Leader hisses. They both kneel by their swords. SYCORAX LEADER: For the planet? THE DOCTOR: For the planet. They stand up and face each other, holding their swords at the ready. They then run at each other and begin to fight. After a few seconds, the Doctor is thrown aside, and the Sycorax Leader laughs. The Doctor, however, straightens himself up and they begin to fight again. The Sycorax Leader swings his sword at the Doctor. ROSE: Look out! THE DOCTOR: Oh, yeah, that helped. Wouldn't have thought of that otherwise, thanks. They begin to fight again, Rose watching them, terrified. The Doctor leads the fight up the stairs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Bit of fresh air? He hits a button and a door opens, leading to a platform on the outside of the spaceship. EXT. SYCORAX SHIP They continue their fight. Rose, Mickey, Harriet Jones, Alex and a few of the Sycorax follow them. The swash-buckling continues. The Sycorax Leader manages to catch the Doctor slightly on his nose, and he groans. Rose begins to run forward, but the Doctor raises a hand to stop her. THE DOCTOR: Stay back! Invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet. He wipes his nose, and he and the Sycorax Leader run towards each other, clashing swords. They both grimace with the effort, and the Doctor is knocked backwards to the ground. Taking advantage, the Sycorax Leader slashes at the Doctor's wrist, succeeding in chopping his hand off, up to the elbow. It falls off the side of the spaceship, sword and all. The Doctor watches it drop, and looks back at the Sycorax Leader, looking rather stunned and annoyed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You cut my hand off. SYCORAX LEADER (triumphantly): Yah! Sycorax! THE DOCTOR (getting to his feet): And now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky. 'Cos quite by chance... I'm still within the first fifteen hours of my regeneration cycle. Which means I've got just enough residual cellular energy... to do this. He holds up his stump of an arm, and before the eyes of the observers, it grows right back. SYCORAX LEADER: Witchcraft. THE DOCTOR: Time Lord. Rose takes one of the Sycorax's swords out of its sheath. ROSE: Doctor! The Doctor turns and she tosses it to him. He catches it by the handle and spins it around. THE DOCTOR: Oh, so I'm still the Doctor, then? ROSE (smiling): No arguments from me! THE DOCTOR (turning back to the Sycorax Leader) :Wanna know the best bit? This new hand...(Texan accent). It's a fightin' hand! The Doctor runs at the Sycorax Leader, and the fight commences once more. They clash swords for a few more moments, then the Doctor jabs him hard in stomach with the handle of the sword. The onlookers wince, and the Sycorax Leader groans. The Doctor does the same twice more, causing the Sycorax Leader to fall to the ground. The Doctor points his sword at his throat. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I win. SYCORAX LEADER (difficulty speaking): Then k*ll me. THE DOCTOR: I'll spare your life if you'll take this champion's command: leave this planet, and never return. What do you say? SYCORAX LEADER: Yes. THE DOCTOR (as angry and serious as we have yet seen him, jabbing the sword closer): Swear on the blood of your species. SYCORAX LEADER (laboured): I swear. THE DOCTOR (lightly): There we are, then! Thanks for that! Cheers, big fella! He jabs the sword into the ground. HARRIET JONES (clapping): Bravo! ROSE (rushing forward): That says it all. Bravo! THE DOCTOR: Yeah! Not bad for a man in his jim-jams! Rose puts the dressing gown back on the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Very Arthur Dent. Now, there was a nice man. Hold on, what have I got in here? He takes a satsuma out of his pocket. Rose giggles. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): A satsuma. Ah, that friend of your mothers, he does like his snacks doesn't he? But doesn't that just sum up Christmas? They begin to walk back to the door. The Doctor throws the satsuma in the air and catches it again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom, there's always one stupid old satsuma. Who wants a satsuma? Behind them, the Sycorax Leader gets to his feet. He picks up his sword, roaring, ready to charge. Without even turning around, the Doctor lobs the satsuma at a switch on the side of the ship, causing the ground beneath the Sycorax Leader to open. He tumbles to Earth, screaming. The Doctor's smile has faded from his face. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): No second chances. I'm that sort of a man. INT. SYCORAX SHIP The Doctor stands in front of the TARDIS with Rose and the others. The Doctor addresses the remaining Sycorax. THE DOCTOR: By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when go you back to the stars and tell others of this planet... when you tell them of its riches, its people, its potential. When you talk of the Earth, then make sure that you tell them this: It is defended. The TARDIS, the Doctor, Rose, Harriet Jones, Mickey and Alex are all teleported away. EXT. STREET The group materialise. ROSE: Where are we? MICKEY: We're just off Bloxom Road. We're just round the corner, we did it! He laughs and jumps up and down in glee. The Doctor holds his hand out as the spaceships engines start up. THE DOCTOR: Wait a minute... wait a minute... The ship takes flight, back to the skies. The Doctor grins. MICKEY (gleefully): Go on, my son! Oh, yeah! ROSE (jumps on Mickey's back): Yeah! Don't come back! MICKEY: It is defended! They laugh happily, and Rose jumps off his back and hugs him. She then runs up to a very surprised Alex, and throws her arms around him as well. The Doctor and Harriet Jones face each other. She raises her arms, grinning. HARRIET JONES: My Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Prime Minister. They hug happily. HARRIET JONES: Absolutely the same man. The Doctor smiles. Then they both turn to look up at they sky. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): Are there many more out there? THE DOCTOR: Oh, not just Sycorax. Hundreds of species. Thousands of them. And the human race is drawing attention to itself. Every day you're sending out probes and messages and signals, this planet's so noisy. You're getting noticed... more and more. (Looks at her). You'd better get used to it. JACKIE: Rose! ROSE: Mum! THE DOCTOR: Oh! Talking of trouble...! Rose runs up to her mum who has just come down the street and hugs her. JACKIE: Oh, my God! You did it, Rose! Oh! The Doctor smiles. Alex's communication device bleeps. Mickey joins Rose and Jackie. ROSE: You did it too! It was the tea! Fixed his head! THE DOCTOR: That was all I needed, cup of tea. JACKIE: I said so! ROSE (smiling happily): Look at him! JACKIE: Is it him, though? Is it really the Doctor? (notices Harriet Jones). Oh, my God! It's the bleeding Prime Minister! THE DOCTOR: Come here, you. He holds out his arms to Jackie, who throws her arms around him. Rose and Mickey join in the group hug. JACKIE: Aww...! Are you better? THE DOCTOR: I am, yeah! The four of them chat happily amongst themselves while Alex approaches Harriet Jones, referring to the message on his communication device. ALEX: It's a message from Torchwood. They say they're ready. Harriet Jones closes her eyes briefly, and then opens them again, watching the happy group standing a short way away. JACKIE (to Rose): You left me! ROSE: I'm sorry! JACKIE: I had all the food! The Doctor turns and gives Harriet Jones a brief smile, which she feebly tries to return. HARRIET JONES: Tell them to f*re. ALEX (into his communication device): f*re at will. And they wait. The Doctor, Rose, Jackie and Mickey jump as a beam of green light sh**t loudly up from the ground nearby. The same green light beams up from another four points, and the five points meet in the middle. The energy sh**t up into space and hits the spaceship, destroying it. ROSE (gasping): What is that? What's happening? Jackie puts her hand over her mouth. The Doctor looks unsmilingly from the sky to Harriet Jones. He walks toward her slowly. THE DOCTOR (angrily): That was m*rder. HARRIET JONES: That was defence. It's adapted from alien technology. A ship that fell to Earth ten years ago. THE DOCTOR (still angry): But they were leaving. HARRIET JONES: You said yourself, Doctor. They'd go back to the stars and tell others about the Earth. I'm sorry, Doctor, but you're not here all the time. You come and go. It happened today, Mr Llewellyn and the Major. They were m*rder. They died right in front of me while you were sleeping. In which case, we have to defend ourselves. THE DOCTOR (disdainfully): Britain's Golden Age. HARRIET JONES: It comes with a price. THE DOCTOR: I gave them the wrong warning. I should've told them to run, as fast as they can, run and hide because the monsters are coming: the human race. HARRIET JONES: Those are the people I represent. I did it on their behalf. THE DOCTOR: Then I should've stopped you. HARRIET JONES: What does that make you, Doctor? Another alien thr*at? THE DOCTOR (stepping towards her angrily): Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones. 'Cos I'm a completely new man. I could bring down your Government with a single word. HARRIET JONES: You're the most remarkable man I've ever met. But I don't think you're quite capable of that. THE DOCTOR: No, you're right. Not a single word. (Looks down at her silently for a few seconds). Just six. HARRIET JONES: I don't think so. THE DOCTOR: Six words. HARRIET JONES: Stop it! THE DOCTOR: Six. They stare at each other for a few more seconds, a battle of wills. Then the Doctor walks around her and approaches Alex. He takes off his earpiece and speaks to him quietly, so Harriet Jones cannot hear. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Don't you think she looks tired? He walks off again, leaving Alex looking rather confused, and Harriet Jones plain alarmed. He joins Rose, Jackie and Mickey again, and the four of them walk off down the street. Harriet Jones rushes up to Alex. HARRIET JONES (urgently): What did he say? ALEX: Oh, uh... nothing, really. HARRIET JONES: What did he say?! ALEX: I... nothing! I don't know! HARRIET JONES (yelling after the Doctor's retreating back): Doctor! Doctor, what did you... what was... what did he say?! What did you say, Doctor? Doctor?! The Doctor completely ignores her, as do the other three. She calms down slightly. HARRIET JONES (CONT'D): I'm sorry. Alex begins to walk away, leaving Harriet Jones standing alone. INT. TARDIS, WARDROBE The Doctor is rifling through the clothes and looking for something to wear. A festive song plays. He picks up what looks like a soldier costume and holds it up to himself.: " When I woke up today and the world seemed a restless place, it could have been that way for me... ". INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Mickey, Rose and Jackie are preparing the Christmas Dinner. Mickey starts to carve the turkey. " Then I wandered around... ". INT. TARDIS, WARDROBE The Doctor shuffles through the clothes rack with no luck. " And I thought of your face... ". A brown suit catches the Doctor's eye. He holds it up. " That Christmas looking back at me... ". The Doctor grabs a brown jacket, smiles with delight and dashes off. " I wish today was just like every other day. ". INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose serves the sprouts at the table. " 'Cos today has been the best day... ". INT. TARDIS WARDROBE The Doctor walks slowly up to the mirror, hands in his pockets, newly clad in his brown suit and jacket. He turns around, looking at his reflection. " Everything I ever dreamed. Then I started to walk... ". He leans towards the mirror, running a hand over his face, examining it. " Pretty soon I will run... ". He runs his tongue over his teeth, then turns his head to different angles as if to admire the effect. " Then I'll be running back to you. ". He raises his eyebrows, sniffs, and nods. " 'Cos I followed my star, and that's what you are... ". The Doctor leaves the enormous wardrobe. INT. TYLER'S FLAT The Doctor enters Jackie's flat, shutting the door behind him. Rose looks up. The Doctor stands before her, and she smiles. He smiles back. " I've had a merry time with you. ". Rose screams as the Christmas cr*cker she pulled with the Doctor bangs. The Doctor wins but he gives it to Rose anyway. " I wish today was just like every other day. ". THE DOCTOR: Oh, that's yours... Rose takes a pink paper party hat out of the cr*cker. ROSE: It's pink! Mum, it should be yours! THE DOCTOR: Pink! Lovely! She puts the hat on, and the Doctor watches her, smiling. Rose points to the television. " 'Cos today has been the best day, everything I ever dreamed... ". ROSE: Look, it's Harriet Jones! They all turn to look at the television, the Doctor taking a pair of glasses from his pocket. MAN (on television): Prime Minister, is it true you are no longer fit to be in position? HARRIET JONES (on television): No. Now, can we talk about other things? The Doctor stands up and putting a pair of thick rimmed, geeky glasses on, looking sternly at the television. MAN: Is it true you're unfit for office? HARRIET JONES: Look, there is nothing wrong with my health! I don't know where these stories are coming from! And a vote of no confidence... is completely unjustified. The phone rings and Jackie goes into the kitchen to answer it. MAN: Are you going to resign? HARRIET JONES (clearly confused and frustrated): On today of all days, I'm fine. Look at me, I'm fine. I look fine, I feel fine. JACKIE: It's Beth. She says go and look outside. The Doctor takes his glasses off and turns back to the others. ROSE: Why? JACKIE: I dunno, just go outside and look. Come on, shift! They all get up. EXT. POWELL ESTATE There are lots of others outside too, as it appears to be snowing. They laugh in delight. It looks as though there are meteors in the sky. The Doctor and Rose stand beside each other, Jackie and Mickey a short way behind them. ROSE: Oh, that's beautiful. What are they, meteors? THE DOCTOR: It's the spaceship breaking up in the atmosphere. This isn't snow, it's ash. ROSE: Okay, not so beautiful. THE DOCTOR: This is a brand new planet Earth. No denying the existence of aliens now, everyone saw it. Everything's new. ROSE (avoiding his eye): And what about you? What are you gonna do next? THE DOCTOR: Well... back to the TARDIS... same old life. ROSE (tentatively): On... on your own? THE DOCTOR: Why, don't you wanna come? ROSE: Well, yeah. THE DOCTOR: Do you, though? ROSE: Yeah! THE DOCTOR: I just thought... 'cos I changed... ROSE: Yeah, I... I thought, 'cos you changed... you might not want me anymore. THE DOCTOR (happily, sincerely): Oh, I'd love you to come! ROSE: Okay! They laugh, beaming at each other. MICKEY (staring at the ground): You're never gonna stay, are you? The Doctor and Rose both look at him. Mickey raises his eyes. ROSE: There's just so much out there. So much to see... I've got to. Mickey smiles, understanding but still not happy. MICKEY: Yeah. JACKIE: Well, I reckon you're mad. The pair of you. It's like you go looking for trouble. THE DOCTOR (rushing up to her): Trouble's just the bits in-between (Puts an arm around her, looks up at the sky). It's all waiting out there, Jackie. It's brand new to me. Rose smiles. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): All those planets... creatures and horizons... I haven't seem them yet! Not with these eyes... (Stands beside Rose). And it is gonna be... fantastic. Rose smiles at the use of his old catchphrase and he grins back. He holds his hand out to her. ROSE (pointing at it, smiling): That hand of yours still gives me the creeps. The Doctor grins and wiggles his fingers persistently. She takes his hand and they look up at they sky for a few moments. Rose steps closer to him and brushes the snow off his arm. ROSE (CONT'D): So, where're we gonna go first? THE DOCTOR: Um... that way. (Points deliberately at a point in the night sky). No, hold on... that way. He points a smidgen to the right of his first point. Rose points in the same direction. ROSE: That way? THE DOCTOR (looking at her): Hmm? She nods. ROSE (softly): Yeah. That way. They smile at each other for a few seconds and then gaze up at the night-sky, hand in hand. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2005-12-25 - The Christmas Invasion"}
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The Doctor: Ah ah, I need your help. So fancy a trip in the TARDIS. Oh, more of a bus person, are we? Yeah, I see. Come on, what are you waiting for? Original air date: 25th December, 2005 Written by: Gareth Roberts Directed by: Ashley Way The Doctor: You've been watching my adventures? And I've been watching some of yours. Including you, mate. Where d'you get that energy? So... challenge. Reckon you can act as my companion? I only take the best, remember. About Rose. Dropped her off for a bit. 1979, ABBA, Wembley. So, it's all gonna be onto you, right? Ok, now. Hold out your remote control. I'm linking it to the sonic screwdriver. Now. All the power of the sonic is yours now. So, don't let the cat seat on it. You really wouldn't want that. Let's go! The Doctor: I'll patch you into the TARDIS screen. The Doctor (V.O.): Looks like any old Christmas, and it is. No, I'm jocking, it isn't. One of these people isn't human. But an Alien impostor. A changeling. There are two cameras in the room. The girl's got a camcorder for Christmas. Plus I'm looking out through their TV. Cause I'm clever. Use the arrow keys on your remote to flick between the views. Look closely at each person. One of them is the Alien, but which one? Work them eyeballs. Girl: Christmas video time! I want to test the camera. So, can I have one get together? Gran! Boy: Oh Dad, I can't find spots... Mom: Sweet, would you... Mom: Will you tell your son, please? Dad: You think he listens to me? Girl: Come on, gran. Stand over there, ok? Grandma: Over there. Girl: Yes. Grandad: Oh, my favorite one... Girl: Grandad. Grandad: All right, all right. Dad: This place was clean. A great one... A food stop, whatever question that is. Girl: Mum, just stand up, will you? Mom: That goes in there, Dad. Mom: Back in the box. It causes confusion and disapointment. People think they're waiting for their favorite and discover it's only an empty wrapping. Grandad: Sorry darling, I'm sorry. Dad: You're not gonna get it till tomorrow. When no one's watching tele, then you can plug it in. The Doctor (V.O.): Ok, time's up. Here's the list. So, is it Mum, Dad, Gran, Grandad, Girl, or Boy? If you think it's Mum, press 1. If you think it's Gran, press 2. Reckon it's Grandad, press 3. Or is it Dad? Press 4. The Boy, 5. The Girl, 6. I'll give you ages to decide. No I won't! Make your mind up! The Doctor: Well done. Yeah, it was Mum. It was the spots in her eyes glowing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They'd give away. Why are they glowing? That's what I'm here to find out. What's that? The Doctor: That creature was a Graske. They take up a planet by replacing its population. I can follow the trail of that one, but can you fly the TARDIS? The Doctor (V.O.): Here are some basics: Use your remote to activate the different controls, quickly when I tell you. Number 1 is the, Dimensional s*ab, there. Number 2 is this baby, the Vector Tracker. And this is number 3, the Vortex Loop. The Doctor: Got it? Right, let's go! The Doctor (V.O.): Switch on the Vortex Loop. Come on. Which one is it? Brilliant! Now the Dimensional s*ab. We're tumbling down! Here we go. You got it. Quick sticks, the Vector Tracker, press it. Good work, pilot. The Doctor: Bit of a bobby ride, but we've arrived. Where the hell is that Graske? Now. When is this? The Doctor (V.O.): We've gone back in time. About a hundred and twenty years. The Graske will be here any minute, if we don't spot him, we'll lose the trail. This grid is tuned to the Graske's DNA trace. It's marked to 1-9. When you see the DNA blip pop up, press the button for that number on the grid. Be quick, it'll only be a flash. Can you see him? Yes. Well done! Where did he go? Now we're in closer. Fingers on buttons. We need to spot him again. Make a choice. Yes, right, third level. Down, down, deeper and down. It's another Christmas. Christmas 1883. We're right on top of him. He's hiding somewhere, watch out for him. Old Man: Come along, come along. Have some mulled wine! And Merry Christmas, one and all! Long live Queen Victoria. The Doctor (V.O.): Where is he hiding? Old Man: Have some mulled wine! All you dully mop skippers and butt hunters! The Doctor (V.O.): Keep those eyes peeled. Urchin: We've been so hungry, Mrs., since the orphanage fell down. Give us a penny. Give us a penny. I'm saving up for a satsuma. The Doctor (V.O.): Can you see him? Young Woman: Come to the musical Christmas takeup now! I'll be singing all the big hits of the year: "She h*t him on the head with her hammer." And everyone's favorite tune... Archibald... The Doctor (V.O.): Where is he hiding? Press your button, now. You spoted him! There he goes, with another victim. Young Woman: That att*ck! Old Man: Strike me d*ad. The Doctor: Bravo, bravo! No idea why I said that. Perfect like Oprah. He's getting away, but you did well. We locked on to him, now. Let's get after that Graske. And last, Griffoth. The legendary planet of the Graske. We got a chance to stop them. There is an entrance but it's shielded. I'll take us as close as I can. Well, get out there! You're the star of the show. I've got you from in here through the sonic screwdriver. A good shell, then I'll give you away. I don't wanna get you eaten. Not on Christmas Eve. The Doctor (V.O.): Ah, an airlock protected by code. See those symbols on that panel. Look closely. You'll have to work out the next shape in the sequence. It's giving you the options. Which one comes next? Press the number of the right shape on the remote. Quick, work it out. Correct, let's go through. Another lock, another code. The Graske must have a thing about porches. This one's a number code. Work out the next number and press that button. We're counting down! Well done. You're good with numbers. I bet you can even do a long division. What's next? There are as many doors as Jim Morrison. Here's a selection of keys. but which one fits into that lock? Time is ticking away. That's the one. And it's the final door, you're in. The Doctor (V.O.): These pods contain the originals of all the changelings from around the universe. They need to keep them alive to sustain the copies. That's a Slitheen. And that's the Graske you chased from Earth. Earth will be doomed. Soon every man, woman and child will be stolen by the Graske. They're his two latest victims trapped forever unless you could stop him. He spotted you, get down! The Slitheen is out. Now is your chance. Only time to do one or two things. You can reverse the settings. That will destroy the duplicates, free the prisonners, and teleport them to wherever in the universe they were snatched from. Or... You can use the Graske's stasis control against them. Apart for you, freeze everybody and everything here. That control panel, take a look. These two buttons are all you need. Press 1 to teleport, 2 for stasis. Make your choice. Time is running out. It's all down to you! The Doctor (V.O.): You've gone for teleport. Look at them go. Everyone heading back to where they belong. Dad: Why are you all sat down? It's Christmas, isn't it? Get the game plugged-in! Mom: I'm getting sherry and pie. Girl: Place to my video. Mom: Yes, come on, come on. Come here. Dad: I got that. All:Merry Christmas! The Doctor: Hey, hey. Right choice! There would be another chance for someone, could even be me, to deal with the Graske. And you've saved that Christmas. Let's get you back home. The Doctor: Oh! I'd better disconnect the screwdriver from your remote. Hold it out. Smart! Back to normal. Though... There is a risk that if you switch to ITV tonight, the galaxy may implode. So... Now, I only take the best, and... You were amazing. I might just pick you up you one day. Well, I'd better go and get Rose! Merry Christmas. The Doctor (V.O.): That's the end. Or is it? No it isn't. Fancy another go at impressing me? You can! att*ck of the Graske is in a time loop. That means it starts again, right here, in one minute.
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2005-12-25 - att*ck Of The Graske Correct Choices"}
foreverdreaming
[TARDIS] The Doctor: 6 PM... Tuesday... October... 5006... On the way to Barcelona! Now then... what do I look like? No, no no, no no no no no no no. No. Don't tell me. Let's see... two legs, two arms, two hands... Slight weakness in the dorsal tubercle. Hair! I'm not bald! Oh, Oh! Big hair! Sideburns, I've got sideburns! Or really bad skin. Little bit thinner... That's weird. Give me time, I'll get used to it. I... have got... a mole. I can feel it. Between my shoulder blades, there's a mole. That's all right. Love the mole. Go on then, tell me. What do you think? Rose: Who are you? The Doctor: I'm the Doctor. Rose: No... Where is he? Where's the Doctor? What have you done to him? The Doctor: You saw me, I, I changed... right in front of you. Rose: I saw him sort of explode, and then you replaced him, like a... a teleport or a transmat or a body swap or something. You're not fooling me. I've seen all sorts of things. Nano genes... Gelth... Slitheen... Oh, my God, are you a Slitheen? The Doctor: I'm not a Slitheen. Rose: Send him back. I'm warning you; send the Doctor back right now! The Doctor: Rose, it's me. Honestly, it's me. I was dying. To save my own life I changed my body. Every single cell, but... it's still me. Rose: You can't be. The Doctor: Then how could I remember this? Very first word I ever said to you. Trapped in that cellar. Surrounded by shop window dummies... oh... such a long time ago. I took your hand... I said one word... just one word, I said... "Run". Rose: Doctor. The Doctor: Hello. And we never stopped, did we? All across the universe. Running, running, running... One time we had to hop. Do you remember? Hopping for our lives. Yeah? All that hopping? Remember hopping for your life? Yeah?! Hop? With the... No? Rose: Can you change back? The Doctor: Do you want me to? Rose: Yeah. The Doctor: Oh. Rose: Can you? The Doctor: No. Do you want to leave? Rose: Do you want me to leave? The Doctor: No! But... your choice... if you want to go home... Cancel Barcelona. Change to... London... the Powell Estate... ah... let's say the 24th of December. Consider it a Christmas present. There. Rose: I'm going home? The Doctor: Up to you. Back to your mum... it's all waiting. Fish and chips, sausage and mash, beans on toast... no, Christmas! Turkey! Although... having met your mother... nut loaf would be more appropriate. Was that a smile? Rose: No. The Doctor: That was a smile... Rose: No it wasn't. The Doctor: You smiled... Rose: No I didn't. The Doctor: Oh, come on, all I did was change, I didn't... Rose: What? The Doctor: I said I didn't... Uh oh. Rose: Er... is you alright? What's that? The Doctor: Oh... the change is going a bit wrong and all. Rose: Look... maybe we should go back. Let's go and find Captain Jack, he'd know what to do. The Doctor: Gah, he's busy! He's got plenty to do rebuilding the Earth! I haven't used this one in years. Rose: What're you doing?! The Doctor: Putting on a bit of speed! That's it! My beautiful ship! Come on, faster! That's a girl! Faster! Wanna to break the time limit?! Rose: Stop it! The Doctor: Ah, don't be so dull... let's have a bit of fun! Let's rip through that vortex! The regeneration's going wrong. I can't stop myself. Ah, my head... Faster! Let's open those engines! Rose: What's that? The Doctor: We're gonna crash land! Rose: Well then, do something! The Doctor: Too late! Out of control! Oh, I love it! Hot dawg! Rose: You're gonna k*ll us! The Doctor: Hold on tight, here we go! Christmas Eve...!
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who Special", "episode": "2005-11-18 - Born Again"}
foreverdreaming
THE FIVE DOCTORS BY: TERRANCE DICKS The Five Doctors First Air Date: 25 November 1983 Running time: 90:23 DOCTOR 1: One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. TEGAN: Finished? DOCTOR 5: Yes. Looks rather splendid, doesn't it? TEGAN: But will the TARDIS work properly? DOCTOR 5: Of course, once everything's run in. TEGAN: Didn't you repair anything? DOCTOR 5: Well, the TARDIS is more than a machine, Tegan. It's like a person. It needs coaxing, persuading, encouraging. TEGAN: You mean it's just as unreliable. DOCTOR 5: You have little faith, Tegan. TEGAN: Do you blame me? TURLOUGH: It's marvellous here. I feel so calm and relaxed. DOCTOR 5: It's the high b*mb of positive ions. TEGAN: It's like Earth after a thunderstorm. DOCTOR 5: Same cause and reason. TEGAN: It's beautiful. DOCTOR 5: For some, the Eye of Orion is the most tranquil place in the universe. TEGAN: Can't we stay here? DOCTOR 5: Why not? For a while. We could do with a rest. DOCTOR 5: Ah! TURLOUGH: Are you all right? DOCTOR 5: Just a twinge of cosmic angst. TEGAN: Cosmic? DOCTOR 5: As if I'd lost something. CRICHTON: Right. BRIGADIER: Thank you. CRICHTON: Well, to civilian life. BRIGADIER: You know, I can't tell you how much I was looking forward to this reunion. A chance of re-meeting old friends. CRICHTON: There was one chap we tried to get hold of. What was his name? Used to be your scientific advisor. BRIGADIER: Oh, the Doctor. CRICHTON: Yes that's right. BRIGADIER: Wonderful chap. All of them. CRICHTON: Them? CRICHTON: Yes? SERGEANT (OOV.): Excuse me, sir, sorry to interrupt. Someone's arrived. CRICHTON: I'm not expecting anyone. SERGEANT: Insists on seeing Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart. CRICHTON (OOV.): How did he know he was here? SERGEANT: I'm sorry, sir, you're not allowed in there. DOCTOR 2: Not allowed? Me? I'm allowed everywhere. DOCTOR 2: Oh, thank you. Brigadier. BRIGADIER: Good heavens. Is it you? DOCTOR 2: Yes, yes. For once, I was able to steer the TARDIS. And here I am. CRICHTON: It's all right, Sergeant. SERGEANT: Very good, sir. DOCTOR 2: I'm not too late, am I? BRIGADIER: What for? DOCTOR 2: For your speech as guest of honour. BRIGADIER: How did you know? DOCTOR 2: I saw it in the Times. CRICHTON: That's impossible. The reporter's still here. DOCTOR 2: Tomorrow's Times. And, er, and who is this? BRIGADIER: That's Colonel Crichton, my replacement. DOCTOR 2: Ah. Yes, mine was pretty unpromising, too. BRIGADIER: Come along, Doctor, we'll take a stroll round the ground, shall we? Awfully sorry about this. Do excuse me for a moment. DOCTOR 2: You've had this place redecorated, haven't you? Hmm. Don't like it. BRIGADIER: Come along, Doctor. DOCTOR 2: After you. BRIGADIER: What? DOCTOR 2: After you. BRIGADIER: Oh, very well. SERGEANT: Everything all right, sir? CRICHTON: What the blazes is going on? Who was that strange little man? SERGEANT: The Doctor. CRICHTON: Who? BRIGADIER: Yes. Yeti, Cybermen. We've seen some times, Doctor. DOCTOR 2: And Omega. Don't forget Omega. BRIGADIER: As if I could! DOCTOR 2: And the terrible Zodin. BRIGADIER: Who? DOCTOR 2: Oh, you weren't concerned with her, were you? She happened in the future. They were covered in hair. Used to hop like kangaroos. Well, I must say goodbye, Brigadier. I really shouldn't be here at all. I'm not exactly breaking the laws of time, but I am bending them a little. BRIGADIER: You never did bother much about rules, as I remember. What's the matter? BRIGADIER: What is it? DOCTOR 2: Brigadier, I think our past is catching up on us. Or maybe it's our future. Come on, run! BRIGADIER: Doctor, I'm too old for his sort of thing. DOCTOR 2: Where's it gone? We must get back to the TARDIS before it's too late. Run! TEGAN: Doctor, what is it? DOCTOR 5: It's fading. It's all fading. TURLOUGH: What's fading? DOCTOR 5: Great chunks of my past, detaching themselves like melting icebergs. Ah! TEGAN: Do something. Help him! DOCTOR 5: Oh, no. No, don't look so worried. I'll have it all worked out soon. Everything's all right. Everything's quite all right. DOCTOR 3: Great balls of f*re! DOCTOR 3: Good old Bessie. TEGAN: What's happening to him? What are we going to do? TURLOUGH: He seems to be under some kind of psychic att*ck. DOCTOR 5: I am being diminished. Whittled away, piece by piece. A man is the sum of his memories, you know. A Time Lord even more so. TEGAN: What can we do to help you? DOCTOR 5: Get me into the TARDIS. DOCTOR 5: Ah! I have to find, to find TURLOUGH: Find what? DOCTOR 5: My other selves. K9: Mistress, do not go out. SARAH: What is it? K9: Danger, Mistress. SARAH: What? K9: I can sense danger, Mistress. Telepathic trace faint but rapidly increasing in strength. Do not go out. SARAH: What kind of danger? K9: Positive data not yet available. SARAH: Well, I can't stay home. You have to give me a reason. K9: Negative, Mistress. Data analysis shows too many variables. Danger readings now becoming much higher, Mistress. Suggestion. Take me with you. SARAH: I can't. Honestly, I can't. The car's in docks so I've got to go by bus. K9: There is danger, Mistress. My sensors indicate it is now extreme. And the Doctor is involved. SARAH: Well, now I know you're imagining things. See you later. K9: Danger! Doctor! Danger! Mistress! DOCTOR 4: Wordsworth, Rutherford, Christopher Smart, Andrew Marvell, Judge Jeffreys, Owen Chadwick. ROMANA: Who? DOCTOR 4: Owen Chadwick. Oh, yes, some of the greatest labourers in the history of Earth have thought here. ROMANA: Newton, of course. DOCTOR 4: Oh, definitely Newton. ROMANA: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. DOCTOR 4: That's right. ROMANA: So, Newton invented punting. DOCTOR 4: Oh, yes. There was no limit to Isaac's genius. ROMANA: Isn't it wonderful how something so primitive can be so DOCTOR 4: Restful? ROMANA: No, simple. You just push in one direction and the boat goes in the other. Oh, I do love the spring. All the leaves, the colours. DOCTOR 4: It's October. ROMANA: I thought you said we were coming here for May week. DOCTOR 4: I did. May week's in June. ROMANA: I'm confused. DOCTOR 4: So was the TARDIS. ROMANA: Oh, I do love the autumn. All the leaves, the colours. DOCTOR 4: Yes. Well, at least with something as simple as a punt nothing can go wrong. No co-ordinates, no dimensional s*ab, nothing. Just the water, the punt, a strong pair of hands and a pole. TEGAN: Oh no! TEGAN: Two hearts. TURLOUGH: Well, his body's all right. He just seems to be fading away. Why did he have to set the TARDIS moving? We were safe before he did that. TEGAN: Look TEGAN: Doctor? TEGAN: What's going on? TURLOUGH: We've landed. TURLOUGH: According to the instruments, we're nowhere, in no time. TEGAN: The Doctor must have forgotten to reconnect something. TURLOUGH: No. The instruments are all working perfectly. They just won't tell us anything. The TARDIS is paralysed. TEGAN: How did we get here? What do we do now? TURLOUGH: We wait until the Doctor recovers. TEGAN: And if he doesn't? BORUSA: Well? CASTELLAN: He has arrived. BORUSA: Involving this person does not please me. CASTELLAN: The constitution clearly states that when in emergency session, the members of the inner council are unanimous FLAVIA: Which indeed we are BORUSA: The President of the Council may be overruled. What a ridiculous clause. Very well, have him enter. CASTELLAN: With all due respect, Lord President, your regeneration has not helped your stubbornness. MASTER: Lord President, Castellan, Chancellor Flavia. This is a very great and, may I say, a most unexpected honour. I may be seated? Now then, what can I do for you? BORUSA: You are one of the most evil and corrupt beings this Time Lord race has ever produced. Your crimes are without number and your villainy without end. Nevertheless, we are prepared to offer you a full and free pardon. MASTER: What makes you think I want your forgiveness? CASTELLAN: We can offer you an alternative to your renegade existence. BORUSA: Regeneration. A complete new life cycle. MASTER: What must I do? BORUSA: Rescue the Doctor. MASTER: What? DOCTOR 1: Susan. Surely it's Susan. SUSAN: Grandfather. Oh, Grandfather! SUSAN: Thank goodness I've found you. How did we get here? What's happening? DOCTOR 1: I wish I knew, my dear. SUSAN: As soon as I found myself in this horrible place I started looking for you. Somehow I knew I'd find you here. DOCTOR 1: Well, the important question now is where are we, and why? SUSAN: (quietly) We must be on Skaro. DOCTOR 1: (quietly) We were brought here. Perhaps the Dalek was, too. SUSAN: Run, Grandfather! DALEK: Halt at once. Halt or you will be exterminated. It is the Doctor. The Doctor must be destroyed. Exterminate. Exterminate. Exterminate! BORUSA: The Death Zone. MASTER: Ah., the black secret at the heart of your Time Lord paradise. CASTELLAN: Recently, the Zone has become reactivated. Somehow, it is draining energy from the Eye of Harmony. FLAVIA: To an extent which endangers all Gallifrey. BORUSA: We must know what is happening there. MASTER: Did it occur to you to go and look? BORUSA: Two of the High Council went into the Zone. Neither returned. MASTER: So you sent for the Doctor? CASTELLAN: We looked for the Doctor, but he no longer exists. Not in any of his regenerations. BORUSA: The Doctor has been taken out of time. CASTELLAN: We believe the attempt to lift him from his time stream was unsuccessful. There he must stay until we can find and free his other selves. MASTER: And if you cannot? The cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bares thinking about. What makes you think his other selves are in the Zone? BORUSA: Their time traces. They converge there. MASTER: And you can get me into the Zone? CASTELLAN: We have a power-boosted, open-ended transmat beam. MASTER: Ah. Why me? BORUSA: Because we need someone determined, experienced, ruthless, cunning. MASTER: And disposable? CASTELLAN: Not at all. You would be useless to us d*ad. FLAVIA: Will you go? BORUSA: Will you? MASTER: And rescue the Doctor. TEGAN: Come on, Doctor. TURLOUGH: Hold on! TEGAN: What's happening to you? DOCTOR 5: I'm being sucked into a time vortex. Part of me there already. It's pulling the rest. I must send a signal. TEGAN: What signal? DOCTOR 5: I must send a signal. Find them. I must be whole. DALEK: Halt at once or you will be exterminated. Halt! Halt! Obey. Obey the Daleks. You will be exterminated. Exterminate! Exterminate! SUSAN: Oh, It's a d*ad end! DOCTOR 1: That may be precisely what we need. SUSAN: No, Grandfather, come on, please! DOCTOR 1: No, no, no, don't argue, Susan. Listen to me. Now, when I say now, help me to push the Dalek down that alley, and when I say drop, drop. Understood? DOCTOR 1: Now, Susan! DALEK: Under att*ck! DOCTOR 1: Drop! DALEK: Under att*ck! DALEK: Exterminate! Under att*ck! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! DOCTOR 1: It's very dangerous to f*re energy w*apon in an enclosed space. SUSAN: Look! DOCTOR 1: The Dark Tower. SUSAN: We're on Gallifrey. DOCTOR 1: The Death Zone. SUSAN: Why were we brought here? DOCTOR 1: Instinct, my dear, tells me that the answer to that lies in the Tower. BRIGADIER: Charming spot, Doctor. DOCTOR 2: My dear Brigadier, it's no use blaming me. BRIGADIER: You attract trouble, Doctor. You always did. Where the devil are we? DOCTOR 2: I'm not sure, but I have some very nasty suspicions. What's that? BRIGADIER: Huh? DOCTOR 2: Over there. BRIGADIER: There's something moving. DOCTOR 2: No, get down. DOCTOR 2: Don't worry, Brigadier. DOCTOR 2: Run! DOCTOR 3: Now what? SARAH: Oh. Oh, K9, why didn't I listen to you? DOCTOR 3: Hang on a minute. DOCTOR 3: Catch hold of this. SARAH: Oh, I never thought I'd be so pleased to see anyone. DOCTOR 3: I think we should come away from the ledge, don't you? SARAH: Wait a moment. It's you. DOCTOR 3: Of course it's me. Hello, Sarah Jane. SARAH: No, no, it's you you. DOCTOR 3: That's right. SARAH: No. No, you changed remember? You became all, er DOCTOR 3: Teeth and curls? SARAH: Yes. DOCTOR 3: Yes, well, maybe I did, but I haven't yet. SARAH: Oh, I see. No, I don't. Never mind. Yes, well, thank you very much for rescuing me, Doctor, and now perhaps you'll explain why I'm here to need rescuing. DOCTOR 3: Steady on, Sarah Jane. I'm not exactly here by choice either, you know. SARAH: Then, what are we doing here? DOCTOR 3: Well, I'll try and explain. Come on, get in the car. DOCTOR 5: I've got to. What is it I've got to do? TEGAN: You said something about a signal. TURLOUGH: About being whole. DOCTOR 5: Ah yes, of course. A recall signal. TEGAN: What's the signal for, Doctor? Who's it to? DOCTOR 5: I must send the signal. They'll hear it. That'll bring them. TEGAN: Doctor, tell where the signal control is so we can help you. DOCTOR 5: It's, it's DOCTOR 1: Oh, it's no good. I shall have to rest. SUSAN: Oh, yes, of course, Grandfather. I'll just go and take another look. DOCTOR 1: Yes, yes. SUSAN: Look. Come and see. DOCTOR 1: Hmm? What? Goodness me! The TARDIS! SUSAN: What's it doing here? DOCTOR 1: I suggest we go and find out. TEGAN: He's only just about conscious. TURLOUGH: If only he'd managed to send that signal. TEGAN: Who are you? DOCTOR 1: More to the point, what are you young people doing inside my TARDIS? TEGAN: It's his TARDIS. DOCTOR 1: And who might he be? TURLOUGH: The Doctor. DOCTOR 1: Hmm? Good grief. DOCTOR 5: You're here. You're here. DOCTOR 1: Yes, evidently. Now, take it steadily, my boy, and let me help you up. DOCTOR 5: I tried to send a recall signal. DOCTOR 1: Yes, it doesn't matter. How do you come to be here? DOCTOR 5: Well, the TARDIS was, er. I don't know. DOCTOR 1: Never mind that. SUSAN: Is he really DOCTOR 1: Me? Yes. Yes, I'm afraid so. Regeneration? DOCTOR 5: Fourth. DOCTOR 1: Goodness me! So, there are five of me now! Oh, er, this is Susan. DOCTOR 5: Yes, I know. DOCTOR 1: And, er, you two are TURLOUGH: Turlough. TEGAN: And I'm Tegan Jovanka. Who might you be? DOCTOR 1: I might be any number of things, young lady. As it happens, I am the Doctor. The original, you might say. TEGAN: But you shouldn't be here at the same time, with him, should you? DOCTOR 1: Certainly not. DOCTOR 5: It only happens in the gravest emergencies. DOCTOR 1: Like now. DOCTOR 5: Yes, unfortunately. DOCTOR 1: Now look, young lady. Make yourself useful. This young fellow looks as though he needs some refreshment and I know that Susan and I do, too. TEGAN: Hang on a minute. DOCTOR 5: Tegan, Tegan, Tegan. Humour him. You know, I sometimes used to get a little tetchy. Fortunately one mellows with age. Turlough will help. TURLOUGH: Thank you. DOCTOR 1: And now, young fellow, tell me all about it. FLAVIA: The Seal of the High Council. It may help to convince the Doctors of your good faith. MASTER: Perhaps. CASTELLAN: It's time to go. When you have something to tell us, activate this. CASTELLAN: We will pick up your signal and transmat you back. MASTER: Isn't anyone going to wish me luck? BORUSA: We wish you success, for all our sakes. CASTELLAN: And now, we wait. BORUSA: I would prefer to wait alone. MASTER: One of my predecessors. MASTER: Not the most hospitable of environments. DOCTOR 2: It's just as I feared. We're on Gallifrey, in the Death Zone. BRIGADIER: You know this place? DOCTOR 2: To my shame. Yes, mine, Brigadier, and that of every other Time Lord. In the days before Rassilon, my ancestors had tremendous powers which they misused disgracefully. They set up this place, the Death Zone, and walled it around with an impenetrable force field, and then they kidnapped other beings and set them down here. BRIGADIER: But what for? DOCTOR 2: I'll explain as we go. BRIGADIER: Where are we going? DOCTOR 2: To the Tower. To Rassilon, the greatest single figure in Time Lord history. BRIGADIER: Is that where he lives? DOCTOR 2: Not exactly, Brigadier. It's his tomb. DOCTOR 1: You're talking nonsense, my boy. We must send the signal as planned and wait for the others. DOCTOR 5: No, there's no time. We must leave immediately. Temporal instability's already affecting me. DOCTOR 1: And without our other selves, we'll be of little use out there. DOCTOR 5: Well, they'll never make it. There is evil at work. TEGAN: Evil? DOCTOR 1: We're in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. TURLOUGH: How can you be so sure? DOCTOR 5: Well, the Tomb of Rassilon. Look, can we really afford to wait, especially if someone is tapping his power? DOCTOR 1: Well, what do you intend to do, young man? DOCTOR 5: I shall go to the Tower. DOCTOR 1: But there could be great danger. DOCTOR 5: Help me set up the computer scanner. We can at least see what is out there. DOCTOR 3: All this was the setting for the games. But old Rassilon put a stop to it in the end. He sealed off the entire Zone and forbade the use of the Time Scoop, until now. SARAH: But why don't they just tell us why we're here? DOCTOR 3: Because they delight in deviousness, that's why. It amuses them, chucking us in the deep end, watching us sink or swim. SARAH: Why have we stopped? DOCTOR 3: So I can get my bearings. Ah ha. There it is. SARAH: What? DOCTOR 3: The Tomb of Rassilon. That's where we're going. SARAH: Look, do you think this is wise, Doctor? I mean, well, whatever's in that Tower, it's got enormous powers and, well, what can we do against it? DOCTOR 3: What I've always done, Sarah Jane. Improvise. MASTER: Doctor, wait! SARAH: Who's that? DOCTOR 3: I don't know. No, it couldn't be. DOCTOR 3: Jehosophat, it really is you. Yes, well, I should have known you'd be behind all this. SARAH: Doctor, who is it? DOCTOR 3: That's my best enemy. He likes to be known as the Master, don't you? My, my, my, but you've changed. Another regeneration? MASTER: Not exactly. DOCTOR 3: I take it you are responsible for our being in the Death Zone? MASTER: For once, I'm innocent, here at the High Council's request to help you, and your other selves. DOCTOR 3: You? Sent here by the Time Lords to help me? I've never heard such arrant nonsense. MASTER: I happen to be telling the truth. I carry the Seal of the High Council. DOCTOR 3: Yes, forged, no doubt. MASTER: See for yourself. DOCTOR 3: Stolen, then. I'll return it at the first opportunity. MASTER: If you would only listen, I'm here to help. DOCTOR 3: You? Help me? Rubbish. This is some kind of a trap. MASTER: I knew this was going to be difficult, but I didn't realise that even you would be so stupid as to make it impossible. DOCTOR 3: I knew it, a trap. MASTER: These thunderbolts are everywhere. SARAH: No, we can't leave him. DOCTOR 3: You just watch me. DOCTOR 5: Now, as far as I can make out, there are three entrances. One above, one below, and the main door here. DOCTOR 1: Which do you plan to use? DOCTOR 5: Er, well, the main door. DOCTOR 1: I still think you should wait. DOCTOR 5: There may be very little time. DOCTOR 3: You see what I mean? A trap. BORUSA: Is there nothing you can do to retrieve him? TECHNICIAN: Nothing, my Lord President. With the present energy drain, it is beyond our resources. BORUSA: You use what spare energy you have to s*ab that portion of the vortex in which he is trapped. It may at least give the remaining Doctors more time. TECHNICIAN: Lord President. CASTELLAN: No news from the Master? BORUSA: Did you really think that there would be? DOCTOR 2: I wonder, could Rassilon himself have brought us here? BRIGADIER: Hang on a minute, Doctor. You said this chap Rassilon was d*ad. You did say that was his tomb? DOCTOR 2: Oh, it is, but no one really knows how extensive his powers were. BRIGADIER: He could still be alive? DOCTOR 2: Watching us at this very moment. BRIGADIER: Didn't you say he was supposed to be rather a good type? DOCTOR 2: So the official history says, but there are many rumours and legends to the contrary. Some say his fellow Time Lords rebelled against his cruelty and locked him in the Tower in eternal sleep. BRIGADIER: And now he's woken up again? DOCTOR 2: Well, it would explain a great deal. Oh dear. BRIGADIER: Hmm? DOCTOR 2: We could be playing the Game of Rassilon at this very moment. BRIGADIER: Your tone doesn't inspire much confidence. I assume we're not expected to win. DOCTOR 2: Come on. TURLOUGH: Even if you. Even if you reach this Tower, what are you going to do? DOCTOR 5: Er, release the TARDIS. The computer scanner's located the force field generator. SUSAN: I'll come with you. DOCTOR 5: Hmm. TEGAN: I'd like to come, too. DOCTOR 1: No. I think it would be safer if you were to remain here with me. TEGAN: I'd like to go with him. DOCTOR 5: Er, yes, yes, all right. Now, you'll bring the TARDIS to the Tower as soon as I switch off the force field. DOCTOR 1: Of course. DOCTOR 5: Yes, of course. Right, better get started. Time's running out. DOCTOR 5: Eureka. SARAH: I thought we were going to the Tower. DOCTOR 3: We are. SARAH: Then why this way? DOCTOR 3: Because the mountains are between us and the Tower, Sarah. That's why. SARAH: Can't you find an easier way? DOCTOR 3: No, it'd take far too long. DOCTOR 3: So, the Master has used the Time Scoop to bring others as well as us here. Come on, let's get out of here. TURLOUGH: Do you think it will take the Doctor long to reach the Tower? DOCTOR 1: It depends on what may try to stop him, my boy. Oh, it's not without reason that it's called the Death Zone. Great heavens. Two more traces. TURLOUGH: Time Lords? DOCTOR 1: Two more Doctors. The scanner is keyed to my, to our brain patterns. Well, well, well, so two of them made it. I wonder what happened to the other. DOCTOR 2: Who to Rassilon's Tower would go, must choose below. No, no, no Who unto Rassilon's Tower will go, must choose above, between, below. BRIGADIER: Are you in pain, Doctor? DOCTOR 2: Age has not mellowed you, has it, Brigadier? I was recalling, in point of fact, an old nursery rhyme about the Dark Tower. BRIGADIER: Does it help? DOCTOR 2: Considerably more than you do. It describes the different ways to enter the Tower. BRIGADIER: A nursery rhyme? I never heard anything so ridiculous. DOCTOR 2: Nevertheless, I propose to put it to the test. DOCTOR 2: Come along. In here. DOCTOR 5: Soon be there. SUSAN: I'm finding this quite exhilarating. TEGAN: I wish I were. MASTER: Doctor. TEGAN: The Master. DOCTOR 5: Wait here. MASTER: I know this is going to be hard to believe, Doctor, but for once I mean you no harm. DOCTOR 5: Like Alice, I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast. Go on. MASTER: I've been sent here by the High Council to help you. SUSAN: Is this man a friend of the Doctor's? TEGAN: Anything but. SUSAN: Well, they're talking as if they were friends. TEGAN: That's what worries me. CYBERMAN: I have found the ones from the TARDIS. LEADER: Excellent. CYBERMAN 2: I shall take the patrol and destroy them. LEADER: No. Capture them alive. They must be interrogated first. CYBERMAN 2: Leader. LEADER: We also need the Time Lord to pilot the TARDIS. Go. CYBERMAN 2: Here are your orders. MASTER: Be reasonable, Doctor. DOCTOR 5: I am. I listened. MASTER: As you see, I'm armed. I could easily k*ll you if I wanted to. DOCTOR 5: And not humiliate me first? Oh, that isn't your style at all. MASTER: I also have a recall device that'll take me back to the conference room in the heart of the Capitol. DOCTOR 5: So you say. I would prefer more positive proof of your credentials. MASTER: One of your other selves took it from me. DOCTOR 5: Do you expect me to believe the fantastic tale you've just told? TEGAN: Doctor, look out! Cybermen! DOCTOR 5: Go back! SUSAN: Well, we can't just leave him. TEGAN: We can't help him, either. Do as he says. We must warn the others. DOCTOR 5: After you. CYBERMAN 2: Halt! Halt, or you will be destroyed. DOCTOR 5: Zapped. CASTELLAN (OOV.): All available power to transmat beam. CASTELLAN: Locked on. CASTELLAN (OOV.): Prepare to retrieve the Master. CYBERMAN 2: You will accompany us. CASTELLAN (OOV.): Transference now. DOCTOR 5: Sorry, must dash. TEGAN: Susan, come on! SUSAN: Ow! TEGAN: Can you walk? SUSAN: Ow, just about. DOCTOR 5: Quite a reception committee. CYBERMAN 2: This is not the Doctor. LEADER: Take him. MASTER: Oof. I've been looking for you. LEADER: k*ll him! MASTER: I'm here as your friend. LEADER: Who are you? MASTER: I am the Master, and your loyal servant. DOCTOR 2: And then? SUSAN: Then he just disappeared. DOCTOR 1: Hmm. TURLOUGH: What could have happened? DOCTOR 1: Well, from the way Susan described it, a transmat device. TEGAN: Yes, but he must have got it from the Master. SUSAN: I do hope he's all right. DOCTOR 1: Well, with our young friend gone, I shall have to go to the Dark Tower. TEGAN: I'll come with you. DOCTOR 1: Oh. Oh, well, if you must. Thank you, my dear. DOCTOR 5: It seems I've done the Master an injustice. BORUSA: If he survived, I'm sure he will learn to live with the misjudgment. DOCTOR 5: Well, this changes things. If the Master isn't responsible, then who is misusing the Death Zone? CASTELLAN: We were hoping you could tell us. You have been there. DOCTOR 5: Who has control of the Time Scoop? BORUSA: No one. Its use is prohibited. DOCTOR 5: But the machinery still exists. BORUSA: Doctor, you seem to be implying that the Time Scoop was used to bring you. DOCTOR 5: Yes, I am rather. FLAVIA: Then you accuse a Time Lord. DOCTOR 5: I think it would be quite an important one, as well. BORUSA: You have evidence, of course. DOCTOR 5: No. No, not yet. BORUSA: Then upon what do you base this outrageous accusation? DOCTOR 5: Cybermen. Whoever brought me and my other selves here also brought them. Now, you know our legends well enough. Even in our most corrupt period our ancestors never allowed the Cybermen to play the game. Like the Daleks, they play too well. CASTELLAN: Hardly proof of a traitor. DOCTOR 5: Then there's this. You know, the Death Zone is a large place, and yet the Cybermen found us very quickly. Almost as if they were supposed to. BORUSA: They are highly skilled in such things. DOCTOR 5: Especially when helped. This is the one thing the Master would be sure to keep on him at all times. The recall device. And within. DOCTOR 5: A homing beacon. BORUSA: Which you gave him, Castellan. CASTELLAN: It's a lie. The Doctor wants revenge. BORUSA: Sit down. CASTELLAN: I will not submit to such wild accusations. BORUSA: Commander! COMMANDER: Lord President? BORUSA: Institute an immediate and rigorous search of the Castellan's office and living quarters. LEADER: I do not believe your lies. MASTER: What I have said is the truth. We've all been sent here for the same reason. CYBERMAN 2: To fight? MASTER: To destroy each other for the amusement of the Time Lords. But you don't have to play their game. You can defeat them, gain your revenge, but only with my help. LEADER: Explain. MASTER: Close by there's a Tower, the fortress of your enemies the Time Lords. It's well defended, but I can help you break in. CYBERMAN 2: And, what do you ask in return? MASTER: My life. My freedom. A chance to share in your revenge. To destroy the Time Lords. LEADER: Guard him. CYBERMAN: Leader. LEADER: We will allow him to guide us to this Tower. CYBERMAN 2: He is an alien. Aliens are not to be trusted. LEADER: It is not necessary to trust him. CYBERMAN 2: Will you give him his freedom? LEADER: Promises to aliens have no validity. When the Tower is in our hands, he will be destroyed. LEADER: You will guide us to this Tower. SUSAN: They're moving so slowly. TURLOUGH: Don't worry. Tegan will look after the old man. SUSAN: If only we could make contact with the other Doctors. SUSAN: What's that? TURLOUGH: Oh, no. SUSAN: Cybermen. DOCTOR 2: Come along, Brigadier, come along. This way. BRIGADIER: Damn it, Doctor, I'm just not built for this kind of thing any more. DOCTOR 2: You never were. Cheer up, we're getting along very nicely. BRIGADIER: Yeah. DOCTOR: 2: We should be at the Tower very soon. The tunnel's rising all the time. BRIGADIER: Is that supposed to cheer me up? BRIGADIER: What was that? DOCTOR 2: It sounded like something very large and very fierce, and probably very hungry. Come on. SARAH: It's a d*ad end. DOCTOR 3: No, it's not. Look. SARAH: I can't go along there. I get vertigo. DOCTOR 3: Yes, well, I'll help you. Anyway, we can't go back. SARAH: Why not? You've shaken the Cybermen off. DOCTOR 3: They don't get tired, that's why not. And they never give up. SARAH: Oh, no, no. I remember. Okay, well, let's go then. And if I don't fall off that path, I'll probably die of fright. DOCTOR 3: Wait! SARAH: What? What is it? DOCTOR 3: Look. A Raston Warrior robot. The most perfect k*lling machine ever devised. SARAH: It isn't armed. DOCTOR 3: Quick, over there. DOCTOR 3: Their armaments are built in, and sensors detect movement. Any movement. SARAH: Anything else I shouldn't know? DOCTOR 3: Yes. They move like lightning. SARAH: What's it doing? DOCTOR 3: Playing with us. DOCTOR: 3: Right, come on. DOCTOR 3: Freeze, Sarah Jane. If you move, we're d*ad. TURLOUGH: If only we could get away from here. Can you operate the controls? SUSAN: Yes, but we're still trapped by the forcefield from the Tower. TEGAN: Come on, Doc. You can make it. DOCTOR 1: Well, of course I can, young woman. And kindly refrain from addressing me as Doc. COMMANDER: As you can see, Lord President, the casket bears the Seal of Rassilon. BORUSA: Where was this found? COMMANDER: In the Castellan's room. FLAVIA: Black Scrolls of Rassilon! DOCTOR 5: Interesting. I thought they were out of print. BORUSA: Don't touch, Doctor. This is forbidden knowledge from the Dark Tower. BORUSA: You were taking no chances. CASTELLAN: I am innocent. I have never seen that casket before. BORUSA: Take him to Security and discover the truth. Commander, you are authorised to use the mind probe. CASTELLAN: What? No, not the mind probe. DOCTOR 5: Let me speak to him. BORUSA: No, Doctor. The mind probe will give us all the answers we require. DOCTOR 5: Was that really necessary? COMMANDER: Well, as you can see, he was armed and trying to escape. DOCTOR 5: It seems you have been saved the embarrassment of a trial. BORUSA: And you have found your traitor, Doctor. Let us at least hope it will simplify the task of your other selves. DOCTOR 5: Yes. Yes, I, I should be getting back to them. BORUSA: Doctor, I admire your courage, but I cannot allow you to return. It will take some time to establish the Castellan's role in this affair. I need your help and advice. DOCTOR 5: I can't abandon them. BORUSA: Oh, I'm sure your other selves will be able to cope. DOCTOR 5: Are they all in the Zone? BORUSA: Yes, all but one, and he is trapped in the Vortex. Doctor, I'm sorry, but I must insist that you remain. Chancellor Flavia, would you escort the Doctor to a place of rest? I'm sure he must be exhausted. BRIGADIER: Whatever that creature is, it's got our scent. It's hunting us. DOCTOR 2: Oh! In here. Oh, oh! BRIGADIER: Doctor, look! BRIGADIER: Trapped. DOCTOR 2: Hold this. Must be something. BRIGADIER: Hurry up, Doctor. It's trying to dig us out! DOCTOR 2: Ah! BRIGADIER: What was that? DOCTOR 2: Pardon? BRIGADIER: What was that? DOCTOR 2: It's a Galactic Glitter. DOCTOR 2: It's a Yeti! BRIGADIER: Where did it come from? DOCTOR 2: It must have been left over from the Games. BRIGADIER: You maddened it! DOCTOR 2: Well, at least it can't get at us. BRIGADIER: Yes, and now we're trapped. Buried alive. DOCTOR 2: Yes, I'm afraid we are. On the other hand, where there's a wind, there's a way. DOCTOR 2: Well, I think we've arrived. DOCTOR 2: I don't like this at all. Someone or something wants us to go inside. After you, Brigadier. BRIGADIER: No, no, after you, Doctor. SUSAN: At least that terrible hammering's stopped. TURLOUGH: Hmm. That's what's worrying me. SUSAN: Look! SUSAN: What's that they're carrying? TURLOUGH: I don't know, but I would think their intention is to try and break in. SARAH: Doctor, I don't think I can take much more of this. DOCTOR 3: Hang on, Sarah Jane, hang on. I think we've got one hope. DOCTOR 3: Now. DOCTOR 3: Look what we've got, Sarah Jane. The Robot's extra arrows. At least we'll have something to have a fight with. Wait a minute, these might come in handy. DOCTOR 3: Come on. SARAH: Now what do we do, fly? DOCTOR 3: What a splendid idea. FLAVIA: You look so worried, Doctor. Your friends and your other selves will be safe, I am sure. DOCTOR 5: At the moment I'm more concerned for the High Council. For Gallifrey. FLAVIA: The traitor has been found. DOCTOR 5: Has he? You know, I've known the Castellan too long. Oh, he was limited, a little narrow, but always fiercely loyal to his oath of office. Any mention of the Dark days filled him with horror. Now, you saw his reaction to the Black Scrolls. It wasn't that of a man discovered, but of sheer disbelief. No, I'm convinced the traitor is still at large. FLAVIA: I will speak to the Commander who k*lled the Castellan. There may be much to be learned from him. DOCTOR 5: Thank you. And I must speak to the Lord President. SARAH: Doctor, Cybermen. DOCTOR 3: Yes, well, see if you can hold them off. I won't be a second. SARAH: Yeah, right. SARAH: Doctor? Missed. DOCTOR 3: Right, that should do it. SARAH: You're crazy. That'll never work. DOCTOR 3: Well, maybe not. Can you think of a better suggestion? No? All right then, stand well back. MASTER: Ever resourceful, Doctor. DOCTOR 3: I've got you. Now, find a foot hold. Find any foot hold. SARAH: Yes, yes. DOCTOR 3: Have you got one? SARAH: Yes. DOCTOR 3: Right. Now, let go this hand SARAH: I can't. DOCTOR 3: Hold both loops in one hand. Both loops in one hand. I've got the other one. Right, come on. That's it. Now, find another foot hold. I've got you. Put it on that ledge. Can you find that ledge? SARAH: Yes, yes. DOCTOR 3: Good. All right, up you come. Up you come. DOCTOR 3: Don't look down! SARAH: I'm not looking, I'm not looking. DOCTOR 3: Come on. Up. That's it. SARAH: I did it! I did it! DOCTOR 3: Come on. There you are. That's it. DOCTOR 3: Well done. Enjoy the flight? SARAH: Oh, great! Well, we're here. How do you reckon we get in? DOCTOR 3: Through here, would you believe? TEGAN: Now what? You're not suggesting we bang down the door, I hope. DOCTOR 1: It looks very much like a bell to me. TEGAN: It's an entry coder. SUSAN: It's a b*mb. TURLOUGH: Big, isn't it? DOCTOR 1: Don't be in such a hurry. TEGAN: We have to pay to get in? DOCTOR 1: It could cost you your life. TEGAN: How long do you plan to play pitch and toss? DOCTOR 1: Patience, child. DOCTOR 1: Diabolical ingenuity! Nothing happens until you reach the fifth row, half way, and then the entire board becomes a death trap. MASTER: Our ancestors had such a wonderful sense of humour. DOCTOR 1: Do I know you, young man? MASTER: Believe it or not, we were at the Academy together. TEGAN: What do you want? MASTER: To help. TEGAN: That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. MASTER: Believe what you like, I should advise you to hide. I've got very suspicious allies close behind me. TEGAN: Allies? TEGAN: Come on! MASTER: Enter, but be careful. The fortress of the Time Lords is at your mercy. CYBERMAN: Why was the main gate left unguarded? MASTER: Oh, the Time Lords believe that no one could survive the Death Zone. It's that sort of woolly thinking that'll bring about their destruction. MASTER: Do you fear an empty room? Shall I lead the way? LEADER: You will cross to the far side. MASTER: Very well. MASTER: You see? LEADER: Take the patrol across. LEADER: You have betrayed us. Why? MASTER: Betrayed? No. Oh, I, I might have misled you a little, but the safe path across the board changes with every journey. LEADER: You show me the safe route, or I shall destroy you. TEGAN: Wasn't that a little ruthless even for you? MASTER: In one of the many wars on your miserable little planet, they used to drive sheep across minefields. The principle's the same. TEGAN: Not quite. This minefield is still just as dangerous. MASTER: Do you think so? MASTER: Try it, Doctor, it's as easy as pie. DOCTOR 1: What an extraordinary fellow. As easy as pie? As easy as pie? TEGAN: That's what he said. DOCTOR 1: No, he didn't! He said easy as pi. The Greek letter pi. Surely you know some basic mathematics, child? TEGAN: Of course. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is represented by the Greek letter pi, right? DOCTOR 1: Exactly. You find the safe path by using the mathematical formula pi. Oh, but the application, the application. Now, let me see, now. Three point one four one five nine two six five. Yes, that's it! You stay there, child. DOCTOR 1: Now! TEGAN: I hope you've got your sums right. DOCTOR 5: President Borusa, I. I thought you said the Lord President was in here. GUARD: He is. Or at least he was. DOCTOR 5: You're sure about that, are you? GUARD: Positive. There isn't any way he could have left without my seeing him. DOCTOR 5: No power. He couldn't have left that way. Inform Chancellor Flavia that the Lord President has disappeared, would you? GUARD: Sir. SARAH: I can't go on. I feel as if something were pushing me back. DOCTOR 3: Yes. Yes, I can feel it too, Sarah. It's the mind of Rassilon. We must be nearing the tomb. Now, you've got to fight it. You must keep your mind under control. SARAH: I can't. I feel as if something absolutely terrible were going to happen. DOCTOR 3: Sit down here. Sit down. Rest for a moment. All right? SARAH: Where are you going? DOCTOR 3: I won't be a second. SARAH: Well, don't be too long. YATES: Doctor. Doctor, this way. DOCTOR 3: Mike? Mike Yates? How did you get here? YATES: Same way as you. Liz Shaw is here, too. DOCTOR 3: Good heavens. DOCTOR 3: Hello, Liz. Any more of you? LIZ: Someone you should know very well. Come and see for yourself. DOCTOR 3: Huh, not that little fellow in the checked trousers and the black frock coat. LIZ: And more. There are five of you now. DOCTOR 3: Oh, good grief. YATES: And they're waiting for you. DOCTOR 3: Yes, well, you wait here for a moment. I'll go and get Sarah. YATES: I'll fetch her. DOCTOR 3: No, I, er, I think I'll go, Mike. She's nervous enough as it is. LIZ: Let Mike go. Your other selves need you urgently. DOCTOR 3: No, I think I'll go, thanks. YATES: No, Doctor! LIZ: Stop him! DOCTOR 3: How? You're phantoms, illusions of the mind! LIZ: Stop him!!! SARAH: What's happening? Doctor? Doctor! Oh, there you are. DOCTOR 3: Sarah? SARAH: Sarah? Of course I am. What are you talking about? Listen, why did you leave me for so long? And what was that scream? DOCTOR 3: They were just phantoms from the past. SARAH: Yes, well, I'm in the present and I'm real. DOCTOR 3: Yes. Yeah, you're real enough. Come on. TEGAN: Do you feel weird, Doctor? DOCTOR 1: Full of strange fears and mysterious forebodings? TEGAN: That's it. DOCTOR 1: No, as a matter of fact, I don't. It's all illusion, child. We're close to the domain of Rassilon, whose mind is reaching out to att*ck us. Just ignore it, as I do. TEGAN: How? DOCTOR 1: Fear itself is largely an illusion. And at my age, there's little left to fear. Hmm. No, there's nothing here to harm us. BRIGADIER: I don't like it, Doctor. I feel rather unwell. Touch of nausea, I think. DOCTOR: 2: What you feel is fear, Brigadier, projecting from the mind of Rassilon. BRIGADIER: Fear? WOMAN (OOV.): Doctor, help me! DOCTOR 2: No. It may be a trap. I'll go and see. You wait here. BRIGADIER: Certainly not. I'm coming with you. DOCTOR 2: Oh, very well, but don't get in the way. DOCTOR 2: Take this. BRIGADIER: What was that? DOCTOR 2: We'll go and see. BRIGADIER: Good grief! DOCTOR 2: Jamie! Zoe! JAMIE: Stay back, Doctor. DOCTOR 2: Why, what's happening? ZOE: Don't come any closer. There's a force field. DOCTOR 2: A force field? We'll soon see about that. JAMIE: No, don't, Doctor. If the force field is disturbed, it'll destroy us. ZOE: You must go back. BRIGADIER: Well, Doctor, what are we going to do? DOCTOR 2: Get them out of it. JAMIE: No, no, please don't, Doctor. ZOE: Oh, go back. Save yourselves. DOCTOR 2: I can't. I can't leave you there. ZOE: You must. BRIGADIER: We could find another way into the tomb area. DOCTOR 2: But Zoe and Jamie would still be trapped. JAMIE: The Brigadier's right. DOCTOR 2: Or would they? Just a minute. It's a matter of memory. ZOE: Stay away! DOCTOR 2: Why? I can't harm you. JAMIE: One step nearer and we're d*ad! DOCTOR 2: You can't k*ll illusions. JAMIE: Brigadier! DOCTOR 2: You're not real. When you were returned to your own people, the Time Lords erased your memory of the period you spent with me. So how do you know who we are? Answer! BRIGADIER: They're gone. DOCTOR 2: Yes, yes, it's sad. BRIGADIER: I still don't like it, Doctor. I don't fully understand why we're here. DOCTOR 2: You want to get home? BRIGADIER: Of course. DOCTOR 2: That is why we are here. Have faith, Brigadier. Have I ever led you astray? BRIGADIER: On many occasions. DOCTOR 2: Yes, well, this will be the exception. Come along. DOCTOR 5: The Harp of Rassilon. I never knew he was musical. Borusa either for that matter. DOCTOR 5: Interesting. A musical key. A combination of notes. A tune. DOCTOR 1: Ah, there you are at last, dear fellow. What kept you? DOCTOR 3: What kept me? Of all the confounded arrogance. DOCTOR 1: Never mind, never mind, you can tell me later. Come and take a look at this. DOCTOR 3: What is it? TEGAN: Tegan. SARAH: Sarah. DOCTOR 3: Hmm. Fascinating. DOCTOR 1: What happened to the little fellow? DOCTOR 2: The little fellow is perfectly all right, thank you very much. Of course I'm here. You don't imagine anything you two could do could stump me, do you? Let's have a look. What's this? TEGAN & SARAH: Brigadier? BRIGADIER: Good heavens. It's Miss Smith, isn't it. Miss Jovanka. Don't ask me how we got here. It was like a cross between Guy Fawkes and Hallowe'en. DOCTOR 3: Lethbridge Stewart? Oh, my dear fellow. How very nice to see you again. BRIGADIER: Great heavens, you as well? Though I can't exactly say it's nice to be here. Do you know, I was enjoying DOCTOR 3: You'll have to excuse me, old chap. We've got a very important inscription to translate and I think they'll get it all wrong without me. BRIGADIER: Typical. Absolutely typical. SARAH: Oh, I know, I know. Drag you through time and space without so much as a bye or leave, then leave you out when things get interesting. TEGAN: My version isn't any better. SARAH: Which one's yours? DOCTOR 2: So, that's what it's all about. I never dreamed. DOCTOR 1: It changes nothing, absolutely nothing. We lower the forcefield, get the young fellow back from Gallifrey and all go home. This doesn't concern us. It mustn't. TEGAN: What does the inscription say? BRIGADIER: Yes, I'd quite like to know as well. SARAH: Yes, we've all been through a great deal to get here. DOCTOR 1: You. Tell them. DOCTOR 2: It's Old High Gallifreyan, the ancient language of the Time Lords. Not many people understand it these days. THE DOCTORS: Fortunately, I do. BRIGADIER: All very interesting, I'm sure, Doctors, but what does it say? DOCTOR 3: That this is the Tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep. DOCTOR 2: It also says that anyone who's got this far has passed many dangers and shown great courage and determination. What does this bit mean? DOCTOR 3: To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose. DOCTOR 2: I know what it says. What does it mean? DOCTOR 1: It also promises that whoever takes the ring from Rassilon's hand and puts it on shall get the reward he seeks. SARAH: What reward? DOCTOR 1: Immortality. BRIGADIER: What, live forever? Never die? DOCTOR 1: That is what the word means, young man. SARAH: But that's impossible. DOCTOR 3: Apparently not. DOCTOR 2: It seems Rassilon possesses it now, and is willing to share it with whoever takes the ring. MASTER: Thank you, gentlemen, that is exactly what I needed to know. I came here to help you. A little unwillingly, but I came. My services were scorned, my help refused. Now I shall help myself to immortality. DOCTOR 1: Out of the question. DOCTOR 3: You're hardly a suitable candidate. DOCTOR 2: For anything. MASTER: The decision is scarcely yours. k*lling you once was never enough for me, Doctor. How, how gratifying to do it three times over. BRIGADIER: Nice to see you again. CYBERMAN: Leader, the b*mb are ready. LEADER: Excellent. Prepare for detonation. CYBERMAN: Your orders are to move back. CYBERMAN 2: Lieutenant. TURLOUGH: Do you realise what they're up to? SUSAN: What are we going to do we do now? TURLOUGH: Die, it seems. DOCTOR 5: Well, if it is a tune, what could it be? A tune like, a tune like. A tune like the one that's been under my nose all the time perhaps. BORUSA: Welcome, Doctor. DOCTOR 5: Lord President. BORUSA: You show very little surprise. Can it be that you suspected me? DOCTOR 5: Not at first. Your little charade fooled me for a while. BORUSA: Yes, it was rather neat, wasn't it? Such a pity about the Castellan, but then I needed someone to use for a diversion. DOCTOR 5: Oh, Borusa. What's happened to you? BORUSA: You know how long I have ruled Gallifrey, Doctor, both openly or behind the scenes. DOCTOR 5: Oh, you've done great service. It was only right you should become President. BORUSA: President? How long before I must retire, my work half done. If I could continue DOCTOR 5: Oh, I understand. You want to be President throughout all your remaining regenerations. BORUSA: Oh, you underestimate my ambition, Doctor. I shall be President Eternal, and rule forever. DOCTOR 5: Immortality? Oh, that's impossible, even for a Time Lord. BORUSA: Rassilon achieved it. Timeless perpetual bodily regeneration. True immortality! Rassilon lives, Doctor. He cannot die. He is immortal. DOCTOR 3: Well, I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow, so the TARDIS should be free of the forcefield now. DOCTOR 2: I'll try to get through to the Capitol. CYBERMAN: All is prepared. LEADER: Excellent. LEADER: Detonate! SUSAN: They made it! They made it! TURLOUGH: Are we going to the Tower? SUSAN: Must be, we're on preset co-ordinates. BORUSA: Immortal, Doctor. Before Rassilon was bound, he left clues for his successor, whom he knew would follow him. Oh, I have discovered much, Doctor. This Game control room, the casket with the Scrolls, the Coronet of Rassilon. DOCTOR 5: But not the final secret. BORUSA: The secret of immortality, Doctor? It lies in the Dark Tower, in the Tomb of Rassilon itself. There are many dangers, many traps. DOCTOR 5: So, you sent me to the Zone to deal with them for you. BORUSA: I gave you companions to help, an old enemy to fight. Well, it's a game within a game. DOCTOR 5: Only you botched it, didn't you? One of my selves is trapped in a time vortex, endangering my very existence. BORUSA: Oh, you need have no fear, Doctor. Your temporal s*ab will be maintained. I need you to serve me. DOCTOR 5: Oh, I would not serve you. BORUSA: You have no choice, Doctor. I wear the coronet of Rassilon. DOCTOR 5: And very fetching it is, too. BORUSA: It emphasises my will and allows me to control the minds of other people. You bow down before me, Doctor. BORUSA: Come, Doctor. BORUSA: It's time to go, Doctor. My immortality awaits. DOCTOR 2: Can you hear me, old fellow? DOCTOR 2 (on monitor): Calling the Capitol, calling the Capitol. This is the Doctor speaking. Well, one of them. Can you hear me? Can you hear me, Doctor? Is there anybody there? Calling the Capitol. DOCTOR 5: Yes, I'm here. DOCTOR 2 (on monitor): Ah, there I am. I mean, there you are. DOCTOR 2: We've reached the Tower. We're all safe. The barriers are down and the TARDIS is here. And I say, we've made the most extraordinary discovery. DOCTOR 5 (on monitor): I know what you have discovered. Do not transmit further. Stay where you are and touch nothing. President Borusa is arriving to take full charge. DOCTOR 2: Touch nothing, indeed? Who does he think he is. DOCTOR 1: He didn't want us to mention the Ring of Rassilon. Natural enough. DOCTOR 3: Something's wrong, you know. DOCTOR 2: You haven't changed. Still finding menace in your own shadow. DOCTOR 1: I feel the same. DOCTOR 2: Oh. Well, we shall soon see, won't we. TEGAN: Doctor, are you all right? BORUSA: Be silent. Be silent, all of you. Do not move or speak until I give you leave. BORUSA: Gentlemen, I owe you my thanks. You have served the purpose for which I brought you here. DOCTOR 3: You brought us here? DOCTOR 2: He's after the Ring of Rassilon. He wants immortality. DOCTOR 3: And you were the one who didn't sense anything was wrong. DOCTOR 1: He's a renegade. No better than that villain down there. DOCTOR 2: We can't allow it, you know. DOCTOR 3: The Tomb was sealed for the best of reasons. DOCTOR 1: And as soon as we're back to our own time streams, it must be sealed again. Permanently! DOCTOR 2: Doctor, we need you. Join us. DOCTOR 1: He can't. Some kind of mind lock. Fight it, my boy, fight it. Concentrate. We must be one. DOCTOR 5: You see, Borusa? Together, we're a match for you. BORUSA: Perhaps, but you will never overcome me. DOCTOR 5: We don't need to. Soon, Chancellor Flavia will be here with her guards, or can you overcome the whole High Council? BORUSA: Why not? I am Lord President of Gallifrey and you are the notorious renegades. We shall see who is believed. RASSILON (OOV.): This is the Game of Rassilon. DOCTOR 1: No, wait, my boy. That was the voice of Rassilon. It's out of our hands now. RASSILON (OOV.): Who comes to disturb Rassilon? BORUSA: I am Borusa, Lord President of Gallifrey. RASSILON: Why have you come here? BORUSA: I come to claim that which is promised. RASSILON: You seek immortality? BORUSA: I do. RASSILON: Be sure. Be very sure. Even now, it is not too late to turn back. BORUSA: I am sure. RASSILON: And these others? BORUSA: These are my servants. RASSILON: Is this so? DOCTOR 3: It most certainly is not. DOCTOR 2: Don't believe him. DOCTOR 5: It's nonsense. DOCTOR 1: Don't listen to them, Lord Rassilon. President Borusa speaks the truth. RASSILON: You believe that Borusa deserves the immortality he seeks? DOCTOR 1: Indeed I do. RASSILON: He shall have it. Take the Ring. RASSILON: You claim immortality, Lord Borusa. You will not turn back? BORUSA: Never! RASSILON: Then put on the Ring. Others have come to claim immortality through the ages. It was given to them, as it shall be given to you. RASSILON: Your place is prepared, Lord President Borusa. BORUSA: No! No! RASSILON: And what of you, Doctors? Do you claim immortality too? DOCTORS: That's very kind of you. No. No, no thank you! DOCTOR 5: No, my Lord. All we ask is that we be returned to our proper place in time and space. RASSILON: It shall be done. DOCTOR 5: One of us is trapped. RASSILON: I know. He too shall be freed. RASSILON: So shall the one who is bound. His sins will find their punishment in due time. RASSILON: It is time for your other selves to depart. Let them make their farewells and go. You have chosen wisely, Doctor. Farewell. DOCTOR 5: Did you know what would happen? DOCTOR 1: Hmm? Oh, I'm so sorry. I suddenly realised what the old proverb meant. To lose is to win and he who wins shall lose. It was all part of Rassilon's trap to find out who wanted immortality and put him out of the way. He knew very well that immortality was a curse, not a blessing. DOCTOR 5: Well, now it seems we must part, just as I was getting to know me. DOCTOR 2: So, you're the latest model, hmm? DOCTOR 5: Yes, and the most agreeable. DOCTOR 2: Certainly the most impudent. DOCTOR 3: And our dress sense hasn't improved much, has it? DOCTOR 1: Neither our manners. Well, goodbye, my boy. You did quite well, quite well. It's reassuring to know that my future is in safe hands. Come along, Susan. SUSAN: Goodbye, everybody. ALL: Goodbye. DOCTOR 2: Time to go, Brigadier. Well, goodbye. DOCTOR 5: Goodbye. DOCTOR 2: Goodbye, fancy pants. DOCTOR 3: Scarecrow. BRIGADIER: Doctor, don't you want your coat? DOCTOR 2: Bring it along, would you, Brigadier? BRIGADIER: Certainly. Goodbye, Doctor. DOCTOR 5: Goodbye. BRIGADIER: Doctors. DOCTOR 3: Brigadier. BRIGADIER: Splendid fellows, all of you. DOCTOR 3: Well, goodbye, my dear chap. I must say, I've had the time of my lives. Haven't we, Sarah Jane? SARAH: Have we? Well, I only have one life and I think I've had too much already. Goodbye. Er, yes, it was really nice meeting you. DOCTOR 3: Thank you, Sarah Jane, it was nice meeting you, too. SARAH: What? DOCTOR 3: I'll explain later. SARAH: Oh. Fine. DOCTOR 5: I'm definitely not the man I was, thank goodness. TEGAN: Are we all going home together? DOCTOR 5: Watch. DOCTOR 5: Temporal fission. Old Rassilon is very clever. FLAVIA: You are safe, Doctor. I feared President Borusa had. Where is President Borusa? DOCTOR 5: Unavailable. It seems the legend about Rassilon is true. FLAVIA: You must make a full statement to the High Council. DOCTOR: Oh, must I? FLAVIA: It can form part of your inaugural address. DOCTOR 5: My what? FLAVIA: Doctor, you have evaded your responsibilities for far too long. The disqualification of President Borusa leaves a gap at the very summit of the Time Lord hierarchy. There is only one who can take this place. Yet again, it is my duty and my pleasure to inform you that the full Council has exercised its emergency powers to appoint you to the position of President, to take office immediately. DOCTOR 5: Oh, no. FLAVIA: This is a summons no Time Lord dare refuse. To disobey the will of the High Council will attract the severest penalties. DOCTOR 5: Very well, Chancellor Flavia. You will return to Gallifrey immediately and summon the High Council. You have full deputy powers until I return. I shall travel in my TARDIS. FLAVIA: Oh, but Doctor DOCTOR 5: You will address me by my proper title. I am President, am I not? You will obey my commands. Into the TARDIS. You will escort Chancellor Flavia back to her duties. FLAVIA: Doctor, wait! DOCTOR 5: Hold tight. TEGAN: It'll soon be goodbye, then. DOCTOR 5: Will it? TURLOUGH: Well, you're off to Gallifrey to be President. I suppose your Time Lord subjects will find a TARDIS that really works and get us both home? DOCTOR 5: Who said anything about Gallifrey? TURLOUGH: You told Chancellor Flavia DOCTOR 5: I told her she had full deputy powers until I returned. TEGAN: You're not going back? DOCTOR 5: You know, sometimes, Tegan, you take my breath away. TURLOUGH: Er, won't the Time Lords be very angry? DOCTOR 5: Furious. TEGAN: You mean you're deliberately choosing to go on the run from your own people in a rackety old TARDIS? DOCTOR 5: Why not? After all, that's how it all started.
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EXT. SPACE Camera pans over the planet Earth and zooms right into London. INT. ROSE'S BEDROOM Continue zooming into Rose's alarm clock, which reads 7:30. Rose smacks it to stop it beeping and jumps out of bed. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM Rose picks up her bag, gives her mother a peck on the cheek and grabs her keys. ROSE: Bye! JACKIE: See you later! Jackie sips her tea and picks up the phone. INT. STAIRWELL Rose runs down the stairs of the block of flats where she lives. INT. LONDON STREET Rose jumps off a bus. INT. HENRICKS, SHOP FLOOR Rose carries a pile of clothes, looking rather bored. EXT. TRAFALGAR SQUARE Presumably in her lunch hour, Rose and Mickey sit next to a fountain, having a laugh, eating, teasing each other and kissing. They get up to leave. ROSE: Bye! INT. HENRICKS, SHOP FLOOR She is shown back in Henricks. LOUD SPEAKER: This is a customer announcement: The store will be closing in five minutes. Thank you. Rose is about to leave. SECURITY GUARD (hands her a package): Oi! Rose takes the package looking non- too- happy and enters a lift. INT. HENRICK'S, BASEMENT When the lift pings, she alights in the basement. ROSE: Wilson? (Goes further down the corridor). Wilson, I've got the lottery money. Wilson? (Knocks on a door that says "HP Wilson CEO"). You there? Look, I can't hang about 'cause they're closing the shop. Wilson! (To herself): Uhh, come on! There is a sudden sound further along the corridor. Rose immediately snaps her head in the direction it has come from. ROSE (CONT'D): Hello? Hello, Wilson, it's Rose. Hello? Wil... Wilson? She stops outside a f*re door for a moment, and then opens it, and find herself in a room that looks as though it is used for storing shop dummies. She turns the light on and walks further into the room. ROSE (CONT'D): Wilson? Wilson? She tries another door at the side. The f*re door through which she entered closes abruptly. Shocked, she runs back and shakes the handles, but they will not open. There is small sound from behind her. ROSE (CONT'D): Is that someone mucking about? (Goes back into the room). Who is it? Behind her, a dummy slowly turns its head of its own accord. Rose turns around just in time to see it step out of its alcove and towards her. She backs away slowly. ROSE (CONT'D): Heh... You got me, very funny. The dummy says nothing and does not stop advancing. Two more join it. ROSE (CONT'D): Right, I've got the joke! Who's idea was this? Was it Derek's? The dummies still advance. Another comes from behind. ROSE (CONT'D): Derek, is it you? All of the dummies are now alive. Rose backs up away and trips over a box. She quickly pulls herself up again and backs against a wall. The dummy lifts its arm to strike her. Rose screws her face up ready for the blow, when a hand grabs hers. Rose opens her eyes and snaps her head to look at the owner of the hand. A MAN, THE DOCTOR: Run! They run, just in time, through a f*re exit. The dummies are in pursuit. The Doctor leads her into a lift. INT. HENRICKS, LIFT The doors close on one of the dummy's arms. The Doctor pulls it off and the doors close. ROSE: You pulled his arm off! THE DOCTOR: Yep! (Tosses it to her): Plastic. ROSE: Very clever, nice trick! Who were they then, students? Is this a student thing or what? THE DOCTOR: Why would they be students? ROSE: I don't know... THE DOCTOR: Well, you said it! Why students? ROSE: 'Cause... to get that many people dressed up and being silly... they gotta be students. The Doctor grins. He likes her. THE DOCTOR: That makes sense! Well done. ROSE: Thanks. THE DOCTOR: They're not students. ROSE: Whoever they are, when Wilson finds them, he's gonna call the police. THE DOCTOR: Who's Wilson? ROSE: Chief electrician. THE DOCTOR: Wilson's d*ad. He steps out of the lift. Rose follows him. INT. HENRICKS, CORRIDOR ROSE: That's just not funny, that's sick! THE DOCTOR: Hold on! (Pushes Rose to the side). Mind your eyes. He disables the lift with his sonic screwdriver. ROSE: I've had enough of this now! The Doctor walks off. ROSE: Who are you, then? Who's that lot down there? I said, who are they? THE DOCTOR: They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. They're being controlled by a relay device in the roof. Which would be a great big problem if I didn't have this. (Shows her an electronic device). So! (Opens f*re exit for Rose). I'm going to go up there and blow them up, and I might well die in the process. But don't worry about me, no. Go home, go on! Go and have your lovely beans on toast. EXT. HENRICKS Rose goes through the door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Don't tell anyone about this, because if you do, you'll get them k*lled. He shuts the door. Rose turns away looking slightly bemused. It opens again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm the Doctor, by the way, what's your name? ROSE: Rose. THE DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life. He shuts the door again. Rose runs. Outside, nobody knows what is going on. Rose is distracted and nearly gets herself run over by a taxi. TAXI DRIVER: Watch it! Rose proceeds to get as far away from the building as possible and looks back just in time to see the top floor blow up. She runs home - past a police box. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM News 24 is on the television. Rose is sat on the sofa, watching it. REPORTER: The whole of Central London has been closed off as police investigate the f*re. Earlier reports in the... The dummy's arm is lying on a chair. Jackie walks in holding a phone to her ear. JACKIE TYLER: I know, it's on the telly! It's everywhere! She's lucky to be alive! (Hands Rose a mug). Honestly, it's aged her. Skin like an old bible. Walking in now you'd think I was HER daughter! Oh and here's himself... Mickey appears in the doorway. MICKEY SMITH (to Rose): I've been phoning your mobile, you could've been d*ad! It's on the news and everything! I can't believe that your shop went up! He hugs her. ROSE: I'm alright, honestly, I'm fine! Don't make a fuss. MICKEY: Well, what happened? ROSE: I don't know! MICKEY: What was it though, what caused it? ROSE: I wasn't in the shop, I was outside, I didn't see anything... JACKIE (walking in): It's Debbie on the other end, she knows a man from the Mirror. Five hundred quid for an interview! ROSE: Oh that's brilliant! Give it here! She takes the phone and hangs it up. JACKIE: Well, you've gotta find some way of making money. Your jobs kaput and I'm not bailing you out. (Phone rings again, Jackie answers). Beth! She's alive! (Leaves room). I tell ya, sue for compensation! She was within seconds of death... MICKEY: What're you drinking? Tea?? No, no no, that's no good, that's no good. You're in shock, you need something stronger. ROSE: Why? MICKEY: You deserve a proper drink, you and me, we're going down the pub, my treat. How about it? ROSE (smiling): Is there a match on? MICKEY: I'm just thinking about you, babe! ROSE: There's a match on, ain't there. MICKEY: Well, that's not the point. We could catch the last five minutes. ROSE: Go on then. I'm fine, really. Go. Get rid of that... She gestures to the dummy's arm. Mickey points to his lips. Rose gives him a kiss. He pushes her back onto the chair and they laugh. He gets up to go and Rose puts a leg out to trip him up. Mickey picks up the arm and waves with it. MICKEY: Buh Bye! ROSE: Bye! Mickey pretends to strangle himself with the arm and leaves. Rose shakes her head fondly and turns her attention back to the news. REPORTER: ... f*re then spread throughout the store... there is very little chance of saving the infrastructure... EXT. POWELL ESTATE Outside, Mickey tosses the arm into a bin as he walks past it. Zoom into the darkness of the bin... INT. ROSE'S BEDROOM ...and out onto the red 7:30 on Rose's alarm clock. Rose whacks it to stop it beeping and sits up. JACKIE (in background): There's no point in getting up, sweetheart. You've got no job to go to. Rose flops back on her pillow. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM Rose is having breakfast, her mother is talking to her. JACKIE: There's Finches... You could try them. They've always got jobs. ROSE: Oh, great. The butchers. JACKIE: Well it might do you good! That shop was giving you airs and graces. And I'm not joking about getting compensation. You've had genuine shock and trauma! Arianna got two thousand quid off the council just because the old man behind the desk said she looked Greek! I know she IS Greek, but that's not the point, it's a valid claim. Rose hears a rattling and stands up. ROSE: Mum, you're such a liar, I told you to nail that cat flap down. We're going to get strays! JACKIE: I did it weeks back! ROSE: No, you thought about it! Rose discovers that the screws have fallen out onto the floor. The cat flap moves violently. Rose leaps backwards, then comes back again and pokes the cat flap open gingerly. The Doctor's face is right outside it. Rose gasps and opens the door. THE DOCTOR: What're you doing here? ROSE: I live here. THE DOCTOR: Well, what do you do that for? ROSE: Because I do! And I'm only at home because someone blew up my job. The Doctor gets out his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Must've got the wrong signal. You're not plastic, are you? (Knocks on Rose's forehead). No, bonehead. Bye, then! He makes to go, but Rose pulls him back inside. ROSE: You, inside. Right now. She shuts the door. JACKIE: Who is it? INT. JACKIE'S BEDROOM Rose pokes her head into Jackie's bedroom. ROSE: It's about last night, he's part of the inquiry. Give us 10 minutes. JACKIE: She deserves compensation. THE DOCTOR: Huh, we're talking millions. The Doctor leans against the doorframe, waiting for Rose to come back. Jackie looks at him for a moment and stands up, flirtatiously. JACKIE: I'm in my dressing gown. THE DOCTOR: Yes, you are. JACKIE: There's a strange man in my bedroom. THE DOCTOR: Yes, there is. JACKIE: Well, anything could happen. THE DOCTOR: No. The Doctor walks off. Jackie pulls a face at his back. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM ROSE: Don't mind the mess. Do you want a coffee? THE DOCTOR: Might as well, thanks! Just milk. Rose goes into the kitchen and starts making coffee. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: We should go to the police. Seriously. Both of us. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor picks up a gossip magazine. THE DOCTOR: That won't last, he's gay and she's an alien. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: I'm not blaming you, even if it was just some sort of joke that went wrong. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor picks up a book and flicks through it. THE DOCTOR: Sad ending. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: They said on the news they'd found a body. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor picks up an envelope and reads it. THE DOCTOR: Rose Tyler. (Looks in mirror). Ahh, could've been worse! (Prods his large ears). Look at me' ears. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: All the same, he was nice. Nice bloke. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor shuffles a pack of cards. THE DOCTOR: Luck be a lady! INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: Well anyway if we are going to go to the police, I want to know what I'm saying. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor shuffles the cards again and manages to make them all go flying. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE (CONT'D): I want you to explain everything. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM THE DOCTOR (of the cards): Maybe not. (Hears scuffling from behind sofa). What's that then? You got a cat? INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN ROSE: No... INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor leans behind the sofa and the dummy's arm leaps out and grabs him by the neck. ROSE (CONT'D) (wandering in with coffee): We did have, but there's these strays, they come in off the estate... Behind her, the Doctor is being strangled viciously by the hand while he tries vainly to fight it off. She does not quite seem to register that the Doctor is being harassed by a rubber hand. ROSE (CONT'D): I told Mickey to chuck that out... (She puts the coffee down on the table). Honestly, give a man a plastic hand... anyway, I don't even know your name, Doctor... what was it? The Doctor throws the hand off and it flies across the room attaching itself to Rose's face. She screams and the Doctor leaps up and tries to pull it off. INT. JACKIE'S BEDROOM Jackie is drying her hair, completely oblivious. INT. TYLER'S LIVING ROOM The Doctor and Rose crash onto the coffee table, breaking it, and roll onto the floor. The Doctor pushes her back onto the sofa and gets out his sonic screwdriver, disabling the hand. THE DOCTOR: It's alright, I've stopped it. There you go, you see? (Tosses it to her). 'Armless. ROSE: Do you think? She uses it to whack him on the shoulder. THE DOCTOR: Ow! INT. STAIRWELL The Doctor is running down the stairs, Rose hot on his tail. ROSE: Hold on a minute, you can't just go swanning off. THE DOCTOR: Yes I can. Here I am, this is me, swanning off. See ya! ROSE: That arm was moving, it tried to k*ll me! THE DOCTOR: Ten out of ten for observation. ROSE: You can't just walk away, that's not fair! You've got to tell me what's going on. THE DOCTOR: No I don't. They reach the bottom of the stairs, go through the doors. EXT. POWELL ESTATE ROSE: Alright then. I'll go to the police. I'll tell everyone. You said, if I did that, I'd get people k*lled. So, your choice. Tell me, or I'll start talking. THE DOCTOR: Is that supposed to sound tough? ROSE: Sort of. THE DOCTOR: Doesn't work. ROSE: Who are you? THE DOCTOR: I told you! The Doctor. ROSE: Yeah. But Doctor what? THE DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. ROSE: The Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Hello! ROSE: Is that supposed to sound impressive? THE DOCTOR: Sort of. ROSE: Come on. You can tell me. I've seen enough. Are you the police? THE DOCTOR: No. I was just passing through. I'm a long way from home. ROSE: But what have I done wrong? How comes those plastic things keep coming after me? THE DOCTOR: Oh! Suddenly the entire world revolves around you! You were just an accident, you got in the way, that's all. ROSE: It tried to k*ll me! THE DOCTOR: It was after me, not you! Last night, in the shop, I was there, you blundered it. Almost ruined the whole thing. This morning, I was tracking it down, it was tracking me down... the only reason it fixed on you is that you met me. ROSE: So, what you're saying is, the entire world revolves around you. THE DOCTOR: Sort of, yeah. ROSE: You're full of it! THE DOCTOR: Sort of, yeah. ROSE: But, all this plastic stuff, who else knows about it? THE DOCTOR: No one. ROSE: What, you're on your own? THE DOCTOR: Well, who else is there? I mean, you lot, all you do is eat chips, go to bed, and watch telly! When all the time, underneath you, there's a w*r going on! Rose takes the arm off him. ROSE: Okay, start from the beginning. EXT. ROAD ROSE: If you're gonna go with this living plastic, and I don't even believe that, but if we do... how did you k*ll it? THE DOCTOR: The thing controlling it projects life into the arm. I cut off the signal, d*ad. ROSE: So that's radio control? THE DOCTOR: Thought control. (Silence) Are you alright? ROSE: Yeah. So, who's controlling it, then? THE DOCTOR: Long story. ROSE: But what's it all for? I mean, shop window dummies... what's that about? Is someone trying to take over Britain's shops? They laugh. THE DOCTOR: No. ROSE: I know. THE DOCTOR: It's not a price w*r. (Laugh again. Suddenly serious). They want to overthrow the human race and destroy you. Do you believe me? ROSE: No. THE DOCTOR: But you're still listening. She stops. The Doctor walks on. ROSE: Really though, Doctor. Tell me. Who are you? THE DOCTOR (stops): Do you know like we were saying? About the Earth revolving? (Walks back to her). It's like when you were a kid. The first time they tell you the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it because everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it. (Takes her hand). The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty-seven thousand miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me. Clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... (Lets go of her hand). That's who I am. Now, forget me, Rose Tyler. (Takes the arm, waves it in her face). Go home. He walks away. Rose watches his retreating back and then starts to walk herself. The Doctor steps into a police box. Rose hears the sound of the TARDIS departing. She runs back as fast as she can. The police box is gone. She shields her eyes from the sun, looks around her, then walks away again. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT Mickey lets Rose in. MICKEY: Yahey, there's my woman! (Slaps her bum). Kit off! ROSE: Shut up. (He gives her a kiss). Mwah! MICKEY: Coffee? ROSE: Yeah, only if you wash the mug. And I don't mean rinse, I mean wash. Can I use your computer? MICKEY: Yeah. Any excuse to get in the bedroom. Mickey goes into the kitchen. Rose closes the door of his bedroom behind her. MICKEY: Don't read my emails! INT. MICKEY'S BEDROOM Rose turns on the computer and types "Doctor" into a search engine. No relevant results are found. She types in "Doctor Living Plastic". Still nothing. She types "Doctor Blue Box". The first result reads "Doctor Who - do you know this man? Contact Clive here..." She clicks on it and a webpage with a blurry photograph of the Doctor and the words "Have you seen this man? Contact Clive" are presented to her. She clicks "Contact Clive". EXT. CLIVE'S HOUSE Mickey and Rose are sitting in the car. ROSE: You're not coming in! He's safe, he's got a wife and kids. MICKEY: Yeah but who told you that? He did. That's exactly what an Internet lunatic m*rder would say. Rose gets out of the car anyway, grinning. Mickey doesn't look too happy, and gives a man putting out his rubbish the evils. Rose knocks on the door of a house and it is answered by a boy of about 11. ROSE: Uh, hello, I've come to see Clive? We've been emailing. CLIVE'S SON: Dad! It's one of your nutters! Clive appears. CLIVE: Sorry. Hello. You must be Rose. I'm Clive. Obviously! ROSE: I better tell you now, my boyfriend's waiting in the car, just in case you're going to k*ll me! They laugh. CLIVE: No, good point. No m*rder. He waves to Mickey who nods, still distrustful. CAROLINE: Who is it? CLIVE: Oh it's something to do with the Doctor! She's been reading the website. Please come through, I'm in the shed. Clive's wife, Caroline, comes down the stairs carrying a washing basket. CAROLINE: She? She read a website about the Doctor? She's a she? She smiles ironically and shuts the door. Mickey looks suspicious. INT. CLIVE'S SHED Clive is showing Rose around the shed, which is a sort of shrine to the Doctor. CLIVE: A lot of this stuff's quite sensitive, I couldn't just send it to you. People might intercept it, if you know what I mean. If you dig deep enough - keep a lively mind - this Doctor keeps cropping up all over the place. Political diaries, conspiracy theories. Even ghost stories. No first name, no last name. Just "The Doctor". Always The Doctor. And the title seems to have been passed down from father to son, it appears to be an inheritance. That's your Doctor there, isn't it? He points to a photo of the Doctor on a computer screen behind them. ROSE: Yeah. CLIVE: I tracked it down to the Washington public archive last year. The online photo's enhanced, but if we look at the original... He shows Rose some photographs of the Doctor standing in a crowd at the time and place of the assassination of JFK. CLIVE: November the 22nd, 1963. The assassination of President Kennedy. ROSE: Must be his father... CLIVE: Going further back... April 1912. (Brings over a photo album). This is a photo of the Daniels family, Southampton. And friend. (Points to the Doctor, standing with them). This was taken the day before they were due to sail off for the New World. On the Titanic. And for some unknown reason, they cancelled the trip and survived. And... (Shows her a sketch). 1883. Another Doctor. And look - the same lineage. He's identical. This one washed up on the coast of Sumatra on the very day Krakatoa exploded. The Doctor is a legend woven throughout history. When disaster comes, he's there. He has a storm in his wake. And he has one constant companion. ROSE: Who's that? CLIVE: Death. EXT. CLIVE'S HOUSE Mickey is still waiting outside in his car. He looks around as a bin starts to shuffle its way towards him. INT. CLIVE'S SHED CLIVE (CONT'D): If the Doctor's back... if you've seen him, Rose... then one thing's for certain, we're all in danger. EXT. CLIVE'S HOUSE Mickey looks at the bin again, but it is stationary. A few seconds later, it starts moving again. He gets out of the car and walks to the bin, looking around it to see what is moving it. Seeing nothing, he places both hands on the lid and opens it dramatically. MICKEY: Come on then! The bin is empty. INT. CLIVE'S SHED CLIVE: If he's singled you out... If the Doctor's making house calls... then God help you. EXT. CLIVE'S HOUSE Mickey shuts the bin, confused. He tries to walk away but his hands are stuck to the bin. When he tries to pull away, the bin stretches and won't let him. Eventually, the bin opens its lid and pulls him in backwards, shutting with a satisfied burp. INT. CLIVE'S SHED ROSE: Who is he? Who do you think he is? CLIVE: I think he's the same man. I think he's immortal. I think he's an alien from another world. EXT. CLIVE'S HOUSE Rose comes back to the car, talking before she's even got in. ROSE: Alright! He's a nutter! Off his head! COMPLETE online conspiracy freak. You win! Oof. She gets into the car. The person sitting at the wheel is obviously not Mickey, but a plastic replica of him. Rose seems not to notice. ROSE: What're we going to do tonight? I fancy a pizza. MICKEY: Pizzaaa! P-p-p-pizza! ROSE: ...or a Chinese... MICKEY: Pizza! They drive off in a wobbly line. INT. RESTAURANT Rose and Mickey sit at a table for two in a restaurant. ROSE: Do you think I should try the hospital? Suki said they had a few jobs going in the canteen. That's it then... dishing out chips... I could do A Levels... "Mickey" stares at her, grinning. ROSE (CONT'D): I dunno. It's all Jimmy Stone's fault. I only left school because of him, and look where he ended up. What do you think? PLASTIC MICKEY: So, where did you meet this Doctor? ROSE: I'm sorry, wasn't I talking about me for a second? PLASTIC MICKEY: Because, I reckon it started back at the shop, am I right? Is he something to do with that? ROSE: No... PLASTIC MICKEY: Come on. ROSE: Sort of. PLASTIC MICKEY: What was he doing there? ROSE: I'm not going on about him, Mickey, I'm not, because, I know it sounds daft but... I don't think he's safe. I think he's dangerous. PLASTIC MICKEY: But you can trust me sweetheart! (In quick succession). Babe, sugar, darling, sugar. Rose looks confused. PLASTIC MICKEY (CONT'D): You can tell me anything. Tell me about the Doctor and what he's planning, and I can help you, Rose. Because that's all I really wanna do, sweetheart, babe, sugar, sweetheart. ROSE: What're you doing that for? A Waiter approaches the table. WAITER: Your champagne. PLASTIC MICKEY: We didn't order any champagne. (Grabs Rose's hand). Where's the Doctor? The Waiter has simply moved to the other side of the table and holds the bottle out to Rose. WAITER: Ma'am. Your champagne. ROSE: It's not ours... Mickey, what is it? What's wrong? MICKEY: I need to find out how much you know, so where is he? WAITER: Doesn't anybody want this champagne? Plastic Mickey, exasperated, raises his eyes to the waiter for the first time. PLASTIC MICKEY: Look, we didn't order i... (The Waiter is in fact the Doctor). Ah. Gotcha. The Doctor shakes the bottle. THE DOCTOR: Don't mind me. I'm just toasting the happy couple. On the house! The cork pops out and hits Mickey squarely on the forehead. His forehead absorbs the cork and he spits it out of his mouth. It is finally revealed to Rose that Mickey has in fact been replaced with an Auton. PLASTIC MICKEY: Anyway. (His hands turn into clubs and he smashes the table in. Rose screams and runs out of the way. The Doctor grabs the Auton's head and pulls it off). Don't think that's gonna stop me. A couple at a nearby table scream, but the Doctor grins. Rose presses the f*re bell. ROSE: Everyone out! Out now! Everyone runs for the exit. The Auton stays inside, blindly smashing tables with his club-hands. ROSE (CONT'D): Get out! Get out! Get out! Rose and the Doctor run through the kitchen and out of a back exit. EXT. BACK YARD With the Auton in hot pursuit. The Doctor locks a metal door with his sonic screwdriver while Rose tries desperately to find an escape out of the yard they are in. She bangs desperately at some locked gates. ROSE: Open the gate! Use that tube thing, come on! THE DOCTOR: What, this? This is a sonic screwdriver. ROSE: Use it! THE DOCTOR: Nah. Tell ya what, let's go in here. He approaches a police box in the middle of the yard and unlocks it. The Auton is beginning to make dents in the door from the other side. Rose runs to look at it. ROSE: We can't hide inside a wooden box! (Runs to the gate and rattles the chains). It's gonna get us! Doctor! She runs into the police box. INT. TARDIS Rose slams the door behind her, takes a few steps in, looks around, then runs straight back out again. EXT. BACK YARD She walks once around the police box and arrives back at the front again. The Auton finally makes a hole in the door, so she runs back into the police box. INT. TARDIS ROSE: It's gonna follow us! THE DOCTOR: The assembled hoards of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door, and believe me, they've tried. Now, shut up a minute. Rose stands trembling near the door of the TARDIS, looking around at how huge it is compared with the outside. The Doctor is wiring up the head of the Auton. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You see, the arm is too simple, but the head's perfect. Rose still looks overwhelmed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I can use it to trace the signal back to the original source. Right. (Turns to Rose, gives her his full attention). Where do you want to start? ROSE: Um... the inside's bigger than the outside? THE DOCTOR: Yes. ROSE: It's alien. THE DOCTOR: Yup. ROSE: Are you alien? THE DOCTOR: Yes. (Rose stares). Is that alright? ROSE (quickly): Yeah. THE DOCTOR: It's called the TARDIS, this thing. T-A-R-D-I-S, that's Time And Relative Dimension In Space. (A small sob from Rose). That's okay. Culture shock. Happens to the best of us. ROSE: Did they k*ll him? Mickey? Did they k*ll Mickey? Is he d*ad? THE DOCTOR: Oh... didn't think of that. ROSE: He's my boyfriend. You pulled off his head.They copied him and you didn't even think? And now you're just going to let him melt?! THE DOCTOR: Melt? (Turns around in time to see "Mickey's head melting with a bubbling noise). Oh, no, no, no, no, no, NO! He starts running frantically around the console, pressing buttons and pulling levers. ROSE: What're you doing?! THE DOCTOR: Reviving the signal, it's fading! Wait I've got it... (Looks at screen). No, No, No, No, No, No, NO! (The TARDIS shakes as the engines move). Almost there! Almost there! Here we go! The engines stop and the Doctor runs out the the TARDIS doors without another word. ROSE: You can't go out there, it's not safe! She follows him outside. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT, OPPOSITE LONDON EYE THE DOCTOR: I lost the signal, I got so close. Rose hops out of the TARDIS, looking confused again. ROSE: We've moved! Does it fly? THE DOCTOR: Disappears there, reappears here, you wouldn't understand. ROSE: But if we're somewhere else, what about that headless thing? It's still on the loose. THE DOCTOR: It melted with the head, are you going to witter on all night? ROSE: I'll have to tell his mother... The Doctor looks at her questioningly. ROSE: Mickey! I'll have to tell his mother he's d*ad, and you just went and forgot him, again! The Doctor rolls his eyes, unconcerned. ROSE: You were right, you ARE alien. She turns to walk away. THE DOCTOR: Look, if I did forget some kid called Mickey... ROSE: Yeah, he's not a kid. THE DOCTOR: It's because I'm trying to save the life of every stupid ape blundering on top of this planet, alright? ROSE: Alright! THE DOCTOR: Yes! It is! Rose shakes her head disbelievingly. ROSE: If you are an alien, then how comes you sound like you're from the North? THE DOCTOR: Lots of planets have a North. He folds his arms indignantly and looks away. ROSE: What's a police public call box? THE DOCTOR: It's a telephone box from the 1950s. (Pats the TARDIS fondly, grinning). It's a disguise. Rose smiles and shakes her head. ROSE: Okay. And this living plastic, what's it got against us? THE DOCTOR: Nothing, it loves you. You've got such a good planet. Lots of smoke and oil, plenty of toxins and dioxins in the air... perfect. Just what the Nestene Consciousness needs. It's food stock was destroyed in the w*r, all its protein plants rotted, so Earth... dinner! ROSE: Any way of stopping it? Grinning, the Doctor produces a tube of blue liquid from his jacket. THE DOCTOR: Anti-plastic! ROSE: Anti-plastic... THE DOCTOR: Anti-plastic! But first I've got to find it. How can you hide something that big in a city this small? ROSE: Hold on... hide what? THE DOCTOR: The transmitter. The Consciousness is controlling every single piece of plastic so it needs a transmitter to boost the signal. ROSE: What's it look like? THE DOCTOR: Like a transmitter. Round and massive, slap bang in the middle of London. He paces around, agitated, looking around for a clue. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): A huge circular metal structure... like a dish... He stands facing Rose, his back to the railings of the bridge. Behind him, the London Eye looms 450 foot above them, but he doesn't seem to register. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ...like a wheel. Close to where we're standing. Must be completely invisible. Rose considers the Eye behind him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What? Rose nods towards the Eye. The Doctor turns around, then back to her, completely nonplussed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What? Rose shakes her head, looking at the Eye still. He turns around but still fails to make the connection. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What is it? What? Rose simply carries on staring at it. The Doctor turns around again and finally, it clicks. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh... fantastic! He grins inanely and runs off. EXT. LONDON BRIDGE Hand in hand, the Doctor and Rose run across London Bridge towards the Eye. EXT. LONDON EYE They come to a halt at the foot of the Eye. THE DOCTOR: Think of it. Plastic, all over the world. Every artificial thing waiting to come alive. The shop window dummies, the phones, the wires, the cables... ROSE: The breast implants... THE DOCTOR: Still, we've found the transmitter. The Consciousness must be somewhere underneath. Rose runs off and finds the entrance to a manhole at the foot of the wall she is looking over. ROSE: What about down here? The Doctor runs to join her. THE DOCTOR: Looks good to me. They run down the stairs to the manhole. The Doctor takes the lid off it, and red light and smoke pours out. They both climb down the ladder underground. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE The Doctor opens the door to another chamber and they go down some steps. The Doctor points to a huge, orange, wobbling mass in the middle of the chamber. THE DOCTOR: The Nestene Consciousness, that's it, inside the vat. A living, plastic creature. ROSE: Well, then. Tip in your anti-plastic and let's go. THE DOCTOR: I'm not here to k*ll it. I've got to give it a chance. They go down some more steps. The Doctor leans over the railings and addresses the Consciouness. THE DOCTOR: I seek audience with the Nestene Consciousness under peaceful contract. According to convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation. The Consciouness flobbles around a bit. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Thank you. That I might have permission to approach. Meanwhile, as Rose paces around in the background, she spots Mickey and runs to him. The Doctor rolls his eyes. ROSE: Oh, my God! Mickey! It's okay! It's alright! She squats down next to him. MICKEY: That thing down there, the liquid, Rose, it can talk! ROSE: You're stinking! Doctor, they kept him alive! THE DOCTOR: Yeah, that was always a possibility. Keep him alive to maintain the copy. ROSE: You knew that and you never said? THE DOCTOR: Can we keep the domestics outside, thank you? Rose helps Mickey to his feet. The Doctor approaches the Consciousness. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Am I addressing the Consciousness? Thank you. If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilization by means of warped, shunt technology. So, may I suggest, with the greatest respect, that you shunt off? The plastic globbers in what appears to be a negative manner. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh don't give me that, it's an invasion! Plain and simple! Don't talk about constitutional rights! The plastic rears what would appear to be its head angrily. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I... am... talking! This planet is just starting. These stupid little people have only just learnt how to walk, but they're capable of so much more. I'm asking you on their behalf - please, just go. Two Autons approach the Doctor from behind. ROSE: Doctor! The Autons grab him. One of them takes the anti-plastic out of his jacket pocket. THE DOCTOR: That was just insurance! I wasn't going to USE it. The plastic globbers angrily. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I was not attacking you. I'm here to help. I'm not your enemy. I swear, I'm not... what do you mean? Doors above him open to reveal the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, oh no, honestly, no! Yes, that's my ship. The plastic roars. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That's not true. I should know, I was there. I fought in the w*r. It wasn't my fault! I couldn't save your world! I couldn't save any of them! ROSE: What's it doing?! THE DOCTOR: It's the TARDIS! The Nestene has identified its superior technology. It's terrified! It's going to the final base. It's starting the invasion! Get out, Rose! Just leg it! Now! Rose dials a number on her mobile. ROSE: Mum?! EXT. TOWN CENTRE Jackie is going down the steps of a police station. JACKIE: Oh, there you are, I was just gonna phone. You can get compensation. I said so. I've got this document thing off the police - don't thank me! INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE: Where are you, mum? EXT. TOWN CENTRE JACKIE: I'm in town! INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE: Go home! Just go home, right now! EXT. TOWN CENTRE JACKIE: Darling, you're breaking up, look, I'm just going to do a bit of late night shopping. I'll see you later. Tara! She hangs up. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE: Mum?! Mum! EXT. TOWN CENTRE Jackie heads into the Queens Arcade shopping centre. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE The Consciousness sends out a signal. THE DOCTOR: It's the activation signal! It's transmitting! EXT. LONDON EYE The electric blue signal sh**t around the Eye. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE: The end of the world... EXT. LONDON EYE The activation signal transmits from the London Eye. INT. QUEEN'S ARCADE Clive is in the shopping centre, talking to his wife. CLIVE: There's no point creating a spreadsheet if you're going to spend summer money in winter months. Caroline gasps as she walks past a shop window and the dummy taps the glass. CAROLINE: Oh my God! I thought they were dummies! I nearly had a heart-att*ck! They look around and all the dummies are doing the same. Clive's wife smiles appreciatively... until they punch their way through the glass and step out of the windows. Jackie is coming down an escalator and looks in disbelief at the dummies walking around. CLIVE: It's true. Everything I read, all the stories! It's all true! A dummy turns towards him. Its hand comes off and reveals a g*n, which sh**t him. Clive's wife and son scream. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE The Doctor is still being held hostage. THE DOCTOR: Get out, Rose! Just get out! Run! Part of the ceiling falls in. ROSE: The stairs have gone! Rose and Mickey try desperately to get into the TARDIS. ROSE (CONT'D): I haven't got the key! MICKEY: We're gonna die! INT. QUEEN'S ARCADE The shopping centre is in chaos. Jackie stands at the bottom of the escalator looking confused for a few seconds, then screams and runs, dropping her shopping bag. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE Mickey and Rose are still cowering at the door of the TARDIS. EXT. STREET Outside, Jackie finds that there is just as much chaos outside the shopping centre as there is inside. An army of dummies come out of the doors. Jackie runs down the road and ducks behind a car outside a wedding shop. The dummies in the window punch through the glass. Jackie screams. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE Rose watches the Doctor struggle to get to the anti-plastic, then seems to reach some kind of decision. She stands up. MICKEY: Just leave him! EXT. STREET The wedding dummies advance dangerously on Jackie. All three hold their arms out ready to sh**t. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE Rose takes action. MICKEY (CONT'D): There's nothing you can do! Rose picks up an axe. ROSE: I've got no A Levels. EXT. STREET The dummies raise their g*n. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE (CONT'D): No job... EXT. STREET The hands open to reveal the space where the b*ll*ts can be released. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE (CONT'D): No future. EXT. STREET Jackie cowers. Rose hacks at a chain on the wall, trying to release it. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE ROSE (CONT'D): But I tell you what I have got. Jericho Street Junior School under 7s gymnastic team. The chain comes loose and Rose grabs onto it. ROSE (CONT'D): I got the bronze! Rose swings across the gap over the Consciousness. She kicks the Autons holding the Doctor hostage into the Nestene, anti-plastic and all. The Consciousness starts to writhe and scream. Rose lands safely in the Doctor's arms at the other side of the gap. THE DOCTOR: Now we're in trouble. The Consciousness starts to explode as Rose and the Doctor run off. The signal from the Eye is cut off. EXT. STREET The Autons in the high street that were previously attacking people, stop, and start to twitch as if they are doing some kind of dance. Jackie uncovers her eyes warily. INT. UNDERNEATH LONDON EYE Rose, the Doctor and Mickey all manage to reach the TARDIS. Rose grins at the Consciousness before she goes in and closes the door, as it starts to die. Just before the whole chamber goes up in flames, the TARDIS disappears. EXT. STREET The dummies all fall to the ground, twitching at first, but d*ad. EXT. ALLEYWAY Mickey runs backwards out of the TARDIS and falls over, looking terrified. He backs against a wall. Rose, however, steps out and rings her mother on her mobile. EXT. STREET JACKIE (answers phone): Rose! Rose! Don't go out of the house, it's not safe! EXT. ALLEYWAY Rose laughs in relief to hear Jackie's voice. EXT. STREET JACKIE (CONT'D): There were all of these things! And they were sh**ting! And they... EXT. ALLEYWAY Satisfied that Jackie is alive, Rose hangs up on her, smiling to herself. EXT. STREET JACKIE (CONT'D): Hello? Hello? EXT. ALLEYWAY Rose runs over to Mickey. ROSE: A fat lot of good you were! Mickey whimpers. The Doctor stands in the doorway of the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Nestene Consciousness? (Clicks fingers). Easy. ROSE (teasingly): You were useless in there. You'd be d*ad if it wasn't for me. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I would. Thank you. Right then! I'll be off! Unless, uh... I don't know... you could come with me. Rose looks at him and puts her hands in her pockets. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): This box isn't just a London hopper, you know, it goes anywhere in the universe free of charge. MICKEY: Don't! He's an alien! He's a thing! THE DOCTOR: He's NOT invited. What do you think? You could stay here and fill your life with work and food and sleep, or you could go, uh... anywhere. ROSE: Is it always this dangerous? THE DOCTOR (nods): Yeah. Mickey puts his arms around Rose's legs like a little child. ROSE: Yeah, I can't... I've um... gotta go and find my mum and um... someone's gotta look after this stupid lump... (Small laugh, pats Mickey on the back). So... THE DOCTOR: Okay. See you around. Rose looks at him intensely, as if she still hasn't really made up her mind. The Doctor does not take his eyes off her, but closes the door. Rose looks at the closed door. The engines of the TARDIS rev up, and it slowly disappears. Rose stares at the space where it was, lost in thought. ROSE: Come on, let's go. Mickey is in absolute shock, staring at the empty space where the TARDIS stood. ROSE (CONT'D): C'mon... come on... She helps him to his feet and they begin to walk away. However, the sound of the engines is heard again. Rose and Mickey spin around. The TARDIS reappears. The Doctor pops his head out. THE DOCTOR: By the way... Did I mention, it also travels in time? He grins and goes back in, leaving the door ajar. Rose turns to Mickey. ROSE: Thanks. MICKEY: Thanks for what? ROSE: Exactly. She kisses his cheek and runs into the TARDIS with a broad smile on her face. END
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INT. TARDIS Picking up where the last episode left off - Rose runs into the TARDIS and joins the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Right then, Rose Tyler, you tell me, where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time. What's it going to be? ROSE: Forwards. The Doctor presses a few buttons. THE DOCTOR: How far? ROSE (picking random number): One hundred years. He pulls a lever and turns a knob. The engines lurch and then stop after a few seconds. THE DOCTOR: There you go, step outside those doors, it's the twenty-second century. ROSE: You're kidding. THE DOCTOR: That's a bit boring though, do you want to go further? ROSE: Fine by me! The Doctor starts up the engines again. When they stop, he looks at her. THE DOCTOR: Ten thousand years in the future. Step outside, it's the year 12005, the New Roman Empire. ROSE (teasingly): You think you're so impressive. THE DOCTOR: I AM so impressive! ROSE: You wish! THE DOCTOR: Right then, you asked for it. I know exactly where to go. (Revs up the engine, pumps a lever furiously). Hold on! The TARDIS hurtles through the time vortex. With a pinging noise, the TARDIS stops. ROSE: Where are we? The Doctor gestures towards the doors. Rose smiles excitedly. ROSE (CONT'D): What's out there? The Doctor gestures again. Rose steps outside the doors. INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose finds herself in some kind of wooden room. The Doctor follows her and with his sonic screwdriver, opens the shutters of an enormous window. They go down the stairs and find themselves looking down on the planet Earth. THE DOCTOR: You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying. Like you're going to get k*lled by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Maybe you survive. This is the year 5.5/apple/26. Five billion years in your future. This is the day... hold on... (Looks at his watch). This is the day the sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world. OPENING CREDITS EXT. PLATFORM ONE Two space shuttles zoom towards Platform One, essentially a huge space station. COMPUTER VOICE: Shuttles 5 and 6 now docking. Guests are reminded that platform 1 forbids the use of w*apon, teleportation and religion. Earth Death is scheduled for 15:39, followed by drinks in the Manchester Suite. INT. PLATFORM ONE, CORRIDOR Rose and the Doctor are walking down a corridor. ROSE: So, when it says 'guests' does that mean people? THE DOCTOR: Depends what you mean by people. ROSE: I mean people. What do you mean? THE DOCTOR: Aliens. ROSE: What are they doing on board this spaceship? What's it all for? The Doctor starts to open a door with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: It's not really a spaceship. More like an observation deck. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn. ROSE: What for? THE DOCTOR: Fun. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE They enter a large observation gallery. THE DOCTOR: Mind you, when I said the great and the good, what I mean is, the rich. ROSE: But, hold on, they did this once on "Newsround Extra", the sun expanding, that takes hundreds of years. THE DOCTOR: Millions. But the planet's now property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved. See down there? (Points out of the window at tiny glints of light orbiting the Earth). Gravity satellite. That's holding back the sun. ROSE (peering out of the window at Earth). The planet looks the same as ever. I thought the continents shifted and things. THE DOCTOR: They did. And the trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's run out, nature takes over! ROSE: How long has it got? The Doctor looks at his watch. THE DOCTOR: About half an hour. And the planet gets roasted. ROSE: Is that why we're here? I mean, is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth? THE DOCTOR: I'm not saving it. Time's up. ROSE: But what about the people? THE DOCTOR: It's empty! They're all gone. All left. Rose looks back to the window, realization spreading across her face. ROSE: Just me then. The Steward hurries towards them. STEWARD: Who the hell are you? THE DOCTOR: Oh! That's nice, thanks. STEWARD: But how did you get in? This is a maximum hospitality zone. The guests have disembarked! They're on their way any second now! THE DOCTOR: That's me, I'm a guest, look! I've got an invitation! (Flashes a small leather wallet at the Steward). Look, there you see? It's fine, see? The Doctor plus one. I'm the Doctor, this is Rose Tyler. She's my plus one. That all right? STEWARD: Well... obviously. (Doctor grins). Apologies, et cetera. If you're on-board, we'd better start. Enjoy. The Doctor nods at him. After the steward walks off, the Doctor shows Rose the card he had flashed at the steward. It is completely blank. THE DOCTOR: The paper's slightly psychic. Shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time. ROSE: He's blue. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSE: Okay... The steward is now speaking through a microphone at the other end of the suite. STEWARD: We have in attendance, the Doctor and Rose Tyler. Thank you! All staff to their positions. He claps his hands and a lot of little blue people (the staff) start scurrying around. STEWARD (CONT'D): Hurry now! Thank you, as quick as we can! Come along, come along! And now, might I introduce the next honoured guest, representing the forest of Cheem, we have Trees. Namely, Jabe, Lute and Coffa. Jabe, Lute and Coffa walk through the doors. STEWARD (CONT'D): There will be an exchange of gifts representing peace. If you can keep the room circulating, thank you. Next, from the solicitors Jolco and Jolco, the Moxx of Balhoon. The Doctor smiles cheerily, as Rose looks on bewildered. STEWARD (CONT'D): And next, from Financial Family Seven, we have the Adherents of the Repeated Meme. The Doctor chuckles at the look on Rose's face. STEWARD (CONT'D): The inventors of hyposlip travel systems, the brothers Hop Pyleen. Thank you! Enter new aliens. STEWARD (CONT'D): Cal 'Spark Plug'. Enter new aliens. STEWARD (CONT'D): Mr. and Mrs. Pakoo. Enter new aliens. STEWARD (CONT'D): The Ambassadors from the City State of Binding Light. Jabe approaches the Doctor. Either side of her, her companions are holding plant trays with little sh**t in them. JABE: The Gift of Peace. (Takes a cutting, hands it to the Doctor). I bring you a cutting of my Grandfather. THE DOCTOR: Thank you! (Gives it to Rose). Yes, gifts... erm... He clears his throat and starts feeling his jacket for something, finding nothing, he says : THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I give you in return, air from my lungs. He blows gently onto Jabe's face, who closes her eyes briefly. JABE: How... intimate. THE DOCTOR (flirtatiously): There's more where that came from. JABE: I bet there is... Rose has the sort of look on her face that is to be expected of someone who has just witnessed their companion flirting with a tree. STEWARD: Sponsor of the main event, please welcome the Face of Boe. A huge head in an equally huge jar is wheeled through the doors. The Moxx of Balhoon approaches the Doctor and Rose. THE DOCTOR: The Moxx of Balhoon. MOXX OF BALHOON: My felicitations on this historical happenstance. I give you the gift of bodily saliva. He spits accurately into Rose's left eye. THE DOCTOR (laughs): Thank you very much. Rose rubs the spit out of her eye. Next, the Adherents of the Repeated Meme approach them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ah! The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. I bring you air from my lungs. He breathes heavily over them all. ADHERENT: A gift of peace in all good faith. He holds out a large silver egg, which the Doctor takes, throws up into the air, catches, and hands to Rose. STEWARD: And last but not least, our very special guest. Ladies and Gentlemen, and Trees and Multiforms. Consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth The Last Human. The Doctor looks at Rose to see her reaction. The sliding doors open and what looks like a vertical trampoline made of human skin is wheeled through. It has eyes and a mouth, and wears lipstick. STEWARD: The Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen. CASSANDRA: Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know it's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away and look at the difference! Look how thin I am. The Doctor laughs silently but heartily and looks at Rose, who looks shocked. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): Thin and dainty! I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturize me, moisturize me. One of the two men in white body suits who wheeled her in is holding a canister, which he sprays onto Cassandra. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): Truly, I am The Last Human. Rose creeps closer for a better look. CASSANDRA: My father was a Texan. My mother was from the Arctic Desert. They were born on the Earth and were the last to be buried in the soil. Rose has been walking around to the other side of Cassandra, to get a good view of her from all angels. She is completely flat. CASSANDRA: I have come to honour them and... (Sniffs)...say goodbye. Oh, no tears. (Bodyguard wipes her eyes). No tears. I'm sorry. But behold! I bring gifts. From Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg. One of the staff comes in and displays the egg to the room. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): Legend says it had a wingspan of 50 feet and blew f*re from its nostrils. Rose looks mildly confused. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): Or was that my third husband? Rose rolls her eyes but the Doctor laughs. CASSANDRA: Who knows! Oh don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines! She laughs and mumbles to herself for a few seconds. Behind her, a large jukebox is wheeled into the room. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): And here, another rarity. According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers. Rose looks amazed. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): Play on! One of the staff presses a button and a record falls into place. The 'iPod' starts playing Tainted Love by Soft Cell. The Doctor bops around appreciatively. STEWARD: Refreshments will now be served. Earth Death in 30 minutes. Rose has a lost, overwhelmed expression on her face. Everywhere she looks there are aliens, but no other humans. She rushes from the gallery. Concerned, the Doctor starts to follow her, but is stopped by Jabe. JABE: Doctor? (She snaps a photo of him when he pauses). Thank you. The Doctor proceeds on. Jabe walks in the opposite direction. The Adherents of the Repeated Meme are offering the Steward a silver egg. ADHERENT: A gift of peace in all good faith. STEWARD: No, you're very kind, but I'm just the Steward. The Adherents of the Repeated Meme holds the egg out more persistently. ADHERENT: A gift of peace in all good faith. STEWARD: Oh, yes. Thank you. Of course. He takes the egg. Meanwhile, Jabe is trying to get her computer to identify the Doctor's species. JABE: Identify species. Please identify species. The computer makes a small whistling noise. JABE (CONT'D): Now, stop it. Identify his race. Where's he from? (After a moment, stares at the computer in disbelief, hushed). It's impossible. In a nearby glass cabinet, a metal robotic spider climbs out of one of the metal eggs that the Adherents of the Repeated Meme had been handing out. INT. PLATFORM ONE ROOM, SHAFT Rose, in another part of the ship, looks out of a window at the raging sun. She jumps when another one of the staff comes into the room, this one female. Her name is Raffalo. ROSE: Sorry, am I allowed to be in here? The employee looks around uneasily. RAFFALO: You have to give us permission to talk. She looks at Rose expectantly. Rose looks unsure. ROSE: Uh... you... have permission...? RAFFALO: Thank you! And, no. You're not in the way. Guests are allowed anywhere. ROSE: 'Kay. Raffalo goes to a panel in the wall and enters a code. Rose watches her. ROSE: What's your name? RAFFALO: Raffalo. ROSE: Raffalo? RAFFALO: Yes, Miss. I won't be long, I've just got to carry out some maintenance. She kneels before an air vent. RAFFALO (CONT'D): There's a tiny little glitch in the Face of Boe suite. There must be something blocking the system - he's not getting any hot water. ROSE: So, you're a plumber? RAFFALO: That's right, Miss. ROSE: They still have plumbers? RAFFALO: I hope so! Else I'm out of a job! Rose laughs. ROSE: Where are you from? RAFFALO: Crespallion. ROSE: That's a planet, is it? RAFFALO: No, Crespallion's part of the Jaggit Brocade, affiliated to the Scarlet Junction, Convex 56. And where are you from, Miss? (Seems to remember herself). If you don't mind me asking. ROSE: No! Not at all. Erm... I dunno, a long way away... I just sort of, hitched a lift with this man. (Only just realising the risk she's taken herself). I didn't even think about it... I don't even know who he is... he's a complete stranger... Raffalo looks slightly worried. Rose snaps herself out of it. ROSE (CONT'D): Anyway, don't let me keep you. Good luck with it! She begins to walk away. RAFFALO: Thank you, Miss. And... (Rose turns). Thank you for the permission. Not many people are that considerate. ROSE (smiles): 'Kay. See you later. Roffalo nods and smiles. When Rose has gone, she takes the cover off the air vent. RAFFALO: Now then. She peers into the vent and then speaks into a small microphone attached to her collar.. RAFFALO (CONT'D): Control, I'm at Junction 19 and I think the problem's coming from in here. I'll go inside and have a look. (Hears small tapping). What's that? Is there something in there? The metal spider we saw breaking out of the egg earlier appears at the end of the shaft. RAFFALO (CONT'D): Oh! Who are you, then? The spider scurries away as if frightened. RAFFALO (CONT'D): Hold on! I... if you're an upgrade I just need to register you, that's all. Oh, come back! A red beam of light falling on Raffalo's face tells us the spider has come back. RAFFALO (CONT'D): Ah, there you are. Now, I just need to register your ident. Another spider joins the first. RAFFALO (CONT'D): Oh, there's two of you! Got yourself a little mate! (Giggles). I think I'd better report this to control. How many of you are there? (A third spider appears, and then a fourth). What are you? Oh, no. No. Nooooo! She is dragged head first into the air vent. INT. STEWARD'S OFFICE The steward enters and puts his egg on a nearby table and sits down. He listens to Control speaking. STEWARD: What's that? Well, how should I know? (Activates loudspeaker).Would the owner of the blue box in private gallery 15 please report to the steward's office immediately. Guests are reminded that use of all teleportation devices is strictly forbidden under Peace Treaty 5.4/cup/16. Thank you. While he is talking, a spider has broken out of his egg and run up the opposite wall. EXT. PLATFORM ONE We are shown another sh*t of the burning sun and the satellite over the Earth. COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 25 minutes. Earth Death in 25 minutes. INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose sits on the steps, throwing the egg up in the air and catching it again when she hears this announcement. ROSE: Oh, thanks. She puts the egg down and turns her attention to the cutting of Jabe's grandfather. She picks it up. ROSE (CONT'D): Hello! My name's Rose. That's a sort of plant. We might be related... She suddenly realizes what she is doing and hurriedly puts the plant down. ROSE (CONT'D): I'm talking to a twig. Behind her, the spider breaks out of the egg. INT. PLATFORM ONE, CORRIDOR The TARDIS is being dragged away by some of the staff. THE DOCTOR: Oi, now, careful with that. Park it properly. No scratches. One of them walks up to the Doctor, squeaks at him, hands him a card and walks away again. The Doctor reads it - it says 'Have a nice day'. The Doctor looks at the retreating staff's back as if he or she is completely off his or her rocker, and walks off. A few of the metal spiders scurry up the wall behind him. A few more are running along the air vent. INT. VIEWING GALLERY The spider that came out of Rose's egg appears to be scanning her hand, but Rose is completely oblivious. It jumps and runs to the air vent when the Doctor's voice floats through the door. THE DOCTOR: Rose? Are you in there? The spider scrambles through the vent just in time, before the Doctor comes through the door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Aye aye! (Sits on other side of stairs). What do you think, then? ROSE: Great! Yeah... fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper... The Doctor laughs. There is a short pause. ROSE (CONT'D): They're just, so alien. (Doctor looks at her questioningly). The aliens. Are so alien. You look at 'em... and they're alien. THE DOCTOR: Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South. ROSE (as if looking at him properly for the first time): Where are you from? THE DOCTOR: All over the place. ROSE: They all speak English. THE DOCTOR: No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the TARDIS. Telepathic field, gets inside your brain, translates. ROSE: It's inside my brain? THE DOCTOR: Well, in a good way. ROSE (colder, starting to sound angry): Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask? THE DOCTOR (thrown): I didn't think about it like that. ROSE (angrily): No! You were too busy thinking up cheap sh*ts about the Deep South! Who are you then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you? The Doctor sits up and looks away from her. THE DOCTOR: I'm just The Doctor. ROSE: From what planet? THE DOCTOR: Well, it's not as if you'll know where it is! ROSE: Where are you from?! THE DOCTOR: What does it matter? ROSE: Tell me who you are! THE DOCTOR (suddenly angry): This is who I am, right here, right now, alright? All that counts is here and now, and this is me! ROSE: Yeah, and I'm here too because you brought me here, so just tell me! The Doctor gets up and walks down the steps away from her. COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 20 minutes. Earth Death in 20 minutes. After a few moments, Rose gets up and follows the Doctor down the steps. ROSE: Alright... as my mate Shareen says... don't argue with the designated driver... The Doctor, with his back turned to her, smiles at that. Rose gets her mobile out of her pocket. ROSE (CONT'D): Can't exactly call for a taxi... there's no signal. We're out of range. Just a bit! THE DOCTOR: Tell you what... He takes the phone from her. THE DOCTOR: With a little bit of jiggery pokery... He takes the back off the phone. ROSE: Is that a technical term, "jiggery pokery"? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery, what about you? ROSE: Nah, failed hullabaloo. THE DOCTOR: Oooh. (Fits in a new battery, hands phone back to Rose). There you go. Rose takes it and looks at him uncertainly. He nods. Rose gets her mum's number onto the screen and puts the phone to her ear. It rings. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN We find ourselves in the Jackie's kitchen, 2005. JACKIE: Hello? ROSE: Mum? Jackie, at home, is putting some washing into the machine. JACKIE: Oh, what is it? What's wrong? What have I done now? Oh, this red top's falling to bits! You should get your money back. Go on! There must be something, you never phone in the middle of the day! INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose laughs. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN JACKIE: What's so funny? INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: Nothing! You all right, though? INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN JACKIE: Yeah! Why wouldn't I be? INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: What day is it? INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN JACKIE: Wednesday. All day. You got a hangover? Oh, I tell you what, put a quid in that lottery syndicate, I'll pay you back later. INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: Yeah, um, I was just calling 'cause I might be late home. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN JACKIE: Is there something wrong? INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: No! I'm fine! Top of the world! The Doctor laughs. INT. TYLER'S KITCHEN Jackie puts the phone down. INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose lowers the mobile, stunned. THE DOCTOR: Think that's amazing, you want to see the bill. ROSE: That was 5 billion years ago. So... she's d*ad now. Five billion years later, my mum's d*ad. THE DOCTOR: Bundle of laughs, you are. The ship shudders. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (rather pleased and curious): That's not supposed to happen... INT. STEWARD'S OFFICE STEWARD (to control): Well, what was it? I'm just getting green lights at this end. (Activates loudspeaker). Honoured guests may be reassured that gravity pockets may cause slight turbulence, thanking you. As soon as it is switched off again, he speaks angrily to control again. STEWARD (CONT'D): The whole place shook! I felt it! I've hosted all sorts of events on platforms 1, 3, 6 and 15 and I've never felt the slightest tremor. I warn you, if this lot decide to sue... I'm going to scan the infrastructure. (Presses a few buttons). What's that? A spider scurries down the wall behind him. STEWARD (CONT'D): Control, I don't want to worry you, but I'm picking up readings... (Computer beeps). I have no idea! Well, they're small, and the scan says they're metal... (Computer beeps, frustrated). I don't know what they look like! Suddenly, he spots the spider, which is now pottering around on his desk next to his mug. STEWARD (CONT'D): Although, I imagine they might look rather like that... you're not on the guest list... how did you get on board...? The spider looks at him almost mockingly and presses a yellow button on the control panel. The computerized woman's voice booms out again. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter deactivated. STEWARD: No. No! COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. The sunfilter does indeed, descend. STEWARD (frantic): No! Sunfilter, up! No, no, no! He fumbles frantically with the buttons on the control panels, but too late. STEWARD (CONT'D): Sunfilter up! Sunfilter up! Blinding light engulfs the steward. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. The Steward screams. Outside the room, the spider escapes through an air vent. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE The guests are completely oblivious to the commotion, chatting to each other. The Moxx of Balhoon is talking to the Face of Boe. MOXX OF BALHOON: ...this is the Bad Wolf scenario... The Doctor and Rose enter. THE DOCTOR: That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that. He is fiddling with a control panel next to the door. Jabe approaches them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines, they pitched up about 30 hertz, is that dodgy or what? JABE: It's the sound of metal, it doesn't make any sense to me. THE DOCTOR: Where's the engine room? JABE: I don't know... but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest's suite, I could show you. And... (Gestures Rose) ...your wife. THE DOCTOR: She's not my wife. JABE: Partner? THE DOCTOR: No. JABE: Concubine? THE DOCTOR: Nope. Jabe looks at Rose. JABE: prost*tute... ROSE (insulted): Whatever I am, it must be invisible, do you mind? Tell you what, you two go and pollinate, I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson. She makes her way over to Cassandra. THE DOCTOR: Don't start a fight. (Proffers arm to Jabe). I'm all yours. ROSE (watching them leave): And I want you home by midnight! The Doctor grins back at her. COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 15 minutes. Earth Death in 15 minutes. INT. MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR Before the Doctor and Jabe enter, several spiders scurry out of view. THE DOCTOR: Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a captain or what? JABE: There's just the steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal man. THE DOCTOR: You mean the computer? But who controls that? JABE: The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another. The Doctor is silent for a moment. THE DOCTOR: But there's no one from the corporation on board. JABE: They're not needed. This facility is purely a*t*matic. It's the height of the alpha class. Nothing can go wrong. THE DOCTOR: Unsinkable? JABE: If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate. THE DOCTOR: You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable... I ended up clinging to an iceberg, it wasn't half cold. (Stops a moment). So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out? JABE: I'm afraid not. THE DOCTOR (grinning): Fantastic. He starts walking again. JABE: I don't understand. In what way is THAT fantastic? Behind them, a spider creeps out of its hiding place. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE Rose is talking to Cassandra. They are looking out of a window at the sun and down at the Earth. CASSANDRA: Soon, the sun will blossom into a red giant, and my home will die. That's where I used to live, when I was a little boy. Down there. Mummy and Daddy had a little house built into the side of the Los Angeles Crevice. (Sighs). I had such fun. ROSE: What happened to everyone else? The Human Race, where did it go? CASSANDRA: They say Mankind has touched every star in the sky. ROSE: So, you're NOT the last human. CASSANDRA: I am the last PURE human. The others... mingled. (Disgusted). Oh, they call themselves "New Humans" and "Proto-humans" and "Digi-humans" even "Human-ish" but you know what I call them? (Lowers her voice to a whisper). Mongrels. ROSE: Right. And you stayed behind. CASSANDRA: I kept myself pure. ROSE: How many operations have you had? CASSANDRA: 708. Next week, it's 709, I'm having my blood bleached. Is that why you wanted a word? You could be flatter, Rose. You've got a little bit of a chin poking out. ROSE: I'd rather die. CASSANDRA: Honestly, it doesn't hurt... ROSE: No, I mean it. I'd rather die. It's better to die than live like you, a bitchy trampoline. CASSANDRA: Oh well. What do you know. ROSE: I was born on that planet. And so was my mum, and so was my dad and that makes me officially the last human being in this room, 'cause you're not human. You've had it all nipped and tucked and flattened till there's nothing left. Anything human got chucked in the bin. You're just skin, Cassandra. Lipstick and skin. Nice talking. She walks off. The Adherents of the Repeated Meme watch her leave through the sliding doors. INT. MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR The Doctor and Jabe are still making their way down the corridor, the low ceiling forcing them to stoop slightly. THE DOCTOR: So, tell me, Jabe. What's a tree like you doing in a place like this? JABE: Respect for the Earth. THE DOCTOR: Oh, come on. Everyone on this platform's worth zillions. JABE: Well... perhaps it's a case of having to be seen at the right occasions. THE DOCTOR: In case your share prices drop? I know you lot. You've got massive forests everywhere, roots everywhere, and there's always money in land. JABE: All the same. You respect the Earth as family. So many species evolved from that planet. Mankind is only one. I'm another. My ancestors were transplanted from the planet down below. And I'm a direct descendant of the tropical rainforest. The Doctor looks impressed. He then points to a control panel. THE DOCTOR: Excuse me. He gets out his sonic screwdriver and starts poking the screen with it. JABE: And what about your ancestry, Doctor? Perhaps you could tell a story or two... perhaps a man only enjoys trouble when there's nothing else left... (No answer). I scanned you earlier. The metal machine had trouble identifying your species, refused to admit your existence. The Doctor pretends to be concentrating on the scan, but a flicker of emotion passes across his face. JABE (CONT'D): And even when it named you, I wouldn't believe it. But it was right. The Doctor stops scanning. Deep sadness is reflected in his eyes. Jabe's tone is hushed, awed. JABE (CONT'D): I know where you're from. Forgive me for intruding, but it's remarkable that you even exist. I just want to say... how sorry I am. Jabe puts a comforting hand on his arm. The Doctor's eyes are filled with tears. He places his hand over hers, and a tear falls down his cheek. He quickly finishes the scan and he and Jabe go through a door. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER The Doctor and Jabe find themselves in the ventillation chamber. There are huge fans circulating in there. The Doctor looks down at Jabe. THE DOCTOR: Is it me, or is it a bit nippy? INT. PLATFORM ONE, CORRIDOR Rose walks alone down a corridor. The Adherents of the Repeated Meme are coming from the other end. She smiles at them, but the front one strikes her to the ground where she lies unconscious as they drag her from view. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: Fair do's, though, that's a great bit of air conditioning. Sort of, nice and old fashioned. Bet they call it "retro". (Scans another control panel with his sonic screwdriver). Gotcha. The panel falls off and a spider scuttles out and scurries across the floor and up the wall. The Doctor and Jabe watch it. THE DOCTOR: What the hell's that? JABE: Is it part of the "retro"? THE DOCTOR: I don't think so. Hold on. He points the screwdriver at the spider. However, Jabe fires something up at the spider, disabling it. It comes falling into the Doctor's hand. THE DOCTOR: Hey! Nice liana! JABE: Thank you! We're not supposed to show them in public. THE DOCTOR: Don't worry, I won't tell anybody. (Turns his attention to the spider). Now then. Who's been bringing the pets on board? JABE: What does it do? THE DOCTOR: Sabotage. COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 10 minutes. THE DOCTOR: And the temperature's about to rocket. Come on. They hurry from the chamber. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE The aliens mill about. CASSANDRA: The planet's end. Come gather! Come gather! Bid farewell to the cradle of civilization. Let us mourn her with a traditional ballad. Britney Spears' Toxic suddenly blasts out of the enormous iPod. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE STEWARD'S OFFICE The Doctor and Jabe hurry along, the corridor is filled with smoke and the staff are coughing squeaky little coughs. THE DOCTOR: Come on! Get back! He moves his sonic screwdriver over another control panel. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising. JABE (concerned): Was the Steward in there?! THE DOCTOR: You can smell him. Hold on, there's another sun filter program to descend. INT. VIEWING GALLERY 'Toxic' plays loudly as Rose wakes up, rubbing her head. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending. Rose sits up in alarm as the Sunfilter descends. She runs to the door and knocks on it frantically. ROSE: Let me out! COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY The Doctor runs along the corridor. ROSE: Let me out! Let me out! The Doctor arrives outside the door to attempt to make the Sunfilter rise again. THE DOCTOR: Anyone in there? ROSE (frantically): Let me out! THE DOCTOR: Oh, well, it would be you. INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: Open the door! INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY THE DOCTOR: Hold on! Give us two ticks! INT. VIEWING GALLERY The whole room is smoking. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY The display on the control panel says 'Sunfilter Rising'. The Doctor looks up expectantly. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising. The Doctor looks pleased with himself. INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose sighs with relief. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter rising... Sunfilter descending. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY THE DOCTOR: This is just what we need. The computer's getting clever. INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: Will you stop mucking about! INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY THE DOCTOR: I'm not mucking about, it's fighting back! INT. VIEWING GALLERY ROSE: Open the door! INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY THE DOCTOR: Hang on! INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose runs down the stairs and flattens herself to the floor. ROSE: The locks melted! COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE VIEWING GALLERY The Doctor jabs his sonic screwdriver right inside the wires. COMPUTER VOICE: Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising. INT. VIEWING GALLERY Panting, Rose runs back to the door. The Doctor cannot open it. THE DOCTOR: The whole thing's jammed. I can't open the doors. Stay there! Don't move! ROSE (terrified sort of sarcasm): Where're am I gonna go?! Ipswich?! COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 5 minutes. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE JABE (looking at her computer): The metal machine confirms. The spider devices have infiltrated the whole of platform one. CASSANDRA: How's that possible? Our private rooms are protected by a code wall. Moisturize me, moisturize me. The Doctor takes the destabilized spider out of Jabe's hand. MOXX OF BALHOON: Summon the Steward! JABE: I'm afraid the Steward is d*ad. There is a general gasp of shock. MOXX OF BALHOON: Who k*lled him? CASSANDRA: This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Boe! He invited us! (Face of Boe shakes his head). Talk to the face! Talk to the face! THE DOCTOR: Easy way of finding out. Someone bought a little pet on board. (Shows them the spider). Let's send him back to Master. He places the spider down on the floor. The spider scuttles along to Cassandra and looks up at her. Cassandra looks shifty for a moment, but the spider moves on to the feet of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme. CASSANDRA: The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. J'accuse! THE DOCTOR: That's all very well, and really kind of obvious, but if you stop and think about it... The Adherents of the Repeated Meme tries to strike him, but he catches its arm and rips it off. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): A Repeated Meme is just an idea. And that's all they are. An idea. He rips a wire out of the arm and all of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme crumple into a bundle of black cloaks. Everyone gasps. Cassandra rolls her eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Remote controlled Droids. Nice little cover for the real troublemaker. Go on, Jimbo! (Nudges spider with his foot). Go home! The spider ambles back over to Cassandra. CASSANDRA: I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed. The Doctor raises his eyebrows. CASSANDRA (CONT'D): At arms! The two bodyguards with canisters on either side of her raise their canisters. THE DOCTOR (mockingly): What are you going to do, moisturize me? CASSANDRA: With acid. Oh, too late anyway. My spiders have control of the mainframe. Oh, you all carried them as gifts, tax free, past every code wall. I'm not just as pretty face. THE DOCTOR: Sabotaging a ship while you're still inside it? How stupid's that? CASSANDRA: I'd hoped to manufacture a hostage situation with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous. THE DOCTOR: Five billion years and it still comes down to money. CASSANDRA: Do you think it's cheap, looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune. I am The Last Human, Doctor. Me. Not that freaky little kid of yours. MOXX OF BALHOON: Arrest her! CASSANDRA: Oh, shut it, pixie. I've still got my final option. COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 3 minutes. CASSANDRA: And here it comes. You're just as useful d*ad, all of you. I have shares in your rival companies and they'll triple in price as soon as you're d*ad. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go? "Burn, baby, burn." JABE: Then you'll burn with us. CASSANDRA: Oh, I'm so sorry. I know the use of teleportation is strictly forbidden, but... I'm such a naughty thing. Spiders, activate. There are a series of expl*si*n around the ship. CASSANDRA: Force fields gone with the planet about to explode. At least it'll be quick. Just like my fifth husband. (Giggles). Oh, shame on me. Buh-bye, darlings! Buh-bye, my darlings... She and her bodyguards teleport out. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels rising. MOXX OF BALHOON: Reset the computer! JABE: Only the Steward would know how. THE DOCTOR: No. We can do it by hand. There must be a system restore switch. Jabe, come on. They leave the room. He calls back the crowd over his shoulder. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You lot - just chill! EXT. PLATFORM ONE COMPUTER VOICE: Earth Death in 2 minutes. Earth Death in 2 minutes. INT. MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR Jabe and the Doctor are running back through the maintenance corridor. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, critical. Heat levels, critical. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER. The Doctor and Jabe reach the ventilation chamber. THE DOCTOR: Oh. And guess where the switch is. The switch is located at the other side of the enormous fans. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels - rising. Heat levels, rising. The Doctor pulls a lever down and the fans slow down. COMPUTER VOICE (CONT'D): External temperature, 5 thousand degrees. As soon as the Doctor lets go of the lever, the fans start to speed up again. As the Doctor looks hopelessly at the fans, Jabe pulls the lever down again and holds it there. THE DOCTOR: You can't. The heat's going to vent through this place. JABE: I know. THE DOCTOR: Jabe, you're made of wood. JABE: Then stop wasting time. Time Lord. He grins at her and runs back to the fans. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, rising. Heat levels, rising. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE The glass begins to crack. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, hazardous. MOXX OF BALHOON: We're going to die! INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, hazardous. The Doctor dodges the first fan and runs underneath it. He looks anxiously up at the next one. INT. VIEWING GALLERY The glass begins to crack. Rose cowers against the wall. COMPUTER VOICE: Shields malfunctioning. Shields malfunctioning. Rays of sun blast in through the cracks, burning holes in the parts of the metal wall they h*t. Rose screams. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER The Doctor is still standing before the second fan. He looks back at Jabe who is sweating and breathing heavily. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, critical. Heat levels, critical. The Doctor dodges under the second fan. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE The glass cracks further, engulfing the Moxx of Balhoon in light. He cries out. INT. VIEWING GALLERY The sunrays h*t the wall either side of Rose. COMPUTER VOICE: Heat levels, rising. Heat levels, rising. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER As the Doctor stands before the third fan. Jabe starts shaking violently. Suddenly, she gasps as one of her hands catches f*re. She screams. The Doctor looks back, shocked. Now there is no one to hold the lever down, the fans circulate so fast that they can hardly be seen, in order to cool the ship down. It is impossible for the Doctor to get through. INT. VIEWING GALLERY The walls around Rose are rapidly burning. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER COMPUTER VOICE: Planet explodes in 10... 9... The Doctor closes his eyes. All grows quiet. COMPUTER VOICE (CONT'D): 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... The Doctor, still with his eyes closed, steps calmly though the fan. When at the other side, he opens his eyes and dashes to the switch, pulling it down. THE DOCTOR: Raise shields! INT. VIEWING GALLERY Rose has her eyes closed and is shaking. COMPUTER VOICE: ...1 EXT. PLATFORM ONE The force fields around the ships are reset just as the planet is engulfed in f*re. It explodes, leaving the ship completely unharmed. INT. VIEWING GALLERY COMPUTER VOICE: Exoglass repair. Exoglass repair. The glass is automatically repaired. Rose opens her eyes, panting heavily. INT. VENTILATION CHAMBER The Doctor walks back through the fans. He pauses for a moment to look sadly at the charred and smoking remains of Jabe. INT. THE MANCHESTER SUITE Rose walks back into the observation gallery, where all the aliens are sitting around, wounded or d*ad. The Doctor walks briskly in a few moments later. He glances at Rose but does not pause to talk to her. Instead he goes straight to Jabe's companions, mutters a few words to them and then places his hands on their shoulders, leaving them to grieve. He then walks back near Rose. ROSE: You all right? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one, teleportation through five thousand degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby. He strides over to the ostrich egg, breaks it open and the teleportation feed falls out. He picks it up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed. He twists the feed. Cassandra appears before them, apparently in the middle of gloating. CASSANDRA: Ah, you should have seen their little alien faces. (Notices her new surroundings). Oh. THE DOCTOR: The Last Human. CASSANDRA (flustered): So. You passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join the er... the human club. THE DOCTOR: People have died, Cassandra. You m*rder them. CASSANDRA: That depends on your definition of 'people'. And that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court then, Doctor! And watch me smile, and cry, and flutter... THE DOCTOR: And creak? CASSANDRA: And what? THE DOCTOR: Creak! You're creaking. Cassandra's skin is tightening. Her eyes are becoming bloodshot and she is getting whiter and whiter. CASSANDRA (panicking): What? Ah! Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens! Moisturize me! Moisturize me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot! She's covered in red blotches. THE DOCTOR: You raised the temperature. CASSANDRA (terrified, pathetic): Have pity! Moisturize me! Oh, Doctor! ROSE (shaken): Help her. THE DOCTOR: Everything has its time and everything dies. CASSANDRA (shrivelling up): I'm... too... young! She explodes. The Doctor looks completely cold and not remotely fazed. He leaves the room. EXT. PLATFORM ONE COMPUTER VOICE: Shuttles 4 and 6 departing. This unit now closing down for maintenance. INT. MANCHESTER SUITE The Manchester Sute is now completely empty apart from Rose, who is standing at the window watching the Earth burn with a very vulnerable and sad look on her face, oblivious to the Doctor watching her from the doorway. Rocks fly past the window. She turns around when she hears the Doctor's footsteps as he comes to stand beside her. ROSE (teafully): The end of the Earth. It's gone. And we were too busy saving ourselves, no one saw it go. (The Doctor looks down at her). All those years... all that history and no one was even looking. It's just... THE DOCTOR (holds his hand out to her). Come with me. Rose takes his hand and they walk away together. EXT. PICCADILLY CIRCUS Back in 2005, Rose steps out of the TARDIS. She looks around at the crowds, seeing them in a new light. The Doctor stands beside her. BIG ISSUE SELLER: Big issue! THE DOCTOR: You think it'll last forever. People, and cars and concrete. But it won't. One day, it's all gone. Even the sky. (They both look at the sky. After a moment). My planet's gone. Rose turns to look at him. This is the first time he's mentioned his home. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It's d*ad. It b*rned like the Earth. It's just rocks and dust. Before it's time. ROSE: What happened? THE DOCTOR: There was a w*r. And we lost. ROSE: A w*r with who? He doesn't answer, seemingly lost in thought. ROSE (CONT'D): What about your people? THE DOCTOR: I'm a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm left travelling on my own because there's no one else. ROSE: There's me... She smiles at him. THE DOCTOR: You've seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home? Rose looks at him for a few seconds. ROSE: I don't know. I want... (Sniffs the air). Oh! Can you smell chips? THE DOCTOR (laughs): Yeah. Yeah! ROSE: I want chips. THE DOCTOR (smiling): Me too. ROSE: Right then, before you get me back in that box, chips it is, and you can pay. THE DOCTOR: No money. ROSE: What sort of date are you? Come on then, tightwad, chips are on me. He smiles at her, delighted. ROSE (CONT'D): We've only got five billion years before the shops close... They walk down the street together laughing, Rose nuzzling her head against his shoulder. END
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INT. CHAPEL OF REST Mister Sneed crosses a room where a woman lies d*ad in her coffin and a man stands over her. The man's name is Redpath. Sneed lights a gas lamp. He walks to the mans side. SNEED: Sneed and Company offer their sincerest condolences, sir. In this most trying hour. REDPATH: Grandmamma had a good innings, Mr. Sneed. She was so full of life. I can't believe she's gone. SNEED: Not gone, Mr. Redpath, sir. Merely sleeping. A short silence. REDPATH: May I have a moment? SNEED: Yes, of course. I shall be in the next room, should you require anything. He leaves Redpath alone with his Grandmother. Redpath, with his head bowed in grief, does not notice the gas enter her d*ad body and her eyes snap open. She suddenly grabs Redpath by the neck and throttles him. Mister Sneed bursts back into the room upon hearing the commotion. SNEED: Oh, no. The old woman twists her grandson's neck around and he falls to the floor. Redpath tries to wrestle the lid back on the coffin. SNEED (CONT'D): Gwyneth! Get down here now! We've got another one! He is not strong enough to get the lid back on the coffin and the old woman kicks the side off. EXT. SNEED AND COMPANY, STREET Mrs Pearce walks from the house, wailing. OPENING CREDITS INT. TARDIS Inside the TARDIS, it is mayhem. The whole ship is shaking and alarm is going off. THE DOCTOR: Hold that one down! ROSE: I'm HOLDING this one down! THE DOCTOR: Well, hold them BOTH down! ROSE: It's not going to work! THE DOCTOR: Oi! I promised you a time machine and that's what you're getting. Now, you've seen the future, let's have a look at the past. 1860. How does 1860 sound? ROSE: What happened in 1860? THE DOCTOR: I don't know, let's find out. Hold on, here we go! The TARDIS screeches through the time vortex. INT. SNEED'S KITCHEN Mr. Sneed is dabbing at his forehead. SNEED: Gwyneth! Where are you, girl? Gwyneth! (Gwyneth appears). Where've you been? I was shouting! GWYNETH: I've been in the s*ab, sir, bringing the ice for old Sampson. SNEED: Well, get back in there and harness him up. GWYNETH: Whatever for, sir? SNEED: The stiffs are getting lively again. Mr. Redpath's grandmother, she's up and on her feet and out there somewhere, on the streets! We've got to find her! GWYNETH: Mr. Sneed, for shame! How many more times? It's ungodly! SNEED: Don't look at me like it's my fault! Now come on, hurry up! She was 86. She can't have got far. GWYNETH: What about Mr. Redpath? Did you deal with him? SNEED: No. She did. GWYNETH: That's awful, sir. I know it's not my place, and please, forgive me for talking out of turn, sir. But this is getting beyond, now. (Sneed nods). Something terrible is happening in this house, and we've got to get help. SNEED: And we will! As soon as we get that d*ad old woman locked up and safe and sound. Now stop prevaricating girl, get the hearse ready. We're going body snatching. EXT. STREET AND ALLEYWAY The TARDIS materializes on a deserted street. Snow is falling. INT. TARDIS The controls are steaming and both the Doctor and Rose are lying on the floor laughing. They get up. ROSE: Blimey! THE DOCTOR: You're telling me! Are you alright? ROSE: Yeah. I think so! Nothing broken... did we make it? Where are we? THE DOCTOR (studying the screen): I did it! Give the man a medal. Earth, Naples, December 24th, 1860. ROSE: That's so weird... it's Christmas. The Doctor gestures towards the door. THE DOCTOR: All yours. ROSE: But, it's like... think about it, though. Christmas. 1860. Happens once. Just once, and it's gone. It's finished. It'll never happen again. Except for you. (Studies him intently). You can go back and see days that are d*ad and gone and a hundred thousand sunsets ago... no wonder you never stay still... THE DOCTOR: Not a bad life. ROSE: Better with two. They grin at each other for a few moments. Then Rose slaps his bum and dashes towards the door. ROSE (CONT'D): Come on then! THE DOCTOR: Oi, oi, oi! Where do you think you're going?! ROSE: 1860! THE DOCTOR: Go out there dressed like that, you'll start a riot, Barbarella! There's a wardrobe through there. First left, second right, third on the left, go straight ahead, under the stairs, past the bins, it's the fifth door on your left. Hurry up! Rose rushes off to get changed. The Doctor grins after her. EXT. STREET Sneed and Gwyneth are driving through the streets looking for the old woman. SNEED: Not a sign. Where is she? GWYNETH: She's vanished into the ether sir, where can she be? Sneed stops the hearse and looks at Gwyneth. SNEED: You tell me, girl. GWYNETH: What do you mean? SNEED: Gwyneth, you know full well. GWYNETH: No, sir. I can't. SNEED: Use the sight. GWYNETH: It's not right, sir. SNEED: Find the old lady. Or you're dismissed. Gwyneth looks anxious. SNEED (CONT'D): Now, look inside, girl. Look deep. Where is she? Gwyneth closes her eyes. GWYNETH: She's lost, sir. She's so alone. Oh, my lord. So many strange things in her head. SNEED: But where? GWYNETH: She's excited. About tonight. Before she passed on, she was going to see him. SNEED: Who's "him"? GWYNETH: A great man. All the way from London. The great, great man. INT. DRESSING ROOM There is a knocking at a door. An old man - Charles Dickens is kneading his forehead inside the room. STAGE MANAGER: Mr. Dickens! Mr. Dickens! Excuse me, sir, Mr. Dickens, this is your call. Mr. Dickens does not respond. The stage manager comes into the room. STAGE MANAGER: Are you quite well, sir? DICKENS: Splendid, splendid. Sorry. STAGE MANAGER: Time you were on, Sir. DICKENS: Absolutely. I was just...brooding. (Stage manager throws him questioning look). Christmas Eve. Not the best of times to be alone. STAGE MANAGER: Did no one travel with you, sir? An old lady wife waiting out front? DICKENS: I'm afraid not. STAGE MANAGER (laughs): You can have mine if you want. DICKENS: Oh, I wouldn't dare. I've been rather, let's say, clumsy, with family matters. By God, I'm too old to cause any more trouble. STAGE MANAGER: You speak as though it's all over, sir! DICKENS: Oh, no, it's never over. On and on I go. The same old show. They look at the poster announcing his show. DICKENS: I'm like a ghost, condemned to repeat myself... (Stands) ... for all eternity. STAGE MANAGER: It's never too late, sir. You could always think up some new turns. DICKENS: No, I can't. Even my imagination grows stale. (Takes long swig of drink). I'm an old man. Perhaps I've thought everything I'll ever think. Still! The lure of the lime-light! As potent as a pipe what, eh? (Stage manager helps him change his jacket). On with the show. INT. TARDIS In the TARDIS, the Doctor is doing some more unnecessary repair work. Rose swans in and he turns off his sonic screwdriver and looks at her in surprise. THE DOCTOR: Blimey! ROSE: Don't laugh! THE DOCTOR: You look beautiful! Rose stops laughing and smiles instead. There is a pause and the Doctor looks away awkwardly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ...considering. He turns on his screwdriver again. ROSE: Considering what? THE DOCTOR: That you're human! ROSE (amused): I think that's a compliment... Aren't you going to change? THE DOCTOR: I've changed my jumper! Come on! He jumps out of the space beneath the controls. ROSE: You, stay there! You've done this before. This is mine! She hurries towards the door and opens it. EXT. STREET AND ALLEYWAY Rose looks out onto the 1860 street. She makes one footprint in the untouched snow then withdraws her foot again. Then she steps out altogether. The Doctor follows her. THE DOCTOR: Ready for this? She smiles and he offers her his arm. She takes it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Here we go. History! They walk off together. INT. THEATRE The curtains open for Dickens' show. The audience applaud. The d*ad old woman is sitting slap bang in the middle of them. EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE The Doctor and Rose walk down the street, observing everything. Rose in amazement, the Doctor with his usual grin on his face. He walks in another direction and Rose follows. There are carol singers in the background. EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE Sneed and Gwyneth arrive at the theatre. GWYNETH: She's in there, sir, I'm certain of it. They alight from the hearse. EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE Not far away, the Doctor is buying a newspaper. He unfolds it and scans it. THE DOCTOR: I got the flight a bit wrong. ROSE: I don't care. THE DOCTOR: It's not 1860, it's 1869. ROSE: I don't care! THE DOCTOR: And it's not Naples. ROSE: I don't care. THE DOCTOR: It's Cardiff. ROSE (pauses): Right... INT. THEATRE Dickens is talking to a rapt audience. DICKENS: Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing particular about the knocker on the door of this house. But let any man explain to me if he can, how it happened, that Scrooge, having his key in the lock of the door, saw in the knocker, without it's undergoing any intermediate process of change, not a knocker - but Marley's face. (Audience gasp). Marley's face! It looked at Scrooge as Marley used to look. It looked like... The gas is escaping from the old woman. Dickens, seeing as how he is the only one facing the audience, is the only one to notice. DICKENS (CONT'D): Oh, my lord! It looked... like that! (Points a trembling finger at the old woman). What phantasmagoria is this? The woman has risen in her seat. She lets out a long, loud wail. The audience scream and trample each other in their hurry to get away. EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE The Doctor and Rose hear the screaming. The Doctor grins. THE DOCTOR: That's more like it! He tosses the newspaper over his shoulder and runs in the direction of the screaming. Rose follows. INT. THEATRE Dickens is desperately trying to get his audience to sit down again. DICKENS: Stay in your seats, I beg you. It is a lantern show, it's trickery. Sneed and Gwyneth are struggling against the crowds to enter. GWYNETH: There she is, sir! SNEED: I can see that! The gas zooms around the room. SNEED (CONT'D): The whole bloomin' world can see that! The Doctor and Rose enter. They watch the gas zoom around. THE DOCTOR: Fantastic. The last of the gas leaves the old woman's mouth and she slumps back in the chair, just a d*ad body once more. The Doctor approaches Mr. Dickens. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Did you see where it came from? DICKENS: Ah. The wag reveals himself, does he? I trust you're satisfied, sir! The Doctor looks slightly taken aback. ROSE: Oi! Leave her alone! Sneed and Gwyneth are making off with the old woman's body. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, I'll get 'em! THE DOCTOR: Be careful! (Jumps onto stage). Did it say anything? Could it speak? I'm The Doctor, by the way. DICKENS: Doctor? You look more like a navy. THE DOCTOR (indignantly): What's wrong with this jumper? EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE Gwyneth and Sneed have successfully loaded the body into the back of the hearse. Rose catches up with them. ROSE: What're you doing?! GWYNETH: Oh, it's such a tragedy, miss. Don't worry yourself, me and the master will deal with it. (Tries to bar Rose from seeing inside the hearse) . The fact is, this poor lady's been taken with the brain fever and we have to get her to the infirmary. Rose pushes Gwyneth aside and feels the old woman's forehead. ROSE: She's cold... She's d*ad! My God, what did you do to her? Sneed approaches her silently from behind and clamps a tissue full of a drug, probably chloroform, to her mouth. She struggles for a few seconds and then goes limp. GWYNETH (shocked): What did you do that for? SNEED: She's seen too much. Get her in the hearse! Gwyneth bends down to pick up Rose's legs. INT. THEATRE The blue gas is still zooming around inside. It dives into one of the gas lamps and disappears. THE DOCTOR: Gas! It's made of gas! EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE By the time the Doctor comes down the steps of the theatre, Gwyneth has just finished pushing Rose's head out of sight into the hearse. She slams the door shut. THE DOCTOR: Rose! He runs towards the hearse. DICKENS: You're not escaping me, sir! What do you know about that hobgoblin, hm? The hearse drives away. The Doctor stares after it. DICKENS: Projection on glass, I suppose. Who put you up to it? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, mate. Not now, thanks. The Doctor spots a coach and runs towards it, shouting to the driver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oi, you! Follow that hearse! He jumps into the coach. DICKENS: You can't do that, sir! THE DOCTOR: Why not? DICKENS: Why not?! I'll give you a very good reason why not! This is my coach! THE DOCTOR: Well, get in then! (Pulls Dickens in. To the driver-). Move! The coach rumbles off. DRIVER: Everything in order, Mr. Dickens? DICKENS: No! It is not! THE DOCTOR: What did he say? DICKENS: Let me say this first. I'm not without a sense of humour... THE DOCTOR: Dickens? DICKENS: Yes. THE DOCTOR: Charles Dickens? DICKENS: Yes. THE DOCTOR: THE Charles Dickens? DRIVER: Shall I remove the gentleman, sir? THE DOCTOR: Charles Dickens! You're brilliant, you are! Completely 100% brilliant! I've read 'em all! Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and what's the other one, the one with the ghost? DICKENS: A Christmas Carol? THE DOCTOR No, no, no, the one with the trains... The Signal Man, that's it, terrifying! (Dickens looks pleased). The best short story ever written! You're a genius! DRIVER: You want me to get rid of him, sir? DICKENS: Er, no, I think he can stay. THE DOCTOR: Honestly, Charles, can I call you Charles? I'm such a big fan. DICKENS: ...what? A what? THE DOCTOR: Fan! Number One Fan, that's me. DICKENS: How exactly are you a fan? In what way do you resemble a means of keeping oneself cool? THE DOCTOR: No, it means "Fanatic", devoted to. Mind you, I've gotta say, that American bit in Martin Chuzzlewit, what was that about?! Was that just padding or what? I mean, it's rubbish, that bit. DICKENS (disgruntled): I thought you said you were my fan. THE DOCTOR: Ah, well, if you can't take criticism... go on, do the death of Little Nell, it cracks me up. No, sorry, come on, faster! The driver urges the horses on. DICKENS: Who exactly IS in that hearse? THE DOCTOR: My friend. She's only nineteen, and it's my fault. She's in my care, and now she's in danger. DICKENS: Why are we wasting my time talking about dry old books? This is much more important. Driver! Be swift! The chase is on! DRIER: Yes, sir! THE DOCTOR (delighted): Thatta boy, Charlie! DICKENS: Nobody calls me Charlie. THE DOCTOR: The ladies do. DICKENS: How do you know that? THE DOCTOR: I told you... I'm your Number One... DICKENS: Number One Fan, yes... INT. CHAPEL OF REST Gwyneth and Sneed have one end each of Rose. GWYNETH: The poor girl's still alive, sir! What're we going to do with her? They settle her down on a table that is evidently used for d*ad bodies. SNEED: I don't know! I didn't plan any of this, did I. Isn't my fault if the d*ad won't stay d*ad. GWYNETH: Then whose fault is it, sir? Why is this happening to us? They leave the room, shutting and locking Rose in. A gas lamp flickers. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY SNEED: I did the Bishop a favour, once. Made his nephew look like a cherub. Even though he'd been a fortnight in the weir. Perhaps he'll do us an exorcism on the cheap. There is a knock on the door. They both look up, alarmed. SNEED (CONT'D): Say I'm not in. Tell them we're closed. Just...just get rid of them. INT. CHAPEL OF REST Rose wakes up. She looks slightly out of sorts, and does not notice when the gas from the lamps fills the corpse of Redpath. He sits up suddenly. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY Dickens knocks on the door again and Gywneth opens it. GWYNETH: I'm sorry, sir, we're closed. DICKENS: Nonsense! Since when did an undertaker keep office hours? The d*ad don't die on schedule. I demand to see your master. GWYNETH: He's not in, sir. She makes to shut the door, but Dickens forces it open again. DICKENS (angrily): Don't lie to me, child! GWYNETH: I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Dickens, but the mater's indisposed. Behind her, a gas lamp flares up. THE DOCTOR: Having trouble with your gas? DICKENS: What the Shakespeare is going on? INT. CHAPEL OF RST Rose suddenly notices the corpse behind her. She jumps in alarm as he starts making zombie noises at her. ROSE: Are you all right? You're kidding me, yeah? You're just kidding. He climbs out of the coffin. ROSE (CONT'D): You are, you're kidding me, aren't ya? He takes staggering steps towards her. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay, not kidding. She runs to the door and tries to open it. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY The Doctor forces his way in and presses his ear to the wall. GWYNETH: You're not allowed inside, sir! THE DOCTOR: There's something inside the walls. INT. CHAPEL OF REST Rose backs against the door. The old woman's body rises from the other coffin and Rose gaps. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY THE DOCTOR: The gas pipes. Something's living inside the gas. INT. CHAPEL OF REST Rose lobs a vase at Redpath. It does nothing but cause him to stumble slightly. Rose rattles the handle frantically. ROSE: Let me out! Open the door! INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY Gwyneth, the Doctor and Dickens hear her. Gwyneth closes her eyes in dismay. THE DOCTOR: That's her. He runs off to her rescue. Dickens's follows. INT. CHAPEL OF REST ROSE: Please, let me out! Both corpses are walking towards her. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, CORRIDOR The Doctor charges past Sneed. SNEED: This is my house! Dickens charges past him too. He shakes his finger at Gwyneth as she runs after them. SNEED (CONT'D): I told you! INT. CHAPEL OF REST Rose is still hammering on the door as the corpses get closer and closer. ROSE: Let me out! Somebody, open the door! Open the door! Redpath clasps a hand over her mouth, muffling her scream. At that moment, the Doctor kicks the door in. THE DOCTOR: I think this is my dance. He releases Rose from Redpath's grip. DICKENS: It's a prank? It must be. We're under some mesmeric influence. THE DOCTOR: No, we're not. The d*ad are walking. (Grins down at the panting Rose). Hi! ROSE: Hi! Who's your friend? THE DOCTOR: Charles Dickens. ROSE: Oh. Okay. THE DOCTOR (to the corpses): My name's the Doctor. Who are you, then? What do you want? REDPATH: We're failing. Open the rift, we're dying. Trapped in this form, cannot sustain, help us. Both Redpath and his grandmother raise their heads to the ceiling. The blue gas leaves them with a wailing sound and both corpses fall to the floor. INT. SNEED'S PARLOUR Gwyneth is pouring them all tea while Rose is having a go at Sneed. ROSE: First of all you drug me, then you kidnap me, and don't think I didn't feel your hands having a quick wander, you dirty old man. The Doctor sniggers. SNEED: I won't be spoken to like this! ROSE: Then you stuck me in a room full of zombies! And if that ain't enough, you swan off! And leave me to die! So come on, talk! SNEED: It's not my fault, it's this house! It always had a reputation. Haunted. But I never had much bother until a few months back. And then the stiffs... Dickens looks mildly offended. SNEED: ...the er, dear departed started getting restless. DICKENS: Tommyrot. SNEED: You witnessed it! Can't keep the beggars down, sir! They walk. And it's the queerest thing that they hang on to scraps... Gwyneth gives the Doctor his tea. GWYNETH: Two sugars, sir, just how you like it. The Doctor looks at her retreating back curiously. SNEED: One old fella who used to be a sexton almost walked into his own memorial service! Just like the old lady going to your performance, sir! Just as she planned. DICKENS: Morbid fancy. THE DOCTOR: Oh, Charles, you were there. DICKENS: I saw nothing but an illusion. THE DOCTOR: If you're going to deny it, don't waste my time. Just shut up. Dickens is stunned. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (to Sneed): What about the gas? SNEED: That's new, sir, never seen anything like that. THE DOCTOR: Means it's getting stronger, the rift's getting wider and something's sneaking through. ROSE: What's the rift? THE DOCTOR: A weak point in time and space. The connection between this place and another. That's the cause of ghost stories, most of the time. SNEED (with revelation): That's how I got the house so cheap. Dickens sneaks un-noticed from the room. SNEED: Stories going back generations. Echoes in the dark. q*eer songs in the air and this feeling like a... shadow. Passing over your soul. Mind you, truth be told, it's been good for business. Just what people expect from a gloomy old trade like mine. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, CORRIDOR Dickens, wandering the corridors alone, examines the gas lamps. DICKENS: Impossible. INT. CHAPEL OF REST Dickens goes back into the room where Rose was locked up and takes the lid off Redpath's coffin, where Redpath is lying peacefully, his arms crossed across his chest. He waves his hands in front of his face, shakes him a bit, and fumbles around underneath the coffin, all the time oblivious to the Doctor watching him with his arms folded in the doorway. THE DOCTOR: Checking for strings? DICKENS: Wires, perhaps? There must be some mechanism behind this fraud! The Doctor unfolds his arms and walks over to Dickens. THE DOCTOR: Oh, come on, Charles. All right. I shouldn't have told you to shut up. (Places a hand on Dickens' shoulder). I'm sorry. But you've got one of the best minds in the world. You saw those gas creatures. DICKENS: I cannot accept that. THE DOCTOR: And what does the human body do when it decomposes? It breaks down and produces gas. Perfect home for these gas things, they can slip inside and use it as a vehicle. Just like your driver and his coach. DICKENS: Stop it! Can it be that I have the world entirely wrong? THE DOCTOR: Not wrong. There's just more to learn. DICKENS: I've always railed against the fantasies. Oh, I loved an illusion as much as the next man, revelled in them, that's what they were. Illusions! The real world is something else. I dedicated myself to that. Injustices. Great social causes. I hoped that I was a force for good. Now you tell me that the real world is a realm of spectres and jack o' lanterns. In which case - have I wasted my brief span here, Doctor? Has it all been for nothing? INT. SNEED'S KITCHEN Gwyneth is lighting another gas lamp when Rose comes in and starts washing up. GWYNETH: Please, Miss! You shouldn't be helping! It's not right! ROSE: Don't be daft. Sneed works you to death. (Hands her the cloth to dry up). How much do you get paid? GWYNETH: Eight pound a year, miss. ROSE: That much? GWYNETH: I know. I would've been happy with six. Rose looks dumbfounded. ROSE: So, did you go to school or what? GWYNETH: Of course I did. What do you think I am? An urchin? I went every Sunday. Nice and proper. ROSE: What, once a week? GWYNETH: We did sums and everything. To be honest, I hated every second. ROSE: Me too. They both laugh. GWYNETH (as if this is completely outrageous): Don't tell anyone, but one week, I didn't go and ran on the heath all on my own! ROSE: I did plenty of that. I used to go down the shops with my mate Shareen. And we used to go and look at boys! Gwyneth stops laughing at once and looks scandalized. GWYNETH: Well, I don't know much about that, miss. She turns back to the washing up. ROSE: Come on, times haven't changed that much! I bet you've done the same. GWYNETH: I don't think so, miss. ROSE: Gwyneth! You can tell me! Bet you've got your eye on someone. GWYNETH: I suppose. There is one lad... Rose looks extremely chuffed. GWYNETH (CONT'D): The butcher's boy. He comes by every Tuesday. Such a lovely smile on him! ROSE: Oh, I like a nice smile. Good smile, nice bum. Again, Gwyneth looks shocked. GWYNETH: Well, I have never heard the like! Rose just laughs. Then, Gwyneth laughs too. ROSE: Ask him out! Give him a cup of tea or something, that's a start. GWYNETH: I swear, it is the strangest thing, miss. You've got all the clothes and the breeding but you talk like some sort of wild thing! ROSE (shrugs): Maybe I am. Maybe that's a good thing. You need a bit more in your life than Mr Sneed. GWYNETH: Ah, now that's not fair. He's not so bad, old Sneed. He was very kind to me to take me in. Because I lost my mum and dad to the flu when I was twelve. ROSE: Oh, I'm sorry. GWYNETH: Thank you, miss. But I'll be with them again, one day. Sitting with them in paradise. I should be so blessed. They're waiting for me. Maybe your dad's up there waiting for you too, miss. ROSE: Maybe. (Nods, then realises). Um, who told you he was d*ad? Gwyneth realises what she has said and turns quickly back to the washing up. GWYNETH (lightly): I don't know, must've been the Doctor. ROSE: My father died years back. GWYNETH: You've been thinking about him lately, more than ever. ROSE: I s'pose so... how do you know all this? GWYNETH: Mr. Sneed says I think too much. I'm all alone down here. I bet you've got dozens of servants, haven't you miss. They laugh. ROSE: No, no servants where I'm from. GWYNETH: And you've come such a long way. ROSE: What makes you think so? GWYNETH: You're from London. I've seen London in drawings, but never like that. (Stares at Rose intently). All those people rushing about. Half naked, for shame. And the noise... and the metal boxes racing past... and the birds in the sky... they're metal as well. Metal birds with people in them. People flying. And you, you've flown so far, further than anyone! The things you've seen... the darkness... the big bad wolf... (Staggers backwards, afraid). I'm sorry! I'm sorry, miss! ROSE: S'alright... GWYNETH: I can't help it, ever since I was a little girl. My mum said I had the sight. She told me to hide it! THE DOCTOR: But it's getting stronger. More powerful, is that right? Rose and Gwyneth both jump as they turn to see the Doctor standing in the doorway. GWYNETH: All the time, sir. Every night. Voices in my head. THE DOCTOR: You grew up on top of the rift. You're part of it. You're the key. GWYNETH: I've tried to make sense of it, sir. Consulted with spiritualists, table wrappers, all sorts. THE DOCTOR: Well, that should help. You can show us what to do. GWYNETH: What to do where, sir? THE DOCTOR: We're going to have a seance. INT. SNEED'S PARLOUR They are all sat around a table. GWYNETH: This is how Madam Mortlock summons those from the Land of Mists. Down in Mid Town. Come. We must all join hands. DICKENS: I can't take part in this. He gets up. THE DOCTOR: Humbug? Come on, open mind. DICKENS: This is precisely the sort of cheap mummery I try to un-mask. Seances? Nothing but luminous tambourines and a squeeze box concealed between the knees. This girl knows nothing. THE DOCTOR: Now, don't antagonize her. I love a happy medium. ROSE: I can't believe you just said that. THE DOCTOR (to Dickens): Come on, we might need you. Dickens sits down again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Good man. Now, Gwyneth. Reach out. GWYNETH: Speak to us. Are you there? Spirits? Dickens rolls his eyes. GWYNETH (CONT'D): Come. Speak to us that we may relieve your burden. She raises her eyes to the ceiling. A murmuring fills the room. ROSE: Can you hear that? DICKENS: Nothing can happen. This is sheer folly. ROSE: Look at her. GWYNETH: I feel them. I feel them! The gas creatures begin to fill the room. ROSE: What're they saying? THE DOCTOR: They can't get through the rift. Gwyneth, it's not controlling you, you're controlling it. Now look deep. Allow them through. GWYNETH: I can't! THE DOCTOR: Yes you can. Just believe it. I have faith in you, Gwyneth. Make the link. Gwyneth looks almost pained. Then suddenly, she lowers her head and opens her eyes. GWYNETH: Yes. Three gaseous figures appear behind her - the Gelth. Dickens' mouth drops open. SNEED: Great God. Sprits from the other side! THE DOCTOR: The other side of the universe. GELTH: Pity us. Pity the Gelth. There is so little time, help us. THE DOCTOR: What do you want us to do? GELTH: The rift. Take the girl to the rift. Make the bridge. THE DOCTOR: What for? GELTH: We are so very few. The last of our kind. We face extinction. THE DOCTOR: Why, what happened? GELTH: Once we had a physical form like you. But then the w*r came. DICKENS: w*r? What w*r? GELTH: The Time w*r. The Doctor and Rose glance at each other. GELTH (CONT'D): The whole universe convulsed. The Time w*r raged invisible to smaller species but devastating to higher forms. Our bodies wasted away. We're trapped in this gaseous state. THE DOCTOR: So that's why you need the corpses. GELTH: We want to stand tall. To feel the sunlight. To live again. We need a physical form, and your d*ad are abandoned. They're going to waste, give them to us! ROSE: But we can't! THE DOCTOR: Why not? ROSE: It's not... I mean, it's not... THE DOCTOR: Not decent? Not polite? It could save their lives. They stare at each other for a moment. GELTH: Open the rift. Let the Gelth through. We're dying. Help us. Pity the Gelth! They disappear and Gwyneth collapses forwards onto the table. Rose gets up immediately and goes to her. ROSE: Gwyneth! DICKENS: All true. ROSE (to Gwyneth): Are you okay? DICKENS: It's all true. The Doctor is silent. INT. SNEED'S PARLOUR Rose is mopping Gwyneth's forehead as she lies asleep on a couch. Slowly, her eyes open. She fidgets. ROSE: It's alright. You just sleep. GWYNETH: But my angels, miss. They came, didn't they? They need me? The Doctor is leaning on a wall just behind Rose. THE DOCTOR: They do need you, Gwyneth. You're they're only chance of survival. ROSE (turns angrily): I've told you, leave her alone. She's exhausted and she's not fighting your battles. The Doctor leans his head back and sighs. Rose turns back to Gwyneth and offers her a drink. ROSE: Drink this. SNEED: Well, what did you say, Doctor? Explain it again. What are they? THE DOCTOR: Aliens. SNEED: Like... foreigners, you mean? THE DOCTOR: Pretty foreign, yeah. From up there. He points skywards. SNEED: Brecon? THE DOCTOR: Close. They've been trying to get through from Brecon to Cardiff but the road's blocked. Only a few can get through and even then they're weak. They can only test drive the bodies for so long, then they have to revert to gas and hide in the pipes. DICKENS: Which is why they need the girl. ROSE: They're not having her. THE DOCTOR: But she can help. Living on the rift, she's become part of it, she can open it up, make a bridge and let them through. DICKENS: Incredible. Ghosts that are not ghosts but beings from another world who can only exist in our world by inhabiting cadavers. THE DOCTOR: Good system. It might work. Rose gets up and walks over to the Doctor. ROSE: You can't let them run around inside d*ad people! THE DOCTOR: Why not? It's like recycling. ROSE: Seriously though, you can't. THE DOCTOR: Seriously though, I can. ROSE : It's just... wrong! Those bodies were living people! We should respect them even in death! THE DOCTOR: Do you carry a donor card? ROSE: That's different, that's... THE DOCTOR: It is different, yeah. It's a different morality. Get used to it or go home. (Rose is silent. He speaks in softer tones -). You heard what they said, time's short. I can't worry about a few corpses when the last of the Gelth could be dying. ROSE: I don't care, they're not using her. GWYNETH: Don't I get a say, miss? Both Rose and the Doctor turn to look at her. ROSE: Look. You don't understand what's going on. GWYNETH: You would say that miss. Because that's very clear inside your head, that you think I'm stupid. ROSE: That's not fair! GWYNETH: It's true, though. Things might be very different where you're from. But here and now, I know my own mind. And the angels need me. Doctor, what do I have to do? THE DOCTOR: You don't have to do anything. GWYNETH: They've been singing to me since I was a child. Sent by my mum on a holy mission. So tell me. The Doctor smiles at her. THE DOCTOR: We need to find the rift. (Approaches Sneed and Dickens). This house is on a weak spot, so there must be a spot that's weaker than any other. Mr. Sneed. What's the weakest part of this house? The place where most of the ghosts have been seen? SNEED: That would be the Morgue. ROSE (still disgruntled): No chance you were gonna say "gazebo", was there? Everyone looks at her. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, MORGUE The key turns in the Morgue, and they all troupe in, lead by the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Talk about Bleak House. ROSE: The thing is, Doctor, the Gelth don't succeed. 'Cause I know they don't. I know for a fact there weren't corpses walking around in 1869. THE DOCTOR: Time's in flux. It's changing every second. Your cozy little world could be rewritten like that. (Clicks his fingers). Nothing is safe. Remember that. Nothing. DICKENS: Doctor, I think the room is getting colder. ROSE: Here they come. The Gelth flood into the room. Their leader positions itself in an archway. It has the voice of a child. GELTH: You have come to help! Praise the Doctor! Praise him! ROSE: Promise you won't hurt her! GELTH: Hurry! Please. So little time. Pity the Gelth. THE DOCTOR: I'll take you somewhere else after the transfer. Somewhere you can build proper bodies. This isn't a permanent solution, alright? GWYNETH: My angels. I can help them live. THE DOCTOR: Okay, where's the weak point? GELTH: Here, beneath the arch. Gwyneth positions herself beneath the arch. GWYNETH: Beneath the arch. Rose rushes to her. ROSE: You don't have to do this. Gwyneth places her hands on Rose's cheeks. GWYNETH: My angels. Rose staggers backwards. GELTH: Establish the bridge, reach out of the void, let us through! GWYNETH: Yes. I can see you! I can see you! Come! GELTH: Bridgehead establishing. GWYNETH: Come! Come to me! Come to this world, poor lost souls! GELTH: It is g*n! The bridge is made! Gwyneth's mouth opens and the Gelth pour out of it. GELTH (CONT'D): She has given herself to the Gelth! DICKENS: There's rather a lot of them, eh? GELTH: The bridge is open. We descend. Suddenly, the figure becomes demonic. The gas turns from blue to red. GELTH (CONT'D): The Gelth will come through in force. DICKENS: You said that you were few in number! GELTH: A few billion. And all of us in need of corpses. The bodies rise. SNEED: Gwyneth... stop this! Listen to your master! This has gone far enough. Stop dabbling, child, leave these things alone. I beg of you... ROSE: Mr. Sneed! Get back! A corpse grabs Sneed from behind and holds him still while another of the Gelth fills his body through his mouth. The Doctor and Rose leap back. Mr Sneed looks up at them through blank, d*ad eyes. THE DOCTOR: I think it's gone a little bit wrong. SNEED: I have joined the legions of the Gelth. Come. March with us. DICKENS: No! The corpses advance on the Doctor and Rose. GELTH: We need bodies. All of you. d*ad. The human race. d*ad. They are backing the Doctor and Rose against a dungeon door. THE DOCTOR: Gwyneth, stop them! Send them back! Now! GELTH: Three more bodies. Make them vessels for the Gelth. DICKENS: I... I can't! I'm sorry! The Doctor looks behind him, spots the dungeon door, pushes Rose in there with him and slams it shut again so they are both locked in there. DICKENS (CONT'D): It's too much for me! I'm so... He jumps and runs from the Morgue as one of the Gelth screeches and swoops at him. The corpses are clambering to get in the dungeon. GELTH: Give yourself to glory. Sacrifice your lives for the Gelth. THE DOCTOR: I trusted you. I pitied you! GELTH: We don't want your pity! We want this world and all its flesh. They are rattling the door. THE DOCTOR: Not while I'm alive. GELTH: Then live no more. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY Dickens has run from the Morgue and rests panting against the door. The gaseous creatures swirl around the knocker, making it look exactly like the knocker from his story "A Christmas Carol", and he runs again. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, MORGUE The Doctor and Rose are flattened against the dungeon wall while the Gelth are rattling the door. ROSE: But I can't die. (Looks at the Doctor for reassurance). Tell me I can't! I haven't even been born yet, it's impossible for me to die! Isn't it?! THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. EXT. SNEED AND COMPANY, STREET Dickens has run from the house altogether. One of the Gelth has followed him. GELTH: Failing! Atmosphere hostile! The figure dives into a gas lamp. DICKENS (realising): Gas... Gas! INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, MORGUE ROSE: But it's 1869, how can I die now? THE DOCTOR: Time isn't a straight line. It can twist into any shape. You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th and it's all my fault. I brought you here. ROSE: It's not your fault. I wanted to come. THE DOCTOR: What about me? I saw the fall of Troy! World w*r Five! I pushed boxes at the Boston Tea Party, now I'm going to die in a dungeon! (Horrified). In Cardiff! ROSE: It's not just dying. We'll become one of them. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY Dickens rushes back into the house and begins to turn all the flames off the gas lamps, so that the gas is released into the air. Wheezing slightly, he covers his nose and mouth with a handkerchief. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, MORGUE ROSE: We'll go down fighting, yeah? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSE: Together? THE DOCTOR: Yeah! They link hands. THE DOCTOR: I'm so glad I met you. Rose looks up at him, surprised. ROSE: Me too. They smile at each other. At that moment, Dickens rushes into the room. DICKENS: Doctor! Turn off the flame, turn up the gas! Now fill the room, all of it, now! THE DOCTOR: What're you doing? DICKENS: Turn it all on! Gas the place! He turns another one on. THE DOCTOR: Brilliant. Gas! ROSE: What, so we choke to death instead? DICKENS: Am I correct, Doctor? These creatures are gaseous! THE DOCTOR: Fill the room with gas, it'll draw them out of the host. Suck them into the air like poison from a wound! The corpses all decide to turn on Dickens instead. DICKENS: I hope... oh, Lord. I hope that this theory will be validated soon. The corpses advance dangerously on him. DICKENS (CONT'D): If not immediately. THE DOCTOR: Plenty more! He smashes a gas canister against the wall and all the creatures are sucked from the bodies with a scream. DICKENS: It's working. The Doctor and Rose are free to come out of the dungeon. THE DOCTOR: Gwyneth! Send them back! They lied, they're not angels. GWYNETH (simply): Liars. THE DOCTOR: Look at me. If your mother and father could look down and see this, they'd tell you the same. They'd give you the strength. Now send them back! ROSE (choked): Can't breathe. THE DOCTOR: Charles, get her out. Dickens grabs Rose's arm, but she shakes him off. ROSE: I'm not leaving her! GWYNETH: They're too strong. THE DOCTOR: Remember that world you saw? Rose's world? All those people, non of it will exist unless you send them back through the rift. GWYNETH (firmly): I can't send them back. But I can hold them. Hold them in this place, hold them here. Get out. Her hand goes to her apron pocket and she takes out a box of matches. Rose rushes forwards. ROSE: You can't! GWYNETH: Leave this place! The Doctor grabs Rose's shoulders. THE DOCTOR: Rose, get out, go now, I won't leave her while she's still in danger, now go! Dickens and Rose leave the Morgue. The Doctor holds his hand out for the matches. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now give that to me. Gwyneth does not respond. INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, HALLWAY Dickens leads Rose back through the dark house, filled with gas. DICKENS: This way! INT. SNEED AND COMPANY, MORGUE The Doctor places his hand on Gwyneth's neck, feeling for a pulse. His face falls. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. (Places a kiss on her forehead). Thank you. He runs from the Morgue. Gwyneth takes a match out of the box and waits for a few moments, to be sure the Doctor is safely out of the house. Then she strikes the match. EXT. SNEED AND COMPANY, STREET The whole house goes up in flames, the Doctor diving out of the doorway only just in time to join Rose and Dickens. Rose fixes him with a look that plainly asks why Gwyneth is not with him. The Doctor looks back at her. ROSE: She didn't make it. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. She closed the rift. DICKENS: At such a cost. The poor child. Rose has not looked away from the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: I did try, Rose, but Gwyneth was already d*ad. She had been for at least five minutes. ROSE: What do you mean? THE DOCTOR: I think she was d*ad from the minute she stood in that arch. ROSE: But... she can't have, she spoke to us. She helped us - she saved us. How could she have done that? DICKENS: There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Even for you, Doctor. ROSE: She saved the world. A servant girl. No one will ever know. All three of them gaze at the burning house. EXT. ALLEYWAY The Doctor, Rose and Dickens have arrived back at the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Right then, Charlie-boy, I've just got to go into my um... shed. Won't be long! He fits the key in the lock. ROSE (to Dickens): What're you going to do now? DICKENS: I shall take the mail coach back to London. Quite literally post-haste. This is no time for me to be on my own. I shall spend Christmas with my family and make amends to them. After all I've learned tonight, there can be nothing more vital. THE DOCTOR: You've cheered up! DICKENS (enthusiastically): Exceedingly! This morning, I thought I knew everything in the world and now I know I've just started! All these huge and wonderful notions, Doctor! I'm inspired. I must write about them! ROSE: Do you think that's wise? DICKENS: I shall be subtle at first. The Mystery of Edwin Drood still lacks an ending. Perhaps the k*ller was not the boy's uncle. Perhaps he was not of this earth. The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Blue Elementals. I can spread the word! Tell the truth! THE DOCTOR: Good luck with it. Nice to meet you. (Shakes Dickens' hand). Fantastic. He turns back to the TARDIS door. ROSE: Bye, then. And, thanks. She kisses him on the cheek. Dickens looks taken-aback. DICKENS: Oh, my dear, how modern. Thank you, but, I don't understand, in what way is this goodbye? Where are you going? THE DOCTOR: You'll see. In the shed. He opens the door of the TARDIS. DICKENS: Oh, my soul. Doctor, it's one riddle after another with you. But after all these revelations, there's one mystery you still haven't explained. Answer me this: who are you? A pause. THE DOCTOR: Just a friend. Passing through. DICKENS: But you have such knowledge of future times. I don't wish to impose on you, but I must ask you. My books. Doctor, do they last? THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes! DICKENS: For how long? THE DOCTOR: Forever! Dickens tries to look pleased and modest at the same time. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Right. Shed. Come on, Rose... They both turn to the door. DICKENS: In, in the box? Both of you? THE DOCTOR: Down boy. See ya! The Doctor and Rose enter the TARDIS and shut the door after them. INT. TARDIS ROSE: Doesn't that change history if he writes about blue ghosts? THE DOCTOR: In a weeks time it's 1870, and that's the year he dies. Sorry. He'll never get to tell his story. They both look at the screen where they can see Dickens is still standing outside. ROSE: Oh, no! He was so nice. THE DOCTOR: But in your time, he was already d*ad! We've brought him back to life! He's more alive now than he's ever been, old Charlie-boy. Let's give him one last surprise. He hits a button and the engines rev up. They smile as they watch Dickens' face when the TARDIS disappears before his eyes. EXT. ALLEYWAY Laughing, Dickens' walks away from where the TARDIS stood. EXT. CARDIFF SQUARE Dickens emerges into the Square. PASSER-BY: Merry Christmas, sir. DICKENS: Merry Christmas to you. God bless us! Everyone! END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "01x03 - The Unquiet d*ad"}
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A recap of 1x04 "Aliens of London". INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM With a huge effort, the Doctor manages to shake the electricity from his body. Sweating, he staggers to his feet with it held in his hand. THE DOCTOR: Deadly to humans, maybe. He plunges it into the chest of the Slitheen. Both Joseph and the Slitheen howl with pain. OPENING CREDITS INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Margaret, also covered in the electricity, drops Indra's body from the wall. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, KITCHEN In the kitchen, the Slitheen who was attacking Jackie is also suffering. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM The Doctor dashes to the door, past the bodies. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Rose grabs Harriet's hand and they run from the room, Harriet whimpering slightly, Rose just looking terrified. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, KITCHEN Jackie is still crouched on the floor in horror, watching the alien screeching in pain. Mickey appears in the doorway. MICKEY: Jackie! He whacks the Slitheen over the head with a chair, grabs Jackie's arms and pulls her out of the kitchen. He pauses in the doorway to take his phone out of his pocket and snap a picture of the Slitheen. He grins, and then runs to join Jackie. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION The Doctor finds security all gathered in reception. THE DOCTOR: Oi! You want aliens, you've got them. They're inside Downing Street. (Claps his hands). Come on! He leads them in the direction of the conference room, their g*n at the ready. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM Joseph finally manages to deactivate the w*apon, and the electricity disappears. He picks up the skin suit of General Asquith. SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: Reinstate my disguise! Hurry up! Hurry! Hurry! Joseph hastens to help the Slitheen into the skin suit. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDORS Rose and Jackie run down a corridor. HARRIET: No, wait! (They stop). They're still in there! The emergency protocols! We need them! She runs back in the direction of the cabinet room. Rose follows her, but they are quickly forced to change direction as Margaret Slitheen comes their way. She chases them. They run across a hallway, Rose closing the door behind them. Margaret simply leaps through it. Rose and Harriet arrive back in another room, shutting the door behind them. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM The Doctor leads security into the meeting room, where Joseph is making the finishing touches to Asquith's skin suit. They both stop when they see the Doctor and security standing there. JOSEPH: Where've you been? Security start checking the bodies for any sign of life. JOSEPH (CONT'D): I called for help, I sounded the alarm. There was this... lightening! This kind of er... um... electricity, and they all collapsed! SGT. PRICE: I think they're all d*ad. JOSEPH: That's what I'm saying. He did it! (Points at the Doctor). That man there! THE DOCTOR: I think you will find the Prime Minister is an alien in disguise. Joseph folds his arms skeptically. The Doctor looks at the policeman next to him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That's never going to work, is it? POLICEMAN: Nope. THE DOCTOR: Fair enough. He runs for it. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM Security are hot on the Doctor's tail, and he soon finds himself surrounded. He puts his hands in the air, grinning. ASQUITH: Under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Protocols, I authorize you to execute this man! Security ready their g*n. THE DOCTOR: Uh, well, now, yes. You see, eh... the thing is... if I was you, if I was going to execute someone by backing them against the wall, between you and me, little word of advice... (Life behind him pings open). Don't stand them against the lift! He backs into the lift and closes the door with his sonic screwdriver. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDORS Margaret Slitheen is still chasing Rose and Harriet. Rose knees a locked door. The lift pings open, revealing the Doctor. Margaret roars at him, and he smiles and nods around at them all. THE DOCTOR (pleasantly): Hello! The doors shut again, distracting Margaret long enough for Rose and Harriet to slip away un-noticed. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM Rose and Harriet find themselves in a room where all the doors are locked, a d*ad end. ROSE: Hide! They both hide themselves extremely poorly. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR The lift pings and the Doctor steps out on the second floor. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM Asquith and security are still standing next to the lift they backed the Doctor against. ASQUITH: I repeat, the upper floors are under quarantine. You will stay where you are. You will disregard all previous instructions. You will take your orders directly from me. The lift pings. Joseph and Asquith step into it. SGT. PRICE: Mr. Green, sir, I'm sorry but you've got to come with me. We should evacuate the entire building. JOSEPH: Sergeant, have you uh, read the Emergency Protocols? SGT. PRICE: No, sir. JOSEPH: Then don't question me. (Steps back into the lift). Seal off number 10, secure the ground floor, and if the Doctor makes it downstairs, sh**t on site! He shuts the doors. The sergeant turns to face the others. SGT. PRICE: Well, you heard him! Move out! They do so. The sergeant follows them. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, LIFT ASQUITH: Let the sport begin. Joseph farts. JOSEPH: I'm getting poisoned by the gas exchange. I need to be naked! ASQUITH: Rejoice in it! Your body is... magnificent. They both undo the zips on their foreheads. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM Margaret Slitheen enters. SLITHEEN / MARGARET (playfully): Oh, such fun! Little human children... where are you? Sweet little humeykins... come to me... let me kiss you better... Rose bolts from her hiding place behind a cabinet to take refuge behind the curtain. SLITHEEN / MARGARET (CONT'D): ...kiss you with my big, green lips. Hisses. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR The Doctor runs down a flight of stairs, hearing the Sergeant barking orders in the distance. Then he hears the lift ping, and hastily backtracks and hides in a crevice next to the door. The two Slitheen walk past. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: We'll keep this floor quarantined as our last hunting ground before the final phase. The Doctor waits until they are out of sight. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM The two Slitheen, Joseph and Asquith join Margaret. SLITHEEN/MARGARET: My brothers. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: Happy hunting? SLITHEEN / MARGARET: It's wonderful. The more you prolong it, the more they stink. SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: Sweat... and fear. Harriet's mouth drops open with horror. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: I can smell an old girl... stale bird... brittle bones. SLITHEEN / MARGARET: And a ripe youngster. All hormones and adrenaline. Fresh enough to bend before she snaps. Margaret sweeps the curtain aside revealing Rose, who screams. Harriet jumps out from her hiding place. HARRIET: No! Take me first! Take me! The Doctor crashes in and blasts a f*re extinguisher in the Slitheen's faces. THE DOCTOR: Out! With me! Rose pulls the curtains down over Margaret's head and then both she and Margaret run to stand behind the Doctor. The Doctor looks at Harriet. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Who the hell are you? HARRIET: Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. THE DOCTOR: Nice to meet you. HARRIET: Likewise. The Doctor blasts the f*re extinguisher again. Then they run for it. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR THE DOCTOR: We need to get to the cabinet rooms! HARRIET: The Emergency Protocols are in there! They give instructions on aliens! THE DOCTOR: Harriet Jones, I like you. HARRIET: And I like you too. They run. The Doctor bypasses a locked door with his sonic screwdriver and the Slitheen pursue them all the way back to the cabinet room. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM / ADJOINING ROOM They have no time to close the door, so instead the Doctor picks up a bottle of brandy and hold his sonic screwdriver to it. THE DOCTOR: One more move and my sonic device will triplicate the flammability of this alcohol. Whoof! We all go up. So back off. The Slitheen hesitate. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Right then. Question time. Who exactly are the Slitheen? HARRIET: They're aliens. THE DOCTOR: Yes. I got that, thanks. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: Who are you, if not human? HARRIET: Who's not human? ROSE: He's not human. HARRIET: He's not human? THE DOCTOR: Can I have a bit of hush? HARRIET: Sorry. THE DOCTOR: So, what's the plan? HARRIET: But he's got a Northern accent. ROSE: Lots of planets have a North. THE DOCTOR: I said hush. Come on! He holds the brandy thr*at out in front of him. THE DOCTOR: You've got a spaceship hidden in the North Sea. It's transmitting a signal. You've m*rder your way to the top of government, what for? Invasion? SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: Why would we inv*de this God forsaken rock? THE DOCTOR: Then something's brought the Slitheen race here, what is it? SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: The Slitheen race? SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: Slitheen is not our species. Slitheen is our surname. Jocrassa Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen at your service. THE DOCTOR: So, you're family. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: It's a family business. THE DOCTOR: Then you're out to make a profit. How can you do that on a "God forsaken rock"? SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: Ahhh... excuse me? Your device will do what? Triplicate the flammability...? THE DOCTOR: Is that what I said? SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: You're making it up! THE DOCTOR: Ah, well! Nice try. Harriet, have a drink. I think you're gonna need it. Offers her the brandy. HARRIET: Pass it to the left first. THE DOCTOR: Sorry. Hands it to Rose. ROSE: Thanks. SLITHEEN / ASQUITH: Now we can end this hunt... with a slaughter. He flexes his claws menacingly. The Doctor fold his arms. ROSE: Don't you think we should run? The Slitheen shuffle forward. THE DOCTOR: Fascinating history, Downing Street. Two thousand years ago, this was marsh land. 1730, it was occupied by a Mr. Chicken. He was a nice man. 1796, this was the cabinet room - if the cabinet's in session and in danger, these are about the four most safest walls in the whole of Great Britain. (Presses a switch near the door). End of lesson. Every entrance to the room is immediately blocked by metal shutters. The Doctor turns to Rose and Harriet. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Installed in 1991. Three inches of steel lining every single wall. They'll never get in. ROSE: And how do we get out? Pause. THE DOCTOR: Ah. INT.10 DOWNING STREET, ADJOINING ROOM JOSEPH: He is safely contained. Now, cut off communications inside that room, then summon the family, it's time we finished with this insane planet for good! They make to leave. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Jackie and Mickey emerge from a side door of the block of flats. They run stealthily across the yard to avoid detection from the policeman who still surround the building. They remain unnoticed. EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET REPORTER: And there's still no word from inside Downing Street, though we are getting even more new arrivals. He looks around as another fat man gets out of a car outside Downing Street. REPORTER (CONT'D): That's group Captain Tennant James of the RAF, though why he's been summoned, I've no idea. Another man emerges from a car. REPORTER (CONT'D): And that's ah... Ewan McAllister. Deputy Secretary for the Scottish Parliament. And this is most unusual! A fat woman makes her way to 10 Downing Street. REPORTER (CONT'D): I'm told that is Sylvia Dillane, chairman of the North Sea Boating Club. Quite what connects these people, we have no idea. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION Margaret comes down the stairs and greats Tennant James. MARGARET: Group Captain, delighted you could make it. We're meeting upstairs. He farts. MARGARET (CONT'D): That's the spirit. Off you go. Ewan McAllister stands in front of her - she shakes his hand. MARGARET (CONT'D): Good to see you! (Nods pleasantly at Sylvia). Come on through! Asquith stops the Sergeant as he goes past. ASQUITH: Ah! Sergeant, now that the Doctor's been neutralized, the upper levels are out of bounds, to everyone. SGT. PRICE: Then who are they? He nods towards the three newcomers who are now going up the stairs. ASQUITH: Ahh, Sergeant. I want you to liaise with communications, the acting Prime Minister will be making a public address. He will speak to the nations of the world. He walks off, leaving the Sergeant looking bewildered and confused. INT.10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR Margaret is showing her family into a room. MARGARET: There you are, if you'd just like to go through and get changed. She ushers Sylvia into the room and grabs a coat hanger on her way to the other door. She takes a skin suit from an emerging Slitheen. MARGARET (CONT'D): Now, if you'd like to head down to the end corridor, it's first on the left. SLITHEEN: Thank you. Margaret hangs the skin suit up. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN Jackie and Mickey are in Mickey's kitchen. Mickey is holding a kettle. JACKIE: Have you got anything stronger? MICKEY: No chance, I've seen you when you've had a few, this ain't time for a conga. JACKIE (sits): We've gotta tell someone. MICKEY: Who do we trust? For all we know, they've all got big bog monsters inside of them. I mean, this is what he does, Jacks. (Brandishes a couple of mugs at her in his enthusiasm). Everywhere he goes, death and destruction, and he's got Rose in the middle of it. JACKIE: Has he got a great big green thing inside him, then? MICKEY: I wouldn't put it past him. (Takes a bottle of milk from the fridge). But like it or not, he's the only person who knows how to fight these things. JACKIE: I thought I was gonna die. She bursts into tears. Mickey gives her a quick hug. MICKEY: Come on, yeah? If anyone's gonna cry, it's gonna be me. Now, you're safe in my flat, Jacks, no one's gonna look for you here, especially since you hate me so much. JACKIE: You saved my life. God, that's embarrassing. MICKEY: You're telling me. They laugh slightly. JACKIE: He wanted me d*ad. And he's still out there, Mickey... (Stands). That policeman... that thing... EXT. POWELL ESTATE Strickland sniffs the air. He turns to another policeman behind him. STRICKLAND: Right, you head off. You're in full control, I've got one or two things that still need doing. I haven't quite finished with Mrs. Tyler yet... The other police officers nod and get in the car. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR Joseph goes up to Margaret who is adjusting the skin suit on the hangers. JOSEPH: Is that all of us? MARGARET: All the family except Sit Fel Fotch. He's found a hunt of his own. JOSEPH: Ah! They smile and he walks off. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor drags Indra's body into a cupboard. THE DOCTOR: What was his name? HARRIET: Which one? THE DOCTOR This one, the secretary or whatever he was called. Harriet goes to look. HARRIET: I don't know. I talked to him. I brought him a cup of coffee. I never asked his name. The Doctor crosses Indra's hands over his body. THE DOCTOR: Sorry. (Strides into the room). Right, what have we got? Any terminals? Anything? ROSE: No. The place is antique. What I don't get, is when they k*lled the Prime Minister, why didn't they use him as a disguise? THE DOCTOR: He's too slim, they're big old beasts, they need to fit inside big humans. ROSE: But the Slitheen are about 8 feet, how do they squeeze inside? THE DOCTOR: That's the device around their necks, compression field, literally shrinks them down a bit. That's why there's all that gas, it's a big exchange. ROSE: Wish I had a compression field, I could fit a size smaller. HARRIET: Excuse me, people are d*ad, this is not the time for making jokes. ROSE: Sorry... you get used to this stuff when you're friends with him. She indicates the Doctor, who is busy scanning the walls with his sonic screwdriver. HARRIET: Well, that's a strange friendship. THE DOCTOR: Harriet Jones, I've heard that name before, Harriet Jones. You're not famous for anything, are you? HARRIET: Huh! Hardly. THE DOCTOR: Rings a bell, Harriet Jones... He looks as though he is struggling to remember something. HARRIET: Lifelong back bencher I'm afraid, and a fat lot of use I'm being now, the protocols are redundant, they list the people who can help and they're all d*ad downstairs. ROSE: Hasn't it got like, defence codes and things? Can we just launch a nuclear b*mb at 'em? HARRIET (stares): You're a very violent young woman... ROSE: I'm serious! We could! HARRIET: Well, there's nothing like that in here. Nuclear strikes do need a release code, yes, but it's kept secret by the United Nations. The Doctor stops scanning the mantelpiece with his sonic screwdriver to listen. THE DOCTOR: Say that again. HARRIET: What, about the codes? THE DOCTOR: Anything. All of it. HARRIET: Um, well... the British Isles can't gain access to atomic w*apon without a special resolution from the UN. ROSE: Like that's every stopped them. HARRIET: Exactly, given our past record, and I voted against that, thank you very much. The codes have been taken out of the governments hands and given to the UN. The Doctor is deep in thought. HARRIET (CONT'D): Is it important? THE DOCTOR: Everything's important. HARRIET: If we only knew what the Slitheen wanted. Listen to me, I'm saying "Slitheen" as if it's normal. ROSE: What do they want, though? THE DOCTOR: Well, it's just one family so it's not an invasion. They don't want Slitheen world... they're out to make money, which means they want to use something, something here on Earth... some kind of asset. HARRIET: Like what? Gold? Oil? Water? THE DOCTOR: You're very good at this. HARRIET (pleased): Thank you. THE DOCTOR: Harriet Jones, why do I know that name? Rose's phone goes off. ROSE: Oh! That's me. She takes her phone out of her pocket. HARRIET: But we're sealed off, how did you get a signal? ROSE: He zapped it! Super-phone. HARRIET (to the Doctor): Then we can phone for help! You must have contacts. THE DOCTOR: d*ad downstairs, yeah. ROSE: It's Mickey. THE DOCTOR: Oh, tell your stupid boyfriend we're busy. ROSE: Yeah, he's not so stupid after all. She hands the Doctor her phone. Mickey has sent her the photo of the Slitheen in Jackie's kitchen. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey and Jackie enter Mickey's bedroom, Mickey checking around the door first. He is on the phone to Rose. MICKEY: No, no, no, no, no, not just alien, but like, proper alien. All stinking, and wet, and disgusting. And more to the point, it wanted to k*ll us! JACKIE: I could've died! Mickey gestures violently at Jackie. ROSE: Is she alright, though? Don't put her on, just tell me. The Doctor snatches the phone from her. THE DOCTOR: Is that Ricky? Don't talk, just shut up and go to your computer. MICKEY: It's Mickey. And why should I? THE DOCTOR: Mickey the Idiot, I might just choke before I finish this sentence, but eh, I need you. Rose smiles. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey is on the UNIT website. MICKEY: It says password. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor is putting the mobile on speakerphone. THE DOCTOR: Say again. MICKEY: It's asking for the password. THE DOCTOR: Buffalo, two Fs, one L. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Jackie puts down two cups of tea on the computer desk. JACKIE: So, what's that website? Mickey finishes typing in the password and turns to her as the page loads. MICKEY: All the secret information known to mankind. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM MICKEY (CONT'D): See, they've known about aliens for years, they just kept us in the dark. THE DOCTOR: Mickey, you were born in the dark. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM ROSE: Oh, leave him alone. MICKEY: Thank you. Password again. THE DOCTOR: Just repeat it, every time. Mickey hands Jackie the phone as he types it in again. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM THE DOCTOR: Big Ben, why did the Slitheen h*t Big Ben? HARRIET: You said to gather the experts, to k*ll them. THE DOCTOR: That lot would've gathered for a weather balloon, you don't need to crash land in the middle of London. ROSE: The Slitheen were hiding, and then they put the entire planet on red alert, what would they do that for? INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM JACKIE: Oh, listen to her. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM ROSE: At least I'm trying! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM JACKIE: Well, I've got a question if you don't mind. Because since that man walked into our lives, I have been att*cked in the streets. I have had creatures from the pits of hell in my own living room, and my daughter's disappeared off the face of the Earth. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM ROSE: I told you what happened. JACKIE: I'm talking to him. 'Cause I've seen this life of yours, Doctor. And maybe you get off on it. And maybe you think it's all clever and smart, but you tell me. Just answer me this - is my daughter safe? INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey looks around at her. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor stares intently at the phone. ROSE: I'm fine. JACKIE: Is she safe? Will she always be safe? Can you promise me that? The Doctor glances up at Rose, who looks back at him. They stare at each other. JACKIE: Well, what's the answer? INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey grabs the phone off Jackie, breaking the moment. MICKEY: We're in. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Let off the hook, the Doctor rushes around the table. THE DOCTOR: Right then, on the left, there's a tab, an icon, little concentric circles. Click on that. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM MICKEY: What is it? THE DOCTOR: The Slitheen have got a spaceship in the North Sea and it's transmitting that signal, now hush, let me work out what it's saying. JACKIE: He'll have to answer me one day. MICKEY (gesturing violently): Hush! THE DOCTOR: It's some sort of message. ROSE: What's it say? THE DOCTOR: Don't know, it's on a loop, keeps repeating. Mickey's doorbell rings. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hush! MICKEY: That's not me. (To Jackie). Go and see who that is. JACKIE: It's three o'clock in the morning. MICKEY: Well go and tell them that. Jackie gives him a look as she gets up. Mickey shakes his head. THE DOCTOR: It's beaming out into space, who's it for? INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY The doorbell rings more persistently. JACKIE: Alright! She opens the door to reveal Strickland. STRICKLAND: Mrs Tyler. Jackie slams it shut again and runs back to Mickey's room squealing. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM JACKIE: It's him! It's the thing, it's the Slickeen! MICKEY: They've found us. THE DOCTOR: Mickey, I need that signal. ROSE: Never mind the signal, mum just get out! Get out! Get out! Mickey picks up a cricket bat. MICKEY: We can't, it's by the front door. EXT. MICKEY'S FLAT Outside the front door, the Slitheen takes his body suit off. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY Jackie and Mickey see the blue light shining beneath the cracks around the door. MICKEY: Oh, my God. It's unmasking. It's gonna k*ll us. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM HARRIET: There's got to be some way of stopping them! (To the Doctor): You're supposed to be the expert, think of something! THE DOCTOR: I'm trying! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY The Slitheen makes worrying noises from outside. MICKEY: I'll take it on, Jackie. You just run. Don't look back. Just run. He squares himself in front of the door. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Down the phone, they hear the Slitheen smashing the door in. ROSE: That's my mother. THE DOCTOR: Right! If we're going to find their weakness, we need to find out where they're from - which planet. So, judging by their face and shape, that narrows it down to five thousand planets within travelling distance. What else do we know about them? Information! ROSE: They're green. THE DOCTOR: Yep, narrows it down. ROSE: Uh, good sense of smell. THE DOCTOR: Narrows it down. ROSE: They can smell adrenaline. THE DOCTOR: Narrows it down. HARRIET: The compression technology. THE DOCTOR: Narrows it down. ROSE: The spaceship in the Thames, you said slipstream engine? THE DOCTOR: Narrows it down. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY The Slitheen punches a hole through the door. MICKEY: It's getting in! INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM ROSE: Oh! They hunt like it's a ritual. THE DOCTOR: Narrows it down. HARRIET: Wait a minute! Did you notice, when they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't just smell like a fart; if you'll pardon the word, it's something else, what is it, it's more like uh... um... ROSE: Bad breath! HARRIET: That's it! THE DOCTOR: Calcium decay! Now that narrows it down! ROSE: We're getting there, mum! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY MICKEY: Too late! The Slitheen is still having some trouble getting through the door. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM THE DOCTOR: Calcium phosphate, organic calcium, living calcium, creatures made out of living calcium, what else, what else, hyphenated sodium, yes! That narrows it down to one planet! Raxacoricofallapatorius! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY MICKEY: Oh, yeah, great. We could write 'em a letter. The Slitheen kicks half the door down and begins to step through it. THE DOCTOR: Get into the kitchen! Jackie and Mickey back into the kitchen. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN They slam the door, trying to bar it shut with a chair and a dustbin as the Slitheen throws its weight against it. JACKIE: My God, it's going to rip us apart! INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM THE DOCTOR: Calcium, recombined with compression field, ascetic acid. Vinegar! HARRIET: Just like Hannibal! THE DOCTOR: Just like Hannibal. Mickey, have you got any vinegar? MICKEY: How should I know? THE DOCTOR: It's your kitchen. ROSE: Cupboard by the sink, middle shelf. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN Jackie snatches the phone from Mickey. JACKIE: Give it here, what do you need? THE DOCTOR: Anything with vinegar! Jackie grabs a jug and opens the cupboard. JACKIE: Gherkins! The Slitheen is poking holes in the door with its claws. JACKIE (CONT'D): Yeah! Pickled onions! She adds them to the jug. Mickey has the bat raised ready. JACKIE: Picked eggs! INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM THE DOCTOR (to Rose): You kiss this man? INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN The Slitheen finally kicks down the door and enters the kitchen. Jackie and Mickey back against the counter. Jackie chucks the vinegar all over it. There is a few seconds silence and then it explodes, splattering the whole room, Jackie and Mickey with green goo. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Having heard the bang, the Doctor, Rose and Harriet all breath a sigh of relief. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN Mickey lowers his bat. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM ROSE: Hannibal? HARRIET: Hannibal crossed the Alps by dissolving boulders with vinegar. ROSE: Oh. Well, there you go then. They raise their glasses in toast, and drink. ROSE (CONT'D): Phew! INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION Downstairs, Asquith approaches Joseph. ASQUITH: He's d*ad. Sip Fel Fotch Pasameer, Day Slitheen is d*ad. JOSEPH: I felt it. How could that happen? ASQUITH: Somebody must've got lucky. JOSEPH: That's the last piece of luck anyone on this rock will ever have. EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET Joseph and Asquith walk out of the doors of 10 Downing Street, to address the crowd outside. He faces the camera. JOSEPH: Ladies and Gentlemen, Nations of the World, Human Kind. The greatest experts in extra-terrestrial events came here tonight. They gathered in the common cause. But the news I bring you now is grave indeed. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Mickey, wiping the goo off himself with a towel, comes into the living room to watch Joseph on the TV. JOSEPH (CONT'D): The experts are d*ad. m*rder, right in front of me by alien hands. Peoples of the Earth, heed my words. These visitors do not come in peace. Mickey takes the phone off Jackie. MICKEY: Listen to this. He holds the phone to the TV. JOSEPH: Our inspectors have searched the sky above our heads and they have found massive w*apon of destruction, capable of being deployed within 45 seconds. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor, Rose and Harriet are crowded around the phone, listening to him. THE DOCTOR: What? JOSEPH: Our technicians can, baffle, the alien probes. But not for long. We are facing extinction. Unless we strike first. The United Kingdom stands directly beneath the belly of the mother ship. I beg the United Nations - pass an emergency resolution. Give us the access codes! A nuclear strike at the heart of the ship is our only chance of survival. Because... from this moment on... it is my solemn duty to inform you... planet Earth is at w*r. THE DOCTOR: He's making it up. There's no w*apon up there, there's no thr*at. He just invented it. HARRIET: Do you think they'll believe him? ROSE: They did last time. THE DOCTOR: That's why the Slitheen went for spectacle. They want the whole world panicking, because you lot, you get scared, you lash out. ROSE: They release the defence codes... THE DOCTOR: And the Slitheen go nuclear. HARRIET: But why? The Doctor opens the metal shutters. The Slitheen are still standing outside the door. THE DOCTOR: You get the codes, release the m*ssile. But not into space because there's nothing there. You att*ck every other country on Earth, they retaliate, fight back. World w*r Three, whole planet gets nuked. Margaret Slitheen, still in her skin suit, stands before the Doctor. MARGARET: And we can sit through it in our spaceship waiting in the Thames. Not crashed. Just parked. They'll be two minutes away. HARRIET: But you'll destroy the planet, this beautiful place. What for? THE DOCTOR: Profit. That's what the signal is beaming into space, an advert. MARGARET: Sale of the century. We reduce the Earth to molten slag, then sell it. Piece by piece. Radioactive chucks capable of powering every cut-price star liner and budget cargo ship. There's a recession out there, Doctor. People are buying cheap. This rock becomes raw fuel. THE DOCTOR: At the cost of 5 billion lives. MARGARET: Bargain. THE DOCTOR: Then I give you the choice: leave this planet or I'll stop you. The Slitheen all burst out laughing. MARGARET: What? You? Trapped in your box? The Doctor does not look remotely abashed. He stares her out. THE DOCTOR: Yes. Me. Margaret laughs again, but nervously. The Doctor fixes her in his gaze and closes the shutters. The smirk fades from Margaret's face. EXT. EMBANKMENT London is almost completely deserted. REPORTER: Yesterday saw the start of a brave new world. Today might see it end. The streets are deserted. Everyone's home - just waiting. As the future is decided in New York. INT. STUDIO NEWSREADER: It's midnight here in New York. The United Nations has gathered. England has provided them with absolute proof that the massive w*apon of mass destruction do exist. The security counsel will be making a resolution in a matter of minutes. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Mickey picks up the phone from the top of the TV. NEWSREADER (CONT'D): And once the codes are released, humanity's first interplanetary w*r begins. Jackie is watching the TV biting her nails, scared and anxious. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION Inside 10 Downing Street, Margaret and Asquith make to go up the stairs as Joseph pauses at the bottom to talk to the Sergeant. JOSEPH: Sergeant. We'll take the call in the Prime Minister's office. Maintain the oppositions. Good luck. They shake hands. Asquith pats him genially on the shoulder, and the Sergeant resumes his post at the bottom of the stairs. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Margaret, Asquith and Joseph bundle their way into the Prime Minister's office, all insanely excited. MARGARET: Oh! Look at that! The telephone is actually red. She blows it a kiss. Joseph sits down behind the desk, farting as he does so. JOSEPH (excitedly): How long 'til they phone?! ASQUITH: Counting down...! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Jackie is on the phone again. JACKIE: Alright, Doctor. I'm not saying I trust you, but there must be something you can do. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM HARRIET: If we ferment the porch, we could make ascetic acid. ROSE: Mickey, any luck? MICKEY: There's loads of emergency numbers, they're all on voicemail. The Doctor is standing quietly with his arms folded, leaning against the wall away from the other two. He is deep in thought. HARRIET: Voicemail dooms us all. ROSE: If we could just get out of here... THE DOCTOR: There's a way out. ROSE: What? She turns to face him incredulously. THE DOCTOR: There's always been a way out. ROSE: Then why don't we use it? The Doctor strides over to the table and leans over to speak into the phone. THE DOCTOR (to Jackie): Because I can't guarantee your daughter will be safe. JACKIE: Don't you dare. Whatever it is, don't you dare. THE DOCTOR: That's the thing, if I don't dare, everyone dies. ROSE: Do it. The Doctor looks up at her. THE DOCTOR: You don't even know what it is, you'd just let me? ROSE (simply): Yeah. The Doctor stares at her. JACKIE: Please, Doctor. Please! She's my daughter, she's just a kid! THE DOCTOR: Do you think I don't know that? Because this is my life, Jackie, it's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will. ROSE (softly): Then what're you waiting for? The Doctor looks up at her again. THE DOCTOR: I could save the world but lose you. They stare intensely into each others eyes for a long moment until Rose averts her gaze with a shy smile. HARRIET: Except it's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine. JACKIE (angrily): And who the hell are you? HARRIET: Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. The only elected representative in this room, chosen by the people, for the people, and on behalf of the people I command you. Do it. The Doctor looks back at Rose and grins. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Joseph, Margaret and Asquith are still waiting for the phone to ring. JOSEPH: Victory... should be naked! He unzips his forehead. The other two follow suit. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Rose jumps onto the table. ROSE: How do we get out? Doctor opens the briefcase containing the emergency protocols. THE DOCTOR: We don't. We stay here. He opens the emergency protocols. INT. STUDIO In New York, the newsreader receives new information through her earpiece. NEWS READER : The counsel is voting. The results should be known any second now. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE The Slitheen finish removing their skin suits. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor shuffles through the protocols and then turns to address Mickey. THE DOCTOR: Use the buffalo password, it overrides everything. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey types the password in. Jackie watches him. JACKIE: What're you doing? MICKEY (as though he can't quite believe what he is saying): Hacking into the Royal Navy. (After a moment). We're in. Here it is, uh... H.M.S. Taurean, Trafalgar Class Submarine, 10 miles off the coast of Plymouth. Jackie stands, agitated. THE DOCTOR: Right, we need to select a m*ssile. MICKEY: We can't go nuclear, we don't have the defence codes. THE DOCTOR: We don't need it, all we need is an ordinary m*ssile. What's the first category?MICKEY: Sub Haffoon, UGMA4A. THE DOCTOR: That's the one. Select. Jackie walks up behind Mickey. JACKIE: I could stop you. MICKEY (turns): Do it, then. THE DOCTOR: Ready for this? Mickey and Jackie stare at each other for a few more seconds, but Jackie doesn't move. MICKEY: Yeah. He looks back at the screen. Jackie sits back down. THE DOCTOR: Mickey the Idiot. The world is in your hands. f*re. Breathing heavily, Mickey screws up his eyes and clicks the f*re button. EXT. OCEAN 10 miles off the coast of Plymouth, a m*ssile launches itself out of the sea. INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM JACKIE: Oh, my God. The m*ssile is shown on the screen. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Harriet taps the steel shutters. HARRIET: How solid are these? THE DOCTOR: Not solid enough, built for short range att*ck, nothing this big. ROSE: Alright. Now I'm making the decision. I'm not gonna die, we're gonna ride this one out. (Opens the cupboard door). It's like what they say about earthquakes, you can survive 'em by standing under a doorframe. Now this cupboard's small so it's strong. Come and help me! Come on! Harriet hurries to help her. EXT. OCEAN The m*ssile soars over the sea. INT. STUDIO NEW YORK NEWSREADER The vote is in. The counsel says... yes. They are releasing the codes. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE The Slitheen family are now all gathered around the phone. SLITHEEN / JOSEPH: Ring, damn you! INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM Mickey is still staring at the computer screen. MICKEY: It's on radar. Counter defence 556. THE DOCTOR: Stop them intercepting it. MICKEY: I'm doing it now. THE DOCTOR: Good boy. Mickey taps a few keys. MICKEY: 556 neutralized. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor rips the mobile off speaker phone. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM Downstairs, the Sergeant rushes to a computer terminal, looking over the operator's shoulder. SGT PRICE: What do you mean, "incoming"? The operator points at the screen where the m*ssile shows up on radar. EXT. OVER LONDON The m*ssile soars over London. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION The Sergeant smashes the glass on the f*re alarm, which goes off. SGT. PRICE: Everybody out! Now! Get out! Everyone runs to the door. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE The Slitheen family hear the alarm. JOSEPH: What the hell is that for? The Sergeant bursts in. SGT PRICE: Sir, there's a m*ssile! The Slitheen all look round at him. SGT PRICE (CONT'D): ...Sorry. He runs out again. EXT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BALCONY The m*ssile soars past Mickey's flat. Jackie runs out onto the balcony to watch it. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Two of the female Slitheen are fighting over Margaret's skin suit. SLITHEEN 1: That's mine! SLITHEEN 2: No, mine! The others are all struggling to get back inside their skin suits. EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET A hoard of security guards run out of the door of 10 Downing Street. The Sergeant fires a g*n into the air. SGT PRICE: Everybody run! Everyone runs. He looks up into the sky to see the m*ssile making straight for 10 Downing Street. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM Rose, the Doctor and Harriet bundle into the cupboard. The crouch in a corner, Rose and Harriet either side of the Doctor. HARRIET: Nice knowing you both. They all hold hands. HARRIET (CON'T): Hannibal! They brace themselves. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE The second before the m*ssile hits, the Slitheen all look up. SLITHEEN: Oh, boll... The m*ssile hits. EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET The whole of 10 Downing Street explodes in flames. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM The Doctor, Rose and Harriet are all severely shaken around in their cupboard. Then it stops. EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET The place is in ruins, smoking. Then, the Doctor, Rose and Harriet emerge from the wreckage. Harriet looks around. HARRIET: Made in Britain. The Sergeant hurries over to them. SGT PRICE: Are you alright? HARRIET (flashing her ID card at him): Harriet Jones. MP, Flydale North. I want you to contact UN immediately, tell the ambassadors the crisis is over and they can step down. Go on, tell the news! SGT PRICE: Yes, ma'am. He hurries away again. HARRIET: Someone's got a hell of a job sorting this lot out. Oh, Lord! We haven't even got a Prime Minister! THE DOCTOR: Well, maybe you should have a go. HARRIET: Me? (Laughs). I'm only a back-bencher. ROSE: I'd vote for ya! HARRIET: Now, don't be silly. Rose and the Doctor grin. HARRIET (CONT'D): Look, I'd better go and see if I can help. She climbs over the rubble towards the crowd of people. The Doctor beams at Rose. HARRIET (CONT'D): Hang on! (Shouts over to the crowd). The Earth is safe! Sergeant! The Doctor and Rose walk together. THE DOCTOR: I thought I knew the name. He watches her hurry over to the cameras and ambulances. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Harriet Jones, future Prime Minister. Elected for three successive terms, the architect of Britain's Golden Age. HARRIET: The crisis has passed! Ladies and Gentlemen, I have something to say to you all! Rose and the Doctor watch her fondly from a distance. Then they turn and walk away. Harriet speaks to the camera. HARRIET (CONT'D): Mankind stands tall, proud, and undefeated. God bless the human race. She beams around at them all. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose enters her flat, and is greeted with a huge hug from a relieved Jackie. They both close their eyes, happy to be together again. INT. TARDIS The Doctor enters the TARDIS, looking very pleased with himself. He starts the engines and grins up at it. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose is sitting on the chair in front of the TV, watching a repeat of Harriet Jones' speech. HARRIET: Mankind stands tall, proud. Jackie comes in. JACKIE (contemptuously): Harriet Jones. Who does she think she is? Look at her! Taking all the credit. Should be you on there. (Addresses TV): My daughter saved the world! ROSE: I think the Doctor helped a bit... JACKIE (sitting down): Oh, alright then. Him too. You should be given knighthoods. ROSE: That's not the way he does things. No fuss, he just... moves on. He's not that bad if you gave him a chance. JACKIE: He's good in a crisis, I'll give him that. ROSE: Oh! Now the world has changed, you're saying nice things about him. JACKIE: Well, I reckon I've got no choice! There's no getting rid of him since you're infatuated. ROSE (unconvincingly): I'm not infatuated... JACKIE: What does he eat? ROSE: How do you mean? JACKIE: I was gonna do shepherds pie. Rose sniggers. JACKIE (CONT'D): All of us. A proper sit down. 'Cause... I'm ready to listen. I wanna learn about you and him and that life you lead. Only, I dunno, he's an alien. For all I know, he eats grass and safety pins and things. ROSE: He'll have shepherd pie. You're gonna cook for him? JACKIE: What's wrong with that? ROSE: He's finally met his match. JACKIE: You're not too old for a slap, you know. Rose giggles. Jackie gets up and goes to the kitchen. JACKIE (CONT'D): You can go and visit your gran tomorrow. Rose's mobile rings. JACKIE (CONT'D): You'd better learn some French. I told her you were in France. I said you were au-pairing. The caller ID on the screen of Rose's mobile reads 'TARDIS calling' complete with a little TARDIS icon. Rose answers. ROSE: Hello? INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Right, I'll be a couple of hours, then we can go. ROSE (incredulous): You've got a phone? THE DOCTOR: You think I can travel through space and time and I haven't got a phone? (Laughs contemptuously). Like I said, couple of hours... I've just got to send out this dispersal...(Presses a button). There you go. That's cancelling out the Slitheen's advert in case any bargain hunters turn up. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM ROSE: My mother's cooking. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Good! Put her on a slow heat and let her simmer. ROSE: She's cooking tea. For us. THE DOCTOR: I don't do that. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM ROSE: She wants to get to know you. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Tough! I've got better things to do! ROSE: It's just tea. THE DOCTOR: Not to me it isn't. ROSE: She's my mother. THE DOCTOR: Well, she's not mine! ROSE: That's not fair! THE DOCTOR: Well, you can stay there if you want! (Pause). But right now there's this plasma storm brewing in the horse head nebula. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose listens to him intently. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Fires are burning 10 million miles wide. I could fly the TARDIS right into the heart of it then ride the shock wave all the way out - hurtle right across the sky and end up anywhere. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Your choice. He hangs up. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM He hangs up. Rose ends the call slowly and presses the phone to her lips, deep in thought. INT. TARDIS The Doctor pauses for a second and then goes back to the console. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Jackie comes back into the living room with two cups of tea. JACKIE: Rose, I was thinking... Rose's seat is empty, so Jackie walks in the direction of Rose's bedroom instead. JACKIE (CONT'D): I've got that bottle of Amaretto from New Years Eve, does he drink? INT. TYLERS' FLAT, ROSE'S BEDROOM Jackie opens the door to Rose's bedroom. Rose is stuffing some clothes into a bag. Jackie watches her. JACKIE: I was wondering whether he drinks or not. ROSE: Yeah, he does. She continues stuffing the clothes into the bag. JACKIE (quietly): Don't go, sweetheart. Rose stops for a moment and looks around at her. JACKIE: Please don't go. Guiltily, Rose continues to pack. EXT. POWELL ESTATE It is night time. Mickey is sitting reading a newspaper on a bin outside the TARDIS. The small boy who graffiti'd the TARDIS the previous day is now busy cleaning it off again. The Doctor pokes his head around the door. THE DOCTOR: Good lad. Graffiti that again and I'll 'ave ya. Now, b*at it. The little boy scurries off. The Doctor grins. Mickey glances after him. The Doctor walks over to Mickey. MICKEY: I just went down the shop. And I was thinking, you know, like the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships all in public. And here it is. He shows the Doctor the front page of the newspaper, headlined "Alien Hoax?". The Doctor gives a small smile. MICKEY (CONT'D): How could they do that? They saw it! THE DOCTOR: They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face, nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick. Mickey laughs. MICKEY: We're just idiots. THE DOCTOR: Well, not all of you. MICKEY (surprised): Yeah? THE DOCTOR: Present for you, Mickey. (hands Mickey a disc). That's a virus. Put it online, it'll destroy every mention of me. I'll cease to exist. MICKEY: What do you want to do that for? THE DOCTOR: 'Cos you're right. I am dangerous. I don't want anybody following me. In the background, Jackie and Rose emerge from the flats. MICKEY: How can you say that, and then take her with you? Gestures Rose. THE DOCTOR: You could look after her. Come with us. MICKEY: I can't. This life of yours... it's just too much, I... I couldn't do it. (As Jackie and Rose approach). Don't tell her I said that. JACKIE (to Rose, pleading): I'll get a proper job. I'll work weekends, I'll pass my test and if Jim comes round again, I'll say no. I really will. ROSE: I'm not leaving 'cos of you. I'm travelling, that's all. And then I'll come back! JACKIE: But it's not safe. ROSE: Mum... if you saw it out there... you'd never stay home. She turns to the Doctor, taking her backpack off her shoulders. THE DOCTOR (sarcastically): Got enough stuff? ROSE: Last time I stepped in there, it was spur of the moment. She throws an enormous bag into the Doctor's arms. ROSE (CONT'D): Now I'm signing up. You're stuck with me. Haha. Rose goes up to Mickey - Jackie looks the Doctor up and down. ROSE (to Mickey): Come with us. There's plenty of room. Mickey gestures to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: No chance, he's ah, a liability, I'm not having him on board. ROSE: We'd be d*ad without him. THE DOCTOR: My decision is final. Rose turns back to Mickey. ROSE: Sorry. They kiss briefly. Mickey gives a small wave as she backs away. MICKEY: Good luck, then. JACKIE (rounding on the Doctor): You still can't promise me. What if she gets lost? What if something happens to you, Doctor, and she's left all alone standing on some moon a million light years away - how long do I wait then? The Doctor stands there hugging Rose's backpack, not really having an answer, but Rose comes to his rescue. ROSE: Mum... Jackie spins around to face Rose. ROSE (CONT'D): You're forgetting, it's a time machine. I could go travelling around suns and planets and all the way out to the edge of the universe and by the time I get back, yeah, ten seconds would have passed. Just ten seconds. (Puts her hands on Jackie's shoulders, smiles kindly). So stop worrying. See you in ten seconds time. Hmm? She hugs her. The Doctor steps into the TARDIS. Rose follows him. Mickey gives a small wave and Rose shuts the door, leaving Mickey and Jackie alone outside. The TARDIS dematerialises. Jackie keeps her eyes on her watch as they stand in silence, then... JACKIE: Ten seconds. She walks back to the flats. Mickey settles himself back on top of the dustbin with the newspaper. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "01x05 - World w*r Three"}
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INT. EXHIBIT ROOM The TARDIS materialises and the Doctor and Rose step out. ROSE: So, what is it? What's wrong? THE DOCTOR: Don't know, some kind of signal drawing the TARDIS off course... They look about themselves. ROSE: Where are we? THE DOCTOR: Earth, Utah, North America. About half a mile underground. ROSE: And... when are we? THE DOCTOR: 2012. ROSE: God, that's so close, so I should be... 26. The Doctor flicks a switch and lights flood the museum. ROSE: Blimey! It's a great big museum! THE DOCTOR: An alien museum. Someone's got a hobby. They must've spent a fortune on this. Chunks of meteorite, moon dust... that's the milometer from the Roswell Spaceship. He passes the exhibits as he names them. They notice a Slitheen arm in one case. ROSE: That's a bit of Slitheen! That's a Slitheen's arm, it's been stuffed. The Doctor notices something else. THE DOCTOR: Ah! Look at you! Inside the glass case he is approaching, is the head of a Cyberman. The Doctor stares through the glass at it. Rose stands behind him. ROSE: What is it? THE DOCTOR: An old friend of mine... well, enemy. The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. I'm getting old. ROSE: Is that where the signal's coming from? THE DOCTOR: Nah, it's stone d*ad. The signal's alive. Something's reaching out. (Stares intently through the glass). Calling for help. He places the tip of his finger gently on the glass. Immediately, an alarm goes off and they are promptly surrounded by soldiers all pointing their g*n at them. ROSE: If someone's collecting aliens, that makes you Exhibit A. The Doctor flashes the soldiers a grin. OPENING CREDITS INT. CORRIDOR A helicopter lands. Inside a corridor, men with g*n line the walls. Henry van Statten alights from a lift with a few others - they begin to walk briskly down the corridor. POLKOWSKI: On behalf of all of us, I want to wish you a very happy birthday, sir. (No reply). And the President called to convey his personal best wishes. VAN STATTEN: The President is 10 points down. I want him replaced. POLKOWSKI: I don't think that's very wise, sir... VAN STATTEN: Thank you so much for your opinion. You're fired. (To the soldiers): Get rid of him. POLKOWSKI: Wha...? The soldiers drag him off. Van Statten keeps on walking. VAN STATTEN: Wipe his memory, put him on the road someplace, Memphis, Minneapolis - somewhere beginning with 'M'. Another woman named Goddard hastens to take Polkowski's place. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): So, the next President, what do you think? Republican or Democrat? GODDARD: Democrat, sir. VAN STATTEN: For what reason? GODDARD (a pause): They're just so funny, sir? They all stop. Van Statten looks at her. VAN STATTEN: What is your name? GODDARD: Goddard, sir. Diana Goddard. VAN STATTEN: I like you, Diana Goddard. (Resumes walking). So, where's the English kid? The "English Kid", Adam, hurries up to him. ADAM: Sir! Sir! I bought ten more artefacts at auction, Mr Van Statten. VAN STATTEN: Bring 'em on, let me see 'em. GODDARD: Sir, with respect, there's something more urgent. We arrested two intruders 54 floors down. We don't know how they got in. VAN STATTEN: I'll tell you how they got in. In'tro the window. In'tro the window, that was funny! (Polite laughs). Bring 'em in, let's see 'em, and tell Simmons I wanna visit my little den. Get to it! He goes through a door. GODDARD (into mouthpiece): Simmons? You'd better give me good news. Is it talking? INT. DALEK CELL From the alien's point of view, we see Simons attacking it with some sort of chainsaw. It is screaming. SIMMONS: Not exactly "talking", no. GODDARD: What's it doing? SIMMONS: Screaming. Is that any good? He applies the chain saw again. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Van Statten is sitting at a table while Adam shows him the artefacts. ADAM: And this is the last... paid $800,000 for it. The Doctor, Rose and Goddard enter. VAN STATTEN: What does it do? Takes it from Adam. ADAM: Well you see, the tubes on the side must be to channel something, I think maybe fuel... THE DOCTOR: I really wouldn't hold it like that. GODDARD: Shut it. THE DOCTOR: Really, though, that's wrong. ADAM: Is it dangerous? THE DOCTOR: No. Just looks silly. He holds his hand out for the artefact. Security ready their g*n. Van Statten holds up a hand to stop them and hands the object to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You just need to be... He runs his fingers gently over the artefact and it plays a note, rather like a harmonica. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ... delicate. Everyone looks suitably impressed. The Doctor beams around at them all whilst playing it. VAN STATTEN: It's a musical instrument. THE DOCTOR (nods): And it's a long way from home. VAN STATTEN (stands): Here, let me. He grabs it off the Doctor, who raises his eyebrows. THE DOCTOR: I did say "delicate". Reacts to the smallest fingerprint. Van Statten cannot make it play at first and it makes a series of bleeping noises. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It needs precision. Van Statten touches it more gently and it plays a few notes. The Doctor smiles. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Very good. Quite the expert. VAN STATTEN: As are you. He tosses the instrument aside, where it lands somewhere on the floor. The Doctor's and Adam's eyes follow it, slightly alarmed. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): Who exactly are you? The Doctor looks back at Van Statten with a new, slightly disdainful look in his eye. THE DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. And who are you? VAN STATTEN: Like you don't know. We're hidden away with the most valuable collection of extra-terrestrial artefacts in the world and you just stumbled in by mistake. THE DOCTOR: Pretty much sums me up, yeah. VAN STATTEN: The question is, how did you get in? 53 floors down. With your little cat burglar accomplice. (Looks at Rose). Quite a collector yourself, she's rather pretty. ROSE: She's gonna smack you if you keep calling her "she" VAN STATTEN (eyes on the Doctor): She's English too! (To Adam). Hey, little Lord Fauntleroy, got you a girlfriend. ADAM: This is Mr Henry Van Statten. ROSE: And who's he when he's at home? ADAM: Mr Van Statten owns the Internet. ROSE: Don't be stupid, no one owns the Internet. VAN STATTEN: And let's just keep the whole world thinking that way, right kids? THE DOCTOR: So you're an expert on just about everything except the things in your museum. Anything you don't understand, you lock up. VAN STATTEN: And you claim greater knowledge? THE DOCTOR: I don't need to make claims, I know how good I am. VAN STATTEN: And yet, I captured you. Right next to the Cage. What were you doing down there? THE DOCTOR: You tell me. VAN STATTEN: The cage contains my one living specimen. THE DOCTOR: And what's that? VAN STATTEN: Like you don't know. THE DOCTOR: Show me. VAN STATTEN: You wanna see it? ROSE: Blimey, you can smell the testosterone VAN STATTEN: Goddard, inform the Cage. We're heading down. Goddard nods. VAN STATTEN (to Adam): You, English. Look after the girl. Canoodle or spoon, or whatever it is you British do. And you, Doctor with no name... (Ready by the lift). Come and see my pet. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL Van Statten leads the Doctor to the cage. VAN STATTEN: We've tried everything. The creatures has... shielded itself but there's definite signs of life inside. He has entered a code to enter the Cage. The door to the Cage opens behind him. THE DOCTOR: Inside? Inside what? SIMMONS (to Van Statten): Welcome back, sir. I've had to take the power down, the Metaltron is resting. THE DOCTOR: Metaltron? VAN STATTEN: Thought of it myself. Good, isn't it? Although I'd much to prefer to find out its real name. SIMMONS (to the Doctor): Here, you'd better put these on. (Offers the Doctor a pair of gloves). The last guy that touched it... burst into flames. THE DOCTOR: I won't touch it then. Goddard smirks. VAN STATTEN: Go ahead, Doctor. Impress me. Goddard looks at the Doctor. With a placid expression on his face, he steps into the Cage. Van Statten steps away. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): Don't open that door until we get a result. He and Goddard bend down to look at the monitor showing surveillance footage from the Cage. It is pitch dark inside - they watch the Doctor enter. INT. DALEK CELL The door shuts behind the Doctor. He looks at some of the instruments Simmons was using to t*rture the alien. Through the darkness, the Doctor sees a blue light giving away the alien's location in the Cage. THE DOCTOR: Look, I'm sorry about this. Mr Van Statten might think he's clever, but never mind him. I've come to help. I'm the Doctor. DALEK: Doc-tor. THE DOCTOR (absolute shock): Impossible. DALEK: THE Doctor? The Doctor watches, his eyes wide, his mouth slightly open. Lights suddenly come on, illuminating the Dalek. DALEK (CONT'D): Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! The Doctor bangs on the door of the cage, rattling it. THE DOCTOR: Let me out! DALEK: Exterminate! INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL GODDARD: Sir, it's gonna k*ll him! VAN STATTEN: It's talking! INT. DALEK CELL DALEK: You are an enemy of the Daleks! You must be destroyed! It waves its g*n around helplessly. The Doctor stops looking terrified and his face breaks into a huge grin. THE DOCTOR: It's not working! The Dalek's eyepiece looks down at its g*n. The Doctor laughs manically. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Fantastic! Oh, fantastic! Powerless! Look at you. The Great Space Dustbin. How does it feel? He lunges at the Dalek. The Dalek strains against its chains. DALEK: Keep back! The Doctor is inches from the Dalek, looking straight into its eyepiece. THE DOCTOR: What for? What're you going to do to me? (silence). If you can't k*ll... then what are you good for, Dalek? What's the point of you? He circles the Dalek. The Dalek follows his progress with its eyepiece. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You're nothing. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL Van Statten, Goddard and Simmons watch the proceedings, intrigued. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What the hell are you here for? Goddard glances at Van Statten. INT. DALEK CELL DALEK: I am waiting for orders. THE DOCTOR: What does that mean? DALEK: I am a soldier. I was bred to receive orders. THE DOCTOR: Well you're never gonna get any. Not ever. DALEK: I demand orders! THE DOCTOR (voice rising): They're never gonna come! Your race is d*ad! You all burnt, all of you. Ten million ships on f*re, the entire Dalek race wiped out in one second. DALEK: You lie! THE DOCTOR: I watched it happen. I MADE it happen! DALEK: You destroyed us? The Doctor's expression changes. He walks away, his back turned on the Dalek. THE DOCTOR (quietly): I had no choice. DALEK: And what of the Time Lords? INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL Van Statten, Goddard and Simmons watch the monitor avidly. The Doctor pauses. INT. DALEK CELL THE DOCTOR: d*ad. They burnt with you. The end of the last great Time w*r. Everyone lost. DALEK: And the coward survived. THE DOCTOR (mockingly): Oh, and I caught your little signal... help me... poor little thing (resumes normal tone). But there's no one else coming 'cos there's no one else left. DALEK (lowers eyepiece): I am alone in the Universe. THE DOCTOR (smiles): Yep. DALEK: So are you. The Doctor's smile fades. DALEK (CONT'D): We are the same. The Doctor spins around to face the Dalek angrily. THE DOCTOR (furious): We're not the same, I'm not... (Stops). No, wait. Maybe we are. You're right, yeah, okay. You've got a point. 'Cos I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. (Raises eyebrows). Exterminate. He pulls a lever on the control panel and the Dalek is immediately engulfed by electricity. It starts screaming again. DALEK: Have pity! THE DOCTOR: Why should I? You never did. He turns up the voltage. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL VAN STATTEN (to soldiers): Get him out. INT. DALEK CELL DALEK: Help me! Security burst in and grab the Doctor before he can lunge for the control panel again. Van Statten addresses the Dalek. VAN STATTEN: I saved your life, now talk to me! g*dd*mn it, talk to me! THE DOCTOR (as he is dragged away): You've got to destroy it! VAN STATTEN: The last in the Universe. And now I know your name. Dalek. Speak to me, Dalek. (Silence). I am Henry van Statten, now recognise me! (Silence again. To Simmons): Make it talk again, Simmons. Simmons approaches the Dalek with a greedy look in his eye. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): Whatever it takes. INT. ADAM'S WORKSHOP Adam shows Rose into his workshop. Rose looks around. ADAM: Sorry about the mess. Mr Van Statten sort of lets me do my own thing. So long as I deliver the goods... Rose prods a few things on the surfaces. ADAM (CONT'D): What do you think, that is? He hands Rose an object. ROSE: Er... a lump of metal? ADAM: Yeah. Yeah, but I think... well, I'm almost certain, it's from the hull of a spacecraft. Rose finishes examining the lump of metal and places it down carefully. ADAM (CONT'D): The thing is, it's all true. Everything the United Nations tries to keep quiet, spacecrafts, aliens, visitors to Earth, they really exist. ROSE: That's amazing. ADAM: I know it sounds incredible, but I honestly believe that the whole universe is teeming with life. ROSE (smiling slightly): I'm gob-smacked, yeah. And you do what? Sit here and catalogue it? ADAM: Best job in the world. ROSE: Imagine if you could get out there. Travel amongst the stars and see it for real. ADAM: Yeah... I'd give anything. But I don't think it's ever gonna happen, not in our lifetimes. ROSE: Oh, you never know... what about all those people who say they've been inside spaceships and things and talked to aliens? ADAM: I think they're nutters. ROSE: Yeah, me too. (Both laugh). So, how'd you end up here? ADAM: Van Statten has agents all over the world looking for geniuses to recruit. ROSE: Ah, right, you're a genius. ADAM: Sorry, but yeah... can't help it, I was born clever. Rose smiles. ADAM (CONT'D): When I was eight, I logged onto the US Defence System, nearly caused World w*r Three. ROSE: What, and that's funny is it? ADAM: Well you should've been there! Just to see them running about! Fantastic! ROSE: You sound like the Doctor. ADAM: Are you and him...? ROSE (quickly): No, we're just friends. ADAM (nods): Good. ROSE (smiling, a little shy): Why's it good? ADAM: Just is. A pause. ROSE (breaking the moment): So... wouldn't you rather be downstairs? I mean, you've got these bits of metal and stuff, but Mr Van Statten's got a living creature down there. ADAM: Yeah... yeah well I did ask but he keeps it to himself. Although, if you're a genius, it does take long to patch in on the comms system. ROSE (laughs): Let's have a look then. Adam turns to the computer and taps some keys and Rose observes over his shoulder. ADAM: It doesn't do much, the alien. It's weird, it's kind of... useless, it's just like this... great big pepper pot. They access the screen that surveys the Cage. They watch Simmons approach the Dalek and begin to t*rture it with one of the devices. The Dalek screams again. ROSE (alarmed): It's being tortured! Where's the Doctor? ADAM: I don't know. ROSE: Take me down there. Now. She strides from the room. INT. LIFT The Doctor, Van Statten, Goddard and the security guards step into the lift. THE DOCTOR: The metal's just battle armour. The real Dalek creature's inside. VAN STATTEN: What does it look like? THE DOCTOR: A nightmare. It's a mutation. The Dalek race was genetically engineered, every single emotion was removed except hate. VAN STATTEN (impressed): Genetically engineered... by whom? THE DOCTOR: By a genius, Van Statten. By a man who was king of his own little world, you'd like him. GODDARD: It's been on Earth for over fifty years, sold at a private auction moving from one collection to another. Why would it be a thr*at now? THE DOCTOR: Because I'm here. How did it get to Earth? Does anyone know? GODDARD: Records say it came from the sky like a meteorite. It fell to Earth on the Ascension Islands, burnt in its crater for nearly three days before anybody could get near it and all that time it was screaming. It must've gone insane. THE DOCTOR: Must've fallen through time. The only survivor. GODDARD: You talked about a w*r? THE DOCTOR: The Time w*r. The final battle between my people and the Dalek race. VAN STATTEN: But you survived too. THE DOCTOR: Not by choice. VAN STATTEN: This means that the Dalek isn't the only alien on Earth, Doctor, there's you. The only one of your kind in existence. INT. EXAMINATION ROOM Lights flash on, illuminating the Doctor. They have chained him up against a rack and striped his torso. Van Statten stands behind an instrument pointing at the Doctor. VAN STATTEN: Now, smile! The instrument runs some sort of scan over the Doctor's torso. The Doctor moans slightly in pain, grimacing. The scan image shows the Doctor's ribcage with two hearts beating within it. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): Two hearts! Binary vascular system! Oh, I am so going to patent this. THE DOCTOR: So that's your secret. You don't just collect this stuff, you scavenge it. VAN STATTEN: This technology has been falling to Earth for centuries. All it took was the right mind to use it properly. Oh, the advances I've made from alien junk, you have no idea, Doctor. Broadband? Roswell. Just last year my scientists cultivated bacteria from the Russian Crater, and do you know what they found? The Doctor looks at him angrily but questioningly. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): The cure for the common cold. Kept it strictly within the laboratory of course, no need to get people excited. Why sell one cure when I can sell a thousand palliatives? He smiles smugly. THE DOCTOR: Do you know what a Dalek is, Van Statten? A Dalek is honest. It does what it was born to do for the survival of its species, that creature in your dungeon is better than you. VAN STATTEN: In that case, I will be true to myself and continue. He walks back to the scanner. THE DOCTOR (frantic): Listen to me, that thing downstairs is going to k*ll every last one of us! VAN STATTEN: Nothing can escape the Cage. He runs the scan again. The Doctor writhes with pain. THE DOCTOR: But it's woken up! It knows I'm here! It's gonna get out! Van Statten, I swear no one on this base is safe! No one on this planet! The scan is run again. The Doctor groans in pain and throws his head back. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL Adam enters the lobby outside the Cage, followed by Rose. BYWATER: Hold it right there! ADAM (flashes ID): Level three access. Special clearance from Mr Van Statten. They pass Simons and enter the Cage. INT. DALEK CELL Rose stares at the Dalek. ADAM: Don't get too close... Rose walks slowly up to the Dalek and peers into its eyepiece. It watches her. ROSE: Hello? The Dalek simply continues to watch her. Rose is innocently concerned. ROSE (CONT'D): Are you in pain? My name's Rose Tyler. I've got a friend, he can help. He's called the Doctor. What's your name? DALEK: Yes. ROSE: What? The Dalek raises its eyepiece to look into her face. DALEK (slowly and wearily): I am in pain. They tortured me. But still they fear me. Do you fear me? ROSE: No. The Dalek lowers its eyepiece. DALEK: I am dying. ROSE: No, we can help! DALEK: I welcome death. But I am glad... that before I die... I met a human who was not afraid. Rose looks overwhelmed with sadness and pity. ROSE: Isn't there anything I can do? DALEK: My race is d*ad. I shall die alone. Rose has tears in her eyes. She places a hand gently on the Dalek. ADAM (too late): Rose, no! The place where Rose has put her hand suddenly burns bright orange and she snatches her hand away from the heat. The Dalek's tone changes. DALEK: Genetic material extrapolated, initiate cellular reconstruction! It bursts out of its chains with a new lease of life. Sparks fly from it. Simmons enters the room. SIMMONS: What the hell have you done? He approaches the Dalek. It points a sucker at him. SIMMONS (CONT'D): Whatcha gonna do? Sucker me to death? The Dalek proceeds to do just that. It places the sucker over Simmons face and we hear his skull cracking as it sucks inwards. Rose and Adam rush outside. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL ROSE (to Bywater): It's k*lling him! Do something! BYWATER (over intercom): Condition red! Repeat, condition red! This is not a drill! INT. EXAMINATION ROOM Van Statten, still with the Doctor looks up, as does the Doctor, who is sweating with the pain. THE DOCTOR (wearily): Release me if you want to live. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE The Doctor, Van Statten, Goddard and Van Statten's security guards exit the lift and enter Van Statten's office. The Doctor addresses a monitor where there is a communication link to the lobby. THE DOCTOR: You've got to keep it in that cell. ROSE: Doctor, it's all my fault. BYWATER: I've sealed the compartment. It can't get out, that lock's got a billion combinations. THE DOCTOR: The Dalek's a genius. It can calculate a thousand billion combinations in one second flat. INT. DALEK CELL Inside the cage, the Dalek places its sucker to the code lock and begins to run through all the combinations. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL Rose and Adam stand before the door with security, who are pointing their g*n at the door. In no time at all, the door opens. BYWATER: Open f*re! They sh**t at the Dalek. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN: Don't sh**t it, I want it unharmed! THE DOCTOR: Rose, get out of there! INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL The Dalek advances upon them, the b*ll*ts having no affect at all. Bywater turns to the female guard. BYWATER: De Maggio, take the civilians and get them out alive. That is your job, got that? DE MAGGIO (to Rose and Adam): You, with me. They follow her. The Dalek approaches the screen displaying the Doctor, Van Statten and Goddard and smashes right through it. Then electricity starts to course through it. It wails as the peeling metal bends back into shape, the rust fades away. It looks perfect again. BYWATER (into mouthpiece): Abandoning the cage, sir. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Goddard is tapping into a computer as Van Statten and the Doctor look over her shoulder. GODDARD: We're losing power. It's draining the base. Oh, my God. It's raiding entire power supplies for the whole of Utah. THE DOCTOR: It's downloading. VAN STATTEN: Downloading what? GODDARD: Sir, the entire West Coast has gone down. THE DOCTOR: It's not just energy. That Dalek just absorbed the entire Internet. It knows everything. INT. OUTSIDE DALEK CELL The Dalek finally backs away from the computer. DALEK: The Daleks survive in me! The Dalek fires its exterminator beam randomly around the room, as though to test it. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE GODDARD: Sir, the cameras in the vault have gone down. THE DOCTOR: We've only got emergency power, it's eaten everything else, you've got to k*ll it now! GODDARD: All guards to converge in the Metaltron cage, immediately. INT. VAULT CORRIDORS Rose and Adam run past another bunch of security guards, led by De Maggio. DE MAGGIO: Civilians! Let them through! Rose and Adam run out of sight. The guards point their g*n ready in the direction they anticipate the Dalek will approach from. Bywater runs into view. BYWATER (shouts): Cover the north wall: Red division, maintain suppressing f*re along the perimeter, Blue Division hold. He is exterminated by the Dalek behind him. The guards immediately start f*ring at the Dalek, but the b*ll*ts melt before they can even touch the armour. The Dalek is surrounded - but it simply exterminates them, one by one, the b*ll*ts having no effect. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN (to Goddard): Tell them to stop sh**ting at it! GODDARD: It's k*lling them! VAN STATTEN: They're dispensable, that Dalek is unique. (Into intercom): I don't want a scratch on its body work? Do you hear me? Do you hear me? The sound of the g*n fade into silence. INT. VAULT CORRIDORS Every single soldier lies d*ad. The Dalek proceeds up the corridor. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Goddard shows the Doctor a map of the base on the computer screen. GODDARD: That's us right below the surface. That's the cage, and that's the Dalek. She indicates a blue light moving along a corridor. THE DOCTOR: This museum of yours, have you got any alien w*apon? GODDARD: Lots of them, but the trouble is the Dalek's between us and them. VAN STATTEN: We've got to keep that thing alive. We could just seal the entire vault, trap it down there. THE DOCTOR: Leaving everyone trapped with it? Rose is down there. I won't let that happen. Have you got that? Van Statten stands up. The Doctor turns back to the computer screen and Goddard. THE DOCTOR: It's got to go through this area. What's that? GODDARD: w*apon testing. THE DOCTOR: Give g*n to the lawyers, technicians, anyone. Everyone. Only then have you got a chance of k*lling it. Goddard nods and gets up. The Doctor takes her place in front of the computer. INT. STAIRCASE Rose, still running, finds herself at the foot of a flight of stairs. ROSE: Stairs! That's more like it! Adam runs up behind her. ROSE (CONT'D): It hasn't got legs, it's stuck! DE MAGGIO (joining them): It's coming! Get up! They run up the stairs and look over the banisters to watch the Dalek. It stops at the foot of the stairs. Adam breathes a small sigh of relief. It runs its eyepiece over the stairs. ADAM (mockingly): Great big alien death machine. Defeated by a flight of stairs. The Dalek's eyepiece rests on them. De Maggio still has her g*n pointing at it. DE MAGGIO: Now, listen to me. I demand that you return to your cage. If you want to negotiate, then I guarantee that Mr Van Statten will be willing to talk. I accept that we imprisoned you and maybe that was wrong. But people have died, and that stops. Right now. The k*lling stops, have you got that? The Dalek merely watches her, saying nothing. DE MAGGIO (CONT'D): I demand that you surrender, is that clear? Short pause. DALEK: El-ev-ate. The Dalek levitates in the air and floats up the first few steps of the stairs. ROSE: Oh my God. The Dalek proceeds up the stairs. Adam looks gob smacked. DE MAGGIO: Adam, get her out of here. ROSE (urgently): Come with us, you can't stop it! DE MAGGIO: Someone's got to try. Now get out! She pushes them away. DE MAGGIO (CONT'D): Don't look back, just run! Adam and Rose go up the rest of the stairs. The Dalek advances. De Maggio sh**t at it without avail. INT. CORRIDOR Moments later, Rose and Adam hear the sound of the exterminator beam and De Maggio's scream. They run down the corridor terrified. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN: I thought you were the great expert, Doctor. The Doctor, still staring at the monitor, does not answer. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): If you're so impressive, then why not just reason with this Dalek? It must be willing to negotiate, there must be something it needs, everything needs something. THE DOCTOR: What's the nearest town? VAN STATTEN: Saltlake City. THE DOCTOR: Population? VAN STATTEN: One million. THE DOCTOR: All d*ad. If the Dalek gets out, it'll m*rder every living creature, that's all it needs. VAN STATTEN (furious): But why would it do that?! THE DOCTOR Because it honestly believes they should die. Human beings are different, and anything different is wrong. It's the ultimate in racial cleansing and you, Van Statten, you've let it loose! INT. w*apon TESTING AREA The soldiers position themselves. THE DOCTOR (through intercom): The Dalek's surrounded by a force field. The b*ll*ts are melting before they even h*t home but it's not indestructible. If you concentrate your f*re, you might get through. The soldiers wait apprehensively. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Aim for the dome, the head, the eyepiece. That's the weak spot. COMMANDER: Thank you, Doctor, but I think I know how to fight one single tin robot. Positions! They ready their g*n and wait. After a few moments, Rose and Adam run into view, right in the middle of the open area. COMMANDER (CONT'D): Hold your f*re! Rose and Adam stop. COMMANDER (CONT'D): You two, get the hell out of there! Rose and Adam make it outside the door the moment the Dalek slowly comes into view. They stop for a moment to watch it. The Dalek also stops, and it focuses on them. It then zooms right in on Rose's face and turns in their direction. Adam grabs Rose's hand and pulls her away, but she stops again. ROSE: It was looking at me. ADAM: Yeah, it wants to slaughter us! Rose pulls her hand away. ROSE: I know! But it was looking right at me. ADAM (impatiently): So? It's just a sort of metal eye thing, it's looking all around! ROSE (shakes her head): I don't know... it's like there's something inside looking at me, like... like it knows me. The Dalek makes its way towards the door. COMMANDER: On my mark... The Dalek looks up at them. COMMANDER (CONT'D): Open f*re! They all start sh**ting at the Dalek. Like before, the b*ll*ts have no effect. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE GODDARD: We've got vision. The Doctor stands up and looks at the monitor, showing the w*apon testing area. THE DOCTOR: It wants us to see. The Dalek is looking straight at the camera, completely unperturbed by the volley of g*n. INT. w*apon TESTING AREA The Dalek slowly levitates into the air until it is hovering near the ceiling. It fires it's exterminator beam at the f*re alarm, causing the f*re sprinkles to rain water from the ceiling. The b*ll*ts keep coming, but the Dalek pays no heed. It aims at a man who has his feet firmly rooted to the wet ground and fires its exterminator beam at him. The rest of the team fall like flies except from the Commander and one of his men who are sheltered from the sprinklers. COMMANDER: Fall back! Fall back! The Dalek exterminates both of them and then observes the tens of lifeless forms lying on the wet ground with their useless b*llet scattered on the floor. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE There is a silence in Van Statten's office. The Doctor looks down, breathing heavily in shock. VAN STATTEN (stunned): Perhaps it's time for a new strategy, maybe we should consider abandoning this place. GODDARD (quietly furious with him): Except there's no power to the helipad, sir. We can't get out. THE DOCTOR: You said you could seal the vault. VAN STATTEN (going to the computer): It was designed to be a bunker. In the event of nuclear w*r, steel bulkheads... GODDARD (to the Doctor): There's not enough power, those bulkheads are massive. THE DOCTOR: We've got emergency power, we can re-route that to the bulkhead doors. GODDARD: We'd have to bypass the security codes, that would take a computer genius! VAN STATTEN: Good thing you've got me, then. THE DOCTOR: You want to help? VAN STATTEN: I don't want to die, Doctor, simple as that. Nobody knows this software better than me. The screen showing the footage of the basement suddenly flashes back into life. The Dalek is still standing in the middle of the open area. At first, only Goddard notices. GODDARD: Sir... The Doctor and Van Statten also look round at the screen. DALEK: I shall speak only to the Doctor. The Doctor slowly straightens up, not taking his eyes off the Dalek. THE DOCTOR: You're gonna get rusty. DALEK: I fed off the DNA of Rose Tyler. Extrapolating the biomass of a time traveller regenerated me. THE DOCTOR: What's your next trick? DALEK: I have been searching for the Daleks. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I saw. Downloading the Internet. (Walks around the table to be nearer the screen). What did you find? DALEK: I scanned your satellites and radio telescopes. THE DOCTOR: And? DALEK: Nothing. (Voice rising, it's scared). Where shall I get my orders now? THE DOCTOR: You're just a soldier without commands. DALEK: Then I shall follow the primary order, the Dalek instinct to destroy! To conquer! THE DOCTOR (exasperated): What for? What's the point? (Silence). Don't you see? It's all gone. Everything you were, everything you stood for. DALEK: Then what should I do? THE DOCTOR: All right then. If you want orders... follow this one: k*ll yourself. DALEK: The Daleks must survive! THE DOCTOR (angrily): The Daleks have failed. Why don't you finish the job and make the Daleks extinct? Rid the Universe of your filth, why don't you just die? He shouts this last word, spit flying from his mouth in his passionate hatred. The Dalek is silent for a few seconds, then... DALEK: You would make a good Dalek. The screen goes blank. The Doctor stares, dumbstruck. THE DOCTOR: Seal the vaults. INT. w*apon TESTING AREA The Dalek elevates its way out of the room. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Van Statten and the Doctor are busy tapping into the computer. VAN STATTEN: I can leech power off the ground defences, feed it to the bulkheads. It's been years since I had to work this fast. THE DOCTOR: Are you enjoying this? GODDARD: Doctor, she's still down there. INT. STAIRWELL Adam is running up a flight of stairs in a stairwell, followed by Rose who is on her mobile to the Doctor. ROSE: This isn't the best time. THE DOCTOR: Where are you? ROSE: Level 49. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE THE DOCTOR (working on the computer): You've got to keep moving, the vault's being sealed off, bulkhead level 46. ROSE: Can't you stop them closing? THE DOCTOR: I'm the one who's closing them. I can't wait and I can't help you. Now for God's sake, run. INT. STAIRWELL Rose and Adam run up the stairs, the Dalek in pursuit. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN: Done it. We've got power to the bulkheads. GODDARD: The Dalek's right behind them. INT. CORRIDOR Rose and Adam round a corner on floor 46. ROSE: We're nearly there, give us two seconds. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN: Doctor, I can't sustain the power. The whole system is failing. The Doctor looks at him. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D): Doctor, you've got to close the bulkheads. Focused on the Doctor's eyes. He pauses for a few moments, trying to summon the courage, observed by Van Statten and Goddard. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. He hits the enter key. INT. CORRIDOR The bulkhead begins to lower, Adam's nearly there but Rose is falling behind a little. ADAM: Come on! The bulkhead is only about a foot away from the ground when Adam manages to roll underneath it. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE The Doctor stares intently at the screen, waiting. VAN STATTEN: The vault is sealed. The Doctor leaps out of his seat. THE DOCTOR: Rose, where are you? Rose, did you make it? INT. CORRIDOR Rose leans against the wrong side of the bulkhead, taking a few steadying breaths before answering. ROSE: Sorry, I was a bit slow. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Horrible shock spreads across the Doctor's face. INT. CORRIDOR Rose glances behind her to see the Dalek round the corner. She turns away. ROSE: See you then, Doctor. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE The Doctor is silent, just staring, horrified. INT. CORRIDOR ROSE (voice trembling): It wasn't your fault. Remember that, okay? It wasn't your fault. And do you know what? (Chokes up). I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Rose turns slowly around to face the Dalek as it approaches her. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE DALEK: Exterminate! The Doctor hears the sound of the death ray and he tears the earpiece off. There is a stunned silence in Van Statten's office. THE DOCTOR (blank): I k*lled her. VAN STATTEN: I'm sorry. THE DOCTOR (turns to him): I said I'd protect her. She was only here because of me, and you're sorry? I could've k*lled that Dalek in its cell. But you stopped me. VAN STATTEN: It was the prize of my collection! THE DOCTOR (furious): Your collection? But was it worth it? Worth all those men's deaths? Worth Rose? (Silence). Let me tell you something, Van Statten. Mankind goes into space to explore. To be part of something greater. VAN STATTEN (standing in enthusiasm): Exactly! I wanted to touch the stars! THE DOCTOR (contemptuously, full of hate): You just want to drag the stars down and stick them underground underneath tons of sand and dirt. And label them. You're about as far from the stars as you can get. The Doctor's face, contorted with fury suddenly softens into a sad, grief-stricken expression. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And you took her down with you. (Stares into space). She was nineteen years old. INT. CORRIDOR Rose has her eyes closed, ready for the Dalek to k*ll her. The Dalek approaches but does nothing. It just stares at her as Rose opens her eyes cautiously and looks round. ROSE: Go on then, k*ll me. (Silence. Angrily): Why are you doing this? DALEK: I am armed. I will k*ll. It is my purpose. ROSE: They're all d*ad because of you! DALEK: They are d*ad because of us. Rose is shaken into a short silence. ROSE: And now what? What're you waiting for? DALEK: I feel your fear. ROSE: What do you expect?! DALEK: Daleks do not fear. Must not fear. It sh**t its death ray wildly at the wall either side of Rose. DALEK (CONT'D) (slightly hysterical, even scared): You gave me life. What else have you given me? I am contaminated! INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Adam steps out of the lift into Van Statten's office. The Doctor rounds on him. THE DOCTOR: You were quick on your feet, leaving Rose behind. ADAM (indignantly): I'm not the one who sealed the vault! The screen springs into life. It shows Rose standing by the Dalek's side. DALEK: Open the bulkhead or Rose Tyler dies. The Doctor takes a few steps towards the screen, an expression of joy and relief breaking out onto his face. THE DOCTOR: You're alive! ROSE: Can't get rid of me. THE DOCTOR: I thought you were d*ad. DALEK: Open the bulkhead! ROSE: Don't do it! DALEK: What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love? The Doctors is stunned. He turns to Van Statten, who is looking at him, shocked. THE DOCTOR: I k*lled her once. (Goes to the computer). I can't do it again. He hits the return key. INT. CORRIDOR The bulkhead opens and the Dalek and Rose slowly go through it. INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE VAN STATTEN (desperate): What do we do now? You bleeding heart, what the hell do we do? The Doctor stares at him wordlessly. ADAM: k*ll it when it gets here! GODDARD: All the g*n are useless, and the alien w*apon are in the vault. ADAM: Only the catalogued ones. Van Statten turns to him, eyebrows raised. Adam looks back at him apologetically. INT. ADAM'S WORKSHOP The Doctor is in Adam's workshop, going through a basket of Adam's un-catalogued w*apon. THE DOCTOR (takes one out): Broken. (Chucks it aside, takes another). Broken. (Chucks it aside, takes another). Hairdryer. ADAM: Mr Van Statten tends to dispose of his staff, and when he does he wipes their memory. I kept this stuff in case I needed to fight my way out one day. THE DOCTOR: What, you in a fight? I'd like to see that. ADAM (mildly offended): I could do. THE DOCTOR: What're you gonna do, throw your A-Levels at 'em? (Finds a suitable w*apon). Oh, yes. Lock and load. INT. LIFT Rose and the Dalek are in the lift going up to Van Statten's office. The atmosphere is very tense. Rose watches the Dalek's exterminator arm twitch slightly. ROSE: I'm begging you, don't k*ll them, you didn't k*ll me. The Dalek spins its eyepiece around to look at Rose so fast she has to duck out of the way to avoid having her eye poked out. DALEK: But why not? Why are you alive? My function is to k*ll. What am I? What am I? INT. VAN STATTEN'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE The lift door opens and Van Statten is standing there, waiting. ROSE: Don't move! Don't do anything, it's beginning to question itself. The Dalek advances on Van Statten. DALEK: Van Statten. You tortured me. Why? VAN STATTEN (backing away, terrified): I wanted to help you, I just... I don't know, I, I was just trying to help. I thought if we could get through to you, if we could mend you... I wanted you better, I'm sorry. The Dalek still advances, backing him against the wall. VAN STATTEN (CONT'D) (voice rising shrilly): I'm so sorry! I swear! I just wanted you to talk! DALEK: Then hear me talk now. Exterminate! Exterminate! Van Statten winces. DALEK (CONT'D): Exterminate! ROSE (rushing over): Don't do it! Don't k*ll him! The Dalek spins to face her. Rose looks right into its eyepiece. ROSE (CONT'D): You don't have to do this anymore. There must be something else. Not just k*lling... what else is there? What d'you want? The Dalek turns back to Van Statten. Then back to Rose. DALEK: I want freedom. INT. STAIRWELL The Doctor runs up the stairs, holding the alien w*apon. INT. WIDE, OPEN CORRIDOR Rose and the Dalek are on floor 01 in the base. The Dalek fires its death ray at the ceiling, making a hole through which the sunlight floods, shining on the Dalek. ROSE: You're out. You made it. (Smiles). Never thought I'd see the sunlight again. DALEK: How... does... it... feel? Before an astonished Rose, the Dalek opens up its casing to reveal the mutated creature inside. It stretches its feelers out to the sunlight. Rose gazes at it until a voice behind her makes her jump. THE DOCTOR: Get out of the way. He is holding the g*n, pointing it at the Dalek. Rose stares at him in shock. She does not move. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose, get out of the way, now! ROSE: No! 'Cos I won't let you do this! THE DOCTOR: That thing k*lled hundreds of people. ROSE (coldly): It's not the one pointing the g*n at me. THE DOCTOR: I've got to do this. I've got to end it. The Daleks destroyed my home, my people. I've got nothing left. ROSE: Look at it. She stands aside and gestures to the Dalek who feeling the sunlight. THE DOCTOR (confused): What's it doing? ROSE: It's the sunlight, that's all it wants! THE DOCTOR (voice shaking): But it can't... ROSE: It couldn't k*ll Van Statten, it couldn't k*ll me, it's changing. What about you, Doctor? What the hell are you changing into? The Doctor finally lowers the g*n. He looks completely lost. THE DOCTOR (close to tears): I couldn't... Rose stares at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I wasn't... (Looks at the Dalek, then back at Rose). Oh, Rose. They're all d*ad. DALEK: Why do we survive? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. DALEK (speech an effort, now): I am the last of the Daleks. THE DOCTOR: You're not even that. Rose did more than regenerate you. You absorbed her DNA. You're mutating. DALEK: Into what? THE DOCTOR: Something new. I'm sorry. ROSE: Isn't that better? THE DOCTOR: Not for a Dalek. DALEK: I can feel so many ideas. So much darkness... Rose... give me orders! Order me to die. It closes its eye. The Doctor looks from the Dalek to Rose. ROSE: I can't do that. DALEK: This is not life. This is sickness. Rose's face contorts with pity and disgust. DALEK (CONT'D): I shall not be like you. Order my destruction! Obey! Obey! Obey! ROSE (after a moment): Do it. DALEK: Are you frightened, Rose Tyler? ROSE: Yeah. DALEK: So am I. (Feebly). Exterminate. Rose stumbles backwards, and runs to the Doctor's side as the Dalek replaces its armour. It levitates into the air and the golden knobs detach themselves to surround the Dalek in a perfect sphere. The Dalek glows briefly, and then explodes inside the sphere, vanishing into nothing. The Doctor stares at the place where it disappeared, stunned. INT. CORRIDOR Goddard walks slowly up to Van Statten, who has several guards standing behind him. She raises behind them and they grab him by the shoulders and push him backwards. Goddard follows them at a brisk walk. VAN STATTEN: What the hell are you doing?! GODDARD: Two hundred personnel d*ad, and all because of you, sir. Take him away, wipe his memory, and leave him by the road someplace. VAN STATTEN: You can't do this to me! I am Henry Van Statten! GODDARD: And by tonight, Henry Van Statten will be a homeless, brainless junkie living on the streets of San Diego, Seattle, Sacramento. (Turns away with a flourish and a satisfied smile). Someplace beginning with 'S'. INT. EXHIBIT ROOM Rose and the Doctor stand by the TARDIS. The Doctor has his hand on it, looking up at it pensively. THE DOCTOR (sadly): Little piece of home. Better than nothing. ROSE: Is that the end of it? The Time w*r? THE DOCTOR: I'm the only one left. I win. How about that. ROSE (consolingly): The Dalek survived... maybe some of your people did too. THE DOCTOR: I'd know. In here. (Gestures his head). Feels like there's no one. ROSE: Well then, good thing I'm not going anywhere. (Smiles). THE DOCTOR (smiles back): Yeah. Adam jogs up to them. ADAM: We'd better get out. Van Statten's disappeared... they're closing down the base. The Doctor faces him with his arms folded. ADAM (CONT'D): Goddard says they're going to fill it full of cement! Like it never existed! ROSE: About time. ADAM: I'll have to go back home. THE DOCTOR: Better hurry up then. Next flight to Heathrow leaves at 1500 hours. ROSE (hintiong): Adam was saying that all his life he's wanted to see the stars... THE DOCTOR: Tell him to go and stand outside, then. ROSE: He's all on his own, Doctor. And he did help. THE DOCTOR: He left you down there! ROSE: So did you! ADAM: What're you talking about? We've got to leave! THE DOCTOR (eyes on Rose): Rose, he's a bit pretty. ROSE (innocently): I hadn't noticed. The Doctor raises his eyebrows skeptically and turns to the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: On your own head. ADAM: What're you doing? She said 'cement'. She wasn't joking, we're going to get sealed in. Both the Doctor and Rose disappear into the TARDIS, leaving Adam standing outside. ADAM (CONT'D): Doctor? (Sounding genuinely concerned for their sanity). What're you doing standing inside a box? (Pauses). Rose? He peers through the doors and steps inside. The engines start up and the TARDIS dematerialises. END
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INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The camera is focused on television screens, all broadcasting news channels. A reporter's voice over the sound of the TARDIS materialising. REPORTER: Solar flare activity has increased across space links 556 and all commercial flights are advised to... The sound of the TARDIS engines drowns her voice out. The camera swings slowly around to reveal the TARDIS appearing. When it stops whirring, the Doctor and Rose step out. THE DOCTOR: So, it's 200 000, it's a spaceship... no wait a minute, space station, and uh... go and try that gate over there. Off you go! He leans against the TARDIS, waiting. ROSE: 200 000? THE DOCTOR: 200 000. ROSE: 'Kay. The Doctor grins and raises his eyebrows. Rose giggles as she opens the TARDIS door and calls inside. ROSE (CONT'D): Adam? Out you come. Adam steps out with his mouth hanging open. ADAM (awestruck): Oh my God. ROSE: Don't worry, you'll get used to it. ADAM: Where are we? ROSE (knowledgably) : Good question. Let's see. So, um... judging by the architecture, I'd say we're around the year 200 000. Adam nods and mumbles, still boggling. ROSE (CONT'D): If you listen... engines. The Doctor watches her, smiling. ROSE (CONT'D): We're on some sort of space station. Yeah. Definitely a space station. It's a bit warm in here, they could turn the heating down... Tell you what, let's try that gate. Come on! Rose opens the gate, and the Doctor and Adam follow her into the room beyond. INT. OBSERVATION DECK They are in a room overlooking the Earth. ROSE (CONT'D): Here we go! And this is... She pauses as she looks down upon the Earth. Adam has to hold on to the railings for support as he makes his way to her side. ROSE (CONT'D) (a little awestruck herself): ...I'll let the Doctor describe it. THE DOCTOR: The fourth great and bountiful human empire. And there it is. Planet Earth at it's height. Covered with mega-cities, five moons - population 96 billion. The hub of a galactic domain, stretching across a million planets, a million species - with mankind right in the middle. Adam faints with a girlish sigh. Neither the Doctor or Rose bother to even turn around. THE DOCTOR: He's your boyfriend. ROSE: Not anymore. EXT. SATELLITE FIVE Zoom out to reveal the entire space station, with one of the Earth's moons in the background. OPENING CREDITS EXT. SATELLITE FIVE A sh*t of the space station in orbit around the Earth, with the sun shining upon it. THE DOCTOR (voice-over): Come on, Adam. Open your mind. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Doctor is walking with his arms around Adam's and Rose's shoulders. THE DOCTOR: You're gonna like this fantastic period of history. The human race at its most intelligent - culture, art, politics. This era has got fine food, good manners... MAN (rudely): Out of the way! Floor 139 suddenly springs into life around them. Food stools are set up all around them and people bustle past the trio to queue up. There is much chatter. CHEF: One at a time... The stall keepers take orders, and the place becomes rather busy. The Doctor looks bemused. CHEF (CONT'D) (to a man with spiky hair): Oi! You, mate! Stop pushing. Get back. I SAID, back. Rose examines the fast food behind the cases and turns to the Doctor. ROSE: Fine cuisine? THE DOCTOR (wrong-footed): My watch must be wrong. (Checks it). No, it's fine... weird. ROSE: That's what comes of showing off. Your history's not as good as you thought it was. THE DOCTOR: My history's perfect. ROSE (teasingly): Well, obviously not... ADAM: They're all human. What about the millions of planets? The millions of species? Where are they? THE DOCTOR: Good question. Actually, that IS a good question. (Jovially puts an arm around Adam's shoulder). Adam, me' old mate, you must be starving. ADAM: No, I'm just a bit time sick. THE DOCTOR: Nah, you just need a bit of grub. (To Chef): Oi, mate, how much is a cronk burger? CHEF: Two credits twenty, sweetheart. Now, join the queue. THE DOCTOR: Money. We need money. (Goes to a cash point, sonic screwdriver ready). Have to use a cash point. Rose and Adam follow him. The Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver to the cash point and what must be some futuristic version of a credit card falls out. It looks like a metal strip. The Doctor hands it to Adam. THE DOCTOR: There you go - pocket money. Don't spend it all on sweets. Walks away. ADAM (examining it bemusedly): How does it work? THE DOCTOR (turning back): Go and find out! Stop nagging me! The thing is, Adam, time travel's like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guide book, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers. Rose laughs. Adam just stares at him, brow furrowed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ...or is that just me? Stop asking questions, go on, do it! He shoos him away. Adam turns and walks into the crowd. Rose makes to follow him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (to Rose): Off you go then! Your first date. ROSE: You're going to get a smack, you are. The Doctor grins. When she is gone, his grin fades into a more thoughtful look. He stops two women named Suki and Cathica who walk past chatting. THE DOCTOR: Erm... this is gonna sound daft, but can you tell me where I am? CATHICA (indicating a huge sign on the wall): Floor 139... could they write it any bigger? THE DOCTOR: Floor 139 of what? CATHICA: Must've been a hell of a party. SUKI: Oh, you're on Satellite Five. THE DOCTOR: What's Satellite Five. CATHICA: Come on, how could you get on board without knowing where you are? THE DOCTOR (pleasantly): Look at me, I'm stupid. SUKI: Hang on, wait a minute, are you a test? Some sort of management test kind of thing? THE DOCTOR: You've got me. Well done. You're too clever for me. Shows them psychic paper. SUKI: We were warned about this in basic training. All workers have to be versed in company promotion. CATHICA: Right. f*re away, ask your questions. If it gets me to Floor 500 I'll do anything. THE DOCTOR: Why, what happens on Floor 500? CATHICA (as though stating the obvious): The walls are made of gold. And you should know... Mr. Management. So... this is what we do. She walks away and leads him to the screens. Suki smiles at him nervously. CATHICA (CONT'D): Latest news... sandstorms on the new Venus archipelago. Two hundred d*ad. Glasgow water riots into their third day... spacelane 37 closed by sunspot activity. And over on the Bad Wolf channel, the Face of Boe has just announced he's pregnant. THE DOCTOR: I get it. You broadcast the news. CATHICA: We ARE the news. Suki smiles at the Doctor again. He smiles back. CATHICA (CONT'D): We're the journalists. We write it, package it and sell it. INT. CONTROL ROOM A camera above them zooms in as though someone is watching them. It then switches to a view on a monitor. CATHICA: 600 channels all coming out of Satellite Five, broadcasting everywhere. A man, the Editor, comes into view. He glances at the monitor and ponders for a moment. THE EDITOR: Something... is wrong. Something fictional. He bends over the shoulder of a man, who is covered in ice. He points at the monitor showing live footage of Cathica, Suki and the Doctor. THE EDITOR: Those people. CATHICA: Nothing happens in the whole human empire without it going though us. THE EDITOR: Security check. Go deep. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR LOUDSPEAKER: All staff are reminded that the canteen area now has self cleaning tables. Thank you! Adam is sitting at a crowded table. Rose stands next to him, offering him a paper cup. ROSE: Try this. It's called "zaffic", it's nice. It's like a, um, slush puppy. ADAM: What flavour? ROSE: Um... (Tries it): Sort of, beef? ADAM: Oh, my God... Rose laughs. Adam shakes his head. ADAM (CONT'D): It's like everything's gone. Home, family, everything. Rose looks at him concernedly. She takes her phone out of her pocket. ROSE: This helps... the Doctor gave it a bit of a top-up. Who's back home, your mum and dad? ADAM: Yeah. ROSE (offers him the phone): Phone 'em up. ADAM: But that's one hundred and ninety-eight thousand years ago. ROSE: Honestly, try it. Go on! ADAM (takes the phone): Is there a code for planet Earth? ROSE: Just dial! Adam does so. INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, MANCHESTER A phone rings. No one answers. The answering machine comes on. ANSWERING MACHINE: I'm sorry we're not in. ADAM: It's on! ANSWERING MACHINE: Please leave a message. Thanks, bye! The tone sounds. ADAM: Hi. It's... it's me. A dog hops through the cat flap. ADAM (CONT'D): I've sort of gone... travelling. The dog scurries to the phone and sniffs it, giving small whines. ADAM (CONT'D): I met these people... and we've gone travelling together. But, um... I'm fine... and I'll call you later. Love you. Bye. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR ADAM (hangs up, gleeful): That is just... An alarm sounds. Everyone starts to abandon the the canteen area, but Rose and Adam don't know what to do. The Doctor is revealed through the crowd a short distance away. THE DOCTOR: Oi! Mutt and Jeff! Over here! Rose, beaming, immediately gets up and joins him. Adam pauses for a moment, holding Rose's phone. Then, seeming to reach a decision, he pockets it. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Editor is waiting for the results of the security check. COMPUTER: Security check cleared. THE EDITOR: No, something's wrong. I can taste it. Tiny little shift in the information. Someone down there shouldn't be here. The camera is focused on the Doctor, Rose, Adam, Cathica and Suki, who are standing together. The Editor orders the two of the people he has working at the computers. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Double check. Triple check. Follow them. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM The five of them are now joined by several others in a room, where their work takes place. There is a chair in the middle of raised octagonal platform in the middle of the room, around which the staff are sitting cross legged. In front of them are pads on which to place their hands. The Doctor, Rose and Adam stand leaning against some railings at the side of the room. Cathica is in the middle of the octagonal platform. She addresses the room. CATHICA: Now. Everybody behave. We have a management inspection. (To the Doctor): How do you want it? By the book? THE DOCTOR: Oh, right from scratch, thanks. Cathica turns away. The Doctor and Rose smirk at each other. CATHICA: Ok, so, ladies, gentlemen, multisex, undecided or robot, my name is Cathica Santini Kadainy. That's Cathica with a "C", in case you want to write to Floor 500 praising me, and please... do... The Doctor grins, giving a non-committal jerk of his head. CATHICA (CONT'D): Now, please feel free to ask any questions. The process of news gathering must be open, honest, and be non-biased. That's company policy. She turns to smile at the Doctor. The Doctor nods. SUKI: Actually... it's the law. She also smiles at the Doctor. CATHICA (irritated): Yes, thank you, Suki. Okay, keep it calm... don't show off for the guests... here we go. (Lies down in the chair). And... engage safety... The staff hold their hands out over their hand pads. Each of the eight walls light up as they do so. The Doctor, Rose and Adam look around. Cathica clicks her fingers, and a door in her forehead opens, revealing her brain. The Doctor looks mildly disgusted, Rose alarmed, and Adam leans forward slightly trying to get a better look. The staff place their hands down on the pads and close their eyes. CATHICA (CONT'D): And 3... 2... and spike. From the contraption over the chair, a blue light spikes down into her brain, flowing into her. THE DOCTOR: Compressed information, streaming into her. Reports from every city, every country, every planet, and they all get packaged inside her head. She becomes part of the software. Her brain is the computer. ROSE: If it all goes through her, she must be a genius. THE DOCTOR: Nah. She wouldn't remember any. There's too much, her head would blow up. He begins to walk around the room, circling the octagonal platform. Rose follows. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): The brain's the processor. As soon as it closes, she forgets. ROSE: So, what about all these people round the edge? THE DOCTOR: They've all got tiny little chips in their head, connecting them to her... Rose kneels down next to one of them for a closer look. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ...and they transmit 600 channels. Every single fact in the empire beams out of this place. He completes his circuit around the room and leans against the railing again, next to Adam. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now, that's what I call power. INT. CONTROL ROOM COMPUTER: Analysis confirmed. Security breech. THE EDITOR (gleefully): I knew it. Which one? It's someone inside that room, which one? The camera is going from person to person in the spike room. COMPUTER: Isolating breech. THE EDITOR: Come on, show me. Who is it? The camera focuses on Rose, Adam and the Doctor. ROSE (to Adam): You alright? ADAM: I can see her brain. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM ROSE: Do you want to get out? ADAM: No... no. This is technology, it's... it's amazing. THE DOCTOR: This technology's wrong. Rose and Adam look at him. ROSE: Trouble? THE DOCTOR (catches her eye): Oh yeah. He smiles at her. Rose smiles in a satisfied sort of way. There is a slight shuddering sound, and Suki twitches. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE EDITOR: That's it! (Points at the monitor, laughing in triumph). Yes! She's the liar. The camera is focused on Suki. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Intercept and scan. Gotcha. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Suki gasps and lifts her hands off the pad as though she has just received an electric shock. The other members of staff are forced to lift their own hands too, and the lights in the walls turn off. The compressed information stops streaming into Cathica and the door in her head closes. Suki rubs her hands, breathing heavily. CATHICA (annoyed): Come off it, Suki, I wasn't even halfway, what was that for? SUKI: Sorry, must've been a glitch... Cathica stands up. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Editor is still watching the monitor closely. THE EDITOR: Her information's been tampered with. There's a second biography hidden underneath. There is a sudden roaring sound from above. The Editor spins around and looks up at the ceiling. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Yes, sir? More roaring. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Absolutely, sir. Yeah, well - her data was encrypted so there's no way we could've found her sooner. An angry roar, this time. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Yeah. I... sorry, sir. (Thumbs up). Absolutely. (Urgently, to a woman): Get her up here. Now. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Inside the room where Suki, Cathica and the others are assembled, a loudspeaker sounds over the room and a projection springs to life on the wall. LOUDSPEAKER: Promotion. CATHICA (praying just a little too hard): This is it. Come on. God, make it me. Come on, say my name. The Doctor, Rose and Adam look at her with mild concern. CATHICA (CONT'D) (pleading, eyes screwed shut): Say my name, say my name... Opens her eyes. LOUDSPEAKER: Promotion for... Suki Macrae Cantrell. The words flash on the projection. Suki's mouth drops open. Cathica looks gutted. LOUDSPEAKER (CONT'D): Please proceed to Floor 500. Suki stands up and stares at the projection as if she cannot believe what she is seeing. SUKI (awestruck): I don't believe it... Floor 500... CATHICA: How the hell did you manage that? I'm above you! SUKI: I don't know, I just applied on the off-chance... and they've said yes! CATHICA: That's so not fair, I've been applying to Floor 500 for three years! ROSE (to the Doctor): What's Floor 500? THE DOCTOR: The walls are made of gold. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Doctor, Rose and Cathica stand by the lift to say goodbye to Suki. SUKI: Cathica, I'm gonna miss you! Floor 500... (To the Doctor): Thank you! THE DOCTOR: I didn't do anything! SUKI: Well, you're my lucky charm! THE DOCTOR: All right! I'll hug anyone! Suki giggles as the Doctor hugs her. Cathica looks stubbornly anywhere but at Suki, and Rose goes over to Adam who is sitting a short distance away. ROSE: Come on, it's not that bad... ADAM: What, with the... the head thing? ROSE: Yeah, well she's closed it now! ADAM: Yeah but... it's everything. It freaks me out. And I just need to... if I could just... (Struggles to find the words) ...cool down. Sort of, acclimatize. ROSE: How d'you mean? ADAM: Maybe... I could just go and sit on the observation deck? Would that be all right? Rose nods. ADAM (CONT'D): Soak it in, you know, pretend I'm a citizen of the year 200 000. ROSE: Do you want me to come with you? ADAM: No, no, you stick with the Doctor. Rose nods. A pause. ADAM (CONT'D): You'd rather be with him. Another awkward pause, because it's true. ADAM (CONT'D): It's gonna take a better man than me to get between you two. Anyway, I'll be on the deck. He gets to his feet. Rose fumbles in her pocket. ROSE: Here you go... take the TARDIS key. You know, just in case it gets a bit too much. ADAM: Yeah, like it's not weird in there. Rose gives him the key. Adam walks away, leaving Rose standing alone. He grins to himself gleefully, holding the key, rejoicing under his breath. SUKI: Oh, my God, I've got to go, I can't keep them waiting... (Picks up her bag, rushes to the lift). I'm sorry! (Lift pings open, she steps inside). Say goodbye to Steve for me. The Doctor and Rose smile. The lift doors close. SUKI (CONT'D): Bye! The Doctor and Rose wave cheerily. Cathica looks away sourly. CATHICA: Good riddance. THE DOCTOR: You're talking like you'll never see her again. She's only going upstairs. CATHICA: We won't. Once you go to Floor 500 you never come back. The Doctor looks at the closed lift doors, brow furrowed. INT. LIFT Suki stands nervously in the lift, which is zooming up to Floor 500 very fast. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Doctor and Rose follow Cathica through the canteen area. THE DOCTOR (to Cathica): Have you ever been up there? CATHICA: No. You need a key for the lift, and you only get a key with promotion. No one gets to 500 except for the chosen few. INT. LIFT Suki paces agitatedly in the lift. Finally, it reaches Floor 500 and the doors open. She looks out beyond the doors, Floor 500 is covered in frost and snow, snow which is gently falling from the ceiling. Suki picks up her bag and walks out of the lift. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Suki looks around at her surroundings nervously. Behind her, the doors bleep and shut. Scared, Suki throws her weight against them, trying to open them, but to no avail. She gives up and takes a torch out of her bag. She walks cautiously onto Floor 500, holding it before her. There is a small sound from one of the side rooms. She edges into it slowly. INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM Suki shines her torch around - it appears to be a disused room, like the one where she works. She places a hand on the chair in the middle of the octagonal platform, and shrieks as a rotten corpse falls into view. Shining her torch around, she finds there are eight other corpses, sitting around the edges of the platform. She backs hurriedly out of the room. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Suddenly, a shaft of light falls across the floor. Having no other indication as to where she should go, Suki follows it. INT. CONTROL ROOM Suki finds herself facing the Editor, in the place where the other deceased members of staff are working on the computers. She turns off the torch. The Editor waves, and she places it back in her bag, walking up some steps towards him. SUKI: Who're you? THE EDITOR: I'm the Editor. SUKI: What's happening? There're... bodies out there, what's going on? THE EDITOR: Well, while we're asking questions, would you please confirm your name. He snaps his fingers, and a projection of Suki appears between them, obviously recorded from the time when she was applying for her job. PROJECTION OF SUKI: My name is Suki Macrae Cantrell. I was born 1-9-9 apostrophe 8-9 in the Independent Republic of Morocco. THE EDITOR: Liar. Suki looks at him with something like defiance in her eyes. PROJECTION OF SUKI: Hobbies include reading and archaeology. I'm not an expert or anything, I just like digging. THE EDITOR: Liar! He snaps his fingers again, the recording is forwarded to a different point. PROJECTION OF SUKI: I want to work for Satellite Five because my sister can't afford university. The Editor shakes his head. Suki looks from him to the projection. PROJECTION OF SUKI (CONT'D): And the pay scheme is really good... THE EDITOR (shouts): Liar! Suki stares at him defiantly. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Let's look at the facts, shall we? He snaps his fingers again. The projection now shows Suki in a trench, wearing army attire, f*ring a g*n and shouting to her comrades. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Ah, hidden behind a genetic graft, but that's still you. Eva San Julienne. Last surviving member of the Freedom Fifteen! Hmm, self declared anarchist, is that right? Suki suddenly produces a g*n and points it at the Editor. Her voice has changed - it is now harsh and cold. SUKI: Who controls Satellite Five? Looking shocked, the Editor raises his hands slowly in the air. Then, he bursts out laughing and lowers them. THE EDITOR: There's the truth! SUKI (unfazed): The Freedom Foundation has been monitoring Satellite Five's transmissions. We have absolute proof that the facts are being manipulated. You are lying to the people. THE EDITOR: Ohh, I love it. Say it again. SUKI: This whole system is corrupt. (Steps towards her, g*n ready). Who do you represent? THE EDITOR: I'm merely a humble sl*ve. I answer to the Editor in Chief. SUKI: Well, who is he? Where is he? THE EDITOR: He's overseeing everything. Literally everything. Suki narrows her eyes. THE EDITOR: If you don't mind, I'm going to have to refer this upwards. He clicks his fingers and points upwards. The roaring voice starts again. Suki immediately points her g*n at the ceiling instead. SUKI (scared): What is that? THE EDITOR: Your boss. This has always been your boss. Since the day you were born. Suki fires ineffectually in the direction of the creature. But it bears down on her. Suki screams. INT. OBSERVATION DECK Adam enters the observation deck. He looks out over the Earth for a few seconds, then turns to a computer behind him. He places his hand on the hand pad. ADAM: Give me access... The computer screen springs to life. Adam snatches his hand away and pauses. ADAM (CONT'D): I can learn anything. He looks around to make sure no one is watching him, then turns back to the screen. He places his hand back on the groove. ADAM (CONT'D): Let's try... uh, computers. From the 21st Century to the present date, give me the history of the Microprocessor. The computer starts to stream the information into Adam. He looks amazed. ADAM (CONT'D): Oh my God. INT. SPIKE ROOM Cathica enters followed by the Doctor and Rose. CATHICA: Look, they only give us twenty minutes maintenance, can't you give it a rest? THE DOCTOR: But you've never been to another floor? Not even one floor down? He settles himself comfortably in the chair on the platform. Rose leans on the back of it. CATHICA: I went to floor 16 when I first arrived, that's medical, that's when I got my head done, and then I, I came straight here. Satellite Five, you work, eat and sleep on the same floor. That's it, that's all. (Eyes them). You're not management, are you. THE DOCTOR: At last! She's clever! CATHICA (after a pause): Yeah, well, whatever it is, don't involve me. I don't know anything. THE DOCTOR: Don't you even ask? CATHICA: Well, why would I? THE DOCTOR: You're a journalist! Why's all the crew human? CATHICA: What's that got to do with anything? THE DOCTOR: There's no aliens on board. Why? CATHICA: I don't know - no real reason, they're not banned or anything. The Doctor looks around the room theatrically. THE DOCTOR: Then where are they? CATHICA (stumped): I suppose immigration's tightened up. It's had to, what, with all the thr*at. THE DOCTOR: What thr*at? CATHICA (lost): I don't know... all of them. Usual stuff. And the price of space warp doubled so that kept the visitors away... Rose and the Doctor watch her intently. CATHICA (CONT'D): Oh, and the government on Traffic Five's collapsed, so that lot stopped coming, you see... just... lots of little reasons, that's all. THE DOCTOR: Adding up to one great big fact, and you didn't even notice. CATHICA: Doctor, I think if there was any kind of conspiracy, Satellite Five would have seen it. We see everything. THE DOCTOR: I can see better. This society's the wrong shape. Even the technology. CATHICA: It's cutting edge! THE DOCTOR: It's backward! There's a great big door in your head! You should've chucked this out years ago. ROSE: So, what do you think is going on? THE DOCTOR: It's not just this space station, it's the whole attitude. It's the way people think. The great and bountiful human empire's stunted. Something's holding it back. CATHICA: And how would you know? THE DOCTOR: Trust me. Humanity's been set back about 90 years, when did Satellite Five start broadcasting? CATHICA: 91 years ago... The Doctor nods. Cathica looks away thoughtfully. INT. OBSERVATION DECK Adam stands in front of the computer terminal on Rose's mobile. ADAM: Mum, Dad, keep this message, okay? Whatever you do, don't erase it. INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, MANCHESTER The dog scuttles up to the phone again, sniffing around it. ADAM (CONT'D): Save it. You got that? INT. OBSERVATION DECK Adam places his hand on the pad again. He speaks into the mobile as the information streams into him. ADAM: The microprocessor became redundant in the year 2019, when it was replaced by a system called SMT, that's Single Molecule Transcription... Suddenly, the information stops coming and the words 'Floor 16' appear on the screen. ADAM (CONT'D): No, no, no, no, no, no! What're you doing! Come back! Come... He kicks the base of the computer. He looks behind him to check no one heard, then back at the computer. ADAM (CONT'D): Why are you doing that? The words remain stubbornly on the screen. ADAM (CONT'D): What's Floor 16? What's down there? INT. FLOOR 16, CORRIDOR The lift doors open on Floor 16 and Adam steps out. The floor is lined with desks with people sitting behind them, taking to members of staff. Adam walks past them all, until he reaches the end one, where a nurse is sitting unoccupied. He approaches her. ADAM: Sorry, um, Floor 16, that's, um... what do you cover? NURSE: Medical non-emergency. ADAM: Right, wrong floor, I'm having technical difficulties, my screen keeps freezing, blocking me out. NURSE: No, that's medical... there must be something wrong with your chip. ADAM: Yes. Yeah, of course, yeah. (A laugh, a pause, then). I haven't got one. NURSE (rolls her eyes): No wonder you can't get a screen to work. Adam nods. NURSE (CONT'D): What are you, a... student? ADAM (thinking quickly): Yes, yeah, I'm um... (Sits opposite her). I'm on a research project from... the University of Mars. NURSE (rolls her eyes again): The Martian Boondocks. Typical. ADAM: Yep. He giggles apologetically. NURSE: Well, you still need chipping. ADAM: So... does that mean like... brain surgery? NURSE: That's an old fashioned phrase... but it's the same thing, yes. ADAM: Oh... okay... never mind. But if I get a chip... that means I could use any computer. NURSE: Absolutely. You'll... have to pay for it. They've stopped subsiding. ADAM: Oh! Right. Sorry. Wasting your time. Thanks. He gets up and makes to leave. A few paces away he stops and puts his hand in his pocket. ADAM (CONT'D): Hold on... can I use this? He holds up the credits. The Nurse smiles. NURSE: That'll do nicely. INT. MEDICAL ROOM Adam is sitting in what looks like a futuristic dentist's chair in some sort of operating theatre. The Nurse approaches him. NURSE: It all comes down to two basic types. (Pushes him back into the chair, puts a strange contraption around his forehead). Type one, the head chip. Inserted into the back of the skull, one hundred credits. There's the chip... (Places the chip on her forefinger and shows it to him). Tiny. Invisible. Type two is the full info-spike. ADAM: Oh, um... that's the... (Indicates his forehead and does sound effects to illustrate his point) ...thing. NURSE: That's the one. It does cost ten thousand. ADAM: Oh, well I um... I couldn't afford it, then. NURSE: Not at all! Turns out, you've got unlimited credit. She takes the credit out her pocket and shows it to him. ADAM: No, but... I couldn't have it done, I mean... that's gotta hurt, hasn't it? NURSE: Painless. Contractual guarantee. ADAM (laughs nervously): No, my mate's waiting upstairs, I can't have major surgery. NURSE: It takes ten minutes. That sort of money buys a very fast picosurgeon. She circles his chair in a somewhat predatory nature. ADAM (still smiling, unsure): No, but I... I couldn't, no, no. It's... The Nurse leans closer to him. NURSE: Type one, you can interface with a simple computer. Type two, you are the computer. You can transmit any piece of information from the archive of Satellite Five, which is just about the entire history of the human race. Now... (Leans in). Which one's it going to be? INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR Cathica's face comes into view, looking anxious. CATHICA: We're so gonna get in trouble. The Doctor is scanning the side of a door with his sonic screwdriver, Rose standing behind him. Cathica goes over to him. CATHICA (CONT'D): You're not allowed to touch the mainframe, you're gonna get told off. THE DOCTOR: Rose, tell her to button it. CATHICA (urgent whisper): You can't just vandalise the place, someone's gonna notice! The Doctor wrenches the door open. INT. CONTROL ROOM Up on Floor 500, the Editor is watching. THE EDITOR: I don't understand! We did a full security scan. That man was there when we found Suki Macrae Cantrell. There were no indications about him. And yet here he is... (Kneels by Suki's body, now hard at work at a terminal). Clearly acting outside the parameters. (Looks back at the screen). Fascinating. He leaps to his feet as the creature in the ceiling starts talking again. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Yes, sir. Absolutely. At once. (Goes along the line of workers, speaking to each in turn). Check him. Double check him. Triple check him. Quadruple. The creature rumbles. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Doctor is still messing around with the mainframe. CATHICA: This is nothing to do with me, I'm going back to work. She begins to walk away. THE DOCTOR: Go on then! See ya! Cathica stops. CATHICA: I can't just leave you, can I! ROSE: If you wanna be useful, get 'em to turn the heating down. It's boiling. What's wrong with this place, can't they do something about it? CATHICA: I don't know, we keep asking, something to do with the turbine. THE DOCTOR (mockingly): "Something to do with the turbine". CATHICA: Well, I don't know! THE DOCTOR: Exactly! I give up on you, Cathica. Now, Rose, look at Rose. Rose turns round, smiling. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose is asking the right kind of questions. ROSE: Oh, thank you. THE DOCTOR: Why is it so hot? CATHICA: One minutes you're worried about the Empire and the next it's the central heating! THE DOCTOR: Well, never underestimate plumbing. Plumbing's very important. He accidentally snaps a bunch of wires. Cathica looks away, exasperated. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Editor is waiting for the results of the security scan. COMPUTER: Security scan complete. THE EDITOR: Well, who is he? COMPUTER: He is no-one. THE EDITOR (laughs, not comprehending): What does that mean? COMPUTER: He is no-one. THE EDITOR: What, you mean he has a fake ID? COMPUTER: He has no identification. THE EDITOR: But everyone's registered. We have a census for the entire Empire. COMPUTER: He is no-one. THE EDITOR: What, he doesn't exist? Not anywhere? COMPUTER: He is no-one. THE EDITOR: What about the blonde? COMPUTER: She is no-one. THE EDITOR (incredulous): Both of them?! Well! We all know what happens to non-entities. They get promoted. (To a Drone). Bring them up. He pats her shoulder. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Doctor has now successfully managed to hack into the mainframe. He turns the screen to Cathica THE DOCTOR: Here we go, Satellite Five. Pipes and plumbing. Look at the layout. He moves to stand behind her so she can see. Cathica examines the screen. CATHICA: This is ridiculous. You've got access to the computer's core. You can look at the archive, the news, the stock exchange... and you're looking at pipes? She turns to him, bemused. THE DOCTOR: But there's something wrong. Cathica turns back to the screen. CATHICA: I suppose... ROSE: Why, what is it? CATHICA: The ventilation system. Cooling ducts, ice filters, all working flat out... channelling massive amounts of heat DOWN. She looks upwards. THE DOCTOR: All the way from the top. ROSE: Floor 500. THE DOCTOR: Something up there is generating tonnes and tonnes of heat. ROSE: Well, I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm missing out on a party. It's all going on upstairs. Fancy a trip? CATHICA: You can't, you need a key. THE DOCTOR: Keys are just codes, and I've got the codes right here. (Gestures the screen, taps a few keys). Here we go, override 215.9. CATHICA: How come it's giving you the code? The Doctor looks up at a security camera. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE DOCTOR: Someone up there likes me. The Editor laughs to himself. INT. MEDICAL ROOM Adam runs his hand over his forehead. The Nurse is standing next to him. NURSE: I told you it was painless. No scaring, you see? Perfect success. ADAM: How do I activate it? NURSE: It's a personal choice. Some people whistle... I know one man who triggers it with "Oh, Danny Boy". Adam looks at her. NURSE (CONT'D): But you're set on default for now. That's a click of the fingers. ADAM: So you mean, I just... The Nurse raises her fingers, ready to click. NURSE: Click. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The lift doors open on Floor 139, and Rose and the Doctor step into it. Cathica stops outside. ROSE: Come on, come with us! CATHICA: No way! THE DOCTOR (waves): Bye! CATHICA Well, don't mention my name. When you get in trouble, just don't involve me! She stalks off. THE DOCTOR (to Rose): That's her gone. Adam's given up. Looks like it's just you and me. ROSE: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: Good. ROSE: Yep. They grin at each other. The Doctor slots a card into the controls, and grabs Rose's hand as the doors close. INT. MEDICAL ROOM Adam clicks his fingers. The door in his head opens, revealing his brain. He fingers the shutters with his mouth open for a few seconds, then clicks his fingers again to close it, shaking. He flops back in his seat. ADAM: Oh, my God. I'm gonna be sick. He wretches. A vomit coloured ice-cube pops out of his mouth. Adam takes it between his fingers, and looks at it in confusion. NURSE: Special offer. We installed the vomit-o-matic at the same time. Nano-termites have been placed in the lining of your throat. In the event of sickness... (Holds out a bowl). They freeze the waste. Adam places the ice-cube into the bowl. They both peer at it. Adam looks severely shaken. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR The lift reaches Floor 500. The doors open and the Doctor and Rose step out. THE DOCTOR (looks around): The walls are not made of gold. You should go back downstairs. ROSE: Tough. She strides onto Floor 500. The Doctor watches her a moment, then follows. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor and Rose find themselves in the Editor's room, where he is watching the screens. THE EDITOR: I started without you. This is fascinating. Satellite Five contains every piece of information within the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Birth certificates, shopping habits, bank statements, but you two... you don't exist! The Doctor and Rose look right back at him. He laughs. THE EDITOR :l Not a trace! No birth, no job, not the slightest kiss. How can you walk through the world and not leave a single footprint? Rose spots Suki sitting at one of the screens and rushes over to her immediately. ROSE: Suki! Suki! She kneels next to her, but Suki does not respond. ROSE (CONT'D): Hello? Can you hear me? Suki? (To the Editor): What've you done to her? THE DOCTOR: I think she's d*ad. ROSE: She's working... THE DOCTOR: They've all got chips in their head, and the chips keep going. Like puppets. THE EDITOR: Ohhh! You're full of information! But it's only fair we get information back, because apparently, you're no-one. He laughs. The Doctor nods. THE EDITOR: It's so rare not to know something. Who are you? THE DOCTOR: It doesn't matter, 'cause we're off. Nice to meet you. (To Rose): Come on. Two of the Drones restrain him. Rose tries to get up, but Suki's corpse grabs her arm. THE EDITOR (persistently): Tell me who you are! THE DOCTOR: Since that information's keeping us alive, I'm hardly gonna say, am I? THE EDITOR (smiling): Well, perhaps my Editor in Chief can convince you otherwise. THE DOCTOR: And who's that? THE EDITOR: It may interest you to know that this is not the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. In fact, it's not actually human at all. It's merely a place where humans happen to live. The creature speaks. The tone sounds angry. THE EDITOR: Yeah, sorry. It's a place where humans are allowed to live by kind permission of my client. He snaps his fingers and points upwards and points at the creature in the ceiling. It is revealed to be a huge, slobbering lump of an alien with a mouth full of sharp, snapping teeth. ROSE (nervously): What is that? THE DOCTOR: You mean, that thing's in charge of Satellite Five? THE EDITOR: That "thing", as you put it, is in charge of the human race. The Doctor looks at him in alarm. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): For almost a hundred years, mankind has been shaped and guided, his knowledge and ambition strictly controlled by its broadcast news. Edited by my superior, your master, and humanities guiding light, the mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe. The Jagrafess roars. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): I call him Max. The Doctor smiles sarcastically and nods. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR Adam is back on Floor 139. He swiftly steps aside as he sees Cathica coming. She does not notice him. However, she looks troubled. She goes back to the computer which the Doctor hacked to find the codes. She then enters the code into the lift. The doors close. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor and Rose have both been restrained with manacles. THE EDITOR: If we create a climate of fear... then it's easy to keep the borders closed. It's just a matter of emphasis. The right word in the right broadcast repeated often enough can destabilize an economy... invent an enemy... change a vote... ROSE: So, all the people on Earth are like, slaves. THE EDITOR: Well, now. There's an interesting point. Is a sl*ve a sl*ve if he doesn't know he's enslaved? THE DOCTOR: Yes. THE EDITOR: Oh. I was hoping for a philosophical debate. Is that all I'm going to get? Yes? THE DOCTOR: Yes. The Editor laughs. THE EDITOR: You're no fun. THE DOCTOR: Let me out of these manacles, you'll find out how much fun I am. THE EDITOR: Oh, he's tough, isn't he. But, come on. Isn't it a great system? You've got to admire it, just a little bit. ROSE: You can't hide something on this scale. Somebody must've noticed. THE EDITOR: From time to time, someone, yes. But the computer system allows me to see inside their brain... I can see the smallest doubt, and crush it. He grins. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Cathica steps out of the lift on Floor 500, and strides onto the floor. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Adam steps cautiously into the spike room and shuts the door behind him. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE EDITOR (CONT'D): And then they just carry on, living their life. Strutting about downstairs and all over the surface of the Earth like they're so individual. The Doctor spots Cathica out of the corner of his eye. She has made it to the room, but does not reveal herself. THE EDITOR: When of course, they're not. They're just cattle. In that respect, the Jagrafess hasn't changed a thing. ROSE: What about you? You're not a Jagra... uh... a... THE DOCTOR: Jagrafess. ROSE: Jagrafess. You're not a Jagrafess. You're human. THE EDITOR: Yeah, well simply being human doesn't pay very well. ROSE: But you couldn't have done this all on your own. THE EDITOR: No! I represent a consortium of banks. Money prefers a long-term investment. Also, the Jagrafess needed a little hand to um... install himself. THE DOCTOR: No wonder, a creature that size. Cathica, still hiding, spots the Jagrafess on the ceiling. THE DOCTOR: What's his life span? THE EDITOR: Three thousand years. THE DOCTOR: That's one hell of a metabolism generating all that heat. That's why Satellite Five's so hot. You pump it out of the creature, channel it downstairs - Jagrafess stays cool, stays alive. Satellite Five's one great big life support system. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Adam, now in the chair, opens his head. He calls his house number on Rose's mobile. INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, MANCHESTER ADAM (through answering machine): Me again. Don't wipe this message. It's just gonna sound like white noise, but save it because I can translate it. Okay? Three, two, one... and spike. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM The compressed information starts to flow into Adam's brain. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE EDITOR: But THAT'S why you're so dangerous. Knowledge is power, but you remain unknown. He gives a small laugh, then clicks his fingers. The manacles send an electric shock through the Doctor and Rose. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Who are you? INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Adam is shaking. INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, MANCHESTER A blue light surrounds the telephone, and the dog is barking at it. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor grimaces in pain. THE DOCTOR (indicating Rose): Leave her alone. I'm the Doctor, she's Rose Tyler, we're nothing, we're just wandering. THE EDITOR: Tell me who you are! THE DOCTOR: I just said! THE EDITOR: Yeah, but who do you work for? Who sent you? Who knows about us? Who exactly... He stops. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Adam shudders. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor looks at The Editor questioningly. He smiles. THE EDITOR: Time Lord. THE DOCTOR: What? THE EDITOR: Oh, yes! The last of the Time Lords in his travelling machine. Oh, with his little human girl from long ago... He touches Rose's face gently, and she jerks her head away roughly. THE DOCTOR: You don't know what you're talking about. THE EDITOR: Time travel. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM Adam shouts in pain. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE DOCTOR: Someone's been telling you lies. THE EDITOR: Young master Adam Mitchell? He snaps his fingers, and a projection of Adam, writhing with pain and shouting, the compressed information still flowing into him, appears in the air. ROSE: Oh, my God, his head! THE DOCTOR: What the hell's he done? What the hell's he gone and done? Cathica listens. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They're reading his mind. He's telling them everything! THE EDITOR: And through him, I know everything about you. Every piece of information in his head is now mine. And you have infinite knowledge, Doctor. The Human Empire is tiny compared to what you've seen in your T-A-R-D-I-S. TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: You'll never get your hands on it. I'll die first. THE EDITOR: Die all you like. I don't need you. I've got the key. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM. The key slowly floats from Adam's pocket and dangles in front of his face. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor rounds on Rose. THE DOCTOR: You and your boyfriends! THE EDITOR: Today, we are the headlines. We can rewrite history. We could prevent mankind from ever developing. THE DOCTOR: And no-one's gonna stop you. Because you've bred a human race that doesn't bother to ask questions. Stupid little slaves, believing every lie. They'll just trot right into the slaughter house if they're told it's made of gold. He is indirectly addressing this to Cathica, who is still listening, revelation showing on her face. She seems to reach some sort of decision. INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM Cathica enters the broadcasting room on Floor 500. She tosses the rotten corpse off the chair, and sits down in the vacated seat herself. CATHICA: Disengage safety. The walls around her light up. INT. CONTROL ROOM An alarm goes off. THE EDITOR: What's happening? CATHICA: Maximum access. Override Floor 139. INT. FLOOR 139, SPIKE ROOM The information stops flowing into Adam, and the TARDIS key falls to the floor. INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM CATHICA (CONT'D): And... spike! The information flows into her. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE EDITOR: Someone's disengaged the safety. He clicks his fingers - the projection shows Cathica, the compressed information flowing into her brain. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Who's that?! ROSE: It's Cathica! THE DOCTOR: And she's thinking. She's using what she knows! THE EDITOR (to Suki): Terminate her access. THE DOCTOR: Everything I told her about Satellite Five, the pipes, the filters, she's reversing it! Look at that... The icicles are beginning to melt. THE DOCTOR: It's getting hot. THE EDITOR: I said, terminate! He frantically places his own hands over Suki's. THE EDITOR: Burn her mind. CATHICA: Oh, no you don't. You should've promoted me YEARS back. All the screens suddenly explode with sparks, and the Drones fall lifeless to the floor. Satellite Five shudders, and alarms go off. Rose's manacles come undone. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR All the workers are running and screaming. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Editor tries to get the corpses to sit upright again. INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM Cathica smiles. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE DOCTOR: She's venting the heat up here. The Jagrafess needs to stay cool and now it's sitting on top of a volcano. The Jagrafess is roaring violently. The Doctor laughs. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR Adam runs through the crowds. INT. CONTROL ROOM THE EDITOR (in response to the Jagrafess' roars): Yes! Uh... I'm trying, sir but, I don't know how she did it, it's impossible. A member of staff with an idea... The Jagrafess roars angrily. The Editor pushes Suki's body aside, and tries to operate the computer himself. Rose, free from her manacles, fumbles in the Doctor's jacket pocket for his sonic screwdriver, while the Jagrafess roars and snaps at them menacingly. ROSE: What do I do? THE DOCTOR: Flick the switch! Rose does so, and the sonic screwdriver buzzes. A small expl*si*n goes off nearby, causing Rose to jump. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR Adam pushes through the crowds. Cathica closes her eyes. INT. CONTROL ROOM Rose uses the sonic screwdriver to free the Doctor. He says to the Editor... THE DOCTOR: Oi, mate, wanna bank on a certainty? Massive heat in a massive body. Massive bang! He frees himself just as lumps of flesh start falling off the Jagrafess. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): See you in the headlines! He runs for it. The body of the Jagrafess starts to pulsate horribly, glowing red. THE EDITOR: Um, actually, sir, if it's all the same to you, I think I'll resign. Bye, then! He makes to leave, but Suki grabs his ankle, tripping him over and preventing him from leaving. He tries to tug his foot away. THE EDITOR (CONT'D): Let go of me! INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR The Doctor and Rose run across Floor 500 hand in hand, avoiding the huge lumps of snow falling from the ceiling. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Jagrafess roars in pain. THE EDITOR (to Suki): Let go of me! Let go of me! INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM The Doctor and Rose enter - the information is still streaming into Cathica. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Jagrafess swells horribly. The Editor shouts in terror. And then, it explodes. INT. FLOOR 500, SPIKE ROOM The Doctor clicks his fingers and the door in Cathica's head closes. She looks up at the Doctor, who smiles down at her. EXT. SPACE The sun rises over the planet Earth. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR Everyone is recovering from the commotion. The Doctor and Cathica are sitting at a table in the canteen area, Rose leaning on the bar behind them. THE DOCTOR: We're just gonna go. I hate tidying up. Too many questions. You'll manage. CATHICA: You'll have to stay and explain it. No-one's gonna believe me. THE DOCTOR: Oh, they might start believing a lot of things now. The Human Race should accelerate. All back to normal. CATHICA (eying Adam, who is loitering by the TARDIS): What about your friend? THE DOCTOR: He's not my friend. There is something menacing in the way he stands up and marches in Adam's direction. ROSE: Now, don't... He ignores her. The Doctor advances on Adam. ADAM: I'm all right now. Much better. I've got the key. (Shows him). Well, it's... I know... (Laughs nervously). It all worked out for the best, didn't it? (Laughs nervously). The Doctor takes the key off him, and grabs Adam, and unlocks the door of the TARDIS. ADAM (CONT'D): You know, it's not actually my fault, because you were in charge. The Doctor shoves Adam inside, ignoring him completely. INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, MANCHESTER The Doctor steers Adam out of the TARDIS which has materialised in his living room. Rose follows them out, shutting the doors behind her. ADAM: It's my house! I'm home! Oh, my God, I'm home! The Doctor glares at him. ADAM (CONT'D): Blimey. I thought you were going to chuck me out of an airlock. THE DOCTOR: Is there something else you want to tell me? ADAM: No. Um... what do you mean? The Doctor walks over the the telephone and picks it up. THE DOCTOR: The archive of Satellite Five. One second of that message could've changed the world. Adam looks rather caught out. The Doctor puts down the phone, and takes out his sonic screwdriver. Adam looks as though he wants to stop him, but cannot think of anything to say, and merely points at him wordlessly while he blows up the telephone. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That's it, then. See ya. He walks back to the TARDIS doors. ADAM: How do you mean, "see ya"? THE DOCTOR: As in "goodbye". ADAM: But... what about me? You can't just go, I've got my head, I've got a chip type two, my head opens. THE DOCTOR: What, like this? He clicks his fingers, opening Adam's head. ADAM (angrily): Don't. He clicks his fingers and it closes. THE DOCTOR: Don't do what? He clicks his fingers again. ADAM: Stop it! Adam closes it again. ROSE: All right now, Doctor, that's enough. Stop it. The Doctor backs down. ADAM (to Rose): Thank you. Rose clicks her fingers. ADAM: Oi! ROSE (sniggering): Sorry, I couldn't resist. Adam closes it again. THE DOCTOR: The whole of history could've changed because of you. ADAM: I just wanted to help. THE DOCTOR: You were helping yourself. ADAM: And, I'm sorry. I've said I'm sorry, and I am, I really am, but you can't just leave me like this. THE DOCTOR: Yes I can. 'Cos if you show your head to anyone, they'll dissect you in seconds. You'll have to live a very quiet life. Keep out of trouble. Be average. Unseen. Good luck. He opens the TARDIS door. ADAM: But I wanna come with you! THE DOCTOR: I only take the best. I've got Rose. Adam's mum opens the front door, carrying bags of shopping. Adam hears her. ADAM: Oh my God. ADAM'S MUM: Who's that? Jeff? Is that you? ADAM: It's me, mum, don't come in, wait there a minute. A look of surprised delight spreads across Adam's mum's face. ADAM'S MUM: Oh, my Lord! You never told me you were coming home! Rose watches Adam's embarrassed face, teasingly, her tongue between her teeth. ADAM'S MUM (CONT'D): Hold on, I'll just take my coat off. You should've told me you were coming home. I would've got your favourite tea in. ADAM: Rose... take me with you. Rose, however, stares at Adam like she's never seen him before, and boards the TARDIS without a backward glance. The engines start up. ADAM'S MUM: Hey, I'll tell... what's that noise? Have you left the back door open? Blimey, there's a draft. She flings the door open just as the TARDIS disappears. ADAM'S MUM (CONT'D): What a surprise. Ah, let me look at you. Ah, six months. Adam nods. ADAM'S MUM (CONT'D): It's like I saw you yesterday. Isn't it funny? The time goes by like "that". She clicks her fingers. Her draw drops. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "01x07 - The Long Game"}
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INT. PHOTO A photograph of Pete Tyler. ROSE (voice-over): Peter Alan Tyler, my dad. The most wonderful man in the world. Born 15th of September 1954. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Rose, aged about 6, pokes her head around her mother's bedroom door. Jackie is sitting on the bed with a photo album on her lap. JACKIE: Come here, Rose. Come here... She pats the bed beside her. Rose clambers up on the bed to sit next to her. Jackie points at a photo of Pete Tyler. JACKIE (CONT'D): Who's that? It's your Daddy. You weren't old enough to remember when he died. 1987. 7th of November. Do you remember what I told you? The day that Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clarke got married? She turns the page onto a photograph of Jackie and Peter together. JACKIE (CONT'D): He was always having adventures. Oh, he would have loved to have seen you now. INT. TARDIS 19 year old Rose is leaning against the console, and the Doctor is sitting comfortably back in one of the chairs. ROSE: That's what mum always says. So, I was thinking... could we? Could we go and see my dad when he was still alive? THE DOCTOR: Where's this come from, all of a sudden? ROSE: All right then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of times or something, then never mind, we'll just leave it. THE DOCTOR: No, I can do anything. I'm just more worried about you. ROSE: I wanna see him. THE DOCTOR: Your wish is my command. But be careful what you wish for. He stands up and starts up the TARDIS engines. OPENING CREDITS INT. REGISTRY OFFICE The Doctor and Rose are sitting at the back of a small crowd of people witnessing the marriage of Jackie and Pete. REGISTRAR: I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline, Angela, Suzette Prentiss... PETE: I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Suzanne... Suzette... Anita... Jackie narrows her eyes slightly. Pete looks at the Registrar for help. JACKIE: Oh, just carry on. It's good enough for Lady Di. The Doctor grins and looks down at Rose. ROSE: I thought he'd be taller. REGISTRAR: ... to be my lawful wedded wife, to love and behold 'til death us do part. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Cut back to the bedroom with Jackie and Rose as a little girl. JACKIE (quietly, sadly): He died so close to home. I wasn't there. Nobody was. It was a h*t and run driver. Never found out who. He was d*ad when the ambulance got there. Rose looks up at her solemnly. JACKIE (CONT'D): I only wish there'd been someone there for him. Rose looks down sadly, then back up at her mother. INT. TARDIS ROSE: I wanna be that someone. So he doesn't die alone. THE DOCTOR: November the 7th? ROSE: 1987. The Doctor starts the engines. Rose watches them apprehensively. When they stop, she looks at the door. EXT. SUBURBAN STREET On November the 7th, 1987, they step out of the TARDIS. It is a still, quiet sort of day. Someone is playing music. ROSE: That's so weird. The day my father died... I thought it'd be all sort of grim and stormy, it's just an ordinary day. THE DOCTOR: The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of Wight. (Looks down at Rose). Are you sure about this? ROSE: Yeah. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose and the Doctor stand on the curb of the pavement, waiting, side by side. ROSE: This is it. Jordan Road. He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, that stupid vase. She sounds as though she is trying to fight off tears. A car rounds the corner. ROSE (CONT'D): He got out of his car... The car pulls over. ROSE (CONT'D): ... and crossed the road. The car stops. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh, God. This is it. Pete, oblivious to what is in store for him, picks up the vase from the passenger's seat. The Doctor gently takes Rose's hand in his, intertwining their fingers. Pete gets out of his car, unaware that a car has just rounded the corner and is headed straight towards him. His eyes widen in shock. The driver throws a hand over his eyes. Rose quickly hides her head behind the Doctor's shoulder. We see the vase fall to the floor and smash. Rose lifts her head to look at her father, who is lying on the road, twitching. THE DOCTOR: Go to him. Quick. But Rose can't. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose and the Doctor lean against a wall. Rose has tears in her eyes. The ambulance sirens sound. ROSE: It's too late now. The Doctor looks at her. ROSE (CONT'D): By the time the ambulance got there, he was d*ad. Her voice falters, choked up with tears. The Doctor looks away in silence. Rose turns to him. ROSE (CONT'D): He can't die on his own. The Doctor looks back at her. ROSE (CONT'D): Can I try again? Close-up on the Doctor's eyes. He knows it would be a bad idea, but he cannot deny her. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose and the Doctor stand out of sight around the corner, watching the first set of themselves standing on the curb. THE DOCTOR: Right. That's the first you and me. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time. Just be careful they don't see us. Wait 'til she runs off and he follows, then go to your dad. For the second time, Rose's father's car draws up. FIRST ROSE: Oh, God. This is it. Pete picks up the vase from the passenger seat. ROSE: I can't do this. THE DOCTOR: You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but this is the last time we can be here. Rose stares at her father getting out of the car, breathing heavily. Then, she runs out. THE DOCTOR: Rose! No! The car rounds the corner. Rose runs past the first set of the Doctor and Rose, and knocks her father out of the way of the oncoming car. They tumble onto the floor. The first set of the Doctor and Rose look bewildered for a few seconds, then disappear. The Doctor looks on in horror. Rose stares at her father as he gets to his feet. ROSE: I did it! I saved your life! PETE: Blimey, did you see the speed of it? Did you get his number? ROSE (staring at him): I really did it. Oh, my God, look at you! You're alive! That car was gonna k*ll ya! PETE: Well, give me some credit, I did see it coming. I wasn't gonna walk under it, was I? ROSE: I'm Rose. She looks at him expectantly. PETE: That's a coincidence. That's my daughter's name. ROSE (smiling in delight): That's a great name. Good choice, well done. There is a few seconds silence as Rose smiles at him, unable to take her eyes off him, and he looks as though he doesn't quite know what to say next. PETE: Right, I'd better shift. I've got a wedding to go to. ROSE: Is that Sarah Clarke's wedding? PETE: Yeah, are you going? ROSE: ...Yeah. PETE: You and your boyfriend need a lift? He gestures to the Doctor who is standing watching them darkly by the corner. EXT. ABOVE STREET A red, distorted view of the streets from above, an alien point of view. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Pete enters the flat, followed by Rose and the Doctor. He puts the vase down next to the door. PETE: There we go. Sorry about the mess. If you want a cup of tea, the kitchen's just down there, milk's in the fridge... well, it would be, wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk? Mind you, there's always the window sill outside. I always thought if someone invented a window sill with special compartments, you know, one for milk, one for yogurt... make a lot of money out of that. Rose still cannot tear her eyes way from him. She smiles at him in delight as he speaks. The Doctor nods politely behind her. PETE (CONT'D): Sell it to students and things... (Ponders). I should write that down. Anyway, never mind that, excuse me... He pushes past them and disappears through a door. Rose looks around. ROSE: All the stuff mum kept. His stuff. She kept it all packed away in boxes in the cupboard, she used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink. The Doctor leans against the doorframe, saying nothing. ROSE (CONT'D): Here it is. On display. Where it should be. The Doctor still says nothing. He just watches her with his arms folded. He looks angry. Rose picks up a trophy and shows it to him. ROSE (CONT'D): Third prize at the bowling... first two got to go to Didcot. She examines it for a few more seconds, then replaces it. Her eye is drawn by a large bottles in the corner of the room. She bends down the look at it. ROSE (CONT'D): Health drinks. Tonics, mum used to call them. He made his money selling this Vitex stuff. He had all sorts of jobs. He's so clever. Still, the Doctor says nothing. Rose looks around and spots some plans on the table. ROSE (CONT'D): Solar power. Mum said he was gonna do this. Now he can. Rose looks at the Doctor, smiling. He does not smile back. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay, look... I'll tell him you're not my boyfriend. THE DOCTOR (suspicious): When we met, I said "travel with me in space". You said no. Then I said "time machine". ROSE: It wasn't some big plan. I just saw it happening and I thought... I can stop it. THE DOCTOR: I did it again. I picked another stupid ape. I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe - it never is. It's about the universe doing something for you. ROSE: So it's okay when you go to other times, and you save people's lives, but not when it's me saving my dad. THE DOCTOR: I know what I'm doing, you don't. Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point. ROSE: But he's alive! THE DOCTOR: My entire planet died. My whole family. Do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them? ROSE: But it's not like I've changed history. Not much, I mean... he's never gonna be a world leader, he's not gonna start World w*r Three or anything... The Doctor takes a few steps towards her. THE DOCTOR: Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man, that's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different because he's alive. ROSE: What, would you rather him d*ad? THE DOCTOR (exasperated): I'm not saying that... ROSE: No, I get it! For once, you're not the most important man in my life. THE DOCTOR: Let's see how you get on without me, then, give me the key. He holds his hand out. Rose stares at him. THE DOCTOR: The TARDIS key. If I'm so insignificant, give it me back. ROSE (gets it out of her pocket): All right then, I will. She slaps it down into his hand, hard. THE DOCTOR: Well, you've got what you wanted so that's goodbye then. He turns on her and walks down the hallway to the door. Rose pursues him. ROSE (unconvincingly): You don't scare me. She stands in front of him, between him and the door. ROSE (CONT'D): I know how sad you are. You'll be back in a minute. Or you'll hang around outside the TARDIS waiting for me. The Doctor looks at her for a few moments, then pushes past her, opening the door. Rose's voice rises. ROSE (CONT'D): And I'll make you wait a long time! She slams the door shut after him, and then leans against the wall breathing heavily. Pete pokes his head around the bedroom door. PETE: Boyfriend trouble? Rose doesn't answer. EXT. STREET Still fuming, the Doctor walks back down the road. The distorted, red, aerial view watches him. EXT. BACK GARDEN The alien point of view focuses on a woman pegging out her washing. EXT. ROAD Alien point of view - an old tramp sitting propped up against a wall, drinking. EXT. FRONT GARDEN Alien point of view, a man pruning his hedges. It closes in on the man. He shouts and his sheers fall the the ground. EXT. BACK GARDEN The woman pegging out her washing screams, dropping the clothes. EXT. ROAD The tramp's drink falls to the floor. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM At the flat, Rose is picking up peanuts that are strewn over the coffee table, and putting them back ion a plate. Pete enters, dressed in a suit. PETE: Excuse me, do you mind? What're you tidying up for? Rose stops. ROSE: Sorry... force of habit. PETE: Listen, don't worry about him. Couples have rows all the time. ROSE (sitting down): We're not a couple. Why does everyone think we're a couple? (Sighs). I think he left me. PETE: What, a pretty girl like you? If I was going out with you... ROSE: Stop! Right there! PETE: I was just saying... ROSE: I know what you're saying, and we're not going there. At no point are we going anywhere near there. You aren't even aware that there exists. Pete looks as though he is finding this hard to follow. ROSE (CONT'D): I don't even want to think about there, and believe me, neither do you. there... for you... is like... pfft, it's like the Bermuda Triangle. PETE: Blimey, you know how to flatter a bloke. ROSE (jumps to her feet, grabs her jacket, offers her arm to Pete): Right, are we off? PETE (gesturing her proffered arm): So, that wouldn't be a mixed signal at all. ROSE: Absolutely not. Pete sighs and takes her arm resignedly. They walk to the door. PETE: I'll take you back to the loony bin where you belong. Still, I'm sure I've met you somewhere before... They leave the flat. INT. CHURCH The groom, Stuart, and his father Sonny, stand at the altar waiting for the bride. Stuart looks behind him nervously. STUART: It's weird. SONNY: What? STUART (worried): There's so many people missing. Uncle Steven, Auntie Lyn... all the Baxter's. Where are they? (Checks his watch). You don't think something's gone wrong? SONNY: Maybe it's a Godsend. Gives you time to think. You don't have to go through with it, not these days. Live in sin for a bit. STUART: Dad... SONNY: In ten years time you'll turn round and say, "if only I could turn the clock back". (Looks at the stain-glass window, then back at Stuart). Is it me or did it just get cold? Stuart looks at him. EXT. SUBURBAN STREET The Doctor rounds a corner to the road where the TARDIS is parked. A bird caws. He still looks angry. The red, distorted vision looks down on the area from overhead, watching the Doctor approach the TARDIS. The Doctor takes the key out of his pocket and then looks up at the sky through the bare branches of a tree, as if he can sense something is wrong. He opens the doors of the TARDIS only to find the inside of his ship has disappeared. It is just an ordinary police-box. He steps inside and feels around the walls frantically, ,then stops. THE DOCTOR: Rose! He runs back in the direction from which he came. INT. CAR Pete is driving his car with Rose in the passenger seat. PETE: I met this bloke at the Horse's, and he's cutting me in on copyright. ROSE: But I thought you were a proper businessman and that... PETE: I wish! Ah, I do a bit of this, a bit of that, a straight bloke. ROSE: Right... so I must've heard wrong. So really you're a bit of a... a Del Boy? PETE: Oh, sh**t me down in flames. You're not related to my wife by any chance, are you? Rose puts her hand over her mouth. ROSE: Oh, my God... she's gonna be at the wedding. PETE: What, Jackie? Do you know her? ROSE (after a pause): Sort of. PETE: What's she told you about me, then? ROSE (smling): She said she'd picked the most fantastic man in the world. PETE: Must be a different Jackie, then. She'd never say that. After a few seconds silence, the radio springs into life, playing rap. Pete sounds irritated. PETE: This stuff goes right over my head. ROSE (confused): That's not out yet. PETE (grimacing): It's a good job and all. ROSE (reaching for her mobile): I'm just gonna check my messages. PETE: How d'ya mean, messages? (Looks at mobile). Is that a phone? ROSE: Yeah... She holds the mobile to her ear. VOICE: Watson, come here, we need you. Watson, come here, we need you. Rose furrows her brow in confusion and glances at her father, who also looks puzzled. VOICE (CONT'D): Watson, come here, we need you. Pete looks in the mirror at the car behind. It is the car that should have k*lled him earlier. It gets closer, then rounds a corner and vanishes. The driver throws a hand over his eyes before it does so. EXT. CHURCH The wedding guests are milling around outside the church. Sonny comes out of the church talking on his massive mobile phone. SONNY: Half the guests haven't turned up. You're better off not being here, it's a disaster in the making. Some guests enter the church. SONNY (CONT'D): No, in this case, 'knocked her up' IS a phrase I'd use. VOICE (on phone): Watson, come here, we need you. SONNY: Hello? Who is this? He looks at the phone. VOICE: Watson, come here, we ne... He hangs up. A car with ribbons covering the bonnet draws up outside the church. Stuart comes out of the church and addresses his father. STUART: Dad, get inside! We can't see the bride before the wedding, it's bad luck! SONNY: Bad luck when you met her. I tell you - this day is cursed. Stuart goes back inside, holding a hand to his dad's face to block him out. Sonny pursues him. The car stops, and out steps Sarah Clarke in a wedding dress. BEV (delighted): Now, that's what I call a meringue. SUZIE: Listen, do what Stan said and go round the block, 'cos there's people missing. SARAH (adjusts train): How do you mean, missing? BEV: There's no Dave, no Sunita, no B... SUZIE: There's no one from the Lamb and Flag... SARAH: Oh, my train's detached again, I knew I should've used velcro... Jackie steps out of the car. JACKIE: I'm here, stop your belly-aching. Take Rose a sec, will ya? She hands the woman a carry-tot, with Rose aged about 6 months inside. BEV: Oh, in't she pretty? JACKIE: She's a little madam, that's what she is. She makes her way to the church gate with Bev, who is carrying Rose. JACKIE (CONT'D): Oh, I need more hands. Where's her useless article of a dad got to? Pete and 19 year old Rose round the corner in Pete's car. Suddenly, the car that should have k*lled Pete comes out of thin air and heads straight towards them. INT. CAR ROSE: Dad! Pete swerves to avoid the car, beeping the horn. The car speeds off down the road. Pete turns around in his seat to look at it, whilst Rose sits looking straight ahead of her, shaken. PETE: It's that car! The same one as before! EXT. CHURCH They both get out of the car, Pete looking around. PETE: It was right in front of us, where's it gone? (Catches Rose's eye). You called me "dad", what did you say that for? JACKIE (appearing with the carry-tot): Oh, wonderful. Here he is, the accident waiting to happen. Rose stares at her. JACKIE (CONT'D): You'd be late for your own funeral and it nearly was! PETE: No damage done. JACKIE (glancing disdainfully at Rose): And who's this? Rose simply stares at her. JACKIE (CONT'D): What're you looking at with your mouth open? ROSE: Your hair. JACKIE: What?! ROSE: I've never seen it like... Jackie stares at her, looking both confused and insulted. ROSE (CONT'D): I mean... it's lovely, your hair's lovely. Rose spots the baby, herself, in the carry-tot and takes a few small steps towards it, eyes wide. ROSE (CONT'D): And that baby you're holding... Jackie, glancing at Pete, holds the baby to her protectively, completely nonplussed. ROSE: That would be... your baby... JACKIE (CONT'D) (to Pete): Another one of yours, is she? PETE: She saved my life! JACKIE: Oh, that's a new one! What was it last time? PETE: I didn't even know her. She was a cloakroom attendant. I was helping her look for my ticket. There were three duffel coats all the same, somehow the rack collapsed. We were under all this stuff. ROSE: Were you playing around?! JACKIE: What's it got to do with you what he gets up to? ROSE (voice rising): What does he get up to? JACKIE: You'd know. PETE: Oh, 'cos I'm that stupid. I play around and then bring her home to meet the missus. You silly cow... JACKIE: But you are that stupid. PETE: Can we keep this stuff back home? Just for now? JACKIE: What, with the rest of the rubbish? Rose looks upset. JACKIE (CONT'D): You bring home cut-priced detergents, tonic water, Betamax tape and none of it works, I'm drowning in your rubbish. (To Rose): What did he tell you? Did he say he's this big businessman, 'cos he's not. He's a failure. Born failure, that one. Rose needs a proper father... PETE (talking over her): Jackie, I'm making a living, it keeps us fed, don't it? ROSE: Stop it! They both stop talking. Rose is distressed. ROSE (CONT'D): You're not like this.. you love each other. JACKIE: Oh, Pete. You never used to like them mental. Or I dunno, maybe you did. PETE (talking over her): Jackie, wait, just listen... JACKIE (talking over him): If you're not careful, there'll be a wedding and a divorce on the same day. She walks away, carrying baby Rose, who has started crying. PETE (to Rose): Right, wait here. Give us a couple of minutes with the missus. He begins to walk away, then turns back again, taking the vase out of her hands and giving her the car keys. PETE (CONT'D): Tell you what, straighten the car up. Stick her round the corner or something. Don't cause anymore trouble... He walks off, leaving Rose standing by the car with tears in her eyes. INT. PLAYGROUND Children play in a small playground with their parents. The red vision passes over them, zooming in on each of them in turn. A little boy on a swing, Mickey, as a child, watches them disappear one by one. MICKEY: Jeff...! The other children and their parents disappear, until finally the person pushing him on the swing also disappears. Scared, he hops off the swing and runs out of the gates of the now deserted playground. EXT. CHURCH Rose watches her mum and dad talk to each other from a distance. JACKIE (calmer than before, but sad): I'm not listening. It's just the duffel coats all over again. PETE: Jackie, sometimes a duffel coat is just a duffel coat. Things will get better soon, I promise. He puts his hand on her shoulder. JACKIE: I've had enough of all your daft schemes. I never know where the next meal's coming from. PETE (pleading): I'll get it right, love. I promise, one day soon I'll get it right. Come on... Rose smiles softly as she watches them. At that moment, Mickey as a littlie boy runs around the corner. MICKEY: Monsters! Coming to eat us! SUZIE: What sort of monsters, sweetheart? Is it aliens? She and her friends laugh. Mickey runs into the church. Rose watches him, taking him more seriously. Behind her, the Doctor runs around the corner. THE DOCTOR: Rose! Upon hearing his voice, Rose smiles in a satisfied sort of way, and turns around. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Get in the church! Hearing the urgency in his voice, Rose's smile fades. The Doctor looks to her left, Rose follows his gaze and before her eyes, a reaper appears, bearing down on her. She screams. The Doctor knocks her out of the way just in time, and they both fall to the ground. They scramble quickly to their feet. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Get in the church! The crowd outside the church try to run for the door, but they stop when another reaper appears before them. SUZIE: Oh, my God. What are they? The guests in the church come out to see what the commotion is. Some of them scream. THE DOCTOR: Inside! The reaper bears down on them. The people who have just come out of the church try to come out of the door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Stay in there! Stuart stops trying to get away. However, his father does not listen and tries to run for it. The reaper swoops down on him, covering his body with its wings. Sarah, horrified, tries to run into the church. The reaper positions itself before her, and she screams. The reaper, however, decides to go for the priest instead. The Doctor ushers the guests before him. THE DOCTOR: In! The Reaper swoops towards the church doors, but the Doctor manages to shut them just in time. The Reaper screams. INT. CHURCH Once inside, the guests babble in panic. The Doctor looks around at the shadows of the Reapers outside the windows. THE DOCTOR: They can't get in. Old windows and doors, okay. The older something is, the stronger it is. What else? The Reapers screech. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Go and check the other doors! Move! He runs and pushes against a wooden door in the side of the church. Jackie runs after him. JACKIE: What's happening? What are they? (Grabs his arm). What are they? THE DOCTOR: There's been an accident in time, a wound in time. They're like bacteria, taking advantage. JACKIE: What do you mean, time? What're you jabbering on about, time? THE DOCTOR (irritated): Oh, I might've known you'd argue. Jackie, I'm sick of you complaining... JACKIE (cuts across him): How d'you know my name? THE DOCTOR (talking over her): I haven't got time for this... JACKIE (talking over him): I've never met you in my life! THE DOCTOR: No, and you never will unless I sort this out. Now, if you don't mind, I've waited a long time to say this, Jackie Tyler, do as I say. Go, and, check, the, doors. He points in the direction of the doors, his voice loud and commanding. Jackie stares at him. JACKIE: Yes, sir. The Doctor grins, pleased with himself, as Jackie walks away and Stuart approaches him. THE DOCTOR (to Stuart): I should've done that ages ago. STUART: My dad was out there. THE DOCTOR (not unkindly): You can mourn him later, right now we've got to concentrate on keeping ourselves alive. STUART: My dad had... THE DOCTOR: There's nothing I can do for him. STUART: No. But he had this phone thing. I can't get it to work. I keep getting this voice... The Doctor dials a number and holds the phone to his ear. VOICE: Watson, come here, we need you. Watson, come here, we need you. The Doctor raises his eyebrows in surprise. THE DOCTOR: That's the very first phone-call, Alexander Graham Bell. (Gives the phone back). I don't think the telephone's gonna be much use. He makes to run off again to check another door. STUART (calls after him): But someone must call the police! THE DOCTOR: Police can't help you now. No-one can. Rose watches him, along with the other guests. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Nothing in this Universe can harm those things. Time's been damaged and they've come to sterilise the wound. (To Rose, looking her in the eyes): By consuming everything in sight. ROSE (shakily): Is this because... The Doctor looks down at her. He does not look angry. ROSE (CONT'D): Is this my fault? No answer, only a look. Yes. He walks past her. Pete looks from one to the other, brow furrowed, then back down at baby Rose in her carry-tot. EXT. STREET Outside, the street is deserted apart from a couple of people running for their lives down the road. The Reapers swoop down upon them. A bicycle, a pram and a child's shoe lie discarded on the ground. The wheel of the bicycle is still spinning. INT. CHURCH ANTEROOM The Doctor enters. Pete is checking a door is secure. The Doctor looks out of the window. Pete joins him. PETE (urgently): There's smoke coming up from the city but no sirens. I, I don't think it's just us, I think these things are all over the place. Maybe the whole world. The Doctor does not seem to be listening. He is staring in dismay out of the window. The car that should have k*lled Pete appears out of thin air, tyres screeching. It rounds the corner and the terrified driver throws a hand over his face as it disappears again. It happens repeatedly. Pete glances out of the window. PETE: Was that a car? THE DOCTOR (after a pause): It's not important. Don't worry about it. He leaves. Pete stares out of the window. INT. CHURCH The Reapers clamber against the large stained-glass window, trying to get into the church. Rose sits alone near the altar, looking as though she has been crying, when Pete comes in through a side door with his hands in his pockets to talk to her. PETE: This mate of yours... what do you mean, this is your fault? ROSE (teary): Dunno... just... everything. PETE: I gave you my car keys. Rose gazes at him, eyes red. PETE (CONT'D): You don't give your keys to a complete stranger. Still, Rose watches him as he works it out. PETE (CONT'D): It's... it's like I trusted you. Moment I met you, I just did. A wound in time... Rose chews her lip. PETE (CONT'D): You called me Dad. I can see it... my eyes... Jackie's attitude... you sound like her when you shout... He reaches out and touches her face tentatively. Rose closes her eyes. He drops his hand, but Rose takes it in hers and hold it back to her face. PETE (CONT'D): You are. You are.... you're my Rose. You're my Rose grown up. He throws his arms around her. Losing all remaining control, Rose's tears start to flow again. ROSE: Dad... my Dad. My Daddy... They embrace. EXT. CHURCH A Reaper head-butts a door, trying to get in. INT. CHURCH The Doctor crashes around in the main church, checking all possible exits. He is approached by Stuart and Sarah. STUART: Excuse me! Mr... THE DOCTOR (not looking at him): Doctor. STUART: You seem to know what's going on. THE DOCTOR (checking the lock): I give that impression, yeah. STUART: I just wanted to ask... SARAH (cuts across him): Can you save us? These words seem to finally grab the Doctor's attention. He turns to look at her, and turns his sonic screwdriver off. He walks towards them, observing them both. THE DOCTOR: Who are you two, then? STUART: Stuart Hoskins. SARAH: Sarah Clarke. THE DOCTOR (nodding towards Sarah's bump): And one extra. Boy or girl? SARAH (running her hands over her bump): I don't know. I don't want to know, really. THE DOCTOR: How did all this get started? Sarah glances at Stuart. STUART: Outside the Big Box Club. Two in the morning. SARAH: Street corner. I'd lost my purse. Didn't have money for a taxi. STUART: I took her home. THE DOCTOR: Then what? Asked her for a date? SARAH: Wrote his number on the back of my hand. STUART (smiling): Never got rid of her since. My dad said... He falters. Sarah's lip trembles. The Reapers screech outside. SARAH (tearful): I don't know what this is all about. And I know we're not important... THE DOCTOR (genuinely shocked): Who said you're not important? Sarah looks back at him, tears in her eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I've travelled to all sorts of places. Done things you couldn't even imagine, but... you two... street corner. Two in the morning. Getting a taxi home. I've never had a life like that. Yes. (Smiles). I'll try and save you. Sarah smiles back at him through her tears. INT. CHURCH ANTEROOM Rose sits in a side room with her dad. She sniffs, still a little tearful. PETE (still trying to get his head around all this): I'm a dad. I mean, I'm already a dad, but... Rose grows up, and she's you. That's wonderful. I suppose I thought that you'd be a bit, useless, what, with my useless genes and all, but... Rose laughs slightly. Pete is fascinated by her. PETE (CONT'D): How did you get here? ROSE: Do you really wanna know? PETE: Yeah! ROSE: A time machine. PETE (after a stunned pause): Time machine. ROSE (smiling): Cross my heart. PETE (also smiling): What, do they all have time machines where you come from? ROSE: Nah, just the Doctor. PETE: Did you know these things were coming? ROSE: No. PETE (incredulous): God, I dunno, my head's spinning. Rose looks down. PETE (CONT'D): What's the future like? ROSE: It's not so different. PETE: What am I like? Have I gone grey? He laughs. Rose does not answer, she just watches him. Pete's smile fades slightly. PETE (CONT'D): Have I gone bald? Don't tell me I've gone bald. Rose still does not answer. Pete clears his throat, clearly wrong-footed. PETE (CONT'D): So, if this mate of yours isn't your boyfriend, and I have to say, I'm glad because being your dad and all, I think he's a bit old for you... Rose laughs. PETE (CONT'D): Have you got a bloke? ROSE: No, I did have... There are running footsteps and Jackie's voice rings out in the background. JACKIE: Mickey! Mickey runs up to Rose and throws his arms around her legs, eyes tight shut. PETE: Do you know him? ROSE: I just didn't recognise him in a suit... you'll have to let go of me, sweetheart... Mickey returns to Jackie, who has now joined them. ROSE (CONT'D) (under her breath, to herself): I'm always saying that... JACKIE (putting her arms around his shoulders): He just grabs hold of what's passing and holds on for dear life. God help his poor girlfriend if he ever gets one. PETE: Me and Rose were just talking... JACKIE: Oh, yeah? Talking? While the world comes to an end, what do you do? Cling to the youngest blonde. Rose looks upset but does not speak. JACKIE (CONT'D): Come on, Mick. She takes his hand and leads him away. Pete makes to follow, but Rose grabs his arm to stop him. ROSE: You can't tell her. PETE: Why? ROSE: I mean... I really don't want you to tell her. PETE: What, do you don't want people to know? ROSE: Where I come from, Jackie doesn't know how to work the timer on the video recorder. PETE (grinning): I showed her that last week. Rose nods. He stops grinning. PETE (CONT'D): Point taken. EXT. CHURCH The Reapers slam themselves against the walls and windows of the church, screeching. INT. CHURCH The Doctor is talking to baby Rose in her carry-tot. THE DOCTOR: Now, Rose... you're not gonna bring about the end of the world, are you? (Sternly). Are you? Baby Rose stares innocently up at him. 19 year old Rose joins them. The Doctor glances at her. THE DOCTOR: Jackie gave her to me to look after. How times change. ROSE (tearful, but trying to make light-hearted conversation): I'd better be careful. I think I just imprinted myself on Mickey like a mother chicken. She reaches out to the baby. The Doctor grabs her hand quickly and pushes it back. THE DOCTOR: No. Don't touch the baby. The Reapers outside distract Rose for a moment, as they screech particularly loudly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You're both the same person and that's a paradox, and we don't want a paradox happening. Not with these things outside. Anything new, any disturbance in time makes them stronger. The paradox might let them in. ROSE: Can't do anything right, can I? THE DOCTOR (as though speaking to a dimwit): Since you ask, no. So, don't... touch... the... baby. ROSE (eyes narrowed): I'm... not... stupid. THE DOCTOR: You could've fooled me. Rose looks away, stung. The Doctor repents slightly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): All right. I'm sorry. Rose looks back at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (softer now): I wasn't really gonna leave you on your own. ROSE: I know. THE DOCTOR: But between you and me, I haven't got a plan. No idea. Rose looks at him intently. THE DOCTOR: No way out. ROSE (quietly): You'll think of something. THE DOCTOR: The entire Earth is being sterilised. This, and other place like it, are all that's left of the human race. We might hold out for a while, but nothing can stop those creatures. (Looks at the shadows circling the church). They'll get through in the end. The walls aren't that old. And there's nothing I can do to stop them. There used to be laws stopping this kind of thing from happening, my people would have stopped this. But they're all gone. And now I'm going the same way. ROSE: If I'd realised... He looks at her. She meets his eyes. THE DOCTOR: Just... tell me you're sorry. Rose's gaze does not falter. ROSE (sincerely): I am. I'm sorry. The Doctor reaches out to her, cupping a hand around her face. Then, he grins and pulls her in for a hug. She returns the embrace with equal vigour. After a few moments, Rose pulls away, feeling inside the Doctor's jacket pocket. ROSE (CONT'D): Have you got something hot? There is a sizzling sound as she takes the TARDIS key out of the Doctor's pocket. She gasps and drops it. They both look at it - it is glowing brightly. THE DOCTOR: It's the TARDIS key! (Takes off his jacket, uses it to pick up the hot key). It's telling me it's still connected to the TARDIS! INT. CHURCH The Doctor is addressing the remaining guests who are gathered on the chairs, listening to him. THE DOCTOR (showing them the key): The inside of my ship was thrown out of a wound but we can use this to bring it back. And once I've got my ship back, then I can mend everything. Now, I just need a bit of power. Has anybody got a battery? Stuart notices his father's phone on the chair in front of him. He jumps up and shows the Doctor. STUART: This one big enough? THE DOCTOR (hurrying to him): Fantastic. STUART: Good old dad. (Gives the phone to the Doctor). There you go. THE DOCTOR: Just need to do a bit of charging up... (Presses his sonic screwdriver to the battery). And then we can bring everyone back. He glances around the church as he charges the battery up. Jackie looks warily round at the doors, which are shaking as the Reaper throws its weight against it. EXT. CHURCH There are now three Reapers circling the church and screeching. INT. CHURCH Rose and Pete sit down near the back of the church. PETE: You, um... you never said why you came here in the first place. If I had a time machine, I wouldn't have thought 1987 was anything special. Not round here, anyway. ROSE: We just ended up here. PETE: Lucky for me, eh? If you hadn't been there to save me... ROSE (quickly): That was just a co-incidence. That was just... Really good luck. It's amazing... Pete looks as though he does not quite believe this. There is a slight pause. PETE: So, in the future, are me and her indoors still together? Rose looks at him. ROSE: Yeah. PETE: Are you still living with us? ROSE: Yep! Pete nods and smiles. He looks at her intensely for a few moments and then asks her a question, sounding like he has been wanting to ask this for quite a while. PETE: Am I a good dad? Rose cannot find it in her heart to tell him the truth. ROSE: You... you told me a bedtime story every night when I was small. You were always there... you never missed one. She smiles at him, giving every appearance of reminiscing on happier times. ROSE (CONT'D): And um... you took us for picnics in the country every Saturday. You never let us down. You were there for us all the time. Pete listens intently. ROSE (CONT'D) Someone I could really rely on. They are both silent for a few moments. PETE: That's not me. Rose stops smiling. She looks to the front of the church, where they TARDIS finally starts to materialise, the key in her lock. The Doctor puts his jacket back on, grinning. He runs back up the steps to the pulpit to address the guests. THE DOCTOR: Right, no-one touches that key. Have you got that? Don't touch it. Anyone touches that key, it'll be, well, zap. Just leave it be and everything will be fine. We'll get out of here. All of us. Stuart, Sarah, you're gonna get married, just like I said. He grins encouragingly at them. EXT. CHURCH Outside, the car screeches around the corner and disappears yet again. INT. CHURCH The TARDIS is materialising slowly but surely. Everyone is sitting waiting for it to appear fully. The Doctor and Rose sit side by side at the back of the church, Pete on a seat behind them. Jackie casts them a contemptuous glance over her shoulder. ROSE (to the Doctor): When time gets sorted out... THE DOCTOR: Everybody here forgets what happened. And don't worry, the thing that you changed will stay changed. PETE: You mean I'll still be alive. Rose turns around in her chair to face him. PETE (CONT'D): Though I'm meant to be d*ad. Rose just looks at him without speaking. Pete nods. PETE (CONT'D): That's why I haven't done anything with my life. Why I didn't mean anything. THE DOCTOR: It doesn't work like that. PETE: Rubbish. I'm so useless I couldn't even die properly. Now it's my fault all of this has happened. ROSE (reaching over suddenly and putting a hand on his arm): This is my fault. PETE: No, love. I'm your dad. It's my job for it to be my fault. JACKIE (appearing next to them): Her dad? How are you her dad? How old were you, twelve? The Doctor rolls his eyes and distances himself. JACKIE: Oh, that's disgusting PETE (standing): Jacks, listen. This is Rose. JACKIE (angry and upset but keeping her voice low): Rose? How sick is that? You give my daughter a second hand name? How many are there? Do you call them all Rose? PETE: Oh, for God's sake, look! It's the same Rose! He takes baby Rose from Jackie's arms and places her into Rose's. The Doctor starts, but too late. THE DOCTOR: Rose! No! Too late, he pulls baby Rose from Rose's arms. A Reaper appears in the middle of the church. The guests scream and leap to their feet. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Everyone! Behind me! Everyone gathers behind the Doctor. The Reaper chirps menacingly and spreads its wings. The Doctor addresses the Reaper. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm the oldest thing in here. The Reaper bears down upon him. ROSE (terrified): Doctor! She watches, horrified, as the Reaper consumes the Doctor. The other guests scream. The Reaper swoops around the church and then collides with the semi-transparent TARDIS, and disappears, TARDIS and all. The key falls to the floor, no longer glowing. There is silence for a few seconds, then Rose runs down the isle and picks up the key. She sounds numb with shock. ROSE (CONT'D): Cold. He's cold. Pete approaches her cautiously from behind, all the while looking nervously around the church. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh, my God, he's d*ad. Pete reaches out to her, but she shakes him off. ROSE (CONT'D): It's all my fault... all of you... both of you... Her voice begins to crack as the impact of what has happened hits her. Pete takes her into his arms. ROSE (CONT'D): ... the whole world... The light in the church dims as though a cloud has passed over the sun. Jackie holds baby Rose closer to her, and the guests look around, scared. BEV: This is it. There's nothing we can do. It's the end. EXT. CHURCH A Reaper attaches itself to the side of the church, and starts to scrap the stone away with its wings. INT. CHURCH ANTEROOM Pete looks out of the window in the side room with the view of the car that is stuck in a loop. As he watches this happen twice with his brow furrowed, it seems as though a revelation comes to him. He breathes heavily, shaking slightly. INT. CHURCH Rose is sitting on her own in the dark church. She is silent and grief stricken. Pete approaches her, carrying his jacket. PETE: The Doctor really cared about you... Rose looks up at him. PETE (CONT'D): He didn't want you to go through it again if there was another way. Now there isn't. ROSE (standing): What're you talking about? PETE (putting his jacket on): The car that should've k*lled me, love. It's here. The Doctor worked it out way back, but he, er, he tried to protect me. Rose just looks at him, eyes filling with tears. PETE (CONT'D): Still, he's not in charge anymore. I am. ROSE (voice cracking): But you can't... Pete reaches out and strokes Rose's face. PETE: Who am I, love? ROSE: My Daddy. Jackie approaches them. She looks at Rose, eyes wide. PETE: Jackie... look at her. She's ours. Jackie looks at Rose, the truth dawning upon her. Rose looks back, tearful. JACKIE: Oh, God... Jackie throws her arms around Rose, eyes shut tightly. When she lets go, she looks at Pete. PETE: I'm meant to be d*ad, Jackie. You're gonna get rid of me at last. JACKIE (holding back her tears): Don't say that. PETE (gently): For once in your life, trust me. It's got be done. You've got to survive, because you've got to bring up our daughter. He gestures to Rose, then pulls Jackie in for a last kiss. He turns to Rose. PETE (CONT'D): I never read you those bedtime stories. I never took you on those picnics. I was never there for you. ROSE (crying): You would've been. PETE: But I can do this for you. I can be a proper dad to you now. ROSE: But it's not fair. PETE (smiling): I've had all these extra hours. No-one else in the world has ever had that. And on top of that... I get to see you. (He takes her face in his hand). And you're beautiful. Rose sobs silently. PETE (CONT'D): How lucky am I, eh? So, come on... do as your dad says. Slowly, tears still flowing, and without looking at him, Rose hands him the vase. PETE (CONT'D): Are you going to be there for me, love? Rose nods. Pete puts a hand on her shoulder and looks into her eyes. PETE (CONT'D): Thanks for saving me. He pulls his wife and his daughter into a tight embrace. Rose screws up her eyes. EXT. CHURCH The Reapers are still clamouring outside the church when Pete runs out of the doors, holding the vase. He stops just outside the gate and looks up at one of the Reapers - it begins to bear down upon him. He turns to see the car appear from thin air around the corner and runs straight out in front of it, screwing up his eyes before the impact. PETE: Goodbye, love... The driver throws a hand over his eyes as the car knocks Pete over. The vase crashes to the ground and breaks. The Reapers disappear one by one. Rose stands outside the church doors, her head down and her eyes closed, taking deep breathes in the slight breeze. The Doctor comes up behind her, and looks down at her for a few moments before placing a hand on her shoulder. She turns to look at him. THE DOCTOR: Go to him. Quick. Rose runs out of the church gates, down the road, and kneels down next to her dying father. She holds his hand and lifts his head slightly up off the ground. They look into each others eyes as he takes his last few breaths. Finally, his head eyes close and his head falls back. Rose lowers his head gently to the ground. Sarah Clarke, Stuart Hoskins, his father, Jackie, and the rest of the guests emerge from the church, trying to see what has happened. JACKIE (voice-over): The driver was just a kid. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Jackie and Rose as a little girl sit on Jackie's bed with the photo-album. JACKIE (CONT'D): He stopped. He waited for the police. It wasn't his fault. For some reason, Pete just ran out. (Pauses, remembering). People say there was this girl... and she sat with Pete while he was dying. And she held his hand. Then she was gone. Never found out who she was. Rose looks up at her mother. EXT. CHURCH Rose places a kiss onto her father's forehead. She stands up, and after looking down at him for a few moments, raises her eyes to meet the Doctor's, who is standing around the other side of the car that k*lled Pete. She goes to him. ROSE (voice-over): Peter Alan Tyler, my Dad. The most wonderful man in the world. Died the 7th of November, 1987. The Doctor takes Rose's hand, and they walk slowly back to the TARDIS together. END
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EXT. SPACE The TARDIS hurtles through space. INT. TARDIS ROSE: What's the emergency? THE DOCTOR: It's mauve. Rose and the Doctor rush around the console, as the TARDIS shudders and shakes. ROSE: Mauve? THE DOCTOR: The universally recognized colour for danger. ROSE: What happened to red? THE DOCTOR: That's just humans. By everyone else's standards, red's camp. Oh, the misunderstandings. All those red alerts, all that dancing. He gestures to the object they are following through the Time Vortex on the monitor. THE DOCTOR: It's got a very basic flight computer - I've hacked in, slaved the TARDIS. Where it goes, we go. ROSE: And how safe is it? THE DOCTOR: Totally. Part of the console explodes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) Okay, reasonably. Should have said reasonably there. EXT. TIME VORTEX The object hurtles through the Vortex. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no, no! It's jumping time tracks, getting away from us. ROSE: What exactly is this thing? THE DOCTOR: No idea. ROSE: And why are we chasing it? THE DOCTOR: It's mauve and dangerous. And about 30 seconds from the centre of London. EXT. SPACE The object hurtles towards Earth, with the TARDIS in hot pursuit. OPENING CREDITS EXT. LONDON ALLEYWAY The TARDIS materializes behind some bleak looking houses in London. Rose exits, followed by the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Do you know how long we can knock around space without having to bump into Earth? ROSE: Five days? Or is that just when we're out of milk? THE DOCTOR: Of all the species in all the universe and it has to come out of a cow. There is a sudden distorted view of something over head as though something is watching them. They walk away from the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Must have come down somewhere quite close. Within a mile, anyway. And it can't have been more than a few weeks ago. Maybe a month. ROSE: A month?! We were right behind it! THE DOCTOR: It was jumping time tracks all over the place, we're bound to be a little bit out. Do you wanna drive? ROSE: Yeah... how much is "a little"? THE DOCTOR: A bit. The distorted vision still observes them. ROSE: Is that EXACTLY a bit? THE DOCTOR: Ish. ROSE: What's the plan, then? Are you gonna do a scan for alien tech or something? THE DOCTOR: Rose, it h*t the middle of London with a very loud bang. I'm gonna ask. He shows Rose his psychic paper. ROSE (reading it): Doctor John Smith, Ministry of Astroids. THE DOCTOR: Psychic Paper, tells you... ROSE: Whatever you want it to tell me, I remember. THE DOCTOR: Sorry. ROSE: Not very Spock, is it? Just asking? She is watching the Doctor trying to get through a door. THE DOCTOR: Door, music, people. What d'you think? ROSE: I think you should do a scan for alien tech. The Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver to the door. ROSE (CONT'D): Gimme some Spock! For once, would it k*ll ya? THE DOCTOR: Are you sure about that t-shirt? Rose is wearing a garish Union Jack t-shirt. Rose looks down at it. ROSE: Too early to say. I'm taking it out for a spin. The Doctor continues trying to open the lock with his sonic screwdriver. Rose turns around as she hears an eerie voice. THE CHILD: Muuuu-mmy? Rose looks around for the source of the voice. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Muuuu-mmy? The Doctor cracks the lock. THE DOCTOR: Come on if you're coming. Won't take a minute. He goes through the door. Rose does not follow him, but continues looking around for the child. THE CHILD: Muuuuumy? Rose finally spots the child standing on a roof-top. ROSE (urgently): Doctor? Doctor? There's a kid up there! But the Doctor is already inside. Rose runs to try and find a way onto the roof, watched by the child. INT. DARKENED CORRIDOR The Doctor, follows the sound of the voices and music and a waiter. INT. DRINKING DEN The Doctor finds himself in a crowded drinking den, full of smoke and chatter and a singer. NIGHTCLUB SINGER: " For nobody else gave me the thrill, when I have found I love you still, it had to be you, wonderful you... " EXT. LONDON ALLEYWAY Rose runs up to the building on top of which the child stands. ROSE (shouting to him): Are you all right up there? THE CHILD: Muuuuum-my? Rose runs up the steps that go up the side of the building. INT. DRINKING DEN NIGHTCLUB SINGER: " It had to be you ". She finishes the song. The audience applaud. The Doctor joins the applause as he approaches the stage. THE DOCTOR: Excuse me! Excuse me! (Into microphone). Could I have everybody's attention just for a mo? Be very quick, eh... hello! (Waves cheerily). Eh... might seem like a stupid question, but has anything fallen from the sky recently? Complete silence. The Doctor looks around expectantly. Then, the audience starts to laugh. The Doctor stares around at them all, confusedly. EXT. LONDON ALLEYWAY Rose finishes climbing the steps, but they do not go all the way to the roof-top. The child is standing precariously on the edge. THE CHILD: Mummy? ROSE: Okay, hold on! Don't move! The child looks down at her. Suddenly, a rope swings into sight, going up the side of the building seemingly to the rooftop. Rose takes hold of it. INT. DRINKING DEN The audience is still laughing, and the Doctor is still looking around at them all. THE DOCTOR: Sorry, have I said something funny? The audience laughs still some more. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It's just, there's this thing I need to find, would've fallen from the sky a couple of days ago. A siren sounds. Immediately, the people start to evacuate the room. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Would've landed quite near here... The Doctor looks up at the ceiling, in the direction from which the sirens seem to be coming. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): With a very loud... Through the crowds of people all clamouring to leave the building, the Doctor notices a poster tacked to the wall, bearing the legend "h*tler will send no warning". THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Bang... He closes his eyes in despair. INT. LONDON ALLEYWAY Rose is now climbing the rope. THE CHILD: Mummy... Rose puffs and pants as she heaves her body up the rope. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Balloon! The rope comes away from the side of the building, Rose still hanging onto it. She looks up, and sees that the rope is in fact hanging down from a barrage balloon. EXT. SKY The barrage balloon drifts away, Rose high in the air. ROSE (terrified): Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! She turns around and sees the German planes dropping b*mb on London. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay... maybe not this t-shirt. The planes zoom around her. INT. LONDON ALLEYWAY The Doctor emerges from the drinking den. THE DOCTOR: Rose! He rounds a corner to where the TARDIS is parked. A cat is sitting on top a dustbin. The Doctor turns around and notices it when it meows. He picks it up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (to the cat): You know... one day. Just one day, maybe... I'm gonna meet someone who gets the whole 'don't wander off' thing. He shakes his head. Behind him, the TARDIS phone starts to ring. Brow furrowed, the Doctor puts the cat down, walks over to the TARDIS and opens the compartment behind which the phone is hidden. He stares at it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): How can you be ringing? What's that about? Ringing? (Takes his sonic screwdriver out). What am I supposed to do with a ringing phone? A girl, Nancy, has silently come up behind him. NANCY: Don't answer it. It's not for you. The Doctor turns towards her questioningly. THE DOCTOR: And how do you know that? NANCY: 'Cos I do. And I'm tellin' ya, don't answer it. THE DOCTOR: Well, if you know so much, tell me this, how can it be ringing? (Turns back to the phone). It's not even a real phone. It's not connected, it's not... He turns back and Nancy has disappeared. The Doctor pauses, confused, then looks back at the phone. He hesitantly picks it up and holds it to his ear. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hello? (Silence aside from crackling). This is the Doctor speaking. (More crackling). How may I help you? THE CHILD (on phone): Mummy? The Doctor's skeptical grin fades from his face. THE CHILD: Mummy? THE DOCTOR: Who is this? Who's speaking? THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? THE DOCTOR (forcefully): Who is this? THE CHILD: Mummy? Silence. THE DOCTOR: How did you RING here? This isn't a real phone, it's not wired up to anything, it's... THE CHILD: Mummy? The line goes d*ad. The Doctor slowly replaces this phone in its cradle. He pokes his head inside the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Rose? Rose, are you in there? There is a crashing sound from behind him. Closing the phone compartment, the Doctor runs to follow the sound. He hurries out of the alleyway, and into a street. EXT. GARDEN MRS LLOYD: The planes are coming. Can't you hear them? Into the shelter. None of your nonsense, now MOVE it! Following the sound of the voices, the Doctor stands on top of a dustbin to look over a garden wall. A fat woman is ushering a small boy into a shelter. MRS LLOYD (CONT'D): Come on, come on, get in there. (Turns). Arthur! Arthur! Will you hurry up? Didn't you hear the sirens? A fat man emerges from the house. MR LLOYD: Middle of dinner, every night. Bloomin' Germans. (Yells skywards). Don't you eat? The Doctor smiles. MRS LLOYD: I can hear the planes! MR LLYOD: Don't you eat?! MRS LLOYD: Oh, keep your voice down, will ya? There's an air raid! She pushes him into the shelter, and follows him down there. MRS LLOYD: Get in... there's a w*r on. MR LLOYD: I know there is... Once they are inside, door closed, Nancy creeps out from behind the shelter and into the back door of the house, unaware that she is being watched by the Doctor. INT. KITCHEN Nancy enters the kitchen where there is an unfinished meal on the table. Looking around, she puts her bag down and opens a cupboard. She begins to take some tins out. EXT. SKY Rose is suspended hundreds of feet above London, carried by the rope hanging down from the barrage balloon. She cries out as the planes whiz past her, holding on for dear life. EXT. BALCONY A uniformed man, Captain Jack Harkness, peers up at Rose through binoculars of an advanced technological design. OFFICER: Get those lights out please! The soldiers begin to clear the room. OFFICER (CONT'D): Come on, down to the shelter. A soldier called Algy approaches Jack, who is still watching Rose through the binoculars. ALGY: Jack? Are you going down to the shelter? Only, I've got to go off on some silly guard duty. (Spots Rose). Ah! Barrage Balloon, eh? Must've come loose. Happens now and then. Don't you RAF boys use them for target practice? Jack zooms in on Rose's bum. JACK: Excellent bottom. ALGY: I say, old man. There's a time and a place. Look, you should really be off. Jack turns to face him. JACK: Sorry, old man. (Laughs, goes inside). I've gotta go and meet a girl. But you've got an excellent bottom too. He slaps Algy's bottom on the way out to emphasise this point. Algy looks rather pleased. INT. KITCHEN Nancy stuffs some things she sees around the kitchen into a bag and leaves the room. INT. HALLWAY Looking into another room, she smiles and goes outside. EXT. STREET She whistles as though calling someone, and then goes back inside. INT. DINING ROOM She takes her coat off and stands next to a table where a full meal has been abandoned. Some children hurry inside. NANCY: Many kids out there? JIM: Eh... yes, miss. The two boys run to the table and make for the food. NANCY: Ah, still carving. Sit and wait. The boys do as they are told. NANCY (CONT'D): We've got the whole air raid. She carves the meat. JIM: Look at that. Bet it's off the black market. NANCY: That's enough. But she smiles. EXT. SKY The planes whizz past Rose, who is still hanging onto the rope. There is an expl*si*n right below her, and she cannot hold on for any longer. She loses her grip and falls, screaming. Suddenly, a blue beam sh**t out from somewhere near Big Ben, and Jack's voice emits from the source. JACK: Okay, okay, I've got you. ROSE (scared and surprised): Who's got me? Who's got me, and you know... how? JACK: I'm just programming your descent pattern. Keep as still as you can and keep your hands and feet inside the light field. ROSE: Descent pattern? JACK: Oh, and could you switch off your cellphone? Rose makes disbelieving noises. JACK: No, seriously, it interferes with my instrument. ROSE (fumbling for her phone): You know, no-one ever believes that. She turns it off. JACK: Thank you. That's much better. ROSE (slightly hysterical): Oh, yeah, that's a real load off, that is. I'm hanging in the sky in the middle of a German air raid with the Union Jack across my chest, but hey! My mobile phone's off! Jack laughs. JACK: Be with you in a moment. INT. JACK'S COCKPIT COMPUTER: The mobile communication device indicates non-contemporaneous life form. JACK: She's not from around here, no. EXT. SKY JACK: Ready for you. Hold tight! ROSE: To what?! JACK: Fair point. Rose zooms feet first down the tunnel of blue light, screaming. INT. JACK'S COCKPIT The next moment, Rose is caught by Jack. JACK: I've got you! Rose coughs. JACK: You're fine, you're just fine. The tractor beam, it can scramble your head just a little. Rose suddenly seems to notice how remarkably good-looking he is. She stares at him. ROSE (breathless): Hello. JACK (raising his eyebrows and looking her up and down): Hello. ROSE (still gazing at him): Hello. Jack raises his eyebrows and nods. ROSE (CONT'D): Sorry, that was hello twice there. Dull, but you know, thorough. JACK: Are you all right? ROSE: Fine! Jack sets Rose back on her feet. Rose grins at him. ROSE (CONT'D): Why, are you expecting me to faint or something? JACK: Well, you do look a little dizzy... ROSE: What about you? You're not even focused... Oh boll... Jack laughs. Rose's eyes roll back into her head and she faints into his arms. Jack, still smiling, lifts her onto a bed. EXT. STREET Some more children run down the road into the house where Nancy is serving dinner. They are watched by the masked child. One boy kneels down to tie his shoelace. The child takes a few steps forward, just as the boy finishes tying his shoelace and runs inside the house. The masked child advances towards the door. INT. DINING ROOM There are now several children gathered around the table, waiting for their meal. Nancy cuts the meat. ERNIE: It's got to be black market. He couldn't get all this on coupons. NANCY (severely): Ernie, how many times? We are guests in this house. We will not make comments of that kind. Washing up. The other children laugh at Ernie. ERNIE: Oh, Nancy! Nancy looks at one of the boys sat around the table. NANCY: Haven't seen you at one of these before. ALF (nods at another boy): He told me about it. NANCY: Sleeping rough? ALF: Yes, miss. NANCY: All right then. (Passes plate around). One slice each, and I want to see everyone chewing properly. JIM: Thank ya, miss! ERNIE: Thanks, miss! ALF: Thank you miss. THE DOCTOR: Thanks, miss! Gasping in surprise, the children jump backwards. NANCY: It's all right! Everybody stay where you are! Jim stares at the Doctor in shock, a piece of meat hanging out of his mouth. THE DOCTOR: Good here, innit? Who's got the salt? NANCY: Back in your seats! He shouldn't be here either. The Doctor smiles and helps himself to some sauce. THE DOCTOR: So, you lot... what's the story? ERNIE: What d'you mean? THE DOCTOR: You're homeless, right? Living rough? JIM: Why d'you wanna know that? Are you a copper? THE DOCTOR: Of course I'm not a copper. What's a copper gonna do with you lot anyway? Arrest you for starving? The children laugh, and the ice is broken. THE DOCTOR: I make it 1941, you lot shouldn't be in London. You should've been evacuated to the country by now. ALF: I was evacuated. They sent me to a farm. THE DOCTOR: So why'd you come back? ALF: There was a man there... JIM: Yeah, same with Ernie. Two homes ago. ERNIE: Shut up. It's better on the streets anyway. Better food. JIM: Yeah. Nancy always gets the best food for us. The Doctor smiles at Nancy. THE DOCTOR: So, that's what you do is it, Nancy? NANCY: What is? THE DOCTOR: As soon as the sirens go, you find a big fat family meal, still warm on the table with everyone down in the air raid shelter and, bingo! Feeding frenzy for the homeless kids of London Town. Puddings for all! As long as the b*mb don't get you. NANCY: Something wrong with that? THE DOCTOR: Wrong with it? It's BRILLIANT. I'm not sure if it's Marxism in action or a West End musical. The children look confused. NANCY: Why'd you follow me? What d'you want? THE DOCTOR: I want to know how a phone that isn't a phone gets a phone call. You seem to be the one to ask. NANCY: I did you a favour. I told you not to answer it, that's all I'm telling ya. THE DOCTOR: Great, thanks. And I wanna find a blonde in a Union Jack. I mean a specific one, I didn't just wake up this morning with a craving. The children laugh. Nancy, however, does not look impressed. She stands up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Anybody seen a girl like that? Nancy takes his plate away. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (indignantly): What've I done wrong? NANCY: You took two slices. The children laugh at him. NANCY (CONT'D): No blondes, no flags. Anything else before you leave? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, there is actually. Thanks for asking. Something I've been looking for, would've fallen from the sky about a month ago, but not a b*mb. (Takes a notebook from his pocket). Not the usual kind anyway. Wouldn't have exploded. Would've just buried itself in the ground somewhere, and it would've looked something like... (Sketches). This. He shows them a scribbled drawing. Nancy looks at it intently but says nothing. There is a knock on the window. The children gasp. THE CHILD: Mummy? Are you in there, mummy? The Doctor goes to the window and pulls the curtain aside. The child with the gasmask on his face is standing there, knocking. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Mummy? NANCY (urgently): Who was the last one in? ERNIE (gesturing the Doctor): Him. NANCY: Nah, he came round the back. Who came in the front? ALF (whispers): Me. NANCY: Did you close the door? ALF: I... NANCY: Did you close the door? THE CHILD: Mummy? Mummy? His shadow looms outside the front door. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Muuuuum-my? INT. HALLWAY Nancy rushes down the hallway and shuts and bolts the door before the child can get in. She backs away, looking at the shadow of the child outside the door, terrified. The Doctor stands behind her. THE DOCTOR (watching the shadow concernedly): What's this, then? It's never easy being the only child left out in the cold, you know. NANCY: I suppose you'd know. THE DOCTOR: I do actually, yes. He smiles pleasantly at her. NANCY: It's not exactly a child. THE CHILD: Muuum-my? Nancy pushes past the Doctor and goes back into the dining room. INT. DINING ROOM Nancy addresses the children still sitting around the table. NANCY: Right, everybody out, across the back garden and under the fence. They just look at her. NANCY (CONT'D): Now! Go! Move! They all jump out of their seats and run out of the door while Nancy puts her coat on, apart from one little girl. NANCY (CONT'D): Come on, baby. You've got to go. Okay? It's just like a game. Just like chasing. The little girl jumps out of her seat. NANCY (CONT'D): Take your coat, go on. The little girl runs after the other children. NANCY (CONT'D): Go! INT. HALLWAY The Doctor watches them pass, slightly confused. THE CHILD: Mummy? The Doctor takes a few steps towards the door. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Please let me in, mummy. He sticks his hand through the letterbox. He has a scar on the back of his perfectly ordinary little hand. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Please let me in, mummy. THE DOCTOR: Are you all right? THE CHILD: Please let me in. Nancy suddenly throws something against the door, which smashes. The child withdraws his hand. NANCY: You mustn't let him touch ya! THE DOCTOR: What happens if he touches me? NANCY: He'll make you like him. THE DOCTOR: And what's he like? NANCY (steps away): I've gotta go. THE DOCTOR: Nancy, what's he like? They look at each other. NANCY (after a pause): He's empty. The phone rings. The Doctor looks at it. NANCY (CONT'D): It's him. He can make phones ring, he can. Just like with that police box you saw. The Doctor looks at the shadow of the child outside the door, then picks up the phone. THE CHILD (on the phone): Are you my mummy? Nancy snatches the phone off the Doctor and slams it back down. The radio turns itself on. It plays music, but with the child's voice over it. THE CHILD (on radio): Mummy? Please let me in, mummy. The Doctor turns the tuner. He stops when a toy monkey suddenly springs to life. THE CHILD (through monkey): Mummy? Muuum-my, muum-my... The Doctor picks up the monkey and looks at it. NANCY: Stay if you want to. She leaves. THE CHILD (through monkey): Mummy, mummy, mummy... The child sticks his hand through the letterbox again. THE CHILD: Mummy? Let me in please, mummy... The Doctor kneels in front of the door, looking at the scarred little hand with a look of concern on his face. THE CHILD (CONT'D): PLEASE let me in. THE DOCTOR: Your mummy isn't here. THE CHILD (after a pause): Are you my mummy? THE DOCTOR: No mummies here. None be here but us chickens. He looks behind him at the deserted house, then back at the door, grinning. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Well, THIS chicken. THE CHILD: I'm scared. THE DOCTOR: Why are those other child frightened of you? THE CHILD: Please let me in, mummy. I'm scared of the b*mb. The Doctor thinks for a moment. THE DOCTOR: Okay. I'm opening the door now. The child withdraws his hand from the letterbox. The Doctor draws back the bolts and opens the door, but the child has disappeared. EXT. STREET The Doctor walks down the path and looks up and down the street, but there is no sign of the child. INT. JACK'S COCKPIT Rose wakes up and gets up off the bed. She looks around at her surroundings. JACK: Better now? ROSE: You got lights in here? Jack, who is sitting in the pilot seat, obligingly turns them on. JACK: Hello. ROSE: Hello. JACK (smiling): Hello. ROSE (also smiling): Let's not start that again. Jack laughs. JACK: Okay. Rose pulls down her t-shirt self-consciously and takes a few steps towards him. ROSE: So, um... who're you supposed to be, then? JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. 133 Squadron Royal Airforce - American Volunteer. He hands her what would appear to be an ID card. Rose looks at it. ROSE: Liar. Jack pauses. ROSE (CONT'D): This is psychic paper. It tells me whatever you want it to tell me. JACK (sitting back, caught out): How do you know? ROSE: Two things. One, I have a friend who uses this all the time. JACK: Ah. ROSE: And two, you just handed me a piece of paper telling me you're single and you work out. Jack leans forward to take it back. JACK: Tricky things, psychic paper. ROSE: Yeah, can't let your mind wander when you're handing it over. She hands it back to him. Jack reads it. JACK: Oh, you "sort of" have a boyfriend called Mickey Smith but you consider yourself to be footloose and fancy free. ROSE (laughing, embarrassed): Wha... JACK: Actually, the word you use is "available". ROSE (grinning): No way... JACK: And another one, "very". ROSE (standing): Shall we uh... try and get along WITHOUT the psychic paper? JACK (also standing): That would be better, wouldn't it? ROSE: Nice spaceship. JACK: Gets me around. ROSE (running a hand along the ceiling) : Very... Spock. She looks at him for a sign of recognition. JACK: Who? ROSE: Guessing you're not a local boy, then. JACK (looking at his wrist device): A cell phone, a liquid crystal watch, and fabrics that won't be around for at least another two decades... guessing you're not a local girl. Rose is now sitting on the pilots seat, examining the spaceship. ROSE: Guessing right. She tries to touch something, but withdraws her hands quickly, gasping with pain. Her hands have burn marks on them. JACK: Burn your hands on the rope? ROSE: Yeah. (Looking out of the window). We're parked in midair! Can't anyone down there see us? JACK: No. Can I have a look at your hands for a moment? Rose sits back down. ROSE: Why? JACK: Please? He sits next her. Rose holds her hands out and he runs a scanner over them. JACK: You can stop acting now. I know exactly who you are. I can spot a Time Agent a mile away. ROSE: Time Agent? JACK: I've been expecting one of you guys to show up. Though, not, I must say, by barrage balloon. Do you often travel that way? ROSE (smiling): Sometimes I get swept off my feet. By balloons. Jack takes his scarf off and wraps it around Rose's wrists. ROSE: What're you doing? JACK: Try to keep still. He finishes binding her hands and leans over her to switch a button over her head. They catch each other's eye, very aware of their proximity. There is a bleeping sound, what look like tiny golden fireflies appear above the wounds on her hands. JACK (CONT'D): Nanogenes. Sub-atomic robots. The air in here's full of them. Rose looks pleasantly amazed as the nanogenes work their magic on the burns on her hands. Jack switches the button again, and they disappear. JACK (CONT'D): They just repaired three layers of your skin. He takes the scarf off her wrists. ROSE: Well, tell them thanks! She laughs. Jack gets up, smiling. JACK: We'll get down to business. ROSE: Business? Jack is now holding a bottle of champagne. JACK: Shall we have a drink on the balcony? Holding her gaze, he presses a button and steps to the roof lower themselves into the spaceship. Jack starts to go up the stairs. JACK (CONT'D): Bring up the glasses. EXT. OUTSIDE BIG BEN He emerges on top of the invisible spaceship, and uncorks the bottle. Rose, looking slightly unsteady, ascends the steps, holding a couple of glasses. They are parked in front of Big Ben. ROSE (laughs nervously): I'm standing on something... Jack chuckles, and then takes a device out of his pocket. He flicks a switch and his spaceship appears under their feet. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay... you have an invisible spaceship... JACK: Yeah... ROSE: Tethered up to Big Ben for some reason... JACK: First rule of active camouflage. Park somewhere you'll remember. He pops the cork out of the bottle with a loud bang. Rose whoops and Jack laughs. Jack fills up their glasses. EXT. WASTELAND Nancy hurries across the train tracks. She hurries into an outer house and starts taking food out of her bag. She suddenly turns around, when she notices the Doctor standing in the doorway, watching her. NANCY: How'd you follow me here? THE DOCTOR: I'm good at following, me. Got the nose for it. NANCY (suspicious): People can't usually follow me if I don't want them to. THE DOCTOR: My nose has special powers. NANCY: Yeah? That's why it's uh... THE DOCTOR: What? NANCY: Nothing. THE DOCTOR (persistently): What? NANCY (teasingly): Nothing! Do your ears have special powers too? THE DOCTOR (calmly): What're you trying to say? NANCY: Goodnight, Mister. She turns away. THE DOCTOR: Nancy. There's something chasing you and the other kids. Looks like a boy and it isn't a boy, and it started about a month ago, right? Nancy turns back to him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): The thing I'm looking for. The thing that fell from the sky, that's when it landed. And you know what I'm talking about, don't you? NANCY: There was a b*mb. A b*mb that wasn't a b*mb. Fell the other end of Limehouse Green Station. THE DOCTOR: Take me there. NANCY (shakes her head): There's soldiers guarding it, barbed wire... you'll never get through. THE DOCTOR: Try me! NANCY: You sure you wanna know what's going on in there? THE DOCTOR: I really wanna know. NANCY: Then there's someone you need to talk to first. THE DOCTOR: And who might that be? NANCY: The Doctor. The Doctor's brow furrows. Nancy turns away, and the Doctor gives a quiet, ironic laugh, clearly confused. EXT. OUTSIDE BIG BEN Rose and Jack are sitting on top of the spaceship, drinking the champagne. Rose stands up. ROSE: You know, it's getting a bit late. I should really be getting back. JACK: We're discussing business. ROSE (smiling): This isn't business. This is champagne. JACK: I try never to discuss business with a clear head. (Stands, walks towards her). Are you travelling alone? Are you authorised to negotiate with me? ROSE: What would we be negotiating? JACK: I have something for the Time Agency. Something they'd like to buy. Are you in power to make payment? ROSE: Well, I, I should talk to my... companion. JACK: Companion? ROSE: Yeah, I should really be getting back to him. JACK: Him? ROSE (laughing): Do you have the time? Jack, clearing his throat, takes the device out of his pocket and flicks a switch. Big Ben chimes right next to them. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay, that was flash. (Laughs). Th... that was on the flash side. JACK (moves closer, places his hands on her waist): So... when you say "companion", just how disappointed should I be? ROSE: Okay... we're standing in midair... JACK: Mm-hm. ROSE: On a spaceship... during a German air raid... do you really think now's a good time to be coming on to me...? Her voice falters slightly as Jack raises her hands and places his lips upon them. Upon her words, Jack takes his lips away and pats her hand. JACK: Perhaps not. He walks away. ROSE (quickly): Well, it was just a suggestion. Jack turns back to her. JACK: Do you like Glenn Miller? He points the device over his shoulder, and "Moonlight Serenade" plays. He walks back to her, and they begin to slow dance. JACK: It's 1941. The height of the London Blitz. The height of the German b*mb Campaign. And something else has fallen on London - a fully equipped Chula Warship. The last one in existence... Rose's eyelids flutter closed, her head on his shoulder. JACK (CONT'D): ... armed to the teeth. (Draws back slightly to look at her properly). And I know where it is. Because I parked it. Rose laughs. JACK (CONT'D): If the Agency can name the right price, I can get it for you. But in two hours, a German b*mb is gonna fall on it and destroy it forever. (He looks at her, suddenly more serious). That's the deadline. That's the deal. And now, shall we discuss payment? ROSE: Do you know what I think? JACK: What? ROSE (dreamily): I think you were talking just there... JACK: Two hours, the b*mb falls. There'll be nothing left but dust and a crater. ROSE: Promises, promises... JACK: Are you listening to any of this? ROSE (pulling herself together): You used to be a Time Agent, now you're some kind of free lancer. JACK: Well, that's a little harsh. (Pulls her closer). I like to think of myself as a criminal. ROSE (laughing): I bet you do! JACK: So, this companion of yours, does he handle the business? ROSE: Well, I delegate a lot of that, yeah. JACK: Well, maybe we should go find him. ROSE: And how're you gonna do that? JACK: Easy. I'll do a scan for alien tech. He begins the scan using the device on his wrist. ROSE (to herself, delighted): Finally, a professionnal. EXT. WASTELAND The Doctor stands on some steps a good distance away from the b*mb site. He looks at it using his binoculars. Nancy stands behind him. NANCY: The b*mb's under that tarpaulin. They put the fence up over night. See that building? The hospital. The Doctor looks over to where she indicates over the top of the binoculars. THE DOCTOR: What about it? NANCY: That's where the doctor is. The Doctor zooms in on the hospital. NANCY (CONT'D): You should talk to him. THE DOCTOR: For now, I'm more interested in getting in there. He points back at the b*mb site. NANCY: Talk to the doctor first. THE DOCTOR: Why? NANCY: 'Cos then maybe you won't wanna get inside. Nancy begins to go back up the steps. THE DOCTOR (without looking): Where're you going? NANCY: There was a lot of food in that house. I've got mouths to feed. Should be safe enough now. THE DOCTOR: Can I ask you a question? Who did you lose? NANCY: What? THE DOCTOR (finally lowering the binoculars and turning to face her): The way you look after all those kids. It's 'cos you lost somebody, isn't it? You're doing all this to make up for it. NANCY: My little brother. Jamie. One night I went out looking for food. Same night that thing fell. I told him not to follow me, told him it was dangerous, but he just... he just didn't like being on his own. THE DOCTOR: What happened? NANCY: In the middle of an air raid? What do you think happened? The Doctor nods, then smiles. THE DOCTOR: Amazing. NANCY: What is? THE DOCTOR: 1941. There are planes dropping b*mb in the distance. A barrage balloon hovers above them. Small expl*si*n in the air. THE DOCTOR: Right now, not very far from here, a German w*r machine is rolling up the map of Europe. Country after country, falling like dominoes. Nothing can stop it. Nothing. Until one, tiny, damp little island says "no". 'No'. Not here. A mouse in front of a lion. (Looks at Nancy). You're amazing, the lot of you. Dunno what you do to h*tler, but you frighten the hell out of me. Off you go then... do what you've gotta do. Save the world. He goes down the rest of the steps. Nancy turns and walks up them. The distorted vision of the child watches Nancy and we see his shadow follow her up the steps. EXT. ABANDONED HOSPITAL The Doctor goes to the gate of the hospital, and upon finding it locked, uses his sonic screwdriver to destroy the padlock. He undoes the chain, and enters Albion Hospital. INT. HOSPITAL WARD The Doctor enters a dark ward, where rows and rows of people are lying on beds, wearing gas masks, completely lifeless. He looks around at them all, brow furrowed, and leaves. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Doctor comes out into a corridor, which is lit. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 He enters another ward, which is lighter but still has rows of the gas mask people lying on the beds. He turns quickly upon hearing a slight sound behind him, and an old man, Doctor Constantine enters. DR CONSTANTINE: You'll find them everywhere. Every bed in every ward. Hundreds of them. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I saw. Why are they still wearing gas masks? DR CONSTANTINE: They're not. Who are you? THE DOCTOR: I'm, uh... are you the doctor? DR CONSTANTINE: Doctor Constantine. And you are? THE DOCTOR: Nancy sent me. DR CONSTANTINE: Nancy? That means you must've been asking about the b*mb. THE DOCTOR: Yes. DR CONSTANTINE: What do you know about it? THE DOCTOR: Nothing. Why I was asking. What do you know? DR CONSTANTINE: Only what it's done. THE DOCTOR: These people, were they all caught up in the blast? DR CONSTANTINE: None of them were. He laughs slightly, but it turns into a nasty cough. He sits down in a chair just behind him. The Doctor takes a few steps towards him. THE DOCTOR: You're very sick. DR CONSTANTINE: Dying, I should think, I just haven't been able to find the time. Are you a doctor? THE DOCTOR: I have my moments. DR CONSTANTINE: Have you examined any of them, yet? THE DOCTOR: No. DR CONSTANTINE: Don't touch the flesh. THE DOCTOR: Which one? DR CONSTANTINE: Any one. The Doctor, raising his eyebrows, takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and approaches the nearest bed. He runs the screwdriver over the mask covered face of the body. DR CONSTANTINE (CONT'D): Conclusions? THE DOCTOR: Massive head trauma, mostly to the left side... (Runs screwdriver over the chest). Partial collapse of the chest cavity, mostly to the right. There's some scarring on the back of the hand and the gas mask seems to be fused to the flesh but I can't see any burns. DR CONSTANTINE: Examine another one. The Doctor goes over to another body and does the scan again. The gas mask is fused to the flesh and the body bears the same scar on the back of the hand. He turns off his sonic screwdriver and turns to Doctor Constantine. THE DOCTOR: This isn't possible. DR CONSTANTINE: Examine another. The Doctor hurries to another bed and does so. THE DOCTOR: This isn't possible! DR CONSTANTINE: No. THE DOCTOR: They've all got the same injuries! DR CONSTANTINE: Yes. THE DOCTOR: Exactly the same. DR CONSTANTINE: Yes. THE DOCTOR: Identical, all of them. Right down to the scar on the back of the hand. Doctor Constantine looks at his own hand, it has the scar. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): How did this happen? How did it start? DR CONSTANTINE: When that b*mb dropped, there was just one victim. THE DOCTOR: d*ad? DR CONSTANTINE: At first. His injuries were truly dreadful. By the following morning, every doctor and nurse who had treated him, who had touched him, had those exact same injuries. By the morning after that, every patient in the same ward had the exact same injuries. Within a week, the entire hospital. Physical injuries, as plague. Can you explain that? What would you say was the cause of death? THE DOCTOR: The head trauma. DR CONSTANTINE: No. THE DOCTOR: Asphyxiation. DR CONSTANTINE: No. THE DOCTOR: The collapse of the chest cavity... DR CONSTANTINE: No. THE DOCTOR: All right. What was the cause of death? DR CONSTANTINE: There wasn't one. The Doctor looks at him, brow furrowed. DR CONSTANTINE (CONT'D): They're not d*ad. He raps his stick against a tin bin, and all the patients suddenly sit up. The Doctor looks alarmed. DR CONSTANTINE: It's all right. They're harmless. They just... sort of, sit there. No heartbeat, no life signs of any kind. They just... don't die. THE DOCTOR: And they've just been left here? Nobody's doing anything? The bodies lie down again. DR CONSTANTINE: I try and make them comfortable, what else is there? THE DOCTOR: Just you? You're the only one here? DR CONSTANTINE: Before this w*r began, I was a father and a grandfather. Now I am neither. But I am still a doctor. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Know the feeling. DR CONSTANTINE: I suspect the plan is to blow up the hospital and blame it on a German b*mb. THE DOCTOR (looking around): Probably too late. DR CONSTANTINE: No. They are isolated cases, but... isolated cases breaking out all over London... He coughs again. His speech starts to break up. The Doctor starts towards him. DR CONSTANTINE (CONT'D): Stay back, stay back. (Coughs). Listen to me... top floor. Room 802, that's where they took the first victim - the one from the crash site. And you must find Nancy again. THE DOCTOR: Nancy? DR CONSTANTINE: It was her brother. She knows more than she's saying. She won't tell me, but she mi... mi... (He gags and clutches his neck). M... mu... mee... The Doctor watches him concernedly. Speech is a huge effort for Constantine. DR CONSTANTINE (CONT'D): Are... you... my... mum-my? As the Doctor watches, a gas mask protrudes horribly out of Constantine's mouth. His eyes become the gas mask, and it fuses onto his face, and he goes limp. The Doctor hears voices in the distance. JACK: Hello? ROSE: Hello? JACK: Hello? The Doctor leaves the ward. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Doctor emerges into the corridor. He meets Rose and Jack coming the other way. JACK: Good evening. Hope I'm not interrupting, Jack Harkness. (Shakes the Doctor's hand). I've been hearing all about you on the way over. ROSE (to the Doctor): He knows. I had to tell him about us being Time Agents. The Doctor nods. JACK: And it's a real pleasure to meet you, Mr Spock. He pats the Doctor heartily on the shoulder, and walks off, leaving the Doctor looking rather bemused. THE DOCTOR (to Rose): Mr Spock? ROSE: What was I supposed to say, you don't have a name! Don't you ever get tired of "Doctor"? Doctor who? THE DOCTOR: Nine centuries in, I'm coping. Where've you been? We're in the middle of a London Blitz, it's not a good time for a stroll. ROSE (starting to walk): Who's strolling? I went by barrage balloon. Only way to see an air raid. THE DOCTOR (following): What?! ROSE: Listen, what's a Chula warship? THE DOCTOR (stops): Chula? INT. DINING ROOM Nancy goes back into the house and starts to put a cloth over some of the food on the table. Suddenly, the radio springs to life, the child's voice transmitting through it THE CHILD: Please, mummy. Please let me in. Nancy spins round to face the radio. THE CHILD (CONT'D): I'm scared of the b*mb, mummy. Please, mummy... There is a crash from the hallway, making Nancy turn around. The shadow of the child is on the wall. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Mummy... mum-my... Nancy looks around for somewhere to hide. She crawls under the table. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 Jack scans one of the bodies. JACK: This just isn't possible. How could this happen? THE DOCTOR: What kind of Chula ship landed here? JACK: What? ROSE: He said it was a warship. He stole it. Parked it somewhere out there, somewhere a b*mb's gonna fall on it - unless WE make him an offer. THE DOCTOR: What kind of warship? JACK (agitated): Does it matter? It's got nothing to do with this! THE DOCTOR (angrily): This started at the b*mb site. It's got everything to do with it. What kind of warship? JACK: An ambulance! (Turns on his wrist device). Look. A hologram of the warship appears above the device. JACK (CONT'D): That's what you chased through the Time Vortex. It's space junk. I wanted to kid you it was valuable. It's empty. I made sure of it. Nothing but a shell. I threw it at you. Saw your time travel vehicle, love the retro look, by the way, nice panels, threw you the bait... ROSE: Bait? JACK: I wanted to sell it to you and then destroy it before you found out it was junk. ROSE: You said it was a w*r ship. JACK: They have ambulances in wars. (Walks away from them, annoyed). It was a con. I was conning you, that's what I am, I'm a con man. I thought you were Time Agents but you're not, are you? ROSE: Just a couple more free-lancers. JACK: Ahh... should've known. The way you guys are blending in with the local colour, I mean, Flag Girl was bad enough, but U-Boat Captain? Both Rose and the Doctor look uncomfortably at their clothes. JACK: Anyway... Whatever's happening here has got nothing to do with that ship. ROSE (looking around): What is happening here, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Human DNA's being rewritten... by an idiot. ROSE: What d'you mean? THE DOCTOR: I dunno, some kind of virus. It's converting human beings into these things. (Nods at the bodies). But why? What's the point? INT. DINING ROOM The child enters. THE CHILD: Mummy? Where's my mummy? Mummy? An apple falls out of Nancy's bag and rolls out from under the table. The child looks at it, walks over to it and bends down to pick it up. Nancy tries to make a run for it, but the child spins around, pointing a finger. The door slams shut and locks. Nancy rattles the handle fruitlessly. The child looks at her, still pointing. Nancy looks back. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Are you my mummy? INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 Rose bends over one of the bodies, examining it, when suddenly, it sits up. All the others do the same. Rose jumps backwards. They all start saying "mummy?" repeatedly. ROSE: What's happening? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. The gas-mask people all get out of bed. INT. DINING ROOM Nancy backs away from the child. THE CHILD: Mummy? NANCY: It's me. Nancy! INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The gas-mask people begin to enclose the Doctor, Rose and Jack. THE DOCTOR: Don't let them touch you. ROSE: What happens if they touch us? THE DOCTOR: You're looking at it. They still chant, 'mummy' as they back the three of them against a wall. INT. DINING ROOM THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? NANCY: It's Nancy. Your sister. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The patients in the ward enclose the Doctor, Rose and Jack. INT. DINING ROOM The child advances on Nancy. NANCY: You're d*ad, Jamie. You're d*ad! She is now backed against the curtain. THE CHILD: Mum-my... mum-my... INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The gas-mask people have surrounded the Doctor, Rose and Jack, still calling for "mummy". TO BE CONTINUED...
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "01x09 - The Empty Child"}
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A recap of 1x09 "The Empty Child". INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The gas-mask people are surrounding Rose, the Doctor and Jack. Then - the Doctor stares sternly around at them. THE DOCTOR (as though addressing a disobedient child) : Go to your room. The gasmask people hesitate. INT. DINING ROOM Jamie hesitates. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Go to your room! The gas-mask people cock their heads to one side. INT. DINING ROOM Jamie cocks his head to one side. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 Rose and Jack look at one another. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I mean it! I am very, very angry with you. I am very, very cross! Go... to... your... ROOM! He points violently in no particular direction, and miraculously, all the gas-mask people turn meekly away. INT. DINING ROOM Jamie turns to leave. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The patients and staff in the hospital climb back onto their beds. INT. DINING ROOM Jamie slowly opens the door and leaves the room. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 The Doctor sighs with relief. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm really glad that worked. Those would've been TERRIBLE last words. OPENING CREDITS EXT. STREET Jamie walks alone from the house into the dark night. INT. DINING ROOM Nancy watches him go from the window. NANCY (sadly): Jamie... She sinks to the ground with her back against the wall, and sobs. INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2 Rose is sitting by one of the beds, looking at one of the gasmask people. Jack settles down in a chair. ROSE: Why are they all wearing gas masks? JACK: They're not. Those masks are flesh and bone. THE DOCTOR: How was your con supposed to work? JACK: Simple enough, really. Find some harmless piece of space-junk... let the nearest Time Agent track it back to Earth. Convince him it's valuable, name a price. When he's put 50% up front, oops! A German b*mb falls on it, destroys it forever. He never gets to see what he's paid for. Never knows he's been had. I buy him a drink with his own money, and we discuss dumb luck. The perfect self-cleaning con. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Perfect. JACK: The London Blitz is great for self-cleaners, Pompeii's nice if you want to make a vacation of it though, but you've got to set your alarm for volcano day. He laughs at his own joke. The Doctor merely looks at him. Jack's laughter dies away. JACK (CONT'D): Getting a hint of disapproval. THE DOCTOR: Take a look around the room. This is what your "harmless piece of space-junk" did. JACK: It was a burnt-out medical transporter, it was empty. The Doctor looks darkly at him and walks off. THE DOCTOR: Rose. ROSE: We getting out of here? THE DOCTOR: We're going upstairs. Rose follows him. Jack gets up and calls after him. JACK: I even programmed the flight computer so it wouldn't land on anything living, I harmed no-one! I don't know what's happening here, but believe me, I had nothing to do with it. THE DOCTOR: I'll tell you what's happening. You forgot to set your alarm clock. It's volcano day. A siren goes off in the distance. ROSE: What's that? JACK: The all-clear. THE DOCTOR: I wish. He leaves the ward. Rose and Jack follow him. INT. DINING ROOM Upon hearing the siren, Nancy gets up and leaves the dining room. INT. HALLWAY Suddenly, a child wearing a gas-mask jumps out in front of her, and she screams and stumbles backwards - but then the little boy takes the mask off. NANCY: I thought you were Jamie! She leaves the house through the back door, the boy following her. EXT. GARDEN BOY: Dad! Dad! Mr and Mrs Lloyd appear and Mr Lloyd angrily tries to shove her back into the house. NANCY: Get your hands off me! MRS LLOYD (to the boy): Oi! You! Get in! Get in! INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR Rose and Jack run down a corridor looking for the Doctor. JACK (calls): Mr Spock? ROSE (calls): Doctor? They dash past a flight of stairs. The Doctor pops his head around the banister. THE DOCTOR: Have you got a blaster? Rose and Jack skid to a halt and backtrack. JACK: Sure! They run up the stairs and find themselves standing outside a door. THE DOCTOR: The night your space-junk landed, someone was hurt. This was where they were taken. ROSE: What happened? THE DOCTOR: Let's find out. (To Jack): Get it open. Jack grins and points a blaster at the door. The Doctor stands back, beside Rose. ROSE (quietly): What's wrong with your sonic screwdriver? THE DOCTOR: Nothing. Jack's blaster cuts a perfectly square hole around the lock of the door and it squeaks open. THE DOCTOR: Sonic blaster, 51st century. w*apon Factories of Villengard? JACK: You've been to the factories? THE DOCTOR (taking the blaster from Jack for a look): Once. JACK: Well, they gone now. Destroyed. The main reactor went critical. Vapourized the lot. THE DOCTOR (giving the blaster back): Like I said, once. There's a banana grove there, now. I like bananas. Bananas are good. He smiles pleasantly at Jack and enters the room. Rose goes up to Jack. ROSE (looks at the perfectly square hole): Nice blast pattern. JACK: Digital. ROSE: Squareness g*n. JACK: Yeah. ROSE: I like it. She goes into the room. Jack laughs, then follows her. INT. THE ROOM The Doctor switches a light on. The room looks as though it has been vandalised. The window is broken and there is stuff all over the floor. THE DOCTOR: What d'you think? JACK: Something got out of here... THE DOCTOR: Yeah. And? JACK: Something powerful. Angry. THE DOCTOR: Powerful and angry. Jack enters a room off the side. The floors and walls are covered with a child's drawings. There are a few toys on the floor and a little bed in the corner. JACK: A child? I suppose this explains "mummy". ROSE: How could a child do this? The Doctor plays a tape of Doctor Constantine talking to the Child. DR. CONSTANTINE: Do you know where you are? THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? DR. CONSTANTINE: Are you aware of what's around you? Can you... see? THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? DR. CONSTANTINE: What do you want? Do you know... THE CHILD: I want my mummy. Are you my mummy? I want my mummy! Are you my mummy? Every single one of the drawings covering the wall are of the Child's mother. THE CHILD (CONT'D): Are you my mummy? Mummy? Mummy? ROSE: Doctor, I've heard this voice before. THE DOCTOR: Me too. THE CHILD: Mummy? ROSE: Always, "are you my mummy?". Like he doesn't know. THE CHILD: Mummy? ROSE: Why doesn't he know? THE CHILD: Are you there, mummy? Mummy? INT. DINING ROOM Mr Lloyd enters the dining room and shuts the door behind him. He leans on the table, at which Nancy is sitting. MR LLOYD: The police are on their way. I pay for the food on this table. The sweat on my brow, that food is. The sweat on my brow. Anything else you'd like? I've got a whole house here, anything else you'd like to help yourself to? NANCY: Yeah. I'd like some wire cutters, please. Mr Lloyd looks unpleasantly surprised. NANCY (CONT'D): Something that can cut through barbed wire. Oh, and a torch. Don't look like that, Mr Lloyd. I know you've got plenty of tools in here. I've been watching this house for ages. And I'd like another look round your kitchen cupboards. I was in a hurry the first time. I wanna see if there's anything I missed. MR LLOYD: The food on this table... NANCY: It's an awful lot of food, isn't it, Mr Lloyd? Mr Lloyd's mouth opens and shuts again. NANCY (CONT'D): A lot more than on anyone else's table. Half this street thinks your missus must be messing about with Mr. Avistock, the butcher. But she's not, is she? You are. Mr Lloyd looks very uncomfortable, and he is starting to sweat. Triumphant, Nancy stands up. NANCY (CONT'D): Wire cutters. Torch. Food. And I'd like to use your bathroom before I leave, please. Oh, look... there's the sweat on your brow. Mr Lloyd agitatedly wipes the beads of sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand. Nancy goes over to the door and opens it. INT. THE ROOM The reels of the tape spin. THE CHILD: Mummy? Please, mummy? Mummy? The Doctor is pacing around the room. ROSE: Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Can you sense it? JACK: Sense what? THE DOCTOR: Coming out of the walls, can you feel it? THE CHILD: Mummy? The Doctor stops to look around at Rose and Jack. THE DOCTOR: Funny little human brains, how do you get around in those things? ROSE (to Jack): When he's stressed, he likes to insult species. THE DOCTOR (still pacing): Rose, I'm thinking. ROSE: Cuts himself shaving, does half an hour in life forms he's cleverer than... THE DOCTOR: There are these children living rough around the b*mb site. They come out during air-raids looking for food. THE CHILD: Mummy, please? THE DOCTOR: Suppose they were there when this thing, whatever it was, landed? JACK: It was a med-ship. It was harmless. THE DOCTOR: Yes, you keep saying. "Harmless". Suppose one of them was affected, altered? ROSE: Altered how? THE CHILD: I'm here! THE DOCTOR: It's afraid. Terribly afraid, and powerful. It doesn't know it yet, but it will do. (Small laugh). It's got the power of a god, and I just sent it to its room. There is a loud, crackling noise filling the room. ROSE (scared): Doctor... THE CHILD: I'm here. Can't you see me? ROSE: What's that noise? THE DOCTOR (smile fading): End of the tape. It ran out about 30 seconds ago. THE CHILD: I'm here, now. Can't you see me? THE DOCTOR: I sent it to it's room. This is its room. He spins around and the Child is standing by the tape machine. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? (Cocks his head on one side, considering Rose). Mummy? ROSE: Doctor? JACK: Okay... on my signal... make for the door. Now! He violently produces a banana and points it thr*at at the Child. The Doctor grins and produces Jack's sonic blaster, blasting a square hole in the wall. THE DOCTOR: Go! Now! Don't drop the banana! JACK (hopping through the hole in the wall with Rose and the Doctor): Why not?! THE DOCTOR: Good source of potassium! INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The three of them find themselves back in a corridor. The Child approaches them from inside the room. JACK (grabbing his sonic blaster off the Doctor): Give me that! THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? Jack points the blaster at the wall, and it rebuilds itself, blocking the Child out. JACK: Digital rewind. (Tosses banana back to the Doctor). Nice switch. THE DOCTOR: It's from the Groves of Villengard. I thought it was appropriate. JACK: There's really a banana grove in the heart of Villengard and you did that? THE DOCTOR (simply): Bananas are good. The Child thumps the wall from the other side, cracking it. ROSE: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Come on! They rush down a short flight of stairs and down another corridor, before they encounter all the patients bursting out of the ward calling "mummy". They hastily backtrack, but they find the gasmask people coming from that direction too. They find themselves back at the point where they started, where the Child is breaking through the wall. THE DOCTOR: It's keeping us here so it can get at us. JACK (points the blaster in each direction in term): It's controlling them? THE DOCTOR: It is them. It's every living thing in this hospital. JACK: Okay. This can function as a sonic blaster, a sonic cannon, and a triple-enfolded sonic disrupter. Doc, what you got? The Doctor takes the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket, but Jack is not looking as he is too busy brandishing his sonic device at the gasmask people. THE DOCTOR: A sonic, er... oh, never mind. JACK: What? The Doctor turns to face the other group of gasmask people, switching on his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: It's sonic, okay? Let's leave it at that. JACK: Disrupter? Cannon? What? THE DOCTOR: It's sonic! Totally sonic! I am sonic-ed up! JACK: A sonic what?! THE DOCTOR: SCREWDRIVER! Jack spins around. At that moment, the Child finally manages to punch through the wall. He begins to climb through the hole. Rose grabs onto Jack's wrist and makes him point the sonic blaster at the floor. ROSE: Going down! She blasts a hole in the floor. They all fall in a messy heap on the floor of the ward below. INT. HOSPITAL WARD Jack hurriedly activates the digital rewind, closing the hole so they cannot be followed. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, are you okay? THE DOCTOR: Could've used a warning...! ROSE: Ugh, the gratitude. They get up and brush themselves off. JACK: Who has a sonic screwdriver? THE DOCTOR :l I do! ROSE (looking around): Light! JACK: Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks "oohoo, this could be a little more sonic"? THE DOCTOR (indignantly) : What, you've never been bored? ROSE (still poking around): There's gotta be a light switch! THE DOCTOR: Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up? Rose finally finds a switch and turns the lights on. All the gas-mask people lying in the beds sit up and start calling "mummy". JACK: Door. They rush to the door as the patients start getting out of bed. Finding it locked, Jack tries to blast it open but his sonic blaster doesn't work. JACK (CONT'D): Damn it! He steps back, allowing the Doctor to use his sonic screwdriver instead. He whacks the sonic blaster angrily. JACK (CONT'D): It's the special features, they really drain the battery. ROSE: The battery?! The Doctor opens the door and they dash through it. ROSE: That's so lame. INT. STOREROOM The Doctor slams the door shut behind them and locks it with his sonic screwdriver. JACK (running to the window): I was gonna send for another one, but somebody's gonna blow up the factory. He glares at the Doctor. ROSE: Oh, I know, first day I met him, he blew my job up. That's practically how he communicates. THE DOCTOR: Okay, that door should hold it for a bit. JACK: The door?! The wall didn't stop it! THE DOCTOR: Well, it's gotta find us first! Come on, we're not done yet! Assets, assets! JACK: Well, I've got a banana, and at a pinch you could put up some shelves. THE DOCTOR (going to the window): Window... JACK: Barred, sheer drop outside. Seven stories. ROSE: And no other exits. JACK (settling comfortably into a chair): Well, the assets conversation went in a flash, didn't it? The Doctor turns and eyes him for a moment, then looks at Rose. THE DOCTOR: So, where'd you pick this one up, then? ROSE (warningly): Doctor... JACK: She was hanging from a barrage balloon, I had an invisible spaceship. I never stood a chance. Rose looks ever so slightly uncomfortable. THE DOCTOR: Okay, one, we want to get out of here. Two, we can't get out of here. Have I missed anything? Rose looks in Jack's direction. ROSE (in wonder): Yeah... Jack just disappeared. The Doctor spins around to see Jack's empty chair. INT. OUTHOUSE Jim types on a typewriter. The other children are all crowded inside with him. Nancy enters. NANCY: Thought as much. What are all of you doing here? Different house every night, I told ya! JIM: We thought you were d*ad! Or you'd run off. ERNIE: I didn't. I knew you'd come back for us. Nancy squats down and empties her bag of supplies on the floor. Ernie looks at Jim with the typewriter. ERNIE: Found that old thing in the junk. Thinks he can write now... JIM: I'm writing a letter to me dad. ERNIE: You don't even know where your dad is. And how're you gonna send it? JIM (as though this is a ridiculous question): I dunno, stick it in an enveloppe? ERNIE: You can't even read or write. JIM: I don't need to, I've got a machine! The typewriter pings. NANCY (harshly, irritated): Will you stop making that noise! A short silence. Jim looks crestfallen and Nancy's face softens. NANCY (CONT'D): I'm sorry, Jim. On you go. You write a letter to your dad if you want to. Jim continues typing. ERNIE (to Nancy): I know we should've went somewhere else, but we need you, see. For the thinking. NANCY: And what if I wasn't here? What if one night, I didn't come back for you? There's a w*r on... people go out... they don't always come back. It happens. What would you do then? Ernie furrows his brow, then takes the wire cutters from Nancy's hands. ERNIE: Are they wire cutters?! NANCY (standing, taking them back): I need you to think about that. Someone's gotta look after this lot! ERNIE: Why? Are you going somewhere? NANCY (putting the wire cutters into her bag): The b*mb site. The one at the railway station. ERNIE (shocked): Why? NANCY: The Child. That's where he was k*lled. That's where it all started. And I'm gonna find out how. ERNIE (frightened) : He'll get you! And then he'll come for us, he always comes for us! NANCY: No. Ernie, he doesn't. He always comes after me. There are things I haven't told ya... things I can't tell ya. As long as you're with me... you're in danger. Even now, sitting here, you're in danger because of me. ERNIE: You're the one that keeps us safe! NANCY: You think so, Ernie? Then answer this: Jim is sitting there right next to ya. So who's typing? The steady clicking of the typewriter continues, but no one is typing. It types words on the paper. The children look scared. When it stops, Nancy rips the paper out. ERNIE (urgently): Is he coming? NANCY: Ernie... as long as you're with me... he's always coming. She turns to leave, dropping the piece of paper on the floor. She stops at the door. NANCY (CONT'D): Plenty of greens. And chew your food. She leaves. Ernie picks up the piece of paper and reads it. Underneath Jims incoherent jumble of letters and numbers, is typed the phrase "ARE YOU MY MUMMY", repeatedly. INT. STOREHAND Rose approaches the Doctor who is now sitting down and puts her hand casually on the back of his chair. ROSE: Okay, so he's vanished into thin air. Why is it always the great looking ones who do that? The Doctor peers up at her, giving her a look. THE DOCTOR: I'm making an effort not to be insulted. ROSE (waving her hand dismissively): I mean... men. THE DOCTOR (smiling sarcastically): Okay. Thanks. That really helped. An old radio springs to life and Jack's voice transmits through it. JACK: Rose? Doctor? Can you hear me? They both hurry over to the radio, the Doctor picking it up. JACK (CONT'D): I'm back on my ship. INT. JACK'S SHIP On his ship, in the pilot's seat. JACK (CONT'D): Used the emergency teleport. Sorry I couldn't take you. INT. STOREROOM The Doctor, in some confusion, holds the wires that have been ripped out of the radio. INT. JACK'S SHIP JACK: It's security-keyed to my molecular structure. I'm working on it, hang in there. He twists a few knobs on the controls on his spaceship. THE DOCTOR: How're you speaking to us? JACK: Om-Com. I can call anything with a speaker grille. INT. STOREROOM THE DOCTOR: Now there's a coincidence. JACK: What is? THE DOCTOR: The Child can Om-Com too. ROSE: It can? THE DOCTOR (nods): Anything with a speaker grille. Even the TARDIS phone. ROSE: What, you mean the Child can phone us? THE CHILD (through radio, singsong voice): And I can hear you. Coming to find you. Coming to fiiiiind you. JACK: Doctor, can you hear that? THE DOCTOR: Loud and clear. JACK: I'll try to block out the signal. Least I can do. THE CHILD: Coming to find you, mummy! INT. JACK'S SHIP JACK: Remember this one, Rose? He flicks a switch, and Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade" plays through the radio. INT. STOREROOM Rose looks ever so slightly uncomfortable as the Doctor turns to look at her questioningly. ROSE (a little embarrassed): Our song. The Doctor nods, but it seems as though he doesn't like this. Rose shifts from foot to foot, smiling embarrassedly. EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (OUTSIDE THE WIRE) Nancy approaches the b*mb site, which has a sign on the fence surrounding it saying "KEEP OUT - RESTRICTED AREA". She hurries stealthily out of sight to where a hole in the fence has been mended quickly with barbed wire. She sets to work, cutting them loose with her wire cutters, all the while looking around nervously. INT. STOREROOM Rose shuffles around in the wheel chair, bored. The radio still plays "Moonlight Serenade". The buzzing of the sonic screwdriver in the background. Rose spins the wheel chair around in the Doctor's direction. ROSE: What you doing? THE DOCTOR (holding the sonic screwdriver up against the wall near the window): Trying to set up a resonation pattern in the concrete. Loosen the bars. ROSE: You don't think he's coming back, do ya? THE DOCTOR: Wouldn't bet my life. ROSE: Why don't you trust him? THE DOCTOR: Why do you? ROSE: Saved my life. Bloke-wise, that's up there with flossing. The Doctor does not answer. Rose looks at him for a moment. ROSE (CONT'D): I trust him 'cos he's like you. Except with dating and dancing. The Doctor sh**t her a look. ROSE: What? THE DOCTOR: You just assume I'm... ROSE: What? THE DOCTOR (vulnerable): You just assume that I don't... dance. ROSE (grinning): What, are you telling me you do... dance? THE DOCTOR: Nine hundred years old, me. I've been around a bit. I think you can assume that at some point I've danced. Rose grins even more. ROSE: You?! THE DOCTOR: Problem? ROSE: Doesn't the universe implode or something if you... dance? THE DOCTOR (off-handed): Well, I've got the moves but I wouldn't want to boast. Rose, still grinning, stops shuffling around in her wheel chair and gets up to turn the music up. The Doctor looks around, completely wrong-footed. Rose walks slowly forward, flirtatiously. He looks determinedly back to the wall. Rose holds her hand out to him. ROSE: You've got the moves? The Doctor looks back at her. ROSE (CONT'D): Show me your moves. THE DOCTOR: Rose, I'm trying to resonate concrete. ROSE (not lowering his hand): Jack'll be back, he'll get us out. So come on, the world doesn't end 'cos the Doctor dances. The Doctor snaps off his sonic screwdriver, replaces it in his jacket pocket and steps away from the window towards her, an odd expression on his face. He stands in front of Rose for a moment. Where is this going to go? He takes her hands, Rose staring up at him almost apprehensively. He turns her hands over and looks at them. THE DOCTOR: Barrage balloon? ROSE (completely lost) ... What? THE DOCTOR (turning her hands over): You were hanging from a barrage balloon. ROSE (remembering): Oh... yeah. About two minutes after you left me. Thousands of feet above London, middle of a German air-raid, Union Jack all over my chest. The Doctor raises his eyebrows. THE DOCTOR: I've travelled with a lot of people, but you're setting new records for jeopardy-friendly. He goes back to examining her hands. ROSE: Is this you dancing? 'Cos I've got notes. THE DOCTOR: Hanging from a rope a thousand feet above London. Not a cut, not a bruise. He shows her her own hands. ROSE: Yeah, I know. Captain Jack fixed me up... THE DOCTOR: Oh, we're calling him Captain Jack now, are we? ROSE: Well, his name's Jack and he's a captain... THE DOCTOR (smiling in a self-satisfied sort of way): He's not really a captain, Rose. ROSE: D'you know what I think? I think you're experiencing Captain envy. The Doctor half nods, not denying this. He takes her hands and they begin to dance. ROSE (CONT'D): You'll find your feet at the end of your legs. You may care to move them. THE DOCTOR (now in rather intimate proximity): If ever he was a captain, he's been defrocked. ROSE (smiling): Yeah? Shame I missed that. JACK: Actually, I quit. Nobody takes my frock. INT. JACK'S SHIP They look up in surprise, and somehow, they are standing in Jack's ship. They look around at their surroundings, now standing apart. JACK: Most people notice when they've been teleported. You guys are so sweet. Sorry about the delay. I had to take the nav-com offline to override the teleport security. THE DOCTOR: You can spend ten minutes overriding your own protocols? Maybe you should remember whose ship it is. JACK: Oh, I do. She was gorgeous. Rose smiles. JACK (CONT'D): Like I told her, be back in five minutes. He ducks into a compartment underneath the console. THE DOCTOR (looking around): This is a Chula ship. JACK (calling up): Yeah, just like that medical transporter. Only, this one is dangerous. The Doctor snaps his fingers, and his hand is instantly surrounded by nanogenes. ROSE: They're what fixed my hands up! Jack called 'em, um... THE DOCTOR: Nanobots? Nanogenes. ROSE: Nanogenes, yeah. THE DOCTOR: Sub-atomic robots. There's millions of them in here, see? b*rned my hand on the console when we landed - all better now. They activate when the bulk head's sealed. Check you out for damage, fix any physical flaws. Rose beams. The Doctor banishes the nanogenes with a wave of his hand and turns to Jack. THE DOCTOR: Take us to the crash site. I need to see your space junk. JACK (as though he's being nagged): As soon as I get the nav-com back online. The Doctor looks mildly annoyed. JACK (CONT'D): Make yourself comfortable. Carry on with whatever it was you were... (Gestures the two of them)... doing. THE DOCTOR (innocently): We were talking about dancing! JACK: It didn't look like talking. ROSE: Didn't feel like dancing. The Doctor looks at her, rather naively. EXT. THE CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE Nancy creeps onto the b*mb site, making an effort not to be seen. She ducks behind a tent - but the flood lights suddenly flash on, filling the entire site with light. She is caught. ALGY: Halt! Don't move! The soldiers are pointing their g*n at her. There is no escape route. INT. JACK'S SHIP Rose is sitting talking to Jack. Jack is in the pilot seat - the Doctor is sitting some way behind Rose, not taking part in the conversation. ROSE: So, you used to be a Time Agent, now you're trying to con them? JACK (fiddling with the controls) : If it makes me sound any better, it's not for the money. ROSE: For what? JACK: Woke up one day when I was working for them , ound they'd stolen two years of my memories. I'd like them back. ROSE: They stole your memories? JACK: Two years of my life. No idea what I did. The Doctor watches him. JACK (CONT'D): Your friend over there doesn't trust me. And for all I know... he's right not to. The computer bleeps. JACK (CONT'D): Okay, we're good to go. The Doctor looks up. JACK (CONT'D): Crash site? INT. SHED The door to a shed opens, and Agly enters with Nancy and another soldier. Another soldier - Jenkins, gets to his feet. ALGY: As you were. Feeling any better? JENKINS (feverishly): Just a turn, sir. ALGY (to the soldier): Chain her up where Jenkins can keep an eye on her. The soldier leads Nancy to a chair next to the table, sits her down, and starts to handcuff her to the table. NANCY: No. Not in here. Not with him. There is a scar on the back of Jenkins' hand. ALGY: You shouldn't have broken in here if you didn't want to stay. NANCY (urgently): You don't understand. Not with him. ALGY: This is a restricted area, miss. Jenkins looks at Nancy, clearly in discomfort. Nancy looks back, almost revolted. ALGY (CONT'D): You're going to have to stay here for a bit. We're going to have to ask you a few questions. Nancy does not take her eyes off the trembling Jenkins. The soldier shows Algy Nancy's wire cutters. SOLDIER: Found these, sir. ALGY (taking and examining them): Very professional... little bit too professional. Didn't just drop in by accident then, did you? NANCY: My little brother died here. I wanted to find out what k*lled him. ALGY (to the soldiers at the door): Take the men, check the fence for any other breaches and search the area. She may not have come alone. SOLIDER: Yes, sir. They leave. Algy makes to follow them. NANCY (scared, pleading): Please! Listen, you can't leave me here. ALGY: Watch her, Jenkins. JENKINS: Yes, mummy. Algy has turned to the door but does a double-take. ALGY: Jenkins! ALGY (rubs his sweating forehead, in severe discomfort): Sorry, sir, I... I don't know what's the matter with me. NANCY (staring at Jenkins): Look... lock me up, fine. But not here. Please, anywhere but here! Algy, not knowing quite what to make of this strange situation, shakes his head and leaves. JENKINS: You'll be alright, miss. I'm just a little... Nancy shakes her handcuffs, trying to free herself. JENKINS (CONT'D): Just a little... just a little... She shakes the handcuffs more persistently. He pants heavily. JENKINS (CONT'D): What's the matter with you? NANCY: Please, let me go. JENKINS: Why would I do that? NANCY: 'Cos you've got a scar on the back of your hand. JENKINS: Well, yes. But I don't see what that's got to do with anything. NANCY: And you feel like you're gonna be sick, like something's forcing its way up your throat. Jenkins stares at her, still heaving. Nancy speaks desperately. NANCY: I know because I've seen it before. JENKINS (scared): What's happening to me? NANCY: In a minute, you won't be you anymore. You won't even remember you. And unless you let me go, it's gonna happen to me too. Please. JENKINS: What're you talking about? NANCY: What's your mother's name? JENKINS (clasping his throat): Matilda. NANCY: You got a wife? JENKINS (red in the face): Yes. NANCY: Wife's name? He stares at her, blank. NANCY (CONT'D): You got kids? Nothing. He's horrified. NANCY (CONT'D): What's your name? He mouths "I don't know", not being able to speak anymore. NANCY: Please. Let me go. It's too late for you, I'm sorry. But please, let me go. She is now almost crying with panic and desperation. JENKINS: What d'you meeee...: (face contorted horrible, in a lot of pain). M... muuummee.... His jaw is forced open, as though something is about to emerge. Nancy screws up her eyes and looks away as he wails. EXT. WASTE-GROUND/OUTSIDE THE CRASH SITE The Doctor, Rose and Jack walk over the rail station near the b*mb. They peer over the barbed wire. JACK: There it is. (Spots Algy pacing up and down). Ay, they've got Algy on duty. Must be important. THE DOCTOR: We've gotta get past. ROSE: The words 'distract the guard' head in my general direction. JACK: I don't think that'd be such a good idea. ROSE: Don't worry... I can handle it. JACK: I've got to know Algy quite well since I've been in town. Trust me. You're not his type. I'll distract him. (Walks away). Don't wait up. And off he goes. Rose and the Doctor look at each other. THE DOCTOR: Relax, he's a 51st century guy. He's just a bit more flexible when it comes to dancing. ROSE: How flexible? THE DOCTOR: Well, by his time, you lot have spread out across half the galaxy. ROSE: Meaning? THE DOCTOR (grinning): So many species, so little time... ROSE: What, that's what we do when we get out there? That's our mission? We seek new life, and... and... THE DOCTOR: Dance. He sniggers. Jack jumps down onto the rail track on the b*mb site, where Algy is pacing. JACK: Hey, tiger! How's it hanging? Algy turns to Jack. He looks inquisitive. ALGY: Mummy? JACK: Algy, old sport, it's me. ALGY: Mummy? JACK (smile fading): It's me, Jack. ALGY: Jack? (Cocks his head to one side, observing Jack with child-like curiosity). Are you my... mummy? And he coughs, falling to his knees. Before the very eyes of Jack, Rose and the Doctor, his face transforms into a gas mask. Jack is horror-struck. The other soldiers begin to hurry over. THE DOCTOR: Stay back! JACK: You men! Stay away! Rose and the Doctor rush over to Jack, and Algy - who is lying on the floor, lifeless. Rose stares down at him in shock. THE DOCTOR: The effect's become air-borne. Accelerating. ROSE: What's keeping us safe? THE DOCTOR: Nothing. The air-raid siren sounds. JACK (looking up): Ah, here they come again. ROSE: All we need. Didn't you say a b*mb was gonna land... Here ? Jack nods. Someone in the background is singing. THE DOCTOR: Never mind about that. If the contaminants air-borne now, there's hours left. JACK: For what? THE DOCTOR: 'Til nothing. 'Til forever. For the entire human race. And can anyone else hear singing? It's coming from the shed in which Nancy has been locked up. INT. SHED NANCY: " Rock-a-by baby, on the tree tops, when the wind blows the cradle will rock... " Jenkins, with a gasmask face, is fast asleep with his head on the table. NANCY (CONT'D): " When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all ". The door creaks open. Nancy turns her head sharply to see the Doctor poke his head into the shed. He motions for her to continue singing. NANCY (CONT'D): " Rock-a-by baby... ". (Draws the Doctor's attention to her handcuffs) " ... on the tree tops, when the wind blows the cradle will rock... " The Doctor approaches her, taking his sonic screwdriver out of his jacket pocket. He flicks it on and begins to unlock her handcuffs. Rose and Jack appear in the doorway. The handcuffs snap open, Nancy stands, and they all leave the shed, leaving Jenkins fast asleep. INT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE) They go back to the b*mb site, and the Doctor and Jack uncover the Chula med-ship, which has a tarpaulin over it, hiding it from view. Nancy and Rose watch. JACK: You see? Just an ambulance. NANCY: That's an ambulance? ROSE (with a reassuring arm around Nancy): It's hard to explain, it's... it's from another world. JACK (looking at the controls): They've been trying to get in. THE DOCTOR: Of course they have. Jack begins to enter the code. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They think they've got their hands on h*tler's latest secret w*apon. What're you doing? JACK: Well, the sooner you see this thing is empty, the sooner you'll see I had nothing to do with it. The controls explode with sparks, and they all jump backwards. An alarm goes off. JACK (CONT'D): Didn't happen last time. THE DOCTOR: It hadn't crashed last time. They're the emergency protocols. ROSE: Doctor, what is that? A red light on the control panel flashes. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Child is standing alone in the hospital corridor. THE CHILD: Mummy? INT. HOSPITAL WARD All the gasmask people inside the hospital climb slowly from their beds. As one, they make for the exits. EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE) ROSE: Doctor! The gates at the other side of the b*mb site are shaking. THE DOCTOR: Captain, secure those gates! JACK: Why? THE DOCTOR: Just do it! Jack obeys. The Doctor turns to Nancy. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Nancy, how'd you get in here? NANCY: I cut the wire. THE DOCTOR: Show Rose. (Tosses his sonic screwdriver to Rose). Setting two thousand four hundred and twenty eight D. ROSE: What?? THE DOCTOR: Reattaches barbed wire. Go! Jack slams a gate shut. EXT. HOSPITAL The gasmask people emerge from the hospital doors, marching as one, calling for mummy. EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE) The sonic screwdriver buzzes as Rose works on the wire, reattaching it. Nancy holds the two ends together as she fuses them. They finish one, start on another. NANCY: Who are you? Who are any of you? ROSE: You'd never believe me if I told ya. NANCY: You just told me that was an ambulance from another world. There are people running around with gas-mask heads calling for their mummies, and the sky's full of Germans dropping b*mb on me. Tell me. Do you think there's anything left I couldn't believe? Rose looks at her, getting the point. ROSE: We're time travellers from the future. NANCY: Mad, you are. ROSE: We have a time travel machine, seriously! NANCY: It's not that. All right, you've got a time travel machine. I believe ya. Believe anything, me. (Looks up at the sky). But what future? expl*si*n in mid-air. Planes soar around, dropping b*mb. ROSE (having followed her gaze): Nancy, this isn't the end. I know how it looks. But it's not the end of the world or anything... NANCY: How can you say that?? Look at it. ROSE: Listen to me. I was born in this city. I'm from here, in like, 50 years time. NANCY: From here? ROSE (smiling encouragingly): I'm a Londoner. From your future. NANCY: But... but you're not... ROSE: What? NANCY: German. ROSE: Nancy, the Germans don't come here. They don't win. Nancy furrows her brow. ROSE (CONT'D): Don't tell anyone I told you so, but do you know what? You win. NANCY: We win? Rose nods, smiling. Nancy half laughs, finding this unbelievably good news. ROSE: Come on! They jump to their feet and head back to the Doctor and Jack. EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE) Jack opens the hatch of the med-ship. JACK (to the Doctor): It's empty. Look at it. Rose and Nancy join them. THE DOCTOR: What do you expect in a Chula medical transporter? Bandages? Cough drops? Rose? ROSE: I dunno. THE DOCTOR: Yes, you do. He mimes summoning the nanogenes. ROSE: Nanogenes! THE DOCTOR (to Jack): It wasn't empty, Captain. There was enough nanogenes in there to rebuild a species. JACK (ashen, shaken, he gets it): Oh, God. THE DOCTOR: Getting it now, are we? When the ship crashes, the nanogenes escape. Billions upon billions of them, ready to fix all the cuts and bruises in the whole world. But what they find first is a d*ad child, probably k*lled earlier that night and wearing a gasmask. ROSE: And they brought him back to life? They can do that? THE DOCTOR: What's life? Life's easy. A quirk of matter. Nature's way of keeping meat fresh. Nothing to a nanogene. One problem, though, these nanogenes, they're not like the ones on your ship. This lot have never seen a human being before. Don't know what a human being's supposed to look like. Jack, Rose and Nancy are listening to him intently, processing this. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): All they've got to go on is one little body, and there's not a lot left. But they carry right on. They do what they're programmed to do, they patch it up. Can't tell what's gasmask and what's skull, but they do their best. Then off they fly - off they go, work to be done. 'Cos you see now they think they know what people should look like and it's time to fix all the rest. And they won't ever stop. They won't ever, ever stop. The entire Human Race is gonna be torn down and rebuilt in the form of one terrified child looking for its mother, and nothing in the world can stop it! His voice has risen almost to a shout. Jack is abashed, shaken. JACK (defiantly): I didn't know. The Doctor fixes him with a cold stare for a few seconds, and then goes back to examining the med-ship, starting work with his sonic screwdriver Nancy stares into the distance, beyond the fence. The gasmask people have arrived, still calling mummy. NANCY (scared): Rose? Rose rushes to Nancy's side, following her gaze. The gasmask people stumble towards them over the rail-track. They are quite a distance away, but still too close. Rose rushes back to the med-ship, and looks again at the flashing red light on the control panel. ROSE (to the Doctor): It's bringing the gasmask people here, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: The ship thinks it's under att*ck. It's calling up the troops. Standard protocol. ROSE: But... the gasmask people aren't troops... THE DOCTOR: They are now. This is a battle-field ambulance. The nanogenes don't just fix you up, they get you ready for the front line. Equip you, programme you. ROSE: That's why the Child's so strong. Why it could do that phoning thing. THE DOCTOR: It's a fully equipped Chula warrior, yes. All that w*apon tech in the hands of a hysterical four year old, looking for his mummy. And now there's an army of them. The gasmask people surround the fence. The four of them look around nervously. JACK: Why don't they att*ck? THE DOCTOR: Good little soldiers. Waiting for their commander. JACK: The child? NANCY: Jamie. JACK: What? NANCY (glaring at him): Not "the child". Jamie. The Doctor looks at her. ROSE: So, how long until the b*mb falls? JACK: Any second. THE DOCTOR: What's the matter, Captain? Bit close to the volcano for you? NANCY: He's just a little boy. THE DOCTOR: I know. NANCY (upset): He's just a little boy who wants his mummy. THE DOCTOR: I know. There isn't a little boy born who wouldn't tear the world apart to save his mummy. And this little boy can. ROSE (loudly): So what're we gonna do? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Rose sighs. Tears whell in Nancy's eyes. NANCY: It's my fault. THE DOCTOR: No. NANCY: It is. It's all my fault. THE DOCTOR (gently): How can it be your... He suddenly breaks off. He spins around, looking at all the gasmask people positioned behind the fence, calling for their mummy, and then back at Nancy, who is sobbing uncontrollably. He stares at her. THE DOCTOR: Nancy, what age are you? Twenty? Twenty-one? Older than you look, yes? A b*mb lands nearby. Rose and Jack flinch. JACK: Doctor, that b*mb. We've got seconds. Another lands. ROSE (to Jack): You can teleport us out. The Doctor is paying them no attention, eyes fixed on the sobbing Nancy. JACK: Not you guys. The nav-com's back online. Gonna take too long to override the protocols. THE DOCTOR (eyes fixed on Nancy): So it's volcano day. Do what you've got to do. ROSE (staring at Jack, betrayed): Jack? Jack looks at her almost apologetically. He makes his decision and teleports himself out. THE DOCTOR (to Nancy): How old were you five years ago? Fifteen? Sixteen? Old enough to give birth, anyway. Nancy, still sobbing, glances up at him and then away again, shame faced. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): He's not your brother, is he? Nancy shakes her head, tearful. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): A teenage single mother in 1941. So you hid. You lied. Nancy nods, tears streaming down her face. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You even lied to him. The gates swing open. The Child stands at the forefront of an army of gasmask people, ready to charge. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? THE DOCTOR: He's gonna keep asking, Nancy. He's never gonna stop. Tell him. No answer. The gasmask people begin to walk forward. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Nancy... the future of the human race is in your hands. Trust me... and tell him. Nancy sniffs, still tearful. The Child approaches them. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? The Doctor gives Nancy a gentle push in the direction of the Child. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy? NANCY (whispers): Yes. (Stronger). Yes. I AM your mummy. She faces him. The Child walks slowly forward. THE CHILD: Mummy? NANCY: I'm here. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? NANCY (kneeling before him): I'm here. THE CHILD: Are you my mummy? NANCY (whispers): Yes. THE DOCTOR (to Rose): He doesn't understand. There's not enough of him left. Nancy looks at her little boy. NANCY (tearful, sincere): I am your mummy. I will always be your mummy. I'm so sorry. And she takes him into her arms, no longer caring what will happen. The nanogenes surround them, making them glow with a golden light. NANCY (CONT'D): I am so, so sorry. ROSE (to the Doctor): What's happening? Nancy, still hugging her little boy, has her eyes closed and is stroking his hair. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, it's changing her, we should... THE DOCTOR (holding an arm out to silence her): Shh! He stares intently at the two of them surrounded by the nanogenes, apprehensive and excited. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Come on, please. Come on, you clever little nanogenes, figure it out! The mother. She's the mother! There's gotta be enough information, figure it out! ROSE: What's happening? THE DOCTOR (pointing): See? Recognizing the same DNA. Nancy falls away from the child to the ground, as the nanogenes disappear. The Doctor and Rose rush over, the Doctor staring down at the child, hardly daring to hope. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, come on. Give me a day like this. Give me this one. He reaches out to the gasmask... and removes it, revealing a perfectly ordinary, very sweet little boy underneath. Nancy stares in delighted wonder and the Doctor laughs ecstatically. He lifts the little boy into the air, swinging him around. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ah-ha-ha! Welcome back! Twenty years 'til pop music, you're gonna love it. And he hugs Jamie, laughing. NANCY (in wonder): What happened? THE DOCTOR: The nanogenes recognised the superior information, the parent DNA. They didn't change you because you changed them! Haha! (Plonks Jamie down in front of her). Mother knows best! NANCY (almost crying with happiness): Jamie...! A b*mb lands nearby. ROSE: Doctor, that b*mb... THE DOCTOR: Taken care of it. ROSE: How? THE DOCTOR (gesturing Nancy and Jamie): Psychology! The b*mb plummets towards them... and is suddenly snatched out of the air by a blue forcefield. A moment later, Jack appears hovering in the tunnel of light. He calls down to them. JACK: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Good lad! JACK: The b*mb's already commenced detonation. I've put it in stasis but it won't last long. THE DOCTOR: Change of plan, don't need the b*mb. Can you get rid of it? Safely as you can? JACK: Rose? ROSE: Yeah? JACK: Goodbye. And he disappears. Rose looks slightly let down, and then he reappears. JACK (CONT'D): By the way, love the tee-shirt. He grins. Rose returns the grin, pulling the tee-shirt down embarrassedly. Jack disappears again. His ship zooms off into the night sky. The Doctor walks a few paces away, staring intently at his hands. He summons the nanogenes. They flutter around his hands. ROSE: What're you doing? THE DOCTOR: Software patch. Gonna email the upgrade. You want moves, Rose? I'll give you moves. And he throws the nanogenes away from him, towards the gasmask people who are still milling around on the train track. The Doctor gives his widest grin as the gasmask people fall to the floor, the nanogenes surrounding them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (ecstatic) : Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once. Everybody lives! And the gasmask people get to their feet, except they are no longer gasmask people. They are restored to normal human beings. The Doctor bounds over to Doctor Constantine. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Doctor Constantine. Who never left his patients. Back on your feet, constant doctor! World doesn't wanna get by without you just yet, and I don't blame it one bit. (Gestures the former gasmask people milling around). These are your patients. All better, now! DR CONSTANTINE (completely confused): Yes, yes... so it seems. They also seem to be standing around in a disused railway station. Is there any particular reason for that? THE DOCTOR (beaming): Yeah, well, you know, cutbacks. Listen, whatever was wrong with them in the past, you're probably gonna find that they're cured. Just tell them what a great doctor you are. Don't make a big thing of it. Okay? And he rushes back to Rose. An old lady, Mrs Harcourt, hobbles towards Constantine. MRS HARCOURT: Doctor Constantine. DR CONSTANTINE: Mrs Harcourt, how much better you are looking! MRS HARCOURT (bewildered): My leg's grown back! When I come to the hospital, I had one leg. DR CONSTANTINE (observing this): Well, there is a w*r on. Is it possible you miscounted? THE DOCTOR (calling over them from on top of the Chula med-ship): Right, you lot! Lots to do! b*at the Germans, save the world, don't forget the Welfare State! Constantine smiles. He and his patients begin to walk away, and the Doctor bends down to the control. He speaks to Rose. THE DOCTOR: Setting this to self-destruct, soon as everybody's clear. History says there was an expl*si*n here. Who am I to argue with history? ROSE: Usually the first in line. The Doctor looks at her and grins. She grins back. INT. TARDIS The Doctor and Rose enter the TARDIS, the Doctor still chatting away happily. THE DOCTOR: The nanogenes will clean up the mess and switch themselves off, because I just told them to. Nancy and Jamie will go to Doctor Constantine for help, ditto - all in all, all things considered, fantastic! Rose smiles at his enthusiasm. ROSE: Look at you, beaming away like you're Father Christmas! THE DOCTOR: Who says I'm not, red-bicycle-when-you-were-twelve? ROSE (startled): What?! THE DOCTOR (arms wide to embrace this): And everybody lives, Rose! Everybody lives! (Pings a switch on the console). I need more days like this. ROSE: Doctor... THE DOCTOR: Go on, ask me anything. I'm on f*re! ROSE: What about Jack? The Doctor's smile fades, and he carries on working, as though he doesn't want to answer this. ROSE (CONT'D): Why'd he say goodbye? No answer. The Doctor stares intently at the console. EXT. SPACE Jack's spaceship soars through space. INT. JACK'S SHIP Jack clambers into the pilot seat. JACK: Okay, computer, how long can we keep the b*mb in stasis? COMPUTER: Stasis decaying at ninety percent per cycle. Detonation in three minutes. JACK: Can we jettison it? COMPUTER: Any attempt to jettison the device will precipitate detonation. One hundred percent probability. Jack closes his eyes for a second. JACK: We could stick it in an escape pod. COMPUTER: There is no escape pod on board. JACK: I see the flaw in that. I'll get in the escape pod! COMPUTER: There is no escape pod on board. JACK (voice rising): Did you check everywhere? COMPUTER: Affirmative. JACK (yells): Under the sink! COMPUTER: Affirmative. Jack nods, beginning to acknowledge his situation. JACK: Okay. Out of one hundred... exactly how d*ad am I? COMPUTER: Termination of Captain Jack Harkness in under two minutes. One hundred percent probability. Jack sighs. JACK: Lovely. Thanks. Good to know the numbers. EXT. SPACE The ship drifts along. COMPUTER (voice-over): You're welcome. JACK (voice-over): Okay then. INT. JACK'S SHIP JACK: Think we'd better initiate emergency protocol four-one-seven. COMPUTER: Affirmative. And a drink appears on Jack's dashboard. He reaches out to take it, smiling. He sips it. JACK: Oo, a little too much vermouth. See if I come here again! (Laughs). Funny thing... last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hyper-vodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that. Woke up in bed with both my executioners. Hmm, lovely couple. They stayed in touch! (Ponders this). Can't say that about most executioners. (Laughs again). Anyway. Thanks for everything, computer. It's been great. We pull back and back. The b*mb ticks away... "Moonlight Serenade" in the background... continue to pull back, right through the doors of the TARDIS. Jack spins around. Rose and the Doctor seem to be in a rather awkward position inside. ROSE (calling to Jack): Well, hurry up then! Jack leaps to his feet and dashes into the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS Rose and the Doctor are waltzing around to "Moonlight Serenade". Rose is teaching the Doctor dances moves, making okaying noises as they dance. Jack looks around at the sheer size of the place, compared with the outside. ROSE: Right, and turn... He spins her around, getting her arm all twisted. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay, okay, try and spin me again, but this time, don't get my arm up my back! The Doctor looks sheepish. ROSE (CONT'D): No extra points for a half-nelson. THE DOCTOR (rather put out): I'm sure I used to know this stuff. (To Jack): Close the door, will you. Your ship's about to blow up, there's gonna be a draft. Rose grins and leans against one of the pillars. The Doctor flicks a switch and the engines start up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Welcome to the TARDIS. JACK: Much bigger on the inside... THE DOCTOR: You'd better be. ROSE: I think what the Doctor's trying to say is... you may cut in. They grin and she takes his hand, as if to dance with him. THE DOCTOR: Rose! I've just remembered! ROSE: What? And "In The Mood" blares out of the speakers, wherever they are. Lights flash all around the room, and the Doctor moves towards Rose in time to the music, clicking his fingers. THE DOCTOR: I can dance! ROSE: Actually, Doctor... I thought Jack might like this dance. THE DOCTOR (unfazed): I'm sure he would, Rose. I'm absolutely certain. But who with? Rose sniggers and hops up the steps to take the Doctor's hands. It's almost as though he was only pretending he couldn't dance before. He spins her perfectly. Jack watches them with a big smile on his face as they dance around the console room, perfect partners. The Doctor suddenly throws her backwards over his arm, earning a whoop of delight from Rose. Jack averts his eyes, still smiling. Rose pulls herself up, and sags onto his shoulder, giggling. END
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foreverdreaming
A recap of 1x04 "Aliens of London" and 1x05 "World w*r Three". Six month later. INT. LORD MAYOR'S OFFICE Mr Cleaver paces the office. MR CLEAVER (anxiously): I've checked the figures. I've checked them again and again. ALWAYS the same result. The design is not safe. It could result in the death of millions. I beg of you... stop the project right now, before it's too late. MARGARET: Well. Goodness me. Obviously, Mr Cleaver, you're the expert... MR CLEAVER: Then... you'll stop it? MARGARET: Seems I have no choice. (Stomach rumbles noisily, an apologetic smile). Oh... do excuse me. Civic duties leave little time for a sandwich. MR CLEAVER (urgently): But you promise you'll stop it, today? MARGARET: Well of course. Nothing is more important than human life... Her face hardens, and Cleaver looks slightly worried. She makes an effort to lighten her tone. MARGARET (CONT'D): What do you take me for? Some sort of maniac? MR CLEAVER: Why, no... MARGARET: Am I right in thinking you've shown your results only to me? MR CLEAVER: Just to you. No one else. MARGARET (smiles): Wise move. Mr Cleaver, clearly very relieved, takes off his glasses and wipes his eyes, fatigued. MR CLEAVER: I can't tell you Mrs Blaine, this is such a weight off my mind. I've barely slept. I couldn't believe my own readings. He whips a hanky out of his pocket, his backed turned to Margaret, who looks darkly at him and slowly raises a hand to her forehead... MR CLEAVER (CONT'D) The scale of it - destruction like the British Isles has never seen before. He cleans his glasses on the hanky, his back turned to the room so that he does not see the blue light flashing behind him. He squints at the model of the nuclear power station. MR CLEAVER (CONT'D): If I didn't know better, I'd almost think that someone wanted this project to go wrong. As though they intended to wipe this city off the map. (Slowly replaces his glasses). Thank goodness we've got you, our esteemed leader. He turns around, and Margaret is standing right behind him in her true, Slitheen form. She shrieks and grabs his neck with a huge claw, while Mr Cleaver shouts out with terror. OPENING CREDITS EXT. CARDIFF TRAIN STATION A loudspeaker speaks out over a train station. A sign says "Caerdydd Canolog - Cardiff Central". A train pulls up and Mickey alights, looking up at the 'Way Out sign. EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE Mickey makes his way across Millennium Centre Square to where the TARDIS is parked in front of the silver water sculpture. He knocks on the door. It swings open almost immediately, and Jack pops his head out. JACK (without hesitation): Who the hell are you? MICKEY (rudely): What d'you mean, who the hell am I? Who the hell are you ? JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. Whatever your selling, we're not buying. MICKEY: Get out of my way! He barges past Jack into the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS JACK (shutting the door): Don't tell me, this must be Mickey. The Doctor is way up in the gantries, standing on a ladder. He appears to be carrying out maintenance work on the TARDIS. He has a red flashing light strapped to his forehead and looks extremely dorky. Rose is standing by the console. THE DOCTOR (cheerily): Here comes trouble! How're you doing, Ricky boy? MICKEY: It's Mickey! ROSE: Don't listen to him, he's winding you up. MICKEY: You look fantastic. They both grin broadly and give each other a big hug. JACK: Aww, sweet, look at these two. How come I never get any of that? THE DOCTOR: Buy me a drink first. JACK: You're such hard work. THE DOCTOR: But worth it. He grins in an extremely self-satisfied way. ROSE (to Mickey): Did you manage to find it? MICKEY (hands her passport over): There you go. ROSE (grins at the Doctor, brandishing the passport): I can go anywhere now! THE DOCTOR: I told you, you don't need a passport! ROSE: It's all very well going to platform one and Justicia and the Glass Pyramid of San Kloon but what if we end up in Brazil? I might need it. You see, I'm prepared for anything. She sticks her tongue out, smiling. MICKEY: Sounds like your staying, then. Awkward silence. The Doctor looks between them curiously. Mickey smiles, attempting to lighten the atmosphere again. MICKEY: So, what're you doing in Cardiff? And who the hell's Jumping Jack Flash? I mean, I don't mind you hanging out with big-ears up there. THE DOCTOR: Oi! MICKEY: Look in the mirror. The Doctor shakes his head and turns back to his work. MICKEY (CONT'D): But this guy, I dunno, he's kinda... JACK: Handsome? MICKEY: More like cheesy. JACK: Early 21st Century slang. IIs cheesy good or bad? MICKEY: Its bad. JACK: But bad means good, isn't that right? THE DOCTOR (tottering down the ladder): Are you saying I'm not handsome? Everyone ignores him. ROSE (to Mickey): We just stopped off. We need to refuel. Thing is, Cardiff's got this rift running through the middle of the city. It's invisible, but it's like an earthquake fault between different dimensions... THE DOCTOR: The rift was healed back in 1869... ROSE: Thanks to a girl named Gwyneth, 'cos these creatures called the Gelth, they were using the rift as a gateway but she saved the world and closed it. From the look on his face, Mickey is finding this hard to follow. JACK: But closing a rift always leaves a scar, and that scar generates energy, harmless to the Human Race. THE DOCTOR: But perfect for the TARDIS, so just park it here for a couple of days right on top of the scar and... JACK: Open up the engines, soak up the radiation... ROSE: Like filling her up with petrol and off we go! JACK (hi-fives Rose): Into time! THE DOCTOR, ROSE, JACK (the Doctor and Rose hi-five): And space! ROSE: Whoo! MICKEY (staring at them in disbelief): My God, have you seen yourselves? You all think you're so clever, don't you? THE DOCTOR: Yeah! ROSE: Yeah! JACK: Yep! Jack gives Mickey a friendly slap on the cheek. EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE They all bundle out of the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Should take another twenty-four hours, which means we've got time to k*ll. MICKEY: That old lady's staring. JACK: Probably wondering what four people could do inside a small wooden box... He pats the Doctor suggestively on the shoulder. The Doctor, Jack and Rose snigger. MICKEY: What are you captain of? The Innuendo Squad? Jack makes the 'whatever' sign and heads off. MICKEY (CONT'D): Wait! Er, the TARDIS, we can't just leave it. Doesn't it get noticed? JACK: Yeah, what's with the police box? Why does it look like that? ROSE (complacently): It's a cloaking device. THE DOCTOR: It's called a chameleon circuit. The TARDIS is meant to disguise itself wherever it lands, like if this was Ancient Rome, it'd be a statue on a plinth or something. But I landed in the 1960s, it disguised itself as a police box, and the circuit got stuck. MICKEY: So it copied a real thing? There actually was police boxes? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, on street corners. Phone for help before they had radios and mobiles. If they arrested someone, they could shove them inside until help came. Like a little prison cell. JACK (leaning towards him): Why don't you just fix the circuit? THE DOCTOR: I like it! Don't you? ROSE (patting it for emphasis): I LOVE it! MICKEY (grinning, thinks he has proved a point): But that's what I meant! There's no police boxes anymore, so doesn't it get noticed? THE DOCTOR: Ricky, let me tell you something about the Human Race. You put a mysterious blue box slap bang in the middle of town and what do they do? He puts his hands on Mickey's shoulders. Mickey open his mouth to reply, but doesn't get a chance. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Walk past it. Now stop your nagging, let's go and explore! He walks off, linking his hand with Rose's. Mickey and Jack follow. ROSE: What's the plan? THE DOCTOR: I don't know! Cardiff. Early 21st Century. Rose bounces up and down excitedly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And the wind's coming from the... East. Trust me, safest place in the universe. INT. TOWN HALL, EXHIBITION ROOM Margaret stands on a podium holding a glass of champagne and addressing a room full of civic dignitaries, journalists and waiters and waitresses. MARGARET: This Nuclear Power station right in the heart of Cardiff City will bring jobs for all! (Climbs down from the podium, moves towards the miniature of the nuclear power station). As you can see, as Lord Mayor, I've had to sanction some radical redevelopments... A camera flashes and Margaret throws her hand up in front of her face. MARGARET (CONT'D) (angrier than the occasion warrants): No photographs! What did I say? Take pictures of the project by all means, but not me, thank you. (Smiles, addresses the room at large). So. Cardiff Castle will be demolished allowing the Blaidd Drwg Project to rise up, tall and proud. A monument to Welsh industry. And yes, some of you might shiver. The words "nuclear power station" and "major population centre" aren't exactly the happiest of bedfellows. But I give you my personal guarantee that as long as I walk upon this earth, no harm will come to any of my citizens. Now drink up. A toast - to the future! She raises her glass and the rest of the room follow suit. ALL: To the future! MARGARET: And believe me... it will glow. After a smattering of polite applause, the guests begin to mingle. A journalist named Cathy Salt hurries over to Margaret. CATHY: Excuse me, Mrs Blaine? My name's Cathy Salt, I represent the Cardiff Gazette. MARGARET: I'm sorry, I'm not doing interviews. I can't bear self publicity. She begins to turn away. CATHY: But are you aware of the curse? MARGARET (looking her up and down with a fixed, fake smile): Whatever do you mean? Cathy, wasn't it? CATHY: Cathy Salt. That's what some of your engineers are saying. That the Blaidd Drwg Project is cursed. MARGARET: Sounds rather silly to me. CATHY: That's what I thought. I was just chasing a bit of local colour. But the funny thing is, when you start piecing it all together, it does begin to look a bit odd... MARGARET (coldly): In what way? CATHY: The deaths! The number of deaths associated with this project. First of all, there was the entire team of the European Safety Inspectors... MARGARET: But they were French! Its not my fault if "Danger, expl*sives! " was only written in Welsh. She turns her back on Cathy, but Cathy persists. CATHY: And then there was that accident with the Cardiff Heritage Committee... MARGARET: The electrocution of that swimming pool was put down to natural wear and tear. CATHY: And then, the Architect? MARGARET (softly): It was raining, visibility was low, my car simply couldn't stop. CATHY: And then just recently, Mr Cleaver, the government's nuclear adviser... MARGARET: Slipped on an icy patch. CATHY: He was decapitated. MARGARET: It was a very icy patch. I'm afraid these stories are nothing more than typical small town thinking. I really haven't got time. Now, if you'll excuse me... She makes to go, but Cathy still persists and hurries round in front of Margaret, blocking her way. CATHY: Except, before he died, Mr Cleaver posted some of his findings online. MARGARET (interested, now): Did he, now? CATHY: If you know where to look. He was concerned about the reactor. MARGARET (attempting to laugh it off): Oh! All that technical stuff! CATHY: Specifically, that the design of the suppression pool would cause the hydrogen recombiners to fail, precipitating in the collapse in the containment isolation system resulting in a meltdown. MARGARET: Who's been doing her homework? CATHY: That's my job. MARGARET (prodding Cathy's necklace): I think... Cathy Salt... I think you and I should have a word in private. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR Margaret is practically dragging Cathy out of the doors and along a corridor, still with a deadly sweet smile on her face. Her stomach rumbles loudly. MARGARET: Ooh! My little tum is complaining. I think we might have to make a detour to the ladies. CATHY: I'll wait here. MARGARET (grabbing her hand and pulling her along): Oh, come on. All girls together! Margaret pulls Cathy into the ladies. INT. TOWN HALL, LADIES TOILETS MARGARET: So, you were saying? These outlandish theories of yours? She hurries into a cubicle and shuts the door, leaving Cathy to wait outside. A wet farting noise sounds from inside. CATHY: Sounds like we got here just in time. MARGARET: Continue. CATHY: Well, I don't know much about nuclear physics. But from what I could make out, Cleaver was saying that the whole project could go up... Inside the cubicle, Margaret begins to unzip her forehead with an evil smile on her face. CATHY (CONT'D): ... worse than Chernobyl. (Notices the flickering blue light from under the toilet door). Is there something wrong with the lights? MARGARET: Oh, they're always on the blink. I can't tell you how many memos I've sent. So, Chernobyl... CATHY: Apparently. But a thousand times worse. Margaret begins to wiggle out of her body suit. CATHY (CONT'D): I know it sounds absurd, there must be so many safety regulations. But Cleaver seemed to be talking about a nuclear holocaust. He almost made it sound deliberate. I mean, we're hardly the Sunday Times, it's only the Cardiff Gazzette, but we have a duty to report the facts. SLITHEEN / MARGARET: And you're going to print this information? CATHY: Are you all right? You sound a bit... MARGARET: Sore throat. (Affected cough). Just a little tickle. But tell me, do you intend to make this information public? CATHY: I have to. MARGARET (menacingly): So be it. She raises a claw ready to push the door open. CATHY (walking to the sinks): Mind you, my boyfriend thinks I'm mad. Margaret lowers her claw, listening. CATHY (CONT'D) (checking her reflection): We're getting married next month. And he says if I cause a fuss, I could lose my job. Just when we need the money... MARGARET: ... Boyfriend? CATHY (smiling): Jeffery. Civil Servant. He's nothing exciting, but he's mine. MARGARET: When's the wedding? CATHY (turns away from the mirror): The nineteenth. It's really just to stop my mother from nagging, but the baby sort of clinched it, I suppose. Margaret slowly sits down on the toilet. MARGARET: You're with... child? CATHY: Three months. It's not showing yet. Wasn't planned. It was an accident. Nice accident, though. She smiling, just thinking about it. MARGARET: Congratulations. CATHY: Thank you. How about you? You got any kids? MARGARET: No... CATHY: Is there a Mr Blaine? MARGARET (voice trembling): Not anymore. I'm all on my own. I had quite a sizeable family, once upon a time, wonderful brothers. Oh, they were bold. But all of them gone now. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm cursed. CATHY (consolingly): No, no... I don't think so. Not really. MARGARET: You're very kind. If you don't mind, I might be a while. You run along. Perhaps we could do this another day. CATHY: Are you all right? MARGARET: Fine! CATHY: Okay, I'll tell you what, uh, I'll leave my details with your office. Thanks for talking. MARGARET (sadly): Thank you... Cathy leaves, glancing back at the door of the cubicle as she goes. When she is gone, Margaret gives a quiet moan of sorrow, lowering her head and closing her eyes with misery. EXT. CARDIFF BAY, RESTAURANT The Doctor, Rose, Jack and Mickey are sitting at a table having a thoroughly good time as Jack tells them all an exciting story. JACK ; I swear, six feet tall and with tusks... THE DOCTOR: You're lying through your teeth! ROSE: I'd've gone bonkers! That's the word, bonkers! JACK: I mean, it turns out the white things are tusks and I mean tusks! And it's woken, and it's not happy... THE DOCTOR: How could you not know it was there? JACK: And we're standing there, fifteen of us, naked... ROSE: Naked?! JACK: And I'm like, oh, no, no, it's got nothing to do with me! And then it roars, and we are running. Oh my God, we are running! And Brakovitch falls, so I turn to him and I say... MICKEY: I knew we should've turned left! They all roar with laughter at this punchline. JACK: That's my line! ROSE: I don't believe you, I don't believe a word you say ever, that is so brilliant! The Doctor glances over at a newspaper an old man nearby is reading, and the smile instantly fades from his face. Unnoticed by the others, he stands. ROSE (CONT'D): Did you ever get your clothes back? JACK: No, I just picked him up went right for the ship, full throttle, didn't stop until I h*t the spacelanes, I was shaking! It was unbelievable, I'm freaking out and by the time I got there I was fifteen light-years away I was like this! While Jack is prattling on, the Doctor pulls the paper out of the old man's hands and looks at the front page. He looks up, face troubled. THE DOCTOR: And I was having such a nice day. And he holds up the paper and shows them the headline: New Mayor, New Cardiff, complete with a picture of Margaret as she objected to the photographer taking her picture. EXT. TOWN HALL The four of them stride purposefully up the steps to the town hall, headquarters of the Mayor. INT. TOWN HALL, STAIRCASE They enter and go up the steps into the entrance hall as though they own the place. They stop and glance around at their surroundings. JACK: According to intelligence, the target is the last surviving member of the Slitheen family, a criminal sect from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, masquerading as a human being, zipped inside a skin suit. Okay, plan of att*ck, we assume a basic fifty seven/fifty six strategy, covering all available exits on the ground floor. Doctor, you go face-to-face, that'll designate Exit One, I'll cover Exit Two, Rose, you're Exit Three, Mickey Smith, you take Exit Four. Have you got that? While Jack is rattling all this off, the Doctor is eyeing him with mild surprise at his impertinence, Rose's face is contorted with the effort of understanding what on earth he's going on about, and Mickey just looks plain confused. THE DOCTOR (sternly): Excuse me. Who's in charge? JACK: Sorry. Awaiting orders, sir. THE DOCTOR (voice deepening with authority): Right. Here's the plan. (A pause. He beams). Like he said. Nice plan. Anything else? JACK: Present arms. They each pull out a mobile phone. THE DOCTOR / ROSE / MICKEY: Ready! JACK: Speed dial? Each press a button with a beep. THE DOCTOR: Yup. ROSE: Ready. MICKEY: Check. JACK (lazy grin): See ya in hell. He walks off to the right, the Doctor and Rose head off to different exits straight ahead, and Mickey hesitates with confusion for a few moments before ambling off to the left. INT. LORD MAYOR'S OUTER OFFICE The Doctor strides over to the Secretary sat behind a desk outside the Mayor's office, Idris Hopper. THE DOCTOR: Hello! I've come to see the Lord Mayor. IDRIS: Have you got an appointment? THE DOCTOR: Nope, just an old friend passing by, bit of a surprise, can't wait to see her face! IDRIS: Well, she's just having a cup of tea. THE DOCTOR: Just go in there, and tell her the Doctor would like to see her. IDRIS: Doctor who? THE DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. Tell her exactly that. The Doctor. IDRIS (standing up resignedly): Hold on a tick... Idris enters the office, and the Doctor stands with his hands behind his back and waits serenely. He barely raises an eyebrow when he hears the sound of a teacup smashing. Idris reappears, slightly flustered, and opening the door as little as possible before squeezing through it and shutting it behind him. IDRIS: The Lord Mayor says thank you fo...- for popping by... she'd love to have a chat, but, um... she's up to her eyes in paperwork. Perhaps if you could make an appointment for next week...? THE DOCTOR: She's climbing out of the window, isn't she? IDRIS: Yes, she is. The Doctor nods smugly and pushes past him into the office. INT. LORD MAYOR'S OFFICE He dashes across the room to the open window and hurries out on the balcony. EXT. LORD MAYOR'S OFFICE, BALCONY The Doctor emerges just in time to see Margaret hop over onto the scaffolding. THE DOCTOR (to the others, into his mobile): Slitheen heading North. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 1 ROSE (starting to run): On my way. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 2 JACK (also running): Over and out. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 3 MICKEY (stunned): Oh my God. EXT. LORD MAYOR'S OFFICE, BALCONY Idris rushes out onto the balcony and starts grappling with the Doctor. IDRIS: Leave the Mayor alone! INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 1 Rose runs down a corridor and pushes past two secretaries in her hurry, sending paperwork flying. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 2 A tea lady shrieks as Jack does a running jump clean over her tea trolley. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 3 Mickey clicks off his mobile, eyes wide, and finally starts to run... straight into a cleaning trolley, sending the entire thing flying. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 1 Rose bursts out of an exit. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 2 Jack bursts out of another exit. INT. TOWN HALL, CORRIDOR 3 Mickey clomps along a corridor with his right foot stuck inside a mop-bucket, toilet roll trailing behind him. EXT. LORD MAYOR'S OFFICE, BALCONY As the Doctor and Idris continue with their tussle, Margaret hops off the scaffolding at the bottom and takes off her brooch. EXT. BACK OF TOWN HALL Margaret turns, ready to make her escape, but Rose is running towards her, blocking the way. She hisses angrily and pulls of an earring. She turns her head the other way, and Jack is running towards her. Her eyes widen with shock and she runs back the way she came, but the Doctor has managed to throw Idris off and he's on his way down the scaffolding. THE DOCTOR (calling mockingly): Margaret! But there's a fourth exit, and she's belting down it as fast as her fat legs can carry her, pulling off her second earring. Jack, Rose and the Doctor converge at one end. JACK: Who was on Exit Four?! ROSE: That was Mickey! MICKEY (finally catching up, panting): Here I am! THE DOCTOR: Mickey the idiot. ROSE (staring after her)Oh, be fair, she's not exactly gonna outrun us, is she? But Margaret, smiling to herself, clips her brooch and the two earrings together and she vanishes in blue light with a small ting. JACK: She's got a teleport! That's cheating! Now we're never gonna get her! ROSE: Oh, the Doctor's very good with teleports. And the Doctor, who has produced his sonic screwdriver from his jacket pocket, holds it in the air with a dopey grin and clicks it once. Margaret reappears, and this time she's much closer and running straight at them, still with the self-satisfied smile on her face. It fades as soon as she realises where she is, and she grinds to a halt and hurriedly changes direction while pressing her device together. She vanishes again, and the Doctor clicks his screwdriver again. She reappears, again running towards them. She turns around, vanishes again, and again, the Doctor clicks his sonic screwdriver causing her to reappear, and this time she's right in front of them, absolutely exhausted and gasping for breath. She gives up. THE DOCTOR (cheerily): I could do this all day. MARGARET (puts her hands up): This is persecution. Why can't you leave me alone? What did I ever do to you? THE DOCTOR: You tried to k*ll me and destroy this entire planet. MARGARET (dismissively): Apart from that. INT. TOWN HALL, EXHIBITION ROOM The Doctor, Rose, Jack, Mickey and Margaret enter. THE DOCTOR (to Margaret): So, you're a Slitheen, you're on Earth, you're trapped. Your family get k*lled but you teleport out, just in the nick of time. You have no means of escape. What do you do? You build a nuclear power station. He gestures at the model in the middle of the room while Rose and Jack examine it with interest. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But what for? MARGARET: A philanthropic gesture. I've learnt the error of my ways. THE DOCTOR: And it just so happens to be right on top of the rift. MARGARET: What rift would that be? JACK: A rift in space and time. If this power station went into meltdown, the entire planet would go schwwwupboom! THE DOCTOR (looking down at the model): This station is designed to explode the minute it reaches capacity. ROSE: Didn't anyone notice? Isn't there someone in London checking this sort of stuff? MARGARET: We're in Cardiff. London doesn't care! The South Wales coast could fall into the sea and they wouldn't notice... Oh... I sound like a Welshman. God help me, I've gone native. MICKEY: But why would she do that? A great big expl*si*n, she'd only end up k*lling herself. MARGARET: She's got a name, you know. MICKEY: She's not even a she, she's a... thing. THE DOCTOR (eyeing Margaret): Oh, but she's clever... And in one swift movement, he has prised the middle section off the model and flipped it over, revealing a giant circuit board underneath. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Fantastic. JACK (excitedly): Is that a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator?! THE DOCTOR: Couldn't have put it better myself. JACK (taking it off him for a better look): Ooh, genius! The Doctor's attention seems to be caught by something on the far wall, the poster for the project, bearing the words "Blaidd Drwg". JACK (CONT'D) (to Margaret): You didn't build this. MARGARET: I have my hobbies. A little tinkering... JACK: No, no, no, I mean, you really didn't build this. Way beyond you. MICKEY: I bet she stole it. MARGARET: It fell into my hands. ROSE: Is it a w*apon? Jack places the extrapolator down on the floor. JACK: It's transport. You see, the reactor blows, the rift opens, phenomenal cosmic disaster, but this thing shrouds you in a forcefield, you have this energy bubble, zzhum, so you're safe. Then you feed it coordinates, stand on top, and ride the concussion all the way out of the solar system. MICKEY: It's a surfboard! JACK: A pan-dimensional surfboard, yeah. MARGARET (bitterly): And it would've worked. I would've surfed away from this d*ad-end dump and back to civilisation. MICKEY (incredulous): You'd blow up a whole planet just to get a lift? MARGARET: Like stepping on an anthill. THE DOCTOR (staring up at the poster): How'd you think of the name? MARGARET: What, Blaidd Drwg? It's Welsh. THE DOCTOR: I know, but how did you think of it? MARGARET: Chose it at random, that's all I dunno. Just sounded good. Does it matter? THE DOCTOR (turning around, brow furrowed): Blaidd Drwg. ROSE: What's it mean? THE DOCTOR: Bad Wolf. ROSE (haunted): But I've heard that before, Bad Wolf. I've heard that lots of times... THE DOCTOR: Everywhere we go. Two words. Following us. Bad Wolf. ROSE: How can they be following us? The Doctor stares into space for a few more seconds, then... THE DOCTOR: Nah! Just a coincidence! Like hearing a word on the radio then hearing it all day. Never mind! Things to do. (Claps his hands briskly). Margaret, we're gonna take you home. JACK: Hold on, isn't that the easy option, like letting her go? ROSE (gleefully): I don't believe it! We actually get to go to Raxa... The Doctor rolls his eyes. ROSE (CONT'D) (indignantly): Wait a minute! Raxacor... THE DOCTOR: Raxacoricofallapatorius. ROSE (walking slowly towards the Doctor): Raxacorico... THE DOCTOR: ... fallapatorius. ROSE: Raxacoricofallapatorius! She screeches in delight. THE DOCTOR (yelling joyfully): That's it! They throw their arms around each other and he picks her up and spins her. ROSE (squeaking happily): I did it! MARGARET: They have the death penalty. Nasty silence. All smiles fade. MARGARET (CONT'D): The family Slitheen was tried in its absence many years ago and found guilty. With no chance of appeal. According to the statutes of government, the moment I return, I am to be ex*cuted. What do you make of that, Doctor? (Holds the Doctor's cold stare). Take me home and you take me to my death. THE DOCTOR (indifferently): Not my problem. INT. TARDIS Darkness has now fallen, and they have taken Margaret back to the TARDIS. MARGARET (in wonder) : This ship is impossible! It's superb. How do you get the outside around the inside? THE DOCTOR: Like I'd give you the secret, yeah. MARGARET: I almost feel better about being defeated. We never stood a chance. This is the technology of the Gods. THE DOCTOR: Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. You wouldn't get a day off, for starters... Jack, how we doing, big fella? Jack is on the floor next to the console, wiring the extrapolator up to the TARDIS. JACK: This extrapolator's top of the range. (Peers around at Margaret). Where did you get it? MARGARET: Oh, I don't know... some airlock sale...? JACK: Must've been a great big heist. It's stacked with power. THE DOCTOR: But we can use it for fuel? JACK: It's not compatible... but it should knock off about twelve hours. We'll be ready to go by morning. THE DOCTOR: Then we're stuck here. Overnight. MARGARET: I'm in no hurry... ROSE: We've got a prisoner! The police box is really... a police box. MARGARET (smiling unpleasantly): You're not just police, though. Since you're taking me to my death, that makes you my executioners. Each and every one of you... MICKEY (coldly): Well, you deserve it. MARGARET: You're very quick to say so. You're very quick to soak your hands in my blood. Which makes you better than me, how, exactly...? Mickey has no answer to this. MARGARET (CONT'D): Long night ahead... The Doctor eyes her beadily as she takes her time walking around the console to sit elegantly in one of the seats. MARGARET (CONT'D): Let's see who can look me in the eye. She fixes Mickey with a calm, collected gaze. He manages to hold it for a few seconds before averting his eyes uncomfortably. Next, she looks at Rose who glances guiltily at the Doctor, who glances up only for a second as he is still working busily, but still very aware of the atmosphere. EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE Mickey is standing alone outside the TARDIS in front of the water feature. Rose steps out of the TARDIS and joins him. ROSE: S'freezing out here! MICKEY (nodding towards the TARDIS): Better than in there. (A pause as Mickey gathers his thoughts together). She does deserve it. She's a Slitheen. I don't care. It's... it's just... weird, in that box. ROSE (grinning tentatively): I didn't really need my passport... Meaning, she wanted to see him. Mickey smiles, obviously pleased. She nudges him playfully, and he nudges her back with a grin. MICKEY: I've been thinking, you know... we could... go and have a drink. Have a pizza or something. Just you and me. ROSE (nodding): That'd be nice. MICKEY: And, I mean, if the TARDIS can't leave until morning, we could... Rose nods as he speaks, listening. Mickey looks slightly bashful. MICKEY (CONT'D): ... go to a hotel? Spend the night? I mean, if you want to! I, I've got some money. ROSE (smiling) : Okay. Yeah. MICKEY (as though he can't believe it): Is that all right? ROSE (laughing): Yeah! MICKEY (very pleased): Cool. There's a couple of bars around here, we should give 'em a go.(indicates TARDIS). And do you have to go and tell him? ROSE: It's none of his business. INT. TARDIS On the TARDIS scanner, the Doctor watches Rose and Mickey walking away hand in hand. JACK: So, what's on? The Doctor's head jerks around and he hurriedly turns the screen off. THE DOCTOR (quickly): Nothing, just... Margaret is sitting with her back to the console, on the metal grilling. MARGARET (darkly): I gather it's not always like this... having to wait. (Pause as she considers this). I bet you're always the first to leave, Doctor. Never mind the consequences, off you go. You butchered my family and then ran for the stars, am I right? But not this time. At last, you have consequences... how does it feel? THE DOCTOR: I didn't butcher them. JACK: Don't answer back. That's what she wants. THE DOCTOR (needing him to understand): I didn't! (To Margaret): What about you? You had an emergency teleport, you didn't zap them to safety, did you? MARGARET: It only carries one. I had to fly without coordinates. I ended up on a skip in the Isle of Dogs. The Doctor and Jack snigger. MARGARET (CONT'D) (sharply): It wasn't funny! THE DOCTOR (sheepishly): Sorry. But Margaret turns around, and they're both still grinning their heads off. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It is a bit funny! The Doctor and Jack start laughing again - and Margaret joins in. MARGARET (more relaxed): Do I get a last request? THE DOCTOR (humour gone): Depends what it is. MARGARET: I grew quite fond of my little human life. All those rituals... the brushing of the teeth, and the complicated way they cook things... there's a little restaurant. Just round the bay. The Doctor glances around at her. MARGARET (CONT'D): It became quite a favourite of mine. The Doctor walks towards her and leans over the railings to talk to her properly. THE DOCTOR: Is that what you want? A last meal? MARGARET (defiantly) : Don't I have rights? JACK: Oh, like she's not gonna try to escape. MARGARET (bitterly): Except I can never escape the Doctor, so where's the danger? (She considers the Doctor, a challenger). But I wonder if you could do it? To sit with a creature you're about to k*ll and take supper. How strong is your stomach? THE DOCTOR: Strong enough. MARGARET: I wonder. I've seen you fight your enemies... now dine with them. THE DOCTOR: You won't change my mind. MARGARET: Prove it. The Doctor is sorely tempted, he wants to see what can become of this. But... THE DOCTOR (walking away): There are people out there. If you slip away just for one second, they'll be in danger. JACK: Except... I've got these. (Holds up a pair of metal hoops, like bangles). You both wear one. If she moves... more than ten feet away... He makes a loud buzzing noise, mimicking an electric shock. Margaret jumps in alarm. JACK (CONT'D): She gets zapped by ten thousand volts. THE DOCTOR: Margaret, would you like to come out to dinner? My treat? MARGARET (sickly smile) : Dinner in bondage... works for me. EXT. RESTAURANT The Doctor and Margaret enter the restaurant, chatting away and holding hands because of the handcuffs. INT. TARDIS Jack is lying on his back halfway underneath the console, happily wiring the extrapolator up the the TARDIS. EXT. CARDIFF BAY Rose and Mickey walk along the pavement past a restaurant, chatting. INT. RESTAURANT The Doctor and Margaret take their seats. INT. TARDIS The lights on the extrapolator flash and Jack watches it with a big smile on his face. INT. RESTAURANT The Doctor and Margaret are reading their menus. MARGARET: Here we are, out on a date, and you haven't even asked my proper name. THE DOCTOR: It's not a date! What's your name? MARGARET: Blon. I am Blon Fel Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen. That's what it'll say on my death certificate. THE DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, Blon. MARGARET: I'm sure. The Doctor goes back to reading the menu, but Margaret has put hers down. She looks out of the window. MARGARET (CONT'D): Look... that's where I was living as Margaret. The Doctor turns around in his seat to follow her gaze. MARGARET (CONT'D): Nice little flat. Over there. On the top. Next to the one with the light on. Behind the Doctor's back, she opens her ring and empties some sort of powder into his wine glass. MARGARET (CONT'D): Two bedrooms... bayside view... The Doctor turns back around to face her, and she is sitting as normal. MARGARET (CONT'D): I was rather content. Don't suppose I'll see it again. And the Doctor swaps their glasses around. THE DOCTOR: Suppose not. He returns his attention to the menu. MARGARET (sarcastically): Thank you. THE DOCTOR (matching her sarcasm): Pleasure. MARGARET: Tell me then, Doctor, what do you know of our species? THE DOCTOR: Only what I've seen. MARGARET: Did you know, for example... in extreme cases... when her life is in danger... a female Raxacoricofallapatorian can manufacture a poison dart within her own finger... She suddenly points her finger at him and a dart flies out of its tip - but the Doctor is ready. He catches it in his fist without so much as looking up from the menu. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I did. MARGARET (pleasantly): Just checking. The Doctor grins at her. MARGARET (CONT'D): And one more thing... between you and me... She casts a furtive look around the restaurant, and they both lean in as if she wants to tell him a secret. MARGARET (CONT'D) (whispers): As a final resort, the excess poison can be exhaled through the lungs. She suddenly breaths a green gas out of her mouth. Without even flinching, the Doctor whips out a Gold Spot and gives her open mouth a squirt. THE DOCTOR :That's better. He leans back in his seat, while Margaret sticks her tongue out at the taste of the breath freshener. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now then, what d'you think? Mmm, steak looks nice. Steak and chips! Margaret, peeved, opens her menu. EXT. CARDIFF BAY Rose and Mickey are going down a set of steps near the bay. Rose is chatting away enthusiastically to him, but although he is trying to appear so, he really doesn't seem interested. ROSE: The Doctor took me to this planet a while back, it was much colder than this, they called it "Woman Wept". The planet was actually called "Woman Wept". 'Cos, if you looked at it, right, from above, there's like this huge continent, like all curved round... sort of looked like a woman, you know... lamenting. Oh my God, and we went to this beach, right, no people, no buildings, just this beach like, a thousand miles across! And something had happened, something to do with the sun, I don't know, but the sea had just frozen! Like, in a split second in the middle of a storm, right, waves and foam, just frozen! All the way out to the horizon. Midnight, right, we walk underneath these waves a hundred feet tall, made of ice. MICKEY: I'm going out with Trisha Delaney. They are now leaning on the railings near the water. Mickey has long since given up trying to look interested in what she is saying. Rose stares at him. ROSE (wrong-footed) : Right... that's nice... Trisha from the shop? MICKEY: Yeah, Rob Delany's sister. ROSE: Well, she's nice... she's a bit big... MICKEY: She lost weight. (Looks at her, trying to justify himself). You've been away. ROSE: Well, good for you. She's nice. MICKEY (more relaxed): So, tell us more about this planet, then. ROSE: That was it, really... And they walk away in silence, worlds apart. INT. RESTAURANT Margaret is openly trying to get through to the Doctor, now. MARGARET: Public execution is a slow death. They prepare a thin acetic acid... lower me into the cauldron... and boil me. The acidity is perfectly gauged to strip away the skin. Internal organs fall out into the liquid. And I become soup. And still alive. Still screaming. THE DOCTOR: I don't make the law. MARGARET: But you deliver it. (No reply). Will you stay to watch? THE DOCTOR (resignedly): What else can I do? MARGARET: The Slitheen family's huge. There's a lot more of us, all scattered off-world. Take me to them. Take me somewhere safe. THE DOCTOR: But then you'll just start again. MARGARET (whispers): I promise I won't. THE DOCTOR: You've been in that skin-suit too long. You've forgotten. There used to be a real Margaret Blaine. You k*lled her and stripped her and used the skin. You're pleading for mercy out of a d*ad woman's lips. MARGARET: Perhaps I have got used to it. A human life. An ordinary life. That's all I'm asking. The Doctor fixes her under his gaze. MARGARET (CONT'D): Give me a chance, Doctor... I can change. THE DOCTOR: I don't believe you. She sighs, defeated. EXT. CARDIFF BAY Rose is standing by the railings looking out across the water, while Mickey is sat with his back to her on a bench. MICKEY: So, what d'you wanna do now? ROSE: Don't mind. MICKEY: We could ask about hotels... ROSE: What would Trisha Delaney say? MICKEY: S'pose. (Pause. He points). There's a bar down there with a Spanish name or something... ROSE (turning on him with sudden anger): You don't even like Trisha Delaney! MICKEY: Oh, is that right? What the hell do you know? ROSE: I know you. And I know her, and I know that's never gonna happen. So who do you think you're kidding?! MICKEY: At least I know where she is! Rose nods, now understanding. ROSE: There we are, then. It's got nothing to do with Trisha. This is all about me, isn't it... MICKEY: (standing with sudden fury): You left me! He stands in front of her, and she is silent. MICKEY (CONT'D) (upset) : We were nice. We were happy. And then what, you give me a kiss and you run off with him and you make me feel like nothing, Rose. I was nothing. Rose stares. Mickey's eyes begin to fill with tears. MICKEY (CONT'D) (tearful): I can't even go out with a stupid girl from a shop because you pick up the phone and I comes running. I mean, is that what I am, Rose? Standby? Rose shakes her head silently. MICKEY (CONT'D) : Am I just supposed to sit here for the rest of my life, waiting for you? Because I will. ROSE (quietly): I'm sorry. Mickey leans against the railings. She touches his arm, but he shakes her off. INT. RESTAURANT MARGARET: I promise you, I've changed since we last met, Doctor. There was this girl... just today... young thing. Something of a danger. She was getting too close. I felt the blood lust rising, just as the family taught me, I was going to k*ll her without a thought. And then... I stopped. She's alive somewhere right now, she's walking around this city because I can change, I did change. I know I can't prove it... THE DOCTOR (calmly): I believe you. MARGARET: Then you know I'm capable of better. THE DOCTOR: It doesn't mean anything. MARGARET: I spared her life. THE DOCTOR: You let one of them go, but that's nothing new. Every now and then, a little victim's spared. Because she smiled... because he's got freckles... 'cos they begged... and that's how you live with yourself. That's how you slaughter millions. Because once in a while, on a whim, if the wind's in the right direction... you happen to be kind. MARGARET (coldly): Only a k*ller would know that. Pause. Not the answer the Doctor was expecting, and he's thrown. MARGARET (CONT'D): Is that right? From what I've seen, your happy-go-lucky little life leaves devastation in its wake. Always moving on 'cos you dare not look back. Playing with so many peoples lives, you might as well be a God. The Doctor loses eye contact, slightly hurt. MARGARET (CONT'D): And you're right, Doctor... you're absolutely right. Sometimes... you let one go. She looks into the Doctor's eyes, her own full of tears. MARGARET (CONT'D) (softly): Let me go. She definitely touched a nerve. The Doctor stares at her at a loss, he doesn't know what to do. EXT. CARDIFF BAY Rose and Mickey are sitting side by side on the bench. She's stroking his hands. MICKEY: I'm not asking you to leave him, because I know that's not fair. But I just need something, yeah? Some sort of promise that when you do come back, you're coming back for me. Rose spins around as she hears a low rumbling in the distance. ROSE: Is that thunder? MICKEY: Does it matter? ROSE: That's not thunder. INT. RESTAURANT Margaret is speaking quickly now, her desperation growing. MARGARET: In the family Slitheen, we had no choice. I was made to carry out my first k*ll at thirteen. If I'd refused, my father would have fed me to the Venom Grubs. The Doctor's head turns to the side as he also hears the low rumble. MARGARET (CONT'D): If I'm a k*ller, it's because I was born to k*ll, it's all I know! No reply, as the Doctor is listening to the rumble intently with his brow furrowed. MARGARET (CONT'D): Doctor? Are you even listening to me? THE DOCTOR: Can you hear that? MARGARET: I'm begging for my life...! THE DOCTOR: No, listen, shush... He holds up a hand to silence Margaret. He peers at the glasses on the table, which are beginning to shake slightly. Very suddenly, the glass windows shatter and the diners begin to scream. EXT. CARDIFF BAY A street light smashes and passers-by shriek. Baffled, Mickey looks around for Rose but she's already running in the direction of the TARDIS. MICKEY (yelling after her, bitterly): Oh, go on then, run! It's him again, isn't it? It's the Doctor! It's always the Doctor! It's always gonna be the Doctor and it's never me! EXT. CARDIFF BAY The Doctor and Margaret hurry down a flight of stairs, the sound of screaming and smashing in the background. Margaret is falling behind... MARGARET (urgently): The handcuffs! The Doctor waits for her at the foot of the stairs and pulls off her handcuff. THE DOCTOR (grabbing her wrist) : Don't think you're running away. MARGARET (fearful): Oh, I'm sticking with you. He pulls her off in the direction of the TARDIS, glass shattering on their heads. MARGARET (CONT'D): (shouting over the noise): Some date this turned out to be! They run, bumping into people through the chaos, down another set of steps. EXT. CARDIFF MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE The Doctor's eyes widen with shock as they finally see the TARDIS at the other side of the square. A huge bolt of lightening rips out of the TARDIS roof and into the sky. THE DOCTOR: It's the rift. The rift's opening! Storm clouds gather above the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS Jack panics as the sparks fly out of the console and the extrapolator flashes madly as he rips out the wires connecting it. EXT. CARDIFF MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE The Doctor and Margaret hurry across the Millennium Square, the ground starting to crack beneath their feet. Margaret looks terrified as he fits the key inside the lock of the TARDIS and pulls her inside. INT. TARDIS The whole ship is shuddering, the lights blinking. THE DOCTOR (yelling to Jack): What the hell are you doing? JACK: It just went crazy! THE DOCTOR (running to the console): It's the rift! Time and space are ripping apart. The whole city's gonna disappear! Small expl*si*n erupt from the console. EXT. CARDIFF MILLENNIUM CENTRE SQUARE Rose has reached the Millennium Square, and she is confronted with the sight of the TARDIS, the lightening sh**ting out of the top of it into the sky. Her eyes widen and she flinches at another rumble. She begins to run across the Square to the TARDIS, more cracks appearing in the ground. INT. TARDIS More expl*si*n from the console as the Doctor and Jack work furiously. JACK: It's the extrapolator! I've disconnected it but it's still feeding off the engine! It's using the TARDIS. I can't stop it! THE DOCTOR: Never mind Cardiff, it's gonna rip open the planet! Rose bursts into the TARDIS. ROSE: What is it? What's happening?! MARGARET (gleefully): Oh, just little me! She frees one of her arms from the skin-suit revealing the Slitheen claw. She grabs Rose around the neck. The Doctor darts forward, but... MARGARET (CONT'D) (thr*at) : One wrong move and she snaps like a promise. THE DOCTOR: I might've known. MARGARET (moving closer with Rose): I've had you bleating all night, poor baby, now shut it.(To Jack). You, fly boy, put the extrapolator at my feet. Jack hesitates. Margaret tightens her grip around Rose's neck. Jack looks at the Doctor for help, he nods, so Jack does as he is told. MARGARET (CONT'D) (pleasantly): Thank you. Just as I planned. ROSE (strangulated): I thought you needed to blow up the nuclear power station. MARGARET: Failing that, if I were to be... arrested... then anyone capable of tracking me down would have considerable technology of their own. Therefore, they would be captivated by the extrapolator. Especially a magpie mind like yours, Doctor. So the extrapolator was programmed to go to Plan B! She pulls one of Rose's plaits roughly. Rose whimpers. MARGARET (CONT'D) : To lock onto the nearest alien power source and open the rift. (Looks around the TARDIS with awe). And what a power source it found... I'm back on schedule... thanks to you. JACK: The rift's gonna convulse. She'll destroy the whole planet. MARGARET: And you with it! She pushes Rose aside so that she can stand on the extrapolator, but still keeps a hold of her neck. MARGARET (CONT'D) (evil smile) : While I ride this board over the crest of the inferno all the way to freedom. Stand back boys... surf's up. Outside, there is a burst of lightning from the TARDIS light. Inside, a panel of the console directly in front of Margaret suddenly bursts open, and a blinding white light floods out. Margaret looks at it in surprise, then up at the Doctor on the other side of the console. THE DOCTOR (calmly) : Of course, opening the rift means you'll pull this ship apart. MARGARET: So sue me. THE DOCTOR: It's not just any old power source. It's the TARDIS. My TARDIS. The best ship in the universe. MARGARET (nastily): It'll make wonderful scrap. ROSE (struggling to see) : What's that light? THE DOCTOR: The heart of the TARDIS. This ship's alive. You've opened its soul. Breathing heavily, Margaret stares into the light, as if forgetting everything else. Her voice becomes dreamy and vague. MARGARET: It's ... so bright... THE DOCTOR: Look at it, Margaret... MARGARET: ... Beautiful... THE DOCTOR: Look inside, Blon Fel Fotch. Look at the light. Margaret is transfixed by the light, and her grip on Rose relaxes. Rose stumbles out of the way and back to Jack. Margaret continues to stare into the light, a blissful smile spreading across her face. Then, she looks up at the Doctor who smiles slightly. MARGARET (softly, genuinely): Thank you... She is engulfed by the light, and when it clears, her body-suit flops on top of the extrapolator, empty. The Doctor immediately springs into action, darting around the console. THE DOCTOR: Don't look, stay there, close your eyes! He slams down levers and the gap in the console closes, shutting out the white light. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now, Jack, come on, shut it all down. Shut down! Jack rushes over to the console. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose, that panel over there, turn all the switches to the right. They work busily, the console exploding with sparks. And finally, the shaking lessens and the lightening sh**ting from the top of the TARDIS into the sky disappears, all back to normal. THE DOCTOR: Nicely done. Thank you, all. ROSE: What happened to Margaret? JACK: Must've got burnt up. Carried out her own death sentence. THE DOCTOR (looking down at the body-suit): No. I don't think she's d*ad. ROSE: Then, where'd she go? THE DOCTOR: She looked into the heart of the TARDIS, and even I don't know how strong that is. And the ship's telepathic, like I told you, Rose. Gets inside your head. Translates alien languages. Maybe the raw energy can translate all sorts of thoughts... He kneels down next to the skin-suit for a closer look. Rose and Jack follow suit, so all three of them are huddled around it. The Doctor reaches inside the skin-suit and pulls out an egg. THE DOCTOR: Here she is! ROSE: She's an egg? THE DOCTOR: Regressed to her childhood. JACK: She's an egg? THE DOCTOR: She can start again! Live her life from scratch. If we take her home, give her to a different family, tell 'em to bring her up properly, she might be all right! JACK: Or she might be worse. THE DOCTOR: That's her choice. ROSE: She's an egg. THE DOCTOR: She's an egg. ROSE (suddenly remembering): Oh, my God. Mickey... And she dashes out of the TARDIS and sprints back across the Millennium Square. EXT. STREET NEAR BAY A police car hurtles down a ruined street, sirens on and lights flashing, an ambulance close behind. Rose runs down the street in the opposite direction. She doesn't see Mickey, who is standing alone and watching from a distance, the firelight flickering on his face. He watches Rose tap a paramedic on the shoulder and question him. The paramedic shakes his head, and Rose leaves him, clearly not knowing where to look next. Mickey turns and walks away into the night. INT. TARDIS Rose walks back into the TARDIS, where the Doctor is fiddling with console, Jack round the other side. THE DOCTOR: We're all powered up. We can leave. Opening the rift filled us up with energy. We can go. If that's all right... ROSE (tone light but there's traces of tears on her cheeks): Yeah, fine. THE DOCTOR (carefully): How's Mickey? ROSE: He's okay. He's gone. THE DOCTOR: D'you wanna go and find him? We'll wait... He and Jack glance at one another. ROSE: No need. He deserves better. THE DOCTOR (briskly): Off we go, then. Always moving on... He pulls a lever. JACK: Next stop, Raxacoricofallapatorius. Now, you don't often get to say that. He smirks. They have balanced the egg on top of the console. THE DOCTOR: We'll just stop by and pop her in the hatchery. Margaret the Slitheen can live her life again! A second chance. Rose is staring into space. ROSE (almost to herself): That'd be nice... The engines rise and fall and the TARDIS fades away. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "01x11 - Boom Town"}
foreverdreaming
Recap of 107 "The Long Game". 100 years later. INT. CUPBOARD The Doctor is crouched inside what appears to be a small cupboard. The tiny enclosure starts spinning, spinning... The Doctor leaps to his feet and frantically starts feeling the walls. THE DOCTOR: What is it? What's happening? He unexpectedly finds a door and falls through it. INT. THE HOUSE The Doctor lands flat on his face on the floor. He is in a brightly coloured room, drawings on the wall, modern style chair. LYNDA: Oh my God! A woman of 30, Lynda, hurries over to him. LYNDA (CONT'D): I don't believe it! Why'd they put you in there?? They never said you were coming! The Doctor tries to pull himself up, very disorientated. THE DOCTOR: But what happened? I was... Lynda helps him to his feet. LYNDA: Careful now... oh! The Doctor's legs give way and he falls flat on his face again. LYNDA (CONT'D): Oh! Mind yourself! Oh, that's the transmat. Scrambles your head, I was sick for days. He tries to push himself up again. Lynda helps him to stand. LYNDA (CONT'D): You all right? The Doctor grunts. He finally manages to s*ab himself. LYNDA: So! What's your name then, sweetheart? THE DOCTOR (groggily): The Doctor, I think. I was er... I don't know, what happened? How... He looks at her for help. LYNDA: You got chosen. She nods, grinning, as though this explains everything. THE DOCTOR: Chosen for what? LYNDA: You're a house mate. You're in the house! Isn't that brilliant?! She laughs as this truly is something to be happy about. A camp voice comes from within. STROOD: That's not fair. There are two other house mates, Strood and Crosbie, sitting on a purple couch in front of the TV, which has a familiar eye logo on the screen... STROOD (CONT'D): We've got eviction in five minutes! I've been here for all nine weeks, I've followed the rules, I haven't had a single warning, and then he comes swanning in. He gestures to the extremely confused Doctor, clearly rather peeved. CROSBIE: If they keep changing the rules, I'm gonna protest, I am. You just watch me, I'm, I'm gonna paint the walls. The Doctor looks around at the House, mouth open, brow furrowed. Completely bemused. A camera fixed to the ceiling turns slowly. Big Brother's voice rings out over the theme music. BIG BROTHER: Would the Doctor please come to the Diary Room? The Doctor looks up at the ceiling trying to see where the voice is coming from, then turns around at a buzzing noise behind him. A silver door with an illuminated eye on the side awaits him. He walks over to the door, opens it and goes inside. INT. DIARY ROOM The Doctor finds himself in the Diary Room. He plonks himself down in the bright red chair, looking rather useless. BIG BROTHER: You are live on channel forty-four-thousand. Please do not swear. THE DOCTOR (raises eyebrows): You have got to be kidding. OPENING CREDITS INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO Rose is lying on the floor of a darkened room, in a beam of light. She is just starting to regain consciousness. She looks around, bemused, with a just-woken-up look. ROSE (blearily): What happened? A man of 25, Rodrick, is crouched beside her, observing her. RODRICK (CONT'D): It's all right... it's the transmat. Does your head in. Rose looks around at her surroundings, blinking. RODRICK (CONT'D): Get a bit of amnesia. What's your name? ROSE (just about remembering): Rose. But... where's the Doctor? RODRICK: Just remember, do what the Android says. Don't provoke it. The Android's word is law. ROSE: What d'you mean, android? Like... a robot? She looks around as a voice calls out. FLOOR MANAGER: Positions, everyone! Thank you! RODRICK: Come on. Hurry up! (Helps Rose to her feet). Steady, steady... Rose hangs on to him for support. ROSE (beginning to sound scare): I was travelling. With the Doctor and a man called Captain Jack...? The Doctor wouldn't just leave me... FLOOR MANAGER: That's enough chat! Positions! Final call! She is standing next to an inactive robot, which is being attended to by technicians. The robot stands on a platform around which are six podiums, the contestants milling around. FLOOR MANAGER (CONT'D): Good luck! Rodrick smiles slightly in anticipation and looks at Rose. ROSE (confused, frightened) : But I'm not supposed to be here. RODERICK: Well, it says Rose on the podium... Rose looks - and sure enough, her name lights up on one of the podiums. She stares. RODERICK (CONT'D): Come on! He dashes off and climbs up to stand behind his podium. Slowly, confused but with a dawning revelation, Rose takes her places behind her own podium. ROSE: Hold on... I must be going mad. She looks round at her surroundings... the technicians and Floor Manager are still attending to the inactive Android. ROSE: It can't be. This looks like the... FLOOR MANAGER: Android activated! The Android springs to life, raising her face up. ROSE: Oh, my God. The Android. The Anne... Droid. ANNE DROID: Welcome, to "The Weakest Link"! Cue theme music. INT. WHAT NOT TO WEAR STUDIO A white, clinical room. Blurry faces come slowly into clarity. Robotic voices. TRIN-E: Here we go again. We've got our work cut out for us. ZU-ZANA: I don't know, he's sort of handsome. That's a good lantern jaw. Jack awakens. He's lying on a chair in the 'What Not To Wear' studio, being examined by the Trin-E and Zu-Zana droids. He blinks. TRIN-E: Lantern jaws are so last year. JACK: Sorry... nice to meet you ladies, but where exactly am I? TRIN-E: We're giving you a brand-new image. JACK: Oh, hold on, I was with the Doctor... (Realises what she said, looks at them in alarm). Why, is there something wrong with what I'm wearing? ZU-ZANA: It's all very twentieth century. Where did you get that denim? JACK: Little place in Cardiff... it was called "The Top Shop". ZU-ZANA (gliding around him): Oh, design classic. TRIN-E: But we're gonna have to find you some new colours. Maybe get rid of that "Oklahoma Farm Boy" thing you've got going on... Jack stands up and faces them, hands on hips, rather indignant but at a loss for words. ZU-ZANA: Just stand still and let the Defabricator work its magic. JACK: What's the Defabricator? They demonstrate. A beam of light hits Jack's clothing and relieves him of it. He does not seem in the least bit bothered. JACK: Okay... Defabricator. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Am I naked in front of millions of viewers? TRIN-E / ZU-ZANA: Absolutely! JACK: Ladies... (Glances down at his body, a smug smile spreading across his face)... your viewing figures just went up. INT. THE HOUSE The sonic screwdriver whirrs and buzzes as the Doctor tries to open a door. Then he stops. THE DOCTOR (to Lynda): I can't open it. LYNDA: It's got a deadlock seal. Ever since Big Brother Five Hundred and Four when they all walked out...? No answer from the Doctor, who is walking swiftly to the other side of the room looking for any possible exits. LYNDA (CONT'D): You must remember that. THE DOCTOR (referring to a mirror): What about this? LYNDA: Oh, that's exoglass. You'd need a nuclear b*mb to get through. THE DOCTOR (scanning the edges): Don't tempt me. Lynda leans against the wall next to him. It's as though she wants to say something. She lowers her voice. LYNDA: I know you're not supposed to talk about the outside world, but you must've been watching. Do people like me? Lynda with a Y, not Linda with an I, she got forcibly evicted because she damaged the camera. The Doctor nods, grinning in an uninterested sort of way. LYNDA: Am I popular? THE DOCTOR (indifferently): I don't remember. LYNDA (quickly): Oh, but does that mean I'm nothing? Some people get this far just 'cos they're insignificant. Doesn't anybody notice me? He looks at her properly now, almost pityingly. THE DOCTOR: No... you're... you're nice. You're sweet. Everybody thinks you're sweet. He grins. LYNDA (flattered): Oh! Is that right? Is that what I am? (Very pleased). Oh, no-one's ever told me that before. Am I sweet? Really? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. d*ad sweet! LYNDA (grinning, touched): Thank you! The Doctor looks over to one of the so-called windows. It is solid black. THE DOCTOR: It's just a wall, isn't there supposed to be a garden out there? He walks over to it. Lynda follows. LYNDA: Don't be daft. No-one's got a garden anymore. Who's got a garden? (Gasps). Don't tell me you've got a garden! THE DOCTOR (examining the wall): No, I've just got the TARDIS... (Spins around, as though h*t by sudden inspiration). I remember. LYNDA: That's the amnesia! So what happened? Where did they get you? THE DOCTOR (remembering): We'd just left Raxacoriofallapatorius. Then we went to Kyoto, that's right. Japan in 1336, and we only just escaped... INT. TARDIS Flashback to the Doctor, Rose and Jack laughing together in the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (voice-over): We were together, we were laughing, and then... there was this light... A bright light shines through the walls of the TARDIS. Bewildered and scared, Rose reaches out to the Doctor as she is sucked into the light... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (voice-over): ... this white light coming through the walls, and then... Rose is pulled back and back into the blinding white light... end flashback. INT. THE HOUSE THE DOCTOR: And then I woke up here. LYNDA: Yeah, that's the transmat beam. That's how they pick the housemates. THE DOCTOR: Oh, Lynda with a Y... sweet little Lynda... (Walks a few paces into the room). It's worse than that. POV of the mirror, as though there is a camera hidden inside it. THE DOCTOR: I'm not just a passing traveller. No stupid little transmat gets inside my ship. That beam was fifteen million times more powerful, which means... this isn't just a game. There's something else going on. (Steps closer to the camera). Well! Here's the latest update from the Big Brother house. I'm getting out. (Looks straight into the camera). I'm gonna find my friends. And then I'm gonna find you. He places his finger on the camera lens thr*at. INT. FLOOR 500 A male programmer watches these proceedings. He approaches a female programmer, who is working at a computer. MALE PROGRAMMER: Need a word. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Hold on... let me finish this. On her screen is the image of "The Weakest Link" studio, where Rose is. FEMALE PROGRAMMER (CONT'D): 19... 18... INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO FLOOR MANAGER: 17... 16... 15... thank you people, transmitting in 12... 11... 10... Agitated, Rose turns to Rodrick. ROSE: But I need to find the Doc... RODRICK (pushing her back impatiently): Just... shut up and play the game! ROSE: All right then. What the hell? I'm gonna play to win! She smiles. Rodrick looks distractedly at her, clearly thinking she's slightly mad. FLOOR MANAGER: 3, and cue! ANNE DROID: Let's play "The Weakest Link"! Music, lights. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Start the clock. Music. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Agorax, the name of which basic food stuff is an anagram of the word "beard"? AGORAX: Bread. ANNE DROID: Correct. Fitch, in the Pan Traffic Calendar, which month comes after Hoob? FITCH: Is it... Clavadoe? ANNE DROID: No, Pandoff. Rose, in maths, what is 258 minus 158? ROSE: One hundred! She looks extremely pleased with herself. ANNE DROID: Correct. Rodrick... RODRICK: Bank. ANNE DROID: Which letter of the alphabet appears in the word "dangle" but not in the word "gland"? RODRICK (after a second's thought): E. ANNE DROID: Correct! Colleen, in social security, what D is the name of the payment given to Martian Drones? COLLEEN: Default. ANNE DROID: Correct. Broff, the Great Cobalt Pyramid is built on the remains of which famous Old Earth Institute? BROFF: T... Touchdown. ANNE DROID: No, Torchwood. Rose laughs. Broff's expression is genuinely distraught. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Agorax, in language, all five examples of which type of letter appear in the word "facetious"? AGORAX: Vowels. ANNE DROID: Correct. Fitch, in biology, which blood cells contain iron, red or white? FITCH: Um... white. Rose giggles. Fitch looks as though her heart has just sunk into her shoes. ANNE DROID: No, red. Rose, in the holovid series "Jupiter Rising", the Grexnik is married to whom? INT. FLOOR 500 The show is watched by the programmers. ROSE: How should I know? She laughs at the absurdity of the situation. ANNE DROID: No, the correct answer is Lord Drayvole. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Why's she laughing? ANNE DROID: Rodrick, in maths, what is nine squared? FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Oh, my God... I don't think she knows... MALE PROGRAMMER (leaning over her shoulder): And I've got a housemate to appear out of nowhere. I told you, it's like the game's running itself. INT. WHAT NOT TO WEAR STUDIO Jack stands admiring himself in the mirror, flexing his muscles in the mirror. He's wearing black leather trousers and a white vest. TRIN-E: It's the buccaneer look. Little dash of pirate and just a tweak of President Schwarzenegger. JACK: Nah, not sure about the vest. What about a little bit of colour to lift it? ZU-ZANA: Absolutely not. Never wear black with colour. It makes the colour look cheap and the black look boring. Now, let's talk jackets. JACK: I kinda like the first one... ZU-ZANA: No, that's a bit too much Hell's Angel. I think I like the shorter one. Jack shrugs into it in front of the mirror. ZU-ZANA: Look, waist length, nice and slimming, shows off the bum. She pats his bum. Jack turns to her. JACK: Works for me. TRIN-E: Once we've got an outfit, we can look at the face. Ever thought about cosmetic surgery? JACK: Well, I've considered it, yeah. A little lift around the eyes... tighten up the jaw line... what do you think? He places his hands on Zu-Zana's plastic breasts flirtatiously. TRIN-E: Oh, let's have a bit more ambition... (Takes a cap off her forearm revealing a chainsaw underneath). Let's do something... cutting edge. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: So, Rose. What do you actually do? ROSE (light-hearted, even relaxed) : I just travel about a bit. Bit of a... tourist, I suppose. Rodrick, holding up a card saying 'Fitch', glances sideways at her. ANNE DROID: Another way of saying "unemployed". ROSE: No. ANNE DROID: Have you got a job? ROSE: Well... not really, no, but... ANNE DROID: Then you are unemployed! And yet, you've still got enough money to buy peroxide. Why Fitch? ROSE (completely wrong-footed): Uh... I think she got a few of the questions wrong. Fitch is staring at the ground, tears running down her cheeks. ROSE (CONT'D): ... that's all. ANNE DROID: Oh, you'd know all about that. ROSE: Well yeah, but I can't vote for myself, so it had to be Fitch... Fitch sobs silently. Rose doesn't understand. She's disturbed, confused. ROSE (CONT'D) (to Fitch): I'm sorry... that's the game. That's how it works... I had to vote for someone. Fitch ignores her and addresses the Anne Droid. She's terrified. FITCH (desperately): Let me try again, it was the lights and everything, I couldn't think. ANNE DROID: In fact, with three answers wrong, Broff was the weakest link in that round, but, it's votes that count. FITCH (begging): I'm sorry. Oh, please... oh God, help me! She looks wildly around at her fellow contestants, pleading for help they can't give. Rose looks at her, still completely in the dark. Rodrick looks away. Broff sobs silently into the board he is holding up. Rose glances back at the Anne Droid. ANNE DROID: Fitch, you are the weakest link. Goodbye! The Anne Droid's mouth opens, and a g*n protrudes from it. Without a moments hesitation, it fires, a thick and fast bolt of yellow/gold light. Hits Fitch - and she is gone. The g*n retreats back into the Anne Droid's mouth. Rose looks back, having hidden her face, to see only smoke billowing where Fitch once stood. FLOOR MANAGER: And we've gone to the adverts. Back in three minutes... ROSE (to Rodrick, gesturing the smoke): Wassat? What's just happened? RODRICK (wiping his board clean): She was the weakest link. She gets disintegrated. Rose is uncomprehending. She makes a small noise at the back of her throat. Rodrick rolls his eyes. RODRICK (CONT'D) (with the air of addressing a dimwit): Blasted into atoms. ROSE (stunned) : But I voted for her. Oh, my God. This is sick. Her words ring around the silent studio. The contestants glance at her. ROSE (CONT'D): All of ya, you're just sick! I'm not playing this..; BROFF: I'm not playing! (Whimpers, terrified, crying). I... I can't do it. The Anne Droid turns to him slowly. Broff leaps off his podium and tries to run for it. BROFF: I'm not... please, somebody let me... ANNE DROID: You are the weakest link. She fires. Broff disappears in mid-run. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Goodbye. And the g*n retreats back into her mouth. Rose is staring, mouth open, shocked and absolutely disgusted. Rodrick shuffles, uncomfortable. The Anne Droid turns back to the remaining contestants. RODRICK (to Rose): Don't try to escape. It's play... or die. INT. THE HOUSE Lynda, Strood and Crosbie are gathered on the sofa in front of the TV. LYNDA: Doctor, they said all the housemates must gather on the sofa. You've got to. THE DOCTOR: Busy getting out, thanks. He is standing at one of the doors, whirring away with his sonic screwdriver. LYNDA: But if you don't obey, then all the housemates get punished. He grudgingly accepts this, and joins them on the sofa, clicking off his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Well maybe I'll be voted out, then. STROOD: How stupid are you? You've only just joined, you're not eligible. LYNDA: Don't try anything clever or we all get it in the neck. BIG BROTHER: Big Brother House, this is Davina Droid. Lynda, Strood and Crosbie all grab each others hands, Crosbie hanging onto the Doctors, who rolls his eyes. BIG BROTHER (CONT'D): Crobsie, Lynda and Strood, you have all been nominated for eviction. The three housemates all look extremely tense. BIG BROTHER (CONT'D): And the eighth person to be evicted from the Big Brother House is... Long, tense pause in which the Doctor looks bored and keeps rolling his eyes. BIG BROTHER (CONT'D): ... Crosbie! Crobsie gasps. Strood and Lynda are immediately all over her. LYNDA: I'm sorry! Oh, I'm sorry! Sorry! STROOD (an arm around her): Oh, it should've been me, that's not fair... oh, Crosbie love... The Doctor relaxes back in the chair with his hands behind his head. BIG BROTHER: Crosbie, you have ten seconds to make your farewells, and then we're gonna get you! Crosbie, Lynda and Strood all leap to their feet. The Doctor doesn't bother. They rush to the door. The Doctor shakes his head. LYNDA: I won't forget you. CROSBIE: I'm sorry I stole your soap. LYNDA: Oh, I don't mind, honestly. She hugs her. STROOD: Thanks for the food, you're a smashing cook. (Kisses her cheek and hugs her). Bless you. The doors slide open, revealing a small, narrow, gleaming white room beyond, ending in a door. BIG BROTHER: Crosbie, please leave the Big Brother House. Crosbie stares into the room apprehensively. CROSBIE (scared, looking at each of them): Bye, then... bye Lynda... LYNDA: Bye... Lynda and Strood catch each others eye and make an archway with their arms. Crosbie walks underneath. The Doctor looks at them in in disbelief over the back of the sofa. Lynda and Strood wave to Crosbie who waves back until the doors slide close. LYNDA (CONT'D) (close to tears): I don't believe it. Poor Crosbie... THE DOCTOR (from the sofa): It's only a game show, she'll make a fortune on the outside! Sell her story, release a record, fitness video, all of that... she'll be laughing! LYNDA (staring at him): What d'you mean, "on the outside"? Crosbie stands in the middle of the white room, trembling. STROOD: Here we go... Lynda and Strood dash back to the sofa and perch on the edge nervously. The Doctor sighs and relaxes back again. There are a few tense moments while Crosbie stands in the room, waiting, and Lynda and Strood watch her anxiously. THE DOCTOR: Well, what are they waiting for? Why don't they just let her go? LYNDA (tearful): Stop it, it's not funny. She turns back to the TV. The Doctor completely uncomprehending. BIG BROTHER: Eviction in... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1! And with the same bolt of light that the Anne Droid used on Fitch, Crosbie is disintegrated. The tension is released and Lynda and Strood stare at the screen, distraught. The Doctor sits up, staring at the screen. THE DOCTOR: What was that? STROOD: Disintegrator beam. The Doctor looks at them, not fully understanding. They look back at him. LYNDA: She's been evicted. (Pause). From life. Cut to the Big Brother logo, stars swirling innocently behind it. INT. FLOOR 500 MALE PROGRAMMER: No one programmed the transmat, no one selected the new contestants... it is exactly like those stories. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Oh, don't start that again. I think you need to take a session off. MALE PROGRAMMER: Well, I would. If you'd take it with me. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: And don't start that again either. The Male Programmer smiles at that. MALE PROGRAMMER: But the rumours go back decades. Saying that something's been... hidden up here. Underneath the transmissions. FEMALE PROGRAMMER (glancing at him): But the Controller would know. She watches everything. MALE PROGRAMMER: Maybe she just can't see it. Gotta allow for human error. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Well, that's your problem, then. (Leans closer, whispers in his ear). I don't think she's been human for years. They smile and then look to the other end of the room, where the Controller is wired up to the computers. She is deathly white and muttering under her breath, monitoring and controlling all the transmissions. CONTROLLER: 18... 19... 20... 21... 22... 23... transmit. INT. THE HOUSE The Doctor paces around the Big Brother house, laying into Lynda and Strood who are still sat on the sofa. THE DOCTOR: Are you insane ? You just step right into the disintegrator? Is it that important, getting your face on the telly? Is it worth dying for? LYNDA (standing): You're talking like we've got a choice! THE DOCTOR: But I thought you had to apply! STROOD: Don't be so stupid. That's how they played it centuries back. LYNDA (frustrated): You get chosen whether you like it or not! Everyone on Earth is a potential contestant. The transmat beam picks you out at random. And it's non-stop. There are sixty Big Brother houses running all at once. THE DOCTOR (shocked): How many? Sixty? STROOD (dejectedly) : They've had to cut back. It's not what it was. THE DOCTOR: It's a charnel house! What about the winners? What to they get? LYNDA: They get to live. THE DOCTOR: Is that it?! LYNDA: Well, isn't that enough?! The Doctor stares at her for a few seconds, then strides across the room. THE DOCTOR: Rose is out there. She got caught in the transmat. She's a contestant. Time I got out. Camera POV - zooms in on him. THE DOCTOR: That other contestant, Lynda with an I, she was forcibly evicted for what? LYNDA: Damaged property... THE DOCTOR: What, like this? And he points his sonic screwdriver directly at the camera, destroying it. INT. WHAT NOT TO WEAR STUDIO Jack is now dressed up in tennis garb, and is swishing a racket around in front of the mirror. JACK (stopping) : No. I'm just not getting this. It just too safe, too decent. And you'd never keep it clean. ZU-ZANA: Stage Two ready and waiting! JACK: Bring it on, girls! He stands in front of the Defabrictor so it can defabricate him. He stands naked in front of them once more. TRIN-E: And now it's time for the face-off! JACK (enthusiastically): What does that mean? Do I get to compete with someone else? TRIN-E: No, like I said, face... off! And she holds up her arms, one with needles on the end of each of her fingers, and the other a chain saw. Jack stares at it, not scared but mildly surprised. ZU-ZANA: I think you'd look good with a dog's head. And she snips the enormous scissors that have replaced her forearm. TRIN-E: Or maybe no head at all. That would be so outrageous. ZU-ZANA: And we could stitch your legs to the middle of your chest. Jack raises an eyebrow, not remotely perturbed. TRIN-E: Nothing is too extreme. It's to die for. JACK (warningly): Now, hold on, ladies. I don't want to have to sh**t either one of you. TRIN-E: But you're unarmed! ZU-ZANA: You're naked! Jack reaches behind him and produces a small g*n. He points it at them. ZU-ZANA (CONT'D): But... that's a Compact Laser Deluxe! TRIN-E: Where were you hiding that? JACK: You really don't wanna know. TRIN-E (moving towards him): Give me that accessory... But Jack's ready, he fires and blows her head off. And then does the same to Zu-Zana. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: You are the weakest link. Goodbye! Rodrick averts his eyes, and with a blast of the g*n, Colleen is gone. FLOOR MANAGER: Going to the break! Two minutes on the clock. Rose looks tired and fed-up. FLOOR MANAGER (CONT'D): Just a reminder, we've got solar flare activity coming up in ten. Rodrick is wiping his board clean. Rose turns to him. ROSE: Colleen was clever, she banked all our money. Why'd you vote for her? RODRICK: 'Cos I want to keep you in! You're stupid! You don't even know the Princess Vossaheen's surname. When it comes to the final, I want to be up against you. So that you get disintegrated, and I get a stack-load of credits. Courtesy of the Bad Wolf Corporation... ROSE: What d'you mean? Who's Bad Wolf? Rodrick turns to her as if he can't believe she doesn't know this. RODRICK: They're in charge. They run the Game Station. ROSE: Why are they called Bad Wolf? RODRICK: I dunno, it's just a name. It's like an Old Earth... nursery rhyme sort of thing... What does it matter? ROSE (pensively): I keep hearing those words everywhere we go. Bad Wolf. INT. SNEED'S KITCHEN Flashback. GWYNETH: The things you've seen... the darkness... the big bad wolf... EXT. VAN STATTEN'S BASE TANNOY VOICE: Attention all personnel, Bad Wolf One descending. INT. TOWN HALL, EXHIBITION ROOM THE DOCTOR: Blaidd Drwg... ROSE: What's it mean? THE DOCTOR: Bad Wolf. EXT. POWELL ESTATE "Bad Wolf" graffiti'd on the side of the TARDIS. INT. FLOOR 139, CORRIDOR The Face of Boe on the Bad Wolf channel. End Flashback. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ROSE (haunted): Different times... different places like it's written all over the universe... RODRICK (impatiently): What're you going on about? ROSE: If the Bad Wolf is in charge of this quiz, then... maybe I'm not here by mistake. Someone's been planning this... INT. THE HOUSE The Big Brother logo on the screen. BIG BROTHER: The Doctor, you've broken the House Rules. The Doctor, Lynda and Strood are sat on the sofa. BIG BROTHER (CONT'D): Big Brother has no choice but to evict you. The Doctor raises his hand in triumph. BIG BROTHER (CONT'D): You have ten seconds to make your farewells, and then we're gonna get you! THE DOCTOR (leaping up and running to the door): That's more like it! Come on then, open up! LYNDA (rushing after him): You're mad! It's like you want to die! STROOD :I reckon he's a plant! He was only brought in to stir things up! The door slides open. The Doctor dashes through into the white room beyond. BIG BROTHER: The Doctor, please leave the Big Brother house. Strood rushes back to the sofa and leaps over the back to watch on the screen, but Lynda stays at the doorway and slides sideways with the door anxiously as it closes, keeping him in vision for as long as possible. When the door is shut, she turns to the TV. THE DOCTOR: Come on then, disintegrate me! Come on, what're you waiting for? He looks impatiently and expectantly up at the disintegrator. LYNDA: He is, he's mad. He's bonkers. INT. FLOOR 500 The programmers watch the Doctor on the screen. THE DOCTOR: Disintegrate me! FEMALE PROGRAMMER: I told you to keep an eye on him, not k*ll him. MALE PROGRAMMER: He damaged the property. It's an a*t*matic process. INT. BIG BROTHER CORRIDOR The Doctor folds his arms and looks up the disintegrator, waiting, grinning. BIG BROTHER: Eviction in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... INT. THE HOUSE Lynda screws up her eyes, but nothing happens. The sound of the power failing. THE DOCTOR: Haha! Lynda opens her eyes in surprise. INT. BIG BROTHER CORRIDOR THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I knew it! You see? Someone brought me into this game. If they'd wanted me d*ad, they could've transmatted me into a volcano. INT. FLOOR 500 FEMALE PROGRAMMER: What did you do? MALE PROGRAMMER: Nothing! THE DOCTOR: They want me alive... MALE PROGRAMMER: It's like... some sort of override. THE DOCTOR (at the door): Maybe the security isn't as tight this end. (Looks mockingly up at the camera). Are you following this? I'm getting out! INT. BIG BROTHER CORRIDOR The Doctor points his sonic screwdriver at the lock at the door swings open. Then, the door leading back into the House also opens. Lynda pops her head through and the Doctor looks back at her. THE DOCTOR: Come with me. Lynda looks at Strood who is kneeling on the sofa. STROOD: We're not allowed! THE DOCTOR: Stay in there, you've got a fifty-fifty chance of disintegration. Stay with me, I promise I'll get you out alive. Come on! LYNDA (nervous): No... I can't, I can't... THE DOCTOR: Lynda, you're sweet. From what I've seen of your world, d'you think anyone votes for sweet? Lynda sees the logic in this. The Doctor holds out his hand and after a moments hesitation, she grabs it and off they go. INT. FLOOR 56 After going through the door, they find themselves on Floor 56 of Satellite Five. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (looking around, surprised): Hold on... I've been here before. This is Satellite Five! EXT. SPACE A sh*t of Satellite Five from space, looking as it did in 107 "The Long Game". INT. FLOOR 56 The Doctor opens the door to the side room with his sonic screwdriver and they step through it. He whirrs on a control panel. THE DOCTOR: No guards. That makes a change. You'd think a big business like Satellite Five would be armed to the teeth. They leave the room again. The Doctor tests the walls with his sonic screwdriver. LYNDA: No one's called it Satellite Five in ages. It's the Game Station now. Hasn't been Satellite Five in about a hundred years. THE DOCTOR (checking his watch): A hundred years exactly. It's the year two zero-zero/one zero-zero. I was here before. Floor 139. Satellite was broadcasting news channels back then... had a bit of trouble upstairs. Nothing too serious. Easy, gave 'em a hand, home in time for tea. LYNDA (smiling skeptically): A hundred years ago? The Doctor places his hand on a touch-sensitive pad to open a door, with no luck. LYNDA (CONT'D): What, you were here a hundred years ago? The Doctor whirrs around the edges of the door with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Yep! LYNDA: You're looking good on it... THE DOCTOR (turns to her): I moisturise. He looks at the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Funny sorts of readings. All kinds of energy... the place is humming. It's weird. This goes way beyond normal transmissions. What would they need all that power for? He tries another door. LYNDA: I dunno. I think we're the first ever contestants to get outside. THE DOCTOR (scanning the door): I had two friends travelling with me. They must've got caught in the same transmat. Where would they be? LYNDA: I dunno. They could've been allocated anywhere. There's a hundred different games. THE DOCTOR (giving her his full attention): Like what? LYNDA: Well, there's ten floors of "Big Brother". There's a different House behind each of those doors. And then beyond that, there's all sorts of shows. It's non-stop. There's um... "Call My Bluff"... with real g*n... "Countdown", where you've got thirty seconds to stop the b*mb going off... "Ground Force", which is a nasty one... you get turned into compost. Erm... "Wipeout", speaks for itself... oh! And "Stars In Their Eyes". Literally, stars in their eyes. If you don't sing, you get blinded. THE DOCTOR: And you watch this stuff? LYNDA (shrugs): Everyone does. How come you don't? THE DOCTOR: Never paid for my license. LYNDA (shocked): Oh, my God! You get ex*cuted for that! THE DOCTOR (holding up his sonic screwdriver): Let them try. LYNDA: You keep saying things that don't make sense. But who are you though, Doctor? Really? THE DOCTOR: Doesn't matter. And he walks away to try the next door. LYNDA: Well, it does to me... I've just put my life in your hands. THE DOCTOR (examining the lock): I'm just a traveller, wandering past. Believe it or not, all I'm after is a quiet life. LYNDA: So... if we get out of here, what're you gonna do? Just... wander off again? THE DOCTOR: Fast as I can. LYNDA (tentatively): So... I could come with ya. She smiles, waiting for an answer. He looks away from the lock and studies her properly. THE DOCTOR: Maybe you could. LYNDA (brightly): I wouldn't get in the way. THE DOCTOR (smiling) : I wouldn't mind if you did. Not a bad idea, Lynda with a Y. Lynda smiles cheerily. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (briskly): But first of all, we've gotta concentrate on the getting out. (Scans the edges of a door). And to do that, you've got to know your enemy, who's controlling it, who's in charge of the satellite now? LYNDA: Hold on... She runs to the opposite end of the room and pulls down a lever, which illuminates huge letters on the wall. They say "Bad Wolf Corporation". LYNDA (CONT'D): Your Lords and Masters. The Doctor gazes up at the letters in wonder and confusion. EXT. SPACE Satellite Five revolves slowly. INT. FLOOR 500 Several people on Floor 500 are busy working at their screens. MALE PROGRAMMER: Okay, you win. The Controller's got to handle this. The Archive makes a record of all transmat activities. The Male and Female Programmers are working on the same screen, which is showing footage of the Doctor and Lynda on Floor 56. MALE PROGRAMMER (CONT'D): Find out how they got on board... Archive Six. He takes off his headphones and strides slowly across the floor to address the Controller. MALE PROGRAMMER (CONT'D): Controller... we have a problem. CONTROLLER: Continue working. MALE PROGRAMMER: We have a security problem. CONTROLLER: Continue working. 6... 5... MALE PROGRAMMER: I'm sorry, but I can't. We have contestants outside of the games. But the alarms haven't gone off. CONTROLLER: No security. The games continue. MALE PROGRAMMER (smiling confusedly): But we can't just let them wander... CONTROLLER: They are no one. The Male Programmer stares at her, brow furrowed. MALE PROGRAMMER: They are no one. The Female Programmer places a hand on the touch sensitive lock to open the door to the Archive. The Controller gasps with pain. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Erm... sorry. I was just, um... CONTROLLER: Archive Six is out of bounds. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: But I need to check the transmat log. CONTROLLER (slightly crazed) : Archive Six is out of bounds. No one may enter Archive Six. Return to work. (Lapses back into herself, muttering numbers under her breath). Return to work. Inform all staff, solar flares in delta point seven. 19... 20... EXT. SPACE The Satellite revolves peacefully. INT. WHAT NOT TO WEAR STUDIO Jack is attaching his Compact Laser Deluxe to the Defabricator. JACK (to himself): Compatible systems... just align the wave signature... (Laughs). Thattaboy! Got myself a g*n. (Picks up the Defabricator and glances at the d*ad Droids). Well, ladies, the pleasure was all mine. Which is the only thing that matters in the end. And off he goes, leaving the smouldering bodies of Trin-E and Zu-Zana. INT. FLOOR 229 Jack runs out onto Floor 299, and places his hand on a pad to open the door to the lift. He consults his wrist device. JACK: Two hearts, that's him... which floor? He impatiently presses a few buttons on the lift and the doors close. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK The Doctor and Lynda emerge onto an observation deck. LYNDA: Blimey! I've never seen it for real before! Not... not from orbit. Planet Earth... They stand before the window, observing the Earth. The whole planet is grey and ugly, a few patches of light here and there. THE DOCTOR (surprised): What's happened to it? LYNDA: Well, it's always been like that. Ever since I was born. See that there? (Points). That's the Great Atlantic Smog Storm. It's been going twenty years. We get newsflashes telling us when it's safe to breathe outside. THE DOCTOR: So, the population just sits there? Half the world's too fat, half the world's too thin, and you lot just watch telly? LYNDA (bright-eyed): Ten thousand channels, all beaming down from here. THE DOCTOR: The Human Race. Brainless sheep. Being fed on a diet of... mind you, have they still got that programme where three people have to live with a bear? LYNDA (delighted): Oh, "Bear With Me", I love that one! THE DOCTOR: And me. The celebrity edition where the bear got in the... LYNDA: Got in the bath! THE DOCTOR (suddenly serious): But it's all gone wrong. I mean, history's gone wrong. Again. This should be the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. I don't understand. Last time I was here, I put it right. LYNDA: No, but that's when it first went wrong. A hundred years ago, like you said. All the news channels - they just shut down overnight. THE DOCTOR: But that was me. I did that. LYNDA: There was nothing left in their place. No information. The whole planet just froze. The government, the economy, they collapsed... that was the start of it. One hundred years of hell. THE DOCTOR: Oh, my... (Stares at the wasted planet, stunned). I made this world. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO Agorax screams as the disintegrator beam sh**t him until there's nothing left but dust. The g*n retreats back into the Anne Droid's mouth and the light behind Agorax's name on his podium goes out. ANNE DROID: That leaves Rose and Rodrick, you're going head-to-head... let's play "The Weakest Link". RODRICK (to Rose, without looking at her): Right, that's the end of tactical voting... you're on your own now. EXT. SPACE Satellite Five, sitting in Space. JACK (voice-over): Hey, handsome! Good to see ya! Any sign of Rose? INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DEC Jack has managed to find the Doctor, and is now standing with him and Lynda on the observation deck. THE DOCTOR: Can't you track her down? JACK: She must still be inside the games. All the rooms are shielded. THE DOCTOR (fiddling with the computer) : If we can just get inside this computer... she's got to be here somewhere. JACK: Well, you'd better hurry up. These games don't have a happy ending. THE DOCTOR (snaps): You think I don't know that? Jack backs down and gives the Doctor his wrist-device. JACK: There you go. The Doctor snatches it off him. JACK (CONT'D): Patch that in. It's programmed to find her. THE DOCTOR: Thanks. JACK (to Lynda, shaking her hand): Hey there! LYNDA: Hello! JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. LYNDA: Lynda Moss. JACK: Nice to meet you, Lynda Moss! THE DOCTOR (not even looking up): D'you mind flirting outside? JACK (indignantly) : I was just saying hello! THE DOCTOR: For you, that's flirting. LYNDA (to Jack) : I'm not complaining. JACK (kissing her hand): Which is a good idea. LYNDA (laughing) : Oh! The system bleeps in protest. THE DOCTOR (angry and frustrated) : It's not compatible. This stupid system doesn't make sense. He chucks the wrist-device to Lynda, and then wrenches the front of the computer away with Jack's help. He snatches the wrist-device from Lynda again. THE DOCTOR (trying to patch in it) : This place should be a basic broadcaster. The systems are twice as complicated. It's more than just television... this station's transmitting something else. JACK: Like what? THE DOCTOR (working frantically) : I don't know. This whole Bad Wolf thing's tied up with me. Someone's manipulating my entire life. It's some sort of trap and Rose is stuck inside it. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: Rose, in geography, the Grand Central Ravine is named after which Ancient Britain City? The TV footage shows a scoreboard on the screen. Rodrick has one tick so far, and this is Rose's first question. ROSE: Is it York? ANNE DROID: No, the correct answer is Sheffield. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK The wrist-device bleeps. THE DOCTOR: Found her! Floor 407! Lynda gasps with horror. LYNDA (frantic) : Oh, my God! She's with the Anne Droid! You've gotta get her out of there! INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: Rodrick, in literature, the author of "Lucky" was Jackie who? RODRICK (wild guess): Stewart. ANNE DROID: No, the correct answer is Collins. A cross for Rodrick. ANNE DROID: Rose, the oldest inhabitant of the Isop Galaxy is the Face of what? ROSE: Boe! The Face of Boe! A few second silence in which the Anne Droid and Rodrick both stare at her. ANNE DROID: That is the correct answer. EXT. SPACE Satellite Five. INT. LIFT The Doctor, Jack and Lynda are in the lift, the Doctor impatiently watching the numbers racing up. THE DOCTOR (urgently) : Come on... come on...! INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: Rodrick, in history, who was the President of the Red Velvets? The scores are equal. RODRICK: Hoshbin Frane. ANNE DROID: That is the correct answer. Rodrick is one-up. The Anne Droid turns her head sharply to Rose. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Rose, in food, the dish Gaffabeque originated on which planet? ROSE (without a clue): Um... is it... The Anne Droid stares at Rose. Rose stares back, at a loss. ROSE (CONT'D): ... Mars? ANNIE DROID: Nope, the correct answer is Lucifer. Rose gets a cross. The nasty pleasure in Rodrick's eyes is evident. EXT. SPACE Satellite Five. The lift races upwards. INT. LIFT The counter rises rapidly. The Doctor's eyes are on it, intense. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: Rodrick, which measurement of length is said to have been defined by the Emperor Jate as the distance from his nose to his fingertip? Rose glances at Rodrick. He doesn't know. RODRICK: Would that be a goffle? ANNE DROID: No. The correct answer is a paab. Rodrick gets a cross. ANNE DROID (CONT'D): Rose, in fashion, Stella Pok Baint is famous for what? ROSE (taking a firm but completely random guess): Shoes. ANNE DROID: No. The correct answer is hats. Rodrick is still one ahead and there's only one question left for each of them... INT. FLOOR 407 The Doctor, Jack and Lynda belt out of the lift onto Floor 407. The Anne Droid's voice rings out over the Floor. ANNE DROID: Rodrick, in physics, who discovered the Fifteen-Dash-Ten Barric Fields? THE DOCTOR (frantically, drowning her voice out): Game Room Six, which one is it?! LYNDA: Over here! INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO RODRICK: San... Hazeldine. ANNE DROID: No... INT. FLOOR 407 They've reached the door, the Doctor whipping out his sonic screwdriver. ANNE DROID: ... the correct answer is San Chen. JACK: Stand back, let me blast it open. THE DOCTOR: Can't, it's made of Hydra Combination. He presses his sonic screwdriver to the touch-sensitive pad. INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ANNE DROID: Rose, in history, which Icelandic city hosted m*rder Spree Twenty? Rose stares at the Anne Droid, who stares right back at her. Rodrick glances at Rose. A tense silence. ROSE: Reykjavik...? Rodrick looks back the Anne Droid anxiously. There is a few seconds pause. ANNE DROID: No, the correct answer is Pola Ventura. Rose gets a cross. The game's finished and Rodrick is one point up. Music cue... an ecstatic smile spreads across Rodrick's face. RODRICK: Oh, my God! I've done it! (Looks at Rose, without a trace of pity, even gloating). You've lost! INT. FLOOR 407 The sonic screwdriver whirrs. THE DOCTOR (muttering in his desperation): Come on, come on, come on... INT. THE WEAKEST LINK STUDIO ROSE (terrified) : But I'm not meant to be here. I need to find the Doctor, he's got to be here somewhere... he's always here! He wouldn't just leave me! ANNE DROID (ignoring her, speaking over her): Rodrick, you are the strongest link, you will be transported home with one thousand six hundred credits. RODRICK: Oh, thank you, thank you so much. ROSE (strong but scared, leaning over her podium): This game is illegal! I'm telling you to stop! Suddenly, the Floor Manager turns to look at a point off-set, the Doctor, Jack and Lynda barge in through the door which is just too far away... THE DOCTOR: Rose! ANNE DROID: Rose, you leave this life with nothing... JACK: Stop this game! THE DOCTOR: I order you to stop this game! FLOOR MANAGER: We're live on air! The Doctor runs across the wide expanse of floor as fast as he can. Rose begins to run towards him, pushing the podium out of the way. ANNE DROID: You are the weakest link. ROSE: Look out for the Anne Droid, it's armed! She's running... The Anne Droid turns her head and her jaw hinges down, the disintegrator beams sh**t out, hitting Rose squarely in the back. And with a scream, Rose is gone, mere feet away from the Doctor. Jack takes off towards the set, raging. JACK (furious) : What the hell did you do to her? The Doctor crouches down to the pile of dust that was Rose. The smoke clears. There's a moment where he's absolutely in shock... the voices in the background are meaningless to him. He picks up a piece of the dust between his fingers, feeling it... he's just staring - broken, hollow. JACK (CONT'D) (brandishes the g*n at the Floor Manager and Rodrick): Back off! FLOOR MANAGER: I need security and I need it here right now! It's this lot... A security guard appears behind the Doctor. JACK: Don't you touch him! Leave him alone! The security guard pulls the Doctor to his feet and places a g*n to his head. The Doctor has lost the will to resist. He just lets him do it. JACK (CONT'D) (barking at the Floor Manager while his hands are tied): You k*lled her! Your stupid freaking game show k*lled her. His voice is distant to the Doctor. He's staring at the pile of ashes while his hands are tied. He looks empty. A tear is glistening in his eye. SECURITY GUARD (distant): Sir, I'm arresting you under Private Legislation Sixteen of the Game Station Syndicate. And his voice fades away as the Doctor is lost inside his own head. He is as a man d*ad. EXT. SPACE The Satellite hovers over Earth, the sun behind it. INT. FLOOR 407 The Doctor is slammed roughly against a gate as he is searched. The Doctor is completely unresisting, past caring. The sonic screwdriver is wrenched from his pocket. The Doctor is turned roughly back to face the security guard, who brandishes it in his face. SECURITY GUARD (brusquely) : Can you tell us the purpose of this device, sir? No response. The Doctor isn't even looking at it. INT. FLOOR 407 Jack, the Doctor and Lynda are sat on a bench in a prison cell as they are interrogated. SECURITY GUARD: Can you tell us how you got on board? LYNDA: Just leave him alone... The Security Guard grabs her chin, silencing her. SECURITY GUARD: I'm asking him. He releases her and turns to the Doctor. SECURITY GUARD (CONT'D): Sir? Can you tell us who you are? INT. FLOOR 407 The Doctor is against a wall having a convict's photo taken. First from the front, the camera flashes. He turns to each side and the camera flashes twice more, the sound echoing in the silence. The Doctor is still numb, still d*ad. INT. FLOOR 407 They are back in the cell. SECURITY GUARD: You will be taken from this place to the Lunar Penal Colony, there to be held without trial, you may not appeal against this sentence. Neither Jack or the Doctor move or make any acknowledgment to this statement, but Lynda shifts uncomfortably. SECURITY GUARD (CONT'D) (coldly): Is that understood? No response. The Security Guard goes to the gate and opens it. THE DOCTOR (to Jack): Let's do it. All three of them leap to their feet. Jack punches and kicks his way through the gate. He tosses one guard aside, the Doctor throwing another easily against the wall, knocking him out. They all grab w*apon and leave. An alarm goes off. INT. FLOOR 500 MALE PROGRAMMER (watching the proceedings): Oh, my God. Now we're in trouble. INT. LIFT Jack, Lynda and the Doctor pile into the lift. THE DOCTOR: Floor 500. INT. FLOOR 500 The Male Programmer presses a button on Floor 500, causing an alarm to go off. MALE PROGRAMMER: Clear the floor! He's on his way up here. With a g*n! The staff all stand hurriedly. INT. LIFT The Doctor releases the safety catch on the huge defabricator he is now holding. His face is dark, and he means business. The lift zooms upwards... INT. FLOOR 500 FEMALE PROGRAMMER (exasperated, trying to get through the Controller): This is an emergency! You've got to close the lift! CONTROLLER (completely ignoring her): All staff are reminded that solar flares commence in delta point two. MALE PROGRAMMER: Never mind solar flares! He's gonna k*ll you! And the lift doors open. All the staff turn around, and the Doctor, Jack and Lynda all stride out, armed to the teeth. JACK: Okay! Move away from the desk! Nobody try anything clever. Everybody clears! The staff scatter as the Doctor strides towards the Controller as though he has tunnel vision. JACK: Stand to the sides. And stay there. THE DOCTOR (brandishing his g*n at the Controller): Who's in charge of this place? CONTROLLER: ... 18... 19... 20... THE DOCTOR: This Satellite's more than a Game Station. CONTROLLER: 79... THE DOCTOR: Who k*lled Rose Tyler? CONTROLLER: All staff are reminded that solar flares... THE DOCTOR: I want an answer! CONTROLLER: ... in delta point one. MALE PROGRAMMER: She can't reply. The Doctor abruptly swings the g*n around to the staff, making them all flinch. MALE PROGRAMMER: Don't sh**t! THE DOCTOR: Oh, don't be so thick. Like I was ever gonna sh**t. And he tosses the defabricator to the Male Programmer. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Captain, we've got more guards on the way up. Secure the exits. JACK: Yes, sir! THE DOCTOR (to the Male Programmer): You, what were you saying? MALE PROGRAMMER: But... I've got your g*n. THE DOCTOR: Okay, so sh**t me. Why can't she answer? MALE PROGRAMMER: She's, um... (Completely distracted by the g*n he's holding). Can I put this down? THE DOCTOR (impatiently): If you want, just hurry up. MALE PROGRAMMER: Thanks. (Puts it down). Sorry. Um... the Controller is linked to the transmissions. The entire output goes through her brain - you're not a member of staff so she doesn't recognize your existence. THE DOCTOR (looking up at her): What's her name? MALE PROGRAMMER: I don't know. She was installed when she was five years old. That's the only life she's ever known. JACK (calling over): Door's sealed. We should be safe for about ten minutes. THE DOCTOR: Keep an eye on 'em. MALE PROGRAMMER: But that stuff you were saying about something going on with the Game Station, I think you're right. Jacks device bleeps. He reads it and looks around. MALE PROGRAMMER (CONT'D): Unauthorized transmats... it's been going on for years. THE DOCTOR: Show me. Captain Jack places his hand on the door to Archive Six. FEMALE PROGRAMMER (making him jump): You're not allowed in there! Archive Six is out of bounds! JACK (holding up his two g*n): Do I look like an out-of-bounds sort of guy? He places his hand on the pad and the door opens. INT. ARCHIVE SIX Jack smiles - as there, in the middle of the room, stands the TARDIS. He fits the key into the lock and enters. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS is humming away, a comforting, familiar sound. Slung casually over the handrail just inside the door is one of Rose's jackets. He pauses, placing his hand on it briefly before moving on to the console. He checks the screen and leans closer to it, clearly puzzled. JACK: What the hell...? EXT. SPACE The sun rises over the Earth, also illuminating the Satellite. INT. FLOOR 500 CONTROLLER: Solar-flare activity at delta point zero... FEMALE PROGRAMMER (impatiently, to the Doctor): If you're not holding us hostage, then open the door and let us out. The staff are terrified. THE DOCTOR: That's the same staff who execute hundreds of contestants every day... FEMALE PROGRAMMER: That's not our fault, we're just doing our jobs. THE DOCTOR: And with that sentence, you just lost the right to even talk to me. Now back off. He sounds disgusted, his voice rising. Lynda flinches and the Female Programmer stares at him. One of the screens goes static and the lights flicker off, the sound of the power winding down. MALE PROGRAMMER: That's just the solar-flares. They interfere with the broadcast signal, so this place automatically powers down. Planet Earth gets a few repeats. It's all quite normal. CONTROLLER (quietly) : Doctor... FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Doctor? He hasn't heard the Controller and is still sore with the Female Programmer. THE DOCTOR: Whatever it is, you can wait. FEMALE PROGRAMMER (ignoring this): I think she wants you. The Doctor spins around to look at the Controller at the other end of the floor. CONTROLLER: Doctor... The Doctor hurries over to stand before her. She is still staring straight ahead with her milky eyes. CONTROLLER (CONT'D): Doctor...? Where's the Doctor? THE DOCTOR: I'm here. CONTROLLER: Can't see. I'm blind. So blind. All my life, blind. All I can see is numbers, but I saw you. THE DOCTOR: What do you want? CONTROLLER: Solar-flares hiding me. They can't hear me... my... my masters, they always listen but they can't hear me now. The sun... the sun is so bright... THE DOCTOR: Who are your masters? CONTROLLER: They wired my head, their name is forbidden. They control my thoughts, my masters... my masters, I had to be careful. They monitor the transmissions but they don't watch the programmes. I could hide you inside the games. Everyone is listening to her intently. THE DOCTOR (coldly) : My friend died inside your games. CONTROLLER: Doesn't matter. THE DOCTOR: Don't you dare tell me that. CONTROLLER: They've been hiding. My masters, hiding in the dark space, watching and shaping the Earth... so, so, so many years... they've always been there. Guiding humanity, hundreds and hundred of years... THE DOCTOR: Who are they? CONTROLLER: They wait. They plan and grow in numbers, they're strong now. So strong, my masters... THE DOCTOR (persistently): Who are they? CONTROLLER (suddenly looking at him): But they speak of you. My masters, they fear the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (stepping forward): Tell me! Who are they? But at that moment, the Controller gasps. The power flickers back on, and she goes back to counting. CONTROLLER: 20... 21... 22... THE DOCTOR (to the Male Programmer): When's the next solar-flare? MALE PROGRAMMER: Two years time. THE DOCTOR: Fat lot of good that is. JACK (emerging from Archive Six): Found the TARDIS! THE DOCTOR: We're not leaving now. JACK: No. But the TARDIS worked it out. He shoves the Male Programmer out of his chair. JACK (CONT'D): You'll wanna watch this. The Doctor turns around to watch. JACK (indicating): Lynda, could you stand over there for me please? LYNDA: I... I just wanna go home. JACK (fixed smile) : It'll only take a second. Could you stand in that spot, quick as you can? Lynda complies, and stands in an empty area of floor. JACK (CONT'D): Everybody watching? Okay... three, two, one... He presses a button and a disintegrator beam sh**t down from the ceiling and hits Lynda. There's nothing left but a billow of smoke. THE DOCTOR (shocked): But you k*lled her! JACK: Oh, d'you think? He presses the button again, and Lynda reappears next to the Doctor, slightly dazed but completely unharmed. LYNDA: ... What the hell was that? The Doctor looks to Jack for an explanation. JACK: It's a transmat beam. Not a disintegrator. A secondary transmat system. And the Doctor is realising what he's trying to say... his eyes light up... JACK (CONT'D) (walking towards him): People don't get k*lled in the games! They get transported across space! Doctor, Rose is still alive! The Doctor laughs with ecstatic relief. They throw their arms around each other, grinning madly, so happy. INT. SPACESHIP Rose is lying on the floor unconscious. After a few seconds, she begins to stir. The camera gives us a wider view, and we see that she's inside a spaceship, which is humming ominously. She sits up, sees something... ROSE: It can't be... A horribly familiar alien POV, gliding towards her... Rose scrambles to her feet and stumbles backwards, gasping. ROSE (CONT'D): But you're d*ad... I saw you die! The alien backs her against a wall. She tries to edge sideways, but is stopped by a plunger sh**ting out. INT. FLOOR 500 THE DOCTOR (dashing from console to console): She's out there somewhere! CONTROLLER: Doctor! It's causing her pain to communicate with the Doctor and betray her masters, but determined, she carries on. CONTROLLER (CONT'D): Co-ordinates five point six point one... THE DOCTOR (typing them in frantically): Don't! The solar flare's gone, they'll hear you! CONTROLLER (crying out with pain): Point four three four... no my masters, no! I defy you! Stigma seven seven... She screams. The Doctor looks up, and the wires she was attached to fall away, empty. There's nothing left but dust. THE DOCTOR: They took her. INT. SPACESHIP The Controller reappears on the floor of the spaceship. There are holes all over her body where the wires once entered her. She stands, her blind eyes staring forward. She's defiant, proud. CONTROLLER: Oh, my masters... And in the shining wall behind her, a Dalek glides towards her. CONTROLLER (CONT'D) (gleefully): You can k*ll me. For I have brought your destruction. The sound of a ray g*n. We can see right through to her skeleton as she glows negative, and then she slumps to the floor, d*ad. EXT. SPACE Satellite Five, seemingly serene from the outside. INT. FLOOR 500 Jack is sitting at one of the computer terminals, the others gathered around him. MALE PROGRAMMER: Look, use that. (Gives Jack a disk): It might contain the final numbers. I kept a log of all the unscheduled transmissions. JACK (peering up at him): Nice... thanks... (Holds out his hand, eyeing him in an entirely un-platonic manner). Captain Jack Harkness, by the way... MALE PROGRAMMER (shaking his hand): I'm Davitch Pavale. JACK (flirtatiously): Nice to meet you, Davitch Pavale... THE DOCTOR: There's a time and a place. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Are you saying this entire set-up's been a disguise all along? THE DOCTOR: Going way back. Installing the Jagrafess a hundred years ago. Someone's been playing a long game. Controlling the Human Race from behind the scenes for generations. JACK (handing a small device to the Doctor): Click on this. The Doctor takes it, points it upwards, and clicks. An image of an empty expanse of space materializes above thier heads. JACK (CONT'D): The transmat delivers to that point. Right on the edge of the solar system. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: There's nothing there. THE DOCTOR: It looks like nothing. 'Cause that's what this satellite does. Underneath the transmission, there's another signal... MALE PROGRAMMER: Doing what? THE DOCTOR: Hiding whatever's out there. Hiding it from sonar, radar, scanner... They all stare up at the blank expanse of space. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There's something sitting right on top of Planet Earth... but it's completely invisible. Lynda chews her lip. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): If I cancel the signal... He presses a few buttons, and when he looks back at the screen, the expanse of space is no longer empty. Right in front of them is a spaceship, revolving slowly. The Doctor stares at it, eyes wide. We zoom out... reveal more and more... EXT. SPACE Carry on zooming out, revealing ship after identical ship. Two hundred of them. INT. FLOOR 500 JACK: That's impossible. I know those ships... they were destroyed. THE DOCTOR (hushed): Obviously, they survived. LYNDA: Who did? Who are they? THE DOCTOR (fearful): Two hundred ships. More than two thousand on board each one. That's just about half a million of them. MALE PROGRAMMER: Half a million what? THE DOCTOR: Daleks. INT. SPACESHIP A Dalek enters an area on the spaceship, where several others are crowded. DALEK 2: Alert! Alert! We are detected! DALEK 1: It is the Doctor! He has located us! Rose, huddled against the foot of the wall, stares around at them all, her eyes wide. DALEK 1: Open communications channel! Dalek 2 swivels around to face Rose. DALEK 2: The female will stand. Stand! Rose stands. The Dalek looks up and an image materializes in mid-air: the Doctor, Jack, Lynda, the Male Programmer and the Female Programmer all staring back at Rose and the Daleks. INT. FLOOR 500/INTERCUT WITH SPACESHIP The Doctor is grim, looking at the three Daleks flanking Rose with distaste. DALEK 1: I will talk to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Oh, will you? That's nice. Hello! He waves at them mockingly, his fake grin fading rapidly. DALEK 1: The Dalek Stratagem nears completion. The Fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene. THE DOCTOR: Oh, really? Why's that then? DALEK 1: We have your associate. You will obey or she will be exterminated. Rose, shaking, looks up at the Doctor on the screen. THE DOCTOR: No. As one, Jack, Lynda, the Male Programmer and the Female Programmer jerk their heads in his direction. Rose stares, mouth slightly open. What's he doing? DALEK 1: (clearly not having anticipated this answer): Explain yourself. THE DOCTOR: I said: no. DALEK 1: What is the meaning of this negative? THE DOCTOR: It means: no. DALEK 1: But she will be destroyed. THE DOCTOR (standing in his passion): No! 'Cos this is what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna rescue her. Rose listens, the pride evident in her eyes. The others glance at him in awe. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (true hero, fiery) : I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek Fleet, and then I'm gonna save the Earth, and then just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek outta the sky! DALEK 1: But you have no w*apon! No defences! No plan! THE DOCTOR (grinning): Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death? Rose? ROSE (eagerly) : Yes, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: I'm coming to get you. He clicks the device, and the communication line closes. INT. SPACESHIP DALEK 1: The Doctor is initiating hostile action! DALEK 2: The Stratagem must advance. Begin the invasion of Earth! They spin around wildly. Rose gasps but they take no notice of her, and she steps out of their way. DALEK 3: The Doctor will be exterminated! DALEKS: Exterminate! The entire ship is filled with thousands of Daleks crying "exterminate! " as one. Rose looks around in terror at the huge, insane army. TO BE CONTINUED...
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A recap of 112 "Bad Wolf". OPENING CREDITS INT. SPACESHIP The Daleks are in a state of panic. One of them rounds on Rose. DALEK 1: You know the Doctor! You understand him! You will predict his actions! ROSE: I don't know! The Dalek glides dangerously towards her. ROSE (CONT'D): And even if I did, I wouldn't tell ya... DALEK 1 (slightly hysterical): Predict! Predict! Predict! DALEK 2 (distracting Dalek 1): TARDIS detected. In flight. DALEK 1: Launch m*ssile! Exterminate! ROSE (desperately): You can't! The TARDIS hasn't got any defences, you're gonna k*ll him! DALEK 1: You have predicted correctly. Rose trembles. EXT. SPACE Two m*ssile are fired from the Dalek's ship towards the TARDIS, which is hurtling through space. INT. TARDIS Jack and the Doctor are manning the controls frantically. The whole ship is shaking. JACK: We've got incoming! EXT. SPACE The two m*ssile and the TARDIS hurtle towards each other and then collide, exploding with orange flame and obscuring the TARDIS from view. INT. TARDIS JACK: The extrapolator's working. We've got a fully functional forcefield. Try saying that when you're drunk... THE DOCTOR (operating the controls) : And for my next trick... INT. SPACESHIP The Daleks and Rose hear the sound of the TARDIS materialising. They look around. A breeze blows Rose's hair as she turns to see the faint outline of the TARDIS slowly appearing around her. It surrounds both her and one of the Daleks. INT. TARDIS The Doctor's outline becomes more and more distinct, standing beside the console. When the engines have stopped... THE DOCTOR: Rose! Get down! Rose flounders. The Dalek's eyepiece swivels round. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Get down, Rose! Rose throws herself to the floor. DALEK 1: Exterminate! The Dalek fires at Jack, who is holding the Defabricator. With this, he deflects the ray back at the Dalek, who explodes with a scream. Rose winces. Smoke billows from the remains of the Dalek, and Rose struggles to her feet. ROSE: You did it! The TARDIS seems strangely silent after all the action. The Doctor goes over to Rose and without single word, puts his arms around her in a tight embrace. ROSE (CONT'D): Feels like I haven't seem you in years. THE DOCTOR: Told you I'd come and get you. They pull away slightly. ROSE: Never doubted it. THE DOCTOR: I did! You all right? ROSE: Yeah. You? THE DOCTOR: Not bad. Been better! He goes over to the smouldering remains of the Dalek and peers at it while Jack approaches Rose. JACK: Hey, don't Iget a hug? ROSE: Ahh, come here! JACK (gesturing the Doctor) : I was talking to him. They laugh and throw their arms around each other. JACK: Welcome home! ROSE: Ohh, thought I'd never see you again. JACK: Oh, you were lucky, I was just a one-sh*t wonder. Drained the g*n of all its power supply. Now it's just a piece of junk. They Doctor carefully examines the Dalek with his sonic screwdriver. INT. SPACESHIP Outside the TARDIS, the Daleks shuffle around in a nervous silence. A deep voice - the voice of the Emperor Dalek, booms out. EMPEROR DALEK: Patience, my brethren... INT. TARDIS The three of them bend over the Dalek, looking at it. The battle armour has been blasted away, giving them a clear view of the mutant inside. ROSE: You said they were extinct. How comes they're still alive? JACK: One minute they're the greatest thr*at in the universe, the next minute they vanished out of time and space. THE DOCTOR (examining it): They went off to fight a bigger w*r... the Time w*r... JACK (surprised): I thought that was just a legend. THE DOCTOR: I was there. The w*r between the Daleks and the Time Lords. With the whole of creation at stake. My people were destroyed, but they took the Daleks with them. The Dalek smoulders. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (quietly): I almost thought it was worth it. Now it turns out they died for nothing. ROSE: There's thousands of them now. We could hardly stop one. What're we gonna do? THE DOCTOR (cheerfully) : No good stood round here chin-wagging! Human race, you'd gossip all day. The Daleks have got the answers, let's go and meet the neighbours. And he heads off down the ramp. ROSE (urgently): You can't go out there...! But he has opened the door and stepped out. INT. SPACESHIP DALEKS: Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! They f*re their bolts of energy, but to no avail, the rays reflect off the forcefield of the TARDIS, keeping the Doctor safe, as well as Jack and Rose who have just cautiously popped their heads out behind him. The Daleks give up, and the sound of their g*n fades into silence. The Doctor raises his hands mockingly. THE DOCTOR: Is that it? Useless! Nul points. (Leans against the TARDIS. To Jack and Rose). It's all right, come on out. That forcefield can hold back anything. JACK: Almostanything. THE DOCTOR: ... Yes, but I wasn't gonna tell them that. Thanks. JACK: Sorry. The Daleks are silent, watching them. The Doctor steps forward to address them. THE DOCTOR: D'you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek Homeworld? The Oncoming Storm. You might've removed all your emotions... but I reckon that right down deep in your DNA, there's one little spark left. And that's fear. The Dalek's eyepieces twitch nervously. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Doesn't it just burnwhen you face me? So, tell me, how did you survive the Time w*r? EMPEROR DALEK: They survived through me. The Doctor has thus far not noticed the Emperor Dalek and he turns around, startled. He takes a few steps towards the voice, and the Dalek Emperor is illuminated, towering above all of them. The Doctor stares up at him in open-mouthed awe. THE DOCTOR: Rose... Captain... this is the Emperor of the Daleks. EMPEROR DALEK: You destroyed us, Doctor. The Dalek Race died in your inferno, but my ship survived, falling through time, crippled but alive. THE DOCTOR: I get it. DALEK 1: Do not interrupt! DALEK 2: Do not interrupt! DALEK 3: Do not interrupt! Rose and Jack flinch and wince, but the Doctor merely looks mildly annoyed, still strong and unwavering. THE DOCTOR: I thinkyou're forgetting something. I'm the Doctor. And if there's one thing I can do - it's talk. I've got five billion languages, and you haven't got one way of stopping me. So if anybody's gonna shut up, it's you! He pronounces these last words with such fervour, that the Daleks shuffle backwards slightly. The Doctor turns back the the Emperor Dalek. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (light again): Okey doke. So, where were we? EMPEROR DALEK: We waited here in the dark space, damaged but rebuilding. Centuries passed, and we quietly infiltrated the systems of Earth. Harvesting the waste of humanity. The prisoners, the refugees, the dispossessed, they all came to us. The bodies were filtered, pulped, sifted. Rose looks as though she has an extremely nasty taste in her mouth. EMPEROR DALEK (CONT'D): The seed of the Human Race is perverted. Only one cell in a billion was fit to be nurtured. THE DOCTOR: So, you created an army of Daleks out of the d*ad. ROSE: That makes them... half human. EMPEROR DALEK (voice rising): Those words are blasphemy! DALEK 1: Do not blaspheme! DALEK 2: Do not blaspheme! DALEK 3: Do not blaspheme! EMPEROR DALEK: Everything human has been purged. I cultivated pure and blessed Dalek. But the Doctor is looking around at them all, clearly disturbed. THE DOCTOR: Since when did the Daleks have a concept of blasphemy? EMPEROR DALEK: I reached into the dirt and made new life. I am the God of all Daleks! DALEKS: Worship him! Worship him! Worship him! THE DOCTOR (to Rose and Jack): They're insane! A hundred years hiding in silence, that's enough to drive anyonemad. (Stares intently at the Daleks, walking towards them, even pitying them). But it's worse than that. Driven mad by your own flesh. The stink of humanity. (Shakes his head, sad for them). You hate your own existence. And that makes them more deadly than ever. (To the Emperor Dalek): We're going. EMPEROR DALEK: You may notleave my presence! But they're already halfway towards the TARDIS, none of the Daleks in power to stop them. DALEK 1: Stay where you are! The Doctor grins at them mockingly before closing the door on them. DALEKS: Exterminate! They f*re fruitlessly at the closed door, crying "exterminate". INT. TARDIS Once inside, the Doctor leans his head against the door and we now know that however confident he appears - the Doctor does not know what to do. He's helpless, the battle cries of the Daleks ringing in his ears. EXT. SPACE The Satellite floats serenely above the Earth in the sunlight. INT. FLOOR 500 Lynda is on Floor 500, deep in thought, waiting for the Doctor and the others to come back. She perks up when she hears the sound of the TARDIS engines. A second later, the Doctor, Rose and Jack march out of the TARDIS, which has materialised at one end of Floor 500. THE DOCTOR (striding to the controls): Turn everything up. All transmissions, wide open, full power. Now! Do it! MALE PROGRAMMER (obeying): What does that do? THE DOCTOR: Stops the Daleks from transmatting on board. How did you get on? Did you contact Earth? MALE PROGRAMMER: Well, we tried to warn them, but all they did was suspend our license because we stopped the programmes. THE DOCTOR: And the planet's just sitting there, defenceless. (Notices Lynda). Lynda, what're you still doing on board? (Rounds on the Male Programmer). I told you to evacuate everyone. MALE PROGRAMMER: She wouldn't go. LYNDA: Didn't wanna leave ya. She smiles at him. Rose looks her up and down, clearly not liking her implication. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: There weren't enough shuttles anyway, or I wouldn't be here... we've got about a hundred people stranded on Floor Zero. INT. FLOOR ZERO The people stranded on Floor Zero are milling around - Rodrick among them. RODRICK (to the guard) : Listen, listen, my name's Rodrick. I won the game! Where's my money? The people are in a state of mild panic, but Rodrick does not seem to register this. RODRICK (yelling into an intercom): Is anyone listening? Where's my money?! INT. FLOOR 500 MALE PROGRAMMER (staring at the screen): Oh, my God. The Fleet is moving. They're on their way. EXT. SPACE The Dalek ships begin to move smoothly across space. INT. SPACESHIP The Dalek Emperor is giving out orders while lines and lines of Daleks levitate above him, ready for battle. EMPEROR DALEK: Purify the Earth with f*re. The planet will become my temple and we shall rise. This will be our Paradise! EXT. SPACE And the ships move towards the Satellite, which is revolving slowly above the Earth. INT. FLOOR 500 On Floor 500, the Doctor is frantically ripping armfuls of wires out of desks. The others watch him, clearly not knowing exactly what he's trying to do. THE DOCTOR (speaking quickly): Dalek plan, big mistake. Because what have they left me with? Anyone? Anyone? Oh, come on, it's obvious. A great big transmitter, this station. Jack is staring at him, brow furrowed in concentration, trying to work out what he's on about. THE DOCTOR: If I can change the signal, fold it back, sequence it, anyone? JACK (CONT'D) (finally working it out): You've gotta be kidding. THE DOCTOR: Give the man a medal! JACK (incredulous) : A Delta Wave? THE DOCTOR (excitedly): A Delta Wave! ROSE: What's a Delta Wave? JACK: A wave of Van Cassadyne energy. Fries your brain, stand in the way of a Delta Wave and your head gets barbequed! THE DOCTOR: And this place can transmit a massivewave! Wipe out the Daleks! Rose opens her mouth to say something but is interrupted by Lynda. LYNDA: Well, get started and do it then! Rose shuts her mouth again, disgruntled. THE DOCTOR: Trouble is, wave this size, building this big, brain as clever as mine, should take about, ooh, three days? How long till the Fleet arrive? MALE PROGRAMMER (checking the computer): Twenty-two minutes. The Doctor frantically pulls another cable out from underneath the desk, stares at the end of it for a second, looks up and beams at them all. EXT. SPACE The Fleet glides smoothly towards the Satellite. INT. FLOOR 500 JACK: We've now got a forcefield so they can't blast us out of the sky. Rose, Lynda, the Male Programmer and the Female Programmer are gathered around the computer while Jack explains this to them. JACK (CONT'D): But that doesn't stop the Daleks from physically invading. MALE PROGRAMMER: Do they know about the Delta Wave? JACK: They'll have worked it out at the same time. So, if they want to stop the Doctor, that means they've got to get to this level, 500. (Indicates the illustrative diagram on the screen). Now, I can concentrate the extrapolator around the top six levels, 500 to 495. So, they'll penetrate the station below that at level 494 and fight their way up. MALE PROGRAMMER: Who're they fighting? JACK: Us. MALE PROGRAMMER: And... what're we fighting with? JACK: The guards had g*n with bastic b*ll*ts, that's enough to blow a Dalek wide open. FEMALE PROGRAMMER (skeptically): There's fiveof us. THE DOCTOR (calling from where he's busying himself with the wires): Rose, you can help me. I need all these wires stripped bare. Rose joins him immediately. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Right! Now there's fourof us! JACK: Then let's move it! Into the lift! Isolate the lift controls! The Male and Female Programmer hurry off, and Lynda approaches the Doctor. He stands up to meet her. LYNDA: I, I just wanna say, um... thanks, I s'pose. And... I'll do my best! THE DOCTOR: Me too. They awkwardly try to decide on the best way of saying goodbye, at one point the Doctor looks as though he's going to kiss her forehead, but they settle for a handshake. They laugh embarrassedly, while Rose looks absolute daggers in the background. Lynda heads off, glancing back at the Doctor who watches her go. Rose, looking like m*rder but evidently deciding not to comment, strips a wire with unnecessary ferocity. She drops it to the ground as Jack approaches them and stands before them, ready to say his goodbyes. JACK (trying to keep it light): It's been fun! The Doctor smiles. JACK (CONT'D) (serious, now): But I guess this is goodbye. ROSE: Don't talk like that. The Doctor's gonna do it. You just watch him. JACK: Rose... (Cups her face in both his hands and looks her intensely in the eyes. Sincerely): You are worth fighting for. He places a brief kiss on her lips before turning to the Doctor. JACK (CONT'D) (grinning) : Wish I'd never met you, Doctor! (Cups his face in both hands). I was much better off as a coward. And he kisses him in exactly the same way as he kissed Rose. He places a hand on each of their shoulders, then points forward to the exit. JACK (CONT'D): See ya in hell. And he runs off. The Doctor and Rose watch him leave, before Rose turns back to the Doctor. ROSE (nervously, trying to make herself believe it): He's gonna be all right... The Doctor looks at her. No reply. ROSE (CONT'D) (needing an answer) : ... isn't he? EXT. SPACE View moves slowly down the Satellite. INT. FLOOR ZERO Jack is standing on a box in the middle of Floor Zero, surround by the stranded contestants, who are babbling away with panic. He fires a few sh*ts of his fun into the air for order. They jump, and then fall silent. JACK: One last time. Any more volunteers? Deadly silence. There are are group of seven volunteers slightly separate from the others, including Lynda and the Male and Female Programmer. A few of the contestants shake their heads. JACK (CONT'D) (quiet urgency): There's an army about to inv*de this station. I need every last citizen to monitor defence! RODRICK (pushing forwards): Don't listen to him! There aren't any Daleks! They disappeared thousands of years ago! Despite his words, the Floor Manager puts herself forward. She nods at Jack, who nods back gratefully. JACK: Thanks. As for the rest of you... the Daleks will enter the station at Floor 494 and as far as I can tell, they'll head up. Not down. But that's not a promise. So here's a few words of advice; keep quiet. And if you hear fighting up above... if you hear us dying... then tell me that the Daleks aren't real. He glares pointedly at Rodrick. A short silence follows his words. JACK (CONT'D): Don't make a sound. (To the volunteers): Let's go. He jumps off the box and heads towards the lifts. He and the eight volunteers bundle inside, and the doors close on them. EXT. SPACE The Satellite revolving. INT. FLOOR 500 Rose and the Doctor are sitting on the floor in the space between the middle row of desks, working busily in a companionable silence. They're now the only two people left on Floor 500. ROSE: Suppose... But she does not finish her sentence. THE DOCTOR (after a moment): What? ROSE: Nothing. THE DOCTOR: You said: suppose. ROSE: No, I was just thinking... I mean, obviously you can't, but... you've got a time machine. Why can't you just go back to last week and warn them? THE DOCTOR (not looking up from his work): Soon as the TARDIS lands in that second, I become part of events. Stuck in the timeline. ROSE (as though this is exactly the answer she was expecting): Yeah, thought it'd be something like that... She carries on working. THE DOCTOR: There's another thing the TARDIS could do... it could take us away... Rose glances briefly up at him with a small smile. THE DOCTOR: We could leave. Let history take its course. We go to Marbella in 1989. ROSE (softly, smiling): Yeah, but you'd never do that. THE DOCTOR (meeting her eyes): No, but you could ask. Rose does not reply... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (with quiet affection): Never even occurred to you, did it? ROSE: Well, I'm just too good! And the Doctor's just smiling at her like she means the world to him. The computer whirrs in the background and the Doctor looks over at it, suddenly alert. THE DOCTOR: The Delta Wave's started building. How long does it need? And they both leap to their feet and rush over to the computers. The Doctor plonks himself in one of the chairs and Rose peers over his shoulder. He presses a few buttons, stares at the monitor... and his face falls. ROSE: Is that bad? No reply. His head is sinking to his knees. ROSE (CONT'D): Okay, it's bad. How bad is it? The Doctor suddenly perks up and leaps to his feet, eyes bright. THE DOCTOR (gleeful): Rose Tyler, you're a genius! Rose smiles eagerly. He places a smacking kiss on her forehead. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We can do it! If I use the TARDIS to cross my old timeline... yes! And he sh**t off towards the TARDIS, Rose close behind. INT. TARDIS They go through the doors and over to the console. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (indicating a lever): Hold that down and keep position. ROSE (breathless): What's it do? THE DOCTOR (looking busy at the computer) : Cancels the buffers. If I'm very clever, and I'm more than clever, I'm brilliant, I might just save the world. Or rip it apart... ROSE (holding the lever down): I'd go for the first one. THE DOCTOR: Me too. Now, I've just got to go and power up the Game Station. Hold on! He runs out of the TARDIS again, full of energy... INT. FLOOR 500 The door shuts behind him... and then he stops. He turns around slowly to look at the TARDIS and he looks so, so sad. And we realise what he's about to do. INT. TARDIS Rose waits for him with wide-eyed expectancy, completely oblivious. INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor raises his sonic screwdriver and points it at the TARDIS. The engines groan and the rotor starts to rise and fall. INT. TARDIS ROSE (yelling in the direction of the doors): Doctor, what're you doing? Can I take my hand off? It's moving. INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor does not lower his sonic screwdriver. He carries on pointing it at the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS Rose abandons the lever and and runs across the room, throwing herself against the doors. ROSE (CONT'D) (panicking): Doctor, let me out! INT. FLOOR 500 The TARDIS begins to fade away... ROSE (CONT'D) (hammering on the door): Let me out! Doctor, what've you done? But her cries are becoming more and more distant as the TARDIS fades into nothingness. And in a moment, it is gone completely and the Doctor is facing an empty space. He finally lowers his sonic screwdriver and turns away, so tired and sad. EXT. TIME VORTEX The TARDIS falls through the time vortex. INT. TARDIS Rose is still pounding frantically on the door when a hologram of the Doctor appears standing next to the console, flickering slightly. Rose spins around when she hears him speak. THE DOCTOR: This is Emergency Programme One. Rose, now listen, this is important. If this message is activated, then it can only mean one thing. Rose stares, wide-eyed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We must be in danger. And I mean fatal. I'm d*ad or about to die any second with no chance of escape. ROSE (lunging forwards): No! THE DOCTOR: And that's okay. Hope it's a good death. Rose stops at the top of the ramp, just staring at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But I promised to look after you, and that's what I'm doing. The TARDIS is taking you home. ROSE: I won't let you. She rushes up the remainder of the steps. The Doctor's hologram continues to stare ahead of him, not looking at her. THE DOCTOR: And I bet you're fussing and moaning now, typical. But hold on and just listen a bit more. The TARDIS can never return for me. Emergency Programme One means I'm facing an enemy that should never get their hands on this machine. So this is what you should do: let the TARDIS die. Rose's mouth drops open ever so slightly in distress. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Just let this old box gather dust. No one can open it, no one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years, the world will move on and the box will be buried. And if you want to remember me, then you can do one thing. That's all. One thing. (His head turns to face her, his eyes full of compassion, as if he knows she's there. His voice sounds less distorted). Have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life. Rose just watches - can do nothing but look on as the hologram flickers before fading altogether. ROSE: You can't do this to me. (Strides over to the console). You can't. (Rages at the TARDIS, slamming down every available button and lever, yelling in desperation). Take me back! Take me back! The pain is evident on her face as she rattles at the controls, having no effect whatsoever on the TARDIS. The engines eventually die down and grind to a halt. Rose abandons the console, runs across the room, flings open the doors and rushes outside... EXT. POWELL ESTATE Rose finds herself looking up at the block of flats where she lives on a grey and dismal day. She runs back inside, refusing to accept what has happened. INT. TARDIS ROSE (rattling the controls, raging at the TARDIS): Come on, fly. How do you fly? Come on, HELP ME! But to no avail. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Mickey rushes in to view from round a corner at the end of the road and bolts down the street in time to see Rose stepping slowly out of the TARDIS doors, defeated. She leans against the side as he catches up with her. MICKEY (striding towards her): I knew it! I was all the way down Clifton's Parade, and I heard the engines and I thought 'there's only one thing that makes a noise like that'. (As he gets closer, he realises that she is in tears. Concerned). What is it? But Rose says nothing as she reaches blindly out to him, clinging to him with her eyes screwed up against the pain and the tears. EXT. SPACE The Satellite rotates calmly above the Earth. INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor is working alone. JACK (over intercom): Rose, I've called up the internal laser codes. There should be a different number on every screen, can you read them out to me? THE DOCTOR: She's not here. JACK: Of all the times to take a leak! When she gets back, tell her to read me the codes! THE DOCTOR: She's not comingback. JACK (wrong-footed): What d'you mean? Where'd she go? THE DOCTOR: Just get on with your work. JACK (realising): You took her home, didn't you? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Jack nods, not at all surprised. He realises how hopeless their situation is. JACK: The Delta Wave... is it ever gonna be ready? EMPEROR DALEK: Tell him the truth, Doctor. And the Doctor looks up to see an image of the Emperor Dalek projected onto the screen. EMPEROR DALEK (CONT'D): There is every possibility that the Delta Wave could be complete, but no possibility of refining it. The Delta Wave must k*ll every living thing in its path, with no distinction between Human and Dalek. All things will die. By your hand. The Doctor does not answer. JACK (warningly) : Doctor... the range of this transmitter covers the entire Earth. EMPEROR DALEK: You would destroy Daleks and Humans together. If I am God, the creator of all things, then what does that make you, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: There are colonies out there. The Human Race would survive in some shape or form, but you're the only Daleks in existence. The whole universe is in danger if I let you live. The Doctor looks back at Jack on the other screen. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Do you see, Jack? That's the decision I've got to make for every living thing. Die as a Human or live as a Dalek. (Appeals to him for an answer, completely helpless). What would you do? JACK: You sent her home. She's safe. Keep working. EMPEROR DALEK: But he will exterminate you! JACK (grinning): Never doubted him, never will. And the Doctor grins back and leaps to his feet, energised by Jack's trust. He strides across the room to the screen. THE DOCTOR: Now, you tell me, "God of all Daleks", 'cos there's one thing I never worked out. The words "Bad Wolf", spread across time and space. Everywhere, drawing me in. How'd you manage that? EMPEROR DALEK: I did nothing. THE DOCTOR (skeptical): Oh, come on. There's no secrets now, your worship. EMPEROR DALEK: They are not part of my design. A short pause while the Doctor stares at him, baffled. EMPEROR DALEK (CONT'D): This is the Truth of God. The Doctor raises his eyes to where 'Bad Wolf Corporation' is written in huge letters high on the wall. INT. CHIP SHOP A few pigs revolve slowly, cooking in an oven. JACKIE: And it's gone up-market, this place. They're doing little tubs of coleslaw, now. Mickey and Jackie are sitting at a table in a completely ordinary chip shop, Rose opposite them. Mickey and Jackie are tucking in, but Rose's box is untouched. She's gazing out of the window, not taking in a single word of the conversation. JACKIE (CONT'D): It's not very nice. Tastes a bit sort of clinical. MICKEY (glancing at Rose) : Have you tried that new pizza place down Minto Road? JACKIE: What's it selling? MICKEY: Pizza. JACKIE: Oh, that's nice. Rose gazes out of the window with a faraway look in her eyes, looking incredibly downcast. JACKIE (CONT'D): Do they deliver? MICKEY: Yeah! Jackie takes another look at Rose, and then abandons all pretence of having an ordinary conversation. JACKIE (pleading): Oh, Rose. Have something to eat... ROSE (voice trembling, eyes not leaving the window): Two hundred thousand years in the future, he's dying, and there's nothingI can do. JACKIE: Well, like you said, two hundred thousand years, it's way off! ROSE (finally looking at her): But it's not! It's now! That fight is happening right now, and he's fighting for us! For the whole planet, and I'm just sittinghere eating chips! She's angry and upset. JACKIE: Listen to me. Rose turns to face her, reluctantly falling silent. JACKIE (CONT'D): God knows I have hated that man, but right now, I love him, and d'you know why? Because he did the right thing. He sent you back to me. And she returns her attention back to the chips, as though the matter is closed. ROSE (desperate): But what do I do every day, mum? What do I do? Get up, catch the bus, go to work, come back home, eat chipsand go to bed? Is that it? MICKEY (coldly): It's what the rest of us do. ROSE: But I can't! MICKEY: Why, 'cos you're better than us? ROSE (frustrated): No, I didn't mean that! She pauses, trying to calm herself down. Jackie watches her. ROSE (quietly) : But it was... it was a betterlife. And I, I don't mean all the travelling and... seeing aliens and spaceships and things, that don't matter. The Doctor showed me a better way of livingyour life. (Meets their eyes, speaking earnestly. To Mickey): You know, he showed you too. (Passionately): That you don't just give up. You don't just let things happen. You make a stand. You say no. You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away, and I just can't... She breaks off, unable to carry on. She kicks the table in frustration and leaps to her feet, running out of the chip shop in despair. Jackie and Mickey glance at one another. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Jack is instructing Lynda over a terminal. JACK: Right, Lynda, you are my eyes and ears. When the Daleks get in, you can follow it on that screen and report it to me. LYNDA: Understood. JACK: They'll detect you but the door's made of Hydra Combination. Should keep them out. LYNDA: Should? JACK: It's the best I can do. (Speaks into his wrist device). How long till the Fleet arrives? MALE PROGRAMMER: They've accelerated. EXT. SPACE The Fleet has already arrived, their spaceships flying around the Satellite and the Earth. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK JACK: This is it, ladies and gentlemen! We are at w*r! He leaves the deck. EXT. SPACE Rows and rows of Daleks fly smoothly from their ships and across space, towards the Satellite. EXT. POWELL ESTATE, PLAYGROUND Rose is sitting on a bench, staring into space. Mickey stands over her. MICKEY: You can't spend the rest of your life thinking about the Doctor. ROSE: But how do I forget him? MICKEY: You've got to start living your own life. Rose looks up at him. MICKEY (CONT'D): You know, a proper life, like the kind he's never had. The sort of life that you could have with me. But Rose's attention has already wandered. She has noticed the words "BAD WOLF" written in huge letters on the playground floor in spray paint. The camera pans out to reveal the words in all their glory... astonished, Rose stands up and walks over to them. Mickey follows. Rose then realizes that "Bad Wolf"is graffiti'd all over the playground walls as well. ROSE: Over here. It's over here as well! She dashes over to the wall to examine the graffiti. MICKEY (calling after her): That's been there for years! It's just a phrase! It's just words! ROSE (excitement building) : I thought it was a warning... maybe it's the opposite. Maybe it's a message. The same words written down now and two hundred thousand years in the future. It's a link between me and the Doctor! Bad Wolf here... Bad Wolf there! MICKEY: But if it's a message, what's it saying? ROSE (already running off): It's telling me I can get back! The least I can do is help him escape! INT. FLOOR 499 The volunteers are getting themselves ready to face the Daleks. JACK: Stand your ground, everyone... follow my commands. And good luck. The Male Programmer hands a g*n to the Female Programmer. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda watches the screen. LYNDA (over intercom): You were right! They're forcing the airlock on 494. INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor is going into overdrive, he's working so fast. The Satellite shudders violently. INT. FLOOR ZERO Feeling the shudder, the contestants stranded on Floor Zero all look up, alarmed. INT. FLOOR 494 Rows of Daleks glide smoothly onto Floor 494 in perfect formation. INT. TARDIS ROSE (hopeful and lively): All the TARDIS needs to do is make a return trip. Just... reverse. MICKEY: Yeah, but we still can't do it. ROSE: The Doctor always said the TARDIS is telepathic. This thing is alive.It can listen. MICKEY: It's not listening now, is it? ROSE: We need to get inside it. Last time I saw you, with the Slitheen, this middle bit opened... Flashback to the console being ripped open in 1x11 "Boom Town". A blinding white light floods out from underneath it. ROSE (CONT'D): And there was this light... and the Doctor said it was the heart of the TARDIS. If we can open it, we can make contact. I can tell it what to do! MICKEY: Rose... ROSE: Mm? MICKEY (quietly) : If you go back, you're gonna die. ROSE (completely confident): That's a risk I've gotta take. 'Cos there's nothing left for me here. MICKEY: Nothing? ROSE: No. She looks away, avoids Mickey's eye. That hurts him so much and she knows it, but it has to be said. MICKEY (with dignity): Okay, if that's what you think... let's get this thing open. EXT. SPACE The Satellite revolves. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda is monitoring the Dalek's progress on the screen. She watches the red lights that indicate the Daleks moving slowly down a corridor. INT. FLOOR 494, CORRIDOR We see the Dalek in reality, gliding round a corner and nearing the waiting volunteers. Jack communicates with them via his wrist device. JACK (voice over): Okay, activate internal lasers. Slice 'em up. The Floor Manager places her hand on one of the touch sensitive pads. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK A bleeping sound. LYNDA (nervously): Defences have gone offline. The Dalek's have overridden the lock. INT. FLOOR 494, CORRIDOR A row of Daleks move dangerously down the corridor. The volunteers ready their g*n and get into position. They begin to sh**t - but this has absolutely no affect whatsoever on the Daleks. The b*ll*ts melt away before they even touch the armour. FLOOR MANAGER (yelling into communication device): You lied to me! The b*ll*ts don't work! She carries on f*ring, and a second later, one of the Daleks sh**t its death ray at her. She shouts in pain. The screen briefly goes negative, revealing her skeleton... and then she slumps to the floor, d*ad. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Mickey's releases the handbrake of his Beetle. He starts the engines, a look of determination on his face. The Beetle is hooked up with a thick, strong chain. INT. TARDIS The other end of the chain is attached to the TARDIS console. Rose stands by it. ROSE: Faster! EXT. POWELL ESTATE Mickey slams his foot down, trying so hard that steam is billowing from underneath the car, but still, the console refuses to budge. MICKEY (yells): Come on! The wheels spin uselessly on the spot. ROSE: It's not moving! Mickey growls with the effort, the chain becoming more and more taut but still to no avail. INT. TARDIS Rose chews her lip with anticipation. The chain shudders... then snaps. Rose yelps in frustration, kicks the console and leans on it, head down. Defeated again. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK LYNDA: Advance guard have made it to 495. INT. FLOOR 500 THE DOCTOR (through intercom): Jack, how're we doing? INT. FLOOR 499 JACK (through wrist device): 495 should be good. I like 495. INT. FLOOR 495 Three Daleks glide onto floor 495, suddenly alerted. DALEK 1: Identify yourself! ANNE DROID: You are the weakest link. Goodbye! The Anne Droid fires three times in quick succession at each of the Daleks, who are disintegrated. INT. FLOOR 499 Jack, upon hearing this, punches the air in triumph. JACK (ecstatically): Yes! INT. FLOOR 495 Another Dalek glides onto floor 495. The Anne Droid cocks her head towards it. ANNE DROID: You are the weakest link... The Dalek fires and blows her head off. ANNE DROID (CONT'D) (power failing): Goodbye. DALEK 1: Proceed to next level. They glide forwards. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK LYNDA: They're flying up the ventilation shafts! The diagram on the screen shows the red lights that represent the Daleks doing just that. LYNDA (CONT'D): No... wait a minute... oh, my God! Why're they doing that? They're going down! For the Daleks are now heading down the ventilation shafts. EXT. SPACE The Satellite, view moving slowly downwards following the Dalek's progress. INT. FLOOR ZERO The stranded contestants on Floor Zero sit in a nervous silence, when suddenly... DALEK: Exterminate! The Daleks are gliding through the doors. The contestants all leap to their feet, panicking and screaming and trying to get away. But there are too many of them, all intoning "exterminate! ". RODRICK (in terror): You can't! You don't exist! A Dalek advances dangerous on him. RODRICK (CONT'D) (backing against a wall): It's not fair! I won the game! I should be rich! I'm a winner, you can't do this to me! INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda, on the observation deck, can hear the screaming of the dying people on Floor Zero, the cries of "exterminate! " and the sound of the ray g*n. She clicks the sound off, horrified, not wanting to hear any more. She puts her hands to her mouth, fighting back the tears. She opens communication again. LYNDA: Floor Zero. They k*lled them all. Her eyes fill with tears and she puts her hand over her mouth to stifle a sob. INT. TARDIS Rose is slumped in one of the chairs next to the TARDIS console, broken, defeated, and staring into space. Jackie's standing over her. JACKIE (consoling, gentle): It was never gonna work, sweetheart. And the Doctor knewthat. He just wanted you to be safe. ROSE: I can't give up. JACKIE: Lock the door. Walk away. ROSE: Dad wouldn't give up. JACKIE: Well, he's not here, is he? Rose stares at her in silence for a few seconds. JACKIE (CONT'D): And even if he was, he'd say the same. ROSE: No, he wouldn't. Jackie stares at her. ROSE (CONT'D): He'd tell me to try anything. If I could save the Doctor's life... try anything. JACKIE: Well, we're never gonna know. ROSE: Well, I know. 'Cos I met him. I met Dad. JACKIE (quietly): Don't be ridiculous. ROSE (sitting up): The Doctor took me back in time, and I met Dad. JACKIE: Don't say that. ROSE: Remember when Dad died...? There was someone with him. Her voice begins to crack under the pressure of her suppressed tears. Jackie just stares at her, finding this hard to take in. ROSE (CONT'D): A girl. A blonde girl. She held his hand... No reply. Jackie's still just staring. ROSE (CONT'D) (frustrated, tears running down her cheeks): You saw her from a distance, mum! You sawher! Think about it! That was me. You saw me... JACKIE (abruptly): Stop it. ROSE: That's how good the Doctor is... JACKIE (shouting now, not wanting to hear this): Stop it! Just stop it! And she runs from the TARDIS, crying, leaving Rose alone. Rose's whole body is shaking with grief as she sobs her heart out. EXT. SPACE The Satellite and the Dalek ship are both hovering above the Earth, rotating slowly. INT. FLOOR 500 THE DOCTOR (through intercom, hard at work): Lynda! What's happening on Earth? INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda watches the Fleet glide smoothly down to Earth. LYNDA (hushed): The Fleet's descending... they're b*mb whole continents. Europa... Pacifica... the New American Alliance... The diagram on the screen shows waves of red light radiating from the continents as she says their names. LYNDA (CONT'D): Australasia's just... gone. INT. SPACESHIP DALEK EMPEROR: This is perfection. I have created Heaven on Earth. INT. FLOOR 499 Jack hurries onto Floor 499, carrying a g*n. JACK (to remaining volunteers) : Floor 499. We're the last defence. The b*ll*ts should work if you concentrate them on the Dalek's eyestalk. I've got the forcefield at maximum so the Dalek f*re part should be at its weakest. He positions himself with the other volunteers behind the barricade, waiting for the Daleks to arrive. MALE PROGRAMMER (to Female Programmer): I'm only here 'cos of you. I joined the Programme because... you were on it. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Am I supposed to say, when this is all over and if we're still alive, maybe we could go for a drink? MALE PROGRAMMER: That'd be nice. FEMALE PROGRAMMER: Yeah, well, tough. He looks around at her. She winks at him and they smile at each other. They then release the safety catches of their g*n, ready to f*re. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Mickey and Rose are leaning against Mickey's car, looking at the TARDIS. MICKEY: There's gotta be something else we can do. ROSE: Mum was right... maybe we should just lock the door and walk away. MICKEY: I'm not having that. I'm not having you just... just give up now. No way. We just need something stronger than my car... something bigger... something like that! And they both turn around as they hear the roar of an engine. They see a huge recovery truck drive around the corner, driven by Jackie. Rose grins in amazement. It comes to a halt and Jackie climbs out. She strides towards them. JACKIE: Right. You've only got this until six o' clock, so get on with it. ROSE (amused, astonished) : Mum, where the hell did you get that from? JACKIE: Rodrigo. He owes me a favour. Never mind why, but you were right about your dad, sweetheart. He was full of mad ideas, and this is exactlywhat he would've done. Now, get on with it before I change my mind. She chucks the keys to Mickey, who catches them with a nod of thanks. Rose runs back into the TARDIS and Mickey hurries to the door of the pickup truck. INT. FLOOR 499 The volunteers have their g*n positioned behind the barricade. They are out of sight, waiting for the Daleks. The POV of a Dalek - the doors slide open. JACK: Open f*re! The volunteers f*re madly in the direction of the Daleks On Floor 500, the Doctor hears the sound of the g*n as he dashes around, working frantically. The Daleks advance, unaffected by the b*ll*ts. They face the barricades. The Male Programmer jumps down and shouts to Jack. MALE PROGRAMMER: It's not working! JACK: Concentrate your f*re! Eyestalk, two o' clock! The volunteers continue to f*re, the b*ll*ts falling uselessly to the floor with a clatter before they can even touch the Daleks. One of the b*ll*ts, however, manages to catch the eyestalk of one of the Daleks and his vision goes blank. DALEK: My vision is impaired! I cannot see! FEMALE PROGRAMMER: We did it! But she pays for letting her concentration slip, a bolt hits her and she slumps backwards, d*ad. MALE PROGRAMMER: No! Nooooo! He shouts with rage and stands, f*ring madly over the top of the barricade, no longer caring about the consequences. He too is h*t with a bolt, and he is thrown backwards. Jack carries on f*ring, roaring with anger. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda's computer is beeping. LYNDA: I've got a problem... The beeping subsides, and Lynda looks uneasily at the door. DALEK (from outside): Human female detected. A deadly silence. INT. FLOOR 56, OUTSIDE OBSERVATION DECK There are two Daleks outside, one of which touches the pad next to the door. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK Lynda looks at the door with apprehension. LYNDA (fearful): They've found me. INT. FLOOR 500 THE DOCTOR (through intercom, still working): You'll be all right, Lynda. That side of the station's reinforced against meteors. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK LYNDA (trying to keep it light): Hope so! Know what they say about Earth Workmanship... INT. FLOOR 56, OUTSIDE OBSERVATION DECK Outside the door, another Dalek advances with what looks like a small blow-torch. The Dalek places the flame onto one of the joins of the door. INT. FLOOR 56, OBSERVATION DECK From the inside, Lynda can only see the flame coming through the crack, sparking. Then, as if sensing something behind her, she turns slowly back to the window. Her eyes widen in shock. There are three Daleks rising into view outside. The dome-lights on the head of the Dalek at the front flash four times, indicating four syllables... and it fires. The window smashes, and Lynda screams. INT. FLOOR 500 Upon hearing her scream, the Doctor looks up with shock. INT. FLOOR 499, CORRIDOR Jack is running backwards down a corridor, f*ring at the Dalek perusing him. JACK (yelling) : Last man standing! For God's sake, Doctor, finish that thing and k*ll them! INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor, still working, hears the Dalek Emperor's voice, sees him on the screen. EMPEROR DALEK: Finish that thing and k*ll mankind. The Doctor, after pausing to listen to this, carries on working frantically. EXT. POWELL ESTATE One end of the chain has now been fixed to the truck and other to the console. Jackie watches by the TARDIS doors. Mickey is at the wheel, Rose by the console. The chain is stretching and stretching. ROSE (shouting out to Jackie): Keep going! JACKIE (calling to Mickey): Put your foot down! Mickey does so. INT. TARDIS ROSE: Faster! EXT. POWELL ESTATE JACKIE: Give it some more, Mickey! Mickey roars with the effort. INT. TARDIS The metal is beginning to creak... ROSE: Keep going! EXT. POWELL ESTATE JACKIE: Come on, come on! INT. TARDIS The chain becomes more and more taut, the metal creaking even more loudly in protest. ROSE: Keep going! EXT. POWELL ESTATE JACKIE: Give it some more! Mickey growls, putting his foot down as hard as he can. INT. TARDIS Finally, the catch rips off and the panel flies open. A blinding white light pours out. EXT. POWELL ESTATE The pickup truck lurches forward as the chain goes slack. INT. TARDIS Rose steps forward to look into the light, and it reflects onto her face so she shines with a golden light. A breeze blows her hair and suddenly, the light flows into her eyes in two golden streams. EXT. POWELL ESTATE MICKEY: Rose! He rushes towards the TARDIS but the doors slam shut before he can reach it. Jackie covers her mouth with her hands with shock. She pulls Mickey back as the engines groan into life. The TARDIS dematerialises, rays of light shining from the windows, a wind bl*wing up around it... and then it is gone. Jackie looks at Mickey, completely bewildered. Mickey is breathing very heavily, staring at the spot where it disappeared. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Jack is still running backwards down the corridor, sh**ting vainly at the Daleks advancing on him. JACK: Doctor, you've got twenty seconds maximum! INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor throws equipment together, dashing around like a madman. EXT. TIME VORTEX The TARDIS hurtles through the time vortex with unnatural speed. INT. TARDIS The golden time vortex streams into Rose's eyes as she stares into it as though hypnotised, a breeze bl*wing her hair. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Jack's b*ll*ts run out as he reaches the end of the corridor. He tosses the Defabricator aside and produces another smaller g*n, and begins f*ring that instead, but to no avail. The Daleks advance, untouched until finally the g*n clicks, empty, and Jack is backed up against a wall with no w*apon and facing three Daleks. He faces them squarely, defiantly. DALEK 1: Exterminate! They raise their g*n. JACK: I kinda figured that. He opens his arms slightly, ready. The Dalek fires and Jack slumps down against the wall, d*ad. INT. FLOOR 500 The Doctor pulls up the lever of the device he has put together. THE DOCTOR (amazed): It's ready! He looks up as the Daleks begin to file into the room, surrounding him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You really wanna think about this. 'Cos if I activate the signal, every living creature dies. EMPEROR DALEK (on the screen): I am immortal. THE DOCTOR: D'you wanna put that to the test? EMPEROR DALEK: I want to see you become like me. Hail the Doctor, the Great Exterminator! THE DOCTOR (angry, placing his hands on the lever): I'll do it! EMPEROR DALEK: Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you: coward or k*ller? The Doctor's hands tense on the lever. He shakes, his face screwed up in pain. Then, he just lets it go. THE DOCTOR: Coward. Any day. EMPEROR DALEK: Mankind will be harvested because of yourweakness. THE DOCTOR: And what about me? Am I becoming one of your angels? EMPEROR DALEK: You are the Heathen. You will be exterminated. THE DOCTOR (unresisting) : Maybe it's time. And he closes his eyes, ready. The Daleks all around him. Suddenly, one of the Dalek's eyepieces swivels around as we hear the sound of the TARDIS engines. It begins to fade in at exactly the point where it left. DALEK 1: Alert! TARDIS materialising! The Doctor's eyes snap open and he spins around in shock. EMPEROR DALEK: You will not escape! The TARDIS has fully materialised and the doors fly open. The Doctor throws a hand over his eyes as the blinding golden light of the time vortex pours out. In the doorway stands Rose. The Doctor stares, awestruck as the light curls around Rose when she steps forward. The Doctor stumbles backwards, falling to the ground. THE DOCTOR (scared): What've you done? Rose gazes down at him, her eyes full of the light of the time vortex. When she speaks, her London accent has vanished. ROSE: I looked into the TARDIS. And the TARDIS looked into me. THE DOCTOR: You looked into the Time Vortex, Rose, no one's meant to see that. EMPEROR DALEK: This is the abomination! DALEK 1: Exterminate! The Dalek fires at Rose, who holds up her hand. The bolt freezes and reverses back into the g*n. The Doctor looks at it in amazement. He stares up at Rose intensely. ROSE: I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words... The words "BAD WOLF CORPORATION" written high on the wall. Rose waves her hand. ROSE (CONT'D): I scatter them in time and space. The words "Bad Wolf" rise from the wall and float away. ROSE (CONT'D): A message to lead myself here. THE DOCTOR (urgently): Rose, you've got to stop this. You've got to stop this now. Rose stares straight ahead as though she hasn't heard him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (wildly concerned) : You've got the entire vortex running through your head. You're gonna burn. ROSE (suddenly looking at him): I want you safe. The Doctor is taken aback. He stares. Rose has the traces of tears on her cheeks. ROSE (CONT'D): My Doctor. Protected from the false God. EMPEROR DALEK: You cannot hurt me. I am immortal. ROSE: You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space, every single atom of your existence, and I divide them. She raises her hand. The Dalek in the centre is separated into golden, liquid-like particles. ROSE (CONT'D): Everything must come to dust... all things. Everything dies. She looks to the side, and the Daleks lined up there are reduced to golden particles. ROSE (CONT'D): The Time w*r ends. EMPEROR DALEK (voice rising in fear) : I will not die. I cannot die! It screws up its eye. EXT. SPACE The entire mother ship is reduced to the liquid-like golden particles, dissolving away into oblivion. INT. FLOOR 500 Rose stands with her arms raised, staring straight ahead of her, shaking. THE DOCTOR: Rose, you've done it. Now stop. Just let go. ROSE (hushed, blissful): How can I let go of this? I bring life... INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Jack suddenly takes a huge intake of breath as his eyes snap open... INT. FLOOR 500 THE DOCTOR (terrified) : But this is wrong! You can't control life and death! ROSE (looks at him again): But I can. The sun and the moon... the day and night. (Voice trembles). But why do they hurt...? THE DOCTOR (desperately): The power's gonna k*ll you and it's myfault. He lowers his head with anguish. ROSE (a tear falling): I can see everything. The Doctor raises his head again. ROSE (CONT'D): All that is... all that was... all that ever could be. The Doctor stands up abruptly, looking down at her as if suddenly, he understands. THE DOCTOR: That's what I see. All the time. And doesn't it drive you mad? ROSE (scared): My head... THE DOCTOR: Come here. ROSE: ... it's k*lling me... THE DOCTOR (taking her hands): I think you need a Doctor. And they step slowly around to face each other. The Doctor gazes into her eyes, and then gently, carefully, leans down and presses his lips against hers. As he kisses her, the Time Vortex flows out of her eyes and into his. They part slowly and they gaze at each other for a few more moments before Rose's eyes flutter closed and she falls into his arms, unconscious. He lays her carefully down on the floor and then stands up straight, facing the TARDIS calmly. He slowly exhales and the Time Vortex is expelled from his mouth and it streams back through the doors into the TARDIS. The doors close quietly, and the TARDIS looks completely normal once more. The Doctor opens his eyes and smiles softly to himself. He kneels down and leans over Rose, stroking her face and neck tenderly. INT. FLOOR 500, CORRIDOR Groaning and wincing, Jack stands. He staggers forward through the doorway. Jack spots a pile of dust on the floor, where one of the Daleks once stood. He stoops and runs his hand through it in confusion. Suddenly, he hears the sound of the TARDIS engines groaning to life. Jack runs through as fast as he can. INT. FLOOR 500 He's too late. the TARDIS is fading away, leaving Jack stranded. He stares after it, hurt and confused. EXT. TIME VORTEX The TARDIS falls through the time vortex. INT. TARDIS Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor is at the console, looking up at the rotor and the monitor. Rose, whom he has lain down on the grilling next to the console, stirs. She awakens, disorientated. ROSE: What happened? THE DOCTOR (mildly surprised): Don't you remember? ROSE (sitting up, very confused): It's like... there was this singing... THE DOCTOR (cheerily) : That's right! I sang a song and the Daleks ran away. ROSE (struggling to remember) : I was at home... no, I wasn't, I was in the TARDIS, and... Unseen by Rose, the Doctor glances down at his hand. The veins shimmer with a golden light for a moment, and then it's gone. ROSE (CONT'D): I can't remember anything else... The Doctor looks around at her uneasily. She is shaking her head, completely oblivious, trying to remember. She notices him watching her. He smiles. THE DOCTOR: Rose Tyler. (Small laugh). I was gonna take you to so many places. Barcelona, not the city Barcelona, the planet. You'd love it. Fantastic place, they've got dogs with no noses. He laughs at his own joke. Rose giggles, half rolling her eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke, and it's stillfunny! ROSE: Then, why can't we go? THE DOCTOR: Maybe you will. And maybe I will. But not like this. He does not elaborate, but goes back to looking at the monitor with a vague smile on his face. ROSE (standing): You're not making sense! THE DOCTOR: I might never make sense again! I might have two heads. Or no head! He laughs. Rose nods with a bemused smile on her face. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Imagine me with no head! And don't say that's an improvement... Rose grins, eyes twinkling. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But it's a bit dodgy, this process. You never know what you're gonna end up with... And suddenly, he is propelled backwards with a blast of golden light. He clutches his stomach as though he has been punched. Rose rushes forward, full of concern. ROSE: Doctor! THE DOCTOR (urgently) : Stay away! Rose stops, staring at him, eyes wide. The Doctor winces in pain. ROSE: Doctor, tell me what's going on. THE DOCTOR (still trying to keep his tone light despite being in pain): I absorbed all the energy of the Time Vortex, and no one's meant to do that! He screws up his eyes in pain, Rose staring at him with concern. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (serious, now) : Every cell in my body's dying. ROSE (horrified): Can't you dosomething? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I'm doing it now! Time Lords have this little trick, it's... sort of a way of cheating death. Except... (Looks into her eyes). It means I'm gonna change. Rose shakes her head slightly, not understanding. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And I'm not gonna see you again. Not like this. Not with this daft old face. (He laughs, not wanting to scare her). And before I go... ROSE (cutting across him, upset): Don't say that. THE DOCTOR: Rose... She backs down, listening. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Before I go, I just wanna tell you, you were fantastic. (Smiles at her, so proud). Absolutely fantastic. Rose looks back at him, unsmiling, still upset and not knowing what to make of this. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And d'you know what? Rose shakes her head. The Doctor grins. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): So was I. And finally, Rose smiles, nodding. The Doctor smiles widely back at her for the last few moments before suddenly, he convulses and orange energy explodes from his skin, blasting out of the neck of his jumper, the sleeves of his jacket and the bottoms of his trousers. Rose staggers backwards, shielding her eyes from the heat and light - but she cannot look away. She stares transfixed, as gradually, the Doctor's hair lengthens, his face changes... until the energy eventually dies away and a completely new man is stood before her, still wearing the old Doctor's clothes. He looks slightly surprised for a moment, before turning to look at Rose. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hello! Okay... oo. He gulps. Rose stares at him with fascination as he runs a tongue over his teeth, brow furrowed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): New teeth. That's weird. So, where was I? Oh, that's right Barcelona. Rose just stares at him with undisguised shock. He grins. END
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EXT. FIELD SOMEWHERE IN SCOTLAND A horse and carriage makes its way across a windy field, bells ringing. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE A procession of Monks walk into the yard of an old house. A man, the Steward, notices Father Angelo walking towards him, taking his hood off. He goes to meet him. THE STEWARD: Come now, Father. You should know better. You're not welcome here, and especially not today. I've got no time to start old arguments. FATHER ANGELO: We want only one thing. THE STEWARD: And what would that be? FATHER ANGELO (looking up at it): This house. THE STEWARD (following his gaze): You want the house? FATHER ANGELO: We will take the house. THE STEWARD (sarcastically): Would you like my wife while you're at it? FATHER ANGELO: If you won't stand aside, then we'll take it by force. THE STEWARD (skeptically): By what power? The Hand of God? FATHER ANGELO: No. The Fist of Man. He suddenly thrusts a staff into the Steward's stomach, knocking him to the ground. He kicks him across the yard and then signals for his Monks to drop their cloaks. They are wearing bright red clothing beneath. They swing their own staffs and a fast martial arts sequence follows, Matrix style, as the Monks proceed to fight against the household staff. When they are done with the men in the yard, they run into the house and capture the maids in the kitchen. Some of the Monks run upstairs and into a bedroom, where Sir Robert is knocked out. INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR When the Steward comes around, he is in what appears to be a barn, chained up with all the household staff and the Lady of the House. The door is wrenched open by one of the Monks. THE STEWARD: In the Name of Heaven... He turns and spots Lady Isobel. THE STEWARD (CONT'D) (surprised): My Lady? Several of the Monks drag a cage covered in a tarpaulin. They leave it at the opposite end of the barn. THE STEWARD (CONT'D): What's in there? What is it, what's under the canvas? Father Angelo takes a few steps towards the cage, staring as if enchanted and does not answer. THE STEWARD (CONT'D) (urgently): Father, answer me. What's in there? Father Angelo turns to him, a haunted look in his eye. FATHER ANGELO: May God forgive me. He and the Monks rip the tarpaulin off the cage and the prisoners scream. OPENING CREDITS INT. TARDIS Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor appears holding a CD, whilst Rose finishes zipping her bag up and shoves it out of the way. She stands, showing the Doctor what she is wearing (a rather short dungaree skirt). ROSE: What do you think of this? Will it do? THE DOCTOR: In the late 1970s? You'd be better off in a bin bag. Hold on, listen to this. He bungs the CD in the player and 'h*t Me With Your Rhythm Stick' by Ian Dury and the Blockheads blares out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (wandering around the controls): Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Number One in 1979. ROSE: You're a Punk! THE DOCTOR (singing along): It's good to be a lunatic... ROSE: That's what you are. A big old Punk with a bit of Rockabillly thrown in. THE DOCTOR: Would you like to see him? ROSE (mouth open): How'd you mean? In concert? THE DOCTOR: What else is a TARDIS for? They're doing a funky little dance around the console. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I can take you to the Battle of Trafalgar... the first anti-gravity Olympics... Caesar crossing the Rubicon... or... Ian Dury at the Top Rank, Sheffield, England, Earth, 21st November, 1979. What do you think? ROSE: Sheffield it is! THE DOCTOR: Hold on tight. He pulls a lever and they both lurch forward as the TARDIS shudders and spins through the Vortex. The Doctor whacks the console with a hammer to the b*at of the music, shouting. ROSE: Stop! The movement stops and they both fall on the floor, laughing their heads off. THE DOCTOR (standing up): 1979. Hell of a year! He pulls Rose to her feet and they bound towards the doors. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (grabbing his jacket): China inv*de Vietnam... The Muppet Movie! Love that film. Margaret Thatcher... urgh... Skylab falls to Earth... with a little help from me... nearly took off my thumb. EXT. FIELD SOMEWHERE IN SCOTLAND The Doctor steps out of the doors, Rose behind him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I like my thumb. I need my thumb. I'm very attached to... He falters as he notices that they are surrounded by Scottish soldiers on all sides, g*n raised. He puts his hands up and Rose follows suit. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): ... my thumb. The g*n click ominously. THE DOCTOR (with realization): 1879. Same difference. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: You will explain your presence. And the nakedness of this girl. Rose looks down at herself. THE DOCTOR (Scottish accent): Are we in Scotland? CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: How can you be ignorant of that? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm... I'm dazed and confused. I've been chasing this... this wee naked child over hill and over dale. In't that right, ya... timorous beastie? ROSE (with an absolutely hilariously terrible attempt at a Scottish accent): Ooch, aye! I've been oot and aboot. THE DOCTOR: No, don't do that. ROSE: Hoots mon! THE DOCTOR: No, really don't. Really. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Will you identify yourself, sir? THE DOCTOR: I'm Doctor James McCrimmon. From the... Township of Balamory. Eh... I have my credentials, if I may... He gestures towards his pocket and the Captain nods. They both lower their hands whilst he fumbles in his pocket and produces the psychic paper. He shows it to them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): As you can see, a Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. I trained under Doctor Bell himself. A WOMAN (from the carriage): Let them approach. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (still suspicious): I don't think that's wise, ma'am. THE WOMAN: Let them approach. The Doctor gestures towards the carriage, the Captain has no choice but to let them approach. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: You will approach the carriage. And show all due deference. The Doctor does an 'aye aye, Captain' sort of signal, and he and Rose approach the carriage. One of the footmen opens the door to reveal Queen Victoria. THE DOCTOR: Rose... might I introduce her Majesty Queen Victoria. Empress of India and Defender of the Faith. ROSE (curtseying): Rose Tyler, Ma'am. And my apologies... for being so naked. She laughs nervously. QUEEN VICTORIA: I've had five daughters. It's nothing to me. But you, Doctor... show me these credentials. The Doctor obligingly hands the psychic paper over, and the Queen studies it for a moment. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): Why didn't you say so immediately? It states clearly here that you have been appointed by the Lord Provost as my Protector. THE DOCTOR: Does it? Yes, it does! Good! Good! Um.. then let me ask... Why is Your Majesty travelling by road when there's a train all the way to Aberdeen? QUEEN VICTORIA: A tree on the line. THE DOCTOR: An accident? QUEEN VICTORIA: I am the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Everything around me tends to be planned. THE DOCTOR: An assassination attempt? ROSE: What, seriously? There's people out to k*ll ya? QUEEN VICTORIA: I'm quite used to staring down the barrel of a g*n. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (on his horse, behind them): Sir Robert MacLeish lives but ten miles hence. We'll send word ahead, he'll shelter us for tonight, then we can reach Balmoral tomorrow. QUEEN VICTORIA: This Doctor and his... timorous beastie will come with us. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Yes, Ma'am. We'd better get moving, it's almost nightfall. QUEEN VICTORIA: Indeed. And there are stories of wolves in these parts. Fanciful tales intended to scare the children. But good for the blood, I think. Drive on! Rose grins at the Doctor and they go on their way. Rose and the Doctor walk behind the carriage. ROSE: It's funny though, 'cos you say "assassination" and you just think of Kennedy and stuff. Not her. THE DOCTOR: 1879... she's had... oo... six attempts on her life? And I'll tell you something else: we just met Queen Victoria! ROSE (excitedly): I know! THE DOCTOR: What a laugh! ROSE: She was just sitting there! THE DOCTOR: Like a stamp. ROSE: I want her to say (She puts on an affected upper-classed accent): "We are not amused". I bet you five quid I can make her say it. THE DOCTOR: Well, if I gambled on that, it'd be an abuse of my privileges of traveller in time. ROSE: ... Ten quid? THE DOCTOR: Done. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The carriage pulls into Torchwood House. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE ROOM Sir Robert watches the carriage approach from an upstairs window, looking extremely uneasy. SIR ROBERT: I can't do this. It's treason. FATHER ANGELO (appearing behind him): Then your wife will suffer the consequences. And believe me, Sir Robert... she will be devoured. Sir Robert closes his eyes, helpless. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE One of the footmen opens the door of the carriage and helps Queen Victoria down. Sir Robert emerges from a doorway and approaches her, Father Angelo behind him. SIR ROBERT: Your Majesty. He bows. QUEEN VICTORIA: Sir Robert. My apologies for the emergency. And how is Lady Isobel? SIR ROBERT: She's... indisposed, I'm afraid. She's gone to Edinburgh for the season. And she's taken the cook with her, the kitchens are barely stocked... I wouldn't blame Your Majesty if you wanted to ride on. The Doctor cocks his head to one side, watching him, recognizing that Sir Robert would rather the Queen stayed away. QUEEN VICTORIA (cheerfully): Oh, not at all! I've had quite enough carriage exercise. And this is... charming. If rustic. It's my first visit to this house. My late husband spoke of it often. The Torchwood Estate. Now, shall we go inside? Sir Robert is evidently reluctant, but the Queen does not notice. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): And please excuse the naked girl. ROSE: Sorry. THE DOCTOR: She's a feral child. I bought her for sixpence in old London Town. It was her or the Elephant Man, so... ROSE: Thinks he's funny but I'm so not amused. She looks pointedly at Queen Victoria. ROSE (CONT'D): What do you think, Ma'am? QUEEN VICTORIA: It hardly matters. Shall we proceed? Sir Robert nods and they begin to make their way into the house. ROSE (to the Doctor): So close. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Makerson and Ramsey, you will escort the Property. Hurry up. SOLDIER 1: Yes, sir. SOLDIER 2: Yes, sir. One of the soldiers takes a small wooden box from the carriage and carries it carefully to the house. THE DOCTOR (interested): What's in there, then? CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Property of the Crown. You will dismiss any further thoughts, sir. The Doctor pulls a face to Rose. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (CONT'D): The rest of you go to the rear of the house. Assume your designated positions. SOLDIER: You heard the orders. Positions, sir. The Doctor nods towards the house and he and Rose follow the others. The prisoners watch the shadows go past the door, fear in their eyes. The Host raises a finger to his lips and makes a "shushing" sound. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE One of the soldiers places the wooden box carefully inside a safe. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Guard it with your life. The door is shut. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OBSERVATORY Sir Robert enters the Observatory, followed by the Queen, Rose, the Doctor, Father Angelo and two of the Monks (who are disguised as household staff). There is what looks like an enormous telescope in the middle of the room. QUEEN VICTORIA: This, I take it, is the famous Endeavour. SIR ROBERT: All my father's work. Built by hand in his final years. Became something of an obsession... he spent his money on this rather than caring for the house or himself. THE DOCTOR (smiling): I wish I'd met him, I like him. That thing's beautiful. Can I um...? He gestures towards it. SIR ROBERT: Help yourself. The Doctor and Rose move forward to examine the telescope and the wheel next to it. THE DOCTOR: What did he model it on? SIR ROBERT: I know nothing about it. To be honest, most of us thought him a little... shall we say, eccentric. The Doctor gives a dopey laugh. SIR ROBERT (CONT'D): I wish now I'd spent more time with him. And listened to his stories. He glances at the Queen. THE DOCTOR (peering through it): It's a bit rubbish. Rose turns, grinning. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): How many prisms has it got? Way too many. The magnification's gone right over the top, that's stupid kind of a... (Quietly, to Rose): Am I being rude again? ROSE: Yep. THE DOCTOR (quickly): But it's pretty! It's very... pretty. Rose pats him fondly on the arm. QUEEN VICTORIA: And the imagination of it should be applauded. ROSE: Mm! Thought you might disapprove, Your Majesty. Stargazing. Isn't that a bit fanciful? Queen Victoria stares at her. ROSE (CONT'D): You could easily... not be amused, or something...? No? QUEEN VICTORIA: This device surveys the infinite work of God. The Doctor shakes his head at Rose with a vague smile on his face. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): What could be finer? Sir Robert's father was an example to us all. A polymath. Steeped in astronomy and sciences, yet equally well versed in folklore and fairytales. THE DOCTOR: Stars and magic. I like him more and more. He wanders around the telescope to examine it some more. QUEEN VICTORIA: Oh, my late husband enjoyed his company. (To Rose): Prince Albert himself was acquainted with many rural superstitions, coming as he did from Saxe Coburg. THE DOCTOR (in Roses's ear): That's Bavaria. QUEEN VICTORIA (turning to Sir Robert): When Albert was told about your local wolf, he was transported. THE DOCTOR: So, what's this wolf, then? SIR ROBERT: It's just a story. THE DOCTOR: Then tell it. Sir Robert glances around at Father Angelo very uncomfortably. SIR ROBERT (haltingly): It's said that... FATHER ANGELO: Excuse me, sir. Perhaps her Majesty's party could repair to their rooms. It's almost dark. SIR ROBERT: Of course. Yes, of course. QUEEN VICTORIA: And then supper. And... could we find some clothes for Miss Tyler? I'm tired of nakedness. ROSE (pointedly): It's not amusing, is it? Queen Victoria glances around at her and decides to ignore this comment and turns back to Sir Robert. The Doctor mutters something to Rose who pokes him in the chest. QUEEN VICTORIA: Sir Robert, your wife must've left some clothes. See to it. We shall dine at seven. And talk some more of this wolf. After all... there is a full moon tonight. SIR ROBERT: So there is, Ma'am. He bows, and the Queen leaves the room followed by the others. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The sun is setting over the house. INT. A TORCHWOOD HOUSE BEDROOM Rose goes to one of the wardrobes and opens the door, finding a brown dress which she holds up to herself in the mirror. She almost immediately puts it back. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE KITCHENS The Monks are carefully brewing some sort of drink with mistletoe. INT. A TORCHWOOD HOUSE BEDROOM Rose holds a frilly blouse up to herself, laughs, and puts it back in the wardrobe. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE Father Angelo gives the mugs to the soldiers standing on guard. INT. A TORCHWOOD HOUSE BEDROOM Rose holds a pretty blue dress up to herself and twirls around a bit. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The guards sip the brew inside the mugs. INT. A TORCHWOOD HOUSE BEDROOM Rose places the dress down on the bed, crosses the room and opens another wardrobe door. She screams, a young maid, Flora, is crouched inside, breathing heavily with fear. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE One by one, the guards keel over, unconscious. The Monks hurry over and take their g*n. INT. A TORCHWOOD HOUSE BEDROOM Rose and Flora are sitting on the bed. FLORA (scared): They came through the house. The incitements, they took the Steward and the Master. And my Lady. Rose squeezes her hand comfortingly. ROSE: Listen... I've got a friend, he's called the Doctor, he'll know what to do. You've gotta come with me. FLORA: Oh, but I can't, Miss. ROSE: What's your name? FLORA: Flora. ROSE (comfortingly): Flora, we'll be safe. There's more people arrived downstairs; soldiers and everything, and they can help us. I promise. Come on. Okay? Come on. Rose peers cautiously out of the door and seeing that the coast is clear, takes Flora's hand and leads her down the corridor. Just around the corner lies one of the unconscious guards. FLORA: Oh, Miss. I did warn you! Rose kneels and feels for a pulse. ROSE: He's not d*ad... I don't think, he must be drugged or something. Flora is grabbed from behind by Father Angelo and his hand stifles a scream. She is dragged away, and before Rose can react, she is also grabbed and dragged away. One of the Monks drags the guard away. Father Angelo steps over his body and goes through a door into the dining room. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM FATHER ANGELO (to the Doctor): Your companion begs an apology, Doctor. Her clothing has somewhat delayed her. THE DOCTOR: Oh, that's all right. Save her a wee bit of ham. QUEEN VICTORIA: The feral child could probably eat it raw. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (laughing): Very wise, Ma'am! Very witty! QUEEN VICTORIA (staring at him appraisingly): Slightly witty, perhaps. I know you rarely get the chance to dine with me, Captain, but don't get too excited... I shall contain my wit in case I do you further injury. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (meekly): Yes, Ma'am. Sorry, Ma'am. THE DOCTOR: Besides, we're all waiting on Sir Robert! Come, Sir! You promised us a tale of nightmares. QUEEN VICTORIA: Indeed. Since my husband's death, I find myself with more of a taste for supernatural fiction. THE DOCTOR: You must miss him. QUEEN VICTORIA (looking at the Doctor): Very much. She seems to be lost in her thoughts, very sad. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): Oh, completely. And that's the charm of a ghost story, isn't it? Not the scares and chills, that's just for children, but the... hope of some contact with the great beyond. The Doctor is looking at her intensely. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): We all want some message from that place... it's the Creator's greatest mystery that we are allowed no such consolation. The d*ad stay silent. And we must wait. She shrugs herself out of this line of though, but the Doctor remains solemn, looking down as he is probably remembering his own people. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): Come! Begin your tale, Sir Robert. There's a chill in the air. The wind is howling through the eaves. Tell us of monsters! INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR The Host is sitting quietly in his cage. LADY ISOBEL: Don't make a sound. They said if we scream or shout, then he will slaughter us. ROSE: But... he's in a cage. He's a prisoner. He's the same as us. LADY ISOBEL (voice full of fear): He's nothing like us. That creature is not mortal. The Host raises his head slowly and opens his eyes... which are completely black. Lady Isobel and her household staff whimper, and Rose stares, scared. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM SIR ROBERT: The story goes back three hundred years. Every full moon, the howling rings through the valley. The next morning, livestock is found ripped apart and... devoured. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (comfortably): Tales like this just disguise the work of thieves. Steal a sheep and blame a wolf, simple as that. Queen Victoria looks mildly irritated at this. SIR ROBERT: But sometimes a child goes missing. Once in a generation. A boy will vanish from his homestead. INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR Rose stands. She's going to approach the Host. LADY ISOBEL: Don't, child. Rose ignores her. She edges slowly towards the Host, chains rattling slightly. When she's as close as the chains will allow her, she kneels. ROSE: Who are you? THE STEWARD: Don't enrage him. ROSE: Where are you from? You're not from Earth. What planet are you from? THE HOST: Ohhh... intelligence... ROSE: Where were you born? THE HOST: This body... ten miles away... a weakling, heartsick boy. Stolen away at night by the brethren from my cultivation. I carved out his soul and sat in his heart. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM THE DOCTOR: Are there descriptions of the creature? SIR ROBERT: Oh yes, Doctor. Drawings and woodcarvings. And it's not merely a wolf. It's more than that. This is a man who becomes an animal. THE DOCTOR (leaning forward, intrigued): A werewolf? INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR ROSE: All right... so the body's human... but what about you? The thing inside? THE HOST: So far from home. ROSE: If you wanna get back home, we can help. THE HOST: Why would I leave this place? A world of industry, of workforce and warfare. I could turn it to such purpose. ROSE: How would you do that? THE HOST: I would migrate to the Holy Monarch. ROSE: You mean Queen Victoria? THE HOST: With one bite, I would pass into her blood. And then it begins. The Empire of the Wolf! So many questions... He suddenly lunges forward, making the prisoners, including Rose, jump and gasp. THE HOST (CONT'D): Look! Inside your eyes! You've seen it too! ROSE: Seen what? THE HOST: The Wolf! There is something of the Wolf about you! Rose stares at him, breathing heavily. ROSE: I don't know what you mean. THE HOST: You burnt like the sun, but all I require is the moon. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The moon has risen over the estate. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM SIR ROBERT: My father didn't treat it as a story. He said it was fact. He even claimed to have communed with the beast, to have learned its purpose. Father Angelo's attention is caught by something outside the window. SIR ROBERT (CONT'D) (regretfully): I should've listened. He glances around at Father Angelo. SIR ROBERT (CONT'D) (speaking quickly): His work was hindered... he made enemies. There's a Monastery in the Glen of Saint Catherine. The Brethren opposed my father's investigations. QUEEN VICTORIA: Perhaps they thought his work ungodly. SIR ROBERT: That's what I thought. But now I wonder... what if they had a different reason for wanting the story kept quiet? It comes to the Doctor's attention that Father Angelo is stood by the window, chanting in Latin under his breath, the same phrase, over and over again: "lupus deus est". SIR ROBERT (CONT'D): What if they turned from God and worshipped the wolf? THE DOCTOR (watching Father Angelo, the penny dropping...): And what if they were with us right now? INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR The doors of the cellar are thrown open and the moonlight floods in, over the Host's cage. He presses his face against the bars with a blissful smile. THE HOST: Moonlight... The prisoners shift around uncomfortably, not knowing what to make of this. The Host sheds his cloak. A wind blows through the cellar. The Host grasps the bars of the cage. ROSE (urgently): All of you! Stop looking at it! Flora, don't look. Listen to me. Grab hold of the chain and pull! Rose pulls on the chain. ROSE (CONT'D): Come on! With me! Pull! There are growling sounds emitting from the cage, and Lady Isobel is just staring at it in horror. ROSE (CONT'D): I said pull! Stop your whining and listen to me! All of you! And that means you, your Ladyship! Now come on, pull! They all stand and help Rose pull on the chain, trying to free it from the wall. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM Father Angelo is still stood by the window, chanting. The room is chaos. QUEEN VICTORIA: What is the meaning of this? CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (pointing a g*n at Sir Robert): Explain yourself, Sir Robert! QUEEN VICTORIA: What's happening... SIR ROBERT: I'm sorry, Your Majesty, they've got my wife. THE DOCTOR (shouting at Father Angelo, and in his concern, losing his Scottish accent): Rose! Where's Rose? Where is she?! Father Angelo ignores him and carries on chanting. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Sir Robert, come on! They both run from the room. Captain Reynolds' g*n is pointed directly at Father Angelo. INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR The Host is slowly transforming into a wolf. He screams in pain as his skin bulges horribly. His screams turn into growls as he begins to look more and more like a wolf. ROSE: .... three... Pull! They all tug on the chain, desperately trying to free themselves. The transformation is all but complete. ROSE (CONT'D): One... two... three... pull! INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM CAPTAIN REYNOLDS (to Father Angelo): Tell me, sir. I demand to know your intention! FATHER ANGELO: Lupus deus est. Lupus deus est. Lu... CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: What is it that you want? Father Angelo stops chanting. He turns to Captain Reynolds, who has his g*n pointed directly at him. FATHER ANGELO: The throne. He very suddenly wrenches Captain Reynolds' g*n aside and hits him. The Queen's eyes widen. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The Doctor and Sir Robert run down a corridor. INT. TORCHWOOD CELLAR The werewolf's transformation is complete. It growls and flexes its claws as the prisoners scream. ROSE: One, two, three, pull! And finally, the chain comes free. The Doctor kicks down the door to the cellar. ROSE (CONT'D): Where the hell have you been?? The Doctor turns and stares at the werewolf with wide-eyed awe as it grabs hold of the bars of the cage. THE DOCTOR: Oh, that's beautiful! SIR ROBERT (to his wife): Get out! The wolf begins the bend and break the bars, throwing the cage off. The household staff are all clamoring to get out of the room. The Doctor suddenly remembers the urgency of the situation and turns back to them. THE DOCTOR (ushering everyone): Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! ROSE: Come on... The werewolf stands tall, free of the cage. He throws the top of it across the room, narrowly missing the Doctor who finally stops staring and makes a run for it. He slams the door behind him and locks it with his sonic screwdriver. The wolf stretches up and howls at the moon. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE DINING ROOM The Queen and Father Angelo remain in the dining room, standing facing each other across the table. QUEEN VICTORIA: I take it, sir, that you halted my train to bring me here? FATHER ANGELO: We have waited so long for one of your journeys to coincide with the moon. QUEEN VICTORIA: Then you have waited in vain. After six attempts on my life... She produces a small g*n from her bag and points it at him, hands shaking. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): ... I am hardly unprepared. FATHER ANGELO (smiling slightly): Oh, I don't think so, woman. QUEEN VICTORIA: The correct form of address is "Your Majesty". She pulls the trigger. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The Steward hands g*n to all the men. THE STEWARD: Arms... and your strife... ready everyone? (To Lady Isobel): Take the girls. Get them out through the kitchen. Lady Isobel approaches her husband. LADY ISOBEL: I can't leave you. What will you do? SIR ROBERT: I must defend her Majesty. Now, don't think of me, just go. Lady Isobel kisses him and then gathers her maids. LADY ISOBEL: All of you at my side, come on! She pulls them through to the kitchen. The Doctor is using the sonic screwdriver to relieve Rose of the handcuffs. THE DOCTOR (very fast): It could be any form of light modulated species triggered by specific wavelengths. Did it say what it wanted? ROSE: The Queen, the Crown, the throne... you name it. There is a thumping sound from the direction of the cellar and they both look around. The Doctor ventures out into the corridor to investigate. The wolf has managed to knock down the door and is stood at the other end of the corridor. He and the Doctor stare at one another for a few moments before the werewolf growls and the Doctor runs back into the room. He grabs Rose's hand and pulls her behind the line of men with g*n poised and ready. THE STEWARD: f*re! They sh**t at the wolf, who stumbles back a few steps. THE STEWARD: f*re! Rose flinches as they f*re again. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE KITCHEN Lady Isobel and her maids run through to the kitchen. Lady Isobel crosses the room and tries the door, but it won't open. LADY ISOBEL: It won't open, they've sealed us in. FLORA: Oh, my Lady, look! Lady Isobel follows Flora's gaze out of the window where she sees the Monks have surrounded the house, g*n poised. FLORA (CONT'D) (hysterically): They'll never let us out. They mean for us to die! LADY ISOBEL: Don't say that, Flora! INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The room with the f*ring squad is full of smoke. There is no sign of the wolf. THE DOCTOR: All right, you men, we should retreat upstairs, come with me. THE STEWARD: I'll not retreat. The battle's done. There's no creature on God's Earth that could survive such an as*ault. THE DOCTOR (angrily): I'm telling you, come upstairs! THE STEWARD: And I'm telling you, sir, that I will sleep well tonight with that thing's hide upon my wall. He strides across the room to look down the corridor, checking of the wolf. The Doctor watches him, looking extremely angry and concerned. Apparently seeing nothing, he strides back looking mildly triumphant. THE STEWARD (CONT'D): Must've crawled away to die... And he is lifted clean through the ceiling by the wolf and we hear him being devoured. THE DOCTOR: There's nothing we can do! He grabs hold of Rose and pushes her from the room with him. Some of the f*ring squad stand frozen, and through the wolf's eyes we see them being att*cked. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE KITCHEN Lady Isobel and her maids listen to the commotion with fear in their eyes. FLORA: Did they k*ll it? Lady Isobel and the others slowly back into the corner of the room, she wraps her arms around them protectively as they crouch down, her eyes fixed on the door. The wolf appears in the doorway and Lady Isobel screws up her eyes tightly and looks away. The wolf sniffs the air and then just leaves. Lady Isobel opens her eyes and looks around at the empty room, confused. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE STUDY Queen Victoria opens the safe and removes the small wooden box. She stows it away in her handbag. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The Doctor, Rose and Sir Robert hurry into a room. The Doctor slams the door behind them and locks it with his sonic screwdriver. SIR ROBERT: Your Majesty! Your Majesty! QUEEN VICTORIA (coming down the stairs): Sir Robert! What's happening? The Doctor dashes off somewhere. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): I heard such terrible noises. SIR ROBERT: Your Majesty, we've got to get out. But what of Father Angelo? Is he still here? QUEEN VICTORIA: Captain Reynolds disposed of him. THE DOCTOR (coming back): The front door's no good, it's been boarded shut. Pardon me, Your Majesty, you'll have to leg it out of a window. He gestures through a door and Queen Victoria obliges with her head held high. Sir Robert follows and they find themselves in another upstairs room. SIR ROBERT: Excuse my manners, Ma'am, but I shall go first, the better to assist Her Majesty's egress. QUEEN VICTORIA: A noble sentiment, my Sir Walter Raleigh. THE DOCTOR (impatiently): Yeah, any chance you could hurry up? Sir Robert climbs onto the window sill and has to immediately dodge out of the way as he is sh*t at by the Monks standing outside. The Doctor stares out of the window, eyes wide. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I reckon the monkey boys want us to stay inside. QUEEN VICTORIA: Do they know who I am?? ROSE: Yeah, that's why they want ya. The wolf's lined you up for a... a biting. QUEEN VICTORIA: Now, stop this talk. There can't be an actual wolf. The words are no sooner out of her mouth than a howling rings through the house. The company spin around, alarmed, and leave the room hurriedly. They run into a hallway and the wolf is battering on the door. ROSE: What do we do? THE DOCTOR: We... run! ROSE: Is that it?! THE DOCTOR: You got any silver b*ll*ts? ROSE: Not on me, no! THE DOCTOR: There we are then, we run. Your Majesty, as a Doctor, I recommend a vigourous jog. He jogs on the spot to demonstrate. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Good for the health. Come on! He grabs the Queen's hand and leads her from the room. They run as fast as they can up the staircase. From the wolf's point of view, we see that it finally manages to break the door down. It then bounds up the staircase after them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Come on! Come on! Having reached the top of the stairs, they run through the corridors, the wolf close on their tails. It is nearly upon them, ready to pounce when Captain Reynolds appears holding a g*n. He sh**t and the wolf reels backwards down the corridor. The Captain ducks behind the corridor where they others are standing, out of breath. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: I'll take this position and hold it. You keep moving, for God's sake! Your Majesty, I went to look for the property, it was taken. The chest was empty. QUEEN VICTORIA: I have it. It's safe. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Then remove yourself, Ma'am. Doctor, you stand as Her Majesty's Protector. And you, Sir Robert, you're a traitor to the crown. He cocks his g*n. THE DOCTOR: b*ll*ts can't stop it! CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: They'll buy you time. Now, run! He positions himself at the end of the corridor, g*n held ready. Queen Victoria and Sir Robert have already started running in the opposite direction, followed by the Doctor, and finally by Rose who stares at Captain Reynolds in dismay for a few seconds. The Doctor, Sir Robert and Queen Victoria run into the library. Rose stops outside the door and watches as Captain Reynolds sh**t at the werewolf as it bounds down the corridor towards him, pounces upon him and then rips him apart. Rose is frozen in horror and cannot move. THE DOCTOR: Rose! He rushes out into the corridor, grabs her round the waist and pulls her into the room just in time to slam the door shut. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE LIBRARY Sir Robert and Rose help the Doctor barricade the doors with chairs and bits of wood. THE DOCTOR: Wait a minute, shh, shh, wait a minute... The wolf howls into the silence. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It's stopped. He stands on the chair and presses his ear against the door. Right on the other side, the wolf sniffs against the door and growls. Then, it turns and leaves. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It's gone. Footsteps can be heard padding around the outside of the room. ROSE: Listen... The Doctor climbs quietly down from the chair and there is d*ad silence in the library as they follow the wolf's progress around the room, absolutely terrified. The Queen is shaking violently. THE DOCTOR (whispers): Is this the only door? SIR ROBERT: Yes. No! And he dashes to the other door with the Doctor and they barricade it shut. ROSE: Shh! Rose silences them. They look around uneasily as they hear the sounds the werewolf is making, and then it stops. Footsteps pad away into the distance. ROSE (CONT'D): I don't understand. What's stopping it? THE DOCTOR: Something inside this room. Sir Robert sits on one of the chairs barricading his door and puts his head in his hands. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (confused): What is it? Why can't it get in? ROSE: I'll tell you what, though... THE DOCTOR: What? ROSE: Werewolf...! THE DOCTOR: I know! Rose half laughs and they throw their arms around each other. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You all right? ROSE: I'm okay, yeah! Queen Victoria stares at them, eyes wide. SIR ROBERT (from behind them): I'm sorry, Ma'am. It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I... thought you might notice. Did you think there was nothing strange about my household staff? THE DOCTOR: Well, they were bald, athletic... your wife's away, I just thought you were happy. ROSE: I'll tell you what though, Ma'am, I bet you're not amused now. QUEEN VICTORIA (angrily): Do you think this is funny? ROSE (meekly): No, Ma'am, I'm sorry. QUEEN VICTORIA: What, exactly, I pray someone please, what exactly is that creature? THE DOCTOR (scratching his head): You'd call it a werewolf, but technically it's a more of a lupine wavelength haemovariform. QUEEN VICTORIA: And should I trust you, sir? You who change your voice so easily? What happened to your accent? For the Doctor has accidentally dropped his Scottish accent. THE DOCTOR (realising): Oh... right, sorry... QUEEN VICTORIA: I'll not have it. No, sir, not you... not that thing... none of it. This is not my world. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The moon is high in the sky. The Monks outside with their g*n poised have garlands of mistletoe looped around their necks. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE KITCHEN Lady Isobel, from the kitchen, notices this. LADY ISOBEL: Mistletoe... they're all garlanded in mistletoe and the wolf doesn't att*ck them. Who brought this into the kitchen? FLORA: It must've been the Brethren. LADY ISOBEL: Gather it up. Quickly. Every last scrap! They all begin to gather the mistletoe on the floor up. LADY ISOBEL (CONT'D): Quick, now! They throw the scraps of mistletoe onto the table. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE LIBRARY The Doctor touches the woodwork. There is a carving of mistletoe on the door. THE DOCTOR: Mistletoe... Sir Robert, did you father put that there? SIR ROBERT: I don't know, I suppose... THE DOCTOR (thinking out loud): On the other door, too... a carving wouldn't be enough... I wonder... He licks the woodwork. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Viscum album, the oil of the mistletoe, it's been worked into the wood like a varnish! How clever was your dad?? I love him! (To Rose): Powerful stuff, mistletoe. Bursting with lectins and viscotoxins. ROSE: And the wolf's allergic to it? THE DOCTOR: Well, it thinks it is. The monkey monk monks need a way of controlling the wolf, maybe they trained it to react against certain things. SIR ROBERT: Nevertheless, that creature won't give up, Doctor, and we still don't possess an actual w*apon. THE DOCTOR: Oh, your father got all the brains, didn't he? ROSE: Being rude again. THE DOCTOR: Good. I meant that one. He strides towards the book shelves. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You want w*apon? We're in a library. Books! Best w*apon in the world. He puts his glasses on. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. He pulls some books off the shelf and chucks some to Rose. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Arm yourself. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE KITCHEN The maids and Lady Isobel are working hard in the kitchen, chopping up the mistletoe. FLORA: No sound of the wolf, my Lady. Perhaps it's gone. LADY ISOBEL: Perhaps it's toying with us. But my husband's up there. And if there's any chance he's still alive, then by God, I'll assist him. Flora throws the mistletoe into the boiling water. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE LIBRARY Rose, the Doctor and Sir Robert are frantically flicking through the books, talking over one another. ROSE: Biology, zoology... there might be something on wolves in here... THE DOCTOR (chucks a book to Rose): Hold on, what about this? SIR ROBERT (flicking through): ... some form of expl*sive... THE DOCTOR: Hmm, that's the sort of thing. Ooh... He jumps down from the ladder, holding a book which he puts down on the table. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Look what your old dad found. Something fell to Earth. On the open page there is an illustration of a rock falling to Earth from the sky. Rose and Sir Robert gather around. ROSE: A spaceship? SIR ROBERT: A sh**ting star. (Reading): "In the year of our Lord, 1540, under the reign of King James the Fifth, an almighty f*re did burn in the pit." That's the Glen of Saint Catherine just by the Monastery. ROSE: But that's over three hundred years ago. What's it been waiting for? THE DOCTOR: Maybe just a single cell survived. Adapting slowly down the generations. It survived through the humans. Host after host after host. SIR ROBERT: But why does it want the throne? ROSE: That's what it wants. It said so, the... the Empire of the Wolf. THE DOCTOR (with foreboding): Imagine it... the Victorian Age accelerated... starships and m*ssile fueled by coal and driven by steam... leaving history devastated in its wake... QUEEN VICTORIA (standing): Sir Robert! Sir Robert goes to her. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): If I am to die here... SIR ROBERT: Don't say that, Your Majesty. QUEEN VICTORIA: I would destroy myself rather than let that creature infect me. But that's no matter. I ask only that you find some place of safekeeping for something far older and more precious than myself. She opens her bag. THE DOCTOR (from the table): Hardly the time to worry about your valuables. QUEEN VICTORIA: Thank you for your opinion. But there is nothing more valuable than this. And she takes the Koh-I-Noor from her bag and holds it in the palm of her hand. ROSE (amazed): Is that the Koh-I-Noor? THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes... the greatest diamond in the world. The Doctor and Rose shuffle forward for a closer look. QUEEN VICTORIA: Given to me as the spoils of w*r. Perhaps its legend is now coming true. It is said that whoever owns it must surely die. THE DOCTOR: Well, that's true of anything if you own it long enough. Can I...? He holds out his hand for the diamond. Queen Victoria gives it to him. He pushes his glasses down his nose to look at it closely. Rose prods it, eyes wide. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That is so beautiful. ROSE: How much is that worth? THE DOCTOR: They say... the wages of the entire planet for a whole week. ROSE (peering at it): Good job my mum's not here. She'd be fighting the wolf off with her bare hands for that thing. THE DOCTOR: And she'd win. Rose laughs. SIR ROBERT: Where is the wolf? (He walks away). I don't trust this silence. THE DOCTOR (of the diamond): Why do you travel with it? QUEEN VICTORIA: My annual pilgrimage. I'm taking it to Helier and Carew. The Royal Jewellers at Hazelhead. The stone needs recutting. ROSE: Oh, but it's perfect. QUEEN VICTORIA: My late husband never thought so. THE DOCTOR (removing his glasses): Now, there's a fact, Prince Albert kept on having the Koh-I-Noor cut down. It used to be forty percent bigger than this. But he was never happy. Kept on cutting and cutting. QUEEN VICTORIA: He always said... the shine was not quite right. But he died with it still unfinished. THE DOCTOR (with realization): Unfinished... oh, yes! He tosses the Koh-I-Noor back to Queen Victoria, who catches it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (very fast, working it out): There's a lot of unfinished business in this house. His father's research, your husband, Ma'am, he came here and he sought the perfect diamond, hold on, hold on... (He ruffles his hair violently in his eagerness to work it out). All these separate things, they're not separate at all, they're connected! Oh, my head, my head! What if, this house, it's a trap for you, is that right, Ma'am? QUEEN VICTORIA: Obviously. THE DOCTOR: At least, that's what the wolf intended. But! What if there's a trap inside the trap? QUEEN VICTORIA: Explain yourself, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: What if his father and your husband weren't just telling each other stories. They dared to imagine all this was true. And they planned against it. Laying the real trap not for you... but for the wolf. A fine sprinkling of plaster falls from the ceiling. They all look up, and the werewolf is walking over the glass dome above their heads, looking down at them and growling. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That wolf there... The glass of the dome starts to crack, the Doctor and Rose throw down their books and together with Queen Victoria run to the door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Out! Out! Out! As the Werewolf crashes through, smashing the desk, the Doctor, Rose and Sir Robert destroy their barricade and run out into the corridor. SIR ROBERT: Your Majesty! The Doctor takes one last look at the roaring wolf before slamming the doors closed. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE The four of them run down the corridor. THE DOCTOR: Gotta get to the observatory! They careen around a corner, the werewolf close behind. Rose turns around and is transfixed by the wolf. Just as the wolf is on her, she screams and Lady Isobel throws the pan of mistletoe water onto the wolf. Rose screams again, but the werewolf bounds back down the corridor away from them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Good sh*t! LADY ISOBEL: It was mistletoe! The Doctor follows the wolf a way down the corridor. SIR ROBERT: Isobel! He and Isobel kiss as the Doctor and Rose make sure the wolf has gone. SIR ROBERT (CONT'D): Get back downstairs. LADY ISOBEL: Keep yourself safe. He nods and they kiss again. SIR ROBERT: You go. Lady Isobel and the maids go past Sir Robert and make their way back to the kitchen. LADY ISOBEL: Girls, come with me. Down the Back stairs, back to the kitchen. Quickly! As they run off, Sir Robert stares after his wife, a look in his eyes that suggests he's wondering if he'll ever see her again. THE DOCTOR: Come on! They set off at run again down the corridor. SIR ROBERT: The observatory's this way! They reach the central staircase and hurry up it as fast as they can but the werewolf is recovering and soon returns to the chase. They finally arrive at the observatory, the Doctor in the lead. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OBSERVATORY THE DOCTOR: No mistletoe on these doors, your father wanted the wolf to get inside! Get inside I just need time! Is there any way of barricading this?! SIR ROBERT: Just do your work and I'll defend it. THE DOCTOR (seeming to ignore Sir Robert): If we could bind them shut with rope or something! SIR ROBERT (determinedly): I said I'd find you time, sir. Rose and Queen Victoria stare at him, aghast. SIR ROBERT (CONT'D): Now get inside. The Doctor looks at him for a second. THE DOCTOR: Good man. Sir Robert closes the door and the Doctor runs to the Queen. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Your Majesty, the diamond. QUEEN VICTORIA: For what purpose? THE DOCTOR: The purpose it was designed for. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OUTSIDE OBSERVATORY Meanwhile, Sir Robert locks the door from the outside. The howls of the werewolf can be heard coming down the corridor. He arms himself with a sword from the display on the wall as the werewolf bounds up the stairs. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OBSERVATORY In the observatory, Queen Victoria hands over the diamond form her bag. The Doctor runs over to the mechanism for the telescope. THE DOCTOR: Rose! Rose runs to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Lift it! Come on! The Rose and Doctor struggle to turn the wheel, but the cogs start to shift and the telescope to rise. ROSE (sarcastic despite straining against the wheel): Is this the right time for stargazing? THE DOCTOR: Yes, it is. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OUTSIDE OBSERVATORY Outside the observatory, the werewolf has found Sir Robert, guarding the door. As it approaches slowly, Sir Robert glares at it, disgusted. SIR ROBERT: I committed treason for you. And now my wife will remember me with honour! He manages one slash at the werewolf with his blade before he is devoured. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE OBSERVATORY Inside the observatory, Rose looks hopelessly terrified at his final screams. Queen Victoria holds up her crucifix. The werewolf can be heard battering the door. The gears continue to grind while Queen Victoria murmurs a prayer under her breath. ROSE: You said this thing doesn't work! THE DOCTOR: It doesn't work as a telescope because that's not what it is! It's a light chamber! It magnifies the light rays like a w*apon. We've just got to power it up! ROSE: But there's no electricity! The Doctor grunts and turns to the light chamber. ROSE (she works it out): Moonlight! But it needs moonlight! It's made by moonlight! THE DOCTOR: You're seventy percent water but you can still drown. Come on! The Light Chamber finally starts to align with the moon. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Come on! At last it is properly aligned. Rose and the Doctor step away from the gears as the moonlight bounces off the prisms. Just as the Werewolf breaks through the door, the light spews forth from the end of the light chamber onto the floor far short of the werewolf. The werewolf advances on the Queen but the doctor dives across the floor and throws the Koh-I-Noor into the beam of light. A fantastic, prismatic beam of light hits the werewolf. He is lifted off the floor and hangs there, caught in the wash of moonlight. As they look on, the werewolf retakes human form. THE HOST (quietly): Make it brighter. Let me go. The Doctor slowly walks across to the light chamber and flicks a switch. With a final howl from the wolf form, the creature vanishes and the light shuts off. Rose breathes a huge sigh of relief. The Queen, however, is staring intently at some wound on her wrist. The Doctor notices her. THE DOCTOR: Your Majesty? Did it bite you? QUEEN VICTORIA: No, it's... it's a cut. THE DOCTOR: If that thing bit you... QUEEN VICTORIA: It was a splinter of wood when the door came apart. THE DOCTOR: Let me see. QUEEN VICTORIA (pulling her hand away sharply): It is nothing. The Doctor stares at her, obviously not believing her. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE It is dawn and the sun rises over a serenely misty valley. INT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE HALL The Doctor and Rose step forward and kneel before Queen Victoria. Everyone is present including Lady Isobel and the maids. QUEEN VICTORIA: By the power invested in me by the Church and the State, I dub the: Sir Doctor of TARDIS. She taps him on each shoulder with a sword. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): By the power invested in me by the Church and the State, I dub the: Dame Rose of the Powell Estate. She taps her on each shoulder with the sword. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): You may stand. The Doctor and Rose rise. THE DOCTOR: Many thanks, Ma'am. ROSE (grinning): Thanks! They're never going to believe this back home. Flora smiles. THE DOCTOR: Your Majesty, you said last night about receiving a message from the great beyond; I think your husband cut that diamond to save your life. He's protecting you even now Ma'am, even from beyond the grave. QUEEN VICTORIA: Indeed. Then you may think on this, also: that I am not amused. The Doctor groans whilst Rose looks jubilant. ROSE: Yes! QUEEN VICTORIA: Not remotely amused. Rose makes an effort to wipe the smirk off her face. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D): And henceforth... I banish you. The Doctor and Rose look stunned. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry...? QUEEN VICTORIA (angrily): I rewarded you, Sir Doctor. And now you are exiled from this empire, never to return. I don't know what you are, the two of you, or where you're from, but I know that you consort with stars, and magic, and think it fun. But your world is steeped in terror and blasphemy and death and I will not allow it! You will leave this shores and you will reflect, I hope, on how you managed to stray so far from all that is good. And how much longer you will survive this... terrible life. Queen Victoria steps away from them angrily. QUEEN VICTORIA (CONT'D) (commandingly): Now leave my world. And never return. EXT. FIELD SOMEWHERE IN SCOTLAND Rose and the Doctor have hitched a lift on the back of a farmer's cart. It comes to a halt. FARMER: Woah! They jump off the back of a farmer's cart back in the highlands near the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Cheers, Dougal! The Doctor waves as they walk away and the farmer drives off. THE DOCTOR: You know, the funny thing is, Queen Victoria did actually suffer a mutation of the blood! It's historical record haemophiliac. It used to be called the Royal Disease! But it's always been a mystery because she didn't inherit it. Her mum didn't have it her dad didn't have it, it came from nowhere! ROSE: What, and you're saying that's a wolf bite? THE DOCTOR: Well, maybe Haemophilia is just a Victorian euphemism. ROSE: For werewolf? THE DOCTOR: Could be! ROSE: Queen Victoria's a werewolf? THE DOCTOR: Could be! And, her children had the Royal Disease. Maybe she gave them a quick nip. ROSE (disbelievingly): So, the Royal Family are werewolves? THE DOCTOR: Well... maybe not yet. I mean, a single wolf cell could take... a hundred years to mature... might be ready by... oooh... early 21st century...? ROSE: Nah! That's just ridiculous! Mind you... Princess Anne...! THE DOCTOR: I'll say no more. ROSE: And if you think about it... they're very private. They plan everything in advance. They, they could schedule themselves around the moon, we'd never know! The Doctor sniggers as they reach the TARDIS and he opens the door. They bundle in. ROSE (CONT'D): They like hunting! They love blood sports! The Doctor laughs, the TARDIS starts to dematerialize but they can still be heard. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh my God, they're werewolves! The two of them howl and cackle over the sound of the TARDIS engines until it has completely vanished. EXT. TORCHWOOD HOUSE Night has fallen over the Torchwood House as the Queen and Lady Isobel walk slowly from the house, both wearing black. QUEEN VICTORIA: What will you do? Will you stay here? LADY ISOBEL (tears on her cheeks): I don't think I could. I'd sell it. Or I'd pull this place down. Queen Victoria glances at the sign on the wall saying "Torchwood House", and then away again with a look of grim resolution in her eyes. QUEEN VICTORIA: Although we may not speak of these events in public, they'll not be forgotten. I promise you that. Your husband's sacrifice... the ingenuity of his father... they will live on. LADY ISOBEL: But how? QUEEN VICTORIA: I saw last night, that Great Britain has enemies beyond imagination, and we must defend our borders on all sides. I propose an institute to investigate these strange happenings and to fight them. I would call it: Torchwood. The Torchwood Institute. And if this Doctor should return, he should beware, because Torchwood will be waiting. END
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INT. OUTSIDE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE Mr Finch descends a flight of stairs. He rounds a corner and heads for a door labeled 'Headmaster'. There is a small girl sitting outside, waiting. At first, he walks straight past her, but then he pauses and looks back. MR FINCH: What do you want? NINA: The nurse sent me, sir. I was in English and I got a headache. MR FINCH: Then don't bother me, go home. NINA: I can't. MR FINCH: Why? Is your mother at work? NINA: I live in Ambrose Hall. The children's home. MR FINCH: No parents. No one to miss you? Nina shakes her head. MR FINCH (CONT'D): I see why the nurse sent you. You poor child. Poor... thin, child. Come inside. He turns to his office, and Nina stands to follow him. He opens the door for her and she enters. MR FINCH (CONT'D): It's nearly time for lunch. He shuts the door, and almost immediately there is a screech and flapping sounds from within, coupled with the sound of Nina screaming. INT. STAIRWELLS The school bell rings and the stairways are crowded with children hurrying to get to their next lesson. INT. PHYSICS LAB A boy, Kenny, heads into a science lab and goes to a bench. The door opens and a familiar pair of scruffy white Converses step inside. The Doctor plonks his bag down on the teacher's desk and faces the class. THE DOCTOR: Good morning, class. Are we sitting comfortably? He grins. OPENING CREDITS INT. PHYSICS LAB The Doctor scrawls the word 'physics' in capital letters on the whiteboard and underlines it. THE DOCTOR: So. Physics. He replaces the cap of the board pen and chucks it back down on the desk. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Physics. Eh? Physics. Phyyyyyyyysics. Physics! Physics. Physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics. The class look bemused. He sniffs purposefully. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I hope one of you is getting all this down. Um, okay, let's see what you know. Two identical strips of nylon are charged with static electricity and hung from a string so they can swing freely. What would happen if they were brought near each other? A boy, Milo, puts his hand up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Yes, uh, what's your name? MILO: Milo. THE DOCTOR: Milo! Off you go. MILO: They'd repel each other because they have the same charge. THE DOCTOR: Correctamundo! A word I have never used before and hopefully never will again. Question two, I coil up a thin piece of micro wire and place it in a glass of water. Then I turn on the electricity and measure to see if the water's temperature is affected. My question is this: how do I measure the electrical power going into the coil? Milo's hand sh**t up again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Someone else. Absolutely no response from the rest of the class. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Nope...? Okay, Milo, go for it. MILO: Measure the current and PDs in an ampmeter and a voltmeter. The other pupils look impressed. THE DOCTOR: Two to Milo! Right then, Milo, tell me this; true or false: the greater the dampening of the system, the quicker it loses energy to its surroundings. MILO: False. THE DOCTOR: What is a non-coding DNA? MILO: DNA that doesn't code for a protein. THE DOCTOR: Sixty-five-thousand-nine-hundred-and-eighty-three times five? MILO: Three-hundred-and-twenty-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-fifteen. Some of the other pupils look very impressed, others just disturbed. THE DOCTOR: How do you travel faster than light? MILO: By opening a quantum tunnel with an FTL factor of 36.7 recurring. The Doctor's mouth drops open slightly. INT. CANTEEN It is lunchtime, and the dinner ladies are spooning food onto people's plates. The Doctor moves along the line with his tray. Rose, who is undercover as a dinner lady, spoons mashed potato onto his plate and gives him a filthy look simultaneously. He just smirks at her and heads towards the tables. At his table, some time later, the Doctor spears a chip on his fork, nibbles it, and stares at it distastefully. Rose comes over with a dishcloth to wipe his table down. ROSE: Two days. THE DOCTOR: Sorry, could you just... there's a bit of gravy. He points to it with his fork. Rose wipes the table. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): No, no, just there. Rose wipes up the gravy. ROSE: Two days, we've been here. THE DOCTOR: Blame your boyfriend, he's the one who put us onto this. And he was right. Boy in class this morning, got a knowledge way beyond planet Earth. ROSE: You eating those chips? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, they're a bit... different. Rose helps herself to one. ROSE: I think they're gorgeous. Wish I had school dinners like this. She sits down. THE DOCTOR (squinting around the canteen): It's very well behaved, this place. ROSE (mouth full of chips): Mm. THE DOCTOR: I thought there'd be happy-slapping hoodies. Happy-slapping hoodies with ASBOs. Happy-slapping hoodies with ASBOs and ringtones. He stares at Rose impressively. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Yeah? Yeah? Oh, yeah! Don't tell me I don't fit in. A dinner lady approaches their table. DINNER LADY (to Rose): You are not permitted to leave your station during a sitting. ROSE (standing): I was just talking to this teacher. THE DOCTOR: Hello! ROSE: He doesn't like the chips. DINNER LADY (affronted): The menu has been specifically designed by the headmaster to improve concentration and performance. Now, get back to work. She leaves. Rose walks away from the table. ROSE (to the Doctor): See? This is me. She gestures down at her uniform. ROSE (CONT'D): The dinner lady. THE DOCTOR: I'll have the crumble. ROSE: I'm so gonna k*ll you. She returns to her station, the Doctor grinning manically. A teacher, Mr Wagner, approaches a girl sitting a few tables away. MR WAGNER: Melissa. You'll be joining my class for the next period. Milo's failed me... so it's time we moved you up to the top class. The Doctor watches, chewing absently. MR WAGNER (CONT'D): Kenny? Not eating the chips? KENNY: I'm not allowed. MR WAGNER: Luke, extra class. Now. He leaves, and several of the children follow him. Mr Finch watches the proceedings from a balcony above the canteen. He seems to notice the Doctor watching him. INT. KITCHENS Rose is in the kitchens, drying a tray. DINNER LADY: Careful... keep it steady... don't spill a drop. A few of the dinner ladies are very, very carefully wheeling in a barrel of oil. They have masks, goggles and gloves on. Rose watches them. DINNER LADY (CONT'D): I said keep it steady. Careful... that's it... easy now... steady... Rose's mobile rings. DINNER LADY (CONT'D): Right, second barrel, quickly now! Rose answers her phone. ROSE: What you got? INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY: Confirmation. I just got into army records. Three months ago, massive UFO activity. They logged over forty sightings, lights in the sky, all of that. I can't get any photos, 'cause then it gets all classified and secret. Keeps locking me out. The message: Torchwood - Access Denied, flashes in red letters on the screen. INT. KITCHENS ROSE (keeping her voice low): Tell you what, though, three months ago, turns out all the kitchen staff were replaced. She watches them wheel another barrel of oil into the kitchen with what seems to be unnecessary caution. ROSE (CONT'D): And this lot are weird. INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY: See, there's definitely something going on. I was right to call you home. INT. KITCHENS ROSE: I thought maybe you called me home just to... well, just to call me home. INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY (grinning): Do you think I'd just invent an emergency? INT. KITCHENS ROSE: Well, you could've done! INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY: That's the last thing I'd do. INT. KITCHENS DINNER LADY: Watch it! INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY: Because every time I see you, an emergency just gets in the way... INT. KITCHENS The barrel of oil topples over and spills onto one of the dinner ladies, who screams in agony and starts smoking. ROSE: I've gotta go. DINNER LADY: Get her up, get her up! The dinner lady is hoisted to her feet. INT. INTERNET CAFE MICKEY: What is it? INT. KITCHENS The dinner lady covered in the oil is steered into an office, still wailing with pain. Rose tries to see through the partition but the blinds are swiftly drawn. INT. INTERNET CAFE Rose hangs up and Mickey closes his phone with a sigh as the line goes d*ad. INT. KITCHENS Rose dials 999 as the head dinner lady emerges from the office. She pulls her goggles down and leans against the doorframe, eyeing Rose suspiciously. DINNER LADY: What're you doing? ROSE: Calling an ambulance. DINNER LADY: No need. She's quite all right. Rose hangs up. There is the sound of something bursting into flames, followed by the sound of something smashing, and a billow of smoke from the office. The dinner lady does not flinch. DINNER LADY (CONT'D): It's fine. She does that. She goes back into the office, leaving Rose looking completely confused. She moves closer to the barrel of oil for a closer look. INT. COMPUTER LAB Mr Wagner makes his way to the front of an IT Suite, the children are already at their computer terminals. He faces the class. MR WAGNER: I'd like you all to put your headphones on now, please. The children oblige. MR WAGNER (CONT'D): Now, children... the things you will see... He presses a key on his own computer at the front of the class. The children raise their hands to the keyboards and start to type unnaturally fast, eyes locked onto the screens. There is some sort of green code scrolling down the monitor. Mr Wagner watches the students, smiling slightly. INT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Mr Finch and Sarah Jane Smith descend a flight of stairs, talking. MR FINCH: My improvements aren't confined to the classroom. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. We've introduced a new policy. School dinners are absolutely free. But compulsory. Do try the chips. SARAH JANE: Oh, I'd love to, thank you! And it's got to be said, the transformation you've brought about is amazing. I mean, maybe you're working the children a little bit too hard now and then... MR FINCH: Hmm? SARAH JANE: But I think good results, they're more important than anything. MR FINCH: Exactly. You're a woman of vision, Miss Smith. SARAH JANE: Oh, I can see everything, Mr Finch. Quite clearly. INT. STAFF ROOM The Doctor is sitting on a desk, nibbling a biscuit. There is a teacher pacing up and down in front of him. MR PARSONS: But yesterday, I had a twelve-year-old girl give me the exact height of the Walls of Troy... in cubits. THE DOCTOR: And, it's ever since the new headmaster arrived? MR PARSONS: Finch arrived three months ago. Next day, half the staff got flu. Finch replaced them with that lot. He nods over to where a group of smart looking teachers are standing. The Doctor looks over his shoulder at them. MR PARSONS (CONT'D): Except for the teacher you replaced, and that was just plain weird, her winning the lottery like that. THE DOCTOR: How's that weird? MR PARSONS: She never played! Said the ticket was posted through her door at midnight. THE DOCTOR (popping another biscuit into his mouth): Hmm! The world is very strange. MR FINCH: Excuse me, colleagues, a moment of your time. The Doctor turns. His eyes widen and he stands, just staring. MR FINCH (CONT'D): May I introduce Miss Sarah Jane Smith. Miss Smith is a journalist, who's writing a profile about me for the Sunday Times. Sarah Jane smiles around at them all. The Doctor's face is a picture , the corners of his mouth begin to turn upwards in a smile. MR FINCH (CONT'D): I thought it might be useful for her to get 'a view from the trenches', so to speak. Don't spare my blushes. He leaves. Sarah Jane catches the Doctor's eye and approaches him. SARAH JANE: Hello! THE DOCTOR: Oh, I should think so! SARAH JANE: And, you are...? THE DOCTOR (he can't take his eyes off her): Hm? Uh, Smith. John Smith. SARAH JANE: John Smith? I used to have a friend who sometimes went by that name. THE DOCTOR: Well, it's a very common name! SARAH JANE (reminiscing): He was a very uncommon man. She holds out her hand. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Nice to meet you! THE DOCTOR: Nice to meet you! Yes! Very nice! More than nice, brilliant! SARAH JANE: Um... so, um, have you worked here long? THE DOCTOR: No! Um, it's only my second day. SARAH JANE: Oh, you're new, then? So, what do you think of the school? I mean, this new curriculum? The Doctor can still not tear his eyes away from her, and he's smiling at her but she doesn't seem to notice. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): So many children getting ill, doesn't that strike you as odd? THE DOCTOR (grinning): You don't sound like someone just doing a profile. SARAH JANE: Well, no harm in a little investigation while I'm here. THE DOCTOR: No. Good for you. She walks away to meet some of the other teachers. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (so proud of her): Good for you. Oh, good for you, Sarah Jane Smith. The bell rings. INT. CORRIDORS The corridors are crowded with students once more. The Doctor takes slow steps with a vague smile and a faraway expression on his face, just remembering. INT. STAIRWELLS Kenny watches a couple of his fellow pupils go up the stairs, clearly wondering why they're so eager to get to class. He hears a flapping sound and strange noises coming from a nearby classroom. He follows the sound cautiously until he reaches the IT Suite. INT. COMPUTER LAB Kenny crouches to peer under one of the desks and sees a horrible bat-like creature who screeches angrily at him. Kenny gasps, but the next thing he knows, Mr Wagner has just straightened up from behind the desk, his neck clicking and his eyes glowing dangerously. MR WAGNER (deadly soft): This isn't your classroom, Kenny. Now run along. Kenny turns on his heel and runs. Mr Wagner watches him go, eyes narrowed. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL The day comes to an end and night falls over the school. INT. CLASSROOM The corridors are dark and empty, the chairs up on the desks. A torch shines into a classroom, and there is Sarah Jane at the window. She undoes the latch and peers inside. When she is sure the coast is clear, she hoists herself inside. INT. CORRIDOR The Doctor opens a f*re door and comes through it into a dark corridor, followed by Rose and Mickey. ROSE: Oh, it's weird seeing school at night. It just feels wrong. They make their way cautiously down the corridor. ROSE (CONT'D): When I was a kid, I used to think all the teachers slept in school. THE DOCTOR: All right, team. Oh, I hate people who say "team". Um... "g*ng". Um... "comrades". Uh... anyway, Rose, go to the kitchen and get a sample of that oil. Mickey, the new staff are all Maths teachers, go and check out the Maths department. I'm gonna look in Finch's office. Be back here in ten minutes. He takes off up the stairs. ROSE (fiddling with her sleeve): You gonna be all right? MICKEY: Me? Please. Infiltration and investigation? I'm an expert at this. He strides away with purpose. Rose just stands there smirking, waiting for him to come back, which he does almost immediately. MICKEY (CONT'D): Where's the Maths department? ROSE (pointing in the opposite direction): Down there, turn left, through the f*re doors, on the right. MICKEY: Thank you. He strides away again. INT. CORRIDOR The Doctor heads down a dark corridor, brow furrowed as he hears screeches and flaps in the distance. He pauses for a moment and then strides to find the source of the noise. INT. OUTSIDE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE Sarah Jane begins to pick the lock to Mr Finch's office. She hears a bang followed by a screech, and spins around, eyes wide. The sounds become even louder and closer and she gives a sharp intake of breath and backs away down the corridor. INT. KITCHENS Rose takes the lid off the barrel of oil and spoons some into a small jar. A shadow passes over her followed by a screech. She looks up sharply. INT. MAINTENANCE CLOSET Sarah Jane backs into a room and slams the door behind her. She turns slowly and there, looming in front of her, is the TARDIS. Her eyes widen in shock and she backs out of the room, not believing it... INT. CORRIDOR Sarah Jane stares at the closed door, and then turns slowly around. The Doctor is standing there in the darkness, watching her. THE DOCTOR (quietly): Hello, Sarah Jane. SARAH JANE (whispers): It's you. Oh... Doctor... A smile starts to spread across her face as she edges towards him. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Oh, my God, it's you, it's... it's... you've regenerated. THE DOCTOR: Half a dozen times since we last met. SARAH JANE: You look... incredible. THE DOCTOR: So do you. SARAH JANE: I got old. She edges around him, staring at him. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): What're you doing here? THE DOCTOR: Well... UFO sightings, school gets record results, I couldn't resist. What about you? SARAH JANE: Same. They laugh. But Sarah Jane's smile falters and she sounds close to tears when she speaks again. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): I thought you'd died. I waited for you and you didn't come back, and I thought you must've died. THE DOCTOR: I lived. Everyone else died. SARAH JANE: What do you mean? THE DOCTOR (quiet pain): Everyone died, Sarah. Sarah Jane shakes her head. SARAH JANE (whispering in her disbelief): I can't believe it's you. The moment is broken by the sound of Mickey wailing. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Okay! Now I can! They grin and run from the gym to find the source of the scream. They almost skid into Rose who runs from a converging corridor. ROSE: Did you hear that? She notices Sarah Jane. ROSE (CONT'D): Who's she? THE DOCTOR: Rose, Sarah Jane! Sarah Jane, Rose. Rose looks unpleasantly surprised. They shake hands. SARAH JANE (with a very fake smile): Hi. Nice to meet you. (To the Doctor): You can tell you're getting older, your assistants are getting younger. ROSE (outraged): I'm not his assistant. The Doctor scratches his ear uncomfortably. SARAH JANE: No? I get you, tiger. The Doctor speeds off and they follow him. They find Mickey in one of the class rooms, surrounded by a load of vacum-packed rats. MICKEY: Sorry! Sorry, it was only me. You told me to investigate, so I, I started looking through some of these cupboards and all of these fell out of them. The Doctor bends down and picks a few up to examine them. ROSE: Oh, my God, they're rats. Dozens of rats. Vacuum packed rats. THE DOCTOR: And you decided to scream. MICKEY: It took me by surprise! THE DOCTOR: Like a little girl? MICKEY (indignantly): It was dark! I was covered in rats! THE DOCTOR: Nine, maybe ten years old. I'm seeing pigtails, frilly skirt. ROSE: Hello, can we focus? Does anyone notice anything strange about this? Rats in school? SARAH JANE: Well, obviously they use them in Biology lessons. They dissect them. Or maybe you haven't reached that bit yet. How old are you? The Doctor and Mickey look shiftily between them. ROSE: Excuse me, no one dissects rats in school anymore. They haven't done that for years. Where are you from, the dark ages? THE DOCTOR (quickly): Anyway, moving on. Sarah Jane obviously badly wants to make a cutting retort. She and Rose give each other the dirtiest of looks. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Everything started when Mr Finch arrived. We should go and check his office. He chucks the rat he is holding back to Mickey, who drops it. They follow the Doctor out and down the corridor. ROSE (to Sarah Jane): I don't mean to be rude or anything, but who exactly are you? SARAH JANE: Sarah Jane Smith. I used to travel with the Doctor. ROSE: Oh! Well, he's never mentioned you. THE DOCTOR: Oh, I must've done! Sarah Jane! Mention her all the time. ROSE (pretending to think about it): Hold on... sorry... never. SARAH JANE (annoyed): What, not even once? He didn't mention me once? Rose walks off and Sarah Jane follows her, probably to probe her further. MICKEY (with a hand on the Doctor's shoulder): Ho ho! Mate! The missus and the ex. Welcome to every man's worst nightmare. He grins and they follow the two of them. INT. OUTSIDE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to unlock the door of Mr Finch's office. THE DOCTOR: Maybe those rats were food. ROSE: Food for what? The Doctor opens the door and peers inside. There are some incredibly strange noises coming from there. The Doctor's eyes are fixed on the ceiling. THE DOCTOR: Rose... you know you used to think all the teachers slept in the school...? Well... they do. The bat-like creatures are hanging upside down from the ceiling. The four of them stare at them. MICKEY (turning on his heel): No way! Sarah Jane and Rose quickly follow him. The Doctor goes last, shutting the door behind him. At the sound of the door shutting, one of the bats wakes up and screeches. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Mickey, Rose, Sarah Jane and the Doctor hurry out of the front doors of the school. MICKEY (out of breath from running): I am not going back in there. No way. ROSE: Those were teachers! THE DOCTOR: When Finch arrived, he brought with him seven new teachers, four dinner ladies and a nurse. Thirteen. Thirteen big bat people. Come on. He begins to walk back inside. MICKEY: Come on, you've got to be kidding! THE DOCTOR: I need the TARDIS. I've got to analyze that oil from the kitchen. SARAH JANE: I might be able to help you, there. I've got something to show you! She grabs the Doctor's arm and pulls him excitedly in the direction of the car park. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL, CAR PARK Sarah Jane opens the boot of her car. Inside is something covered with a green blanket. The Doctor pulls the blanket off to reveal K9. THE DOCTOR (delighted): K9! Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, allow me to introduce K9... Well, K9 Mark III to be precise. Mickey and Rose glance at each other with an 'it's a tin dog' sort of expression. ROSE: Why does he look so... disco? THE DOCTOR: Oi! Listen, in the year five thousand, this was cutting edge! What's happened to him? SARAH JANE: Oh, one day, he just... nothing! THE DOCTOR: Well, didn't you try and get him repaired?? Mickey shakes his head. Rose stares at him. They really don't get it. SARAH JANE: Well, it's not like getting parts for a mini-metro! Beside, the technology inside him could rewrite human science. I couldn't show him to anyone! THE DOCTOR (cooing at K9): Ooh, what's the nasty lady done to you? Eh? Mickey stares at him and Rose rolls her eyes. The Doctor strokes K9 making coo-ing noises. Sarah Jane throws Rose what could be described as a triumphant glance. They are being observed, we see the car from the alien POV. ROSE: Look, no offense but could you two just stop petting for a minute? Never mind the tin dog, we're busy! The Doctor closes the boot, grinning. The bat-like creature flies past the moon, screeching. INT. CHIP SHOP The Doctor, Sarah Jane, Rose and Mickey are in a chip shop. The Doctor and Sarah Jane are sitting at a table by the window, chatting and laughing whilst the Doctor tries to fix K9, who has been placed on the table-top. Mickey and Rose are by the counter. MICKEY: You see, what's impressive is that it's been nearly an hour since we met her and I still haven't said 'I told you so'. ROSE (wrenching her eyes away from the pair): I'm not listening to this. MICKEY: Although, I have prepared a little "I was right" dance that I can show you later. He sniggers. The shopkeeper holds her hand out to Rose. SHOPKEEPER: Two quid, love. Rose gives her the money, takes the chips and tucks in immediately. MICKEY: All this time you've been giving it, "he's different! ", when the truth is, he's just like any other bloke! They sit down at a table away from the Doctor and Sarah Jane. ROSE: You don't know what you're talking about. MICKEY: Maybe not. But if I were you... I'd go easy on the chips. For Rose is shovelling them into her mouth like there's no tomorrow. We see the distorted, alien vision once more. EXT. ROOFTOP Mr Finch is standing on top of a building on the other side of the road. MR FINCH: Come to me... come to me... And one of the bat-like creatures swoops down towards him. It lands on the building beside him, and together they watch the Doctor through the window of the chip shop. INT. CHIP SHOP SARAH JANE: I thought of you on Christmas Day. This Christmas just gone? Great big spaceship overhead, I thought, "Oh, yeah. Bet he's up there". THE DOCTOR: Right on top of it, yeah. SARAH JANE (cautiously): And Rose? THE DOCTOR: She was there too. There is a pause whilst Sarah Jane looks at him and the Doctor fiddles with K9's wires. SARAH JANE: Did I do something wrong? Because you never came back for me. You just... dumped me. THE DOCTOR: I told you. I was called back home and in those days humans weren't allowed. SARAH JANE: I waited for you. I missed you. THE DOCTOR (brushing this off): Oh, you didn't need me! You were getting on with your life. SARAH JANE: You were my life. The Doctor looks up at her. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): You know what the most difficult thing was? Coping with what happens next, and with what doesn't happen next. You took me to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, you showed me supernovas, intergalactic battles and then you just dropped me back on Earth. How could anything compare to that? THE DOCTOR (brow furrowed): All those things you saw, do you want me to apologize for that? SARAH JANE: No, but we get a taste of that splendour... and then we have to go back. THE DOCTOR (smiling): But look at you, you're investigating. You found that school, you're doing what we always did. SARAH JANE: You could've come back. THE DOCTOR (quietly): I couldn't. SARAH JANE (whispers): Why not? The Doctor does not answer. Sarah Jane shakes her head and the Doctor switches his sonic screwdriver back on and returns to repairing K9. But she's still not done. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): It wasn't Croydon, where you dropped me off, it wasn't Croydon! THE DOCTOR: Where was it? SARAH JANE (irritably): Aberdeen. THE DOCTOR (realisation dawning): Right. Pause. THE DOCTOR: That's next to Croydon, isn't it? Sarah Jane smiles and shakes her head. At that moment, K9 springs to life. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, hey! Now we're in business! He leaps to his feet and stands in front of K9. K9: Master! THE DOCTOR (ecstatic): He recognizes me! K9: Affirmative. THE DOCTOR: Rose, give us the oil. EXT. ROOF Mr Finch and the creature still watch. Finch crouches and the bat-like creature follows suit. INT. CHIP SHOP The Doctor takes off the lid of the jar with the oil inside and is just about to dip his finger in it. ROSE (quickly): I wouldn't touch it, though, that dinner lady got all scalged. THE DOCTOR: I'm no dinner lady. And I don't often say that. He dips his finger into the oil and K9 puts out a sensor for the Doctor to smear it onto, which he does. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Here we go. Come on, boy. Here we go. K9: Oil. Ex, ex, ex, extract ana, an... analysing... MICKEY (grinning, delighted): Listen to it, man! That's a voice! SARAH JANE: Careful! That's my dog! Mickey looks sheepish. K9: Confirmation of analysis: substance is Krillitane Oil. THE DOCTOR (shocked): They're Krillitanes. ROSE: Is that bad? THE DOCTOR: Very. Think of how bad things could possibly be, and add another suitcase full of bad. SARAH JANE: And what are... Krillitanes? THE DOCTOR: They're a composite race. Just like your culture is a mixture of traditions from all sorts of countries, people you've inv*de or have been inv*de by, you've got bits, bits of Viking, bits of France, bits of whatever... the Krillitanes are the same. An amalgam of the races they've conquered. But they take physical aspects as well. They cherry-pick the best bits from the people they destroy. That's why I didn't recognize them. The last time I saw Krillitanes, they looked just like us except they had really long necks. ROSE: What're they doing here? THE DOCTOR (horrible realization): It's the children. They're doing something to the children. EXT. ROOF Mr Finch and the other Krillitane glance at one another. The Krillitane screeches. EXT. OUTSIDE THE CHIP SHOP Mickey and Sarah Jane hoist K9 into the boot of the car. MICKEY: So, what's the deal with the tin dog? SARAH JANE: The Doctor likes travelling with an entourage. Sometimes they're humans, sometimes they're aliens, and sometimes... they're tin dogs. Mickey smiles and gives a small laugh. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): What about you? Where do you fit in the picture? MICKEY (enthusiastically): Me? I'm their Man in Havana. I'm the technical support, I'm... And it hits him. MICKEY (CONT'D): Oh, my God. I'm the tin dog. He sits down in shock. Sarah Jane grins and pats him on the shoulder. EXT. ROOF TOP The Krillitane on the rooftop screeches, but Finch puts his finger to his lips to silence it. MR FINCH: On my command. EXT. OUTSIDE THE CHIP SHOP The Doctor leaves the chip shop followed by Rose. ROSE: How many of us have there been, travelling with you? THE DOCTOR: Does it matter? ROSE (voice trembling): Yeah, it does, if I'm just the latest in a long line. THE DOCTOR (stopping, hurt): As opposed to what? He is staring at her, looking angry and hurt. ROSE: I thought you and me were... but I obviously got it wrong. I've been to the year five billion, right, but this... now this is really seeing the future. You just leave us behind. Is that what you're going to do to me? THE DOCTOR (abruptly): No. Not to you. ROSE: But Sarah Jane... you were that close to her once, and now... you never even mention her. Why not? THE DOCTOR: I don't age. I regenerate. But humans decay. You wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone who you... He stops when he realizes what he was about to say. ROSE: What, Doctor? The Doctor stares at her intensely, as if willing her to understand. THE DOCTOR: You can spend the rest of your life with me. Rose looks up at him, eyes shining with unshed tears. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But I can't spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on. Alone. That's the curse of the Time Lords. MR FINCH: Time Lord. The Doctor and Rose notice Mr Finch and the other Krillitane on the roof. It screeches and swoops down towards them. They duck, but then it just flies away. SARAH JANE: Was that a Krillitane? ROSE: But it didn't even touch her, it just flew off! What did it do that for? The Krillitane flies off into the night, screeching. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL The next morning, the school bell rings and the children flock towards the building. The Doctor, Mickey, Rose and Sarah Jane get out of Sarah Jane's car and stride towards the school. The Doctor pauses for a moment to give instructions. THE DOCTOR: Rose and Sarah, you go to the Maths room. Crack open those computers, I need to see the hardware inside. Here, you might need this. Rose holds her hand out, but he hands his sonic screwdriver to Sarah Jane. Rose looks peeved. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Mickey, surveillance. I want you outside. MICKEY: Just stand outside? SARAH JANE (chucking him her car keys): Here, take these, you can keep K9 company. THE DOCTOR: Don't forget to leave the window open a crack. MICKEY: But he's metal! THE DOCTOR: I didn't mean for him. ROSE: What're you gonna do? THE DOCTOR: It's time I had a word with Mr Finch. INT. CORRIDOR A pair of shiny black shoes walk down a crowded corridor. They pause a moment. Mr Finch looks up and sees the Doctor leaning over the stairwell, looking down at him and making no attempt to disguise the fact. After giving him a hard stare, Mr Finch goes on his way and the Doctor continues on up the stairs. INT. SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL The Doctor opens the door to the swimming pool room, where Mr Finch is waiting for him on the opposite side of the water. THE DOCTOR: Who are you? MR FINCH: My name is Brother Lassa. And you? THE DOCTOR: The Doctor. Since when did Krillitanes have wings? MR FINCH: It's been our form for nearly ten generations, now. Our ancestors inv*de Bessan. The people there had some rather lovely wings. They made a million widows in one day, just imagine. THE DOCTOR: And now you're shaped human. MR FINCH: A personal favourite, that's all. THE DOCTOR: And the others? MR FINCH: My brothers remain bat form. What you see is a simple morphic illusion. Scratch the surface and the true Krillitane lies beneath. They begin to walk slowly towards the same side of the pool. MR FINCH (CONT'D): And what of the Time Lords? I always thought of you as such a pompous race. Ancient, dusty senators, so frightened of change and... chaos. And of course, they're all but extinct. Only you. The last. THE DOCTOR: This plan of yours, what is it? MR FINCH: You don't know. THE DOCTOR: That's why I'm asking. They are facing each other now, rivals. The tension is rising. MR FINCH: Well, show me how clever you are. Work it out. THE DOCTOR: If I don't like it... then it will stop. MR FINCH (considering him): Fascinating. Your people were peaceful to the point of indolence. You seem to be something new. Would you declare w*r on us, Doctor? THE DOCTOR (quietly): I'm so old, now. I used to have so much mercy. He stares him out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You get one warning. That was it. And he turns his back on Finch and begins to walk away. MR FINCH: But we're not even enemies. Soon... you will embrace us. The Doctor turns back. MR FINCH (CONT'D): The next time we meet, you will join with me. I promise you. Mr Finch walks past him with a knowing smile on his face and leaves. The Doctor watches him go suspiciously, brow furrowed. INT. SARAH JANE'S CAR Mickey winds the car window down. He folds his arms, looking extremely grumpy. MICKEY: "Surveillance". If you ask me, it's just another way of saying "Go sit at the back of the class with the safety scissors and glitter". He glances at K9 who is not switched on but has his head poked through the gap between the two front seats. He sighs. MICKEY (CONT'D): That'd be me talking to a metal dog, then. INT. COMPUTER LAB Sarah Jane is crouched beneath one of the computer desks and trying to switch on the sonic screwdriver. She comes out, hits the keyboard and stares at the sonic screwdriver. Rose is with her legs crossed on one of the chairs. SARAH JANE: It's not working! ROSE: Give it to me. Rose takes the sonic screwdriver off Sarah Jane, rolling her eyes, and ducks underneath the desk. SARAH JANE: Used to work first time in my day. ROSE: Well, things were a lot simpler back then. She turns the sonic screwdriver on and it whirrs and buzzes as she holds it to the back of the computer. SARAH JANE: Rose, can I give you a bit of advice? ROSE (straightening up): I've got a feeling you're about to. SARAH JANE: I know how intense a relationship with the Doctor can be, and I don't want you to feel I'm intruding... ROSE: I don't feel thr*at by you if that's what you mean. SARAH JANE: Right. Good. Because, I'm not interested in picking up where we left off. ROSE: No? With the big sad eyes and the robot dog? What else were you doing last night? SARAH JANE: I was just saying how hard it was adjusting to life back on Earth... ROSE (standing and walking away a few paces): The thing is... when you two met... they'd only just got rid of rationing. No wonder all that space stuff was a bit too much for ya. SARAH JANE (walking up to her, indignant): I had no problem with space stuff. I saw things you wouldn't believe. ROSE (coldly): Try me. SARAH JANE: Mummies. ROSE: I've met ghosts. SARAH JANE: Robots. Lots of robots. ROSE: Slitheen. In Downing Street. SARAH JANE: Daleks! ROSE (snorts): Met the Emperor. SARAH JANE: Anti-Matter monsters. ROSE: Gas masked zombies. SARAH JANE: Real living dinosaurs! ROSE: Real living werewolf! SARAH JANE: The Loch Ness Monster! ROSE: ... Seriously? Sarah Jane puts her hands over her mouth and shakes her head. Rose smiles and laughs slightly. ROSE (CONT'D): Listen to us. It's like me and my mate Shireen. The only time we fell out was over a man, and... we're arguing over the Doctor. Sarah Jane relaxes against a desk, and Rose looks at her for a moment. ROSE (CONT'D): With you, did he do that thing where he'd explain something at like, ninety-miles-per-hour, and you'd go, "what?" and he'd look at you like you'd just dribbled on your shirt? SARAH JANE: All the time! They laugh. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Does he still stroke bits of the TARDIS? ROSE: Yeah! Yeah! He does! I'm like, "do you two wanna be alone?" They laugh madly, and then the Doctor walks in. THE DOCTOR: How's it going? The sight of him makes them laugh even harder. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (oblivious): What? Listen, I need to find out what's programmed inside these. They take no notice of him and fall about laughing hysterically, Rose pointing the sonic screwdriver at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (genuinely confused): What? Stop it! INT. HEADMASTER'S OFFICE Mr Finch enters his office, where the rest of the Krillitanes disguised as school staff are sat around at table. MR FINCH: Brothers, we must initiate the final phase. Get the children inside and seal the school. Our time has come, my brothers. Today we shall become Gods. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL The children are in the playground, playing football, laughing, etc. The buzzer goes off and they stop. LOUDSPEAKER: All pupils to class immediately. And would all members of staff congregate in the staff room. The pupils begin to move indoors without hesitation, with the exception of Kenny. Melissa pauses for a moment as she passes him. MELISSA: Breaktime's finished early. Isn't that fantastic?! And she moves off again. Kenny waits until the last possible moment before he relucantly follows the crowd. INT. COMPUTER LAB The children clambour to get inside the IT Suite occupied by the Doctor, Rose and Sarah Jane. Rose shoos them away. ROSE: No, no, this classroom's out of bounds. You've all gotta go to the South Hall. Off you go, South Hall! The children move away and Rose shuts the door. INT. STAFF ROOM Mr Finch and his brothers enter the staffroom. Mr Parsons stands. MR PARSONS: What is it now, Mr Finch? MR FINCH: Slight change in the timetable. We're having an early lunch. Mr Wagner closes the door to the staff room, and we hear the screeches and screams as the teachers inside are devoured. INT. COMPUTER LAB The Doctor, sonic screwdriver clenched between his teeth, rips a handful of wires out of a computer and hangs them around his neck as runs the sonic screwdriver along the back of the computer. Sarah Jane watches him, looking slightly anxious. THE DOCTOR: I can't shift it. SARAH JANE: I thought the sonic screwdriver could open anything! THE DOCTOR: Anything except a deadlock seal. There's gotta be something inside here. What're they teaching those kids? INT. CORRIDORS Mr Wagner holds a door open for the children, who bundle inside the classroom. Kenny is left outside, as he has lagged behind. He hesitates, taking a few steps backwards, not trusting the eagerness of the other children. INT. HEADMASTER'S OFFICE Mr Finch walks into his office and sits behind the desk. MR FINCH: Close the school. He taps a few keys on the keyboard, and the screen flashes with the text: SECURITY OVERRIDE. Mr Finch sits back in his chair and burps quietly into his hand. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Every exit to the school slams shut. INT. MR WAGNER'S CLASS Mr Wagner once again brings the code up onto the computer screens. The children's heads snap forwards and they type furiously as the code scrolls down the screen. INT. COMPUTER LAB SARAH JANE: You wanted the program, there it is. For every computer in their IT Suite is also displaying the code, including the large screen at the front of the room. THE DOCTOR (staring at it): Some sort of code... INT. CORRIDORS Kenny runs down the corridors, looking through every window and seeing the same thing, hordes of children engrossed in the computers. Terrified, he runs back in the direction he came from and down the stairs. He tries the main doors at the front of the school, but they are sealed shut. He rattles them. Mickey notices him and immediately gets out of the car. INT. COMPUTER LAB THE DOCTOR (still staring at the code, eyes wide and mouth slightly open): No... no, they can't be... EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL KENNY (through closed doors, to Mickey): They've taken them all! MICKEY: What? KENNY: They've taken all the children! Mickey runs back to the car and rips the blanket off K9. He presses random buttons frantically. MICKEY: Come on, I need some help! He whacks K9 on the head, then looks away helplessly, but... K9: System restarting. All primary drives functioning. MICKEY: You're working! Okay, no time to explain, we need to get inside the school. Do you have like, I dunno, a lock picking device? K9: We are in a car. MICKEY: ... . Maybe a drill attachment? K9: We are in a car. MICKEY (annoyed): Fat lot of good, you are. K9: We are in a car. MICKEY: Wait a second... we're in a car. (Shouts to Kenny): Get back! Kenny squints through the window. INT. COMPUTER LAB THE DOCTOR: The Skasis Paradigm. They're trying to crack the Skasis Paradigm. SARAH JANE: The Skasis what? THE DOCTOR: The... God-maker. The universal theory. Crack that equation and you've got control of the building blocks of the universe. Time and space and matter, yours to control. ROSE: What, and the kids are like a giant computer? THE DOCTOR: Yes. He paces around, working it out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And their learning power is being accelerated by the oil! That oil from the kitchens, it works as a... as a... conducting agent. Makes the kids cleverer. ROSE: But that oil's on the chips. I've been eating them. THE DOCTOR: What's fifty-nine times thirty-five? ROSE: Two thousand and sixty five. The Doctor gives a "that says it all" look. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh my God... SARAH JANE: But why use children? Can't they use adults? THE DOCTOR: No, it's gotta be children. The God-maker needs imagination to crack it. They're not just using the children's brains to break the code... they're using their souls. Behind him, Mr Finch walks into the room. MR FINCH: Let the lesson begin. The Doctor turns to face him. MR FINCH (CONT'D) (approaching slowly): Think of it, Doctor, with the Paradigm solved, reality becomes clay in our hands. We can shape the universe and improve it. THE DOCTOR: Oh yeah? The whole of creation with the face of Mr Finch. Call me old fashioned, but I like things as they are. MR FINCH: You act like such a radical, and yet all you want to do is preserve the old order. Think of the changes that could be made if this power was used for good. THE DOCTOR (skeptically): What, by someone like you? MR FINCH: No... someone like you. The Doctor is silent, this is not the answer he was expecting. MR FINCH (CONT'D): The Paradigm gives us power, but you could give us wisdom. Become a God. At my side. Imagine what you could do, think of the civilizations you could save. Perganon, Assinta... your own people, Doctor. Standing tall. The Time Lords... reborn. The Doctor still says nothing, staring into Mr Finch's eyes and not looking away. SARAH JANE: Doctor, don't listen to him. MR FINCH (turning to her and Rose): And you could be with him throughout eternity. Young... fresh... never wither, never age... never die. Their lives are so fleeting. So many goodbyes. How lonely you must be, Doctor. Join us. The Doctor has a faraway look in his eyes... he's so terribly tempted. THE DOCTOR: I could save everyone... MR FINCH: Yes. THE DOCTOR (whispers): I could stop the w*r... A small smile graces Finch's lips. SARAH JANE (desperately): No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Mr Finch closes his eyes. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Whether it's a world, or a relationship... everything has its time. And everything ends. The Doctor stares for a few more seconds and Sarah Jane's words seem to strengthen his resolve. He grits his teeth, picks up a chair and hurls it through the screen displaying the code, which smashes. THE DOCTOR: Out! EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Mickey has started the car and is now driving it straight towards the school, right through the front doors, smashing the windows. He leaps out. MICKEY (to Kenny): Come on! INT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Mr Finch, on the stairs, lets out a screech that echoes through the school. Mr Wagner and two other Krillitanes pause and morph into their true, bat form. INT. STAIRWELL Kenny and Mickey meet the Doctor, Rose and Sarah Jane at the bottom of the stairs. MICKEY: What is going on? The three Krillitanes half fly, half grope their way along the corridor to them. The Doctor and the others turn on their heels and run in the opposite direction. The Krillitanes separate at the end of the corridor, and only one pursues them. They run into the canteen hall and try the doors on the other side, but they are locked. The Doctor reaches inside his coat for the sonic screwdriver, just as Mr Finch bursts through the doors followed by several of the Krillitanes. KENNY: Are they my teachers? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Sorry. MR FINCH (to his brothers): Leave the Doctor alive. As for the others... you can feast. The Krillitanes swoop down on them. The Doctor tries to b*at them off with a chair. The others scream and try to duck out of the way, when suddenly, one of the Krillitanes is h*t with a beam of red light and falls to the floor, d*ad. K9 has come to the rescue! Mr Finch roars with rage. SARAH JANE: K9! K9: Suggest you engage running mode, mistress. THE DOCTOR: Come on! The Doctor and the others run, and K9 sh**t at the Krillitanes again and again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): K9, hold them back! K9: Affirmative, master. Maximum defense mode! The Doctor reaches a door, he ushers the others through it. THE DOCTOR: Come on! He slams it shut behind them and locks it with his sonic screwdriver. K9 (still sh**ting): Power supply failing. MR FINCH (quiet exasperation): Forget the sh**t dog thing. K9: Power supply failing. He reaches the end of his power supply and switches off. INT. PHYSICS LAB THE DOCTOR (sudden brainwave): It's the oil. Krillitane life forms can't handle the oil! That's it! They've changed the physiology so often, even their own oil is toxic to them. How much was there in the kitchens? ROSE: Barrels of it. They jump as the Krillitanes start to pound on the locked door, their claws ripping holes in it. THE DOCTOR: Okay, we need to get to the kitchens. Mickey... MICKEY: What now, hold the coats? THE DOCTOR: Get all the children unplugged and out of the school. Now then, bats, bats, bats, how do we fight bats? Kenny strides over to a f*re alarm, breaks the glass with his elbow and sets it off. The Krillitanes immediately wince and quail at the shrill sound. The Doctor beams and flings open the door, the Krillitanes are in too much distress to hurt them. He and the others quickly run past. Finch, gritting his teeth, punches through a wall and rips out a bundle of wires which cuts off the alarm. MR FINCH: Get after them. He strides down the staircase, and the other three Krillitanes, having recovered, follow him. INT. CORRIDOR The Doctor and co. leg it down a corridor. K9 emerges from a doorway. K9: Master! THE DOCTOR: Come on, boy! Good boy. K9 trundles along with them. INT. COMPUTER LAB Mickey bursts into one of the IT Suites. MICKEY: Okay, listen everyone, we've gotta get out of here. No one takes a blind bit of notice of him. The children are all "plugged into" the computers. Bewildered, Mickey stares at a monitor, then waves his hand in front of Melissa's face which elicits no response whatsoever. INT. KITCHENS The Doctor, Sarah Jane, Rose, K9 and Kenny have reached the kitchens. The Doctor immediately holds his sonic screwdriver to one of the oil barrels. THE DOCTOR: They've been deadlock sealed! He tries another. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Finch must've done that. I can't open them. K9: The vats would not withstand a direct h*t from my laser. But my batteries are failing. THE DOCTOR: Right. Everyone out the back door. K9, stay with me. Sarah Jane, Rose and Kenny run to the backdoor, leaving the Doctor crouched before K9. INT. COMPUTER LAB Mickey is at the head computer trying to stop the code, without much luck. He looks very confused, and then notices the protective casing covering the wires, winding around the walls of the room. He follows it and realizes that all the cables lead into one plug socket. So he pulls it out. All the computers go d*ad and the socket explodes with sparks. MICKEY: Everyone get out, now! The trance broken, the children immediately get to their feet and move towards the door. MICKEY (CONT'D): Come on, move! Let's go, let's go! INT. STAIRWELL The Krillitanes bound down the stairs. They go off sh*t, and we see their shadows morph into human form. When they move back into view, Mr Finch, Wagner, the dinner ladies and other other teachers are hurrying down the remainder of the stairs. INT. KITCHENS The Doctor moves the vats of oil within easy sh*t of K9. K9: Capacity for only one sh*t, Master. For maximum impact, I must be placed directly beside the vat. THE DOCTOR (rushing over to him): But you'll be trapped inside. K9: That is correct. THE DOCTOR: I can't let you do that. K9: No alternative possible, Master. The Doctor looks over his shoulder as he hears the screeching of the Krillitanes in the background. He looks back at K9, realizing that this is what must be done. THE DOCTOR: Goodbye, old friend. K9: Goodbye Master. THE DOCTOR: You good dog. K9: Affirmative. He waggles his mechanical ears and tail. The Doctor places his hand briefly on K9's head, then dashes off. K9 trundles off towards the vat. The Doctor emerges outside and slams the door behind him, locking it with the sonic screwdriver. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL SARAH JANE (urgently): Where's K9? THE DOCTOR: We need to run. He starts to run. SARAH JANE (not moving): Where is he?! What've you done?? The Doctor grabs her and pulls her away. INT. KITCHENS Mr Finch and his brothers enter the kitchen. MR FINCH: When you find him... eat him if you must, but bring me his brain. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL The Doctor grabs Sarah Jane's hand as they run for their lives, just like they used to. INT. KITCHENS K9 raises his head as the Krillitanes look down at him. MR FINCH (mockingly): The little dog with a nasty bite. (He bends slightly, whispers). Not so powerful now, are you? K9 sh**t his laser at the vat of oil causing it to explode all over the Krillitanes, who scream. EXT. DEFFRY VALE HIGH SCHOOL Mickey is caught up in the crowd of children running out of the school. MICKEY: Come on, guys! Let's go, let's go! INT. KITCHENS The Krillitanes are wailing and writhing with agony. DINNER LADY: Burning! MR FINCH (to K9): You bad dog. K9: Affirmative. And the school explodes. The children assembled outside all burst into cheer and applause, Rose and Mickey join in, hugging each other and grinning manically. KENNY: Yes! MELISSA (turning to him): Did you have something to do with it? KENNY: Yeah, I did. Melissa's mouth drops open. MELISSA: Oh my God. (Shouts to everyone else). Kenny blew up the school! It was Kenny! The children cheer even harder and start chanting: Kenny! Kenny! Kenny! , patting him on the back. Only the Doctor and Sarah Jane stand separate from the merriment. Sarah Jane looks distraught. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. SARAH JANE (quickly): It's all right. He was just a... daft metal dog. Fine, really. And she bursts into tears. The Doctor puts his arm around her comfortingly. Rose turns back to look up at the school with Mickey. EXT. PARK It is a beautiful day, in what looks like a park. Sarah Jane walks up to the TARDIS. The Doctor steps outside the doors and faces her. THE DOCTOR: Cuppa tea? He steps aside to let Sarah Jane walk through the doors. She takes in the interior, wide-eyed. The Doctor follows her through and shuts the door behind her. She turns to him. SARAH JANE: You've redecorated! THE DOCTOR: Do you like it? SARAH JANE (looking around): Oh, I, I do. Yeah. I preferred it as it was, but uh... yeah. It'll do! ROSE: I love it. SARAH JANE: Hey, you, what's forty seven times three hundred and sixty nine? ROSE: No idea. It's gone now, the oil's faded. SARAH JANE: But you're still clever. More than a match for him. Rose smiles. ROSE: You and me both. Sarah Jane nods. Rose looks to the Doctor who is fiddling with the computer, as though prompting him to say something. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor...? THE DOCTOR (looking up): Um... we're about to head off, but... you could come with us. Rose looks at her, smiling expectantly. Sarah Jane looks from happy face to happy face. And shakes her head. SARAH JANE n(softly): No... I can't do this anymore. The Doctor's and Rose's smiles fade slightly. SARAH JANE (CONT'D) (enthusiastically): Besides, I've got a much bigger adventure ahead! Time I stopped waiting for you and found a life of my own. MICKEY: Can I come? Sarah Jane looks surprised. Rose however, knows exactly what he means and looks non too pleased. MICKEY (quickly): No, not with you, I mean... with you. He gestures to the Doctor. MICKEY (CONT'D): 'Cause I'm not the tin dog. And I wanna see what's out there. Rose mouths "no" at the Doctor. SARAH JANE: Oh, go on, Doctor. Sarah Jane Smith, a Mickey Smith. You need a Smith on board! THE DOCTOR: Okay then, I could do with a laugh. Rose rolls her eyes. Mickey laughs in delight, but stops quickly upon noticing Rose's lack of response. MICKEY: Rose, is that okay? ROSE (sarcastically): No, great. Why not? There is a rather awkward silence. SARAH JANE: Well, I'd better go. She takes Rose aside. The Doctor returns his attention to the computer. ROSE (quietly): What do I do? She glances over at the Doctor. ROSE: Do I stay with him? SARAH JANE: Yes. Some things are worth getting your heart broken for. She embraces Rose. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Find me... if you need to, one day. Find me. Rose gives her a small smile. The Doctor holds open the doors for Sarah Jane, who steps out of the TARDIS for the last time. The Doctor follows her and they stand outside for their final goodbyes. SARAH JANE : It's daft. But I haven't ever thanked you for that time, and like I said, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. THE DOCTOR: Something to tell the grandkids. SARAH JANE: Oh, I think it'll be someone else's grandkids now. THE DOCTOR (looking distinctly awkward): Right. Yes, sorry, I didn't get a chance to ask. You haven't... there hasn't been anyone...? You know...? SARAH JANE: Well... there was this one guy. I travelled with him for a while. But he was a tough act to follow. She laughs slightly and the Doctor smiles softly. SARAH JANE (CONT'D): Goodbye, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's not goodbye... SARAH JANE: Say it, please. This time. Say it. THE DOCTOR (looking straight into her eyes): Goodbye. My Sarah Jane. He throws his arms around her and lifts her right off the ground in a final embrace. He gives her one last smile before heading back into the TARDIS and closing the door behind him, leaving Sarah Jane standing alone outside. The engines start up and she walks slowly away, not looking back until it has almost gone, her eyes sparkling with tears. The leaves billow in the breeze created by the TARDIS, and K9 is revealed where he must've been sitting just out of sight behind it. SARAH JANE (overjoyed): K9! K9 trundles over to her. K9: Mistress! SARAH JANE (crouching down): But... you were blown up! K9: Master rebuilt me. My systems are much improved with new undetectable hyperlink facilities. SARAH JANE (beaming): Oh...! He replaced you with a brand new model! K9: Affirmative. SARAH JANE: Yep. He does that. Come on, you. Home. We've got work to do. K9: Affirmative. And Sarah Jane and K9 walk off into the sunset. END
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EXT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES The view of a starry night sky drifts down to that of a lavish estate,the Palace of Versailles. INT. BALLROOM Inside are a crowd of panicked 18th century French aristocrats, dressed for a masked ball. They are screaming and running away from the sound of whirring and ominous shadows on the wall. INT. REINETTE'S BEDROOM We focus momentarily on a mantelpiece clock, the face smashed, as the King's voice is heard. He walks into a bedroom, where Reinette is standing and staring at the fireplace. KING LOUIS XV: We are under att*ck! There are creatures... I don't even think they're human. We can't stop them. REINETTE: The clock is broken. He's coming. The King moves towards her, concerned that she is still looking at the fireplace and not trying to flee. KING LOUIS XV: Did you hear what I said? He takes her hand, pulling her away from the fireplace. She stops and looks insistently at him. REINETTE: Listen to me. There is a man coming to Versailles. He has watched over me my whole life and he will not desert me tonight. KING LOUIS XV: What are you talking about? What man? REINETTE: The only man, save you, I have ever loved. (Continues quickly, before the King can interrupt). No, don't look like that, there's no time. You have your duties. I am your mistress. Go to your queen. (Goes back to the fireplace, this time crouching down and speaking into the flames with a sense of urgency). Are you there? Can you hear me? I need you now, you promised. The clock on the mantel is broken. It is time. Doctor! Doctor! OPENING CREDITS EXT. SPACE 3000 years later. A starry sky. The view moves upwards to reveal a stationary spaceship. The TARDIS can be heard materialising inside. INT. SPACESHIP The Doctor emerges from the TARDIS, closely followed by Rose and Mickey. All three proceed to look around a dark, apparently disused room of the spaceship. MICKEY (excitedly): It's a spaceship! Brilliant, I got a spaceship on my first go! ROSE (surprised): Looks kind of abandoned... Anyone on board? THE DOCTOR: Nah, nothing here. Well! Nothing dangerous. Well! Not that dangerous. (pauses). You know what, I'll just have a quick scan... in case there's anything dangerous. Rose smirks as he walks over to a control panel in the centre of the room and starts tapping at some buttons. ROSE: So, what's the date? How far we gone? THE DOCTOR: About three thousand years into your future, give or take. He pulls on a switch and the lights turn on, the roof gradually opening into a window which shows a spectacular view of the stars outside. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Fifty-first century. Diagmar Cluster, you're a long way from home, Mickey! Two and a half galaxies! Mickey has moved to a porthole, gazing out in awe. Rose walks over and places her hands on his shoulders, smiling, as the Doctor rummages around the control panel, picking up bits and pieces of presumably broken technology and looking unimpressed. ROSE: Mickey Smith meet the universe. See anything you like? MICKEY (amazed): It's so realistic! THE DOCTOR: Dear me, had some cowboys in here! Got a ton of repair work going on. He chucks the pieces down casually, noticing a screen with a diagram of the spaceship on it. Rose and Mickey join him to look at it. THE DOCTOR (with growing surprise and curiosity): Now that's odd, look at that. All the warp engines are going... full capacity! There's enough power running through this ship to punch a hole in the universe... and we're not moving. So where's all that power going? ROSE: Where'd all the crew go? The Doctor leans forward and tweaks some knobs on the control panel. THE DOCTOR: Good question, no life readings on board. ROSE: Well, we're in deep space; they didn't just nip out for a quick f*g. THE DOCTOR (taking her seriously): Nope, checked all the smoking pods. There is a pause as all three gaze around and the Doctor sniffs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Can you smell that? ROSE: Yeah, someone's cooking. MICKEY: Sunday roast, definitely! The Doctor presses something else and a door opens behind them. They walk through and see part of the wall and floor with 18th decor, as well as a familiar looking lit fireplace. THE DOCTOR: Well, there's something you don't see in your average spaceship. Eighteenth century! French! Nice mantel. (Pulls out the sonic screwdriver and points it at the fireplace). Not a hologram. He bends down and examines it closely while Mickey and Rose explore the rest of the room. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Not even a reproduction, this actually is an eighteenth century French fireplace. Double-sided, there's another room through there. Rose is looking through another porthole on the same wall as the fireplace, and we can see quite clearly that there is only the rest of space outside. ROSE (disbelievingly): There can't be, that's the outer hull of the ship, look. The Doctor suddenly crouches down, looking through the f*re into the other room. A young girl with long blonde hair, dressed in a nightgown, is looking back at him. THE DOCTOR: Hello! YOUNG REINETTE: Hello... THE DOCTOR: What's your name? YOUNG REINETTE: Reinette. THE DOCTOR (encouragingly): Reinette, that's a lovely name. Can you tell me where you are at the moment, Reinette? YOUNG REINETTE (slightly suspiciously): In my bedroom. THE DOCTOR: And where's your bedroom? Where do you live, Reinette? YOUNG REINETTE: Paris, of course! THE DOCTOR: Paris, right! YOUNG REINETTE: Monsieur, what are you doing in my fireplace? THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's just a routine... f*re check. Can you tell me what year it is? YOUNG REINETTE: Of course I can! Seventeen hundred and twenty seven. THE DOCTOR: Right, lovely! One of my favourites... August is rubbish though. Stay indoors. Okay, that's all for now. Thanks for your help. Hope you enjoy the rest of the f*re. Nice night! YOUNG REINETTE: Goodnight Monsieur. The Doctor stands, looking thoughtful. MICKEY: You said this was the fifty-first century. THE DOCTOR: I also said this ship was generating enough power to punch a hole in the universe. I think we just found the hole. Must be a spatio-temporal hyperlink. MICKEY: What's that? THE DOCTOR: No idea. Just made it up. Didn't wanna say "magic door". ROSE: And on the other side of the (deep voice) "magic door" (normal voice) is France in 1727? The Doctor nods and looks back at the fireplace before walking across the room, taking his coat off and throwing it in the corner. THE DOCTOR: Well, she was speaking French. Right period French, too. MICKEY: She was speaking English, I heard her! Rose drapes her arms around Mickey's neck as the Doctor strides back to the fireplace. ROSE: That's the TARDIS, translates for ya. MICKEY: Even French?! ROSE: Yep. The Doctor knees the side of the fireplace and that section of the wall begins to rotate, just like in a horror movie, taking the Doctor with it. THE DOCTOR: Gotcha! ROSE: Doctor! INT. REINETTE'S BEDROOM Once the fireplace has finished turning, the Doctor finds himself standing in a dark and shadowy bedroom, with the young Reinette asleep. The ticking of a clock can be heard as the Doctor wanders towards the window. A Paris skyline can be seen, and it is snowing. The neigh of a horse is heard and the young Reinette's eyes snap open to see the silhouette of the Doctor at the window. She sits up, and the Doctor turns around. THE DOCTOR: It's okay! Don't scream! It's me, it's the fireplace man. Look. He walks over and lights a candle by her bed with the sonic screwdriver. She still looks startled. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) : We were talking, just a moment ago. I was in your fireplace. YOUNG REINETTE: Monsieur, that was weeks ago. That was months! THE DOCTOR (surprised): Really? Oh. He walks back to the fireplace and knocks on it, listening to the sound produced. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Must be a loose connection. Need to get a man in. YOUNG REINETTE: Who are you? And what are you doing here? The Doctor does not reply, instead staring at the clock on the mantel with his mouth open, looking slightly fearful. The ticking sound is prominent once more. THE DOCTOR: Okay, that's scary... YOUNG REINETTE (skeptically): You're scared of a broken clock? THE DOCTOR: Just a bit scared, yeah. Just a little tiny bit. 'Cause you see, if this clock's broken, and it's the only clock in the room... The Doctor pauses, turning to look back at Reinette. We see the clock clearly now, the glass of the face is broken, just like the one in the opening scene. The ticking continues. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Then what's that? The ticking grows louder and Reinette looks around, clearly scared again. The Doctor barely moves, speaking slowly and quietly. THE DOCTOR: 'Cause you see that's not a clock. You can tell by the resonance. Too big. Six feet, I'd say. Size of a man. YOUNG REINETTE: What is it? The Doctor checks behind the curtains, finding nothing. He is speaking more quickly now, spilling out his thought processes. THE DOCTOR: Now, let's think. If you were a thing that ticks and you were hiding in someone's bedroom, first thing you do: break the clock. No one notices the sound of one clock ticking, but two? (Pauses). You might start to wonder if you're really alone. He moves towards the bed and crouches down, giving Reinette instructions as he pulls the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Stay on the bed. Right in the middle. Don't put your hands or feet over the edge. He peers underneath the bed before turning on the sonic screwdriver to scan. Suddenly something smacks the Doctor backwards, knocking the screwdriver out of his hand. Reinette gasps and the Doctor scrambles back to look underneath. We see the feet of something standing there, apparently wearing typical aristocratic French dress. The Doctor slowly resumes crouching, looking at Reinette with wide eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Reinette... (whispers). Don't look round. A figure is standing on the other side of the bed, wearing a creepy clown-like mask and leering down at Reinette, who looks terrified. THE DOCTOR (to Reinette): You stay exactly where you are. The Doctor stands up to look straight at the figure. He glances back at Reinette, then at the figure, and then back at Reinette, discomforted by something. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hold still, let me look... He bends down and grasps Reinette's head between his hands, staring intently into her eyes with a disturbed expression before looking back at the figure. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (shocked): You've been scanning her brain! He pauses, looking once more into Reinette's eyes before standing up straight again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (horrified and incredulous): What, you've crossed two galaxies and thousands of years just to scan a child's brain? What could there be in a little girl's mind worth bl*wing a hole in the universe? YOUNG REINETTE: I don't understand... it wants me?! (Looks round at the figure, but does not even flinch): You want me? The figure's head twitches to one side and it speaks in a distinctly mechanical voice. DROID: Not yet. You are incomplete. THE DOCTOR: "Incomplete"? What's that mean, incomplete? The droid does not answer, but continues staring at Reinette. The Doctor stands up and speaks in a firm but slightly irritated voice, producing the sonic screwdriver and pointing it thr*at at the droid. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You can answer her, you can answer me. What do you mean, "incomplete"? The droid again does not answer, instead walking in jerky movements around the bed and facing the Doctor. The droid extends an arm and a menacing looking blade slides out near the Doctor's face. He tilts his head away. YOUNG REINETTE: Monsieur, be careful! THE DOCTOR: Just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry about it. Everyone has nightmares. The Doctor backs away, the droid pursuing. It swipes at the Doctor who jumps back, reaching the fireplace. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Even monsters from under the bed have nightmares, don't you, monster? The droid slashes at the Doctor again. He jumps aside, and the droid's blade hits the mantel, getting stuck. YOUNG REINETTE: What do monsters have nightmares about? As the droid struggles, the Doctor takes the opportunity to turn the fireplace around. THE DOCTOR: Me, ha! Reinette smiles as the droid and the Doctor disappear from her view. INT. SPACESHIP ROSE: Doctor! As the fireplace finishes turning the Doctor runs and grabs a g*n-like object from the wall, using it to spray ice at the droid. It convulses in a last, vain attempt to free itself before freezing completely. MICKEY (appreciatively): Excellent, ice g*n! The Doctor calmly throws the 'g*n' to Rose, who catches it. THE DOCTOR: f*re extinguisher. ROSE (looking at the droid): Where did that thing come from? THE DOCTOR: Here. MICKEY: So why is it dressed like that? THE DOCTOR: Field trip to France, some kind of basic camouflage protocol; nice needlework! Shame about the face. He has walked back over to the droid, squinting at it. He pulls off the wig to reveal its actual head: an ornate clockwork mechanism, covered with a clear plastic egg shape. The Doctor cannot help but admire it with near giddy excitement. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, you are beautiful! Mickey and Rose edge closer in curiosity, and the Doctor puts on his glasses to examine it more closely. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): No really, you are, you're gorgeous! Look at that! Space age clockwork, I love it! I've got chills! Listen, seriously, I mean this from the heart, and, by the way, count those, it would be a crime, it would be an act of vandalism to disassemble you. He takes one last wistful look at the droid before holding up the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But that won't stop me. The droid creaks back into life and teleports away. Rose and Mickey blink and look around, and the Doctor stuffs the screwdriver back into his pocket, walking swiftly back to the fireplace and preparing to go back to the other side. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Short range teleport, can't have got far. Could still be on board. ROSE: What is it? THE DOCTOR (pointing at Rose and Mickey): Don't go looking for it! ROSE: Where're you going? THE DOCTOR: Back in a sec. And he turns the fireplace, returning to Reinette's side. Rose looks down at the f*re extinguisher, weighing it up in her hands. MICKEY (realising what Rose is planning): He said not to look for it... ROSE (feigning seriousness): Yeah, he did. They look at each other for a few moments, before Mickey smiles and grabs the other f*re extinguisher on the wall. ROSE (CONT'D) (laughingly): Now you're getting it! They both jog out of the room. INT. REINETTE'S BEDROOM The Doctor now stands by the fireplace in a plush bedroom of red and gold. He steps away from it and calls out. THE DOCTOR: Reinette... Just checking you're okay... He idly brushes a hand across the strings of a harp as Reinette, now a beautiful young woman, walks into the room. She pauses, obviously recognising the Doctor. He seems not to notice her until she clears her throat. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh! Hello! He quickly puts away his glasses, clearly surprised and at least marginally distracted by her appearance. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (with a slight stutter): Um, I was just looking for Reinette. Uh, this is still her room, isn't it? I've been away, not sure how long. REINETTE'S MOTHER (from outside the room, calling): Reinette! We're ready to go! REINETTE: Go to the carriage, mother, I will join you there. A marvelling grin of realisation spreads across the Doctor's face. REINETTE (teasingly): It is customary, I think, to have an imaginary friend only during one's childhood. You are to be congratulated on your persistence. THE DOCTOR (amazed): Reinette...! Reinette smiles. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Well. (Swallows, looks her up and down). Goodness, how you've grown. REINETTE (approaching him): And you do not appear to have aged a single day. That is tremendously impolite of you. THE DOCTOR (unsure how to react): Right... yes... sorry. Um... umm... umm.. listen, lovely to catch up, but er, better be off, eh? Don't want your mother finding you up here with a strange man, do we? REINETTE: Strange? How could you be a stranger to me? I have known you since I was seven years old. THE DOCTOR: Yeah... I suppose you have. (Small laugh). I came the quick route. Reinette touches the Doctor's cheek, examining him. His eyes widen. REINETTE: Well, you seem to be flesh and blood, at any rate, but this is absurd. Reason tells me you cannot be real. THE DOCTOR (shakes his head, gazing at her): Oh, pfft... You never want to listen to reason... SERVANT (off): Mademoiselle! Your mother grows impatient. REINETTE (calling back, annoyed by the interruption): A moment! She looks back at the Doctor. REINETTE (CONT'D): So many questions. So little time. She pulls the Doctor towards her and kisses him passionately on the lips. They stumble backwards into the mantelpiece, the Doctor starting to kiss her back... SERVANT (closer): Mademoiselle Poisson! Reinette breaks the kiss and runs to the open door, grabbing a purse from her dressing table as she goes, without so much as a backward glance. The Doctor watches her, awestruck, as she leaves. The servant comes to the door but stops d*ad as he notices the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Poisson? (The penny drops): Reinette Poisson? The servant looked bemused by the Doctor's presence. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): No... no, no, no, no, no way, Reinette Poisson?! (Runs right up to the manservant, as though interrogating him but not letting him get a word in): Later Madame Etioles? Later still mistress of Louis the Fifteenth, uncrowned Queen of France? (Runs back towards the fireplace). Actress, artist, musician, dancer, courtesan? Fantastic gardener! (Laughs). SERVANT: Who the hell are you?! The Doctor reaches for the fireplace and finds the trigger back to the ship. THE DOCTOR (giddy): I'm the Doctor. And I just snogged Madame de Pompadour! The fireplace revolves again, taking the Doctor with it as he laughs manically. He steps back onto the ship. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose! There is no-one there. He looks around. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Mickey? (Strides forward, peeved). Every time, every time, it's rule one, don't wander off! I tell them, I do, rule one! There could be anything on this ship! He turns the corner and is met by a white horse in the middle of the corridor. The Doctor blinks while the horse whinnies. INT. SPACESHIP, CORRIDOR Mickey looks furtively down a corridor holding one of the f*re extinguishers, before doing an Indiana Jones-style drop-and-roll. He carries on in the same way until he sees a surveillance camera. It moves towards him and blinks. MICKEY (camera's POV): Are you looking at me? The camera moves closer to his face suddenly. Mickey jumps backwards with a squeak of alarm. We see that a human eye is the lens of the camera. Rose joins him. MICKEY (CONT'D): Look at this. They do so, while the eye looks back at them. MICKEY (CONT'D): That's an eye in there. That's a real eye. The eye retreats back into the wall. Sound of a heartbeat close by. Rose bends down to a small circular cover in the bulkhead. She tries to pull the cover away, but it scalds her. She tries again and it opens to reveal a human heart with wires and pipes attaching it into the ship. MICKEY (CONT'D): What is that? What's that in the middle there? It's like it's wired in. ROSE (quiet disgust): That's a heart, Mickey... that's a human heart. INT. SPACESHIP, CORRIDOR The Doctor crosses a junction of corridors, looking completely lost. THE DOCTOR (childlike, calling): Rose? The horse follows. The Doctor stops to look down a corridor before turning to the horse. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (irritably): Will you stop following me? I'm not your mother! The horse noses him. The Doctor moves away, having spotted a set of white, French double doors. He opens them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): So this is where you came from, eh, horsey? EXT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, GROUNDS The Doctor walks out onto a grassy courtyard, once again in Versailles. He sees a familiar figure, smiles and walks to a low wall with a pillar and an urn on top. Two ladies laugh, walking arm in arm. As they speak, we see the Doctor watching them in the background. REINETTE: Oh, Catherine, you are too wicked! Reinette suddenly turns around as though she has spotted something out of the corner of her eye. The Doctor ducks down behind the pillar just in time. CATHERINE: Oh, speaking of wicked, I hear Madame de Chateneux is ill and close to death. Reinette's attention having wandered, the Doctor straightens up and leans on the wall. REINETTE: Yes. (Seriously). I am devastated. (Laughs). CATHERINE (laughingly): Oh, indeed. I myself am frequently inconsolable. The Doctor smiles. CATHERINE (CONT'D): The King will therefore be requiring a new mistress. You love the King, of course? REINETTE: He is the King. And I love him with all my heart. And I look forward to meeting him. Catherine laughs, Reinette turns back, convinced she's being watched. The Doctor ducks behind the pillar again. CATHERINE: Is something wrong, my dear? REINETTE: Not wrong, no. The Doctor straightens up a little. After a pause, the ladies link arms and walk again. The Doctor straightens up fully and leans on the wall again. CATHERINE: Every woman in Paris knows your ambitions. REINETTE: Every woman in Paris shares them. CATHERINE: You know of course that the King is to attend the Yew Tree ball? The sound of their voices fade into the distance. EXT. SPACE The spaceship revolves slowly. INT. SPACESHIP, CORRIDOR Mickey and Rose walk down a corridor holding their g*n, the cameras watching them. MICKEY: Maybe it wasn't a real heart. ROSE: Course it was a real heart. MICKEY (looking around): Is this like normal for you? Is this an average day? ROSE: Life with the Doctor, Mickey - no more average days. They stop by a window with a view into a luxurious 18th century room. MICKEY: It's France again. We can see France. ROSE: I think we're looking through a mirror. The room's doors open, and the King enters with two servants. MICKEY: Blimey, look at this guy. Who does he think he is? THE DOCTOR (appearing behind them): King of France. ROSE: Oh, here's trouble. What you been up to? THE DOCTOR (watching the king as he stands before the mirror): Oh, this and that. Became the imaginary friend of a future French aristocrat... picked a fight with a clockwork man... The horse whinnies from around the corner. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, and I met a horse. The horse trots into view. MICKEY: What's a horse doing on a spaceship? THE DOCTOR: Mickey, what's pre-Revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective. The Doctor looks through the window. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (pointing): See these? They're all over the place. On every deck. Gateways to history. But not just any old history... He places a finger on the glass as Reinette enters the room. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hers. Time window... deliberately arranged along the life of one particular woman. A spaceship from the fifty-first century stalking a woman from the eighteenth. Why? ROSE: Who is she? THE DOCTOR: Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, known to her friends as Reinette. One of the most accomplished women who ever lived. ROSE: So has she got plans of being the Queen, then? THE DOCTOR: No, he's already got a Queen. She's got plans of being his mistress. ROSE: Oh, I get it. Camilla. Rose and Mickey laugh. THE DOCTOR (as the King leaves): I think this is the night they met. The night of the Yew Tree ball. In no time at flat, she'll get herself established as his official mistress, with her own rooms at the palace... even her own title, Madame de Pompadour. Reinette stands before the mirror, preening herself. ROSE: Queen must have loved her... THE DOCTOR: Oh, she did. They get on very well. MICKEY: The King's wife and the King's girlfriend? THE DOCTOR: France. It's a different planet. There comes the telltale ticking sounds. The Doctor spots that the face of the clock on the mantelpiece has been shattered. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES Reinette hears the ticking click too and turns, eyes wide with fear. REINETTE: How long have you been standing there? For there is a figure standing in the corner of the room, facing the wall. REINETTE (CONT'D): Show yourself! The figure turns suddenly and reveals itself to be one of the clockwork droids. It starts to advance. INT. SPACESHIP The Doctor grabs the f*re extinguisher from Mickey and swings the mirror around so he can step back into Reinette's world. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES THE DOCTOR: Hello, Reinette. Hasn't time flown? REINETTE: Fireplace man! The Doctor steps past her and sprays the droid with the f*re extinguisher until it is immobile. He throws the extinguisher back to Mickey. The droid starts to click and whirr loudly. MICKEY: What's it doing? THE DOCTOR: Switching back on. Melting the ice. MICKEY: And then what? THE DOCTOR: Then it kills everyone in the room. The clockwork droid's arm sh**t out towards the Doctor's throat, he jumps back and backs towards Reinette. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Focuses the mind, doesn't it? (Addressing the clockwork woman): Who are you? Identify yourself. The droid cocks its head but does not answer. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (to Reinette): Order it to answer me. REINETTE: Why should it listen to me? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. It did when you were a child. Let's see if you've still got it. REINETTE (to the droid): Answer his question. Answer any and all questions put to you. The droid lowers its arm. DROID: I am repair droid seven. THE DOCTOR: So what happened to the ship, then? There was a lot of damage. DROID: Ion storm, eighty two percent systems failure. THE DOCTOR: That ship hasn't moved in over a year. What's taken you so long? DROID: We did not have the parts. MICKEY (laughs): Always comes down to that, doesn't it? The parts. THE DOCTOR: What's happened to the crew, where are they? DROID: We did not have the parts. THE DOCTOR (persistently): There should have been over fifty people on your ship. Where did they go? DROID: We did not have the parts. THE DOCTOR: Fifty people don't just disappear! Where...? (It dawns on him). Oh. You didn't have the parts, so you used the crew. MICKEY: The crew? ROSE: We found a camera with an eye in it... and there was a heart... wired in to machinery. THE DOCTOR: It was just what it was programmed to. Repairing the ship any way it can, with whatever it could find. No-one told it the crew weren't on the menu. What did you say the flight deck smelt of? ROSE (quietly): Someone cooking... THE DOCTOR: Flesh plus heat. Barbeque. Reinette looks slightly sick. THE DOCTOR: But what are you doing here? You've opened up time windows, that takes colossal energy. Why come here, you could have gone to your repair yard. Instead you come to eighteenth century France? Why? DROID: One more part is required. The Droid's head jerks towards Reinette. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey stare at her. THE DOCTOR (looking back at the Droid): Then why haven't you taken it? DROID: She is incomplete. THE DOCTOR: What... so, that's the plan then? Just keep opening up more and more time windows, scanning her brain, checking to see if she's "done yet"? ROSE: Why her? The Doctor turns to her, surprised at the abruptness of this question. ROSE (CONT'D): You've got all of history to choose from, why specifically her? DROID: We are the same. REINETTE: We are not the same, we are in no sense the same! DROID: We are the same. REINETTE (angry, advancing): Get out of here! Get out of here this instance! THE DOCTOR: Reinette, no. The Droid activates a teleport and disappears. THE DOCTOR: It's back on the ship. Rose, take Mickey and Arthur, get after it. Follow it, don't approach it, just watch what it does. ROSE: Arthur? THE DOCTOR: Good name for a horse. ROSE (exasperated): No, you're not keeping the horse! THE DOCTOR: I let you keep Mickey! Now go, go, go! Mickey and Rose run back through the mirror portal. The Doctor closes it behind them and turns back to Reinette. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Reinette, you're going to have to trust me. I need to find out what they're looking for, there's only one way I can do that. Won't hurt a bit. Reinette nods her assent and the Doctor places his fingers on her temples and closes her eyes. Reinette also closes hers. REINETTE (after a moment): Fireplace man... you are inside my mind. THE DOCTOR: Oh dear, Reinette. You've had some cowboys in here. INT. SPACESHIP, CORRIDOR Mickey and Rose are back on the ship, walking down a corridor. Mickey gives a short laugh. MICKEY (suggestively): So, that Doctor, eh? ROSE: What are you talking about? MICKEY: Well! Madame de Pompadour. Sarah Jane Smith. Cleopatra. ROSE (stopping, pissed off): Cleopatra, he mentioned her once. MICKEY: Yeah, but he called her "Cleo". A droid appears behind Mickey ROSE (shrieks): Mickey! It clutches him by the neck as another comes up behind Rose, grabbing her before she can use her w*apon. Part of its arm extends, with two vicious needles on the end, which points at Rose's neck. The one behind Mickey does the same. The needles are pushed in, and Mickey and Rose slump unconscious to the floor. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES The Doctor and Reinette are still linked. REINETTE: You are in my memories. You walk among them. THE DOCTOR: If there's anything you don't want me to see, just imagine a door and close it. I won't look. Ooh.. actually... there's a door just there. Reinette opens her eyes and grins slyly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You might want to clo... Ooh. Actually, several. REINETTE: To walk among the memories of another living soul... do you ever get used to this? THE DOCTOR: I don't make a habit of it. REINETTE: How can you resist? THE DOCTOR: What age are you? REINETTE: So impertinent a question so early in the conversation. How promising. THE DOCTOR: No, not my question, theirs. You're twenty-three and for some reason, that means you're not old enough. Reinette flinches. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (quickly): Sorry, you might find old memories reawakening. Side effect. REINETTE: Oh, such a lonely childhood... THE DOCTOR: It'll pass. Stay with me. REINETTE: Oh, Doctor. So lonely. So very, very alone. THE DOCTOR: What do you mean, alone? You've never been alone in your life... His eyes snap open. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): When did you start calling me "Doctor"? REINETTE: Such a lonely little boy. Lonely then and lonelier now. (Opens her eyes). How can you bear it? THE DOCTOR (stepping away from her): How did you do that? REINETTE: A door, once opened, can be stepped through in either direction... The Doctor stares at her, vulnerable. REINETTE (CONT'D) (softly): Oh, Doctor. (Steps towards him). My lonely Doctor. Dance with me. THE DOCTOR (warningly): I can't. REINETTE (adamant): Dance with me. THE DOCTOR: This is the night you dance with the King. REINETTE: Then first, I shall make him jealous. THE DOCTOR: I can't. REINETTE (sadly): Doctor... Doctor who? She looks at him for a few moments. REINETTE (CONT'D): It's more than just a secret, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: What did you see? REINETTE: That there comes a time, Time Lord, when every lonely little boy must learn how to dance. She smiles and takes his hand, leading him away. INT. SPACESHIP Close up on Rose's eyes. She's beginning to stir. Her eyes open and she becomes aware of a loud ticking. She slowly focuses on one of the clockwork droids, staring down at her. ROSE: What's going on? (Calls): Doctor? She has been manacled onto some sort of operating table which has been tilted at a sharp angle. Mickey is manacled onto another at the other side of the room. MICKEY (scared): Rose? They're gonna chop us up. Just like the crew, they're gonna chop us up and stick us all over their stupid spaceship. And where's the Doctor? Where's the precious Doctor now? He's been gone for flipping hours, that's where he is! DROID (stepping before Rose): You are compatible. ROSE (stalling for time): Well... you... you might wanna think about that. You really, really might because... me and Mickey... we didn't come here alone, oh no! And trust me, you wouldn't wanna mess with our designated driver. The droid thrusts a sharp and lethal looking tool in front of Rose's face. Rose stares at it apprehensively. ROSE (CONT'D): Ever heard of the Daleks? Remember them? They had a name for our friend. They had myths about him, and a name. They called him the... In the distance, there is a loud banging and the sound of someone singing drunkenly. THE DOCTOR (off): I could've danced all night, I could've danced all night... ROSE (distracted): They called him the... they called him the... the... The Doctor staggers into the room, dancing with an imaginary partner, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a tie around his head. THE DOCTOR: And still have begged for moooore... I could've spread my wings and done a thou... have you met the French? Mickey looks bemused. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): My... god, they know how to party. ROSE (sarcastically): Oh, look at what the cat dragged in. The Oncoming Storm. THE DOCTOR (distastefully): Oh, you sound just like your mother. ROSE (crossly): What've you been doing?? Where've you been?! THE DOCTOR: Well... among other things, I think just invented the banana daiquiri a few centuries early. Rose lies back, exasperated. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Do you know, they've never even seen a banana before! He leans over her. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (sincerely): Always take a banana to a party, Rose. Bananas are good. He spots the droids. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (absolutely delighted): Oh ho ho ho ho, brilliant. It's you! You're my favourite, you are, you are the best! Do you know why? 'Cause you're so thick. You're Mister Thick Thick Thickity Thick Face from Thicktown, Thickania. (As an afterthought). And so's your dad. He strolls away. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Do you know what they were scanning Reinette's brain for? (He sniggers). Her milometer. They wanna know how old she is. Know why? 'Cause this ship is thirty-seven years old. And they think that when Reinette is thirty-seven, when she's "complete", then her brain will be compatible. So, that's what you're missing, isn't it? He stares one of the droids mockingly in the face. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hmm? Command circuit. Your computer. Your ship needs a brain. And for some reason, God knows what, only the brain of Madame de Pompadour will do. DROID: The brain is compatible. THE DOCTOR: Compatible? (He approaches the droid). If you believe that, you probably believe this is a glass of wine. He removes the droid's mask and pours the 'wine' into the clockwork inside the head of the droid. He replaces the mask and pats it on the head. The droid wind downs. Rose leans back in relief. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (suddenly sober): Multigrain anti-oil. If it moves, it doesn't. A droid from the corner of the room begins to advance, but the Doctor quickly deactivates it using a nearby lever. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Right, you two, that's enough lying about... He releases Rose and Mickey quickly with the sonic screwdriver, and they slide down the tables onto the floor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Time we got the rest of the ship turned off. MICKEY: Are those things safe? THE DOCTOR (pulling the tie down and pushing the sunglasses up): Yep. Safe. Safe and thick. Way I like them. Okay, all the time windows are controlled from here. I need to close them all down. (He feels his pockets). Zeus plugs. Where are my Zeus plugs? (Looks around for them). I had them a minute ago, I was using them as castanets. ROSE: Why didn't they just open a time window to when she was thirty-seven? THE DOCTOR: With the amount of damage to these circuits, they'll be lucky to h*t the right century. Trial and error after that. He tries to operate the computer. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): The windows aren't closing. Why won't they close? There is an ominous pinging sound. ROSE: What's that? THE DOCTOR (over the clicking sounds): I don't know... incoming message? MICKEY: From who? THE DOCTOR: Report from the field... one of them must still be out there with Reinette! That's why I can't close the windows, there's an override! Behind him, one of the clockwork droids springs to life with a whirring sound. Rose gasps. The droid expells the "wine" the Doctor poured into its mechanics over the Doctor's shoe. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Well, that was a bit clever. The rest of the droids spring to life, filling the room with ticking. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Right... many things about this are not good. The pinging sounds again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Message from one of your little friends? Anything interesting? DROID: She is complete. It begins. They teleport out. ROSE: What's happening? THE DOCTOR: One of them must've found the right time window, and now it's time to send in the troops. And this time they're bringing back her head. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES Madame de Pompadour stands by the window, looking up at the sky. A shadow passes over the shaft of light spilling into the room through the doorway as someone slowly approaches. At the sound of the footsteps, Reinette turns. Disturbed, she checks the clock face. A figure is reflected in it's glass. ROSE: Madame de Pompadour... (Reinette gasps). Please, don't scream or anything, we haven't got a lot of time. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES Reinette stands before Rose who has taken a seat. ROSE: I've come to warn you that they'll be here in five years. REINETTE: Five years? ROSE: Some time after your thirty-seventh birthday. I um... I can't give you an exact date. It's a bit random. But they're coming. It's gonna happen. In a way, for us, it's already happening. I'm sorry, it's hard to explain. The Doctor does this better. REINETTE: Then be exact, and I will be attentive. ROSE (apologetically): There isn't time. REINETTE (persistently): There are five years. ROSE: For you. I haven't got five minutes. REINETTE: Then also be concise. Reinette takes a seat opposite Rose, ready to listen. ROSE: Erm... there's say, um... a... a... a vessel. A ship. A sort of sky ship. And it's full of... well, you. Different bits of your life in different rooms, all jumbled up. I told you it was complicated, sorry. REINETTE: There is a vessel in your world... where the days of my life are pressed together like the chapters of a book so that he may step from one to the other without increase of age... while I, weary traveller... must always take the slower path? ROSE: He was right about you... REINETTE: So, in five years these creatures will return. What can be done? ROSE: The Doctor says keep them talking. They're kind of programmed to respond to you now. You won't be able to stop them, but you might be able to delay them a bit. REINETTE: Until? ROSE: Until the Doctor can get there. REINETTE: He's coming, then? ROSE: He promises. REINETTE: But he cannot... make his promises in person? ROSE: He'll be there when you need him. That's the way it's gotta be. REINETTE: It's the way it's always been. The monsters and the Doctor. It seems you cannot have one without the other. ROSE (slight laugh): Tell me about it. (Pause) The thing is... you weren't supposed to have either. Those creatures are messing with history. None of this was ever supposed to happen to you. REINETTE (angrily): Supposed to happen? What does that mean? It happened, child. And I would not have it any other way. One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel. She stands with her back to Rose, facing the fireplace. MICKEY (calling): Rose? Rose? Reinette and Rose turn. Mickey appears from behind a tapestry just outside the room. MICKEY (CONT'D): Rose! Rose rushes to meet him. MICKEY (CONT'D): The time window when she's thirty-seven. We found it. Right under our noses. He stops as Reinette pauses. She looks at the window behind the tapestry and makes for it. ROSE: No, you can't go in there, the Doctor will go mad... But Reinette has already walked through onto the spaceship. INT. SPACESHIP She looks at her surroundings, lost and confused, and evidently slightly scared. Rose and Mickey can only watch her. REINETTE: So, this is his world. They hear screaming and chaos in the distance. REINETTE (CONT'D): What was that? MICKEY (to Rose): The time window, the Doctor fixed an audio link. REINETTE (as if afraid of the answer): Those screams... is that my future? ROSE (really meaning it): Yeah... I'm sorry. REINETTE: Then I must take the slower path. Reinette's voice sounds in the distance from the time window. REINETTE (off): Are you there? Can you hear me? I need you now, you promised. The clock on the mantel is broken. It is time. REINETTE (disturbed): That's my voice. MICKEY: Rose, come on, we've gotta go. There's... there's a problem. ROSE: Give me a moment. Mickey rushes away, but Rose stays and approaches Reinette, concerned. ROSE (CONT'D) (gently): Are you okay? REINETTE: No. I'm very afraid. But you and I both know, don't we, Rose? The Doctor is worth the monsters. Rose nods. Reinette walks back through the tapestry into her world. REINETTE (from the future): Doctor! Doctor! After a moment of reflection, Rose heads off. INT. BALLROOM Screaming people run down the corridors of the palace, followed by the ticking droids. They are armed. INT. BEDROOM REINETTE (into the fireplace): Doctor! KING LOUIS XV (urgently): We must go. No one is coming to help us. One of the droids appears in the doorway. Reinette stands and turns. When she sees it, memories flash through her head of that nightmarish encounter with them as a child. Her eyes widen with fear. Two other droids flank the first. DROID: You are complete. You will come. INT. BALLROOM In the ballroom, the droids advance, backing the guests against a wall as they cower and scream. INT. SPACESHIP The Doctor works frantically as Rose joins him and Mickey at the time window. ROSE: You found it, then? THE DOCTOR: They knew I was coming. They blocked it off. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, CORRIDOR One of the droids has Reinette by the arm as it leads her roughly away. REINETTE: Where are we going? DROID: The teleport has limited range. We must have proximity to the time portal. REINETTE: Your words mean nothing. You are nothing. Behind her, two more droids have King Louis between them. INT. SPACESHIP ROSE (looking through the time window into the ballroom): I don't get it. How come they got in there? THE DOCTOR (still working): They teleported - you saw them. As long as the ship and the ballroom are linked, their short-range teleports will do the trick. ROSE: Well, we'll go in the TARDIS! THE DOCTOR: We can't use the TARDIS, we're part of events now. MICKEY: Well, can't we just smash through it? THE DOCTOR: Hyperplex this side, plate glass the other. We need a truck. MICKEY: We don't have a truck. THE DOCTOR (shouts): I know we don't have a truck! ROSE: Well, we've gotta try something! THE DOCTOR: No, smash the glass, smash the time window, they'd be no way back. Rose stares at him. REINETTE (in the ballroom): Can everyone just calm down? Please. INT. BALLROOM REINETTE (CONT'D): Such a commotion. Such distressing noise. Kindly remember that is is Versailles. This is the Royal Court. And we are French. She turns to the droids. REINETTE (CONT'D): I have made a decision. And my decision is "no", I shall not be going with you today. I have seen your world, and I have no desire to set foot there again. DROID: We do not require your feet. Two droids come up on either side of Reinette and push her to her knees. They point their maiming instruments at her neck. The 'chief' droid approaches her and also points his w*apon at her. Reinette looks up at him. REINETTE (CONT'D): You think I fear you. But I do not fear you, even now. You are merely the nightmare of my childhood. The monster from under my bed. And if my nightmare can return to plague me, then rest assured, (she lowers her voice to a whisper) so will yours. The sound of a horse whinnying is heard in the distance. Reinette, the droids, and the guests all look around for the source of the sound. It is followed by galloping hooves - and after a few moments, the horse leaps through the glass of a large mirror on the wall, the Doctor on his back. The guests shriek and Reinette's mouth drops open. The Doctor winks as he trots past her. The horse comes to a halt and the Doctor drops down. THE DOCTOR: Madame de Pompadour. You look younger every day. Reinette smiles. KING LOUIS XV: What the hell is going on? REINETTE (to the Doctor): Oh, this is my lover, the King of France. THE DOCTOR (distastefully): Yeah? Well, I'm the Lord of Time. (He approaches the chief droid). And I'm here to fix the clock. He removes the mask of the droid, revealling the clockwork underneath, which elicits a gasp from the crowd. The droid points it's w*apon at the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Forget it. It's over. For you and for me. He glances up at the broken mirror. There is only a brick wall behind it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Talk about seven years bad luck. Try three thousand... The droid cocks its head to look at the mirror. INT. SPACESHIP On the spaceship, there are only shards of glass and the interior of the spaceship where the time window into the ballroom used to be. Rose stands before it. MICKEY: What happened? Where did the time window go? How's he gonna get back? Rose is still. She does not answer. The camera swings slowly around onto her face. She's just staring at the remains of the time window. A single tear runs down her cheek. INT. BALLROOM The droid repeatedly tries to use it's teleport, to no avail. It turns to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: The link with the ship is broken. No way back. You don't have the parts. How many ticks left in that clockwork heart? A day? An hour? It's over. Accept that. I'm not winding you up. And finally, the clockwork winds down and the droid goes d*ad. The other droids follow suit and slump forwards. One of them falls backwards causing the clockwork to smash over the floor. The guests whisper amongst one another as the Doctor holds out a hand to Reinette. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You all right? Reinette nods and takes his hand. He pulls her to her feet. REINETTE: What's happened to them? THE DOCTOR: They've stopped. They have no purpose now. The camera pulls away. The Doctor and Reinette stand in the middle of the destruction, hand in hand. INT. SPACESHIP Rose has not moved. MICKEY: We can't fly the TARDIS without him. How's he gonna get back? Rose raises her head and looks up at the stars overhead. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES The Doctor stands by the window, holding a glass of wine and looking up at probably those same stars. Reinette comes up behind him, also holding a glass of wine. She follows his gaze. REINETTE: You know all their names, don't you? I saw that in your mind. The name of every star. THE DOCTOR: What's in a name? Names are just titles. Titles don't tell you anything. REINETTE: Like, "The Doctor". THE DOCTOR: Like, "Madame de Pompadour". Reinette laughs. REINETTE: I have often wished to see those stars a little closer. Just as you have, I think. THE DOCTOR: From time to time. REINETTE: In saving me, you trapped yourself. Did you know that would happen? THE DOCTOR: Mm. Pretty much. REINETTE: Yet, still you came. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I did, didn't I? (He smiles). Catch me doing that again. REINETTE: There were many doors between my world and yours. Can you not use one of the others? THE DOCTOR: When the mirror broke, the shock will have severed all the links with the ship. There'll be a few more broken mirrors and torn tapestries around here, I'm afraid. Wherever there was a time window. I'll... I'll, er... pay for any damage. (Reinette laughs). Um... oh, that's a thought, I'm gonna need money. I was always a bit vague about money. Where do you get money? REINETTE: So, here you are. My lonely angel. Stuck on the slow path, with me. THE DOCTOR: Yep. The slow path. (He grins and holds up his glass). Here's to the slow path. Reinette laughs and they chink their glasses together and sip their wine. REINETTE: It's a pity... I think I would've enjoyed the slow path. THE DOCTOR: Well, I'm not going anywhere. REINETTE: Oh, aren't you? (She sets down her wine). Take my hand. The Doctor takes her hand and she leads him out of the room. INT. REINETTE'S BEDROOM They enter Reinette's bedroom and stand in the doorway. REINETTE: It's not a copy. It's the original. I had it moved here and was exact in every detail. THE DOCTOR: The fireplace... (He walks slowly forward). The fireplace from your bedroom. When did you do this? REINETTE: Many years ago. In the hope that a door once opened, may someday be opened again. One never quite knows when one needs one's Doctor. (They smile at each other). It appears undamaged, do you think it will still work? THE DOCTOR: You broke the bond with the ship when you moved it. Which means it was off-line when the mirror broke. That's what saved it. But... (he moves closer to the fireplace) the link is basically physical, and it's still physically here. Reinette watches him, not saying anything but with a hint of sadness in her eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (tapping the woodwork): Which might just mean, if I'm lucky... if I'm very, very, very, very, very, very lucky... He seems to find the spot he is looking for. He beams. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Aha! REINETTE: What? THE DOCTOR: Loose connection! He holds his sonic screwdriver to the loose connection. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Need to get a man in! He bangs on the mantelpiece, then stands ready for the fireplace to turn. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Wish me luck! REINETTE: No... The Doctor's grin fades from his face, but too late - the fireplace has already started to revolve. INT. SPACESHIP As soon as he is on the other side, he crouches and calls through the flames. THE DOCTOR: Madame de Pompadour! She crouches on the other side. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Still wanna see those stars? REINETTE: More than anything. THE DOCTOR: Give me two minutes. Pack a bag! REINETTE: Am I going somewhere? THE DOCTOR: Go to the window. Pick a star. Any star. He stands and dashes off to the TARDIS. Reinette rushes to the window and looks up at the night sky, breathless with anticipation. INT. SPACESHIP The Doctor has Rose in a tight hug. THE DOCTOR: How long did you wait? ROSE (giddy with relief): Five and a half hours! THE DOCTOR (releasing her): Right, always wait five and a half hours. He makes to hug Mickey, changes his mind and shakes his hand instead. ROSE: Where've you been?? THE DOCTOR: Explain later. Into the TARDIS, be with you in a sec. He rushes back to the fireplace. Mickey goes into the TARDIS without hesitation, but Rose watches the Doctor go back. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (calls): Reinette? (he kneels before the flames, tries to peer through) You there, Reinette? He triggers the fireplace again and it revolves again. INT. REINETTE'S BEDROOM The Doctor finds himself back in the palace - except the room is completely dark. He pauses, then wanders out into the halls. INT. THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, HALLS THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (calling): Reinette? There is no one around except for King Louis, who is standing by the window, looking outside. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh. Hello. KING LOUIS XV: You just missed her. She'll be in Paris by six. THE DOCTOR: Ah. The King stares at the Doctor and takes a few steps towards him. KING LOUIS XV (awestruck): Good Lord... she was right. She said you never looked a day older.(The Doctor raises his eyebrows). So many years since I saw you last, yet not a day of it on your face. He walks slowly over to a sideboard and opens a drawer. He takes out a letter. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): She spoke of you many times. The Doctor's smile is fading as he begins to understand. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): Often wished you'd visit again. You know how women are. He holds the letter out to the Doctor, who takes it and looks at it. The King is distracted by the thrash of a whip, a neighing from outside and then the sound of hooves. He goes back to the window. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): There she goes. Through the rain, the King watches the hearse carry Reinette's coffin away through the gates of the palace. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): Leaving Versailles for the last time. Only forty-three when she died. The Doctor walks slowly up behind the King to watch the hearse, face solemn with a pain that he can't quite hide. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): Too young... too young. Illness took her in the end. She always did work too hard. His eyes are glistening with tears. He turns to the Doctor. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): What does she say? Without a word and without looking away from the window, the Doctor silently tucks the letter inside his jacket. KING LOUIS XV (CONT'D): Of course. Quite right. After a few more moments, the Doctor turns and walks away. INT. TARDIS The Doctor closes the door of the TARDIS wearily behind him and walks slowly up to the console. ROSE: Why her? She and Mickey are standing by the console. ROSE (CONT'D): Why did they think they could fix the ship with the head of Madame de Pompadour? THE DOCTOR: We'll probably never know. There was massive damage in the computer memory base. Probably got confused. (He goes to the controls). The TARDIS can close down the time windows now the droids are gone. Should stop it causing any more trouble. He taps on the computer, acting for the world as if everything is okay. But Rose knows there's something wrong. ROSE (after a moment of watching him): Are you all right? The Doctor looks up. THE DOCTOR: I'm always all right. He smiles briefly, and fiddles with the controls again. Rose still watches him, aware that he's keeping something to himself. Mickey realises he wants to be alone and tugs on Rose's arm. MICKEY: Come on, Rose. It's time you showed me around the rest of this place. Rose is hesitant to leave the Doctor, and glances over her shoulder as Mickey leads her from the console room. The Doctor continues to pretend to work at the computer for a few moments, and then glances around to make sure they are gone. Then he slowly takes the letter out of his pocket and carefully opens it. REINETTE (voice-over): My Dear Doctor. The path has never seemed more slow, and yet I fear I am nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again. But I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head, and know that all things are possible. Hurry though, my love. My days grow shorter now, and I am so very weak. God speed, my lonely angel. The Doctor, having finished reading, tucks the letter away again and turns back to the console, so very heavy of heart. He takes one last look at the image of the fireplace on the monitor, which is still lit with merrily dancing flames. He presses a few keys, and they go out, leaving the fireplace shrouded in darkness. He stands there watching it for a few more moments before looking up at the rotor. INT. SPACESHIP Outside the TARDIS, a wind picks up as the engines grind into the life and it dematerialises. Just behind where it was parked is a portrait of Reinette, labelled: Madame de Pompadour 1721-1764. EXT. SPACE The now truly deserted spaceship revolves slowly in space. On the outer hull is engraved the name "SS Madame de Pompadour". END
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INT. LABORATORY A man in a white coat presses down on a button which switches on a flood light, which silhouettes a familiar outline - a Cyberman. DR KENDRICK: The prototype has passed every test, sir. It's working! LUMIC: I hardly think "working" is the correct word. A wheelchair seating John Lumic emerges from the shadows. LUMIC (CONT'D): That would apply only to machines. DR KENDRICK: I'm sorry. I should say... it's alive. LUMIC: Can it hear me? DR KENDRICK: It might still be in shock. Bear in mind the brain has been welded to the exoskeleton. LUMIC: Skin of metal... (Spins in his wheelchair to face the Cyberman)... and a body that will never age... or die. I envy it. Do you know me? Answer. Do you know me? CYBERMAN: You are John Lumic. Lumic gives a small, satisfied laugh. LUMIC: My child. Mark this day, Doctor Kendrick. We are blessed! DR KENDRICK: Well, it's not quite over yet, sir. We need Geneva's approval. Technically, this is a new form of life. And that contravenes the bio-convention. They need to ratify this. LUMIC: And they will refuse me. DR KENDRICK: Nonetheless, we need to tell them. LUMIC: And if I don't? DR KENDRICK: Well, I'm sorry, sir, but it's my duty. I shall have to inform them. LUMIC: And how will you do that from beyond the grave? DR KENDRICK: I don't quite understand... LUMIC: k*ll him. Doctor Kendrick's smile fades, he turns around just in time to see the cyberman grasp his shoulder. His body is engulfed in electric blue light as he yells in pain. Lumic smiles as Kendrick slumps to the floor, d*ad. He turns to a computer and taps on the keyboard. LUMIC (CONT'D): Captain? CAPTAIN (through computer): Yes, sir. LUMIC: Inform all staff. We have a new destination. Set sail for Great Britain! He smiles in anticipation. OPENING CREDITS INT. TARDIS The Doctor, Rose and Mickey are hanging out in the TARDIS. The Doctor and Rose are both slumped in chairs next to each other while Mickey stands by the console. They are relating a story to Mickey. THE DOCTOR (enthusiastically): And that weird munchkin lady with the big eyes? Do you remember? The way she looked at you! And then she opens her mouth and f*re comes out! ROSE (laughing): I thought I was gonna get frazzled! THE DOCTOR: Yeah! One minute she's standing there, and the next minute, rawwwh! He and Rose mimic f*re coming out of their mouths, k*lling themselves laughing. Mickey nods and smiles, not really following. MICKEY: Yeah... where... where was that, then? What happened? THE DOCTOR: Oh, it was on this um... uh, this uh... planet thing, asteroid. It's a long story, you had to be there. Um... what're you doing that for? Mickey has his finger on a button on the console. MICKEY: 'Cos you told me to... THE DOCTOR (blinks): When was that...? MICKEY: About half an hour ago... THE DOCTOR: Um. You can let go now. Mickey lets go. Rose sniggers. MICKEY: Well, how long's it been since I could've stopped? THE DOCTOR: Ten minutes? Twenty? ... Twenty-nine? MICKEY (indignantly): You just forgot me! THE DOCTOR: No, no, no! I was just... I was just... I was calibrating. I was just... no, I know exactly what I'm doing. And the TARDIS console explodes. Violently. Sparks and flames fly everywhere. EXT. THE VOID The TARDIS falls through f*re, the time vortex is no longer there. INT. TARDIS The Doctor scrambles to his knees and frantically tries to operate the console. ROSE: What's happened?! THE DOCTOR: The time vortex is gone! That's impossible, it's just gone! EXT. THE VOID The TARDIS falls vertically through the flame, very fast. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Brace yourself! We're gonna crash! They crash, and the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are thrown backwards. Gas masks fall from the ceiling. All the light in the TARDIS has gone out and it is very dark. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Everyone all right? Rose, Mickey? MICKEY (from the other side of the console): I'm fine. I'm okay, sorry. They all stand slowly. The Doctor looks up at the rotor and the console. THE DOCTOR: She's d*ad. There is a clicking as the engines cool down. Smoke rises from the console. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (whispers): The TARDIS is d*ad. He walks slowly around the console. ROSE: You can fix it? THE DOCTOR: There's nothing to fix. She's perished. He pulls a lever back and forth fruitlessly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): The last TARDIS in the universe... extinct. ROSE: We can get help, yeah? THE DOCTOR: Where from? ROSE: Well, we've landed, we've gotta be somewhere. THE DOCTOR: We fell out of the vortex, through the void, into nothingness. We're in some sort of no-place... the silent realm... the lost dimension... MICKEY (from the door, grinning): Otherwise known as London! He laughs and steps out of the door. INT. THAMES EMBANKMENT And into 21st century London. Rose and the Doctor follow him. MICKEY (CONT'D): London, England, Earth. Hold on... He jumps down off the low wall and picks a paper out of a dustbin and looks at the cover. MICKEY (CONT'D): First of February this year, not exactly far-flung, is it? Rose jumps down and looks over his shoulder. THE DOCTOR (jumping down, looking around): So, this is London. MICKEY: Yep. THE DOCTOR: Your city. MICKEY: That's the one. THE DOCTOR: Just as we left it. MICKEY: Bang on. THE DOCTOR: And that includes the zeppelins? Rose and Mickey look up at him, then follow his gaze and turn around, sure enough, the sky is full of zeppelins. MICKEY: What the hell...? ROSE: That's beautiful. MICKEY: Okay. So, it's London with a big international zeppelin festival. THE DOCTOR: This is not your world. MICKEY (confused): But if the date's the same... (he works it out) ... it's parallel, right? Am I right? Like a parallel Earth where they've got Zeppelins, am I right? I'm right, aren't I? THE DOCTOR: Must be. ROSE: So, a parallel world where... MICKEY: Oh, come on. You see it on films. Like an alternative to our world were everything's the same but a little bit different, like... I dunno - traffic lights are blue, Tony Blair never got elected... ROSE (distant): And he's still alive... She gazing at a poster right front of them. It depicts her father, Pete Tyler, a successful businessman, holding a bottle of Vitex. ROSE (CONT'D): A parallel world and my dad's still alive... She makes towards the poster. The Doctor and Mickey follow. THE DOCTOR (sternly): Don't look at it, Rose. Don't even think about it. This is not your world. ROSE: But he's my dad... and... She touches the poster, the picture of Pete springs to life for a moment, says "trust me on this", winks and gives the thumbs up. Rose steps back. ROSE: Oh, that's weird. But he's real! POSTER PETE: Trust me on this. ROSE (happily): He's a success! He was always planning these daft little schemes, health-food drinks and stuff. Everyone said they were useless. But he did it. The Doctor suddenly grasps Rose by the shoulders and bends slightly to look into her eyes. THE DOCTOR (urgently): Rose, if you've ever trusted me, then listen to me now. Rose glances back at the poster. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Stop looking at it! Rose reluctantly meets the Doctor's eyes again. THE DOCTOR: Your father's d*ad. He died when you were six months old. That is not your Pete. That is A Pete. For all we know, he's got his own Jackie, his own Rose. His own daughter who is someone else, but not you. Rose's eyes start to wander back to the poster, but she tries to stop herself. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You can't see him. Not ever. Rose gives a tiny nod. Mickey touches her shoulder comfortingly. The poster of Pete says 'trust me on this' repeatedly. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION A posh car with the registration plate "PETE 1" pulls into the driveway of an enormous house. Pete Tyler gets out of the car holding a bunch of flowers. He goes up to the door with them held behind his back, and enters. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY PETE (calling, walking into the hall): Hello? Sweetheart? Only me. Jackie appears on the staircase, looking very rich and very discontented. JACKIE (coming down the stairs, ranting): Oh. The bad penny. Was this your idea? Don't deny it, it's got your fingerprints all over it. (mockingly, thumbs up). "Trust me on this". Oh, I can trust you all right. Trust you to cock it up. PETE: What've I done now? JACKIE: Have a look. She turns and walks into yet another large room. Pete follows. Household staff are busy erecting a huge banner bearing the legend: Happy 40th Birthday. Jackie stands with her hands on her hips and looks up at it pointedly. PETE: What's wrong with that? JACKIE: Forty. It says forty. PETE (nonplussed): You are forty. JACKIE (exasperated): Well, I don't want the whole world telling, do I? PETE: You're having a party tonight! JACKIE: My thirty-ninth. My official biography says I was born on the same day as Cuba Gooding Junior, and that makes me thirty-nine, thank you very much. She leaves the room. JACKIE (calling): Rose? Come here! Rose? Pete follows her back out into the hall. He holds the flowers out to her. PETE: These are from the girls in the office. Happy birthday. JACKIE (snobbishly): I've got hand-sculpted arrangements by Veronica of Reykjavik, and your secretary stopped off at a garage? I don't think so. And if you're giving out presents, where's my zeppelin? Everyone else has got one! Pete slots the flowers into the banisters. Jackie calls up the stairs. JACKIE (CONT'D): Rose? Come on, Rose! Jackie turns back to Pete, cocking her head slightly so he can see earpieces she has fitted. JACKIE (CONT'D): Look, you didn't even notice, did you? Special delivery. Got sent round today. Birthday present from Mr Lumic. Latest modal. Diamond studded. Pick up signals from Venezuela. PETE: Why would you wanna pick up signals from Venezuela? JACKIE (annoyed): Well, I don't know! But now I can find out! For God's sake, where is she? Rose? Oh, she needs a good bath before tonight, she's gonna be honking. Rose, come to mummy! A small dog potters down the stairs to Jackie. JACKIE (CONT'D): Come on! There you are, my darling! She pats Rose the dog on the head. Pete's phone rings. He answers (via the earpieces) and Jackie picks up Rose and carries her upstairs. PETE: Mr Lumic! Jackie was just saying thank you. That's very kind of you. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC (in his zeppelin): Those ear-pods are handmade. Tell her to take care. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY PETE: Course I will, course I will. I don't suppose you'll be uh, joining us tonight? For the party? We'd be very honoured. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC: The world below can party. Some of us have work to do. My plans have advanced, Peter. The President has promised a decision. I'm flying in now. We'll be at the air slip by five o'clock. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY PETE: Right. (Pause, making sure Jackie's not listening). It's just that I promised I'd help the wife out tonight. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC: If the President of Great Britain can make this meeting, then so can you. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY PETE: Oh I dunno, he's not married to Jackie, is he. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC: Five o'clock, Mr Tyler. Famous day. Lumic hangs up. Pete sighs and heads off. Lumic takes a deep breath through his breathing apparatus and then pushes it aside. LUMIC (CONT'D) (to the computer): Voice-print access. John Lumic. (His name appears on the screen). Initiate ear-pod override. Subject: Jacqueline Tyler. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Jackie is in her bedroom, sitting at her dressing table and powdering herself. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC (CONT'D): Activate. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Jackie drops her brush as she freezes, the ear-pods activate and arch over her head, meeting in a blue light at the middle. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC (CONT'D): Download, Tyler residence, February the first, give me security arrangements for tonight. Passwords, encryptions, services. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Jackie is stock-still as the information is downloaded from her mind. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN After a few moments, it appears on the screen in front of Lumic. LUMIC (CONT'D): And restore. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, JACKIE'S BEDROOM The ear-pods retract back into themselves and Jackie unfreezes. She shakes her head slightly as if mildly disorientated, but dismisses it and picks up her brush to powder her faces again. LUMIC (CONT'D): Thank you, Mrs Tyler. Activate picture link. Mr Crane appears on the screen. LUMIC (CONT'D): Mr Crane? MR CRANE: Mr Lumic? LUMIC: Events are moving faster than I anticipated. I need extra staff. MR CRANE: Very good, sir. I shall go on a recruitment drive. INT. LORRY Mr Crane is sitting in the passenger's seat of a lorry. MR CRANE (to the driver): Back her up. The driver begins to reverse the lorry slowly. INT. TARDIS Mickey enters the pitch-black TARDIS, closing the door behind him. The Doctor rounds on him. THE DOCTOR (angrily): I told you to keep an eye on her! MICKEY (dismissively): She's all right... THE DOCTOR: She goes wandering off, parallel world, it's like a gingerbread house! All those temptations calling out. MICKEY: Oh, so it's just Rose then? Nothing out there to tempt me? THE DOCTOR: Well, I don't know, I can't worry about everything... if I could just get this thing to... He kicks the TARDIS console hard in his frustration. He walks slowly over to a chair, scowling. MICKEY: Did that help? THE DOCTOR: Yes. MICKEY: Did that hurt? THE DOCTOR: Yes. Ow. He sits down and rubs his foot. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT Rose is strolling along the bank of the Thames. She sits down on a bench, clearly deep in thought. The zeppelins are chugging softly in the sky and she looks up at them. One flies right over her head, low in the sky. It is obviously Lumic's, as it has the Cybus logo stamped on the bottom. Her phone bleeps and she takes it out of her pocket. The message on the screen says "welcome - free trial period". She selects, and footage of the news plays. NEWSREADER: ... And it's good news for Great Britain as John Lumic returns to the country of his birth. Mr Lumic, the inventor of high-content metal, has denied allegations of ill health. LUMIC: We're all flesh and blood, but the brain is what makes us human. And my mind is more creative than ever. NEWREADER: With shares in Cybus Industries doubling in price, Mr Lumic... Rose glances up at the zeppelin, realising who must be inside it. Cue cryptic reference to Torchwood on the news. Rose closes off the report. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (uncomfortably): We're not meant to be here. The TARDIS draws its power off the universe, but it's the wrong universe. It's like diesel in a petrol engine. MICKEY (sitting down next to him): But... I've seen it in comics. People are hopping from one alternative world to another, it's easy. THE DOCTOR (withering look): Not in the real world. (Pause) Used to be easy. When the Time Lords kept their eye on everything, you could hop between realities, home in time for tea. Then they died, took it all with them. The walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed. Everything became that bit less kind. MICKEY: Then how did we get here? THE DOCTOR (weary): I dunno. Accident? Should've been impossible, now we're trapped. There is a short, hopeless silence. Then... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What's that? He has spotted a tiny green light glowing beneath the console. MICKEY: What? THE DOCTOR: That there, is that a reflection? It's not. He and Mickey crouch, staring at it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (excitedly): It's a light! Is it? Is that a light? I think that's a light! That's all we need! They remove the grilling. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We've got power! Mickey, we've got power! Ha! INT. SCRAP YARD The lorry we saw earlier reverses into some sort of scrap yard where a bunch of homeless people are milling around. Mr Crane strides over to them, stopping a moment to pat the back of the lorry, presumably signalling for someone on the inside to open it. MR CRANE (to the homeless men): Gentlemen! Gentlemen! I beg your attention. Christmas has come early, so come and get it. Two of his cronies let down a ramp into the back of the lorry, he has the full attention of the men. MR CRANE (CONT'D): Ah, smell that, comrades. Burgers and chips, sausage and beans... The men, starving, hurry towards the van. One man, Jake, remains half hidden behind some junk, looking anxious. MR CRANE (CONT'D): Pork... chicken... and hot, sweet tea. All for free. Jake hurries up behind one of the men, Morris, and tries to stop him from going any further. JAKE (urgently): Don't go! MORRIS (staring at the lorry): Oh, but there's food! MR CRANE (ushering men into lorry): All you can eat, free of charge. Don't just stand there! Fill your faces with pasty and... JAKE (to Morris): He's lying. MORRIS: It's easy for you to say. When did you last starve? JAKE: All those people disappearing off the streets. It's been going on for months. It's them. They're taking you away. MORRIS: What for? JAKE (darkly): Experiments. Morris looks from him to the lorry, brow furrowed. MORRIS: Oh, I'm so hungry... He heads towards the lorry. MR CRANE: So, come and get it while it's hot! (Morris joins him, laughing). That's it, kind sir! Get in there and fill your face! Morris hops into the lorry. Unbeknownst to Crane, Jake has taken out a video camera and is filming them, out of sight. MR CRANE (CONT'D): Feast yourself, brother. Feast yourself. Then, we cannot see what is happening but yells and shouts start to emit from the lorry and Morris struggles to get out but is pushed roughly back inside by Mr Crane's cronies. MR CRANE (CONT'D): Take them away. MORRIS (terrified): No! No, help! The lorry doors are shut on him. INT. TARDIS The Doctor is right underneath the console and pulling out some important looking internals of the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR (deliriously happy): It's alive! MICKEY: What is it? THE DOCTOR: It's nothing. It's tiny. One of those insignificant little power cells that no one ever bothers about, and it's clinging onto life. But with one little ounce of reality tucked away inside. MICKEY: Enough to get us home? THE DOCTOR: Not yet. He picks up the power cell and sits back on the small set of stairs under the grilling. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I need to charge it up. He holds it carefully, cupped in both his hands. MICKEY: We could go outside and latch it up to the national grid! THE DOCTOR: Wrong sort of energy. It's gotta come from our universe. MICKEY: But we don't have anything. THE DOCTOR: There's me... He blows gently on the power cell and it glows brightly. The Doctor beams. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I just gave away ten years of my life. Worth every second! He giggles dorkishly. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT Rose searches for the name "Peter Tyler" on the Cybus Network which she now has on her phone. INT. TARDIS The Doctor and Mickey are both staring at the power cell with huge grins. The light fades. MICKEY: It's going out. Is that okay? THE DOCTOR: It's on a recharging cycle. It grows brighter again, and then back to dim and so on. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It'll loop round, power back up and be ready to take us home in, oh, twenty-four hours? He kisses the power cell. MICKEY: So, that gives us twenty-four hours on a parallel world? THE DOCTOR: Surely! As long as we keep our heads down. Easy. No problem. He tosses the power cell in the air and catches it again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (standing): Let's go and tell her. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT The Doctor and Mickey come across Rose sitting on her bench. THE DOCTOR: There you are! You all right? No applause, I fixed it! (Shows her the power cell). Twenty-four hours, then we're flying back to reality. He sits down on the bench and holds the power cell up to show her. She doesn't even glance at it, lost in her own thoughts. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (grin fading, noticing the mobile): What is it? ROSE: My phone connected. There's this... Cybus Network, it finds your phone. It gave me Internet access. THE DOCTOR: Rose, whatever it says, this is the wrong world. ROSE: I don't exist. THE DOCTOR: What do you mean? ROSE: There's no Rose Tyler. I was never born. There's Pete, my dad, and Jackie... he still married mum... but they never had kids. THE DOCTOR (trying to snatch the mobile): Give me that phone. Rose pulls it away from his grasp. ROSE: They're rich. They've got a house and cars, and everything they want. (She pauses, thinking). But they haven't got me. She sounds close to tears. She stands, walking away from bench. Then she turns to face the Doctor. ROSE (CONT'D): I've gotta see him. THE DOCTOR: You can't. ROSE: I just wanna see him. THE DOCTOR: I can't let you! ROSE (angrily): You just said twenty-four hours! THE DOCTOR: You can't become their daughter, that's not the way it works! Mickey, tell her. MICKEY (standing): Twenty-four hours, yeah? THE DOCTOR (bewildered): Where're you going? MICKEY: Well, I can do what I want! ROSE (walking backwards in the opposite direction): I've got the address and everything. THE DOCTOR (looking from one to the other frantically): Stay where you are, both of you! Rose, come back here! Mickey, come back here right now! ROSE: I just wanna see him. MICKEY: Yeah, I've got things to see and all. THE DOCTOR: Like what? MICKEY: Well, you don't know anything about me, do ya? It's always about Rose. I'm just a spare part. ROSE (walking away): I'm sorry. I've gotta go. The Doctor turns from Rose to Mickey. They're both walking away from him and he doesn't know which way to turn. MICKEY (gesturing to Rose): Go on then. No choice, is there? You can only chase after one of us, and it's never gonna be me, is it? Rose stops walking backwards, turns and leaves. THE DOCTOR (to Mickey): Back here in twenty-four hours! And he runs after Rose. Mickey watches his retreating back. MICKEY (CONT'D) (to himself): Yeah. If I haven't found something better. He turns away. EXT. AIRFIELD As Lumic's zeppelin arrives at the air slip, a car pulls up and the President and two other men get out. Pete, who is already there, approaches the President. PRESIDENT: Mr Tyler. What the matter couldn't wait until tonight? PETE (shaking his hand): Mr President. Honoured. I'm on the fast-track program. Cybus Industries have pulled up my company, so I'm part of the firm now. PRESIDENT: Some people say they've bought my Government. PETE (laughing): I've never heard anybody say that. Never. (Winks, thumbs up). You can trust me on this. PRESIDENT: I tried your drink. That Vitex stuff. It tastes like Pop. PETE: Well, it is Pop. PRESIDENT: You made money by selling a health-food drink into a sick world. Not quite the ordinary Joe you appear to be, are you? Pete looks like he doesn't quite know what to say. The President sighs. PRESIDENT (CONT'D): He does like to keep us waiting. He walks off. Pete follows. They stop at the foot of the steps descending from the zeppelin. PRESIDENT (CONT'D): But tell me - you've had a chance to observe John Lumic more than most. What's your opinion? PETE: He's very sharp, I'd say. Sharp as ever. Very clever man. Brilliant, in fact. PRESIDENT: Then, you don't think he's insane? PETE: That's not the word I would've used, no. PRESIDENT: I see. He begins to climb the steps into the zeppelin. Pete follows. EXT. ALONGSIDE FACTORY Mickey is walking alongside a Cybus Industries factory. The military are barring the road ahead. The soldier approaches Mickey. MICKEY: Am I all right to get past? SOLDIER: Yeah. No bother. Curfew doesn't start 'til ten. MICKEY: There's a curfew? SOLDIER (incredulous): Course there is. Where've you been living, mate? Up there with the toffs? He looks up at the zeppelins in the sky. Mickey follows his gaze. MICKEY: I wish. (Walks on). See ya. One of the soldiers lifts the barrier for him and he goes on his way. EXT. STREET Rose and the Doctor are walking down a street. ROSE: Mickey's mum just couldn't cope. His dad hung around for a while, but then he just sort of wandered off. He was brought up by his gran. (She smiles). She was such a great woman. God, she used to slap him! (Serious again). And then she died. She tripped and fell down the stairs. It's about five years ago, now. I was still in school. THE DOCTOR: I never knew. ROSE: Well, you never asked. THE DOCTOR: You never said! ROSE: That's Mickey. I s'pose I... we just... take him for granted. Do you think she's still alive, his gran? THE DOCTOR: Could be. Like I said, parallel world, gingerbread house. We need to get out of here as fast as we can. A short alarm sounds and everyone around them suddenly freezes. The Doctor and Rose look around at them, confused. ROSE: What're they all doing? THE DOCTOR: They've stopped... Everyone is wearing earpieces, which flash and beep quietly. The Doctor pauses beside one man and squints at his earpiece. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It's the earpieces... like Bluetooth attachments, but everyone's connected together. Rose's phone beeps. She takes it out of her pocket and looks at it. ROSE: It's on my phone. It's a*t*matic, look. It's downloading. Is this what they're all getting? The Doctor peers over her shoulder and puts his specs on. Rose scrolls through the "daily downloads". ROSE (CONT'D) (reading): News... international news... sport... weather... THE DOCTOR: They get it direct. Downloaded right into their heads. ROSE (continuing): TV schedules, lottery numbers... THE DOCTOR: Everyone shares the same information. He takes the phone from Rose and reads it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Daily download published by Cybus Industries. The download scrolls to "Joke". Everyone around them chuckles, and then go on their merry way. The Doctor and Rose stare, completely nonplussed as the crowd carry on as though nothing had happened. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You lot, you're obsessed. You'd do anything for the latest upgrade. ROSE: Oi... not my lot. Different world, remember... THE DOCTOR: It's not so far off your world. This place is only parallel. He presses a few buttons on the phone. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (showing Rose): Oh, look at that. Cybus Industries owns just about every company in Britain, including Vitex. Mr Pete Tyler's very well connected. Rose does not reply, but hangs off his arm smiling innocently and does the puppy-dog-eyes until... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (sighs): Oh, okay. I give up. (Tosses her phone back to her). Let's go and see him. EXT. ROAD Mickey turns a corner in a run-down looking area. He crosses the street. His pace slows slightly as he approaches one of the doors. He speeds up again and knocks three times. RITA-ANNE (from inside): Who's that there? The door opens and Mickey's blind grandmother stands on the threshold. RITA-ANNE (CONT'D): Who is it? I know you're there. Shame on you, tricking an old lady. I've got nothing worth stealing. (Brandishes stick). And don't think I'm gonna disappear! You're not gonna take me. Mickey's just staring at her, overcome. MICKEY: Hi. Rita-Anne stops in her tracks. RITA-ANNE (hushed): Is that you? MICKEY: It's me. I came home. She reaches out to him, touching his face. RITA-ANNE: Ricky? MICKEY: It's Mickey. RITA-ANNE: I know my own grandson's name. It's Ricky. Now, come here. They hug. MICKEY (so happy just to be with her): Okay, I'm Ricky. Of course I am. Ricky, that's me. She suddenly pushes him away and whacks him on the shoulder. MICKEY: Ow! RITA-ANNE: You stupid boy. (Smack). Where've you been? MICKEY: Ow! Stop hitting me! RITA-ANNE (smack, smack, smack): It's been days and days! I keep hearing all these stories. People disappearing off the streets. There's nothing of it on the download. (She points to her earpiece). But there're all these rumours, and... and whispers. I thought that God had disappeared you! Mickey notices the torn carpet on the stair behind her. MICKEY (voice trembling): That carpet on the stairs, I told you to get it fixed, you're gonna... (He closes his eyes) fall and break your neck. RITA-ANNE: Well, you get it fixed for me. MICKEY: I should' a done way back. I guess I'm just kinda useless. RITA-ANNE: Now, I never said that. MICKEY (choking up): I am, though. And I'm sorry, gran. I'm so sorry. RITA-ANNE: Don't talk like that. Do you know what you need? A nice sit down and a cuppa tea. You got time? MICKEY: For you, I've got all the time in the world. RITA-ANNE (laughs): You say that, but it's all talk. It's those new friends of yours. I don't trust them. MICKEY: What friends are they? RITA-ANNE: Don't pretend you don't know. You've been seeing them. Mrs Chan told me. Driving about all helter-skelter, in that van. Skid of tyres in the background. MICKEY: What van's that, then? RITA-ANNE: You know full well! Don't play games with me. The van draws up sharply behind Mickey. RITA-ANNE (CONT'D): Get inside! Jake leaps out of the van and grabs Mickey by the collar. JAKE: I've been looking for you everywhere! He pushes him inside the van. Mrs Moore, who is driving, shakes her head and wastes no time in driving off. RITA-ANNE (feeling around): Mickey! Mickey! INT. VAN Jake and Mickey are sat opposite each other in the back of the van. JAKE (reprimanding): Ricky, you were the one who told us, you don't contact your family 'cos it puts them in danger! MICKEY: Yeah. Ricky said that. Course I did, just testing. JAKE: I saw them. I taped them! They went round Black Friars gathering up the homeless like a child-catcher. They must've took four dozen. MRS MOORE: The vans were hired out to a company called International Electromatics. But I did a protocol search... turns out that's a dummy company established by guess who? MICKEY: I dunno, who? MRS MOORE / JAKE: Cybus Industries! Mickey nods, just going along with it. JAKE (to Mrs Moore): And now we've got evidence! MRS MOORE (to Mickey): Bad news is, they've arrested Thin Jimmy. So that just leaves you. MICKEY: Leaves me what? JAKE (like it's really something to be pleased about): The Number One. Top of the list. London's Most Wanted. MICKEY: Okay, cool. (Pause). Say that again? INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN At Lumic's meeting, he is showing his small audience a presentation of his new plans. The diagrams on the screen demonstrate as he speaks. LUMIC (presentation voice-over): The most precious thing on this Earth is the human brain, and yet we allow it to die. But now Cybus Industries has perfected a way of sustaining the brain indefinitely within a cradle of copyrighted chemicals. And the latest advances in synapse research allows cyber-kinetic impulses to be bonded onto a metal exoskeleton. This is the ultimate upgrade. Our greatest step into cyberspace. PRESIDENT: I'm sorry. Could we stop it there? Lumic wrenches the breathing apparatus from his face, affronted. PRESIDENT (CONT'D): I don't need the pitch. I think we all know what this "ultimate upgrade" entails. And I'm here to tell you, John, the answer is no. Lumic grunts. PRESIDENT (CONT'D): My government does not give you permission. (He stands). And I think no government ever will. LUMIC: I prepared a paper for the ethical committee. PRESIDENT (ready to leave): Oh, come on. It's not just unethical. It's obscene. LUMIC (desperate) : Mr President... if I might make a personal plea. I am dying, sir. PRESIDENT: I'm aware of that. And I'm very sorry. LUMIC: Without this project, you have condemned me. My inventions have advanced. This whole planet... would you have all that perish? PRESIDENT: You're a fine businessman, John. But you're not God. I'm really very sorry, but I think we should end it there. Mr Tyler, I'll see you tonight. (Pete nods). I think we could all do with a drink. Mr Lumic. And he leaves. Lumic stares straight forwards, horror-struck. Pete turns to him. PETE (keeping the tone light): Still, it's not the only country in the world. There's always New Germany. LUMIC: This is the home land. My birthplace. You may leave. PETE: Thank you, sir. He leaves. Mr Lumic turns his wheelchair back to the screen and the computer. LUMIC: Mr Crane? Mr Crane's image appears on the screen. MR CRANE: Ready and waiting, sir. LUMIC: Did the override work? MR CRANE: Well, needs a bit of fine-tuning, we weren't exactly delicate given the rush, but er, yeah. Yeah. It's all working. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM He stands, walks away from the computer. MR CRANE (CONT'D): I've been testing the system, sir. He walks to the opposite end of the room where the homeless people who were abducted earlier are standing in a row, completely still as though hypnotised. They have the earpieces plugged in. Mr Lumic touches one. MR CRANE (CONT'D): They've grafted on a treat, these have. Given a little persuasion. If you care to observe, sir... He takes a few steps away from them, holding some sort of remote control. MR CRANE (CONT'D): And turn to the right... (They do) ... and back to the left... Again, they obey. LUMIC (coldly): Are you having fun, Mr Crane? MR CRANE (sheepishly): Oh, no, no, not at all, sir, no. It's just, well, it's er... irresistible. LUMIC: Then resist. And start the upgrade. MR CRANE: Did we get permission? LUMIC: I am governed by greater laws, old friend. The right of a man to survive. Now, begin! The screen goes static. Mr Crane turns back to the men. MR CRANE: And turn to the left... (They turn to the left) ... forward march. They march forward and through a door which is held open by a staff-member. The area beyond is glowing red. As they go in and disappear from sight, we hear them screaming. Mr Crane is leaning over one of the technicians shoulders at a computer terminal. MR CRANE (CONT'D) (wincing): Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's cover up that noise. Erm... give us track number 19. The technician obliges and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by "Tight Fit" blares out. Mr Crane wanders into the middle of the room, content. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CYBER-CONVERSION FLOOR The machines work on upgrading the homeless. The blades swoop down on them. We do not see what they're doing, but the music hardly covers up the screams of fear and pain. EXT. BATTERSEA POWERSTATION Cut to the deserted corridors of the factory, and then a sh*t from outside. The lights from the factory reflected serenely in the water giving no indication of the monstrosity occurring inside. EXT. PREACHERS' HEADQUARTERS The van pulls up outside a house. Jake hops out of the back first. JAKE: There's a light on. There's someone inside the base. Mickey hops down after him. JAKE (CONT'D): Mrs Moore, we've got visitors. The three of them sneak down the side of the house like spies, g*n at the ready. They crouch just outside the door. JAKE (CONT'D): One... two... three... go! INT. PREACHERS' HEADQUARTERS They burst into the house, Mrs Moore and Jake pointing the g*n. Ricky, Mickey's counterpart, is inside. RICKY: What the hell are you doing? Mrs Moore and Jake look from him to Mickey, completely bewildered. JAKE: What're you doing there?! RICKY (walking slowly forwards): What am I doing here? (He stares at Mickey, brow furrowed). What am I doing there? He points a finger at Mickey. Jake and Mrs Moore immediately spin around at turn their g*n on Mickey, who raises his hands, eyes wide. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION An expensive car pulls up outside Pete's and Jackie's house. The Doctor and Rose are crouched in some nearby bushes, watching. THE DOCTOR: They've got visitors. ROSE: February the first, mum's birthday. Even in a parallel universe, she still loves a party. THE DOCTOR: Well, given Pete Tyler's guest list, I wouldn't mind a look. And there is one guaranteed way of getting inside. He waves the psychic paper around. ROSE (excited): Psychic paper! THE DOCTOR: Who do you wanna be? INT. TYLER'S MANSION, DRAWING ROOM Several waiters and waitresses enter the party from the kitchens, all holding trays of refreshments... followed by the Doctor and Rose, dressed up in the same garb. A woman takes some food from Rose's plate and walks off. ROSE (under her breath): We could've been anyone. THE DOCTOR: Got us in, didn't it? ROSE: You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could've been guests. Celebrities. Sir Doctor, Dame Rose. We end up serving. I had enough of this back home. They both smile politely as people take champagne and cocktail sticks from their trays. THE DOCTOR: If you wanna know what's going on, work in the kitchens. They retreat slightly to the side of the room so they can watch the proceedings, groups of important people chatting and laughing, photographs being taken. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (nodding towards the President): According to Lucy, that man over there... ROSE: Who's Lucy? THE DOCTOR: She's carrying the salmon pinwheels. He nods over to a young waitress at the other side of the room. ROSE: Oh, that's Lucy, is it? THE DOCTOR: ... Yeah! Lucy says, that is the President of Great Britain. ROSE: What, there's a President, not a Prime Minister? THE DOCTOR: Seems so. ROSE: Or maybe Lucy's just a bit thick. They move on their way with the trays. PETE (addressing the room as a whole): Excuse me! Thank you very much. Thank you, if I could just have your attention, please? MAN IN CROWD: Pete! Go on, Pete! PETE: Thank you very much! MAN IN CROWD: It's about time you did some work. I thought you liked them young! INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY Rose follows the sound of his voice to the bottom of the large staircase. The Doctor follows. Pete is standing halfway up. PETE: Um, I'd just like to say, er, thank you to you all, for coming on this er, this very special occasion. Rose gazes up at him. PETE (CONT'D): My wife's... thirty-ninth. The crowd chortle. PETE (CONT'D) (thumbs up): Trust me on this... The crowd laugh appreciatively. PETE (CONT'D): So, without any further ado, here she is. The birthday girl... my lovely wife... Jackie Tyler. Rose strains for a look. The Doctor glances at her. Jackie descends the staircase, smiling at the crowd who applaud and cheer and snap photos. Rose stares at her. Jackie stands next to Pete. JACKIE: Now, I'm not giving a speech, that's what my parties are famous for, no work, no politics, just a few good mates and plenty of black-market whisky. This makes the crowd laugh again. JACKIE (CONT'D) (laughingly, spotting the President): Pardon me, Mr President! (He smiles). So, yeah! Get on with it, enjoy, enjoy. More cheers. Pete takes Jackie's hand and they descend the rest of the stairs to mingle with the crowd. THE DOCTOR (quietly, to Rose): You can't stay. Even if there was some way of telling them. ROSE: Course I can't. I've still got my mum at home, my real mum. I couldn't just leave her, could I. It's just... they've got each other. Mum's got no one. THE DOCTOR: She's got you! Those two haven't! (Sighs). All these different worlds, not one of them gets it right. JACKIE: Rose! This is followed by a series of barking and yelps. JACKIE (CONT'D): There's my little girl! The dog potters over to Jackie, who picks her up. JACKIE (CONT'D): Come to mummy, come to mummy! Yes, good girl! Good girl, aren't you? The expression on Rose's face is priceless. The Doctor takes one look at her and bursts out laughing, but sobers at the look she gives him. THE DOCTOR (sheepishly): Sorry. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION Mr Crane is walking outside the factory. A metallic voice rings out as the newly created Cybermen march past in an orderly line. CYBERMAN: Platoon now boarding. Platoon zero-L-two boarding. Mr Crane addresses a staff member who is staring at them marching past. MR CRANE: Stop staring. MAN: Who are they, sir? MR CRANE: I'm told they're the future. Ain't technology wonderful? Go on, get in the cab. Start her up. MAN: Sir. He leaves. Mr Crane's phone rings. LUMIC: Mr Crane, are we mobile? MR CRANE: Just about in the road, sir. And yourself? LUMIC: I'm arriving, Mr Crane. Prepare the factory. Mr Crane looks skywards at Lumic's zeppelin which is coming in. LUMIC (CONT'D): Now, send them forth, old friend. Let the good work begin. INT. PREACHERS' HEADQUARTERS Jake, Ricky and Mrs Moore have stripped Mickey to his boxers and tied him to a chair. Jake is using a some sort of device to scan the length of his body. The results are shown on the laptop Mrs Moore is using. Jake finishes. JAKE (to Ricky): He's clean. No bugs. RICKY (staring at Mickey): But this is off the scale. He's flesh and blood, how did that happen? MRS MOORE: Well, it could be that Cybus Industries have perfected the science of human cloning...? Or your father had a bike? Ricky glares at Mickey and circles him menacingly. RICKY: Your name is Mickey, not Ricky? MICKEY: Mickey. Dad was Jackson Smith. Used to work at the key cutters in Cliffton's Parade. Went to Spain, never came back. Ricky bends to get a closer look at him. RICKY: But that's my dad. So... we're brothers? JAKE: Be fair. What else could it be? RICKY (staring at Mickey, brow furrowed): I don't know. But he doesn't just look like me, he is exactly the same. There's something else going on here, Jake. MICKEY: So, who are you lot? RICKY (straightening, circling the chair again): We, we are the Preachers. As in Gospel Truth. You see? (Gestures his ears). No ear plugs. While the rest of the world downloads from Cybus Industries, we, we have got freedom. You're talking to London's Most Wanted. But target Number One is Lumic, and we are going to bring him down. MICKEY: From your kitchen? Jake smirks. RICKY: Have you got a problem with that? MICKEY: No, it's a good kitchen. The laptop bleeps. MRS MOORE: It's an upload from Gemini. MICKEY: Who is Gemini? MRS MOORE: The vans are back. They're moving out of Battersea. Looks like Gemini was right. Lumic's finally making a move. RICKY: And we are right behind him. Pack up, we're leaving. EXT. STREET A huge lorry from Cybus Industries drives past. The Preacher's van is hidden in the shadows. It pulls out after the lorry has gone. Ricky is driving. In the back, Jake gives Mrs Moore a g*n. She loads it as Mickey looks on. Jake also loads his. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CORRIDOR The Doctor detaches himself from the crowds and walks down a corridor. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, STUDY He almost walks past a dark, empty room with the door slightly ajar, but backtracks as he notices a laptop open on the desk inside. He looks warily behind him to check that the coast is clear, then sneaks quietly into the room, shutting the door behind him. He puts on his glasses and looks at the screen, and smiles. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY Rose watches from a distance as Jackie chats to the President, laughing raucously. Pete appears next to her, also watching Jackie. PETE: I remember her twenty-first. Pint of cider in the George. ROSE (offering the tray): Sorry, champagne? PETE (accepting): Oh, might as well. I'm paying for it! They laugh. Pete sips the champagne. ROSE: It's a big night for you... PETE: Well, for her... still, she's happy. ROSE: Yeah, she should be. It's a great party. PETE: Do you think? Rose gives him the thumbs up and grins. ROSE: You can trust me...! PETE (correcting her): You can trust me on this. ROSE: That's it, sorry, yeah! They laugh. ROSE (CONT'D): So, um, how long have you two been married? PETE: Twenty years. ROSE: And no kids, or...? PETE: We kept putting it off. She said she didn't wanna spoil her figure. ROSE: It's not too late. She's only forty. PETE: Thirty-nine. ROSE: Oh, right, thirty-nine! They chuckle. PETE: It's still too late... I moved out last month. We're gonna keep it quiet, you know, it's bad for business. Rose's smile has faded. She nods. There is a pause. PETE (CONT'D): Why am I telling you all this? We haven't met before, have we? Rose stares at him. PETE (CONT'D) (staring at her, brow furrowed): I dunno, you just seem sort of... ROSE: What? Pete considers her. He can't put his finger on it. PETE: I dunno, just sort of... right. There is another pause. Pete seems to get uncomfortable with the situation and moves away to talk to someone else. PETE (CONT'D): Stevey, how's things? How's it going at Torchwood? Rose is left alone. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION Ricky and Jake are crouched in some bushes outside Pete's house, watching some men dressed in white get out of the back of a lorry. RICKY: I don't know what they're doing, but they seem to be the target. Big house, fair bit of money... now we've got to find a way to get in. INT. VAN MRS MOORE (to Mickey): I've identified the address. It belongs to Peter Tyler. The Vitex millionaire. MICKEY: Pete Tyler? MRS MOORE: He's listed as one of Lumic's henchmen. A traitor to the state. MICKEY (shocked): But... but... we've gotta get in there. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION RICKY (into the comm): Now, shut it, duplicate, that's what I just said. A ramp is let down from the back of the lorry. We hear the sound of heavy feet marching. RICKY (CONT'D): What're they doing...? A row of heavy metal feet march out of the van. RICKY (CONT'D): What the hell are they? After a few more moments, Ricky and Jake evidently decide to make a hasty retreat. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, STUDY The Doctor has found a presentation of the structure of the Cybermen. Lumic's voice narrates. LUMIC (voice-over): The most precious thing on this Earth is the human brain... EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, PORCH Jackie is alone just outside on the porch. Rose spots her through the window and follows her outside. Jackie settles herself down on a bench. It's just the two of them. ROSE: Mrs Tyler, is there anything I can get you? JACKIE: The last twenty years back. She laughs tiredly. Rose smiles uncertainly. ROSE (CONT'D): I can manage a glass of champagne... or a nice cup of tea? JACKIE: Oh, that'd do me! They laugh. The ice broken, Rose sits down next to Jackie, still holding the tray of champagne. ROSE: My mum loves that. End of a long night, she never goes straight to bed, she always stays up just to have that last cup of tea. JACKIE: Oh, I'm the same! ROSE (looking at her): Two sugars... JACKIE: And me! Pete always says, you know... (She stops, shakes her head) ... ah, never mind him. ROSE: I was talking to him earlier. He's a nice man. You know, big of a Jack the Lad, I s'pose, even if he has got money, but... he's a good bloke. Better than most. She looks at Jackie for a few moments. ROSE (CONT'D) (softly): He's worth a second chance. Jackie turns sharply. JACKIE (coldly): Are you commenting on my marriage? ROSE (taken aback): No, I was just... JACKIE: Who the hell do you think you are? You're staff! You're nothing but staff, you're just the serving girl, for God's sake. Rose looks away, hurt. JACKIE (CONT'D): And you are certainly not getting paid. Don't you dare talk to me. Jackie stands and goes back inside, leaving Rose alone on the bench, upset. Suddenly, a floodlight of sorts snaps on making Rose squint. Shadowy figures march up the front lawn, but we cannot see them properly because of the bright light behind them. They come closer with an ominous "boom, boom, boom, boom". INT. TYLER'S MANSION, STUDY The Doctor is still inside watching the presentation on the laptop. LUMIC (voice-over): This is the ultimate upgrade. Our greatest step into cyberspace. The Doctor looks horrified as he realises what this means. THE DOCTOR: Cybus. Without a moment's hesitation, he dashes from the room. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, PORCH Rose stands and watches the figures marching closer. After a few moments, she turns on her heel and runs back inside. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, DRAWING ROOM The Doctor winds his way through the crowds and spots Rose; they both go to the window and look outside at the figures. THE DOCTOR (hushed): It's happening again. ROSE: What do you mean? THE DOCTOR: I've seem them before. They get closer... ROSE: What are they? THE DOCTOR: Cybermen. Several of them smash steel fists through the windows in order to gain entry to the house, which elicits screams from the crowd. They cower as the Cybermen step through the full length windows. Soon, they have everyone in the room circled with no way out. The President's communication device bleeps. PRESIDENT (distastefully): Mr Lumic. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN LUMIC (in his headquarters, through comm): Mr President. I suppose a remark about crashing the party would be appropriate at this point. He laughs evilly. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, DRAWING ROOM PRESIDENT: I forbade this. LUMIC: These are my children, sir. Would you deny my family? ROSE (under her breath to the Doctor): What are they? Robots? THE DOCTOR: Worse than that. PRESIDENT: Who were these people? LUMIC: Doesn't matter. ROSE: They're people? THE DOCTOR: They were. Until they had all their humanity taken away. It's a living brain jammed inside a cybernetic body. With a heart of steel. All emotions removed. ROSE: Why no emotions? THE DOCTOR: Because it hurts. PRESIDENT (voice rising): I demand to know, Lumic, these people, who were they? LUMIC: They were homeless, wretched and useless until I saved them. And elevated them. And gave them life-eternal. And now, I leave you in their capable hands. Goodnight, sir. Goodnight, Mr President. He hangs up. One of the Cybermen squares itself in front of the crowd. CYBERMAN: We have been upgraded. THE DOCTOR: Into what? CYBERMAN: The next level of mankind. We are Human Point Two. Every citizen will receive a free upgrade. You will become like us. PRESIDENT: I'm sorry. (approaches the Cyberman). I'm so sorry for what's been done to you. (Turns, walks around). But listen to me, this experiment ends. Tonight. CYBERMAN: Upgrading is compulsory. PRESIDENT: And if I refuse? THE DOCTOR (quickly): Don't. Rose glances at him. PRESIDENT: What if I refuse? THE DOCTOR (stepping forward): I'm telling you, don't. PRESIDENT (ignoring him): What happens if I refuse? CYBERMAN: Then you are not compatible. PRESIDENT (challenging) :What happens then? CYBERMAN: You will be deleted. He grasps the President, whose eyes widen in shock, by the neck. He is engulfed by electric-blue light as he is k*lled. The crowd scream and start to run. PETE (shouting): Jackie?! The people desperately run around, looking for a way out whilst some unfortunate individuals are att*cked by the Cybermen. The room is chaos, the Doctor grabs Rose's hand and pulls her outside through one of the broken windows. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, GROUNDS THE DOCTOR: There's nothing we can do! Rose pulls away from him and tries to go back inside. ROSE: My mum's in there! The Doctor pulls her away again. THE DOCTOR: She's not your mother! Come on! They run up a slope, only to be greeted by another row of Cybermen. They quickly change direction and run around the side of the house. Pete leaps out of the window, Rose spots him and calls him over to them. ROSE: Quick! Quick! Pete runs after them. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, HALLWAY Inside, the Cybermen are quickly disposing of everyone. Jackie stands in a doorway and shrieks as one of the Cybermen spots her. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CORRIDOR She turns on her heel and runs down a corridor, pursued by the Cybermen. She hurries down a flight of stairs into a cellar. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CELLAR The Cyberman follows, stomping steadily down the stairs. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, GROUNDS The Doctor, Rose and Pete reach the front of the house. THE DOCTOR (looking around): Pete, there's no way out! PETE: The side gates! They run in the direction he indicates. PETE (CONT'D): Who are you? How do you know so much? THE DOCTOR: You wouldn't believe it in a million years... They skid to a halt as they are met by another row of Cybermen and are forced to change direction, two figures run towards the house, holding g*n. ROSE: Who's that?! RICKY: Get behind me! The Doctor, Rose and Pete stand/crouch behind Rickey and Jake as they f*re their g*n at the onslaught of Cybermen. The Cybermen stop marching. Rose fusses with Ricky's coat. ROSE (relieved): Oh my God, look at you... She pulls him into a tight hug, much to Ricky's bewilderment. ROSE (CONT'D): I thought I'd never see you again! Rickey pulls away from her. RICKY: Yeah, no offence, sweetheart, but who the hell are you? Mickey sprints down the lawn towards them. MICKEY: Rose! (He stops when he reaches them). That's not me. That's like... the other one. Rose stares at him, and then at Ricky. THE DOCTOR: Oh, as if things weren't bad enough, there's two Mickey's! RICKY: It's Ricky. MICKEY (referring to the Cybermen): But there's more of them... The company look around them in fear as they are surrounded by Cybermen. ROSE: We're surrounded... Ricky raises his g*n. THE DOCTOR: Put the g*n down. b*ll*ts won't stop them. Jake ignores this and fires a rally. The Doctor pushes his g*n aside angrily. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): No! Stop sh**ting, now! The Doctor straightens and addresses the surrounding Cybermen. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We surrender! Hands up... (The company put their hands up, including him) ... there's no need to damage us, we're good stock. We volunteer for the upgrade program. Take us to be processed. CYBERMAN: You are rogue elements. THE DOCTOR: But we surrender. CYBERMAN: You are incompatible. THE DOCTOR: But this is a surrender! CYBERMAN: You will be deleted. THE DOCTOR (shouting, frantic): But we're surrendering! Listen to me, we surrender! CYBERMAN: You are inferior. Man will be reborn as Cybermen but you will perish under maximum deletion. The Cyberman raises it's arm and reaches towards the Doctor. The company look terrified. CYBERMAN (CONT'D): Delete. Delete. Delete! To be continued...
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Recap of 205 "Rise of the Cybermen". OPENING CREDITS EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, GROUNDS The Doctor points the power cell at the Cybermen, which expells a sh**t of golden light which bounds off one of them and onto the others, they are all disintegrated. RICKY: What the hell was that? THE DOCTOR: We'll have that instead, run! And they run. Mrs Moore drives onto the scene in the blue van, hooting her horn. MRS MOORE: Everybody in! Pete tries to run back to the house. The Doctor grabs him and tries to restrain him. PETE: I've gotta go back, my wife's in there. THE DOCTOR: Anyone inside that house is d*ad. If you wanna help, then don't let her die for nothing. You've gotta come with us right now. Pete understands, and hurries back to the van. MRS MOORE: Come on, get a move on! Rose is still staring at the house. The Doctor goes to her. THE DOCTOR (with a quiet urgency): Rose, she's not your mother. ROSE: I know. THE DOCTOR: Come on. He pushes her in the direction of the van. They get in the back. MRS MOORE: Finished chatting?! Never seen a slower getaway in my life! They drive off. The Cybermen march ominously forwards. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CELLAR A door in the basement of the Tyler's house creaks open a crack. Jackie peeks out with wide eyes. A Cyberman is walking away from her, its back turned. Very suddenly another steps out of a doorway about halfway along the corridor. Jackie gasps and hastily withdraws - but too late, it has seen her. INT. VAN The van is driving along at a steady speed now, relatively calm. Ricky, who is sitting in the front, glares through the grilling at the power cell, which the Doctor is still holding in his hand. RICKY: What was that thing? THE DOCTOR: Little bit of technology from my home. MICKEY: It's stopped glowing. Has it run out? THE DOCTOR (putting it in his pocket): It's on a revitalising loop. It'll charge back up in about four hours. RICKY: Right. So, we don't have a w*apon anymore. JAKE: Yeah, we've got w*apon. Might not be one of those metal things, but they're good enough for men like him. He's looking at Pete. ROSE (voice rising shrilly): Leave him alone! What's he done wrong? JAKE: Oh, you know, just laid a trap that's wiped out the Government. And left Lumic in charge. PETE: If I was part of all that, do you think I'd leave my wife inside? RICKY: Maybe your plan went wrong. Still gives us the right to execute you, though. THE DOCTOR: Talk about executions, you'll make me your enemy. And take some really good advice, you don't wanna do that. RICKY: All the same... we have evidence that says Pete Tyler's been working for Lumic since 20.5. Rose stares at Pete, taken aback. ROSE: Is that true? Pete looks uncomfortable. RICKY: Tell 'em, Mrs M. MRS MOORE: We've got a government mole who feeds us information. Lumic's private files, his South American operations... the lot. Secret broadcasts twice a week. PETE: Broadcast from Gemini? RICKY: And how do you know that? PETE: I'm Gemini. That's me. RICKY: Yeah, well you would say that. PETE: Encrypted wavelength six-five-seven using binary nine. Ricky and Jake glance at one another. PETE (CONT'D): That's the only reason I was working for Lumic. To get information. I thought I was broadcasting to the Security Services, and what do I get? Scooby Doo and his g*ng. They've even got the van! MICKEY (confused): No, no, no! But the Preachers know what they're doing. Ricky said he's London's Most Wanted! RICKY: Yeah, that's not exactly... MICKEY: Not exactly what? RICKY (sheepishly): I'm London's Most Wanted for... parking tickets. The Doctor smiles. Rose raises her eyebrows. PETE: Great. RICKY (defensively): They were deliberate! I was fighting the system! Park anywhere, that's me. THE DOCTOR (liking this): Good policy. I do much the same. I'm the Doctor, by the way, if anyone's interested... ROSE: And I'm Rose. Hello! PETE: Even better. That's the name of my dog. Still, at least I've got the catering staff on my side. Rose looks at him. ROSE (quietly): I knew you weren't a traitor. PETE: Why's that, then? Rose glances at the Doctor, who is watching her. ROSE: I just did. PETE: They took my wife. ROSE: She might still be alive. PETE: That's even worse. 'Cos that's what Lumic does. He takes the living... and he turns them into those machines. THE DOCTOR: Cybermen. (All eyes on him). They're called Cybermen. And I'd take those ear-pods off, if I were you. Pete obliges and gives them to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You never know... Lumic could be listening. He disables them with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But he's overreached himself. He's still just a businessman. He's assassinated the President. All we need to do is get to the City and inform the authorities. Because I promise you, this ends tonight. INT. LUMIC'S HEADQUARTERS Camera focuses on a Cyberman's head. There are several of them in Lumic's office, talking to him. LUMIC: My everlasting children... tell me... how does it feel? CYBERMAN: We feel nothing. LUMIC: But in your mind? What do you think? CYBERMAN: We think the same. We are uniform. LUMIC: But you think of... what? CYBERMAN: We think of the humans. We think of their difference and their pain. They suffer in the skin, they must be upgraded. LUMIC: Excellent. Then let's begin! Computer, identify John Lumic. COMPUTER: Voice print acknowledged. LUMIC: Activate ear-pod primary sequence. COMPUTER: Please state area of activation. LUMIC: The City of London. I've just declared Independence. Begin transmission! EXT. STREET On a typical London street, people are going about their usual evening business. An alarm sounds and they all come to a halt, frozen in their tracks. The ear-pods flash. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CELLAR The door creaks open in the basement. Jackie stands there, her ear-pods also flashing. EXT. STREET As one, the people on the street all turn and walk in the same direction. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, CELLAR Jackie marches up the stairs from the basement. INT. LUMIC'S HEADQUARTERS LUMIC: You will come to me. My dear children. The Immortal Ones. INT. STUDIO REPORTER (on TV, chaotic): All of London has been sealed off. There are reports of an army, an army of metal men. All citizens should remove their ear-pods. Repeat: remove all ear-pods. London has been placed under martial law. If you're hearing this, stay in your homes. I repeat: stay in your homes. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION Mr Crane winces and clutches his ears. With some effort, he rips them from his ears. MR CRANE: Oh no you don't. EXT. STREET The Doctor, Rose, Mickey, Pete and the Preachers are walking along the street where all the people are marching towards the same destination. They watch them, bemused. JAKE: What the hell...? ROSE: What's going on? THE DOCTOR: It's the ear-pods. Lumic's taking control. ROSE: Can't we just... I dunno, take them off? She reaches up to one man to take his ear-pods out, but the Doctor stops her. THE DOCTOR (warningly): Don't! Cause a brainstorm. Human Race, for such an intelligent lot, you aren't half susceptible. Give anyone a chance to take control and you submit. Sometimes I think you like it. Easy life. JAKE: Hey. Jake and Ricky are peering around the corner, crouching. JAKE: Come and see. The Doctor, Rose, Mickey and Pete join them in looking around the corner. A row of Cybermen march alongside the people under the control of the ear-pods, still heading in the same direction. ROSE: Where are they all going? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Lumic must have a base of operation. PETE: Battersea. That's where he was building his prototypes. ROSE: Why's he doing it? PETE: He's dying. This all started out as a way of life by keeping the brain alive. At any cost. ROSE (to the Doctor): The thing is, I've seen Cybermen before, haven't I? That head, those handle shapes in Van Statten's museum. THE DOCTOR: Ah, there are Cybermen in our universe. They started on an ordinary world just like this, then swarmed across the galaxy. This lot are a parallel version, and they're starting from scratch right here on earth. PETE: What the hell are you two on about? RICKY: Never mind that. Come on, we need to get out of the City. The Cybermen are fast-approaching down the street. RICKY: Okay, split up, Mrs Moore, you look after that bloke. Jake, distract them, go right, I'll go left, we'll meet back at Bridge Street. Move. He runs off in one direction, Jake in the other. Mickey turns to Rose. MICKEY: I'm going with him. He kisses Rose briefly and follows Ricky. MRS MOORE: Come on, let's go. They run. The Cybermen march towards them. MRS MOORE: There! They run down a side alley, with some Cybermen in pursuit. EXT. STREET Ricky and Mickey come to a fork in the road and halt, out of breath and talking over each other. MICKEY: Which way? I don't know where we are. RICKY: Did they see us? MICKEY: Do they know where we are? RICKY: I think they saw us. I bet they can see in the dark... MICKEY: I bet they got satellites... RICKY: I bet they saw us in the dark... MICKEY / RICKY: They know where we are. They look at each other. RICKY: I don't get it. What is it with you? You are exactly like me. MICKEY: I dunno. I reckon you're braver. RICKY: Oh yeah. Ten times. Still, your friends aren't bad. I'll give you that. MICKEY: Oh, that's the Doctor and Rose. I just tag along behind. RICKY: Well, then you're not that bad. MICKEY: D'you think? RICKY: Yeah, I suppose. They hear the sound of marching feet behind them and spin around. The Cybermen are approaching. MICKEY: Cybermen. MICKEY / RICKY: Split up! They dash off in opposite directions. EXT. STREET The Cybermen march down the street whilst the Doctor, Rose, Pete and Mrs Moore crouch hidden behind a pile of rubbish and dustbins. Rose clutches onto Pete's hand. The Cybermen stop as if they want to investigate the rubbish further, but the Doctor points his sonic screwdriver in their direction. It bleeps and they go on their way. Rose stands and lets go of Pete's hand. They glance at one other, he's clearly slightly bewildered by the way she's behaving towards him. They all stand warily and watch the Cybermen march off into the distance. THE DOCTOR (whispers): Go. They creep out from behind the dustbins and run in the opposite direction. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION The people under the control of Lumic file out of the back of a lorry, including Jackie. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Chamber twelve now closed for sterlisation. All reject stock will be incinerated. EXT. SIDE ALLEY Ricky is running as fast as he can, but the Cybermen are hot on his tail. He is forced to change direction when he is met by another group of them. He runs down a side alley and finds his way blocked by a metal fence, which he rattles on, but the gate is locked. Mickey appears on the other side. MICKEY: Come on! Ricky is forced to start climbing the fence. MICKEY (CONT'D) (growing urgency): Come on! Come on! But it's too late: one of the Cybermen is close enough to reach out and grab hold of Ricky's foot, and he is electrocuted. He shouts out. MICKEY (CONT'D): No! Ricky falls backwards off the fence and lands in a heap on the ground. He is d*ad. There is a silence in Mickey, dismayed, looks from the body to the Cybermen, who are just standing there on the other side of the fence, watching him. He sniffs, stumbles backwards, and runs. INT. LUMIC'S HEADQUARTERS The Cybermen march Mr Crane to stand before Lumic. CYBERMAN: This one is unprogrammed. LUMIC: Mr Crane. I thought you were one of the faithful. MR CRANE: Oh, that I am, sir. My ear-pod must've malfunctioned. For which I apologise. Lumic squints at him suspiciously. MR CRANE (CONT'D): If I er... might...? Lumic nods his ascent, and Mr Crane takes a few steps closer to Lumic's wheelchair. MR CRANE (CONT'D): I'd like to request an upgrade, sir. I've seen the future, and it's copyright Cybus Industries. Sign me up. LUMIC: A willing volunteer. MR CRANE: You've known me a long time, sir. Quite a team, you and me. Lumic gives a smile that looks more like a grimace. MR CRANE (CONT'D): I've been with you all the way. But believe me, sir, knowing you so well... I know exactly what to do. He suddenly lunches forward and rips the breathing apparatus away from Lumic, ignoring his yells and protests. He smashes the life-support system built into the chair and it explodes. LUMIC (desperately): Help me! One of the Cybermen comes to his aid, sending Mr Crane flying across the room with one swipe of its arm. MR CRANE: Die, you! The Cybermen grabs hold of his neck and kills him. LUMIC: Help me! CYBERMAN: You are in pain. We can remove pain forever. LUMIC (difficulty breathing): No! Not yet! I'm not ready. CYBERMAN: We will give you immortality. LUMIC: I've told you. I will upgrade. Only with my last breath! The Cyberman stomps round to the back of Lumic's wheelchair. CYBERMAN: Then breathe no more. The Cyberman hits the logo on its chest and then they wheel Lumic out, ignoring his shouts. LUMIC: No! No! I command you, no! EXT. STREET Jake runs back to where the Doctor, Rose and Pete are waiting. JAKE: I ran past the river. You should've seen it, the whole City's on the watch. Hundreds of Cybermen all down the Thames. Mickey runs down the street towards them, alone. Jake turns and his face lights up. JAKE (CONT'D): Here he is! Mickey does not reply. He comes to a halt. Jake furrows his brow. JAKE (CONT'D): Which one are you? The fact that something is wrong is written all over Mickey's face. MICKEY: I'm sorry. The Cybermen. He couldn't... JAKE: Are you Ricky? ARE YOU RICKY? ROSE: Mickey, that's you, isn't it? MICKEY: Yeah. Rose runs to him and throws her arms around him. Jake is silent. MICKEY (CONT'D) (to Jake): He tried. He was running... Jake turns away. MICKEY (CONT'D) (going after him): There was too many of them. JAKE: Shut it. His face contorts with pain. MICKEY: There was nothing I could do. JAKE (spinning around): I said just shut it. Don't even talk about him. You're nothing, you are. Mickey's eyes are red and shining with tears. As are Jake's. JAKE (CONT'D): Nothing. THE DOCTOR (calmly): We can mourn him when London is safe. But now, we move on. The group nod miserably. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT, OPPOSITE POWER STATION They walk up a slope which overlooks the river - Battersea is on the opposite bank. THE DOCTOR: The whole of London's been sealed off, and the entire population's been taken inside that place. To be "converted". ROSE: We've gotta get in there and shut it down. MICKEY: How do we do that? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'll think of something. MICKEY (indignantly): You're just making this up as you go along! THE DOCTOR: Yuuuup. But I do it brilliantly. Rose smirks. Mickey has to agree. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT, OPPOSITE POWER STATION Mrs Moore has her laptop out, and has a 3D model on the screen. MRS MOORE: That's a schematic of the old factory. Look, cooling tunnels... underneath the plant... big enough to walk through. Everyone is crowded around the laptop on a bench, except Jake, who stands some distance away, not really listening. THE DOCTOR (indicating): We go under there and up into the control centre? MRS MOORE: Hmm. PETE: There's another way in. (Everyone looks at him). Through the front door. If they've taken Jackie for upgrading, that's how she'll get in... JAKE (finally going over to them): We can't just go strolling up. MRS MOORE: Or, we could... with these... She takes some ear-pods from her bag. The Doctor takes one. MRS MOORE: Fake ear-pods. d*ad. No signal. But put them on, the Cybermen would mistake you for one of the crowd. PETE: Then that's my job. THE DOCTOR: You'd have to show no emotion. None at all. Any sign of emotion would give you away. ROSE (to Mrs Moore): How many of those have you got? MRS MOORE: Just two sets. ROSE: Okay. If that's the best way of finding Jackie... I'm coming with you. She gets up and stands next to Pete. PETE: Why does she matter to you? ROSE: We haven't got time. Doctor, I'm going with him, and that's that. THE DOCTOR (staring at her): No stopping you, is there? ROSE: Nope. THE DOCTOR (chucking her the ear-pods): Tell you what... we can take the ear-pods at the same time. Give people their minds back. So they don't walk into that place like sheep. Jakey-boy? The Doctor leads Jake further up the hill for a better look at Battersea and the zeppelin stationed above it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Lumic's transmitting the control signal, and it must be from over there... He points the sonic screwdriver in that general direction. It bleeps. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There it is... on the zeppelin, see? Great big transmitter. Good thing Lumic likes showing off. Reckon you could take it out? JAKE (smiling, pleased): Consider it done. The Doctor pats him on the shoulder and goes back to the others. THE DOCTOR: Mrs Moore... would you care to accompany me into the cooling tunnels? MRS MOORE: How could I refuse an offer of cooling tunnels? THE DOCTOR (taking his glasses off): We att*ck on three sides, above, between - below. We get to the control centre, we stop the conversion machines. MICKEY: What about me? He's standing slightly apart from the group, forgotten. Again. Everyone looks over at him like they've only just remembered he's there. THE DOCTOR (wrong-footed): Mickey! You can... ahm... MICKEY: What, stay out of trouble? Be the tin dog? No, those days are over. I'm going with Jake. JAKE: I don't need you, idiot. MICKEY (bursts out of him, angrily): I'm not an idiot! You got that?! (Calm again). I'm offering to help. JAKE: Whatever. He walks off. Mickey follows him. The Doctor watches closely. THE DOCTOR: Mickey? Mickey turns back. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Good luck. MICKEY: Yeah. You too. Rose, I'll see you later. ROSE: Yeah, you better. THE DOCTOR: If we survive this, I'll see you back at the TARDIS. He smiles at Mickey, eyes intense. Mickey nods. MICKEY: That's a promise. He walks away again with a smile on his face, confidence restored. He glances over his shoulder in time to see the Doctor envelope Rose in a tight hug. She grins up at him. THE DOCTOR: Good luck. Rose nods. Mickey turns away, no longer smiling. INT. COOLING TUNNELS A trap door opens into the cooling tunnels. Mrs Moore descends a ladder, followed by the Doctor. MRS MOORE: It's freezing here. THE DOCTOR: Any sign of a light switch? MRS MOORE (laughs): Can't see a thing. But I've got these... She rummages through her bag and hands the Doctor a light that can be tied round his head. MRS MOORE (CONT'D): A device for every occasion... THE DOCTOR: Ooh! MRS MOORE: Put it on. She finds one for herself. They put them on. THE DOCTOR: Haven't got a hotdog in there, have you? I'm starving. Mrs Moore laughs. MRS MOORE: Of all the things to wish for! That's mechanically recovered meat! THE DOCTOR: I know. It's the Cyberman of food, but it's tasty. MRS MOORE (handing him a torch): A proper torch as well. THE DOCTOR: Let's see where we are. He switches the torch on and takes a few steps forward. The first thing the light falls on is a Cyberman. There are hundreds of them lining the cooling tunnels, but they are lifeless. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Already converted, just paralysed. Come on! He walks forward, ready to start the journey down the cooling tunnels. After a moments hesitation, Mrs Moore follows. The Doctor pauses and raps one on the nose (or where the nose should be) which elicits no response. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Let's go slowly. Keep an eye out for trip systems. They edge slowly and warily down the tunnel, past lifeless Cyberman after lifeless Cyberman. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION A huge truck drives away from the power station. A row of Cybermen march in the opposite direction. The whole place is very busy. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Chamber six now open for human upgrading. Rose and Pete dart along the side of the building, trying to remain unseen. CYBERMAN'S VOICE (CONT'D): Chamber seven now open for human upgrading. A row of brain-d*ad people march alongside the Cybermen. Pete and Rose are crouched out of sight. CYBERMAN'S VOICE (CONT'D): Chamber eight now open for human upgrading. PETE (referring to the ear-pods): Just put them on. Don't show any emotion. No signs, nothing. Okay? ROSE: Don't worry. We can do it. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Chamber seven now open for human upgrading. They put their ear-pods in place. PETE: We could die in here. Why are you doing this? ROSE: Let's just say I'm doing it for my mum and dad. Right, let's go. They come out of their hiding place. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Chamber eight now open for human upgrading. Pete gives Rose's hand a squeeze before they join the line of people filing into the building for upgrading. CYBERMAN'S VOICE (CONT'D): Chamer nine now open for human upgrading. chamber ten now open for human upgrading. Chamber eleven now open for human upgrading. Rose and Pete file after the other humans, in line, not a flicker of emotion on their faces. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, ROOF Jake has climbed a ladder to the roof of the building, over which the zeppelin is parked. He smiles. Mickey follows him. Jake creeps stealthily behind a wall to avoid being noticed by the guards standing beneath the zeppelin, and beckons to Mickey who follows. JAKE: Two guards. We can take them. MICKEY: Don't k*ll them. JAKE: Who put you in charge? MICKEY: If you k*ll them, what's the difference between you and a Cyberman? Jake pauses. JAKE: Well, I suppose we could use these. He hands Mickey a small corked bottle. MICKEY: Smelling salts? JAKE: Bit stronger than that. One of Mrs Moore's little tricks. Should knock them out. Three, two, one... They run out from behind the wall and creep up behind the guards. They grab them from behind and shove the 'smelling salts' under their noses. They're unconscious in seconds. MICKEY: There's gotta be more guards on board. JAKE: Then let's go get them. They start up the ladder to the zeppelin. INT. COOLING TUNNELS The Doctor and Mrs Moore are still making their way stealthily along the tunnel. THE DOCTOR: How did you get into this, then? Rattling along with the Preachers? MRS MOORE: Oh, I used to be ordinary. Worked at Cybus Industries. '95. 'Til one day, I find something I'm not supposed to. A file on the mainframe. All I did was read it. Then suddenly, I've got men with g*n knocking in the middle of the night. Life on the run. Then I found the Preachers. They needed a techy, so I... I just sat down and taught myself everything. THE DOCTOR: What about Mr Moore? MRS MOORE: Well, he's not called Moore. I got that from a book, Mrs Moore. It's safer not to use real names. But he thinks I'm d*ad. It was the only way to keep him safe. Him and the kids. What about you? Got any family, or...? THE DOCTOR: Oh, who needs family? I've got the whole world on my shoulders. Go on then, what's your real name? MRS MOORE: Angela Price. The Doctor nods, smiling. MRS MOORE (CONT'D): Don't tell a soul. THE DOCTOR: Not a word. Behind them, a red button behind a Cyberman lights up and starts bleeping quietly The Cyberman slowly turns its head. INT. LUMIC'S HEADQUARTERS An alarm goes off on a computer. A Cyberman strides over to it. CYBERMAN 1: Movement in Deepcold Six. CYBERMAN 2: Awaken the army. INT. COOLING TUNNELS A Cyberman's hand twitches slightly. MRS MOORE (scared): Doctor? Did that one just move? THE DOCTOR: It's just the torchlight. Keep going, come on. Another one, just in front of them, definitely turns. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They're waking up... Run! They run down the cooling tunnel as fast as they can. As they go, the Cybermen spring to life, one after another. They begin to march forwards just as they reach the ladder at the end of the tunnel. They scramble to get up it. MRS MOORE: Get up! Quick! They're coming! The Doctor attempts to open the seal with his sonic screwdriver. MRS MOORE: Open it! Open it! The Doctor succeeds and tosses the door aside. MRS MOORE (CONT'D): Get up! They climb up the ladder as fast as they can. MRS MOORE (CONT'D): Quick! Quick! THE DOCTOR: Come on! Come on! They climb out of the trapdoor, the Cybermen are following, but they manage to slam the door closed just in time. The Doctor seals it with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, good team, Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore nods. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CYBER-CONVERSION FLOOR Rose and Pete now file along inside the factory. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Units upgrading now five-thousand-five-hundred. Repeat: six-thousand-five-hundred and rising. They walk along, emotionless, along with hordes of others. A Cybermen steps out in front of Rose and stops her going any further. CYBERMAN: You will wait. It moves on. PETE: Are you okay? ROSE (frightened): No. CYBERMAN'S VOICE: Chamber Six now open for human upgrading. The people file forwards, ready to be upgraded. Flames align themselves above incinerators. CYBERMAN'S VOICE (CONT'D): All reject stock will be incinerated. A walks into a cell, the doors closing on her. The blades swoop down on her, converting her... a Cyberman's head is lowered down. The camera pulls out and there are hundreds of conversion machines all working simultaneously. PETE: Any sign of Jackie? A Cyberman turns as though at the sound of his voice. Pete freezes. The Cyberman considers him and stomps over to him. CYBERMAN: You are Peter Tyler. Confirm: you are Peter Tyler. PETE (uncertainly): Confirmed. CYBERMAN: I recognise you. I went first. My name was Jacqueline Tyler. ROSE (before she can stop herself): No! PETE: What?! CYBERMAN: They are unprogrammed. Restrain. PETE (desperately): You're lying. You're not her! You're not my Jackie! Several Cybermen step forwards, ready to restrain him and Rose. Pete lunges forwards to the Cyberman who was Jackie. CYBERMAN: No. I am Cyber-form. Once I was Jacqueline Tyler. ROSE (horrified): But you Ccan't be... not her...! CYBERMAN: Her brain is inside this body. PETE: Jacks, I came to save you. CYBERMAN: This man worked with Cybus Industries to create our species. He will be rewarded by force. Take them to Cyber Control. The Jackie-Cyberman stomps away. Rose and Pete are grabbed from behind and marched away. ROSE: They k*lled her... they just took her and k*lled her! PETE: Maybe there's a chance, I dunno. Maybe we can reverse it. ROSE: There's nothing we can do. PETE: But if... if she remembers... They turn and strain to see Jackie - there are hordes and hordes of Cybermen, and they all look identical. PETE (CONT'D): Where is she? Which one was it? Which one was her? ROSE: They all look the same! They are shoved roughly forwards again. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Having successfully drugged another guard, Mickey and Jake enter the control room of the zeppelin. JAKE ;: Nice one. (Seeing the room deserted). Nobody's home. Find the transmitter controls. MICKEY: What do they look like? JAKE: Well, I don't know, they might have "TRANSMITTER CONTROLS" written in big red letters, just look! They both look around the control room. Mickey turns and jumps to see a Cyberman standing in a dark alcove. JAKE (CONT'D): Cyberman! He points his g*n at it. But it doesn't move. Confused, Jake moves closer and turns a light switch, illuminating the alcove. Mickey also takes a few steps closer to examine it. It becomes apparent that it is lifeless. MICKEY: It's d*ad. I don't think it was ever alive. He taps it on the head. It sounds hollow. MICKEY (CONT'D): It's empty. No brain. It's just a robot suit. It's for display. JAKE: Okay. Transmitter. They head off in different directions to search for the transmitter. The camera closes in on the lifeless Cyberman. INT. COOLING TUNNELS The Doctor and Mrs Moore edge along a dark, metal corridor. Suddenly, a Cyberman steps out in front of them. They both jump. CYBERMAN: You are not upgraded. MRS MOORE: Yeah? Well, upgrade this. She throws a small metal device at the Cyberman - it sticks to its chest. It sparks and causes the Cyberman to be electrocuted. It shakes and jerks, and then slumps to the floor. The Doctor looks delighted. THE DOCTOR: What the hell was that thing?! They approach the body. MRS MOORE: Electromagnetic b*mb. Takes out computers, I figured it might stop the cyber-suit. THE DOCTOR: You figured right. Now, let's have a look... He takes out his sonic screwdriver, bends down and holds it to the Cybus logo on its chest. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now... know your enemy... and the logo on the front... Lumic's turned them into a brand. He takes the logo off so that they can see inside the Cyberman. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (showing Mrs Moore): Heart of steel... but look... He puts his fingers inside the Cyberman, and draws out some bodily tissues. MRS MOORE: Is that flesh? THE DOCTOR: Hmmm... central nervous system. Artificially grown then threaded throughout the suit so it responds like a living thing. Well, it is a living thing. Oh, but look... He carefully fingers an electronic chip. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Emotional inhibitor. Stops them feeling anything. MRS MOORE: But... why? THE DOCTOR: It's still got a human brain... imagine its reaction if it could see itself. Realise itself inside this thing. They'd go insane... MRS MOORE: So they cut out the one thing that makes them human. THE DOCTOR: Because they have to. CYBERMAN: Why am I cold? MRS MOORE: Oh, my God. It's alive. It can feel. THE DOCTOR: We broke the inhibitor. (Leans over the Cyberman, touches its head. Sincerely...): I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. CYBERMAN: Why so cold? THE DOCTOR: Can you remember your name? CYBERMAN: Sally. Sally Phelan. MRS MOORE: You're a woman... CYBERMAN: Where's Gareth? MRS MOORE: Who's Gareth? CYBERMAN: He can't see me. It's unlucky the night before. MRS MOORE: You're getting married. CYBERMAN: I'm cold. I'm so cold. THE DOCTOR (quietly): Sorry. You sleep now, Sally. Just go to sleep. He points the sonic screwdriver just inside the suit. The blue light inside goes out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Sally Phelan didn't die for nothing. (It dawns on him). 'Cos that's the key. The emotional inhibitor, if we could find the code behind it, the cancellation code, then feed it throughout the system into every Cyberman's head... Mrs Moore nods. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They'd realise what they are... MRS MOORE: And what happens then? THE DOCTOR: I think it would k*ll them. (Brow furrows). Could we do that? MRS MOORE: We've got to. Before they k*ll everyone else. The Doctor looks as though he is finding this decision hard. MRS MOORE (CONT'D): There's no choice, Doctor. It's got to be done. She stands. The Doctor is still staring at Sally's body. Neither of them notice that a Cyberman is standing right behind Mrs Moore. It grabs her by the neck and kills her. The Doctor stands in horror. THE DOCTOR (furious): No! No! You didn't have to k*ll her! CYBERMAN: Sensors detect a binary vascular system. You are an unknown upgrade. You will be taken for analysis. The Doctor, looking disgusted by them, allows himself to be lead off by two other Cybermen. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Jake goes over to Mickey who is standing by a panel which does indeed have "TRANSMITTER CONTROLS" written on it in large letters. MICKEY: The transmitter controls are sealed behind here, we need like, an oxyacetylene or something. JAKE (sarcastically): Oh, no I forgot to bring it with me. MICKEY: Well, then what do we do? JAKE: We'll crash the zeppelin. MICKEY: With us inside it? JAKE: We could set it to a*t*matic and then just leg it! Let's have a look. They go over to the controls. Jake taps on the keyboard and shakes his head. JAKE (CONT'D): It's locked. There's gotta be an override... MICKEY (shoving Jake out of the way): Let me have a go. I'm good with computers, trust me. Mickey taps on the keyboard and Jake watches. They are oblivious to tiny red light that has just started flashing and beeping quietly behind the cyber-suit. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM The Doctor is marched into the main control room of Battersea. Rose and Pete are both there too, by the computers. THE DOCTOR: I've been captured, but don't worry, Rose and Pete are still out there, they can rescue me... oh well, never mind. (to Rose): You okay? ROSE: Yeah. But they got Jackie. PETE: We were too late. Lumic k*lled her. THE DOCTOR (raising his voice, looking around): Then where is he? The famous Mr Lumic? Don't we get the chance to meet our Lord and Master? CYBERMAN: He has been upgraded. THE DOCTOR: So he's just like you? CYBERMAN: He is superior. The Lumic Unit has been designated Cyber Controller. They all turn as the sliding doors open. Mr Lumic, now as a Cyberman, rolls through them. He is sitting on an elaborate chair, covered with wires and tubes. Pete stands in amazement. LUMIC: This is The Age of Steel and I am its Creator. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM MICKEY: Almost there. He's still tapping on the computer. JAKE (approvingly): Not bad work. The Cyberman behind them flexes its fingers. It raises its arm and steps out of the alcove. JAKE (CONT'D): It's moving! They move hurriedly out of the way. JAKE (CONT'D): You said it was d*ad! MICKEY: Yeah. But he's still a steel robot. Jake points his g*n at it. Mickey pushes his hand down. MICKEY: Wait a minute. Hey, Cyberman, over here. The Cyberman turns. MICKEY (CONT'D) (with anticipation): Come on, you brainless lump of metal. It stomps towards them, and Mickey beckons it forward. MICKEY (CONT'D): Come and have a go! The Cyberman raises its fist, ready to strike, Mickey and Jake duck out of the way at the last second, and its fist slams into the transmitter controls. It explodes with blue electricity, destroying both the controls and the Cyberman. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CYBER-CONVERSION FLOOR The ear-pods on the people marching into the factory flash and are deactivated. The people wake up'and with horror, realise where they are. WOMAN: Oh no! They all shriek and start running in different directions. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM MICKEY (jovially): The transmitter's down! Mickey and Jake hug excitedly. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION The people flee out of the power station, screaming and knocking the cybermen out of the way. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM The Doctor, Rose and Pete hear the screams clearly from Lumic's control room. The Cybermen look around. THE DOCTOR: That's my friends at work. Good boys! Mr Lumic, I think that's a vote for free will. He winks. LUMIC: I have factories waiting on seven continents. If the ear-pods have failed, then Cybermen will take humanity by force. London has fallen. So shall the world. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM MICKEY: Hold on, I've logged on to Cyber Control. He has managed to hack into a security camera of sorts overlooking Cyber Control, where the Doctor is. MICKEY (CONT'D) (beaming): They're alive! The Doctor and Rose, there they are! JAKE: Never mind them, what the hell is that thing? He points to Lumic. MICKEY: Shh. Has this thing got sound? He taps on the keyboard which gives them audio. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM LUMIC: I will bring peace to the world. Everlasting peace, and unity, and uniformity. THE DOCTOR: And imagination? What about that? The one thing that lead you here. Imagination, you're k*lling it, d*ad! LUMIC: What is your name? THE DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. LUMIC: A redundant title. Doctors need not exist. Cybermen never sicken. THE DOCTOR (stepping forwards in his enthusiasm): Yeah, but that's it! That's exactly the point! (Despairingly). Oh, Lumic, you're a clever man... I'd call you a genius, except I'm in the room. But everything you've invented, you did to fight your sickness. And that's brilliant. That is so human. But once you get rid of sickness and mortality, then what's there to strive for? Eh? The Cybermen won't advance. You'll just stop! You'll stay like this forever. A metal Earth with metal men and metal thoughts. Lacking the one thing that makes this planet so alive. People. Ordinary, stupid, brilliant people. LUMIC: You are proud of your emotions? THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. LUMIC: Then tell me, Doctor, have you known grief, and rage, and pain? THE DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, I have. LUMIC: And they hurt? THE DOCTOR: Oh yes. LUMIC: I could set you free. Would you not want that? A life without pain? THE DOCTOR: You might as well k*ll me. LUMIC: Then I take that option. THE DOCTOR: It's not yours to take. You're a cyber controller. You don't control me or anything with blood in its heart. LUMIC: You have no means of stopping me. I have an army. A species of my own. The Doctor puts his face in his palm, exasperated. THE DOCTOR: You just don't get it, do you? An army's nothing. 'Cos those ordinary people, they're the key. (Glances at the security camera). The most ordinary person could change the world. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Mickey nods at this. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Some ordinary man or woman... some idiot... Mickey's head jerks up. He stares. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): All it takes is for him to find, say, the right numbers... say, the right codes... say, for for example, the code behind the emotional inhibitor. The code right in front of him. 'Cos even an idiot knows how to use computers these days. Mickey's mouth is open. He's starting to catch on. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Knows how to get past firewalls and passwords... knows how to find something encrypted in the Lumic Family Database, under... what was it, Pete? Binary what? PETE (loudly): Binary 9. MICKEY (whispers): Binary 9. He begins to type. The code starts to appear number by number on the screen. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): An idiot could find that code. The cancellation code. And he'd keep on typing. Keep on fighting. (Looks meaningfully into the camera). Anything to save his friends... INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM LUMIC: Your words are irrelevant. THE DOCTOR (grinning): Talk too much, that's my problem. Lucky I got you that cheap tariff, Rose. For all our long chats. On your phone. Another meaningful glance into the camera. Does the "phone" sign. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM MICKEY: The phone... He takes out his own mobile. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM LUMIC: You will be deleted. THE DOCTOR: Yes, delete, control, hash, all those lovely buttons. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Mickey types the numbers into his phone as a text message. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Then of course, my particular favourite, send. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Mickey presses "send". INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And let's not forget how you seduced all those ordinary people in the first place. Rose's phone beeps, indicating that she has just received a message. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): By making every bit of technology compatible with everything else... He loiters by one particular computer. ROSE: It's for you. She chucks him her phone. He catches it. THE DOCTOR: Like this. He shoves it into a port. It fits perfectly. All hell breaks loose and the cybermen clutch onto their heads, moaning. The code flashes on every single computer screen. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN, CONTROL ROOM Mickey and Jake jump up and down in delight. MICKEY AND JAKE: Yes! INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM The Cybermen, all over the factory, fall around and start twitching, crying out and clutching their metal skulls. One of them has caught sight of their reflection in a piece of metal and is whimpering and touching its face and fingering its reflection. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION Outside, one of the Cybermen falls to its knees and its head explodes. INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, CONTROL ROOM LUMIC (furiously): What have you done?? THE DOCTOR: I gave them back their souls. They can see what you've done, Lumic! And it's k*lling them. The Doctor, Rose and Pete run from the room. LUMIC: Delete! Delete! Delete! INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION Small expl*si*n erupt all over the factory, whilst the Doctor, Rose and Pete run for their lives, looking for a way out. They try one door but find the way blocked by wailing Cybermen. The Doctor shuts it again. THE DOCTOR: There's no way out! INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN Jake begins to turn the wheel of the zeppelin. MICKEY :What're you doing? JAKE: We've gotta get away. If that factory blows up, this balloon's gonna ignite! MICKEY (angrily): Take it back! JAKE: Mickey, they've had it! MICKEY: I said: Take it back! The zeppelin starts to drift away. Mickey shoves Jake away from the wheel. MICKEY (CONT'D): We're not leaving them behind. He turns it the other way. Jake tries to turn it the opposite way again. MICKEY (CONT'D) (pushing him away): There's no way we're leaving them behind! He turns the wheel. EXT. OVER BATTERSEA POWER STATION The zeppelin is aligned above the roof properly once more. An expl*si*n shakes it. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN Mickey thrusts his mobile into Jake's hand. MICKEY: Hold it! Jake holds it to Mickey's ear. MICKEY (CONT'D): Rose? INT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION Rose has her phone to her ear. MICKEY: Rose, can you hear me? Head for the roof! ROSE (to the Doctor and Pete): It's Mickey. He says "head for the roof". The three of them run up a flight of stairs, trying to avoid the expl*si*n and flames. Lumic roars with fury and pulls the tubes binding him to the chair off himself. He stands, roaring with rage. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, ROOF Rose has reached the top of the ladder to the roof. She leaps over the wall, followed by the Doctor and Pete. They halt when they see the zeppelin. ROSE: Mickey, where'd you learn to fly that thing?! INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN MICKEY: Playstation. Just hold on, Rose. I'm coming to get you. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, ROOF Rose, the Doctor and Pete bolt forwards, flinching at the random expl*si*n all around them. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN JAKE (trying to take the wheel): You can't go any lower... MICKEY (taking it back): I've got to! JAKE: You're gonna crush them! Mickey looks at him, seeing the logic in that. MICKEY: There's got to be something. There's got to be. (And he sees it). Oh yes. He rushes over to a lever and pulls it, which opens a hatch and releases a rope ladder down to the roof. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, ROOF Rose, the Doctor and Pete run to it. THE DOCTOR: You've got to be kidding. Rose, get up! Rose starts to climb the ladder. INT. LUMIC'S ZEPPELIN Mickey pushes a lever. MICKEY: Hold on tight, we're going up! (Jake grins). Welcome to Mickey's Airlines. Please enjoy your flight. Woo! He laughs, spinning the wheel. EXT. BATTERSEA POWER STATION, ROOF Rose, the Doctor and Pete are clinging to the rope ladder as the zeppelin rises up and away. ROSE (exultant): We did it! We did it! Pete struggles up the ladder. It is suddenly jerked downwards. Rose screams as they nearly fall off. They look down, and Lumic is hanging onto the bottom rungs. He starts to climb up after them. The Doctor takes his sonic screwdriver out of his jacket pocket. THE DOCTOR (shouting down): Pete! Take this! He drops it into Pete's outstretched hand. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Use it! Hold the button down! Press it against the rope, just do it! PETE: Jackie Tyler, this is for her! He presses the button down and holds the sonic screwdriver against the rope ladder. Lumic is getting closer and closer. For a moment it seems like it isn't going to work, but then the rope finally snaps. Lumic falls down to earth in slow motion. LUMIC: Nooooooo! Pete laughs with delight. Lumic falls into the flames below. Pete, Rose and the Doctor begin to struggle up the ladder again as the zeppelin carries them away to safety. INT. TARDIS The Doctor goes into the dark TARDIS, carrying the power cell. He puts it in place, and the TARDIS springs to life. The lights come back on and it begins to hum again. A huge grin spreads across the Doctor's face. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT Rose and Pete are outside the TARDIS. PETE (nodding towards it): So, what happens inside that thing, then? ROSE (quickly): Do you wanna see? PETE: No, I don't think so. But you two, you know, all that stuff about different worlds... Who are you? ROSE: It's like you say. Imagine there are different worlds. Parallel worlds. Worlds with another Pete Tyler... Jackie Tyler's still alive... and their daughter... She says it carefully, looking into his eyes. Realisation dawns on him. PETE: I've gotta go... ROSE (stopping him): But if you just look inside... PETE: No, I can't. There's all those Lumic factories out there. All those Cybermen still in storage. Someone's got to tell the authorities what happened. Carry on the fine... THE DOCTOR (stepping out of the TARDIS): Rose? They look around. He jogs over to them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I've only got five minutes of power... we've gotta go. ROSE (to Pete): The Doctor could show ya... PETE: Thank you. For everything. Rose has tears in her eyes, now. She's looking at him intensely. ROSE: Dad. PETE: Don't. Just... just don't. He walks away. The Doctor scratches the back of his neck as he always does when he's uncomfortable, and looks at Rose. Mickey and Jake approach, Mickey holding the Doctor's suit. MICKEY: Here it is! I found it. Not a crease. THE DOCTOR (taking it, overjoyed): My suit! Good man! Now then, Jake, we've gotta run. But one more thing; Mrs Moore. Her real name is Angela Price. She's got a husband out there. And children. Find them. Tell them how she died saving the world. JAKE: Yeah, course I will. THE DOCTOR: Off we go, then! MICKEY: Uh... thing is, I'm staying. THE DOCTOR (staring): You're doing what? ROSE (also staring, already upset): You can't. MICKEY (voice trembling): It sort of balances out, 'cos this world lost its Ricky. But there's me. And there's work to be done with all those Cybermen still out there. ROSE: But you can't stay. MICKEY: Rose, my gran's here. She's still alive. My old gran, remember her? Rose tries to hold her tears back. ROSE: Yeah. MICKEY: She needs me. ROSE: What about me? What if I need you? MICKEY: Yeah, but Rose... you don't. It's just you and him, isn't it? (Looks at the Doctor, and then back to Rose). We had something a long time ago, but... not anymore. ROSE (grasping at straws): Well... we'll come back. We can travel anywhere, come and see you, yeah? THE DOCTOR: We can't. I told you, travel between parallel worlds is impossible. We only got here by accident. We... we fell through a crack in time. When we leave... I've got to close it. We can't ever return. He looks at Mickey, as if asking him if this is really what he wants. Rose looks defeated. Mickey glances at her, then holds his hand out to the Doctor. MICKEY: Doctor. He shakes his hand. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Take Rose's phone. It's got the code. Get it out there. Stop those factories. Mickey nods. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And good luck. Mickey the Idiot. He slaps his cheek with a twinkle in his eye. MICKEY: Watch it! The Doctor saunters back to the TARDIS and slips inside. Rose gives Mickey her phone. He puts it inside his pocket. MICKEY (CONT'D): Thanks. We've had a laugh though, haven't we? Rose nods, tearful. MICKEY (CONT'D): Seen it all, been there and back... who would have thought, me and you off the old estate, flying through the stars? ROSE: All those years just sitting there... imagining what we'd do one day... (Voice breaks). We never saw this, did we? They put their arms around each other for a final embrace. MICKEY: Go on, you'll miss your flight. Rose clutches Mickey tighter, burying her head in his shoulder. When she pulls away, she can't look at him. She goes back to the TARDIS, sobbing. When she reaches the threshold, she looks back at him one last time, and then goes inside, closing the door behind her. MICKEY (CONT'D): Jake, you wanna watch this. Jake goes to stand next to Mickey as the TARDIS dematerialises. JAKE (incredulous): What... the hell? MICKEY: That's the Doctor... in the TARDIS... with Rose Tyler. INT. TYLERS' FLAT, KITCHEN Jackie is at the kitchen sink, filling the kettle up, when she hears the TARDIS materialise in her living room. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM She rushes out to investigate. Rose opens the door and gazes at her. ROSE: You're alive... Jackie raises her eyebrows. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh, mum. You're alive. She flings her arms around her. Jackie seems slightly nonplussed but pleased to see her nonetheless. JACKIE: Well, I was the last time I looked... The Doctor steps out of the TARDIS and watches them. JACKIE (CONT'D): What is it? What's happened, sweetheart? Rose just clings tighter to her, eyes screwed shut. JACKIE (CONT'D) (looking at the Doctor): What's wrong? Where did you go? THE DOCTOR: Far away. That was... far away. JACKIE: Where's Mickey? THE DOCTOR: He's gone home. Jackie hugs Rose back comfortingly. INT. VAN Mickey and Jake get back inside the blue van. Mickey turns to him. MICKEY: I know it's not easy with my face looking exactly like Ricky. But I'm a different man. I'm not replacing him. But we can remember him by fighting in his name. Jake nods. MICKEY (CONT'D): With all those Cyber factories out there, do you think they'll be one in Paris? JAKE (nodding): Yeah. MICKEY: Then, let's go and liberate Paris. JAKE (skeptically): What, you and me? In a van? MICKEY: Nothing wrong with a van. I once saved the universe with a big yellow truck. Jake grins. They start the engine and drive away. The camera pans up to the star-spangled heavens with a half moon. A sh**ting star flashes across the sky. END
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EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE MAGPIE'S SHOP A dark and stormy night in London outside Magpie's Electrical shop. Lightning flashes across the sky. INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP Inside, Magpie sits and leans sullenly on the counter, balancing his accounts. In the background, a television is on. ANNOUNCER / THE WIRE: Orchestrations were arranged by Sir Rodney Fenning, and Dame Eve English is a member of the Kings Lynn Players. So tune in again next week for more from the: What's My Line team. We see the black and white television face of the Announcer/the Wire- 30's/40's and sincere. ANNOUNCER / THE WIRE (CONT'D): And that brings us to the end of programming for today. So, from all of us here at Alexandra Palace, a very good night. As her face blinks from the screen, Magpie sits up and sighs. MAGPIE: Two hundred pounds overdrawn. We hear "God Save the Queen" in the background as Magpie tears a page from his ledger and screws it up. MAGPIE (CONT'D): I need a miracle. He throws the paper into a bin before leaning back on the counter and burying his head in his hands. EXT. ROAD In through a window, we hear laughter from a radio in a home. INT. CONNELLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Gran laughs as Tommy sits on the sofa reading "The Radio Enthusiast". Rita Connelly is sewing by the window. RITA (laughs at the radio): He's a caution, that one! He does make me laugh. Internal door opens, and Eddie Connelly walks in in a suit and tie, w*r medals on his chest. GRAN: Oh, our lord and master. EDDIE (straightening his tie): Rita, I'm off out. TOMMY (turning to Eddie): Dad. He lifts up the 'Radio Enthusiast' to show him. EDDIE (tiredly): Oh how many times, son? We'll see! TOMMY: But everyone's getting a telly, dad! Even Mr Gallagher. And the Bells at number sixty seven. EDDIE: Well, perhaps we'll get one for the Coronation. Tommy grins delightedly at him. EDDIE (CONT'D): If you're lucky! He points a finger at Tommy. Rita turns and smiles. EDDIE (CONT'D): We'll see. He ruffles Tommy's hair. EDDIE (To Rita): Don't wait up. As Eddie leaves, Gran speaks up. GRAN: I heard they rot your brains. (Tommy turns to her). Rot them into soup, and your brain comes pouring out of your ears. That's what television does. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE MAGPIE'S SHOP Outside, lightning flashes across the sky. Eddie walks past Magpie's shop. A moment later, a red bolt of electricity strikes Magpie's TV aerial. INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP Magpie is asleep, face down on the counter on his ledger. A constant beep from the television tells us there is nothing broadcasting- until it suddenly flickers into life with a jolt of the same red electricity. The Wire from earlier looks out from the screen. THE WIRE: Mister Magpie. (He stirs). Oh Mister Magpie! Magpie blearily sits up. MAGPIE: Eh? THE WIRE: Woo-hoo! Can you hear me, Magpie? MAGPIE (suspiciously): Yes... He turns to the source of the noise - and sees the Wire on the television screen. MAGPIE (CONT'D): I must be dreaming... THE WIRE: Oh no, this isn't a dream. MAGPIE: I'm going doolally, then. THE WIRE: Not at all, sweetheart. Now, are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then we'll begin. Three bolts of red electricity flash out from the television and onto Magpie's face. The Wire laughs and Magpie shouts as his face is pulled out towards the television. The Wire continues to laugh. OPENING CREDITS EXT. STREET A pavement and the bottom of the TARDIS. Two pink, high heeled shoes step out onto the pavement, along with a big pink skirt and layers of netting beneath. Rose, in full 50's regalia, brushes a strand of hair from her eyes as she walks out onto the street, looking around. ROSE: I thought we'd be going for the Vegas era, you know, the white flares and the... (growls seductively) chest hair. The Doctor pokes his head round the TARDIS door, his head gelled back, teddy-boy style. THE DOCTOR: You are kidding, aren't you? You wanna see Elvis, you go in the late 50's! The time before burgers. (He disappears back inside). When they called him "the Pelvis" and he still had a waist. Rose laughs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (from inside): What's more, you see him in style! Rose looks round to the TARDIS as she can hear the sound of an engine...as the Doctor rides out of the TARDIS on a blue late-50's moped! Rose laughs in amusement as the Doctor stops, big sunglasses and a white helmet on his head. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (pulling Elvis-style expression and voice): You goin' my way, doll? ROSE (putting on a pair of pink sunglasses, in an American accent): Is there any other way to go, daddy-o? (She walks towards the moped). Straight from the fridge, man! THE DOCTOR (delighted): Hey, you speak the lingo! He tosses her a pink version of his helmet, she catches it and puts it on. ROSE: Yeah well... me, mum, Cliff Richard movies every Bank Holiday Monday. She sits behind him on the moped as he pulls an "I knew it! " face. THE DOCTOR: Ah, Cliff! I knew your mother'd be a Cliff fan. They drive off down the street. ROSE (over the noise of the engine): Where we off to? THE DOCTOR: 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. ROSE: And that'll be TV studios in, what, New York? THE DOCTOR (happily): That's the one! A red London bus drives past the end of the street, the Doctor stops. We spot a red post box and Union flag bunting hanging from rooftop to rooftop. The Doctor looks bemused, Rose laughs it off. ROSE: Digging that New York vibe! THE DOCTOR: Well... this could still be New York, I mean this looks very New York to me... sort of... Londony New York, mind.. ROSE: What are all the flags for? INT. CONNELLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Tommy, Rita and Eddie are watching their new television - the theme song to "Muffin the Mule" is playing. EDDIE: Smashing! Smashing, ennit? You'd have thought they was in the room with ya, eh? Fair do's Tommy, you had a point! New television! There, that should cheer you up a bit, Rita. Give us a smile, then, eh? RITA (quietly, sadly): I can't. Nothing's the same any more, not with her... EDDIE (interrupts): Stop going on about it! RITA: But her face, Eddie! What happened to her? That awful face... EDDIE (shouts): I said stop it! A series of taps come from the room above, all the Connelleys look upward. RITA (quietly): She's awake... (To Tommy): I think she's hungry... EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNELLYS' HOUSE Magpie throws open the doors to his van. Two errand boys take out a television and carry it into a house. The house owner looks on. MAGPIE: There you go, sir, all wired up for the great occasion. The Doctor and Rose walk past and hear him. THE DOCTOR: The great occasion? What d'you mean? MAGPIE: Where've you been living, out in the Colonies? Coronation, of course. THE DOCTOR: What Coronation's that, then? MAGPIE (bemused): What d'you mean? The Coronation. The Doctor looks blank, turns to Rose for help. ROSE: The Queen's. (Like it's obvious). Queen Elizabeth! THE DOCTOR (it clicks): Oh! Oh, is this 1953?! MAGPIE: Last time I looked. Time for a lovely bit of pomp and circumstance, what we do best. ROSE: (looking at the chimneys). 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. MAGPIE: Not round here, love. Magpie's Marvellous Tellies, only five quid a box. The Doctor has wandered a short way round the street, thinking. He suddenly cuts in, all smiles and energy. THE DOCTOR: Oh but this is a brilliant year! Classic! Technicolour, Everest climbed, everything off the ration. (He puts on a typically BBC English accent). The Nation throwing off the shadows of w*r and looking forward to a happier, brighter future! Rose laughs. Suddenly, a woman's shouts are heard. MRS GALLAGHER: Someone help me, please! Ted! A man with a blanket over his head is being bundled into a black police car by two suited men. The Doctor and Rose run over. MRS GALLAGHER (CONT'D): Leave him alone, it's my husband! THE DOCTOR: What's going on? The blanketed man is pushed into the back seat as Tommy runs out of his house. TOMMY: Oi, what are you doing?! One of the suited men addresses the Doctor. D.I BISHOP: Police business, now get out of the way, sir! ROSE (to Tommy): Who did they take, do you know him? TOMMY: Must be Mr Gallagher... The car drives off, leaving Mrs Gallagher in despair. Rita comes out of the Connelly house. TOMMY (CONT'D): It's happening all over the place. They're turning into monsters... Eddie storms out of the house. EDDIE (shouts to Tommy): Tommy! Not one word! Rose and the Doctor look at Eddie. EDDIE (CONT'D): Get inside now! TOMMY (to Rose and the Doctor): Sorry, I'd better do as he says... Mrs Gallagher is still sobbing, but the Doctor puts on his sunglasses again and runs over to the moped and kicks it into life. THE DOCTOR: All aboard! Eddie watches them drive off. EXT. STREET The black car hurtles round a corner. D.I. BISHOP: Operation Market Stall, go, go, go! Tall corrugated metal gates open at the end of the street and allow the black car through, closing behind it. Immediately, a wooden market barrow is wheeled in front of the gates and two men start sweeping the floor, as if they'd always been there. The Doctor and Rose come round the corner on the moped and stop short of the market stall. THE DOCTOR (bemused): Lost 'em! How'd they get away from us? ROSE: Surprised they didn't turn back and arrest you for reckless driving, have you actually passed your test?! THE DOCTOR (not listening): Men in black? Vanishing police cars? This is Churchill's England, not Stalin's Russia! ROSE (thoughtfully): Monsters, that boy said... The Doctor turns to her. ROSE (CONT'D): Maybe we should go and ask the neighbours. THE DOCTOR (sweetly): That's what I like about you. The domestic approach. ROSE (grins): Thank yow... (Thinks about it as the Doctor kicks the moped back into life). Hold on, was that an insult...? But they're off again. INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP A display tower of tellies are all showing the "no broadcast signal", apart from one, which Magpie is addressing. MAGPIE: I've finished it, as you instructed... He lays a strange contraption, a cross between a portable radio and a TV onto one of the tellies. THE WIRE: That's awfully good of you, Mister Magpie. MAGPIE: So you'll go soon? Leave me? THE WIRE (cheerfully): Oh, we'll see! If you're a very good boy. MAGPIE: Please... you're burning me... inside... behind my eyes, it hurts! Even my memories hurt! I just want things back like they used to be! THE WIRE: Oh, but this world of your is busy, busy, busy! Forging ahead into a brand new age, you can never go back! That's your tragedy. But now, the time is almost ripe, Magpie. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. (She laughs, coyly...). Or, lady... INT. CONNELLYS' HOUSE, LANDING Tommy approaches the bottom of the stairs nervously. He takes his time climbing them, pausing briefly as the banging from before starts again. On the landing, we see shadows moving beneath one of the doors... Tommy draws closer, key in hand. TOMMY (tentatively): Gran? Gran, it's me. It's Tommy. I'm gonna come in, Gran. Eddie comes quietly onto the landing, watching Tommy. TOMMY (CONT'D) (falteringly): Stand back... just don't... I'm sorry, but I've gotta come in. EDDIE (darkly): What d'you think you're doing? TOMMY: We've gotta try and help her, dad! EDDIE: Gimme that key. Tommy swallows but doesn't move. EDDIE (CONT'D): I said give me that key, right now. Tommy walks slowly towards him and holds out the key. Eddie snatches and pockets it. EDDIE (CONT'D) (thr*at): Don't think I'm finished with you. INT. CONNELLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Downstairs, he gets right into Tommy's face. Rita looks on. EDDIE: All the warnings I've given you, and every time, every time, you disobey me! TOMMY: We can't just lock her away. EDDIE: Excuse me, sunshine, I am talking! And you can forget that college nonsense. You're going to come and work alongside me, get your hands dirty for once! A bang from upstairs. RITA (despairingly): Oh lord! Won't she ever stop?! The bang comes again, and again. Suddenly all caring, Eddie turns to Rita and takes her gently by the shoulders. EDDIE: There there, Rita, my sweet. Business as usual. Now let's get these up all over the house. (Gestures to Union Flags). In honour of her Majesty! RITA: But Eddie, what if she's dying? EDDIE (explodes): I am talling! The room goes silent, apart from the television in the background. Eddie calms. EDDIE (CONT'D): That's better. A little bit of hush. The doorbell rings. INT. CONNELLY'S HOUSE, HALLWAY Eddie opens the door to the Doctor and Rose, who are wearing identical cheesy grins. THE DOCTOR / ROSE (in adorable chorus): Hiiiiii! Eddie regards them both suspiciously, as Tommy lurks in the background. EDDIE: Who are you, then? THE DOCTOR: Let's see then, judging by the look of you, family man, nice house, decent wage, fought in the w*r, therefore, I represent Queen and country! (Holds up the psychic paper with a flourish). Just doing a little check of Her Majesty's forthcoming subjects for the great day. Don't mind if I come in? Nah, didn't think you did, thank you! He barges past Eddie before he can protest and Rose follows suit. They all go into the living room. INT. CONNELLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM THE DOCTOR: Not bad, very nice! Very well kept! I'd like to congratulate you, Mrs...? RITA (timidly): Connolly. EDDIE: Now then Rita, I can handle this. This gentleman's a proper representative! The Doctor gives Rita, who looks terrified, a wink. Rose perches herself on the arm of a chair. EDDIE (CONT'D): Don't mind the wife, she rattles on a bit. THE DOCTOR: Well, maybe she should rattle on a bit more. Tommy and Eddie both look shocked. The Doctor continues, unfazed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm not convinced you're doing your patriotic duty. He glances briefly at the flags around the room, waiting to be put up. THE DOCTOR: Nice flags. Why are they not flying? EDDIE (after a nervous pause): There we are Rita, I told you, get them up, Queen and country! The Doctor looks sceptical, and begins to move over to Eddie. RITA: I'm sorry... EDDIE: Get it done! Do it now. THE DOCTOR: Hold on a minute... EDDIE: Like the gentleman says. THE DOCTOR: Hold on a minute. You've got hands, Mr Connolly. Two big hands! Why is that your wife's job? EDDIE: It's housework, innit? THE DOCTOR: And that's a woman's job? EDDIE: Course it is! THE DOCTOR: Mr Connolly, what gender is the Queen? EDDIE (growing increasingly defensive): She's a female. THE DOCTOR: And are you suggesting the Queen does the housework? A small smile grows on Tommy's face as he watches the Doctor win the confrontation, as Eddie inevitably gives in to logic after a hesitation. Even Rita seems a little heartened by her husband's humiliation. EDDIE: No! Not at all! The Doctor hands Eddie a string of flags, giving him an insistent stare. THE DOCTOR: Then get busy. EDDIE: Right, yes sir. He sets about hanging the flags, feigning enthusiasm. Neither the Doctor, Tommy or Rose seem fooled. EDDIE (CONT'D): You'll be proud of us, sir! We'll have Union Jacks left, right and centre! Rose suddenly rises, hands on hips, as the Doctor slowly paces back across the room. ROSE: 'Scuse me, Mr Connolly, hang on a minute! Union Jacks? EDDIE (pausing in his work to look at her): Yes, that's right, isn't it? ROSE: That's the Union Flag. It's the Union Jack only when it's flown at sea. Tommy's smile grows into a grin, as Eddie tries to humble himself. EDDIE: Oh... oh, I'm sorry, I do apologise! ROSE (smiling widely): Well, don't get it wrong again, there's a good man. (With some force). Now get to it! Eddie hastily gets back to work, and Rose gives the Doctor a coy smile. Even he looks slightly bewildered! Rose and the Doctor both sit on the sofa, making themselves comfortable and grinning. THE DOCTOR: Right then! Nice and comfy, at Her Majesty's leisure! (Quietly, to Rose): Union Flag? ROSE: Mum went out with a sailor. THE DOCTOR: Oohohohoo! I bet she did! (Louder, speaking to the room again). Anyway, I'm the Doctor and this is Rose, and you are? He looks at Tommy, who seems surprised to be noticed. TOMMY: Tommy. The Doctor and Rose shift aside, making a space for Tommy to sit in between them. THE DOCTOR: Well, sit yourself down, Tommy. The Doctor the other chair, motioning for Rita to sit too. They all look at the television. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Have a look at this. I love telly, don't you? TOMMY: Yeah, I think it's brilliant! THE DOCTOR: Good man! They watch the programme, apparently about fossils, silently for a few moments before the Doctor turns around to check on Eddie, who is still hanging the flags. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Keep working Mr C! He turns to Rita, dropping the cheerful act and speaking quietly, so that Eddie does not hear. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now, why don't you tell me what's wrong? RITA (somewhat reluctantly): Did you say you were a doctor? THE DOCTOR: Yes I am. RITA: Can you help her? Oh please, can you help her, Doctor? Eddie overhears this last part of the conversation, and interrupts. EDDIE: Now then Rita, I don't think the gentleman needs to know... THE DOCTOR (cutting him off): No, the gentleman does! Rita begins to cry, and Rose moves forward on her seat to address her. ROSE (gently): Tell us what's wrong, and we can help. Rita's sobs grow louder, and she just shakes her head helplessly. Rose goes over and wraps a comforting arm around her, and the Doctor watches with a concerned frown. ROSE (CONT'D): I'm sorry, come on, come on... EDDIE: Hold on a minute! Queen and country's one thing, but this is my house! He looks down at the flags in his hands, chucking them down. The Doctor props his head on his forearm and balled fist, appearing calm but giving the distinct impression that he's restraining himself. EDDIE: What the... what the hell am I doing? Now you listen here, Doctor! You may have fancy qualifications, but what goes on under my roof is my business! THE DOCTOR (scathingly): All the people are being bundled into... EDDIE (shouting): I am talking! The Doctor stands, raising his voice even louder than Eddie's and literally spitting in his face as he looms over him. THE DOCTOR: And I'm not listening! Now you, Mr Connolly, are staring into a deep, dark PIT of trouble if you don't let me help. Eddie is clearly shaken, and both Tommy and Rita look scared again, unsure how to react. Rose still holds onto Rita, giving her reassurance. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): So I'm ordering you, sir, to tell me what's going on! Eddie tries to think of something to say, but is stopped by the sound of banging coming from upstairs. His eyes and the Doctor's roll upwards, Tommy looks around nervously, and Rita sighs and shakes her head. EDDIE (with a degree of fear): She won't stop. The banging continues, louder this time. EDDIE (CONT'D): She never stops. Tommy finds the confidence to explain in a slightly shaky voice, and the Doctor turns to regard him. As he speaks, Rita looks upset and embarrassed, and Eddie guiltily tries to regain some composure. TOMMY: We started hearing stories, all round the place. People who've... changed. Families keeping it secret 'cause they were scared. The police started finding out. We don't know how, no one does. They just... turn up, come to the door and take 'em. Any time of the day or night. THE DOCTOR: Show me. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, GRAN'S BEDROOM It is dark, only blackness can be seen. A creaking sound is heard, the door opening, with Tommy peeking around it cautiously. TOMMY: Gran? It's Tommy. He opens the door wider, allowing the Doctor and the others behind to see inside the darkened room. TOMMY (CONT'D): 'S all right Gran, I've brought help. His Gran is standing by the window, a silhouette moving slowly towards them. Tommy steps a little further inside the room. He turns on the light, and we see that she has no face, all the features are gone, and it is smoothed over. Rose gulps, and the Doctor simply stares with a furrowed brow. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE A black police car arrives outside the house. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, GRAN'S BEDROOM The Doctor peers at the blank face. Rose stands near him, Tommy and Rita are close together behind the Doctor, and Eddie remains completely outside of the room with a grim expression. THE DOCTOR (with an air of fascination): Her face is completely gone. He scans it with the sonic screwdriver, and Rose still looks uneasy. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Scarcely an electrical impulse left. Almost complete neural shutdown, she's ticking over, like her brain has been... wiped clean. He puts the sonic screwdriver away, but still examines her face. TOMMY: What're we gonna do, Doctor? We can't even feed her! They are interrupted by the crash of the policemen entering the house. ROSE: We've got company... RITA: It's them, they've come for her! Eddie appears to be the only one pleased by this. THE DOCTOR (hurriedly): What was she doing before this happened? Where was she? Rita hesitates as the policemen clamber up the stairs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Tell me, quickly, think! TOMMY: I can't think! She doesn't leave the house! She was just... He is cut off by the entrance of a big, burly man and some supporting officers. The Doctor tries to buy some time. THE DOCTOR: Hold on a minute! There are three important, brilliant, and complicated reasons why you should listen to me. One... Much to Rose's horror, the burly man punches the Doctor in the face, hard. He collapses, unconscious. ROSE: Doctor! The men take the opportunity to throw a blanket over Tommy's gran and usher her to the stairs, as Rose slaps the Doctor's cheeks in an attempt to wake him up. RITA: Leave her alone! The men barge Rita aside, leaving Tommy to catch her. Eddie just pushes the men away, encouraging them to leave quicker. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, HALLWAY They all go down the stairs apart from Rose who is left trying to rouse the Doctor. RITA (CONT'D): Mum! ROSE: Doctor! Doctor! RITA: Don't hurt her! EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE The men reach their car, and Eddie blocks the door. EDDIE: Back inside, Rita! RITA: She's my mother! EDDIE: Back inside now, I said! INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, GRAN'S BEDROOM Rose still slaps the Doctor's cheeks, and he suddenly sits up as if nothing had happened. THE DOCTOR: Ah, hell of a right hook! Have to watch out for that! He quickly stands and belts down the stairs. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE He is too late though, arriving as the car drives off, with Eddie still blocking the doorway. EDDIE: Don't fight it, back inside! The Doctor pushes past and runs to the moped, as Rose comes down the stairs as fast as she can in her dainty shoes. Eddie restrains Tommy and Rita. THE DOCTOR: Rose, come on! EDDIE: Get back inside! INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, HALLWAY Rose pauses at the entrance to the living room, noticing red, buzzing tendrils of electricity coming out of the television. TOMMY: But Dad, they took her! EDDIE: Go back inside, don't fight it... EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE The Doctor urgently calls out for Rose again as he fastens his helmet. THE DOCTOR: Rose, we're gonna lose them again! INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Rose is torn between running to the Doctor and watching the television. The tendrils are absorbed back into the television, prompting her to move closer. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, HALLWAY Eddie still holds back Tommy. TOMMY: Dad, they took her! That was Gran and they took her! EDDIE: Come on, back inside now. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE The Doctor gives up waiting for Rose and rides off on his scooter, in pursuit of the car. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Rose has meanwhile g*n fumbling with the television set, turning it around to see the red electricity still buzzing along the aerial, and a large label saying Magpie Electricals. Tommy, Rita and Eddie come back into the living room. TOMMY: How did they find her? Who told 'em? EDDIE (noticing Rose): You! Get the hell out of my house! ROSE (getting up to leave): I'm going, I'm done! Nice to meet you Tommy, Mrs Connolly. And as for you, Mr Connolly, only an idiot hangs the Union Flag upside-down. Shame on you! She grins cheerfully before running out of the house. EXT. STREET The black police car swerves around a bend and straight through the same wooden doors of the warehouse that the Doctor and Rose reached earlier. The Doctor arrives, some way behind on his much slower vehicle, only to see that the car has disappeared in what appears to be a d*ad end. The doors are closed and there is only the same two workmen, apparently clearing away some rubbish from the stall and sweeping the street. The Doctor stops and swiftly works out what must have happened, both now and earlier. THE DOCTOR (appreciatively to the men): Oh, very good! Very good! EXT. STREET He walks around the building, looking for a way in. He eventually finds a small gate at the side, and breaks in with the sonic screwdriver. INT. WAREHOUSE He observes two policemen locking up some more cage-like gates. He walks over when they have gone, and sees that they contain several dozen people. He opens those gates too with the sonic screwdriver, and finds that the people in the enclosure all have no faces. They can only clench and unclench their fists in a creepy, almost mechanical manner, and shuffle towards the Doctor. Suddenly, a bright light flares on. The Doctor turns around and squints, seeing the two policemen who had locked up the cages earlier, standing in front of the headlamps of their car. D.I. BISHOP: Stay where you are! INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP Rose enters Magpie's shop, where Magpie is adjusting a TV set on the counter. He looks up nervously as she comes in. MAGPIE: Oh, I, I'm sorry miss, I'm afraid you're too late. I was just about to lock the door. Rose shuts the door and stays anyway. ROSE: Yeah? Well, I wanna buy a telly. MAGPIE: Come back tomorrow. Please. ROSE: You'll be closed, won't ya? MAGPIE (genuinely confused): What? ROSE: For the big day? The coronation... MAGPIE: Yes, yes, of course. The big day. He tries to make Rose go away as she walks over to him. MAGPIE (CONT'D): I'm sure you'll find somewhere to watch it. Please go. ROSE: Seems to me half of London's got a television, since you're practically giving them away. MAGPIE: I have my reasons. ROSE: And what are they? Before he can answer, one of the televisions on display tunes itself, and the Wire appears on the screen. THE WIRE: Hungry! Hungry! ROSE: What's that? MAGPIE: It's just a television. One of these modern programmes. Now, I really do think you should leave! Right now! ROSE: Not until you've answered my questions. How comes your televisions are so cheap? MAGPIE: It's my patriotic duty. Seems only right that as many folk as possible get to watch the coronation. We may be losing the Empire but we can still be proud! Twenty million people they reckon'll be watching! Imagine that! Rose smiles, obviously not convinced. MAGPIE (CONT'D) (now urgent): And twenty million people can't be wrong, eh? So why don't you get yourself back home and get up, bright and early, for the big day? ROSE: Nah, I'm not leaving 'til I've seen everything. MAGPIE: I need to close. ROSE: Mr Magpie, something's happening out there. Ordinary people are being struck down and changed, and the only new thing in the house is a television. Your television. What's going on? MAGPIE (finally giving up all pretence): I knew this would happen. I knew I'd be found out. He locks the door. Rose looks uneasy. ROSE (cautiously): All right, then, it's just you and me... you gonna come clean, then? What's really in it for you? MAGPIE: For me? Perhaps some peace. ROSE: From what? MAGPIE: From Her. He glances over at the Wire on the television screen. Rose follows his gaze. ROSE: That's just a woman on the telly, that's just a programme. THE WIRE: What a pretty little girl. ROSE (stares): Oh, my God, are you talking to me? THE WIRE: Yes, I'm talking to you, little one. Unseasonably chilly for the time of year, don't you think? ROSE (breathlessly): What are you? THE WIRE: I'm the Wire. And I'm hungrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy...! She bares her teeth - pinkish purplish bolts of electricity sh**t out of the screen and encompass Rose's face, sucking... ROSE: Magpie, help me! MAGPIE (sadly): Just think of that audience tomorrow, my dear... Rose moans. MAGPIE: All sitting down to watch the coronation. Twenty million people. Things will never be the same again. (He sounds close to tears). I'm sorry. So sorry. ROSE (helplessly): Help me. Magpie averts his eyes as Rose's face is sucked into the screen. Rose whimpers and groans. THE WIRE (serenely): Goodnight, children. Everywhere. INT. BISHOP'S OFFICE D.I. BISHOP: Start from the beginning, tell me everything you know. He is standing over the Doctor, who is sat at the other side of Bishop's desk. THE DOCTOR (seriously): Well... for starters... I know you can't wrap your hand around your elbow and make your fingers meet. D.I. BISHOP (pointing at him, reprimanding): Don't get clever with me. You were there today at Florizel Street, and now breaking into this establishment. Now, you're connected with this. Make no mistake. THE DOCTOR: Well, the thing is, Detective Inspector Bishop... D.I. BISHOP: How do you know my name? THE DOCTOR (apologetically): It's... written inside your collar. Bishop looks slightly embarrassed and adjusts his collar. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Bless your mum. But, I can't help thinking, Detective Inspector, you're not exactly doing much detective inspecting. Are you? D.I. BISHOP: I'm doing everything in my power. THE DOCTOR: All you're doing is grabbing those faceless people and hiding them as fast as you can. Don't tell me, orders from above, hmm? Coronation Day... The eyes of the world are on London Town... so any sort of problem just gets swept out of sight. The Doctor is spinning from side to side in the chair, completely relaxed. Bishop looks slightly irritated that the Doctor already seems knows all about their inside goings-on. D.I. BISHOP: The nation has an imagine to maintain. THE DOCTOR (incredulous): Doesn't it drive you mad? Doing nothing? Don't you wanna get out there and investigate? D.I. BISHOP: Course I do. But... He sits down, ready to confide in the Doctor. D.I. BISHOP (CONT'D): With all the crowds expected, we haven't got the man-power. Even if we did... this is... beyond anything we've ever seen. (Helpless). I just don't know anymore. Twenty years on the force... (The Doctor leans towards him, listening carefully) ... I don't even know where to start. We haven't the faintest clue what's going on. THE DOCTOR: Well... that could change. D.I. BISHOP: How? The Doctor stands, looking down at D.I. Bishop, it's as though their roles have been reversed. THE DOCTOR: Start from the beginning. Tell me everything you know. INT. WAREHOUSE A black car pulls into the warehouse. Two men get out and pull someone covered in a blanket out of the back seat, and they lead the figure away. INT. BISHOP'S OFFICE The Doctor and Bishop are standing by a large map on a stand. D.I. BISHOP: We started finding them about a month ago. Persons left sans visage. Heads just... blank. THE DOCTOR: Is there any sort of pattern? He examines a file he finds on a nearby desk. D.I. BISHOP: Yes, spreading out from North London. All over the City. Men, women, kids... grannies... the only real lead is there's been quite a large number in... THE DOCTOR: Florizel Street. There is a knock at the door. The Doctor and Bishop look up. POLICEMAN: Found another one, sir. The man we saw ushering the blanket-covered figure from the car earlier appears in the doorway, except now we see the figure is wearing a familiar pink voluminous skirt with matching pink shoes... D.I. BISHOP: Oh, er, good man, Crabtree. Here we are, Doctor... The Doctor drops the files on the table and walks slowly towards Rose, not wanting to believe it... D.I. BISHOP (CONT'D): Take a good look. See what you can deduce. The policeman takes the blanket off Rose's head. The Doctor's eyes widen with horror as he approaches her. THE DOCTOR: Rose. D.I. BISHOP: Do you know her? THE DOCTOR: Know her? She... He goes right up close to her, staring down at her featureless face. The voices in the background fade out, meaningless to him. POLICEMAN (to Bishop): They found her in the street, apparently, over at Master Square, abandoned. D.I. BISHOP : That's unusual, that's the first one out in the open. Heaven help us if something happens in public tomorrow for the big day, we'll have Torchwood on our back, make no mistake. The Doctor is gazing down at Rose, heartbroken. THE DOCTOR (coldly, interrupting): They did what? D.I. BISHOP: I'm sorry? THE DOCTOR (forced calm): They left her where? D.I. BISHOP: Just... in the street. THE DOCTOR (quietly): In the street. They left her in the street. They took her face and just chucked her out and left her in the street. And as a result, that makes things... simple. Very, very simple. Do you know why? He finally tears his gaze away from Rose's face, and takes his glasses off, turning to the two men. D.I. BISHOP: No... THE DOCTOR (shouting, furious): Because now, Detective Inspector Bishop, there is no power on this Earth that can stop me. Come on! And without a moments hesitation, he makes for the door. EXT. STREET The Doctor and Bishop burst out of the gates into the dawn sunlight. D.I. BISHOP: The big day dawns... The Doctor does not reply. He moves on immediately. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM A small boy is fiddling with the television in the Gallagher household. A little girl comes over and slaps his hand away. The room is crowded with people, presumably friends and family, all chatting. Eddie comes through the front door, closing it behind him. Rita approaches. He looks down at her menacingly. EDDIE (voice low, thr*at): You've had your fun with your little Doctor... but now you're left with me, Rita. So you'll behave yourself. And smile. Too scared to disobey, Rita fixes a smile upon her face. They enter the crowded living room together, all smiles. EDDIE (CONT'D): Here we go, everyone! Here we go! Grub's up, grub's up, tuck in, take a sandwich. He squeezes into the room. The first footage of the coronation appears on the television. EDDIE (CONT'D): Oh, here we go, here we go, it's started! Take your places, sit down, sit down. They all settle themselves down in chairs or on the floor. AUNTY BETTY (very impressed): Rita, love! Just look at that tellybox then, eh? Innit marvellous? The picture's so clear! EDDIE (leaning forward to talk to her): Here, Beth, I says to Rita, I says: "You didn't need to get your hair done special, love! The Queen won't be able to see you! " Aunty Betty and Eddie laugh. Rita is obviously not amused, but smiles politely anyway. Tommy looks affronted at this joke at his mother's expense. AUNTY BETTY (to Rita): Where's your old mum, then? She can't go missing it! RITA: Sorry, um... mum can't make it down. AUNTY BETTY: Ahh, bless her. Maybe we could pop up and see her later. TOMMY: Maybe you could. It's a good idea. What do you think, dad? Maybe Aunty Betty could go and see gran later? Eddie fumes at him silently. He laughs it off to Aunty Betty. EDDIE: Oh, he loves his gran, this one. Proper little mummy's boy all round! AUNTY BETTY: Oh, you know what they say about them. Eddie, you want to b*at that out of him. EDDIE (laughs): That's exactly what I'm gonna do. He throws Tommy a thr*at look. The doorbell rings. TOMMY: I'll get it. He goes to answer the door, leaving everyone else watching the TV. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, HALLWAY He opens the door, and the Doctor is standing there with Bishop. THE DOCTOR: Tommy, talk to me. Tommy steps outside the door, closing it behind him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I need to know exactly what happened inside your house. Eddie pulls the door open violently and rounds on Tommy. EDDIE (roughly): What the blazes do you think you're doing? TOMMY: I wanna help, dad. THE DOCTOR (warningly): Mr Connolly... EDDIE: Shut your face, you. Whoever you are. We can handle this ourselves. (Turns back to Tommy). Listen you, little twerp. You're hardly out of the bloomin' cradle, so I don't expect you to understand. But I've got a position to maintain. (The Doctor and Bishop watch). People round here respect me. It matters what people think. TOMMY: Is that why you did it, dad? EDDIE (taken aback): What d'you mean? Did what? TOMMY: You ratted on gran. How else would the police know where to look? Unless some coward told them... EDDIE (raging): How dare you? You think I fought a w*r just so a mouthy little scum like you could call me a coward? TOMMY: You don't get it, do you? You fought against fascism, remember? People telling you how to live, who you could be friends with, who you could fall in love with, who could live and who had to die. Don't you get it? You were fighting so that little twerps like me could do what we want. Say what we want. Now you've become just like them. You've been informing on everyone, haven't you? Even gran. All to protect your precious reputation. Rita has heard. She joins them. RITA: Eddie... is that true? EDDIE: I did it for US, Rita! She was filthy. A filthy, disgusting thing. RITA (shocked, quietly): She's my mother. All the others, you informed on all the people in our street, our friends. EDDIE: I had to. (He flails slightly): I did the right thing...! RITA: The right thing for us... or for you, Eddie? Eddie stares at her. Rita turns to Tommy. RITA: You go, Tommy. You go with the Doctor and do some good. Get away from this house. It's poison. We had a ruddy monster under this roof, all right, but it weren't my mother! Close to tears, she goes back inside, slamming the door on Eddie's face. MAN INSIDE (concerned): Rita? EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE THE DOCTOR: Tommy? Tommy, the Doctor and D.I. Bishop walk away down the street, leaving Eddie alone, locked outside his house. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Rita goes back into the crowded living room. AUNTY BETTY: What was all that, then? RITA (sitting down): That was... that was the sound of something ending. And about time too. Everyone all right? She looks around, they nod. RITA (CONT'D): Smashing. Nothing's gonna spoil our big day, is it? They all turn back to the television. The Queen's carriage rolls through the crowds. EXT. STREET The streets are busy as people prepare for a street party. The Doctor, Tommy and Bishop walk along. THE DOCTOR: Tommy, tell me about that night. The night she changed. TOMMY: She was just watching the telly. THE DOCTOR (with realisation, looking up at the TV aerials): Rose said it. She guessed it straight away, of course she did. All these aerials in one little street, how come? TOMMY: Bloke up the road, Mr Magpie, he's selling them cheap. Without even waiting for Tommy to finish his sentence, the Doctor's off, running down the road. D.I. BISHOP: Is he, now? THE DOCTOR (yelling back): Come on! EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE MAGPIE'S SHOP The Doctor smashes the glass in Magpie's door in order to gain entry to the shop. D.I. BISHOP (protesting): Here, you can't do that... The Doctor ignores him. INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP He's already opened the door and is striding to the counter. THE DOCTOR (yells): Shop? He presses the bell on the counter repeatedly. He shouts to the back of the shop. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): If you're here, come out and talk to me! MAGPIE? TOMMY: Maybe he's out. THE DOCTOR: Looks like it... He starts rifling through the drawers behind the counter. He finds the device that looks like a cross between a portable radio and TV. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, hello... this isn't right. This is very much not right. He licks it, much to the surprise of Tommy and Bishop. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Tastes like iron. Bakelite. He places it down on the counter. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Put together with human hands, yes, but the design itself... He scans it with his sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh, beautiful work. That is so simple. D.I. BISHOP: That's incredible. It's like a television, but portable. A portable television! The Doctor raises his sonic screwdriver, points it around the room, the televisions turn on to static. THE DOCTOR: It's not the only power source in this room... As the screwdriver whirrs, the static gradually fades away and on each screen is a different face, the faces of the people who were taken by the Wire. The all look terrified, mouthing pleas for help. The Doctor looks around at them, brow furrowed. Tommy notices his gran's face in one. TOMMY: Gran? He looks horrified. The Doctor, who, had obviously been looking for her, finds Rose's face on one of the screens. She is mouthing "Doctor, Doctor" over and over again. He kneels before the screen, looking both sad and intense. THE DOCTOR: I'm on my way. MAGPIE (entering from the back of the shop): What do you think you're doing? THE DOCTOR (rounding on him, thunderous): I want my friend restored and I think that's beyond a little backstreet electrician so tell me, who's really in charge here? Magpie flinches at his anger. THE WIRE: Yoohoo! I think that must be me. She has appeared on one of the screens. The Doctor turns to her, surprised. THE WIRE (CONT'D): Ooh, this one's smart as paint. The Doctor approaches the Wire. D.I. BISHOP: Is she talking to us? MAGPIE: Sorry gentlemen, I'm... I'm afraid you've brought this on yourselves. May I introduce you to my new... friend. THE WIRE: Jolly nice to meet you. D.I. BISHOP: Oh my God, it's her, that woman off the telly. THE DOCTOR: No, it's just using her image. TOMMY: What... what are you? THE WIRE: I'm the Wire, and I will gobble you up, pretty boy. Every last morsel. And when I have feasted, I shall regain the corporeal body, which my fellow-kind denied me. The screen gradually colourizes. D.I. BISHOP: Good Lord, colour television! THE DOCTOR: So your own people tried to stop you? THE WIRE: They ex*cuted me. But I escaped, in this form, and fled across the stars. THE DOCTOR: And now you're trapped in the television. The smirk fades from the Wire's face, and with it, the colour from the television. THE WIRE: Not for much longer. TOMMY :Is this what got my gran? THE DOCTOR: Yes, Tommy. It feeds off the electrical activity of the brain, but it gorges itself like a great overfed pig. Taking people's faces, their essences, it stuffs itself. D.I. BISHOP: And you let her do it, Magpie. MAGPIE: I had to! She allowed me my face! She's promised to release me at the time of manifestation. TOMMY: What does that mean? THE WIRE (hinting): The appointed time, my crowning glory. D.I. BISHOP: Doctor, the coronation! THE DOCTOR: For the first time in history, millions gathered around a television set. (Approaches her, gloating). But you're not strong enough yet, are you? You can't do it all from here. That's why you need this! He produces the portable television. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You need something more powerful! This will turn a big transmitter into a big receiver. THE WIRE: What a clever thing you are! But why fret about it? why not just relax? Kick off your shoes and enjoy the coronation. Believe me, you'll be glued to the screen. Lines of red sparking light suddenly pull all three faces into the Wire's TV, the Doctor, Tommy and the Inspector. TOMMY / D.I. BISHOP: Doctor! THE WIRE: Hungry! Hungry! The Wire is hungry! Ah! This one is tasty. Oh! I'll have lashings of him! Delicious! Ah! The Doctor slowly pulls out his sonic screwdriver, with effort. THE WIRE (CONT'D): Armed! He's armed and clever! Withdraw! Withdraw! She severs the connection between herself and them, and all three fall to the floor, unconscious. THE WIRE (CONT'D): The box, Magpie! The box! Magpie runs and gets the box. He holds it up to the Wire. THE WIRE (CONT'D): Hold tight... The Wire jumps via red light into the portable television. THE WIRE (CONT'D): Conduct me to my victory, Magpie. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE MAGPIE'S SHOP Magpie leaves his shop, running outside and into his van. INT. MAGPIE'S VAN He puts the Wire behind the steering wheel so he can still see her. THE WIRE: Hungry! Hungry! Feed me! INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM Back in the Connolly's house, everyone is watching the TV. AUNTY BETTY: So lovely! RITA: Beautiful! Makes you forget all your troubles. Everyone all right for pop? INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP THE DOCTOR (waking up and seeing the Inspector has no face): Tommy, wake up! Tommy! Come on! TOMMY: What happened? THE DOCTOR: Where's Magpie? They both run outside the shop and see Magpie has gone. TOMMY: We don't even know where to start looking, it's too late. THE DOCTOR: It's never too late, as a wise person once said, Kylie I think... But the Wire's got a big plan... so it'll need... Yes, yes, yes, it's got to harness half the population... millions and millions of people... and where are we? TOMMY: Muswell Hill. THE DOCTOR: Muswell Hill. Muswell Hill! Which means... He looks around until he spots a large building on the horizon and gestures at it with both hands. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Alexandra Palace, biggest TV transmitter in North London! Ohh! That's why they chose this place! Tommy? TOMMY: What are you going to do? THE DOCTOR (dashing inside the shop): We're going shopping. INT. MAGPIE'S VAN The Wire chuckles malevolently as the van drives through the streets. We see Tommy running to join the Doctor. INT. MAGPIE'S SHOP Tommy and the Doctor are gathering equipment. Tommy holds up a device. TOMMY: Is this what you want? THE DOCTOR: Perfect! Right, I need one more thing. He gives the equipment to Tommy. INT. MAGPIE'S VAN The van continues to drive. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE MAGPIE'S SHOP Tommy and the Doctor run out on the streets, both loaded with equipment. THE DOCTOR: Got it, let's go. EXT. ALEXANDRA PALACE We zoom in on the TV transmitter, and see all the camera crew getting ready. Magpie stops his van, gets out, grabs the portable TV and runs up a flight of metal stairs towards the transmitter. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM In the Connolly's house, we see black and white footage of the coronation, and everyone watching the TV. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE ALEXANDRA PALACE Magpie runs up a flight of stairs to the bottom of the transmitter with the Wire. EXT. STREET Tommy and the Doctor run down a street, the Doctor plugging a device into Tommy's huge equipment bank that he is carrying. EXT. TRANSMITTER Magpie climbs up the transmitter with huge effort, sweating. He stops and speaks to the wire in the portable TV. MAGPIE: I cant do this! Please... please don't make me! THE WIRE: The time is at hand. Feed me! Feed me! EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE ALEXANDRA PALACE Tommy and the Doctor continue to run. Tommy spots Magpie on the pylon. TOMMY: There! THE DOCTOR: Come on! OFFICIAL :Woah, Woah, woah! Where do you think... The Doctor shows him his psychic paper. OFFICIAL (CONT'D): Oh! I'm sorry sir! Shouldn't you be at the coronation? THE DOCTOR: They're saving me a seat. The official nods confusedly. TOMMY (rounding a corner): Who did he think you were? THE DOCTOR (looking): King of Belgium, apparently. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM In the Connolly's house, crowds cheer on the television and we see the family watching the TV and more black-and-white footage of the coronation. INT. ALEXANDRA PALACE, CONTROL ROOM The Doctor dashes around gathering the equipment he needs, Tommy is in front of a video machine and television screen. THE DOCTOR: Keep it switched on. Don't let anyone stop you, Tommy. Everything depends on it. You understand? Tommy nods. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM The crowd in the Connolly's sitting room smile appreciatively at the footage of the Coronation on the television. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE ALEXANDRA PALACE The Doctor sprints back around the corner, past the confused official, trailing a stream of magnetic recording tape behind him from a reel around his waist. He runs up the metal stairs and begins climbing up the transmitter, following Magpie. OFFICIAL: You'll get yourself k*lled up there! Your Majesty! EXT. TRANSMITTER Magpie has reached the mains plug. THE WIRE: Feed me! Magpie plugs his TV in to the main current and the Wire laughs triumphantly. Across the country, TV aerials draw in the sparks emitted for the pylon and people watching the TV are pulled in by the red electricity. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM The whole Connolly family get pulled in. EXT. TRANSMITTER THE WIRE: Oh! Feast! Feast... ing! The Wire... is feasting. We hear people scream as they are sucked in. MAGPIE: It's too late! It's too late for all of us! THE WIRE: I shall consume you... Doctor. The Doctor is blasted in the face with red light and he cries out. THE DOCTOR (shouting): I won't let you do this, Magpie! MAGPIE: Help me Doctor! It burns! It took my face, my soul! THE WIRE: You cannot stop the Wire. Soon I shall become manifest. The Doctor is blasted again. MAGPIE: No more of this! You promised me peace! THE WIRE: And peace you shall have. Magpie is blown into thousands of particles with the red light. The Wire laughs as he screams and dies. The Doctor tries to touch the portable TV but is zapped by red sparks on his hand. THE DOCTOR: Been burning the candle at both ends? You've overextended yourself missus. You shouldn't have had a crack at poor old Magpie there. The Doctor picks up the TV as he is zapped in the foot THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rubber souls! Swear by them! He inserts a switch into the TV, downstairs we see the machine spark and break, and nothing happens to the Wire. THE WIRE: Oh dear! Has our little plan gone horribly wrong, Doctor? The Wire laughs as the Doctor stares, horrified. INT. ALEXANDRA PALACE, CONTROL ROOM Back downstairs, Tommy realises which device has broken, quickly finds a new one, re-places it and re-plugs the machine. EXT. TRANSMITTER The Doctor watches as the light beams retreat from the pylons, televisions and people, right back into the Wire's portable television. She writhes and wails with pain, thwarted. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM The Connolly family feel their faces, shocked, but unharmed. INT. ALEXANDRA PALACE, CONTROL ROOM Tommy is grinning as he realises the plan is working. EXT. TRANSMITTER THE DOCTOR: It's closed down, I'm afraid, and no epilogue. With one last piecing shriek from the Wire, the television switches off. The Doctor stares at it for a moment. INT. WAREHOUSE The faceless people in their cells have been cured and smile at each other as they orientate themselves, feeling their faces. INT. ALEXANDRA PALACE, CONTROL ROOM Tommy is watching the coronation on one of the screens when the Doctor returns to him. THE DOCTOR: What have I missed? TOMMY: Doctor! What happened? THE DOCTOR: Sorted. Electrical creature, TV technology, clever alien life form, that's me by the way. I turned the receiver back into a transmitter and I trapped the Wire in here. (He indicates the video). I just invented the home video 30 years earlier. Betamax. He notices the TV, and the coronation footage on the screen. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Oh look! God save the Queen, eh? INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM The Connolly family watch the coronation ceremony ending, beaming with pride. We see more coronation footage. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE Tommy and the Doctor return to their street. There are loads of people milling around and meeting loved ones. TOMMY (spotting her): Gran! GRAN: Look, it's my grandson! Oh son! Tommy runs to his gran and they hug each other. The Doctor scans the crowds for Rose, and spots her at about exactly the time she spots him. A wide smile spreads across her face, which the Doctor returns, quickening his pace towards her. She laughs, just so happy to see him again and he throws his arms around her, lifting her right off the ground in a huge hug. She clings to him, grinning widely and burying her face in his shoulder. INT. CONNOLLY'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM In the Connolly's now deserted living room, Rita and Eddie stand facing each other. Rita is holding a battered suitcase. RITA: This was never your house. It's in my mother's name. And on her behalf I'm telling you, out. She places the suitcase between them on the floor. Eddie, recognising defeat, picks it up and leaves. Rita watches him go with an air of relief. EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE CONNOLLY'S HOUSE Out on the street, 50's music is playing, people are out on the street dancing and talking. Trestle tables line the centre of the road covered in pastries, cakes, drinks, etc. The Doctor and Rose walk down the street. ROSE: We could go down the mall, join in with the crowd. THE DOCTOR (eating victoria sponge): Nah, that's just pomp and circumstance. This is history right here. ROSE: The domestic approach. THE DOCTOR: Exactly. They laugh. ROSE: Will it... that thing... is it trapped for good, on video? THE DOCTOR: Hope so. Just to be on the safe side though, I'll use my unrivaled knowledge of trans temporal extirpation methods to neutralise the residual electronic pattern. ROSE: You what? THE DOCTOR: I'm going to tape over it. ROSE (laughing): Just leave it to me, I'm always doing that. They meet Tommy. THE DOCTOR: Tell you what Tommy, you can have the scooter. Little present. Best... um... keep it in the garage for a few years though, eh? Behind them, Eddie walks down the street with his suitcase as Rita embraces her mother. TOMMY (looking over the Doctor's shoulder): Good riddance. THE DOCTOR: Is that it then, Tommy? New monarch, new age, new world, no room for a man like Eddie Connelly. TOMMY: That's right. He deserves it. Rose has detected the hint of unconditional love for his father underneath his harsh words. She nudges his shoulder. ROSE: Tommy, go after him. TOMMY: What for? ROSE: He's your dad. TOMMY: He's an idiot. ROSE: Course he is. Like I said, he's your dad. But you're clever. Clever enough to save the world so don't stop there. Go on! She smiles, giving him another nudge. Convinced, Tommy runs to join his dad. They walk side by side and Tommy takes his dad's bag for him. They continue down the street together. Doctor and Rose watch them fondly from a distance. The Doctor hands Rose a glass of orange juice. They chink their glasses together, smiling. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "02x07 - The Idiot's Lantern"}
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INT. STORAGE SIX The TARDIS materialises. However, the landing is not smooth, she groans and wheezes as if finding it difficult. The Doctor and Rose step outside the doors, looking up at the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: I dunno what's wrong with her, she's sort of... queasy. Indigestion, like she didn't wanna land. ROSE (seriously): Oh, if you think there's gonna be trouble, we could always get back inside and go somewhere else... They both burst out laughing at this absurd notion. THE DOCTOR (looking around): I think... we've landed inside a cupboard! Here we go! He pushes the door open and they enter another part of the base. COMPUTER: Open Door 15. THE DOCTOR: Some sort of base... moon base, sea base, space base... they build these things out of kits. ROSE (listening): Glad we're indoors, sounds like a storm out there... COMPUTER (as the Doctor opens another door): Open Door 16. Rose follows the Doctor through the door into a corridor. INT. CORRIDOR THE DOCTOR: Human design, you've got a thing about kits. This place was put together like a flat-pack wardrobe, only bigger. And easier. They go through another door. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE They enter a canteen area. COMPUTER: Open Door 17. THE DOCTOR (striding into the middle of the room): Oh, it's a sanctuary base! COMPUTER (as Rose closes the door): Close Door 17. THE DOCTOR: Deep Space exploration. We've gone way out. And listen to that, underneath... He points downwards, indicating for Rose to listen. We hear the hum of drills. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Someone's drilling. ROSE (looking up): Welcome to hell. THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's not that bad! ROSE (laughs, points to the wall): No, over there! The words "WELCOME TO HELL" are scrawled on the wall, with ancient symbols written underneath. The Doctor stares. THE DOCTOR: Hold on... (Goes over to it). What does that say? The Doctor peers closely at the ancient text, but it remains stubbornly incomprehensible. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): That's weird. It won't translate. ROSE: But I thought the TARDIS translated everything, writing as well. We should see English. THE DOCTOR: Exactly. If that's not working, then it means... this writing is old. Very old. Impossibly old. The Doctor stands and goes over to another door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We should find out who's in charge. (Turns the wheel to open the door). We've gone beyond the reach of the TARDIS knowledge. Not a good move. And if someone's lucky enough... COMPUTER: Open Door 19. The door opens, and the Doctor and Rose gasp in shock, stumbling backwards a few steps. The Ood are on the other side of the door, blinking at them. THE DOCTOR (trying to regain his composure): Right! Hello! Sorry! Uh... I was just saying, uh... nice base! OOD (together): We must feed. THE DOCTOR: You're gonna what? OOD: We must feed. ROSE: Yeah. I think they mean us. They back away as the Ood advance. OOD: We must feed. The Doctor and Rose try and make for the other door, but it opens and more Ood come through it. OOD (CONT'D): We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. Yet another door opens and more Ood walk slowly through it. The Doctor and Rose are cornered. OOD (CONT'D): We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. The Doctor takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket as Rose arms herself with a chair. OOD (CONT'D): We must feed. We must feed. The Doctor and Rose, screwdriver and chair at the ready, are backed against the wall by the advancing Ood. OOD (CONT'D): We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. OPENING CREDITS INT. HABITATION AREA THREE OOD 1: We must feed. (Shakes and taps the white Orb he holds before him). You. If you are hungry. THE DOCTOR (confused, lowering his sonic screwdriver): Sorry? OOD 1: We apologise. Electromagnetics have interfered with our speech systems. Rose puts down the chair. OOD 1 (CONT'D): Would you like some refreshment? THE DOCTOR: Uhm... COMPUTER: Open Door 18. A door opens and Jefferson comes through, flanked by two others holding g*n. JEFFERSON: What the hell...? How did...? He approaches the Doctor and Rose, staring at them. JEFFERSON (into his communication device, absolutely incredulous): Captain... you're not going to believe this. We've got people. Out of nowhere. I mean, real people. I mean two... living... people. Just standing here, right in front of me. The Doctor and Rose obviously don't quite know what to make of this unusual reception. ZACH (back through communication device): Don't be stupid, that's impossible. JEFFERSON (stares at them): I suggest telling them that. ROSE: But you're a sort of space base, you must have visitors now and then. It can't be that impossible. JEFFERSON (roughly): You're telling me you don't know where you are? THE DOCTOR: No idea. More fun that way. He grins. SCOOTI (over tannoy): Stand by, everyone. Buckle down. We have incoming. And it's a big one. Quake Point 5 on its way. As the base starts to quake and tremble, Jefferson rushes over to a door and opens it. JEFFERSON (urgently): Through here! Now. Quickly, come on! Sirens sound. The Doctor and Rose run to follow him through the door, with the two other security guards. JEFFERSON: Now! INT. CORRIDOR They come through into another corridor which is shaking, smoke rising from the floor, complete chaos. JEFFERSON (CONT'D) (over the noise): Move it! Come on! Come on, come on! Rose screams as she nearly falls over and sparks fly everywhere. JEFFERSON (CONT'D): Move it, come on! Quickly! Move it! They hurry down the corridor and find themselves in. INT. CONTROL ROOM The control room, where the crew are busy working. Toby, Ida and Zach all look up when they walk in. Their mouths drop open. The Doctor beams around at everyone. ZACH: Oh, my Ggod. You meant it. SCOOTI: People! Look at that! Real people! THE DOCTOR: That's us. Hooray! ROSE (smiling at them): Yeah, definitely real. My name's Rose... Rose Tyler, and... and this is the Doctor. DANNY (striding over to them): Come on... the oxygen must be offline. We're hallucinating. They can't be... no. They're real! ZACH (impatiently): Come on, we're in the middle of an alert! Danny, strap up, the quake's coming in! Impact in thirty seconds! The seconds count down on a computer screen. ZACH (CONT'D) (to the Doctor and Rose): Sorry, you two, whoever you are. Just... hold on. Tight. ROSE: Hold on to what? ZACH: Anything. I don't care. Just hold on. Ood, are we fixed? The Doctor and Rose find some railings to hold on to. OOD: Your kindness in this emergency is much appreciated. THE DOCTOR: What's this planet called, anyway? IDA: Now, don't be stupid. It hasn't got a name. How could it have a name? The Doctor raises his eyebrows. IDA (CONT'D): You really don't know, do you? ZACH: And... Impact! The entire base shakes violently. The crew, the Doctor and Rose all cling on tight, but it's over pretty quickly. The Doctor stands. THE DOCTOR: Oh, well, that wasn't so bad...! He is thrown backwards as the base shakes even more violently than it did before. He clings to the railing for dear life. There is a small expl*si*n from one of the consoles. Sparks fly around the room. They are all tossed about like rag-dolls. Finally, it stops. ZACH: Okay, that's it. Jefferson hurries forward with a f*re extinguisher. ZACH: Everyone all right? Speak to me, Ida? IDA: Yeah, yeah! ZACH: Danny? DANNY: Fine. ZACH: Toby? TOBY: Yeah, fine. ZACH: Scooti? SCOOTI: No damage. ZACH: Jefferson? JEFFERSON: Check! THE DOCTOR: We're fine, thanks, fine, yeah, don't worry about us. ZACH: The surface caved in. The graphics on the computer screen indicate the part of the base that has been lost. ZACH (CONT'D): I deflected it onto storage 5 through 8. We've lost them completely. Toby, go and check the rocket link. TOBY: That's not my department. ZACH: Just do as I say, yeah? Toby grudgingly leaves the room. IDA: Oxygen holding. Internal gravity 56.6. We should be okay. ROSE (looking around): Never mind the earthquake, that's... that's one hell of a storm. What is that, a hurricane? SCOOTI: You'd need an atmosphere for a hurricane. There's no air out there. It's a complete vacuum. ROSE: Then what's shaking the roof? IDA: You're not joking. You really don't know? Well, introductions. FYI, as they said in the olden days. I'm Ida Scott, science officer. (Indicates Zach). Zachary Cross Flane, acting Captain, sir... you've met Mr Jefferson, he's head of security. Danny Bartock. Ethics committee. DANNY: Not as boring as it sounds. The Doctor and Rose grin at him. IDA: And that man who just left, that was Toby Zed, archaeology, and this... (Places her hands on Scooti's shoulders) ... is Scooti Manista. Trainee maintenance. Scooti smiles at them. Ida goes over to a set of controls. IDA (CONT'D): And this... this is home. She turns a lever and a whirring sound starts. ZACH: Brace yourselves. The sight of it sends some people mad. The room is flooded with a red-ish light as an overhead window opens, revealing a black hole right above them. The Doctor and Rose stand, amazed, watching the light being sucked into it. ROSE: That's a black hole. THE DOCTOR (in disbelief): But that's impossible. ZACH: I did warn you. THE DOCTOR: We're standing under a black hole. IDA: We're in orbit. THE DOCTOR: But we can't be... IDA: You can see for yourself. We're in orbit. THE DOCTOR (turning to look at her): But we can't be. IDA: This lump of rock is suspended in perpetual geostationary orbit around that black hole without falling in. Discuss. ROSE: And that's bad, yeah? THE DOCTOR: That doesn't cover it... a black hole's a d*ad star, it collapses in on itself, in and in and in until the matter's so dense and tight it starts to pull everything else in too. Nothing in the universe can escape it. Light, gravity... time... everything just gets pulled inside... and crushed. ROSE: So, they can't be in orbit. We should be pulled right in. THE DOCTOR: We should be d*ad. IDA: And yet... here we are. Beyond the laws of physics. Welcome on board. ROSE: But if there's no atmosphere out there, what's that? She points to clouds speeding rapidly towards the black hole outside the base. IDA: Stars breaking up... gas clouds... we have whole solar systems being ripped apart above our heads before falling into that thing. ROSE: So, a bit worse than a storm, then. IDA: Just a bit. ROSE: Just a bit, yeah. The base shakes again. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The camera pans out over the planet's surface, showing the sprawling base nestled in the mountainous, rocky landscape. The black hole above it sucks everything around the planet in, leaving the planet itself completely untouched. INT. CORRIDOR Toby emerges into one of the corridors with scrolls tucked under his arm. VOICE OF THE BEAST (deadly whisper, seems like it comes from everywhere): Toby... Toby looks around, puzzled. The lights flicker and go out, plunging him into darkness. But they come back on again after a few moments. TOBY: Who's that? He scans the corridor for the sources of the voice, but sees no one. TOBY (CONT'D): Danny? Evidently deciding to let it pass, Toby goes through another door, exiting the corridor. INT. CONTROL ROOM Toby comes back into the control room, where the crew, the Doctor and Rose are crowded around the control panel. COMPUTER: Close Door 1. TOBY: The rocket link's fine. Zack taps a button on the controls and a hologram the black hole appears before them. The Doctor puts his glasses on. ZACH: That's the black hole officially designated K37 Gen 5. IDA: In the scriptures of the Falltino, this planet is called Kroptor. The bitter pill. And the black hole is supposed to be a mighty demon. It was tricked into devouring the planet, only to spit it out. Because it was poison. ROSE: The bitter pill. I like that. THE DOCTOR (staring at the hologram): We are so far out. Lost in the drifts of the universe, how did you even get here?! ZACH: We flew in. You see... He presses another button and the hologram changes to one of the planet with a gravity field emanating out from it like a tunnel. ZACH (CONT'D): This planet's generating a gravity field. We don't know how, we've no idea, but... it's kept in constant balance against the black hole. And the field extends out there. (He gestures). As a funnel. A distinct... gravity funnel, reaching out into clear space. That was our way in. ROSE: You flew down that thing? (She grins). Like a rollercoaster. ZACH: By rights, the ship should've been torn apart. We lost the Captain... which is what put me in charge... IDA (consolingly): You're doing a good job. ZACH: Yeah. Well, needs must. DANNY: But if that gravity funnel closes, there's no way out. SCOOTI: We had fun speculating about that. DANNY: Oh, yeah. That's the word. (Whacks Scooti on the head with a scroll): "Fun". THE DOCTOR (completely stumped): But that field would take phenomenal amounts of power! I mean... not just big, but off the scale! Can I...? He gestures to the controls. IDA: Sure. Help yourself. She pushes the calculator over to him and leaves him to it. One of the Ood approaches Rose and gives her a cup. OOD (CONT'D): Your refreshment. ROSE (taking it): Oh yeah, thanks. Thank you. I'm sorry, what was your name? OOD: We have no titles. We are as one. He leaves. Rose approaches Danny. ROSE (gesturing the Ood): Uhm, what are they called? DANNY: Oh, come on. Where've you been living? Everyone's got one! ROSE: Well, not me, so what are they? DANNY: They're the Ood. ROSE: The "Ood"? DANNY (nodding): The Ood. ROSE: Well that's... ood. DANNY: Very ood! But handy. They work the mine shafts. All the drilling and stuff. Supervision, and maintenance! They're born for it. Basic sl*ve race. ROSE: You've got slaves? SCOOTI (amused): Don't start, she's like one of that lot. Friends of the Ood. ROSE (slightly annoyed): Well maybe I am, yeah. Since when do humans need slaves? DANNY: But the Ood offer themselves. If you don't give them orders, they just pine away and die. One of the Ood has approached Rose. She eyes it. ROSE: Seriously? You like being ordered about? OOD: It is all we crave. ROSE: Why's that, then? OOD: We have nothing else in life. ROSE: Yeah, well I used to think like that. A long time ago. THE DOCTOR (having finished with the calculator): There we go. D'you see? To generate that gravity field, and the funnel, you'd need a power source with an inverted self-extrapolating reflex of six to the power of six every six seconds. ROSE: That's a lot of sixes. THE DOCTOR: And it's impossible. ZACH: It took us two years to work that out! THE DOCTOR (modestly): I'm very good. IDA: But... that's why we're here. This power source is ten miles below through solid rock. Point Zero. We're drilling down to try and find it. ZACH: It's giving off readings of over ninety stats on the Blazen Scale. IDA (enthusiastically): We could revolutionize modern science. JEFFERSON: We could use it to fuel the Empire. THE DOCTOR (taking his glasses off): Or start a w*r. TOBY: It's buried beneath us. In the darkness, waiting. ROSE: What's your job? Chief... dramatist? The Doctor smirks. TOBY: Well, whatever it is down there is not a natural phenomena. And this, er, planet once supported life. Eons ago, before the human race had even learned to walk. THE DOCTOR: I saw that lettering written on the wall. Did you do that? TOBY (nods): I copied it from fragments we found on earth by the drilling, but I can't translate it. THE DOCTOR: No, neither can I. And that's saying something. TOBY: There was some form of civilisation. They buried something. Now it's reaching out. Calling us in. THE DOCTOR (grins at them): And you came. IDA: Well, how could we not? Zach switches off the hologram. THE DOCTOR (still grinning at them all fondly): So, when it comes right down to it, why did you come here? Why did you do that? Why? I'll tell you why. Because it was there. Brilliant. Excuse me, ah, Zach, wasn't it? ZACH: That's me. THE DOCTOR: Just stand there, 'cos I'm gonna hug you. Is that all right? Jefferson stares. ZACH: I s'pose so. THE DOCTOR (edging towards him): Here we go. Coming in. He throws his arms around Zach and clutches him, beaming. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ahh, human beings, you are amazing! Ida looks bemused. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ha! Rose chuckles. The Doctor releases Zach. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Thank you. ZACH: Not at all. THE DOCTOR: But apart from that, you're completely mad. You should pack your bags and get back in that ship and fly for your lives. IDA: You can talk! And how the hell did you get here? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I've got this um... this... it's hard to explain, it just sort of... appears. ROSE: We can show you, we parked down the corridor from um... oh, what's it called? Uh, habitation area... THE DOCTOR: Three. ROSE: Three. Three. ZACH: Do you mean storage six? THE DOCTOR (cheerfully): Uh, it was a bit of a cupboard, yeah. Zach glances uncomfortably at Ida. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Storage six, but you said... (It dawns on him). You said... you said storage five to eight. Without another word, he turns on his heel and dashes from the room. INT. CORRIDOR He springs back down the corridor, Rose hot on his tail. ROSE (shouting after him): What is it? What's wrong? The Doctor frantically opens Door 19. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE Back into the canteen area. COMPUTER: Open Door 19. He sprints the length of the room. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Close Door 19. The Doctor spins the wheel to try and open the door back through the other corridor. THE DOCTOR (furiously): Stupid doors, come on! It swings open. INT. CORRIDOR They emerge into yet another corridor. COMPUTER: Open Door 17. They dash down the corridor, open another door. INT. CORRIDOR COMPUTER (CONT'D): Open Door 15. The Doctor slams himself against the next door, frantically pushing the button to open it but it won't budge. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Door 16 out of commission. THE DOCTOR: Can't be, can't be! ROSE: What's wrong?! What is it? The Doctor opens a small round window in the door and looks through it. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, the TARDIS is in there. What's happened. THE DOCTOR (staring out of the window): The TARDIS is gone. He backs away from the window, absolutely horrified, breathing heavily. COMPUTER: Door 16 out of commission. THE DOCTOR: The earthquake. This section collapsed. ROSE (stares at him, puzzled): But it's gotta be out there somewhere. She peers out of the window to witness the rocky landscape of the planet outside. THE DOCTOR: Look down. Rose looks down. There is a gaping chasm right beneath them. INT. CONTROL ROOM The Doctor and Rose are back in the control room. The Doctor is on at Zach. THE DOCTOR (with urgency): The ground gave way. My TARDIS must've fallen down right into the heart of the planet. But you've got robot drills heading the same way. ZACH: We can't divert the drilling. He walks off. The Doctor stares at him, then follows him. THE DOCTOR: But I need my ship. It's all I've got. Literally the only thing. ZACH (obviously irritated): Doctor, we've only got the resources to drill one central shaft down to the power source, and that's it. No diversions, no distractions, no exceptions. Your machine is lost. All I can do is offer you a lift if we ever get to leave this place, and that... is the end of it. He leaves. Ida approaches the Doctor, who looks completely helpless. IDA: I'll uh, put you on the duty roster. We need someone in the laundry. She follows Zach from the room. COMPUTER: Open Door 1. The Doctor and Rose look at each other. One of the Ood exits, leaving them alone. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Close Door 1. The Doctor goes to Rose and settles against the control panel next to her. THE DOCTOR (quietly): I've trapped you here. ROSE: No. Don't worry about me. The base shakes again. ROSE (looking upwards through the window): Okay, we're on a planet that shouldn't exist, under a black hole... and no way out. The Doctor looks at her. She catches his eye. ROSE (CONT'D): Yeah, I've changed my mind. Start worrying about me. She laughs nervously. The Doctor pulls her into a tight hug. He looks darkly at the black hole, just holding her. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE COMPUTER: Entering night shift. Your chosen track for transition is Ravel's Bolero. Ravel's Bolero plays, as the Ood work in the base. Jefferson wanders among them. He watches Scooti at work, on the planet's surface. She finishes whatever she's doing, then speaks into the communication device on her wrist, grinning. SCOOTI: All finished. Heading back inside. She starts to head back to the base. Inside, Danny is ticking off the Ood on a clipboard as they file past him. DANNY: Ood 7 Gamma 10. Ood 7 Gamma 11. Ood 7 Gamma 12... INT. TOBY'S BEDROOM The music carries to where Toby is in his office come bedroom, examining fragments of the ancient scrolls beneath a microscope. The music is cut off sharply and there is the sound of the buzz of electricity. Toby looks up, then dismisses it, going back to his work. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Toby... Toby's head jerks sharply around, eyes searching the room. He decides to ignore it, again, and goes back to examining the scrolls. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): I can see you... TOBY (irritated): Danny, is that you? It's... it's not funny, all right? No reply. Toby gets up and strides towards the door. TOBY (CONT'D): Dan? He opens the door. INT. CORRIDOR He emerges into the corridor. He looks from end to end, but there's no one there. TOBY: I'm... I'm trying to work, Daniel. (Looks around, disturbed). Look, if... if that's you, then can you just stop it...? The lights flicker again. Toby heads back to his door. There is low, indistinct growl from no where in particular, and Toby once again glances up and down the corridor, but it is still deserted, and the sound stops. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE The Doctor and Rose are sat by the ancient text in the canteen area, the Doctor staring at it with his brow furrowed. ZACH (over tannoy): Danny, check the temperature of Ood Habitation. It seems to be rising. Rose gets up and walks over to the hatch through which the food is being served. Danny stands to do what Zach tells him. Scooti is already by the hatch with her tray. SCOOTI (gesturing to the trays): Help yourself. Just don't have the green. Or the blue. She laughs. Rose picks up a tray and goes over to the hatch. The Ood are serving. ROSE (pointing): Uh, bit of that, thanks. The Ood spoons some sloppy blue gloop onto her tray. OOD: Would you like sauce with that? ROSE: I'll have a go, yeah. The Ood shakes some sauce onto the tray. Rose grins. ROSE: I did that job once. I was a... a dinner lady! Not that I'm calling you a lady. Although, I dunno, you might be. Do you actually get paid, though? Do they give you money? OOD (politely): The Beast and his Armies shall rise from the Pit to make w*r against God. ROSE: ... I'm sorry? The Ood taps his communication orb. OOD: Apologies. I said, "I hope you enjoy your meal". ROSE (completely thrown): Yeah. She picks up her tray and walks off. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach is working in the control room. COMPUTER (with illustrative diagram): Drill head now at Point 16. A hologram appears again. Zach taps some keys. COMPUTER: Drill head speed increasing. ZACH: Keep pressure at 60. He stands and walks to another set of controls. While his back is turned, an image of a horned beast replaces the hologram of the planet. It roars quietly. Zach spins around, but it's already gone. Zach looks around him nervously. INT. CORRIDOR Danny is turning a wheel to open another door. COMPUTER: Close Door 3. DANNY: I've closed Door 3. COMPUTER: He is awake. DANNY (stopping): What did you say? COMPUTER: Close Door 3. Danny peers through the circular window in the door. INT. TOBY'S BEDROOM Toby is still examining the fragments of the ancient text. His room is deadly silent. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Toby... Toby starts to turn, but... THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): Don't turn around. The camera is behind him, on his back, giving the strong impression that he is being watched. TOBY (fearfully): Dan... (Breathes heavily).That's not Dan. He start to turn again... THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Don't look at me. Toby obeys. TOBY: Who... who are you? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: I have so many names. TOBY: If... If I could... He looks as though he wants to turn again. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: If you look at me, you will die. TOBY: But who are you? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: I'm behind you, Toby. I'm right behind you. Toby's head jerks again. It's a huge effort for him not to turn and look. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): Don't look... Don't look at me. Toby resists the urge once more, trembling. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): One look and you will die. The camera zooms slowly towards Toby's back, giving the impression that something is coming closer... THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): I'm reaching out, Toby. I'm so close. Don't turn around. Oh, I can touch you... And it's too much. Toby snaps, spinning around... and it stops. The voice is gone and the room is deserted. Toby breathes a sigh of relief, but is nevertheless confused and perturbed. The lights flicker out in the corridor. Toby suddenly pauses and looks down at his gloved hands, as though he has felt something. He turns them over, looking at them. He puts down the broken pieces of the artifact he was studying and pulls the gloves off, looking at the back of his hands, which are quite normal. But then, he turns them around, looking at his palms. They are covered with the ancient symbols, as though it has been stained into his skin. He stands in shock, staring at them. He picks up a mirror from his desk and looks at his face - not only has that now broken out in the ancient symbols, but his eyes have turned red. He looks at himself with horror, then throws the mirror back down onto the desk. His whole body arches as though he is in pain, and he falls to his knees. Then he falls forwards, unconscious, on the floor. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE In the canteen area, the lights flicker. IDA (into her wrist comm. Device): Zach, have we got a problem? ZACH: No more than usual. Got the Scarlet System burning up, it might be worth a look. Ida looks at the Doctor and Rose who are sat opposite each other at one of the tables. IDA: You might wanna see this. Moment in history. She pulls a lever which opens the overhead "shutters", revealing the black hole overhead and flooding the room with soft red light. IDA (CONT'D) (pointing): There. On the edge. A stream of red light is spiralling into the black hole. IDA (CONT'D): That red cloud... that used to be the Scarlet System. Home to the Peluchi... a mighty civilisation spanning a billion years... disappearing. Forever. Their planets and suns consumed. She's gazing up at it, fascinated, as are the Doctor and Rose. The last of the Scarlet System disappears into the black hole. IDA (CONT'D): Ladies and gentlemen... we have witnessed its passing. She goes to pull the lever to close the shutters again, but the Doctor stops her. THE DOCTOR: Er, no, could you leave it open? Rose looks at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Just for a bit. I won't go mad, I promise. IDA: How would you know? (The Doctor smiles). Scooti, check the lockdown. Scooti nods and leaves. IDA (CONT'D): Jefferson, sign off the airlock seals for me. Jefferson and Ida exit, leaving the Doctor and Rose alone. COMPUTER: Open Door 18. ROSE: I've seen films and things, yeah, they say black holes are like gateways to another universe. COMPUTER: Close Door 18. THE DOCTOR: Not that one. It just eats. ROSE: Long way from home... The Doctor glances at her. THE DOCTOR (pointing): Go that way, turn right, keep going for um... about five hundred years... then you'll reach the Earth. Rose takes her phone out of her pocket and presses a few buttons. ROSE: No signal. That's the first time we've gone out of range. Mind you, even if I could... what would I tell her...? Can you build another TARDIS? She laughs half-heartedly, knowing it's impossible. THE DOCTOR: They were grown, not built. And with my own planet gone... we're kind of stuck. ROSE (consolingly, trying to keep the tone light): Well, it could be worse. This lot said they'd give us a lift. THE DOCTOR: And then what? ROSE: I dunno... find a planet... get a job... live a life, same as the rest of the universe. THE DOCTOR: Pfft... I'd have to settle down. In a house or something, a proper house with... with... with... with doors and things. Carpets! Me! Living in a house! Rose laughs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now that... that is terrifying. ROSE (teasingly, sing-song): You'd have to get a mortgage. THE DOCTOR (staring, horrified): ... No. ROSE: Oh yes. THE DOCTOR: I am dying. That's it. I am dying, it is all over. ROSE: What about me? I'd have to get one too. I dunno, could... could be the same one, we could both... The Doctor looks at her. She catches his eye. ROSE (CONT'D): I dunno... share. Or not, you know. Whatever. The Doctor nods, clearly feeling slightly awkward. ROSE (CONT'D) (quickly): I dunno, we'll sort something out... THE DOCTOR: Anyway. ROSE (laughs it off): We'll see! They sit in silence for a few moments. THE DOCTOR: I promised Jackie I'd always take you back home. ROSE: Everyone leaves home in the end. THE DOCTOR: Not to end up stuck here. ROSE: Yeah, but stuck with you, that's not so bad. THE DOCTOR (looking at her): Yeah? ROSE (sincerely): Yes. The Doctor smiles. The moment is broken by Rose's phone ringing. Rose answers. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: He is awake. Shocked, Rose flings the phone to the floor. INT. TOBY'S BEDROOM Toby jerks awake. A m*rder look comes into his eyes. INT. OOD HABITATION The Doctor and Rose bound down the stairs to see Danny in Ood Habitation. THE DOCTOR: Evening! ROSE: Only us! DANNY (who is working at a computer): The mysterious couple. How are you, then? Settling in? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, sorry, straight to business, the Ood, how do they communicate? I mean, with each other. The Ood are sat in an area below them in what looks almost like an animal-pen. A balcony looks over this area and there are steps from there. DANNY (shrugging): Oh, just empaths. There's a low level telepathic field connecting them. Not that that does them much good. They're basically a herd race. Like cattle. THE DOCTOR: This telepathic field, can it pick up messages? ROSE: 'Cos I was having dinner, and one of the Ood said something... well, odd. DANNY: Oh. An odd Ood. ROSE: And then I got something else on my er... (She glances at the Doctor) communicator thing. DANNY: Oh, be fair. We've got whole star systems burning up around us. There's all sorts of stray transmissions. Probably nothing. The Doctor and Rose stare at him, far from convinced. DANNY (CONT'D): Look... if there was something wrong, it would show. We monitor the telepathic field. It's the only way to look after them. They're so stupid, they don't even tell us when they're ill. THE DOCTOR (nodding to the computer): Monitor the field, that's this thing? The reading on the screen says "Basic 5". DANNY: Yeah. But like I said, it's low level telepathy. They only register Basic 5. While he has been speaking, the reading has risen to Basic 6. THE DOCTOR: Well, that's not Basic 5. It rises, again and again. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): 10... Rose watches as the Ood suddenly raise their heads in unison as the reading ascends. THE DOCTOR: 20... (He turns to Danny). They've gone up to Basic 30. DANNY: But they can't... ROSE: Doctor, the Ood... The Ood turn, as one, and look up at the three of them on the balcony. ROSE: What does Basic 30 mean? DANNY (baffled): Well, it means that they're shouting, screaming inside their heads. THE DOCTOR (quietly): Or something's shouting at them... DANNY (tapping on the keyboard): But... where's it coming from? What is it saying? I mean... (He looks at Rose). What did it say to you? ROSE: Something about the beast in the pit. DANNY (blinks): What about your communicator? What did that say? ROSE (after a pause): He is awake. OOD (as one): And you will worship him. DANNY: What the hell? THE DOCTOR (addressing the Ood): He is awake. OOD: And you will worship him. THE DOCTOR: Worship who? (No reply). Who's talking to you? Who is it? INT. TOBY'S BEDROOM Scooti goes into Toby's room, holding a file. SCOOTI: Toby, I've got your expenditure... She notices the room is deserted. She puts the file down on the desk. COMPUTER: Open Door 41. Scooti pauses, confused. There is the sound of a door opening. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Close Door 41. The sound of the door closing. Scooti looks around, perturbed. SCOOTI: 41... INT. CORRIDOR She dashes out into the corridor. She heads for door 41. COMPUTER (as Scooti closes it): Close Door 40. SCOOTI (into a control panel next to Door 41): Computer, did you open and close Door 41? COMPUTER: Confirmed. SCOOTI: But... that's the airlock. Why would you open the airlock? It's the night shift, we're not allowed outside. Has someone gone out? COMPUTER: Confirmed. SCOOTI: But who was it? COMPUTER: Cannot confirm. SCOOTI: Okay... but hold on, I know, tell me whose spacesuit's been logged out. COMPUTER: No spacesuit has been logged out. SCOOTI: But... you're not making any sense, you can't go outside without... She gives up and speaks into her wrist device. SCOOTI (CONT'D): Zach, I think we've got breakdown on Door 41, it's saying somebody's gone outside onto the planet's surface. The communication device cracks and fizzles but there is no reply. Scooti taps it. SCOOTI (CONT'D): Zach? Zach? She speaks into the control panel again. SCOOTI (CONT'D): Computer, trace fault. COMPUTER: There is no fault. SCOOTI (irritated now): Tell me who went through that door! COMPUTER: He is awake. SCOOTI: What? COMPUTER: He is awake. SCOOTI: What's that supposed to mean? COMPUTER: He bathes in the black sun. Scooti steps away from the control panel, disturbed. A little further along the corridor, a shutter opens on a window onto the planet's surface. Scooti looks out, and sees Toby there, with no spacesuit. He has his back turned on the window. Scooti's eyes widen. Toby turns and when he sees her, a huge, menacing smile breaks out across his face. He is still covered with the ancient symbols, and his eyes are still red. SCOOTI (staring): Toby... but there's no air, there's no... Toby, still with that terrible smile, raises his hand and beckons to Scooti. Scooti reaches out towards him as though hypnotised, eyes becoming moist. Hold the moment, before... SCOOTI (CONT'D) (with force): No! Stop it! You can't be! The smile fades from Toby's face. His outstretched hand clenches into a fist and sound of glass cracking fills the air. Scooti gasps as cracks and fissures appear on the window. She rushes to the door. SCOOTI (CONT'D) (frantically): Open Door 40! Open Door 40! She's rattling the at the door as the cracks get bigger, but it will not open. SCOOTI (CONT'D) (screaming): Open Door 40! Open Door 40! The cracks become larger and larger. Scooti's face is screwed up with terror. SCOOTI (CONT'D): Open Door 40... And finally the glass explodes outwards. Scooti is sucked backwards, screaming. INT. OOD HABITATION The entire base shakes. Rose and the Doctor are down in the "pen" with the Ood, Danny still on the overhead balcony when they are thrown violently around and they struggle to regain their balance. COMPUTER: Emergency hull breach. Emergency hull breach. DANNY (scared, into wrist device): Which section? INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach picks himself up off the floor in the control room. He speaks into his own communication device. ZACH: Everyone... evacuate 11 to 13, we've got a breach! The base is open. Repeat: the base is open. INT. CORRIDOR Jefferson and two other crew members hurry along a corridor, shielding themselves from the sparks flying from the walls and the smoke rising through the floor. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE COMPUTER: Open Door 19. The Doctor and Rose burst back into the canteen area, followed by Danny. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Close Door 19. INT. CORRIDOR ZACH: I can't contain the oxygen field, we're gonna lose it! INT. CORRIDOR JEFFERSON (yelling, trying to open a door): Come on! Keep moving! The Doctor, Rose and Danny come from one direction and Ida and other crew members from the other. JEFFERSON (CONT'D) (pulling Toby through the door): And you too, Toby! Toby (whose face and eyes are back to normal) falls flat on his face through the door as Jefferson slams it shut. COMPUTER: Breach sealed. Breach sealed. THE DOCTOR (dashing over to them): Everyone all right?! What happened? What was it? COMPUTER: Oxygen levels normal. JEFFERSON (panting): Hull breach! We were open to the elements. A couple of minutes and we'd have been inspecting that black hole at close quarters. Rose crouches to help Toby, who is still sweating and panting on the floor. THE DOCTOR: That wasn't a quake. What caused it? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (looking at a diagram of the base on his monitor): We've lost sections 11 to 13. Everyone all right? JEFFERSON (into his wrist device): We've got everyone here except Scooti. Scooti, report. Static and a beep on the communication device. JEFFERSON (CONT'D): Scooti Manista? That's an order. Report. Again, he only comes up with the blank beep and the static. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: She's all right. INT. CORRIDOR Jefferson and Ida breath a sigh of relief. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (CONT'D): I picked up her bio chip, she's in Habitation 3. The hologram shows a red dot indicating Scooti's location in Habitation 3. ZACH (CONT'D): Better go and check if she's not responding, she might be unconscious. INT. CORRIDOR Toby looks at his hands, turns them over, but they're clean. ZACH (CONT'D): How about that, eh? We survived. JEFFERSON: Habitation 3... come on, I don't often say this, but I think we could all do with a drink. Come on. Everyone but Toby, the Doctor and Rose follow Jefferson down the corridor. The Doctor crouches down to Toby, who looks severely shaken. THE DOCTOR: What happened? TOBY (speaking very fast, flustered): I don't... I dunno, I... I was working and then I can't remember. All... all that noise, the room was falling apart, there was no air... ROSE (helping Toby to his feet): Come on. Up you get. Come and have some Protein One. She has her arm linked through his and is walking him along the corridor. THE DOCTOR: Oh, you've gone native. ROSE: Oi, don't knock it. It's nice. Protein One with just a (clicks her fingers) dash of Three. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE The canteen, is slightly chaotic. They're all looking for Scooti, all talking over each other. IDA: I've checked Habitation 4... JEFFERSON: There's no sign of her. The bio chip says she's in the area. Rose and Toby come through the door followed by the Doctor. JEFFERSON (CONT'D): Have you seen Scooti? TOBY: No, no, no, I don't think so. IDA (into wrist device): Scooti, please respond, if you can hear this please respo... Habitation 6. JEFFERSON: Nowhere here. (Into wrist device) Zach? We've got a problem. Scooti's still missing. ZACH: It says Habitation 3. JEFFERSON: Yeah, well that's where I am, and I'm telling you she's not there. The Doctor gazes upwards, through the overhead window. THE DOCTOR: I've found her. They all look upwards, following his gaze. Rose's hand flies over her mouth. ROSE: Oh, my God... Scooti's body is floating eerily just outside the window. THE DOCTOR: Sorry. I'm so sorry. The rest of them just stare, horrified. JEFFERSON (into wrist device, quietly): Captain... report Officer Scootori Manista PKD... deceased. 43K2.1. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach receives this news in the control room. INT. HABITATION AREA THREE IDA: She was twenty... twenty years old. She goes over to the controls. The Doctor stares up at Scooti's body, grave and silent. Ida pulls the lever to close the shutters. Scooti drifts further and further away towards the black hole as they close. JEFFERSON: For how should Man die better than facing fearful odds? For the ashes of his father... and the temples of his Gods. His voice has dropped to a whisper. The shutters have closed completely, leaving the room noticeably darker and gloomier than before. A strange silence has also fallen. IDA (listening): It's stopped... A distant crash. ROSE (standing by the Doctor): What was that? What was it? THE DOCTOR: The drill. IDA: We've stopped drilling. We've made it. Point Zero. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Exterior sh*t of the base. ZACH (over tannoy): All non-essential Oods to be confined. INT. EXPLORATION DEC The crew are preparing to go down the mineshaft. IDA: Capsule established. All systems functioning... the mineshaft is go... bring systems online now. The Doctor, already garbed in a spacesuit, approaches Zach. Zach stares at him. THE DOCTOR: Reporting as a volunteer for the expeditionary force. ZACH: Doctor, this is breaking every single protocol. We don't even know who you are. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, but you trust me, don't you? And you can't let Ida go down there on her own. Go on... look me in the eye... yes you do, I can see it. Trust. ZACH: I should be going down. THE DOCTOR: The Captain doesn't lead the mission. He stays here. In charge. ZACH (bitterly): Not much good at it, am I? The Doctor doesn't answer, but simply looks at him. Zach sighs. ZACH (CONT'D) (addressing everyone): Positions! We're going down in two. Everyone, positions! Rose catches the Doctor's eye. They walk over to each other. ZACH: Mr Jefferson! I want maximum systems... His voice fades as he walks away. Rose and the Doctor stand facing one another. The Doctor checks a device on the wrist of the spacesuit. THE DOCTOR: Oxygen... nitro-balance... gravity. It's ages since I wore one of these! ROSE: I want that spacesuit back in one piece, you got that? THE DOCTOR: Yes, sir. He puts on the helmet. ROSE: It's funny, 'cos people back home think that space travel's gonna be all whizzing about and teleports and anti-gravity... but it's not, is it? (Her voice breaks slightly). It's tough. THE DOCTOR (with confidence): I'll see you later. ROSE: Not if I see you first. She laughs softly and pulls his head down so she can place a kiss on his helmet. INT. OOD HABITATION Danny addresses the Ood in Ood Habitation. DANNY: You will remain here. No command can override this. Have you got that? My instructions only. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach presses a few buttons on the panel in the control room. ZACH: Capsule active. Counting down in 10... 9... INT. EXPLORATION DEC Zach's voice is booming out over the tannoy. ZACH (CONT'D): 8... 7... 6... The Doctor and Ida go into the capsule. Jefferson closes the door after them. ZACH (CONT'D): 5... 4... 3... 2... Jefferson salutes them. ZACH (CONT'D): 1... Rose waves, smiling. The Doctor waves back, returning the smile. ZACH (CONT'D): Release. The capsule descends the shaft. Toby is sitting hunched in a corner. He's very twitchy and paranoid and keeps checking his hands. A diagram on a computer screen shows the descent of the capsule into the depths of the planet. INT. CAPSULE The Doctor and Ida stand inside the shaking capsule in silence. INT. CONTROL ROOM The hologram on the control panel also shows the capsules descent. Zach watches it. The stats now says "DANGER" underneath "oxygen". ZACH: Gone beyond the oxygen field. You're on your own. INT. CAPSULE The Doctor and Ida both switch on their oxygen t*nk. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (into the comm, obviously worried out of her mind): Don't forget to breath. Breathing's good. She demonstrates taking deep breaths. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Rose, stay off the comm. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: Fat chance. INT. CAPSULE The capsule shakes rather too violently, and the Doctor and Ida are thrown off their feet. They hang on to the sides of the capsule to steady themselves. INT. OOD HABITATION In Ood Habitation, every Ood suddenly stands and turns, looking up at Danny and the crew member who is with him. The crew member points his g*n at the Ood, glancing at Danny. INT. EXPLORATION DECK The diagram on the computer screen indicates the capsule has reached Point Zero. It causes the whole base to shake. As soon as Rose has managed to steady herself, she's back on the comm. ROSE: Doctor? (No reply). Doctor, are you all right? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Ida, report to me... (Silence. More forcefully...). Doctor? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida, at Point Zero, alight from the capsule. THE DOCTOR: It's all right... we've made it... coming out of the capsule now. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose breathes a sigh of relief. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida step slowly out into the darkness, flashing their torches around. ROSE: What's it like down there? THE DOCTOR: It's hard to tell... some sort of... cave... cavern... it's massive. IDA: Well, this should help. Gravity globe. She tosses some sort of white orb up into the air. It floods the entire cavern with light, revealing what is quite clearly ancient architecture. The cavern is enormous, there is a huge face etched into the rock. IDA (CONT'D) (filled with awe): That's... that's... my God, that's beautiful. THE DOCTOR (looking around): Rose... you can tell Toby... we've found his civilisation... INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (cheerfully): Oi, Toby, sounds like you've got plenty of work. Toby, still distracted and twitchy, isn't really as interested in this information as he normally would be. TOBY: Good, good. Good. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Concentrate now, people. Keep on the mission. Ida... what about the power source? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida traipse alongside a rocky wall, Ida holding the flashlight in front of them. IDA: We're close. Energy signature indicates north, north west. Are you getting pictures up there? ZACH: There's too much interference. We're in your hands. IDA :Well... we've come this far. There's no turning back. THE DOCTOR: Oh, did you have to? No turning back? That's almost as bad as "nothing can possible go wrong" or "this is is gonna be the best Christmas Walford's ever had"... IDA (turning): Are you finished? The Doctor stares at her. THE DOCTOR: Yeah! Finished. He walks off. Ida watches him, slightly amused. INT. OOD HABITATION One of the Ood blinks at Danny. DANNY (into wrist device): Captain, sir. There's something happening with the Ood. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: What are they doing? INT. OOD HABITATION DANNY (keeping his voice low): They're staring at me. I've told them to stop, but they won't. He glances at them nervously. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Danny, you're a big boy. I think you can take being stared at. INT. OOD HABITATION DANNY: But the telepathic field, sir. It's at Basic 100! I've checked, there isn't any fault. It's definitely 100. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: But that's impossible. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose and Jefferson can hear this conversation from the exploration deck. ROSE: What's Basic 100 mean? INT. OOD HABITATION DANNY: They should be d*ad. INT. EXPLORATION DECK JEFFERSON: Basic 100's brain death. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: But they're safe? They're not actually moving? INT. OOD HABITATION DANNY: No, sir. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Keep watching them. And you, Jefferson, keep a guard on the Ood. INT. EXPLORATION DECK JEFFERSON: Officer at arms! He readies his g*n. CREW MEMBER: Yes, sir. ROSE (concerned): You can't f*re a g*n in here. What if they h*t a wall? JEFFERSON: I'm f*ring stock 15, only packs upon organics. (To security guard): Keep watch. Guard them. GUARD: Yes, sir. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE THE DOCTOR: Is everything all right up there? INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (quickly): Yeah, yeah. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: It's fine. INT. OOD HABITATION DANNY (sarcastically): Great! He sighs. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida approach an enormous circular trapdoor with engravings on it. THE DOCTOR: We've found something. It looks like metal. Like some sort of seal. I've got a nasty feeling the word might be "trapdoor". Not a good word, "trapdoor". Never met a trapdoor I liked. IDA (shining the torch around the edge): The edge is covered with those symbols. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Do you think it opens? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE THE DOCTOR: That's what trapdoors tend to do. IDA (walking around it): "Trapdoor" doesn't do it justice. It's massive, Zach. About thirty feet in diameter. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Any way of opening it? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: I don't know. I can't see any sort of mechanism. THE DOCTOR: I suppose that's the writing, that'll tell us what to do. The letters that defy translation. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Toby, did you get anywhere with decoding it? INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (looking over at him): Toby, they need to know, that lettering, does it make any sort of sense? Toby has his head in his arms, still crouched in the corner. TOBY (quietly): I know what it says. ROSE: Then tell them. JEFFERSON: When did you work that out? ROSE: It doesn't matter, just tell them. Toby stands. He turns towards them, revealing that he is once again covered in the symbols, eyes red. When Toby speaks, it is with the Voice of the Beast. TOBY: These are the words of the Beast. Rose stares at him in shock. TOBY (CONT'D): And he has woken. Jefferson points his g*n at Toby. TOBY (CONT'D): He is the heart that beats in the darkness, he is the blood that will never cease. And now he will rise. JEFFERSON: Officer, stand down. Stand down. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE THE DOCTOR (with growing urgency): What is it? What's he done? What's happening? Rose? What's going on?? There is no reply. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Jefferson? Only static comes through the comm. in answer. Zach hits some buttons. ZACH (CONT'D): Report. Report! INT. EXPLORATION DECK Toby flexes his arms. JEFFERSON: Officer, as commander of security, I order you to stand down and be confined. Immediately! ROSE (into comm): He's come out in those symbols all over his face. They're all over him. Toby considers them. TOBY: Mr Jefferson, tell me, sir... did your wife ever forgive you? JEFFERSON (although he clearly does): I don't know what you mean. TOBY: Let me tell you a secret: she never did. JEFFERSON (swallows): Officer... you stand down and be confined. TOBY: Or what? JEFFERSON: Or under the jurisdiction of Condition Red, I am authorised to sh**t you. He aims his g*n at Toby. TOBY: But how many can you k*ll? His eyes light up and his mouth opens in a low roar as the symbols evaporate off Toby's skin and leave him as swirls of black smoke. This smoke then enters the Ood, who jerk as the Beast possesses them. Toby, himself again, coughs and collapses. Jefferson points his g*n at the three Ood on the exploration deck. INT. OOD HABITATION The Ood in Habitation are also possessed. OOD (as one): We are the Legion of the Beast. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE THE DOCTOR: Rose? What is it? Rose? (To Ida): I'm going back up. He walks off. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Report. Report! Jefferson, report! (Shouts). Someone, report! INT. OOD HABITATION The Ood hold their communication orbs out in front of them. OOD: The Legion shall be many. And the Legion shall be few... INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (into comm): It's the Ood. JEFFERSON (into wrist device): Sir, we have a contamination in the livestock. ROSE: Doctor, I don't know what it is, it's... it's like they're possessed. JEFFERSON: They won't listen to us. INT. OOD HABITATION OOD: He has woven himself in the fabric of your life since the dawn of time. A single Ood separates himself from the rest and walks up the stairs from the "pen" towards Danny and the other crew member. OOD (CONT'D): Some may call him Abaddon. Some may call him Kroptor. Some may call him Satan... Danny turns to the computer, frantic. The other crew member has his g*n ready. OOD (CONT'D): Or Lucifer... DANNY: Captain, it's the Ood. They're out of control! OOD: Or the Bringer of Despair... Danny and the other crew member back away as the single Ood approaches. OOD (CONT'D): The Deathless Prince. The Bringer of Night. The Ood stands a few feet away from the two of them, and the communication orb suddenly sh**t out and attaches to the crew member's forehead. It looks as though he is electrocuted. He falls to the floor, d*ad. Danny runs. OOD (CONT'D): These are the words that shall set him free. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Jefferson, Rose and another crew member are backing away as the Ood advance. JEFFERSON (shouts over his shoulder): Back up to the door! OOD: I shall become manifest. JEFFERSON: Move quickly! OOD: I shall walk in might. JEFFERSON: To the door! They are backing up against the door. JEFFERSON (CONT'D): Get it open! OOD: My Legions shall swarm across the worlds... EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Ida points her flashlight in the direction of the trapdoor as the ground starts to shake. It begins to open. IDA: Doctor! It's opening! INT. CONTROL ROOM The whole base shakes. Zach grabs onto the console to steady himself. ZACH: We're moving! The whole thing's moving! The planet's moving! He stares upwards as the overhead shutters open. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Rocks shower down on the Doctor and Ida - the Doctor is torn between going back and saving Ida, he stumbles towards Ida, falling over as the ground shakes. Ida whimpers, terrified. INT. EXPLORATION DECK The Ood still advance towards Rose and Jefferson. OOD: I am the sin and the temptation. And the desire. I am the pain and the loss and the d*ad will come. JEFFERSON: Get that door open! EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The trapdoor is now completely open. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (frantic): The gravity field... it's going! We're losing orbit! The diagram on the computer screen indicates the planet moving around bizarrely. ZACH (CONT'D): We're gonna fall into the black hole! INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose and the other crew member desperately try to open the door, but it won't budge. Jefferson has his g*n aimed at the advancing Ood, but they ignore it completely. OOD: I have been imprisoned for eternity. But no more. COMPUTER: Door sealed. ROSE: Come on! COMPUTER: Door sealed. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Billows of smoke rise from the pit, the ground still shaking. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: The Pit is open. And I am free. The Doctor and Ida stare down into the pit, horror struck as the Voice of the Beast laughs terribly. To be continued...
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A recap of 208 "The Impossible Planet". OPENING CREDITS INT. EXPLORATION DECK The Ood advance towards Jefferson, Rose and the other crew member. JEFFERSON: Open f*re! He and the guard f*re at the Ood, whilst Rose cowers. INT. CONTROL ROOM The shaking lessens slightly in the control room. ZACH: We're s*ab... The overhead shutters slide closed. ZACH (CONT'D): We've got orbit. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose steps over to the d*ad bodies of the Ood and grabs the communication device once more, impatient to see if the Doctor is okay. ROSE: Doctor? Static, no reply. ROSE: Doctor, can you hear me? Doctor? Ida? Are you there? COMPUTER : l Open Door 25. Jefferson and the guard spin round, g*n raised and ready for whatever will come through the door, but it's only Danny. DANNY: It's me! But they're coming. COMPUTER: Close Door 25. DANNY: It's the Ood. They've gone mad. JEFFERSON: How many of them? DANNY: All of them! All fifty! JEFFERSON (approaching the door): Danny, out of the way. (Danny doesn't move, so with more ferocity...): Out of the way! He pushes Danny out of the way of the door. DANNY: But they're armed! They're da... Jefferson starts to open the door. DANNY: It's the interface device. I don't know how, but they're using it as a w*apon. COMPUTER: Open door 25. Jefferson opens the door, the Ood are standing on the other side. One of them immediately advances, sticking the communication orb to the guard's forehead. She screams and slumps to the floor, d*ad. Jefferson open fires. INT. CORRIDOR Zach closes the door from the control room. COMPUTER: Close Door 1. He starts to run down the corridor, but skids to a halt as he sees the Ood advancing from the other end. He goes back the way he came. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Open Door 1. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach closes the door behind him. COMPUTER (CONT'D): Close Door 1. Zach presses buttons on a control panel mounted on the wall. ZACH: Lockdown, seal Door 1. COMPUTER: Lockdown Door 1. Zach goes back to the controls in the centre of the room, a babble of frantic voices sounding from communication. ZACH: Jefferson, what's happening, there? INT. EXPLORATION DECK JEFFERSON (into wrist device): I've got very little amm*nit*on, sir. How about you? INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach quickly checks. He opens a cupboard and inside is a g*n. He removes it. ZACH: All I've got is a bolt g*n. With uh... (Check) all of one bolt. I could take out a grand total of one Ood. Fat lot of good that is. JEFFERSON: Given the emergency... INT. EXPLORATION DECK JEFFERSON (CONT'D): I recommend Strategy Nine. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (defeated): Strategy Nine agreed. Right, we need to get everyone together. Rose? What about Ida and the Doctor? Any word? INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose shakes her head. She's out of her mind with worry. Her voice is shaking slightly. ROSE: I can't get any reply, just... nothing, I keep trying, but it's... Just then, the communication device crackles and the Doctor's voice comes through. THE DOCTOR: No! Sorry, I'm fine. Still here! ROSE (so relieved): You could've said, you stupid b... EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The communication device screeches loudly, blanking the rest of the word out. The Doctor winces. THE DOCTOR: Whoa! Careful! Anyway, it's both of us, me and Ida. Hello! But the seal opened up. It's gone. All we've got left is this chasm. As the Doctor says, the trapdoor has opened onto a gaping pitch black hole. ZACH: How deep is it? THE DOCTOR: Can't tell. It looks like it goes on forever. ROSE: "The pit is open." INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (CONT'D): That's what the voice said. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: But there's nothing? I mean... EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE ZACH (CONT'D): There's... nothing coming out? THE DOCTOR: No, no. No sign of "the Beast". INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (scared): It said "Satan". EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE THE DOCTOR: Come on, Rose. Keep it together. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: Is there no such thing? (No reply). Doctor? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor, still not answering, turns his back on the pit. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, tell me there's no such thing. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Ida? I recommend that you withdraw. Immediately. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: But... we've come all this way! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Okay, that was an order. With-Draw. With that thing open, the whole planet's shifted. One more inch and we fall into the black hole. So this thing stops right now. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: But it's not much better up there with the Ood. ZACH: I'm initiating Strategy Nine, so I need the two of you back up top immediately, no ar... Ida turns off her wrist device. The Doctor raises his eyebrows. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (CONT'D) (upon hearing the static): Ida? IDA? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA (to the Doctor): What do you think? THE DOCTOR: I think they've an order. IDA: Yeah, but... what do you think? The Doctor puts one foot on the edge of the pit, staring down into it. THE DOCTOR: It said "I am the temptation". IDA: If... if there's something in there... why's it still hiding? THE DOCTOR: Maybe... we opened the prison but not the cell. IDA: We should go down. I'd go. What about you? THE DOCTOR: Oh! Oh, in a second, but then again... (He gives a half laugh, turns to her). That is so human. Where angels fear to tread. Even now, standing on the edge. It's that feeling you get. Yeah? (Looks into the pit as though mesmerised, musing). Right at the back of your head. That impulse... that strange little impulse... that mad little voice saying "Go on... go on... go on... go over, go on...", maybe it's relying on that. For once in my life... Officer Scott... I'm going to say... He looks at her. She looks at him... hold the moment, before... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Retreat. (He sighs and pulls his foot back from where it was rested on the edge of the pit). Now I know I'm getting old. (Opens communications). Rose, we're coming back. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (smiling, pleased): Best news I've heard all day! Jefferson released the safety catch on his g*n. He's looking down at Toby. ROSE (CONT'D): What're you doing? JEFFERSON (aiming the g*n at Toby): He's infected. He brought that thing on board. You saw it. Toby's eyes widen in shock. He's cornered, cowering on the floor. ROSE (approaching him): Are you gonna start sh**ting your own people, now? Is that what you're gonna do? Is it? JEFFERSON: If necessary. ROSE: Well then, you'll have to sh**t me "if necessary", so what's it gonna be? Jefferson pauses. Rose kneels next to Toby. ROSE (CONT'D): Look at his face. Whatever it was, it's gone. It passed into the Ood. You saw it happen. He's clean. Jefferson considers. Toby is breathing heavily, frightened. JEFFERSON: Any sign of trouble... I'll sh**t him. He moves away. ROSE (to Toby): Are you all right? TOBY (trembling, close to tears): Yeah... I... (Shakes head). Dunno. ROSE: Can you remember anything? TOBY: Just... it was so angry. It was... fury and rage... death... From casting terrified glances around the room, he meets Rose's eyes. TOBY (CONT'D): It was him. It was the devil. ROSE: Come here. She draws Toby into a comforting hug. He clings to her, eyes still wide open with horror over her shoulder. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida are trudging back to the capsule. THE DOCTOR: What's Strategy Nine? IDA: Open the airlocks... we'll be safe inside the lockdown... the Ood will get thrown out into the vacuum. THE DOCTOR: So we're going back to a slaughter? They have reached the capsule. Ida turns to him. IDA: The devil's work. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Jefferson, Danny and Rose are waiting for them to make contact. IDA: Okay, we're in. Bring us up. JEFFERSON: Ascension in... Rose smiles with anticipation. JEFFERSON (CONT'D): Three... two... one. The mechanism fails. The lights go out. INT. CAPSULE The lights fail. INT. CONTROL ROOM The lights blink out. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: This is the Darkness. This is my domain. The display on the screen changes to that of several of the Ood standing together, the Beast is using them to communicate. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): You little things that live in the light... clinging to your feeble Suns... Zach picks up his bolt g*n. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): ... which die in the... ZACH (through communication): That's not the Ood. Something's talking through them. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Only the Darkness remains. ZACH: This is Captain Zachary Cross Flane of Sanctury Base Six representing the Torchwood archive. You will identify yourself. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: You know my name. ZACH: What do you want? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: You will die here. All of you. This planet is your grave. INT. EXPLORATION DECK TOBY (trembling): It's him. It's him. It's him... INT. CAPSULE THE DOCTOR: If you are the Beast, then answer me this: which one? Hmm? 'Cos the universe has been busy since you've been gone. There's more religions than there are planets in the sky. The Archivits... Pordonity, Christianity... Pash-Pash, New Judaism... Sanclar... Church of the Tin Vagabond, which devil are you? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: All of them. THE DOCTOR: What, then you're the truth behind the myth? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: This one knows me, as I know him. The k*ller of his own kind. THE DOCTOR (choosing not to acknowledge this): How did you end up on this rock? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: The disciples of the Light rose up against me. And chained me in the pit for all eternity. THE DOCTOR: When was this? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Before time. THE DOCTOR: What does that mean?! THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Before time. THE DOCTOR: What does "before time" mean? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Before light and time and space and matter. Before the cataclysm. Before this universe was created. THE DOCTOR: That's impossible. No life could have existed back then. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: Is that your religion? THE DOCTOR: It's a belief. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: You know nothing. All of you. So small. INT. CONTROL ROOM Cut to Zach. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): The Captain, so scared of command. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Cut to Jefferson. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): The soldier, haunted by the eyes of his wife. The scientist, still running from daddy. Ida shifts uncomfortably in the capsule. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): The little boy who lied... Cut to Danny, who is uncomfortable. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): The virgin... Toby turns, on edge. Then cut to Rose. THE VOICE OF THE BEAST (CONT'D): And the lost girl, so far away from home. The valiant child who will die in battle so very soon. ROSE: Doctor, what does it mean? THE DOCTOR (quietly): Rose, don't listen. ROSE: What does it mean? THE VOICE OF THE BEAST: You will die... and I will live. The footage of the Ood suddenly cuts and is replaced with a roaring horned beast, which causes everyone but the Doctor to gasp and stumble backwards. DANNY (voice shaking with fear): What the hell was that? They're all speaking over one another, frantic. TOBY: I had that thing inside my head. ROSE (voice becoming higher): Doctor, what did it mean? DANNY: What do we do? Jefferson? JEFFERSON (into wrist device): Captain? What's the situation on Strategy Nine? DANNY: Zach, what do we do? TOBY: What if I can fix it? ... the black hole, everything's true. JEFFERSON: Captain, report. ZACH: We've lost pictures... ROSE: Doctor, how did it know all of... IDA: Did anyone get... ZACH: Jefferson? THE DOCTOR: Stop... ROSE: What did it mean? THE DOCTOR: Everyone just stop... DANNY: What do we do? JEFFERSON: Report. INT. CAPSULE The Doctor holds the communication device close to the speaker, making it screech loudly. The babble stops and silence falls. THE DOCTOR: If you want voices in the dark, then listen to mine; that thing is playing on very basic fears. Darkness, childhood nightmares, all that stuff. DANNY: But that's how the devil works. THE DOCTOR: Or a good psychologist. IDA: But... how did it know about my father? THE DOCTOR (after a slight pause): Okay, but what makes his version of the truth any better than mine? Hmm? Cos I'll tell you what I can see: humans. Brilliant humans. Humans who travel all the way across space. Flying in a tiny little rocket into the orbit of a black hole! Just for the sake of discovery, that's amazing! Do you hear me? Amazing. All of you. The captain, his officer, his elder, his genius, his friends. All with one advantage. The Beast is alone. We are not. If we can use that to fight against him... With a loud bang, the cable for the capsule snaps. It falls down the shaft. IDA (looking up): The cable's snapped! THE DOCTOR: Get out! The dive out of the capsule just as the cable lands inside it with force. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Dust wafts onto the exploration deck. ROSE: Doctor! We lost the cable! Doctor, are you all right? (No reply). Doctor? ZACH: Comms are down. ROSE: Doctor? Doctor, can you hear me? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (looking at the monitor): I've still got life signs, but... we've lost the capsule. ROSE: Say something, are you there? ZACH: There's no way out. (b*at). They're stuck down there. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida stand, brushing themselves off. THE DOCTOR: How much air have we got? IDA: Sixty minutes. (Checks wrist device). Fifty-five. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose, Jefferson and Danny peer down the lift shaft. ROSE: But we've got to bring them back. JEFFERSON: They're ten miles down. We haven't got another ten miles of cable. Another loud bang on a door makes them jump. JEFFERSON (CONT'D) (into wrist device): Captain? Situation report. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach glances up. Something is banging on his door too. He goes over to it and opens the small round window. An Ood stares back at him. It has what looks like an enormous pair of pliers and is using them in order to break the door down. Zach sighs. ZACH: It's the Ood. They're cutting through the door bolts. They're breaking in. INT. EXPLORATION DECK JEFFERSON: Yeah, it's the same on Door 25. ROSE: How long's it gonna take? JEFFERSON: Well, it's only a basic frame, it should take ten minutes. (another bang). Eight. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I've got a security frame, it might last a bit longer, but that doesn't help you. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: Right. So we need to stop them, or get out, or both. DANNY: I'll take both, yeah? But how? ROSE: You heard the Doctor. Why do you think that thing cut him off? 'Cos he was making sense. He was telling you to think your way out of this. Come on! For a start, we need some lights. There's gotta be some sort of power somewhere. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (bitterly): There's nothing I can do. Some captain, stuck in here, pressing buttons. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: That's what the Doctor meant: press the right buttons. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: They've gutted the generators! (With realisation). But the rocket's got an independent supply. If I could reroute that... Mr Jefferson? INT. EXPLORATION DECK ZACH: Open the bypass conduits. Override the safety... JEFFERSON (pressing the appropriate buttons): Opening bypass conduits, sir. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Channeling rocket feed. In 3... 2... 1... power. INT. EXPLORATION DECK The lights come back on. Rose claps. ROSE: There we go. INT. CONTROL ROOM The lights flash on. DANNY: Let there be light! INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: What about that Strategy Nine thing? JEFFERSON: Not enough power. It needs a hundred percent. ROSE: All right, we need a way out. Zach, Mr Jefferson, you start working on that. (Approaches Toby). Toby, what about you? TOBY (standing): I'm not a soldier. I can't do anything. ROSE: No, you're the archaeologist. What do you know about the pit? TOBY: Well, n-n-nothing. We can't even translate the language. ROSE (turns away): Right. TOBY: H-hold on. Maybe. ROSE: What is it? TOBY: Since that thing was inside my head, it's like the letters made more sense. ROSE: Well... get to work. Anything you can translate, just... anything. (Approaches Danny). As for you, Danny-boy, you're in charge of the Ood, any way of stopping them? DANNY: Well... I don't know. ROSE (pulls him over to the computer): Then find out. The sooner we get control of the base, the sooner we can get the Doctor out. Shift. She smacks him playfully and then looks down the never-ending shaft. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: We've got all this cable, we might as well use it. The drum's disconnected, we could adapt it.(Starts gathering up the fallen cable). Feed it through. THE DOCTOR: And then what? IDA: Abseil. Into the pit. THE DOCTOR: Abseil. Right. IDA: We're running out of air with no way back. It's the only thing we can do. Even if it's the last thing we ever achieve. THE DOCTOR: I'll get back. Rose is up there. IDA: Well, maybe the key to that is finding out what's in the pit. THE DOCTOR: Well... it's half of a good plan. IDA: What's the other half? THE DOCTOR: I go down. Not you. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose watches Jefferson as he works at the computer. JEFFERSON: Open junctions five... six... seven... (A bang on the door) ... reroute filters sixteen to twenty-four. Go. Toby is working on the symbols. DANNY (also working): There's all sorts of viruses that could stop the Ood. Trouble is, we haven't got them on board. ROSE (sarcastically): Well, that's handy, listing all the things we haven't got. We haven't got a swimming pool either. Or a Tescos. The computer bleeps. The word "affirmative" flashes on the screen. DANNY (excited): Oh my God. It says yes! I can do it! Hypothetically, if you flip the monitor, broadcast a flare... it can disrupt the telepathy! Brainstorm! ROSE: What happens to the Ood? DANNY: It'll t*nk them, spark out! ROSE (enthusiastically): There we are, then! Do it! DANNY (face falls): No, but... (Shakes head). I'd have to transmit from the central monitor. We need to go to Ood Habitation. Another bang on the door, causing sparks to fly. ROSE (staring at the door): That's what we'll do, then. (She goes to Mr Jefferson). Mr Jefferson, sir! Any way out? JEFFERSON: Just about... there's a network of maintenance tunnels running underneath the base. We should be able to gain access from here. ROSE (smiling): Ventilation shafts. JEFFERSON: Yeah, I appreciate the reference, but there's no ventilation. No air, in fact, at all. They were designed for machines, not life forms. Another bang. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: But, I can manipulate the oxygen field from here. Create discrete pockets of atmosphere... if I control it manually... I can follow you through the network. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: Right, so we go down, and you make the air follow us. By hand. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: You wanted me pressing buttons. INT. CONTROL ROOM ROSE: Yeah, I asked for it, okay, we need to get to Ood Habitation, work out a route. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE The Doctor and Ida are securing the cable so they can abseil down the pit. IDA: That should hold it. How's it going? The cable unravels. THE DOCTOR: Fine! Should work... doesn't feel like such a good idea, now. (Stands on the edge of the pit). Ha... there it is again. That itch. (He bobs up and down crazily). Go down, go down, go down, go down, go down. IDA: The urge to jump. Do you know where it comes from, that sensation? Genetic heritage. Ever since we were primates in the trees. It's our body's way of testing us. Calculating whether or not we can reach the next branch. THE DOCTOR (thoughtfully): No, that's not it... that's too kind. It's not the urge to jump, it's deeper than that. It's the urge to fall! And he jumps backwards down the hole. IDA: Doctor! She presses a button, the cable becomes taut. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE / THE PIT The Doctor stops falling. He is now hanging by the cable a short way into the pit. IDA: Are you okay? THE DOCTOR: Not bad, thanks. The wall of the pit... seems to be the same as the cavern, just...(Shines torch down). Not much of it. There's a crust about twenty feet down and then... nothing. Just the pit. Okay, then. Lower me down. IDA: Well, here we go, then. She presses the button again. The Doctor is lowered slowly down the pit. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Another violent bang on Door 25. Rose, Jefferson and Toby are ready to enter the maintenance tunnels, but Danny is still at the computer. ROSE (shouting to him): Danny! DANNY: Hold on! Just conforming... JEFFERSON: Dan, you gotta go now! (Another bang). Come on! The computer bleeps. DANNY: Yeah! He takes what looks like an orange computer chip from the machine. He shows them as he hurries over to the entrance to the maintenance tunnels. DANNY (CONT'D): Put that in the monitor... and it's a bad time to be an Ood! ROSE: We're coming back. Have you got that? We're coming back to this room and we're getting the Doctor out. JEFFERSON: Okay, Danny, you go first, then you Miss Tyler, then Toby, I'll go last in defence of position. Now come on! Quick as you can! They all lower themselves down into the tunnels in the order Jefferson specified. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Rose lands in the tunnel next to Danny. She sniffs. ROSE: God, it stinks. You all right? DANNY: Yeah, I'm laughing. Toby lands beside them. DANNY (CONT'D) (through comm, to Zach): Which way do we go? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Just go straight ahead. Keep going 'til I say so. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Jefferson makes it down the hole just in time, the Ood finally break the door down. They advance. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Danny, Rose, Toby and Jefferson crawl down the tunnel. ROSE (staring at Danny's bum): Not your best angle, Danny. DANNY: Oi! Stop it! TOBY (considering Rose's bum): I dunno, it could be worse. ROSE (indignantly): Oi! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Straight along until you find junction 7.1. Keep breathing. I'm feeding you air. I've got you. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Exterior sh*t of the base. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS They reach a junction in the tunnels and sit down, out of breath. DANNY (into wrist device): We're at 7.1, sir. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Okay, I've got you... He presses more buttons. A bang on the door makes him jump. ZACH (CONT'D): I'm just aerating the next section. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS DANNY: Getting kinda cramped, sir... can't you hurry up? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I'm working on half power, here. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS JEFFERSON: Stop complaining. ROSE (to Danny): Mr Jefferson says: stop complaining. DANNY: I heard. ROSE (to Jefferson): He heard. TOBY (into wrist device): But the air's getting a bit thin. ROSE: He's complaining now. JEFFERSON: I heard. Danny wipes the sweat of his face. Rose sniffs, her face screwed up in disgust. ROSE: Danny, is that you? DANNY (defensively) : I'm not exactly happy. ZACH :I'm just moving the air... INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (CONT'D): I've got to oxygenate the next section. Now, keep calm... or it's gonna feel worse. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS There is a loud banging from the other end of the tunnel. Jefferson aims his g*n. DANNY: What was that? ROSE (loudly): Mr Jefferson, what was that? TOBY: What's that noise? JEFFERSON: Captain... what was that? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (looking at the hologram): The junction in Habitation Five's been opened, it must be the Ood. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS The Ood crawl down the tunnels with frightening speed. ZACH (warningly): They're in the tunnels! DANNY: Well, open the gate! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I've gotta get the air in! DANNY: Just open it! ... sir. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS ROSE: Where are they? Are they close? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Don't know, I can't tell - I can't see them... the computer doesn't register Ood as proper life forms. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS ROSE: Whose idea was that? DANNY (practically roars into the wrist device, sweating and shaking): Open the gate! The gate opens and they lunge through it. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Danny, turn left. Immediate left. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS They crawl down the tunnel as fast as they can, Jefferson going backwards with his g*n at the ready. JEFFERSON: The Ood, sir, can't you trap them? Cut off the air? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Not without cutting off yours. Another bang on his door. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS The Ood pursue them down the tunnel, but they're still not in sight. ZACH: Danny, turn right. Go right! Go fast, Dan, they're gonna catch up! Danny does as he says, frantic. JEFFERSON: I'll maintain defence of position! ROSE: You can't stop! JEFFERSON (sitting down, aiming his g*n): Miss Tyler, that's my job. You've got your task, now see to it. TOBY (to Rose): You heard what he said, now shift. They move on, leaving Jefferson. An Ood appears from round the corridor and crawls towards Jefferson. He fires his g*n. The others can hear the sh*ts as they crawl as fast as possible. Jefferson turns, sh**t more oncoming Ood. Toby and the others reach the next juction. DANNY (into wrist device): 8.2. Open 8.2. Zach! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (pressing buttons): I've gotta aerate it! DANNY (furiously): Open it now! ZACH: I'm trying. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Danny thumps on the gate, desperate. ROSE (stopping him): Danny, stop it. That's not helping. TOBY: Zach, get it open! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Jefferson... I've gotta open 8.2 by closing 8.1. You've got to get past the junction, now move. That's an order, now move! INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Jefferson sh**t at an Ood from around a corner, he runs out of b*ll*ts. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (angrily): I'm gonna lose oxygen, Jefferson, I can't stop for your dramatics! He watches the hologram, showing Jefferson move towards the rest of the group. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Gate 8.2 opens, allowing Danny, Rose and Toby through it. DANNY (crawling through): Come on! Rose glances back down the corridor before following. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Danny, turn left and head for 9.2. That's the last one. Jefferson... INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Jefferson is crawling along the corridor, trying to reach the gate before it closes. ZACH: You've gotta move faster. Move! ROSE: Mr Jefferson, come on...! TOBY (pushing her forward): Keep going! It's too late, the gate closes, leaving Jefferson trapped on the wrong side. He slumps against it, panting. JEFFERSON: Regret to inform, sir... I was a bit slow. Not so fast, these days. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I can't open 8.1, John. Not without losing air for the others. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS JEFFERSON: And quite right too, sir. I think I bought them a little time. The others reach the end of the tunnel. ZACH: There's nothing I can do, Jefferson. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (quietly): I'm sorry. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS JEFFERSON: You've done enough, sir. Made a very good captain under the circumstances. Danny and Rose are both close to tears. JEFFERSON: I ask, if you can't add oxygen to this section... can you speed up the process of its removal? INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I don't understand. What do you mean? INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS JEFFERSON (staring down the tunnel): Well... if I might chose the manner of my departure, sir... lack of air seems more natural than... well... let's say... death by Ood. For an Ood is crawling towards him. JEFFERSON (CONT'D) (voice rising): I'd appreciate it, sir! INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: God speed, Mr Jefferson. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS JEFFERSON: Thank you, sir. INT. CONTROL ROOM Zach presses the appropriate buttons and cuts off the air. He closes his eyes. The light representing Jefferson on the screen goes out. ZACH (close to tears but fighting them): Report... Officer John Maynard Jefferson PKD... deceased... with honours. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS Danny, Rose and Toby sit in silence. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH (CONT'D): 43K2.1. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS DANNY: Zach... we're at the final junction. 9.2. And er... if my respects could be on record. He saved our lives. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: Noted. Opening 9.2. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS The gate opens. The Ood are right behind it, waiting for them. Rose, Danny and Toby scramble away, shocked. ROSE: Lower 9.2. Zach, lower it! DANNY: Back! Back! Back! TOBY: We can't go back! The g*ng point's sealed off, we're stuck! Rose looks up and notices grilling above her head. ROSE: Come on! She pushes it out of the way. INT. CORRIDOR She emerges through the floor of the corridor above. Danny follows. INT. MAINTENANCE TUNNELS The Ood crawl towards Toby. ROSE (CONT'D) (calling down to Toby): Come on! Toby, come on! Toby looks at the Ood and places a finger to his lips. His eyes are glowing red once more. ROSE (CONT'D): Toby, get out of there! TOBY (scrambling up, eyes back to normal): Help me! Oh, my God, help me! INT. CORRIDOR Rose and Toby hoist him up through the hole. More Ood approach from one end of the corridor. DANNY (running in the opposite direction): It's this way. They follow Danny along the corridor, the Ood in pursuit. INT. CONTROL ROOM There is another bang on the door of the control room. Zach picks up his bolt g*n. ZACH: Hurry up! INT. OOD HABITATION Danny, Rose and Toby burst through the doors into Ood Habitation, and rush over the computer. The Ood already inside look up at their arrival. ROSE: Get it in! TOBY: Danny, get down. ROSE: Transmit! DANNY: I'm trying, I'm trying! I'm getting at it... TOBY: Stop them! The Ood are making their way up the stairs towards them. INT. CONTROL ROOM With a final bang, the Ood manage to open the door to the control room. Zach stands and points his g*n at them. INT. OOD HABITATION ROSE: Danny, get that thing transmitting! Danny bungs it into the computer. The reading goes down to Basic 0. The Ood clutch at their heads and stumble about, all over the ship. They finally collapse to the floor. Silence falls. ROSE (CONT'D) (smiling): You did it! We did it! DANNY: Yes! She laughs in delight, as does Danny, and throws her arms around him, then hugs Toby, who grins. Danny and Toby hug. ROSE (into comm): Zach, we did it. The Ood are down. Now we've gotta get the Doctor. INT. CONTROL ROOM ZACH: I'm on my way. INT. OOD HABITATION Rose rushes from Ood Habitation. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE / THE PIT The Doctor is still being lowered down the pit, in complete darkness. THE DOCTOR: You get representations of the Horned Beast right across the universe. In the myths and legends of a million worlds. Earth... Draconia, Velconsadine... Daemos... the Kaled God of w*r... it's the same image, over and over again. Maybe... that idea came from somewhere. Bleeding through... the thought at the back of every sentient mind. IDA: Emanating from here? THE DOCTOR: Could be. IDA: But if this is the original... does that make it real? Does that make it the actual devil, though? THE DOCTOR: Well, if that's what you want to believe. Maybe that's what the devil is, in the end. An idea. The cable runs out and the Doctor jerks to a halt. IDA: That's it. That's all we've got. The Doctor presses buttons on the device on his wrist. IDA (CONT'D): You getting any sort of readout? THE DOCTOR: Nothing. Could be miles to go, yet. Or... could be thirty feet. No way of telling.(He thinks about this). I could survive thirty feet. IDA: Oh no you don't. I'm pulling you back up. She presses the button to hoist him back up. But the Doctor presses a button on his own end, stopping her. IDA (striding to the edge): What're you doing?! THE DOCTOR: You bring me back, then we're just gonna sit there and run out of air. I've gotta go down. IDA (scared): But you can't. Doctor, you can't. THE DOCTOR: Call it an act of faith. He releases one the hooks securing him to the cable. IDA: But... I don't want to die on my own. THE DOCTOR: I know. He releases another hook. INT. EXPLORATION DECK Rose and the others have reached the exploration deck. Without a moments hesitation, Rose picks up the comm. ROSE: Doctor? Are you there? Doctor? Ida? Can you hear me? ZACH: The comms are still down. I can patch them through the central desk and boost the signal. Just give me a minute. He starts to work at the computer. Rose looks on, anxious, eyes wide. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE / THE PIT The Doctor releases another hook. THE DOCTOR: I didn't ask: have you got any sort of faith, or...? IDA (sitting on the edge of the pit): Not really. I was brought up Neo Classic, congregational... because of my mum, she was... (She pauses, reminiscing). My old mum. But no, I never believed. THE DOCTOR: Neo Classic, have they got a devil? IDA: No, not as such. Just um... the things that men do. THE DOCTOR: Same thing in the end. IDA: What about you? The Doctor pauses for a long moment, thinking. THE DOCTOR: I believe... I believe I haven't seen everything, I don't know... it's funny, isn't it? The things you make up, the rules. If that thing had said it came from beyond the universe, I'd believe it, but before the universe... impossible. Doesn't fit my rule. Still, that's why I keep travelling. To be proved wrong. Thank you, Ida. IDA (suddenly standing): Don't go! THE DOCTOR: If they get back in touch... if you talk to Rose... just tell her... He pauses for a moment, looking down. Ida waits. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Tell her I... (Another pause. Then, to himself). Oh, she knows. He releases the final hook and falls into nothingness. ROSE (through comm.): Doctor? Are you there? Doctor, Ida? Can you hear me? INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (CONT'D): Are you there, Doctor? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: He's gone. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE: What do you mean, "he's gone"? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: He fell. Into the pit. And I don't know how deep it is, miles and miles and miles. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ROSE (voice breaking): But... what do you mean "he fell"? EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA (quietly): I couldn't stop him. He said your name... INT. EXPLORATION DECK Zach gently tugs the comm. away from Rose. She's silent, staring straight ahead. ZACH: I'm sorry. Rose does not respond. He speaks into the comm. ZACH (CONT'D): Ida? There's no way of reaching you. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Ida listens to this, alone on the edge of the pit. ZACH: No cable, no back-up... you're ten miles down... INT. EXPLORATION DECK ZACH (CONT'D): We can't get there. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA (looking around): You should see this place, Zach. (Sits down on the edge of the pit). It's beautiful. Well, I wanted to discover things... (She tears up). And here I am. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ZACH: We've got to abandon the base. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Ida bites her lip as she listens. ZACH: I'm declaring this mission unsafe. All we can do is make sure no one ever comes here again. IDA: But we'll never find out what it was? INT. EXPLORATION DECK ZACH: Well, maybe that's best. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE IDA: Yeah. There is a pause. ZACH: Officer Scott... IDA: It's all right. Just go. Good luck. INT. EXPLORATION DECK ZACH: Thank you. (Replace the comm.). Danny, Toby, close down the feed links. Get the retrotopes online. Then get to the rocket, strap yourselves in. We're leaving. Rose turns to him. ROSE: I'm not going. ZACH (reassuringly): Rose, there's space for you. ROSE (quietly): No, I'm gonna wait for the Doctor. Just like he waited for me. ZACH (gently): I'm sorry, but... he's d*ad. ROSE: You don't know him. 'Cos he's not... (Her voice breaks up with repressed tears). I'm telling you, he's... he's not... and even if he was, how could I leave him? All on his own, all the way down there? No. I'm gonna stay. Zach nods. ZACH: Then I apologise for this. Danny, Toby, make her secure. Danny and Toby come up on either side of Rose, taking an arm each. ROSE (struggling): No, no! No! No! No! Let me go! (Straining, screaming at them). Get off me! I'm not leaving! Zach plunges a needle into her arm, sedating her. ROSE (CONT'D) (as she goes limp): No... ZACH (determinedly): I have lost too many people. I am not leaving you behind. (Hoists her over his shoulder). Let's get her on board. INT. CORRIDOR They emerge into a corridor, which is littered with the Ood. TOBY (pointing at one): Did that one just move? It did. The Ood opens its eyes and lifts its head. DANNY: The telepathic field, it's reasserting itself. ZACH: Move it, get to the rocket, move! They hurry down the corridor. EXT. THE PIT The Doctor lies face down at the bottom of the pit. His helmet has shattered. He stirs, groaning. As he stands, he realises his helmet has broken and he gasps, a hand flying to his mouth. But then... THE DOCTOR (with wonder): I'm breathing. He removes the helmet and looks around. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Air cushion to support the fall... (Turns on comm.). You can breath down here, Ida. (comm. Crackles). Can you hear me, Ida? INT. ROCKET ZACH (who is the pilot): Dislocating B-Clamp, C-Clamp, raising blue nitrates to maximum. Toby, how's the negapact feed line? TOBY: Clear! Ready to go, sir. For God's sakes, get us out of here! Rose stirs. DANNY (noticing): Captain... I think we're gonna have a problem passenger... ZACH: Keep an eye on her. ROSE: Wait... I'm not... DANNY: It's all right, Rose, you're safe. ROSE: I'm not going anywhere! (Tugs at her seatbelt, shouting). Get me out of this thing! Get me out! ZACH: And... lift-off! EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE / THEPIT The three men whoop and cheer as the rocket lifts off. Ida looks up, as does the Doctor at the bottom of the pit. THE DOCTOR (whispers): A rocket... He watches as it flies further and further away. INT. ROCKET Rose spots the bolt g*n, she grabs it and points it at Zach. ROSE: Take me back to the planet. Zach doesn't reply. He doesn't even turn around. ROSE (CONT'D) (shouts): Take me back! ZACH: Or what? ROSE: Or I'll sh**t. ZACH (finally turning to her): Would you, though? Would you really? Is that what your Doctor would want? Rose holds his gaze for a moment. Danny looks slightly shaken. Defeated, Rose slumps back in her chair, dropping the g*n. ZACH (CONT'D): Sorry, but it's too late anyway. Take a look outside. We can't turn back. This is what the Doctor would have wanted. Rose looks out of the window. ZACH (CONT'D): Isn't that right? They're speeding away from the black hole. EXT. THE PIT The Doctor shines his torch on the wall of the underground cavern, there are crude drawings of a horned beast and tiny stick figures surrounding it. THE DOCTOR: History of some big battle. Man against Beast. I dunno if you're getting this, Ida. Hope so. Anyway, they defeated the Beast and imprisoned it. The light of his torch falls on what looks like a large vase on a stand. Surprised, he turns the torch light back on the symbols of people carrying the vase on their heads. He approaches the vase, there is another one in line with the first. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Or maybe that's the key... He touches the vase, and they both light up. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Or the gate, or the bars... The Doctor turns upon hearing a quiet growl. His mouth opens, before him, in a pit, is a huge horned beast, chained down. It roars at him. INT. ROCKET In the rocket, Toby starts to laugh quietly to himself, as Rose does up her seatbelt again. DANNY: What's the joke? TOBY: Just... we made it. We escaped. We actually did it. No one shares his mirth. ROSE: Not all of us. ZACH: We're not out of it yet. We're still the first people in history to fly away from a black hole. Toby, read me the stats. TOBY (still smirking): Gravity funnel holding, sir. Always holding. EXT. THE PIT THE DOCTOR (staring at the Beast): I accept that you exist. I don't have to accept what you are, but you're physical existence, I'll give you that. The Beast growls. The Doctor takes a few steps forwards. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But I don't understand. I was expected down here. I was given a safe landing, and air. You need me for something. What for? The Beast lunges forwards, straining against the chains holding him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (completely out of his depth): Have I got to... I dunno, beg an audience? Or... is there a ritual? Some sort of incantation or summons or spell, all these things I don't believe in, are they real? The Beast just looks at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (loudly): Speak to me! Tell me! (No reply). You won't talk. Or... you can't talk. Hold on, hold on. Wait a minute, just let me... (He thinks hard). Oh! No. Yes! No... think it through, you spoke before. I heard your voice. An intelligent voice. No, more than that, brilliant! But, looking at you now... all I can see... (The Beast growls) is... (growl) Beast. The animal. Just... the body. You're just the body, the physical form! What's happened to your mind? Hmm? Where's it gone? Where's that intelligence? (He glances upwards as it dawns on him). Oh, no... INT. ROCKET TOBY: Stats. at 53, funnel status at 66.5. Hull pressure constant. Smooth as we can, sir. All the way back home. Rose stares out of the window, so sad. TOBY (CONT'D): Coordinates set for Planet Earth. The corners of his mouth twitch upwards in an unpleasant smile. INT. THE PIT The Doctor shines his torch on the symbols covering the walls. THE DOCTOR: You're imprisoned. Long time ago. Before the universe, after, sideways, in- between, doesn't matter. The positioning is perfect. It's absolutely... it's eternal. Oh, yes! Open the prison, the gravity field collapses! This planet falls into the black hole! You escape, you die. Brilliant! But that's just the body. The body is trapped, that's all. The devil is just an idea. In all those civilisations, just an idea. (He pauses, edging forwards as he works it out). But an idea is hard to k*ll. An idea could escape. The mind, the mind of the great Beast, the mind can escape! Oh, but that's it! You didn't give me air, your jailers did! They set this up! All those years ago! They need me alive. Because if you're escaping, then I've gotta stop you. The Beast roars in fury, straining against the chains. The Doctor picks up a rock. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): If I destroy your prison, your body is destroyed. Your mind with it. He swings the rock over his head, ready to bring it crashing down on the vase, and then stops. He drops it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But then you're clever enough to use this whole system against me. If I destroy this planet, I destroy the gravity field. The rocket. The rocket loses protection and falls into the black hole. I'll have to sacrifice Rose. He has a look of mild disgust on his face. The Beast laughs mirthlessly. INT. ROCKET ROSE (thinking): It doesn't make sense. We escaped, but there's a thousand ways it could've k*lled us. It could've... ripped out the air or... I dunno, burnt us, or anything. But it let us go. Why? Unless it wanted us to escape... TOBY: Hey, Rose, do us a favour... (Nastily). Shut up. Rose stares at him. He looks away. TOBY (CONT'D): Almost there. We'll be beyond the reach of the black hole in 40... 39... EXT. THE PIT THE DOCTOR: So, that's the trap. Or the test or the final judgment, I don't know. But if I k*ll you, I k*ll her. The Beast laughs, then roars at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Except that implies, in this big grand scheme of Gods and Devils, that she's just a victim. But I've seen a lot of this universe. I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi gods and would-be gods, out of all that, out of that whole pantheon, if I believe in one thing... just one thing... (with passion) I believe in her. And with that, he picks up the rock and smashes the vase. INT. ROCKET The rocket begins to shake violently. DANNY: What happened? What was that?! TOBY: What's he doing? What is he doing? ZACH: We've lost the funnel! Gravity collapse! ROSE: What does that mean? ZACH: We can't escape. We're headed straight for the black hole! The rocket turns back on itself and spirals towards the black hole. EXT. THE PIT The Doctor smashes the other vase. THE DOCTOR: This is your freedom! Free to die. You're going into that black hole and I'm riding with you. Flames fall from the Beast's mouth. INT. ROCKET ROSE (looking out of the window): It's the planet. The planet's moving. It's falling. She sits back in her seat and glances at Toby, and reels backwards in shock. He's glaring at her, eyes red, the symbols have broken out onto his skin again. TOBY (in the Voice of the Beast): I am the rage... ROSE: It's Toby, Zach, do something... TOBY (speaking very fast, obviously fearful): And the bile and the ferocity. ROSE (screaming): Just do something! TOBY: I am the Prince and the Fall and the Darkness... DANNY: It's him! It's him! It's him! ZACH: Stay where you are, the ship's not s*ab! Toby expels a burst of flame from his mouth. ZACH (CONT'D): What is he?! What the hell is he?! EXT. THE PIT The Beast writhes around, burning up. INT. ROCKET TOBY: I shall never die! The thought of me is forever! In the bleeding hearts of men, in their vanity and obsession and lust... Rose picks up the bolt g*n. TOBY (CONT'D): Nothing shall ever destroy me. Nothing! Rose points the g*n at the front window. ROSE (darkly): Go to hell. She fires, shattering the glass, she undoes Toby's seatbelt and he is sucked through the window and into outer space, headed straight for the black hole. He roars in fear and anger. ZACH: Emergency shield! He presses a button and the emergency shield activates, covering the gaping hole. The rocket continues to shake and shudder, headed towards the black hole. ZACH (CONT'D): We've still lost the gravity funnel. We can't escape the black hole! ROSE: But we stopped him. That's what the Doctor would've done. ZACH: Some victory. We're going in. The rocket continues to spirals towards the black hole. EXT. THE PIT The Beast is burning up, struggling against his chains. INT. ROCKET Danny looks at the computer screen. DANNY (terrified): The planet's lost orbit! It's falling! INT. CORRIDOR The Ood fall around the corridor back in the base. EXT. KROPTOR'S SURFACE Ida falls down, unconscious from lack of oxygen. EXT. THE PIT The Doctor runs back down the tunnel, away from the Beast. A blast of air knocks him backwards, straight into something blue... he looks up, and beams. It's the TARDIS. He laughs with delight. INT. ROCKET The computer screen indicates the planet has fallen into the black hole, and then goes blank. DANNY: The planet's gone. (Rose says nothing). I'm sorry. ZACH: Accelerate. I did my best. But hey, first Human Beings to fall inside a black hole. How about that? History. Rose closes her eyes. They hold on tight as the rocket shakes violently. They all have their eyes screwed shut, ready for the impact, when... it stops. Silence falls. ROSE: What happened? They all lean to one side as the rocket turns. ZACH (confused): We're... turning. (Looks at screen). We're turning around. We're turning away! The comm. springs to life. THE DOCTOR (through comm.): Sorry about the hijack, Captain. This is the good ship TARDIS. Rose's mouth drops open and her eyes light up. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now, first thing's first, have you got a Rose Tyler on board? INT. ROCKET ROSE (quickly, overjoyed): I'm here! It's me! Oh, my God! (Laughs and puts her hand over her face, giddy with relief and happiness). Where are you? EXT. SPACE The TARDIS speeds away from the black hole, the rocket safely in tow. THE DOCTOR (voice-over): I'm just towing you home. Gravity-schmavity. My people practically invented black holes. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Well, in fact, they did. (Pulls a lever). In a couple of minutes, we'll be nice and safe. Oh, and captain, can we do a swap? Say, if you give me Rose Tyler, I'll give you Ida Scott? How about that? Ida is propped against a pillar, still unconscious. INT. ROCKET ZACH (delighted): She's alive! DANNY: Yes! Thank God. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Yeah! Bit of oxygen starvation, but she should be all right. (More solemn). I couldn't save the Ood. I only had time for one trip. They went down with the planet. His computer bleeps. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ah! Entering clear space, end of the line, mission closed. INT. ROCKET Rose smiles to herself, so happy and relieved and proud of him, all at the same time. EXT. SPACE The TARDIS and the rocket zoom off into clear space. INT. TARDIS Rose opens the door of the TARDIS. The Doctor looks up and smiles. They run to each other and the Doctor gathers Rose up into his arms, lifting her clean off the floor. They both giggle, so happy to see one another again. INT. ROCKET Ida is back with her friends in the rocket. IDA: I don't know. I can't remember. DANNY: Well, it looked like a box. ZACH: What do you mean a box? DANNY: Well, down in the hull. A big blue box. It just appeared! I don't know! THE DOCTOR (through comm.): Zach? We'll be off, now. Have a good trip home. INT. TARDIS The Doctor and Rose stand side by side at the TARDIS console. THE DOCTOR: And the next time you get curious about something... oh... what's the point? You'll just go blundering in. The human race... INT. ROCKET IDA: But Doctor, what did you find down there? That creature, what was it? INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: I don't know! Never did decipher that writing. But that's good! Day I know everything? Might as well stop. ROSE: What do you think it was? Really? THE DOCTOR: I think... we b*at it. That's good enough for me. ROSE: It said I was gonna die in battle. The Doctor catches her eye. THE DOCTOR (with quiet confidence): Then it lied. Rose smiles. That's all she needs to reassure her. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Right, onwards, upwards, Ida, see you again, maybe! INT. ROCKET IDA: I hope so. INT. TARDIS ROSE: And thanks, boys! INT. ROCKET Zach and Danny grin. IDA: Hang on though, Doctor. You never really said... you two... who are you? INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Oh... (He looks at Rose). The stuff of legend. He pulls a lever and the Doctor and Rose watch the rotor rise and fall with smiles on their faces. INT. ROCKET ZACH: This is the final report of sanctuary base 6. Officer Tobias Zed, deceased, with honours. 43K2.1. Also... EXT. SPACE The rocket zooms off into space. ZACH (CONT'D): Ood 1 Alpha 1, deceased with honours. Ood 1 Alpha 2, deceased with honours... END
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EXT. BUILDING SITE A man, standing in a disused building site, sees a faint shape in the distance. He looks quickly around him, then runs frantically up a hill, presumably following the faint sound of the TARDIS engines. He reaches the top, panting, and comes across a series of deserted but identical outbuildings, looking very run-down, with the TARDIS parked in the middle of it all, looking extremely out of place and unusual. The man stops, staring at the TARDIS. Slowly, he walks towards it. As he places a hand on the TARDIS door, he hears a voice. ROSE: Doctor! Doctor, the trap! He runs quickly towards the source of the shouting. INT. WAREHOUSE He enters one of the outbuildings that now appears to be some sort of warehouse, from which various echoing shouts and scuffling sounds are emanating from above him. THE DOCTOR: Where's he gone? Can you see him? ROSE: There he is! Stop, no! Watch out! There! THE DOCTOR: Where? ROSE: There! Over there! The man enters the warehouse, and runs towards the noise, up several flights of metal stairs. He slowly approaches a door at the end of a long corridor, which has ominous banging and growling sounds coming from it. There is a bright light coming from it. He walks cautiously up to the door, and opens it to reveal a ferocious snarling monster, who roars at him. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Cut to the same man, Elton, at home in front of his home video camera. ELTON (to the camera): That's what it did. It went RRROOOOAAAAAAAAARRR! And if you think that was the most exciting day of my life, wait 'til you hear the rest. Oh boy... OPENING CREDITS INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: So there I was, with that thing going RAAAAH! INT. WAREHOUSE Cut to the roaring monster. As it slowly approaches Elton, snarling menacingly, the Doctor appears directly behind the door, holding up a large pork chop just out of the monsters reach. THE DOCTOR: Here, boy! Eat the food! C'mon, look at the lovely food! Isn't' that nice? Isn't it? Yes it is! The monster turns to face the Doctor, who addresses Elton, who is still standing motionless, in shock. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Get out of here, quickly! (To the monster). Have some, boy! Wouldn't you like a porky-choppy then? (Shouts to Elton). I said, run! Rose comes charging onto the scene and with a loud cry, flings the contents of a blue steaming bucket onto the monster. The monster howls and clutches its eyes. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Wrong one! You made it worse! ROSE: You said blue! THE DOCTOR: I said "not blue"! The monster spots Rose, who whimpers and sprints off in the opposite direction. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (irritated): Oh... hold on! He slams the door shut. There is a moment of silence and stillness during which Elton stares on in shock, a Scooby Doo style chase scene takes place, with the Doctor, Rose and the monster all screaming, yelling and running haphazardly though three long corridors running at right angles to the main one in which Elton is standing there, watching in complete bewilderment. The monster chases the Doctor one way, Rose the other, then both of them, until Rose turns on the monster with a red bucket, chasing him in one direction and then the other, the Doctor now following, until he stops, notices Elton, and then... THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (confused): Hold on... don't I know you? Elton just runs, down the stairs and out of the building. EXT. BUILDING SITE As he stands against a wall, panting, he hears the TARDIS engines again. ELTON (voice-over): You can't imagine it, the Doctor's machine, the most beautiful sound in the world. Elton leans against the wall, with the deflated air of someone who has missed a great opportunity. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (speaking very seriously): Yet that wasn't the first time I met the Doctor, and it certainly wasn't the last, ohhh no. I just put that bit at the beginning because it's a brilliant opening. But... erm... this is the story of me, and my encounters with alien life-forms. But be warned, because it is gonna get scarrrrry. (Leans towards the camera menacingly, teeth bared). I... I need a remote control zoom, I'm having to do that with the lean, the scarrrrry. But look, don't worry, 'cos it's not just me sitting here talking, ohhh no. EXT. STREET He's now standing on an ordinary suburban street, talking to a home video camera. ELTON: That's Ursula on camera. Ursula waves a gloved hand in front of the camera. URSULA: Hello! ELTON: My good friend, Ursula Blake, and my brand-new camera. The camera moves, and we see a blur before it focuses to view a beige-coloured terraced house in the middle of the street, then shifts again to see Elton standing in front of the building. ELTON (CONT'D): That was my family home, down there. (Whispers). I did try, but there's two women live there now and they're a bit... severe. (He grimaces). So... never mind. But that, is where it all started. That's when I first met the Doctor. INT. ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOUSE We see a faded, blurry view of the inside of an ordinary house, Elton's family home. It is very dark, at night, and the view is low, near the ground, through the eyes of a very young Elton. ELTON (voice-over): What was it... erm... I must have been 3 or 4 years old. Middle of the night, went downstairs, and there was this - man. We see a blurred progression, young Elton moving down the dark stairs and into the living room. He looks up to a blurred image of the Doctor, standing there and looking straight at the him, a disturbed expression on his face. EXT. STREET The image then fades, to leave Elton staring at the house, reminiscing. URSULA: So what happened? Elton, tell me. Why was he there? ELTON: I don't know. I, I still don't know. All those years ago... He pauses a moment, lost in thought, then he waves his hands at the camera, and the filming cuts. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: OK, first thing's first, my name is Elton. Er... not to be confused with... Quick cut to footage of Elton John in front of a piano, performing in his usual glitzy clothes. ELTON (CONT'D): I left school, got a job, Transport Manager, Rated Logistics, modest little haulage company, perfectly normal life, and then... it all went mad. EXT. HIGH STREET We see Elton going shopping in a busy London street, carrying shopping bags and examining things in shop windows. ELTON (CONT'D) (voiceover): Two years ago, I was in town, I was stocking up. You know, nothing special, all the usual stuff, when all of a sudden... As Elton walks past a shop window, a dummy in it raises his arm and hits the glass in the window, which suddenly explodes behind him. As he stops in shock, all the other windows suddenly explode one after each other and the dummies march out, creating chaos. Elton stares at them. ("Rose", 101). INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): Shop window dummies! Come to life! EXT. HIGH STREET The dummies march through the streets, sh**ting people with jets of red light. They sh**t telephone wires, causing electrical fires, and smash up cars, with people screaming and running in all directions. Elton, fleeing the scene, nearly gets run over by a confused driver trying to avoid the people running in the road. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): I survived... obviously... EXT. STREET A new street, Elton walks down it along with other ordinary people going about their day-to-day business, Elton is the first to notice something... ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Twelve months later, I'm back in town. I'm up west, looking for a new suit, something nice and smart, when I hear this plane overhead. There is a loud humming sound and Elton and all the other shoppers look up in time to see a large alien spaceship (104 "Aliens of London"), ejecting clouds of black smoke, flying very low through the streets above everyone's heads and crashing into the top of Big Ben, ripping the clock face and bell tower off and sending bits and pieces flying everywhere, the bell tolling as the spaceship hits it. The shoppers put their hands to their mouths and Elton stares in horror. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): But it wasn't over yet, 'cos then... Christmas Day... INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM We see Elton sleeping in his bed under a duvet. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): I'm in bed fast asleep, nice and cosy, quarter to eight in the morning, when all of a sudden... The window explodes inwards (2005 Christmas Special "The Christmas Invasion"). His eyes snap open. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D) (gesturing outwards with his hands): Smash! INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM The smash replays, shards of glass flying in all directions. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D) (gesturing at his bed): And I was stuck in bed, right, 'cos there was glass everywhere! And I was barefoot! I had to invent a rudimentary pulley system, just to reach my boots! And by the time I'd done that... INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton looks out of his broken bedroom window to see the Sycorax spaceship, he stares, open mouthed. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): And that's when it all started happening. That's how I met Ursula. EXT. PARK Cut to Ursula, sitting on a park bench. URSULA: His name is the Doctor. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: That's how I met Victor Kennedy. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Cut to Mr Kennedy, moving to strike Elton with his hand. VICTOR: You stupid man! INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: That's how I met Jackie Tyler. INT. LAUNDERETTE Cut to Jackie, in the launderette. JACKIE: Oh, you don't meet many Eltons! INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: And that's how I finally met the Doctor, and realised the truth. INT. ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOUSE We see the faded image from Elton's childhood, of the Doctor looking down on him as a little boy, the same one as before. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM When Elton re-appears, he has his head rested on his arms and appears dejected. The camera cuts out. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM When it records again, Elton sniffs and wipes his nose as he turns the camera to face him, as though he had just been crying. ELTON: Um, I should say, this isn't my whole life. It's not all... spaceships and stuff, 'cos I'm into all sorts of things. Er... I like football... I like a drink... I like Spain, and if there's one thing I really love, Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra, 'cos you can't b*at a bit of ELO. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Cut to Elton dancing to "Mr Blue Sky", jumping around, etc. He stomps on his sofa and plays air drums, whirling around in his swivel chair. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton switches his home video back on. ELTON (CONT'D): So, great big spaceship hanging over London. Imagine the theories. INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM We see Elton typing in front of his computer when suddenly, sparks and smoke fly from it, and the monitor explodes. Elton jumps backwards. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): The Internet was on meltdown. But I kept on digging. Something was going on, ohhh yes. Elton opens up an Internet blog titled, "MY INVASION BLOG", with a large photograph of the Doctor against a falling snowflake background. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): And then one day, on some obscure little blog by someone called Ursula Blake, it was like a chance in a million. It was him, it was that man again but the photo was new, it was taken on Christmas Day but Christmas just gone. And he looked exactly the same. EXT. PARK Elton and Ursula Blake are sitting together on a park bench, talking about the Doctor. URSULA: His name is the Doctor. ELTON: Doctor what? URSULA: That's all anyone knows. On Christmas Day I was taking photos all over the place. I went mad with it all, spaceships and lasers and everything. We all went to Trafalgar Square that night, 'cos everyone was celebrating, just being alive. And I snapped him in passing, that's all. He was just some bloke. I didn't realise he was significant, until Mr Skinner pointed it out. ELTON: Who's Mr Skinner? URSULA: Oh, there's a few of us. The Inner Sanctum, all studying this Doctor. ELTON (sliding closer to her): I've seen him. The Doctor, I swear to you, I saw him when I was a kid. He was in my house, and he was downstairs. URSULA: Don't tell me, he looked exactly the same then as he does now. ELTON (amazed): Yes, yes! Oh my God. You believe me! URSULA (grinning): You're not the only one, you know... EXT. PARK Elton and Ursula walk through the park together. ELTON (voice-over): So that's how I met Ursula, all thanks to the Doctor. Turns out we read all the same sites and she only lived half a mile away. She was like a proper mate. Poor Ursula. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS A quick flash-forward of Ursula screaming in pain and fear. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM In front of his home video, Elton sits reminiscing. It cuts, before Elton speaks again. ELTON (CONT'D): But like she said, there was this little community, the select few, all with their stories of the Doctor. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS A group of people are crowded round a table in a basement, talking and laughing. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): This little g*ng used to meet up, underneath the old library on Macateer Street. Mr Skinner, first name Colin, but we always called him Mr Skinner. I don't know why, we... just did. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Mr Skinner shows the others a presentation on a paper board, and making marks on it. MR SKINNER: To me, the Doctor isn't a man, he's more a collection of archetypes... INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON (voice-over): Then there was Bridget. We see Bridget showing them a presentation, but on a slide projector, the lights dimmed. BRIDGET: All these different Doctors come and go, but the single constant factor is this faux police box. It keeps cropping up, throughout history... ELTON (voice-over): She lived way up North, but she travelled down without fail, just for the meetings. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Then, there was Bliss. Bliss uncovers and shows the others her own modern interpretive art creation. The others look on. BLISS: What I'm trying to do is sum up the Doctor, what he means to us. ELTON (voice-over): She was ever so sweet, bless. Bless Bliss, we used to say. BLISS: What he could represent and what he should represent. And what he... never won't represent... sort of thing. The others nod understandingly. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS The g*ng are gathered round the table again. URSULA: We should have a name. You know, as a group. BLISS (in agreement): Names are very important. ELTON: What we need is a good, strong name, like a team. Something like... London Investigation 'n' Detective Agency, LINDA for short. MR SKINNER: Say it again. ELTON: London Investigation 'n' Detective Agency. MR SKINNER: 'N'? ELTON: Fish 'n' Chips, Rock 'n' Roll... Chaka Demus 'n' Pliers! Everyone laughs and nods comprehension. BRIDGET: Oooh, I like it, it's not too solemn. BLISS: I like the 'n'. MR SKINNER: We're the men from LINDA! BRIDGET: And the women! MR SKINNER: Linda United! URSULA (to Elton): Did you think of that on the spot? ELTON (shaking his head): No, I've been wanting to use it for years. MR SKINNER (raising his glass): I give you... LINDA! EVERYONE: LINDA! And everyone toasts LINDA together. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: So we'd all meet up, every week, and we'd talk about the Doctor for a bit. But after a while... Bridget started cooking. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Everyone crowds round a table displaying some of Bridget's culinary creations. Bridget is serving everyone. URSULA: Oh my God, that's gorgeous! No really, wow! Oi, the rest of you, get your hands off! INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON (voice-over): The next thing you know, Mr Skinner started his readings, 'cos he was writing his own novel. Everyone is on chairs in a row in front of Mr Skinner, who is reading aloud from a pile of papers from a box file in his lap. MR SKINNER: That's the last time you ride the ghost train, Johnny Fransetta... now say your prayers! To be continued... Everyone groans, disappointed that it's over. BLISS: You can't leave it there! INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON: As time went on, we got to know each other better and better. Bridget is talking to the others. Everyone is sitting in a circle. BRIDGET: I started all of this because... erm... my daughter disappeared. It wasn't aliens that took her away, it was just, drugs. I come down to London, every week, and I just keep looking for her. Bridget is unable to hold back tears, and she begins to cry. URSULA (softly): Bridget... The others all look on sympathetically as Ursula puts an arm around her. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Bliss is playing a guitar and singing, whilst everyone sits around her in a circle, listening. BLISS (singing) : I gave my love a chicken, it had no bone / I gave my love a cherry, it had no stone... INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS We then see Bliss playing her guitar more upbeat than before and Ursula joining in with a tambourine. They are both singing, and the others watch, clapping in time with the music. ELTON (voice-over): Then it turned out that Bridget could play the piano, and I confessed my love of ELO. Next thing you know... INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): Musical LINDA. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS The group have formed a band, Bridget on the piano, Mr Skinner on drums, Bliss on rhythm guitar and Bridget on bass guitar. Elton is centre-stage as the lead singer with a microphone. ELTON (singing): You got me running, goin' outta my mind... / You got me thinking that I'm wasting my time / (with Bridget). Don't bring me down. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: Just for fun. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON (singing, with Ursula): Don't bring me down! He twirls around and they continue the performance, Elton offering the microphone to the others so they can take turns to sing. Suddenly, the electricity is apparently cut and the basement goes pitch black. MR SKINNER: Careful, mind the cables. The basement outer door has opened, with a banging sound, and a black silhouette is shown as a white light illuminates the inner doors and the basement. We hear a creaking gate as the shadow opens them and enters. LINDA stare at him, confused. ELTON (voice-over): And that's when it all changed, that Tuesday night in March. That's when he arrived. VICTOR (setting down his briefcase): Lights! The lights switch on, one by one. ELTON (voice-over): That's when we met Victor Kennedy. The golden age, was gone. Victor Kennedy looks down at them all, aloof. LINDA stare right back, complete bewildered. He is clothed in black, with a black cloak, a black top-hat and a black-and-silver cane. VICTOR (voice dripping with sarcasm): So, we meet at last... "LINDA". MR SKINNER (extending a hand): Pleased to meet you, sir. I'm sorry, was the music too loud? VICTOR (backing away): No no no no, I don't shake hands, back, back. I suffer from a skin complaint, Eczeema. ELTON: Oh, you mean "eczema"? VICTOR: Oh, this is worse, much worse, I blister to the touch. Back, back, all of you, further, further. Thank you. They all, finally, back away. ELTON: Sorry, don't mind me asking, but who are you? VICTOR: I am your salvation. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS LINDA are gathered around Mr Kennedy's laptop, which is showing video footage of the Doctor and Rose boarding the TARDIS. URSULA: That's the Doctor! ELTON: It's really him! VICTOR: You've forgotten your purpose in life. You, with your band... and your cakes... and your blubbing and all the while he still exists, the Doctor. BRIDGET: Look at him, just look! They press closer to the laptop. VICTOR: Move back, move back, all of you! Oh, wait for this, the picture cuts out, but the sound still continues. He presses a few keys. VICTOR (CONT'D): Listen. Listen to the sound of the universe... yes... Upon hearing it, Elton backs away into a corner, and sits on a chair, remembering, with his head in his hands. URSULA: What is it? What's wrong? VICTOR (stands, extends his cane): Leave him! (To Elton). You've heard it before, haven't you? When? When was it? Where? Where were you? ELTON (quietly): I'd forgotten, until now. But it was that night... VICTOR: What night? ELTON: I was just a kid... that's why I went downstairs. It woke me up. That noise... INT. ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOME Back to Elton's childhood, point of view of him going down the stairs into the living room. The TARDIS sounds in the background. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS ELTON (CONT'D): But what is it? What does it mean? VICTOR: That is a sound of his spaceship. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Back at a table, Victor opens his briefcase and pulls out some files. VICTOR: Right then, homework! Using the Torchwood files, we're able to look at all the old databases in a completely new light. We're able to build up a more detailed profile of the Doctor. I've allocated tasks to each of you. I'd like you to... Mr Skinner almost brushes Victor's hand. VICTOR (CONT'D) (sharply): Carefu l! Watch the eczeema! I'd like you to complete your targets and meet back here this time next week, one step closer to catching the Doctor. He sits behind the main desk. VICTOR (CONT'D): Well don't just sit there, move! The others jump up and leave. Victor waves Bliss back. VICTOR (CONT'D): Erm, Bliss? It is Bliss, isn't it? BLISS: Yeah. VICTOR (smiles): Could I have a word with you in private, please? BLISS (happily): Course you can, yeah. VICTOR (still smiling): Thank you. (To the others): Goodbye, goodbye. The others all get into the service lift. EXT. STREET Elton and the others walk out onto the street. ELTON: Better get to work! Lots to do. URSULA: I never thought of it as work. ELTON: It's what we've always wanted, though. To find the Doctor. URSULA: Yeah, I suppose. Just as they walk out of view, Bliss screams. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Back in Elton's room, he is back to making his video diary. ELTON: All of a sudden, without anyone saying so, we were working for Victor Kennedy. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Victor is sitting behind the desk, hands steepled. The others are all sitting behind desks making notes, searching through files, etc. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Though we had to admit, he was right. His methods were much more rigorous. It felt like we were getting closer and closer to the Doctor. Elton raises his ruler in the air to get Victor's attention. ELTON: Mr Kennedy? VICTOR: Yes? ELTON: We... we were wondering... no sign of Bliss. Do you know where she is? VICTOR (thinks fast): Yes, didn't she tell you? She's getting married! She left a message. It'll never last. (Quieter). Stupid girl. (Sharper). Come on, back to work! They all start working again. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: But we did get lucky once. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Back to LINDA HQ. Ursula is at Elton's desk. Mr Skinner grabs a piece of paper excitedly. MR SKINNER: A police box! Newly arrived, it says newly arrived today! And it's in Woolwich! VICTOR (grabs the paper from Mr Skinner): Well don't just stand there, move! Move, go, go! INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: Don't get excited, that's where you came in. INT. WAREHOUSE Back to the deserted warehouses from the start. We get fast-forwarded through the events. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Woolwich. Police box. Red bucket, blue bucket. Police are stupid, etcetera. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Victor towers over Elton at his desk and yells. VICTOR: Useless! ELTON: I just froze. VICTOR: You met him... and you froze, you stupid man! Victor raises a hand to h*t Elton, who ducks. Ursula expression turns to anger. ELTON: You can't h*t me! 'Cos you don't touch, you said so, you get a rash and an itch and... Victor grabs his cane and raises it. VICTOR: I can use this! Ursula stands up and storms over, yelling back. URSULA: Use that cane on him and you'll get one hell of a smack off me! And then a good kick! Is that completely understood, Mr Kennedy? VICTOR: Duly noted. Ursula... Blake. Most likely to fight back. Ursula and Victor stare at each other a for a moment. VICTOR (CONT'D): Right then! We'll change tack, we'll approach this sideways. Elton and Ursula share a grateful smile. VICTOR (CONT'D): If we're to discover the truth about the Doctor, then we need to try and find... her. A bad digital photo of Rose. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS VICTOR: Now when it comes to the Doctor's companion, the Torchwood files are strangely lacking. The photo has been projected on a wall, and changes to an an image of her outside Downing Street. Victor is standing at the front, the others are sitting to listen. VICTOR (CONT'D): It seems the evidence has been corrupted, something called "Bad Wolf" virus. At least we've got these photographs. He clicks a remote at the projector, the photos change again. VICTOR (CONT'D): They're first hand evidence. Elton? ELTON: It was a London accent, definitely. She's from London. VICTOR: So we h*t the streets. We get out there, we take the photographs. Someone's got to know who she is somewhere. BRIDGET: Yes, but London's a big place. I mean I should know, my own daughter's out there. VICTOR: Bridget, don't make this personal. I don't like to be touched literally, or metaphorically, thank you very much, I haven't got the time. Bleeding hearts outside! Find me that girl! He hands a printed photograph to each one. VICTOR (CONT'D): Go. Now, move! EXT. BUSY LONDON STREET ELTON steps out into a busy London street, checking the photograph of Rose. ELTON (voice-over): So it began. The impossible task. To scour the mean streets, to search a major capital city for an unknown girl. To hunt down that face in a seething metropolis of lost souls. To find that one girl in ten million... OLD LADY: Oh, that's Rose Tyler. She lives just down there. (She points down a street). Bucknell House, number forty-eight. Her mother's Jackie Tyler. Nice family. Bit odd... She walks off, leaving Elton looking bemused. After a satisfied smile, Elton runs through the street the way the Old Lady pointed. INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton dances around his room to ELO again. EXT. STREET On the streets, he runs between two parked cars but stops when he hears something. WOMAN: Oi, Jackie! Jackie is walking up the other side of the street with two plastic bags full of washing. JACKIE: Hello sweetheart! Elton raises the photo of Rose, comparing her to Jackie. JACKIE (CONT'D): I'll see you down the Spinning Wheel tonight, yeah? Pub quiz, get 'em in! WOMAN: All right then. Jackie enters the Wash Inn launderette. Elton has an idea, and quickly strips off his jacket, then his shirt. Slipping the jacket back on, he screws up his shirt and follows Jackie in. INT. LAUNDERETTE In the launderette, Jackie is sorting through her washing. ELTON (voice-over): I'd been trained for this. Victor Kennedy's classes covered basic surveillance and espionage. He opens one of the washing machines and puts his shirt in. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Step one: engage your target. Find some excuse to start a conversation. But how was I gonna do this? How? Jackie calls over to him. JACKIE: Excuse me love, you couldn't give us a quid for two fifties, could you? Elton rummages in his pocket. ELTON: Yeah... just a... ah, da-da! He pulls out a pound coin and trades it with Jackie. JACKIE: Oh lovely! Cheers. Elton turns back to his washing machine. ELTON (voice-over): Step two: without provoking suspicion, get on first name terms with the target. JACKIE: My name's Jackie. By the way. Elton can't believe his luck. ELTON: I'm Elton. JACKIE: Ah, you don't meet many Eltons, do you? Apart from the obvious! They both laugh. ELTON (voice-over): Step three: ingratiate yourself with a joke or some humourous device. JACKIE (laughs): I tell you what, Elton. Here we are, complete strangers, and I'm flashing you me' knickers! Elton isn't sure what to make of that, but laughs anyway. ELTON (voice-over): Step four: find some subtle way to integrate yourself into the target's household. Elton goes to say something, but Jackie gets there first. JACKIE: Mind you, I'm only down here because my washing machine's knackered. I don't suppose you're any good at fixing things, are you? INT. TYLERS' FLAT, KITCHEN Elton is crouched behind the washing machine changing the plug, Jackie is watching him. ELTON: Here we are. It was a fuse. There's nothing wrong with the machine. That's fine. All working! He stands up, and Jackie stops flouncing her hair. JACKIE: Oh Elton, I should have you on tap! They laugh. JACKIE (CONT'D): I used to have this little mate called Mickey, he did all that stuff. (Quieter, nostalgic). He's gone now. Bless him. ELTON: Well, if you need me, give us a call. I'll jot down my number. JACKIE: Well you do that, and I'll make us a cup of tea. Go on, go and sit down. Put the telly on if you want, can't bear it silent. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Elton walks into the living room and looks round. He sees the photos of Rose at various ages on the mantelpiece. JACKIE (from kitchen): It's just me these days, rattling about. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Jackie and Elton are sitting on the sofa drinking tea. JACKIE: There's my daughter, she's gone travelling. I keep her bedroom all nice and ready though, just in case she comes back. ELTON: And her name is? JACKIE: Rose. ELTON: It's a nice name, Rose. So where's she... travelling? JACKIE: All over. She got a mobile, I get a call now and then. Not so often as I'd like. Still, that age, who can be bothered phoning home? ELTON: Who's she with, is it mates, is it, or... JACKIE: Just mates. Yeah. ELTON: Well, if I had you making a nice cup of tea like this, I wouldn't stray far from home. JACKIE (smiles): You're a charmer. Say it again. They laugh and sip their tea, Jackie peering at him over the top of her mug. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Victor is happier. VICTOR: Magnificent! Oh I could kiss you! Except I can't, of course. The eczeema. ELTON: I've even got a picture of her on my phone. He gets his mobile out and shows the photo to the group. MR SKINNER: Oh it's amazing! You've achieved steps one to four in precise order! How did you manage it? ELTON: Well, I had to work very hard. She keeps everything very close to her chest. URSULA: That's a hell of a chest. BRIDGET: But how do you move on? Step five, that's the problem... VICTOR: Step five! That's this week's homework. I want a full plan of att*ck from each of you. Now go on, vamoose! (Bangs his cane on the desk). Avante! There's work to do! The group turn and leave. VICTOR (CONT'D): And Elton, keep infiltrating, you will do anything to get than information, boy, anything! ELTON: Yes sir! VICTOR: Oh, oh Bridget! Bridget, oh yes... Bridget and Mr Skinner stop and turn back. VICTOR (CONT'D): Could I have a word with you in private, please? BRIDGET: Er, Mr Skinner's giving me a lift. VICTOR: Oh, I can drop you at the station, I'm sure Mr Skinner won't mind, will you? MR SKINNER: Not at all... erm... well, Bridget, I'll see you next week. BRIDGET: All right then. Mr Skinner gives her a kiss on the cheek. Elton and Ursula smile from the doorway, then leave as Mr Skinner joins them. BRIDGET (CONT'D): Bye bye! EXT. STREET Outside, Ursula, Elton and Mr Skinner are walking away. URSULA: Now Mr Skinner, I don't mean to pry, but did you give Bridget a little kiss back then? MR SKINNER: I think I did. URSULA: And if you get your way, might there be more little kisses between the two of you? MR SKINNER: I think there might... URSULA: I knew it! ELTON: That's brilliant! MR SKINNER: Now, let's not get excited. We'll see. Bridge screams from the basement, unnoticed by the three of them. INT. TYLER'S FLAT Jackie brings in a plate of biscuits and a mug of tea while Elton fixes another plug. Cut between him doing various odd jobs, putting up shelves. ELTON (voice-over): Infiltration went well, cause Jackie kept phoning up needing this and needing that. JACKIE (of the shelves, gesturing): Down a bit. ELTON (voice-over): It was strange, the amount of things that needed doing. Elton is standing on a stool, probably changing a light bulb, Jackie eyes up his stomach before offering him a cup of tea. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): It's like that flat was jinxed. Cut to him changing a fuse or three. Then he's got his head buried under the kitchen sink, Jackie enters, about to say something, but shuts her mouth and instead contemplates his bum. ELTON (now wedged in the small gap between the wall and the sofa): It's weird these fuses keep bl*wing. Must be near a sub station. Then you get the power surges still... there we go! Fixed! Jackie has entered behind him, in a very short black skirt. As Elton turns round, he comes face to face with her stomach, and quickly stands up. JACKIE: Here we are! A little reward for my favourite handyman. She's really gone to town; makeup, her hair loose and a tight fitting top that shows off her chest. She hands Elton a glass of red wine. ELTON: I shouldn't really, I've got the car outside. JACKIE: Well, you could always splash out on a taxi, or... (suggestively). Whatever. See what happens. Elton nods, a little nervy. ELTON: Right... cheers? JACKIE: Cheers. They clink glasses and drink. ELTON: Very nice. What's that, French? JACKIE: I s'pose so. They know how to do things, the French... ELTON: Is it from Rose? I mean, is she in France? JACKIE: My daughter won't be coming back tonight. Just in case you're wondering. We've got the place to ourselves. ELTON: Right... A pause, and we can hear Il Divo in the background. ELTON (CONT'D) (after listening): Nice music. JACKIE: Il Divo. ELTON: Yeah. JACKIE: You were saying, power surges. She advances on Elton, who backs away into the wall. ELTON: From the sub station, yeah. JACKIE: Is that why it gets so hot in here? ELTON: Is it hot? JACKIE: Oh I think so. Should take your jacket off. ELTON: No, I'm fine, I'll just... JACKIE: No, look, you must be boiling! She "accidentally" spills her wine down his shirt. JACKIE (CONT'D): Oh, look at your shirt! Sorry... ELTON: I'm... I'm... I'm fine, it's all right. JACKIE: I've ruined it. ELTON: No, no. Honestly, it's.. it's fine. JACKIE: Take it off, I'll put it in the wash. ELTON: Oh come on, it's only a little drop. Jackie sloshes the rest of her glass over the shirt - deliberately, not even pretending it's an accident. JACKIE: Oh... there now. Ruined. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, BATHROOM Elton scoots into the bathroom and starts shrugging off his jacket. ELTON (voice-over): And there I was. The ultimate step five. He takes his shirt off, and starts preening himself - doing his hair, spraying deodorant, etc. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): The perfect infiltration. He gargles with mouthwash, then makes some boxing moves to psych himself up. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): Target: Jackie Tyler. He points at himself in the mirror and clicks his fingers before leaving the bathroom. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, JACKIE'S BEDROOM Elton appears in Jackie's bedroom door. ELTON: You're right, it is a bit hot. But it's about to get hotter! Jackie's sitting on the bed, talking to someone on the phone. JACKIE (on the phone): I'll see you soon. All right, be careful. Elton looks concerned. JACKIE (CONT'D): Bye. She replaces the phone and sighs. ELTON: Everything alright? JACKIE: That was my daughter. She finally turns to the half naked Elton. Elton in turn looks sheepish. JACKIE (CONT'D): Oh, look at you. I'm sorry. I was just being stupid. ELTON: Is she okay? JACKIE: She's so far away. I get left here sometimes and, um... I don't know where she is, anything could be happening to her, anything. And I just go a bit mad. (Pause). Put your shirt back on. ELTON (quietly): Where is she? JACKIE: Doesn't matter. I'm sorry. You'd better go. Elton turns to leave, but has a thought. ELTON: Actually...(voice-over): That's when it struck me. Funny the things you think of with your shirt off. But that's when I realised what was really important. (To Jackie) : Never mind about Rose. I'm not even gonna ask. And I will put my shirt back on, because I'm going to go out and get us both a pizza. Cause I reckon you need cheering up. She goes swanning off and who's left to care about you, eh? So I say a nice bit of pizza, we'll put the telly on nice and loud and annoy that woman next door, just you and me as proper mates. Yeah? Mates. Go on. Say yes. JACKIE (whispers): Yes! EXT. SUBWAY Elton walks back through the subway with a box of pizza. ELTON (voiceover): All of a sudden, a lot of things made sense. I'd got so lost in conspiracies and aliens and targets, I'd been missing the obvious. Cos I did like Jackie, but I liked someone else even more! INT. ELTON'S BEDROOM Back in his flat, Elton is dancing along to "Mr Blue Sky" by ELO. Cut to various clips of him and Ursula together, all the good times they've had. EXT. THE POWELL ESTATE Back on the estate, Jackie is standing waiting outside, holding Elton's jacket. ELTON: Right. Let's get inside then, the pizza's getting cold. JACKIE (coldly): I went in your coat. For once in my life I thought: I'll pay. I thought: He's such a nice man, he won't accept anything, so I'll just slip a tenner in his pocket. And look what I found. She pulls out his photograph of Rose. JACKIE (CONT'D): A photograph of my daughter. ELTON: No, no, no, no, no, it's not like that. I can explain! JACKIE: I bet you can. ELTON: I wasn't being pervy or anything, I wasn't after her! I was looking for the Doctor. JACKIE: Oh I know that. I worked that out. 'Cos it's never me, is it? ELTON: No, but that's how it started, but I changed my mind! JACKIE: Let me tell you something. About those who get left behind. Because it's hard. And that's what you become, hard. But if there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I will never let her down. And I'll protect them both until the end of my life. So whatever you want, I'm warning you: back off. ELTON: But Jackie, I only wanted to meet him. JACKIE: I thought you liked me. ELTON: I do! JACKIE (shouting, upset): Just get out of here! (Throws his jacket at him). I said get out! And leave me alone! She runs back into the flat in tears, leaving Elton standing with the pizza and his jacket. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Elton's not happy. ELTON: And she was right! It's shameful, we used that woman... VICTOR: I knew I couldn't trust you! You broke cover, you stupid little man, you failed step five! ELTON: I don't care about step five! Because it's all gone wrong, Mr Kennedy, ever since you turned up! We used to come here every week, and we'd have a laugh. We were friends. No wonder they stopped coming. I mean there's no Bliss any more, and even Bridget, she hasn't turned up. MR SKINNER: I've been phoning and phoning her, there's no reply. ELTON: And who can blame her?! I'm sorry Victor, but you're on your own. Because I am leaving! And so are you, Mr Skinner! And as for you, Ursula... (Walks over to her desk and stands over her). You're coming with me. And we're going to the Golden Locust and we're gonna have a Chinese. URSULA: What's that got to do with it? ELTON: I mean you and me. Together. Having a meal. If you want... URSULA (touched): Oh... I'd love it. VICTOR: But you can't leave. You'll never know what he was doing, the Doctor. You'll never know what he was doing in your house all those years ago. ELTON: No. I'll never know. (Pause). Ursula, get your stuff. Mr Skinner, are you coming? Not to the Chinese, if you don't mind, just sort of walking out. MR SKINNER: I certainly am! ELTON: Victor. Good luck. Good bye. VICTOR: Mr Skinner! Would you stay for a minute, please? MR SKINNER: We're walking out. VICTOR: I've got numbers for Bridget! I've kept records, I've got old numbers. (Rummages in bag). We could track her down. Together. You and I. Elton exchanges a look with Ursula and Elton and shrugs. MR SKINNER: That's more like the old team spirit. You two have a nice time. URSULA: I hope you find her. ELTON: I'll email you. Elton and Ursula turn towards the door and Victor gestures for Mr Skinner to come up to the desk. VICTOR: Just come a little closer. Come on. Mr Skinner approaches the desk. EXT. STREET Elton and Ursula walk briskly along the street outside, hand in hand. URSULA: Mm, prawns! ELTON: Yeah, I like prawns. URSULA: Do you? A scream from Mr Skinner emits from the building, which neither of them hear. ELTON: Crispy aromatic though. URSULA (feeling her pockets): Oh, I left my phone... ELTON: Really? URSULA: Yeah! It's not in my pocket. ELTON: So much for the big exit. URSULA: Yeah... come on. They turn back. URSULA (CONT'D): Hurry up. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS The lift clunks back down to the basement. Elton and Ursula open the gates and step out. URSULA: I'm not stopping, I just left my... ph... phone. She trails off as she notices the lack of Mr Skinner. Victor is at his desk, hidden behind a paper. URSULA (CONT'D): Victor? VICTOR (slightly panicky, voice strange): Take your phone and go. URSULA (looking around): Where's Mr Skinner? VICTOR: He's gone to the toilet. ELTON (he and Ursula are slowly edging towards him): But... we haven't got toilets. We have to use the pub on the corner. VICTOR (uneasy, still hidden behind paper): Well... well... well that's... that's where he is, then. MR SKINNER (just his voice, sounding strangely squelchy): Help me... URSULA: ... What was that? VICTOR (voice rising): Nothing, it was nothing, it was nothing! MR SKINNER: Help me! VICTOR: Shut up. ELTON: That's Mr Skinner... URSULA (staring at the clawed green hands clutching the paper): Victor... look at your hands. VICTOR (lowering the paper): Look at the rest of me. Victor is revealed in his true form, a blob-like green alien. Fat and squelchy with a mane of black hair. VICTOR (CONT'D): You've dabbled with aliens... now meet the genuine article. URSULA (disgusted): Oh my God. ELTON: You're a... thing! VICTOR (put out): A thing? This thing is my true form. Better than that crude pink shape you call a body. Mr Skinner's face is poking out of Victor's fat green belly. MR SKINNER: What happened? Where am I? Ursula and Elton stare. MR SKINNER (CONT'D): Ursula? Is that you? URSULA (horrified): That's Mr Skinner! What've you done to him? VICTOR: I've absorbed him. He licks his lips. Bridget's face is sticking out of his back. BRIDGET: Colin? Is that you? Colin? MR SKINNER: Bridget, my love? URSULA: Oh my God! That's Bridget! BRIDGET (desperately): Colin, where are you? MR SKINNER: I'm here, Bridget! It's all right, I'm close. URSULA: You've absorbed them both! ELTON: What about Bliss? Where is she? The sound of Bliss straining to say something comes from within Victor. ELTON (CONT'D): ... What? Victor tilts to one side, taking his weight off one of his buttocks. BLISS: I said "you really don't want to know". Victor shifts his weight back and Bliss groans. ELTON: You've absorbed her. Victor nods with a twisted smile ELTON (CONT'D): Are you some sort of... Absorbathon? An Absorbaling? ... An Absorbaloff? VICTOR: Yes! I like that. URSULA: Let them go. I'm ordering you! Let those people go! VICTOR: Oh, but they taste so sweet. Just think about the Doctor... oooh, how will he taste? All that experience, all that knowledge, and if I've got to absorb Jackie Tyler to get to him, then so be it. ELTON (menacingly): Don't you dare. Ursula suddenly grabs Victor's cane and brandishes it at him. He cowers. URSULA: If I have to b*at them out of you! VICTOR (simpering): Oh, no! Please don't h*t me! Look at me, I'm such a slow and clumsy beast. Please don't h*t me. URSULA: Well then... give them back. VICTOR: What... you mean like this? (Grabs hold of Ursula's arm). Just one touch... that's all it takes! URSULA: Oh, no! She watches, helpless, as her arm is absorbed by the Absorbaloff. URSULA (CONT'D) (scared): Oh... oh no! MR SKINNER: No! BRIDGET: No! ELTON (yells, lunges forward): Leave her alone! URSULA: Don't touch me! Oh, Elton... I'm so sorry... you can't touch me. ELTON (helpless): Ursula... VICTOR (triumphantly): "Most likely to fight back" indeed. ELTON: Leave her alone! Ursula screams and she is absorbed head first into Victor. Victor shakes, squirming with pleasure as the outline of Ursula's face begins to emerge onto his chest. VICTOR: Yes. ELTON: No, that's not fair! VICTOR (conversationally): She tastes like chicken. Ursula's face has now fully appeared on his chest. URSULA: Elton, where are you? ELTON (quietly): Please... Mr Kennedy, please. I'm asking you. I'm begging you. Give her back to me. VICTOR (unsympathetically): I can't. Once they've been absorbed, the process is irreversible. He sniggers. URSULA: Wait a minute... now I've been absorbed, I can read his thoughts. Oh my God, Elton... you're next... get out of here... (Victor begins to look up at Elton, smirking). Now you've seen him, he can't let you go. Just run! Go on! Never mind me, get out! VICTOR: Isn't she the clever one? URSULA (screams): Run, Elton! Run! MR SKINNER: Save yourself, boy! BRIDGET: Run for your life! While Elton hesitates, Victor stands with surprising agility for a creature his size. He leaps right over the desk and roars. Elton runs. EXT. STREET Out of the doors, down the street, Victor hot on his tail. EXT. SIDE ALLEY Then he reaches a d*ad end, slamming into a closed gate. Victor comes to a halt, having Elton cornered. Elton kneels, defeated. VICTOR (mockingly): Ohh, what's the matter? Have you given up so soon? ELTON (hopelessly): There's no point. Where would I go? Everything I ever wanted... has been absorbed. URSULA: Oh, Elton. Don't say that. ELTON: But it's true! VICTOR: Then join us. Join us, little man. (Starts towards him, beckoning). Come on... everlasting peace. Come on. Join us. Dissolve into me... He reaches out to touch Elton's forehead. Elton closes his eyes, surrendering, when they hear a sound and feel a breeze that makes Victor look around and Elton open his eyes. The TARDIS materialises right in front of them, and the Doctor steps out, looking less than happy. THE DOCTOR (to Elton): Someone wants a word with you. Rose steps out. She looks m*rder and advances dangerously on Elton. ROSE (straight to the point): You upset my mum. Elton stares, and then glances at the Absorbaloff, which the Doctor and Rose have completely ignored, much to his bewilderment. ELTON: ... Great big absorbing creature from outer space, and you're having a go at me? ROSE (dismissing this): No one upsets my mum. VICTOR (gleefully): At last. The greatest feast of all. The Doctor. THE DOCTOR (considering him): What's this thing? A sort Absorbatrix? Absorba... clon? Absorbaloff? VICTOR: Absorbaloff, yes. ROSE (quietly, to the Doctor): Is it me or is he a bit... Slitheen? THE DOCTOR (to Victor): Not from Raxacorricofallapatorius, are you? VICTOR (insulted): No! I'm not the swine! I spit on them! I was born on their twin planet. THE DOCTOR: Really? What's the twin planet of Raxacorricofallapatorius? VICTOR: Clom. THE DOCTOR: Clom. VICTOR: Clom. Yes. And I'll return there victorious, whilst I possess your travelling machine. Gestures the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR (skeptical): Well, that's never gonna happen. VICTOR: Oh, it will. You'll surrender yourself to me, Doctor, or this one dies. (Gestures Elton). You see, I've read about you, Doctor. I've studied you. So passionate, so sweet. You wouldn't let an innocent man die. And I'll absorb him - unless you give yourself to me. Rose looks up at the Doctor, amused. He scratches the back of his neck. THE DOCTOR: Sweet... maybe. Passionate... I suppose. But don't ever mistake that for nice. (not what Victor was expecting). Do what you want. And he waits, as though completely indifferent about what happens to Elton. Rose glances up at him again. VICTOR (warningly): He'll die, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Go on then. Victor hesitates, completely wrong-footed. Even Rose looks slightly worried. VICTOR: So be it. He turns to Elton. THE DOCTOR: Mind you, the others might have something to say. VICTOR: Others? URSULA: He's right. The Doctor's right. We can't let him. Oh, Mr Skinner... Bridget... Pull! VICTOR: No! URSULA: For God's sake, pull! VICTOR: No, don't, get off, get off! The three of them strain outwards, stretching Victor apart. URSULA: If it's the last thing we ever do, Bliss! All of us together! Come on! Pull! Victor wails in pain and panic. URSULA (CONT'D): LINDA united! Pull! Victor drops his cane. URSULA (CONT'D): Elton! The cane! Elton picks it up. URSULA (CONT'D): Break it! Elton snaps the cane in half, and it emits a shower of blue sparks. The hands on the end open outwards, revealing a glowing light. VICTOR: My cane! You stupid man... oh no! He roars one final time, turns into liquid and falls into the pavement, gone. ELTON: ... What did I do? THE DOCTOR (looking at the bubbling remains of Victor): The cane created a limitation field. Now it's broken, he can't stopped. The absorber is being absorbed. ELTON: By what? THE DOCTOR: By the Earth. Victor dissolves into the paving stones. For a fleeting moment, the shape of Ursula's face appears on one. He lunges towards her. URSULA: Bye bye, Elton. Bye bye. And she sinks back into the paving slab. A tear runs down Elton's cheek. Rose's anger has melted away. ROSE: Who was she? ELTON (tearful): That was Ursula. Rose looks at him for a moment, and then goes to him and puts her arms around his shoulders as he weeps quietly. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Back to the video diary. ELTON: And that's it. Almost. Because the Doctor still had more to say. EXT. SIDE ALLEY THE DOCTOR: You don't remember, do you? INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: And then he explained. That night. EXT. SIDE ALLEY Elton sits between the Doctor and Rose on some steps, Rose's armed linked through his. ELTON (CONT'D) (voice-over): All those years ago. THE DOCTOR: There was a shadow in your house. INT. ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOME We return once again to young Elton's view from the top of the stairs in his childhood home, fade to the hallway and then to the living room. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (voice-over): A living shadow in the darkness. An elemental shade had escaped from the Howling Halls. All those years ago, a troubled Doctor looks down at Elton. EXT. SIDE ALLEY THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I stopped it, but... I wasn't in time to save her. (He looks Elton in the eyes). I'm sorry. INT. ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOME In the living room, the camera pans down from the Doctor to reveal a blonde woman lying d*ad on the floor. ELTON (voice-over): Because that was the night my mother died. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton sighs, eyes closed. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S CHILDHOOD HOME, KITCHEN Cut to old footage of Elton's mother doing the washing up, smiling in indignation at someone filming her, mouthing "stop it, go away! " good humouredly. She tries to hide her face and then resorts to flicking bubbles at whoever is filming, laughing. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton says nothing, hands clasped in front of him. EXT. SIDE ALLEY On the steps, Elton's lip trembles. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton is away from the camera, but we can see him sitting on his bed in the background, head bowed. EXT. PARK Cut to footage of Elton as a little boy, walking hand and hand with his mother in a park. She bends down and says something to him - then walks away, leaving him standing alone. She waves to him. Fade to white. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton's sitting in front of the camera again on the video diary, but not looking at it. ELTON (quietly): We forget because we must. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM Elton switches the camera on, it's now pointing at his computer desk. He settles himself in the chair. ELTON: So, there you go. Turns out I've had the most terrible things happen. And the most brilliant things. And sometimes, well, I can't tell the difference. They're all the same thing. They're... they're just me. You know, Stephen King said once, he said... "salvation and damnation are the same thing". And I never knew what he meant. But I do now. (He thinks about this). 'Cos the Doctor might be wonderful, but thinking back... I was having such a special time. Just for a bit. I had this nice little g*ng. INT. LINDA HEADQUARTERS Flashback to the basement, LINDA's band playing, having a thoroughly good time. INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON (CONT'D): And they were destroyed. It's not his fault. But maybe that's what happens if you touch the Doctor. Even for a second. I keep thinking of Rose and Jackie. And how much longer before they pay the price. URSULA (out of view): Oh, now don't get all miserable. Come on, Elton. You've still got me. ELTON: Oh yeah. 'Cos the Doctor said he could do one last thing with his magic wand... EXT. SIDE ALLEY The Doctor holds his sonic screwdriver to the paving slab into which Ursula dissolved. THE DOCTOR: If I can key into the absorption matrix and separate the last victim... it's too late for total reconstruction, but... He stands. Looks up, eyes wide. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Elton! Fetch a spade! INT. HOME VIDEO, ELTON'S BEDROOM ELTON: Even then, after all that... the Doctor saved me one last time. He stands up and retrieves a paving slab which had been sitting on the desk just out of frame. He sits back down and sets it on his lap. ELTON: Here she is. URSULA: Could be worse. Ursula's face is peering out of the paving slab. URSULA (CONT'D): At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful, you'd be surprised. ELTON (to the camera): It's a relationship... of sorts... but we manage. We've even got a bit of a love life. URSULA: Oh, let's not go into that. ELTON: And I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her. URSULA (smiling up at him): Ahh. ELTON: But the thing is... He picks up a remote control and points it at the camera - it zooms in and refocuses on his face. ELTON (CONT'D): There we are... I've even bought a remote zoom. (He replaces the remote). But what I wanted to say is... you know, when you're a kid, they tell you it's all, grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that's it. (He shakes his head). Ah. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder. (Pauses, smiles). And so much better. END
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foreverdreaming
EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE The camera pans down from blue skies with puffy white clouds to a banner bearing the legend "LONDON 2012", with the World Olympics logo. We're looking upon an ordinary suburban street, with well kept houses. A council worker applies a blow torch to the road, evidently carrying out maintenance work. A woman wheels her baby along in her pushchair. POSTMAN: Morning, love. WOMAN: Morning! She goes on her way, passing a house with two boys Tom and his friend Dale Hixon, playing football on the front lawn and a man, Tom's Dad, cleaning a car. TOM (upon scoring a goal): Yes! WOMAN: Hiya! TOM'S DAD: All right? A poster on a lamppost asks for information about a missing girl, Jane McKillen. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM A girl of 12, Chloe, watches the proceedings from her bedroom window, her hand pressed against the glass. An old lady Maeve, pulls her trolley bag along behind her. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Switch to the old lady's point of view, a look of confusion passes over her face as a buzzing fills the air. She looks around. A woman, Trish, Chloe's mother, comes out of the house and watches her. TRISH: Maeve? Are you okay? MAEVE: No, love, I'm not. TRISH: Do you want me to call a doctor? MAEVE: A doctor can't help. She looks around the superficially ordinary street nervously. MAEVE (CONT'D): Can't... can't you feel it, Trish? TRISH: I can't feel anything. Chloe still watches. Switch to her point of view. MAEVE (seeing the boys playing football): Boys! Get indoors! (Hurries over to them). Get inside! Get them inside! TOM'S DAD: What's up with you? They ain't done nothing wrong... MAEVE: It's happening again! Trish glances uneasily up at her daughter's silhouette at the window. She goes back inside. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY closing the door behind her and leaning against it. Chloe is singing and her voice carries down the stairs. CHLOE (singing softly): Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Switch to Chloe's bedroom. CHLOE (CONT'D) (singing): Merry merry king of the bush is he... laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra gay your life must be. She watches the boys playing football across the road. She turns back to her desk and pulls some paper and pencils towards her, and starts to draw. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Maeve is still trying to convince Tom's Dad to take the boys inside. MAEVE: They're not safe! TOM'S DAD: They're in the garden! MAEVE: That's what it likes. It likes it when they're playing. Get them in, I'm begging you. The boys glance at one another, sniggering. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe is singing whilst she draws. CHLOE (singing): Merry merry king of the bush is he... laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra gay your life must be. She is drawing one of the boys, Dale, outside. She has sketched the outline and is now colouring him in with unnatural speed. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE TOM'S DAD (moving Maeve along): I've got my beady eyes on them. MAEVE: But, I... He has her by the arm and his ushering her on her way. TOM'S DAD: Come on. The moment their backs are turned, there is whooshing sound as the blonde boy kicks the ball into the goal - Maeve and the Tom's Dad both turn, and the other little boy, Dale, has disappeared completely. MAEVE (turning): No! TOM'S DAD: T... Tom? He dashes over to the football goal, looking around in confusion. MAEVE (shouts): What are you? TOM'S DAD (baffled): Where's he gone? INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY Trish can hear the commotion from just inside the front door. She glances up the stairs, arms folded, it's as though she knows what's wrong. MAEVE (from outside): What do you want with our children?! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe hums to herself as she finishes her drawing. As soon as she has finished the last stroke, the drawing comes to life. Dale's mouth opens in a silent scream, he's terrified, trapped inside the drawing. OPENING CREDITS EXT. CAR PARK The TARDIS materialises right in-between two gates, one saying "DANGER - KEEP OUT" and the other saying "NO PARKING IN FRONT OF THESE GATES". The Doctor opens the door but the TARDIS has materialised the wrong was round. The gate is blocking the door completely. THE DOCTOR: Ah. He goes back inside. The TARDIS dematerialises, and materialises again, this time the right way round. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (stepping out): Ah! Rose follows him. They look around. Rose notices a Shayne Ward poster advertising his greatest hits album tacked onto a fence. ROSE: So, near future, yeah? THE DOCTOR: I had a passing fancy. Only it didn't pass, it stopped. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose and the Doctor walk down the road with the "LONDON 2012" banner. THE DOCTOR: 30th Olympia. ROSE (delighted, linking her arm through his): No way! Why didn't I think of this, that's great! Ah! The Doctor beams. THE DOCTOR: Only seems like yesterday a few naked Greek blokes were tossing a discus about... wrestling each other in the sand with crowds stood about, begging... no, wait a minute... that was Club Med. (Laughs at his own joke, nudging Rose). Just in time for the opening doo dah, ceremony... tonight, I thought you'd like that. Last one they had in London was dynamite. Wembley, 1948. I loved it so much, I went back and watched it all over again. Fella carrying the torch... lovely chap, what was his...? Rose has noticed the "MISSING" posters tacked onto the lamp post, and moves closer to investigate, but the Doctor carries on oblivious, still yapping to himself. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Mark...? John..? Mark...? Legs like pipe cleaners, but strong as a whippet. ROSE: Doctor... THE DOCTOR: And in those days, everybody had a tea party to go to. ROSE: Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Did you ever have one of those little cakes with the crunchy ball bearings on top... ROSE: You should really look. THE DOCTOR: Do you know those, those things? (Finally saunters over to her). Nobody else in this entire galaxy's ever even bothered to make edible ball bearings. Genius. (Reads the posters). What's taking them, do you think? (Scans the street). Snatching children from a thoroughly ordinary street like this. Why's it so cold...? Is something reducing the temperature...? ROSE: It says they all went missing this week. Why would a person do something like this? THE DOCTOR (considering her): What makes you think it's a person? Rose turns at the sound of a door opening, a woman dumps a recycling sack on the pavement outside her house and hurries back inside, casting furtive looks around her all the while. ROSE: Whatever it is, it's got the whole street scared to death. Doctor, what...? She turns, but the Doctor is already at the other end of the road. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE, TOM'S FRONT GARDEN The Doctor quickly finds the place where Tom disappeared by the mini football goal. He holds his hand out in front of him, as though feeling something invisible. He crouches, his hand hovering above what appears to be an ordinary area of grass. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE As Rose hurries along the road, a car judders to a halt as the engine gives up the ghost. She stops to watch. A council worker, Kel, props his broom up against his white van and approaches the car. KEL: There you go. Fifth today. Not natural, is it? DRIVER: I dunno what happened, I had it serviced less than a month ago. KEL: Nah, don't even try and explain it, mate. All the cars are doing it. And do you know what? It's bonkers. Bonkers. The driver gets out of the car. KEL (CONT'D): Come on then, pal. I'll help you shift it. Quicker you're on the way, happier you'll be. He pushes the car from behind, straining, whilst the driver pushes from the driver's side. DRIVER: There we go. ROSE: Do you want a hand? KEL: No, we're all right, love. ROSE (grinning): No you're not. I'm tougher than I look, honest. He positions herself behind the car and gestures for him to move over. He does and she helps him push it. The engine suddenly springs to life, causing Kel to promptly fall over. He stands, brushing himself down. ROSE: Does this happen a lot? DRIVER (driving off): Cheers, mate! KEL (disgruntled): Been doing it all week. ROSE: Since those children started going missing? KEL (not seeing the connection): Yeah, I s'pose so. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE, TOM'S FRONT GARDEN The Doctor giggles as he feels whatever sensation he's experiencing over the grass. THE DOCTOR: Tickles! Tom's Dad appears behind him, hands in his pockets. TOM'S DAD: What's your game? The Doctor spins around. THE DOCTOR (floundering): My... um... Snakes and Ladders? Quite good at... Squash. Reasonable. (Notices the look on Tom's Dad's face). I'm... being facetious, aren't I? There's no call for it. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose and Kel walk along together. KEL: Every car cuts out. The council are going nuts. I mean, they've given this street the works. Renamed it... I've been tarmacking every pot hole... (He gestures proudly). Look at that. Beauty, init? Yep! And all that is because that Olympic Torch comes right by the end of this close. Just down there. Everything's got to be perfect, ain't it? Only it ain't. They come across Maeve. MAEVE: It takes 'em when they're playing. ROSE: What takes them? Trish pops her head round her front door. MAEVE: Danny... Jane... Dale... snatched in the blink of an eye. The Doctor's voice, pleading, comes closer. He is backing away from Tom's Dad who looks like he's about to b*at him up. THE DOCTOR: I'm... I'm a police officer! I've got a badge, and... and a police car... you don't have to get... I can... I can prove it! Just hold on. He fishes in his pocket for the psychic paper. TOM'S DAD (roughly): We've had plenty of coppers poking around here, and you don't look, or sound, like any of them. THE DOCTOR (pointing in Rose's face): See, look! I've got a colleague! Lewis. Rose gives Tom's Dad a policeman-like wink. TOM'S DAD: Well, she looks less like a copper than you do. THE DOCTOR: Training. New recruit. It was either that or hairdressing, so... (Brandishes the psychic paper at Tom's Dad). Voila! TRISH (who has joined them): What are you going to do? MAEVE: The police have knocked on every door, no clues, no leads, nothing. TOM'S DAD: Look, kids run off sometimes, all right? That's what they do... MAEVE: Dale Hixon in your garden, playing with your Tommy, and then...! (She mimics something disappearing). Right in front of me, like he was never there! There's no need to look any further than this street. It's right here amongst us. THE DOCTOR: Why don't we... NEIGHBOUR: Why don't we start with him? (She points at Kel). There's been all sorts like him in this street, day and night. KEL (indignantly): Fixing things up for the Olympics! TOM'S DAD: Yeah, and taking an awful long time about it. THE DOCTOR: I'm of the opinion that all we've gotta do is just... KEL (not listening): You don't... what you just said, that's slander! NEIGHBOUR: I don't care what it is! THE DOCTOR: I think we need to just... KEL: I want an apology off her! MAEVE: Stop picking on him. KEL: Yeah, stop picking on me! MAEVE: And stop pretending to be blind! It's evil! NEIGHBOUR (glaring at Kel): I don't believe in evil. KEL (angrily): Oh no, you just believe in tarmackers with sack loads of kidnapped kiddies in their van... NEIGHBOUR: Ay, ay, ay, that's not what she's saying. KEL: Would you stop ganging up on me?! NEIGHBOUR (shrilly): Feeling guilty, are we? THE DOCTOR (shouting over the babble): Fingers on lips! He puts his finger on his lips and glares around at them all as if daring them not to do the same. The council worker behind Kel has already obeyed, and after a moment of complete bewilderment, Kel and Tom's Dad put their fingers on their lips too. The Doctor looks pointedly at Rose, who follows suit. Now all of them have their fingers on their lips, and silence has fallen. THE DOCTOR: In the last six days, three of your children have been stolen. Snatched out of thin air, right? MAEVE (gesturing to ask permission to take her finger off her lips): Er... can I...? The Doctor motions for her to go ahead. MAEVE (CONT'D): Look around you... this was a safe street 'til it came. It's not a person. I'll say it if no one else will. (Chloe watches from her window). Maybe you're coppers, maybe you're not. I don't care who you are. Can you please help us? Rose has spotted Chloe. Trish notices Rose watching her and spins around to look up at the window. She hurries back inside. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSETOM'S FRONT GARDEN The camera pans down from the Union Flag Tom's Dad has hanging out of the upstairs window, to Tom's Dad himself, who parts his net curtains to see Rose standing outside his house and the Doctor sniffing around the front lawn like a sniffer-dog. Rose watches him for a few moments, before... ROSE: Want a hanky? THE DOCTOR: Can you smell it? Rose sniffs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): What does it remind you of? ROSE: Sort of... metal? THE DOCTOR (nodding): Mm-hm! ROSE (grinning): Oooh! The Doctor waves to Tom's Dad before they both leave. EXT. ALLEYWAY The Doctor and Rose walk down a narrow alleyway. THE DOCTOR: Danny Edwards cycled in one end but never came out the other. (He feels something again). Whoa, there it goes again! (Shows Rose the back of his hand). Look at the hairs on the back of my manly hairy hand. ROSE (inhaling): And there's that smell... it's like a um... a burnt fuse plug or something. THE DOCTOR: There's a residual energy in the spots where the kids vanished. Whatever it was, it used an awful lot of power to do this. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe watches a ginger cat on the front lawn through her window. It meows. Chloe pulls more paper towards her and begins to draw just as Trish enters. TRISH: You have to come down some time, Chloe. CHLOE (drawing the cat, unnaturally fast): I'm busy, mum. TRISH (looking at the pictures covering the walls): Look at it in here... you must've used up half a rainforest. Trish picks up the half finished drawing, Dale has been sketched on the same piece of paper. TRISH (CONT'D): That's Dale. Why did you draw him so sad? CHLOE: I didn't draw him like that. (Holds out her hand for the picture). Dale made himself sad. So I'm gonna draw him a friend. (Continues drawing the cat). That's what he needs. More friends. Trish watches her, brow furrowed. TRISH (trying to change the subject): Have you seen the TV? She taps a button on the laptop, bring up BBC News 24. Footage of Olympics is displayed. TRISH: Look, this'll cheer you up. The Torch is gonna be close. (Sits on the bed). They'll pass right by our street. And tonight they'll light the Olympic Flame in the stadium, and the whole world will be looking at our city. (Chloe doesn't even look up). I mean, doesn't that make you feel part of something? (No reply). Sweetheart? Chloe? CHLOE: I'm busy, mum. TRISH: Okay. (watches her for a few more seconds and then stands). You're tired, Chloe. I heard you calling out again, last night. CHLOE: It's fine. TRISH: Nightmares? CHLOE (irritated): I'm drawing! TRISH: Whatever they are... they're just dreams, you do know that? They can't hurt you. CHLOE: I'm busy. Unless you want me to draw you... (She looks darkly at Trish) ... mum. TRISH (giving up): If you wanna stay cooped up in here, fine. I'll leave you to it. She leaves the bedroom, closing the door behind her. Chloe colours the cat in. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose is walking a few paces behind the Doctor, back in the close. ROSE: Aren't you a beautiful boy?! THE DOCTOR (beams): Thanks! I'm experimenting with back-combing. Then he notices Rose is talking to a cat. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (disappointed): Oh. ROSE (stroking it): I used to have one like you. The cat meows. The Doctor is watching uncomfortably, looking as though he has a nasty taste in his mouth. ROSE (CONT'D) (noticing): What? THE DOCTOR: No, I'm not really a cat person. Once you've been thr*at by one in a nun's wimple, it kind of takes the joy out of it. The cat wanders over to a cardboard box. ROSE (following): Come here, puss! The Doctor has averted his eyes. The cat climbs inside the box. ROSE (CONT'D): What do you wanna go in there for? There is a whooshing sound, and the cat's meow echoes slightly as if fading into the distance. Rose peers inside the box, it is empty. ROSE (CONT'D) (urgently): Doctor! The Doctor hurries over to her. Rose hurriedly stands up as the smell hits her. THE DOCTOR (backing off): Whoa! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! He waves the smell away and picks up the empty cardboard box. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Iron residue. Blimey! That takes some doing! (Turns the box around, impressed). Just to snatch a living organism out of space / time. This baby is just like, (puts on rough accent) "I'm 'avin' some of that", I'm impressed. ROSE: So the cat's been transported? INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe is watching them through the window. THE DOCTOR: It can harness huge reserves of ionic power. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (pointing): We need to find the source of that power. (Looks around) Find the source and you will find... whatever has taken to stealing children and fluffy animals. See what you can see. (Whacks Rose on the shoulder, gestures his eyes). Keep 'em peeled, Lewis. Rose nods as the Doctor walks off. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe is alone in her bedroom, sitting at her desk and apparently talking to herself. CHLOE (complaining): I've given you friends and you still moan. Moan, moan, moan. You're lucky. You're all together. (Looks round at all the woe-begone children in the drawings on the wall). You don't know what it is to be alone. If you did, you'd be thanking me. She pulls more paper towards her, obviously irritated. She starts to draw, pressing the pencil into the paper just a little too hard, and the lead snaps. CHLOE (CONT'D) (frustrated): No! She scribbles randomly on the paper in her annoyance. INT. CUL-DE-SAC Rose is alone and walking down what appears to be a d*ad end. The neighbourhood is eerily quiet except from a dog barking. Something crashes from inside one of the garages, causing Rose to turn. The initial crash is followed by several smaller ones as she approaches the garage door. ROSE: Is that you, puss-cat? Are you trapped? There is the sound of something metal rolling along the floor from within. Rose puts her ear against the door, but jumps back almost immediately at the sound of another crash. She considers the door. ROSE (CONT'D) (under her breath): Not gonna open it, not gonna open it. Not gonna open it... And she opens it. Slowly, tentatively... she looks inside and is immediately ambushed by what resembles a very violent tangle of wires, making a strange buzzing sound. Rose falls backwards. The Doctor appears round the corner in the nick of time and starts running as soon as he sees she's in trouble. THE DOCTOR: Stay still! He points his sonic screwdriver at the giant scribble, and it convulses, collapsing into a small ball which falls into Rose's outstretched hands. The Doctor rushes to Rose and stands over her. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Okey dokey? He holds out his hands and pulls Rose to her feet. ROSE (slightly out of breath): Yeah, cheers. THE DOCTOR: No probs. They have a quick hug before returning their attention to the object in Rose's hand. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'll give you a fiver if you can tell me what the hell it is. (Pokes it with the sonic screwdriver). 'Cos I haven't got the foggiest. ROSE: Well, I can tell you you've just k*lled it. THE DOCTOR (taking it): It was never living. It's animated by energy. Same energy that's snatching people. (He throws it up and down, quite delighted). That is so dinky! The Go-Anywhere creature. Fits in your pocket... makes friends, impresses the boss... breaks the ice at parties... He pockets it. Rose laughs as they move off. INT. TARDIS The Doctor has put the object on the TARDIS console for analysing. THE DOCTOR: Oh, hi ho, here we go. Let's have a look. The Doctor and Rose are watching the computer screen, which is displaying Gallifreyan symbols. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (surprised): Get out of here... ROSE: What's it say? As if to confirm what he has just seen, the Doctor takes a pencil from his pocket and holds the object out in front of him. He uses the rubber (eraser) at the end of the pencil to rub out part of the object. THE DOCTOR: It is! (he blows it). It's graphite! Basically the same material as an HB pencil. ROSE: I was att*cked by a... pencil scribble? THE DOCTOR: Scribble creature. (Sniffs it, then lets Rose sniff it). Brought into being with ionic energy. Whatever we're dealing with, it can create things as well as take them. But... why make a scribble creature?! ROSE: Maybe it was a mistake... I mean, you scribble over something when you wanna get rid of it. Like a um... like a drawing. Like a... a (look of realisation) child's drawing. (Doctor glances at her). You said it was in the street. THE DOCTOR: Probably... ROSE: The girl. THE DOCTOR: Of course! ... What girl? ROSE: Something about her gave me the creeps... even her own mum looked scared of her. THE DOCTOR (leaning in): Are you deducting? ROSE (conspiratorial look): I think I am. THE DOCTOR: Copper's hunch? ROSE: Permission to follow it up, sarge. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY We see the vague figures of the Doctor and Rose through the glass of Trish's front door as they ring the doorbell. Trish considers for a moment, suspicious, they rap on the letter box. Trish opens the door. They give her friendly smiles. THE DOCTOR: Hello! I'm the Doctor and this is Rose. Can we see your daughter? TRISH: No! You can't. THE DOCTOR: Okay! Bye. They walk away in silence, waiting, and sure enough. TRISH: Why? They turn in unison. TRISH (CONT'D): Why do you want to see Chloe? THE DOCTOR: Well, there's some interesting stuff going on in this street, and I just thought, well, we thought, that she might like to give us a hand. ROSE: Sorry to bother you. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, sorry. We'll let you get on with things. On your own. Bye again! They turn and walk away again, but Trish does not close the door. And after a few moments... TRISH: Wait! The Doctor and Rose turn again. The expression on Trish's face is helpless, vulnerable. TRISH (CONT'D): Can you help her? The Doctor smiles. THE DOCTOR: Yes, I can. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM Inside Trish's sitting room, footage of the Olympic Torch Bearer is on the TV. COMMENTATOR: The Torch Bearer is running up towards the mall, which I can tell you is... Rose sits herself down on the sofa while the Doctor flings his coat down next to her. TRISH: She stays in her room, most of the time. I try talking to her, but it's like trying to speak to a brick wall. She gives me nothing, just asks to be left alone. ROSE: What about Chloe's dad? TRISH: Chloe's dad died a year ago. ROSE: I'm sorry. TRISH: You wouldn't be if you'd known him. THE DOCTOR (brightly): Well! Let's go and say hi! TRISH (hesitant): I should check on her first... she might be asleep. THE DOCTOR: Why are you afraid of her, Trish? TRISH: I want you to know before you see her that's she's really a great kid. THE DOCTOR: I'm sure she is. TRISH: She's never been in trouble at school... you should see her report from last year. As and Bs. She smiles at Rose, proud. Rose smiles back. ROSE: Can I use your loo? Trish nods. The Doctor watches Rose closely as she leaves the room. TRISH (to the Doctor): She's in the choir... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, STAIRS Rose goes up the stairs, Trish's voice carrying. TRISH (CONT'D): She's singing in an old folks home. Any mum would be proud. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM TRISH (CONT'D): You know... I want you to know these things before you see her, Doctor. Because right now, she's not herself. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING Rose emerges onto the landing. A shadow blocks out the light from the crack beneath Chloe's bedroom door, and there is the sound of movement from within. Rose hurriedly hides herself in a nearby airing cupboard, closing the ventilated doors on herself. She watches Chloe leave her room through the gaps and hears her footsteps on the stairs. She cautiously comes out of the airing cupboard, closing the doors as quietly as she can behind her. She now has her eyes on Chloe's bedroom door. She pushes it open and looks inside, observing the hundreds of drawings covering the walls. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Rose creeps further in, looking around. The wardrobe doors rattle and Rose gasps and jumps, causing her to knock a pencil holder onto the floor. She quickly picks them up and replaces them. Her gaze is drawn to a drawing of boy, baring his teeth at her, the boy was merely frowning a few moments ago. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, KITCHEN The Doctor pops is head around the corner, looking through the dining room into the kitchen. THE DOCTOR: All right, there? Chloe is drinking some milk from the fridge. The Doctor walks into the kitchen, Trish behind him. He settles himself against a table as Chloe replaces the milk and closes the fridge door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'm the Doctor. CHLOE (facing him): I'm Chloe Webber. THE DOCTOR: How're you doing, Chloe Webber? CHLOE: I'm busy. I'm making something. Aren't I, mum? TRISH: And like I said, she's not been sleeping. THE DOCTOR: But you've been drawing, though. I'm rubbish. Stick men are about my limit. Can do this, though... He does the 'live long and prosper' sign from Star Trek. Chloe's face is expressionless. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Can you do that? Trish nods at Chloe, encouraging her to answer. CHLOE: They don't stop moaning. TRISH: Chloe... CHLOE: I try to help them, but they don't stop moaning. THE DOCTOR (quietly, lowers his hand): Who don't? CHLOE: We can be together. TRISH (moving towards her): Sweetheart... CHLOE: Don't touch me, mum. Trish stops in her tracks, letting her hand fall back to her side. She and the Doctor glances at one another. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Rose jumps at the sound of the wardrobe doors rattling again. After a nervous glances around the room, she approaches the wardrobe slowly, steeling herself... then she opens them slowly, peering inside. A wind is rustling the clothes. She parts them to see the back of the wardrobe, and a red light floods the wardrobe and reflects off Rose's face. On the back of the wardrobe, there is a huge picture of a bearded man whose face is contorted with fury - the red light is coming from his glowing red eyes. This is Chloe's Dad. CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, KITCHEN CHLOE: I'm busy... Doctor. She leaves. THE DOCTOR (calling after her, disappointed): Oh, come on, Chloe! Don't be a spoil sport! (He follows her back into the hallway). What's the big project? I'm dying to know! What're you making up there? ROSE (terrified, from upstairs): Doctor! The Doctor lurches forwards and sprints up the stairs, Trish and Chloe following. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Rose is staring into the wardrobe as though transfixed when the Doctor runs into the room. CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming to hurt you... The Doctor slams the wardrobe doors shut without so much as a glance at the inside. ROSE: Look at it. THE DOCTOR: No, ta. He walks away to examine the drawings on the wall, putting his glasses on. TRISH: What the hell was that? ROSE: A drawing. The face of a man. TRISH: What face? She tries to open the doors but Rose rams herself up against them, stopping her. ROSE: Best not. TRISH (to Chloe): What've you been drawing? CHLOE: I'm drew him yesterday. TRISH: Who? CHLOE: Dad. TRISH (unpleasantly surprised and upset): Your dad? But he's long gone. Chloe, with all the lovely things in the world, why him? CHLOE: I dream about him, staring at me. TRISH: I thought we were putting him behind us. What's the matter with you? CHLOE: We need to stay together. TRISH: Yes, we do. CHLOE: No. Not you. Us. The Doctor glances around at this. CHLOE (CONT'D): We need to stay together. And then it'll be all right. Trish goes over to her, putting her hands on her daughter's cheeks. Chloe flinches. ROSE: Trish, the drawings, have you seen what Chloe's drawings can do? TRISH (suddenly cold): Who gave you permission to come into her room? Get out of my house. THE DOCTOR: Tell us about the drawings, Chloe. TRISH: I don't wanna here any more of this. ROSE: But that drawing of her dad... I heard a voice. He spoke. TRISH: He's d*ad. And these, they're kids pictures. Now get out! ROSE: Chloe has a power. And I don't know how, but she used it to take Danny Edwards. Dale Hicks, she's using it to snatch the kids. TRISH: Get out. ROSE (pleading): Have you seen those drawings move? TRISH (derisively): I haven't seen anything. THE DOCTOR: Yes you have. Out of the corner of your eye. TRISH (turning to him): No. THE DOCTOR: And you dismissed it, because what choice do you have when you see something you can't possibly explain? (He moves over to her). You dismiss it, right? And if anyone mentions it, you get angry, so it's never spoken of, ever ag... TRISH: She's a child... THE DOCTOR: And you're terrified of her. But there's no one to turn to, because who's gonna believe the things you see out of the corner of your eye? No one. Except me. TRISH: Who are you? THE DOCTOR: I'm help. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, KITCHEN Back in the kitchen, the Doctor swipes a jar of marmalade off the worktop, unscrews the lid, dips his fingers into it and starts sucking the jam off. Rose clears her throat. He pauses, and Rose shakes her head at him, mouthing 'no'. The Doctor, looking for all the world like a naughty schoolboy caught red-handed, glances at Trish who is just staring at him. He meekly replaces the lid and pushes the jar behind him. ROSE: Those pictures, they're alive. She's drawing people and they end up in her pictures. THE DOCTOR: Ionic energy. Chloe's harnessing it to steal those kids and place them in some kid of holding-pen made up of ionic power. ROSE: And what about the dad from hell in her wardrobe? TRISH: How many times do I have to tell you? He's d*ad. ROSE (disbelieving): Well, he's got a very loud voice for a d*ad bloke. THE DOCTOR (thinking): If living things can become drawings, then maybe drawings can become living things... He suddenly shivers violently, making Rose jump. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Chloe's real dad is d*ad, but not the one who visits her in her nightmares. That dad seems very real. That's the dad she's drawn and he's a heartbeat away from crashing into this world... TRISH: She always got the worst of it when he was alive. ROSE: Doctor, how can a twelve-year-old girl be doing any of this? THE DOCTOR (after a pause): Let's find out. He strides off. Rose follows. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM The Doctor, Rose and Trish enter Chloe's bedroom. She is sitting cross-legged on the bed. The Doctor stands before her, looking down at her. She says nothing, but does the "live long and prosper" sign. THE DOCTOR: Nice one. He kneels in front of her, holding her head in his hands, fingers on her temples. Her eyes roll in her head for a moment before closing. He closes his own eyes before suddenly Chloe falls backwards onto the bed. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There we go... TRISH (moving towards them in her concern): I can't let him do this... ROSE (stopping her, comforting): Shh, it's okay. Trust him. The Doctor straightens up. THE DOCTOR (addressing Chloe): Now we can talk. When Chloe speaks, her voice comes out as a strange whisper, and it's obviously not her. CHLOE: I want Chloe. Wake her up. I want Chloe. THE DOCTOR: Who are you? CHLOE (with passion): I want Chloe Webber! TRISH (upset): What've you done to my little girl? ROSE: Doctor, what is it? The Doctor walks slowly around the bed, all the while looking down at Chloe. THE DOCTOR (to "Chloe"): I'm speaking to you. The entity that is using this human child. I request parlez in compliance with the Shadow Proclamation. CHLOE: I don't care about shadows or parlez. THE DOCTOR: So what do you care about? CHLOE: I want my friends. THE DOCTOR (kneeling by her): You're lonely, I know. Identify yourself. CHLOE: I am one of many. I travel with my brothers and sisters. We take an endless journey. A thousand of your lifetimes. But now I am alone. I hate it. It's not fair. And I hate it! Her eyes snap open. THE DOCTOR: Name yourself! CHLOE: Isolus. THE DOCTOR (as if this explains everything): You're Isolus. Of course. CHLOE: Our journey began in the Deep Realms when we were a family. She is drawing on a piece of paper next to her on the bed whilst speaking. TRISH (looking at the drawing): What's that? The drawings begins to take shape. THE DOCTOR: The Isolus Mother, drifting in Deep Space. (Stands). See, she jettisons millions of fledgling spores. Her children. The Isolus are empathic beings of intense emotions, but when they're cast off from their mother, their empathic link, their need for each other, is what sustains them. They need to be together. They cannot be alone. CHLOE: Our journey is long. THE DOCTOR: The Isolus children travel, each inside a pod. They ride the heat and energy of solar tides. It takes thousands and thousands of years for them to grow up. ROSE: Thousands of years just floating through space... poor things, don't they go mad with boredom? CHLOE: We play. ROSE: You... play? The Doctor sits down on the bed. THE DOCTOR: Mm. While they travel, they play games. They use their ionic power to literally create make-believe worlds in which to play. ROSE: In-flight entertainment. THE DOCTOR: Helps keep them happy. While they're happy, they can feed off each others love. Without it, they're lost. (He addresses Chloe / the Isolus again). Why did you come to Earth? CHLOE: We were too close. She rips the piece of paper she is drawing on off the pad and starts anew. THE DOCTOR (looking at the drawing): That's a solar flare from your sun. Would've made a tidal wave of solar energy that scattered the Isolus pods. CHLOE: Only I fell to Earth. My brothers and sisters are left up there. And I cannot reach them. So alone. THE DOCTOR: Your pod crashed... where is it? CHLOE: My pod was drawn to heat... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Flashback: Chloe drawing at her desk, sunlight pouring in through the window. CHLOE (CONT'D) (voice-over): And I was drawn to Chloe Webber. Chloe looks up as she sees the Isolus floating outside the bedroom window. She smiles, thinking it is pretty. CHLOE (CONT'D (voice-over): She was like me. Alone. She needed me. And I her. The Isolus enters Chloe through her mouth, making her gasp. End flashback. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM The Doctor strokes Chloe's head. THE DOCTOR: You empathised with her. You wanted to be with her because she was alone like you. CHLOE: I want my family. It's not fair. Rose and Trish watch this, obviously affected. THE DOCTOR: I understand. You wanna make a family. But you can't stay in this child. It's wrong. You can't steal any more friends for yourself. CHLOE: I am alone. There is another thump from the wardrobe. Trish gasps. CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming to hurt you. Chloe starts to shake and tremble in fear, although her face remains impassive. There is a pounding on the door of the wardrobe. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): I'm coming. THE DOCTOR: Trish, how do you calm her? Chloe's body is jerking as though she is having a seizure. TRISH: What?! THE DOCTOR: When she has nightmares, what do you do? TRISH: I... I... THE DOCTOR (urgently): What do you do? TRISH: I sing to her. THE DOCTOR: Then start singing. He motions for Trish to come over. Trish takes his place next to Chloe. CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... I'm coming. TRISH (singing): Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he... CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... Chloe... The banging and thumping on the door continues. The Doctor and Rose both look over at it, whilst Trish strokes Chloe's hair, trying to sooth her. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): Chloe... Chloe... TRISH (singing): Laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra, gay your life must be. The banging and the voice eventually fades. TRISH (CONT'D) (singing): Laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra, gay your life must be. Chloe is now asleep. TRISH (CONT'D) (in tears): He came to her because she was lonely... Chloe, I'm sorry... She buries her head in her little girl's shoulder, arms around her, sobbing. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM Trish strides into the sitting room and starts gathering up all the pencils that are lying around. TRISH: Chloe usually got the brunt of his temper. When he'd had a drink. The day he crashed the car, I thought we were free. Rose hands her a bunch of pencils. TRISH (CONT'D): I thought it was over. ROSE: Did you talk to her about it? TRISH: I didn't want to. Rose sits down. ROSE: But... maybe that's why Chloe feels so alone. 'Cos she has all these terrible dreams about her dad, but she can't talk to you about them. THE DOCTOR: Her an the Isolus... two lonely kids who need each other. ROSE: And it won't stop, will it, Doctor? It'll just keep pulling kids in. THE DOCTOR: It's desperate to be loved. It's used to a pretty big family. ROSE: How big? THE DOCTOR: Say around... four billion? This draws a stunned silence from Rose and Trish. Rose turns her attention to the television. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe watches the TV on the laptop in her bedroom, again, it is on BBC News 24, showing footage of the Olympics. COMMENTATOR: The queues started a week ago for those desperate enough to be inside, although lots of them expected a capacity crowd of eighty thousand... A small sound from the wardrobe causes Chloe to look around. She stands and moves off. COMMENTATOR (CONT'D): For this evening's opening ceremony. I have to say there's been... EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE The Doctor shrugs into his coat as he and Rose leave Trish's house. THE DOCTOR: We need that pod. ROSE: It crashed, won't it be destroyed? THE DOCTOR: Well, it's been sucking in all the heat it can... hopefully that should keep it in a fit state to launch. Chloe is watching them through her bedroom window. Rose spots her outline. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): It must be close. It should have a weak energy signature that the TARDIS can trace. Once we find it, then we can stop the Isolus. Chloe moves away from the window. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM Trish is downstairs on the phone. TRISH: She's running a temperature. (Picks up a small bit of paper from the table). I can't go into that now, Kirsty. Yes, we've got a doctor. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY Unbeknownst to Trish, Chloe quietly opens the front door and sneaks out. TRISH (CONT'D): Yeah, he said he can help her. EXT. CAR PARK The Doctor and Rose approach the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: We can scan for the same trace we picked up from the scribble creature. Just need to widen the field a bit. He fishes in his pocket for the TARDIS key and opens the door. They go inside. Chloe watches from a distance, taking in the sight of the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS The Doctor fumbles with some device, putting it together. Rose is sat in the chair next to the console. ROSE: You knew the Isolus was lonely before it told you. How? The Doctor shoves Rose off the chair and sits down on it himself. THE DOCTOR: I know what it's like to travel a long way on your own. Give me the stina magnetic erm... (he nods towards it violently) thing in your left hand! Rose glances at him, chewing on gum absent-mindedly. ROSE: Sounds like you're on its side. Rose slots the 'thing in her left hand' into the device whilst the Doctor holds it still between his legs. THE DOCTOR: I sympathise, that's all. ROSE: The Isolus has caused a lot of pain for these people. THE DOCTOR: It's a child! (He blows on the device). That's why it went to Chloe, two lonely mixed up kids. He blows on it again, examining it. ROSE: Hmm... feels to me like a temper tantrum because it can't get its own way. THE DOCTOR: It's scared! Come on, you were a kid once. Binary dot. ROSE (handing him the binary dot): Yes! And I know what kids can be like. Right little... terrors. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Back in her bedroom, Chloe reaches under her bed and takes out a doll. She pulls the head off, revealing the pencils stashed inside it. She takes them out, with the air of someone in a hurry. INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR (holding his hand out under Rose's mouth): Gum. Rose spits her gum out into his hand. ROSE: I've got cousins. Kids can't have it all their own way. That's part of being a family. The Doctor sticks the gum to the device, securing it. THE DOCTOR: What about trying to understand them? ROSE (turning away with a slight smile): Easy for you to say. You don't have kids. THE DOCTOR (off-handedly): I was a dad once. ROSE (turns, shocked and stunned): What did you say? The Doctor doesn't seem to notice the effect his words had on Rose. He doesn't reply. THE DOCTOR: I think we're there! (He stands, goes to the console). Fear. Loneliness. They're the big ones, Rose. Some of the most terrible acts ever committed have been inspired by them. We're not dealing with something that wants to conquer or destroy. Rose is still reeling from the b*mb he just dropped, but he's carrying on oblivious, pulling levers and pressing buttons on the console. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There's a lot of things you need to get across this universe. (Indicates). Warp drive... wormhole refractors... Rose holds her hand out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You know the thing you need most of all? You need a hand to hold. He notices Rose's outstretched hand and takes it, grinning. ROSE: No! Look, I'm pointing. She laughs. The Doctor looks at the computer screen where she was pointing, a flashing white light on a map of the neighbourhood indicates the whereabouts of the pod. THE DOCTOR (excited): It's the pod! It is in the street! Everything's coming up Doctor! He scoots off towards the doors. Rose follows after a moment, still slightly distracted. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM In her bedroom, Chloe is drawing a picture of the TARDIS. EXT. CAR PARK The Doctor and Rose emerge from the TARDIS. The Doctor shuts the door behind him. THE DOCTOR: Okay. It's about two inches across. Dull grey, like a gulls egg. Very light. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe is now drawing the Doctor. ROSE (voice-over): So these pods, they travel from sun to sun using heat, yeah? EXT. CAR PARK ROSE (CONT'D): So it's not all about love and stuff. Doesn't the pod just need heat? A crash from behind her causes her to turn, the device she and the Doctor just constructed is shattered on the floor, and the Doctor has vanished. Rose's eyes widen in shock. ROSE: Doctor? The TARDIS has gone too. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor? INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY Rose knocks on the door of Trish's house frantically. Trish opens the door, Rose barges past her and up the stairs. TRISH (following): It's okay! I've taken all the pencils off her! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Rose bursts into Chloe's bedroom. She crosses the room to the desk, swiping away the paper Chloe is drawing on and observing the TARDIS and the Doctor sketched onto it. CHLOE (with the Isolus' voice): Leave me alone! I want to be with Chloe Webber! I love Chloe Webber! ROSE: Bring him back, now. CHLOE: No. Rose turns away for a second, head in hands, and then very suddenly spins round and grabs Chloe by the shoulders. ROSE (viciously): Don't you realise what you've done? He was the only one who could help you, now bring him back! CHLOE: Leave me alone! I love Chloe Webber! Rose's face softens. Trish watches. ROSE (gently): I know. (She stands). I know. She turns her attention to the paper she is holding. ROSE (CONT'D): Doctor, if you can hear me, I'm gonna get you out of there. I'll find the pod. (To Trish). Don't leave her alone, no matter what. She leaves the room. COMMENTATOR: ... the Torch Bearer getting even closer to the Olympic Stadium... before turning East along the embankment. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Kel smoothes down the road outside with the palm of his hand as Rose exits the house. ROSE (looking around): Heat. They travel on heat. KEL: Look at this finish. Smooth as a baby's bottom. Rose hurries over to him. KEL (CONT'D): Not a bump or a lump. ROSE (crouching to speak to him): Kel, was there anything in this street in the last few days giving off a lot of heat? KEL (not really listening): I mean, you can eat your dinner off this. Beautiful. So you tell me why the other one's got a lump in it when I gave it the same love and craftsmanship I did this one ROSE: Well, when you've worked it out, put it in a big book about tarmacking, but before you do that, think back six days. KEL: Six days... (He remembers). When I was laying this the first time round! ROSE: What? KEL: Well, that's when I filled in this pothole for the first time. ROSE (thinking hard): Six days ago... (She's working it out). Hot fresh tar... KEL: Blended to a secret council recipe. Without another word, Rose stands and runs to the van. KEL (CONT'D) (calling after her): Ah... ah! I don't keep it in the van! Rose wrenches open the doors. KEL (CONT'D) (striding towards her): Ay, that's a council van. Out. Rose ignores him and climbs inside, picking up an axe. She laughs with glee when she finds it, hopping out of the van again. KEL (CONT'D): Whoa, wait, wait, wait, you just removed a council axe from a council van. Put it back. No don't, wait, put the axe back in the van, that's my van, gimme the axe. Rose swings the axe behind her, ready to bring it down hard on the road. KEL (CONT'D): No! Wait! No! With a shout, Rose brings the axe crashing down the road, smashing through the tarmac. KEL (CONT'D) (yelling, bewildered): No! You... stop! Rose hacks at the road again. KEL (CONT'D) (outraged): You just took a council axe, from a council van, and now you're digging up a council road! I'm reporting you to the council! Rose scrabbles around the hole she just made, and finds the pod. ROSE: It went for the hottest thing in the street. Your tar! She laughs in delight. KEL: What is it?! ROSE: It's a spaceship! Not a council spaceship, I'm afraid. She examines it. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe bars her bedroom door with a chair. She grabs some pencils from beneath the duvet cover, sits at her desk, pulls paper towards her and begins to draw. Her laptop is still showing the Olympics with a running commentary. Chloe begins to draw tiny faces on the paper, representing the crowds inside the Olympic stadium. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY Rose bursts in through the front door. ROSE: I found it! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM Rose goes through to the sitting room, where Trish joins her. ROSE (CONT'D): I don't know what to do with it, but maybe the Isolus will just hop on board. (Realises Trish is alone). Hang on, I told you not to leave her! COMMENTATOR: My God. Er, what's going on here? They turn to the TV, the crowds inside the stadium have vanished, leaving it deserted. Kel appears at the living room door. KEL: I don't care if you've got Snow White and the Seven Dwarves buried under there, you don't go digging up... ROSE (pointing at the TV): Shut up and look! COMMENTATOR: The crowd has vanished! Er... um... they're gone. Everyone has gone. Thousands of people have just gone. Er... um... right in front of my eyes. Um... it's impossible! Bob, can we join you, um, in the box? (Silence - footage cuts to empty box). Bob? Not you too, Bob? ROSE: The stadium won't be enough. The Isolus has four billion brothers and sisters. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe watches the laptop in her room. COMMENTATOR: Over eighty-thousand spectators and thirteen thousand athletes... CHLOE: Not enough. COMMENTATOR: Er... they're gone! All of those people. Er... it's a terrible, terrible turn of events... She stands and rushes over to her shelves, grabs an atlas and some pencils. She opens the book at a diagram of the Planet Earth, blue and green pencils at the ready. CHLOE (whispers): We won't be alone, Chloe Webber. We'll have all of them. And then we'll never feel alone. Ever again. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING Rose charges up to Chloe's bedroom door holding the axe, Trish behind her. She tries the handle, but the chair is obstructing the door. TRISH: Chloe? ROSE (urgently): Chloe, it's Rose! Open the door! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM At the sound of their voices, Chloe rips her magazine cuttings off the wall, leaving a blank space. She starts to draw. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING ROSE: We found your ship! We can send you home! TRISH: Chloe?! ROSE: Open up! (To Trish): Right, stand back. Trish does so. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe has already drawn the outline of the planet. CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming to hurt you... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING Rose swings the axe and brings it crashing down on the door. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM The wardrobe doors begin to rattle as Chloe's Dad growls. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING Rose swings the axe again and again, splintering the wood. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe begins to draw faster, as if hurrying to finish it. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): I'm coming to hurt you... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, LANDING Having made a large enough hole in the door to fit her arm through, Rose knocks the chair out of the way and opens the door. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM She and Trish rush in. ROSE: Chloe! CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming to hurt you... Chloe is now colouring the land in green. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): I'm coming... ROSE: I've gotta stop her. She starts forward but the wardrobe doors rattle particularly violently and she steps back. CHLOE: If you stop Chloe Webber, I will let him out. We will let him out together. I cannot be alone. It's not fair. Rose holds the pod out to her. ROSE: Look, I've got your pod. CHLOE: The pod is d*ad. ROSE: It... it only needs heat. CHLOE: It needs more than heat. ROSE (desperate): What, then? KEL (who just joined them): I'm not being funny or nothing, but that picture just moved. Rose and Trish look where he is pointing. KEL (CONT'D) (pointing at the drawing of the Doctor and the TARDIS): And that one! Rose picks it up. There is now a simple sketch of the Olympic Torch next to the Doctor, and he is pointing to it. ROSE: She didn't draw that. He did. But it needs more than heat, Doctor. She looks at the picture, helpless. She turns her attention to the television, which is now showing the athlete running along the road with the Torch. COMMENTATOR: It's much more than a torch now, it's a beacon. It's a beacon of hope and fortitude and courage. And it's a beacon of love. ROSE (with realisation): Love. COMMENTATOR: So let's have a look from the helicopter; there we go, the torch running... ROSE: I know how to charge up the pod. She leaves. Chloe is still colouring in the Earth. COMMENTATOR: ... past Dame Kelly Holmes Close. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose jogs down the close, there are lots of people congregated at the end, cheering as the torch bearer passes by. Rose joins them, squeezing through to the front. A policeman stops her. POLICEMAN: Sorry, you'll have to watch from here. ROSE: No, I've gotta get closer... POLICEMAN: No way! ROSE: I can stop this from happening! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... TRISH: Chloe... CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming to hurt you. Trish addresses the shaking wardrobe, crying and out of her mind with anxiety, clutching at her head. TRISH: My baby! You're not going to hurt her again! CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE As the torch bearer passes by, the pod begins to chirp. ROSE: You felt it, didn't you? She backs out of the crowd and then brings her cupped hands close to her mouth, whispering to the pod. ROSE (CONT'D): Feel the love. She throws it into the air and it is drawn to the torch. The torch bearer staggers slightly as it falls into the flames, but dismisses it. Rose jumps up and down with joy. ROSE (CONT'D): Yes! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM Chloe has very nearly finished colouring in the Earth, when suddenly she stops, eyes wide. CHLOE / ISOLUS: I can go home. Goodbye, Chloe Webber. I love you. Chloe's eyes roll in her head as the tiny Isolus emerges from her mouth and zooms off through the window. As though she has just woken up, Chloe turns to Trish. CHLOE (CONT'D): Mum? TRISH: I'm here. CHLOE (dropping her pencil): Mummy! Chloe rushes into her mother's arms and hugs her. Trish hugs her back, overjoyed. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Still cheering and whooping with delight, Rose throws her arms around Kel. KEL: You did it! (Confused). What was it you did? Rose grabs him again and spins him around, giggling and bouncing up and down. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE All the missing children materialise out of thin air, in the exact same spots from which they disappeared. Dale runs to his mother, hugging her. DALE: Mummy! Rose smiles and watches Jane run to her mother. JANE'S MOTHER: Oh, Jane! Rose is happy to see them reunited, but is slightly distant. ROSE (to herself): Doctor... She watches the happy families sadly, and jumps with Maeve touches her arm. MAEVE: I don't know who you are, or what you did, but thank you, darling! She kisses Rose's cheek. Rose laughs. MAEVE (CONT'D): And thank that man for me too! She walks away. Rose scans the street with growing anxiety. ROSE (voice starting to shake): Where is he? He should be here. She watches the happy children playing on the street. ROSE (CONT'D): All the drawings have come to life. (Looks up at Chloe's bedroom window). That means all of them. A red light fills Chloe's room and we hear the sound of Chloe's Dad growling. ROSE (CONT'D): Oh, no. She runs towards the house. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY Chloe and Trish are walking down the stairs together when the front door suddenly slams shut of its own accord. Trish tries to open it, but it is stuck fast. The other doors from the hallway slam shut too, leaving them trapped. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose rushes to the front door and bangs on it. ROSE (urgently, through the glass): Trish, get out! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY TRISH: I can't! The door's stuck! ROSE: Is the Doctor in there? TRISH: I don't think so! CHLOE (scared): Mummy... Dust is shaken from the ceiling as the sound of heavy footsteps is heard overhead, accompanied by the red light. CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe, I'm coming to hurt you... CHLOE (plaintive): Please, dad. No more. CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... ROSE (speaking fast): Chloe, listen to me. It isn't real like the others. It's just energy left over by the Isolus, but you can get rid of it... TRISH (banging on the door): Help us! ROSE: Oh it's 'cos you're so scared that he's real! But you can get sh*t of him, Chloe! CHLOE (casting terrified looks over her shoulder): Mummy! ROSE: You can do it, Chloe! CHLOE: I can't! INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, CHLOE'S BEDROOM There is a shadow of a man on Chloe's bedroom wall. CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... I'm coming... INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY CHLOE: I can't... She sinks to the bottom of the door, hunched up and terrified, giving up. CHLOE (CONT'D): I can't. The shadow appears on the wall of the landing. CHLOE'S DAD: I'm coming... CHLOE: Mummy... CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... TRISH (putting her arms around her): I'm with you, Chloe. You're not alone. You'll never be alone again. ROSE (pounding on the door): Sing again! Chloe, sing CHLOE'S DAD: Chloe... Chloe begins to sing the Kookaburra song again, but it can barely be heard over Chloe's Dad's roars, his shadow coming closer. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): Chloe... Chloe... Chloe... Chloe, I'm coming to hurt you. Trish joins her in the song. CHLOE'S DAD (CONT'D): Chloe! As their voices become stronger, his becomes weaker. His shadow retreats and the light fades. He roars with anger, but it sounds distant. CHLOE / TRISH (laughing with relief, singing): ... merry merry king of the bush is he... EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Rose, sighing with relief, slides down the door, sinking to the ground. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, HALLWAY CHLOE / TRISH: Laugh, Kookaburra laugh, Kookaburra, gay your life must be. They look at each other, smiling. EXT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE Outside, Kel approaches a desolate Rose. KEL: Maybe he's gone somewhere. ROSE (so sad): Who's gonna hold his hand now? Kel doesn't know what to say. INT. WEBBERS' HOUSE, SITTING ROOM Back in the sitting room, Trish and Chloe watch the TV, the crowds have returned to the stadium. COMMENTATOR: Just look at this! Utterly incredibly scenes at the Olympics stadium, eighty thousand athletes and spectators, they disappeared, they've come back! They look up as Rose and Kel enter to watch. COMMENTATOR (CONT'D): They've returned. They've reappeared. It's quite incredible. Bob, this will certainly... ROSE (completely lost): Eighty thousand people, so where's the Doctor...? (close to tears). I need him. COMMENTATOR: The torch bearer seems to be in a bit of trouble. We did see a flash of lightening earlier which seemed to strike him... erm, maybe he's injured... he's definitely in trouble. The torch bearer collapses. COMMENTATOR (CONT'D): Does this mean that the Olympic Dream is d*ad? A familiar brown-clad arm picks up the torch. ROSE (a smile spreading across her face): Doctor... The Doctor starts to run with the torch alongside the crowds. COMMENTATOR: There's a mystery man, he's picked up the flame... we've no idea who he is... erm... he's carrying the flame, yes! He's carrying the flame and no one wants to stop him. Kel, Trish and Chloe smile as Rose laughs in relief and joy. COMMENTATOR (CONT'D): It's more than a flame now, Bob. It's more than heat and light. It's hope. And it's courage. And it's love. EXT. OLYMPIC STADIUM The Doctor runs up the red carpeted stairs with the torch, the spot light following him. The Doctor faces the crowds with a huge grin on his face, whooping. He lights the Olympic Flame. THE DOCTOR: Go on. Join your brothers and sisters. They'll be waiting. The crowd scream and cheer. The Isolus, unseen by anyone except the Doctor, rises up into the air and away into the night. INT. DAME KELLY HOLMES CLOSE The Doctor walks back down Dame Kelly Holmes Close, hands in his pocket. Rose creeps up behind him with a cheeky grin on her face. ROSE: Cake? The Doctor turns. She's holding out a cupcake decorated with edible ball bearings. He starts to laugh, as does she. THE DOCTOR (taking it): Top banana! He takes a bite out of it whilst Rose watches, grinning from ear to ear. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Mm. I can't stress this enough. Ball bearings you can eat, masterpiece! Rose watches him for a few more seconds and then throws her arms around him, holding him tight. ROSE: Ooh, I thought I'd lost you. THE DOCTOR: Nah! Not on a night like this! This is a night for lost things being found. Come on! They walk down the road together. ROSE: What now? THE DOCTOR: I wanna go to the games! What we came for! ROSE: Go on, give us a clue, which events do we do well in? THE DOCTOR (mouth still full of cake): Well, I will tell you this: Papua New Guinea surprises everyone in the sh*t put. ROSE: ... Really? You're joking, aren't you? (She giggles). Doctor, are you serious or are you joking? THE DOCTOR: Wait and see! Fireworks explode overhead as the Doctor and Rose walk down the street, hand in hand. ROSE: You know what; they keep on trying to split us up, but they never ever will. The Doctor looks at her, coming to a halt. THE DOCTOR: Never say never ever. ROSE (with confidence): Nah. We'll always be okay, you and me. (No reply). Don't you reckon, Doctor? The Doctor looks skywards, reflecting for a moment, as though he senses something. THE DOCTOR: Something in the air. Something coming. ROSE: What? The Doctor and Rose look up at the sky, which is lit up with fireworks. THE DOCTOR: A storm's approaching. Rose glances at him nervously and shivers. END
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foreverdreaming
EXT. SPACE A sh*t of the Earth from space, as in 101 "Rose" and "The Christmas Invasion". ROSE (voice-over): Planet Earth. Zoom in to London. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): This is where I was born. And this is where I died. INT. BUS Teenage Rose, bored and glum, is on a bus eating chips as it pulls up at a stop. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): For the first nineteen years of my life, nothing happened. Nothing at all. The bus pulls away. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Not ever. Rose sighs and leans her forehead against the window, popping another chip in her mouth. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over, a smile in her tone): And then I met a man called the Doctor. INT. HENRICKS, BASEMENT The Ninth Doctor grabs Rose's hand. THE DOCTOR: Run. And they do. INT. TARDIS The Doctor, the Tenth Doctor this time, is prancing around the consol, pressing buttons and pulling levers, full of energy and enthusiasm. ROSE (voice-over): A man who could change his face. And he took me away from home in his magical machine. The Doctor spins around with a triumphant "ha! ", arms wide with glee. EXT. STREET The Doctor and Rose run down an ordinary street, hand in hand, happy. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. EXT. PREHISTORIC PLANET The Doctor and Rose are now standing a short way away from the TARDIS on a rocky alien planet, looking out at the sunset. THE DOCTOR: How long are you gonna stay with me? Rose looks at him. ROSE: Forever. And they smile. EXT. BAD WOLF BAY A desolate beach. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): That's what I thought. But then came the army of ghosts. Then came Torchwood and the w*r. And that's when it all ended. Rose is standing on the beach, looking out to sea. A gentle breeze is bl*wing her hair. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): This is the story of how I died. OPENING CREDITS EXT. PLAY PARK The TARDIS materialises in a children's play area. Rose steps out holding a large red rucksack, which she slings onto her back. The Doctor follows, and they set off towards the flats on the Powell Estate with a spring in their step, obviously at peace with the world. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, KITCHEN Jackie is doing the washing up when she hears Rose calling from outside the front door. ROSE: Mum, it's us! We're ba-ack! Jackie, excited, hurries out... INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM ...to the front door, just as the Doctor and Rose enter the flat. JACKIE (exasperated and pleased at the same time): Oh, I don't know why you bother with that phone! You never use it! ROSE (grinning): Shut up, come here! They throw their arms around each other. JACKIE: Oh, I love you! ROSE: I love you! JACKIE: I love you so much! The Doctor squeezes past them, trying to sidle off, but Jackie's spots him. JACKIE (CONT'D) (grabbing him): Oh no you don't. Come here! She pulls him towards her and plants one on him, despite his weak protests. JACKIE (CONT'D) (hugging him): Oh, you lovely big fella! Oh, you're all mine! THE DOCTOR: Just... just... just put me down! JACKIE: Yes, you are! She kisses him again and then walks off, leaving the Doctor to wipe his mouth with the back of his hand, looking for all the world like a little boy with an over-affectionate mother. They join Rose in the sitting room. ROSE (taking off her back and dumping it in Jackie's arms): I've got loads of washing for ya! And, I got you this! She shows Jackie an tiny ornate bottle with a wide grin. ROSE (CONT'D): It's from the market on this asteroid bazaar. It's made of um... (turns to the Doctor) what's it called? The Doctor is flicking through magazines which are lying on the table. THE DOCTOR: Bezoolium. ROSE: Bezoolium. When it gets cold, yeah, it means it's gonna rain, when it's hot, it's gonna be sunny! You can use it to tell the weather! JACKIE: I've got a surprise for you and all. ROSE: Oh, I get her bezoolum, she doesn't even say "thanks". JACKIE: Guess who's coming to visit? You're just in time, he'll be here at ten past! Who do you think it is? ROSE: I don't know. JACKIE: Oh go on, guess! ROSE: No, I hate guessing. Just tell me. JACKIE (so pleased): It's your grandad. Grandad Prentice. He's on his way. Any minute! Rose stares. JACKIE (CONT'D): Right, cup of tea! She disappears into the kitchen. Rose stares after her. The Doctor appears at her shoulder. ROSE (stunned): She's gone mad. THE DOCTOR (also staring after Jackie): Tell me something new. ROSE: Grandad Prentice, that's her dad. But he died like, ten years ago. Oh my God. She's lost it.(Addresses Jackie). Mum? INT. TYLER'S FLAT, KITCHEN Rose and the Doctor stand in the kitchen doorway. ROSE (CONT'D): What you just said about grandad... JACKIE: Any second now. ROSE (gently): But... he passed away. His heart gave out. Do you remember that? JACKIE (lightly): Course I do! ROSE: ... Then how can he come back? JACKIE: Why don't you ask him yourself? (Checks her watch). Ten past. Here he comes. And right before their eyes, a figure steps out of nowhere in the middle of kitchen. It's featureless, like a shadow, but definitely humanoid. It stands beside Jackie. JACKIE (CONT'D): Here we are, then! The Doctor and Rose just stare, dumbstruck. JACKIE (CONT'D): Dad... say hello to Rose. Ain't she grown? EXT. THE POWELL ESTATE The Doctor and Rose burst out of a side-door of the block of flats at a run. They come to a halt, looking around. THE DOCTOR (confused): They're everywhere! Sure enough, the ghosts are everywhere, standing around just like ordinary people. No one seems to be remotely alarmed by their presence. A group of boys carry on with their ball game, just as normal. Rose turns. ROSE: Doctor, look out! A ghost walks right through the Doctor, causing him discomfort but no pain. JACKIE (joining them): They haven't got long. Midday shift only lasts a couple of minutes. They're about to fade. THE DOCTOR: What do you mean, shift? Since when did ghosts have shifts? Since when did shifts have ghosts? What's going on? JACKIE: Oh, he's not happy when I know more than him, is he? THE DOCTOR (completely baffled): But no one's running or screaming or freaking out or... JACKIE: Why should we? (Checks her watch). Here we go. Twelve minutes past. Jackie smiles at Rose, biting her lip with antipation. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER In a gleaming white room, a scientist pulls a lever down. A light dims down, and a woman takes off a pair of sunglasses. EXT. THE POWELL ESTATE The ghosts disappear. The Doctor glances around, looking even more confused than he did before. The three of them head back to the flats. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The lever is pulled down fully. The engines die. Yvonne steps out of her office, which is separated from the busy main office/rift chamber with a glass partition. She addresses the staff. YVONNE: Ladies and gentlemen... I'd like to announce: we've just measured the ghost energy at five thousand gigawatts. Give yourselves a round of applause. She puts her hands together, and the rest follow suit. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM The Doctor is sat on the floor in front of Jackie's television. Jackie is sitting on the sofa and Rose is perched on the arm. They're all watching a programme called "Ghostwatch". GHOSTWATCH PRESENTER: On today's Ghostwatch, claims that some of the ghosts are starting to talk, and there seems to be a regular formation gathering around Westminster Bridge. Cut to footage of the ghosts milling around Westminster Bridge. GHOSTWATCH PRESENTER (CONT'D): It's almost like a military display... THE DOCTOR (brow furrowed): What the hell's going on? He changes channel to what would appear to be a weather report, but instead of weather symbols, there are little pictures of ghosts on the map of the UK. WEATHERMAN: And tonight we're expecting very strong ghosts. From London, through the North and up into Scotland. Turn over to the Trisha Goddard chat show. The caption at the bottom of the screen proclaims "I married a d*ad man! " TRISHA: So basically, Eileen, what you're telling me is, that you are in love with a ghost. Eileen is sat in front of the studio audience with a ghost hovering around by the other chair. EILEEN (tearfully): He's my ghost and I love him, 24/7! Encouraging round of applause from the audience. Change channel. DEREK ACORAH: Well, no one needs me anymore! Change channel. This time, it's a cheesy advert, a housewife in a flowery apron addresses the camera in her kitchen while a sad-looking animated ghost hovers around above the worktop. HOUSEWIFE: My ghost was pale and grey until I discovered... Ectoshine! With an expression of complete bewilderment, the Doctor turns over. Now we're on a French news channel. FRENCH NEWSREADER: Et le President d'aujourd'hui, quelle est... Cut to footage of the ghosts wandering around the Eiffel Tower. Change channel, an Indian news report. Ghosts are milling around the Taj Mahal. Change channel to an enthusiastic Japanese Newsreader. The Doctor puts his head in his hands. JACKIE ; Oh, yes! Cuts to footage of three excited Japanese girls, all screeching wildly and showing off their ghost tee-shirts. THE DOCTOR (changing channel): It's all over the world. An episode of Eastenders. Peggy Mitchell is behind the bar of the Vic, having a go at a ghost. PEGGY: Listen to me, Denn Watts. I don't care if you have come back from the grave. Get out of my pub! The only spirits I'm serving in this place are gin, whisky and vodka. So, you heard me, get out! The Doctor's had enough. He switches off the TV and turns to Jackie. THE DOCTOR: When did it start? JACKIE: Well first of all, Peggy heard this noise in the cellar, so she goes down... THE DOCTOR: No, I mean worldwide. Rose smirks. JACKIE: Oh! That was about two months ago. Just happened. Woke up one morning, and there they all were, ghosts, everywhere. We all ran round screaming and that, whole planet was panicking... no sign of you, thank you very much... then it sort of sank in. Took us time to realise that... we're lucky. ROSE: What makes you think it's grandad? JACKIE: Just feels like him. There's that smell, those old cigarettes. Can't you smell it? ROSE (gently): I wish I could, mum, but I can't. JACKIE: You've got to make an effort. You've got to want it, sweetheart. THE DOCTOR: The more you want it, the stronger it gets? JACKIE: Sort of, yeah. THE DOCTOR: Like a psychic link. Course you want your old dad to be alive, but you're wishing him into existence. The ghosts are using that to pull themselves in. JACKIE: You're spoiling it. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry, Jackie, but there's no smell, there's no cigarettes. Just a memory. ROSE: But if they're not ghosts, what are they, then? JACKIE: Yeah, but they're human! You can see them, they look human! ROSE: She's got a point. I mean, they're all sort of blurred, but they're definitely people. THE DOCTOR (thoughtfully): Maybe not. They're pressing themselves into the surface of the world. But a footprint doesn't look like a boot. And with that, he stands. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Yvonne approaches Adeola's desk. YVONNE: So, what've we got? Any sign of that power loss? ADEOLA (smiling): There's no problems. Must've been a glitch. YVONNE (on her communication device): Rajesh? INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Rajesh is in his office with his feet up on the desk, immersed in a book. YVONNE: You got anything? RAJESH (glumly): It's so busy down here, I'm on Sudoku book 509. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER YVONNE: Well, we just had a great ghost shift. RAJESH: I know. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER RAJESH (CONT'D): We had nothing. He puts his book down and takes his glasses off, stands. RAJESH: Did they tell you? (Adjusts controls on panel). RND came up with a new spectrometer yesterday. Barged in here, all full of themselves... (Walks across the large chamber, checking various instruments). Said they could detect the heat off a single protozoa through half a mile of steel. YVONNE: And what did they find? RAJESH: Nothing. It gave them nothing. Same as ever. The machines keep saying the sphere can't exist. But there it is. He's looking up at an enormous sphere, suspended eerily in mid-air at one end of the chamber. It is bronze in colour, and there's a step ladder positioned just below it to provide easier access. YVONNE: Anything we can do? RAJESH: No, I'm all right. It's just... gets into your head, this thing. Like it's... staring at you. YVONNE (small laugh): All right, we'll catch up later. Thanks, Raj. RAJESH: Yeah. He turns off his communication device, and then climbs up the ladder so he can reach out and place a hand on the bottom of the sphere, but it's as though there's an invisible barrier preventing him from doing so. He strains to break through it, but his hand is thrown aside. He gives up and climbs back down the ladder, defeated. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER YVONNE (approaching Matt at his computer station): Matt? Send Rajesh something, would you? He's going mad down there. Not alcohol. She returns to her office. A member of staff approaches Adeola and hands her a print of some kind. She smiles her thanks and places them in a file. She then glances over at Gareth, who is sitting at a computer across the room from her, and types into some kind of instant messaging program: "God i'm bored.". Gareth's computer bleeps as he recieves the message. He looks over at her, and they smile cheekily at each other. He types: "Me too yawn". "Fancy a coffee?". "Though u never ask :-)". Adeola grins. Gareth stands and approaches Yvonne, who is deep in conversation with two others. GARETH: Yvonne? Yvonne gives him her attention. GARETH (CONT'D): I'm gonna double check the stats... just in case. YVONNE: Sure. He leaves. Adeola stands and approaches Yvonne. ADEOLA: Yvonne, I'm gonna go and cross reference the levels with the sphere. YVONNE: Okay, fine. Adeola also leaves. Yvonne turns back to the others. YVONNE (CONT'D): And they think we haven't noticed. They laugh and go on their way. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR / NEW OFFICES Gareth pulls Adeola down a deserted corridor, it looks as though it is being revamped. Plastic curtains section part of it off. GARETH: Come on... it'll be all right down here. Just two minutes. ADEOLA (uneasily): This is out of bounds. GARETH: Yeah... and that's the point! It's completely safe. They're just building new offices. ADEOLA: What about the workmen? GARETH: They must be allocated somewhere else. ADEOLA: It's not worth it for a snog. GARETH (laughs): It is. (Tries to pull her through the curtains). Come on...! But Adeola, although smiling, is reluctant. Gareth lets go of her hand with a "tssk! " and disappears through the curtains alone. Two workmen come and carry a ladder away. Adeola waves casually at them, trying to look as though she's supposed to be there. After a few moments... ADEOLA (audible whisper): Gareth? She presses up against the curtain. ADEOLA (CONT'D) (laughingly): Now don't be daft, where've you gone? (No reply). Gareth? Look, I'm gonna head back, I'm seeing you tonight anyway... Gareth? Tentatively, she walks through the curtains. ADEOLA (CONT'D): I'm gonna go back to work. No reply. She walks further within the curtains, pushing them aside. ADEOLA (CONT'D) (nervously): This is it... I'm going... see ya... When there's still no answer, she abandons all pretence. Her voice grows high in fear. ADEOLA (CONT'D): Now stop it, Gareth! I'm not kidding, just stop it! She spots a shadowy figure on the other side of a curtain. ADEOLA (CONT'D): Sorry, I'm just looking for my friend... did anyone come down here? The figure gives no reply. Adeola pulls the curtain aside, to reveal a Cyberman, who advances. She screams. INT. TARDIS Rose, holding a newspaper, strides into the TARDIS where the Doctor is as usual, wedged under the console. ROSE: According to the paper, they've elected a ghost as MP for Leeds. (She peers down at him). Now don't tell me you're gonna sit back and do nothing. The Doctor suddenly pops up from underneath the grilling, bopping insanely and accompanied by the tune of Ghostbusters. He's holding an odd looking device in one hand and wearing a rucksack. THE DOCTOR: Who're you gonna call? ROSE: Ghostbusters! THE DOCTOR: I ain't afraid of no ghosts. He leaves the TARDIS, Rose following him and giggling. EXT. PLAY PARK Jackie's waiting for them outside. He arranges three cone devices in a triangle shape. THE DOCTOR (to Jackie): When's the next shift? JACKIE (checks watch): Quarter to. But don't go causing trouble. What's that lot do? THE DOCTOR: Triangulates their point of origin. ROSE (thoughtfully): I don't suppose it's the Gelth? THE DOCTOR: Nah. Rose shakes her head as though this was the answer she was expecting. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They were just coming through one little rift. This lot are transposing themselves over the whole planet. Like tracing paper. JACKIE (crossly): You're always doing this. Reducing it to science. Why can't it be real? (He ignores her). Just think of it, though... all the people we've lost, our families coming back home. Don't you think it's beautiful? The Doctor pauses in his work, meeting her eyes for the first time. THE DOCTOR: I think it's horrific. Jackie looks mildly shocked. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (back to work): Rose, give us a hand. He starts unwinding a cable, leading it though into the TARDIS, Rose following. INT. TARDIS He plugs it into the console. Jackie steps inside and closes the door behind her. THE DOCTOR (explaining to Rose at break-neck speed): As soon as it becomes activated, if that line goes into the red, press that button there. If it doesn't stop... He brandishes the sonic screwdriver under Rose's nose, who goes cross-eyed trying to focus on it. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Setting 15B, hold it against the port, eight seconds and stop. ROSE: 15B, eight seconds. THE DOCTOR: If it goes into the blue, activate the deep scan on the left. ROSE: Hang on a minute, I know... She leans over the console, pointing out a button. ROSE (CONT'D): It's that one. THE DOCTOR: Mm, close. ROSE (points to another): That one? THE DOCTOR: Nnnnow you've just k*lled us. Rose giggles. Neither of them notice the way Jackie's looking at them. ROSE: Eh... that one. THE DOCTOR: Yeah! Now, what've we got? Two minutes to go? He looks over at Jackie, who checks her watch. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Yvonne emerges from her office, addressing the staff. YVONNE: Two minutes to the next shift. Let's make it a good one, people. Adeola enters. YVONNE (CONT'D) (as though addressing naughty school children): Come on, you two. ADEOLA (primly): I'm sorry we're late. YVONNE: Save it 'til later. GARETH (entering): Sorry we're late. YVONNE (addressing the room at large): And powering up. The scientists pull the levers upwards, beginning the shift. Adeola and Gareth turn to their computers, ear pieces bleeping, faces unnaturally blank. INT. TARDIS Rose plunges the sonic screwdriver into a port on the console. EXT. PLAY PARK At the same moment, outside the doors, the Doctor presses the device he was holding earlier onto one of the cones. He proceeds to do the same to the other two, shouting through the open doors to Rose. THE DOCTOR: What's the line doing? INT. TARDIS ROSE (yelling back): It's all right, it's holding! JACKIE (who has been contemplating Rose): You even look like him? ROSE: How d'you mean? (Smiles). I s'pose I do, yeah. JACKIE: You've changed so much. ROSE: For the better... JACKIE (whispers): I s'pose. ROSE (turning to her): Mum, I used to work in a shop. JACKIE (defensively): I've worked in shops. What's wrong with that? ROSE: No, I didn't mean that. JACKIE: I know what you meant. What happens when I'm gone? ROSE (shocked): Don't talk like that! JACKIE (seriously): No, but really. When I'm d*ad and buried, you won't have any reason to come back home. What happens then? ROSE (quietly): I don't know. JACKIE: Do you think you'll ever settle down? ROSE: The Doctor never will, so I can't. I'll just keep on travelling. JACKIE: And you'll keep on changing. And in forty years time, fifty, there'll be this woman, this strange woman... walking through the marketplace on some planet a billion miles from Earth. She's not Rose Tyler. Not anymore. She's not even human... The Doctor's voice breaks the moment. ROSE (shouting to him): The scanner's working, it says "delta one six". EXT. PLAY PARK The Doctor stands, facing the centre of the triangle. THE DOCTOR: Come on you beauty! He cackles, positively jiggling with anticipation. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The scientists pull the levers even further, causing the light to brighten. Yvonne saunters forwards, putting on a pair of sunglasses. YVONNE: And... we're into Ghost Shift. COMPUTER: Online. EXT. PLAY PARK As the Doctor watches the triangle, a ghost materialises in its centre. As it does so, the cones are connected with blue electricity, which in turn connects over the top of the ghost, encompassing it in a kind of electric blue pyramid. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER As the light increases, we focus in on Adeola's expressionless eyes. INT. TARDIS Jackie and Rose watch the happenings outside the TARDIS on the monitor with amazement. EXT. PLAY PARK The Doctor puts on a pair of what looks like 3D spectacles and watches the ghost. He then bends down and adjusts a setting on his equipment, a green light blips, which seems to cause... INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER An alarm goes off at Torchwood, and Yvonne starts. She hurries over to Matt's computer, looking over his shoulder. YVONNE: What've we got? MATT: Something's interfering with the ghost field. YVONNE: Location? MATT: It's close... it's within the City. EXT. PLAY PARK The Doctor continues to adjust the knob. The ghost shudders and groans. THE DOCTOR (laughs): Don't like that much, do you? (Under his breath). Who are you? Where are you coming from? Whoa! He has just received what seems like an electric shock from the ghost, and he stumbles backwards. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (triumphantly): That's more like it! Not so friendly now, are you? INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER YVONNE (urgently): Close it down. Close it down! The scientists obey and pull the levers down. COMPUTER: Offline. EXT. PLAY PARK The ghost continues to shudder and jerk within the Doctor's triangle. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The scientists finally push the levers into place and the ghost shift ends. EXT. PLAY PARK The ghost disappears. The Doctor immediately darts forward and begins gathering up his equipment. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Yvonne returns to Matt. MATT: It was a very specific excitation of the ghost field, and that makes it easy to pinpoint. From an image of the globe, he zooms in to the UK and then to London. MATT (CONT'D): Almost there... South London. (Zooms in further). South East 15. (Brow furrowed). It's a council estate. The Powell Estate. SU15 7GO. It was a public area. YVONNE: Can we patch into the CCTV network? MATT (tapping on the keyboard): Doing it now. EXT. PLAY PARK A nearby security camera begins to turn slowly, too late to catch the Doctor disappearing inside the TARDIS with his equipment tucked under his arm. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Yvonne and Matt watch the CCTV footage on the computer screen. MATT (CONT'D): Here we go. We've got a camera within fifty yards. Their eyes widen as the TARDIS is brought slowly into frame. It's as though they've seen it before. YVONNE (stunned): ... Oh my God. MATT: Is it him?! He zooms in closer. YVONNE: It's him. She gasps. INT. TARDIS The Doctor dashes to the railing inside the TARDIS, throwing his coat over it. THE DOCTOR (excitedly): I said so! Those ghosts have been forced into existence for one specific point! And I can track down the source. Allons-y! He pulls down a lever. The TARDIS shudders and he and Rose fall backwards onto the chair. The rotor rises and falls. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER As Yvonne and Matt watch, the TARDIS dematerialises. Yvonne stands up, as though she cannot believe what she's just seen, but she knows what it means. YVONNE (breathless): He's coming. She laughs in disbelief and hurries from the room. Adeola glances darkly over to Gareth. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Yvonne is now running down a corridor. YVONNE (into comm.): Rajesh. It's him! INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Rajesh runs up the first few steps to the sphere, staring up at it. RAJESH: Now we've got you. INT. TARDIS The Doctor twiddles knobs on the console, nattering away to himself. THE DOCTOR: I like that. "Allons-y". I should say "allons-y" more often. "Allons-y". Watch out, Rose Tyler! Allons-y! And then, it would be really brilliant if I met someone called Allonzo. Because then I could say, "allons-y, Allonzo! " Every time! You're staring at me. Rose has been listening to the Doctor rattle off with a strange smile on her face. ROSE (quietly, so she doesn't hear): My mum's still on board. Sure enough, Jackie's sitting up in the gantries, legs dangling. JACKIE: If we end up on Mars, I'm gonna k*ll you. She folds her arms. The Doctor stares at her, horrified. Rose smirks. INT. TORCHWOOD, STORAGE AREA The TARDIS materialises in what would appear to be a storage area at Torchwood. Soldiers burst in through the doors, holding g*n, shouting and getting into their positions. INT. TARDIS The Doctor, Rose and Jackie observe this on the monitor. THE DOCTOR: Oh, well there goes the advantage of surprise. Still! Cuts to the chase. Stay in here, look after Jackie. He makes towards the doors. ROSE (trailing after him): I'm not looking after my mum! THE DOCTOR: Well, you brought her! JACKIE (indignantly): I was kidnapped! Rose pushes past the Doctor and blocks the doorway so he can't get past. ROSE (warningly): Doctor, they've got g*n. THE DOCTOR: And I haven't. Which makes me the better person, don't you think? He catches her round the waist and moves her smoothly out of the way. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They can sh**t me d*ad, but the moral high-ground is mine. And with that, he opens the door and steps through it. INT. TORCHWOOD, STORAGE AREA The Doctor raises his hands. The soldiers release the safety catches on their g*n, every single one is pointed at the Doctor. INT. TARDIS Rose and Jackie watch through a crack in the door, unseen. Yvonne hurries into the room, running towards the Doctor. YVONNE (excitedly): Oh...! Oh, how marvellous. (Claps). Oh, very good. Superb. Happy day! The soldiers follow suit, applauding him. The Doctor doesn't quite know what to make of this reception. He lowers his hands tentatively. THE DOCTOR: Um. Thanks. Nice to meet you. I'm... the Doctor. And that sets them all off clapping again. YVONNE: Oh, I should say! Hurray! THE DOCTOR: You... you've heard of me, then? YVONNE: Well of course we have. And I have to say, if it wasn't for you, none of us would be here. The Doctor and the TARDIS...! Overcome, she starts the applause again. The Doctor, clearly enjoying this just a little bit, gestures for silence. THE DOCTOR: And... and... and you are? YVONNE: Oh, plenty of time for that. But according to the records, you're not one for travelling alone. The Doctor and his companion. That's a pattern isn't it, right? The Doctor stares at her. YVONNE (CONT'D) (her voice has suddenly adopted a slightly sinister quality): There's no point hiding anything. Not from us. (Smiles). So where is she? THE DOCTOR: ... Yes! Sorry. Good point. She's just a bit shy, that's all. He opens the TARDIS door just a tiny bit more, feeling around for Jackie. He pulls her out. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): But here she is: Rose Tyler. Rose is left inside to listen to proceedings, not making a sound. The Doctor looks Jackie up and down. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Hmm. She's not the best I've ever had. Bit too blonde. Not too steady on her pins. A lot of that. He mimes chatting. Jackie glares at him. Yvonne laughs. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): And just last week, she stared into the heart of the Time Vortex and aged fifty-seven years. But she'll do. JACKIE: I'm 40! THE DOCTOR: Deluded. Bless. I'll have to trade her in. Do you need anyone? She's very good at tea. Well, I say very good, I mean not bad. Well. I say not bad... anyway! Lead on. But not too fast. Her ankle's going. Yvonne turns to lead the way. The Doctor and Jackie follows. JACKIE (hisses at the Doctor): I'll show you where my ankle's going. Rose watches the party leave on the monitor. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Yvonne leads them through a doorway. YVONNE: It was only a matter of time until you found us. And at last you've made it. I'd like to welcome you, Doctor. INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR She pushes open a doorway into a huge factory floor, full of alien artifacts and scientists working on them. YVONNE: Welcome... to Torchwood. THE DOCTOR (staring): That's a Jathar Sunglider. YVONNE: Came down to Earth off the Shetland Islands ten years ago. THE DOCTOR: What, did it crash? YVONNE: No, we sh*t it down. It violated our airspace. Then we stripped it bare. The w*apon that destroyed the Sycorax on Christmas Day? That was us! Now if you'd like to come with me. Jackie shares an incredulous glance with the Doctor, while Yvonne leads them on. YVONNE (CONT'D): The Torchwood Institute has a motto: "if it's alien, it's ours". Anything that comes from the sky, we strip it down, and we use it. For the good of the British Empire. JACKIE: For the good of the what? YVONNE: The British Empire. JACKIE: There isn't a British Empire. YVONNE: Not yet. Ah, excuse me... She takes a w*apon off a soldier. YVONNE (CONT'D): Now, if you wouldn't mind... do you recognise this, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: That's a particle g*n. YVONNE: Good, isn't it? Jackie tries to touch it, but Yvonne wrenches it from her grasp and ignores the interruption. YVONNE (CONT'D): Took us eight years to get it to work.... THE DOCTOR: It's the twenty-first century. You can't have particle g*n. YVONNE: We must defend our border against the alien. She hands the particle g*n back to the waiting soldier. YVONNE (CONT'D): Thank you... Sebastian, isn't it? SOLDIER: Yes, Ma'am. YVONNE (smiles): Thank you, Sebastian. (Turns back to the Doctor and Jackie). I think it's very important to know everyone by name. Torchwood is a very modern organisation. People skills. That's what it's all about these days. (Smiles smugly). I'm a people person. Jackie rolls her eyes. THE DOCTOR: Have you got anyone called Allonzo? YVONNE: No, I don't think so. Is that important? THE DOCTOR: I suppose not. What was your name? He walks off to examine the other artifacts. YVONNE: Yvonne. Yvonne Hartman. The Doctor pulls a large device from a box. YVONNE: Ah yes. Now, we're rather fond of these. The Magnaclamp. Found in a spaceship buried at the base of Mount Snowdon. Attach this to an object and it cancels the mass. I could use it to lift two tonnes of weight with a single hand. That's an imperial ton, by the way. Torchwood refuses to go metric. The Doctor throws the Magnaclamp back in the box and brushes his hands together. JACKIE: I could do with that to carry the shopping. YVONNE (patronisingly): All these devices are for Torchwood's benefit. Not the general public's. Jackie pulls a face. The Doctor looks through a magnifying glass. THE DOCTOR: So, what about these ghosts? YVONNE: As yes, the ghosts. They're er... what you might call a side effect. THE DOCTOR: Of what? YVONNE: All in good time, Doctor. There is an itinerary, trust me. Just then, the TARDIS is driven in on the back of a truck. JACKIE: Oi! Where're you taking that? YVONNE: "If it's alien, it's ours." THE DOCTOR: You'll never get inside it. YVONNE: Hm! Et cetera. She walks away. As the Doctor watches the TARDIS, Rose opens the door a crack and peeks through it. The Doctor nods encouragingly and looks away. INT. TARDIS Rose closes the door and goes over to the Doctor's coat, which is slung over one of the supports. She rummages around in the pockets. ROSE (to herself): Psychic paper... psychic paper... She finds it and opens it, biting her lip as she anticipates what she can do with it. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Adeola looks across at Matt. She types him a message: "Hey Matt. Want to see something good?" Matt looks up from his work in surprise, mouthing "what?". She types: "Come and see.". Matt's computer bleeps as he receives the message. Adeola stands. Matt, obviously reluctant and uneasy about doing so, follows. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Yvonne, the Doctor and Jackie stride down a corridor, flanked by armed soldiers. THE DOCTOR: All those times I've been on Earth, I've never heard of you. YVONNE: But of course not. You're the enemy. You're actually named in the Torchwood Foundation Charter of 1879 as an enemy of the Crown. THE DOCTOR: 1879... that was called Torchwood, that house in Scotland. YVONNE: That's right. Where you encountered Queen Victoria and the werewolf. JACKIE: I think he makes half of it up. YVONNE: Her Majesty created the Torchwood Institute with the express intention of keeping Britain great. And fighting the alien horde. THE DOCTOR (conversationally): But if I'm the enemy, does that mean that I'm a prisoner? YVONNE (lightly): Oh yes. They round a corner and find themselves outside a large black door. YVONNE (CONT'D) But we'll make you perfectly comfortable. And there is so much you can teach us. Starting with this. Pressing her ID card against the digital lock, she opens the door. They walk into the chamber where the sphere is housed. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER YVONNE (impressively): Now, what do you make of that ? Noticing their arrival, Rajesh straightens his jacket and approaches the Doctor, who is gazing open mouthed up at the sphere. RAJESH: You must be the Doctor. Rajesh Singh. It's an honour, sir. He holds out his hand, but the Doctor is too immersed in gazing up at the sphere to notice. THE DOCTOR (vaguely): Yeah... Rajesh lowers his hand sheepishly. JACKIE: What is that thing? YVONNE: We got no idea. JACKIE: But what's wrong with it? RAJESH: What makes you think there's something wrong with it? JACKIE: I dunno... just feels weird. The Doctor darts forwards and up the steps leading up to the sphere. YVONNE: Well, the sphere has that effect on everyone. Makes you wanna run and hide. Like it's forbidden. RAJESH: We tried analysing it using every device imaginable. The Doctor puts on his 3D specs, looking up at the sphere through them. RAJESH (CONT'D): But, according to our instruments, the sphere doesn't exist. It weighs nothing. It doesn't age. No heat. No radiation. And, has no atomic mass. JACKIE: But I can see it! RAJESH: Fascinating, isn't it? It upsets people because it gives off... nothing. It is... absent. YVONNE: Well, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: This is a Void Ship. YVONNE: And what is that? THE DOCTOR (folding away his specs, sounding worried): Well, it's impossible for starters. I always thought it was just a theory, but... it's a vessel designed to exist outside time and space. Travelling through the Void. He sits down on the bottom step, Yvonne and Rajesh crowding him. RAJESH: And what's "the Void"? THE DOCTOR: The space between dimensions. There's all sorts of realities around us, different dimensions, billions of parallel universes all stacked up against each other. The Void is the space in-between. Containing absolutely nothing. Imagine that, nothing. No light, no dark, no up, no down. No life. No time. Without end. My people called it the Void, the Eternals call it the Howling. But some people call it Hell. RAJESH: But someone built the sphere. What for? Why go there? THE DOCTOR: To explore. To escape. You could sit inside that thing and eternity would pass you by. The Big Bang... end of the universe, start of the next, wouldn't even touch the sides. You'd exist outside the whole of creation. YVONNE (smugly): You see, we were right. There is something inside it. THE DOCTOR (looking at her): Oh yes. She is caught by his tone. RAJESH: So how do we get in there. THE DOCTOR (suddenly standing): We don't! We send that thing back into Hell. How did it get here in the first place? YVONNE: Well, that's how it all started. The sphere came through into this world, and the ghosts followed in its wake. THE DOCTOR: Show me. He strides off. Yvonne exchanges a look with Rajesh, and follows. The Doctor exits and turns left. YVONNE: No, Doctor. He turns right. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR / NEW OFFICES Adeola has led Matt into the curtained area. MATT (slightly irritated): I don't get it. What is it? What am I supposed to be looking for? ADEOLA (brightly): Just go to the left! There is a red glow coming from within the area, but we cannot see what it is. MATT: Yvonne's gonna be back any minute. ADEOLA: Just go to the left. MATT: What, you mean in here?! Adeola nods. Matt pushes the curtain aside and walks towards the red glow, he doesn't come out again. Adeola walks away to the sound of a drill and Matt screaming. INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR Rose tentatively steps outside the TARDIS doors and finds herself in a tucked away corner of the factory floor. She quickly dodges out of sight of two men talking; she tries to go the other way but two soldiers approach. She waits until they are gone, and then quickly grabs a discarded white lab coat, putting it on. She then walks confidently out into the open and no one gives her a second glance. She spots one man striding purposefully through a door and decides to follow him. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Adeola returns to her computer. Yvonne shows the Doctor the white expanse of wall from which the white light emits during ghost shift. YVONNE: The sphere came through here. A hole in the world. The Doctor runs his hand over the smooth white wall. YVONNE: Not active at the moment. But when we f*re particle engines at that exact spot, the breech opens up. THE DOCTOR: How did you even find it? YVONNE: Well, we were getting warning signs for years. A radar black-spot. So we built this place. Torchwood Tower. The breech was six hundred foot above sea level. It was on the only way to reach it. THE DOCTOR (putting his 3D specs on): You built a skyscraper just to reach a spatial disturbance? How much money have you got? YVONNE: Enough. She walks away. The Doctor removes his specs, and folds his arms, still contemplating the wall. Jackie is looking out of the window in Yvonne's office. JACKIE: Hold on a minute... we're in Canary Wharf! Must be! This building, it's Canary Wharf. The view from the window would certainly suggest so. YVONNE: Well, that is the public name for it. But to those in the know, it's Torchwood. THE DOCTOR (joining them): So, you find the breech, probe it, the sphere comes through. Six hundred feet above London, bam. It leaves a hole in the fabric of reality. And that hole, you think, "oh, shall we leave it alone? Shall we back off? Shall we play it safe?" Nah, you think "let's make it bigger! YVONNE: It's a massive source of energy. If we can harness that power, we need never depend on the Middle East again. Britain will become truly independent. Look, you can see for yourself. Next Ghost Shift's in two minutes. She leaves the office and enters the main area. THE DOCTOR: Cancel it. YVONNE: I don't think so. THE DOCTOR (angrily): I'm warning you, cancel it. YVONNE (turning to him): Oh, exactly as the legends would have it. The Doctor, lording it over us. Assuming alien authority over the rights of Man. THE DOCTOR: Let me show you. He takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and stands on the other side of the glass partition between Yvonne's office and the main area. THE DOCTOR: Sphere comes through. He points his sonic screwdriver at the glass and activates it. The glass splinters and the crack extends outwards, continuing to do so as the Doctor speaks. THE DOCTOR: But when it made the hole, it cracked the world around it. The entire surface of this dimension, splintered. And that's how the ghosts get through. That's how they get everywhere. They're bleeding through the fault lines. Walking from their world, across the Void, and into yours. With the Human Race hoping and wishing and helping them along! But too many ghosts, and... He place the lightest fingertip on the glass and the whole thing shatters, falling from the frame. YVONNE: Well, in that case we'll have to be more careful. (Addresses staff). Positions! Ghost Shift in one minute. THE DOCTOR (pursuing her): Ms Hartman, I am asking you, please, don't do it. YVONNE: We have done this a thousand times. THE DOCTOR (furiously): Then stop at a thousand! YVONNE: We are in control of the ghosts. The levers can open the breech, but equally they can close it. They stare at each other for a few moments, a battle of wills, until: THE DOCTOR (lightly): Okay. He walks off into Yvonne's office to grab a chair. YVONNE: Sorry?! THE DOCTOR: Never mind! As you were. YVONNE: What, is that it? THE DOCTOR (settling down in the chair): No! Fair enough. Said my bit. Don't mind me. Any chance of a cup of tea? ADEOLA: Ghost Shift in twenty seconds. THE DOCTOR: Mm! Can't wait to see it! YVONNE (suspiciously): You can't stop us, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: No, absolutely not! (To Jackie): Pull up a chair, Rose! Come and watch the fireworks. Jackie goes to stand behind the Doctor's chair. ADEOLA: Ghost Shift in ten seconds. Nine... eight... Yvonne is uneasy. She stares at the Doctor. he raises his eyebrows at her, just daring her to go through with it. ADEOLA: Seven... six... five... four... three... two... Yvonne breaks. YVONNE: Stop the shift. I said stop. THE DOCTOR (gratefully): Thank you. YVONNE: I suppose it makes sense to get as much intelligence as possible. But the program will recommence, as soon as you've explained everything. THE DOCTOR: I'm glad to be of help. YVONNE (to the room at large): And someone clear up this glass. (To the Doctor): They did warn me, Doctor. They said you like to make a mess. She disappears into her office. Adeola, Matt and Gareth exchange glances. Seeming to come to a silent agreement, they begin to type. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Rose walks down a corridor, still following the man from a distance. She breaks into a jog as he rounds a corner, hearing the sound of a door opening and closing. She peers cautiously around the corner and then approaches the door. She surmises it for a moment, and then kisses the psychic paper before pressing it against the lock as Yvonne did. The door slides open. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Rose she walks slowly into the sphere chamber. Just as everyone before her, she seems hypnotised by it. Rajesh spots her and approaches her. RAJESH: Can I help you? ROSE (not looking away from the sphere): I was just... RAJESH: Try not to look. It does that to everyone. What do you want? ROSE: Sorry. Um... they sent me from personnel. They said some man had been taken prisoner. Some sort of Doctor? I'm just... checking the lines of communication, did they tell you anything? RAJESH: Can I see your autorisation? ROSE: ... Sure. She hands him the psychic paper. He checks it. RAJESH: That's lucky. Rose smiles. RAJESH (CONT'D): You see, everyone at Torchwood has at least a basic level of psychic training. Rose's smile fades. RAJESH (CONT'D): This paper is blank. And you're a fake. (Into comm.). Seal the room. Call security. The doors close. RAJESH (CONT'D): Samuel? Can you check the door locks? She just walked right in. Samuel turns, only it's not Samuel. It's Mickey. MICKEY: Doing it now, sir. Rose stares at him. He puts a finger to his lips and gives her the thumbs up, grinning. RAJESH: Well. If you'd like to take a seat. Rose nods, seemingly lost for words. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Yvonne is sitting at her desk with a laptop in front of her. YVONNE: So these ghosts, whatever they are, did they build the sphere? Her eyes linger on the Doctor's feet which are crossed on the desk, but she decides to let it pass. He's thrown himself in a chair, looking completely relaxed. THE DOCTOR: Must have. Aimed it at this dimension like a canon ball. RAJESH (through webcam): Yvonne? I think you should see this. We've got a visitor. We don't know who she is, but funnily enough, she arrived at the same time as the Doctor. The Doctor's face twitches. Yvonne turns the laptop around so the Doctor can see Rose and Rajesh on the screen. Rose is peering comically into the camera. YVONNE: She one of yours? THE DOCTOR (shaking his head): Never seen her before in my life. YVONNE: Good! Then we can have her sh*t. THE DOCTOR (sitting up): Oh all right then, it'll be worth a try. That's... that's Rose Tyler. ROSE: Sorry. (Waves). Hello! The Doctor waves back. YVONNE: Well, if that's Rose Tyler, who's she? JACKIE: I'm her mother. YVONNE: Oh, you travel with her mother? JACKIE: He kidnapped me. THE DOCTOR: Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don't tell people I travelled through time and space with her mother... JACKIE: Charming. THE DOCTOR: I've got a reputation to uphold! The sound of the ghost shift engines starting up is heard. Yvonne stands and addresses the staff. YVONNE: Excuse me? Everyone? I thought I said stop the ghost shift. They ignore her, staring straight ahead. YVONNE (CONT'D): Who started the program? But... I ordered you to stop! Who's doing that?! She points to the lever which is rising upwards of its own accord. YVONNE (CONT'D): Step away from the monitors, everyone. No one does, they continue typing. YVONNE (CONT'D) (panicking): Gareth, Addy, stop what you're doing, right now! Matt. Step away from your desk. That's an order! Stop the levers! Two scientists rush over to the levers and struggle to push them down. YVONNE (CONT'D): Stop the levers! THE DOCTOR (going to Adeola): What's she doing? YVONNE (following him): Addy? Step away from the desk. The Doctor stares at her and clicks his fingers in front of her face, but Adeola does not react. YVONNE: Listen to me. Step away from the desk. THE DOCTOR: She can't hear you. (Observes computer screen). They're overriding the system. The Doctor, Jackie and Yvonne stare anxiously at the blank expanse of wall. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We're going into Ghost Shift. The light brightens. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER RAJESH (into comm.): Yvonne, I thought you said the next Ghost Shift was cancelled. Mickey, who is checking the locks, glances over his shoulder. RAJESH (CONT'D): What's going on? (No reply). Yvonne? The whole chamber suddenly shudders; the disturbance has come from the sphere. RAJESH (CONT'D): It can't be. He, Rose and Mickey hurry over to it. Another crash from within. RAJESH (CONT'D) (hushed): It's active! INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor is staring at Adeola's ear-piece. THE DOCTOR: It's the ear-piece controlling them. I've seen this before. He takes his sonic screwdriver from his pocket and stands behind her. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (sincerely): Sorry. I'm so sorry. He holds the sonic screwdriver to the ear-piece, deactivating it. Adeola screams with pain and slumps over the desk, d*ad. Matt and Gareth do the same as though all the ear-pieces were connected. YVONNE: What happened? What did you just do? THE DOCTOR: They're d*ad. JACKIE: You k*lled them. THE DOCTOR (turning to the computer): Oh someone else did that long before I got here. JACKIE: But you k*lled them! THE DOCTOR (angrily): Jackie, I haven't got time for this. YVONNE: What're those ear-pieces? THE DOCTOR: Don't. YVONNE: But they're standard comms. Devices, how does it control them? THE DOCTOR (going to Matt's computer): Trust me, leave them alone. YVONNE: But what are they? She takes hold of one of Adeola's ear-pieces and pulls it, right out of her head. A trail of brain tissue is attached to it. YVONNE (CONT'D) (revolted): Urgh! Oh, God! It goes inside their brain! She drops it. THE DOCTOR: What about the Ghost Shift? YVONNE: Ninety percent there. It's still running. Can't you stop it? THE DOCTOR: They're still controlling it. They've hi-jacked the system. YVONNE: Who's they? The Doctor takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and holds it flat on the palm of his hand, turning slowly. THE DOCTOR: It might be a remote transmitter but it's gotta be close by. I can trace it. He darts off, evidently receiving some kind of signal from the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Jackie, stay here! Yvonne follows him, her laptop lies forgotten on the desk, Rajesh speaking into the webcam, the words "sphere activated" flash on the screen. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER RAJESH: We've got a problem down here. Yvonne, can you hear me? The sphere is vibrating. RAJESH (CONT'D) (frantic): Yvonne, for God's sake, the sphere is active! The readings are going wild! It's got weight, it's got mass, an electromagnetic field, it exists! He jumps and turns around to a crash behind him, the door closing. RAJESH (CONT'D): The door's sealed. a*t*matic quarantine, we can't get out! He rushes off. Rose and Mickey are left looking up at the sphere. MICKEY: It's all right, babe. We b*at them before, we can b*at them again. That's why I'm here. The fight goes on. The sphere continues to vibrate. ROSE: The fight against what? MICKEY: What d'you think? They stumble as two violent crashes emit from the sphere, shaking the chamber. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR The Doctor walks down a corridor, letting his sonic screwdriver guide him. Yvonne follows. She stops two passing soldiers. YVONNE: You two, you come with us. SOLDIERS: Yes, ma'am. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The scientists are trying and failing to push the levers down. Jackie squints as the light becomes brighter. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR / NEW OFFICES The Doctor, Yvonne and the two soldiers have reached the curtained area. THE DOCTOR: What's down here? YVONNE: I don't... I dunno, I think it's building work. It's just renovations. THE DOCTOR (starting forward): You should go back. YVONNE: Think again. She follows him, gesturing for the soldiers to do the same. The Doctor stops pushing the curtains aside as he sonic screwdriver bleeps. He stares at it. YVONNE (CONT'D): What is it? What's down here? THE DOCTOR (brow furrowed): Ear-pieces, ear-pods, this world is colliding with another. And I think I know which one. All of a sudden, the shadows of Cybermen standing behind the curtains surround them, getting into position. YVONNE (hushed tone): What are they? THE DOCTOR: They came through first. The Cybermen slit the curtains with their hands. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): The advance guard. The Cybermen step through the curtains and begin to march towards them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Cybermen. The two soldiers f*re their b*ll*ts at the Cybermen, with no effect whatsoever. The Doctor and Yvonne try to escape another way, but they are surrounded. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Another crash emits from the sphere. MICKEY: We had them beaten, but then they escaped. The Cybermen just vanished. (Another crash). They found a way through to this world, but, so did we. ROSE (staring at him): The Doctor said that was impossible. MICKEY: Yeah, well it's not the first time he's been wrong. ROSE: What's inside that sphere? Another crash. MICKEY: No one knows. Cyber Leader, Cyber King, Emperor of the Cybermen... whatever it is...(grins). He's d*ad meat. ROSE (smiles and nudges him): It's good to see you. MICKEY (smiles back): Yeah. It's good to see you too. Another crash. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Cybermen lead Yvonne and the Doctor and Yvonne, who have their hands behind their head, back to the rift chamber. THE DOCTOR: Get away from the machines, do what they say, don't fight them! The Cybermen reveal their w*apon and sh**t one of the scientists d*ad. JACKIE (terrified): What are they? CYBERMAN: We are the Cybermen. The Ghost Shift will be increased to one hundred percent. The Cyberman clamps a fist to its chest and the lever rises once more, beginning the Ghost Shift. COMPUTER: Online. THE DOCTOR (as the light brightens): Here come the ghosts. INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR The ghosts step out of thin air, accompanied by the sound of Cybermen marching. EXT. THE POWELL ESTATE The ghosts materialise. INT. GHOSTSWATCH STUDIO GHOSTWATCH PRESENTER: It's extraordinary, there are more ghosts than we've ever seen before. They materialise around Big Ben and the Taj Mahal. GHOSTWATCH PRESENTER (CONT'D): And it's happening all over the world. INT. PRESS CONFERENCE POLICE COMMANDER (making official statement on TV): As far as we know, the increase in ghost activity is harmless. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Rows and rows of Cybermen march out of the light. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER RAJESH (into comm.): Can anyone hear me? Come on, I need help down here! The entire chamber is shaking accompanied by booms from the sphere. RAJESH (CONT'D): I need... The sphere stops vibrating. Rajesh joins Mickey and Rose. Mickey removes his lab coat and pulls of his ear piece. MICKEY: Here we go. Rajesh puts his glasses on. As they watch, smooth cracks appear in the sphere as it opens. Light spills from the gaps. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER JACKIE: These Zybermen, what've they got to do with the ghosts? THE DOCTOR: Do you never listen? A footprint doesn't look like a boot! CYBERMAN: Achieving full transfer. THE DOCTOR: They're Cybermen. All of the ghosts are Cybermen. The Cybermen continue to march from the light, slowly becoming more defined. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Millions of them. Right across the world. INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR The ghosts on the factory floor are shown in their true form, Cybermen. EXT. POWELL ESTATE The ghosts on the Powell Estate also become defined as Cybermen. The people who had previously not been giving them a second glance are suddenly running and screaming. EXT. EIFFEL TOWER The Cybermen materialise fully, causing panic. EXT. TAJ MAHAL Again, the appearance of the Cybermen causes panic. INT. GHOSTWATCH STUDIO GHOSTWATCH PRESENTER (standing): They're not ghosts! They're metal men... A Cybermen walks right into the studio and strangles him. INT. PRESS CONFERENCE POLICE COMMANDER: I urge you, stay in your homes! INT. HOUSE A Cybermen breaks through the door of an ordinary house, the family are cowering at the bottom of the stairs. The little boy tries to make a break for it, but another Cyberman is blocking his way upstairs. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Hundreds of Cybermen stand in the light, ready for w*r. YVONNE: They're invading the whole planet. THE DOCTOR: It's not an invasion, it's too late for that. It's a victory. They look round at the laptop as it starts bleeping. COMPUTER: Sphere activated. Sphere activated. Sphere activated. Sphere activated. The Doctor looks at it, brow furrowed. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER The light continues to spill from the sphere. MICKEY: I know what's in there. And I'm ready for them. I've got just the thing. He retrieves a w*apon that he had been hiding under a counter, and then positions himself in front of the sphere. MICKEY (CONT'D): This is gonna blast them to Hell. RAJESH: Samuel, what are you doing?! MICKEY: The name's Mickey. Mickey Smith. Defending the Earth. He cocks his g*n as the sphere parts further. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR (to a nearby Cybermen): What I don't understand is Cybermen don't have the technology to build the Void Ship, that's way beyond you. How did you create that sphere? CYBERMAN: The sphere is not ours. THE DOCTOR (stunned): ... What? CYBERMAN: The sphere broke down the barriers between worlds. We only followed. Its origin is unknown. THE DOCTOR: Then what's inside it...? JACKIE (fearful): Rose is down there. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER The top part of a familiar looking alien emerges from the sphere... MICKEY (thrown): That's not Cybermen... Four Daleks glide smoothly from the sphere. ROSE: Oh my God. DALEK: Location: Earth. Life forms detected. Exterminate! Mickey aims his g*n at them. Rose stares at them in wide eyed fear. DALEK (CONT'D): Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE! To be continued...
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A recap of 212 "Army of Ghosts". OPENING CREDITS INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER The Daleks advance upon Rose, Mickey and Doctor Singh, with cries of "exterminate! ". ROSE (shouts): Daleks! They fall silent, taken aback. ROSE (CONT'D): You're called "Daleks". The Daleks do not respond, seeming to simply observe her. Rose walks towards them. ROSE (CONT'D): I know your name. (Takes lab coat off). Think about it: how can I know that? A Human... who knows about the Daleks. And the Time w*r. If you wanna know how, then keep us alive. That's all I'm asking. Me and my friends. MICKEY: Yeah, Daleks. Time w*r. Me too. The Dalek's eye-piece swivels around to look at Mickey. RAJESH: Yeah. And me. DALEK SEK (to Rose): You will be necessary. (to Dalek Jast): Report: what is the status of the Genesis Ark? DALEK JAST: Status: hibernation. DALEK SEK: Commence awakening. DALEK THAY: The Genesis Ark must be protected above all else. The Dalek turns to the Genesis Ark, which also emerged from the sphere. It clamps its suction arm to the side of the Ark. MICKEY (to Rose, still pointing his g*n at the Daleks): The Daleks, you said they were all d*ad. ROSE: Never mind that, what the hell's a Genesis Ark? INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER JACKIE: What's down there? She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose? The Doctor is leaning against a wall. THE DOCTOR (abruptly): I don't know. Jackie starts to cry. The Doctor goes to her. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'll find her. I brought you here, I'll get you both out. You and your daughter. Jackie, look at me. Look at me. Jackie looks up at him, eyes red from tears. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (sincerely): I promise you. I give you my word. A Cyberman approaches Yvonne, who is sat at her desk. CYBERMAN: You will talk to your central world authority and order global surrender. YVONNE (without even a trace of fear): Oh, do some research. We haven't got a central world authority. CYBERMAN: You have now. I will speak on all global wavelengths. The Doctor puts on his 3D specs. CYBERMAN (CONT'D): This broadcast is for human kind. INT. HOUSE A frightened family huddled in their living room watch this broadcast on the television. CYBERMAN (CONT'D): Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet. But you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear. As the camera pans round, we see that a Cyberman is standing over the family, guarding them. The marching of Cybermen can be heard outside the house. CYBERMAN (CONT'D): Cybermen will remove sex and class and colour and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us. EXT. SUBURBAN STREET Cybermen emerge from every house along a street in unison. EXT. BRIDGE Chaos on a bridge, people running, screaming, the military sh**ting at the Cybermen with no effect whatsoever. The Cybermen aim their own w*apon, bl*wing up a truck, k*lling the soldiers. Finally one soldier manages to h*t a Cyberman and it goes up in flames. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor, Jackie, Yvonne and one of the Cybermen observe the proceedings far below from the top of Torchwood Tower. CYBERMAN: I ordered surrender. THE DOCTOR: They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand? You're on every street, you're in their homes. You've got their children. (Angrily). Of course they're gonna fight. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK SEK: Which of you is least important? ROSE: What's that supposed to mean? DALEK SEK: Which of you is least important? ROSE: No, we don't work like that. None of us. DALEK SEK: Designate the least important! RAJESH: This is my responsibility. ROSE (holding him back): No, don't! Rajesh ignores her and stands before the Dalek dejectedly. RAJESH: I er, I represent the Torchwood Institute. Anything you need, you... come through me. Leave these two alone. DALEK SEK: You will kneel. RAJESH: What for? DALEK SEK: Kneel. Rajesh kneels. The surrounding Daleks direct their eye stalks onto him. DALEK SEK (CONT'D): The Daleks need information about current Earth history. RAJESH: Yeah well I can give you a certain amount of intelligence but nothing that will compromise Home Land security... DALEK SEK: Speech is not necessary. We will extract brainwaves. The three Daleks advance upon Rajesh and position their suction arms around his head. Rajesh is showing the first signs of fear. RAJESH: Don't... I... I'll tell you everything you need. No. No! He shouts out in agony before the Daleks crush his skull. Mickey makes towards him but Rose holds him back, knowing it's already too late. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN 1: Scans detect unknown technology active within sphere chamber. CYBERMAN 2: Cybermen will investigate. A Cyberman pushes two terrified members of staff roughly before him. CYBERMAN: Units 10 65 and 10 66 will investigate sphere chamber. CYBERMEN: We obey. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Daleks let Rajesh's blackened corpse fall to the ground. DALEK SEK: His mind spoke of a second species invading Earth infected by the superstition of ghosts. ROSE: You didn't need to k*ll him! DALEK CAAN: Neither did we need him alive. DALEK SEK: Dalek Thay, investigate outside. DALEK THAY: I obey. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Two Cybermen march down a corridor to investigate the sphere chamber. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Dalek Thay leaves the sphere chamber. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN: Units open visual link. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR The two Cybermen clamp a fist to the logos on their chests. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER A visual of the area occupied by the two Cybermen appears on Yvonne's laptop. CYBERMAN: Visual contact established. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK SEK: Establish visual contact. Lower communications barrier. A projection appears in the area previously occupied by the sphere, showing Dalek Thay's point of view. He meets with the two Cybermen. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor starts as he sees the Dalek for the first time on Yvonne's laptop. DALEK THAY: Identify yourselves. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR CYBERMEN: You will identify first. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER DALEK THAY: State your identity. The Doctor is staring at the image on the laptop, like this is worse than he could have ever imagined. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR CYBERMEN: You will identify first. DALEK THAY: Identify! INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER MICKEY: It's like Stephen Hawkins meets the Speaking Clock. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR CYBERMEN: ...illogical, you will modify. DALEK THAY: Daleks do not take orders. CYBERMEN: You have identified as Daleks. DALEK SEK: Outline resembles the inferior species known as "Cybermen". INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER JACKIE (to the Doctor, scared of the answer): Rose said about the Daleks. She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she d*ad? The Doctor turns to her with frightening suddenness. THE DOCTOR (through gritted teeth): Phone. JACKIE (whispers): What did you...? THE DOCTOR: Phone! Jackie surreptitiously hands the Doctor her phone so the Cybermen do not notice. The Doctor dials Rose's number and holds the phone to his ear, obviously frantic with worry. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Rose answers her phone, but cannot talk for fear of drawing attention to herself. The Daleks and the Cybermen are bantering all the while. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: She's answered, she's alive. Jackie claps her hands over her mouth. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Why haven't they k*lled her? JACKIE: Well, don't complain! THE DOCTOR: They must need her for something. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK JAST: We must protect the Genesis Ark. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR (hearing this through the phone): The Genesis Ark? He puts on his 3D glasses and looks at the laptop again. CYBERMAN: Our species our similar, though your design is inelegant. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR DALEK THAY: Daleks have no concept of elegance. CYBERMEN: This is obvious. But consider, our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks, together, we could upgrade the Universe. DALEK THAY: You propose an alliance? CYBERMEN: This is correct. DALEK THAY: Request denied. The Cybermen immediately thrust their fists out, ready to sh**t. CYBERMEN: Hostile elements will be deleted. They sh**t at the Dalek, but the rays simply bounce off its armour. DALEK THAY: Exterminate! The Dalek aims at both Cybermen, one after the other, and they collapse onto the floor. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN: Open visual link. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER The Cyberman addresses the Daleks in the sphere chamber through the projection screen. CYBERMAN: Daleks, be warned: you have declared w*r upon the Cybermen. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Jackie's eyes widen in horror. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK SEK: This is not w*r. This is pest control. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you? INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK SEK: Four. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?! DALEK SEK: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek. You are superior in only one respect. CYBERMAN: What is that? INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK SEK: You are better at dying. Raise communications barrier! The screen goes static. DALEK JAST: Wait! INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER THE DOCTOR (clicking the phone off): Lost her. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER DALEK JAST: Rewind image by nine rells. The Doctor is in frame in the background. DALEK JAST (CONT'D): Identify grid seven gamma frame. They zoom in on the Doctor. DALEK JAST (CONT'D): This male registers as enemy. Rose beams. DALEK SEK (turning on her): The female's heartbeat has increased. MICKEY: Yeah, tell me about it. DALEK SEK: Identify him. ROSE: All right then... if you really wanna know... that's the Doctor. The Daleks roll backwards sharply. ROSE (CONT'D): Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? Now you're scared. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER CYBERMAN: Quarantine the Sphere Chamber. Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel. Yvonne struggles and shouts as they drag her away. YVONNE: No, you can't do this! We surrendered! We surrendered! They begin to drag Jackie and the Doctor away too, but then : CYBERMAN: This one's increased adrenaline suggests he has vital Dalek information. Jackie screams back at the Doctor as she is dragged away and he shouts back over her, trying to reassure her. JACKIE: You promised me! You gave me your word! THE DOCTOR (as she is dragged out of sight): I'll think of something! INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Dalek Thay enters the sphere chamber. DALEK THAY: Cyber thr*at irrelevant. Concentrate on the Genesis Ark. The black Dalek, Sek, presses its suction arm to the side of the Genesis Ark. MICKEY (to Rose): Why are we being kept alive? ROSE (after a pause): They might need me. MICKEY: What? What is it? Rose is just staring at the Daleks, fear in her eyes. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR / NEW OFFICES The Cybermen have taken Yvonne and Jackie down to the curtained area. They are marching the personnel behind the curtains to be upgraded. The place is full of screaming and the sound of drills, sparks flying. JACKIE: What happens in there? What's upgrading mean? What do they do? YVONNE (looking and sounding slightly sick): I think... I think they remove the brain... sorry, um... I think they remove the brain and they put it in a suit of armour. That's what these things are. They're us. CYBERMAN: Next. Yvonne is dragged away. JACKIE (shouting after her): This is your fault! You and your Torchwood. You've k*lled us all! YVONNE (shouting tearfully): I did my duty for Queen and Country. She wrenches her arm away from the Cyberman's grip and faces the area where the humans are being upgraded, steeling herself to walk in. YVONNE (CONT'D) (to herself): I did my duty. I did my duty. Oh, God. I did my duty. She walks in. Jackie winces at the sound of her screams and the sparks flying from behind the curtain. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor is sitting on the window sill in silence. A Cyberman approaches him. CYBERMAN: You are proof. THE DOCTOR: Of what? CYBERMAN: That emotions destroy you. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I am. (Glances to the side). Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes. The Cyberman follows his gaze. A group of people dressed in black suits, wearing helmets and carrying g*n appear out of thin air. One of them shouts to the others and they sh**t at a row of Cybermen, immediately destroying them. The Doctor rolls out of the way and crouches in a corner of Yvonne's office as the last Cyberman has his head blown off. The man responsible speaks to the Doctor in a familiar voice. JAKE: Doctor, good to see you again. He takes off his helmet, it's Jake. The Doctor's eyes widen. THE DOCTOR: Jake?! JAKE: The Cybermen came through from one world to another, and so did we. The Doctor stares at him, looking more concerned than pleased. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR A Cyberman drags a struggling Jackie along, but lets go of her as he speaks to one of his fellows. CYBERMAN 1: Cyber Leader One has been terminated. CYBERMAN 2: Explain, download shared files. Jackie takes this opportunity to sneak away. CYBERMAN 1: I will be upgraded to Cyber Leader. Jackie dashes down a back stair well as fast as she can. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER JAKE (to his group): Defend this room. Chrissie, monitor communications. The Doctor puts on his 3D glasses, using them to look at the group. JAKE (CONT'D): k*ll one Cyber Leader and they just download into another. Move! They hurry from the room to do as they're told, leaving the Doctor alone with Jake. THE DOCTOR: You can't just... just... just hop from one world to another. You can't. JAKE: We just did. With these. He chucks the Doctor what looks like a large yellow button on a chain, to be worn around the neck. THE DOCTOR: But that's impossible. You can't have this sort of technology. JAKE: We've got our own version of Torchwood. They developed it. Do you wanna come and see? THE DOCTOR: No! But too late, Jake's pressed the button and they both disappear. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER They reappear in the same room, except it's considerably darker and looks as though there has been a recent struggle. There are wires and equipment strewn all over the floor. JAKE: Parallel Earth, parallel Torchwood. Except we found out what the institute was doing and the people's republic took control. THE DOCTOR (urgently): I've gotta get back. Rose is in danger. And her mother. PETE (walking in followed by two soldiers): That'd be Jackie. The Doctor looks up in surprise. PETE (CONT'D): My wife in a parallel universe. And as for you, Doctor, at least this time I know who you are. THE DOCTOR (running over to him): Right, yes, fine, hooray. But I've gotta get back. Right now. PETE (maddeningly calm): No, you're not in charge here. This is our world, not yours. And you're gonna listen for once. The Doctor looks at him darkly, falling silent. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Whilst the Daleks are crowded around the Genesis Ark, Mickey shows Rose his own yellow button. MICKEY: I could transport out of here, but it only carries one and I'm not leaving you. ROSE: You'd follow me anywhere. What did I do to you all those years ago? MICKEY: Guess I'm just stupid. ROSE (squeezing his hand): You're the bravest man I've ever met. MICKEY: What about the Doctor? ROSE: Oh, all right. Bravest Human. They smile. MICKEY: Well, I can't think what the Daleks need with me. I'm nothing to them. ROSE: You could be... whatever's inside that Ark is waking up and I've seen this happen before. INT. DALEK CELL Flashback to 106. Rose, full of pity, places her hand on the Dalek's armour. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): The first time I saw a Dalek, it was broken. It was dying. But I touched it. The moment I did that... I brought it back to life. The Dalek wrenches free of its chains. End flashback. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER ROSE (CONT'D) (keeping her voice low): As the Doctor said... when you travel in time in the TARDIS, you soak up all this... um... background radiation. It's harmless, it's just there. But in the Time w*r, the Daleks evolved so they could use it as a power supply. MICKEY (gazing at her): I love it when you talk technical. ROSE: Shut up. If the Daleks have got something inside that thing that needs waking up... MICKEY: They need you. ROSE: You've travelled in time, either one of us would do. MICKEY: But why would they build something they can't open themselves? DALEK SEK (suddenly interjecting): The technology is stolen. The Ark is not of Dalek design. ROSE: Then who built it? DALEK SEK: The Time Lords. This is all that survives of their Home World. The four Daleks are shuffling around the Ark. ROSE: What's inside? DALEK SEK: The future. Rose stares at the Ark and the surrounding Daleks with fearful apprehension. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor is pressed up against the white expanse of wall in the parallel Torchwood, squinting as if trying to hear something. Pete stands behind him. PETE: When you left this world, you warned us there'd be more Cybermen. So we sealed them inside the factories. The Doctor steps away from the wall. JAKE: Except people argued. Said they were living. We should help them. PETE: And the debate went on. But all that time, the Cybermen made plans. Infiltrated this version of Torchwood, mapped themselves onto your world, and then vanished. THE DOCTOR: When was this? PETE: Three years ago. They stroll back down the room. THE DOCTOR: It's taken them three years to cross the void, but we can pop to and fro in a second. Must be the sheer mass of five million Cybermen crossing all at once. PETE : Yeah, Mickey said you'd rattle off that sort of stuff. THE DOCTOR: Oh, where is the Mickey-boy? PETE: He went ahead first. Any chance to go and find Miss Rose Tyler. THE DOCTOR: She's your daughter. You do know that? Did Mickey explain? PETE: She's not mine. She's the child of a d*ad man. Now they've reached the window. They look down at the scene below. PETE (CONT'D): Look at it. A world of peace. They're calling this "The Golden Age". THE DOCTOR: Who's the President now? PETE: A woman called Harriet Jones. THE DOCTOR (exhales): I'd keep an eye on her. PETE: But it's a lie. Temperatures have risen by two degrees in the past six months. The ice caps are melting. They're saying all this is gonna be flooded. That's not just global warming, is it? THE DOCTOR: No. PETE: It's the breach. THE DOCTOR (irked): I've been trying to tell you, travel between parallel worlds is impossible. Then the Daleks break down the walls with the sphere... PETE: Daleks? THE DOCTOR: Then the Cybermen travelled across, then you lot, those disks, every time you jump from one reality to another, you rip a hole in the universe. This planet is starting to boil. Keep going and both worlds will fall into the Void. PETE: But you can stop it, the famous Doctor...? You can seal the breach? THE DOCTOR: Leaving five million Cybermen stranded on my Earth. PETE: That's your problem. I'm protecting this world, and this world only. THE DOCTOR (laughs softly, looks him up and down): Hm... Pete Tyler... I knew you when you were d*ad. Now here you are, fighting the fight... alone... (Steps closer to him). There is a chance... back on my world... Jackie Tyler might still be alive. PETE: My wife died. THE DOCTOR: Her husband died. Good match. PETE: There's more important things at stake. (pleading). Doctor... help us. THE DOCTOR (backing away): What? Close the breach? Stop the Cybermen? Defeat the Daleks? Do you believe I can do that? PETE (confidently): Yes. THE DOCTOR: Maybe that's all I need. (grins). Off we go, then! INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor, Jake and Pete appear. The Doctor rushes to the phone. THE DOCTOR: First of all, I need to make a phone call. You don't mind? JAKE (to the soldiers): You two, guard to door. Pete watches the Doctor as he hurriedly dials Jackie's number on the phone in Yvonne's office. INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL Jackie is running down the stairs when her phone rings. JACKIE (answering the phone): Help me! Oh, my God, help me. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: Jackie, you're alive! Listen... He shushes her as she screeches hysterically down the phone at him. JACKIE : They tried to download me but I ran away! THE DOCTOR: Listen, tell me, where are you? INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL JACKIE (still running down the stairs): I don't know! Staircase. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: Yeah, which one? Is there any... any sort of sign? Anything to identify it? JACKIE: Yes! A f*re extinguisher! THE DOCTOR: Yeah, that helps... INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL JACKIE (notices a sign on the wall): Oh, wait a minute, it says "N3". INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: North corner, staircase 3. Just keep low, we're trying our best. INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL JACKIE (quickly): No, don't leave me! INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR: I've gotta go, I'm sorry. He puts the phone down and turns to Pete. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler. PETE: She's not my wife. THE DOCTOR: I was at the wedding. (accusingly). You got her name wrong. He goes to Jake and takes his g*n off him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now then, Jake-y boy, if I can open up the bonding chamber on this thing, it could work on polycarbide. JAKE: What's polycarbide? THE DOCTOR: Skin of a Dalek. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR A white sheet of A4 paper attached to stick to make a flag pops around the corner and waves comically. The Doctor follows a few seconds later. THE DOCTOR: Sorry. The Cybermen a short way down the corridor spin around to look at him. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (apologetically): No white flag. I only had a sheet of A4. Same difference. CYBERMAN (holding his fist before him, ready to sh**t): Do you surrender? THE DOCTOR (marching forward to meet the Cyberman): I surrender. Unto you. (They are nose-to-nose). A very good idea. He grins. INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER The Daleks back away from the Genesis Ark. DALEK CAAN: Final stage of awakening. DALEK SEK: Your handprint will open the Ark. ROSE : Well tough, 'cos I'm not doing it. DALEK SEK: Obey or the male will die. ROSE (immediately moving towards the Ark): I can't let them. MICKEY: Rose, don't. DALEK SEK: Place your hand upon the casket. ROSE (violently): All right! (Turns to Ark). You're gonna k*ll us anyway, so what the hell? Playing for time, she turns back to the Dalek, goes to stand right in front of it. ROSE (CONT'D): If you um... escaped the Time w*r... don't you want to know what happened? DALEK SEK: Place your hand... ROSE: What happened to the Emperor? DALEK SEK: The Emperor survived. ROSE: 'Til he met me... 'cos if these are gonna be my last words, then you're gonna listen. I met the Emperor. And I took the Time Vortex and I pulled it into his head and turned him into dust. Do you get that? The God of all Daleks... and I destroyed him. She gives the Dalek a gloating smile, and laughs. DALEK SEK (furiously): You will be exterminated! THE DOCTOR (from the doorway): Oh now, hold on, wait a minute. DALEK SEK: Alert, alert, you are the Doctor. Rose smiles with delight. The Doctor saunters into the room. He's wearing his 3D specs. DALEK THAY: Sensors report he is unarmed. THE DOCTOR (lightly): That's me. Always. DALEK SEK: Then you are powerless. THE DOCTOR: Not me. (Takes specs off with a flourish). Never. (To Rose). How are you? ROSE (grinning at him): Oh, same old, you know. THE DOCTOR: Good! And Mickity-McMickey! (They bash fists). Nice to see ya! MICKEY: And you, boss. DALEK JAST: Social interaction will cease! DALEK SEK: How did you survive the Time w*r? THE DOCTOR: By fighting. On the front line. Mickey turns, as if maybe this is the first time he's heard of this. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I was there at the fall of Arcadia. Someday I might even come to terms with that. But you lot, ran away! DALEK SEK: We had to survive. THE DOCTOR: The last four Daleks in existence. So what's so special about you? ROSE (low voice): Doctor, they've got names. And Daleks don't have names, do they? One of them said they... DALEK THAY: I am Dalek Thay. DALEK SEK: Dalek Sek. DALEK JAST: Dalek Jast. DALEK CAAN: Dalek Caan. THE DOCTOR (seemingly delighted): So that's it! At last... the Cult of Skaro. I thought you were just a legend. ROSE: Who are they? THE DOCTOR (strolls around them): A secret order. Above and beyond the Emperor himself. Their job was to imagine. Think as the enemy thinks. Even dared to have names. (Distastefully). All to find new ways of k*lling. MICKEY (gesturing to the Ark): But that thing, they said it was yours. I mean, Time Lords. They built it. What does it do? THE DOCTOR (glancing at it): I don't know. Never seen it before. ROSE: But it's... Time Lord. THE DOCTOR: Both sides had secrets. (To the Daleks): What is it? What have you done? DALEK SEK: Time Lord science will restore Dalek supremacy. THE DOCTOR: What does that mean? What sort of Time Lord science? What do you mean? ROSE: They said one touch from a time traveller will wake it up. THE DOCTOR: Technology using the one thing a Dalek can't do. (Dalek POV). Touch. Sealed inside your casing. Not feeling anything... ever... from birth to death, locked inside a cold metal cage. (Whispers). Completely alone. And that explains your voice. No wonder you scream. DALEK SEK: The Doctor will open the Ark! The Doctor laughs contemptuously. THE DOCTOR: The Doctor will not. DALEK SEK: You have no way of resisting. THE DOCTOR: Well... you got me there. Although... there is always this. He takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. DALEK SEK: A sonic probe? THE DOCTOR: That's "screwdriver". DALEK SEK (scornfully): It is harmless. THE DOCTOR: Oh yes. Harmless is just the word. That's why I like it. Doesn't k*ll, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But I'll tell you what it does do, it is very good at opening doors. He activates the screwdriver, and immediately, the doors explode inwards. Jake, his men, and the Cybermen leap into action, f*ring their g*n at the Daleks. CYBERMAN: Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete! DALEK CAAN: Alert! Casing impact, casing impact! The Doctor and Rose have flung themselves to the ground, trying to avoid the g*n. THE DOCTOR: Rose, get out! Rose makes towards the door but stumbles. DALEK SEK: f*re power insufficient! f*re power insufficient! Pete helps Rose to her feet; she's surprised to see him there but obviously there's no time for him to explain. They make for the door. Mickey picks up a g*n and starts f*ring anywhere. CYBERMAN: Daleks will be deleted. Delete! Delete! The Doctor manages to reach Rose and Pete where they stand in the doorway, out of harms way. ROSE (yelling to Mickey who is still in the midst of the havoc): Mickey, come on! DALEK THAY: Adapt to w*apon! DALEK SEK: f*re power restored! The Dalek fires once at a Cyberman, immediately destroying it. Jake manages to reach the door, but Mickey loses his footing and accidentally places his hand upon the Genesis Ark, leaving a red hot mark there. He dashes for the door. DALEK SEK (CONT'D): Cybermen primary target. Mickey winces in pain as he looks at his hand. The rest of Jake's men manage to slip through the door before it closes, sealing both the Daleks and the Cybermen inside. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR THE DOCTOR: Jake, check the stairwell. The rest of you, come on! INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER Inside, the Daleks finish off two more of the Cybermen. The Doctor and his friends run, Mickey brandishing the g*n as he goes. Steam pours from the gaps in the Genesis Ark. DALEK SEK: Cybermen have been exterminated. Daleks are supreme. DALEK JAST: The Genesis Ark is primed. DALEK SEK: The Ark needs area of thirteen square miles. Move! The Ark glides smoothly across the floor. DALEK JAST: Genesis Ark mobile! INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Mickey, Rose and the Doctor are running down a corridor. MICKEY (referring to his touching the Ark): I just fell, I didn't mean it! THE DOCTOR: Mickey, without us, they'd have opened it by force. To do that, they'd have blown up the sun. You've done us a favour! (He kisses the top of Mickey's head). Now, run! INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL Jackie is still hurrying down the stairs. She comes to an abrupt halt, Cybermen approaching from the bottom of the stairs. She starts running back up again, then exits the stairwell. INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR Jackie starts down a corridor. She yelps as she comes face to face with two Cybermen. CYBERMAN: You will be upgraded. JACKIE (whimpers): No, but you can't! Please... The Cybermen are sh*t from behind, they fall to the ground, d*ad, to reveal Pete aiming a g*n behind them. He is accompanied by the Doctor, Rose and Mickey. Jackie squints through the smoke clouding him, uncomprehending, then her eyes widen as she realises... JACKIE (CONT'D): Pete! In the background, Rose's hands go to her mouth. PETE: Hello, Jacks. JACKIE (she's almost annoyed, her tone plaintive): I said there were ghosts, but that's not fair. Why him? PETE: I'm not a ghost. JACKIE : But you're d*ad. You died twenty years ago, Pete. THE DOCTOR (stepping forward tentatively in an attempt to explain): It's Pete from a different Universe. There are parallel worlds, Jackie. Every single decision we make creates a parallel existence, a different dimension where... JACKIE: Oh, you can shut up. And for once, the Doctor does, stepping back into the background. Pete smiles. JACKIE (CONT'D) (gazing at Pete): Oh... you look old. PETE: You don't. JACKIE: How can you be standing there? PETE: Just got lucky... lived my life. You were left on your own. You didn't marry again, or...? JACKIE (quietly): There was never anyone else. The Doctor and Mickey smirk. JACKIE (CONT'D): Twenty years, though. Look at me, I never left that flat. Did nothing with myself. PETE: Brought her up. Rose Tyler. The Doctor and Mickey smile. PETE (CONT'D): That's not bad. JACKIE (whispers): Yeah. PETE: In my world, it worked. All those daft little plans of mine. They worked. Made me rich. JACKIE: I don't care about that. (pause). How rich? PETE: Very. JACKIE: I don't care about that. How very? Pete laughs. Rose rolls her eyes and the Doctor smiles fondly. PETE: Thing is though, Jacks, you're... you're not my wife. I'm sorry, but you're not. I mean, we both... Jackie nods. He looks at her, fighting it. PETE (CONT'D): You know, it's just sort of... (He gives in and starts towards her). Oh, come here. They run to meet each other, Jackie starting to cry. He sweeps her off the ground in a huge hug. INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR The Daleks burst through the doors of the factory floor to meet rows of Cybermen. DALEK SEK: Exterminate! CYBERMEN: Delete! They f*re at each other, the Cybermen's rays bouncing off the Dalek's armour, but the Dalek's exterminator beams a lot more effective. Cries of "delete! " and "exterminate! " fill the air, along with the shouts of the surrounding soldiers who are sh**ting at both parties. The Daleks accompany the Ark. CYBERMAN: Emergency, all units will converge on the Torchwood Tower. EXT. STREET In answer to him, Cybermen march out into the road as one, and start in the direction of Canary Wharf. CYBERMAN (CONT'D) (voice-over): Repeat, all Cybermen to Torchwood. The frightened families stand outside their houses as they watch the Cybermen leave. EXT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR The Doctor opens the door to where the battle between the Cybermen and the Daleks is taking place, peering into the lab, waiting for the right moment to enter. He dives into the room, watched anxiously by Rose who winces every time a beam passes near him. The Doctor picks up two of the magnaclamps, using them to deflect the rays from himself. He makes back towards the door with them, dodging the beams. He trips over a Cyberman's body. ROSE (whispers): Come on, please. The Doctor quickly gets to his feet and slips through the door to safety. Rose closes it after him. After a few moments, it opens again, and the Doctor's head peers around. This time, he's wearing the 3D specs. DALEK SEK: Override roof mechanism. The roof begins to open slowly. DALEK SEK: El-ev-ate. ROSE (watching): What're they doing? Why'd they need to get outside?! THE DOCTOR (baffled): Time Lord science... What Time Lord science? (Takes specs off). What is it? Dalek Sek elevates through the ceiling into the open air with the Ark. The Doctor shuts the door. EXT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR He runs back down the corridor, shouting to the others as he goes. THE DOCTOR: We've gotta see what it's doing, we've gotta go back up! Come on! All of you! Top floor! JACKIE: That's forty-five floors up! Believe me, I've done 'em all. JAKE (popping his head out of the lift): We could always take the lift... EXT. CANARY WHARF As the Dalek rises up the side of Canary Wharf, the lift rises to the top floor. DALEK SEK: The Genesis Ark will open. The Ark opens slowly to reveal a Dalek. The Ark begins to spin. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor and the others finally step out of the lift on the top floor and rush to the window, the Doctor dumping the magnaclamps down on Yvonne's desk as he goes. As the Genesis Ark spins, Daleks sh**t out of it, more and more of them. The Doctor stares in horror. THE DOCTOR: Time Lord science... it's bigger on the inside. MICKEY: Did Time Lords put those Daleks in there? What for? THE DOCTOR: It's a prison ship. ROSE: How many Daleks? THE DOCTOR: Millions. EXT. CANARY WHARF The Daleks spread out over London. EXT. STREET The Cybermen march down a street. Then they stop as one, and f*re their w*apon up into the air at the Daleks. This has absolutely no effect on the Daleks. DALEK SEK: Exterminate all life forms below. Ex-ter-min-ate! The Daleks f*re at the terrified people running below them. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER PETE (walking away from the window): I'm sorry, but you've had it. This world's gonna crash and burn. There's nothing we can do. We're going home. Jacks, take this. He tosses her one of the yellow buttons. JACKIE: But they're destroying the City! PETE (affectionately): I'd forgotten you could argue. He loops the button around her neck himself. PETE (CONT'D): It's not just London, it's the whole world. He takes her face in his hands, making her look at him. PETE (CONT'D): But there's another world, just waiting for you, Jacks. And it's safe. As long as the Doctor closes the breach. Doctor? The Doctor turns from the window with his 3D specs on and a big grin. THE DOCTOR (gleefully): Oh, I'm ready. I've got the equipment right here. Thank you, Torchwood! He dashes to a computer. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Slam it down and close off both universes. COMPUTER: Reboot systems. ROSE: But we can't just leave. What about the Daleks? And the Cybermen...? The Doctor stands. THE DOCTOR : They're part of the problem. And that makes them part of the solution. Oh yes! Rose laughs nervously. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (he seems to have acquired a new lease of life): Well?! Isn't anyone gonna ask? What is it with the glasses? ROSE (grinning): What is it with the glasses? THE DOCTOR: I can see! That's what! 'Cos we've got two separate worlds, but in-between the two separate worlds, we've got the Void. That's where the Daleks were hiding. And the Cybermen travelled through the Void to get here! And you lot, one world to another, via the Void! Oh, I like that. Via the Void! Look! He presses the glasses onto Rose's face. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I've been through it. Do you see? He dodges about so Rose can see, with the aid of the glasses, that he is surrounded by floating green and red particles. She reaches out to try and touch them. COMPUTER: Reboot in three minutes. THE DOCTOR: Void stuff. ROSE: Like um... background radiation! THE DOCTOR: That's it. Look at the others. Rose turns to look at Jake, Mickey, Jackie and Pete. Jackie is the only one not surrounded by the "Void Stuff". THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (pointing): The only one who hasn't been through the Void, your mother. First time she's looked normal in her life. Rose giggles. JACKIE: Oi! The Doctor dashes into the clear white area, Rose following. THE DOCTOR: The Daleks lived inside the Void. They're bristling with it. Cybermen, all of them. I just open the Void, end of verse. The Void stuff gets sucked back inside. ROSE (just as enthusiastically): Pulling them all in. THE DOCTOR: Pulling them all in! MICKEY: Sorry... what's... what's the Void? THE DOCTOR: The d*ad space. Some people call it "Hell". MICKEY (looping the button around his neck): So... you're sending the Daleks and Cybermen to Hell. (To Jake): Man, I told you he was good. ROSE (who's been looking around with the glasses): But it's... like you said, we've all got Void stuff. Me too, 'cos we went to that parallel world. She flexes her fingers, examining the particles floating around them. She pulls the glasses off. The Doctor stands before her. ROSE (CONT'D) (to the Doctor): We're all contaminated. We'll get pulled in. THE DOCTOR: That's why you've gotta go. COMPUTER: Reboot in two minutes. Rose stares at him, uncomprehending. THE DOCTOR: Back to Pete's world. (points at Pete). Hey, we should call it that: Pete's World.(He turns back to Rose). I'm opening the Void, but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side. Rose continues to stare at him. PETE: And then you close it. For good? THE DOCTOR: The breach itself is soaked in Void Stuff, in the end it'll close itself. And that's it. Kaput. Rose is just starting to realise what this means. ROSE: But you stay on this side...? MICKEY: But you'll get pulled in. The Doctor holds Rose's gaze for a moment before he runs over to the magnaclamps. Rose stays put, looking like she's been slapped around the face. THE DOCTOR: That's why... I got these. I'll just have to hold on tight, I've been doing it all my life. ROSE: I'm supposed to go. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSE: To another world, and then it gets sealed off. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. It's obvious he doesn't want to talk about this. He goes to another of the computers. ROSE: Forever. (Laughs at the absurdity of the idea). That's not gonna happen. A crash from outside shakes the building. PETE (briskly): We haven't got time to argue, the plans works, we go in. You too. All of us. ROSE (angrily): No, I'm not leaving him! JACKIE: I'm not going without her. PETE: Oh, my God. We're going. JACKIE: I've had twenty years without you, so button it. I'm not leaving her. ROSE (turning her around): You've got to. JACKIE (voice rising): Well, that's tough! ROSE: Mum... COMPUTER: Reboot in one minute. ROSE (voice trembling with suppressed tears as she speaks in soft tones): I've had a life with you for nineteen years. But then I met the Doctor and... all the things I've seen him do for me. For you. For all of us. For the whole... stupid planet and every planet out there. He does it alone, mum. Behind her, the Doctor is watching her with terrible sadness in his eyes as he silently takes a button on a chain out of his pocket. ROSE (CONT'D): But not anymore. (Backs away from Jackie, towards the Doctor). 'Cos now he's got me. The Doctor loops the chain around Rose's neck. ROSE (CONT'D): What're you...? Pete quickly presses the button. They all disappear, leaving the Doctor alone and gazing at the place Rose was with a heavy heart. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The others reappear in the parallel Torchwood. Rose looks around. ROSE (under her breath): Oh no you don't. He's not doing that to me again. She presses down on the button. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Rose reappears. ROSE (CONT'D): I think this is the on switch... The Doctor starts. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Pete snatches Jackie's button away from her before she can press it. JACKIE: But I've gotta go back! PETE (forcefully): The Doctor said every time we use one of these, it damages the whole world. Now that's it. JACKIE: She's your daughter! PETE: She's your daughter, not mine. He walks away, snatching Mickey's button away. JACKIE (desperately): Mickey, tell him. Tell him, Mickey! Mickey! Mickey does not respond. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor grabs Rose roughly by the shoulders, stooping slightly so he can look straight into her eyes. THE DOCTOR (as if trying to drum sense into her): Once the breach collapses, that's it. You will never be able to see her again. Your own mother! ROSE (calmly, although her voice trembles): I made my choice a long time ago, and I'm never gonna leave you. The Doctor stares at her for a moment, stunned. Then he releases his grip. ROSE (CONT'D): So what can I do to help? COMPUTER: Systems rebooted. Open access. Rose stubbornly holds the Doctor's gaze. He finally gives in. THE DOCTOR (pointing to a computer): Those co-ordinates over there, set them all at six. Rose does as she's told. He watches her walk to the computer. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (he sounds almost angry): And hurry up. Rose leans over the computer, taking her button from around her neck and glancing at the Doctor nervously. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER JACKIE (pushing Pete away): Get away from me! She breaks down into tears, her hands over her eyes. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER ROSE (looking the computer): We've got Cybermen on the way up. THE DOCTOR (running to look): How many floors down? ROSE: Just one. The screen shows the Cybermen marching up the stairwell. INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL CYBERMAN: We will retreat through the breach. Regain the Home World. A Cyberman appears at the top of the stairs, pointing a g*n at the others. When it speaks, Yvonne's voice is discernable through the Cyber-tones. CYBERMAN / YVONNE: You will not pass. CYBERMAN: What is the meaning of this? CYBERMAN / YVONNE: You will not pass. She pulls the trigger, destroying the other Cybermen with a bright ray of white light. CYBERMAN / YVONNE (CONT'D): I did my duty for Queen and Country. I did my duty for Queen and Country. I did my duty for Queen and Country. She sheds a single black tear. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor taps in a command on the laptop. COMPUTER: Levers operational. The Doctor grins. ROSE (cheered by this): That's more like it, bit of a smile! The old team...! THE DOCTOR (picking up a magnaclamp and going to her): Hope and Glory, Mutt and Jeff, Shiver and Shake! ROSE: Which one's Shiver? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm Shake. He dumps the Magnaclamp on her. Next moment, they've both attached them to the wall next to the levers on opposite sides of the room. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Press the red button. Rose does so. EXT. CANARY WHARF DALEK (still in the air): Breach active. It is the Doctor! Exterminate him! Four of the Daleks swoop towards Torchwood Tower, with cries of "exterminate! ". INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER THE DOCTOR (speaking very fast): When it starts, just hold on tight. Shouldn't be too bad for us but the Daleks and the Cybermen are steeped in Void Stuff. Are you ready? They get into their positions beside the levers. ROSE (staring out of the window): So are they. The Daleks appear at the window. THE DOCTOR: Let's do it! They push the levers upwards and then hurriedly take hold of the magnaclamps. COMPUTER: Online. The area is filled with the white light once more, but this time, there's also the sound of a strong wind. The Daleks are sucked through the window, smashing through the glass as they are pulled into the white light and back to the Void. Rose and the Doctor hold on to the clamps tightly, struggling to hold on. THE DOCTOR (shouting over the wind): The breach is open! Into the Void! Ha! EXT. LONDON / INDIA / PARIS Cybermen all over the world are lifted into the air and they zoom across the land to Torchwood Tower, along with millions of Daleks, all shrieking, all powerless. They hurtle into the Void. EXT. CANARY WHARF DALEK SEK: Emergency temporal shift! He vanishes. The Genesis Ark is sucked into Torchwood Tower. People are starting to come out of their hiding places to watch. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Rose smiles across at the Doctor as they are billowed by the wind. Suddenly, their is a small expl*si*n of sparks and the lever on Rose's side moves back into the off position. The smiles fade from their faces. COMPUTER: Offline. THE DOCTOR: Turn it on! The suction is starting to ease. Rose reaches for the lever whilst trying to maintain her grip on the clamp, but it is just slightly too far away. She strains to reach it, eventually falling onto it. The Doctor watches, full of dread. Rose whimpers as she struggles with the lever. ROSE: I've gotta get it upright! Rose pushes the lever upwards, groaning with the effort. Finally, she manages to push the lever upright. The Doctor watches with his heart in his mouth. COMPUTER: Online and locked. The suction increases once more. But now, Rose has nothing to hold on to but the lever. THE DOCTOR (shouting in desperation): Rose, hold on! But the Void pulls at her, making it near impossible for her to keep her grip. She winces and cries out with the effort. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (screaming now): Hold on! Rose moans, her strength almost spent, the Doctor stares at her in absolute terror, horribly powerless, reaching out to her in vain. With one last cry, Rose's grip finally slips. She is pulled inexorably towards the Void, crying out. The Doctor screams her name as she is pulled away from him. Pete appears the moment before she reaches the breach and she falls into his arms. Rose has time only to glance over her shoulder at the Doctor before she and Pete vanish. The Doctor stares at the place where they disappeared, breathing very heavily. The breach closes itself. The wind dies down, leaving the place silent. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER In the parallel Torchwood, Rose hammers on the wall. ROSE (hysterical): Take me back! Take me back! She breaks down into tears of raw grief, slamming her fists against the wall like there's nothing else. ROSE (CONT'D) (through her tears): Take me back... Pete takes his button from around his neck and looks at it for a moment. PETE: It's stopped working. He did it. He closed the breach. ROSE (sobbing, hands pressed against the wall): No... INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor walks slowly up to the wall on his side. He lays one palm flat against it, and then rests his head there, empty. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER As if she senses his presence there, Rose suddenly presses her cheek against the wall as though listening for him, palm matching his. They stay that way for a long moment, just feeling each other. Another sob escapes from Rose. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor finally lets his hand slide down the wall. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Rose does the same, as if she knows he's no longer there, feeling the loss as potently as if they had really been touching. INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER The Doctor turns from the wall, expressionless. He walks away. INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER Rose leans against the wall, wiping the tears from her eyes. The only three people she has left, Pete, Jackie, Mickey, watch her uncomfortably, at a loss for words. Jackie takes both their hands. At last, Rose turns away, her face soaked with tears. Fade to black. THE DOCTOR (voice-over. Whispers): Rose. INT. TYLERS' MANSION, ROSE'S BEDROOM Rose is asleep in bed. ROSE (voice-over. She sounds desolate, depressed): Last night I had a dream. THE DOCTOR (voice-over, whispers): Rose... ROSE (voice-over): I heard a voice and it was calling my name. Rose opens her eyes and sits bolt upright. THE DOCTOR (voice-over): Rose... Rose... Rose. INT. TYLER'S MANSION, SITTING ROOM Still in their pyjamas, Rose, Jackie, Pete and Mickey sit around a roaring f*re as Rose relates her dream to them. ROSE: I had a dream, um... (voice-over): I told mum and dad and Mickey. Anyone else would think I was mad. But not those three. They believed it. Because they've met the Doctor. So they listened to the dream. He was calling me, and... The three of them listen to her intently. EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, DRIVEWAY It is still dark when the four of them leave the house, fully dressed. ROSE (voice-over): And that night, we packed up... They load their luggage into the boot and jump into the car. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Got into dad's old Jeep and off we went. They drive away into the night. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Just like the dream said. EXT. COUNTRY ROAD It is daylight now, and they're driving down a long country road. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Followed the voice... across the water... kept on driving hundreds and hundreds of miles. Because he's calling. EXT. BAD WOLF BAY THE DOCTOR (voice-over): Rose... Now they stand on a deserted, bleak beach. Pete, Jackie and Mickey stand by the Jeep as Rose walks across the sand as though looking for something. ROSE (voice-over): Here I am at last. And this is the story of how I died. Rose comes to a halt in the middle of the beach and stands there, waiting. A short way to her left, the Doctor fades out of thin air. Rose turns to him. He's slightly translucent. ROSE: Where are you? THE DOCTOR (his voice sounds distant): Inside the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS The Doctor is, in reality, standing by the TARDIS console facing straight ahead. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send this projection, I'm in orbit around a super nova. (Laughs softly). I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye. Sure enough, the TARDIS is spinning around a beautiful super nova. EXT. BAD WOLF BAY ROSE (shaking her head): You look like a ghost. THE DOCTOR: Hold on... He takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. INT. TARDIS He points the sonic screwdriver at the console and somehow this strengthens his projection. EXT. BAD WOLF BAY The Doctor now looks as solid as if he were really there. Rose walks over to him and raises a hand to touch his face. ROSE: Can I t...? THE DOCTOR (regretfully): I'm still just an image. No touch. ROSE (voice trembling): Can't you come through properly? THE DOCTOR: The whole thing would fracture. Two universes would collapse. ROSE (only half joking): So? The Doctor smiles and they watch each other for a few moments before the Doctor looks around at their surroundings. THE DOCTOR: Where are we? Where did the gap come out? ROSE: We're in Norway. THE DOCTOR: Norway. Right. ROSE: About fifty miles out of Bergen. It's called "Darlig Ulv Stranden". THE DOCTOR (surprised): Dalek? ROSE: Darl-IG. It's Norwegian for "bad". The Doctor continues to stare at her, brow furrowed. ROSE (CONT'D): This translates as "Bad Wolf Bay". They laugh at the irony of this, but sober almost immediately. ROSE (CONT'D) (voice cracking): How long have we got? THE DOCTOR: About two minutes... ROSE (almost laughing at the absurdity of this): I can't think of what to say! The Doctor laughs too, then glances over at where Jackie, Pete and Mickey are waiting by the Jeep. THE DOCTOR: You've still got Mr. Mickey, then? ROSE: There's five of us now. Mum, dad, Mickey... and the baby. THE DOCTOR (taken-aback): You're not...? ROSE: No. (Laughs). It's mum. The Doctor laughs with some relief and looks over at Jackie. ROSE (CONT'D): She's three months gone. More Tylers on the way. THE DOCTOR: And what about you? Are you...? ROSE: Yeah, I'm... I'm back working in the shop. THE DOCTOR (nods): Oh, good for you. Rose laughs and for a moment it's just like old times. ROSE: Shut up. No, I'm not. There's still a Torchwood on this planet, it's open for business. (Tears up again). I think I know a thing or two about aliens. THE DOCTOR (so proud): Rose Tyler. Defender of the Earth. Another lingering look between the two of them. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You're d*ad, officially, back home. So many people died that day and you've gone missing. You're on a list of the d*ad. Rose begins to cry quietly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Here you are. (Smiles). Living a life day after day. The one adventure I can never have. ROSE (sobbing in earnest now): Am I ever gonna see you again? THE DOCTOR (quietly, and so, so sorry): You can't. ROSE: What're you gonna do? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I've got the TARDIS. Same old life. Last of the Time Lords. ROSE: On your own? The Doctor nods silently, still watching her with compassion. Rose surveys him, hopelessly heartbroken, tears falling thick and fast. ROSE (CONT'D): I lo... She chokes with tears before she can finish her sentence. She takes a moment to regain her composure, and then : ROSE (CONT'D): I love you. Another shuddering sob escapes her. The Doctor gazes at her with heart-rending tenderness and devotion. THE DOCTOR (softly): Quite right, too. Rose nods, smiling at him through her tears. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (gazing at her): And I suppose... if it's one last chance to say it... He pauses a moment, eyes locked with hers. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose Tyler... But their time is up. He fades away into nothingness. Rose is left alone. She screws up her face against the pain, sobbing into her hands. INT. TARDIS The Doctor stands alone in the TARDIS, eyes filled with tears which are spilling down his cheeks, his mouth already open to form the words he never got to say. He swallows hard, closing his eyes with a heavy heart. EXT. BAD WOLF BAY Rose turns back to her family, weeping inconsolably. Jackie, full of concern, runs across the beach to embrace her daughter. Rose buries her head in her mum's shoulder, utterly wretched. INT. TARDIS The Doctor rubs his hands over his eyes, wiping the tears away. He takes a deep breath and then turns his attention to the TARDIS console, pushing the buttons and levers as he walks slowly around it without any of his former enthusiasm. Suddenly, he looks up, eyes wide with shock. Standing by the door, with her back to him, is a bride. THE DOCTOR (aghast): What? The bride turns around to see him standing there. She yelps with surprise. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (even more confused): What?! BRIDE (disdainfully): Who are you? THE DOCTOR (looking around, dumbfounded): But... BRIDE: Where am I? THE DOCTOR: What?! BRIDE (yells): What the hell is this place? THE DOCTOR: What?! END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "02x13 - Doomsday"}
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EXT. CHANCERY STREET Martha Jones is walking along Chancery Street on her way to the hospital in the morning. She's listening to the radio, and the announcer is saying: "What can happen on an average beautiful day, you never know. Celebrate seasonal changes...On a beautiful sunny day." Her phone rings. MARTHA: You're up early! What's happening? INT. TISH'S BEDROOM TISH: It's a nightmare, because Dad won't listen, and I'm telling you, Mum is going mental. Swear to God, Martha, this is epic. You've got to get in there and stop him. EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA: How do I do that? INT. TISH'S BEDROOM TISH: Tell Dad he can't bring her! EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA (her phone rings again): Hold on, that's Leo. I'll call you back. INT. LEO'S BEDROOM LEO (taking clothes from his cupboard): Martha, if Mum and Dad start to kick off, tell them I don't even want a party. I didn't even ask for one. They can always give me the money instead. EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA: Yeah, but why do I have to tell them? Why can't you? (Her phone rings). Hold on, that's Mum. I'll call you back. INT. LEO'S BEDROOM Leo lowers the phone and sighs, exasperated. INT. FRANCINE'S KITCHEN FRANCINE: I don't mind your father making a fool of himself in private, but this is Leo's 21st, everyone is going to be there, and the entire family is going to look ridiculous. EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA: Mum, it's a party, I can't stop Dad from bringing his girlfriend. (Her phone rings). Hold on, that's Dad, I'll call you back. INT. FRANCINE'S KITCHEN FRANCINE: Oh! EXT. CLIVE'S CAR CLIVE (getting into his car): Martha? Now, tell your mother, Leo is my son, and I'm paying for half that party. I'm entitled to bring who I like. EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA: I know, but think what it's going to look like for Mum, if you're standing there with Annalise. EXT. CLIVE'S CAR CLIVE: What's wrong with Annalise? Annalise, all legs, gets into the car. ANNALISE: Is that Martha? Say hi. Hi, Martha, hi! EXT. CHANCERY STREET MARTHA (mock cheeriness): Hi, Annalise. EXT. CLIVE'S CAR ANNALISE: Big kiss, lots of love, see you at the party, Babe. (To Clive): Now take me shopping, big boy. She kisses him and he laughs. EXT. CHANCERY STREET Martha closes her phone as the Doctor steps in front of her. THE DOCTOR: Like so! (Takes off his tie). See? Martha looks puzzled and a little amused, then continues to the Royal Hope Hospital. Thunder can be heard. A humanoid being in black leather and shiny helmet pushes her aside. This being is later identified as a Slab. MARTHA: Hey! Watch, it mate! The Slab looks at Martha, then enters the hospital. She hesitates, a little nonplussed, then goes inside herself. INT. LOCKER ROOM Martha goes to her locker to put on her lab coat. When she touches the locker door, she gets an electrical shock. INT. HOSPITAL WARD Martha, the other medical students, and Mr. Stoker are at a patient's bedside. The patient is Florence Finnegan. FLORENCE: I was all right till this morning, and then, I don't know, I woke up and I felt all dizzy again. It was worse than when I came in. MR STOKER: Pulse is slightly thready. Well, let's see what Britain's finest might suggest. Any ideas, Morgenstern? MORGENSTERN: Dizziness can be a sign of early onset diabetes. MR STOKER: Hardly early onset, if you'll forgive me, Miss Finnegan. Any more ideas? Swales?SWALES: Um... could recommend a CT scan. MR STOKER: And spend all our money. Jones? MARTHA: We could take bloods and check for Meniere's disease. MR STOKER: Or we could simply ask the patient. What did you have for dinner last night? FLORENCE: I had salad. MR STOKER: And the night before? FLORENCE: Salad, again. MR STOKER: And salad every night for the past week, contrary to my instructions. Salt deficiency, that's what. Simple, honest salt. INT. HOSPITAL LOBBY The students follow Stoker across the lobby. MR STOKER (CONT'D): Hippocrates himself expounded on the virtues of salt. Recommended the inhalation of steam from sea water. Though no doubt if he'd been afflicted with my students, results might have been rather more colourful. Two Slabs get out of the lift. Martha pauses to look at them as she follows the other students into another ward. The Doctor is in the bed, in pyjamas. INT. HOSPITAL WARD MR STOKER (CONT'D): Now then, Mr Smith, a very good morning to you. How are you today? THE DOCTOR: Aw, not so bad, still a bit, you know. Blah. MR STOKER: John Smith, admitted yesterday with severe abdominal pains. Jones, why don't you see what you can find? Amaze me. MARTHA: That wasn't very clever, running around outside, was it? THE DOCTOR: Sorry? MARTHA: On Chancery Street this morning. You came up to me and took your tie off. THE DOCTOR: Really? What did I do that for? MARTHA: I don't know, you just did. THE DOCTOR: Not me. I was here, in bed. Ask the nurses. MARTHA: Well, that's weird, cause it looked like you. Have you got a brother? THE DOCTOR: No, not any more. Just me. MR STOKER: As time passes and I grow ever more infirm and weary, Miss Jones. MARTHA: Sorry. Right. Martha puts her stethoscope to the Doctor's chest, and looks puzzled. She moves the stethoscope to the other heart. The Doctor winks at her. MR STOKER: I weep for further generations. Are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones? MARTHA: Um. I don't know. Stomach cramps? MR STOKER: That is a symptom, not a diagnosis. And you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart. He picks up the chart, receives an electric shock, and drops it. MARTHA: That happened to me this morning. MORGENSTERN: I had the same thing on the door handle. SWALES: And me, on the lift. MR STOKER: That's only to be expected. There's a thunderstorm moving in and lightning is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by, anyone? THE DOCTOR: Benjamin Franklin. MR STOKER: Correct! THE DOCTOR: My mate Ben, that was a day and a half. I got rope burns off that kite, and then I got soaked... MR STOKER: Quite... THE DOCTOR: ... and then I got electrocuted. MR STOKER: Moving on. (aside): I think perhaps a visit from psychiatric. (louder). And next we have... INT. KITCHENETTE Martha is on the phone with her sister. MARTHA: No, listen, I've worked out a plan. We tell Annelisa that the buffet tonight is one hundred per cent carbohydrate, and she won't turn up. EXT. STREET TISH (on phone, walking down street): I wish you'd take this seriously. That's our inheritance she's spending. On fake tan. Tell you what, I'm not that far away, I'll drop by for a sandwich and we can draw up a plan. INT. KITCHENETTE MARTHA (looking at the torrential rain outside the window): In this weather? I'm not going out, it's pouring down. EXT. STREET TISH: It's not raining here. (She turns the corner, and sees the hospital with a huge black cloud over it.) That's weird. It's sitting right on top of you, I can see it, but it's dry where I am. INT. KITCHENETTE MARTHA: Well, you just got lucky. EXT. STREET TISH: No, but it's like in cartoons, you know, when a man's got a cloud over his head. INT. KITCHENETTE MARTHA: But listen, I tell you what we'll do. The Doctor walks by the room in his dressing gown, glances in, and continues on. MARTHA (CONT'D): We tell Dad and Annalise to get there early, for about 7:30, for Leo to do his birthday stuff. We tell Mum to come about 8:30 or nine, and that gives me time to have a word with Annalise, and... Swales touches Martha's arm, looking out the window. MARTHA (CONT'D): What? SWALES: The rain. MARTHA: It's only rain. EXT. STREET TISH: Martha! Have you seen the rain? INT. KITCHENETTE MARTHA: Why's everyone fussing about rain? SWALES: It's going up. EXT. STREET TISH: The rain is going up. INT. KITCHENETTE Martha looks. The rain is going up. Then the building shakes; Martha and Swale fall, as do most of the things on the counters and in the cupboards. When it stops, Martha gets up. MARTHA: What in hell was that? SWALES: Are you all right? MARTHA: I think so, yeah. It felt like an earthquake, or... SWALES: Martha? It's night. It was lunchtime. MARTHA: It's not night. SWALES: It's got to be. It's dark. MARTHA (looking out of the window): We're on the moon. SWALES: We can't be. MARTHA: We're on the moon. We're on the bloody moon. EXT. MOON We see the hospital, isolated on the surface of the moon. We see the people in the hospital, looking out the windows, and then starting to panic when they realise where they are. EXT. CHANCERY STREET Tish runs to the site of the hospital, which is now a huge hole in the ground. She is stopped by a policeman. POLICEMAN: I'm sorry, Miss, no. TISH: My God... Arial view of the big hole in the ground, with sirens or emergency vehicles. TISH (into her mobile phone): Martha? Can you hear me? Martha! Tish walks by the TARDIS. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR People are running and screaming. Martha pushes her way through them into : INT. SIDE ROOM Through the window, she can see the earth slightly above the horizon. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR Leaving, she passes by Florence Finnegan. FLORENCE: Have you seen... MARTHA: I'm sorry, I can't. INT. HOSPITAL WARD MARTHA (CONT'D): All right, everyone back to bed, we've got an emergency but we'll sort it out. The Doctor is watching her. He pulls the curtain around his bed shut. Martha goes to the window, followed by Swales. MARTHA (CONT'D): It's real. It's really real. Hold on! She reaches for the window-latch. SWALES (sobbing): Don't! We'll lose all the air! MARTHA: But they're not exactly air tight. If the air was going to get sucked out it would have happened straight away, but it didn't. So how come? THE DOCTOR (pulling aside the bed-curtain, now fully dressed in a blue suit): Very good point! Brilliant, in fact. What was your name? MARTHA: Martha. THE DOCTOR: And it was Jones, wasn't it? (She nods). Well then, Martha Jones, the question is, how are we still breathing? SWALES: We can't be! THE DOCTOR: Obviously we are so don't waste my time. Martha, what have we got? Is there a balcony on this floor, or a veranda, or...? MARTHA: By the patients' lounge, yeah. THE DOCTOR: Fancy going out? MARTHA: Okay. THE DOCTOR: We might die. MARTHA: We might not. THE DOCTOR: Good! C'mon. Not her, she'd hold us up. Swales sobs as they leave. INT. PATIENTS' LOUNGE Martha and the Doctor go to the patients' lounge and push open the doors. EXT. BALCONY They step out onto the balcony. MARTHA: We've got air! How does that work? THE DOCTOR: Just be glad it does. MARTHA: I've got a party tonight. It's my brother's twenty-first. My mother's going to be really... really... THE DOCTOR: You okay? MARTHA: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: Sure? MARTHA: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: Want to go back in? MARTHA: No way. I mean, we could die any minute, but all the same, it's beautiful. THE DOCTOR: You think? MARTHA: How many people want to go to the moon? And here we are! THE DOCTOR: Standing in the earthlight. MARTHA: What do you think happened? THE DOCTOR: What do you think? MARTHA: Extraterrestrial. It's got to be. I don't know, a few years ago that would have sounded man, but these days? That spaceship flying into Big Ben, Christmas, those Cybermen things. I had a cousin. Adeola. She worked at Canary Wharf. She never came home. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry. MARTHA: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: I was there. In the battle. MARTHA: I promise you, Mr Smith, we will find a way out. If we can travel to the moon, then we can travel back. There's got to be a way. THE DOCTOR: It's not Smith, that's not my real name. MARTHA: Who are you, then? THE DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. MARTHA: Me too, if I can pass my exams. What is it, then, Doctor Smith? THE DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. MARTHA: How do you mean, just the Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Just... the Doctor. MARTHA: What, people call you "the Doctor"? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. MARTHA: Well, I'm not. As far as I'm concerned, you've got to earn that title. THE DOCTOR: Well, I'd better make a start, then. Let's have a look. (He picks up a pebble and throws it). There must be some sort of force field keeping the air in. MARTHA: If that's like a bubble sealing us in, that means this is the only air we've got. What happens when it runs out? THE DOCTOR: How many people in this hospital? MARTHA: I don't know, a thousand? THE DOCTOR: One thousand people. Suffocating. MARTHA: Why would anyone do that? THE DOCTOR: Head's up! Ask them yourself. The Judoon ships arrive. People go to the windows, staring, including Mr Stoker. The Judoon land and march to the hospital. MARTHA: Aliens. That's aliens. Real, proper aliens. THE DOCTOR: Judoon. INT. STOKER'S OFFICE Mr Stoker is watching through the window with binoculars. FLORENCE: Mr Stoker? I'm sorry, I didn't know who else to ask, but can you help me? MR STOKER: I think we've gone beyond aspirin, Miss... ah... FLORENCE: Finnegan. MR STOKER: What are names now when something unnameable is marching towards us across the moon? Two more years, I thought, two more years and then retire to Florida, but there is Florida, in the sky, I can see it. My daughter, she's still in university, I am never going to see her again. FLORENCE: But I need your help, Mr Stoker. MR STOKER: I can't do anything. FLORENCE: Oh, I think you can. Two Slabs enter behind her. MR STOKER: What do you two want? It's a bit too late to sign for anything. FLORENCE: These are my lovely boys. I prefer not to get my hands dirty. MR STOKER: I'm sorry? FLORENCE: You see, there are great tests to come, and terrible deeds, some of them my own. But if I am to survive this, I need you. MR STOKER: What are you talking about? FLORENCE: Blood. Specifically, yours. She snaps her fingers. The Slabs advance on Mr Stoker. MR STOKER: What are you doing? (They hold him by the arms). What are you doing? Well, let go of me, what the hell, let go. FLORENCE: You see, I was only salt deficient because I am so very good at absorbing it. Now I need f*re in my veins, and who better than a consultant, with blood full of salty fats and vintage wines and all those Michelin star sauces. MR STOKER: Who are you? FLORENCE: Oh, I'm a survivor, Mr Stoker. At any cost. Look! I've even brought a straw. Mr Stoker screams as she approaches him. INT. HOSPITAL RECEPTION The Judoon are entering the hospital, walking through the force field. People watch, some screaming, some running, some cowering and trying to hide. The chief Judoon removes his helmet. CHIEF JUDOON: Bo sco fo do no kro blo co sho ro! MORGENSTERN: We are citizens of planet earth. We welcome you in peace. The chief Judoon pushes him against the wall and shines a blue light in his face. MORGENSTERN (CONT'D): Please don't hurt me, I was just trying to help, I'm sorry, don't hurt me, please don't hurt me. The Judoon plays his words back on his portable machine. CHIEF JUDOON: Language assimilated. Designation Earth English. You will be catalogued. (Shines a blue light in Morgenstern's face and marks a cross on the back of his hand). Category: human. Catalogue all suspects. They start shining the blue light on people, checking their species, then marking the right hand of each with a cross, saying "Human" as they do so. The Doctor and Martha are watching from behind some potted plants on the mezzanine level. THE DOCTOR: Oh, look down there, you've got a little shop. I like a little shop. MARTHA: Never mind that! What are Judoon? THE DOCTOR: Galactic police. Well, police for hire. More like interplanetary thugs. MARTHA: And they brought us to the moon? THE DOCTOR: Neutral territory. According to galactic law, they've got no jurisdiction over the Earth, and they isolated us. That rain? Lightning? That was them, using an H2O scoop. MARTHA: What's that about "galactic law"? Where'd you get that from? If they're police, are we under arrest? Are we trespassing on the moon or something? THE DOCTOR: No. But I like that. Good thinking. No, it's more simple. They're making a catalogue, it means they're after something non-human, which is very bad news for me. MARTHA: Why? (He looks at her). Oh, you're kidding me. (He raises an eyebrow). Don't be ridiculous. Stop looking at me like that. THE DOCTOR: Come on, then. The Doctor and Martha leave. CHIEF JUDOON: Troop five, floor one. Troop six, floor two. Identify humans and find the transgressor. Find it. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Doctor and Martha enter at a run. CHIEF JUDOON: Prepare to be catalogued. MORGENSTERN: Do what they say. All they want is to shine this light thing, it's all right, they don't mean to hurt us. Just listen to them. A man breaks a jug over the head of one of the Judoon. CHIEF JUDOON: Witness the crime. Charge: physical as*ault. Plea: guilty. Sentence: execution. The Judoon sh**t the man and he vaporises, screaming. MORGENSTERN: You didn't have to do that. CHIEF JUDOON: Justice is swift. Morgenstern flinches. INT. OFFICE The Doctor is examining a computer with his sonic screwdriver. Martha comes into the room. MARTHA: They've reached third floor. What's that thing? THE DOCTOR: Sonic screwdriver. MARTHA: Well, if you're not going to answer me properly! THE DOCTOR: No, really, it is. It's a screwdriver, and it's sonic. Look. MARTHA: What else have you got? A laser spanner? THE DOCTOR: I did, but it was stolen by Emily Pankhurst, cheeky woman. (Hits the computer). Oh, this computer! The Judoon must have locked it down. Judoon platoon upon the moon. Cause I was just travelling past, I swear, I was just wandering, I wasn't looking for trouble, honestly, I wasn't, but I noticed these plasma coils around the hospital, and that lightning, that's plasma coils, been building up for two days now, so I checked in, I thought something was going on inside, it turns out the plasma coils were the Judoon up above. MARTHA: But what were they looking for? THE DOCTOR: Something that looks human, but isn't. MARTHA: Like you. Apparently. THE DOCTOR: Like me. But not me. MARTHA: Haven't they got a photo? THE DOCTOR: Might be a shape-changer. MARTHA: Whatever it is, can't you just leave the Judoon to find it? THE DOCTOR: If they declare the hospital guilty of harbouring a fugitive, they'll sentence it to execution. MARTHA: All of us? THE DOCTOR: Oh yes. If I can find this thing first... Oh! Just that they're thick! Judoon are thick! They are completely thick! They wiped the records. Oh, that's clever. MARTHA: What are we looking for? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Any patient admitted in the past week with unusual symptoms. Maybe there's a back-up. MARTHA: Just keep working. I'll go ask Mr Stoker, he might know. She leaves. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR She runs down the hall and knocks on the door to Stoker's office and enters without waiting for an answer. INT. STOKER'S OFFICE MARTHA (CONT'D): Mr Stoker! She sees his feet sticking out around the desk, and the two Slabs. Florence Finnegan arises, straw in hand. Martha runs for it. FLORENCE: k*ll her! INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR Martha meets up with the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: I've restored the back-up. MARTHA: I found her. THE DOCTOR: You what? (He sees the Slabs). Run! He takes Martha's hand and they run. INT. STAIRWELL They run down the stairs, followed by the Slabs. Then they meet the Judoon coming up, and dodge out a doorway on the fourth floor. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR They run, Slabs hot on their tails, skidding around corners and then into the radiology room. INT. RADIOLOGY ROOM The Doctor closes and locks the door in the face of a Slab. THE DOCTOR: When I say "now", press the button. MARTHA: I don't know which one. THE DOCTOR: Find out! He uses his sonic screwdriver on some of the machinery. Martha goes for the Operator's Manual. The Slab breaks down the door. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now! He zaps the Slab with radiation, his skeleton visible. The Slab falls inert. MARTHA: What did you do? THE DOCTOR: Increased the radiation by five thousand per cent. k*lled him d*ad. MARTHA: Isn't that likely to k*ll you? THE DOCTOR: Nah, it's only radiation. We used to play with roentgen bricks in the nursery. It's safe for you to come out, I've absorbed it all. All I need to do is expel it. (He starts bouncing and hopping). If I concentrate I can shake the radiation out of my body and into one spot. It's in my left shoe. Here we go, here we go, easy does it... (Shaking his foot). Out, out, out, out, out. Out, out, ah, ah, ah, ah. It is, it is, it is, it is, it is hot. Ah, hold on. (Throws his shoe into the dustbin). Done. MARTHA: You're completely mad. THE DOCTOR: Right. I look daft with one shoe. (Removes and discards the other one). Barefoot on the moon! MARTHA (going to the Slab): So what is that thing? And where's it from? The planet Zovirax? THE DOCTOR: It's just a Slab. They're called "Slabs". Basic sl*ve drones, see? Solid leather, all the way through. Someone has got one hell of a fetish. MARTHA: It came with that woman, Mrs. Finnegan. It was working for her. Just like a servant. THE DOCTOR (takes what remains of his sonic screwdriver out of the x-ray machine): My sonic screwdriver. MARTHA: She was one of the patients, but... THE DOCTOR: My sonic screwdriver! MARTHA: She had a straw like some kind of vampire. THE DOCTOR: I loved my sonic screwdriver! MARTHA: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Sorry. (He tosses the sonic screwdriver away, and smiles). You called me Doctor. MARTHA: Anyway! Miss Finnegan is the alien. She was drinking Mr. Stoker's blood. THE DOCTOR: Funny time to take a snack. You'd think she'd be hiding. Unless, no. Yes, that's it, wait a minute. Yes! Shape-changer. Internal shape-changer. She wasn't drinking blood, she was assimilating it. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR Florence Finnegan walks into a corridor, wiping her lips. The Judoon are approaching. CHIEF JUDOON: Prepare to be catalogued. (They catalogue people). Human. They come to Florence Finnegan and shine the blue light on her. INT. RADIOLOGY ROOM THE DOCTOR: If she can assimilate Mr Stoker's blood, mimic the morphology, she can register as human. We've got to find her and show the Judoon. Come on! He runs. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR CHIEF JUDOON (shining his light at Florence Finnegan): Human. Puts a cross on her hand and carries on. She looks at it with a smile. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR A Slab walks down a hallway, past the Doctor and Martha, who are hiding behind a water cooler. THE DOCTOR: That's the thing about Slabs. They always travel in pairs. MARTHA: What about you? THE DOCTOR: What about me what? MARTHA: Haven't you got back-up? You must have a partner or something? THE DOCTOR: Uh. Humans. We're stuck on the moon running out of air with Judoon and a bloodsucking criminal, you're asking personal questions. Come on. MARTHA: I like that. "Humans." I'm still not convinced you're an alien. They step in front of a Judoon, who shines his blue light on the Doctor's face. JUDOON: Non-human. MARTHA: Oh my God, you really are! THE DOCTOR: And again! They run. The Judoon sh**t after them. They go up stairs, and manage to lock a door behind them, emerging in a corridor where people are falling to the ground, gasping for breath. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): They've done this floor. Come on. The Judoon are logical and just a little bit thick. They won't go back to check a floor they've checked already. If we're lucky. Martha sees Swales and stops by her. MARTHA: How much oxygen is there? SWALES: Not enough for all these people. We're going to run out. THE DOCTOR: How are you feeling? Are you all right? MARTHA: I'm running on adrenaline. THE DOCTOR: Welcome to my world. MARTHA: What about the Judoon? THE DOCTOR: Ah, great big lung reserves, it won't slow them down. Where's Mr Stoker's office? MARTHA: It's this way. INT. STOKER'S OFFICE They enter. MARTHA (CONT'D): She's gone! She was here. THE DOCTOR (examining Mr Stoker): Drained him dry. Every last drop. I was right. She's a plasmavore. MARTHA: What was she doing on Earth? THE DOCTOR: Hiding. On the run. Like Ronald Biggs in Rio de Janeiro. What's she doing now? She's still not safe. The Judoon could execute us all. Come on. MARTHA: Wait a minute. She goes to Mr Stoker and closes his eyes, then leaves with the Doctor. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR THE DOCTOR: Think, think, think. If I was a plasmavore surrounded by police, what would I do? (He looks at the MRI sign). Aah. She's as clever as me. Almost. JUDOON VOICES: Find the non-human. Execute. THE DOCTOR: Stay here. I need time. You're going to have to hold them up. MARTHA: How do I do that? THE DOCTOR: Martha, forgive me for this. It's to save a thousand lives, it means nothing. Honestly, nothing. He kisses her, then runs off. MARTHA: That was nothing? INT. MRI ROOM The Doctor goes into the MRI room, where the machine is making strange noises and Florence Finnegan is working with the controls. THE DOCTOR: Have you seen, there are these things, those great big space rhino things, I mean rhinos from space. And we're on the moon. Great big space rhinos with g*n on the moon. And I only came in for my bunions, look. (Shows his feet). They're all right now, perfectly good treatment, I said to my wife, I'd recommend this place to anyone, but then we end up on the moon. And did I mention the rhinos? FLORENCE: Hold him! The Slabs take hold of the Doctor. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Judoon walk into another corridor. Martha stands bravely waiting for them. CHIEF JUDOON: Find the non-human. Execute. MARTHA: Now, listen. I know who you're looking for. She's this woman. She calls herself Florence. The Judoon examines her with his blue light. CHIEF JUDOON: Human. With non-human traits suspected. Non-human element confirmed. Authorize full scan. What are you? What are you? INT. MRI ROOM Florence Finnegan is fussing with the MRI machine. THE DOCTOR: That thing, that big machine thing, is it supposed to be making that noise? FLORENCE: You wouldn't understand. THE DOCTOR: Isn't that a magnetic resonance imaging thing? Like a ginormous sort of a magnet? I did magnets at GCSE. Well, I failed, but all the same. FLORENCE: The magnetic setting is now set to 50,000 Tesla. THE DOCTOR: Ooh. That's a bit strong, isn't it? FLORENCE: I can send out a magnetic pulse that will fry the brain-stems of every living thing within 250,000 miles. Except me, safe in this room. THE DOCTOR: But... hold on, hold on, I did geography for GCSE, I did pass that one, doesn't that distance include Earth? FLORENCE: Only the side facing the moon. The other half will survive. Call it my little gift. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry, you'll have to forgive me, I'm a little out of my depth. I've spent the past fifteen years working as a postman, hence the bunions. Why would you do that? FLORENCE: With everyone d*ad, the Judoon ships will be mine, to make my escape. THE DOCTOR: Now, that's weird. You're talking like you're some sort of an alien. FLORENCE: Right-o. THE DOCTOR: No! FLORENCE: Oh, yes. THE DOCTOR: You're joshing me. FLORENCE: I am not. THE DOCTOR: I'm talking to an alien? In hospital? What, has the place got an ET department? FLORENCE: It's the perfect hiding place. Blood banks downstairs for a midnight feast, and all this equipment I'm ready to arm myself with should the police come looking. THE DOCTOR: So, those rhinos, they're looking for you? FLORENCE: Yes. But I'm hidden. THE DOCTOR: Oh. Right! Maybe that's why they're increasing their scans. FLORENCE: They're doing what? THE DOCTOR: Big chief rhino boy, he said, no sign of a non-human, we must increase our scans... up to setting two? FLORENCE: Then I must assimilate again. THE DOCTOR: What does that mean? FLORENCE: I must appear to be human. THE DOCTOR: Well, you're welcome to come home and meet the wife. She'd be honoured. We can have cake. FLORENCE: Why should I have cake? I've got my little straw. THE DOCTOR: That's nice. Milkshake? I like banana. FLORENCE: You're quite the funny man. And yet, I think, laughing on purpose at the darkness. I think it's time you found some peace. Steady him! THE DOCTOR: What are you doing? As the Slabs hold him and Florence approaches with her straw. FLORENCE: I'm afraid this is going to hurt. But if it's any consolation, the d*ad don't tend to remember. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Judoon makes a cross on Martha's hand. CHIEF JUDOON: Confirmed: human. Traces of facial contact with non-human. Continue the search. (To Martha, hands her slip of paper): You will need this. MARTHA: What's that for? CHIEF JUDOON: Compensation. INT. MRI ROOM Florence drinks the Doctor's blood with a straw. The Judoon enter the room. FLORENCE: Now see what you've done. This poor man just died of fright. CHIEF JUDOON: Scan him! Confirmation: deceased. MARTHA: No, he can't be. Let me through, let me see him. CHIEF JUDOON: Stop. Case closed. MARTHA: But it was her. She k*lled him. She did it. She m*rder him. CHIEF JUDOON: The Judoon have no authority over human crime. MARTHA: But she's not human. FLORENCE: Oh, but I am. I've been catalogued. MARTHA: But she's not! She assimil... Wait a minute. You drank his blood. The Doctor's blood. She grabs a Judoon scanner. FLORENCE: Oh, all right. Scan all you like. CHIEF JUDOON: Non-human. FLORENCE: What? CHIEF JUDOON: Confirm analysis. FLORENCE: Oh, but it's a mistake, surely. I'm human. I'm as human as they come. MARTHA: He gave his life so they'd find you. CHIEF JUDOON: Confirmed: Plasmavore. I charge you with the crime of m*rder the princess of Patrival Regency Nine. FLORENCE: She deserved it! Those pink cheeks and those blond curls and that simpering voice. She was begging for the bite of a plasmavore. CHIEF JUDOON: Do you confess? FLORENCE: Confess? I'm proud of it! Slab, stop them! The Slab sh**t. The Judoon sh**t. The Slab disintegrates. CHIEF JUDOON: Verdict: guilty. Sentence: execution. The warning sign light up: MAGNETIC OVERLOAD. FLORENCE: Enjoy your victory, Judoon, because you're going to burn with me. Burn in hell! She screams as they disintegrate her. Martha rushes over to the Doctor. CHIEF JUDOON: Case closed. MARTHA: What did she mean, "burn with me"? The scanner shouldn't be doing that. She's done something. CHIEF JUDOON: Scans detect lethal acceleration of monomagnetic pulse. MARTHA: Well, do something! Stop it! CHIEF JUDOON: Our jurisdiction has ended. Judoon will evacuate. MARTHA: You can't just leave it. What's it going to do? CHIEF JUDOON: All units withdraw. They depart. The sign continues to flash: MAGNETIC OVERLOAD. MORGENSTERN: What about the air? We're running out of air. MARTHA: You can't go. That thing's going to explode and it's all your fault. They're gone. Martha runs to the Doctor and starts to apply pulmonary resuscitation techniques. MARTHA (CONT'D): One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Two hearts! One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Martha is running out of air. The Doctor revives and starts to cough. Martha falls to the ground. MARTHA (CONT'D): The scanner. She did something. Coughing, the Doctor crawls and staggers to the MRI machine, and unplugs it. INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR The Doctor carries Martha down a corridor where patients and doctors alike are either very weak or unconscious due to oxygen starvation. INT. HOSPITAL WARD The Doctor looks out of the window at the Judoon ships. THE DOCTOR: Come on, come on, come on. Come on, Judoon, reverse it. (It starts to rain. He smiles). It's raining, Martha. It's raining on the moon. In a flash of white light, they disappear. EXT. CHANCERY STREET The hospital reappears where it originally was, with Tish and the onlookers standing at the side of the hole. Emergency care commences, while Martha sits, looking thoughtful, outside the hospital. MORGENSTERN: I told them I represented the human race. I told them, you can't do that. I said: "You can't do that, we have rights." TISH: Martha! (Goes running to hug her). Oh, God! I thought you were d*ad! What happened? It was so weird, because the police wouldn't say, they didn't have a clue. And I tried phoning, but I couldn't get through. Mum's on her way, but she couldn't get through, they've closed off all the roads. Martha sees the Doctor walking away, towards the TARDIS. He smiles at her, and waves. A truck goes by, and when it has passed, the Doctor and the TARDIS are gone. MARTHA (CONT'D): There's thousands of people trying to get in, the whole city's ground to a halt, and Dad phoned, cause it's on the news and everything, he was crying. It's been a mess, and what happened? I mean, what really happened? Where were you? Martha stares at the place the TARDIS was, hearing the last traces of the TARDIS engines. INT. MARTHA'S BEDROOM Martha is applying her mascara for the party, listening to the radio. ANNOUNCER: Eyewitness reports from the Royal Hope Hospital continue to pour in, and it all seems to be remarkably consistent. This from medical student Oliver Morgenstern. MORGENSTERN: I was there. I saw it happen. And I feel uniquely privileged. I looked out at the surface of the moon. I saw the Earth, suspended in space, and it all just proves Mr Saxon right. We're not alone in the universe. There's life out there: wild and extraordinary life. EXT. PUB Annalise storms outside. ANNALISE: I am not prepared to be insulted! CLIVE: She didn't mean it, sweetheart. She just said you look healthy. FRANCINE: No, I did not. I said orange. ANNALISE: Clive, that woman is disrespecting me. She's never liked me. FRANCINE: Oh, I can't think why, after you stole my husband. ANNALISE: I was seduced. I'm entirely innocent! Tell her, Clive! FRANCINE: And then she has a go at Martha, practically accused her of making the whole thing up. MARTHA: Mum, I don't mind. Just leave it. ANNALISE: Oh. "I've been to the moon! " As if. They were drugged. It said so on the news. FRANCINE: Since when did you watch the news? You can't handle "Quiz Mania". TISH (to Martha): Annalise started it. She did. I heard her. LEO: Trish, don't make it worse. TISH: You're talking, Leo. What did she buy you, soap? A seventy-five pence soap? ANNALISE: Oh, I'm never talking to your family again! She storms off. They're all talking over each other. FRANCINE: Oh, stay. Have a night out. CLIVE: Don't you dare. I'm putting my foot down. This is me, putting my foot down. He chases after Annalise. LEO: Dad! FRANCINE: Make a fool of yourself! God knows, you've been doing it for the last twenty-five years! Why stop now? She storms off. Trish follows... TISH: Mum, don't! I asked the DJ and he's playing that song later... Martha, distressed, sees the Doctor standing on the corner, looking at her. He smiles and gives her a "follow me" look. She follows him around the building... EXT. ALLEYWAY She finds him standing and leaning against the TARDIS. There is a "VOTE SAXON" poster on the wall behind her. MARTHA: I went to the moon today. THE DOCTOR: A bit more peaceful than down here. MARTHA: You never even told me who you are. THE DOCTOR: The Doctor. MARTHA: What sort of species? It's not every day I get to ask that. THE DOCTOR: I'm a Time Lord. MARTHA: Right! Not pompous at all, then. THE DOCTOR: I just thought since you saved my life and I've got a brand new sonic screwdriver which needs road testing, you might fancy a trip. MARTHA: What, into space? THE DOCTOR: Well. MARTHA: I can't. I've got exams. I've got things to do. I have to go into town first thing and pay the rent, I've got my family going mad... THE DOCTOR: If it helps, I can travel in time, as well. MARTHA: Get out of here. THE DOCTOR: I can. MARTHA: Come on now, that's going too far. THE DOCTOR: I'll prove it. He goes into the TARDIS, and it makes TARDIS noises, and then disappears while Martha watches. She waves her hand in the spot where it was. It comes back. The Doctor steps out, holding his tie in his hand. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Told you! MARTHA: I know, but... that was this morning! But, did you... Oh, my God! You can travel in time! The Doctor puts his tie on again. MARTHA (CONT'D): But hold on, if you could see me this morning, why didn't you tell me not to go in to work? THE DOCTOR: Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden. Except for cheap tricks. MARTHA: And that's your spaceship? THE DOCTOR: It's called the TARDIS. Time and Relative Dimension in Space. MARTHA: Your spaceship's made of wood. There's not much room. We'd be a bit intimate. THE DOCTOR (pushing the door open): Take a look. INT. TARDIS She goes in, the Doctor follows her. She looks around and runs out again. MARTHA: Oh, no, no. EXT. ALLEYWAY MARTHA (CONT'D) (she looks around outside): But it's just a box. But it's huge. How does it do that? It's wood. She knocks on it. INT. TARDIS MARTHA (CONT'D): It's like a box with that room just rammed in. It's bigger on the inside. THE DOCTOR (after mouthing this last sentence with her): Is it? I hadn't noticed. (He shuts the door behind her, throws his coat aside). All right, then, let's get going. MARTHA: But is there a crew? Like a navigator and stuff? Where is everyone? THE DOCTOR: Just me. MARTHA: All on your own? THE DOCTOR: Well, sometimes I have guests. I mean some friends, travelling alongside. I had, there was recently a friend of mine. Rose, her name was, Rose. And... we were together. Anyway. MARTHA: Where is she now? THE DOCTOR: With her family. Happy. She's fine. Not that you're replacing her. MARTHA: Never said I was. THE DOCTOR: Just one trip to say "thanks", you get one trip, then back home. I'd rather be on my own. MARTHA: You're the one that kissed me. THE DOCTOR: That was a genetic transfer. MARTHA: And if you will wear a tight suit... THE DOCTOR: Now... don't! MARTHA: And then travel all the way across the universe just to ask me on a date... THE DOCTOR: Stop it. MARTHA: For the record? I'm not remotely interested. I only go for humans. THE DOCTOR: Good. Well, then. Close down the gravitic anomalizer. f*re up the helmic regulator. And finally, the hand brake. Ready? MARTHA: No. THE DOCTOR: Off we go. He pulls the hand brake. The TARDIS jolts and shakes. He falls. MARTHA: Blimey, it's a bit bumpy. THE DOCTOR: Welcome aboard, Miss Jones. He shakes her hand. MARTHA: It's my pleasure, Mr Smith. EXT. TIME VORTEX The TARDIS hurtles through the vortex. END
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EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT London 1599. Elizabethan London skyline at night, moonlight reflected on the Thames. EXT. ALL HALLOWS STREET A young man is playing a lute as he serenades a woman at a balcony. WIGGINS: # Her face was like a winter's moon that lights the traveller's way. Her smile was like a summer bloom that bursts then fades away. My love is night, my love is day. My love she is my world.# LILITH: Such sweet music shows your blood to be afire. Why wait we on stale custom for consummation? WIGGINS: Oh, yes. Tonight's the night. He heads for the door of the house and is met by Lilith. LILITH (coyly): Would you enter, bold sir? WIGGINS: Oh, I would. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE He enters the dwelling to see it dark with numerous fires burning, sharp instruments hanging from the walls and dried plants. WIGGENS (CONT'D): Lilith, this cannot be the home of one so beautiful. Forgive me, this is foul. LILITH (shushes him): Sshh. Sad words suit not upon a lover's tongue. (Kisses him. When she pulls away, her face is wizened and her teeth, fangs). Your kiss transformed me. He backs away, terrified. LILITH (CONT'D): A suitor should meet his beloved's parents. Mother Doomfinger. An old woman with features similar to Lilith rises from behind him. He turns to face her, gasping. LILITH (CONT'D): And Mother Bloodtide. A second on the ceiling cackles before falling to the floor. They converge upon Wiggins who screams and falls under their att*ck. Lilith rises and faces the camera. LILITH (CONT'D): Soon at the hour of woven words we shall rise again and this fleeting Earth will perish! She cackles. OPENING CREDITS INT. TARDIS Inside the TARDIS the Doctor turns a wheeled control while Martha holds on to the console to remain steady. MARTHA: But how do you travel in time? What makes it go? THE DOCTOR: Oh, let's take the fun and mystery out of everything. Martha, you don't wanna know. It just does. Hold on tight! He practically climbs onto the console. Martha is knocked to the floor and the Doctor falls off the console. MARTHA (standing): Blimey! Do you have to pass a test to fly this thing? THE DOCTOR: Yes, and I failed it. (Grabs his coat). Now, make the most of it. (Hands her jacket to her). I promised you one trip and one trip only. Outside this door... (stops at door and faces her). Brave new world. MARTHA: Where are we? THE DOCTOR: Take a look. (Opens door). After you. EXT. STREET Martha walks outside and onto an Elizabethan street at night with people milling about. MARTHA: Oh, you are kidding me. You are so kidding me. Oh, my God! We did it. We travelled in time. Where are we? No, sorry. I gotta get used to this whole new language. When are we? The Doctor looks up and pulls her back as from a first floor window and man dumps the contents of a bucket. MAN: Mind the loo! THE DOCTOR: Somewhere before the invention of the toilet. Sorry about that. MARTHA: I've seen worse. I've worked the late night shift at A&E. The Doctor starts to walk away. MARTHA (CONT'D): But are we safe? I mean, can we move around and stuff? THE DOCTOR: Of course we can. Why do you ask? MARTHA: It's like in the films. You step on a butterfly; you change the future of the human race. THE DOCTOR: Well, tell you what then, don't step on any butterflies. What have butterflies ever done to you? They continue walking. MARTHA: What if, I dunno, what if I k*ll my grandfather? THE DOCTOR: You planning to? MARTHA: No. THE DOCTOR: Well, then. MARTHA: This is London. THE DOCTOR: I think so. Right about 1599. MARTHA: Oh, but hold on. Am I all right? I'm not gonna get carted off as a sl*ve, am I? THE DOCTOR: Why would they do that? MARTHA: Not exactly white, in case you haven't noticed. THE DOCTOR: I'm not even human. Just walk about like you own the place. Works for me. Besides, you'd be surprised. Elizabethan England, not so different from your time. Look over there. (Points). They've got recycling. Aman shovels manure. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Water cooler moment. Two men conversing at a water barrel. They walk past a man preaching about the end of the world. PREACHER: ... and the world will be consumed by flame! THE DOCTOR: Global warming. Oh, yes, and... entertainment! Popular entertainment for the masses. If I'm right, we're just down the river by Southwark right next to... (The Doctor takes her hand and they run around a corner). Oh, yes, the Globe Theatre! Brand new. Just opened. Through, strictly speaking, it's not a globe; it's a tetradecagon, 14 sides, containing the man himself. MARTHA: Whoa, you don't mean... is Shakespeare in there? THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. (Holds out his arm). Miss Jones, will you accompany me to the theatre? MARTHA (links her arm in his): Yes, Mr. Smith, I will. THE DOCTOR: When you get home, you can tell everyone you've seen Shakespeare. MARTHA: Then I could get sectioned! INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE Packed house, everyone applauding and cheering. Actors onstage taking their bows. MARTHA: That's amazing! Just amazing. It's worth putting up with the smell. And those are men dressed as women, yeah. THE DOCTOR: London never changes. MARTHA: Where's Shakespeare? I wanna see Shakespeare. (Chants with fist in air). Author! Author! The Doctor looks at her. MARTHA (CONT'D): Do people shout that? Do they shout "Author"? Man in crowd by Martha picks up the chant and it soon spreads. THE DOCTOR (looking around): Well... they do now. Shakespeare comes out and takes an exaggerated bow and blows kisses. Audience goes wild and cheers even louder. MARTHA: He's a bit different from his portraits. Lilith sits alone in a box dressed in court finery. She removes a small doll from a pouch. THE DOCTOR: Genius. He's a genius, the genius. The most human Human that's ever been. Now we're gonna hear him speak. Always, he chooses the best words. New, beautiful, brilliant words. SHAKESPEARE: Shut your big fat mouths! The audience laughs. THE DOCTOR (disappointed): Oh, well. MARTHA: You should never meet your heroes. SHAKESPEARE: You have excellent taste! I'll give you that. (Points to man in audience). Oh, that's a wig! LILITH (who's watching on a balcony, twirls her hand about the tuft of hair on the doll): Wind the craft of ancient harm. The time approaches for our charm. SHAKESPEARE: I know what you're all saying. "Loves Labour's Lost", that's a funny ending, isn't it? It just stops! Will the boys get the girls? Well, don't get your hose in a tangle, you'll find out soon. Yeah, yeah. All in good time. You don't rush a genius. He bows. Lilith kisses the doll and Shakespeare jerks upright. SHAKESPEARE (CONT'D): When? Tomorrow night. Audience cheers and Lilith is pleased while the cast is stunned. SHAKESPEARE (CONT'D): The premiere of my brand new play. A sequel, no less, and I call it "Loves Labour's Won"! Audience applauds loudly and the Doctor remains quiet. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE The Doctor and Martha leave the theatre with the rest of the crowd. MARTHA: I'm not an expert, but I've never heard of "Loves Labour's Won". THE DOCTOR: Exactly, the lost play. It doesn't exist, only in rumours. It's mentioned in lists of his plays but never ever turns up. No one knows why. MARTHA: Have you got a mini-disk or something? We could tape it. We can flog it. Sell it when we get home and make a mint. THE DOCTOR (looks at her): No. MARTHA: That would be bad? THE DOCTOR: Yeah. Yeah. MARTHA: Well, how come it disappeared in the first place? THE DOCTOR: Well, I was just gonna give you a quick little trip in the TARDIS but I suppose we could stay a bit longer. EXT. STREET The street outside the Elephant Inn. Pan up to lit window then go inside. INT. ELEPHANT INN DOLLY BAILEY: Here ya go, Will. Drink up. There's enough beer in this lodgings house to sink the Spanish. She doles out t*nk to three men at the table. SHAKESPEARE: Dolly Bailey, you've saved my life. DOLLY BAILEY (flirting): I'll do more than that later tonight. (To maid): And you, girl, hurry up with your tasks. The talk of gentlemen is best not overheard. LILITH (as maid): Yes, ma'am. Sorry, ma'am. DICK: You must be mad, Will. "Loves Labour's Won"? We're not ready. It's supposed to be next week. What made you say that? KEMPE: You haven't even finished it yet. SHAKESPEARE: I've just got the final scene to go. You'll get it by morning. He drinks his beer. THE DOCTOR: Hello! (Knocks on open door). Excuse me! I'm not interrupting, am I? Mr. Shakespeare, isn't it? SHAKESPEARE: Oh no, no, no, no. Who let you in? No autographs. No, you can't have yourself sketched with me. And please don't ask where I get my ideas from. Thanks for the interest. Now be a good boy and shove... (Sees Martha standing behind the Doctor). Hey, nonny nonny. Sit right down here next to me. (To Dick and Kempe): You two get sewing on them costumes. Off you go. DOLLY BAILEY: Come on, lads. I think our William's found his new muse. SHAKESPEARE: Sweet lady. (Martha sits at the table). Such unusual clothes. So... fitted. MARTHA: Um, verily, forsooth, egads. THE DOCTOR: No, no, don't do that. Don't. (Holds out psychic paper to Shakespeare). I'm Sir Doctor of TARDIS and this is my companion, Miss Martha Jones. SHAKESPEARE: Interesting, that bit of paper. It's blank. THE DOCTOR (impressed): Oh, that's... very clever. That proves it. Absolute genius. MARTHA (peers at paper): No, it says so right there. Sir Doctor, Martha Jones. It says so. SHAKESPEARE: And I say it's blank. THE DOCTOR (to Martha): Psychic paper. Um, long story. Oh, I hate starting from scratch. He puts the psychic paper away. SHAKESPEARE: Psychic. Never heard that before and words are my trade. Who are you exactly? More's the point, who is your delicious blackamoor lady? MARTHA: What did you say? SHAKESPEARE: Oops. Isn't that a word we use nowadays? An Ethiop girl? A swarth? A Queen of Afric... MARTHA: I can't believe I'm hearing this. THE DOCTOR: It's political correctness gone mad. Um, Martha's from a far-off land. Freedonia. LYNLEY: Excuse me! (Enters room). Hold hard a moment. This is abominable behaviour. A new play with no warning? I demand to see a script, Mr Shakespeare. As Master of the Revels, every new script must be registered at my office and examined by me before it can be performed. SHAKESPEARE: Tomorrow morning, first thing, I'll send it 'round. LYNLEY: I don't work to your schedule, you work to mine. The script, now! SHAKESPEARE: I can't. LYNLEY: Then tomorrow's performance is cancelled. Lilith slips unnoticed from the room. MARTHA: It's all go, 'round here, isn't it? LYNLEY: I'm returning to my office for a banning order. If it's the last thing I do, "Love's Labours Won" will never be played. He leaves. EXT. ELEPHANT INN Lynley goes down the stairs where he bumps into Lilith. LILITH: Oh, sorry, sir. Beg pardon, sir. Mind you don't hurt that handsome head of yours. She caresses his head. LYNLEY: Hold hard, wanton woman! (softer). I shall return later. As he walks away, Lilith holds up a lock of his hair. INT. ELEPHANT INN, LANDING She runs up to the landing and hiding in a corner where she takes out the doll. LILITH: Oh, my mothers, there's one seeks to stop the performance tomorrow. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE Cut to Doomfinger and Bloodtide. DOOMFINGER: But it must be tomorrow! BLOODTIDE: "Love's Labours Won" must be performed! INT. ELEPHANT INN, LANDING LILITH (wraps Lynley's hair about the doll): Fear not. Chant with me. Water damps the fiercest flame... INT. WITCHES' HOUSE MOTHERS: Drowns down girls and boys the same. EXT. STREET Lynley walks along the street. Lilith holds the doll underwater and he begins to choke. INT. ELEPHANT INN MARTHA: Well, then... mystery solved. That's "Love's Labours Won" over and done with. Thought it might be something more, you know... more mysterious. They hear screaming from outside. EXT. STREET They rush out to the street where Lynley is spitting up water. MARTHA: It's that Lynley bloke. THE DOCTOR: What's wrong with him? Leave it to men. I'm a doctor. He goes to Lynley's side. MARTHA: So am I near enough. INT. ELEPHANT INN, LANDING Lilith takes the doll from the water. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE MOTHERS: Now to halt the vital part. s*ab the flesh. INT. ELEPHANT INN, LANDING LILITH (whispers): And stop the heart. (s*ab the doll with a large pin). Eternal sleep is thine. She rips the head off... EXT. STREET Down in the street, Lynley falls to the ground. The Doctor stands and runs to look down the street. MARTHA (listen for heartbeat and breathing): Gotta get the heart going. Mr Lynley, c'mon, can you hear me? You're gonna be all right. She prepares to start mouth-to-mouth as the Doctor returns and water gushes from Lynley's mouth. MARTHA (CONT'D): What the hell is that? THE DOCTOR: I've never seen a death like it. His lungs are full of water, he drowned and then... I dunno, like a blow to the heart, an invisible blow. (Stands and addresses Dolly): Good mistress, this poor fellow has died from a sudden imbalance of the humours. A natural if unfortunate demise. Call a constable and have him taken away. DOLLY BAILEY: Yes, sir. Lilith joins them. LILITH: I'll do it, ma'am. She walks away with a satisfied smirk. The Doctor crouches back down beside the body. MARTHA: And why are you telling them that? THE DOCTOR: This lot still have got one foot in the Dark Ages. If I tell them the truth, they'll panic and think it was witchcraft. MARTHA: Okay, what was it then? THE DOCTOR: Witchcraft. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE Lilith, Bloodtide and Doomfinger are back in the house gathered over a cauldron. MOTHERS: The potion is prepared. Now take it. DOOMFINGER: Magic words for the playwright's fevered mind. BLOODTIDE: Shakespeare will release us. The mind of a genius will unlock the tide of blood. LILITH: Upon this night, the work is done. A muse to pen "Love Labour's Won"! INT. ELEPHANT INN DOLLY BAILEY: I got you a room, Sir Doctor. You and Miss Jones are just across the landing. She leaves. SHAKESPEARE: Poor Lynley. So many strange events. Not least of all, this land of Freedonia where a woman can be a doctor? MARTHA: Where a woman can do what she likes. SHAKESPEARE: And you, Sir Doctor. How can a man so young have eyes so old? THE DOCTOR: I do a lot of reading. SHAKESPEARE: A trite reply. Yeah, that's what I'd do. (To Martha): And you, you look at him like you're surprised he exists. He's as much of a puzzle to you as he is to me. MARTHA: I think we should say good night. She leaves. SHAKESPEARE: I must work. I have a play to complete. But I'll get my answers tomorrow, Doctor, and I'll discover more about you and why this constant performance of yours. THE DOCTOR (at doorway): All the world's a stage. SHAKESPEARE: Hm, I might use that. Good night, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Nighty-night, Shakespeare. He leaves. INT. ELEPHANT INN, BEDROOM Martha is examining their room when the Doctor enters. MARTHA: It's not exactly five-star, is it? THE DOCTOR: Oh, it'll do. I've seen worse. MARTHA: I haven't even got a toothbrush. THE DOCTOR: Ooh. (Pats pockets and pulls out a brush). Contains Venusian spearmint. MARTHA: So, who's going where? I mean, there's only one bed. THE DOCTOR: We'll manage. C'mon. He flops onto the bed. MARTHA: So, magic and stuff. That's a surprise. It's a little bit "Harry Potter". THE DOCTOR: Wait till you read Book Seven. Oh, I cried. MARTHA: But is it real, though? I mean, witches, black magic and all that, it's real? THE DOCTOR: 'Course it isn't! MARTHA: Well, how am I supposed to know? I've only just started believing in time travel. Give me a break. THE DOCTOR: Looks like witchcraft, but it isn't. Can't be. Are you gonna stand there all night? MARTHA (sits on the bed next to him): Budge up a bit, then. (The Doctor moves over). Sorry, there's not much room. Us two here, same bed. Tongues will wag. THE DOCTOR (oblivious): There's such a thing as psychic energy but a human couldn't channel it like that. Not without a generator the size of Taunton and I think we'd have spotted that. (Turns on side facing Martha). No. There's something I'm missing, Martha. (She lies so they're face-to-face). Something really close, staring me right in the face and I can't see it. Rose would know. A friend of mine, Rose. Right now, she'd say exactly the right thing. (Lies on back breaking the intimate moment). Still, can't be helped. You're a novice, never mind. I'll take you back home tomorrow. MARTHA (miffed): Great! She turns her back on him and blows out the candle. EXT. STREET Lilith watches Shakespeare's window from the street. She levitates and opens the window from outside. INT. ELEPHANT INN, SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM She blows the fumes of the potion towards him as he writes. He inhales and falls unconscious. LILTH (enters room and raises marionette): Bind the mind and take the man. Speed the words to writer's hand. Shakespeare jerks up and, as Lilith moves the puppet's arm, he writes. INT. ELEPHANT INN, BEDROOM In their room, Martha is asleep while the Doctor is wide awake. INT. ELEPHANT INN, SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM Dolly walks in with broom in hand after Lilith is done. DOLLY BAILEY: Will? Finished cleaning just in time for your special treat. (Stops when she sees Lilith). Oh, aye. I'm not the first then. LILITH (turns on her in "witch face"): I'll take that to aid my flight and you shall speak no more this night. She grabs the broom. Dolly screams. INT. ELEPHANT INN, BEDROOM The Doctor jumps up and runs to aid followed by Martha. INT. ELEPHANT INN, SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM Shakespeare wakes with a start when they enter and stop to examine Dolly's body. SHAKESPEARE: Wha'? What was that? Martha runs to the window where she sees the silhouette of a witch on a broom flying in the sky. THE DOCTOR: Her heart gave out. She died of fright. MARTHA: Doctor? THE DOCTOR (joins her at the window): What did you see? MARTHA: A witch. EXT. THAMES EMBANKMENT It is dawn. A cock crows. INT. SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM The Doctor and Martha sit at Shakespeare's desk. SHAKESPEARE: Oh, sweet Dolly Bailey. She sat out three bouts of the plague in this place. We all ran like rats. But what could have scared her so? She had such enormous spirit. THE DOCTOR: "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." SHAKESPEARE: I might use that. THE DOCTOR: You can't. It's someone else's. MARTHA: But the thing is, Lynley drowned on dry land, Dolly died of fright and they were both connected to you. SHAKESPEARE: You're accusing me? MARTHA: No, but I saw a witch, big as you like, flying, cackling away, and you've written about witches. SHAKESPEARE: I have? When was that? THE DOCTOR (low voice): Not, not quite yet. SHAKESPEARE: Peter Streete spoke of witches. MARTHA: Who's Peter Streete? SHAKESPEARE: Our builder. He sketched the plans to the Globe. THE DOCTOR: The architect. Hold on. The architect! The architect! (Slams fist on table). The Globe! Come on! He rushes off, followed by Martha and Shakespeare. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE The Doctor is in the pit while Martha and Shakespeare are onstage. THE DOCTOR: The columns there, right? 14 sides. I've always wondered but I never asked... tell me, Will, why 14 sides? SHAKESPEARE: It was the shape Peter Streete thought best, that's all. Said it carried the sound well. THE DOCTOR: Why does that ring a bell? 14... MARTHA: There are 14 lines in a sonnet. THE DOCTOR: So there is. Good point. Words and shapes following the same design. (paces). 14 lines, 14 sides, 14 facets...Oh, my head. Tetradecagon... think, think, think! Words, letters, numbers, lines! SHAKESPEARE: This is just a theatre. THE DOCTOR: Oh, but a theatre's magic, isn't it? You should know. Stand on this stage, say the right words with the right emphasis a the right time... Oh, you can make men weep, or cry with joy, change them. You can change people's minds just with words in this place. And if you exaggerate that... MARTHA: It's like you're police box. Small wooden box with all that power inside. THE DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, Martha Jones, I like you. Tell you what, though. Peter Streete would know. Can I talk to him? SHAKESPEARE: You won't get an answer. A month after finishing this place... lost his mind. MARTHA: Why? What happened? SHAKESPEARE: Started raving about witches, hearing voices, babbling. His mind was addled. THE DOCTOR: Where is he now? SHAKESPEARE: Bedlam. MARTHA: What's Bedlam? SHAKESPEARE: Bethlem Hospital. The madhouse. THE DOCTOR: We're gonna go there. Right now. Come on. He heads out. Martha follows as does Shakespeare. SHAKESPEARE: Wait! I'm coming with you. I want to witness this at first hand! Two young actors enter. SHAKESPEARE (CONT'D): Ralph, the last scene as promised. Copy it, hand it round. Learn it. Speak it. Back before curtain up. Remember, kid, project. Eyes and teeth. You never know; the Queen might turn up. (Walks out). As if. She never does. EXT. STREET In the street, Martha and Shakespeare follow the Doctor. SHAKESPEARE: So, tell me of Freedonia, where women can be doctors, writers, actors. MARTHA: This country's ruled by a woman. SHAKESPEARE: Ah, she's royal. That's God's business. Though you are a royal beauty. MARTHA (stops): Whoa, Nelly! I know for a fact you've got a wife in the country. SHAKESPEARE: But Martha, this is Town. THE DOCTOR: Come on. We can all have a good flirt later. SHAKESPEARE: Is that a promise, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Oh, 57 academics just punched the air. Now move! INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE Inside the globe, Kempe and Dick are onstage reading over the script. DICK: "Loves Labour's Won". I don't think much of sequels. They're never as good as the original. KEMPE: Have you seen this last bit? He must have been dozing off when he wrote that. I don't even know what it means. DICK: Well, that goes for most of his stuff. Ah, but at least it's my speech. Ah, I get centre-stage. (Reads script). The light of Shadmock's hollow moon doth shine on to a point in space betwixt Dravidian shores... A strong gust of wind arises from nowhere. KEMPE: What was that? DICK: Dravidian shores linear 5-9-3-0-1-6... INT. WITCHES' HOUSE DOOMFINGER: A spirit stirs the ether. (Looks in the cauldron to see Kempe onstage). But too soon. Too soon. LILITH: Not to fear, my mothers. It is merely a rehearsal of what's to come. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE DICK: ... and strikes the fulsome grove of Rexel 4. A dark wraith-like figure appears in front of them. KEMPE: By all the saints, it's a spirit. (Creature shrieks). It's a vile shade. (It comes towards them then dissipates). I think we should never speak of this again else we'll end up in Bedlam ourselves. INT. BETHLEM, CORRIDOR Loud screams and moans sound as the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare are led through the halls. JAILER: Does my lord, Doctor, wish some entertainment while he waits? I'd whip these madmen. They'll put on a good show for ya. Bandog and Bedlam! THE DOCTOR: No, I don't! JAILER: Wait here, my lords, while I make him decent for the lady. He walks away. MARTHA: So this is what you call a hospital, yeah? Where the patients are whipped to entertain the gentry? And you put your friend in here? SHAKESPEARE: Oh, and it's all so different in Freedonia. MARTHA: But you're clever! Do you honestly think this place is any good? SHAKESPEARE: I've been mad. I've lost my mind. Fear of this place set me right again. It serves its purpose. MARTHA: Mad in what way? THE DOCTOR (softly): You lost your son. SHAKESPEARE: My only boy. The Black Death took him. I wasn't even there. MARTHA: I didn't know. I'm sorry. SHAKESPEARE: It made me question everything. The futility of this fleeting existence. To be or not to be... oh, that's quite good. THE DOCTOR: You should write that down. SHAKESPEARE: Hm, maybe not. A bit pretentious? JAILER (calls): This way, m'lord! They walk down the hall to Peter Streete's cell. INT. BETHLAM, PETER'S CELL And the jailer unlocks the door. JAILER: They can be dangerous, m'lord. Don't know their own strength. THE DOCTOR: I think it helps if you don't whip them! Now get out! The jailer leaves and the Doctor approaches Peter slowly. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Peter? Peter Streete? SHAKESPEARE: He's the same as he was. You'll get nothing out of him. THE DOCTOR (lays a hand on Peter's shoulder): Peter? Peter's head jerks up and he looks at the Doctor with wild, glassy eyes and seems like he wants to speak. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE In the witches' house, Lilith pauses, sensing something wrong. LILITH: What is this? I must see. (Looks into the cauldron and sees the Doctor with Peter). That stranger, he was at the inn with Shakespeare. I thought then he smelt of something new. BLOODTIDE: Now he visits the madhouse. The architect! INT. BETHLAM, PETER'S CELL THE DOCTOR (places his fingertips along Peter's face): Peter, I'm the Doctor. Go into the past, one year ago. Let your mind go back, back to when everything was fine and shining. Everything that happened in this year since happened to somebody else. It was just a story. A winter's tale. Let go. Listen. That's it, just let go. (Lies Peter down on his cot). Tell me the story, Peter. Tell me about the witches. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE LILITH: Who is this Doctor? Why does he come now at our time of glory? Doomfinger, transport yourself. Doom the Doctor. Doom his hide. INT. BETHLAM, PETER'S CELL PETER: Witches spoke to Peter. In the night, they whispered. Got Peter to build the Globe to their design. Their design! The 14 walls, always 14. When the work was done (laughs) they sapped poor Peter's wits. THE DOCTOR: Where did Peter see the witches? Where in the city? (Crouches beside Peter). Peter, tell me. You've got to tell me where were they? PETER: All Hallows Street. DOOMFINGER (appears beside the Doctor): Too many words. The Doctor goes to stand beside Martha. MARTHA: What the hell? DOOMFINGER: Just one touch of the heart. She lays her hand on Peter's chest. THE DOCTOR: Noooo! !! PETER: Ahhhhh! Peter dies. SHAKESPEARE: Witch! I'm seeing a witch! DOOMFINGER: Who would be next, hmm? Just one touch. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE Lilith and Bloodtide cackle as they watch. INT. BETHLAM, PETER'S CELL DOOMFINGER: Oh, oh, I'll stop your frantic hearts. Poor, fragile mortals. MARTHA (shouts at door): Let us out! Let us out! THE DOCTOR: That's not gonna work. The whole building's shouting that. DOOMFINGER: Who will die first, hmm? THE DOCTOR: Well, if you're looking for volunteers. He walks towards Doomfinger. MARTHA: No! Don't! SHAKESPEARE: Doctor, can you stop her? DOOMFINGER: No mortal has power over me. THE DOCTOR: Oh, but there's a power in words. If I can find the right one, if I can just know you... DOOMFINGER: None on Earth has knowledge of us. THE DOCTOR: Then it's a good thing I'm here. Now think, think, think... Humanoid female, uses shapes and words to channel energy... ah, 14! That's it! 14! The 14 stars of the Rexel planetary configuration! Creature, I name you Carrionite! Doomfinger wails and disappears. MARTHA: What did you do? THE DOCTOR: I named her. The power of a name. That's old magic. MARTHA: But there's no such thing as magic. THE DOCTOR: Well, it's just a different sort of science. You lot, you chose mathematics. Given the right string of numbers, the right equation, you can split the atom. Carrionites use words instead. SHAKESPEARE: Use them for what? THE DOCTOR: The end of the world. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE DOOMFINGER (returns wheezing): He knows us! He spoke our name! LILITH: Then he will know death. He will perish at my hand. My mothers, the time approaches. You must away to the Globe. Go! I will join you. As soon as this Doctor screams his last. INT. SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM THE DOCTOR: The Carrionites disappeared way back at the dawn of the universe. Nobody was sure if they were real or legend. SHAKESPEARE: Well, I'm going for real. MARTHA: But what do they want? THE DOCTOR: A new empire on Earth. A world of bones and blood and witchcraft. MARTHA: But how? THE DOCTOR: I'm looking at the man with the words. SHAKESPEARE: Me? But I've done nothing. MARTHA: Hold on, though. What were you doing last night, when that Carrionite was in the room? SHAKESPEARE: Finishing the play. THE DOCTOR: What happens on the last page? SHAKESPEARE: The boys get the girls. They have a bit of a dance. It's all as funny and thought provoking as usual, except those last few lines. Funny thing is... I don't actually remember writing them. THE DOCTOR: That's it. They used you. They gave you the final words. Like a spell, like a code. "Love's Labours Won", it's a w*apon! The right combination of words, spoken at the right place with the shape of the Globe as an energy converter! The play's the thing! And yes, you can have that. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE An opening fanfare and Dick steps out in costume. DICK: We left the lovers of Navarre by cruel chance separated, none to claim his heart, their labour's lost. Now will they find Love's Labour's Won?! Audience cheers and applauds. We see Bloodtide and Doomfinger watching. INT. SHAKESPEARE'S ROOM THE DOCTOR (looking at map): All Hallows Street. There it is. Martha, we'll track them down. Will, you get to the Globe. Whatever you do, stop that play! SHAKESPEARE: I'll do it. (Shakes the Doctor's hand). All these years I've been the cleverest man around. Next to you, I know nothing. MARTHA: Oh, don't complain. SHAKESPEARE: I'm not. It's marvellous. Good luck, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Good luck, Shakespeare. (Heads for door). Once more unto the breach! SHAKESPEARE: I like that. Wait a minute... that's one of mine. THE DOCTOR (pokes his head around door): Oh, just shift! INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE The actors are on stage, Dick cradling a dying Kempe. DICK: The eye should have contentment where it rests. This spun-out year I watch on, groaning sick... Fades as we see the Carrionites in their box holding a small crystal ball, glowing with a blue light. BLOODTIDE: Patience, my sisters. Patience. DICK: Mewling poor drooped men in stenched beds... Shakespeare bursts through the door onstage. SHAKESPEARE: Stop the play! I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but stop. This performance must end immediately! DICK (mutters): Everyone's a critic. BLOODTIDE: The wordsmith! DOOMFINGER: Fear not. I have the doll. She takes out the doll they use to control Shakespeare. SHAKESPEARE: I'm sorry. You'll get a refund. (Audience boos). But this play must not be performed! Doomfinger knocks the doll with her hand and Shakespeare falls unconscious to the stage. KEMPE (whispers): Is he drunk or what? DICK (hoarse whisper): Get him off the stage! Audience laughs and Shakespeare is carried off by other actors. KEMPE (standing): You must forgive our irksome Will. He's been on the beer and feeling ill. DOOMFINGER: There is naught can stop us now. EXT. ALL HALLOWS TREET THE DOCTOR: All Hallows Street, but which house? MARTHA: The thing is, though... am I missing something here? The world didn't end in 1599. It just didn't. Look at me, I'm living proof. THE DOCTOR: Oh, how to explain the mechanics of the infinite temporal flux? I know! "Back to the Future"! It's like "Back to the Future"! MARTHA: The film? THE DOCTOR: No, the novelisation. Yes, the film. Marty McFly goes back and changes history. MARTHA: And he starts fading away. (Realises). Oh my God, am I gonna fade? THE DOCTOR: You and the entire future of the human race. It ends right now in 1599 if we don't stop it. But which house? The door to Lilith's house slowly opens. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Ah, make that witch house. INT. WITCHES' HOUSE They walk inside where Lilith is waiting. THE DOCTOR: I take it we're expected. LILITH: Oh, I think Death has been waiting for you a very long time. MARTHA: Right then, it's my turn. (Steps forward). I know how to do this. (Points). I name thee, Carrionite! Lilith is unaffected. MARTHA (CONT'D): What did I do wrong? Was it the finger? LILITH: The power of a name works only once. Observe. (Points at Martha). I gaze upon this bag of bones and now I name thee Martha Jones. Martha collapses and the Doctor lowers her to the ground. THE DOCTOR: What have you done? LILITH: Only sleeping, alas. Curious, the name has less impact. She's somehow out of her time. And as for you, Sir Doctor! (Points, expecting a reaction) Fascinating. There is no name. Why would a man hide his title in such despair? Oh, but look. There's still one word with the power that aches. THE DOCTOR: The naming won't work on me. LILITH: But your heart grows cold. The north wind blows and carries down the distant... Rose. THE DOCTOR (stands): Oh, big mistake 'cos that name keeps me fighting! The Carrionites vanished! Where did you go? LILITH: The Eternals found the right word to banish us into deep darkness. THE DOCTOR: And how did you escape? LILITH: New words. New and glittering from a mind like no other. THE DOCTOR: Shakespeare. LILITH: His son perished. The grief of a genius. Grief without measure. Madness enough to allow us entrance. THE DOCTOR: How many of you? LILITH: Just the three. But the play tonight shall restore the rest. Then the human race will be purged as pestilence. And from this world we will lead the universe back to the old ways of blood and magic. THE DOCTOR: Hmm... busy schedule... but first you gotta get past me. Stands face-to-face with Lilith. LILITH (seductively): Oh, that should be a pleasure considering my enemy has such a handsome shape. She runs her fingers along his face. THE DOCTOR: Now, that's one form of magic that's definitely not gonna work on me. LILITH: Oh, we'll see. She yanks a lock of hair from his head and backs away. THE DOCTOR (fingers head): What did you do? LILITH: Souvenir. THE DOCTOR: Well, give it back! Lilith throws up arms and the window behind her opens and she flies out backwards, levitating outside. THE DOCTOR (at windowsill): Well, that's just cheating. LILITH: Behold, Doctor. Men to Carrionites are nothing but puppets. She pulls out a doll and wraps his hair about it. Martha wakes slowly. THE DOCTOR: Now, you might call that magic... I'd call that a DNA replication module. LILITH: What use is your science now? She s*ab the doll. The Doctor lets out a cry and falls to the floor as Lilith cackles and flies away. Martha rushes to the Doctor. MARTHA: Oh my God! Doctor! Don't worry, I've got you. (Rolls him onto his back and listens for a heartbeat). Hold on, mister. Two hearts? THE DOCTOR: You're making a habit of this. (Stands and nearly falls). Aahh! (Martha supports him). I've only got one heart working. How do you people cope? I've got to get the other one started. h*t me! h*t me on the chest! (She hits him). Aahh! Other side! (She hits him again). On the back! On the back! (She does). Left a bit! (Again). Ahh, lovely. (Stands). There we go! Ba-da-boom! Well, what are you standing there for? Come one! The Globe! He rushes out followed by Martha. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE Lilith joins the others in the box. DOOMFINGER: The Doctor? LILITH: d*ad. DICK (onstage): The ladies have prepared a show. Maria means to present !sis descending from the dewy orb of Heaven. Kempe enters. DICK (CONT'D): Ah, here comes Costard. KEMPE (bows): Masters! EXT. STREET Martha and the Doctor run through the streets. MARTHA: We're going the wrong way! THE DOCTOR: No, we're not! Running down a different street. THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): We're going the wrong way! They run back the way they came. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE Dick and Kempe are acting onstage, beginning the final speech. DICK: Behold the swainish sight of woman's love. Pish! It's out of season to be heavy disposed. LILITH: It is now, my mothers. The final words to activate the tetradecagon. DICK: Betwixt Dravidian shores and Linear 5-9-3-0-1-6-7.02 and strikes the fulsome grove of Rexel 4. Co-radiating crystal, activate! LILITH: The portal opens! It begins! The Carrionites cackle. EXT. STREET Running in the streets, the Doctor and Martha hear screaming and see a red glow of energy pouring from the Globe. The preacher from when they first arrived is there. PREACHER: I told thee so! I told thee! THE DOCTOR: Stage door! The Doctor rushes off. Thunderclouds and lightening form over the Globe mixing with the red glow. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE The audience tries to leave but the doors bang shut. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE, BACKSTAGE The Doctor and Martha burst in backstage to see Shakespeare nursing his head. THE DOCTOR: Stop the play! I think that was it. Yeah, I said, "Stop the play"! SHAKESPEARE: I h*t my head. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, don't rub it, you'll go bald. (Hears screams from out front). I think that's my cue! He runs out. Martha grabs Shakespeare's hand and they follow. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE CARRIONITES: Now begins the millennium of blood! They cackle. The Doctor runs onstage with Martha and Shakespeare behind him. LILITH: The Doctor! He lives! Then watch this world become a blasted heath! They come! They come! The remaining Carrionites freed from the crystal fly about the Globe. THE DOCTOR (grabs Shakespeare): Come on, Will! History needs you! SHAKESPEARE: But what can I do? THE DOCTOR: Reverse it! SHAKESPEARE: How am I supposed to do that? THE DOCTOR: The shape of the Globe gives words power, but you're the wordsmith, the one true genius. The only man clever enough to do it! SHAKESPEARE: But what words? I have none ready! THE DOCTOR: You're William Shakespeare! SHAKESPEARE: But these Carrionite phrases, the need such precision! THE DOCTOR: Trust yourself. When you're locked away in your room, the words just come, don't they? Like magic. Words of the right sound, the right shape, the right rhythm, words that last forever! That's what you do, Will! You choose perfect words. Do it. Improvise! SHAKESPEARE: Close up this den of hateful, dire decay! Decomposition of your witches' plot! You thieve my brains, consider me your toy. My doting Doctor tells me I am not! LILITH: No! Words of power! SHAKESPEARE: Foul Carrionite spectres, cease your show! Between the points... He looks to the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: 7-6-1-3-9-0! SHAKESPEARE: 7-6-1-3-9-0! And banished like a tinker's cuss, I say to thee... Again, looks to the Doctor who is at a loss. MARTHA: Expelliarmus! THE DOCTOR: Expelliarmus! SHAKESPEARE: Expelliarmus! THE DOCTOR: Good old JK! The Carrionites scream. LILITH: The deep darkness! They are consumed! Ahhh! The wraith-like carrionites get sucked up into the cloud, tornado fashion, as do all copies of the play. THE DOCTOR: "Love's Labours Won". There it goes. The cloud dissipates and the audience sighs in relief then begins applauding. The Doctor ducks out as actors take their bows. MARTHA: They think it was all special effects. SHAKESPEARE: Your effect is special indeed. MARTHA: It's not your best line. Martha and Shakespeare take their bows as well. The Doctor goes to Lilith's box where he finds the crystal within which the three are trapped. He takes it with him. INT. THE GLOBE THEATRE Next Morning at the Globe. Martha and Shakespeare are sitting at the edge of the stage. SHAKESPEARE: And I say, a heart for a hart and a dear for a deer. MARTHA: I don't get it. SHAKESPEARE: Then give me a joke from Freedonia. MARTHA: OK, Shakespeare walks into a pub and the landlord says "oi, mate, you're bard". SHAKESPEARE: It's brilliant! Doesn't make sense, mind you, but never mind that. (Wraps his hand about her waist). Come here. MARTHA: I've only just met you. SHAKESPEARE: The Doctor might never kiss you. Why not entertain a man who will? MARTHA: I don't know how to tell you this, oh great genius, but your breath doesn't half stink. The Doctor emerges from backstage wearing a ruff collar and carrying an animal skull. THE DOCTOR: Good props store back there! I'm not sure about this though (Looks at skull). Reminds me of a Sycorax. SHAKESPEARE: Sycorax. Nice word. I'll have that off you as well. THE DOCTOR: I should be on 10%. How's your head? SHAKESPEARE: Still aching. THE DOCTOR: Here, I got you this. (Removes collar and puts it on Shakespeare's neck). Neck brace. Wear that for a few days till it's better, although you might wanna keep it. It suits you. MARTHA: What about the play? THE DOCTOR: Gone. I looked all over, every single copy of "Love's Labours' Won" went up in the sky. SHAKESPEARE: My lost masterpiece. MARTHA: You could write it up again. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, better not, Will. There's still power in those words. Maybe it should best stay forgotten. SHAKESPEARE: Oh, but I've got new ideas. Perhaps it's time I wrote about fathers and sons. In memory of my boy, my precious Hamnet. MARTHA: Hamnet? SHAKESPEARE: That's him. MARTHA: Ham-net? SHAKESPEARE: What's wrong with that? THE DOCTOR: Anyway, time we were off. I've got a nice attic in the TARDIS where this lot (holds crystal) can scream for all eternity and I've gotta take Martha back to Freedonia. SHAKESPEARE: You mean travel on through time and space. THE DOCTOR: You what? SHAKESPEARE: You're from another world like the Carrionites and Martha is from the future. It's not hard to work out. THE DOCTOR: That's... incredible. You are incredible. SHAKESPEARE: We're alike in many ways, Doctor. Martha, let me say goodbye to you in a new verse. A sonnet for my Dark Lady. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... KEMPE (calls): Will! Will! You'll never believe it! She's here! She's turned up! DICK: We're the talk of the town. She heard about last night! She wants us to perform it again. MARTHA: Who? DICK: Her Majesty! She's here! Fanfare as Elizabeth I enters. THE DOCTOR (excited): Queen Elizabeth I! ELIZABETH: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: What? ELIZABETH: My sworn enemy! THE DOCTOR: What? ELIZABETH: Off with his head! THE DOCTOR: What? MARTHA: Never mind "what", just run! See you, Will! And thanks! Martha and the Doctor run off. ELIZABETH: Stop that pernicious Doctor! Shakespeare laughs. EXT. STREET Martha and the Doctor run through the streets to the TARDIS. SOLDIER: Stop in the name of the Queen! MARTHA: What have you done to upset her?! THE DOCTOR: How should I know? Haven't even met her yet. That's time travel for you! Still, can't wait to find out. (Unlocks the TARDIS and Martha runs in). That's something to look forward to. Oh! He ducks inside as archers f*re, embedding an arrow in the door. The TARDIS dematerialises. END
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A screen buzzes into life, and a charming blonde news anchor smiles out of it. SALLY CALYPSO: Salutations! This is Sally Calypso with the traffic news at 10:15. We've got reports of a multiple stackpile at Junction 509, with a spate of carjackings reported on New Fifth Avenue. So you take care now! Drive safely. Zooming out, we see a middle-aged couple, bouncing around in what is apparently some kind of vehicle. These are Ma and Pa, the currently frantic-looking parents of an as-yet-unseen character. MA: They're gonna get in. There's no stopping them. PA: The police are on their way, I promise. I've sounded the alarm. He holds a small remote what looks to be a vocal transmitter. PA (speaking into transmitter): Repeat. This is Car One Zero Hot Five. We have a problem. Require urgent assistance. ELECTRONIC VOICE (over transmission): Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold. MA: It's all your fault. You lied to the computer. You said there were three of us. You told them three! She begins to sob as the car crashes back and forth. PA: Repeat! Urgent assistance! Car One Zero Hot Five! This is an emergency! Help us! Oh my God, I'm begging you. Please, help us! Both Ma and Pa scream as the car continues to buck and roll. A terrible growling roar is heard, warning lights sound, sparks fly into the compartment, and the last thing we see is a single hand sliding off the face of the screen where the news report is still blaring. SALLY CALYPSO: The weather is at 36 degrees, and it's blue skies all the way home. This is Sally Calypso, signing off. Missing you already! OPENING CREDITS In the TARDIS, Martha sits demurely while the Doctor flips a few levers. He's in a good mood. THE DOCTOR: Just one trip. 'S'what I said. One trip, in the TARDIS, and then home. Although, I suppose we could, stretch the definition. Try one trip to the past, one trip to the future. How do you fancy that? MARTHA (thrilled): No complaints from me! THE DOCTOR: How about a different planet? MARTHA: Can we go to yours? The Doctor's excitement ebbs almost immediately. He turns away from her. THE DOCTOR: Ahh, there's plenty of other places! MARTHA: Come on, though! I mean, Planet of the Time Lords, that's got to be worth a look! What's it like? THE DOCTOR: Well, it's beautiful, yeah. MARTHA: Is it like, you know, outer space cities, all spires and stuff? THE DOCTOR: Suppose it is. MARTHA: Great big temples and cathedrals! He's so clearly avoiding this topic. Martha is oblivious, lost in cheerful imagination. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. MARTHA: Lots of planets in the sky? THE DOCTOR: The sky's a burnt orange, with the Citadel enclosed in a mighty glass dome, shining under the twin suns. Beyond that, the mountains go on forever, slopes of deep red grass, capped with snow. Martha is utterly enthralled. MARTHA: Can we go there? THE DOCTOR: Naah! Where's the fun for me? I don't want to go home! Instead... He begins to dance around the main console, tweaking settings as he goes. THE DOCTOR: This is much better. Year five billion and fifty-three, planet New Earth! Second hope of mankind! Fifty thousand light years from your old world, and we're slap bang in the middle of New New York. Although, technically it's the fifteenth New York from the original, so it's New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York. One of the most dazzling cities ever built. The Doctor throws on his overcoat, and leads her out of the TARDIS into a pouring rain shower. Martha scowls and hurriedly zips up her jacket. MARTHA: Oh, that's nice! Time Lord version of dazzling. THE DOCTOR: Nah, bit of rain never hurt anyone. Come on, let's get under cover! A dark, musty room slides into view, a single robed cat (Novice Hame) sitting in its center. Thick wires are everywhere, leading from screens and consoles that have undoubtedly seen better days. In front of Novice Hame is the Face of Boe, still inside the protective t*nk where we last saw him. THE FACE OF BOE: He has arrived. NOVICE HAME: What should I do? THE FACE OF BOE: Find him before it's too late. Novice Hame bows her head in obeisance, and gets up to go. As she does, she pulls out a large g*n, arming it with a click and a flash of green light. It's still raining in the slummy portion of the city where Martha and the Doctor have ended up. They dash through a junk-ridden street, past what look like giant dumpsters and old laundry swinging from a line. MARTHA: Well, it looks like the same old Earth to me. On a Wednesday afternoon. THE DOCTOR: Hold on, hold on. Let's have a look. He goes over to a d*ad screen on the wall, and we hear the sonic screwdriver buzzing. Once static appears, the Doctor bangs on the top of the screen himself, and Sally Calypso flickers into view. This is the same report we saw in Ma and Pa's car. SALLY CALYPSO: ... and the driving should be clear and easy, with fifteen extra lanes open for the New New Jersey expressway. The image on the screen shifts to reveal the New New York above ground, a gorgeous spired city on the coast of a large river, with sleek flying vehicles zooming in the air. THE DOCTOR: Oh, that's more like it! That's the New we had last time. This must be the lower levels. Down in the base of the tower, some sort of under-city. MARTHA (sounding irritated, but smiling in spite of herself): You've brought me to the slums? THE DOCTOR: Much more interesting! It's all cocktails and glitter up there. This is the real city. MARTHA (she can't help loving him): You'd enjoy anything. THE DOCTOR: That's me. Oh, the rain's stopping! Better and better! MARTHA: When you say "last time", was that you and Rose? THE DOCTOR: Um, yeah. Yeah, it was, yeah. MARTHA: You're taking me to the same planets that you took her? THE DOCTOR: What's wrong with that? MARTHA (this gets to her): Nothing. Just... ever heard the word "rebound"? As she pushes past him, vexed, a man suddenly flips open the top of the large green boxes to reveal a street vendor's cart. Around the Doctor and Martha, many others do the same, appearing and shouting out their wares. PHARMACIST 1: Oh! You should have said. How long you been there? Happy! You want Happy! PHARMACIST 2: Customers! Customers! We've got customers! PHARMACIST 3: We're in business! Mother, open up the Mellow, and the Read! PHARMACIST 1: Happy, Happy, lovely happy Happy! PHARMACIST 2: Anger! Buy some Anger! PHARMACIST 3: Get some Mellow, makes you feel all bendy and soft all day long! PHARMACIST 1: Younger, them. They'll rip you off. Do you want some happy? THE DOCTOR (frowning): No, thanks. MARTHA: Are they selling drugs? THE DOCTOR: I think they're selling moods. MARTHA: Same thing, isn't it? Other, more bedragged-looking people walk into the alleyway behind the Doctor and Martha. These newcomers draw more cries from the pharmacists. A pale woman dressed in very dark clothes walks with intent toward the stalls. PHARMACIST 3: Over here, sweetheart! That's it, come on, I'll get you first! PHARMACIST 1: Oy! Oy, you! Over here! Over here! Buy some Happy! PHARMACIST 3: Come over here, yeah. And what can I get you, my love? PALE WOMAN: I want to buy Forget. PHARMACIST 3: I've got Forget, my darling. What strength? How much you want forgetting? PALE WOMAN: It's my mother and father. They went on the motorway. PHARMACIST 3: Oh, that's so sweet. She reaches behind her into the stall, pulls out a small circular token, and holds it out to the pale woman. PHARMACIST 3: Try this. Forget Forty-three. That's two pence. The pale woman pays the pharmacist and turns away, the token still in her hand. Before she can do anything with it, the Doctor stops her. THE DOCTOR: Sorry, but, hold on a minute. What happened to your parents? PALE WOMAN: They drove off. THE DOCTOR: They might drive back. PALE WOMAN: Everyone goes to the motorway in the end. I've lost them. THE DOCTOR: But they can't have gone far. You could find them. The pale woman just looks at him, then looks down with a sigh. She sticks the circular token to her neck. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, don't! He is too late. Once the token has been applied, the pale woman's expression changes almost instantly. She seems docile, serene; a bit out of it, but blithely unaware of her surroundings. PALE WOMAN: I'm sorry, what were you saying? THE DOCTOR: Your parents. Your mother and father. They're on the motorway. PALE WOMAN: Are they? That's nice. Martha makes a disbelieving face, and looks to the Doctor. He is disturbed, but not surprised. PALE WOMAN: I'm sorry. I won't keep you. They watch her go with frowns on their faces, the Doctor pensive, Martha upset and a little scornful. MARTHA: So that's the human race five billion years in the future. Off their heads on chemicals. As she says this, two figures spring out from behind her, carrying g*n and dressed in dark clothing. One man (Milo) grabs her from behind, throwing an arm around her neck and dragging her off, as his wife (Cheen) stands in front of them pointing her g*n at the Doctor. Martha screams and struggles, but they're quick, they retreat, taking Martha with them. MILO: I'm sorry, I'm really, really sorry. We just need three, that's all. THE DOCTOR (desperate, screaming): No, let her go! I'm warning you, let her go! Whatever you want, I can help. Both of us, we can help. But first you've got to let her go! CHEEN: I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Sorry. Cheen repeats her apologies, almost crying, until the couple have disappeared with Martha in their clutches, slamming a large green door behind them. The Doctor bares his teeth in frustration and begins to wrestle with the door. Milo and Cheen push Martha down a shadowy corridor. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver and yanks the door open, running after the kidnappers. Milo, Cheen, and Martha emerge in daylight, running down a f*re escape. Milo has Martha by the arm, and Cheen is at their rear, still holding out the g*n. MARTHA: The Doctor is so gonna k*ll you, and never mind him, I'm gonna k*ll you myself! Let go of me! She breaks free of Milo's grip, but he grabs her again, pulling her closer and looking to Cheen. They have stopped in front of a large black car. MILO: Give her some Sleep. MARTHA: Don't you dare! Don't put that stuff in me, don't! Get off me! CHEEN: It's just Sleep Fourteen. Cheen reaches into the vehicle behind her and pulls out another token, just like the one we saw the pale woman use, and makes to press it into Martha's neck. Martha is screaming and Cheen looks upset, but purposeful. CHEEN: No, baby, don't fight it. MARTHA: I'm telling you, don't! With Milo holding her, however, Martha can't resist for long, and once the token touches her neck she falls into an instant sleep. A close-up sh*t reveals it to be a tiny circular disk, transparent, with the word "SLEEP" printed on it next to a small green crescent. The number "14" is printed in smaller text underneath that. CHEEN: That's it. Come on. That's it. MILO: Get on board. They begin to load Martha into their car. The Doctor dashes through the corridor where Milo and Cheen just took Martha. Milo's hands flick on the switches inside the vehicle. MILO: Engaging anti-gravs. Hold on. Cheen, having laid Martha down on a long table, reaches to the top of the car for support. The car rises into the air and the engines power up, just as the Doctor rushes out onto the f*re escape. THE DOCTOR (yelling frantically): Martha! The vehicle speeds off down a small alleyway and out of sight. Inside the vehicle, everything is suffused with a mechanical green light. Cheen feels Martha's cheek as she sleeps. CHEEN: She's all right. She's breathing, pulse is fine, and no harm done. She looks rich. She must have got lost. Cheen now seems cheerful. She pulls off her jacket and settles in beside Milo in the front. MILO: Yeah, well, she's worth her weight in gold to us. He pulls out a vocal transmitter, just like the one Pa had in the teaser. MILO (speaking into transmitter): This is car four six five diamond six. We have three passengers, repeat three. Request access to the fast lane. ELECTRONIC VOICE (over transmission): Access granted. MILO: Oh, yes. This is clearly like winning the lottery. They smile excitedly at each other and kiss. The Doctor, back in the alleyway where he and Martha met the pharmacists, pounds on the door of one of the now-closed stalls. It flips up quickly; behind it is Pharmacist 3. Seeing him, she grins broadly and leans toward him over the countertop. PHARMACIST 3: Thought you'd come back! Do you want some happy Happy? THE DOCTOR (mad as hell and not going to take it anymore): Those people, who were they? Where did they take her? PHARMACIST 1 (emerging as well): They've taken her to the motorway. PHARMACIST 3: Looked like carjackers to me. PHARMACIST 2: I'd give up now, darling. You won't see her again. PHARMACIST 1: Used to be thriving in this place. You couldn't move. But they all go to the motorway in the end. The Doctor whirls, grilling them all at once. THE DOCTOR: He kept on saying three, we need three. What did he mean, three? PHARMACIST 3: It's the car-sharing policy, to save fuel. You get special access if you're carrying three adults. THE DOCTOR: This motorway, how do I get there? PHARMACIST 3: Straight down the alley, keep going to the end. You can't miss it. The Doctor strides off in the direction she indicates, not losing a second. PHARMACIST 3: Tell you what, how 'bout some happy Happy? Then you'll be smiling, my love! At this, the Doctor turns back. THE DOCTOR: Word of advice, all of you. Cash up. Close down. And pack your bags. PHARMACIST 3: Why's that, then? THE DOCTOR: Because as soon as I've found her, alive and well...and I will find her, alive and well, then I'm coming back. And this street is closing. Tonight! The pharmacists glance at each other, apprehensive. A blue screen shows a small line with "4-6-5-diamond-6" above it, indicating the vehicle that is now carrying Martha. The line is moving from Level 17 (at the top of the screen) on downward, edging closer to Level 21 (at the bottom of the screen). Martha fuzzily comes to, seeing the odd green light above her. She looks around the car, seeing containers of pills and liquid next to her and hearing vague voices in the background. Milo and Cheen are silhouetted in Martha's vision as she regards the front of the vehicle. CHEEN (at the edge of Martha's consciousness): Yeah. The view from the windows. You can see all the way out to the flatlands. Martha reaches sleepily for the token at her neck and pulls it off, frowning. She throws it away. CHEEN: The sky... They say the air smells like apple grass. Can you imagine? MILO: The houses are made of wood. There are jobs going in the foundries. Everyone says so! Martha thinks quickly. She sees a g*n sitting on a computer screen next to her head and snatches it, pointing it at her captors. MARTHA: Take me back. Whoever you are, just take me back to my friend. That's all I want. I won't cause any trouble. Just take me back! Milo and Cheen glance at each other. CHEEN (to Martha): I'm sorry. That's not a real g*n. MARTHA (thrown): Yeah, well, you would say that. CHEEN: Where do you get a g*n from, these days? I wouldn't even know how to f*re. Martha looks disgustedly at the fake firearm in her hand, lowering it slowly. MARTHA: No, nor me. Okay. CHEEN (trying to be friendly now): What's your name? MARTHA: Martha. Martha Jones. Martha gets up now and comes gingerly toward the front of the car to stand behind them. CHEEN: Well, I'm Cheen, and this is Milo. And I swear we're sorry. We're really, really sorry. We just needed access to the fast line, but I promise, as soon as we arrive, we'll drop you off and you can go back and find your friend. MARTHA: Seriously? CHEEN: I swear! Look. She pulls back her hair to reveal a token on her neck. It's the same as the one Martha had on earlier, but this one has the word "HONESTY" printed on it, with the number "36." CHEEN: Honesty patch. MARTHA: All the same, that's still kidnapping! Where are we, anyway? MILO: We're on the motorway. MARTHA: What's that, then? Fog? CHEEN: That's the exhaust fumes. MILO: We're going out to Brooklyn. Everyone says the air's so much cleaner, and we couldn't stay in Pharmacy Town, 'cause... Milo rubs Cheen's knee, and she grins up at Martha. CHEEN (glowing): Well, 'cause of me. I'm pregnant. We only discovered it last week. Scan says it's going to be a boy. Milo makes a mock victory gesture; he's as thrilled as Cheen. MARTHA: Great. What do I do now, congratulate my kidnappers? CHEEN: Oh, we're not kidnappers. Not really. MARTHA: Nope. You're idiots! You're having a baby, and you're wearing that? Her medical instinct kicking in, Martha rips the honesty patch from Cheen's neck. Cheen gives a small yelp of pain. MARTHA: Not anymore. MILO: This'll be as fast as we can. We'll take the motorway to the Brooklyn flyover, and then after that it's gonna take awhile, 'cause then there's no fast lane, just ordinary roads, but at least it's direct. CHEEN: It's only ten miles. MARTHA: How long is it gonna take? CHEEN: About six years. MARTHA (you have got to be kidding me): What? CHEEN: Be just in time for him to start school. Milo and Cheen giggle, fresh new parents all over. MARTHA: Nope. Sorry. Hold on. Six years? Ten miles in six years? How come? In a dilapidated corridor, near an old sign reading "MOTORWAY ACCESS," the sonic screwdriver buzzes in the dim light. The Doctor is forcing open a large door; the lock opens with a loud clang and he steps through onto a platform. He coughs, now in an atmosphere of heavy smoke, and we pull out to reveal that the smoke is the exhaust of several thousand cars, all hovering in the air in the most terrible traffic jam in the universe. Right in front of the Doctor, the door to one of the floating vehicles opens, and Brannigan, a large figure covered in protective gear, leans out. BRANNIGAN: Hey! You daft little street strut! What are you doing, standing there? Either get out or get in! Come on! Coughing fit to burst, the Doctor jumps through the open door into the car. BRANNIGAN: Did you ever see the like? Valerie, a dark-haired woman in the car, hands the Doctor an oxygen mask, and he takes it gratefully. VALERIE: Here you go. BRANNIGAN: Just standing there, breathing it in! He pulls off his goggles, cap, and scarf. He's a cat, just like Novice Hame. BRANNIGAN: There's this story says back in the old days, on Junction Forty-Seven, this woman stood in the exhaust fumes for a solid twenty minutes. By the time they found her, her head had swollen to fifty feet! VALERIE: Oh, you're making it up. Brannigan now heads to the front of the car, getting in the driver's seat. BRANNIGAN: A fifty-foot head! Just think of it. Imagine picking that nose. VALERIE: Stop it. That's disgusting. BRANNIGAN: What? Did you never pick your nose? All joking forgotten, Valerie suddenly sits up straight and taps Brannigan on the arm. VALERIE: Bran, we're moving! BRANNIGAN: Right. I'm there. I'm on it. He pulls a lever on the console, and the engines in the back of the car spew out smoke. As they go forward, the other cars move into place around them; horns beep in every corner. They don't go far, though, and after a couple of seconds Brannigan draws the lever back. BRANNIGAN: Twenty yards! We're having a good day. Valerie smiles, and both of them now turn back to regard the Doctor, who is standing behind them and pulling off his oxygen mask. BRANNIGAN: And who might you be, sir? Very well-dressed for a hitchhiker. THE DOCTOR: Thanks. Sorry, I'm the Doctor. BRANNIGAN: Medical man! Ha-ha! My name's Thomas Kincade Brannigan, and this is the bane of my life, the lovely Valerie. VALERIE: Nice to meet you. BRANNIGAN (gesturing): And that's the rest of the family behind you. The Doctor turns and draws a curtain behind him, revealing a basket of adorable mewling kittens. THE DOCTOR: Aww, that's nice. Hello. He reaches gently out to them as the parents of the kittens share a glance, and the Doctor turns back to Brannigan and Valerie, now with a tiny black cat in his hands. THE DOCTOR: How old are they? VALERIE: Just two months. BRANNIGAN: Poor little souls. They've never known the ground beneath their paws. (Off the Doctor's puzzled look). Children of the motorway. THE DOCTOR: What, they were born in here? VALERIE: We couldn't stop. We heard there were jobs going, out in the laundries on f*re Island. Thought we'd take a chance. THE DOCTOR: What? You've been driving for two months? BRANNIGAN: Do I look like a teenager? We've been driving for twelve years now. THE DOCTOR: I'm sorry? BRANNIGAN: Yeah! Started out as newlyweds! Feels like yesterday. VALERIE: Feels like twelve years to me. BRANNIGAN: Ahh, sweetheart, but you're still lovely. He tickles her, and she giggles, their troubles forgotten. THE DOCTOR: Twelve years?! How far did you come? Where did you start? BRANNIGAN: Battery Park. It's five miles back. THE DOCTOR (incredulous): You travelled five miles in twelve years? BRANNIGAN: I think he's a bit slow. The Doctor reaches behind him and puts the kitten back with its fellows. VALERIE: Where are you from? THE DOCTOR: Never mind that, I've got to get out. My friend's in one of these cars. She was taken hostage. I should get back to the TARDIS. He pulls open the door next to him, but emerges into nothing but a cloud of smoke. BRANNIGAN: You're too late for that. We've passed the lay-by. The Doctor coughs and closes the door again. BRANNIGAN: You're a passenger now, Sonny Jim! THE DOCTOR (urgent): When's the next lay-by? BRANNIGAN (considering): Oh... six months? The Doctor is not amused. Thousands and thousands of idential boxy vehicles float in the air, headlights on, horns blaring, very few of them moving, very little happening. From her vehicle, Martha watches the traffic jam through a window. MARTHA: How many cars are out there? CHEEN: I don't think anyone knows. Behind Martha, Cheen reaches for something and holds it out. CHEEN: Here you go. Hungry? MARTHA : Oh, thanks. She pulls away from the window and stands behind the couple again, munching on a large round wafer. MARTHA: About how far down is it to this fast lane? MILO: Oh, it's right at the bottom, underneath the traffic jam. But not many people can afford three passengers, so it's empty down there. Rumor has it you can reach up to thirty miles per hour. MARTHA (deliciously sarcastic): Wow. That's, like, crazy. Milo and Cheen laugh, amused by their new companion. Martha looks around the car curiously. MARTHA: But how are you supposed to live inside this thing? It's tiny. CHEEN: Oh, we stocked up. Got self-replicating fuel, muscle stimulants for exercise, and there's a chemical toilet at the back. And all waste products are recycled as food. Martha stops eating at once and eyes her wafer like it's a deadly enemy. MARTHA: Oh-kay. She drops the wafer as fast as she possibly can. MILO: Oh, another gap, this is brilliant! ELECTRONIC VOICE: Car sign in. MILO (speaking into transmitter): Car Four Six Five Diamond Six, on descent to fast lane, thank you very much. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Please drive safely. The sonic screwdriver shines and buzzes in front of a screen with the insignia of the New New York Police Department. The Doctor is reflected in the screen, holding a vocal transmitter. THE DOCTOR (into transmitter): I need to talk to the police. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold. As these words are spoken, they also appear typed on the screen: Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold... THE DOCTOR: But you're the police! ELECTRONIC VOICE: Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold. The Doctor scrambles up to the front of the car where Brannigan and Valerie are still sitting. THE DOCTOR: Is there anyone else? I once met the Duke of Manhattan; is there any way of getting through to him? BRANNIGAN: Oh, now, ain't you lordly? THE DOCTOR: I've got to find my friend. VALERIE: You can't make outside calls. The motorway's completely enclosed. THE DOCTOR: What about the other cars? BRANNIGAN: Oh, we've got contact with them, yeah. Well, some of them, anyway. They've got to be on your friends list. Now, let's see, who's nearby? Ahh! The Cassini sisters! He holds up his transmitter. BRANNIGAN (into transmitter): Still your hearts, my handsome girls. It's Brannigan here. We cut to their car, where two white-haired women are sitting, surrounded by handsome needlework, comfortable chairs, and sewing tools. Alice sits in the driver's seat with the transmitter, while May knits behind her in a chair. ALICE (smiling slightly): Get off the line, Brannigan. You're a pest and a menace. BRANNIGAN: Oh, come on, now, sisters. Is that any way to talk to an old friend? ALICE: You know full well we're not sisters. We're married. BRANNIGAN: Oooh, stop that modern talk! I'm an old-fashioned cat. Now, I've got a hitchhiker here, calls himself the Doctor. He hands the transmitter over to the Doctor, who grabs it. THE DOCTOR (into transmitter): Hello. Sorry. I'm looking for someone called Martha Jones. She's been carjacked. She's inside one of these vehicles, but I don't know which one. MAY (into her own transmitter): Wait a minute. She opens a large notebook, it looks like a register. MAY: Could I ask, what entrance did they use? THE DOCTOR: Where were we? BRANNIGAN: Pharmacy Town. THE DOCTOR: Pharmacy Town, about twenty minutes ago. MAY: Let's have a look. ALICE (muttering): Just my luck, to marry a car-spotter. MAY: In the last half hour, fifty-three new cars joined from the Pharmacy Town junction. THE DOCTOR: Anything more specific? MAY: All in good time. Was she car-jacked by two people? THE DOCTOR: Yes, she was, yeah. MAY: There we are. Just one of those cars was destined for the fast lane. That means they had three on board. And car number is four six five diamond six. THE DOCTOR: That's it! So how do we find them? MAY: Ah. Now, there I'm afraid I can't help. THE DOCTOR (to Brannigan): Call them on this thing. We've got their number. Diamond six. BRANNIGAN: Not if they're designated fast lane. It's a different class. MAY: You could try the police. THE DOCTOR: They put me on hold. ALICE: You'll have to keep trying. There's no one else. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. He hands Brannigan back the transmitter. Amongst the beeping, honking, and smoke, Martha's car slowly descends through the massive lines of cars. Inside, the blue screen again shows the line representing Car Four Six Five Diamond Six, and it is now moving from Level 39 to Level 43. Milo's hand points at it. MILO (to Martha): See? Another ten layers to go. We're scorching. Martha smiles. As she does, a low noise sounds; it's like a mix between a creak and a growl. MARTHA: What's that? The sound comes again. MARTHA: It's coming from underneath. CHEEN: It does have noise, doesn't it? It's like Kate said. The stories are true. MARTHA: What stories? MILO (exasperated): It's the sound of the air vents. That's all. The exhaust fumes travel down, so at the base of the tunnel they've got air vents. CHEEN: No, the stories are much better. Milo chuckles, a little derisively, a little fondly, and looks away. CHEEN: They say people go missing on the motorway. Some cars just vanish, never to be seen again. 'Cause there's something living down there, in the smoke. Something huge. And hungry. And if you get lost on the road... it's waiting for you. As the rumbling noise gets louder and louder, they all stare at each other nervously. Milo shifts in his seat. MILO: But like I said. Air vents. He presses buttons on the console. MILO: Going down to the next layer. MARTHA: Except look out there. Does it look like the air vents are working? CHEEN: No. The sound keeps getting louder. Now there's growling and crashing. MARTHA (whispering): So what's that, then? Milo doesn't have an answer for her. He shakes his head. MILO: Nah. Kid stuff. He holds up his transmitter. MILO (into transmitter): Car Four Six Five Diamond Six, on descent. THE DOCTOR: We've got to go to the fast lane. Take me down. BRANNIGAN: Not a million years. THE DOCTOR: You've got three passengers! BRANNIGAN: I'm still not going. THE DOCTOR: She's alone, and she's lost. She doesn't belong on this planet, and it's all my fault. I'm asking you, Brannigan, take me down. VALERIE: That's a no. And that's final. I'm not risking the children down there. THE DOCTOR: Why not? What's the risk? What happens down there? VALERIE: We're not discussing it! The conversation is closed! THE DOCTOR: So we keep on driving. BRANNIGAN: Yes, we do. THE DOCTOR: For how long? BRANNIGAN: 'Till the journey's end. The Doctor reaches over him to snatch the vocal transmitter. THE DOCTOR: Mrs. Cassini, this is the Doctor. Tell me, how long have you been driving on the motorway? ALICE: Oh, we were amongst the first. It's been twenty-three years now. THE DOCTOR: And in all that time, have you ever seen a police car? Valerie and Brannigan look at him, disquieted that he's bringing this to light. In their car, Alice and May, too, look decidedly uncomfortable. MAY: I'm not sure. THE DOCTOR: Look at your notes. Any police? MAY (upset): Not as such. THE DOCTOR: Or an ambulance? Rescue service? Anything official? Ever ? MAY: I can't keep a note of everything. THE DOCTOR: What if there's no one out there? Brannigan reaches up and angrily takes the transmitter away from the Doctor. BRANNIGAN: Stop it. The Cassinis were doing you a favor. THE DOCTOR: Someone's got to ask. 'Cause you might not talk about it, but it's there. In your eyes. It is absolutely in Brannigan's eyes right now. THE DOCTOR: What if the traffic jam never stops? BRANNIGAN: There's a whole city above us. The mighty city-state of New New York. They wouldn't just leave us. THE DOCTOR: In that case, where are they? Hmm? What if there's no help coming, not ever? What if there's nothing? Just the motorway, with the cars going round and round and round, never stopping? Forever? VALERIE: Shut up! Just shut up! The screen at the front of the car blares into life. It's the news starting up, just like at the beginning of the episode. SALLY CALYPSO: This is Sally Calypso, and it's that time again. The sun is blazing high in the sky over the New Atlantic, the perfect setting for the daily contemplation. BRANNIGAN: You think you know us so well, Doctor. But we're not abandoned. Not while we have each other. Valerie smiles a bit at this. SALLY CALYPSO: This is for all of you out there on the roads. We're so sorry. Drive safe. Close-ups on Valerie and Brannigan as they start to sing, and on the Doctor as he watches them. In Martha's car, Milo and Cheen are also singing: # On a hill, far away / Stood an old, rugged cross / The emblem of suffering and shame-And I love that old cross / Where the dearest and best / For a world of lost sinners was slain / So I'll cherish the old, rugged cross, rugged cross / Till my trophies at last I lay down, I lay down / I will cling to the old, rugged cross, rugged cross / And exchange it some day for a crown.#. By the end of the hymn, Valerie and Martha have both got tears in their eyes. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Fast lane access, please drive safely. MILO: We made it. The fast lane. Cheen grins, breathless, as their car scoots out of the long lines of traffic and descends into empty smoke. THE DOCTOR: If you won't take me, I'll go down on my own. He scrambles to the middle of the car, pulling out the sonic screwdriver and inspecting the floor. Brannigan and Valerie turn, shocked. BRANNIGAN: What do you think you're doing? THE DOCTOR: Finding my own way. I usually do. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. Valerie and Brannigan look on in horror as a door in the floor of the car opens, revealing the hundreds of cars below them. One pulls up right underneath the opening, and the Doctor prepares to jump down. THE DOCTOR: Here we go. He takes off his overcoat and throws it to them. Valerie catches it. THE DOCTOR: Look after this. I love that coat. Janis Joplin gave me that coat. VALERIE: But you can't jump! THE DOCTOR: If it's any consolation, Valerie, right now, I'm having kittens. BRANNIGAN: This Martha, she must mean an awful lot to you. THE DOCTOR: Hardly know her. I was too busy showing off. And I lied to her. Couldn't help it, just lied. He looks up. THE DOCTOR: Bye then! He jumps down, landing on top of the next car and coughing from the fumes. VALERIE: He's completely insane! BRANNIGAN: That, and a bit magnificent! The Doctor draws the sonic screwdriver across the top of the car he's just landed on, opening its top door. He drops into the car, finding a man dressed all in white and looking very pale. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. WHITEY: Who the hell are you? THE DOCTOR: Sorry, Motorway Foot Patrol. I'm doing a survey. How are you enjoying your motorway? He turns to the floor, opening the bottom door. WHITEY: Well, not very much. Junction Five's been closed for three years! THE DOCTOR: Thank you. Your comments have been noted. Have a nice day! He leaps through the bottom of that car, continuing down into the next one. He's still coughing, the fumes are intense. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. The sonic screwdriver is quickly opening the bottom door of this car. The Doctor looks up at two very startled Asian girls in the front. THE DOCTOR: Thank you for your cooperation. Your comments have been noted. He picks up a blue handkerchief and starts to tie it over his mouth to stop him coughing. THE DOCTOR: Do you mind if I borrow this? Not my colour, but thank you very much. Down again, this car has two very naked drivers, who look at him in utter shock. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. THE DOCTOR: Oh! Don't mind me. Into the next one, which is lit all in red, with a very large man in the front. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. The Doctor salutes him and jumps through this car as well. In Martha's car, all three passengers are looking dejectedly at the screen. A sidebar reads, "BROOKLYN JUNCTION," and below it three choices reading "EXIT 1," "EXIT 2," and "EXIT 3." CHEEN: Try again. Milo taps "EXIT 1." At the bottom of the screen, a large red message beeps "JUNCTION CLOSED." ELECTRONIC VOICE: Brooklyn Turnoff One closed. CHEEN: Try the next one. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Brooklyn Turnoff Two closed. Cheen lets out an anguished moan. CHEEN: What do we do? MILO: We'll keep going round. We'll do the whole loop. By the time we come back round, they'll be open. The rumbling noise sounds again, and they all look around in panic. MARTHA: You're still calling that air vents? MILO: What else could it be? From the looks on their faces, it's clear that none of them really want to know. Again, the noise. CHEEN: What the hell is that? MILO: It's just, the hydraulics. MARTHA: Sounds like it's... alive. MILO: It's all exhaust fumes out there. Nothing could breathe in that. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Calling Car Four Six Five Diamond Six. Repeat, calling Car Four Six Five Diamond Six. MILO (into transmitter): This is Car Four Six Five Diamond Six. Who's that? Where are you? Cut to the inside of the car that's calling them: its passengers are Javit, a black cat dressed in leather, and two frightened-looking blonde girls. Their car is jerking around painfully. JAVIT (into transmitter): I'm in the fast lane, about fifty yards behind. Can you get back up? Can you get off the fast lane? MILO: We only have permission to go down. We... we need the Brooklyn Flyover. JAVIT: It's closed. Go back up. MILO: We can't. We'll just go round. JAVIT: Don't you understand? They're closed. They're always closed. Cheen claps her hands over her mouth, in more distress than ever. She's letting out frightened gasps. JAVIT: We're stuck down here. And there's something else. Out there, in the fog. Can't you hear it? There is a definite shrill roar sounding outside now. MILO: That's the air vents. JAVIT: Jehovah! What are you, some stupid kid? Get out of here! The car holding the cat and the girls crashes even more painfully;the girls scream as bits of the car begin to fall off. They all smash into each other. The roar sounds again. MILO: What was that? The girls scream, still bumping everywhere. JAVIT: I can't move! They've got us! MILO: But what's happening? Martha grabs the transmitter. MARTHA (into transmitter): What's got you? What is it? The cat yells something unintelligible. The car is beginning to collapse; sparks are flying everywhere; the cat and the girls are screaming as they are torn apart. MILO: Hello? JAVIT: Just drive, you idiots! Get out of here! Get out! MILO: Can you hear me?! Hello?! MARTHA: Just drive! Do what she said, get us out of here! MILO: But where? MARTHA: Just straight ahead! And fast! CHEEN (sobbing): What is it? What's out there? What is it? A businessman in pinstripes leans against his steering wheel, staring out at the gridlock. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Capsule open. Behind him, the Doctor jumps down. The businessman whirls to face him. BUSINESSMAN: 'Scuse me, is that legal? THE DOCTOR: Sorry, Motorway Foot Patrol. He's coughing too hard to finish his spiel. THE DOCTOR: Whatever. Have you got any water? BUSINESSMAN: Certainly. Never let it be said I've lost my manners. He reaches over to a water cooler, filling a cone-shaped clear plastic cup and handing it to the Doctor. The Doctor drains it immediately. THE DOCTOR: Is this the last layer? BUSINESSMAN: Ah, we're right at the bottom. Nothing below us but the fast lane. THE DOCTOR: Can we drive down? BUSINESSMAN: There's only two of us. You need three to go down. THE DOCTOR: Couldn't we just cheat? BUSINESSMAN: Well, I'd love to, but it's an automated system. The wheel would lock. THE DOCTOR: If you'll excuse me. The Doctor runs over to the door in the bottom of the car, using his sonic screwdriver to flip it open. BUSINESSMAN: You can't jump. It's a thousand feet down! THE DOCTOR: No, I just want to look. He stares out into a thick, murky fog, dotted with tiny lights. Faintly, from the distance, comes the same screeching roar that Martha heard. THE DOCTOR: What's that noise? BUSINESSMAN: I try not to think about it. THE DOCTOR: What are those lights? What's down there? He coughs again, waving a hand in front of his face to sweep away the smoke. THE DOCTOR: I just need to see. He runs up to the screen in the front of the car and points the sonic screwdriver at the display. He's getting manic now, thinking of ideas. THE DOCTOR: There must be some sort of ventilation. If I could just transmit a pulse through this thing, maybe I could trip the system, give us a bit of a breeze. Back in Valerie's and Brannigan's car, the two sit blankly. All of a sudden, a loud creak sounds, and sparks begin to fly from the ceiling. BRANNIGAN: Just what we need, pirates! VALERIE: I'm calling the police! The door at the top of their car falls down, and out pokes the face of Novice Hame, holding her green g*n. NOVICE HAME: The Doctor. Where is he?! In the businessman's car, the Doctor is playing with the wiring of the front console, helped by the sonic screwdriver. One of the wires snaps in his fingers. THE DOCTOR: That's it! Might shift the fumes a bit, give us a good look. The two stare out from the bottom of the car. BUSINESSMAN: What are those shapes? As they speak, huge snapping claws materialize in the fading smoke. THE DOCTOR: They're alive. BUSINESSMAN: What the hell are they? "They" now appear to be extremely large crabs. The lights are their eyes. THE DOCTOR (with deadly recognition): Macra. Martha's car is jolting more than ever, and its passengers are panicked. CHEEN: Go faster! MILO: I'm at top speed! The screen at the front of the car reads, "PROXIMITY WARNING." ELECTRONIC VOICE: No access above. MILO (into transmitter): But this is an emergency! Their car is zooming through the sea of Macra, barely missing the giant and very active claws. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold. MARTHA: Turn everything off. MILO: You've got to be joking. MARTHA: No, listen, it's all fog out there, so how can they see us? Maybe it's the engines, the sound, or the heat, or the light, I don't know! Turn everything off. They might not be able to find us. MILO: What if you're wrong? MARTHA: It can't be worse than this! Just do it! Milo goes for it, flicking switches at the top of the car and on the console. This seems to do the trick, the three sit, quietly, in an unmoving car, no longer jolting around, no longer screaming. CHEEN: They've stopped. MILO: Yeah, but they're still out there. They all glance around nervously. Cheen decides not to deal with this, and looks instead to Martha. CHEEN: How did you think of that? MARTHA: I saw it on a film. You get the feeling they'd laugh if they weren't all so scared. MARTHA: They used to do it in submarines. Trouble is, I can't remember what they did next. MILO: Well, you better think of something, because we've lost the aircon. If we don't switch the engines back on, we won't be able to breathe. MARTHA: How long have we got? MILO: Eight minutes, maximum. Cheen is now crying softly. THE DOCTOR: The Macra used to be the scourge of this galaxy. Gas. They fed off gas, the filthier the better. They built up a small empire using humans as slaves and mining gas for food. BUSINESSMAN: They don't exactly look like empire-builders to me. THE DOCTOR: Well, that was billions of years ago. Billions. They must've devolved down the years and now they're just beasts. But they're still hungry and my friend's down there. A clank at the top of the businessman's car. Both of them look up. BUSINESSMAN: Oh, it's like New Times Square in here, for goodness's sake! Novice Hame's feet dangle down, and she drops into the vehicle with them. THE DOCTOR: I've invented a sport! NOVICE HAME: Doctor, you're a hard man to find. The businessman points at Novice Hame's g*n, still in her hand. BUSINESSMAN: No g*n! I'm not having g*n! NOVICE HAME: I only brought this in case of pirates. Doctor, you've got to come with me. THE DOCTOR: Do I know you? NOVICE HAME: You haven't aged at all. Time has been less kind to me. THE DOCTOR: Novice Hame! He embraces her, grinning. THE DOCTOR: No, hold on, get off. Last time we met, you were breeding humans for experimentation. NOVICE HAME: I've sought forgiveness, Doctor, for so many years, under his guidance. And if you come with me, I might finally be able to redeem myself. THE DOCTOR: I'm not going anywhere. You've got Macra living underneath this city. Macra! And if my friend's still alive, she's stuck down there! NOVICE HAME: You've got to come with me right now! THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, you're coming with me. We've got three passengers now. NOVICE HAME: I'm sorry, Doctor. But the situation is even worse than you can imagine. She takes his wrist, and presses a button on the green-lit metal wristband she's wearing. NOVICE HAME: Transport. THE DOCTOR: Don't you dare! Don't you dare! But it's too late. As he screams, both of them vanish in a haze of white light as the businessman looks on in bewilderment. A large yet unkempt room, dusty, junk everywhere, with streams of sunlight flooding in irregularly. The Doctor and Novice Hame are picking themselves up off the floor. THE DOCTOR: Oh! Rough teleport. Ow. But you can go straight back down and teleport people out, starting with Martha. NOVICE HAME: I only had the power for one trip. THE DOCTOR: Then get some more! Where are we? NOVICE HAME: High above, in the over-city. THE DOCTOR: Good! 'Cause you can tell the Senate of New New York I'd like a word. They've got thousands of people trapped on the motorway! Millions! NOVICE HAME: But you're inside the Senate, right now. May the goddess Santori bless them. They look up, and sure enough, there are long rows of seats in a vast chamber. All of them contain skeletons. NOVICE HAME: They died, Doctor. The city died. THE DOCTOR: How long's it been like this? NOVICE HAME: Twenty-four years. They walk towards a skeleton, lying on the ground, and the Doctor kneels next to it. His anger is forgotten, he is now profoundly disturbed. THE DOCTOR: All of them? Everyone? What happened? NOVICE HAME: A new chemical. A new mood. They called it Bliss. She kneels next to him and reaches down, picking up a small circular token just like the ones the vendors were selling when the Doctor and Martha first arrived. This one, however, reads "BLISS." NOVICE HAME: Everyone tried it. They couldn't stop. A virus mutated inside the compound and became airborne. Everything perished, even the virus, in the end. It k*lled the world in seven minutes flat. There was just enough time to close down the walkways and the flyovers, sealing off the under-city. Those people on the motorway aren't lost, Doctor. They were saved. They're both standing now, struck by the urgency of the situation. THE DOCTOR: So the whole thing down there is running on a*t*matic? NOVICE: There's not enough power to get them out. We did all we could to stop the system from choking. THE DOCTOR: Who's "we"? How did you survive? NOVICE HAME (brightening): He protected me. And he has waited for you, these long years. Not far off, a low, grumbling voice speaks. THE FACE OF BOE: Doctor. The Doctor turns and dashes over to the Face of Boe, kneeling in front of it as he did in the hospital where they last met. Novice Hame follows. THE DOCTOR: The Face of Boe! THE FACE OF BOE: I knew you would come. NOVICE HAME: Back in the old days, I was made his nurse, as penance for my sins. THE DOCTOR: Old friend, what happened to you? THE FACE OF BOE: Failing. NOVICE HAME: He protected me from the virus by shrouding me in his smoke. But with no one to maintain it, the City's power died. The under-city would have fallen into the sea. THE DOCTOR: So he saved them. NOVICE HAME: The Face of Boe wired himself into the mainframe. He's giving his life force just to keep things running. THE DOCTOR: But there are planets out there. You could have called for help. NOVICE HAME: The last act of the Senate was to declare New Earth unsafe. The a*t*matic quarantine lasts for one hundred years. The Doctor looks back at the Face of Boe, concerned, and then gets up. THE DOCTOR: So the two of you stayed here, on your own, for all these years. NOVICE HAME :We had no choice. The Doctor reaches out to her, touches her shoulder. THE DOCTOR: Yes, you did. THE FACE OF BOE: Save them, Doctor. Save them. Martha's car is still silent, still stationary; its occupants are now less panicked and more completely hopeless. CHEEN: How much air's left? MILO: Two minutes. MARTHA: There's always the Doctor. That friend of mine. He might think of something. MILO: Martha, no one's coming. Martha looks like she might cry. CHEEN: He looked kind of nice. MARTHA (you're telling me): He's a bit more than that. CHEEN: Are you and him...? MARTHA: Sometimes I think he likes me, but sometimes I just think he needs someone with him. Cheen shakes her head. Everything is quiet now. CHEEN: I never even asked. Where's home? MARTHA: It's a long way away. I didn't really think. I just followed the Doctor, and... they don't even know where I am. My mum and dad. If I died here, they'd never know. MILO: So, um, who is he, then? This Doctor? MARTHA: I don't know. Well, not really. There's so much he never says. CHEEN: But that means that... the only hope, right now is... a complete stranger. They all look at each other. Cheen is horrified. CHEEN: Well, that's no use! MARTHA: It is, though, because you haven't seen the things he can do. Honestly, just trust me, both of you. You've got your faith, you've got your songs and your hymns. And I've got the Doctor. This is Martha's resolve face. MILO: Right. He turns the car back on. ELECTRONIC VOICE: Systems back on line. The lights come on again, and Milo grips Cheen's hand briefly. MILO: Good luck. MARTHA: And you. The crabs are alive and attacking once more, and Car Four Six Five Diamond Six ducks and dodges through them. The Doctor is staring into a screen, specs now on. THE DOCTOR: Car Four Six Five Diamond Six, it still registers! That's Martha. I knew she was good. Novice Hame, hold that in place. He jumps back from the screen and hands her a piece of thick tubing. Once she's got it, he runs along its length, jumping over a box of lights and buttons. THE DOCTOR: Think, think, think. Take the residual energy, invert it, feed it through the electricity beds. NOVICE HAME: There isn't enough power. The Doctor reaches his destination: a far wall with two screens, lots of wiring, and even more buttons. THE DOCTOR: Ah, you've got power! You've got me! I'm brilliant with computers, just you watch. He turns around and points to her, yelling, getting more excited all the time. THE DOCTOR: Hame, every switch on that bank, up to maximum! Martha's car continues its perilous journey, spinning around. The Doctor is rotating a knob in a console on the floor, aiming the sonic screwdriver at it as well. THE DOCTOR: I can't power up the city, but all the city needs is people. He bangs his fist against the console and jumps up. NOVICE HAME: So what are you going to do? THE DOCTOR: This! He flips a two-metre-long switch on the floor, and all the lights on the consoles go out. THE DOCTOR: No, no no no no, no! Endless claws scrape the screen of Martha's car. One finally catches them, and sparks fly into the cabin. Martha and Cheen scream; Milo's just trying to keep his bearings. Another claw knocks against them and the car flies out, free again, zooming through into more Macra. The Doctor, kneeling on the floor again, is waving his sonic screwdriver at another set of controls. THE DOCTOR: The transformers are blocked. The signal can't get through. THE FACE OF BOE: Doctor... THE DOCTOR: Yeah, hold on, not now. THE FACE OF BOE: I give you my last... He lets out a long, rasping breath, and every console switches back on. Everything is working. Everything is powered. The Doctor leaps up again, suddenly illuminated. THE DOCTOR: Hame, look after him! Don't you go dying on me, you big old face. You've got to see this. He flicks the huge switch again. Novice Hame is busily turning a wheel next to the Face of Boe. THE DOCTOR: The open road. Hah! Valerie and Brannigan, still in their car, hear a loud crack and bang. BRANNIGAN: What in Jehovah was that? VALERIE: It's coming from above! BRANNIGAN: What is it? What's happening?! Valerie hurriedly covers the mewling kittens. Alice and May can hear it too. They look up in fear. ALICE: Hold on, May. Whitey's more pale than ever as he gazes up, listening to the creaks and bangs. The businessman, frightened, is fidgeting at his steering wheel. Brannigan is gazing up out of his car. BRANNIGAN: By all the cats in the kingdom! A gap is forming at the top of the gridlock, above the lanes and lanes of cars, doors to the over-city are opening. Each crashing sound signifies another barrier falling away. VALERIE: What is it? It's sunlight, and it streams through, covering her face. Alice and May shield their eyes as the rays of sun enter their car as well. Whitey too holds a hand over his face. The businessman is almost unnerved by the sudden rush of light. The doors are almost all the way open now. There's a long pathway of light above the traffic. VALERIE: What is it? Brannigan begins to laugh like crazy. Whitey realises what's going on and is now giggling with joy as well. BUSINESSMAN: Yes! At last, all the doors are opened. The cars are no longer trapped. VALERIE: It's the sun! Oh, Brannigan! She reaches out to him, and then pulls the blanket off of her kittens. VALERIE: Children, it's the sunlight! Her white kitten purrs happily, flooded by sun. The Doctor's face buzzes into life on the screen at the front of the car. THE DOCTOR (in monitor): Sorry, no Sally Calypso, she was just a hologram. My name's the Doctor. BRANNIGAN: He's a magician. THE DOCTOR: And this is an order. Everyone drive up. Right now. BRANNIGAN: Is he serious? Valerie is laughing in elated disbelief. THE DOCTOR: I've opened the roof of the motorway. Come on. Throttle those engines. Drive up. All of you, the whole under-city. Drive up, drive up, drive up! Fast! BRANNIGAN: Here we go. THE DOCTOR: We've got to clear that fast lane. Drive up and get out of the way. All of the cars soar up to the opening, heading for the open sunlight as fast as they can. The screen in Martha's car is getting the Doctor, too. THE DOCTOR (in monitor): Oy! Car Four Six Five Diamond Six! Martha! Drive up! MARTHA: That's the Doctor! MILO: We can't go up! We'll h*t the layer! MARTHA: Just do as he says! Go up! THE DOCTOR: You've got access above! Now go! The car swings free of the last of the snapping claws and bursts up out of the fog, heading for the opening like everybody else. Cheen, Martha, and Milo gaze up, the sunlight hitting their faces. Martha is beside herself with joy. CHEEN: It's daylight! Oh my God. That's the sky, the real sky! MARTHA: He did it! She screams with laughter, claps, and gives Cheen a hug. MARTHA: I told you, he did it! Milo and Cheen kiss. Alice and May embrace each other at the front of their car, staring up into the light. Valerie cuddles her kittens. BRANNIGAN: Did I tell you, Doctor? You're not bad, sir. You're not bad at all! Valerie and Brannigan laugh, and keep driving up. BRANNIGAN: Oh, yee-hah! The Doctor, holding a microphone, is watching the proceedings from a viewscreen in the Senate room. Novice Hame continues to twirl a wheel next to the Face of Boe. THE DOCTOR: You keep driving, Brannigan, all the way up! 'Cause it's here, just waiting for you. He dances over to a window to look out at the over-city. THE DOCTOR: The city of New New York. And it's yours. It's truly gorgeous, everywhere, cars are rising out of the under-city and flying around abandoned skyscrapers. THE DOCTOR: And don't forget, I want that coat back. BRANNIGAN (over transmitter): I reckon that's a fair bargain, sir. THE DOCTOR: And Car Four Six Five Diamond Six, I've sent you a flight path. Come to the Senate. MARTHA (over transmitter): On my way! THE DOCTOR: It's been quite a while since I saw you, Martha Jones. NOVICE HAME: Doctor! Novice Hame leans desperately over the Face of Boe, as the case that encloses him begins to crack. The Doctor looks to them, his face falling. Cars soar through the sky of New New York. It's a new new world. Martha leaps happily into the Senate room, but is a bit subdued by the skeleton lying on the floor in front of her. MARTHA: Doctor? THE DOCTOR: Over here. MARTHA: Doctor! Smiling again, she runs to him. MARTHA: What happened out there? She finds him kneeling, with Novice Hame, in front of the dying Face of Boe. She frowns. MARTHA: What's that? THE DOCTOR: It's the Face of Boe. It's all right. Come and say hello. And this is Hame. She's a cat. Don't worry. Martha approaches the Face of Boe. THE DOCTOR: He's the one that saved you, not me. NOVICE HAME: My lord gave his life to save the city. Martha kneels next to Novice Hame, reverent. NOVICE HAME: And now he's dying. THE DOCTOR: No, don't say that. Not old Boe. Plenty of life left. THE FACE OF BOE: It's good to breathe the air once more. MARTHA: Who is he? THE DOCTOR: I don't even know. Legend says the Face of Boe has lived for billions of years. Isn't that right? And you're not about to give up now. THE FACE OF BOE: Everything has its time. You know that, old friend, better than most. NOVICE HAME: The legend says more. THE DOCTOR: Don't. There's no need for that. NOVICE HAME: It says that the Face of Boe will speak his final secret to a traveller. THE DOCTOR (shut up): Yeah, but not yet. Who needs secrets, eh? THE FACE OF BOE: I have seen so much. Perhaps too much. I am the last of my kind, as you are the last of yours, Doctor. The Doctor is absolutely desperate now. He does not want this at all. It's hitting him much harder than the death of this entire planet did. THE DOCTOR: That's why we have to survive. Both of us. Don't go. THE FACE OF BOE: I must. But know this, Time Lord. You are not alone. Though before it seemed as though the Doctor would weep, now he is astounded, he stares, uncomprehending, as the Face of Boe's eyes close for the last time. Martha looks on with respect, and Novice Hame begins to sob. Martha is the first to stand, and the Doctor gets up after a moment to put an arm around her shoulders. Back in the alley where Martha and the Doctor first met the pharmacists, the two travellers saunter through again. It's deserted. THE DOCTOR: All closed down. MARTHA: Happy? THE DOCTOR: Happy happy. Martha laughs softly. The Doctor inspects one of the empty booths. THE DOCTOR: New New York can start again. And they've got Novice Hame. Just what every city needs, cats in charge! Come on, time we were off. He begins to stroll away, but Martha stays put. MARTHA: But what did he mean, the Face of Boe? The Doctor stops and turns around. MARTHA: "You're not alone." THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Martha steps toward him, smiling. MARTHA: You've got me. Is that what he meant? The Doctor shakes his head, the edges of his mouth twitching as if he is trying not to laugh at her. It's kind of terrible. THE DOCTOR: I don't think so. Sorry. MARTHA (fine, be that way): Then what? THE DOCTOR: Doesn't matter. Back to the TARDIS, off we go. As the Doctor turns away and heads off again, Martha grabs a fallen chair next to her and pulls it up, sitting primly and folding her arms. The Doctor hears and turns around again. THE DOCTOR: All right, you staying? MARTHA: 'Till you talk to me properly, yes. He said "last of your kind." What does that mean? The Doctor is trying to appear flippant. He's trying very hard. THE DOCTOR: It really doesn't matter. MARTHA: You don't talk. You never say! Why not? Around them, the sound of music is rising. It's the new New New York citizens, singing another hymn. Instantly, Martha's enchanted. # Fast falls the eventide. MARTHA: It's the city. # The darkness deepens. MARTHA: They're singing. # Lord, with me abide. The Doctor looks at her. This is not easy. # When other helpers fail. THE DOCTOR: I lied to you, 'cause I liked it. I could pretend. Just for a bit, I could imagine they were still alive, underneath a burnt orange sky. Martha is shocked, and so sad for him. THE DOCTOR: I'm not just a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. The Face of Boe was wrong. There's no one else. Martha shakes her head slightly. MARTHA: What happened? The Doctor stands for a moment, and then grabs his own chair so he can sit across from her. The singing continues behind them. THE DOCTOR: There was a w*r. A Time w*r. The last Great Time w*r. My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. They lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family, my friends, even that sky. Oh, you should have seen it, that old planet. The second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver, and when they caught the light every morning, it looked like a forest on f*re. When the autumn came, the breeze would blow through the branches like a song... As the Doctor speaks, the camera pulls out to show the bright sun over the city, with the cars still zooming. # The darkness deepens. Lord, with me abide. #. END
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foreverdreaming
Arial sh*t of New York City, jazz music playing. Pan down to street level in front of a theatre with "NEW YORK REVUE" on the marquee. Backstage, a chorus girl walks along a corridor. INT. THEATRE CORRIDOR CHORUS GIRL 1: 2 minutes to curtain up! STAGE MANAGER: 2 minutes to curtain up! CHORUS GIRL 1: Where's Tallulah? CHORUS GIRL 2: Where do you think? (Knocks on star's dressing room door). Hey, Tallulah, leave him alone! Proceeds to stage. Tallulah's dressing room, a platinum blonde, is kissing a young man. TALLULAH: It's nearly showtime, Lazlo. I gotta go. LASZLO: Just promise me you'll come on Sunday, OK? My mother will k*ll me if she doesn't get to meet you. TALLULAH: What if she doesn't like me? LASZLO: Tallulah, she'll love you just as much as I do. TALLULAH: Oh, you say the sweetest things! LASZLO: It's true. Now, promise me, sunday, you'll come. TALLULAH: I promise. Cross my heart. LASZLO: Oh, uh, here. (Gives her a white rose). Wear it on stage and think of me. Tallulah slips it into the strap of her costume. There's a knock on the door. WOMAN: Tallulah! TALLULAH (yells): I'm comin'! Quit yellin'! (Turns back to Lazlo). How do I look? Spins around in skimpy silver sequin dress with angel wings. LASZLO: Like an angel. Tallulah kisses him again and leaves the room. At the base of the stairs she turns and blows him a kiss. TALLULAH: Wish me luck, Lazlo! LASZLO: Break a leg, sweetheart. Tallulah goes upstairs and Lazlo goes back into the dressing room. A weird figure passes by the doorway and Lazlo hears something. LASZLO: Tallulah? Lazlo looks down the hallway but it's empty. He sees movement by the prop room and goes inside to look. LASZLO: Hello? Lazlo hears a strange growling. The prop room door slams shut and the growling gets louder. LASZLO: Who's there? Who are you? Lazlo lights a match at looks around only to be startled by a statue. When the match goes out, he is att*cked by a pig creature. OPENING CREDITS The TARDIS materializes in front of a white stone wall and Martha steps out first followed by the Doctor. MARTHA: Where are we? DOCTOR: Ah, smell that Atlantic breeze. Nice and cold. Lovely. Martha, have you met my friend? They look up to see the Statue of Liberty. MARTHA: Is that...? Oh my God! That's the Statue of Liberty! DOCTOR: Gateway to the New World. "Give me you tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to break free..." MARTHA: That's so brilliant. I've always wanted to go to New York. I mean the real New York, not the new, new, new, new, new... They walk to the edge of the island with a view of the Manhattan skyline. DOCTOR: Well, there's the genuine article. So good, they named it twice. Mind you, it was New Amsterdam originally. Harder to say twice. Now wonder it didn't catch on. New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam. MARTHA: I wonder what year it is 'cause look, the Empire State Building's not even finished yet. DOCTOR: Work in progress. Still got a couple floors to go, and if I know my history, that makes the date somewhere around... MARTHA (reads off newspaper): November 1, 1930. DOCTOR: You're getting good at this. MARTHA: Eighty years ago. (The Doctor takes the paper). It's funny 'cause you see all those old newsreels in black and white like it's so far away, but here we are. It's real. It's now. (Laughs then looks at the Doctor). Come on, you. Where do we go first? DOCTOR (shows her the headline): I think our detour just got longer. MARTHA (reading): "Hooverville Mystery Deepens". What's Hooverville? Arial sh*t of Manhattan showing Central Park. "Putting on the Ritz" plays. The Doctor and Martha stroll through the park. DOCTOR: Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the USA, came to power a year ago. Up till then New York was a boom town, the Roaring Twenties, and then... MARTHA: The Wall Street Crash, yeah? When was that, 1929? DOCTOR: Yeah. Whole economy wiped out overnight. Thousands of people unemployed. Suddenly the huddled masses doubled in number with nowhere to go. So they ended up here in Central Park. MARTHA: What? They actually live in the park? In the middle of the city? They arrive at Hooverville; a collection of quickly put together shacks and tents with random f*re barrels placed throughout. DOCTOR: Ordinary people. Lost their jobs. Couldn't pay the rent and they lost everything. There are places like this all over America. You only come to Hooverville when there's nowhere else to go. We hear shouting from another part of Hooverville. Two men are fighting. MAN 1: You thievin' lowlife! Punches Man 2. Two other men try to break up the fight. MAN 1: Loaf! MAN 2: I didn't touch it! An older man, Solomon, steps out of his tent and tried to stop the fight. SOLOMON: Cut that out! The two men ignore Solomon and keep fighting. SOLOMON: Cut that out! Right now! Pushes the two men apart. MAN 1: He stole my bread! SOLOMON: That's enough! (Looks at Man 2). Did you take it? MAN 2: I don't know what happened. He just went crazy. Man 1 lunges at 2 but is held back. SOLOMON: That's enough! Other residents of Hooverville wander over to see what's going on. The Doctor and Martha are with them. SOLOMON: Now think real careful before you lie to me. MAN 2: I'm starvin', Solomon. Solomon holds out his hand and Man 2 reaches under his coat and pulls out the bread, handing it over to Solomon. SOLOMON: We're all starvin'. (He breaks the bread in half). We all got families somewhere. (He hands each man a half). No stealin' and no fightin'. You know the rules. Thirteen years ago I fought in the Great w*r. A lot of us did. And the only reason we got through was because we stuck together! No matter how bad things get, we still act like human beings. It's all we got. The men go their own way. DOCTOR (to Martha): Come on. (to Solomon): I suppose that makes you the boss around here. SOLOMON: And, uh, who might you be? MARTHA: He's the Doctor. I'm Martha. SOLOMON: A doctor. (scoffs). Well, we got, uh, stockbrokers, we got a lawyer, but you're the first doctor. Neighbourhood gets classier by the day. Warms his hands over a f*re. MARTHA: How many people live here? SOLOMON: At any one time, hundreds. No place else to go. But I will say this about Hooverville. We are a truly equal society, black, white, all the same. All starving. (Laughs) So you're welcome. Both of you. But tell me, Doctor, you're a man of learning, right? Explain this to me. (Points to Empire State Building). That there's going to be the tallest building in the world. How come they can do that, and we got people starving in the heart of Manhattan? HIGH UP ON THE BUILDING Two construction workers are out on the girders. MAN 1: Right, no more! MAN 2: There you go. Hoist! INSIDE AN UNFINISHED SECTION OF THE 100TH FLOOR The site foreman is arguing with Mr Diagoras, a man with slicked-back hair, dark pinstriped suit, and spats, who is looking over the building plans. FOREMAN: I'm tellin' ya, the men won't stand for it! I mean, are you outta your mind? I've got 500 men working seven days a week flat out, and you want us to go faster? DIAGORAS: The new masters demand it. FOREMAN: But we're on schedule! What's the problem? DIAGORAS: The mast on this building needs extra work completed by tonight. FOREMAN: Tonight? No way. It's impossible! DIAGORAS: That's an order. FOREMAN: Yeah? Well, one word from me and every man on this site stops working. So go on. Tell your masters that. DIAGORAS: If that's your attitude, I think that you should tell them yourself. Walks towards lift. FOREMAN: Yeah, well, I ain't afraid of no man in a suit. Diagoras presses the call button for the lift. FOREMAN: These new bosses? What's their names? DIAGORAS: I guess you could say they're from outta town. FOREMAN: Italians? DIAGORAS: A bit further than that. FOREMAN: How much further? DIAGORAS: Beyond your imagination. FOREMAN: What's that supposed to mean? Who are they? Mr. Diagoras, who're we working for? Diagoras walks away from the lift to stand beside the foreman. DIAGORAS: Behold your masters. The lift bell dings and the doors slide open to reveal a Dalek flanked by two pigmen. FOREMAN: What the hell? DALEK: I have been summoned. Explain. Explain. FOREMAN (backs away): It can talk. How does it talk? And what the hell are they? DIAGORAS: I'm sorry, my lord, but this man is refusing to complete the work. DALEK: Then we must replace him. FOREMAN: Is anybody gonna tell me what the hell is happening here? DALEK: Use him. Take him for the Final Experiment. The pigmen move forward and grab the foreman by the arms. FOREMAN: Hey, what's goin' on? Let go! Let go of me! (Struggles as they take him to the lift). Get off me, ya freaks! Mr. Diagoras, will you tell 'em? Listen..; The doors of the lift close. DALEK: The Empire State Building must be completed in time. DIAGORAS: It will be. Trust me. Labour is cheap and that man can be replaced. DALEK: The plan must not fail. The gamma strike has accelerated. We need more bodies immediately. DIAGORAS: Yes, Master. HOOVERVILLE Solomon throws coffee dregs onto the f*re as the Doctor and Martha approach. DOCTOR: So... men are going missing. Is this true? Holds up newspaper. SOLOMON (takes newspaper): It's true all right. Goes inside his tent. DOCTOR (stands at opening of tent): But what does missing mean? Men must come and go here all the time. It's not like anyone's keeping a register. SOLOMON (sits) C'mon in. (The Doctor and Martha enter and sit). This is different. MARTHA: In what way? SOLOMON: Someone takes them. At night. We hear something. Someone calls out for help. By the time we get there, they're gone. Like they vanish into thin air. DOCTOR: And you're sure someone's taking them? SOLOMON: Doctor, when you got next to nothing, you hold on to the little you got. Your Kn*fe, blanket, you take it with you. You don't leave bread uneaten, f*re still burning. MARTHA: Have you been to the police? SOLOMON: Yeah, we tried that. Another deadbeat goes missing, big deal. DOCTOR: So, the question is, who's taking them and what for? Frank, a young man, sticks his head inside the tent. FRANK: Solomon, Mr. Diagoras is here. They walk outside to where Diagoras is talking to the men of Hooverville. DIAGORAS: I need men. Volunteers. I got a little work for you and you sure look like you can use the money. FRANK: Yeah. What is the money? DIAGORAS: A dollar a day. The men grumble. SOLOMON: What's the work? DIAGORAS: A little trip down the sewers. Got a tunnel that collapsed needs clearing and fixing. Any takers? SOLOMON: A dollar a day? That's sl*ve wage. Men don't always come back up, do they? DIAGORAS: Accidents happen. DOCTOR: What do you mean? What sort of accidents? DIAGORAS: You don't need the work? That's fine. Anybody else? (The Doctor raises his hand). Enough with the questions. DOCTOR: Oh, n-n-no. I'm volunteering. MARTHA (raises her hand and looks at the Doctor): I'll k*ll you for this. Solomon and Frank raise their hands as well. DOWN IN THE SEWERS DIAGORAS: Turn left. Go about half a mile. Follow Tunnel 273. Fall's right ahead of you. You can't miss it. FRANK: And when do we get our dollar? DIAGORAS: When you come back up. DOCTOR: And if we don't come back up? DIAGORAS: Then I got no one to pay. SOLOMON: We'll be back. MARTHA: Let's hope so. The others start down the tunnel. The Doctor just stares at Diagoras before turning and joining them. FRANK: We just gotta stick together. It's easy to get lost. It's like a huge rabbit warren. You could hide an army down here. MARTHA: So what about you, Frank? You're not from around these parts, are you? FRANK: Oh, you could talk. No, no, I'm from Tennessee, born and bred. MARTHA: So how come you're here? FRANK:: Uh, my daddy died. Mama... couldn't afford to feed us all. So, I'm the oldest, up to me to feed myself, so put on my coat, hitched up here on the railroads. There's a whole lot of runaways in camp younger than me. From all over; Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas... Solomon keeps a lookout for us. So, what about you? You're a long way from home. MARTHA: Yeah, I'm just a hitcher too. FRANK: You stick with me, you'll be all right. DOCTOR: So this Diagoras bloke, who is he then? SOLOMON: A couple of months ago, he was just another foreman. Now it seems like he's running most of Manhattan. DOCTOR:: How did he manage that, then? SOLOMON: These are strange times. A man can go from being King of the Hill to the lowest of the low overnight. It's just for some folks it works the other way 'round. DOCTOR: Whoa! A blob is lying on the ground giving off a sick green light. MARTHA (comes forward): Is it radioactive or something? The Doctor sets down his torch and crouches beside it. MARTHA (covers her nose and mouth): It's gone off, whatever it is. The Doctor slips on his glasses and carefully picks up the slimy blob. MARTHA: And you've got to pick it up. DOCTOR (sniffs it): Shine your torch through it. (She does). Composite organic matter. Martha? Medical opinion? MARTHA: It's not human. I know that. Solomon and Frank look on, puzzled. DOCTOR: No, it's not. And I'll tell you something else. We must be at least half a mile in and I don't see any sign of a collapse, do you? So why did Mr Diagoras send up down here? MARTHA: So where are we now? What's above us? DOCTOR: Well... we're right underneath Manhattan. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING A small group of workers have gathered in Diagoras' office. DIAGORAS: And here, the crowning glory of the Empire State Building, the mast itself. 1472 feet above New York. FOREMAN 2: It's a beautiful thing, sir, and every single one of us is proud of it. My wife says it's like a... like a spire reaching into Heaven. DIAGORAS: Except the Gates of Heaven need a little decoration. These plates have got to be fixed to the mast, right to the base itself. FOREMAN 2: That's okay. That's not too bad. Shouldn't take too long. DIAGORAS: But the work has got to be finished tonight. FOREMAN 2: What? Are you trying to k*ll us? We're flat out up here! C'mon! DIAGORAS: Don't argue with me! FOREMAN 2: But sir, a man can't work up there at night. It's freezing. Your hands go numb, you lose your grip, you fall. DIAGORAS: You don't get it. If you won't work... I can replace you like that! Snaps his fingers. After a stare-down the foreman gives in. DIAGORAS: Now take those panels and get going. One of the men walks forward and picks up one of the panels. It's heavier than he expected. MAN 1: What sort of metal is this anyway? DIAGORAS: Don't ask questions, just go! The men take a panel each and file out of the room. DIAGORAS: And I don't care how cold it is, how tired you are, just get out there and finish the job! After the men leave, a Dalek exits the lift. DALEK: The conductor must be complete for our plan to succeed. DIAGORAS: Unemployment is such an incentive. It'll get done, don't worry. They move to an exposed section of the floor overlooking the city. DALEK: Daleks have no concept of worry. DIAGORAS: Yeah? Well lucky you. DALEK: This day is ending. Humankind is weak. You shelter from the dark. And yet, you have built all this. DIAGORAS: That's progress. Ya gotta move with the times or you get left behind. DALEK: My planet is gone, destroyed in a great w*r, yet versions of this city strand throughout history. The human race always continues. DIAGORAS: We've had wars. I've been a soldier myself. I swore then I'd survive, no matter what. DALEK: You have rare ambition. DIAGORAS: I'm gonna run this city, whatever it takes, by any means necessary. DALEK: You think like a Dalek. DIAGORAS: I'll take that as a compliment. DALEK LAB Dalek Sec and two other Daleks are watching this exchange on-screen. DALEK SEC: This human is our best option. Bring him to me. FLOOR 100 DALEK: Your loyalty will be rewarded. Come with me. Heads toward the lift. DALEK LABORATORY DALEK SEC: Prepare the laboratory. The Final Experiment will begin. DALEK 2: We obey. IN THE LIFT DIAGORAS: Where are we going? DALEK: You have been summoned by our leader. DIAGORAS: Oh, and about time too. The lift doors open and Diagoras steps out into the lab with is filled with Dalek machinery. He slips on a pair of black leather gloves as he walks further into the room. Pig Men watch from the sidelines. Dalek Sec is waiting. DALEK 1: I bring you the human. DIAGORAS: I take it... you're in charge? DALEK SEC: Correct. I am Dalek Sec, leader of the Cult of Skaro. DIAGORAS: Then, my lord Sec, I am honoured to meet you. Ever since you first made contact with me, transmitting your thoughts into the corners of my mind, tempting me with such images, such ideas... Oh, sir, I'd always dreamt that the... DALEK SEC: Cease talking! DIAGORAS: I just wanna let you know how grateful I am. DALEK SEC: I said cease. Slaves, secure the human. DIAGORAS: But you don't need to do that. I'm on your side. (The pig slaves take him). I'm working with you! I'm your partner! SEWERS SOLOMON: We're way beyond half a mile. There's no collapse, nothing. MARTHA: That Diagoras bloke, was he lying? DOCTOR: Looks like it. FRANK: So why did he want people to come down here? DOCTOR: Solomon, I think it's time you took these two back. I'll be much quicker on my own. They hear squealing echo in the tunnels. SOLOMON: What the hell was that? FRANK: Hello?! MARTHA: Shh. SOLOMON: Frank. FRANK: What if it's one of the folk gone missing? You'd be scared, half-mad down here on your own. DOCTOR: Do you think they're still alive? FRANK: Heck, we ain't seen no bodies down here. Maybe they just got lost. They hear more squealing. SOLOMON: I know I never heard nobody make a sound like that. The Doctor walks a little ahead of them. FRANK: Sounds like there's more than one of 'em. DOCTOR: This way. SOLOMON (shining his light down another tunnel): No, that way. The light of Solomon's torch catches a huddled figure on the ground. MARTHA (looking back at him): Doctor... The Doctor rejoins them. SOLOMON: Who are you? FRANK: Are you lost? Can you understand me? I've been thinkin' about folk lost... He starts to walk forward but the Doctor stops him. DOCTOR: It's all right, Frank. Just stay back. Let me have a look. (Walks toward the figure). He's got a point, though, my mate Frank. I'd hate to be stuck down here on my own. (Creature squeals). We know the way out. Daylight. If you want to come with us. (Squats and shines a light on the pig man's face). Oh, but what are you? SOLOMON: Is, uh, that some kind of carnival mask? DOCTOR: No, it's real. (To the pig man): I'm sorry. Now listen to me. I promise I can help. (Shadows fall on the wall but he doesn't notice them). Now, who did this to you? MARTHA: Doctor, I think you'd better get back here. More pig men have filled the opposite end of the tunnel. MARTHA: Doctor! DOCTOR (stands) Actually... good point. Backs up towards the others. MARTHA: They're following you. DOCTOR: Yeah, I noticed that, thanks. (Reaches them). Well then, Martha, Frank, Solomon... MARTHA: What? DOCTOR: Um, basically... run! They race down the tunnel to a cross-section where Martha stops in confusion. MARTHA: Where are we going?! DOCTOR: This way! Turns right. The pig men keep chasing. The Doctor stops at the mouth of a joining tunnel. DOCTOR: There's a ladder! The Doctor climbs the ladder and uses the sonic screwdriver on the lid. Martha follows. Solomon hesitates when he sees Frank pick up a metal rod to try and hold them off. SOLOMON: Frank! He climbs the ladder. Seeing that the others are safe, Frank runs for the ladder and starts climbing. The Doctor and Solomon reach down their hands. SOLOMON: C'mon, Frank! C'mon! DOCTOR: I've got ya. C'mo! The pig men pull Frank out of their grasp and down into the sewer. SOLOMON: Frank! DOCTOR: No! Solomon shoves the Doctor aside and closes the lid before one of the pig men limbs up. SOLOMON: We can't go after him. DOCTOR: We gotta go back down! We can't just leave him! SOLOMON: No, I'm not losing anybody else! Those creatures were from Hell! From Hell itself! Someone is walking towards them with a g*n. SOLOMON: If we go after them, they'll take us all! There's nothing we can do. I'm sorry. Tallulah steps out from behind a shelf in the prop room, a g*n pointed at them. TALLULAH: All right then. Put 'em up. Martha puts her hands up. TALLULAH (cocks the g*n): Hands in the air and no funny business. The Doctor and Solomon put their hands up. TALLULAH: Now tell me, you schmucks, what've you done with Laszlo? MARTHA: Uh, who's Lazlo? TALLULAH'S DRESSING ROOM Tallulah still has the g*n aimed at them. TALLULAH: Laszlo's my boyfriend, or was my boyfriend until two weeks ago. No letter, no good-bye, no nothin'. And I'm not stupid. (She waves the g*n as she talks). I know some guys are just pigs but not my Laszlo. I mean, what kinda guy asks you to meet his mother before he vamooses? DOCTOR: It might, might just help if you put that down. TALLULAH: Hunh? (Realizes she has g*n). Oh, sure. (Tosses g*n to a chair). Oh, c'mon. It's not real. It's just a prop. It was either that or a spear. MARTHA: What do you think happened to Laszlo? TALLULAH: I wish I knew. One minute he's there, the next, zip, vanished. DOCTOR: Listen, ah, what's your name? TALLULAH: Tallulah. DOCTOR: Tallulah. TALLULAH: 3 Ls and an H. DOCTOR: Right. Um, we can try to find Laszlo, but he's not the only one. There are people disappearing every night. SOLOMON: And there are creatures. Such creatures. TALLULAH: Whaddaya mean "creatures"? DOCTOR: Look. Listen, just trust me. Everyone is in danger. I need to find out exactly what this is (removes blob from his pocket) because then I'll know exactly what we're fighting. TALLULAH (leans back): Yech! PROPS ROOM The Doctor is scavenging for pieces of equipment. SOLOMON (holds up a radio): How about this? I found it backstage. DOCTOR (takes it): Perfect. It's the capacitors I need. I'm just rigging up a crude little DNA scan for this beastie. If I can get a chromosomal reading, I'll find out where it's from. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver on the radio's insides. SOLOMON: How about you, Doctor? Where are you from? I've been all over. I've never heard anybody talk like you. Just exactly who are you? The Doctor takes out a piece from the radio and blows on it. DOCTOR: Oh, I'm just sort of passing by. SOLOMON: I'm not a fool, Doctor. DOCTOR: No. Sorry. Solomon walks over to the sewer lid and looks down at it. SOLOMON: I was so scared, Doctor. I let them take Frank 'cause I was just too scared. I gotta get back to Hooverville. With these creatures on the loose, we gotta protect ourselves. Ain't no one else gonna help us. DOCTOR: Good luck. SOLOMON: I hope you find what you're looking for. For all our sakes. Solomon leaves. TALLULAH'S DRESSING ROOM Tallulah is in costume, putting on her makeup for the performance. Martha is sitting in a chair, watching. TALLULAH: Laszlo... He's wait for me after the show, walk me home like I was a lady. He'd leave a flower for me on my dressing table. Every day, just a single rose. Martha stands and walks over beside her. MARTHA: Haven't you reported him missing? TALLULAH: Sure. He's just a stagehand. Who cares? The management certainly don't. MARTHA: Can't you kick up a fuss or something? TALLULAH:: Okay, so then they f*re me. MARTHA: But they'd listen to you. You're one of the stars. TALLULAH: Oh, honey, I got one stone in a back street revue and that's only because Heidi Chicane broke her ankle; which had nothin' to do with me whatever anybody says. I can't afford to make a fuss. If I don't make this month's rent, then before you know it, I'm in Hooverville. MARTHA: Okay, I get it. TALLULAH: It's the Depression, sweetie. Your heart might break, but the show goes on and if it stops, you starve. Every night I have to go out there, sign, dance, keep goin'. Hoping he's gonna come back. Breaks down. MARTHA (hugs her): I'm sorry. Tallulah pulls out of the hug and wipes her eyes. TALLULAH: Hey, you're lucky, though. You got yourself a forward thinking guy with that hot potato in the sharp suit. MARTHA: Uh, he's not, we're not... together. TALLULAH: Oh, sure you are. I've seen the way you look at him. It's obvious. MARTHA: Not to him. TALLULAH: Oh, I shoulda realized. He's into musicals, hunh? What a waste. Martha shakes her head as Tallulah misunderstands. TALLULAH: Still, ya gotta live in hope. It's the only thing that's kept me going 'cause... (lifts white rose from dressing table) look. On my dressing table every day still. MARTHA (takes the rose): You think it's Laszlo? TALLULAH: I don't know. If he's still around, why's he bein' all secret like he doesn't want me to see him? HOOVERVILLE Solomon addresses everyone. SOLOMON: The stories are all true. People are being taken. We lost Frank today. He was stolen from right in front of me. But no more. I swear to you, no more. Now, I made a pledge that this place would be a peaceful place, but now it's time to take up arms. CROWD: Yeah! SOLOMON: We need w*apon. We need sentries on duty. We need men prepared o fight! We've got to protect ourselves because you know no one else will. Now get moving. Arm yourselves. The men, inspired, go off to follow Solomon's words. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Up on the mast, two men are attaching the plates. The wind is howling and it's freezing. FOREMAN 2: I can't feel my fingers! We can't stay here for much longer! We'll fall! MAN 2: C'mon, we're nearly done! DALEK LAB DALEK THAY: The chromatin solution is ready. DALEK SEC: Then our preparations are complete. DIAGORAS: What are you doing? Preparations for what? DALEK SEC: This is the Final Experiment. DIAGORAS: Whaddya mean? Do you mean like this pig men things? You're not gonna turn me into one of those! Oh, God, please don't! DALEK SEC: The pig slaves are primitive. The Final Experiment is greater by far. DIAGORAS: But how does that involve me? DALEK SEC: We need your flesh. Bring him to me! DALEK THAY: Halt! This action contradicts the Dalek Imperative. DALEK 2: Daleks are supreme. Humans are weak. DALEK SEC: But there are millions of humans and only four of us. If we are supreme, why are we not victorious? The Cult of Skaro was created by the Emperor for this very purpose. To imagine new ways of survival. DALEK THAY: But we must remain pure. DALEK SEC: No, Dalek Thay! Our purity has brought us to extinction! We must adapt to survive. You have all made sacrifices... One Daleks is shown to have sacrificed its side panels for the mast. DALEK SEC : ... And now I will sacrifice myself for the greater cause, the future of Dalek-kind. Now bring me the human! The pig men force Diagoras forward. DIAGORAS ; I don't understand. What do you mean? Get offa me! DALEK SEC: Behold the true Dalek form. Dalek Sec's casing opens to reveal the real Dalek inside. DALEK SEC: Now you join with me. Diagoras tries to resist as the pig men push him towards Sec. DIAGORAS: No! Get off me! I did everything you asked of me! No! Sec reaches out with his tentacles and sucks Diagoras in like a cocoon then the casing closes. THEATRE The Doctor is up in the balcony with the blob hooked up to his hand-made scanner. He sets the beam from one of the stage lights on it. DOCTOR: That's it. Let's warm you up. The Doctor puts on his glasses and starts to examine it. BACKSTAGE TALLULAH: Girls, it's showtime! BALCONY DOCTOR: This is artificial. We hear the announcer over the speakers. ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen... DOCTOR: Genetically engineered. Whoever this is, oh, you're clever. ANNOUNCER: ...with Heaven and Hell! The curtains open and we see chorus girls dressed in red sequined dresses with tails and horns. As they part, Tallulah appears in white with wings and a halo. She sashays up to the microphone and begins to sing. TALLULAH :: # You lured me in with your cold grey eyes / Your simple smile and your bewitching lies / One and one and one is three / My bad, bad angel, the Devil and me / You put the devil in me / You put the devil in me / You put the devil in me. Martha is watching from the wings. TALLULAH: You put the Devil in me. # As the dance starts, Martha sees a pig man who looks different from the others standing in the opposite wings, seemingly just watching. Martha cuts across the stage, hiding behind the girls. CHORUS GIRL 1: What are you doing? Martha moves to the next girl, accidentally grabbing her tail, causing her to fall. TALLULAH: What are you doing? CHORUS GIRL 2: You're on my tail! Get off my tail! BALCONY The Doctor has a stethoscope on the blob. DOCTOR: Fundamental DNA type 467-989. 989. Hold on, that means planet of origin. (A look of disbelief crosses his face). Skaro. Rushes off. STAGE TALLULAH (to Martha): Get off the stage! You're spoilin' it! MARTHA: But look. (Points to the wings). Over there! The pig man realizes he's been spotted and is startled. Tallulah screams and he runs. MARTHA: Hey! Runs after him. The pig man runs through the halls, Martha still following. MARTHA: Wait! But you're different than the others! Just wait! In the prop room, Martha hears a clanging but the pig man is gone. Backstage, Tallulah is with the chorus girls. CHORUS GIRL 1: It was like something out of a movie show. Oh, that face. I ain't never gonna sleep. The Doctor arrives. DOCTOR: Where is she? Where's Martha? TALLULAH: I don't know. She ran off the stage. In the prop room a second pig man comes up behind Martha and att*cks her. She screams. The Doctor hears her screams and runs to save her followed by Tallulah. They reach the prop room, but she's gone. DOCTOR: Martha! The Doctor notices the sewer lid is crooked so he grabs his coat and puts it on. TALLULAH: Oh, where are you goin'? DOCTOR: They've taken her. TALLULAH: Who's taken her? The Doctor begins to climb down into the sewer. TALLULAH: What're y' doin'? I said, what the hell are ya doin'? Crazy guy. Tallulah finds a long coat to put on over her costume and follows. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no way. You're not coming. TALLULAH: Tell me what's going on. DOCTOR: There's nothing you can do. Go back. TALLULAH: Look, whoever's taken Martha, they could've taken Laszlo, couldn't they? DOCTOR: Tallulah, you're not safe down here. TALLULAH: Then that's my problem. Come on. Which way? Tallulah walks down a tunnel to the left. DOCTOR (sighs): This way. The Doctor goes down the tunnel in front of them and Tallulah follows. ANOTHER TUNNEL Martha is being held by two pig men. MARTHA: No! Let me go! They push her against a wall. More pig men come by with humans in a line, one of who is Frank. FRANK: Martha. MARTHA: You're alive! Hugs him. FRANK: Hey. MARTHA: I thought we'd lost you. A pig man pushes them to keep moving. MARTHA: All right! All right, we're moving. FRANK: Wait. Where are they taking us? MARTHA: I don't know, but we can find out what's going on down here. ANOTHER TUNNEL The Doctor and Tallulah are walking. TALLULAH: When you say "They've taken her", who's they exactly? And who are you anyway? I never asked. DOCTOR: Shh. TALLULAH: Okay. Okay. DOCTOR: Shh, shh, shh. In the weak light of the tunnel in front of them, the shadow of a Dalek is approaching. TALLULAH: I mean you're handsome and all... The Doctor puts his hand over her mouth and pulls her back down the tunnel into a recess. The Dalek passes by without seeing them. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. They survived. They always survive while I lose everything. TALLULAH: That metal thing? What was it? DOCTOR: It's called a Dalek. And it's not just metal, it's alive. TALLULAH (laughs): You're kidding me. DOCTOR: Does it look like I'm kidding? (He turns on her and she sobers). Inside that shell is a creature born to hate, whose only thought is to destroy everything and everyone that isn't a Dalek too. It won't stop until it's k*lled every human being alive. TALLULAH: But if it's not a human being, that kinda implies it's from outer space. (The Doctor looks at her). Yet again, that's a "no" with the kidding. Boy... Well, what's it doin' here, in New York? DALEK LAB DALEK: Stop the process. Dalek Sec is failing. DALEK SEC (strained): No, the experiment must continue. Administer the solution. We must evolve. Evolve! Evolve! A second Dalek injects the solution through Dalek Sec's casing. SEWER TUNNEL The Doctor pulls Tallulah by the arm. DOCTOR: Every second you're down here, you're in danger. I'm taking you back right now. They turn a corner a see a pig man, the one that was at the theatre. Tallulah screams and the pig man tried to hide. DOCTOR (approaching): Where's Martha? What have you done with her? What have you done with Martha? PIG MAN: I didn't take her. DOCTOR (surprised): Can you remember your name? PIG MAN: Don't look at me. TALLULAH (moves forward): Do you know where she is? PIG MAN: Stay back! Don't look at me! DOCTOR: What happened to you? A closer look reveals that he is more man than pig. PIG MAN: They made me a monster. DOCTOR: Who did? PIG MAN: The masters. DOCTOR: The Daleks. Why? PIG MAN: They needed slaves. They needed slaves to steal more people so they created us. Part animal, part human. I escaped before they got my mind, but it was still too late. DOCTOR: Do you know what happened to Martha? PIG MAN: They took her. It's my fault. She was following me. TALLULAH: Were you in the theatre? PIG MAN: Yes. TALLULAH: Why? Why were you there? PIG MAN: I never wanted you to see me like this. TALLULAH: Why me? What do I gotta do with this? Were you following me? Is that why you were there? The pig man turns to face Tallulah. PIG MAN: Yes. TALLULAH: Who are you? PIG MAN: I was lonely. TALLULAH: Who are you? PIG MAN: I needed to see you. TALLULAH: Who are you? PIG MAN: I'm sorry. Turns away. TALLULAH: No, wait. (Grabs his arm). Let me look at you. (She places him under the light). Laszlo? (He nods). My Laszlo? (Voice breaks). Oh, what have they done to you? LASZLO: I'm sorry. So sorry. DOCTOR: Laszlo, can you show me where they are? LASZLO: They'll k*ll you. DOCTOR: If I don't stop them, they'll k*ll everyone. LASZLO: Then follow me. ANOTHER TUNNEL Martha, Frank, and the other prisoners are being kept in a section of tunnel by the pig men. FRANK: What are they keeping us here for? MARTHA: I don't know. I've just got a nasty feeling that we're being kept in the larder. Laszlo leads the Doctor and Tallulah through the tunnels and takes them to where they can see Martha and Frank. The pig men guarding the prisoners start squealing nervously. FRANK: What're they doing? What's wrong? What's wrong? A Dalek glides into the tunnel. DALEK: Silence. Silence. Lazlo ducks back out of sight. MARTHA: What the hell is that? The Doctor watches. DALEK: You will form a line. Move. The pig men push everyone into line. MARTHA: Just do what it says, everyone, okay? Just obey. DALEK: The female is wise. Obey! A second Dalek arrives. DALEK 2: Report. DALEK 1: These are strong specimens. They will help the Dalek cause. MARTHA (softly): Dalek? DALEK 1: What is the status of the Final Experiment? DALEK 2: The Dalekanium is in place. The energy conductor is now complete. DALEK 1: Then I will extract prisoners for selection. A pig man brigs an older black man forward. The Dalek extends his sucker towards the man's face. DALEK 1: Intelligence scan. Initiate. Reading brain waves. Low intelligence. MAN: You calling me stupid? DALEK 1: This one will become a pig sl*ve. Two pig men pull him away. MAN: No, let go of me! I'm not becoming one of them! The Dalek moves to the next in line. DALEK 1: Intelligence scan. Initiate. LAZLO: They're divided into two groups: high intelligence and low intelligence. The low intelligence are taken to become pig slaves like me. TALLULAH: Well, that's not fair. DOCTOR: Shh. TALLULAH (whispers): You're the smartest guy I ever dated. DOCTOR: And the others? LAZLO: They're taken to the laboratory. DOCTOR: But why? What for? LASZLO: I don't know. The masters only call it the Final... Experiment. The Dalek is scanning Frank. DALEK 1: Superior intelligence. (Turns to Martha). Intelligence scan. Initiate. Superior intelligence. This one will become part of the Final Experiment. MARTHA: You can't just experiment on people! It's insane! It's inhuman! DALEK 1: We are not human. Prisoners of high intelligence will be taken to the transgenic laboratory. DOCTOR: Look out, they're moving! The Doctor flattens himself against the wall. Laszlo takes Tallulah and heads down the tunnel. LASZLO: Doctor. Doctor! Quickly! DOCTOR: I'm not going. I've got an idea. You go. TALLULAH: Laszlo, c'mon! LASZLO: Can you remember the way? TALLULAH: Yeah, I think so. LASZLO: Then go. Please. TALLULAH: But Laszlo, you gotta come with me. LASZLO: Where would I go? Tallulah, I'm beggin you, save yourself. Just run. Just go. Go. Tallulah leaves and Laszlo rejoins the Doctor. The Daleks pass by and the Doctor falls in line between Martha and Frank while Laszlo acts like one of the guards. DOCTOR: Just keep walking. MARTHA: I'm so glad to see you. DOCTOR: Yeah, well, you can kiss me later. You too, Frank, if you want. Tallulah runs through the tunnels, lost. DALEK LAB The prisoners are brought in. DALEK 1: Report. DALEK 3: Dalek Sec is in the final stage of evolution. DALEK 1: Scan him. Prepare for birth. DOCTOR: Evolution? MARTHA: What's wrong with old Charlie boy over there? DOCTOR: Ask them. MARTHA: What me? Don't be daft. DOCTOR: I don't exactly want to get noticed. Ask them what's going on. MARTHA (deep breath): Daleks, I demand to be told. What is this Final Experiment? Report! DALEK 1: You will bear witness. MARTHA: To what? DALEK 1: This is the dawn of a new age. MARTHA: What does that mean? DALEK 1: We are the only four Daleks so the species must evolve a life outside the shell. The Children of Skaro must walk again. Dalek Sec's shell powers down and the casing opens once again to reveal a human-dalek hybrid. The clothing is unmistakably that of Diagoras. The head is similar to a Dalek body with mouth, one eye, and tentacles. The hands are almost claw-like. MARTHA: What is it? DALEK SEC (slowly): I am a human Dalek. I am your future. To be continued...
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Recap of 304 "Daleks in Manhattan". OPENING CREDITS DALEK SEC: These... humans will become like me. The Doctor slips unnoticed behind some machinery. DALEK SEC: Prepare them for hybridisation. The pig slaves close in on Martha, Frank and the other prisoners. MARTHA: Leave me alone! Don't you dare! "Happy Days are Here Again" begins playing and everyone stops, wondering where it's coming from. DALEK SEC: What is that sound? The Doctor steps out, a radio in his hands. DOCTOR: That would be me. (Sets radio down). Hello. Surprise. Boo. Et cetera. DALEK SEC: Doctor. DALEK 1: The enemy of the Daleks. DALEK 2: Exterminate. DALEK SEC: Wait. DOCTOR: Well, then. A new form of Dalek. (Walks forward). Fascinating and very clever. DALEK SEC: The Cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter. DOCTOR: How did you end up in 1930? DALEK SEC: Emergency Temporal Shift. DOCTOR (scoffs): Oh, that must have roasted up your power cells, yeah? (Strides away, looking about). Time was, four Daleks could have conquered the world but instead your skulking away, hidden in the dark, experimenting. (Deep breath). All of which results in you. DALEK SEC: I am Dalek in human form. DOCTOR: What does it feel like? You can talk to me, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn't it? That's your name? You've got a name and a mind of your own. Tell me what you're thinking right now. DALEK SEC: I... feel... humanity. DOCTOR: Good. That's good. DALEK SEC: I... feel... everything we wanted from mankind, which is ambition, hatred, aggression and w*r. Such... a genius for w*r. DOCTOR: No, that's not what humanity means. DALEK SEC: I think it does. At heart, this species is so very... Dalek. DOCTOR: All right, so what have you achieved hen? With this Final Experiment, eh? Nothing! 'Cause I can show you what you're missing with this thing. (Points at radio). Simple little radio. Pats it. DALEK 2: What is the purpose of that device? DOCTOR: Well, exactly. It plays music. What's the point of that? Oh, with music, you can dance to it, sing with it, fall in love to it. Unless you're a Dalek of course. Then it's just noise. The Doctor aims the sonic screwdriver at the radio and a high pitch wail emanates from it. Sec holds his head in pain while the other Daleks act erratically. The Doctor turns to the prisoners. DOCTOR: Run! The prisoners escape and the Doctor follows them. DALEK 1: Protect the hybrid! DALEKS: Protect. Protect. Protect. Martha leads the prisoners running through the sewers, the Doctor last. DALEK 1: Report status. DALEK SEC: Pain. Pain... of the flesh like no other Dalek has felt for thousands of years. DALEK 1: The Doctor has escaped. DALEK SEC: Then find him. Find him. DALEK 1 (to pig slaves): Find the Doctor. The prisoners must be recaptured. Martha stops, unsure of which way to go. The Doctor rushes past. DOCTOR: Come on! Move, move, move, move, move! They run down a tunnel to find Tallulah. DOCTOR: And you, Tallulah! Run! TALLULAH (bewildered): What's happened to Laszlo? The pig slaves and two Daleks are following. Laszlo slips away. The Doctor leads everyone to a ladder. DOCTOR: C'mon! Everyone up! Dalek Sec picks up the remains of the radio and runs his hand along the broken casing almost wistfully The Daleks find the ladder. DALEK 1: They have ascended. (To pig slaves): Return to base. The pig slaves leave and it turns to Dalek 2. DALEK 1: Request information. What is your opinion of Dalek Sec? DALEK 2: We were created to follow him. DALEK 1: But you have... doubts. Dalek 2 looks around as if to make sure they are alone. DALEK 2: Affirmative. HOOVERVILLE An overhead sh*t shows the party of prisoners returning to Hooverville. They are then gathered around a f*re, Martha and Tallulah sitting on crates. SOLOMON: These Daleks, they sound like the stuff of nightmares. And they wanna breed? DOCTOR: They're splicing themselves into human bodies. If I'm right, they've got a farm of breeding stock right here in Hooverville. We've got to get everyone out. SOLOMON: Hooverville's the lowest place a man can fall. There's nowhere else to go. DOCTOR: I'm sorry, Solomon. You've got to scatter. Go anywhere. Down to the railroads, travel across state, just get out of New York. SOLOMON: There's got to be a way to reason with these things. MARTHA: There's not a chance. FRANK: You ain't seen 'em, boss. DOCTOR: Daleks are bad enough at anytime, but right now they're vulnerable and that makes them more dangerous than ever. The sentry posted on the edge of Hooverville sees the pig slaves coming and blows his whistle in warning as he runs to tell everyone. SENTRY: They're coming! They're coming! SOLOMON: A sentry. Must have seen something. SENTRY: They're here! I seen 'em! Monsters! They're monsters! DOCTOR: It's started. SOLOMON: We're under att*ck! Everyone to arms! The men start passing out the g*n and other w*apon they had collected. FRANK: I'm ready, boss, but al o' you! Find a w*apon! Use anything! Some of the residents run off. SOLOMON: Come back! We gotta stick together! It's not safe out there! Come back! The pig slaves inv*de Hooverville, attacking those who try to escape. MARTHA: We need to get out of the park. DOCTOR: We can't! They're on all sides. They're driving people back towards us. TALLULAH: We're trapped. SOLOMON: Then we stand together. Gather 'round. Everybody come to me. You there, Jethro, Harry, Seamus, stay together. The pig slaves have forced everyone into a tight circle by the f*re. SOLOMON: They can't take all of us. Starts f*ring. MARTHA: If we can just hold them off till daylight. DOCTOR (looks skywards): Oh, Martha, they're just the foot soldiers. Everyone turns and looks up. MARTHA: Oh, my God. A Dalek is flying above, heading towards them. SOLOMON: What in this world... SENTRY: It's the devil. A devil in the sky. God save us all. It's damnation. FRANK: Oh yeah? We'll see about that! Frank fires at the Dalek but the b*ll*ts do no damage. The Doctor pushes his r*fle down. DOCTOR: That's not gonna work. DALEK SEC: Establish visual contact. A screen appears showing the Dalek's view of Hooverville. DALEK SEC: Commence the att*ck. MARTHA: There's more than one of them. The Daleks begin to att*ck, f*ring upon the settlement causing expl*si*n and starting fires. DALEK 1: The humans will surrender. The Doctor appears on the screen. DOCTOR: Leave them alone! They've done nothing to you! DALEK 2: We have located the Doctor! Solomon steps forward and the Doctor grabs him by the arm. DOCTOR: No, Solomon. Stay back. SOLOMON: I'm told that I'm addressin' the Daleks, is that right? DALEK SEC: Observe humanity. For all their faults they have... such courage. SOLOMON: From what I hear, you're outcasts, too. DOCTOR: Solomon, don't. SOLOMON: Doctor, this is my township, you will respect my authority. Sec is watching the exchange with interest. SOLOMON: Just let me try. Solomon pushes the Doctor away. The Doctor steps back, shaking his head. SOLOMON: Daleks... ain't we all the same? Underneath, ain't we all kin? (Sets r*fle on the ground). 'Cause, see, I've just discovered this past day God's universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was. And that scares me. Oh, yeah. Terrifies me. Right down to the bone. But it's got to give me hope... hope that maybe together we can make a better tomorrow. So I... I beg you now if you have any compassion in your hearts then you'll meet with us and stop this fight. Well... what do you say? DALEK 2: Exterminate! Dalek 2 fires upon Solomon, k*lling him. FRANK: Oh, no! The inhabitants of Hooverville scream. In the lab, Sec gasps at Solomon's death and the other Dalek looks at him Frank rushes to Solomon's side. FRANK: No! Solomon! MARTHA: They k*lled him. They just sh*t him on the spot. DOCTOR (pissed off): Daleks! The Doctor moves forward, arms out to his side, and confronts the Daleks. DOCTOR: All right, so it's my turn! Then k*ll me! k*ll me if it'll stop you attacking these people! DALEK 1: I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemy. DOCTOR: Then do it! Do it! Just do it! (Beats on his chest). Do it! DALEK 1: Extermin... DALEK SEC: Stop! I command you. Stop. DALEK 1: I do not understand. It is the Doctor. DALEK SEC: But I want him alive. DALEK 1: The urge to k*ll is too strong. DALEK SEC: I have decided the Doctor must live and you will obey me. DALEK 1: I... obey. DOCTOR: What's going on? DALEK SEC: Bring him to me. DALEK 1: You will follow. MARTHA: No! You can't go! DOCTOR: I've got to go. The Daleks just changed their minds. Daleks never change their minds. MARTHA: But what about us? The Doctor looks back at the people of Hooverville before facing the Dalek. DOCTOR: One condition! If I come with you, you spare the lives of everyone here! Do you hear me? DALEK SEC: Obey the Doctor. DALEK 1: The humans will be spared. Doctor... follow. MARTHA: Then I'm coming with you. DOCTOR: Martha, stay here. Do what you do best. People are hurt. You can help them. Let me go. Martha looks at the Doctor as he looks at the Daleks before striding off to follow them. Martha looks hurt and alone. The Doctor pauses and looks back. DOCTOR: Oh, and can I just say, thank you very much. The Doctor grips her hand with both of his and winks. As he walks off, Martha sees he has given her the psychic paper. DALEK 3: You saved the Doctor. Why? DALEK SEC: He's... a genius and we can use him. The future of the Daleks might well depend on the Doctor. Martha is applying a bandage to a man's arm when Tallulah walks in with a pot of water. TALLULAH: Here you go. I got some more on the boil. MARTHA: Thanks. (To man): You'll be all right. It's just a cut. Try and keep it clean. MAN: Thanks. The man leaves and Tallulah leans against the wall. TALLULAH: So what about us? What do we do now? MARTHA: The Doctor gave me this. He must have had a reason. Martha pulls out the psychic paper and shows Tallulah. TALLULAH: What's that for? MARTHA: Gets you into places, buildings and things. But where? He must want me to go somewhere but what am I supposed to do? The Doctor arrives in the Dalek lab and immediately starts in on Dalek Sec. DOCTOR: Those people were defenceless! You only wanted me, but no, that wasn't enough for you! You had to start k*lling 'cause that's the only thing a Dalek's good for! DALEK SEC: The deaths... were wrong. DOCTOR: I'm sorry? DALEK SEC: That man, their leader Solomon, he showed courage. DOCTOR: And that's good? DALEK SEC: That's excellent. DOCTOR: Is it me or are you just becoming a little bit more human? DALEK SEC: You are the last of your kind and now I am the first of mine. DOCTOR: What do you want me for? DALEK SEC: We tried everything to survive when we found ourselves stranded in this ignorant age. First we tried growing new Dalek embryos but their flesh was too weak. DOCTOR: Yeah, I found one of your experiments. Just left to die out there in the dark. DALEK SEC: It forced us to conclude what is the greatest resource of this planet, its people. Dalek Sec lifts a giant switch on the wall and the ceiling above them lights up to show hundreds of human bodies lying suspended. Dalek Sec lifts another switch and one of the bodies is lowered. We see it is shrouded. DALEK SEC: We stole them. We stole human beings for our purpose. Look... inside. The Doctor opens the shroud to reveal the foreman seen in "Daleks in Manhattan". DALEK SEC: This... is the extent of the Final Experiment. DOCTOR: Is he d*ad? DALEK SEC: Near death with his mind wiped ready to be filled with new ideas. DOCTOR: Dalek ideas. DALEK SEC: The Human-Dalek race. DOCTOR: All of these people. How many? DALEK SEC: We have caverns beyond this storing more than a thousand. DOCTOR: Is there any way to restore them? Make them human again? DALEK SEC: Everything they were has been lost. DOCTOR: So they're like shells. You've got empty human beings ready to be converted. That's going to take a hell of a lot of power. This planet hasn't even split the atom yet. How're you gonna do it? DALEK SEC: Open the conductor plan. Inside Solomon's tent Tallulah is searching through papers. Martha is pacing, tapping the psychic paper in her hand. MARTHA: Wait a minute. Down in the sewers the Daleks mentioned this... energy conductor. TALLULAH: What does that mean? MARTHA: I don't know. Maybe like a... lightening conductor or... Dalekanium! TALLULAH: Oh. MARTHA: They said the Dalekanium was in place. TALLULAH: In place where? MARTHA: Frank might know. Martha and Tallulah leave Solomon's tent and find Frank grieving. MARTHA: Frank? FRANK: Hm? MARTHA: That Mr. Diagoras, he was like some sort of fixer, yeah? Get you jobs all over town? FRANK: Yeah. He could find a profit anywhere. MARTHA: But where, though? What sort of things? FRANK: You name it. We're all so desperate for work, you just hoped Diagoras would pick you for something good. Building work. That pays the best. MARTHA: But what sort of building work? FRANK: Mainly building that. Frank points to the Empire State Building. Dalek Sec is showing the Doctor an animated graphic of their plan. DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Empire State Building. We're right underneath that. I worked that out already, thanks. But what, you hijacked the whole building? DALEK SEC: We needed an energy conductor. DOCTOR: What for? DALEK SEC: I... am the genetic template. My altered DNA was to be administered to each human body. A strong enough blast of gamma radiation can splice the Dalek and human genetic codes and wake each body from its sleep. DOCTOR: Gamma radiation? What are... Oh, the sun. You're using the sun. DALEK SEC: Soon... the greatest solar flare for a thousand years will h*t the Earth. Gamma radiation will be drawn to the energy conductor and when it strikes... DOCTOR: The army wakes. I still don't know what you need me for. DALEK SEC: Your genius. Consider a pure Dalek, intelligent but emotionless. DOCTOR: Removing the emotions makes you stronger. That's what your creator thought all those years ago. DALEK SEC: He was wrong. DOCTOR: He was what? DALEK SEC: It makes us lesser than our enemies. We must return to the flesh. The other Daleks seem concerned at this statement. DALEK SEC: And also... the heart. DOCTOR: You wouldn't be the supreme beings anymore. DALEK SEC: And that is good. DALEK 1: That is incorrect. DALEK 2: Daleks are supreme. DALEK SEC: No, not anymore. DALEK 2: But that is our purpose. DALEK SEC: Then our purpose is wrong! Where has our quest for supremacy led us? To this. Hiding in the sewers on a primitive world. Just four of us left. If we do not change now then we deserve extinction. DOCTOR: So you want to change everything that makes a Dalek a Dalek. DALEK SEC: If... you can help me. Martha, Tallulah and Frank are in a service lift of the Empire State Building. MARTHA: I always wanted to go to the Empire State. Never imagined it quite like this, though. FRANK: Where are we headed anyway? MARTHA: To the top where they're still building. TALLULAH: How come those guys just let us through? How's that thing work? MARTHA: Psychic paper. Shows them whatever I want them to think. According to this, we're two engineers and an architect. Frank takes the psychic paper and flips the empty paper over in his hands. DALEK SEC: Your knowledge of genetic engineering is even greater than ours. The new race must be ready by the time the solar flare erupts. DOCTOR: But you're the template. I thought they were getting a dose of you. DALEK SEC: I want to change the gene sequence. DOCTOR: To make them even more human? DALEK SEC: Humans are the great survivors. We need that ability. DOCTOR: Hold on a minute. There's no way this lot are gonna let you do it. DALEK SEC: I am their leader. DOCTOR (turns to other Daleks): Oh, and that's enough for you, is it? DALEK 2: Daleks must follow orders. DALEK 1: Dalek Sec commands, we obey. DALEK SEC: If you don't help me... nothing will change. DOCTOR: There's no room on Earth for another race of people. DALEK SEC: You have your TARDIS. Take us across the stars. Find us a new home and allow the new Daleks to start again. DOCTOR: When's that solar flare? DALEK SEC: Eleven minutes. DOCTOR: Right then. Better get to work. Frank, Martha and Tallulah enter the top floor, the room that Diagoras had been using as an office. TALLULAH: Look at this pace. Top of the world. Martha spots the architectural plans. MARTHA: Okay, now this looks good. Frank joins her. FRANK: Hey, look at the date. These designs were issued today. They must've changed something last minute. MARTHA: You mean the Daleks changed something? FRANK: Yeah, could be. MARTHA: The ones underneath, they're from before. That means that whatever they changed must be on this top sheet but not this one. We need to check one against the other. TALLULAH: The height of this place! This is amazing! MARTHA: Careful, we're a hundred floors up. Don't go wandering off. TALLULAH: I just wanna see. Tallulah walks to the open area overlooking the city. TALLULAH: New York City. If aliens had to come to Earth, no wonder they came here. In the lab, the Doctor is checking the equipment and readouts. DOCTOR: There's no point in chromosomal grafting. It's too erratic. You need to split the genome and force the Dalek-human sequence right into the cortex. DALEK SEC: We need more chromatin solution. DALEK 1: The pig slaves have it. The pig slaves walk into the room carrying a large crate. Laszlo is one of them. DOCTOR: These pig slaves, what happens to them in the grand plan? DALEK SEC: Nothing. They're just simple beasts. Their lifespan is limited. None survive beyond a few weeks. Power up the engine feeds. The Doctor spots Laszlo and walks over. DOCTOR: Laszlo, I can't undo what they've done to you, but they won't do it to anyone else. LASZLO: Do you trust him? DOCTOR: I know that one man can change the course of history. One of the Daleks spots them talking. DOCTOR: Right idea in the right place at the right time is all it takes. I've got to believe it's possible. Martha has the plans spread out on the floor and is kneeling, studying them. Frank and Tallulah are standing nearby. FRANK: I'll go and keep an eye out, make sure we're safe up here. Don't want nobody buttin' in. Frank walks out a side door. TALLULAH: There's a hell of a storm movin' in. MARTHA: I wish the Doctor was here. He'd know what we're looking for. TALLULAH: So tell me, where did you and him first hook up? MARTHA: It was in a hospital, sort of. TALLULAH: 'Course, him bein' a doctor. Tallulah kneels beside Martha. MARTHA: Actually, I'm a doctor. Well, kind of. TALLULAH: You're a physician? Martha nods. TALLULAH: Really? MARTHA: I was training. Still am, if I ever get back home. TALLULAH: You could be doctors together. (gasps). What a partnership. Oh, it's such a shame. If only he wasn't so... different. You know what I mean? MARTHA: Oh, you have no idea how different he really is. TALLULAH: Yeah, he's a man, sweetheart. That's different enough. MARTHA: He had this... companion a while back. This friend. And ever since then he's been on his own. But you know, sometimes I say something or do something and he looks at me, and I just sort of think... that he's not seeing me. He's just remembering. TALLULAH: Aw, listen sweetheart. You wanna get all sad? You wanna have a contest with me and Laszlo? MARTHA: No. But listen, if the Doctor's with Laszlo now, there's every chance that he could get him out. TALLULAH: And then what? Don't talk crazy. There's no future for me and him. Those Dalek things took that away. The one good thing I had in my life and they destroyed it. Tallulah stands and walks back to the open area. DALEK 1: The line feeds are ready. The Doctor rushes up to a bunch of tubes and extracts the solution inside with a syringe. DOCTOR: Then it's all systems go. DALEK SEC: The solar flare is imminent. The radiation will reach Earth in a matter of minutes. DOCTOR: We'll be ready for it. The Doctor inserts the syringe into one of the main feeding tubes and injects the solution. DOCTOR: That compound will allow the gene bonds to reconfigure in a brand new pattern. Power up! One of the pig slaves turns on a power switch as does Laszlo. DALEK SEC: Start... the line feeds. One of the Daleks starts the machinery and we see the solution start moving through the tubes. DOCTOR: There goes the gene solution. DALEK SEC: The life blood. The solution starts coursing up to the bodies. MARTHA: Gotcha! Look! Tallulah joins her looking at the plans. MARTHA: There, on the mast. Those little lines? They're new. They've added something, see? TALLULAH: Added what? They look at each other. BOTH: Dalekanium! Martha laughs A klaxon sounds and red warning lights flash. DOCTOR: What's that? DALEK SEC: What's happening? Is there a malfunction? Answer me! DOCTOR: No, no, no. The gene feed! They're overriding the gene feed! The Doctor rushes to the controls in an attempt to fix it. DALEK SEC: Impossible. They cannot disobey orders. DALEK 2: The Doctor will step away from the controls. The Doctor backs away. DALEK SEC: Stop! You will not f*re. DALEK 1: He is an enemy of the Daleks. DALEK 2: And so are you. The Daleks have their w*apon aimed at the Doctor and Dalek Sec. DALEK SEC: I am your commander. I am Dalek Sec. DALEK 3: You have lost your authority. DALEK 2: You are no longer a Dalek. DOCTOR: What have you done with the gene feed? DALEK 3: The new bodies will be 100% Dalek. DALEK SEC: No. You can't do this! DALEK 2: Pig slaves, restrain Dalek Sec and the Doctor. Two pig slaves grab Dalek Sec and one of the pig slaves that grabs the Doctor is Laszlo. DALEK SEC: Release me. I created you. I am your master. DALEK 2: Solar flare approaching. DALEK 3: Prepare to intercept. The Daleks turn towards the machinery. The lift bell pings. LASZLO: There's the lift. DOCTOR: After you. The Doctor and Laszlo push their way clear and head for the lift. DALEK 2: The Doctor is escaping! Stop him! Stop him! The pig slaves follow but the lift doors are already closing. Inside the lift, Laszlo is leaning against the side, panting heavily. DOCTOR: We've only got minutes before the gamma radiation reaches the Earth. We need to get to the top of the building. Laszlo, what's wrong? LASZLO: Out of breath. It's nothing. We've escaped them, Doctor. That's all that matters. The pig slaves force Dalek Sec to his knees in front of the other Daleks. DALEK SEC: You have betrayed me. DALEK 2: You told us to imagine. DALEK 3: And we imagined your irrelevance. DALEK SEC: I was your leader. I am Dalek Sec. Obey me! Dalek Sec gets to his feet The lift doors open and Martha turns to see the Doctor and Laszlo. MARTHA: Doctor! DOCTOR: First floor, perfumery. TALLULAH: I never thought I'd see you again. Tallulah rushes over to Laszlo and he meets her halfway where they hug. LASZLO: No stopping me. Martha leads the Doctor over to the plans. MARTHA: We worked it out. We know what they've done. There's Dalekanium on the mast. And it's good to see you too, by thy way. DOCTOR: Oh, come here. The Doctor grabs Martha in a big hug and twirls her about. He drops her abruptly as the bell dings and the lift doors close. He runs to try and stop it. DOCTOR: No, no, no. See, never waste time with a hug. He uses the sonic screwdriver on the panel. DOCTOR: It's a deadlock seal. I can't stop it. MARTHA: Where's it going? DOCTOR: Right down to the Daleks. And they're not going to leave us alone up here. What's the time? FRANK: 11:15. DOCTOR: Six minutes to go. I've got to remove the Dalekanium before the gamma radiation hits. TALLULAH: Gammon radiation? What the heck is that? Martha leads he Doctor outside, Tallulah and Laszlo following. The Doctor looks out on the city. DOCTOR: Oh, that's high. That's very... Blimey, that's high. MARTHA: And we've got to go even higher. That's the mast up there, look. There's three pieces of Dalekanium at the base. We've got to get 'em off. DOCTOR: That's not "we". That's just me. MARTHA: I won't just stand here and watch you. DOCTOR: No, you're gonna have your hands full, anyway. I'm sorry, Martha, but you've got to fight. Dalek Sec is sitting on the floor, chained to the wall. DALEK 2: Confirm time until solar intercept. DALEK 1: Gamma strike, four minutes and counting. The Doctor climbs higher up the scaffolding, hanging on as high winds and rain blow around him. He reaches the base of the mast, takes out his sonic screwdriver and uses it on the bolts holding the Dalekanium in place The lift arrives at the lab. DALEK 2: Pig slaves will take the lift. Find the Doctor. k*ll him. The pig slaves enter the lift Martha, Laszlo, Frank and Tallulah have picked up makeshift w*apon and are facing the lift. MARTHA: The lift's coming up. FRANK: I shoulda brought that g*n. LASZLO: Tallulah, stay back. You too, Martha. If they send pig slaves, they're trained to k*ll. MARTHA: The Doctor needs me to fight. I'm not going anywhere! LASZLO: They're savages. I should know. They're trained to slit your throat with their bare teeth. Laszlo collapses to the floor. TALLULAH: Laszlo? What is it? Laszlo struggles to stand. LASZLO: No, it's nothing. I'm fine. Just leave me. Laszlo falls back to the floor and leans against the wall. Tallulah kneels beside him and puts her hand to his forehead. TALLULAH: Oh, honey, you're burnin' up. What's wrong with you? Tell me. FRANK (to Martha): One man down and we ain't even started yet. sh*t of the pig slaves in the elevator as it climbs to the top floor. MARTHA: It's not looking good, Frank. FRANK: Nope. Hearing the storm through the open end of the room gives Martha an idea. MARTHA: Wait a minutes. Lightening. She runs to the other end of the room. The Doctor is still struggling with the Dalekanium. He pulls off one panel and moves to the second. Martha and Frank are arranging long metal rods from the outside across the room to the lift, making sure they don't touch the floor. Tallulah is with Laszlo. TALLULAH (sweetly): Aw, you'll be all right, sweetheart. Don't you worry. (To Martha and Frank): What the hell are you two clowns doin'? MARTHA: Even if the Doctor stops the Dalekanium, this place is still gonna get h*t. Great big bolt of lightening, electricity all down this building. Connect this to the lift and they get zapped. TALLULAH: Oh my God, that could work. FRANK: Then give us a hand. DALEK 2: Gamma strike imminent. DALEK 3: In 40 rels. 39... 38... 37... The Doctor is still working on the second panel when the sonic screwdriver slips from his fingers and over the edge. The Doctor leans over and sees that it's gone. Martha and Frank have finished their handiwork. TALLULAH: Is that gonna work? MARTHA: It's got to. FRANK: I've got it all piped up to the scaffolding outside. MARTHA: Come here, Frank and sit in the middle and don't touch anything metal. The Doctor tries to pull off the panel with his bare hands, grunting with effort. DALEK 3: 12... 11... 10... The Doctor, knowing there's no way he can get the panels off in time, stands and looks up to the sky. Martha, Frank, Tallulah and Laszlo huddle in the corner of the room. The lift with the pig slaves passes the 95th floor. The Doctor climbs the mast and wraps his arms about it, clinging tight. The lift arrives and the doors slide open. DALEK 3: Zero. Gamma strike! A bolt of lightening strikes the mast coursing down it and through the Doctor who screams. The lightening passes along the pipes to the lift, striking the pig slaves. The Doctor clings to the mast, still screaming. The pig slaves begin to fall Energy charges down the whole of the Empire State Building and into the lab. DALEK 2: The army awakes. The bodies begin to lower and as they revive, they push off the shrouds. Martha, Frank, Tallulah and Laszlo open their eyes and see the d*ad pig slaves in the lift. Martha is the first to run over. Frank puts his arm over her shoulders. TALLULAH: You did it, Martha. MARTHA: They used to be like Laszlo. They were people and I k*lled 'em. LASZLO: No, the Daleks k*lled them. Long ago. MARTHA: What about the Doctor? Martha rushes outside. A line of human Daleks impassively faces their creators. Dalek 2 questions the man who used to be foreman. DALEK 2: You will identify. FOREMAN: I... am... a Dalek. DALEK 3: Excellent. DALEK 1: Begin the invasion of Manhattan. The population will be converted to Daleks. DALEK 2: And from this island we will conquer the world. DALEK 3: Assume battle positions. Take arms. The human-form Daleks march past a rack containing g*n and each takes one. Up by the mast, the Doctor is lying on his back unconscious when Martha and Frank find him. MARTHA: Doctor! Doctor! (Kneels beside him). Look what we found halfway down. (She has the sonic screwdriver). You're getting careless. DOCTOR (groans): Oh my head. MARTHA (relieved): Hiya. DOCTOR: Hi. You survived then. MARTHA: So did you. Just about. I can't help noticing... There's Dalekanium still attached. The Doctor gets up. The human Daleks march through the sewers. DALEK 2: w*r demands strategy. I am designated controller. DALEK SEC: That was to be my position. DALEK 1: You are unfit. DALEK 2: Connect me to the military computer. I will coordinate all units. DOCTOR: The Daleks will have gone straight to a w*r footing. They'll be using the sewers, spreading their soldiers out underneath Manhattan. LASZLO: How do we stop them? DOCTOR: There's only one chance. I got in the way. That gamma strike went zapping though me first. MARTHA: But what does that mean? DOCTOR: We need to draw f*re. Before they can att*ck New York, I need to face them. Think, think, think, think. We need some sort of space, somewhere safe, somewhere out of the way. Tallulah! TALLULAH: That's me. Three L's and an H. DOCTOR: The theatre! It's right above them, and, what, it's gone midnight? Can you get us inside? TALLULAH: Don't see why not. DOCTOR: Is there another lift? MARTHA: We came up in the service elevator. DOCTOR: That'll do. Allons-y! Dalek 2 is hooked up to the battle computer, wires connected to its casing. DALEK 1: Report status. DALEK 2: Maximum efficiency. I am now ready for full-scale w*r. DALEK 1: Control over Dalek-humans? DALEK 2: Connection confirmed. All soldiers will take heed. In the sewers, the Dalek-humans stand to attention. DALEK 2: All w*apon will be primed. All the soldiers prime their w*apon. The Doctor, Martha, Frank, Tallulah and Laszlo arrive at the darkened theatre. DOCTOR: This should do it. Here we go. The Doctor switches on the sonic screwdriver. TALLULAH: There ain't nothin' more creepy than a theatre in the dark. Listen, Doctor, I know you got a thing for showtunes, but there's a time and place, hunh? Laszlo falls into one of the chairs beside her. TALLULAH: Laszlo, what's wrong? She sits next to him. LASZLO: Nothing. It's just so hot. TALLULAH: But... it's freezing in here. Doctor, what's happening to him? The Doctor is listening to the sonic screwdriver, checking its frequency. DOCTOR: Not now, Tallulah. Sorry. MARTHA: What are you doing? DOCTOR: If the Daleks are going to w*r, they'll wanna find their number one enemy. I'm just telling them where I am. The Doctor holds up the sonic screwdriver and turns it on. DALEK 2: Sonic device detected! DALEK 1: The Doctor survived. DALEK 3: Find him and exterminate! DOCTOR: I'm telling you to go. Frank can take you back to Hooverville. MARTHA: And I'm telling you I'm not going. DOCTOR: Martha, that's an order. MARTHA: Who are you, then? Some sort of Dalek? The doors to the theatre burst open and the human Daleks arrive, flanking them. TALLULAH: Oh, my God! Well I guess that's them then, hunh? MARTHA: Humans... with Dalek DNA. Frank moves to att*ck them but the Doctor pulls him back. DOCTOR: It's all right. Just stay calm. Don't antagonize them. LASZLO: But what about the Dalek masters? Where are they? DALEK 2: Doctor located. Advance. Advance. There is an expl*si*n on stage and the Doctor and the others duck behind the seats for cover. The Doctor peers over the seats, and, as the smoke clears, we see Daleks 1 and 3 with Dalek Sec chained and walking on all fours. The Doctor stands slowly and the others peek over the chairs. DALEK 1: The Doctor will stand before the Daleks. The Doctor steps over a chair and walks forward on the backs of the rows until he reaches the front row. DALEK 1: You will die, Doctor. It is the beginning of a new age. DALEK 3: Planet Earth will become New Skaro. DOCTOR: Oh, and what a world. With anything just the slightest bit different ground into the dirt. That's Dalek Sec. Don't you remember? The cleverest Dalek ever and look what you've done to him. Is that your new empire? Hmm? Is that the foundation for a whole new civilization? DALEK SEC: My Daleks... just understand this. If you choose death and destruction, then death and destruction will choose you. DALEK 1: Incorrect. We will always survive. DALEK 3: Now we will destroy our greatest enemy, the Doctor. DALEK SEC: But he can help you. DALEK 1: The Doctor must die. DALEK SEC: No, I beg you, don't. Dalek Sec crawls in front of Dalek 1. DALEK 3: Exterminate! Dalek Sec stands just as Dalek 1 fires. He dies instantly. DOCTOR (disgusted): Your own leader. The only creature who might have led you out of the darkness and you destroyed him. (Turns to human Daleks). Do you see what they did? Huh? You see what a Dalek really is? DALEK 2: Warning. Dalek-Humans show increased levels of seratonin. DOCTOR: If I'm gonna die, let's give the new boys a sh*t. What do you think, eh? The Dalek-Humans. Their first blood. Go on, baptize them. The Doctor holds his arms out to his sides. DALEK 1: Dalek-Humans, take aim. The Dalek-Humans cock their w*apon and aim them at the Doctor. DOCTOR: What are you waiting for? Give the command! DALEK 3: Exterminate! The Doctor closes his eyes and Martha ducks her head against Frank's chest. Nothing happens. DALEK 3: Exterminate! Still nothing happens. DALEK 1: Obey. Dalek-Humans will obey. MARTHA: Not f*ring. (To Doctor): What have you done? DALEK 3: You will obey. Exterminate. FOREMAN: Why? The Doctor looks at the former foreman. DALEK 1: Daleks do not question orders. FOREMAN: But why? DALEK 1: You will stop this. FOREMAN: But... why? DALEK 1: You must not question. FOREMAN: But you are not our master. And we... we are not Daleks. DOCTOR: No, you're not, and you never will be. (To Daleks): Sorry, I got in the way of the lightening strike. Time Lord DNA got all mixed up. Just that little bit of freedom. DALEK 3: If they will not obey, then they must die. Dalek 3 sh**t the foreman. DOCTOR: Get down! They all duck behind the seats and both factions f*re on each other. DALEKS: Exterminate! Exterminate! DALEK 2: Destroy the hybrids. Destroy. DALEKS: Exterminate! Dalek 3 is blown up. DALEK 1: Extermin... Dalek 1 is blown up. The human Daleks stop f*ring. Frank, Martha, Tallulah and Laszlo stand. The Doctor goes over to one of the hybrids. DOCTOR: It's all right. It's all right. It's all right. You did it. You're free. DALEK 2: The Dalek-Humans are failures. Destruct! Destruct! Destruct! All the hybrids grip their heads and scream in pain. DOCTOR: No! The human Daleks crumble to the ground. DOCTOR: They can't! They can't! They can't! Martha joins him beside one of the bodies. MARTHA: What happened? What was that? DOCTOR: They k*lled 'em. Rather than let them live. An entire species. Genocide. LASZLO: Only two of the Daleks have been destroyed. One of the Dalek masters must still be alive. The Doctor stands. DOCTOR: Oh, yes. In the whole universe, just one. The Dalek is still connected to the battle computer. The Doctor enters at the other end of the room. DOCTOR: Now what? DALEK: You will be exterminated. DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just think about it, Dalek... What was your name? DALEK CAAN: Dalek Caan. DOCTOR (walks forward): Dalek Caan. Your entire species has been wiped out. And now the Cult of Skaro has been eradicated. Leaving only you. Right now you're facing the only man in the universe who might show you some compassion. 'Cause I've just seen one genocide. I won't cause another. Caan... let me help you. What do you say? DALEK CAAN: Emergency Temporal Shift! Dalek Caan disappears leaving wires hanging and a very angry Doctor who charges too late. Martha and Tallulah enter helping to support Laszlo. MARTHA: Doctor! Doctor! He's sick. Laszlo is breathing heavily, wheezing. They lower him to the floor, Tallulah cradling him on her lap. MARTHA: It's okay. You're all right. The Doctor approaches them and kneels. MARTHA: It's his heart. It's racing like mad. I've never seen anything like it. TALLULAH: What is it, Doctor? What's the matter with him? He says he can't breathe? What is it? LASZLO: It's time, sweetheart. TALLULAH: What do you mean "time"? What are you talking about? LASZLO: None of the slaves... survive for long. Most of them only live a few weeks. I was lucky. I held on 'cause I had you. But now... I'm dyin', Tallulah. TALLULAH: No you're not. Not now, after all this. Doctor, can't you do somethin'? DOCTOR: Oh, Tallulah with three Ls and an H... just you watch me. (The Doctor stands and takes off his coat). What do I need? Oh, I don't know. How about a great big genetic laboratory? Oh look, I've got one. Laszlo, just you hold on. (The Doctor runs about the lab, mixing up a solution, talking all the while). There's been too many deaths today. Way too many people have died. Brand new creatures and wise old men and age-old enemies. And I'm tellin' you, I'm tellin' you right now, I am not having one more death! Got that? Not one! Tallulah, out of the way. (The Doctor takes a stethoscope out of his pock and puts it on). The Doctor is in. HOOVERVILLE An arial sh*t of Central Park. The Doctor, Martha, Tallulah, and Laszlo, bundled in an overcoat and hat, are waiting by a park bench. Frank joins them. FRANK: Well I talked to 'em and I told 'em what Solomon would've said and I reckon I shamed one or two of 'em. DOCTOR: What did they say? FRANK: They said yes. Tallulah hugs Laszlo. FRANK: They'll give you a home, Laszlo. I mean, uh, don't imagine people ain't gonna stare. I can't promise you'll be at peace but, in the end, that is what Hooverville is for, people who ain't got nowhere else. LASZLO: Thank you. I... I can't thank you enough. LIBERTY ISLAND Back on Liberty Island, Martha and the Doctor are looking out at the Manhattan skyline. MARTHA: Do you reckon it's gonna work, those two? DOCTOR: I don't know. Anywhere else in the universe, I might worry about them, but New York, that's what this city's good at. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and maybe the odd pig-sl*ve-Dalek-mutant-hybrid too. MARTHA (laughs): The pig and the showgirl. DOCTOR (smiles): The pig and the showgirl. MARTHA: Just proves it, I suppose. There's someone for everyone. The Doctor's smile disappears. DOCTOR: Maybe. The Doctor walks to the TARDIS and Martha follows. MARTHA (sighs): Meant to say... sorry. DOCTOR: What for? MARTHA: Just 'cause that Dalek got away. I know what that means to you. Think you'll ever see it again? The Doctor unlocks the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Oh yes. Martha enter and the Doctor pauses in the doorway. DOCTOR: One day. The Doctor goes inside and closes the door. END
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Martha and the Doctor are at the console, the Doctor handling the controls as they're in transit. THE DOCTOR: There we go... perfect landing, which isn't easy in such a tight spot. MARTHA: You should be used to tight spots by now. Where are we? THE DOCTOR: The end of the line. Martha rushes towards the doors. THE DOCTOR: No place like it. Martha looks at him, questioning if she should open the doors. He nods and she goes outside only to be disappointed in the destination. MARTHA: Home. You took me home? THE DOCTOR: In fact, the morning after we left, so you've only been gone about 12 hours. No time at all, really. The Doctor begins looking about at her photos. MARTHA: But all the stuff we've done: Shakespeare, New New York, old New York? THE DOCTOR: Yep, all in one night, relatively speaking. Everything should be just as it was... Books, Cds, (picks up underwear drying on a rack) laundry. Martha snags the offending lingerie from his fingertips. THE DOCTOR: So, back were you were, as promised. MARTHA: This is it? THE DOCTOR (inhales deeply): Yeah, I should probably... um... Martha's phone rings and the answering machine picks up. ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi! I'm out! Leave a message! MARTHA: I'm sorry. The machine beeps before Francine's message. FRANCINE: Martha, are you there? Pick it up, will you? MARTHA: It's Mum. It'll wait. FRANCINE: All right then, pretend that you're out if you like. I was only calling to say that your sister's on TV. On the news of all things. Just thought you might be interested. Martha picks up the remote control and turns on the TV. We hear the voice of Prof. Lazarus before we see him. LAZARUS: The details are top secret... MARTHA: How could Tish end up on the news? On the TV screen we see Prof Lazarus, who looks to be in his late 70s, holding a press conference. Tish is standing behind him. LAZARUS: Tonight, I will demonstrate a device... FRANCINE: She's got a new job. PR for some research lab. LAZARUS : ...with the push of a single button, I will change what it means to be human. Martha switches off the TV. MARTHA: Sorry. You were saying we should...? THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes, we should. One trip is what we said. MARTHA: Yeah. I suppose things just kind of... escalated. THE DOCTOR: Mmm. Seems to happen to me a lot. MARTHA: Thank you. For everything. THE DOCTOR: It was my pleasure. The Doctor enters the TARDIS leaving Martha standing beside it looking near to tears. She takes a deep breath and backs away as the TARDIS dematerialises. When it's gone, she looks almost lost. She hears the TARDIS again and turns to see it rematerialise. The Doctor opens the door and pops his head out. THE DOCTOR: No, I'm sorry. Did he say he was going to change what it means to be human? OPENING CREDITS In Lazarus's office that night, he is looking out on London. Lady Thaw, a woman of a similar age, her grey hair in a fashionable bun, is standing at his side. LADY THAW: Are you sure it's safe? LAZARUS: There were some issues. They've been resolved. I'm confident I'm in no serious danger. LADY THAW: That's comforting, Richard, but it wasn't just you I was worried about. LAZARUS: Your concern is touching. LADY THAW: The people in that room will represent billions of pounds' worth of potential investment. Mr Saxon wants to be sure they like what they see. LAZARUS: Don't worry. Our friend will get his money's worth. Tish enters the office with a file in her hand. TISH: You wanted to see the guest list for tonight, Professor? LAZARUS: Yes. Thank you, Leticia. Tish sets the file on his desk. Lazarus put his hand on hers, preventing her from leaving. LAZARUS: That's an interesting perfume. What's it called? TISH: Soap. Tish pulls her hand away and leaves the office. The Doctor and Martha are walking down the street. The Doctor is fussing with the cuffs of his dress shirt. THE DOCTOR: Oh, black tie. Whenever I wear this, something bad always happens. MARTHA: It's not the outfit, that's just you. Anyway, I think it suits you. In a James Bond kind of way. THE DOCTOR (derisively): James Bond? (Approvingly). Really? Martha chuckles as they approach the impressive entrance to Lazarus Laboratories. Inside the main reception room, guests are mingling. Dominating the room is a large white round cabinet surrounded by four pillars with a slight curve at the top. The Doctor takes some hors-d'oeuvres from a passing tray. THE DOCTOR: Oh, look, they've got nibbles! I love nibbles! The Doctor tosses one whole into his mouth. Tish joins them, smiling. TISH: Hello. MARTHA: Tish. The two sisters hug. TISH: You look great. So, what do you think? Impressive, isn't it? MARTHA (nods): Very. TISH: And two nights out in a row for you, that's dangerously close to a social life. MARTHA: If I keep this up, I'll end up in all the gossip columns. TISH: You might, actually. Keep an eye out for photographers. And Mum, she's coming too, even dragging Leo along with her. MARTHA (incredulous): Leo in black tie? That I must see. Tish glances at the Doctor. MARTHA: This is, uh, the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (shakes her hand): Hello. TISH: Is he with you? MARTHA: Yeah. TISH: But he's not on the list. How did he get in? MARTHA: He's my plus one. THE DOCTOR: So, this Lazarus bloke, he's your boss? TISH: Professor Lazarus, yes. I'm part of his executive staff. MARTHA: She's in the PR department. TISH: I'm head of the PR department, actually. MARTHA: You're joking. TISH: I put this whole thing together. THE DOCTOR: So do you know what the professor's going to be doing tonight? That looks like it might be a sonic microfield manipulator. TISH: He's a science geek. I should've known. Gotta get back to work now. I'll catch up with you later. Tish leaves to mingle. THE DOCTOR: Science geek? What does that mean? MARTHA: That your obsessively enthusiastic about it. THE DOCTOR: Oh, nice. Francine enters with Leo from the other side of the room. FRANCINE: Your father's caused me enough heartache already with his menopause and his trophy girlfriend. LEO: Yeah, Mum, I know. It's just something he said last night. Francine sees Martha. FRANCINE: Martha. Martha turns and looks at her mother as if she hasn't seen her in years. MARTHA: Mum! She gives her mother a big hug. FRANCINE: Oh. All right, what's the occasion? MARTHA: What do you mean? I'm just pleased to see you, that's all. FRANCINE: You saw me last night. MARTHA: I know. I just... miss you. You're looking good, Leo. LEO: Yeah. If anyone asks me to fetch 'em a drink, I'll swing for him. Francine notices the Doctor standing a bit behind Martha. FRANCINE: You disappeared last night. MARTHA: I... just went home. FRANCINE: On your own? MARTHA: This is a friend of mine, the Doctor. FRANCINE: Doctor what? MARTHA: No, it's just the Doctor. We've been doing some work together. Leo shakes the Doctor's hand. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, all right. (Shakes Francine's hand). Lovely to meet you, Mrs Jones. Heard a lot about you. FRANCINE: Have you? What have you heard, then? THE DOCTOR: Oh, you know, that you're Martha's mother and... um... No, actually, that's... that's about it. We haven't had much time to chat, you know, been busy. FRANCINE: Busy? Doing what, exactly? THE DOCTOR: Oh... you know... stuff. Their conversation is cut short, as there is a tapping on glass, a signal that an announcement is about to be made. LAZARUS: Ladies and gentlemen, I am Professor Richard Lazarus and tonight I'm going to perform a miracle. It is, I believe, the most important advance since Rutherford split the atom, the biggest leap since Armstrong stood on the moon. Tonight, you will watch and wonder. Tomorrow, you'll awake to a world which will be changed forever. Lazarus enters the cabinet. Two female technicians start the machinery from a bank of instruments behind the cabinet. There is a high-pitched whir and a bright blue light as the four pillars begin to spin individually. Creating an energy field. They ten begin to rotate around the cabinet, going faster and faster. A warning klaxon goes off. THE DOCTOR: Something's wrong. It's overloading. The technicians tried to stop it, but some of the panels explode, sending off sparks. The Doctor jumps over the low desk and aims his sonic screwdriver at the controls. LADY THAW: Somebody stop him! Get him away from those controls! THE DOCTOR: If this thing goes off, it'll take the whole building with it. Is that what you want? The Doctor pulls one of the main wires that connect to the cabinet and it slowly stops spinning. Martha runs to the door and the Doctor runs to join her. THE DOCTOR: Get it open! They open the door and watch as, through the smoke, Lazarus emerges looking 40 years younger. Photographers snap away as Martha and the Doctor look on amazed. Lazarus touches his face, realizing it worked. He steps completely out and stands before his machine. LAZARUS: Ladies and gentlemen, I am Richard Lazarus. I am 76 years old and I am reborn! Lazarus holds his arms up in triumph as everyone claps. LADY THAW: He did it. He actually did it. People are taking the opportunity to have their photograph taken with Lazarus. Martha watches as the Doctor studies the machine. MARTHA: It can't be the same guy. It's impossible. It must be a trick. THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's not a trick. I wish it were. MARTHA: What just happened, then? THE DOCTOR: He just changed what it means to be human. Lady Thaw walks over to where Lazarus is speaking with some guests. LADY THAW: Excuse me. That was the most astonishing thing I've ever seen. Look at you! LAZARUS: This is only the beginning. We're not just making history; we're shaping the future, too. LADY THAW: Think of the money we'll make. People will sell their souls to be transformed like that. And I'll be first in line. Lazarus cracks his neck as if experiencing pain and gasps. A waiter comes by with a tray of hors-d'oeuvres and Lazarus takes the whole thing, shovelling one after another into his mouth. Lady Thaw watches, aghast. LADY THAW: Richard! LAZARUS: I'm famished. The Doctor and Martha walk up behind them. THE DOCTOR: Energy deficit. Always happens with this kind of process. LAZARUS: You speak as if you see this every day, Mr... THE DOCTOR: Doctor. And, well, no, not every day, but I have some experience in this kind of transformation. LAZARUS: That's not possible. THE DOCTOR: Using hypersonic sound waves to create a state of resonance. That's... that's inspired. LAZARUS: You understand the theory, then. THE DOCTOR: Enough to know that you couldn't possibly have allowed for all the variables. LAZARUS: No experiment is entirely without risk. THE DOCTOR: That thing nearly exploded. You might as well have stepped into a blender. LADY THAW: You're not qualified to comment. THE DOCTOR: If I hadn't stopped it, it would have exploded. LAZARUS: Then I thank you, Doctor. But that's a simple engineering issue. What happened inside the capsule was exactly what was supposed to happen. No more, no less. MARTHA: You've no way of knowing that until you've run proper tests. LAZARUS (laughs): Look at me! You can see what happened. I'm all the proof you need. LADY THAW: This device will be properly certified before we start to operate commercially. MARTHA: Commercially?! You are joking. That'll cause chaos. LAZARUS: Not chaos. Change. A chance for humanity to evolve, to improve. THE DOCTOR: This isn't about improving. It's about you and your customers living a little longer. LAZARUS: Not a little longer, Doctor. A lot longer. Perhaps indefinitely. LADY THAW: Richard, we have things to discuss. Upstairs. Lady Thaw walks away and Lazarus moves to follow her. LAZARUS: Goodbye, Doctor. In a few years, you'll look back and laugh at how wrong you were. Lazarus reaches out and takes Martha's hand, kissing the back of it before leaving. THE DOCTOR: Ooh, he's out of his depth. No idea of the damage he might have done. MARTHA: So what do we do now? THE DOCTOR: Now... well, this building must be full of laboratories. I say we do our own tests. Martha looks at her hand. MARTHA: Lucky I've just collected a DNA sample then, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: Oh, Martha Jones, you're a star. They head off. Lazarus and Lady Thaw are sipping scotch, looking out the window over London. LAZARUS: I grew up over there. Tiny flat above a butcher's shop. LADY THAW: It'll have a blue plaque soon. "Richard Lazarus lived here". LAZARUS: It's gone. Destroyed in the w*r. The b*mb. LADY THAW: Of course. LAZARUS: 1940. D'you remember? Night after night. expl*si*n. g*n. Firestorm. LADY THAW: My parents had sent me to the country by then. LAZARUS: When the sirens went, we'd go to the cathedral there. We used to shelter in the crypt... the living cowering among the d*ad. LADY THAW: But look at what you've built here, now. You've laid the foundations for an empire. An empire we can rule together. Lady Thaw pulls him down for a kiss. Lazarus pulls away from the kiss and exhales sharply. LADY THAW: Well, what's wrong? Lazarus wipes his lips with his hand and chuckles. He grabs her chin and forces her to look at her reflection in the window. LAZARUS: Look at yourself, woman. Lady Thaw pushes his hand away. Martha and the Doctor are in a lab looking at the results of the DNA test on a computer screen. THE DOCTOR: Amazing. MARTHA: What? THE DOCTOR: Lazarus's DNA. MARTHA: I can't see anything different. THE DOCTOR: Look at it! The image on the screen flickers. MARTHA: Oh, my God! Did that just change? But it can't have! THE DOCTOR: But it did. MARTHA: It's impossible. THE DOCTOR: And that's two impossible things we've seen tonight. Don't you love it when that happens? MARTHA: That means Lazarus has changed his own molecular patterns. THE DOCTOR: Hypersonic sound waves to destabilize the cell structure then a mutagenic program to manipulate the coding in the protein strands. Basically, he hacked into his own genes and instructed them to rejuvenate. MARTHA: But they're still mutating now. THE DOCTOR: 'Cause he missed something. Something in his DNA has been activated and won't let him s*ab. Something that's trying to change him. MARTHA: Change him into what? THE DOCTOR: I dunno but I think we need to find out. MARTHA: That woman said they were going upstairs. THE DOCTOR: Let's go! They leave the lab. Lady Thaw is pacing behind Lazarus as he looks out the window. LADY THAW: It's me who made this all possible. This is my triumph, and I will not be denied, not by you, not after everything I've done here! LAZARUS: You backed me because you saw a profit. Your concern was financial. LADY THAW: Well! You want the money as much as I do. We had a plan. Lazarus closes his eyes as his body "cracks" again. LADY THAW: When the device is ready, I'll be rejuvenated, too. We could be rich and young and together! LAZARUS: You think I'd water another lifetime on you? LADY THAW: Did that process make you even more cruel? LAZARUS: No, my love. That I learnt from you. You have a gift for it. LADY THAW: Then you know that I'll protect my involvement in the project. I'm sure Mr Saxon will be interested... Lazarus groans in pain as the cracking of his body becomes more severe. LADY THAW: What's going on? LAZARUS (gasps): It must just be... ah! Jerks. LADY THAW: What is it? LAZARUS: I'll be fine in a moment. It's probably just a cramp. Lazarus smiles reassuringly before gasping and falling to the floor. LADY THAW: Oh! Richard! Lazarus begins jerking and convulsing on the floor. LADY THAW: Is it some sort of seizure? What should I do? I don't understand what's happening. Lazarus screams and we see bones rip out through the back of his suit. There is growling and Lady Thaw screams. A tail with a stinger similar to a scorpion strikes. Back at the reception, Francine see Tish and calls her over. FRANCINE: Tish! Have you seen Martha and that Doctor anywhere? TISH: Not since the demonstration. FRANCINE: Do you know anything about him? Has she ever mentioned him before? TISH: Not to me. FRANCINE: The way she followed him. TISH: She's a doctor. She was just doing her job. FRANCINE: She's not a doctor yet. Never will be, if she doesn't stay focused. LEO: Look, she's found a bloke. So what? FRANCINE: There's something going on, Leo, I can feel it. The lift opens and Lazarus steps out wearing a new suit. He twists his neck as if to get it back in place. He finds Tish and puts a hand on her shoulder. LAZARUS: Leticia Jones. I'd recognize the smell of that soap anywhere. TISH: Professor. LAZARUS: I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, you'll have to excuse me while I take care of Leticia here. I've been neglecting her. Lazarus leads her away. The Doctor and Martha step out of the lift and into Lazarus's office. The Doctor turns on the lights. MARTHA: This is his office, all right. THE DOCTOR: So, where is he? MARTHA: Dunno. Let's try back at the re...ception. Sticking out from behind the desk, Martha spots a pair of skeletal bones, wearing high heels. They rush over to see the desiccated remains of Lady Thaw. MARTHA: Is that Lady Thaw? THE DOCTOR: Used to be. Now it's just a shell. Had all the life energy drained out. Like squeezing the juice out of an orange. MARTHA: Lazarus. THE DOCTOR: Could be. MARTHA: So he's changed already. THE DOCTOR: Not necessarily. You saw the DNA. It was fluctuating. The process must demand energy. This might not have been enough. MARTHA: So he might do this again? THE DOCTOR: Hmm. They dash back to the lifts. The moment after theirs leaves, the other lift opens and out walks Tish with Lazarus. LAZARUS: You seem very young to have such a responsible position. Have you much experience? TISH: Not really. But the interview panel thought I had all the necessary attributes. LAZARUS: How perceptive of them. TISH (chuckles): So where are you taking me? LAZARUS: Up to the roof. It's a lovely evening. I thought I'd show you the view. It's extraordinary. TISH: Like a lot of things around here, then. Lazarus motions for Tish to go ahead. He cracks his neck then follows. Martha and the Doctor arrive back at the reception. MARTHA: I can't see him. THE DOCTOR: He can't be far. Keep looking. The Doctor walks on. LEO: Hey, you all right, Martha? I think Mum wants to talk to you. MARTHA: Have you see Lazarus anywhere? LEO: Yeah. He was getting' cosy with Tish a couple of minutes ago. The Doctor joins them moments before Francine. MARTHA: With Tish?! FRANCINE: Ah, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Where did they go? LEO: Upstairs I think, why? FRANCINE: Doctor... The Doctor rushes past, spilling Francine's drink. FRANCINE: I'm speaking to you! Martha follows the Doctor, stopping a moment to talk to her mother. MARTHA: Not now, Mum! Francine goes to one of the tables where she finds a napkin to wipe herself down. A man walks up to her. MAN: I think you need one of these. The man hands her a fresh glass of champagne. FRANCINE: Thank you. That's very kind of you. MAN: Do you know that man? FRANCINE: No. He's a friend of my daughter's. MAN: Perhaps she should choose her friends more carefully. The man walks off. The Doctor and Martha arrive back at Lazarus's office. MARTHA: Where are they? The Doctor takes out the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Fluctuating DNA will give off an energy signature. I might be able to pick it up. He holds the sonic screwdriver out at arm's length and slowly turns in a circle. Its beeping increases. THE DOCTOR: Got him. MARTHA: Where? The Doctor ends up pointing the sonic screwdriver at the ceiling. MARTHA: But this is the top floor! The roof! They run for the stairs. Up on the roof, Tish stands beside Lazarus as they look out over London. TISH: That clock tower's beautiful all lit up like that. LAZARUS: It's Southwark Cathedral. One of the oldest churches in London. Been around longer than I have. TISH: Well, you're looking pretty good for your age. LAZARUS: Thank you. TISH: Can I? Tish reaches a hand out tentatively. LAZARUS: Of course. Tish runs the back of her hand along Lazarus's cheek and he turns into the caress. TISH: Still can't take it in. LAZARUS: I'm still adjusting myself. I've been working toward it for two many years, it's hard to believe the moment's finally arrived. TISH: And is it like you expected? LAZARUS: I find that nothing's ever exactly like you expect. There's always something to surprise you. "Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act... THE DOCTOR: Falls the shadow". Lazarus turns to see the Doctor and Martha. LAZARUS: So the mysterious Doctor knows his Eliot. I'm impressed. TISH: Martha, what are you doing here? MARTHA: Tish, get away from him. TISH: What? Don't tell me what to do. THE DOCTOR: I wouldn't have thought you had time for poetry, Lazarus, what with you being busy defying the laws of nature and all. LAZARUS: You're right, Doctor. One lifetime's been too short for me to do everything I'd like. How much more would I get done in two or three or four? THE DOCTOR: Doesn't work like that. Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It's not the time that mattes; it's the person. LAZARUS: But if it's the right person, what a gift that would be. THE DOCTOR: Or what a curse. Look at what you've done to yourself. LAZARUS: Who are you to judge me? MARTHA: Over here, Tish. Tish walks over to Martha. TISH: You have to spoil everything, don't you? Every time I find someone nice, you have to go and find fault. Behind Tish, Lazarus is having another att*ck. MARTHA: Tish, he's a monster! TISH: I know the age thing's a bit freaky, but it works for Catherine Zeta-Jones. At the sound of growling, Tish slowly turns her head and we see the monster for the first time. It looks a cross between and human skeleton and a scorpion. It rears up. THE DOCTOR: Run! The Doctor, Martha and Tish race inside and the Doctor seals the lock with the sonic screwdriver. Martha presses the call button for the lift. MARTHA (to Tish): Are you okay? TISH: I was gonna snog him. Lazarus bangs on the door, alerting the buildings a*t*matic security. Sirens begin to go off and a computerised warning comes over the PA. PA: Security breach. Security breach. Security beach. No one at the reception knows what is going on. MARTHA: What's happening? TISH: Uh, an intrusion. It triggers a security lockdown. Kills most of the power. Stops the lifts. Seals the exits. THE DOCTOR: He must be breaking through that door. The stairs, come on! As they run down the stairs, they hear the door crash open. MARTHA: He's inside! THE DOCTOR: Haven't got much time! Martha, the Doctor and Tish return to the reception. THE DOCTOR: Tish! Is there another way out of here? TISH: There's an exit in the corner, but it'll be locked now. The Doctor tosses the sonic screwdriver to Martha. THE DOCTOR: Martha, setting 54. Hurry. Martha rushes off followed by Tish. The Doctor jumps on the platform in front of Lazarus's machine. THE DOCTOR: Listen to me! Your people are in serious danger! You need to get out of here right now! WOMAN: Don't be ridiculous. The biggest danger here is choking on an olive. Glass shatters and Lazarus appears on the landing above before leaping down to the reception floor. Martha and Tish rush to open the door as everyone runs for the exits. LEO: Mum, get back! Leo is h*t by a table the monster sent flying. FRANCINE: Leo! Martha gets the door open. MARTHA: Over here! This way! Everyone downstairs now! Hurry! Lazarus closes in on the woman who wouldn't believe the Doctor and she just stands there. THE DOCTOR: No! Get away from her! The woman screams and we hear the sound of her being sucked dry before her shell falls to the floor. Francine is with Leo who slowly comes to as Lazarus approaches. THE DOCTOR: Lazarus! Leave them alone! Martha comes to help Leo. FRANCINE: Martha. MARTHA (to Leo): C'mon, stay with me. Martha takes Francine and Leo to safety. THE DOCTOR: What's the point if you can't control it? The mutation's too strong. k*lling those people won't help you. You're a fool, a vain old man who thought he could defy Nature. Only Nature got her own back, didn't she? You're a joke, Lazarus! A footnote in the history of failure! The Doctor runs away from the reception hall and up through the hallways, Lazarus following. Martha is examining Leo. TISH: What's the Doctor doing? MARTHA: He's trying to buy us some time. Let's not waste it. Leo, look at me. Let me see your eyes. (To Francine): He's got concussion. You'll need to help him downstairs. Martha goes to an ice bucket and puts some ice in a napkin, which she then gives to Francine. MARTHA: This'll keep the swelling down. Go! I'll be right behind you! Tish, move! We need to get out of here! The Doctor runs onto a service hall filled with all sorts of pipes. He creeps through quietly. LAZARUS (hissing): It's no good, Doctor. You can't stop me. THE DOCTOR: Is that the same arrogance you had when you swore nothing had gone wrong with your device? LAZARUS: The arrogance is yours. You can't stand in the way of progress. THE DOCTOR: You call feeding on innocent people progress? You're delusional! LAZARUS: It is a necessary sacrifice. THE DOCTOR: That's not your decision to make. The partygoers are running down the stairs to the main entrance but the doors are locked. TISH: We can't get out! We're trapped! MARTHA: There must be an override switch. Where's the security desk? Tish! TISH: Right there. Martha runs to the desk and slides over the top and checks the panel layout before using the sonic screwdriver. The power comes back on, the doors open and everyone escapes. With the power back on, the lights return in the service hall and the Doctor is no longer hidden as he once was. LAZARUS: Peek-a-boo. The Doctor looks up to see Lazarus on the ceiling. THE DOCTOR: Oh, hello. The Doctor runs from the room. MARTHA: I've got to go back. FRANCINE: You can't! You saw what that thing did. It'll k*ll you. MARTHA: I don't care. I have to go. FRANCINE: It's that Doctor, isn't it? That's what's happened to you. That's why you've changed. TISH: He was buying us time, Martha. Time for you to get out, too. MARTHA: I'm not leaving him. FRANCINE: Martha! Martha runs back up the stairs. Tish takes Francine's hand and pulls her outside. The Doctor enters a lab. He fiddles with the battery of a light fixture, leaving wires exposed. He then turns on all the gas jets. He ducks down when he hears Lazarus. LAZARUS: More hide-and-seek, Doctor? How disappointing. Why don't you come out and face me? THE DOCTOR: Have you looked in the mirror lately? (Stands). Why would I wanna face that, hmm? The Doctor runs from the room, slicking a switch as he leaves, causing the room to explode behind him. Martha hears the crash and changes direction, running into him as the reach a corner. THE DOCTOR: What are you doing here? MARTHA: I'm returning this. (Holds out sonic screwdriver). I thought you might need it. THE DOCTOR: How did you...? MARTHA: I heard the expl*si*n. Guessed it was you. THE DOCTOR: I blasted Lazarus. MARTHA: Did you k*ll him? Lazarus comes crashing down the hall. THE DOCTOR: More sort of annoyed him, I'd say. Out on the main steps, Francine is sitting with Leo as Tish stands in front of them. TISH: She'll be all right. The Doctor and her, they'll look out for each other. FRANCINE: She turned her back on us, went in there with that thing for him. LEO: He must be some guy. TISH: Maybe she loves him. FRANCINE: She just met him. The same mysterious man walks over. MAN: Is you daughter still in there with the Doctor? FRANCINE (stands): Do you know him? MAN: He's dangerous. There are things you should know. FRANCINE: What things? The mysterious man whispers in Francine's ear. The Doctor and Martha are back in the reception room. MARTHA: What now? We've just gone 'round in a circle! Lazarus bursts in and the Doctor heads for the device. THE DOCTOR: We can't lead him outside. Come on, get in. They both hide in the device where they are pressed together like sardines. MARTHA: Are we hiding? THE DOCTOR: No, he knows we're here. But this is his masterpiece. I'm betting he won't destroy it, not even to get at us. MARTHA: But we're trapped! THE DOCTOR: Well, yeah, that's a slight problem. MARTHA: You mean you don't have a plan? THE DOCTOR: Yes, the plan was to get inside here! MARTHA: Then what? THE DOCTOR: Well... then I'd come up with another plan. MARTHA: In your own time, then. Lazarus walks around the outside of the capsule. In the tight quarters, the Doctor has a hard time reaching into his pocket. MARTHA: Hey! THE DOCTOR: Sorry, sorry, sorry. (Pulls out sonic screwdriver). Here we are. MARTHA: What're you gonna do with that? THE DOCTOR: Improvise. The Doctor slides down slowly to the floor and pops open a panel. MARTHA: I still don't understand where that thing came from. Is it alien? THE DOCTOR: No, for once it's strictly human in origin. He uses the sonic screwdriver on the wires attached to the panel. MARTHA: Human? How can it be human? THE DOCTOR: Probably from dormant genes in Lazarus's DNA. The energy field in this thing must have reactivated them. And it looks like they're becoming dominant. MARTHA: So it's a throwback. THE DOCTOR: Some option that evolution rejected for you millions of years ago, but the potential is still there. Locked away in your genes, forgotten about until Lazarus unlocked it by mistake. The Doctor continues to work on the wires. MARTHA: It's like Pandora's box. THE DOCTOR: Exactly. Nice shoes, by the way. Lazarus has moved to the controls and presses the red button to start the process. A blue light fills the capsule. MARTHA: Doctor, what's happening? THE DOCTOR: Sounds like he's switched the machine on. MARTHA: That's not good, is it? THE DOCTOR: Well, I was hoping it was gonna take him a little bit longer to work that out. The machine begins to spin. MARTHA: I don't want to hurry you, but... THE DOCTOR: I know, I know. Nearly done. MARTHA: What're you doin'? THE DOCTOR: Trying to set the capsule to reflect energy rather than receive it. MARTHA: Will that k*ll him? THE DOCTOR: When he transforms, he's three times his size, cellular triplication, so he's spreading himself thin. MARTHA: We're gonna end up like him! THE DOCTOR: Just one more! The Doctor pulls a wire and the energy field changes, moving out from the capsule, knocking Lazarus away. The Doctor opens the door and steps out, Martha right behind him. MARTHA: I thought we were gonna go through the blender then. THE DOCTOR: Really shouldn't take that long just to reverse the polarity. I must be a bit out of practice. Lazarus is lying in human form, naked, on the floor. MARTHA: Oh God. He seems so... human again. It's kind of pitiful. THE DOCTOR: Eliot saw that, too. "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper." Medical services come to take the body, carrying it out on a gurney in a bag. Martha and the Doctor watch from the steps. The first to see them is Tish. TISH: She's here. Oh, she's all right. Hugs Martha. THE DOCTOR: Ah, Mrs Jones, we still haven't finished out chat. Francine slaps him on the face. FRANCINE: Keep away from my daughter. MARTHA: Mum, what are you doing? The Doctor puts his hand on his cheek. THE DOCTOR: All their mothers, every time. FRANCINE: He is dangerous! I've been told things. MARTHA: What are you talking about? Francine takes Martha by the shoulders. FRANCINE: Look around you! Nothing but death and destruction! MARTHA: This isn't his fault. He saved us, all of us! LEO: It was Tish who invited everyone to this thing in the first place. I'd say technically, it's her fault. Tish elbows Leo in the side. There's a crash and the Doctor looks at Martha before running off. She goes to follow but Francine holds her back. FRANCINE: Leave him. Martha shakes her head and runs after the Doctor. TISH: Martha? FRANCINE: Not you, too? TISH: Sorry. Tish joins up with the Doctor and Martha as they run down the street where they see the ambulance, the doors open and the medics merely husks. THE DOCTOR: Lazarus, back from the d*ad. Should've known, really. He takes out the sonic screwdriver and searches for Lazarus like he did earlier. MARTHA: Where's he gone? THE DOCTOR: That way. The church. TISH: Cathedral. It's Southwark Cathedral. He told me. Inside the cathedral, they proceed up the nave, the Doctor in front with the sonic screwdriver held out in front of him. MARTHA: Do you think he's in here? THE DOCTOR: Where would you go if you were looking for sanctuary? The move forward through the empty cathedral to the open space behind the altar and underneath the bell tower. Lazarus is sitting there gasping, a red blanket from the ambulance wrapped about him. LAZARUS: I came here before. A lifetime ago. I thought I was going to die then. In fact, I was sure of it. I sat there, just a child... the sound of planes and b*mb outside. THE DOCTOR: The Blitz. LAZARUS: You've read about it. THE DOCTOR: I was there. LAZARUS (scoffs): You're too young. THE DOCTOR: So are you. Lazarus laughs but it soon turns to gasps of pain as he fights the mutation. LAZARUS: In the morning, the fires had died, and I was still alive. I swore I'd never face death like that again. The Doctor walks around Lazarus slowly, looking up at the bell tower. Martha watches, knowing he's planning something. LAZARUS: So defenceless. I would arm myself, fight back, defeat it. THE DOCTOR: That's what you were trying to do today. LAZARUS: That's what I did today. THE DOCTOR: What about the other people who died? LAZARUS: They were nothing. I changed the course of history. THE DOCTOR: Any of them might have done, too. You think history's only made with equations? Facing death is part of being human. You can't change that. LAZARUS: No, Doctor. Avoiding death. That's being human. It's our strongest impulse, to cling to life with every fibre of being. I'm doing what everyone before me has tried to do. I've simply been more... successful. Lazarus groans in pain as his body tries to change. THE DOCTOR: Look at yourself! You're mutating! You've no control over it! You call that a success? LAZARUS: I call it progress. I'm more now that I was. More than just an ordinary human. THE DOCTOR: There's no such thing as an ordinary human. MARTHA (whispers): He's gonna change again at any minute. THE DOCTOR (whispers): I know. If I can get him up into the bell tower somehow, I've an idea that might work. MARTHA (whispers): Up there? The Doctor nods. LAZARUS: You're so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older than you look. THE DOCTOR: I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of losing everyone that matters to you. Tried of watching everything turn to dust. (Squats beside Lazarus). If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you end up alone. LAZARUS: That's a price worth paying. THE DOCTOR: Is it? Lazarus feels the change again. LAZARUS: I will feed soon. THE DOCTOR: I'm not gonna let that happen. LAZARUS: You've not been able to stop me so far. Martha comes up behind Lazarus. MARTHA: Leave him, Lazarus! He's old and bitter. Thought you had a taste for fresher meat. THE DOCTOR: Martha, no. Lazarus snarls and chases after Martha. Tish runs with her. MARTHA: What are you doing? TISH: Keeping you out of trouble! MARTHA: Doctor! The tower! Martha and Tish run up the narrow spiral staircase that leads to the upper level. Lazarus follows and begins screaming. TISH: Did you hear that? MARTHA: He's changed again. We've got to lead him up. Down below, the Doctor looks for them. THE DOCTOR: Where are they? Martha?! Martha peers out of one of the archways in the upper level. MARTHA: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Take him to the top, the very top of the bell tower, d'you hear me?! Martha is leaning out from a stone passageway. MARTHA: Up to the top! TISH: Martha... Lazarus is making his way along the passage. MARTHA (to Doctor): Then what? TISH: Martha, come on! The two sisters run. The Doctor runs to the large pipe organ and sits on the bench. He then pulls out the sonic screwdriver. THE DOCTOR: Hypersonic sound waves. Inspired. He jams the screwdriver into a slot in the organ and begins to pull out all the stops. Martha and Tish arrive at the top of the bell tower, which is a circular walkway with wooden rails. TISH: There's nowhere to go! We're trapped! MARTHA: This is where he said to bring him. TISH: All right, so we're not trapped. We're bait. MARTHA: He knows what he's doing. We have to trust him. LAZARUS (hissing): Ladies. He enters, blocking the only doorway. MARTHA: Stay behind me. If he takes me, make a run for it. Head down the stairs, you should have enough time. TISH: But... MARTHA: Just do it, Tish! Lazarus att*cks, swinging down his tail. Down at the organ the Doctor hears the commotion and looks up. One of the girls screams. THE DOCTOR: I hope it's good acoustic in here. As Lazarus continues his att*ck, the Doctor begins playing the organ. Lazarus knocks away part of the wall. Martha is h*t by his tail and falls over, clinging to the edge. TISH: Martha! Lazarus leaps across to stand over Martha. TISH: Hold on! Get away from her! The Doctor plays more frantically but it's not having the desired effect. He pulls out the sonic screwdriver and resets the volume of the organ. THE DOCTOR: We need to turn this up to 11. He resumes playing. Up in the bell tower, Tish holds her head in agony as the sound waves from the organ resonate in the tight space. Lazarus begins to write. Martha tried to hold on. Lazarus topples over the edge and falls to the floor below. The Doctor stops and looks down. Lazarus has returned to human form. As Martha is about to fall, Tish grabs her arm. TISH: I've got you. Hold on. THE DOCTOR: Martha?! Tish pulls Martha back onto the walkway and the both sob in relief. MARTHA: I'm okay! We're both okay! (To Tish): Thanks. TISH: It's your Doctor you should be thanking. MARTHA: Told you he'd think of something. TISH: He cut it a bit fine there, didn't he? MARTHA: He always does. It's more fun that way. TISH: Who is he? MARTHA: He's... he's the Doctor. The Doctor kneels by Lazarus's body. As he closes Lazarus's eyes, the body becomes old again. He then runs to the stairs where he hugs Martha. MARTHA: I didn't know you could play? THE DOCTOR: Oh, well, you know, if you hang around with Beethoven, you're bound to pick a few things up. MARTHA: Hmm, especially about playing loud. The Doctor leans forward like he didn't hear her. THE DOCTOR: Sorry? Martha laughs. Martha and the Doctor are standing in front of the TARDIS in Martha's flat. THE DOCTOR: Something else that just kind of escalated, then. MARTHA: I can see a pattern developing. You should take more care in the future. And the past, and whatever other time period you find yourself in. THE DOCTOR: It's good fun, though, isn't it? MARTHA: Yeah. THE DOCTOR: So, what d'you say, one more trip? MARTHA: No. Sorry. THE DOCTOR: What do you mean? I thought you liked it. MARTHA: I do, but I can't go on like this. "One more trip." It's not fair. THE DOCTOR: What're you talking about? MARTHA: I don't want to be just a passenger anymore. Someone you take along for a treat. If that's how you still see me, well, I'd rather stay here. THE DOCTOR: Okay, then. If that's what you want. MARTHA: Right. But we've already said good-bye once today so it's really best if you just go. Martha walks away from the TARDIS, keeping her back to it. When the Doctor doesn't say anything, she looks over her shoulder. MARTHA: What is it? THE DOCTOR: What? I said okay. MARTHA: Sorry? THE DOCTOR: Okay. The Doctor nods his head at the TARDIS. MARTHA: Oh, thank you! Thank you! Martha hugs him and laughs. THE DOCTOR: Well, you were never really just a passenger, were you? They enter the TARDIS and, as it dematerialises, Martha's phone rings. ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi, I'm out! Leave a message! FRANCINE: Martha, it's your mother. Please, phone me back. I'm begging you. I know who this Doctor really is. I know he's dangerous. You're gonna get yourself k*lled. Please, trust me. This information comes from Harold Saxon himself. You're not safe! END
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The TARDIS flies through a red Time Vortex; going forwards in time. Inside, the Doctor is using the sonic screwdriver on Martha's phone, while she stands nearby, watching. The Doctor begins to walk around the centre console, still working. THE DOCTOR: There we go! Universal Roaming. Never have to worry about a signal again. He throws the phone back to Martha, who catches is one-handed. Indeed, the screen now displays "Universal Roaming Activated". The Doctor begins to press buttons on the console. MARTHA: No way! But it's... too mad! You're telling me I can call anyone, anywhere in Space and Time on my mobile?! THE DOCTOR: Long as you know the area code. (Martha looks stunned. The Doctor smiles). Frequent Fliers' privilege. (Martha smiles back). Go on. Try it. Martha begins to dial. Suddenly the TARDIS jolts, throwing both the Doctor and Martha to the floor. The monitor is now flashing red. THE DOCTOR: Distress signal! Locking on! (With his foot, he activates a switch on the console). Might be a bit of... (Another violent jolt sends them both flying again. Then, all is still. The Doctor sits up)... Turbulence. Sorry! (He runs towards the doors, while Martha is still finding her feet, looking annoyed). Come on Martha! Let's take a look! Martha runs after him. The TARDIS has landed in what looks to be an engine room, which is glowing red from extreme heat. The TARDIS doors open, and the Doctor leans out. THE DOCTOR (walking out of the TARDIS): Whoa! Now that is hot! MARTHA (also stepping out): Whoa! It's like a sauna in here! She takes her jacket off. THE DOCTOR (looking at pieces of equipment): Venting systems. Working at full pelt. Trying to cool down... (He stands up straight again). Uh, where-ever it is we are. Well! If you can't stand the heat... (He walks towards a heavy-duty door, opens it, and walks through. Above the door is a sign, saying "Area 30"). Well, that's better... Three people, two men and a woman, Captain McDonnell, come running towards him from the opposite direction. They all look very hot. RILEY: Oi! You two! McDONNELL: Get out of there! !! RILEY (pointing): Seal that door! Now! The Doctor looks stunned and confused. The two men quickly seal the door, just after Martha steps out. McDONNELL: Who are you? What are you doing on my ship? RILEY: Are you police? THE DOCTOR: Why would we be police? MARTHA: We got your distress signal. THE DOCTOR: If this is a ship, why can't I hear any engines? McDONNELL: It went d*ad four minutes ago. SCANNELL: So maybe we should stop chatting and get to engineering. Captain. COMPUTER: Secure closure active. McDONNELL (as a loud clang sounds behind her, and she looks).: What?! SCANNELL: The ship's gone mad. We see that yet another person, a woman, is running down the corridor, this time with doors slamming shut just behind her. ERINA: Who activated secure closure? I nearly got locked in to area 27. (The closest door slams shut locking them into area 29. Sounding puzzled). Who are you? The Doctor goes to answer, but Martha cuts him off. She sounds distracted. MARTHA: He's the Doctor and I'm Martha. Hello. She begins to walk forward. It looks like she has been possessed. COMPUTER: Impact projection: 42 minutes. Martha is heading for a small window, that appears to have golden light shining in. McDONNELL: We'll get out of this. I promise. MARTHA (shakily. She continues to look hypnotised): Doctor... THE DOCTOR: Forty-two minutes 'til what? MARTHA (almost screaming, she presses her face up against the window): Doctor! !! Look. The Doctor runs over and looks out of the window with her. We see them from outside the spaceship, a la "The Girl In The Fireplace". The spaceship is extremely long and thin, with a vertical shaft at one end. As the camera spins around, we see a burning sun, too close to the ship for comfort. It appears that the ship is hurtling towards it. McDONNELL : Forty-two minutes until we crash into the sun. OPENING CREDITS The Doctor runs away from the window, over to McDonnell, and grabs her arm. He sounds panicky THE DOCTOR: How many crew members on board? McDONNELL: Seven, including us. SCANNELL: We transport cargo across the galaxy. Everything's automated. We just keep the ship... THE DOCTOR (runs back towards the door where he came from): Call the others, I'll get you out! He goes to open the door. The crew members rush to stop him. RILEY: What's he doing?! McDONNELL: No! Don't! But it is too late. The Doctor has opened the door. It has become so hot in area 30, the pure force knocks the Doctor backwards and off his feet. He yells as he falls. Martha automatically comes to his aid, but he's alright. One of the crew members shuts the door, dressed in breathing apparatus, whilst the others crowd round the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: But my ship's in there! RILEY: In the vent chamber? The Crew member who shut the door takes their breathing apparatus off. It is the female crew member. She stands beside the door, and reads off of the gauges there. THE DOCTOR: It's our lifeboat! SCANNELL: It's lava. ERINA: The temperature's going mad in there! Up 3000 degrees in ten seconds, and still rising. RILEY: Channelling the air. The closer we get to the sun, the hotter that room's gonna get. MARTHA(with contempt): We're stuck here. THE DOCTOR: So? We fix the engines, we steer the ship away from the Sun! Simple! Engineering down here, is it?! He begins running down a corridor. The computer readout showing the time until Solar Impact is shown. It is counting down. At the moment, it reads 00.40.26 COMPUTER: Impact in 40.26. The Doctor, followed by McDonnell and the rest of the crew run down a set of stairs. The Doctor stops suddenly, bemused. THE DOCTOR: Blimey! Do you always leave things in such a mess? McDONNELL: Oh my god! SCANNELL: What the hell happened?! They all walk over to what looks like a completely wrecked engine. Wires, springs and casing are all over the place, all steaming. They all walk round the piece of machinery, surveying the damage. RILEY: Oh, it's wrecked. THE DOCTOR: Pretty efficiently too. Someone knew what they were doing. The Doctor wanders over to a computer terminal, attached to the wreckage. McDONNELL (looking round): Where's Korwin? Has anyone heard from him or Ashton? SCANNELL: No. MARTHA: You mean someone did this on purpose? McDonnell runs over to an intercom system. McDONNELL: Korwin? Ashton? Where are you? (No response). Korwin, can you answer?! (Still no answer. McDonnell leaves the intercom). Where the hell is he? He should be up here! The Doctor has be scanning to find out where they are. Behind him, the crew are rushing about, trying to find Korwin, and trying to repair the ship. THE DOCTOR (happily, with specs on): Oh! We're in the Torajji system! Lovely! (The screen readout shows a system of planets, circling a huge sun). You're a long way from home, Martha. Half a universe away. He leaves the terminal. MARTHA (sarcastically): Yeah. Feels it. THE DOCTOR (to McDonnell): And, you're still using energy scoops for fusion? Hasn't that been outlawed yet? The crew look at each other, guiltily. McDONNELL (dismissively): We're due to upgrade next docking. (She walks away from the Doctor). Scannell, engine report. Scannell walks over to the computer terminal the Doctor was at before. He scans, with everyone looking anxiously over his shoulder. The machine beeps several times. SCANNELL: No response. He runs over to the wrecked engine. McDONNELL: What?! SCANNELL (examining pieces of wire protruding from the wreck): They're burnt out. The controls are wrecked. I can't get them back online. THE DOCTOR (taking his glasses off): Oh come on! Auxiliary engines! Every craft's got auxiliaries! McDONNELL: We don't have access from here. The auxiliary controls are in the front of the ship. SCANNELL: Yeah, with 29 password sealed doors between us and them. You'll never get there in time. MARTHA (sounding slightly put out): Can't you override the doors? SCANNELL: No. Sealed closure means what it says. They're all d*ad-lock sealed. THE DOCTOR (disappointed): So a sonic screwdriver's no use... SCANNELL: Nothing's any use. We've got no engines, no time, and no chance. THE DOCTOR: Oh listen to you! Defeated before you've even started! Where's your Dunkirk spirit?! (To McDonnell): Who's got the door passwords? RILEY (Interrupting): They're randomly generated. Reckon I know most of 'em. Sorry. Riley Vashti. THE DOCTOR (taking command): Then what're you waiting for Riley Vashti, get on it. RILEY: Well, it's a two-person job (He goes and fetched what looks to be a huge magnetic clamp, and a huge backpack). One, it takes to answer the questions, and the other to carry this. (Putting the kit on his back). The oldest and cheapest security system around, eh captain? McDONNELL: Reliable and simple, just like you, eh Riley? RILEY: Try and be helpful, get abuse. Nice! MARTHA (taking equipment from Riley's hands) : I'll help you. Make myself useful. RILEY: It's remotely controlled by computer panel. That's why it needs two. Riley turns, and head away from the group. Martha makes to follow him. THE DOCTOR (to Martha, seriously): Oi. (Martha turns to face him). Be careful. MARTHA (smiling) You too. She turns, and follows Riley away. Suddenly, a male voice comes over the intercom. ASHTON (over comm.): McDonnell? It's Ashton. McDonnell runs back over to the intercom panel. McDONNELL: Where are you? Is Korwin with you? ASHTON (deadly serious): Get up to the med-centre now! McDonnell leaves the intercom and runs. The Doctor follows her. Outside the engine room, Martha and Riley are just setting up for their attempt at opening the doors, as McDonnell and the Doctor run past. The computer screen showing the countdown is shown again. This time reading "Solar Impact in 00:34:31". COMPUTER: Impact in 34.31. In the med-centre, a man, Korwin, is thrashing about in agony on a bed, by what looks to be an MRI scanner, his eyes tight shut. A man, Ashton, and a woman, Abi, are trying to restrain him. KORWIN (in agony, between spasms of pain): Argh! Stop it! ABI (struggling to restrain him): Korwin! It's Abi! Open your eyes, I need to take a look at you! McDonnell and the Doctor run in. McDONNELL: Korwin! What's happened?! Is he OK?! The Doctor runs to the foot of the bed. KORWIN (still thrashing about): Oh God! Help me! It's burning me! !! THE DOCTOR: How long's he been like this?! ABI: Ashton just brought him in. The Doctor gets his Sonic Screwdriver out, and begins to scan Korwin. McDonnell panics. McDONNELL: What are you doing?! Korwin gives another shriek of pain. THE DOCTOR: Sonic impulse. McDONNELL (pushing past Ashton to the head of the bed): Don't be so stupid, that's my husband! ASHTON: And he's just sabotaged our ship! McDONNELL (turning to face Ashton): What?! ASHTON: He went mad. He set the ship to secure closure, then he set the heat pulse to melt the controls. McDONNELL: No way! He wouldn't do that! ASHTON: I saw it happen, Captain. The Doctor has finished scanning Korwin, and now tries to talk to him. THE DOCTOR: Korwin? Korwin, open your eyes for me a second. KORWIN (through the pain): I can't! THE DOCTOR: Yeah, course you can. Go on. KORWIN: Don't make me look at you! Please! ! The Doctor moves down the bed again, and picks up a sedative dart g*n off a tray. THE DOCTOR: Alright, alright, alright. Just relax. (He holds the g*n up to Abi). Sedative? ABI: Yes. The Doctor presses the g*n up against Korwin's neck, and administers the sedative. Korwin gives one final shout, then falls silent and still. The Doctor replaces the g*n on the tray. THE DOCTOR (perching on the bed and crossing his arms): Rising body temperature, unusual energy readings... (He points to the MRI scanner, which is actually a stasis chamber). Stasis chamber. I do love a good stasis chamber. Keep him sedated in there. Regulate the body temperature. (Abi looks at him questioningly, but rushes to do what he says. Ashton also looks at him, out of breath from the struggle or restraining Korwin). And, just for fun, run a bio-scan and tissue profile on a metabolic detail. ABI (looking around from what she is doing): Just doing them now. THE DOCTOR: Oh, you're good. Anyone else presenting these symptoms? ABI: Not so far. THE DOCTOR: Well, that's something. McDonnell is continuing to stand by Korwin's bed, looking down on him. McDONNELL: Will someone tell me what is the matter with him?! THE DOCTOR: Some sort of infection. We'll know more after the test results. Now, Allons-y, back downstairs. Ay! See about those engines. Go. (Ashton makes to leave. McDonnell remains static). Ay! Go. (She too leaves, reluctantly. To Abi): Call us if there's news! (He begins to run out of the med-centre). Any questions? ABI (scoffing): Yeah. Who are you? THE DOCTOR (sticking his head back through the plastic curtains at the door): I'm the Doctor! The Doctor runs out, following McDonnell and Ashton, leaving Abi alone in the med-centre. She turns to runs some more tests, not looking at Korwin. As she does so, in the stasis chamber, Korwin's hands twitch. We see the spaceship hurtling towards the sun. The voice of the computer gives a status report. COMPUTER: Heat shields failing. At twenty-five percent. (We return to the countdown screen, which now reads 00:32:50). Impact in 32.50. Martha and Riley are at the first locked door. Riley is typing something on a keypad. He turns to Martha, who is stood by the locked door, looking bored. MARTHA (sounding bored): Hurry up, will you? RILEY: Alright. (He finishes typing). Fix the clamp on! Martha lifts the clamp, and attaches it firmly to the door, and holds it there. She turns to see Riley typing more. MARTHA: What are you typing? RILEY: Each door's trip code is the answer to a random question set by the crew. Nine tours back, we got drunk, thought 'em up. Reckoning was if we're hijacked, we're the only ones who know all the answers. MARTHA: So you type in the right answer... RILEY (tapping the backpack that he bought along): This, sends an unlock pulse to the clamp. But we only get one chance per door. Get it wrong, the whole system freezes. MARTHA: Better not get it wrong then. RILEY (sounding slightly excited): OK. (He shifts over to a readout screen, where the first question is appearing. As it does so, he reads it out). Date of SS Pentallian's first flight? That's alright! (He types in the answer to the question, and yells to Martha). Go! Martha presses the "trigger" on the clamp, it beeps a few times, the lights on the top of the clamp turn green, and the door opens. MARTHA: Yes! RILEY (running for the door): Only twenty-eight more to go! They both run through the door, and on to the next one. The Doctor is talking into the intercom to Abi in the med-centre, who is looking at x-rays and bio-scans, looking very confused. THE DOCTOR: Abi, how's Korwin doing? Any results from the bio-scan? ABI: He's under heavy sedation. I'm just trying to make sense of this data. Give me a couple of minutes and I'll let you know. Behind her, Korwin moves both his head and his arms. Martha and Riley are running down a corridor, when the come to another sealed door. The Doctor now calls them over the intercom. THE DOCTOR: Martha? Riley? How're you doing? MARTHA: Area twenty-nine, at the door to twenty-eight! THE DOCTOR (putting his glasses on, and staring at the readout above the comm. Station). You've gotta move faster! MARTHA: We're doing our best! The next question appears on Riley's readout. Once again, he reads the question aloud. RILEY: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367... What? MARTHA (scared): You said the crew knew all the answers. RILEY: The crew's changed since we set the questions. MARTHA: You're joking... Back in the engine room, the Doctor has been working and listening in. He runs over to the intercom THE DOCTOR: 379! MARTHA: What?! THE DOCTOR: It's a sequence of happy primes. 379. MARTHA: Happy what? THE DOCTOR: Just enter it! RILEY: Are you sure? We only get one chance! THE DOCTOR (slightly annoyed now, speaking at his trademark 100mph): Any number which reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and you continue iterating until it yields one is a happy number. Any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is a number which is both happy and prime, now type it in! (Turns to McDonnell, who is climbing down a ladder. She gives him a dirty look). I dunno, talk about dumbing down! Don't they teach recreational mathematics any more? Riley types in the answer the Doctor has given him. There is a slight build up, the lights on the clamp turn green, and the door opens. MARTHA: We're through! THE DOCTOR (over the intercom): Keep moving. Fast as you can. (Switch so we can see the Doctor take off his glasses. Quietly and sensitively). And, Martha, be careful. There may be something else on board this ship. MARTHA: Any time you wanna unnerve me, feel free! THE DOCTOR: Will do, thanks. He switches the comm. off, and walks away. The countdown once again shows itself. This time it reads 00:30:50. COMPUTER: Impact in 30. 50. We go back to Martha and Riley, preparing the next door. MARTHA: I can't believe our lives depend on some stupid pub quiz! (Sounding shocked). Is that the next one? RILEY (putting his head in his hands, sounding downtrodden): Oh, this is a nightmare! (Reading off the screen). Classical music. Who had the most pre-download number ones, (pronouncing both names wrong) Elvis Presley or The Beatles? How're we supposed to know that? The Doctor is looking at a piece of broken equipment, with the remaining crew stood around, watching him THE DOCTOR: We need a backup in case they don't reach the auxiliary engines in time. Come on! Think! Resources, what have we got?! Martha's voice comes over the intercom. MARTHA: Doctor? THE DOCTOR: What is it now? MARTHA: Who had the most number ones, Elvis, or the Beatles. That's pre-download. THE DOCTOR (confidently): Elvis. No! The Beatles! No! Wait! Um... um... (He looks in physical pain, and begins to slap the back of his head). Argh! What was that remix? Um... I don't know! I am a bit busy! MARTHA (Sounding put out): Fine. I'll ask someone else! THE DOCTOR: Now, where was I? Here comes the sun. No, resources. So, the power's still working, the generator's going. If we can harness that. Ah! McDONNELL: Use the generator to jump-start the ship. THE DOCTOR: Exactly! At the very least, it'll buy us some more time. McDONNELL: That... is brilliant. THE DOCTOR: I know! See! Tiny glimmer of hope! Most of the crew are now smiling, knowing that there may be a way out. SCANNELL: If it works. McDONNELL: Oh, believe me. You're gonna make it work. Scannell walks off, looking dejected. Ashton and the Doctor look at McDonnell with respect, whilst still smiling. THE DOCTOR: That told him! The countdown appears once again, this time reading 00:29:46. COMPUTER: Impact in 29.46. Back on Earth in 2007, we see Francine Jones' mobile ringing on a table, displaying Martha's name. Francine answers. She is in the kitchen, in the process of making a coffee. FRANCINE: Hello? MARTHA (on board the ship): Mum? It's me, it's Martha. Wow! FRANCINE (slightly angry): Where are you? Don't you check your messages? I've been calling you. MARTHA: Actually, bit busy. Need you to do something for me. FRANCINE: No. Listen to me. We have to talk about this Doctor. MARTHA: Mum! Please not now! I need you to look something up on the internet! FRANCINE: Do it yourself. You've got a computer. MARTHA (shouting down the phone). Oh just do it will you! (Both Riley and Martha looked stunned at what she has just done. She gives a slight laugh). Please. FRANCINE (crossly): When did you get so rude? (She walks into the living room, and sits at the computer.) I'll tell you when. Ever since you met that man. MARTHA (down to business): I need to know who had more number ones; the Beatles or Elvis? FRANCINE (Setting up her laptop). Hang on. The mouse is unplugged. (Martha half screams, half growls down the phone to illustrate her annoyance). OK, I'm on. What is this? Pub quiz? MARTHA: Yeah, a pub quiz. FRANCINE: Using your mobile is cheating. MARTHA: Have you found it?! FRANCINE: There's over four hundred thousand results. Give me a minute. Riley looks impatient. The countdown appears again, displaying 00:28:50 until solar impact. COMPUTER: Impact in 28.50. Abi is still in the med-centre, pushing buttons, checking readings, and going about her business. ABI (over the intercom): Doctor, these readings are starting to scare me. THE DOCTOR (in the engine room): What d'you mean? ABI: Well, (The Doctor and the rest of the crew listen intently) Korwin's body's changing! His whole biological make-up, it... it's impossible. Hearing a bang from behind her, Abi looks up to the convex mirror above her head. In it, she sees that Korwin is up and about, even though he is meant to be under heavy sedation. She looks round, and sure enough, Korwin is standing there, his eyes tight shut. ABI (into intercom): This is med-centre. (Her voice starts to rise). Urgent assistance requested. Urgent assistance! The sh*t zooms in to the Doctor's shocked face, and he begins to run. THE DOCTOR (as he runs, yelling): Stay here! Keep working! McDonnell stops what she is doing, and begin to follow him. Ashton and Scannell both look at her as she goes. Erina runs in the opposite direction to get to a comm. Station. ABI: Urgent assistance! ERINA: Abi. They're on their way. Ashton and Scannell continue to look and listen. In the med-centre, Korwin begins to advance towards Abi. She begins to back up, trying to stay calm. ABI: What's happening to you? KORWIN (in a deep, thr*at voice that obviously is not his own): Burn with me. (This time, it is heard over the intercom, as far as Martha and Riley). Burn with me. The Doctor and McDonnell are running towards the med-centre, when the Doctor suddenly slows. It turns out that Scannell has followed them as well. SCANNELL: Captain?! THE DOCTOR: I told you to stay in engineering! SCANNELL: I only take orders form one person round here. The Doctor once again looked shocked. THE DOCTOR: Oh, is he always this cheery? Back on Earth, Francine comes up with an answer. FRANCINE: Elvis. On the ship, Martha has completely forgotten why she is on the phone. MARTHA: What?! (She suddenly realises). Really? (She points Riley over to the computer). Elvis. In the med-centre, Korwin is still advancing. Abi is now backed up against a wall. KORWIN: Burn with me. ABI (really frightened): K... Korwin, you're sick... Riley is typing in the answer to the question, when, in the med-centre, Korwin's voice takes on an even more menacing tone. KORWIN: Burn. With. Me! His eyes open, revealing a blinding white light where his eyes should be. Abi squints at this powerful light source. In the corridor, Martha and Riley have made it though the door, and are now running for the next one. Martha is still on the phone to her mum. MARTHA: Mum, you're a star! FRANCINE: Now, we need to have a serious... Before the audience can hear her finish her sentence, we are taken back to the med-centre, where Abi is screaming at the brightness from Korwin's eyes. Over the intercom, Martha and Riley hear this, and stop in their tracks. Even Francine hears it over the phone. FRANCINE: What was that? MARTHA(shaken): I've gotta go. She puts the phone down. At the other end, Francine does the same, looking shocked. Korwin is now putting on a heavy duty space helmet, and begins to breathe in a Darth Vader like way. He shuts the protective lenses over his eyes. Martha and Riley have made it to a comm. station, where they are getting in contact with the Doctor. MARTHA: Doctor, what were those screams? THE DOCTOR (still running for the med-centre. Yelling.): Concentrate on those doors! You've gotta keep moving forward! They do so. Martha runs to attach the clamp to the next door. The countdown appears again, now displaying 00:27:06. COMPUTER: Impact in 27.06. The Doctor and McDonnell burst through the plastic sheeting that acts as a door to the med-centre. Scannell is already there, looking round. They all notice the bed where Korwin was is now empty. McDONNELL (slightly shaken): Korwin's gone... Scannell turns around, and stops in his tracks. SCANNELL: Oh my God... Both the Doctor and McDonnell turn to look in the same direction, and see what Scannell has spotted, a charred, black shape on a wall, in the shape of a person with one hand in the air. They realise that this charred shape was once Abi. The Doctor walks towards it. SCANNELL: Tell me that's not Lerner. THE DOCTOR (running his fingers round the outline of the shape): Endothermic vaporisation. I've never seen one this ferocious. (He looks distant). Burn with me. SCANNELL: That's what we heard Korwin say. McDONNELL: What?! D'you think... no way! Scannell, tell him! Korwin is not a k*ller! He can't vaporise people! He's human! The Doctor notices something on the floor. He walks over, and picks up the x-rays and bioscan results that Abi was looking at before. THE DOCTOR: His bioscan results... internal temperature, one hundred degrees! Body oxygen replaced by hydrogen! Your husband hasn't been infected, he's been overwhelmed! McDONNELL (Snatching the bioscan results out of the Doctor's hand): The test results are wrong! THE DOCTOR: But what is it though? Parasite? Mutagenic virus? Something that needs a host body. But how did it get inside him?! McDONNELL (slightly hysterical): Stop talking like he's some kind of experiment! THE DOCTOR: Where's the ship been? Have you made planet-fall recently? (McDonnell looks blank). Docked with any other vessels? Any kind of external contact at all? McDONNELL: What is this? An interrogation?! THE DOCTOR: We've got to stop him before he kills again. McDONNELL: We're just... a cargo ship. She turns away from the Doctor, looking distraught. Scannell tries to comfort her. SCANNELL: Doctor, if you give her a minute... The Doctor looks on, as Scannell faces McDonnell. McDONNELL (recovering quickly): I'm fine. I need to warn the crew. (As the Doctor continues to puzzle over the bioscan results, McDonnell walks over to the intercom). Everybody listen to me! (The rest of the crew, including Riley and Martha, hears her, stops what they are doing, and looks up). Something has infected Korwin. We think... (As she pauses, the Doctor looks at her). He k*lled Abi Lerner. None of you must go anywhere near him, is that clear? Outside engineering, Erina is searching through a storage cupboard for parts. While she is doing this, we hear Ashton's voice over the intercom. ASHTON: Understood Captain. (We see him press a button on the comm. station, to change channels). Erina? Get back here with that equipment. Looking annoyed, Erina grabs a control box, which has 4 buttons on it: Eng, Aux, All'and Mute. She presses the mute button with contempt, and continues to look though the cupboard. ERINA (sarcastically, moaning): Whatever you say, boss. Go there. Come back. Fetch this. Carry these. Make drinks. Sweep up! Please, k*ll me now. She fetches what she needs, and shuts the door. Behind it, however, stands Korwin in the space helmet. She hears him breathing, and looks round. She looks scared and shocked. KORWIN (in the strange voice): Burn with me. (He begins to advance on her, as Erina backs up). Burn with me. Erina is now up against a wall. Korwin's hand comes towards his helmet and he opens the sun visor to reveal the same bright light that k*lled Abi. Erina closes her eyes, and screams. The countdown appears yet again, this time reading 00:24:51. COMPUTER: Impact in 24.51. The Doctor, Scannell and McDonnell are still in the med-centre, with the Doctor still pouring over the bioscan results. McDonnell is sat, and Scannell is stood close by. McDONNELL: Is the infection permanent? Can you cure him? THE DOCTOR (seriously): I dunno. McDONNELL: Don't lie to me, Doctor. Eleven years we've been married. We chose this ship together. He keeps me honest. So I don't want false hope. THE DOCTOR (to the point): The parasite's too aggressive. Your husband's gone. There's no way back. Sorry. McDONNELL (nodding, taking it in. Quietly): Thank you. The Doctor suddenly seems to spring into life again. He walks towards McDonnell. THE DOCTOR: Are you... certain nothing happened to provoke this? Nobody's working on anything secret, 'cause it's vital that you tell me. McDONNELL: I know every inch of this ship. I know every detail of my crew's lives. There is nothing. The Doctor stares at her harshly. THE DOCTOR: Then why is this thing so interested in you? McDONNELL (shaking her head slightly): I wish I knew... Riley and Martha have now made it to the door to area 17. They manage to open the door, burst through it, and run for the next one. Martha knows what to do now, and so, without being asked, she goes to the door and holds the clamp up to it. In engineering, Ashton is continuing to fix bits and pieces to the engine. MARTHA (over the intercom): Doctor, we're through to area 17. THE DOCTOR: Keep going. you've got to get to area one and reboot those engines. Suddenly, Ashton hears a loud bang, and another, and another. He looks out from where he is working to see a pair of feet walking towards him. He takes little notice, and goes back to working. ASHTON: You got those tools, Erina? 'Cause I... woah! Ashton is suddenly yanked forward, and out from under the engine. he looks directly upward, to see Korwin stood above him. Korwin reaches out grabs him by the collar, and pulls him up. ASHTON (while still in Korwin's grip): Korwin... it's me. We're mates! KORWIN: They are getting too far. We must share the light. Korwin moves his hands up to either side of Ashton's face. Ashton looks is an enormous amount of pain, and it soon becomes apparent why. Underneath where Korwin's hands are, Ashton's face begins to smoulder and smoke, as if he I being b*rned. Ashton screams. Outside the spaceship, the sun is getting ever closer. COMPUTER: Heat shield failing. At twenty percent. Riley is having trouble getting the latest computer terminal to work. RILEY (hitting the terminal): Come on! (To Martha, who has stopped to see what's wrong). Everything on this ship is so cheap! (They both hear a bang, and look in the direction it came from). Who's there?! The banging continues, so they both down tools, and go to investigate. As they get closer to the door, through the smoke, they can make out a figure. MARTHA (quietly, scared): Is that Korwin? RILEY: No, wait a minute... (The figure comes forward, and he is wearing the same space helmet as Korwin. However, Riley recognises him). Oh, Ashton, what're you doing? ASHTON (in a similar, deeper voice to Korwin): Burn with me. RILEY: Well, if you wanna help... ASHTON: Burn with me! Burn with me! Ashton's hand moves up, to remove the eye shield. Riley and Martha realise that Ashton has been possessed. MARTHA (slapping the button that opens a nearby door): Move! (As it begins to slide open, Martha squeezes through the gap). Come on! She enters a small room, and cowers in the far corner. Riley follows her, and, next to them, punches the keypad that will once again close the door. The door begins to slide shut. Once the door is fully closed, Riley and Martha heave a sigh of relief. However, they quickly see Ashton's helmet through the porthole, and he begins to pound on the door. Riley presses another combination on the keypad that opens a hatch next to them; an escape pod. They climb inside, and shut the door. RILEY: What is happening on this ship?! MARTHA: Never mind that. Where are we? Before Riley can answer, the computer's voice makes an announcement. COMPUTER: Airlock sealed. Jettison escape pod. Martha, still unsure of where they are, questions Riley, angrily and full of fright. MARTHA: That doesn't mean us? (Realising that it does, and seeing Riley lunge for the internal keypad, she screams at the top of her lungs). Doctor! !!! COMPUTER: Pod jettison initiated. Riley is frantically typing on the keypad inside the pod. Outside the airlock, Ashton stands, watching. The small screen by the keypad shows the status of the pod, "Jettison initiated". Martha tries the small comm. unit, next to where Riley is working. MARTHA: Doctor! We're stuck in an escape pod off the area seventeen airlock. (The Doctor, running down a corridor, hears Martha's voice, and stops in his tracks). One of the crew's trying to jettison us! You've gotta help us! (To Riley, breathing heavily): Tell me you can stop it. In engineering, the Doctor is looking at something. McDonnell and Scannell are watching him. McDONNELL: Why is this happening? THE DOCTOR (taking his glasses off): Stay here! I mean it this time! (As he runs off). Jump start those engines! McDonnell and Scannell start to walk towards the engines. Through the smoke, they see the ominous charred shape on a wall. They slowly begin to realise... McDONNELL: It's picking us off... one, by one. In the escape pod, Riley is still frantically trying to reverse the jettisoning process. COMPUTER: Jettison held. Both Riley and Martha heave a sigh of relief. RILEY: Thank you... However, on the outside, Ashton uses his keypad to restart the process. COMPUTER: Jettison reactivated. Martha screams and begins to h*t the door wildly. Behind her, Riley once again starts tapping wildly on the keypad. RILEY: Come on... Ashton is now entering something else into his keypad. It is becoming a race of who can type the fastest. The Doctor is haring down through the corridor, to try and reach Martha in time. Inside the pod, Riley comes up with an idea. RILEY: Geovinsci sequence. This'll get him. As Ashton continues to try and jettison the pod, the screen readout changes. COMPUTER: Jettison held. Escape pod s*ab. Both Riley and Martha breathe a sigh of relief. MARTHA (quietly): You're pretty good. However, outside the airlock, Ashton is once again typing something into the keypad. McDonnell and Scannell run back into engineering, looking for Ashton. McDONNELL: Ashton! When they draw level with the broken equipment, they realise that Ashton isn't there. SCANNELL: Someone's hacked into the systems. I can't reroute the generators! There's no way I'm gonna be able to jump-start this ship! (In a fit of rage, he swiftly gives the equipment a good kick. He turns, and begins to run in the direction he and McDonnell came from). Who the hell did that?! McDonnell, trying to stay calm, turns away from him. But, through the smoke strides a figure. A figure in a space helmet... McDONNELL: Korwin? (She begins to back away as Korwin advances). What are you? Why are you k*lling my crew?! (Korwin's hand goes to open the protective visor). How could you do this? What have you done to my husband?! (Korwin stops. Sounding slightly surprised). You recognise me. Korwin! You know me. (Korwin's hand leaves the visor. McDonnell starts to tear). It's Kath! Your wife! KORWIN: My wife? McDONNELL: That's right! You're still in there! I'm your wife! KORWIN :l It's your fault. McDonnell's face falls. She begins to back away. The Doctor is running at full pelt, to try and get to Martha on time. In the escape pod, Riley is tapping to keypad, but outside, just as quickly, Ashton is following suit. Suddenly, the Doctor appears through the door from area 17. THE DOCTOR: That's enough! (Ashton turns to look at the Doctor). What do you want? Why this ship? Tell me! Rather than answer him, Ashton turns, and puts his fist through the keypad. Inside the pod, a series of sirens begin to sound, and the computer gives a warning. COMPUTER: Jettison activated. RILEY (numb to their peril): He's smashed the circuit. I can't stop it. (Suddenly beginning to panic). I can't stop it! McDonnell is still backing away from Korwin. Behind her, Scannell is standing and watching. McDONNELL: What do you mean, it's my fault? KORWIN: It's your fault. Now burn with me! He lifts his hand to his visor once again, but suddenly, a jet of steam engulfs Korwin from above. He screams. McDonnell looks round to see Scannell turning a pressure gauge wheel, which is causing the steam. McDONNELL: What are you doing?! SCANNELL: Freezing him! Ice vents! McDONNELL: You'll k*ll him! Back in area 17, the Doctor and Ashton are still at a stand-off, while the pod is preparing to jettison. THE DOCTOR: Come on. Let's see you. (Ashton advances on the Doctor, until they are almost nose to nose). I wanna know what you really are... Ashton lifts his hand to his visor. In engineering, Korwin is still being frozen by the ice jets, still screaming. Suddenly, he falls to his knees. Ashton, at exactly the same moment, is overcome, doubles up and backs away from the Doctor. However, this only lasts a few seconds, before he stands upright again, and once again, heads straight for the Doctor. We are aware that the pod is getting closer and closer to jettisoning. COMPUTER: Airlock sealed. However, instead of resuming his att*ck on the Doctor, Ashton jostles past him, and heads out of area 17. The Doctor skids over to the nearest comm. unit. THE DOCTOR: McDonnell! Ashton's heading in your direction! (McDonnell and Scannell, kneeling over Korwin's body, hear the Doctor over the intercom). He's been infected, just like Korwin! Scannell stands, and heads to a comm. unit. SCANNELL: Korwin's d*ad, Doctor. Inside the pod, Martha is still hopelessly tapping on the porthole. MARTHA: This thing's locked! Over the siren, the computer gives another warning. COMPUTER: Airlock decompression completed. (The display changes from "Jettison reactivated" to a flashing "disengaging"). Jettisoning pod. The Doctor looks up, and realises that Martha is still inside. He skids over to the airlock door, where he can see Martha, just a few feet away, tapping on the glass, and calling his name, although he can hear nothing. MARTHA: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: I'll save you! Inside the pod, Riley is resigned to his fate. RILEY: Martha, it's too late. Martha ignores him, and continues to shout and tap on the window. MARTHA: Doctor! THE DOCTOR: I'll save you! MARTHA: I can't hear you! As the pod disengages, Martha sees the Doctor mouth the words: I'll save you! , over and over, as he gets smaller and smaller. Martha looks distraught. The pod slowly moves out into space, and towards the sun. MARTHA (very quietly) : Coward. Although a sombre moment, the computer reminds everyone that this is a race against time. COMPUTER: Impact in 17.05. McDonnell is still knelt by Korwin. Scannell stands above her, then crouches. SCANNELL: What did he mean, your fault? (She doesn't answer. Instead, she reaches out to stroke Korwin's face, but, before she can make contact, Scannell pushes her hand away). What are you doing? Don't touch him, he's infected. You don't know how it spreads. McDonnell looks up at Scannell, a dark look in her eyes. McDONNELL: You m*rder him! SCANNELL: He was about to k*ll you! McDONNELL: He recognised me! SCANNELL: You heard the Doctor. It... it isn't Korwin anymore. McDONNELL: The Doctor doesn't know! None of us knows! SCANNELL: So what are you gonna do? Stay there until we burn?! Cause without you... none of us stand a chance of getting out of here. Suddenly, the mood is broken by the Doctor's voice, barking over the intercom. THE DOCTOR: Scannell! I need a spacesuit in area 17, now! SCANNELL: What for? In area 17, the Doctor is crouched by the comm. unit, looking and sounding incredibly angry and frustrated. THE DOCTOR (yelling at the top of his voice): Just get down here! !! He stands upright, and stalks over to the airlock door. In engineering, Scannell looks unsure of what to do. McDONNELL: Well go on! Do what he says! SCANNELL: Ashton's still out there. McDONNELL: I'll deal with him. Scannell gets up and walks off, leaving McDonnell with Korwin. Inside the escape pod, still falling towards the sun, Martha and Riley seem incredibly calm. They are both looking out of the porthole, out at space. RILEY: The wonderful world of space travel. The prettier it looks, the more likely it is to k*ll you. MARTHA: He'll come for us. RILEY (shaking his head): Nah, it's too late. Out heat shields will pack in any minute, then we go into free fall. We'll fall into the sun way before he has a chance to do anything. MARTHA: You don't know the Doctor. I believe in him. RILEY: Then you're lucky. I've never found anyone worth believing in. Martha turns to face him. MARTHA: No girlfriend? Boyfriend? RILEY: The job doesn't lend itself to s*ab relationships. MARTHA: Family then? RILEY: My dad's d*ad. And I haven't seen my mum in... six years. She didn't want me to sign up for cargo tours. Things were said, and since then... all silent. She wanted to hold on to me, I know that. She's so stubborn! MARTHA (slightly upset, with a quiver in her voice): Yeah well, that's family. RILEY: What about you? MARTHA: Full works. Mum, dad. Dad's girlfriend. Brother, sister. No silence there. So much noise. Oh god! (Tears begin to fall, as she realises). They'll never know! I... I'll just have disappeared. And they'll always be waiting. RILEY: Call them. Martha looks at him, slightly stunned. Ashton is still heading towards engineering. He steps through the door of area 30, stops, turns, and heads up a flight of metal stairs. At the top of the stairs stands McDonnell. As Ashton heads up, she turns, and walks away. Ashton follows her. She has gone back into the medical suite. As Ashton walk though the plastic, he pauses, and looks at the stasis chamber that originally held Korwin. As he begins to walk forward, McDonnell jumps from nowhere and punched him in the stomach. He doubles over, winded, and she begins to wrestle him towards the stasis chamber. As she gets him led on the bed, her arms flail, trying to find the switch that activates the chamber. She finds it, and continues to hold Ashton down until the chamber has done its work. She bends over, exhausted but relieved. In area 17, the Doctor is now dressed in a space suit, (similar to the one we saw him in, in "The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit"). Scannell is trying to talk him out of whatever he has planned. SCANNELL: I can't let you do this. THE DOCTOR: You're wasting your breath, Scannell You're not gonna stop me. SCANNELL: You wanna open an airlock in flight on a ship spinning into the sun. No-one can survive that! THE DOCTOR: Oh, just you watch. SCANNELL: You open that airlock, it's su1c1de. This close to the sun, the shields will barely protect you. THE DOCTOR: If I can breach the magnetic lock on the ship's exterior, it should remagnetise the pod. Now, while I'm out there, you have got to get the rest of those doors open. We need those auxiliary engines. SCANNELL: Doctor, will you listen! They're too far away, it's too late! THE DOCTOR: I'm not gonna lose her. The Doctor completes his outfit by putting his helmet on. He walks past Scannell to the airlock door, which slides open. He walks inside, looking intense. Out of the window in the exterior door, the sun blazes. COMPUTER: Decompression, initiating. (We hear the air begin to be removed from the atmosphere around the Doctor. The computer gives another time warning). Impact in 12. 55. Back in 2007, Francine Jones' mobile rings once again. She picks it up off of the sideboard, and answers. FRANCINE (recognising Martha's number): Hello. MARTHA (from the pod): Me again. Sorry about earlier. FRANCINE: Is everything alright? MARTHA: Yeah. Course. FRANCINE: Martha? MARTHA: Mum, I... you know I love you, don't you? FRANCINE: Course I do. What's bought this on? MARTHA: I never say it. Never get the time. I never think of it, and I... (Her voice breaks). I really love you. Tell dad, Leo and Tish that I love them. It is only now that we see that Francine isn't alone. A sinister blonde woman is sat at the table behind her, with earphones in, listening to every word Martha says. FRANCINE: Martha, what's wrong? MARTHA: Nothing. Promise. FRANCINE: Where are you? MARTHA: Just out. FRANCINE: With anyone nice? MARTHA: Some mates. FRANCINE: What mates? MARTHA (with a slight pause): Mum, can we not just talk? FRANCINE: Of course. What do you want to talk about? MARTHA: I dunno, anything! What you had for breakfast. What you watched on telly last night. How much you're gonna k*ll Dad next time you see him. Anything. FRANCINE: Is the Doctor with you? Is he there, now? MARTHA (with tears rolling down her cheeks now): Mum, just leave it. FRANCINE: It's a simple enough question. MARTHA: I'd better go. FRANCINE (looking round, she sees the sinister woman give a hand gesture, signifying "Keep her talking"). Um, no Martha, wait! MARTHA: See you, mum. She hangs up. On the other end, Francine sighs, looking disappointed, while the sinister woman looks on. In the pod, Martha is so upset, she turns to Riley, and he envelops her in a hug, and kisses her forehead. The computer continues to count down. COMPUTER: Impact in 11.15. (As the Doctor walks towards the exterior airlock door, the computer warns). Heat shield failing. At ten percent. The Doctor presses a button on a keypad, which opens the exterior door. He recoils slightly from the heat and brightness of the sun, but soon recovers, grabs hold of the frame, and, battling against the vacuum, begins to clamber out onto the outer hull of the ship. He is almost swept away a couple of times, before he gets himself in the right position, and swings his hand out to try and reach a column of buttons, just to the right of the airlock. He hisses first time, but continues to stretch out, trying to get there. THE DOCTOR (in anger and desperation, through gritted teeth). Come on! !! (He manages press the right button, and exclaims). Go on my son! He still has more work to do, and now tries to reach the box just to the right of the buttons. Scannell's voice suddenly comes over his personal comm. SCANNELL: Doctor! How're you doing? THE DOCTOR (stretching as far as he can to reach the handle that will open the box). I can't! I can't reach! (Beginning to become overwhelmed by everything). I don't know how much longer I can last! SCANNELL: Come on! Don't give up now! These words seem to boost the Doctor, and he continues to stretch, until he finally manages to grab the handle and yank the cover off of the box. Inside is a lever, that with a scream of pain and strength, the Doctor grabs hold of, and tries with all his might to pull down, and does. Inside the pod, Martha and Riley are knocked backwards with an invisible force, and the display shows the single word "Remagnetising". RILEY: We're being pulled back! MARTHA (knowing exactly who made it happen): I told you! (She half laughs, half screams). It's the Doctor! As the Doctor struggles back inside the airlock, the pod slowly but sure heads back to its docking point, with Martha and Riley looking excitedly out of the porthole. The Doctor, even though he is now inside, clambers to his knees, so his can see over the bottom lip of the airlock, and out to the sun. He looks confused and frightened, as the light reflects intensely off his helmet, and seeing the swirling molten surface. THE DOCTOR: It's alive... (Whispers). It's alive?... (With realisation). It's alive! Back inside the spaceship, Scannell and McDonnell are doing what the Doctor said, and continuing to open the doors. They have now reached area 10. Before Scannell reaches the door, he calls over the intercom. SCANNELL: Doctor, close the airlock now! (To McDonnell, running through the door). That pod's gonna smash into him! McDONNELL (giving him the clamp). Stay here! She runs back the way she came, towards area 17 and the Doctor. The computer gives another countdown warning. COMPUTER: Impact in. 8.57. (In the airlock, the Doctor removes his helmet. He seems to be in a lot of pain, on his knees with his eyes clamped tight shut). Airlock recompression completed. The Doctor literally falls out of the airlock back into the corridor of the spaceship, still on his knees. Martha and Riley clamber out of the escape pod, and run to the Doctor, who is now writhing with pain on the floor. MARTHA: Doctor! Doctor! (As she reaches the Doctor, she realises that something is wrong. She crouches beside him). Are you OK? Martha flips the Doctor onto his back, so he can sit up. However, as she does so, the Doctor opens his eyes, and reveals that whatever infected Korwin and Ashton now has got him too. THE DOCTOR (trying to fight whatever it is that has him, sounding angry): Stay away from me! He closes his eyes again, and continues to writhe with pain. Martha quickly does what he says, and backs away. Behind them, McDonnell appears. McDONNELL: What's happened? THE DOCTOR (still in his normal voice, rather than the strange deep voice seen in Korwin and Ashton): It's your fault, Captain McDonnell! McDONNELL (looking shocked, but quickly regaining composure. Pointing away from them). Riley! Get down to area 10 and help Scannell with the doors. Go! Riley does as she says. THE DOCTOR (shouting): You mined that sun! Stripped its surface for cheap fuel! You should have scanned for life! McDONNELL: I don't understand. MARTHA: Doctor, what are you talking about?! THE DOCTOR (trying to fight the pain): That sun is alive! A living organism! They scooped out its heart, used it for fuel, and now it's screaming! McDONNELL (panicking): What do you mean? How can a sun be alive? Why's he saying that?! THE DOCTOR: Because it's living in me. McDONNELL (realising what she has done): Oh my god... THE DOCTOR (really angry now): Humans! You grab whatever's nearest and bleed it dry! (Screaming in agony and anguish). You should have scanned! McDONNELL: It takes too long! We'd be caught! Fusion scoops are illegal. THE DOCTOR (still crying out in pain): You've got to freeze me, quickly! MARTHA (rushing back to his side): What?! THE DOCTOR: Stasis chamber! You gotta keep me... below minus 200. Freeze it out of me! !! (He screams again. Martha looks at McDonnell in disgust. Rather than anguish, the Doctor now sounds and looks scared). It'll use me to k*ll you if you don't! The closer we get to the sun, the stronger (almost overcome) it gets! Med-centre! Quickly! Quickly! MARTHA (screaming a command to McDonnell): Help me! !! McDonnell rushes over to help. Se grabs his free arm, and between them, Martha and McDonnell half carry, half drag the Doctor towards the med-centre. The computer readout counts ever closer towards zero. COMPUTER: Impact in, 7.30. In engineering, Korwin's body is still led there. However, all is not as it seems. Korwin's hand once again begins to twitch, as he comes round from the freezing process. His arm moves down towards the discarded helmet. He begins to slide it across the floor... Riley sprints into area 10, finally catching up with Scannell. Scannell quickly throws him a component of the unlocking system, and they get to work. SCANNELL: What's your favourite colour?! RILEY: You what? SCANNELL: It's the question! RILEY: Purple! (Running to the door, and placing the clamp onto it. Scannell begins to tap in the answer. Turning suddenly). Or did I say orange? SCANNELL (angrily): Come on! Martha and McDonnell are still taking the Doctor to the med-centre. As they break through the plastic, he screams. Martha runs forward to the stasis chamber, and grabs the instruction manual. MARTHA (to herself) : I can do it! THE DOCTOR (reaching out blindly): Martha, where are you?! MARTHA: It's alright! I'm here! (She runs back and grabs the Doctor). It's me! Here I am! Stasis chamber, minus 200, yeah? The two women lift the Doctor onto the stasis chamber bed. McDONNELL: No, you don't know how this equipment works! You'll k*ll him! Nobody can survive those temperatures! MARTHA: He's not human! If he says he can survive, then he can. McDONNELL: Let me help you then! MARTHA (angrily and full of hate): You've done enough damage. Martha goes back to working out how the chamber works. THE DOCTOR: Ten seconds. That's all I'll be able to take. No more! (He screams). Martha! MARTHA: Yeah? THE DOCTOR (He gurgles and retches) : It's burning me up. I can't control it. If you don't get rid of it, (Darkly, as if the presence of the sun is breaking through) I could k*ll you. I could k*ll you all. (The Doctor seems to break back through as he screams, however, now he sounds like a child, genuinely frightened). I'm scared! I'm so scared! MARTHA: Just... stay calm. You saved me, now I return the favour. Just... just believe in me. THE DOCTOR: It's bloody k*lling me! Then what'll happen?! MARTHA (trying to soothe him): That's enough! I've got you! THE DOCTOR: There's this process. This... this thing... that happens... if I'm about to die. MARTHA: Shhh... quiet now. Cause that is not gonna happen. You ready? THE DOCTOR: No! Looking upset, Martha leaves his side, and pushes the lever that slides the Doctor back into the stasis chamber. She types in "200", and presses the button to start the process. Inside, the Doctor screams continuously. Martha watches as the readout shows the temperature inside the machine rapidly dropping. As the spaceship continues to fall towards the sun, the computer speaks once again. COMPUTER: Heat shields failing. At five percent. In engineering, Korwin is fully recovered. Through the smoke, we see him stand. He looks over to a readout on the wall. A light comes on with a 'ping'. It reads 'Power drain Med-centre. Stasis chamber active. Korwin walks over to a wall, and pulls a lever on a box. A single word changes on the readout. "Active" becomes "Inactive". In the med-centre, the stasis chamber hits minus 70 degrees, but then shuts off. The Doctor is still whimpering in the background. Martha and McDonnell look shocked. Inside the stasis chamber, the Doctor is covered in ice crystals. THE DOCTOR: No! Martha you can't stop it! Not yet! MARTHA: What's happened?! McDONNELL: Power's been cut in engineering. MARTHA: But who's down there? McDONNELL (knowing very well what the answer is): Leave it to me. Martha watches as McDonnell runs from the room. Behind her, the Doctor lets out another round of screams. he computer continues to count down. COMPUTER: Impact in 4.47. Scannell and Riley have made it to area 4. They sprint through the door, and straight over to the next one. Scannell deals with the backpack, while Riley holds the clamp to the door. SCANNELL: Reckon we'll do it in time? Riley looks on, with a resigned look on his face. In the med-centre, Martha is still trying to get the stasis chamber working again. MARTHA: Come on! You're defrosting. Inside the stasis chamber, we can see that all of the ice crystals are gone from the Doctor's body. He cries out in pain once again. THE DOCTOR: Martha! Listen! (Martha peers inside the chamber). I've only got a moment. You've gotta go! MARTHA: No way! THE DOCTOR: Get to the front! Vent the engines! Sun particles in the fuel! Get rid of them! MARTHA: I am not leaving you! THE DOCTOR: You've got to! Give back what they took! MARTHA: Doctor! THE DOCTOR (screaming): Please! Go! !! MARTHA (doing as he says): I'll be back for you. The countdown screen appears again. COMPUTER: Impact in 4.08. As McDonnell enters engineering, Korwin steps out to black her path. McDONNELL (eyeing the lever she needs to get to): You were right. It was my fault. She goes to grab the lever, but Korwin reaches out, and she stops. He goes to open his visor, but before he can, McDonnell runs. The countdown screen shows itself. COMPUTER: Impact in 3.43. Martha is running to try and get to the front of the ship in time. She passes through area 21, and continues. Korwin is also stalking the corridors of the ship, looking for McDonnell. She is hidden in a corner, which we soon see is inside the airlock where the drama took place earlier. Korwin reaches the interior airlock door, and looks through the porthole, only to see the sun out of the exterior hatch. Korwin opens the interior door, and walks inside. He looks down, and sees McDonnell crouched in her corner. Slowly, she stands. McDONNELL (walking towards the exterior hatch): I didn't know. I really didn't know. (Korwin begins to advance on her. She puts out her hand to try and stop him). Korwin, please stop. She is now stood right in front of the exterior hatch. KORWIN: Everyone. Must. Burn! McDonnell reaches out, and presses the button that first closes the interior door, and then presses the comm. button. McDONNELL: Riley, Scannell. I'm sorry. Hearing their names, the two boys rush over to a comm. unit. SCANNELL: McDonnell! McDonnell! ! Korwin looks at McDonnell, who presses the big red button that opens the exterior hatch. She puts her hands on Korwin's helmet, and moves in close. McDONNELL (whispering): I love you. Entwined in each others' embrace, McDonnell and Korwin are dragged out into space, and fall towards the sun. The computer gives a message. COMPUTER: Exterior airlock opened. Scannell and Riley look at one another, realising what McDonnell has done. RILEY: It's the last door. We've gotta keep going! He rushes back over to the sealed door. The computer gives another time update. COMPUTER: Impact in 2.17. In the med-centre, the Doctor falls out of the stasis chamber. Meanwhile, Martha is still running towards the front of the ship. The Doctor is still fighting the sun inside him, and is thrown over the controls of the stasis chamber, before being hurled back onto the floor by an invisible force. He is still crying out in pain, while trying to pull himself upright. The computer gives a warning. COMPUTER: Survival element protection. Zero percent. As Martha enters area 4, the Doctor, now out of the med-centre, crawls along the floor in an attempt to follow her. THE DOCTOR: Martha! Martha stops when she hears him. MARTHA: Doctor! What are you doing? The Doctor has stopped crawling, and with his last reserves of energy. THE DOCTOR: I can't fight it. Give it back or... (But it is too late. His eyes open, glowing with the heat of the sun). Burn with me. Burn with me, Martha! Martha realises that the Doctor has been taken over, and so continues running. The computer warns that there is now less than 90 seconds before impact. COMPUTER: Impact in 1.21. The Doctor screams, glowing with the hue of the sun around him. Scannell and Riley hear this over the intercom, but keep working, trying to get the last door open. They finally succeed. RILEY (shouting as the door swings open): Got it! Both he and Scannell run through the door into area 1. The computer is giving other warnings about the state of the ship, but Riley and Scannell don't hear them. They rush over to two separate keypads, and type as fast as they can, trying to boot up the auxiliary engines. COMPUTER: Impact in 1.06. Done with typing, the two boys move over to a wall covered in switched, buttons, and controls. They both begin frantically pulling, pressing, and realigning controls. RILEY (looking at a screen, expecting to see a positive result, but instead receives only static) : It's not working. Why's it not working?! Suddenly Martha rounds the bend into area 1. She launches straight into giving them the Doctor's instructions. MARTHA: Vent the engines. Dump the fuel. Both Riley and Scannell look questioningly at her. SCANNELL: What? MARTHA: Sun particles in the fuel. Get rid of them. (When neither one responds). Do it. Now! ! The boys spring into action. They head to two practically identical walls, and begin turning dials, which in turn release the fuel. MARTHA: Come on Doctor, hold on. Once all the dials have been turned, one of the boys twists the 'fuel dispersal' dial, which causes the ship to lurch, and for them all to be flung about. However, the readout shows that the fuel is successfully leaking out of the bottom of the ship. As Martha holds on, and the Doctor continues to scream, the ships fuel falls back into the sun, causing the Doctor's eyes to stop glowing. He turns onto his back, his eyes returned to normal. However, he appears to still be in a lot of pain. As more and more fuel is released, the lurching gets more and more violent, until Martha is thrown from where she stands. SCANNELL: There! How're we gonna fly?! As the countdown hits zero, the computer gives a final message. COMPUTER: Impact averted. Impact averted. Riley is breathing heavily, led on the floor, having been thrown about. Martha, looking around, pulls herself into a sitting position. Scannell pops up to his feet. Riley can't believe they are safe. RILEY: We're clear! We've got just enough reserves. With beaming smiles, Scannell and Riley embrace. Martha smiles too for a few seconds, but realises somebody is missing. MARTHA: Doctor... She turns and runs from the scene to find him. As she runs towards him, the Doctor, looking slightly worse for wear, pulls himself to his feet. When Martha reaches him, she pulls him into a hug. He lifts her clean off the ground, weak as he is, and they both share a giggle of happiness. As the ship flies through space, everything has returned to normal on the inside, apart form the distinct lack of crew members. Riley and Scannell are stood, admiring the TARDIS, while The Doctor and Martha walk round it, checking to see that she's OK. SCANNELL: This is never your ship! THE DOCTOR: Compact! Eh! And another good word, robust! Barely a scorch mark on her. MARTHA (concerned about the boys): We can't just leave them drifting with no fuel. RILEY: We've sent out an official mayday. The authorities will pick us up soon enough. SCANNELL: Though how we explain what happened... THE DOCTOR (opening the door to the TARDIS): Just tell them. That sun needs care and protection, just like any other living thing. Scannell nods. The Doctor steps inside the TARDIS, and Martha makes to follow him, but before she can do so, Riley grabs her arm. RILEY: So... uh, you're off then. (Martha nods). No chance I'll see you again? MARTHA: Not really. It was nice... not dying with you. (They both give a half hearted laugh). I reckon you'll find someone worth believing in. RILEY: I think I already did. Unsure of what to do for a second, Martha decides, and launches herself onto Riley, and kisses him. He is very pleasantly surprised. Scannell looks on. MARTHA (unsure of what to say): Well done. Very hot. Riley gives a little laugh. Martha steps into the TARDIS, and shuts the door. As she walks up the ramp to the centre console, she is beaming. MARTHA: So! Didn't really need you in the end, did we?! (However, rather than his usual beaming self, the Doctor looks sad and distant). Sorry. How're you doing? Rather than answer her, the Doctor becomes business like. THE DOCTOR: Now! What do you say? Ice skating on the mineral lakes of Cuhlhan. Fancy it? Instead of smiling, Martha looks disappointed, as she wishes the Doctor would open up to her. MARTHA (unenthusiastically): Whatever you like. The Doctor looks at her and realises. THE DOCTOR: By the way, you'll be needing this. He pulls a TARDIS key on a long chain out. MARTHA (unbelieving): Really?! THE DOCTOR: Frequent Flier's Privilege. (He slowly feeds it into her hand, and looks at her properly) Thank you. MARTHA: Don't mention it. (He gives her a weak smile, and continues to tinker with the TARDIS. Martha realises something, and feels about for her mobile). Oh no! Mum! The Doctor looks at her as she dials. Francine picks up at the other end. FRANCINE: Hello? MARTHA: Me again! FRANCINE (slightly sarcastic): Three calls in one day. MARTHA: Sorry about earlier. Over emotional, mad day! FRANCINE: What are you doing tonight? Why don't you come round? I'll make something nice and we can catch up. MARTHA: Yeah! Tonight. Do my best. Um, just remind me, what day is it again? FRANCINE: Election day. MARTHA: Right. Course. I'll be round for tea. Roughly. FRANCINE: And what about... but she is interrupted. MARTHA: Anyway, gotta go! See you later! Love you! Martha hangs up, smiling. At the other end, Francine turns her phone off, looking slightly annoyed. She turns around, and walks over to the table, where the sinister woman is sat, putting her earphones away, flanked by two burly men in suits. Francine hands her phone over to them, by dropping it in a clear plastic bag held by the sinister woman. FRANCINE: That's all? SINISTER WOMAN: For now. Have you voted? FRANCINE: Of course. Just don't expect me to tell you who for. SINISTER WOMAN: Thanks for all you're doing, Mrs Jones. Mister Saxon will be very grateful. Francine eyes the sinister woman and her two bodyguards as they get up and leave. END
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foreverdreaming
INT. THE TARDIS The central console of the TARDIS is sparking crazily as Martha and The Doctor start to pick themselves up off the floor. The Doctor dashes to Martha, grabs her hand and pulls her to up, then pulls her eye to eye. THE DOCTOR (urgently): Did they see you? MARTHA: I don't know! THE DOCTOR: Did they see you? MARTHA: I don't know, I was too busy running! DOCTOR: Martha, it's important... Did they see your face? MARTHA: No, they couldn't have! The Doctor runs round the console and starts playing with controls. THE DOCTOR: Off we go! Martha comes to stand next to him as he watches the time rotor intently. As a warning beep cuts in, we see symbols on the console screen. THE DOCTOR (annoyed): Ahhh! (He grabs the console screen and reads it). They're following us. (He goes back to the controls). MARTHA: How can they do that, you've got a time machine. THE DOCTOR: Stolen technology, they've got a Time Agent's vortex manipulator. They can follow us wherever we go, right across the universe... (pause) they're never going to stop. (He runs a hand through his hair nervously and stares, then an idea comes to him). (Quietly): Unless... I'll have to do it... (He stares into Martha's eyes). Martha, you trust me don't you? MARTHA: Of course I do. THE DOCTOR: Cause it all depends on you. He dives below the console to retrieve something, Martha watches on in confusion. MARTHA: What does, what am I supposed to do? The Doctor reappears holding an ornate pocket watch aloft. THE DOCTOR: Take this watch, 'cause my life depends on it. The watch, Martha, the watch is... INT. VICTORIAN ROOM The Doctor is lying in a bed sporting a pair of blue striped pyjamas. His eyes flick open suddenly, cutting in from the last scene. He blinks in confusion a few times, and we see he is in an ornate Victorian room, wood panelling and framed paintings. After a couple of seconds, he pushes himself to sit up, feet on the floor. As he rubs his eyes, we hear a knock. Shortly after, there is the sound of a door opening. THE DOCTOR (calls): Come in. Martha enters, wearing a Victorian maid's uniform and carrying a tray of breakfast. As she sees the Doctor sitting on his bed, her eyes widen and she turns back. MARTHA: Pardon me, Mr Smith, you're not dressed yet. I can come back later. She turns to go as the Doctor stands, pulling and tying a dressing gown around himself. THE DOCTOR: No, it's alright, it's alright. Put it down. Martha walks to a table in the middle of the room and sets the tray down, keeping her eyes lowered. The Doctor watches her thoughtfully. THE DOCTOR: I was, um... (pause). Sorry, sorry. (Thoughtfully). Sometimes I have these extraordinary dreams. Martha crosses to the window and pulls the curtains open. MARTHA: What about, sir? THE DOCTOR: I dream I'm this... (he searches for the right term) Adventurer. This... daredevil, a madman. "The Doctor", I'm called. And last night I dreamt that you were there, as my... companion. Martha crosses back to the tray on the table.The Doctor's eyes have been following her across the room. MARTHA: A teacher and a housemaid, sir? That's impossible. THE DOCTOR: Ah no, a man from another world, though... MARTHA: Well it can't be true because there's no such thing. The Doctor has moved to the fireplace and looks at the mantle- where the watch is sitting. THE DOCTOR: This thing... (He picks up the watch). The watch... Martha watches him, hopeful, but after holding it for a second he replaces it on the mantle with a sigh. THE DOCTOR: Ah, it's funny how dreams slip away. (He turns back to Martha). But I do remember one thing, it all took place in the future. In the year of Our Lord two thousand and seven. MARTHA: I can prove that wrong for you sir, here's the morning paper. (She hands it to him). It's monday, november tenth, nineteen thirteen, and you're completely human, sir. (She smiles at him). As human as they come. THE DOCTOR: Mmm, that's me; completely human. He smiles. OPENING CREDITS The Union Jack flag is being raised to full mast as a choir of boys sing a hymn. We see an impressive old school building, almost like a fortress and a group of schoolboys, marching in regimented lines into the school grounds. An early motor car beeps its horn as it drives past the gates to pull up near to the main door. The Doctor, in a suit, mortat board and teacher's gown, walks past a group of students before turning into the main door. BOY 1: Morning, Sir. He passes a young boy in the corridor. BOY: Morning, Sir. A bell rings, calling the start of school. Further into the building, the Doctor passes more teachers and nods to one who is heading for a flight of stairs. THE DOCTOR: Headmaster. A little later, and we see the Doctor taking a history lesson, cane in one hand and textbook in another. The neat copperplate writing on the chalkboard reads "Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815". The Doctor is reading aloud from the textbook while the class look on attentively. THE DOCTOR: Impediment. The French were all but spent, with only two battalions of the old guard remaining. A final reserve force was charged with protecting Napoleon. By evening, the advance of the Allied troops had forced them to retreat. Out in the school corridor, Martha and Jenny, another maid, are on their hands and knees scrubbing the tiled floor. The Doctor walks past, making Martha smile. Her eyes follow him as he passes. MARTHA: Morning, Sir. The Doctor slows down a little and answers distractedly. THE DOCTOR: Yes, hi. He disappears up the stairs. JENNY: Head in the clouds, that one. Don't know why you're so sweet on him. She smiles slyly then they both carry on scrubbing. MARTHA: He's just kind to me, that's all. Not everyone's that considerate, what with me being... She points to her face. We assume she means the colour of her skin. Jenny smiles. JENNY: A Londoner? MARTHA: Exactly. (She grins). Good old London town! Two senior boys, Baines and Hutchinson walk over the area Martha and Jenny are cleaning, and look back as the girls laugh. BAINES (authoritatively): Ah, now then, you two. Martha and Jenny stop laughing and look up. BAINES: You're not paid to have fun, are you. Put a little backbone into it. JENNY: Yes Sir, sorry, Sir. HUTCHINSON (looking at Martha): You there, what's your name again? MARTHA: Martha, Sir. Martha Jones. HUTCHINSON: Tell me then, Jones. With hands like those, how can you tell when something's clean? The two boys laugh cruelly and leave. Martha and Jenny watch them. MARTHA (deadpan): That's very funny, Sir. JENNY: Careful now, don't answer back. MARTHA: I'd answer back with my bucket over his head. Jenny laughs as they both go back to scrubbing. JENNY: Oh I wish! Jenny thinks of something and stops, looking after the two boys. JENNY: Just think though. In a few years time boys like that will be running the country. MARTHA (quieter): Nineteen thirteen. They might not. In one of the upper corridors, matron Joan Redfern passes a student. BOY: Excuse me, ma'am. The Doctor is overloaded with a stack of books as matron Joan Redfern approaches. JOAN: Oh, good morning, Mr Smith. The Doctor fumbles with the top book and it falls to the floor. He quickly steps on it to stop it falling away. THE DOCTOR: There we go. JOAN: Let me help you. THE DOCTOR: No, no, I've got it, no... (He wonders how he is going to pick the book up with his arms full). Um... ah... Just to... retrieve... ah... If you could take these... He hands her the stack of books, then bends to pick up the book. JOAN: Good. She smiles warmly. THE DOCTOR: No harm done. (He smiles back at her). So, um, how was Jenkins? JOAN: Oh just a cold, nothing serious. I think he's missing his mother, more than anything. THE DOCTOR (sympathetically): Aw, can't have that. JOAN: He received a letter this morning so he's a lot more chipper. (She looks down at the stack of books she is still holding). I appear to be holding your books. The Doctor is still staring at matron Joan Fedfern's face, then suddenly snaps back to life. THE DOCTOR: Yes, so you are! Sorry, sorry. He starts to relieve matron Joan Redfern of the books awkwardly. THE DOCTOR: Just let me... JOAN: No, why don't I take half? THE DOCTOR: Ah, brilliant idea, brilliant. Perfect. Division of labour. JOAN: We make quite a team. THE DOCTOR: Don't we just. He is still all smiles, daft in the presence of matron Joan Redfern JOAN: So, these books. Were they being taken in any particular direction? THE DOCTOR: Yes. Um... (He looks up the corridor, thinking- then turns to the other direction). This way. Ever the gentleman, he lets Joan lead on. In another corridor, he has finally settled into a coherent conversation. THE DOCTOR: I always say, Matron, give the boys a good head of steam, they'll soon wear themselves out. JOAN: Truth be told, when it's just you and me, I'd much rather you call me Nurse Redfern. "Matron" sounds rather... well, matronly. THE DOCTOR: Ah, Nurse Redfern it is then. JOAN: Though we've known each other all of two months, you could even say "Joan". THE DOCTOR: Joan? JOAN: That's my name. THE DOCTOR (flustered): Well, obviously. JOAN: And it's John, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: Yes, yes it is. A wooden noticeboard is on one wall of the landing. JOAN REDFERN spots a particular notice and heads towards it. JOAN: Have you seen this, John? The annual dance at the village hall tomorrow. It's nothing formal, but rather fun by all accounts. (Hopefully). Do you think you'll go? The Doctor stammers for a moment, unsure how to answer. THE DOCTOR (flustered): I hadn't thought about it. JOAN: It's been ages since I've been to a dance, only no-one's asked me. She laughs nervously, there is a short tense silence. THE DOCTOR (trying to rescue the conversation): Well, I should imagine that you would be... um... I mean I never thought you'd be one for... I mean there's no reason why you shouldn't... if you do, you may not... I probably won't, but even if I did then I couldn't... um, I mean I wouldn't want to... JOAN: The stairs. THE DOCTOR: It... what about the stairs? JOAN: They're right behind you. The Doctor turns to see and overbalances, falling backwards down the stairs and sending the books flying. Joan turns away for a split second, but we see her concern. A little later, Joan is cleaning a cut on the back of the Doctor's head. He groans against the pain. JOAN (hiding a smile): Stop it. I get boys causing less fuss than this. THE DOCTOR (sulkily): Because it hurts! Martha bursts in, all concern. MARTHA: Is he alright? JOAN: Excuse me, Martha. It's hardly good form to enter a master's study without knocking. MARTHA (a little annoyed): Sorry, right, yeah. (She runs back to the door and knocks it before returning). But is he alright? (She looks at the Doctor). They said you fell down the stairs, Sir. THE DOCTOR (mumbled): No, it was just a tumble, that's all. MARTHA (to Joan): Have you checked for concussion? JOAN: I have. And I daresay I know a lot more about it than you. Martha remembers her place and nods. MARTHA: Sorry. I'll just... (She looks at the Doctor and moves towards the desk). Tidy your things. THE DOCTOR: I was just telling Nurse Redfern... Matron, um, about my dreams. They are quite remarkable tales. Martha looks up in interest as the Doctor explains to Joan. THE DOCTOR: I keep imagining that I'm someone else, and that I'm hiding... JOAN: Hiding? In what way? THE DOCTOR: Um... er... almost every night... (He laughs). This is going to sound silly... JOAN: Tell me. THE DOCTOR: I dream, quite often, that I have two hearts. JOAN: Well then, I can be the judge of that. Reaching into a battered doctor's bag, she draws out a stethoscope with a smile. Martha has been watching, but turns and walks away as Joan places the stethoscope against the Doctor's chest. We hear a heartbeat on the left side of his chest, and Martha turns to see the result of the right side. There is nothing. JOAN: I can confirm the diagnosis, just one heart, singular. Martha seems a little disappointed, but the Doctor laughs at his silliness. THE DOCTOR: I have written down some of these dreams in the form of fiction... um... not that it would be of any interest. JOAN: I'd be very interested. The Doctor looks in amazement, and Joan nods. The Doctor stands and moves to the desk. THE DOCTOR: Well... I've never shown it to anyone before. He hands her a black leather-bound journal, and she reads the handwritten title on the first page. JOAN: "Journal of Impossible Things". She turns the pages, and we see they are covered in both writing and ink pictures. The central console is sketched on the first page, then the monitor screen section, a detailed sketch of a gas-mask victim from his earlier encounter with the nanogenes. JOAN: Just look at these creatures! She turns the page again to reveal a Dalek in all its inked glory. JOAN: Such imagination. THE DOCTOR: Mmm. It's become quite a hobby. More pages, more sketches and pages of writing. The face of the Moxx of Balhoon gives way to a sketch of two Autons, then to the face of one of the clockwork robots that had tried to take the brain of Madame de Pompadour. JOAN: It's wonderful. And quite an eye for the pretty girls. In the centre of the next page is a sketch of Rose's face. THE DOCTOR: Oh no no, she's just an invention. This character, Rose, I call her, Rose. Martha appears in the background, looking at the Doctor. THE DOCTOR (thoughtfully): Seems to disappear later on... Another page, another sketch; this time of a quartet of Cybermen, and in the top corner on the next page, a small sketch of the TARDIS. As the Doctor explains it, there is a bigger, more detailed sketch further down the page. THE DOCTOR: Ah, that's the box, the blue box, it's always there. Like a... like a magic carpet, this funny little box that transports me to far away places. JOAN: Like a doorway? THE DOCTOR: Mmm. The next page is a mess of writing, but the pictures stand out brightly; the faces the Doctor has had before. THE DOCTOR: I sometimes think how magical life would be if things like this were true. JOAN: If only. THE DOCTOR: It's just a dream. He gives a short, quiet laugh. The next page has a familiar picture, the Doctor's watch, inside and out. A school bell rings in the background, and Joanis leaving the Doctor's quarters with the journal. Martha runs to follow her. MARTHA: Ma'am! That book... Joan turns round and stops. JOAN: Oh I'll look after it, don't worry. He did say I could read it. She goes to leave. MARTHA: But it's silly, that's all. Joan turns back. MARTHA: Just stories. JOAN (seriously): Who is he, Martha? MARTHA: I'm sorry? JOAN: It's like he's left the kettle on. Like... he knows he has something to get back to, but he can't remember what. MARTHA (laughs nervously): That's just him. JOAN: You arrived with him, didn't you? He found you employment here at the school, isn't that right? MARTHA: I used to work for the family, he just sort of inherited me. JOAN: Well, I'd be careful. If you don't mind my saying, you sometimes seem a little familiar with him. Best remember your position. With a nod, she leaves. Martha looks unimpressed. MARTHA: Yes Ma'am. Joan heads down the stairs while Martha strides back to the Doctor's quarters. In one of the dormitories, a younger boy is called on by Hutchinson. HUTCHINSON: Ah, Latimer. Here you are, Latin translation. He throws a book to the floor, and Latimer crosses to pick it up obediently. HUTCHINSON: Blasted Kitulus. I want it done by morning. LATIMER: Yes sir. Latimer sits on his bed an opens the book, starting to work. HUTCHINSON: And no mistakes. I want it written by best handwriting. (He opens a letter and starts to read). Listen, Father says he's been promoted. Baines is sitting close by, and raises his head from his own book at this. HUTCHINSON: That means more money. Might end up in a better school. LATIMER: Ah, he should enjoy it, sir. My uncle had a six month posting in Johannesburg. Says it was the most beautiful countryside on God's earth. HUTCHINSON: What are you talking about? LATIMER (stands up): Africa. Your father. HUTCHINSON: You been reading my post? LATIMER: What? HUTCHINSON: Who said Africa? I've only just read the word myself. He stands and crosses to Latimer. Speeding up as he gets closer, he grabs Latimer by the collar and forces him against the wall. HUTCHINSON: How did you know that? LATIMER: I haven't... HUTCHINSON: Have you been spying on me? LATIMER: No! I just guessed. HUTCHINSON: What's that supposed to mean? LATIMER: I'm good at guessing, that's all. Hutchinson gives him a suspicious look that turns to anger, before letting go of Latimer's collar. HUTCHINSON: Idiot. He strides away. Latimer straightens his jacket and moves slowly back towards the bed. LATIMER: Sometimes I say things and they turn out to be correct. Just little things. Tiny things. I can't help it... it's just some sort of luck. Baines and Hutchinson look at him for a moment, then Baines rises to his feet. BAINES: Right, well never mind that little toad, who's for beer? HUTCHINSON: You've got beer? BAINES: No, but Baxter's hidden a secret supply in Blackdown woods. HUTCHINSON: Well what are you waiting for? Baines moves to the window and unlatches it, then starts to climb out. HUTCHINSON: Make sure the Burser's down the pub before you go past his window. BAINES: A bottle for everyone, is it? HUTCHINSON: And none for the filth. (He looks at Latimer as Baines climbs out). And hurry back, Baines, I'm parched. As Baines salutes and climbs down, Latimer turns away sadly. Out in the night, Jenny is sitting on a bench outside the village pub. Martha comes out carrying two pints, wrapped up tightly in coat, hat and gloves. MARTHA: Ooh, it's freezing out here! Why can't we have a drink inside the pub? JENNY: Now don't be ridiculous, you do get these notions! It's all very well those Suffragettes; but that's London, that's miles away. MARTHA: But don't you want to scream sometimes, having to bow and scrape and behave, don't you just wanna tell them? JENNY (smiles): I dunno. Things must be different in your country. MARTHA: Yeah, well they are. Thank God I'm not staying. JENNY: You keep saying that. MARTHA: Just you wait. One more month and I'm as free as the wind. I wish you could come with me, Jenny - you'd love it! JENNY: Where are you gonna go? MARTHA: Anywhere. (looks to the stars). Just look up there. Imagine you could go all the way out to the stars. Jenny laughs. JENNY: You don't half say mad things! MARTHA: That's where I'm going. Into the sky, all the way out. Jenny laughs again, but Martha is fixed on the stars. Suddenly, a green light flares into and out of existence in the night sky. Martha is surprised. MARTHA: Did you see that? JENNY: See what? MARTHA: Did you see it though? (She stands). Right up there, just for a second. JENNY: Martha, there's nothing there. Martha is unconvinced. Joan is crossing a field alone- suddenly, the green light bursts into life brighter than before, a few metres ahead and hovering in the sky. She shields her eyes, and we see a green beam shining down on her. After a few seconds, the beam goes out, leaving Joan staring. Turning to look the way she has come, the green beam lights up again, and starts to drift across the countryside before going out again. Spooked by it all, she turns and runs. A while later, she reaches the pub. Martha sees her coming and stands up, aware that the woman is distressed. MARTHA: Matron, are you alright? JOAN (breathless): Did you see that? There was something in the woods... this light... The Doctor emerges from the pub and approaches the women. THE DOCTOR: Anything wrong, ladies? Far too cold to be standing around in the dark, don't you... JOAN (interrupts): There! Pointing into the night sky, we see the light fly over again, like a sh**ting star. JOAN: There, look in the sky! JENNY: That's beautiful. THE DOCTOR: There... orgom. Commonly known as a meteorite. It's just rocks falling to the ground, that's all. JOAN: It came down in the woods. THE DOCTOR: No, no no, they always look close, when actually they're miles off. Nothing left but a cinder. (Turns to Joan). Now, I should escort you back to the school. (Turns to Martha and Jenny). Ladies? MARTHA (still staring at the sky): No, we're fine, thanks. THE DOCTOR: Then I shall bid you goodnight. Putting on his hat, The Doctor and Joan walk away back towards the school. Martha waits until they are out of earshot. MARTHA: Jenny, where was that? On the horizon, where the light was headed. JENNY: That's by Cooper's Field. Martha starts to run in the same direction. Jenny calls after her. JENNY: You can't just run off! It's dark, you'll break a leg! She sighs, stands up and runs after Martha. In Blackdown Woods, Baines has found the stash of beer. Picking up a crate, a strange sounds makes him stop. On cue, the strange green light drifts down towards the woodland floor a few metres ahead. Baines watches, then the light goes out. Curious, he scrambles over a log and heads to where it faded. BAINES: I say, hello? Is that some kind of aeroplane? You chaps alright? He is cut off abruptly as he walks into a clearing, and headlong into something. A green forcefield flares into life, repelling Baines. When the forcefield dies down, there is nothing to be seen. Experimentally, Baines reaches out both hands and pushes them forward until they connect with the forcefield again. As it flares into life, he withdraws them with a gasp. He looks around but can see nothing. He tries the same thing with his fist, but takes it back quickly as the forcefield reacts to the blow. BAINES: What... that's... that's impossible! He slowly pushes the palms of his hands against the forcefield again, and can see indents that could be windows. Sliding one hand along, it strike a button and there is the sound of a door or airlock opening. BAINES: Some kind of door... Hello? (He shouts into the opening, his shout echoes). Is... Is anyone there? Stretching his hands out again, he follows them through the door and into the craft. Martha is still running, heading through the woods. Jenny is right behind, and slowly gratefully as Martha stops. They are in the same clearing as the craft, but there is nothing to be seen. JENNY (breathless): There y'are... Nothing there. I told you so. MARTHA: And that's Cooper's Field? JENNY: As far as the eye can see, and no falling star. Now come on, I'm frozen to the bone, let's go. As your Mr Smith says, "Nothing to see". Jenny turns and strides away, but Martha gives one last look before following. It's dark inside the craft, wires trailing. Baines is talking. BAINES: But I don't understand. Who are you? A strange, distorted alien voice replies. FATHER: We are the Family. MOTHER: Far more important, who are you, little thing? BAINES: My name is Baines. Jeremy Baines. Please can I go? MOTHER: I'm so sorry, Baines, Jeremy Baines, but I don't think you can ever leave. BAINES: But... Who are you? Why can't I see you? MOTHER / FATHER: Why would you want to see us? BAINES: I want to know what you look like. MOTHER: Oh, that's easily answered, because very soon, we will look so familiar. Something emerges from the dark, and Bainesscreams. Latimer is polishing shoes in the dormitory, while the senior boys play a card game at a long wooden table. A clock is striking a late hour. HUTCHINSON: Where is he? Promises us beer then vanishes into the night. As if on cue, a hand knocks at the window. Latimer and the other boys look round. HUTCHINSON: There he is. (To one of the younger boys): Let him in. The Boy goes to the window and unlatches it. Baines climbs in, and Latimer looks up, wary. HUTCHINSON: Baines, you dolt. I thought you'd been caught by the rozzers. Baines is wide-eyed and blank-faced, and doesn't reply. HUTCHINSON: Well then? Where is it, man? Where's the blessed beer? BAINES: There was no beer. It was gone. HUTCHINSON: Damn it all, I've been waiting. Pretty poor show, Baines, I have to say. Baines sniffs loudly. HUTCHINSON: What's the matter with you? Caught sniffles out there? BAINES: Yes, I must have. It was cold. Very cold. Latimer keeps looking up, uneasy. HUTCHINSON: Well don't spread it about, I don't want your germs. Come on, might as well get some sleep. (To the other boys): Come on chaps, maybe tomorrow. Baines is looking at Latimer. HUTCHINSON (continues): Jackson's got some beer in the pavillion. Latimer goes back to polishing. The next day, Martha is riding a bike towards an old stone barn near the wood. Pushing open the door, she smiles as she enters. Reaching around her neck, she withdraws something on a long chain round her neck, a TARDIS key, as the TARDIS itself stands further inside the barn. Martha unlocks the door and goes in- the console room is mostly in darkness. MARTHA (she smiles): Hello. (Shakes her head): I'm talking to a machine... Taking off her gloves, she heads for the console. Sighing, she looks up at the time rotor, dormant. Closing her eyes, we see her memories of how they all came to be there. THE DOCTOR: Look out! Martha dives to the floor as a bolt flashes past, creating a fountain of sparks to erupt from the console. In real time, Martha walks round the console towards the console screen. Back in her memories, the Doctor growls in anger. THE DOCTOR: They're following us! They can follow us wherever we go. Right across the universe. They're never going to stop... Martha, you trust me don't you? MARTHA: Of course I do. THE DOCTOR: 'Cause it all depends on you. Back in real time, Martha reaches the console. In her memory, the Doctor is holding his pocket watch in front of her. THE DOCTOR: Martha, this watch is me. Confused, Martha takes it off him as he runs round the console. MARTHA: ... Right, okay, gotcha... No, hold on! Completely lost! THE DOCTOR: Those creatures are hunters, they can sniff out anyone- and me being a Time Lord; well, I'm unique. They can track me down across the whole of time and space. MARTHA (laughs): And the good news is? THE DOCTOR: They can smell me, they haven't seen me. And their life's bound to be running out, so, we hide, wait for them to die. MARTHA: But they can track us down. THE DOCTOR (stops and looks at her, serious): That's why I've got to do it. I have to stop being a Time Lord. I'm gonna become human. In real time, Martha looks up at the TARDIS ceiling- where a strange headset is hanging from a cable. In her memory, the Doctor does the same as it lowers into his reach. THE DOCTOR: Never thought I'd use this. All the times I've wondered. MARTHA: What does it do? THE DOCTOR: Chameleon Arch. Re-write my biology. Literally changes every single cell in my body. I've set it to human. Taking the pocket watch back off Martha, he fits it into a section of the headset. THE DOCTOR: Now, the TARDIS will take care of everything. Invent a life story for me, find me a setting and integrate me. Can't do the same for you... you'll just have to improvise. I should have just enough residual awareness to let you in. MARTHA: But... hold on, if you're going to rewrite every single cell, isn't it going to hurt? THE DOCTOR: Oh yeah. It hurts. Flickering between real life and her memory now, looking up at the headset, it cuts between that and the Doctor wearing it, power passing through it and making him scream in pain as Martha can only watch in horror. Turning away from the memory, Martha activates a few of the controls on the console. The screen fizzes from its normal display to show the Doctor, addressing the camera. THE DOCTOR: This working? (Taps the camera). Martha, before I change here's a list of instructions for when I'm human. One, don't let me hurt anyone. We can't have that, but you know what humans are like. Two, don't worry about the TARDIS, I'll put it on emergency power so they can't detect it, just let it hide away. Four- no, wait a minute, three. No getting involved in big historical events. Four, you. Don't let me abandon you. And fi... Twisting a dial, Martha speeds through more of the Doctor's speech. MARTHA: But there was a meteor, a sh**ting star, what am I supposed to do then? She lets go of the dial at the last item on the Doctor's list. THE DOCTOR: And twenty three. If anything goes wrong, if they find us, Martha, then you know what to do. Open the watch. Back at the school, the Doctor is heading over to the fireplace in his study. THE DOCTOR (voiceover from the recording): Everything I am is kept safe in there. The Doctor in the study picks up the watch and looks at it, turning it over in his hands. THE DOCTOR (voiceover): Now, I've put a perception filter on it so the human me won't think anything of it, to him it's just a watch. Back on the screen, the Doctor is serious. THE DOCTOR: But don't open it unless you have to. Because once it's open, then the Family will be able to find me. It's all down to you, Martha. Your choice. He walks off-screen, then returns. THE DOCTOR: Oh, and, thank you. With a smile, the recording stops and the screen returns to its usual display. MARTHA (in a whisper): I wish you'd come back. Latimer is outside a door marked "J. Smith". He knocks, the door opens, and the Doctor looks at him. LATIMER: You told me to come and collect that book, Sir. THE DOCTOR: Good lad, yes... yes! "The Definitive Account of Mafeking" by Aitchison-Price, where did I put it? He walks to his desk, Latimer following slowly behind. THE DOCTOR: And I wanted a little word, your marks aren't quite good enough. LATIMER: I'm top ten in my class, sir. THE DOCTOR: Now, be honest, Timothy. You should be the very top. You're a clever boy, but you seem to be hiding it. (To himself). Where is that book... With no luck finding the book on his desk, the Doctor walks into an annexe libray off the main room. THE DOCTOR: And I know why. Keeping your head low avoids the mockery of your classmates. But no man should hide himself, don't you think? Latimre has heard something... LATIMER: Yes sir... The watch on the mantlepiece seems to be drawing his attention. THE DOCTOR (off screen): You're clever, be proud of it. Use it. Over the top of all this, there are whispering voices eminating from the watch. heard only by Latimer. VOICES: Time Lord...Timothy, hide yourself... I'm trapped, kept inside the cogs... Latimer presses the watch's release button- and it opens, releasing wisps of golden energy. Somewhere out in the grounds, Baines' head jerks round, catching the trail. As the Doctor comes back into the room, Latimer quickly closes and pockets the watch. THE DOCTOR: Fascinating details about the siege, really quite remarkable, are you alright? LATIMER: Yes Sir. Fine, Sir. THE DOCTOR: Right then. Good. And remember, use that brain of yours! The Doctor holds out the book and Latimer goes to take it- but as soon as he touches it, he sees a vision of the Doctor as a different man to the teacher. VOICES: Power of a Time Lord. The Doctor as we know him best, pinstripe suit and weilding his sonic screwdriver. The vision fades as the Doctor releases the book, leaving Latimer shaken. THE DOCTOR: You're really not looking yourself, old chap, anything bothering you, or...? LATIMER (in shock): No Sir... Thank you, Sir. Walking quickly, he exits, closing the door behind him. Latimer stands for a moment, before running up the stairs to the dormitory. Sitting on his bed, he has taken the watch out again and can hear the voices. He opens it again, letting out more of the golden light and louder voices. VOICES: You are not alone... Keep me hidden... More images come to Latimer's mind: Daleks, Cybermen, Ood, the werewolf from the Torchwood Estate, the Emperess of the Racnoss, Lazarus, the Sycorax... He snaps the watch shut again. Outside, Baines sniffs loudly. A teacher is ringing a handbell, signalling a change in classes. Baines is walking through the corridors- in a quieter corridor from the main hallway, he stops and turns to look. Stepping into the gap beneath the main stairs, his eyes roll back and a green glow surrounds him; he is communicating with the Family. BAINES: There is a trace, but somehow scattered. The scent is confused. Nevertheless, we'd best arm ourselves. The glow disappears and Baines' eyes open. BAINES: Activate the soldiers. A portly, middle-aged man is striding down a lane in the village. This is Mr Clarke. As he looks into a field, the ragged scarecrow stiffly raises its arm in a greeting. Mr Clarke stops, a double take, as the scarecrow lowers its arm again. Shaking his finger at the scarecrow, believing it to be a trick, he strides towards it. CLARKE: That is my property, and you're trespassing on my land! He is standing eye-to-eye with the scarecrow now. CLARKE: Come on, who's in there? Angrily, he starts pulling the straw from the scarecrow's body to try and find the prankster within. CLARKE: One of those idiot boys from the school, is it, eh? Come on, there's... But he has pulled out almost all of the straw, and his hand has gone through the body of the scarecrow and through the fabric of the back. Rifling through the straw, he looks up at the head, bemused. CLARKE: But how did you... The scarecrow's head tilts to one side, as two identical scarecrows walk stiffly up the bank behind Mr Clarke. The first scarecrow raises his arms, signalling an att*ck. Mr Clarke turns and find himself surrounded as more and more scarecrows appear. A little girl walks down the lane, a bright red balloon in hand. A scarecrow lumbers out from the bushes behind her, and she turns and screams. The scarecrow lifts her over his shoulder and carries her off. A rattle of g*n, and a h*t on one of three rough dummy targets made of a bucket, spliced sticks and a stuffed sack. The boys are doing target practice, a machine g*n set up behind a bunker of sandbags. THE DOCTOR: Concentrate. Joan appears from one of the school doors, watching. The g*n is being fired by Hutchinson, the rounds being fed in a steady stream by Latimer. Baines is one of the boys watching the targets, with the Doctor standing a few paces behind. As Joan approaches, she is not entirely pleased with what she sees. THE DOCTOR: Hutchinson, excellent work! The Headmaster appears. HEADMASTER: Cease f*re! Hutchinson obeys. THE DOCTOR: Good day to you, headmaster. HEADMASTER: Your crew's on fine form today, Mr Smith. HUTCHINSON: Excuse me, Headmaster, we could do a lot better. Latimer is being deliberately shoddy. LATIMER: I'm trying my best. HEADMASTER: You need to be better than the best. Those targets are tribesmen from the dark continent. LATIMER: That's exactly the problem, sir. They only have spears. HEADMASTER: Oh dear me. Latimer takes it upon himself to make us realise how wrong we all are. I hope, Latimer, that one day you may have a just and proper w*r in which to prove yourself. Now, resume f*ring. Hutchinson does so Latimer feeding the amm*nit*on again. As the f*ring rings out, Latimer hears a different kind of warfare, the sound of a falling b*mb. An vision takes over. Two young soldiers struggle through the dark, one supporting the other, who is injured. A watch is opened. LATIMER: One minute past the hour. It's now. Hutchinson, this is the time. It's now. He looks up as we hear another b*mb heading straight for them. Back in real time, the g*n stops f*ring. HUTCHINSON: There's a stoppage, immediate action. (He looks at Latimer to assist). Didn't I tell you, Sir, this stupid boy is useless! Permission to give Latimer a beating, Sir? HEADMASTER: It's your class, Mr Smith. THE DOCTOR: Permission granted. HUTCHINSON: Right, come with me, you little oiyk. Hutchinson grabs Latimer's wrist and pulls him up. He and most of the other boys escort Latimer away to be beaten. Baines remains standing next to the Doctor, and turns to him- and sniffs loudly. The Doctor turns and looks him up and down. THE DOCTOR: Anything the matter, Baines? BAINES: I thought... No sir. Nothing, sir. Turning sharply, he heads off to join the beating. Joan is still watching. HEADMASTER: As you were, Mr Smith. THE DOCTOR: Ah... Pemberton, Smythe, Wicks, take post. As three more boys take up positions at the g*n, the Doctor spots Joan. THE DOCTOR: Ah, Nurse Redfern. JOAN: Um... I'll give you back your journal when next I see you. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, you don't have to. Joan looks a little troubled. JOAN: If you'll excuse me, Mr Smith, I was just thinking about the day my husband was sh*t. As the g*n rings out, she turns and walks quickly away, leaving the Doctor a little more understanding. In the village, a piano is being winched up outside a building in a rope sling. Two men are straining with the rope. Joan and the Doctor are walking through the village. JOAN: His name was Oliver. He died in the battle of Spy-On-Cope. We were childhood sweethearts... But you see, I was angry with the army for such a long time. THE DOCTOR: You still are. JOAN: I find myself as part of that school watching boys learn how to k*ll. THE DOCTOR: Don't you think discipline is good for them? JOAN: Does it have to be such military discipline? I mean, if there's another w*r those boys won't find it so amusing. THE DOCTOR: Well... Great Britain's at peace, long may it reign. JOAN: In your journey, in one of your stories, you wrote about next year. Nineteen fourteen. THE DOCTOR: That was just a dream. JOAN: All those images of mud and wire. You told of a shadow, a shadow falling across the entire world. THE DOCTOR: Well, then we can be thankful it's not true. And I'll admit mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself; everyday life can provide honour and valour and... let's hope that from now on this, this country can... can find its heroes in smaller places... He is distracted as he sees two things. First, a woman and a perambulator coming round the corner by the shop building. Second, the rope sling holding the piano aloft is breaking outside the same shop. The two men holding it desperately try to steady it and hold it, but the woman doesn't notice and continues into its path. THE DOCTOR: In the most... A young boy is tossing a cricket ball up and down in his hand. The Doctor looks from the ball to the rope; the second strand is almost completely broken, and the piano lurches alarmingly. THE DOCTOR: Ordinary... The rope is almost cut. And the woman is almost beneath the piano. THE DOCTOR: Of deeds! He snatches the cricket ball from the young boy and pitches it at a bundle of spare scaffolding poles standing outside the ironmongers. The poles fall, hitting a plank of wood with a brick on the end. The brick flies into the air, up and over the piano- just as the rope snaps and it starts to hurtle to the ground. The brick hits a milk churn on a cart, sending it falling into the path of the perambulator and stopping it in it's tracks. The woman screams and the piano hits the floor and smashes. Joan is looking amazed at the Doctor, while the Doctor himself is looked amazed by his own skill. As the baby in the perambulator starts to cry, the two workmen rush to see if the woman is alright. The Doctor and Joan stand stunned for a moment. THE DOCTOR: Lucky... JOAN: That was luck? THE DOCTOR (plucking up courage): Nurse Redfern, might I invite you to the village dance this evening? As my guest? JOAN (laughs): You extraordinary man! The both laugh and view the near fatal scene again. Later on, they are passing fields, one of which has a scarecrow. JOAN: It's all becoming clear now, the Doctor is the man you'd like to be, doing impossible things with cricket balls. THE DOCTOR: Well, I discovered a talent, that's certainly true! JOAN (teasingly): But the Doctor has an eye for the ladies! THE DOCTOR: The devil! JOAN: A girl at every fireplace. THE DOCTOR (laughs): Now, there I have to protest, Joan, that's hardly me! JOAN: Says the man dancing with me tonight! The Doctor spies the scarecrow hanging oddly. THE DOCTOR: That scarecrow's all skewed. The cross the furrows to reach it, and the Doctor starts stretching it across its frame again. JOAN: Ever the artist. Where did you learn to draw? THE DOCTOR: Gallifrey. JOAN: Is that in Ireland? THE DOCTOR (a little unsure): Yes, it must be, yes. JOAN: But you're not Irish? DOCTOR: Not at all, no. My father Sidney was a watchmaker from Nottingham and my mother Verity was... (he pauses) ...um... well, she was a nurse, actually. JOAN: Oh, we make such good wives! THE DOCTOR (a little uncomfortable): Really? Right. Yes. Well, my work is done, what do you think? He stands back and Joan looks at the scarecrow. JOAN: Masterpiece. THE DOCTOR: All sorts of skills today! Laughing, they head back onto the road- and the scarecrow turns it head to follow them. In the Doctor's study later in the day, the Doctor is sketching a young woman, Joan. As he finishes and lowers the book, we see Joanposing for him. JOAN: Can I see? The Doctor moves to sit next to her on the sofa, showing her the book. She laughs in delight. JOAN: Oh, goodness... Do I look like that? (laughs). Are you sure that's not me? There is a sketch of a Slitheen on the opposite page, and she points to it. THE DOCTOR: Most definitely this page, I should think. He points back to his sketch of her. JOAN: You've made me far too beautiful. THE DOCTOR: Well that's how I see you. JOAN: Widows aren't supposed to be beautiful. I think the world would rather we stopped. (pause). Is that fair? That we stop? THE DOCTOR: That's not fair at all. He fondly brushes the side of her hair. Slowly, he leans in towards her; she returns the movement, and the two kiss. THE DOCTOR: I've never, um... He runs out of words, and chooses to kiss Joan again instead, a long and loving kiss. We hear the rattle of the door, and they break apart. THE DOCTOR: Martha, what have I told you about entering unannounced? Martha scurries back out of the door and closes it behind her, leaning against it in shock. MARTHA (whispered): That wasn't on the list. The TARDIS still hides in the barn, and Martha is going through the Doctor's recording again. THE DOCTOR: Four, you. Don't let me abandon you. MARTHA: That's no good. What about the stuff you didn't tell me, what about women? Oh no, you didn't think of that. What in hell am I supposed to do then? She has fast-forwarded to the end. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. MARTHA: You had to, didn't you? Had to go and fall in love with a human. And it wasn't me. Latimer is toying with the pocket watch as he sits on a bench in the school grounds. The voices are whispering again. VOICES: The darkness is coming... keep me away from the force and empty man... the last of the Time Lords, the last of a wise and ancient race... Latimer sees Baines heading through the ground to meet with Mr Clarke. Then, a red balloon bobs its way along on the other side of the wall as the little girl joins them. As Latimer watches, all three of them turn to look at him. As one, they tilt their heads to the side curiously, and sniff deeply. On the muddy lane, Jenny is riding her bicycle when a figure steps out in front of her, making her stop sharply. A moving scarecrow. JENNY: Who's that playing silly beggars? Nearly broke me neck! The scarecrow says nothing, its head tilted curiously to one side. JENNY: Who's that then? Is it you, Saul? The sound of footsteps, and Jenny's smile fades as two more scarecrows approach from behind. More and more close in, and Jenny realises it is no trick, and screams. Inside the alien craft, a scarecrow stands guard as Mr Clarke advances on a frightened Jenny. JENNY: I don't understand... It's Mr Clarke, isn't it? What have I done wrong? CLARKE: Nothing at all. In fact... you're just what we need, girl. Baines appears. BAINES: She works at the school. Whatever's happening seems to centred round that establishment, the faintest of traces but they all lead back there. JENNY (scared): It's Baines, isn't it? This isn't very funny, sir. BAINES (barking as orders): Just shut up, stop talking, cease and desist, there's a good girl! (pause). Mother of Mine is dying to meet you. And here she is. Baines produces a globe-like device. JENNY: Stop mocking me, sir! BAINES: No! Mother of Mine just needs a shape. We go through a shape so very fast. Yours is perfectly adequate... if a little grim. Mother of Mine, embrace her. Baines tilts the globe towards Jenny and a green smoke starts to billow out towards her, taking over her. In the school, Joan turns round in her dress to show the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: You look wonderful. JOAN: You'd best give me some warning, um, can you actually dance? THE DOCTOR (thinks): Um... I'm not certain... JOAN: There's a surprise. Is there anything you're certain about? THE DOCTOR: Yes. (he steps towards Joan). Yes. In the maid quarters, the door opens and Jenny enters. Martha is making a pot of tea on an elaborate tray and smiles as she sees Jenny. MARTHA: There you are! Come and look what I've got. Mr Poole didn't want his afternoon tea so cook said I could have it. And there's enough for two. Jenny is still standing in the doorway. MARTHA: What are you standing there for? Jenny sniffs loudly. MARTHA: Are you alright? JENNY: I must have a cold coming on. She joins Martha sitting at the small table. MARTHA: Problem is, I keep thinking about them but I don't know what to do. JENNY: Thinking about who? MARTHA: Mr Smith and Matron. Cause it's never gonna last, he's gonna leave in a few weeks. JENNY: Why? MARTHA: It's like his contract comes to an end. And she's gonna be heartbroken. JENNY: Leave for where? MARTHA: All sorts of places. I wish I could tell you Jenny, but it's complicated. JENNY: In what way? MARTHA: I just can't. JENNY: It sounds so interesting. Tell me. Tell me now. There is something in Jenny's voice that Martha doesn't think is right. Frowning, she changes the subject. MARTHA: Would you like some tea? JENNY: Yes thanks. MARTHA: I could put a nice bit of gravy in the pot. And some mutton. Or sardines and jam, how about that? JENNY: I like the sound of that. MARTHA: Right... hold on a tick. She knows something is wrong now, and moves to the door. Closing it on her way out, she walks to the stairs- then starts to run. Jenny's head turns, she know's Martha is getting away. She pulls an alien g*n from under her coat. Meanwhile, Martha is out of the building, Jenny goes to the window, aims, and fires her g*n at the retreating Martha. Narrowly missing, Jenny heads off. The Doctor and Joan are sharing a loving kiss which is quickly broken as the door bursts open and a breathless Martha runs in and up to the Doctor. MARTHA: They've found us. JOAN: This is ridiculous... THE DOCTOR: Martha, I've warned you. MARTHA: They've found us, and I've seen them. They look like people, like us, like normal. I'm sorry, but you've got to open the watch. She looks to the mantlepiece, and the watch is missing. MARTHA: Where is it? She shuffles through the things on the mantlepiece. MARTHA: Oh my god, where's it gone? Where's the watch? THE DOCTOR: What are you talking about? MARTHA: You had a watch, a fob watch. Right there! THE DOCTOR: Did I? I don't remember. JOAN: I can't see what concern it is of yours. MARTHA: But we need it... oh my god, Doctor we're hiding from aliens, and they've got Jenny and they've... possessed her or copied her or something and you've got to tell me, where's the watch? DOCTOR: Oh I see... (quieter, to Joan). Cultural differences. He picks up his journal. THE DOCTOR (to Martha): It must be so confusing for you. Martha, this is what we call a story. MARTHA: Oh you complete... This (she waves her finger to indicate the Doctor) is not you, this is nineteen thirteen. THE DOCTOR: Good. This is nineteen thirteen. MARTHA: I am sorry, I'm really sorry but I've got to snap you out of this. She reaches back her hand and slaps his hard across the face. JOAN: Martha! MARTHA: Wake up! You're coming back to the TARDIS with me! She grabs his hands and tries to pull him along. THE DOCTOR: How dare you! I'm not going anywhere with an insane servant! Martha, you are dismissed, you will leave these premises immediately. Now get out! He has used Martha's grip on him to drag her to the door and thrown her out. As he closes the door, Martha stops. Back inside, the Doctor is annoyed. THE DOCTOR: Nerve of it, absolute cheek! You think I'm a fantasist, what about her? JOAN: The funny thing is, you did have a fob watch. Right there. Don't you remember? Martha is running into the night again, and bumps into Latimer. MARTHA: Oh, sorry! As she carries on, Latimer stops and watches her. He has a flash memory of a strange time; it is back around the 2000's, and Martha in her usual clothes bumps into him as she runs past. MARTHA: Oh, sorry! LATIMER: Martha? Back to the present, Martha turns her head to call back. MARTHA: Not now, Tim, busy! Latimer watches her for a while longer, then turns and walks away. Martha closes the TARDIS door and runs to where the Doctor's long coat is lying over a forked beam. She r*fles through his pockets, looking for something. Back inside the school, the door to the Doctor's room is kicked open as Jenny and Baines enter. BAINES: Mr Smith? (pause). No-one home. JENNY: The maid was definitely hiding something. A secret around this Mr Smith. BAINES: We both scented him though, he was plain and simple human. JENNY: Maybe he knows something. Where is he? Joan and the Doctor are arriving at the village hall for the dance. JOAN: She's infatuated. You're a dangerous man. THE DOCTOR: You've taken my arm in public. JOAN: I'm very scared. They laugh. We see Latimer hiding round a corner of the building. MAN: Spare a penny for the veterans of the Crimea, sir? THE DOCTOR: Yes, of course. (He digs in his pocket and pulls out a coin or two). There you are. As the Doctor and Joan go inside, Latimer comes out of his hiding place and creeps to the doors. As the man collecting money has his back turned counting the donations, Latimer hurries in. Inside, people are milling about, getting drinks from a beer keg, laughing and talking. Latimer walks in slowly, looking around. ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen! Please take your partners for a waltz. The Doctor and Joan take their places, and start to dance as the music starts. JOAN: You can dance. DOCTOR: I've surprised myself. (They dance into another pair). Sorry. Back in his room at the school, Jenny and Baines are still searching for something, dropping books off the bookshelves in his study. Mr Clarke enters, holding the poster for the dance. CLARKE: I think this might help. JENNY: That makes it easy, Son of Mine. Because Daughter of Mine's already there. BAINES: We've been invited to the dance. Joan and the Doctor are still dancing, and through the dancing people, we see the little girl sitting at a table. The collector man rattles his tin as he sees Martha approaching stormily. MAN: Ooh, staff entrance I think, miss! MARTHA: Yeah, well think again mate. She walks past him into the hall. Hiding in the foliage close to the hall, we see a number of the scarecrows waiting. Back at the dance, Joan is sitting down now, waiting for the Doctor to return with drinks. She spots him, and he motions that he is still waiting. Joan smiles, but her smile fades as a familiar figure stands at their table, Martha. JOAN: Please, don't. Not again. MARTHA: He's different from any other man you've ever met, right? JOAN: Yes. MARTHA: And sometimes he says these strange things, like people and places you've never heard of, yeah? But it's deeper than that. Sometimes when you look in his eyes you know; you just know that there's something else in there. Something hidden. Right behind the eyes, something hidden away. In the dark. JOAN: I don't know what you mean, I... MARTHA: Yes, you do. I don't mean to be rude, but the awful thing is it doesn't even matter what you think. But you're nice. And you're lucky. And I just wanted to say sorry for what I'm about to do. The Doctor has returned, and looks none to pleased to see Martha there. THE DOCTOR: Oh, now really, Martha. This is getting out of hand. I must insist that you leave. Martha holds out the sonic screwdriver. MARTHA: Do you know what this is? Name it. Go on, name it. JOAN: John, what is that silly thing? John? He slowly takes it off Martha and turns it over in his hands. MARTHA: You're not John Smith. You're called the Doctor. The man in your journal, he's real. He's you. The collector man rattles his tin again as more people arrive. MAN: Evening all! Spare a penny, sir? BAINES: I didn't spare you. Without even looking at him, Baines pulls out a g*n like Jenny had earlier, and fires it at the man. As he disintegrates into nothing, Baines, Jenny and Clarkeall walk on into the hall. Latimer is still inside, walking to a window and pulling back the curtains. The face of a scarecrow pops up and makes him jump back. When he looks back again, it is gone. He lets the curtain fall back. In the dance hall, Clarke enters first, g*n in hand. Knocking over a hat stand as he strides in, the people shriek and move away. CLARKE: There will be silence! All of you! Scarecrows file in after Baines and Jenny. CLARKE: I said silence! ANNOUNCER: Mr Clarke! What's going on? Clarke turns and fires at the announcer, dissolving him into nothing. Joan's hand stifles a shriek. Latimer, in a corner, stands up. MARTHA: Mr Smith, everything I told you, just forget it! Don't say anything. BAINES: We asked for silence! Now then. We have a few questions for Mr Smith. LITTLE GIRL: No, better than that. She joins Baines and Clarke. LITTLE GIRL: The teacher. He's the Doctor. I heard them talking. BAINES: You took human form. THE DOCTOR: Of course I'm human, I was born human! As were you, Baines. And Jenny, and you, Mr Clarke! What is going on, this is madness! BAINES: And a human brain, too! Simple, thick and dull. JENNY: He's no good like this. CLARKE: We need a Time Lord. BAINES: Easily done. Stepping forward, he raises his g*n and aims it at the Doctor. The crowd gasps and the Doctor recoils backwards. BAINES: Change back. THE DOCTOR: I don't know what you're talking about. BAINES: Change back! THE DOCTOR (shouting): I literally do not know... Jenny grabs Martha, holding a g*n to her head, Martha screams. MARTHA: Get off me! JENNY: She's your friend, isn't she? Doesn't this scare you enough to change back? THE DOCTOR: I don't know what you mean! JENNY: Wait a minute... The maid told me about Smith and the matron... that woman, there! CLARKE: Let's have you! Clarke grabs Joan and holds her hostage, as Jenny is with Martha. BAINES: Have you enjoyed it, Doctor? Being human? Has it taught you wonderful things, are you better, richer, wiser? Then let's see you answer this. Which one of them do you want us to k*ll? Maid or matron? Your friend, or your lover? Your choice. To be continued...
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Recap of 308 "Human Nature". OPENING CREDITS JENNY: Make you decision, Mr Smith. Latimer reaches into his jacket pocket and slowly pulls out the watch. BAINES: Perhaps if that human heart breaks, the Time Lord will emerge. Latimer opens the watch. WATCH (hushed): Time Lord... BAINES: It's him! Using the distraction, Martha turns the tables on Jenny, holding a g*n to her. MARTHA: One more move and I sh**t. BAINES: Oh, the maid is full of f*re! MARTHA: And you can shut up! Fires the g*n into the ceiling. CLARK: Careful, Son of Mine. This is all for you so that you can live forever. BAINES: sh**t you down! MARTHA: Try it. We'll die together. BAINES: Would you really pull the trigger? Looks too scared. MARTHA: Scared and holding a g*n. It's a good combination. You wanna risk it? Baines looks at the the Doctor, who is completely out of his depth, before lowering the g*n. Joan goes to stand beside the Doctor. MARTHA: Doctor, get everyone out. There's a door at the side. It's over there. Go on! The Doctor stands indecisive. MARTHA: Do it, Mr Smith. I mean you! JOAN: Do what she said. Everybody out now. (Begins to usher everyone out). Don't argue, Mr Jackson. They're mad. That's all we need to know. Susan, Miss Cooper, outside, all of you! The villagers exit the hall through the front door, screaming. THE DOCTOR (to Latimer): Move yourself, boy. Back to the school, quickly. MARTHA: And you. Go on. Just shift. THE DOCTOR: What about you? MARTHA: Mr Smith, I think you should escort your lady friend to safety, don't you? The Doctor looks to the door, to Martha, back to the door then Martha again before running out. The Doctor arrives outside and begins directing those outside. THE DOCTOR: Mr Hicks, go to the village. Get everyone out. Latimer, get back to the school. Tell the headmaster... LATIMER: Don't touch me! You're as bad as them! Runs off. Martha pushes Jenny away and holds the g*n with both hands. MARTHA: Don't try anything. I'm warning you, or sonny boy gets it. BAINES: She's almost brave, this one. The Family slowly advances. JENNY: I should have taken her form. Much more fun. So much spirit. MARTHA (backs away): What happened to Jenny? Is she gone? JENNY: She is consumed. Her body's mine. MARTHA: You mean she's d*ad. JENNY: Yes. And she went with precious little dignity. All that... aah... screaming. A scarecrow grabs Martha from behind. BAINES: Get the g*n! Martha ducks under the scarecrow's arm and runs outside. BAINES: Good work, soldier. Martha runs out the door of the hall and sees the Doctor and Joan still there. MARTHA: Don't just stand there, move! God, you're rubbish as a human! Come on! Martha runs and the Doctor takes Joan's hand and they follow. Latimer runs along a road through the woods towards the school and in the distance hears the villagers screaming. Outside the village hall, Baines fires at the villagers as they run away. BAINES: Run! Ah, this is super. We've been in hiding too long. This is sport. JENNY: I can smell the schoolteacher. He's gone back to his academy. BAINES: And what do we know about her? Jenny's body glows green. JENNY: This body has traces of memory, was once her friend. Martha would go walking to the west. Husband of Mine, follow the maid's scent. Go to the west. Find out what she was keeping secret. CLARKE: Soldiers! Clarke leaves followed by some of the scarecrows. BAINES: As for you, Mother of Mine, let's go to school. The Doctor, Martha and Joan arrive breathless at the school. The Doctor closes the heavy wooden main door behind them. Once inside the school's front hall, he immediately begins ringing a bell. MARTHA: What're you doing? THE DOCTOR: Maybe one man can't fight them, but this school teaches us to stand together. Take arms! Take arms! MARTHA: You can't do that! THE DOCTOR: You want me to fight, don't you? Take arms! Take arms! Boys begin rushing down the stairs, including Hutchinson. HUTCHINSON: I say sir, what's the matter? THE DOCTOR: Enemy at the door, Hutchinson. Enemy at the door. Take arms! Baines, Jenny and Lucy approach the school with a few scarecrows in attendance. BAINES: They're sounding the alarms. JENNY: I wouldn't be so pleased, Son of Mine. These bodies are silly and hot. They can damage and die. That's why we need the Time Lord. BAINES: Indeed. They will have g*n. Perhaps a little caution. Sister of Mine, you're such a small little thing. Find a way in and spy on them. Lucy skips away down a path. Inside the school, the boys are loading machine g*n and other w*apon. MARTHA: You can't do this, Doctor. Mr Smith! THE DOCTOR (to the boys): Maintain position over the s*ab yard. MARTHA: They're just boys! You can't ask them to fight! THE DOCTOR: Faster now! That's it. MARTHA: They don't stand a chance! THE DOCTOR: They're cadets, Miss Jones. They are trained to defend the King and all his properties. The Headmaster enters the room. HEADMASTER: What in thunder's name is this? Before I devise an excellent and endless series of punishments for each and every one of you, could someone explain very simply and immediately exactly what is going on? THE DOCTOR: Headmaster, I have to report the school is under att*ck. HEADMASTER: Really? Is that so? Perhaps you and I should have a word in private. THE DOCTOR: I promise you, sir. I was in the village with Matron. It's Baines, sir. Jeremy Baines and Mr Clarke from Oakham Farm. They've gone mad, sir. They've got g*n. They've already m*rder people in the village. I saw it happen. HEADMASTER: Matron, is that so? JOAN: I'm afraid it's true, sir. HEADMASTER: m*rder on our own soil? JOAN: I saw it, yes. HEADMASTER: Perhaps you did well then, Mr Smith. What makes you thing the danger's coming here? THE DOCTOR: Well, sir, they said, um... JOAN: Baines thr*at Mr Smith, sir. Um, said he'd follow him. We don't know why. HEADMASTER: Very well. You boys, remain on guard. Mr Snell, telephone the police. Mr Philips, with me. We shall investigate. Martha stands in front of the Headmaster to stop him. MARTHA: No, it's not safe out there. HEADMASTER: Mr Smith, it seems your favourite servant is giving me advice. You will control her, sir. Leaves. MARTHA (sighs): I've gotta find that watch. Martha heads out of the room and Joan follows. Running down the hallway, the pass Latimer who is hiding in a small alcove. The Doctor's voice is speaking from the watch. WATCH: Hold me. Keep me safe. Keep me dark. Keep me closed. The time is not right. Lucy enters the hallway from the other end. WATCH: Not yet. Not while the Family is abroad. Danger! The Headmaster and Mr Philips stride outside to confront Baines and Jenny. HEADMASTER: So, Baines and one of the cleaning staff. There's always a woman involved. Am I to gather that some practical joke has got out of hand? BAINES: Headmaster, sir. Good evening, sir. Come to give me a caning, sir? Would you like that, sir? HEADMASTER: Keep a civil tongue, boy. PHILIPS: Now, come now everyone. I suspect alcohol has played its part in this. The Doctor watches from one of the windows. PHILIPS: Let's all just calm down. And who are these friends of yours, Baines? In fancy dress. BAINES: Do you like them, Mr Philips? I made them myself. (Walks to one of the scarecrows). I'm ever so good at science, sir. Look... (he pulls the arm off the scarecrow) molecular fringe animation fashioned in the shape of straw men. My own private army, sir. Ever so good, sir. HEADMASTER: Baines, step apart from this company and come inside with me. BAINES: No, sir. You, sir...You will send us Mr John Smith. That's all we want, sir, Mr John Smith and whatever he's done with his Time Lord consciousness. Then we'd be very happy to leave you alone. HEADMASTER: You speak with someone else's voice, Baines. Who might that be? BAINES: We are the Family of Blood. HEADMASTER: Mr Smith said there had been deaths. BAINES: Yes, sir! And they were good, sir! HEADMASTER: Well, I warn you, the school is armed. BAINES: All your little tin soldiers. But tell me, sir, will they thank you? HEADMASTER: I don't understand. BAINES: What do you know of history, sir? What do you know of next year? HEADMASTER: You're not making sense, Baines. BAINES: 1914, sir. Because the Family has travelled far and wide looking for Mr Smith and, oh, the things we have seen. w*r is coming. In foreign fields, w*r of the whole wide world, with all your boys falling down in the mud. Do you think they will thank the man who taught them it was glorious? HEADMASTER: Don't you forget, boy, I've been a soldier. I was in South Africa, I used my d*ad mates as sandbags, I fought with the butt of my r*fle when the b*ll*ts ran out, and I would go back there tomorrow for King and Country! BAINES: Et cetera, et cetera. Turns and fires on Mr Philips, disintegrating him. In the window, the Doctor visibly gulps. BAINES: Run along, headmaster. Run back to the school, and send us Mr Smith! Jenny laughs as the Headmaster runs back inside. The Doctor leaves the window. Inside, the Doctor looks up when the Headmaster enters the room. HEADMASTER: Mr Philips has been m*rder, Mr Smith. Can you tell me why? THE DOCTOR: Honestly, sir, I have no idea. And the telephone line's been disconnected. We're on our own. HEADMASTER: If we have to make a fight of it, then make a fight we shall. Hutchinson, we'll build a barricade within the courtyards, fortify the entrances, build our defences. Gentlemen, in the name of the King, we shall stand against them. BOYS: Yes, sir! The Headmaster walks out of the room and the boys file out to help with the defences. BOY: Right. Get on. Let's get moving. Three boys lower a wooden bar across the heavy main doors. BOY 1: Hurry, get back. BOY 2: Drop! Inside, Hutchinson is delegating. HUTCHINSON: Barricade the kitchens. Secure the passageway to the s*ab. (Spots Latimer and grabs him by the arm). You coward! You'll do your duty, Latimer, with the rest of us! Outside, the teachers are directing the boys as they prepare for the att*ck. HEADMASTER: Sandbags to the north and west. THE DOCTOR: ... s*ab in case of... HEADMASTER: Load the spare magazines with b*ll*ts. HUTCHINSON: Quickly now! Take the magazine cut-off out! Lucy is watching it all from a window. BAINES: They've got an army. So do we. Soldiers. Soldiers! The scarecrows come to life in the fields and begin to make for the school. Intercut are scenes with the boys at the school. HEADMASTER: That's it. We need water for the Vickers g*n. See to it. Faster! All of you, faster! THE DOCTOR: Lockley, when f*ring commences, you're in charge of the gallery. HEADMASTER: Peterson, that is not acceptable. Report to your senior officer. The scarecrows arrive en masse and stand behind Baines and Jenny. BAINES: w*r comes to England, a year in advance. LUCY (telepathically): Family of Mine, wait. Hold the soldiers back. The Time Lord is playing some sort of trick. BAINES: Discover him, Sister of Mine. Martha is searching "John Smith's office" with Joan. MARTHA: I know it sounds mad, but when the Doctor became human, he took the alien part of himself and stored it inside the watch. It's not really a watch, it just looks like a watch. JOAN: And alien means... not from abroad, I take it. MARTHA: The man you call John Smith... he was born on another world. JOAN: A different species. MARTHA: Yeah. JOAN: Then tell me, in this fairy tale... who are you? MARTHA: Just a friend. I'm not... I mean you haven't got a rival, as much as I might... Just his friend. JOAN: You're human I take it? MARTHA: Human, don't worry, and more than that, I just don't follow him around. I'm training to be a doctor... not an alien doctor, a proper doctor, a doctor of medicine. JOAN: Well that certainly is nonsense. Women might train to be doctors, but hardly a skivvy and hardly one of your colour. MARTHA: Oh, d'you think? (Pauses, trying to figure out how to prove it). Bones of the hand. (Holds up left hand and points to each). Carpal bones, proximal row; scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform. Distal row; trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate. Then the metecarpal bones extending in three distinct phalanges; proximal, middle, distal. JOAN: You read that in a book. MARTHA (laughs): Yes, to pass my exams. Can't you see this is true? JOAN: I must go. Heads for the door. MARTHA: If we find that watch we can stop them. JOAN: Those boys are going to fight. I might not be a doctor, but I'm still their nurse. They need me. Walks out leaving Martha alone. CLARKE: Son of Mine, Wife of Mine? BAINES (telepathically): Father of Mine, what have you found? CLARKE: His TARDIS. The Doctor can't escape. The Doctor walks into a room with two boys where Joan, now in uniform, is preparing for after the battle. THE DOCTOR (to boys): You're with Armitage and Thwaites. They know the drill. (Goes to Joan). Joan, it's not safe. JOAN: I'm doing my duty, just as much as you. (Pause). Fine evening we've had together. THE DOCTOR: Not quite as planned. JOAN: Tell me about Nottingham. THE DOCTOR: Sorry? JOAN: That's where you were brought up. Tell me about it. THE DOCTOR: Well, it lies on the River Leen, its southern boundary following the course of the River Trent which flows from Stoke to the Humber. JOAN: That sounds like an encyclopaedia. Where did you live? THE DOCTOR: Broadmoor Street, adjacent to Hotley Terrace in the district of Radford Parade. JOAN: But more that facts. When you were a child, where did you play? All those secret little places... dens and hideaways that only a child knows? Tell me, John. Please tell me. THE DOCTOR: How can you think that I'm not real? When I kissed you, was that a lie? JOAN: No, it wasn't. No. THE DOCTOR: But this Doctor sounds like some... some romantic lost prince. Would you rather that? Am I not enough? JOAN: No, that's not true. Never. THE DOCTOR: I've got to go. JOAN: Martha was right about one thing, though. Those boys,k they're children. John Smith wouldn't want them to fight, never mind the Doctor. The John Smith I was getting to know, he knows it's wrong, doesn't he? HEADMASTER (calling): Mr Smith, if you please! THE DOCTOR: What choice do I have? Kisses her then leaves. The teachers and the boys are in the courtyard making final preparations. Hutchinson and Latimer are teamed at a g*n. HUTCHINSON: Get those bags piled up, filth. Gonna mean the difference between life and death for us. LATIMER: Not for you and me. HUTCHINSON: What are you babbling about? LATIMER: We're going to battle together. sh*t of Latimer and Hutchinson together in the trenches of WWI. LATIMER: We fight alongside. I've seen it. Not here, not now. HUTCHINSON: What's that supposed to mean? LATIMER: It means you and I both survive this. And maybe... (reaches into his pocket and pulls out the watch) maybe I was given this watch so I could help. I'm sorry. Runs off. HUTCHINSON: Latimer, you filthy coward! LATIMER: Oh yes, sir. Every time! Martha is still searching. She screams in aggravation and throws papers into the air before running out of the room. Latimer is sitting alone in the hallway holding the watch in his hands. LATIMER: What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? WATCH: Beware... LATIMER: Beware of what? WATCH: Her. Lucy is standing at the opposite end of the hall. Latimer stands to face her, hiding the watch. Lucy sniffs. LATIMER: Keep away. LUCY: Who are you? LATIMER: I saw you at the dance. You were with that family. You're one of them. LUCY: What are you hiding? LATIMER: Nothing. LUCY: What have you got there? LATIMER: Nothing. LUCY: Show me, little boy. LATIMER: I reckon whatever you are, you're still in the shape of a girl. How strong is she, do you think? Does she really want to see this? Latimer opens the watch in Lucy's direction, sharing some of the Doctor's memories, especially his confrontation with the Racnoss. Lucy runs off. Baines and Jenny have seen it all through their telepathic connection. BAINES: Time Lord. JENNY: Inside the device. BAINES: Everything he is concealed away in the hands of a schoolboy. Now we know that's all we need to find the boy and the watch. What are we waiting for? att*ck! The scarecrows begin to move forward. Inside the courtyard, the boys are at their g*n watching the main doors. HEADMASTER: Stand to! The scarecrows pound on the door. HEADMASTER: At post! Everyone aims their g*n, including the Doctor. BOY: Enemy approaching, sir. HEADMASTER: Steady! Find the biting point. The wood bar across the gate cracks apart and the scarecrows enter. HEADMASTER: f*re! The boys f*re and some of the scarecrows fall but other keep coming. The Doctor does not f*re. Over the scenes of fighting, a boys' choir sings "He Who Would Valiant Be". CHOIR: "Who so beset him round with dismal stories / Do but themselves confound, his strength the more is. / No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight, / He will make good his right to be a pilgrim". HEADMASTER: Cease f*re! (Walks to the bodies). They're straw. Like he said. Straw! HUTCHINSON (to the Doctor): The no one's d*ad, sir? We k*lled no one? Footsteps are heard and the Headmaster heads back behind the g*n. HEADMASTER: Stand to! Martha and Joan watch from inside. Martha runs from the window as Lucy approaches. HEADMASTER: You child, come out of the way. Come into the school. You don't know who's out there. It's the Cartwright girl, isn't it? Come here. Come to me. MARTHA: Mr Rocastle, please. Don't go near her. HEADMASTER: You were told to be quiet. MARTHA: Listen to me, she's part of it! Matron, tell him. JOAN: I think... I don't know. I think you should stay back, Headmaster. MARTHA: Mr Smith. THE DOCTOR: She was... she was with... with Baines in the village. HEADMASTER: Mr Smith, I've seen many strange sights this night but there is no cause on God's earth that would allow me to see this child in the field of battle, sir. (To Lucy): Come with me. LUCY: You're funny. HEADMASTER: That's right. Now take my hand. LUCY: So funny. (Reaches into her coat, pulls out a g*n and sh**t the Headmaster). Now who's going to sh**t me, any of you, really ? THE DOCTOR (to boys): Put down your g*n. Lowers his own r*fle. HUTCHINSON: But sir, the Headmaster... THE DOCTOR: I'll not see this happen. Not anymore. You will retreat... in an orderly fashion back through the school. Hutchinson, lead the way. HUTCHINSON: But sir... THE DOCTOR: I said, lead the way. Baines arrives. BAINES: Go on, then, run! Fires his g*n into the air. There is screaming and panic as the boys retreat. MARTHA: Come on! BAINES (to scarecrows): Reanimate! The boys run back into the school chased by the scarecrows. Latimer runs upstairs. The Doctor, Martha and Joan take the boys out via the passage through the s*ab. THE DOCTOR: Let's go! Quick as you can! MARTHA: Don't go to the village! It's not safe! THE DOCTOR: And you, ladies! JOAN: Not until we get the boys out. Inside the school, Baines and Jenny bring captured boys in front of Lucy. JENNY: One of these boys has got the watch. This one? LUCY: No. BAINES: This one? LUCY: No. JENNY: This one? LUCY: No. The scarecrows bring Hutchinson forward. HUTCHINSON: Let go! I said get off me! Baines grabs him by the arm. BAINES: Ah! This one... Is that him? LUCY: No. BAINES: Right. k*ll this lot. w*apon are raised but up in the dorm room, Latimer opens the watch. WATCH: Lord of Time... The Family sense it. BAINES (whispers): That's him. JENNY: Upstairs! The Family go upstairs followed by the scarecrows. Hutchinson and the others are left alone. HUTCHINSON: Don't just stand there, outside! Come on! They run out the door. Outside the s*ab, the Doctor pauses before heading back. Martha and Joan are there waiting. THE DOCTOR: Now, I insist. The pair of you just go. If there are any more boys inside, I'll find them. (Opens the door to the passage and sees scarecrows. Slams it shut and locks it). I think... retreat. The Doctor, Joan and Martha run. Latimer is running outside. The Family arrive in the room to find it empty. They leave. The Doctor, Martha and Joan are in the woods near the school and hear Clarke. CLARKE (sing-song): Doctor! Doctor! Martha, Joan and teh Doctor stop and look. Clarke is standing in front of the TARDIS. CLARKE: Come back, Doctor. Come home. Come and claim your prize. BAINES: Out you come, Doctor! There's a good boy. Come to the Family. JENNY: Time to end it now! MARTHA (softly): You recognise it, don't you? JENNY: Come out, Doctor! Come to us! THE DOCTOR: I've never seen it in my life. MARTHA: Do you remember its name? JOAN: I'm sorry, John, but you wrote about it. The blue box. You dreamt of a blue box. THE DOCTOR (voice breaking): I'm not... I'm John Smith. That's all I want to be. John Smith, with his life... and his job... and his love. Why can't I be John Smith? Isn't he a good man? JOAN: Yes. Yes, he is. THE DOCTOR: Why can't I stay? MARTHA: But we need the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: So what am I then, nothing? I'm just a story. The Doctor runs off and Joan goes after him. Martha follows after a pause. BAINES: One more phase and we won't have to hunt. The Doctor, Mr Smith, the boy, the watch, they will come to us. Soldiers! Guard this thing! The Family leaves. The Doctor, Martha and Joan are rushing down a country road. They stop to get their bearings. JOAN: This way. I think I know somewhere we can hide. THE DOCTOR: We've got to keep going. JOAN: Just listen to me for once, John. Follow me. Martha looks between them before following Joan. The Doctor follows after a pause. The Family are inside their ship. BAINES: Fully armed and ready. Mother, Father and Sister of Mine, prepare the armaments. I doubt that England is ready for this ! Fix targets and counting down. Joan, Martha and the Doctor arrive at a dark house. JOAN (breathing heavily): Here we are. It should be empty. Oh, it's a long time since I've run that far. MARTHA: But who lives here? JOAN: If I'm right, no one. They walk slowly to the front door and Joan enters first. It is a simple cottage kitchen with tea set on the table. JOAN: Hello? No one home. We should be safe here. MARTHA: Whose house is it, though? JOAN: Um, the Cartwrights. That little girl at the school... she's Lucy Cartwright, or she's taken Lucy Cartwright's form. If she came home this afternoon and if the parents tried to stop their little girl, then they were vanished. (Puts her hand on the teapot on the table). Stone cold. How easily I accept these ideas. The Doctor sits on one of the chairs at the table and looks as if he's carrying the weight of the world. THE DOCTOR: I must go to them before anyone else dies. JOAN: You can't. (Sits beside him). Martha, there must be something we can do. MARTHA (shakes head): Not without the watch. THE DOCTOR: You're this Doctor's companion! Can't you help? What exactly do you do for him? Why does he need you? MARTHA: Because he's lonely. THE DOCTOR: And that's what you want me to become. There's a knock on the door and they all turn to face it. JOAN: What if it's them? MARTHA: I'm not an expert, but I don't think scarecrows knock. Martha walks to the door and opens it to reveal Latimer. LATIMER: I brought you this. Holds out watch. WATCH (whispers): Martha. Inside, Martha holds out the watch in her palm in front of the Doctor. MARTHA: Hold it. THE DOCTOR: I won't. MARTHA: Please, just hold it. LATIMER: It told me to find you. It wants to be held. JOAN: You've had this watch all this time? Why didn't you return it? LATIMER: Because it was waiting. And because I was scared of the Doctor. JOAN: Why? LATIMER: Because... I've seen him. He's... like f*re and ice and rage. He's like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun. THE DOCTOR: Stop it. LATIMER: He's ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe. THE DOCTOR: Stop! I said stop it. LATIMER: And he's wonderful. Joan reaches into her coat pocket and pulls out the journal. JOAN: I've still got this. The journal. THE DOCTOR: Those are just stories. JOAN: Now we know that's not true. Perhaps there's something in here. There is an expl*si*n outside and they all gasp. MARTHA: What the hell? They all look out the window to see what could pass for meteorites falling to the ground. BAINES: This'll flush him out! This'll do it! Super, super fun. JOAN: They're destroying the village. THE DOCTOR (softly): Watch. Picks it up. JOAN: John, don't. WATCH: Come closer. LATIMER: Can you hear it? WATCH: Closer. Closer. THE DOCTOR: I think he's asleep. Waiting to awaken. LATIMER: Why did he speak to me? THE DOCTOR (normal voice): Oh, low-level telepathic field. You were born with it. Just an extra synaptic engram causing... (Stops and inhales deeply). Is that how he talks? MARTHA (excited): That's him! All you have to do is open it and he's back. THE DOCTOR: You knew this all along and yet you watched while Nurse Redfern and I... MARTHA (comes forward): I didn't know how to stop you! He gave me a list of things to watch out for but that wasn't included. Joan scans the journal. THE DOCTOR: Falling in love? That didn't even occur to him? MARTHA: No. THE DOCTOR: Then what sort of man is that? And now you expect me to die? expl*si*n continue outside. MARTHA: It was always going to end, though! The Doctor said the Family's got a limited lifespan. That's why they need to consume a Time Lord. Otherwise, three months and they die. Like mayflies, he said. THE DOCTOR: So your job was to execute me. MARTHA: People are dying out there! They need him and I need him. 'Cause you've got no idea of what he's like. I've only just met him. It wasn't even that long ago, but he is everything... he's just everything to me and he doesn't even look at me, but I don't care... 'cause I love him to bits. And I hope to God he won't remember me saying this. The house rocks with the expl*si*n. LATIMER: It's getting closer. THE DOCTOR: I should have thought of it before... I can give them this. Just the watch. Then they can leave and I can stay as I am! MARTHA: You can't do that! THE DOCTOR: If they want the Doctor, they can have him. MARTHA: He'll never let you do it. THE DOCTOR: If they get what they want, then... then... JOAN: Then it all ends in destruction. I never read to the end but those creatures would live forever to breed and conquer. w*r across the stars... for every child. The Doctor is on the verge of tears. JOAN: Martha, Timothy, would you leave us alone, please? The Doctor sobs as Martha and Latimer leave. Once they're gone, the Doctor breaks down and Joan hugs him. The Family keeps f*ring on the village. Martha and Latimer sit on a bench outside the house. Martha pulls Latimer into her arms and just holds him tight. Back inside the house, the Doctor and Joan are sitting side by side, the Doctor holding the watch in one hand, staring at it. JOAN: If I could do this instead of you, then I would. I'd hoped... but my hopes aren't important. The Doctor turns to look at her. THE DOCTOR: He won't love you. JOAN: If he's not you, then I don't want him to. I had one husband, and he died... I never thought... ever again. And then you... you were so... THE DOCTOR: It was real. I wasn't... I really thought... JOAN: Let me see. (Takes the watch). Blasted thing. (Turns it over with her fingers). Blasted, blasted thing. Can't even hear it. It's nothing to me. The Doctor reaches out and holds Joan's hand, the watch touching both of them. The Doctor gasps and experiences visions of what his life could be with Joan: their wedding, the birth of their first child, walking in the park with Joan and their three children, and finally his peaceful death in bed. ALTERNATE DOCTOR: They're all safe, aren't they? The children... the grandchildren... everyone's safe? ALTERNATE JOAN: Everyone's safe. They all send their love, John. ALTERNATE DOCTOR: It's done. Thank you. Closes his eyes and dies. THE DOCTOR (to Joan): Did you see? JOAN: The Time Lord has such adventures but he could never have a life like that. THE DOCTOR: And yet I could! Looks at the watch once again. JOAN: What are you going to do? The Doctor turns to Joan, breathing heavily, but does not answer. BAINES: We'll blast them into dust, fuse the dust into glass, then shatter them all over again! There is a slight metal twang and the Family turns as one to see the Doctor enter the ship. THE DOCTOR: Just... (He gives a clumsy lurch and leans against the side of the ship, hitting a few buttons). Just stop the b*mb. That's all I'm asking. I'll do anything you want, just stop. BAINES : l Say please. THE DOCTOR: Please. After a slight pause, Jenny turns a switch and there is a hiss as the ship responds. JENNY: Wait a minute. (Inhales deeply). Still human. THE DOCTOR: Now I can't... I can't pretend to understand, not for a second, but I want you to know that I'm innocent in all this. He made me John Smith. It's not like I had any control over it. Fumbles with more buttons. JENNY: He didn't just make himself human, he made himself an idiot. BAINES: Same thing, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: I don't care about this Doctor and your family, I just want you to go. So, I've made my choice. (Holds out watch). You can have him. Just take it, please! Take him away. BAINES: At last. (Takes the watch. As he gazes at it, he reaches out with his other hand and grabs the Doctor by the lapels). Don't think that saved your life. Baines pushes the Doctor away and, as he falls, the Doctor hits more buttons. BAINES: Family of Mine, now we shall have the lives of a Time Lord. Opens the watch. The Family all breathe deep. BAINES: It's empty! Turns on the Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Well, where's it gone? BAINES: You tell me. Baines throws the watch and the Doctor catches it one-handed. THE DOCTOR (normal voice): Oh, I think the explanation might be you've been fooled by a simple olfactory misdirection... little bit like ventriloquism of the nose. It's an elementary trick in certain parts of the galaxy. But it has got to be said... (puts on glasses) I don't like the looks of that hydroconometre. It seems to be indicating you've got energy feedback all the way through the retrostabilisers feeding back into the primary heat converter... ah (hisses through teeth) 'Cause if there's one thing you shouldn't have done, you shouldn't have let me press all those buttons. But, in fairness, I will give you one word of advice.. Run. Runs out of the ship. BAINES: Get out! Get out! The Family runs out of the ship and across the field behind the Doctor before the ship explodes, throwing them to the ground. The Family look up to see the Doctor standing over them. BAINES (voice-over): He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing. The fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why. Why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he'd run away from us and hidden, he was being kind. sh*t of Clarke screaming, bound in thick metal chains. The Doctor is standing behind him, unmoved. BAINES (voice-over): He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains, forged in the heart of a dwarf star. Jenny, the TARDIS doors open behind her, is being pulled backwards out of the ship. BAINES (voice-over): He tricked my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy to be imprisoned there... forever. The Doctor watches coldly, no emotion on his face. BAINES (voice-over): He still visits my little sister once a year every year. The Doctor looks into an ornate mirror where a door is cracked open and Lucy peers out. BAINES (voice-over) : I wonder if one day he might forgive her, but there she is... can you see? He trapped her inside a mirror, every mirror. If ever you look at your reflection and see something move behind you, just for a second, that's her. That's always her. Baines is dressed as a scarecrow out in a field. BAINES (voice-over): As for me, I was suspended in time. And the Doctor put me to work... The Doctor places the hood over his head. BAINES (voice-over): ... standing over the fields of England... as their protector. The Doctor walks away. BAINES (voice-over): We wanted to live forever, so the Doctor made sure that we did. The Doctor returns to the Cartwright's house in his regular gear. Joan is there, waiting. JOAN (looks out window): Is it done? THE DOCTOR: It's done. JOAN: Police and the arm are at the school. The parents have come to take the boys home. I should go. They'll have so many questions. I'm not sure what to say. (turns around). Oh, you look the same. Goodness, you must forgive my rudeness. I... find it difficult to look at you. Doctor, must call you Doctor. Where is he? John Smith? THE DOCTOR: He's in here somewhere. JOAN: Like a story. Could you change back? THE DOCTOR: Yes. JOAN: Will you? THE DOCTOR: No. JOAN: I see. Well then. He was braver that you, in the end. That ordinary man. You chose to change. He chose to die. THE DOCTOR: Come with me. JOAN: I'm sorry? THE DOCTOR: Travel with me. JOAN: As what? THE DOCTOR: My companion. JOAN: But that's not fair. What must I look like to you, Doctor? I must seem so very small. THE DOCTOR: No. We could start again. I'd like that, you and me. We could try, at least. Because everything that John Smith is and was, I'm capable of that, too. JOAN: I can't. THE DOCTOR: Please come with me. JOAN: I can't. THE DOCTOR: Why not? JOAN: John Smith is d*ad and you look like him. THE DOCTOR: But he's here. (Walks to Joan). Inside. If you look in my eyes. JOAN: Answer me this, just one question. That's all. If the Doctor had never visited us, if he'd never chosen this place on a whim... would anyone here have died? (The Doctor doesn't answer). You can go. The Doctor leaves and Joan slowly walks to the table, picks up the journal and holds it to her, crying. Martha is waiting by the TARDIS in a field and watches as the Doctor approaches. THE DOCTOR: All right. Molto bene! MARTHA: How was she? THE DOCTOR: Time we moved on. MARTHA: If you want, I could go and... THE DOCTOR: Time we moved on. MARTHA: I meant to say back there, last night... I would have said anything to get you to change. THE DOCTOR: Oh yeah, of course you would. Yeah. MARTHA: I mean, I wasn't really... THE DOCTOR: Oh, no, no. MARTHA: Good. THE DOCTOR: Fine. MARTHA: So here we are then. THE DOCTOR: There we are, yes. Martha nods. THE DOCTOR: And I never said thanks for lookin' after me. Wraps Martha in a big hug. LATIMER: Doctor, Martha. THE DOCTOR: Tim-Timothy-Timber. LATIMER: I just wanted to say good-bye. And thank you, because I've seen the future and I now know what must be done. It's coming, isn't it? The biggest w*r ever. MARTHA: You don't have to fight. LATIMER: I think we do. MARTHA: But you could get hurt. LATIMER: Well, so could you, travelling around with him, but it's not going to stop you. THE DOCTOR: Tim, I'd be honoured if you'd take this. Gives him the watch. LATIMER: I can't hear anything. THE DOCTOR: No, it's just a watch now. But keep it with you. For good luck. MARTHA (hugs Latimer): Look after yourself. Kisses him on the cheek before going into the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: You'll like this bit. Goes inside and the TARDIS dematerialises. Latimer smiles and walks away. World w*r I in the trenches and men are struggling through the mud. A b*mb whistles. MAN: Incoming! THE DOCTOR (voice-over): In June 1914, an archduke of Austria was sh*t by a Serbian and this then led, through nations having treaties with other nations, like a line of dominoes falling, to some boys from England walking together through France on a terrible day... LATIMER (opens the watch): One minute past the hour. It's now. Hutchinson, this is the time, it's now. Looks up. We hear the whistle of a b*mb. LATIMER: To the right! To the right! Latimer and Hutchinson jump into a muddy ditch as the b*mb falls where they once stood. LATIMER (smiles): We made it. (softer). Thank you, Doctor. Come along, chap. HUTCHINSON: Leave me. I'm not gonna make it. LATIMER: Oh yes you are. Didn't I promise you, all those years ago? Now, come on, and that's an order! Latimer and Hutchinson slog across the muddy b*ttlefield. Years later a Remembrance Sunday service is being held. An older man sits in a wheelchair, others standing behind him. A female vicar is reading "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon. VICAR: "... They mingle not with laughing comrades again, / They sit no more at familiar tables of home, / They have no lot in our labour of the day-time, / They sleep beyond England's foam. / They went with songs to the battle," (A close-up on the old man shows a number of medals. In his hands, he holds a watch. It's Latimer). VICAR: "... they were young, / Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. / They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted," Latimer's head turns and he sees Martha attaching a poppy to the Doctor's lapel. Latimer smiles. VICAR : "... They fell with their faces to the foe. / They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning. / We will remember them". sh*t of the watch in Latimer's gloved hand. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "03x09 - Family Blood"}
foreverdreaming
EXT. A PRIVATE PROPERTY At night, a woman jumps a fence leading onto a private property and looks around so as to see if she was caught. The camera pulls back to show a sign on the fence that reads "Danger keep out". INT. THE PRIVATE PROPERTY After kicking in some boards and getting into the house, the woman begins to look around the main floor with a torch, taking the occasional picture. She notices a place on the wall where the paper has g*n peeling and reaches up to tear it back, first finding the word "Beware". Pulling back more, "The Weeping angel" is revealed and, as she pulls back even more, "Oh, and duck! Really duck! ". She pulls back even more, starting at the sight of her name on the wall, "Sally Sparrow". Pulling back what seems to be the last strip, it says, "Duck, now". As she hears glass break, she ducks and a large stone hits the wall where her head was. She looks at the stone with disbelief and turns to the window, using her torch in an attempt to find the culprit, seeing only a Weeping Angel statue. She moves toward the window, but returns to the was and removes the last strip of paper. "Love from the Doctor (1969)". OPENING CREDITS INT. KATHY'S NIGHTINGALE FLAT Climbing a flight of stairs, Sally calls out. SALLY: Kathy? In a room visible down the corridor, the Doctor can be seen on a monitor. DOCTOR (on monitor): Your life could depend on this. Don't blink! Don't even blink. Blink and you're d*ad. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Good luck. Sally approaches the monitors as he speaks, the video stopping as she steps into the doorway. The looks around to see various screens with the Doctor and Martha on them. A mobile rings as a woman sleeps, waking her. She answers it. KATHY: Hello? SALLY: Bit freaked. Need to talk. Making you a coffee. KATHY: Sally Sparrow, it's one in the morning. You think I'm coming round at one in the morning? SALLY: No. I'm in the kitchen. What's that on all those screens in your front room? KATHY: Oh, God! Oh, God! Sally, you've met my brother Larry, haven't you? SALLY: No. KATHY: You're about to. LARRY: Okay. Not sure, but really, really hoping. (points down) Pants? SALLY: No. KATHY: Put them on! Put them on! I hate you! What're you thinking?! Sorry. My useless brother. Sally? What's wrong? What's happened? IN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY KATHY: Okay! Let's investigate! You and me, girl investigators. Love it! Hey! Sparrow and Nightingale! That so works! SALLY: Bit ITV. KATHY: I know! What did you come here for, anyway? SALLY: I love old things. They make me feel sad. KATHY: What's good about sad? SALLY: It's happy for deep people. Sally and Kathy stand outside, looking at the weeping Angel statue. SALLY: The Weeping Angel. KATHY: Not goin' in my garden. SALLY: It's moved. KATHY: It's what? SALLY: Since yesterday. I'm sure of it. It's closer. It's got closer to the house. Sally walks along the wall where she tore the paper off. SALLY: How can my name be written here? How is that possible? The doorbell rings. KATHY: Who'd come here? What are you doing?! It could be a burglar! SALLY: A burglar who rings the doorbell? KATHY: Okay. I'll stay here in case of... SALLY: In case of...? KATHY: ... incidents? Sally answers the door to find a man, Malcolm. MALCOLM: I'm looking for Sally Sparrow. SALLY: How did you know I'd be here? MALCOLM: I was told to bring this letter on this date at this exact time to Sally Sparrow. SALLY: Looks old. MALCOLM: It is old. I'm sorry, do you have anything with a photograph on it, like a driving licence? Kathy walks around to the quiet sound of Sally and Malcolm in the background. She looks at the Weeping Angel, eyes still covering its face, but when she turns away its hands have moved lower, over its mouth. SALLY: How did he know I was coming here? I didn't tell anyone. How could anyone have known? MALCOLM: It's all a bit complicated. I'm not sure I understand it myself. I'm sorry, I feel really stupid, but I was told to make absolutely sure. It's so hard to tell with these little photographs, isn't it? SALLY: Apparently. Kathy watches them through a mirror as the Weeping Angel moves more. MALCOLM: Well, here goes, I suppose. Funny feeling, after all these years. SALLY: Who's it from? MALCOLM: Well, that's a long story, actually. SALLY: Gimme a name. The Weeping Angel is just behind Kathy, reaching out a hand to Kathy. MALCOLM: Katherine Wainwright. But she specified I should tell you that prior to marriage she was called Kathy Nightingale. A loud noise sounds from where Kathy was. SALLY: Kathy? MALCOLM: Kathy, yes. Katherine Costello Nightingale. SALLY: Is this a joke? MALCOLM: A joke?! SALLY: Kathy, is this you? Sally starts walking around, looking for Kathy. SALLY: Very funny. Kathy? Kathy stands up in the middle of a field to the sound of mooing cattle and several of the animals in the background. SALLY: Kathy?! Kathy!? MALCOLM: Please, you need to take this. I promised. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE 1920 Kathy approaches a man. KATHY: Excuse me? Where am I? I was in London. I was in the middle of London. BEN: You're in Hull. KATHY: No, I'm not. BEN: This is Hull. KATHY: No, it isn't. BEN: You're in Hull. KATHY: I'm not in Hull. Stop saying Hull. INT. PRIVATE PROPERTY SALLY: Who are you? Why are you here? MALCOLM: I made a promise. SALLY: Who to? MALCOLM: My grandmother. Katherine Costello Nightingale. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE 1920 BEN: Don't have that in London. There's no call for it. It's all Hull. Ben passes Kathy his paper, clearly dated as 5th December, 1920. KATHY: 1920? INT. PRIVATE PROPERTY SALLY: Your grandmother? MALCOLM: Yes. She died twenty years ago. Sally takes the parcel he's offered her and opens it, looking through the pictures of Kathy. SALLY: So they're related? MALCOLM: I'm sorry? SALLY: My Kathy, your grandmother, they're practically identical. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE BEN: Where are you going? INT. PRIVATE PROPERTY KATHY (letter): "My dearest Sally Sparrow, if my grandson has done as he promises he will, then as you read these words it has been mere minutes since we last spoke. For you. For me, it has been over 60 years. The third of the photographs is of my children. The youngest is Sally. I named her after you, of course." SALLY: This is sick! This is totally sick! Kathy? Kathy! Kathy? Sally runs up the stairs as she yells, slowing at the top. Several Weeping Angel statues are arranged in the area. There's the sound of wings and she turns to see another statue. One of the Weeping Angels is holding a key on a thin rope of twine and as Sally crouches to look, the angel behind her moves it's hands. The door of the house closes. SALLY: No, wait! Hang on! Sally runs off, the Weeping angel that was holding the key now holding it's arm outstretched. Malcolm makes his way from the house hastily. Sally reaches the bottom of the stairs and picks up Kathy's letter. She runs out of the house, looking both ways for Malcolm before walking away, the camera lingering on the Weeping Angels that watch her from the windows. Later, Sally sits in a cafe, reading the letter. INT CAFE KATHY (letter): I suppose, unless I live to a really exceptional old age, I will be long gone as you read this. Don't feel sorry for me. I have led a good and full life. I've loved a good man and been well loved in return. You would have liked Ben. He was the very first person I met in 1920. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE KATHY: Are you following me? BEN: Yeah. KATHY: Are you gonna stop following me? BEN: No, I don't think so. EXT. CEMETERY Sally walks through a cemetery, crouching at Kathy's gravestone. KATHY (letter): To take one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920 is a strange way to start a new life, but a new life is exactly what I've always wanted. SALLY: 1902? You told him you were eighteen? You lying cow! A statue watches her leave the cemetery. KATHY (letter): My mum and dad are gone by your time, so really there's only Lawrence to tell. He works at the DVD store on Queen Street. I don't know what you're going to say to him, but I know you'll think of something. Just tell him I love him. DVD STORE SALLY: Excuse me, I'm looking for Lawrence Nightingale. BANTO: Through the back. SALLY: Hello? DOCTOR (on monitor): Martha! MARTHA (on monitor): Sorry. DOCTOR: Quite possibly. 'Fraid so. LARRY: Oh. Hello. Can I help you? SALLY: Hi. DOCTOR: 38. LARRY: Er, just a mo. (pauses the monitor) Hang on. We've met, haven't we? SALLY: It'll come to you. LARRY: Oh, my God! SALLY: There it is. LARRY: Sorry. Sorry again about the whole... SALLY: Message from your sister. LARRY: Oh! Okay! What? What is it? What's the message? SALLY: She's had to go away for a bit. LARRY: Where? SALLY: Just a work thing. Nothing to worry about. LARRY: Okay. SALLY: And... LARRY: And what? SALLY: She loves you. LARRY: She what?! SALLY: She said to say. She just sort of mentioned it. She loves you. There, that's nice, isn't it? LARRY: Is she ill? SALLY: No! No. LARRY: Am I ill? SALLY: No! LARRY: Is this a trick? SALLY: No. She loves you. DOCTOR: Yeh... yeah. People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is. SALLY: Who is this guy? LARRY: Sorry, the pause thing keeps slipping. Stupid thing. SALLY: Last night at Kathy's, you had him on those screens. That same guy. Talking about, I dunno, blinking or something. LARRY: Yeah, the bit about the blinking is great! I was checking to see if they were all the same. SALLY: What were the same? What is this? Who is he? LARRY: An Easter egg. SALLY: Excuse me? LARRY: Like a DVD extra, yeah? You know how on DVDs they put extras on, documentaries and stuff? Well, ometimes they put on hidden ones, and they call them Easter eggs. You have to look for them, follow a bunch of clues in the menu screen. DOCTOR: Complicated. LARRY: Sorry. It's interesting, actually. He is on seventeen different DVDs. There are seventeen totally unrelated DVDs, all with him on, always hidden away, always a secret. Not even the publishers know how he got there. I've talked to the manufacturers, right? They don't even know. He's like... he's a ghost DVD extra. Just shows up where he's not supposed to be. But only on those. Those seventeen. SALLY: Well, what does he do? LARRY: Just sits there making random remarks. It's like we're hearing half a conversation. Me and the guys are always trying to work out the other half. SALLY: When you say you and the guys, you mean the internet, don't you? LARRY: How d'you know? SALLY: Spooky, isn't it? DOCTOR: Very complicated. BANTO: Lawrence? Need you! LARRY: 'Scuse me a sec. DOCTOR: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. SALLY: Started well, that sentence. DOCTOR: It got away from me, yeah. SALLY: Okay, that was weird. Like you can hear me. DOCTOR: Well, I can hear you. SALLY: Okay, that's enough. I've had enough now. I've had a long day and I've had bloody enough! Sorry. Bad day. LARRY: Got you the list. SALLY: What? LARRY: The seventeen DVDs. I thought you might be interested. SALLY: Yeah, great, thanks! BANTO (looking TV): Go to the police, you stupid woman! Why does nobody ever just go to the police? SALLY: Look, I know how mad I'm sounding. INT. POLICE STATION DESK SARGEANT: Shall we try it from the beginning this time? SALLY: Okay. There's this house, a big old house, been empty for years, falling apart. Wester Drumlins, out by the estate. You've probably seen it. DESK SARGEANT: Wester Drumlin? SALLY: Yes. DESK SARGEANT: Could you just wait here for a minute? Sally looks out the window to see two Weeping Angels. She blinks and they are gone. SALLY: Okay, cracking up now. BILLY SHIPTON: Hi. DI Billy Shipton. Wester Drumlins, that's mine. Can't talk to you now, got a thing I can't be late for, so if you could just... Hello! SALLY: Hello. BILLY: Eh, Marcie, can you tell them I'm gonna be late for that thing? SALLY: All of them? BILLY: Over the last two years, yeah. They all still have personal items in them and a couple still had the motor running. SALLY: So over the last two years the owners of all of these vehicles have driven up to Wester Drumlins House, parked outside and just disappeared. Sally sees the TARDIS. SALLY: What's that? BILLY: Ah! The pride of the Wester Drumlins collection. We found that there, too. Somebody's idea of a joke, I suppose. SALLY: But what is it? What's a police box? BILLY: Well, it's a special kind of phone box for policemen. They used to have them all over. But this isn't a real one. The phone's just a dummy, and the windows are the wrong size. We can't even get in it. Ordinary Yale lock, but nothing fits. But that's not the big question. See, you're missing the big question. SALLY: Okay, what's the big question? BILLY: Will you have a drink with me? SALLY: I'm sorry? BILLY: Drink, you, me, now? SALLY: Aren't you on duty, Detective Inspector Shipton? BILLY: Nope. Knocked off before I left. Told 'em I had a family crisis. SALLY: Why? BILLY: Because life is short and you are hot. Drink? SALLY: No. BILLY: Ever? SALLY: Maybe. BILLY: Phone number? SALLY: Moving kind of fast, DI Shipton. BILLY: Billy. I'm off duty. SALLY: Aren't you just! BILLY: Is that your phone number? SALLY: Just my phone number. Not a promise. Not a guarantee. Not an IOU. Just a phone number. BILLY: And that's Sally...? SALLY: Sally Shipton. Sparrow! Sally Sparrow. I'm going now. Don't look at me. BILLY: I'll phone you! SALLY: Don't look at me. BILLY: Phone you tomorrow. SALLY: Don't look at me. BILLY: Might even phone you tonight. SALLY: Don't look at me! BILLY: Definitely gonna phone you, gorgeous girl! SALLY: You definitely better! Billy looks over to see the Weeping Angels around the TARDIS. He walks around to investigate it and blinks. Sally leaves the building, looking around. She hurries across the street and pulls the key that she took from the Weeping Angel out of her pocket. BILLY: Ordinary Yale lock, but nothing fits. Sally hurries back in to find Billy and the TARDIS gone. Billy hits back against a wall, falling to the ground. EXT. PAST 1969 DOCTOR: Welcome. BILLY: Where am I? The Doctor and Martha approach, the Doctor holding a device that clicks and beeps. DOCTOR: 1969. Not bad,as it goes. You've got the moon landing to look forward to. MARTHA: Oh, the moon landing's brilliant. We went four times. Back when we had transport... DOCTOR: Working on it! BILLY: How did I get here? DOCTOR: The same way we did. The touch of an angel. Same one, probably, since you ended up in the same year. No no no no no, don't get up. Time travel without a capsule, nasty. Catch your breath, don't go swimming for half an hour. BILLY: I don't. I can't. DOCTOR: Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to k*ll you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments. They're creatures of the abstract. They live off potential energy. BILLY: What in God's name are you talking about? MARTHA: Trust me. Just nod when he stops for breath. DOCTOR: Tracked you down with this. This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow. BILLY: I don't understand. Where am I? MARTHA: 1969, like he says. DOCTOR: Normally, I'd offer you a lift home, but somebody nicked my motor. So I need you to take a message to Sally Sparrow. And I'm sorry, Billy, I am very, very sorry. It's gonna take you a while. PRESENT Sally's mobile rings. SALLY: Hello? Billy, where are you? Where? Sally walks in hospital. INT. HOSPITAL, BILLY'S ROOM SALLY: Billy? Sally turns away. Billy wakes up. He is a old man. BILLY: It was raining when we met. SALLY: It's the same rain. A bit later, Sally is looking a picture of Billy and a woman on their wedding day. SALLY: She looks nice. BILLY: Her name was Sally, too. SALLY: Sally Shipton. BILLY: Sally Shipton! I often thought about looking for you before tonight, but apparently it would've torn a hole in the fabric of space and time and destroyed two thirds of the universe. Also I'd lost my hair. SALLY: Two thirds of the universe. Where'd you get that? BILLY: There's a man in 1969. He sent me with a message for you. SALLY: What man? BILLY: The Doctor. SALLY: And what was the message? BILLY: Just this: Look at the list. SALLY: What does that mean? Is that it, look at the list? BILLY: He said you'd have it by now. A list of seventeen DVDs. I didn't stay a policeman back then. Got into publishing. Then video publishing. Then DVDs, of course. SALLY: You put the Easter Egg on? BILLY: Have you noticed what all seventeen DVDs have in common yet? I suppose it's hard for you, in a way. SALLY: How could the Doctor have even known I had a list? I only just got this. BILLY: I asked him how, but he said he couldn't tell me. He said you'd understand it one day, but that I never would. SALLY: Soon as I understand it, I'll come and tell you. BILLY: No, gorgeous girl, you can't. There's only tonight. He told me all those years ago that we'd only meet again this one time. On the night I die. SALLY: Oh, Billy. BILLY: It's kept me going. I'm an old, sick man. But I've had something to look forward to. Ah, life is long. And you are hot. Oh, look at my hands. They're old man's hands. How did that happen? SALLY: I'll stay. I'm going to stay with you. Okay? BILLY: Thank you, Sally Sparrow. I have 'til the rain stops. DVDs STORE Phone rings. LARRY: Banto's. SALLY: They're mine. LARRY: What? SALLY: The DVDs on the list. The seventeen DVDs. What they've got in common is me. They're all the DVDs I own. The Easter Egg was intended for me! LARRY: You've only got seventeen DVDs? SALLY: Do you have a portable DVD player? LARRY: Course, why? SALLY: I want you to meet me. LARRY: Where? SALLY: Wester Drumlins. LARRY: You live in Scooby Doo's house. SALLY: For God's sake, I don't live here. LARRY: Okay, this is the one with the clearest sound. Slightly better picture quality on this one, but I don't... SALLY: Doesn't matter. INT. PRIVATE PROPERTY LARRY: Okay. There he is. SALLY: The Doctor. LARRY: Who's the Doctor? SALLY: He's the Doctor. DOCTOR (on monitor): Yep. That's me. SALLY: Okay, that was scary. LARRY: No, it sounds like he's replying, but he always says that. DOCTOR: Yes, I do. LARRY: And that. DOCTOR: Yep, and this. SALLY: He can hear us. Oh, my God, you can really hear us! LARRY: Of course he can't hear us. Look! I've got a transcript, see, everything he says. "Yep, that's me". "Yes, I do". "Yep, and this". Next it's... DOCTOR AND LARRY: Are you going to read out the whole thing? LARRY: Sorry. SALLY: Who are you? DOCTOR: I'm a time traveller. Or I was. I'm stuck in 1969. MARTHA (on monitor, moving into frame): We're stuck. All of space and time, he promised me. Now I've got a job in a shop, I've got to support him! DOCTOR: Martha! MARTHA (moving out of frame): Sorry. SALLY: I've seen this bit before. DOCTOR: Quite possibly. SALLY: 1969, that's where you're talking from? DOCTOR: 'Fraid so. SALLY: But you're replying to me. You can't know exactly what I'm gonna say, 40 years before I say it! DOCTOR: 38. LARRY: I'm getting this down! I'm writing in your bits. SALLY: How? How is this possible? Tell me! LARRY: Not so fast. DOCTOR: People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is. SALLY: Then what is it? DOCTOR: Complicated. SALLY: Tell me. DOCTOR: Very complicated. SALLY: I'm clever and I'm listening. And don't patronise me because people have died, and I'm not happy. Tell me. DOCTOR: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. SALLY: Yeah, I've seen this bit before. You said that sentence got away from you. DOCTOR: It got away from me, yeah. SALLY: Next thing you're going to say is, "Well, I can hear you". DOCTOR: Well, I can hear you. SALLY: This isn't possible. LARRY: No. It's brilliant! DOCTOR: Not hear you exactly, but I know everything you're going to say. LARRY: Always gives me the shivers, that bit. SALLY: How can you know what I'm going to say? DOCTOR: Look to your left. LARRY: What does he mean by, "Look to your left"? I've written tons about that on the forums. I think it's a political statement. SALLY: He means you. What are you doing? LARRY: I'm writing in your bits. So I've got a complete transcript of the whole conversation. Wait until this hits the net. This will explode the egg forums. DOCTOR: I've got a copy of the finished transcript. It's on my Autocue. SALLY: How can you have a copy of the finished transcript? It is still being written. DOCTOR: I told you. I'm a time traveller. I got it in the future. SALLY: Okay, let me get my head 'round this. You're reading from a transcript of a conversation you're still having? Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. Actually, never mind that. (To Larry): You can do shorthand? LARRY: So? DOCTOR: What matters is we can communicate. We have got big problems now. They've taken the blue box, haven't they? The angels have the phone box. LARRY: The angels have the phone box! That's my favourite, I've got it on a tee-shirt! SALLY: What do you mean, angels? You mean those statue things? DOCTOR: Creatures from another world. SALLY: But they're just statues. DOCTOR: Only when you see them. SALLY: What does that mean? DOCTOR: Lonely assassins, they were called. No-one knows where they came from. They're as old as the universe, or very nearly. They've survived this long as they have the most perfect defence system ever evolved. They are quantum-locked. They don't exist when being observed. The moment they're seen by any other living creature they freeze into rock. No choice. It's a fact of their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn to stone. And you can't k*ll a stone. Course, a stone can't k*ll you either. But then you turn your head away, then you blink, and oh, yes it can! SALLY: Don't take your eyes off that. DOCTOR: That's why they cover their eyes. They're not weeping, they can't risk looking at each other. Their greatest asset is their greatest curse. They can never be seen. The loneliest creatures in the universe. And I'm sorry, I am very, very sorry, it's up to you now. SALLY: What am I supposed to do? DOCTOR: The blue box, it's my time machine. There is a world of time energy in there they could feast on forever. The damage they can do can switch off the sun. You have got to send it back to me! SALLY: How? How? DOCTOR: And that's it, I'm afraid. There's no more from you on the transcript, that's all I've got. I dunno what stopped you talking, but I can guess. They're coming. The angels are coming for you. But listen, your life could depend on this. Don't blink! Don't even blink. Blink and you're d*ad. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink! Good luck! SALLY: No, don't, you can't! LARRY: I'll rewind him! SALLY: What good would that do?! You're not looking at the statue? LARRY: Neither are you. They look to see the statue is far closer, it's face distorted. SALLY: Keep looking at it. Keep looking at it! LARRY: There's just one, right, there's just this one. We're okay if we keep staring at this one statue, everything's gonna be fine. SALLY: There's three more. LARRY: Three?! SALLY: They were upstairs, I think I heard them moving. LARRY: Where? Three, moving where? SALLY: I'll look around, I'm going to check. Keep looking at this one, don't blink. Remember what he said, don't even blink! LARRY: Who blinks? I'm too scared to blink. SALLY: Okay. We're going to the door. Front door. Okay. We can't both get to the front door without taking our eyes off that thing. You stay here. LARRY: What?! SALLY: I'll be just round the corner, stay here! They've locked it. They've locked us in! LARRY: Why? SALLY: I've got something they want. LARRY: What? SALLY: The key, I took it last time I was here. They followed me to get it back. I led them to the blue box. Now they've got that! LARRY: Give them the key! SALLY: I'm gonna check the back door, you wait here. LARRY: Give them the key, give them what they want! Sally, no, what if they come behind me?! SALLY: Hang on! LARRY: Oh, God! Oh, God! SALLY: It's locked! Larry looks away from the Weeping Angel briefly and it advances on him. He looks back barely in time. LARRY: Sally! Sally! SALLY: It won't open! LARRY: Sally, please, I can't do this! Sally, hurry up! Where are you?! SALLY: Larry! They've blocked off the back door, but there's a cellar. There might be a way out, delivery hatch or something. LARRY: I'm coming! I can't stay here. SALLY: Okay, boys, I know how this works. You can't move so long as I can see you. Whole world in the box, the Doctor says. Hope he's not lying, 'cause I don't see how else we're getting out. Oh, and there's your one. LARRY: Why's it pointing at the... light? The light flickers. SALLY: Oh, my God! It's turning out the lights! LARRY: Quickly! SALLY: I can't find the lock! LARRY: Sally, hurry up! Get it open! They're getting faster, Sally, come on! SALLY: It won't turn! LARRY: Sally! They get into the TARDIS, the Weeping Angels surrounding the ship as they close the doors. A blue, holographic Doctor appears on the high deck. DOCTOR: This is security protocol 712. This time capsule has detected the presence of an authorised control disc, valid one journey. Larry opens a DVD case and the disc glows. DOCTOR: Please insert the disc and prepare for departure. SALLY: Looks like a DVD player. There's a slot. The Angels rock the TARDIS. LARRY: They're trying to get in! SALLY: Well, hurry up then! The TARDIS begins to dematerialise around them. LARRY: What's happening? SALLY: Oh, my God! It's leaving us behind! Doctor, no, you can't! Doctor! Larry and Sally huddle on the floor where the TARDIS was. SALLY: Look at them! Quick, look at them! LARRY: I don't think we need to. He tricked them, The Doctor tricked them. They're looking at each other. They're never gonna move again. ONE YEAR LATER LARRY: Can you mind the shop? I'm just nipping next door for some milk. SALLY: Yeah, no worries. LARRY: What's this? SALLY: Nothing. LARRY: Sally! Can't you let it go? SALLY: Of course I can't let it go! LARRY: This is over. SALLY: How did the Doctor know where to write the words on the wall? How could he get the transcript? Where did he get all that information from? LARRY: Look, some things you never find out. And that's okay. SALLY: No, it isn't. LARRY: Ever think this might be getting in the way of... other things? SALLY: We just run a shop together. That's all it is, just a shop. LARRY: Anyway... milk. Back in a mo. Larry heads out. Sally looks out the window to see the Doctor and Martha climb out of a taxicab and runs out. SALLY: Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! DOCTOR: Hello! Sorry, bit of a rush, there's a sort of thing happening, fairly important we stop it. SALLY: My God, it's you, it really is you. Oh, you don't remember me, do you? MARTHA: We don't have time for this. Migration's started. DOCTOR: Look, sorry, I've got a bit of a complex life. Things don't always happen to me in order. Gets confusing, especially at weddings, I'm rubbish at weddings, especially my own. SALLY: Oh, my God! Of course, you're a time traveller. It hasn't happened yet! None of it, it's still in your future! DOCTOR: What hasn't happened? MARTHA: Doctor! Twenty minutes to red hatching! SALLY: It was me. Oh, for God's sake, it was me all along. You got it all from me! DOCTOR: Got what? SALLY: Okay. Listen. One day you're going to get stuck in 1969. Make sure you've got this with you. You're going to need it. MARTHA: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yeah, listen, listen, got to dash... things happening. Well, four things. Well, four things and a lizard. SALLY: Okay. No worries, on you go. See you around, some day. DOCTOR: What was your name? SALLY: Sally Sparrow. DOCTOR: Good to meet you, Sally Sparrow. Larry walks up and looks at the Doctor, obviously dumbstruck. Sally takes his hand. SALLY: Goodbye, Doctor. Sally turns and leads Larry into the shop, arms around one another. The Doctor turns and hurries off with a final, fond look at Sally. DOCTOR: Don't blink! Blink and you're d*ad! Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink! Good luck! END
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The TARDIS materialises in Cardiff in front of the water tower in Roald Dahl Plass. The Doctor is at the console, Martha watching. DOCTOR: Cardiff. MARTHA: Cardiff? DOCTOR: Ah, but the thing about Cardiff is that it's built on a rift in time and space-just like California and the San Andreas Fault. The rift bleeds energy. Every now and then I need to open up the engines, soak up the energy and use it as fuel. MARTHA: So it's a pit stop. DOCTOR: Exactly. We see someone running through the Plass. MARTHA: Wait a minute. They had an earthquake in Cardiff a couple years ago. Was that you? DOCTOR: Bit of trouble with the Slitheen. The runner is revealed to be Captain Jack Harkness. [Spin-off Torchwood]. DOCTOR: Long time ago. Lifetimes. I was a different man back then. JACK (drawn out): Doctor! Nears the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Finito. All powered up. Jack appears on the TARDIS monitor. The Doctor sees him and a look of panic appears on his face. He starts the TARDIS. Jack leaps. Inside the TARDIS the console sparks and the Doctor and Martha are thrown to the floor. MARTHA (clings to console): What's that? DOCTOR: We're accelerating into the future. The year one billion. Five billion. Five trillion. 50 trillion. What? The year 100 trillion. That's impossible! MARTHA: Why? What happens then? DOCTOR: We're going to the end of the universe. Jack is clinging to the TARDIS as it travels through the vortex. JACK (drawn-out yelling): Doctor! A man with facial tattoos, piercings, ritual scarring and pointed teeth raises his head. Fires are burning behind him. He is the Chieftan of the Futurekind. CHIEFTAN: Hu-mans. Others with wild hair, pointed teeth and some tattooing look at him. CHIEFTAN: Humans are coming. They all sniff the air and snarl. OPENING CREDITS A lone man, Padra is out in a dark, barren wasteland. He stumbles and woman of the Futurekind jumps out at him, snarling. PADRA: I just... I just wanna go. Please, let me go. WOMAN: Human! SENTRY: Human! Padra runs. WOMAN: Human! SENTRY: Human! Back at the camp, the Chieftan is driving the others into a hunting frenzy. CHIEFTAN: Hunt! Hunt! Hunt! What looks to be a sonar machine has picked up the hunt. An older man, Professor Yana, turns to look at it. YANA: There's movement on the surface. Another human hunt. God help him. His assistant, a blue insectoid woman named Chantho turns to him. CHANTHO: Chan... should I alert the guards... tho? YANA: No, no, we can't spare them. Poor beggar's on his own. (Crosses the lab heading for a small sitting area and we see it is filled with machines of mixed technology). One more lost soul dreaming of Utopia. CHANTHO: Chan, you mustn't talk as if you've given up, tho. YANA: No, no, indeed. Here's to it. Utopia. (Drinks from a mug). Where it is hope the coffee is a little less sour. Will you join me? CHANTHO: Chan, I am happy drinking my own internal milk, tho. YANA: Yes, well, that's quite enough information, thank you. The voice of LT Atillo comes over the tannoy ATILLO: Professor, I don't mean to rush you, but how are we doing? YANA: Uh, yes... uh... uh, yes. Working. Yes. Almost there. ATILLO: How's it looking on the footprint? YANA: It's good. Yes. Fine. Excellent. Looks to Chantho and motions for her to continue. CHANTHO: Chan, there's no problem as such. We've accelerated the calculation matrix but it's going to take time to harmonize, tho. Chan, we're trying a new reversal process. We'll have a definite result in approximately two hours, tho. Yana walks off and put his had to his head as if suffering a headache. In a close-up, we hear drums. Faintly in the background, Chantho is calling but the sound of the drums drowns her out. CHANTHO: Chan, Professor, tho! YANA: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Working. CHANTHO: Chan, It's the surface scanner, Professor. It seems to be picking up a different signal, tho. YANA: Well, that's not a standard reading. The scanner is showing a green square. YANA: It would seem something new has arrived. The TARDIS arrives with a thud and the Doctor looks at Martha questioningly. THE DOCTOR: Well, we've landed. MARTHA: So what's out there? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. MARTHA: Say that again. That's rare. THE DOCTOR: Not even the Time Lords came this far. We should leave. We should go. We should really, really... go. (Looks at Martha and grins widely before heading for the door). Outside is a bleak landscape. As they step out, Martha sees Jack on the ground. MARTHA: Oh my God! (Taps the Doctor's arm before rushing over). Can't get a pulse. Hold on, you've got that medical kit thing. Runs into the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR (saunters over): Hello again. Oh, I'm sorry. MARTHA (rushes back): Here we go. Out of the way. (Shoves the Doctor). It's a bit odd, though. Not very 100 trillion, that coat's more like World w*r II. THE DOCTOR: I think he came with us. MARTHA: How d'you mean? From Earth? THE DOCTOR: Must've been clinging to the outside of the TARDIS all the way through the vortex. Well, that very him. MARTHA: What? Do you know him? THE DOCTOR: Friend of mine. Used to travel with me. Back in the old days. MARTHA: But he's, I'm sorry, there's no heartbeat. There's nothing. He's d*ad. Jack gasps as he comes back to life, grabbing Martha who screams. MARTHA: Oh well, so much for me. It's all right. Just breathe deep. I've got you now. JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. And who are you? MARTHA: Martha Jones. JACK: Nice to meet you, Martha Jones. THE DOCTOR: Oh, don't start! JACK: I was just saying hello. MARTHA: I don't mind. Martha helps Jack stand. Jack and the Doctor stare at each other coldly. JACK: Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Captain. JACK: Good to see you. THE DOCTOR: And you. Same as ever... although... have you had work done? JACK: You can talk! THE DOCTOR: Oh yes, the face. Regeneration. How did you know this was me? JACK: The police box kinda gives it away. I've been following you for a long time. You abandoned me. THE DOCTOR: Did I? Busy life. Move on. JACK: Just gotta ask. The Battle of Canary Wharf. I saw the list of the d*ad. It said Rose Tyler. THE DOCTOR: Oh no! Sorry! She's alive! JACK: You're kidding?! THE DOCTOR: Parallel world safe and sound. And Mickey! And her mother! JACK: Oh yes! Jackhugs the Doctor and they laugh. Martha is none too happy to hear Rose's name again and see what she meant to both men. MARTHA (softly): Good old Rose. Padra is still running from the Futurekind. Jack is walking alongside Martha, the Doctor in front of them. JACK: So there I was, stranded in the year 200,100, ankle-deep in Dalek dust, and he goes off without me. But I had this. (Taps the machine on his wrist). I used to be a Time Agent. It's called a vortex manipulator. He's not the only one who can time travel. THE DOCTOR: Oh, excuse me. That is not time travel. It's like I've got a sports car and you've got a space hopper. MARTHA (laughs): Boys and their toys. JACK: All right, so I bounced. I thought: 21st century, best place to find the Doctor, except that I got it a little wrong. I arrived in 1869 and this thing burnt out so it was useless. THE DOCTOR: Told you. JACK: I had to live through the entire 20th century waiting for a version of you that would coincide with me. MARTHA: That makes you more that 100 years old. JACK: And looking good, doncha think? So I went to the time rift, based myself thing 'cause I knew you'd come back to refuel. Until finally I get a signal on this detecting you and here we are. MARTHA: But the thing is, how come you left him behind, Doctor? THE DOCTOR: I was busy. MARTHA: Is that what happens, though? Seriously? Do you just get bored with us one day and disappear? JACK: Not if you're blonde. MARTHA (sarcastic): Oh, she was blonde? Oh, what a surprise? THE DOCTOR: You two! We're at the end of the universe. All right? We're at the edge of knowledge itself and you're busy... blogging! Come on. The Doctor walks to the edge of a canyon that looks like it once held a city of some sort. MARTHA: Is that a city? THE DOCTOR: A city or a hive. Or a nest. Or a conglomeration. Looks like it was grown. But look there. That's like pathways, roads... Must have been some sort of life. Long ago. MARTHA: What k*lled it? THE DOCTOR: Time. Just time. Everything's dying now. All the great civilizations have gone. This isn't just night. All the stars have b*rned up and faded away into nothing. JACK: It must have an atmospheric shell. We should be frozen to death. THE DOCTOR: Well, Martha and I, maybe. Not so sure about you, Jack. Looks knowingly at Jack. MARTHA: What about the people? Does no one survive? THE DOCTOR: I suppose we have to hope. Life will find a way. JACK: Well, he's not doin' too bad. Jack points to Padra who is running along one of the pathways barely ahead of the Futurekind. THE DOCTOR: Is it me, or does that look like a hunt? Come on! Padra runs as the Futurekind chase him. The Doctor, Martha and Jack run along a roadway. JACK (laughs): Oh, I've missed this! They reach Padra and Jack gets a hold of him. JACK: I've got you. PADRA: We've gotta run! They're coming! They're coming! Jack passes Padra to the Doctor then pulls out his revolver and aims it at the Futurekind. THE DOCTOR: Jack, don't you dare! Jack fires into the air and the Futurekind stop. MARTHA: What the hell are they? PADRA: There's more of them. We've got to keep going. THE DOCTOR: I've got a ship nearby. It's safe. It's not far, it's just over there. (Looks back the way they came to see more of the Futurekind). Or maybe not. PADRA: We're close to the silo. If we get to the silo, then we're safe. THE DOCTOR (to Jack and Martha): Silo? JACK: Silo. MARTHA: Silo for me. The four run to the silo followed by the Futurekind. They arrive at a gated area with watchtowers and guards. PADRA: It's the Futurekind! Open the gate! GUARD: Show me your teeth! Show me your teeth! Show me your teeth! PADRA: Show them your teeth. The Doctor, Martha, Jack and Padra grit their teeth in wide smiles. GUARD: Human! Let 'em in! Let 'em in! They open the gate and the four run inside. GUARD: Close! Close! Close! The guard fires his g*n at the ground in front of the Futurekind. CHIEFTAN: Humans. Humani. Make feast. GUARD: Go back to where you came from. I said go back! Go back! Aims g*n. JACK: Oh, don't tell him to put down his g*n. THE DOCTOR: He's not my responsibility. JACK: And I am? (scoffs). That makes a change. CHIEFTAN: Kind watch you. Kind hungry. The chieftan signals the others and they back away. THE DOCTOR (to guard): Thanks for that. GUARD: Right. Let's get you inside. PADRA: My name is Padrafet Shafekane. Please tell me, can you take me to Utopia? GUARD: Oh yes, sir. Yes, I can. The guard leads them into a large tunnel carved into a mountain, the silo. Yana and Chantho are working in his lab when Atillo's voice comes over the tannoy. ATILLO: Professor! We've got four new humans inside. One of them is calling himself a doctor. YANA: Of medicine? ATILLO: He says of everything. YANA: A scientist! Oh my word! Just... just, Chantho... oh, I don't know! I'm coming! Leaves. The Doctor, Martha, Jack and Padra are standing with LT Atillo. THE DOCTOR: It's a box, a big blue box. I'm sorry, but I really need it back. It's stuck out there. PADRA: I'm sorry, but my family were heading for the silo. Did they get here? My mother is Kistane Shafekane. My brother is Beltone. ATILLO: The computers are down but you can check the paperwork. Creet! (A young boy of about 10 sticks his head around a corner). Passenger needs help. CREET: Right. What d'you need? Padra walks over to Creet and looks at his clipboard. ATILLO: A blue box, you said. THE DOCTOR: Big, tall, wooden. Says "Police". ATILLO: We're driving out for a last water collection. I'll see what I can do. THE DOCTOR: Thank you. CREET (to Padra): Come on. MARTHA: Sorry, but how old are you? CREET: Old enough to work. This way. They follow Creet through corridors lined with people camping. CREET (calling): Kistane Shafekane. Kistane Shafekane. Kistane and Beltone Shafekane? Looking for a Kistane and Beltone Shafekane. PADRA: The Shafekanes anyone? CREET: Anyone? Kistane and Beltone Shefkane? Anyone know the Shefkane family? Anyone called Shafekane? MARTHA: It's like a refugee camp. JACK: Stinking. (Passes a rather large man who stares). Ooh, sorry. No offence. THE DOCTOR: Don't you see that? The ripe old smell of humans. You survived. Oh, much better than a million years evolving into clouds of gas. And then another million as downloads, but you always revert tp the same basic shape. The fundamental humans. CREET: Kistane Shafekane. THE DOCTOR: End of the universe and here you are. Indomitable! That's the word! Indomitable! Ha! CREET: Is there a Kistane Shafekane? KISTANE (stands): That's me. Gasps when she sees Padra. PADRA: Mother? KISTANE: Oh my God. PADRA: Beltone? Runs to embrace his family. MARTHA: It's not all bad news. As Jack walks down the corridor, a good-looking man passes by. JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. (Shakes the man's hand). And who are you? The Doctor is examining a door, using his sonic screwdriver to try and open it. THE DOCTOR: Stop it. Give us a hand with this. (Jack reluctantly lets go of the man's hand before he and Martha join the Doctor). It's half deadlocked. See if you can overwrite the code. (Jack sets to work on the keypad while the Doctor continues to use his sonic screwdriver). Let's find out where we are. The door slides open and the THE DOCTOR almost falls into the silo. JACK (grabs the Doctor): Gotcha. THE DOCTOR: Thanks. JACK: How did you cope without me? MARTHA: Now that is what I call a rocket. THE DOCTOR: They're not refugees, they're passengers. MARTHA: He said they were going to Utopia. THE DOCTOR: The perfect place. 100 trillion years, it's still the same old dream. Do you recognize those engines? JACK: Nope. Whatever it is, it's not rocket science. But it's hot, though. THE DOCTOR: Boiling. (They step back and Jack closes the door). But if the universe is falling apart, what does Utopia mean? Yana runs up to them and looks between the Doctor and Jack. YANA (to Jack): The Doctor? THE DOCTOR: That's me. YANA (takes the Doctor's hand and leads him away): Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. THE DOCTOR (looks back to the others): It's good apparently. As the Doctor, Jack and Martha follow Yana, there is a close-up on a woman sitting along the wall revealing her to be one of the Futurekind. CHANTHO: Chan, welcome, tho. YANA (showing the Doctor): This is the gravitissimal accelerator. It's part of the... Fades. CHANTHO: Chan, welcome, tho. YANA: And over here is the footprint impellor system. If you know anything about endtime gravity... Fades. MARTHA: Hello. Who are you? CHANTHO: Chan, Chantho, tho. YANA: But we can't get it to harmonize! JACK: Captain Jack Harkness. THE DOCTOR: Stop it. JACK: Can't I say hello to anyone? CHANTHO: Chan, I do not protest, tho. JACK: Maybe later, Blue. (winks) So, what have we got here? Martha follows Jack, curious about a sound coming from his pack. THE DOCTOR: And all this feeds into the rocket? YANA: Yeah, except without a s*ab footprint we'll never achieve escape velocity. If only we could harmonize the five impact patterns and unify them, well, we might yet make it. What do you think, Doctor? Any ideas? THE DOCTOR: Well, um, basically... sort of... not a clue. YANA: Nothing? THE DOCTOR: I'm not from around these parts. I've never seen a system like it. Sorry. YANA (dejected): No, no. I'm sorry. It's my fault. There's been so little help. In the sitting area, Martha is examining Jack's bag and pulls out a bubbling container with a hand in it. MARTHA: Oh my God. (Sets the hand on a table and the others come over). You've got a hand. A hand in a jar. A hand in a jar in your bag. THE DOCTOR: That's, that's my hand! JACK: I said I had a Doctor detector. CHANTHO: Chan, is this a tradition amongst your people, tho? MARTHA: Not on my street. What d'you mean that's your hand? You've got both your hands, I can see them. THE DOCTOR: Long story. I lost my hand Christmas Day. In a swordfight. Clip of the swordfight against the Sycorax Leader from "The Christmas Invasion". MARTHA: What? And you grew another hand? THE DOCTOR: Um yeah. Yeah I did. Yeah. Hello. Waves fingers. YANA: Might I ask what species are you? THE DOCTOR: Time Lord. Last of. Heard of them? Legend or anything? Not even a myth? Blimey, end of the universe is a bit humbling. CHANTHO: Chan, It is said that I am the last of my species too, tho. THE DOCTOR: Sorry, what was your name? YANA: My assistant and good friend, Chantho. A survivor of the Malmooth. This was their planet, Malcassairo, before we took refuge. THE DOCTOR: The city outside, that was yours? CHANTHO: Chan, the conglomeration died, tho. THE DOCTOR: Conglomeration! That's what I said! JACK: You're supposed to say sorry. THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. Sorry. CHANTHO: Chan, most grateful, tho. MARTHA: You grew another hand? THE DOCTOR (waves fingers): Hello again. It's fine. Look. Really, it's me. Holds out his hand and wiggles his fingers before shaking Martha's hand. MARTHA (laughs nervously): All this time and you're still full of surprises. The Doctor clicks his tongue and winks. CHANTHO: Chan, you are most unusual, tho. THE DOCTOR: Well... JACK: So what about those things outside? The Beastie Boys. What are they? YANA: We call them the Futurekind. Which is a myth in itself, but, uh, it is feared they are what we will become. Unless we reach Utopia. THE DOCTOR: And Utopia is... YANA: Oh, every human knows of Utopia. Where have you been? THE DOCTOR: Bit of a hermit. YANA: A hermit with friends? THE DOCTOR: Hermits United. We meet up every ten years. Swap stories about caves. It's good fun... for a hermit. So, um, Utopia? Yana crooks his finger and leads them to a computer that shows a navigational chart with a blinking red dot. YANA: The call came from across the stars over and over again. Come to Utopia. Originated from that point. THE DOCTOR: Where is that? YANA: Oh, it's far beyond the Condensate Wilderness. Out towards the wildlands and the dark matter reefs. Calling us in. The last of the humans. Scattered across the night. THE DOCTOR: What do you think's out there? YANA: I don't know. A colony, a city, some sort of haven? The Science Foundation created the Utopia Project thousands of years ago to preserve mankind, to find a way of surviving beyond the collapse of reality itself. Now perhaps they found it. Perhaps not. But it's worth a look, don't you think? THE DOCTOR: Oh yes. (The Doctor's voice fades as the drums in Yana's head become louder). And the signal keeps modulating, so it's not a*t*matic. There's a good sign. Someone's out there. And that's... ooh, that's a navigation matrix, isn't it? So you can fly without stars to guide you. (The Doctor notices something is wrong with Yana). Professor? Professor? YANA: I... Right, that's enough talk. There's work to do. Now if you could leave. Thank you. Walks away. THE DOCTOR: You all right? YANA: Yes. I'm fine! And busy! THE DOCTOR: Except that rocket's not going to fly, is it? This footprint mechanism thing, it's not working. YANA: We'll find a way! THE DOCTOR: You're stuck on this planet. And you haven't told them, have you? That lot out there, hey still think they're gonna fly. YANA: Well, it's better to let them live in hope. THE DOCTOR: Quite right, too. And I must say, Professor... (Removes his coat and Jack takes it as he passes). Um, what was it? YANA: Yana. THE DOCTOR: Professor Yana. This new science is well beyond me, but all the same, a boost reversal circuit, in any time frame, must be a circuit which reverses the boost. So, I wonder, what would happen if I did this? Picks up the circuit and uses the sonic screwdriver on it before switching it on giving them power. CHANTHO: Chan, it's working, tho! YANA: But how did you do that? THE DOCTOR: Oh, we've been chatting away. I forgot to tell you, I'm brilliant. sh*t of the rocket in the silo. ATILLO (voice over): All passengers prepare for immediate boarding. Families are getting their items together. ATILLO (voice over): I repeat, all passengers prepare for immediate boarding. In the lab, everyone is working away at different controls. ATILLO (voice over): Destination: Utopia. In the engine control room, Atillo hits some switches on the banks of machinery. Above, the gates open to allow the water t*nk in. ATILLO (voice over): All troops fall back to the silo. I repeat, all troops fall back to the silo. Outside the gates, the Futurekind watch. GUARD: Inside! Everyone inside! C'mon! Move, move, move! Down in the engine room, Atillo looks into a second room containing five cylinders. Padra and his family are in a queue heading for the rocket. ATILLO (voice over): I repeat, all passengers prepare for immediate boarding. Martha and Chantho are heading in the opposite direction from the queues carrying circuit boards. MARTHA: Excuse me. Hey, what was your name? Creet. CREET: That's right, miss. MARTHA: Who are you with, Creet? You got family? CREET: No, miss. There's just me. MARTHA: Well, good luck. What do you think it's going to be like in Utopia? CREET: My mum used to say the skies are made of diamonds. MARTHA: Good for her. Go on, off you go. Get your seat. Creet continues on. After Martha and Chantho pass, the Futurekind infiltrator steps out and watches them leave. The Doctor and Yana are working on either side of a large clear circuit board in the centre of the lab. THE DOCTOR (sniffs the cord in his hands): Is this...? YANA: Yes, gluten extract. Binds the neutralino map together. THE DOCTOR: But that's food. You've built this system out of food and string and staples. Professor Yana, you're a genius. YANA: Says the man who made it work. THE DOCTOR: Ooh... it's easy coming in at the end but... you're stellar. This is... this is magnificent. I don't often say that 'cause... well, 'cause of me. YANA: Well, even my title is an affectation. There hasn't been such a thing as a university for over a thousand years. I've spent my life going from one refugee ship to another. THE DOCTOR: If you had been born in a different time, you'd be revered. (Yana chuckles). I mean it. Throughout the galaxies. YANA: Oh, those damned galaxies. They had to go and collapse. Some admiration would have been nice. Just a little. Just once. THE DOCTOR: Well you've got it now. But that footprint engine thing. You can't activate it from onboard. It's gotta be from here. You're staying behind. YANA: With Chantho. She won't leave without me. Simply refuses. THE DOCTOR: You would give your life so they could fly. YANA: Oh, I think I'm a little too old for Utopia. Time I had some sleep. ATILLO (over tannoy): Professor, tell the Doctor we've found his blue box. THE DOCTOR: Ah! JACK: Doctor. The Doctor and Yana join Jack by the monitor that shows the TARDIS safely inside the silo. THE DOCTOR (pats Yana on the shoulder): Professor, it's a wild s*ab in the dark, but I may just have found you a way out. Heads into the TARDIS. A close-up of Yana looking at the TARDIS, the drums beating in his head. The Doctor brings out a long power line from the TARDIS out into the lab. THE DOCTOR: Extra power. (Inserts it into outlet). Little bit of a cheat, but who's counting? Jack, you're in charge of the retro-feeds. Martha and Chantho return. MARTHA (on seeing the TARDIS): Oh, am I glad to see that thing. Chantho goes to Yana who is sitting down. CHANTHO: Chan, Professor, are you all right, tho? YANA: Yes, I'm fine. I'm fine. (Stronger). I'm fine. Just get on with it. JACK: Connect those circuits into the spar, same as that last lot. But quicker. MARTHA: Yes, sir. The Doctor goes to Yana. THE DOCTOR: You don't have to keep working. We can handle it. YANA: It's just a headache. Just... Just noise inside my head, Doctor. Constant noise inside my head. THE DOCTOR: What sort of noise? YANA: It's the sound of drums. More and more as though it's getting closer. THE DOCTOR: When did it start? YANA: Oh, I've had it all my life. Every waking hour. Still, no rest for the wicked. Stands and goes back to work. Martha and Chantho are working on the circuits. MARTHA: How long have you been with the professor? CHANTHO: Chan, 17 years, tho. MARTHA: Blimey. A long time. CHANTHO: Chan, I adore him, tho. MARTHA: Oh right, and he... CHANTHO: Chan... I don't think he even notices, tho. MARTHA: Tell me about it. CHANTHO: Chan, but I am happy to serve, tho. MARTHA: Do you mind if I ask? Do you have to start every sentence with "chan"? CHANTHO: Chan, yes, tho. MARTHA: And end every sentence with... CHANTHO: Chan, tho, tho. MARTHA: What would you happen if you didn't? CHANTHO: Chan, that would be rude, tho. MARTHA: What, like swearing? CHANTHO: Chan, indeed, tho. MARTHA: Go on, just once. CHANTHO (nervously): Chan, I can't, tho. MARTHA: Oh, do it for me. CHANTHO: No. Giggles. Atillo is in the control room. ATILLO: Professor! (No connection). Systems are down. (Types Yana into the system). Professor, are you getting me? Yana comes into focus. YANA: I'm here! We're ready! Now all you need to do is connect the couplings. Then we can launch. (Loses connection with Atillo). God sakes! This equipment! Needs rebooting all the time! MARTHA: Anything I can do? I've finished that lot. YANA: Yes, if you could. (Gets up so Martha can have his seat). Just press the reboot key every time the picture goes out. MARTHA: Certainly, sir. Just don't ask me to do shorthand. ATILLO (onscreen): Are you still there? YANA: Ah, present and correct. Send your man inside. We'll keep the levels down from here. In the control room, Atillo slides open the door for one of his men in a hazmat suit, Jate. ATILLO: He's inside. And good luck to him. YANA (to Jack): Captain, keep the levels below the red. THE DOCTOR: Where is that room? YANA: It's underneath the rocket. Fix the couplings and the footprint can work. But the entire chamber is flooded with stet radiation. THE DOCTOR: Stet? Never heard of it. YANA: You wouldn't want to. But it's safe enough. We can hold the radiation back from here. They watch on the monitor as Jate works on the couplings. Atillo watches through the window in the door. An alarm begins to sound. YANA: It's rising... 0.2. Keep it level! JACK: Yes, sir! Jate moves on to the second coupling. The Futurekind woman finds the power room and switches off fuses causing more alarms to go off. CHANTHO: Chan, we're losing power, tho! The Futurekind woman finds a weight and throws it at the fuse box causing irreparable damage. THE DOCTOR: Radiation's rising! JACK: We've lost control! YANA: The chamber's going to flood. THE DOCTOR: Jack! Override the vents! Jate keeps working. ATILLO: Get out! Get out of there! Jate! The woman laughs at the flames. Two armed guards find her. GUARD 1: Oi! You! The woman turns. BOTH: Go! They f*re their w*apon. In the lab, Jack takes hold of two live cables. JACK: We can jump start the override! Holds both cables together. THE DOCTOR: Don't! It's going to flare! Jack screams as the power courses through him. The others watch helpless as he then falls to the floor. ATILLO: Jate, get out of there! Get out! Within the suit, Jate's body disintegrates and the suit falls to the floor. ATILLO (screams): No! MARTHA (rushes to Jack): I've got him. CHANTHO: Chan, don't touch the cables, tho. Pushes them aside. While everyone rushes to check on Jack, the Doctor watches, unperturbed. YANA: Oh, I'm so sorry. THE DOCTOR: The chamber's flooded with radiation, yes? Martha starts mouth-to-mouth on Jack. YANA: Without the couplings, the engines will never start. It was all for nothing! THE DOCTOR: Oh, I don't know. (Walks forward). Martha, leave him. Pulls her up gently. MARTHA: You've gotta let me try. THE DOCTOR: Come on. Come on. Just listen to me. Now leave him alone. It strikes me, Professor, you've got a room a man can't enter without dying. Is that correct? YANA: Yes. THE DOCTOR: Well... (Jack gasps for breath as he comes back to life. The Doctor removes his glasses). I've got just the man. JACK: Was someone kissing me? Jack and the Doctor race through the silo to the control room. THE DOCTOR (to Atillo): Lieutenant, get onboard the rocket! I promise you're gonna fly. ATILLO: The chamber's flooded! THE DOCTOR: Trust me. We've found a way of tripping the system. Run! (Atillo leaves. Jack is removing his shirt). Wh... What are you taking your clothes off for? JACK: I'm going in. THE DOCTOR: Well by the looks of it, I'd say that stet radiation doesn't affect clothing, only flesh. JACK: I look good though. (Stops at door). How long have you known? THE DOCTOR: Ever since I ran away from you. Good luck. Jack enters the room and goes straight to the couplings. The Doctor watches from the window. MARTHA (at computer): We lost picture when that thing flared up. Doctor, are you there? THE DOCTOR: Receiving, yeah. He's inside. MARTHA: And still alive? THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. YANA: But he should evaporate. What sort of a man is he? MARTHA: I've only just met him. The Doctor sort of travels through time and space and picks people up. God, I make us sound like stray dogs. Maybe we are. YANA: He travels in time? Looks away distractedly. MARTHA: Don't ask me to explain it. That's a TARDIS. The sports car of time travel, he says. Yana hears Martha's voice echoing in his head. MARTHA: That's a TARDIS. That's a TARDIS. That's a TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: When did you first realize? JACK: Earth 1892. Got in a fight in Ellis Island. A man sh*t me through the heart. Then I woke up. Thought it was kinda strange. But then it never stopped. Fell off a cliff, trampled by horses, World w*r I, World w*r II, poison, strangulation, a stray javelin... (The Doctor winces). In the end, I got the message, I'm the man who can never die. And all that time you knew. THE DOCTOR: That's why I left you behind. It's not easy even just... just looking at you Jack, 'cause you're wrong. JACK: Thanks. THE DOCTOR: You are, I can't help it. I'm a Time Lord. It's instinct. It's in my guts. You're a fixed point in time a space. You're a fact. That's never meant to happen. Even the TARDIS reacted against you, tried to shake you off. Flew all the way to the end of the universe just to get rid of you. JACK: So what you're saying is that you're, uh, (finishes third coupling) prejudiced? THE DOCTOR: I never thought of it like that. JACK: Yeah. In the lab, Martha and Chantho are listening, Yana standing behind them, staring at the TARDIS. JACK: Last thing I remember back when I was mortal... I was facing three Daleks. Death by extermination. And then I came back to life. What happened? THE DOCTOR: Rose. JACK: I thought you sent her back home. THE DOCTOR: She came back. Opened the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed the time vortex. JACK: What does that mean, exactly? THE DOCTOR: No one's ever mean to have that power. If a Time Lord did that, he'd become a god, a vengeful god. But she was human. Rose in "Parting of the Ways" glowing with vortex energy. ROSE: I bring life. Jack gasps and opens his eyes as he comes back to the for the first time. THE DOCTOR: Everything she did was so human. She brought you back to life but she couldn't control it. She brought you back forever. That's something, I suppose. The final act of the Time w*r was life. Close-up of Yana, "Time w*r" echoing in his head. JACK: Do you think she could change me back? THE DOCTOR: I took the power out of her. She's gone, Jack. She's not just living on a parallel world, she's trapped there. The walls have closed. JACK: I'm sorry. THE DOCTOR: Yep. JACK: I went back to her estate, in the 90s, just once or twice. Watched her growing up. Never said hello, timelines and all that. THE DOCTOR: Do you wanna die? JACK (struggling with coupling): Oh, this one's a little stuck. THE DOCTOR: Jack? JACK: I thought I did. I dunno. But this lot, you see them out here surviving and that's fantastic. Moves onto last coupling. THE DOCTOR: You may be out there somewhere. JACK: I could go meet myself. THE DOCTOR: Well, the only man you're ever gonna be happy with. JACK: This new regeneration, it's kinda cheeky. THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Close-up on Yana, "regeneration" echoing in his head. MARTHA: I never understand half the things he says. (turns and sees Yana). What's wrong? CHANTHO: Chan, Professor, what is it, tho? YANA: Time travel. They say there was time travel back in the old days. I never believed. But what would I know? I'm just a stupid old man. Never could keep time. Always late, always lost. Even this thing never worked. Pulls out a fobwatch from his waistcoat pocket. Scene from "Human Nature". THE DOCTOR: Martha, this watch is me. I'm going to become human. YANA: Time and time and time again. Always running out on me. MARTHA: Can I have a look at that? YANA: Oh, it's only an old relic. (Chuckles). Like me. MARTHA: Where did you get it? YANA: Hm? I was found with it. MARTHA: What do you mean? YANA: An orphan in the storm. I was a naked child found on the coast of the Silver Devastation. Abandoned with only this. MARTHA: Have you opened it? YANA: Why would I? It's broken. MARTHA: How do you know it's broken if you never opened it? YANA: It's stuck. It's old. It's not meant to be. I don't know. Martha takes the watch and turns it over. It bears the same engravings as the Doctor's. She steps back and breathes nervously. YANA: Does it matter? MARTHA: No. It's... nothing. It's... Listen, everything's fine up here. I'm gonna see if the Doctor needs me. Jack releases the last coupling. JACK: Yes! THE DOCTOR: Now get out of there! Come on! Martha runs through the corridors. Jack re-enters the control room as the Doctor calls Atillo. THE DOCTOR: Lieutenant, everyone on board? ATILLO: Ready and waiting. THE DOCTOR: Stand by! Two minutes to ignition. Hangs up. ATILLO (voice over): Ready to launch. Outer doors sealed. Countdown commences T minus 99... 98... Jack and the Doctor are at the controls. Martha runs in. THE DOCTOR: Ah, nearly there. The footprint is a gravity pulse. It stamps down, the rocket sh**t up. Bit primitive. It's gonna take the both of us to keep it s*ab. Martha moves in front of him as he works. MARTHA: Doctor, it's the professor. He's got this watch. He's got a fobwatch. It's the same as yours. Same writing on it. Same... everything. THE DOCTOR: Don't be ridiculous. MARTHA: I asked him. He said he's had it all his life. JACK: So he's got the same watch. MARTHA: Yeah, but it's not a watch. It's this chameleon thing. THE DOCTOR (flustered): No, no, no. It's this... This thing, this device, it rewrites biology, changes a Time Lord into a human. MARTHA: And it's the same watch. THE DOCTOR: It can't be. An alarm blares and the Doctor tries to fix it. JACK: That means he could be a Time Lord. You might not be the last one. THE DOCTOR: Jack, keep it level! MARTHA: But that's brilliant, isn't it? THE DOCTOR: Yes, it is. Course it is. Depends which one. Brilliant, fantastic, yeah. But they died, the Time Lords. All of them, they died. JACK: Not if he was human. THE DOCTOR: What did he say, Martha? (Yells). What did he say? MARTHA (gasps): He looked at the watch like he could hardly see it. Like that perception filter thing. THE DOCTOR: What about now? Can he see it now? Yana is holding his watch, different voices echoing in his head. THE DOCTOR: The TARDIS. The time vortex. A low evil laugh. JACK: Regeneration. Regeneration. MALE VOICE 1: The drums, the drums, the drums. The never-ending drumbeat. Open me, you human fool. Open the light and summon me and receive my majesty. MALE VOICE 2: Destroy him! And you will give your power to me! CHANTHO: Chan, Yana, won't you please take some rest, tho? The countdown continues. ATILLO: 13, 12, 11, 10... JACK: If he escaped the Time w*r then it's the perfect place to hide. The end of the universe. MARTHA: Think of what the Face of Boe said. His dying words. He said... The Doctor launches the rocket. Up in his lab, Yana opens the watch and releases its contents. In the control room, the Doctor knows what's happened. He remembers the Face of Boe's words and makes the connection. The Face of Boe's last words from "Gridlock". FACE OF BOE: You (Y typed into the computer), are (A), not (N), alone (A). "YANA" blinks on the computer screen. The Futurekind watch as the rocket lifts off and howl. CHANTHO: Chan, Professor Yana, tho? Yana turns from the TARDIS to face Chantho and he no longer seems the genial man he was before. THE DOCTOR (on phone to rocket): Lieutenant, have you achieved velocity? Have you done it? Lieutenant! Have you done it? ATILLO: Affirmative. We'll see you in Utopia. THE DOCTOR: Good luck. Hangs up phone and runs from the control room. Martha and Jack follow. Yana throws a lever that closes and locks a main door before the Doctor gets there. CHANTHO: Chan, but you've locked them in, tho. The Doctor gets out his sonic screwdriver while Jack tries the keypad. THE DOCTOR (yelling): Get it open! Get it open! YANA: Not to worry, my dear. As one door closes, another must open. (Throws another switch). The power goes down at the main gate and the Futurekind realise they can get in. CHANTHO: Chan, you must stop, tho! Yana ignores her as he works various controls around the lab. CHANTHO: Chan, but you've lowered the defences! The Futurekind will get in, tho! The Futurekind rush the gates. Jack gets the door open and they run through. CHANTHO: Chan, Professor, I'm so sorry but I must stop you. You're destroying all our work, tho. Yana turns and sees Chantho holding a g*n on him. YANA: Oh... now I can say I was provoked. Holds out one of the live cables. Going down the halls, the Doctor, Jack and Martha run into the Futurekind forcing them to backtrack. YANA (still holding sparking cable): Did you never think, in all those years standing beside me, to ask about that watch? Never? Did you never think, not ever, that you could set me free? CHANTHO (whimpers): Chan, I'm sorry, tho. Chan, I'm so sorry. YANA: And you with your "chan" and your "tho" driving me insane. CHANTHO: Chan, Professor, please... YANA: That is not my name! The Professor... was an invention. So perfect a disguise that I forgot who I am. CHANTHO: Chan, who are you, tho? YANA (low whisper): I am the Master. Thrusts the cable forward. The Futurekind chase the Doctor, Martha and Jack through the corridors. Jack stops at an intersecting hallway. JACK: This way! The Master kneels and reaches out to take the canister containing the Doctor's hand. The Doctor, Martha and Jack arrive at the locked lab door. Jack works on the keypad. The Doctor looks through the window. THE DOCTOR: Professor! (Pounds on window). Professor, let me in! Let me in! Jack, get the door open! The Master walks to the computer displaying the navigational chart for Utopia. THE DOCTOR: Professor! Professor, where are you?! Professor! Professor, are you there?! Please, I need to explain! Whatever you do, don't open that watch! The Master removes the circuit board. THE MASTER (condescending): Utopia. MARTHA: They're coming! THE DOCTOR: Professor! The Master pulls the cables from the TARDIS. THE DOCTOR: Open the door, please! I'm begging you, Professor! Please! Listen to me! Chantho, lying on the floor, reaches for her g*n. THE DOCTOR: Open the door, please! The Master turns and Chantho fires. The Master groans and staggers back against the TARDIS. Jack hits the keypad with the butt of his revolver and the door opens. The Doctor rushes inside and stops, facing the Master. The Doctor moves forward but the Master backs into the TARDIS, locking it. The Doctor tries his key but the Master flicks a switch so a key won't work. He then heads up to the console. The Doctor pulls out the sonic screwdriver. Inside, the Master presses a button on the console to prevent that from working as well. THE MASTER: Deadlocked. THE DOCTOR (pounds on TARDIS): Let me in! Let me in! MARTHA (by CHANTHO): She's d*ad. JACK (at the door): I've broken the lock! Give me a hand! THE DOCTOR: I'm begging you! Everything's changed! It's only the two of us! We're the only ones left! Martha goes to help Jack at the door. THE DOCTOR: Just let me in! THE MASTER: k*lled by an insect! A girl! How inappropriate. Still, if the Doctor can be young and strong, then so can I. The Master... reborn. The Master stands in front of the console, head and arms flung back, and the regeneration starts. Bright golden lights pours out from his neck and arms. He screams. Outside, the Doctor can see the light and hear the scream. The Futurekind arrive at the door and Martha and Jack try to hold them back as the door isn't fully closed. JACK: Doctor! You'd better think of something! Inside the TARDIS, a younger Master, looking to be in his early 30s, wakes next to the Doctor's hand. He stands slowly, amazed. MASTER: Ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! (Runs about the console). Ha, ha, ha! (Opens speaker). Doctor... ooh, new voice. (Low), Hello, (high), hello, (normal), hello. Anyway, why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me? I don't think! MARTHA: Hold on! I know that voice! The Futurekind Chieftan reaches an arm through the door. THE DOCTOR: I'm asking you really properly! Just stop! Just think! MASTER: Use my name. THE DOCTOR: Master. I'm sorry. MASTER: Tough! Starts controls. The Doctor holds out his sonic screwdriver. JACK: I can't hold out much longer, Doctor! The console sparks. MASTER: Oh, no you don't! (Gets control column moving again). End of the universe. Have fun. Bye bye! MARTHA (yells): Doctor, stop him! Martha and Jack fight off the Futurekind while the Doctor can only watch as the TARDIS dematerialises. To be continued...
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Recap 311 "Utopia". The quiet of an alleyway is disturbed as the time vortex opens and the Doctor, Martha and Jack appear groaning. MARTHA: Oh, my head! DOCTOR: Time travel without a capsule. That's a k*ller. Jack cracks his neck before they leave the alley. They walk along a main street taking in their surroundings. JACK: Still, at least we made it. Earth, 21st century by the looks of it. Ha, ha, talk about lucky. DOCTOR: That wasn't luck, that was me. Back on Malcassairo, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver on Jack's vortex manipulator as he and Martha try and keep the Futurekind out. DOCTOR: Hold still! Don't move! Hold it still! JACK: I'm telling you, it's broken! It hasn't worked for years! DOCTOR: That's because you didn't have me. Martha, grab hold! (Takes Martha's hand and places it on top of the manipulator). Now! They disappear. The Doctor, Martha and Jack are sitting in an area in the middle of a pedestrian-only road. JACK: The moral is, if you're gonna get stuck at the end of the universe, get stuck with an ex-Time Agent and his vortex manipulator. MARTHA: But this Master bloke, he's got the TARDIS. He could be anywhere in time and space. DOCTOR: No, he's here. Trust me. Looks around and sees Saxon campaign posters plastered everywhere. MARTHA: Who is he, anyway? And that voice at the end, that wasn't the professor. JACK: If the Master's a Time Lord, he must have regenerated. MARTHA: What does that mean? JACK: Means he's changed his face, voice, body, everything. New man. The Doctor notices a homeless man tapping a repeating rhythm on an enamel mug. MARTHA: Then how are we gonna find him? The tapping echoes. DOCTOR: I'll know him, the moment I see him. Time Lords always do. MARTHA: But hold on. (Notices posters). If he could be anyone... We missed the election. But it can't be... The Doctor stands slowly, as does Jack. They walk towards a giant screen showing the news. Martha follows. NEWSCASTER: Mr Saxon has returned from the Palace and is greeting the crowd inside Saxon Headquarters. The screen shows Saxon walking downstairs with an entourage, Lucy, his wife, at his side. MARTHA: I said I knew that voice. When he spoke inside the TARDIS. I've heard that voice hundreds of times. I've seen him. We all have. That was the voice of Harold Saxon. DOCTOR: That's him. He's Prime Minister. PHOTOGRAPHER (on screen): Mr Saxon, this way, sir. Come on, kiss for the lady, sir. DOCTOR: The Master is Prime Minister of Great Britain. (Saxon kisses the woman at his side). The Master and his wife. SAXON (steps forward to speak to the press): This country has been sick. This country needs healing. This country needs medicine. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that, what this country really needs, right now... is a doctor. Smiles into the camera. OPENING CREDITS Saxon is walking down a hall in Number Ten, Lucy beside him, clerks handing him files as he passes. CLERK 1: Finance report, sir. CLERK 2: Military protocol, sir. CLERK 3: EC directive, sir. CLERK 4: Annual budget, sir. CLERK 5 : ... recommendations. Saxon stops outside the door to the Cabinet Room. LUCY: I'm so proud of you, Harry. As they kiss, we see Tish Jones walk up. SAXON: Bless. TISH: Uh, sir... If you don't mind me asking... I'm sorry, but it's all a bit new. What exactly do you want me to do? SAXON: Oh yes, what was it, uh...? TISH: Tish. Letitia Jones. SAXON: Tish. Well then, Tish... You just stand there and look gorgeous. (Enters the Cabinet Room). A glorious day. Downing Street rebuilt, the Cabinet in session. Let the work of government begin. (Throws files into the air and the contents scatter). Oh, go on. Crack a smile. It's funny, isn't it? Albert, funny? No? Little bit? ALBERT DUMFIRES: Very funny, sir, hm. But... but if we could get down to business, there is the matter of policy, of which we have very little... SAXON: No, no, no, no. Before we start all that, I just want to say... thank you. Thank you one and all, you ugly, fat-faced bunch of wet, snivelling traitors. DUMFRIES: Yes, quite. Very funny. But I thi... SAXON: No, no. That wasn't funny. (Stands). Hm, you see, I'm not making myself very clear. Funny is like this. (Exaggerates smile). Not funny is like this. (Exaggerates frown). And right now, I'm not like this... (smiles), I'm like this... (frowns), because you are traitors. Oh yes, you are! As soon as you saw the vote swinging my way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon. So... (sits) this is your reward. Takes a gas mask from under the table and slips it on. DUMFRIES: Excuse me, Prime Minister, do you mind my asking... what is that? SAXON (muffled): It's a gas mask. DUMFRIES: I beg your pardon? SAXON (lifts mask): It's a gas mask. Puts mask back on. DUMFRIES: Yes, but, uh, why are you wearing it? SAXON (muffled): Well, because of the gas. DUMFRIES: I'm sorry? SAXON (lifts mask): Because of the gas. Replaces mask. DUMFRIES: What gas? SAXON (leans back): This gas. The speakerphones in the centre of the table pop up and emit a white gas. The Ministers start coughing and choking. They have no means of escape. DUMFRIES (points): You're insane! Saxon merely raises both thumbs. Dumfries collapses d*ad onto the table. Saxon, with the mask still on, begins tapping out a rhythm on the table with his fingers. Martha takes the Doctor and Jack to her flat. MARTHA: Home. DOCTOR: What have you got? Computer, laptop, anything? (Jack tries to make a call on his mobile). Jack, who are you phoning? You can't tell anyone, we're here! JACK: Just some friends of mine, but there's no reply... MARTHA: (hands Doctor the laptop) : Here you go. Any good? JACK (takes the laptop): I can show you the Saxon websites. He's been around for ages. Sits at desk. MARTHA: That's so weird though. It's the day after the election. That's only four days after I met you. DOCTOR: We went flying all around the universe while he was here the whole time. MARTHA: You gonna tell us who he is? DOCTOR: He's a Time Lord. MARTHA: What about the rest of it? I mean, who'd call himself the Master? DOCTOR: That's all you need to know. (To Jack) : Come on, show me Harold Saxon. Martha checks her answering machine. There's one from Tish. TISH: Martha, where are you? I've got this new job. You won't believe it. It's weird, they just phoned me up out of the blue. I'm working for... MARTHA (shuts off machine): Oh, like it matters. Tish is following a reporter, Vivien Rook, through the office, trying unsuccessfully to turn her away. TISH: I'm sorry, but you're not allowed in... VIVIEN: Harold Saxon: A Modern Churchill. It's the definitive think piece on the man himself. (Hands a copy of the article in question to Tish). Oh, come on, sweetheart, you must've read it! TISH: Um, not really, sorry. I'm new. VIVIEN: Mr Saxon does like a pretty face. But I'm here to see Mrs Saxon. TISH: You can't just go barging in! Vivien enters the sitting room where Lucy is alone, massaging her feet. VIVIEN: Mrs Saxon, Vivien Rook, Sunday Mirror. (Holds up press card). You've heard of me. LUCY: Oh, can't I just have an hour to myself? It's been a hell of a day. VIVIEN: Oh, strike while the iron's hot, that's what I say, Lucy. I can call you Lucy, can't I? Now, everyone's talking about Harold Saxon, but I thought "What about the wife?" All I need is twenty minutes. LUCY: Oh, I think maybe we should wait. Looks nervously to connecting door. VIVIEN: The headline's waiting to print: The Power Behind the Throne. LUCY (intrigued): Really? VIVIEN: Britain's First Lady. LUCY: Gosh. VIVIEN: Front page. LUCY: Oh, well, I suppose... Oh, go on then. Twenty minutes. VIVIEN: Excellent! Thank you! Oh, oh, what was it? Oh, Tish. Now you can leave us alone. Hands Tish her coat. TISH: No, but I'm supposed to sit in. Looks to Lucy. VIVIEN: No, no. It's... it's only a profile piece. You know, hair and clothes and nonsense. There's a good girl. Out you go. That's it. (Pushes Tish out the door and closes it). Mrs Saxon, I have reason to believe... that you're in very great danger. All of us, in fact. Not just the country, but the whole world. (Lucy scoffs). I beg of you, hear me out. LUCY: What are you talking about? VIVIEN: Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry, but it's a lie. Everything's a lie. A campaign commercial for Saxon plays with noteworthy supporters. SHARON OSBOURNE: I'm voting Saxon. He can tick my box any day. McFLY: Vote Saxon! Go Harry! ANN WIDDECOMBE: I think Mr Saxon is exactly what this country needs. He's a very fine man. And he's handsome too. Jack stops the commercial on the website. JACK: Former Minister of Defence. First came to prominence when he sh*t down the Racnoss on Christmas Eve. (Turns to Doctor) : Nice work, by the way. DOCTOR: (sitting on couch arm) : Oh, thanks. MARTHA: He goes back years. He's famous. Everyone knows his story. Look. Cambridge University, Rugby blue, won the Athletics thing, wrote a novel, went into business, marriage, everything. He's got a whole life. VIVIEN: All of it. The school days, his degree, even his mother and father. It's all invented. (Holds up photo). Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge. There was no Harold Saxon. The thing is, it's obvious. The forgery is screaming out and yet no one can see it. It's as if he's mesmerized the entire world. LUCY: I think perhaps you should leave now. VIVIEN: 18 months ago he became real. This is his first, honest-to-God appearance, just after the downfall of Harriet Jones. And at the exact same time, they launched the Archangel Network. LUCY: Mrs Rook, now stop it. VIVIEN: Even now they say that the... the Cabinet has gone into seclusion. I mean, what does that mean, "seclusion"? LUCY: How should I know? VIVIEN: But I've got plenty of research on you. Yes, good family, Roedean, not especially bright but essentially harmless. (Sits beside Lucy). And that's why I'm asking you, Lucy. I'm begging you. If you have seen anything, heard anything, even the slightest thing that would give you cause to doubt him... LUCY: I think... VIVIEN: Yes? LUCY: There was a time when we first met, I wondered... But he was so good to my father. And he said... VIVIEN: What? Just tell me, sweetheart. LUCY: The thing is... I made my choice. VIVIEN: I'm sorry? LUCY: For better or for worse. Isn't that right, Harry? Saxon has joined them, leaning on the connecting door. SAXON: My faithful companion. VIVIEN: Mr Saxon. Prime Minister, I-I-I was just having a little joke with poor little Lucy. I, I didn't mean... SAXON (walks to centre of room): Oh, but you're absolutely right. Harold Saxon doesn't exist. VIVIEN: Then tell me... who are you? SAXON: I'm the Master and these (holds out his hands) are my friends. Four small metal spheres appear and float about him. VIVIEN: I'm sorry? SAXON: Can't you hear it, Mrs Rook? VIVIEN: What do you mean? SAXON: The drumbeat. The drums coming closer and closer. The spheres head towards Vivien spikes now sticking out from their lower halves. SPHERE 1 (female voice): The lady doesn't like us. The spheres advance on Vivien, the spikes spinning. SPHERE 2 (male voice): Silly lady. SPHERE 3 (male voice): d*ad lady. Vivien screams. Lucy and Saxon exit the room and shut the door, deadening the screams. Saxon takes a breath and opens the door. The screams continue. Saxon winces and closes the door. He opens and closes the door again quickly, putting a fist to his mouth. LUCY (sighs): But she knew. Harry, she knew everything. You promised. You said Archangel was 100%. SAXON: Um, 99, 98? LUCY: But if she's asking questions, then who else? How much time have we got? Saxon holds his arms out and pulls her into a hug. SAXON: Tomorrow morning, I promise. That's when everything ends. Jack is making tea in the kitchen. JACK: But he's got a TARDIS. Maybe the Master went back in time and has been living here for decades. The Doctor is sitting at the desk. DOCTOR: No. JACK: Why not? Worked for me. DOCTOR: When he was stealing the TARDIS, the only thing I could do was fuse the coordinates. I locked them permanently. From Utopia. The Doctor is holding out the sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS console sparks. DOCTOR: He can only travel between the year 100 trillion and the last place the TARDIS landed. Which is right here, right now. JACK: Yeah, but a little leeway? DOCTOR: Well... 18 months, tops. The most he could have been here is 18 months. So how has he managed all this? The Master was always sort of... hypnotic but this is on a massive scale. MARTHA: I was gonna vote for him. DOCTOR: Really? MARTHA: Well, it was before I even met you. And I liked him. JACK: Me too. DOCTOR: Why do you say that? What was his policy? What did he stand for? MARTHA (dreamy): I dunno. He always sounded... good. (Fingers start tapping). Like you could trust him. Just nice. He spoke about... I can't really remember, but it was good. Just the sound of his voice. DOCTOR: What's that? MARTHA (startled): What? DOCTOR: That! That tapping, that rhythm! What are you doing? MARTHA: I dunno. It's nothing. It's j... I dunno! A tune plays from the website. "SAXON BROADCAST ALL CHANNELS" appears onscreen. DOCTOR: (turns on the TV) : Our lord and master is speaking to his kingdom. Onscreen Saxon is sitting in front of the ornate fireplace in the Cabinet Room. SAXON: Britain, Britain, Britain. What extraordinary times we've had. Just a few years ago, this world was so small. And then they came, out of the unknown, falling from the skies. Clip from ALIENS OF LONDON. You've seen it happen... Big Ben destroyed, a spaceship over London. Clip from ARMY OF GHOSTS. All those ghosts and metal men. Clip from RUNAWAY BRIDE. The Christmas star that came to k*ll. Time and time again the government told you nothing. Well not me. Not Harold Saxon. Because my purpose here today is to tell you this... citizens of Great Britain... I have been contacted. A message, for humanity, from beyond the stars. Nods to someone off camera. A video plays of one of the spheres delivering the message. SPHERE (female voice): People of the Earth, we come in peace. We bring great gifts. We bring technology and wisdom and protection. And all we ask in return is your friendship. SAXON: Ooh, sweet. And this species has identified itself. They're called the Toclafane. DOCTOR: What?! SAXON: And tomorrow morning they will appear. Not in secret, but to all of you. Diplomatic relations with a new species will begin. Tomorrow, we take our place in the universe. Every man, woman and child. Every teacher and chemist and lorry driver and farmer. And every... oh, I don't know... medical student? The DOCTOR whips around to look at Martha before turning the TV around to find a b*mb ready to go off. The Doctor grabs the laptop as they rush out into the street just as the front window of her flat explodes. DOCTOR: All right? JACK: Fine, yeah, fine. DOCTOR: Martha? (Martha is using her mobile). What are you doing? MARTHA: He knows about me. What about my family? DOCTOR: Don't tell them anything! MARTHA: I'll do what I like! Mum? Oh my God, you're there. FRANCINE: Course I'm here, sweetheart. You all right? MARTHA: I'm fine. I'm fine. Mum, has there been anyone asking about me? We see Francine is not alone. The same blonde woman from "42" is there listening in on the conversation. FRANCINE: Martha, I think perhaps you should come 'round. MARTHA: I can't! Not now! FRANCINE: No, but it's your father. We've been talking and we thought we might give it another go. MARTHA: Don't be so daft! Since when? FRANCINE: Just come 'round. Come to the house, we can celebrate. MARTHA: You said you'd never get back with him in a million years. FRANCINE: Ask him yourself. Hands phone to Clive. CLIVE: Martha, it's me. MARTHA: Dad? What are you doing there? CLIVE: Like your mother said, come 'round. We can explain everything. MARTHA: Dad? Just say yes or now. Is there someone else there? CLIVE (pause) : Yes! Just run! Gets up and heads for the door. FRANCINE: Clive! CLIVE: Listen to me! Just run! (Is grabbed by two men). I don't know who they are! FRANCINE: We're trying to help her! Martha, don't listen to him! MARTHA: Dad! What's going on? Dad? Francine and Clive yell at each other as he is taken out of the house. MARTHA: I gotta help them! Runs to her car. DOCTOR: That's exactly what they want! It's a trap! MARTHA: I don't care! The Doctor gets into the front passenger seat while Jack takes the back. Clive is fighting as he's being taken to the waiting van. CLIVE: Get off! (Neighbours look to see what's going on). It's your fault, all of you! You voted Saxon! You did this! Francine watches from the front door. Martha drives recklessly down the road. DOCTOR: Corner! Martha takes the corner tightly, tyres squealing. SINISTER WOMAN: Mr Saxon, we have Condition Red on the Jones plan. We're taking them in. All of them. A man grabs Francine by the arms. FRANCINE: But I was helping you! Martha is waiting for a call to connect on her mobile. MARTHA: C'mon, Tish. Pick up. Tish is walking downstairs at Number 10. TISH: Martha, I can't talk right now. We just made first contact. Did you see... (Two men take her by the arms and carry her backwards up the stairs). What are you doing?! (Drops phone). Get off! Linda, tell them! Martha, Jack and the Doctor hear it all. MARTHA: What's happening?! Tish! (Glances at the Doctor). It's your fault! It's all your fault! FRANCINE: I was helping you! Get off me! (Martha comes around the corner and stops the car). Martha, get out of here! Get out! SINISTER WOMAN: Target identified. The police take position. DOCTOR: Martha, reverse. SINISTER WOMAN! Take aim... The police aim their w*apon at the car. DOCTOR: Get out, now! Martha reverses into a 3-Point turn. SINISTER WOMAN: f*re! The police open f*re. JACK: Move it! As they take off down the road, b*ll*ts shatter the rear window. SINISTER WOMAN: Take them away. Francine and Clive are locked away in the van. Francine watches her daughter escape. MARTHA (upset and sarcastic): The only place we can go... planet Earth. Great. DOCTOR: Careful! JACK: Now, Martha, listen to me. Do as I say. We've gotta ditch this car. Pull over. Right now! They leave the car and head off on foot. DOCTOR: Martha, come on! MARTHA (on mobile): Leo! Oh, thank God! Leo, you gotta listen to me. Where are you? Leo is walking along a promenade with his girlfriend and their son. LEO: I'm in Brighton. We came down with Boxer. Did you see that Saxon thing on telly? MARTHA: Leo, just listen to me. Don't go home, I'm telling you. Don't phone Mum or Dad or Tish. You've gotta hide. LEO (unbelieving): Shut up. MARTHA: On my life. You've gotta trust me. Go to Boxer's. Stay with him. (We see SAXON listening in from the Cabinet Room). Don't tell anyone! Just hide! SAXON: Ooh, a nice little game of hide-and-seek. I love that. But I'll find you, Martha Jones. Been a long time since we saw each other. Must be, what, one hundred trillion years? MARTHA: Let them go, Saxon. (The Doctor wheels about). Do you hear me?! Let them go! Saxon only smiles. DOCTOR (takes the phone from Martha) : I'm here. SAXON (serious, takes phone off speaker) : Doctor. DOCTOR: Master. SAXON: I like it when you use my name. DOCTOR: You chose it. Psychiatrist's field day. SAXON: As you chose yours. The man who makes people better. How sanctimonious is that? DOCTOR: So... Prime Minister. SAXON: I know. It's good, isn't it? DOCTOR: Who are those creatures? 'Cause there's no such thing as the Toclafane. It's just a made-up name like the Bogeyman. SAXON: Do you remember all those fairy tales about the Toclafane when we were kids? Back home. Where is it, Doctor? DOCTOR: Gone. SAXON: How can Gallifrey be gone? DOCTOR: It burnt. SAXON: And the Time Lords? DOCTOR: d*ad. And the Daleks... more or less. What happened to you? SAXON: The Time Lords only resurrected me because they knew I'd be the perfect warrior for a Time w*r. I was there when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Cruciform. I saw it. I ran. I ran so far. Made myself human so they would never find me because... I was so scared. DOCTOR: I know. SAXON: All of them? But now you, which must mean... DOCTOR: I was the only one who could end it. And I tried. I did. I tried everything. SAXON: What did it feel like, though? Two almighty civilizations burning. Oh, tell me, how did it feel? DOCTOR: Stop it! SAXON: You must have been like God. DOCTOR: I've been alone ever since. But not anymore. Don't you see, all we've got is each other. SAXON: Are you asking me out on a date? DOCTOR: You could stop this right now. We could leave this planet. We could fight across the constellations if that's what you want. But not on Earth. SAXON: Too late. DOCTOR: Why do you say that? SAXON:: The drumming. (Drums fingers on table). I thought it would stop but it never does. Never ever stops. Inside my head, the drumming, Doctor. The constant drumming. DOCTOR: I could help you. Please, let me help. SAXON: It's everywhere. Listen, listen, listen. (Taps table). Here come the drums. Here come the drums. A man leaning on a building by the Doctor begins tapping his hands against his legs. DOCTOR: What have you done? Tell me how you've done this. What are those creatures? Tell me! SAXON (sitting in front of his laptop) : Ooh, look. You're on TV. DOCTOR: Stop it! Answer me! SAXON: No, really. You're on telly! (Clicks on BBC newscast). You and your little band, which, by the way, is ticking every demographic box. So, congratulations on that. Look, there you are! Ha! The Doctor sees a TV in a shop window. BBC NEWSCASTER: They are known to be armed and extremely dangerous. SAXON: You're public enemies number one, two and three. Oh, and you can tell handsome Jack that I've sent his little g*ng off on a wild goose chase to the Himalayas so he won't be getting any help from them. (Switches on CCTV outside the shop in time to see Martha and Jack join the Doctor). Now, go on, off you go. Why not start by turning to the right? DOCTOR (turns and notices the camera) : He can see us. Uses the sonic screwdriver on the camera. SAXON: Ooh, you public menace. Better start running. Go on. Run! DOCTOR: He's got control of everything. MARTHA: What do we do? JACK: We've got nowhere to go. MARTHA: Doctor, what do we do? SAXON: Run for your life, Doctor! DOCTOR: We run. The Doctor, Martha and Jack run through a shopping arcade. SAXON: I said, run! BBC NEWS: Tomorrow morning, Britain will be welcoming an extraterrestrial species... AMERICAN NEWS: The President is said to be furious that Great Britain has taken unilateral action. Chinese news comes on next before the channel changes to Teletubbies. Saxon is watching on his laptop in the Cabinet Room. One of the Toclafane appears. SAXON: Have you seen these things? This planet's amazing. Television in their stomach. Now that is evolution. TOCLAFANE (female voice): Is the machine ready? SAXON: Tomorrow morning. It reaches critical at 8:02 precisely. TOCLAFANE: We have to escape. Because it's coming, sir. The darkness, the never-ending darkness. The terrible, terrible cold. We have to run and run and run! SAXON: 8:00 tomorrow morning. Tell your people. The world is waiting. The Toclafane disappears and Saxon looks out through the window blinds. Martha walks into a disused warehouse, a carrier bag of takeaway in her hand. The Doctor is still at the laptop while Jack uses his manipulator. JACK: Ho was it? MARTHA: I don't think anyone saw me. Anything new? JACK: I've got this tuned into the government wavelength so we can follow what Saxon's doing. MARTHA: Yeah, I meant about my family. DOCTOR: It still says the Jones family taken in for questioning. Tell you what, though, no mention of Leo. MARTHA: He's not as daft as he looks. I'm talking about my brother on the run. How did this happen? JACK (sits): Nice chips. DOCTOR: Actually, they're not bad. Pops one into his mouth. Martha sits. She and Jack exchange looks and she nods her head in the Doctor's direction. JACK: So, Doctor, who is he? How come the ancient society of Time Lords created a psychopath? MARTHA: And what is he to you? Like a colleague... DOCTOR: A friend, at first. MARTHA: I thought you were gonna say he was your secret brother or something. The Doctor and Jack stare at her. DOCTOR: You've been watching too much TV. Martha chuckles half-heartedly. JACK: But all the legends of Gallifrey made it sound so perfect. DOCTOR: Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. (Leans back). They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the Continent of Wild Endeavour, in the Mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords... (We see a brilliant orange and yellow sky over snow-capped mountains and a large domed city). The oldest and most mighty race in the universe... looking down on the galaxies below... sworn never to interfere... only to watch... (A lone Time Lord stands in ceremonial robes and collar). Children of Gallifrey, taken from their families at the age of eight to enter the Academy. And some say that's when it all began. When he was a child... that's when the Master saw eternity. As a novice, he was taken for initiation, it's a gap in the fabric of reality through which could be seen the whole of the vortex. (A young boy is escorted to the schism). You stand there, eight years old... staring at the raw power of time and space, just a child. Some would be inspired... some would run away... and some would go mad. Close-up of the boy's eye reflecting the schism. MARTHA: What about you? DOCTOR (mouth full): Oh, the ones that ran away. I never stopped. Jack's manipulator beeps. JACK: Encrypted channel with files attached. Don't recognize it. DOCTOR: Patch it through to the laptop. JACK: Um, since we're telling stories, um, there's something I haven't told you. The Torchwood logo appears onscreen. DOCTOR: You work for Torchwood. JACK: I swear to you, it's different. It's changed. There's only half a dozen of us now. DOCTOR: Everything Torchwood did and you're part of it?! JACK: The old regime was destroyed at Canary Wharf. I rebuilt it, I changed it. And when I did that, I did it for you, in your honour. The Doctor only glares at him before opening the file. It is a video of Vivien Rook.. VIVIEN: If I haven't returned to my desk by 2200 hours, this file will be emailed to Torchwood. Which means, if you're watching this, then I'm... Anyway, the Saxon files are attached. But take a look at the Archangel document. That's when it all started. When Harry Saxon became Minister in charge of launching the Archangel Network. The screen changes to show a graphic of a spinning Earth with satellites. DOCTOR: What's the Archangel Network? MARTHA (pulls out mobile) : I've got Archangel. Everyone's got it. JACK: It's the mobile phone network. 'Cause, look, it's gone worldwide. They've got 15 satellites in orbit. Even the other networks, they're all carried by Archangel. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver on Martha's phone. DOCTOR: It's in the phones! Oh, I said he was a hypnotist! Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. (Taps phone against the table and it begins to beep in the same rhythm). There it is. That rhythm, it's everywhere. Ticking away in the subconscious. MARTHA: What is it, mind control? DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. Subtler than that. Any stronger and people would question it. But contained in that rhythm, in layers of code... Vote Saxon. Believe in me. Whispering to the world. Oh, yes! That's how he hid himself from me. 'Cause I should have sensed there was another Time Lord on Earth. I should have known way back. The signal cancelled him out. JACK: Any way you can stop it? DOCTOR: Not from down here. But now we know how he's doing it. MARTHA: And we can fight back. DOCTOR: Oh, yes! The Doctor takes apart the mobile and the laptop. He then takes Martha and Jack's TARDIS keys. He uses the sonic screwdriver to weld circuitry to the keys. He then ties them to string so they can be worn around the neck. DOCTOR: Three TARDIS keys, three pieces of the TARDIS with low-level perception properties because the TARDIS is designed to blend in. Well, sort of, but... Now! The Archangel Network's got a second low-level signal. Weld the key to the network and... Martha, (steps back) look at me. You can see me, yes? MARTHA: Yep! DOCTOR: What about now? Slips the key over his neck. Martha's vision veers off and she blinks. Jack chuckles. DOCTOR (echoing): No, I'm here. Look at me. MARTHA: It's like... I know you're there but I don't want to know. DOCTOR: And back again. (Takes off key). See? It just shifts your perception a tiny little bit. Doesn't make us invisible, just unnoticed. Oh, I know what it's like. It's like... it's like when you fancy someone and they don't even know you exist. That's what it's like. Come on! Martha looks at Jack. JACK: You too, hunh? They walk out onto the streets. DOCTOR: Don't run. Don't shout. Just keep your voice down. Draw attention to yourself and the spell is broken. Just keep to the shadows. JACK: Like ghosts. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's what we are. Ghosts. They each place a key around their necks before heading into the city. BBC NEWS: And as they eyes of the world turn towards Great Britain, sources indicate that Air Force One has landed on British soil tonight. Saxon and Lucyarrive with escort to greet President Winters on the tarmac. SAXON (salutes) : Mr President, sir! WINTERS: Mr Saxon. The British Army will stand down. From now on, UNIT has control of this operation. SAXON: You make it sound like an invasion. WINTERS: First contact policy was decided by the Security Council in 1968. And you've just gone and ignored it. SAXON: Well, you know what it's like. New job, all that paperwork. I think it's down the back of the settee. I did have a quick look. I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket and uh... have you met the wife? WINTERS: Mr Saxon, I'm not sure what your game is but there are provisions at the United Nations to have you removed from office unless you are very, very careful. Is that understood? (Saxon mimes zipping his lips). Are you taking this seriously? (Saxon nods). To business. We've accessed your files on these...Toclafane. (We see the Doctor, Martha and Jack, standing in the background). First contact cannot take place on any sovereign soil. For that purpose, the aircraft carrier Valiant is en route. The rendezvous will take place there at 8:00 am. (Saxon tries to talk through zipped lips). You're trying my patience, sir. SAXON (unzips lips) : So America is completely in charge? WINTERS: Since Britain elected an ass, yes. I'll see you onboard the Valiant. Turns to leave. SAXON: It still will be televised, though, won't it? Because I promised, and the whole world is watching. WINTERS: Since it's too late to pull out, the world will be watching. Me. Walks to waiting car. SAXON (to Lucy): The last President of America. We have a private plane ready and waiting. We should reach the Valiant within the hour. (Motions for Lucy to go first). My darling. Saxon turns to watch Winters drive away. Turning back he looks at the area with the Doctor, Martha and Jack are standing. We hear a siren and a police van pulls up. The Jones family are taken out. Saxon runs over like greeting old friends. SAXON (laughs): Hi, guys! All will be revealed! MARTHA: Oh my God. DOCTOR: Don't move. MARTHA: But... DOCTOR: Don't. The Jones family is transferred to a Land Rover. MARTHA: I'm gonna k*ll him. JACK: Say I use this perception filter to walk up behind him and break his neck? DOCTOR: Now that sounds like Torchwood. JACK: Still a good plan. DOCTOR: He's a Time Lord, which makes him my responsibility. I'm not here to k*ll him. I'm here to save him. JACK (using manipulator) : Aircraft carrier Valiant. It's a UNIT ship at 28.2N and 10.02E. MARTHA: How do we get onboard? DOCTOR (to Jack): Does that thing work as a teleport? JACK: Since you revamped it, yeah. Coordinates set. The Doctormakes sure they're all touching the manipulator before activating it. They arrive in one of the Valiant's engine rooms. Martha and Jack groan. MARTHA: Oh, that thing is rough. JACK: I've has worse nights. (Cracks neck). Welcome to the Valiant. MARTHA: It's dawn. (Walks to porthole). Hold on, I thought this was a ship. Where's the sea? JACK: A ship for the 21st century. Protecting the skies of planet Earth. They look out the porthole. The Valiant is a massive aircraft carrier in the sky with three landing strips. Saxon and Lucy arrive at the bridge/conference room of the Valiant. There are secret service agents, various military personnel as well as camera crews preparing for the event. WINTERS: I want the whole thing branded in my sort of honest, not the United Nations. Got that? SAXON (walks up to Winters) : Anything I can do? I could make tea or isn't that American enough? I don't know, I could make grits. What are grits, anyway? WINTERS: It you could just sit. SAXON (turns and makes a face) : Misery guts. What do you think? It's good, isn't it? Pulls out a chair for Lucy. LUCY: It's beautiful. SAXON: Some of my best work. (Whispers). Ministry of Defence. I helped design this place. (Sits beside her). Every detail. The Doctor, Martha and Jack run through the maintenance corridors. The Doctor stops. JACK: We've no time for sightseeing! DOCTOR: No, no. Wait. Shh, shh, shh. Can't you hear it? JACK: Hear what? MARTHA: Doctor, my family's on board. Strides past. DOCTOR: Brilliant! This way! They change direction and run through more corridors. The Doctor opens a set of doors to reveal the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Oh, at last! MARTHA: Oh, yes! Laughs. JACK: What's it doing on the Valiant ? They open the doors to the TARDIS to see a very different interior bathed in red. JACK: What the hell's he done? DOCTOR: Don't touch it. JACK: I'm not going to. MARTHA: What's he done though? Sounds like it's... sick. The console has been stripped of certain parts and caged off. DOCTOR: It can't be. No, no, no, no, no, no, it can't be. MARTHA: Doctor, what is it? DOCTOR: He's cannibalised the TARDIS. JACK: Is that what I think it is? DOCTOR: It's a paradox machine. WINTERS: Two minutes, everyone! (Climbs steps). According to the treaty, all armed personnel are requested to leave the flight deck immediately. Thank you. Saxon and Lucy are watching like it's all entertainment. SAXON (to Lucy): Jelly baby? WINTERS: Broadcasting at 7:58 with the arrival timed at 08:00 precisely. And, uh, good luck to all of us. DOCTOR: As soon as this hits red, it activates. At this speed, it'll trigger (looks at Jack's watch) at two minutes past 8:00. JACK: First contact is at 8:00 and then two minutes later... MARTHA: What's it for? What's a paradox machine do? JACK: More importantly, can you stop it? DOCTOR: Not until I know what it's doing. Touch the wrong bit and blow up the solar system. MARTHA: Then we've got to get to the Master. JACK: Yeah. How do we stop him? DOCTOR: Oh, I've got a way. Sorry, didn't I tell you? Grins. BBC NEWS: And in just 30 seconds' time, we'll be going live for first contact. (Scenes of different people watching the broadcast are intercut). It has been announced that Harold Saxon has invited President Winters to take the address. AMERICAN NEWS: It's 3:00 in the morning on the eastern seaboard and President Winters has been chosen to lead the world into a new age. WINTERS: My fellow Americans, patriots, people of the world... I stand before you today as ambassador for humanity, a role I will undertake with utmost solemnity. Perhaps our Toclafane cousins can offer us much, but that is important is not that we gain material benefits, but that we learn to see ourselves anew. (The Doctor, Jack and Martha enter the room. Saxon's smile disappears). For as long as man has looked to the stars, he has wondered what mysteries they hold. Now we know we are not alone... JACK: This plan, you gonna tell us? DOCTOR: If I can get this (holds key) around the Master's neck... cancel out his perception, they'll see him for real. It's just hard to go unnoticed with everyone on red alert. If they stop me... you've got a key. JACK: Yes, sir. MARTHA: I'll get him. WINTERS: And I ask you now, I ask of the human race, to join with me in welcoming our friends. I give you the Toclafane. (The spheres appear around him). My name is Arthur Coleman Winters, President-Elect of the United States of America and designated representative of the United Nations. I welcome you to the planet Earth and its associated moon. TOCLAFANE 1 (male voice): You're not the Master. TOCLAFANE 2 (female voice): We like the Mr Master. TOCLAFANE 3 (male voice): We don't like you. WINTERS: I... can be Master, if you so wish. I will accept mastery over you if that is God's will. TOCLAFANE 3: Man is stupid. TOCLAFANE 1: Master is our friend. TOCLAFANE 2: Where's my Master, pretty please? SAXON: Oh, all right then. It's me. (Stands). Ta-da! (Laughs). Sorry. Sorry, I have this effect. People just get obsessed. Is it the smile? Is it the aftershave? Is it the capacity to laugh at myself? I don't know. It's crazy! WINTERS: Saxon, what are you talkin' about? SAXON (serious, faces Winters) : I'm taking control, Uncle Sam. Starting with you. (To Toclafane): k*ll him. One of the Toclafane sh**t Winters with a laser and he disintegrates. Chaos erupts as everyone tries to leave the room. Saxon's people pull out their w*apon. SAXON (laughs): Guards! GUARD: Nobody move! Nobody move! SAXON (into camera): Now then, peoples of the Earth, please attend carefully. The Doctor rushes forward. GUARD: Stop him! Two guards grab the Doctor and force him to kneel on the floor. SAXON: We meet at last, Doctor. Oh, ho! I love saying that! DOCTOR: Stop this! Stop it now! SAXON: As if a perception filter's gonna work on me. Oh, and look, it's the girlie and the freak. Although, I'm not sure which one's which. (Jack rushes him and Saxon fires a laser and Jack falls to the floor). Laser screwdriver, who'd have sonic? And the good thing is, he's not d*ad for long. I get to k*ll him again! Martha goes to Jack. DOCTOR: Master, just calm down. Just look at what you're doing. Just stop. If you could see yourself... SAXON (sighs, to camera) : Oh, do excuse me, little bit of personal business. Back in a minute. (To guards) : Let him go. The guards push the Doctor to the floor. DOCTOR: It's that sound, the sound in your head. What if I could help? SAXON: Oh, how to shut him up? I know. Memory Lane! (Sits on steps facing Doctor). Professor Lazarus. Remember him? And his genetic manipulation device? Scenes from "Lazarus Experiment". Did you think that little Tish got that job merely by coincidence? I've been laying traps for you all this time. And if I can concentrate all that Lazarus technology into one little screwdriver... But, ooh, if I only had the Doctor's biological code. Oh, wait a minute, I do! (Runs to silver case and opens it). I've got his hand! And if Lazarus made himself younger, what if I reverse it? Another hundred years? Saxon aims the screwdriver at the Doctor who screams as he goes into convulsions as his genetic makeup is altered. Jack revives. JACK: Teleport. Hands Martha the manipulator. MARTHA: I can't. JACK: We can't stop him. Get out of here. Get out. Saxon stops and the Doctor now has the body of a very old man. Martha crawls to his side. MARTHA: Doctor, I've got you. SAXON: Aw, she's a would-be doctor. But tonight, Martha Jones, we've flown 'em in all the way from prison. The door slides open and guards escort in Francine, Clive and Tish. MARTHA: Mum. FRANCINE (crying): I'm sorry. DOCTOR (breathing heavily): The Toclafane, who are they? Who are they? SAXON: Doctor, if I told you the truth, your hearts would break. TOCLAFANE 1: Is it time? TOCLAFANE 3: Is it ready? TOCLAFANE 2: Is the machine singing? SAXON(checks watch): Two minutes past. (Mounts steps and stands by Lucy). So! Earthings. Basically, um, end of the world. (Holds up screwdriver). Here... come... the drums! Rogue Trader's "Voodoo Child": # Here come the drums. Here come the drums... The paradox machine activates. # Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child... Saxon looks out the window. # Don't say maybe, maybe. It's supernatural. I'm comin' undone... Above the Valiant, a rift rears open in the sky. # Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child... Toclafane by the thousands exit the rift. # Don't say maybe, maybe. It's supernatural. I'm comin' undone. Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child...#. Saxon and Lucy watch from the bridge. SAXON: How many do you think? LUCY: I don't know. SAXON: Six billion. (Switches on outside speaker). Down you go, kids! The Toclafane swarm down to Earth, zeroing in on Manhattan, Tokyo, (?), and London. People go into the streets to see and the Toclafane begin f*ring indiscriminately. SAXON (to Lucy): Shall we decimate them? That sounds good. Nice word, decimate. (To Toclafane): Remove one-tenth of the population! The Toclafane burst into people's homes. Martha can only cry as she listens to the messages coming in from the surface. MESSAGE 1: Valiant, this is Geneva! We're getting slaughtered down here! Martha stands, leaving the Doctor. MESSAGE 2: Help us, for God's sake! Help us! They're everywhere! MESSAGE 3: This is London, Valiant ! This is London calling! What do we do?! Martha looks at her family. MESSAGE 4: They're k*lling us! The Toclafane are k*lling us! With a last look at the Doctor, Martha activates the teleporter. The Doctor and Jack exchange a look before the Doctor turns to look at Saxon. Martha arrives in a field (Hampstead Heath?) overlooking the destruction of London. MARTHA: I'm coming back. She runs off. Saxon forces the Doctor to watch the fall of Earth from a window. SAXON: And so it came to pass... that the human race fell and the Earth was no more. And I looked down upon my new dominion as master of all and I thought it... good. Close-up of the Doctor, helplessness evident on his face. To be continued...
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Recap of 312 "The sound of drums". OPENING CREDITS We see a computer screen showing the solar system with a concentration on the Earth. To the right it reads "EXTINCTION". COMPUTER: Space lane traffic is advised to stay away from Sol 3, also known as Earth. Pilots are warned that Sol 3 is now entering terminal extinction. Planet Earth is closed. Planet Earth is closed. Planet Earth is closed. Over a sh*t of the Earth spinning in space, we see the caption "ONE YEAR LATER". We then see an old fashioned lantern before the camera pans out and we see it is held by a man somewhere in his late twenties with a scruffy beard. A boat offshore answers with a light of its own. A figure dressed in black wades ashore and strides up the beach. As it gets closer, we see it's Martha. MARTHA: What's your name, then? TOM: Tom Milligan. No need to ask who you are, the famous Martha Jones. How long since you were last in Britain? MARTHA: 365 days. It's been a long year. Martha and Tom walk up the beach. TOM: So what's the plan? MARTHA: This Professor Docherty. I need to see her. Can you get me there? TOM: She works in a repair shed, Nuclear Plant 7. I can get you inside. What's all this for? What's so important about her? MARTHA: Sorry, the more you know, the more you're at risk. TOM: There's a lot of people depending on you. You're a bit of a legend. MARTHA: What does the legend say? TOM: That you sailed the Atlantic, walked across America. That you're the only person to get out of Japan alive. Martha Jones, they say: She's gonna save the world. Bit late for that. MARTHA (on seeing his truck) : How come you can drive? Don't you get stopped? TOM: Medical staff. Used to be in paediatrics back in the old days. But that gives me a license to travel so I can help out at the labour camps. MARTHA: Great. I'm travelling with a doctor. They both get into the truck. TOM: Story goes, that you're the only person on Earth who can k*ll him. That you, and you alone, can k*ll the Master stone d*ad. MARTHA: Let's just drive. The Valiant sails above the clouds. MASTER (voice over): Citizens rejoice. Your lord and master stands on high playing Track 3. The door to the conference room / bridge opens and the Master spins. "I Can't Decide", by Scissor Sisters plays and the Master sings along. # I can't decide whether you should live or die... The Master struts in then slides to Lucy who is wearing a red gown. # Though you'll probably go to Heaven. Please don't hang your head and cry... He gives Lucy a long kiss. # No wonder why my heart feels d*ad inside. It's cold and hard and petrified. Lock the doors and close the blinds, we're goin' for a ride... The Master sits in one of the chairs at the table and spins as Francine, in a maid's uniform, serves him tea. # Oh, I could throw you in a lake or feed you poisoned birthday cake. I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone... The Master runs up onto the bridge and begins ringing an old-fashioned ship's bell. The Doctor crawls out of a tent that has straw on the floor. Beside the tent is a bowl that reads "DOG". # Oh, I could bury you alive but you might crawl out with a Kn*fe and k*ll me when I'm sleeping, that's why... The Master goes down to the Doctorand forces him into a wheelchair. # I can't decide whether you should live or die though you'll probably go to Heaven. Please don't hang your head and cry. No wonder why my heart feels d*ad inside. It's cold and hard and petrified. Lock the doors and close the blinds, we're goin' for a ride... #. The Master pushes the Doctor around the room in the wheelchair ending up by one of the windows. MASTER: It's ready to rise, Doctor. The new Time Lord Empire. (Some Toclafane spheres float by). It's good, isn't it? Isn't it good? Anything? No? Anything? (Waves his hand in front of the Doctor's face). Oh, but they broke your hearts, didn't they? Those Toclafane, ever since you worked out what they really are. They say Martha Jones... has come back home. Now why would she do that? DOCTOR: Leave her alone. MASTER: But you said something to her, didn't you? On the day I took control. (Kneeling on the floor, the Doctor whispers in Martha's ear). What did you tell her? DOCTOR: I have one thing to say to you. You know what it is. MASTER: Oh, no you don't! Gets up and pushes the Doctor away until he hits a wall. PA: Valiant now entering Zone One airspace. Citizens rejoice. MASTER (claps hands): Come on, people! What are we doing? Launch Day in 24 hours! The Doctor presses three fingers against his thigh. Francine walks by and out into a corridor past Clive, who is now a janitor. She holds up three fingers and keeps walking. When Tish, also a maid, passes Clive, he signals her with three fingers. Tish approaches a gated area and a guard lets her in. JACK (cheerful): Morning, Tish. (His wrists are manacled, arms outstretched, the chains attached to the wall on either side). Ah, smell that sea air. Makes me long for good old fish and chips. (Laughs). Yeah. What do I get? Cold mashed swede. Some hotel. Last time I book over the Internet. Tish feeds him a spoonful then holds three fingers against the tray where he can see it. Jack winks. In a rocky valley, there is a monumental stature of the Master carved in rock. MARTHA: All over the Earth, those things. He's even carved himself into Mount Rushmore. TOM: Best to keep down. Here we go. (They peer over rocks). The entire south coast of England... converted into shipyards. They bring in sl*ve labour every morning. (The ships in question are rocket ships, silos as far as the eye can see). Break up cars, houses, anything, just for the metal. Building a fleet out of scrap. MARTHA: You should see Russia. That's Shipyard Number One. All the way from the Black Sea to the Bering Strait. There's 100,000 rockets ready for w*r. TOM: w*r? With who? MARTHA: The rest of the universe. I've been out there, Tom. In space. Before all this happened. And there's a thousand different civilizations all around us with no idea of what's happening here. The Master can build w*apon big enough to devastate them all. TOM: You've been in space? MARTHA: Problem with that? TOM: No. No, just uh... Wow. Anything else I should know? MARTHA: I've met Shakespeare. Two Toclafane come up behind them. Tom turns and faces them. Martha stays still. TOCLAFANE 1: Identify, little man. TOM: I... I've got a license. Thomas Milligan, Peripatetic Medical Squad. I'm allowed to travel. (Holds up licence). I was just checking f... TOCLAFANE 2: Soon the rockets will fly and everyone will need medicine. You'll be so busy. They laugh and fly away. TOM: But, they didn't see you. MARTHA (takes out TARDIS key) : How do you think I travelled the world? They walk back to the truck. MARTHA: 'Cause the Master set up Archangel, that mobile network, 15 satellites around the planet, but really it's transmitting a low-level psychic field. That's how everyone got hypnotised into thinking he was Harold Saxon. TOM: Saxon. Feels like years ago. MARTHA: But they key's tuned in to the same frequency. Makes me sort of... not invisible, just unnoticeable. TOM: But I can see you. MARTHA: That's 'cause you wanted to. Laughs. TOM: Yeah, I suppose I did. MARTHA: Is there a Mrs Milligan? TOM: No. No. What about you? MARTHA: There used to be someone. Scene from "Smith and Jones" when the Doctor kisses her in the hallway followed by the last time she saw him on the Valiant. MARTHA: A long time ago. Come on. I've got to find this Docherty woman. Gets into truck. TOM: We'll have to wait until the next work shift. What time is it now? MARTHA: Nearly 3:00. A clock on the bridge reads 14:58. The Doctor looks over at Francine and Tish. Clive and Jack can both see the time. Jack begins to pull on his chains. The Master walks into the room followed by Lucy. MASTER: Time for my massage. Who shall I have today? Tanya. Come on, sweetheart. Lucy, have you met Tanya? She's gorgeous. (Takes off jacket and throws it onto the table). Tanya, when we get to the stars, I'm gonna take you to Katria Nova. Whirlpools of gold. The bolts holding Jack's chains are slowly coming free of the wall. MASTER (sitting down) : You two should get to know each other. That might be fun. Tanya begins to massage his shoulders. Jack groans as he pulls the chains free. He then pulls out a steam hose and turns it on his guard. At the same time, Clive throws water on some exposed wiring, starting a f*re. PA: Condition red! MASTER: What the hell? Goes up the stairs to the bridge. PA: Repeat: condition red. Francine grabs the Master's jacket and throws it to Tish who hands it to the Doctor. The Doctor takes out the laser screwdriver and aims it at the Master. MASTER: Oh, I see. Puts hands up. DOCTOR: I told you. I have one thing to say. The screwdriver doesn't work and the Master laughs. Clive is caught and armed guards stop Jack. JACK: Oh, here we go again. Puts out arms and men f*re. The Doctor keeps trying the screwdriver. MASTER (leans over): Isomorphic controls. (Takes screwdriver then backhands the Doctor sending him to the floor). Which means they only work for me. Like this. (sh**t the wall beside Francine). Say sorry! FRANCINE: Sorry. Sorry. Sorry! TISH: Mum! Runs to her. MASTER: Didn't you learn anything from the blessed Saint Martha? (Lucy runs over, picks up his jacket, and helps put it on). Siding with the Doctor is a very dangerous thing to do. Take them away. GUARD: Move! Come on. Forces Francine and Tish out. MASTER: Okay. Gotcha. (Lifts the Doctor into a chair). There you go, Gramps. (Sits on the edge of the table). Oh, do you know, I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor, was waging a time w*r. Battling Sea Devils and Axons. He sealed the rift at the Medusa Cascade single-handed. Ooh. And look at him now. Stealing screwdrivers. How did he ever come to this? Oh yeah. Me! Laughs. DOCTOR: I just need you to listen. MASTER: No, it's my turn. Revenge! Best served hot. And this time... It's a message for Miss Jones. Tom cuts a hole in a chain-link fence large enough for both the two of them to squeeze through. They then run across an open area of the compound before reaching their destination. Professor Docherty an older woman, is hitting an old monitor when they find her. TOM: Professor Docherty? DOCHERTY: Busy. TOM: They, uh, they sent word ahead. I'm Tom Milligan. This is Martha Jones. DOCHERTY: She can be the Queen of Sheba for all I care. I'm still busy. MARTHA: Televisions don't work anymore. DOCHERTY: Oh, God, I miss Countdown. Hasn't been the same since Des took over. Both Deses. What's the plural of Des? Desii? Deseen? But we've been told there's gonna be a transmission. (Bangs the monitor). From the man himself. (Static appears onscreen). There! A grainy black and white sh*t of the Master appears. MASTER (looking into the camera): My people. Salutations on this, the eve of w*r. (The Jones family watching, cuffed in a cell). Lovely woman. But I know there's all sorts of whispers down there. (Jack, back in chains, watches). Stories of a child, walking the Earth, giving you hope. (Walks to stand beside the Doctor). But I ask you... how much hope has this man got? Say hello, Gandalf. Except he's not that old but he's an alien with a much greater lifespan than you stunted, little apes. What if it showed? What if I suspend your capacity to regenerate? All 900 years of your life, Doctor. What if we could see them? (Uses screwdriver on him again). Older and older and older. (Everyone watches as the Doctor writhes in agony). Down you go, Doctor. (the Doctor falls to the floor). Down, down, down you go. (Stops and there is silence). Doctor. (Bends down to see the Doctor's clothes lying on the floor, empty. Up by the neck, a large domed head peers out with huge, blinking eyes. The Master walks back to the camera). Received and understood, Miss Jones? Ends transmission. TOM: I'm sorry. MARTHA (smiles): The Doctor's still alive. DOCHERTY: Obviously the Archangel Network would seem to be... the Master's greatest weakness. 15 satellites all around Earth, still transmitting. That's why there's so little resistance. It's broadcasting a telepathic signal that keeps people scared. TOM: We could just take them out. DOCHERTY: We could. 15 ground-to-air m*ssile. You got any on you? Besides, any military action, the Toclafane descend. MARTHA: They're not called Toclafane. That's a name the Master made up. DOCHERTY: Then what are they, then? MARTHA: That's why I came to find you. Know your enemy. I've got this. (Pulls out a computer CD). No one's been able to look at a sphere close up. They can't even be damaged. Except once. The lightening strike in South Africa brought one of them down. Just by chance. I've got the readings on this. Dochertyputs the disc into the computer. She bangs it a few times before it works. DOCHERTY: Oh, whoever thought we'd miss Bill Gates. TOM: So is that why you travelled the world? To find a disc? MARTHA: No. Just got lucky. DOCHERTY: I heard stories that you walked the Earth to find a way to build a w*apon. (Martha remembers the Doctor whispering to her). There! A current of 58.5 kilo amperes transferred charge of 510 megajoules precisely. TOM: Can you recreate that? DOCHERTY: I think so. Easily, yes. MARTHA: All right then, Dr Milligan, we're gonna get us a sphere. Tom is outside the plant, g*n in hand, waiting. He fires three times then takes off running, a sphere following. Martha is watching for him while Docherty makes the final preparations. MARTHA: He's coming! You ready?! DOCHERTY: You do your job, I'll do mine! TOM: Now! Docherty turns on the power and the sphere is caught in an electrical field. It drops to the ground. The three approach, Tom has his g*n aimed at it. DOCHERTY: That's only half the job. Let's find out what's inside. A sh*t of the empty bridge except for the now gnome-like Doctor in a large birdcage. FRANCINE (voice-over): I'm gonna k*ll him. If I have to wait 100 years, I'm going to k*ll the Master. (sh*t of Jack). One day he'll let his guard down. One day. (The Jones family in their cell). And I'll be there. CLIVE: No, that's my job. I'll swear to you. I'd sh**t that man stone d*ad. Kisses Francine. TISH: I'll get him. Even if it kills me. FRANCINE: Don't say that. TISH: I mean it. That man made us stand on deck and watch Japan burning. Millions of people. I swear to you, he's d*ad. The Master takes a somewhat timid Lucy into the Valiant's conference room. MASTER: Tomorrow, they launch. (Walks into the room, Lucy clinging to his arm). We're opening up a rift in the Braccatolian space. They won't see us coming. Kinda scary. DOCTOR: Then stop. MASTER: Once the empire is established and there's a new Gallifrey in the heavens, maybe then... it stops. (Looks at the Doctor through the bars). The drumming. The never-ending drumbeat. sh*t from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS" of the Master as a child in front of the Untempered Schism MASTER: Ever since I was a child. I looked into the vortex. That's when it chose me. The drumming, the call to w*r. Can't you hear it? Listen, it's there now. Right now. Tell me you can hear it, Doctor. Tell me. DOCTOR: It's only you. MASTER: Good. The door opens and a sphere enters. SPHERE: Tomorrow, the w*r. Tomorrow we rise. Never to fall. MASTER: You see? I'm doing it for them! You should be grateful! After all, you love them. So very, very much. Docherty is working on opening the sphere. DOCHERTY: There's some sort of magnetic clamp. Hold on, I'll just trip the... (The clamp opens and Docherty opens the sides like petals). Oh my God! Martha and Tom peer inside. There is a wizened human head attached to machinery. Lights come on and it opens its eyes. The three jump back, startled. DOCHERTY: It's alive. SPHERE: Martha. Martha Jones. TOM: It knows you. SPHERE: Sweet, kind Martha Jones. You helped us to fly. MARTHA: What do you mean? SPHERE: You led us to salvation. MARTHA: Who are you? SPHERE: The skies are made of diamonds. MARTHA: No. (Backs away). You can't be him. Clip from "UTOPIA". CREET: The skies are made of diamonds. Padra and his family are in a queue heading for the rocket. The Futurekind watch as the rocket lifts off and howl. SPHERE: We share each other's memories. You sent him to Utopia. MARTHA: Oh my God! TOM: What's it talking about? What's it mean? DOCHERTY: What are they? TOM: Martha. Martha, tell us. What are they? MARTHA: They're us. They're humans. The human race from the future. The Master is sitting down at the table. MASTER: I took Lucy to Utopia. A Time Lord and his human companion. I took her to see the stars. Isn't that right, sweetheart? LUCY: Trillions of years into the future. To the end of the universe. MASTER: Tell him what you saw. LUCY: Dying. Everything dying. The whole of creation was falling apart. And I thought... there's no point. No point to anything. Not ever. MASTER: And it's all your fault. MARTHA: I'd sort of worked it out, with the paradox machine. Because the Doctor said, on the day before the Master came to power, he said... Scene from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS". DOCTOR: When he was stealing the TARDIS, the only thing I could do was fuse the coordinates. I locked them permanently. From "UTOPIA". The Doctor is holding out the sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS console sparks. DOCTOR: He can only travel between the year 100 trillion and the last place the TARDIS landed. Which is right here, right now. MARTHA: The Master had the TARDIS, this time machine, but the only other place he could go was the end of the universe. So he found Utopia. MASTER: You should have seen it, Doctor. Furnaces, burning. The last of humanity screaming at the dark. MARTHA: The Utopia Project was the last hope. Trying to find a way to escape the end of everything. SPHERE: There was no solution, no diamonds. Just the dark and the cold. MASTER: All that human invention that had sustained them across the eons. It all turned inwards. They cannibalised themselves. SPHERE: We made ourselves so pretty. MASTER: Regressing into children. But it didn't work. The universe was collapsing around them. SPHERE: But then the Master came with his wonderful time machine to bring us back home. DOCHERTY: But that's a paradox. If you're the future of the human race, and you've come back to m*rder your ancestors, you should cancel yourselves out. You shouldn't exist. MARTHA: And that's the paradox machine. sh*t of the Master inside the TARDIS turning it into the paradox machine. MASTER: My masterpiece, Doctor. A living TARDIS, strong enough to hold the paradox in place, allowing the past and the future to collide in infinite majesty. DOCTOR: But you're changing history. Not just Earth, the entire universe. MASTER: I'm a Time Lord. I have that right. DOCTOR: But even then, why come all this way just to destroy? SPHERE: We've come backwards in time to build a brand new empire lasting 100 trillion years. MASTER: With me as their master. Time Lord and humans combined. Haven't you always dreamt of that, Doctor? TOM: What about us? SPHERE: Because it's fun! Laughs madly. Tom sh**t it. MASTER (walks to Doctor) : Human race. Greatest monster of them all. Night-night. Walks out, arm around Lucy. The sphere follows. Martha, Tom and Docherty are in her living quarters. DOCHERTY: I think it's time we had the truth, Miss Jones. The legend says you've travelled the world to find a way of k*lling the Master. Tell us, is it true? MARTHA: Just before I escaped, the Doctor told me... Clip from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS" of the Doctor whispering in her ear. MARTHA: The Doctor and the Master, they've been coming to Earth for years. And they've been watched. (Takes a case from her pack). There's UNIT and Torchwood, all studying Time Lords in secret. And they made this. The ultimate defence. Opens the case to reveal a special g*n. TOM: All you need to do is get close. I can sh**t the Master d*ad with this. Shows his g*n. DOCHERTY: Actually, you can put that down now, thank you very much. MARTHA: Point is, it's not so easy to k*ll a Time Lord. They can regenerate; literally bring themselves back to life. DOCHERTY: Ah, the Master's immortal. Wonderful. MARTHA: Except for this. (Picks up g*n). Four chemicals, slotted into the g*n, inject him... kills a Time Lord permanently. TOM: Four chemicals? You've only got three. MARTHA: Still need the last one 'cause the components of this g*n were kept safe, scattered across the world. And I found them. San Diego, Beijing, Budapest and London. TOM: Then where is it? MARTHA: There's an old UNIT base, north London. I've found the access codes. Tom, you've got to get me there. Tom and Martha take their leave. TOM: We can't go across London in the dark. It's full of wild dogs; we'd get eaten alive. We can wait till the morning, then go with the medical convoy. DOCHERTY: You can spend the night here, if you like. TOM: No, we can get halfway, stay at the sl*ve quarters in Bexley. Professor, thank you. Shakes her hand. DOCHERTY: Good luck. MARTHA: Thanks. Kisses Docherty on the cheek. DOCHERTY: Martha, could you do it? Could you actually k*ll him? MARTHA: Got no choice. DOCHERTY: You might be many things, but you don't look like a k*ller to me. Martha and Tom creep down a dark street of row houses. They sneak past the guards and up to one of the houses. TOM (knocks) : Let me in. It's Milligan. The door opens and he and Martha rush in. The house is crowded with people, barely room to move. WOMAN: Did you bring food? TOM: Couldn't get any. And I'm starving. WOMAN: All we've got is water. MARTHA: I'm sorry. TOM: It's cheaper than building barracks. Pack them in, 100 in each house, ferry them off to the shipyards every morning. BOY: Are you Martha Jones? MARTHA: Yeah, that's me. BOY: Can you do it? Can you k*ll him? They said you can k*ll the Master, can you? Tell us you can do it. Please tell us you can do it. WOMAN: Who is the Master? Everyone starts talking at once. TOM: Come on, just leave her alone. She's exhausted. MARTHA: No, it's all right. They want me to talk and I will. Docherty approaches a curtained-off room and opens a false high voltage panel behind which is hiding a working computer. The Archangel logo rotates onscreen. DOCHERTY: Access Priority One. This is Professor Alison Docherty. COMPUTER: State your intent. DOCHERTY: First of all, I need to know about my son. COMPUTER: State your intent. DOCHERTY: Is my son still alive? COMPUTER: State your intent. DOCHERTY: I have some information for the Master... concerning Martha Jones. The Doctor is sleeping, curled up at the bottom of his cage. The door slides open and the Master enters on tiptoe and turns on the lights. He is in a dark silk robe and his hair is mussed. MASTER (smiles): Guess what? Martha is sitting on the staircase surrounded by everyone in the house. MARTHA: I travelled across the world. From the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe. And everywhere I went, I saw people just like you, living as slaves. But if Martha Jones became a legend, then that's wrong because my name isn't important. There's someone else. The man who sent me out there. The man who told me to walk the Earth. His name is the Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times, and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked. But I've seen him. I know him. I love him. And I know what he can do. The woman who greeted them at the door pushes her way forward. WOMAN: It's him! It's him! Oh my God, it's him! It's the Master! He's here! MARTHA stands. BOY: But he never comes to Earth! He never walks upon the ground! WOMAN: Hide her! TOM: Use this! Throws what looks to be a blanket or tarp. The Master walks down the street outside, flanked by armed guards. There are also spheres present. Inside, Tomcocks his g*n and squats by the mail slot to look outside. BOY: He walks among us, out lord and master. MASTER: Martha. Martha Jo-hones. (High-pitched). I can see you! (Normal). Out you come, little girl. Come and meet your master. Anybody? Nobody? No? Nothing? Positions! I'll give the order unless you surrender. Ask yourself... what would the Doctor do? Martha removes her TARDIS key and shakes off the cover. Everyone looks in her direction. Outside, the MASTER is still waiting. Martha stands by Tom at the door and puts her hand on the g*n. He slowly stands. With a little smile for everyone inside, Martha opens the door and steps out. MASTER: Oh, yes! (Claps). Oh, very well done! Good girl! He trained you well. (Martha walks into the street) Bag. Give me the bag. No, stay there. Just throw it. (Martha takes off her pack and throws it onto the ground. The Master fires his laser at it, destroying everything inside). And now, good companion, your work his done. Holds out laser. TOM (runs into the street, g*n aimed at the Master) : No! The Master sh**t Tom instead and he falls to the ground. Martha can only glare as the Master chuckles. MASTER: But you... when you die, the Doctor should be witness, hm? (Inhales deeply). Almost dawn, Martha. And planet Earth marches to w*r. sh*t of the Valiant MASTER (voice-over): Citizens of Earth, rejoice and observe. The door to the conference room opens and two guards escort in Martha. She walks forward alone. To one side she sees her family and to the other side is Jack. At the base of the stairs to her right is the Doctor in his cage. She smiles softly. Jack moves to go to her but stops when his guard motioned with his g*n. MASTER: Your teleport device. In case your thought I'd forgotten. (Martha reaches into a pocket in her pants and throws him the manipulator). And now... kneel. (Martha does). Down below, the fleet is ready to launch. Two hundred thousand ships set to burn across the universe. (Goes to comm. Link). Are we ready? MAN (on link) : The fleet awaits your signal. Rejoice! MASTER: Three minutes to align the black hole converters. Counting down! (A clock on the wall counts down the seconds). I never could resist a ticking clock. My children, are you ready? There are billions of spheres waiting above the Earth. SPHERES: We will fly and blaze and slice! We will fly and blaze and slice! MASTER: At zero, to mark this day, the child, Martha Jones, will die. Ha, my first blood. Ha, any last words? No? (Looks at the Doctor). Such a disappointment, this one. Days of old, Doctor, you had companions who could absorb the time vortex. This one's useless! (To Martha) : Bow your head. And so it falls to me, the Master of all, to establish from this day, a new order of Time Lords! From this day forward... (Martha chuckles). What? What's so funny? MARTHA: A g*n? MASTER: What about it? MARTHA: A g*n in four parts? MASTER: Yes, and I destroyed it. MARTHA: A g*n in four parts scattered across the world? I mean, come on. Did you really believe that? MASTER: What do you mean? DOCTOR: As if I would ask her to k*ll. MASTER: Oh, well, it doesn't matter. I've got her exactly where I want her. MARTHA: But I knew what Professor Docherty would do. The Resistance knew about her son. MASTER :That's why I came to find you. Know your enemy. MARTHA: I told her about the g*n, so she'd get me here. At the right time. MASTER: Oh, but you're still gonna die! MARTHA: Don't you wanna know what I was doing? Travelling the world? MASTER: Tell me. MARTHA: I told a story, that's all. No w*apon, just words. I did just what the Doctor said. I went across the continents all on my own. And everywhere I went, I found the people, and I told them my story. MARTHA: He has saved your lives so many times, and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked. But I've seen him. I know him. MARTHA (voice-over): I told them about the Doctor. MARTHA: I love him. And I told them to pass it on, to spread the word so that everyone would know about the Doctor. MASTER: Faith and hope? Is that all? MARTHA: No, 'cause I gave them an instruction. Just as the Doctor said. Stands. The Doctor 's final conversation that day aboard the Valiant. DOCTOR: Use the countdown. MARTHA: I told them that if everyone thinks of one word, at one specific time... MASTER: Nothing will happen! Is that your w*apon?! Prayer?! MARTHA: Right across the world. One word, just one thought, at one moment... but with 15 satellites! MASTER: What? JACK: The Archangel Network. MARTHA: A telepathic field binding the whole human race together, with all of them, every single person on Earth, thinking the same thing at the same time. And that word... is Doctor. The countdown reaches zero and a glowing field rings around the Doctor. MASTER: Stop it. No, no, no, no, you don't! JACK (closes eyes) : Doctor. FRANCINE (eyes closed): Doctor. MASTER: Do... Large plasma screens on the walls show crowds of people across the world gathered in public places all saying "Doctor". MASTER: Stop this right now! Stop it! LUCY (closes eyes): Doctor. JACK: Doctor. MARTHA: Doctor. Still with an energy field about him, the Doctor has broken from the cage and is now an old man. DOCTOR: I've had a whole year to tune myself into the psychic network and integrate with its matrices. MASTER: I order you to stop! More sh*ts of people around the world saying "Doctor" including the people who sheltered Martha and Tom. LUCY: Doctor. The Doctor returns to his normal self. DOCTOR: The one thing you can't do. Stop them thinking. Martha and Jack laugh. The Master is shocked. Using the telepathic field, the Doctor levitates. DOCTOR: Tell me the human race is degenerate now when they can do this. Martha runs to her family and hugs Francine. Tish hugs them both. MASTER: No! Fires laser at the Doctor but the field deflects it. DOCTOR: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. MASTER: Then I'll k*ll them! (Aims laser at Martha and her family but the Doctor throws it across the room telekinetically. Unarmed, the Master panics). You can't do this! You can't do... It's not fair! DOCTOR: And you know what happens now. MASTER: No! (The Doctor floats to the Master who backs away down the stairs). No! (Grovels). No! No! DOCTOR: You wouldn't listen. MASTER: No! DOCTOR: Because you know what I'm going to say. MASTER: No! Curls into foetal position. The Doctor lands, walks over to the whimpering Master and wraps his arms about him. DOCTOR: I forgive you. MASTER: My children! SPHERES: Protect the paradox! Protect the paradox! Protect the paradox! DOCTOR: Captain! The paradox machine! JACK: You men! With me! You stay here! The MASTER pulls out the manipulator and activates it. DOCTOR: No! Puts his hands on it and they both disappear. The Master and the Doctor materialise on a rocky cliff. MASTER (spreads arms) : Now it ends, Doctor. (Thunder rolls). Now it ends. Alarms sound at the nearby shipyard. Jack races through the corridors of the Valiant, guards with him. MARTHA (on the bridge): We've all 6 billion spheres heading straight for us! DOCTOR: We've got control of the Valiant. You can't launch. MASTER: Oh, but I've got this. (Holds up small device). Black hole converter inside every ship. If I can't have this world, Doctor, then neither can you. We shall stand upon this Earth, together, as it burns! Jack reaches the TARDIS but there are three spheres guarding it. The other spheres race back to the Valiant. Jack and the guards f*re at the spheres. GUARD: Can't get in. We'd get slaughtered! JACK: Yeah. Happens to me a lot. Goes in f*ring. Martha and Tish watch on the bridge as the spheres get closer. DOCTOR: w*apon after w*apon after w*apon. All you do is talk and talk and talk. But over all these years... and all these disasters, I've always had the greatest secret of them all. I know you. Explode those ships, you k*ll yourself. That's the one thing you can never do. (Holds out hand). Give that to me. The Master slaps the device into his hand. Jack makes it inside the TARDIS. He fires at the casing, causing sparks and destroying the paradox machine. The Doctor and the Master fall to the ground as the Earth shakes. They fight for control of the manipulator. The Doctor takes them back to the Valiant. Just as they're about the reach the ship, the spheres disappear. The ship rocks as the paradox is destroyed and Martha is thrown back only to be caught by the Doctor who smiles. DOCTOR: Everyone down! Time is reversing! He falls to the floor, lies face-to-face with Martha and laughs. Francine spots a g*n on the floor that must have fallen unnoticed from one of the guards. She looks over at the Master as he clings to the railings. Time rolls back and on Earth, people are screaming, not knowing what is going on. They then disappear as does the statue of the Master and the shipyards. Time slows and the Valiant stills. The major cities on Earth are all back to normal. DOCTOR (stands and checks controls): The paradox is broken. We've reverted back, one year and one day. Two minutes past 8:00 in the morning. Turns on comms. MALE VOICE (over comms): This is UNIT Central. What's happened up there? We just saw the President assassinated! DOCTOR: You see? Just after the President was k*lled, but just before the spheres arrived. Everything back to normal. Planet Earth restored. None of it happened. The rockets, the terror. It never was. MARTHA: What about the spheres? DOCTOR: Trapped at the end of the universe. FRANCINE: But I remember it. DOCTOR: We're at the eye of the storm. The only ones who'll ever know. (Sees Clive). Oh, hello! You must be Mr Jones! We haven't actually met. The Master makes a break for it but is stopped by Jack as he returns. JACK: Whoa, big fella! You don't want to miss the party. (To guard) : Cuffs. (Cuffs the Master's hands behind his back). So, what do we do with this one? CLIVE: We k*ll him. TISH: We execute him. DOCTOR: No, that's not the solution. FRANCINE (aims g*n at the Master): Oh, I think so. 'Cause all those... things, they still happened because of him. I saw them. MASTER: Go on! Do it! DOCTOR: Francine, you're better than him. Reaches out and takes her hand. She drops the g*n and he takes her in a hug. Martha then takes her. MASTER: You still haven't answered the question. What happens to me? DOCTOR: You're my responsibility from now on. The only Time Lord left in existence. JACK (goes to Doctor) : Yeah, but you can't trust him. DOCTOR: No. The only safe place for him is the TARDIS. MASTER: You mean you're just gonna... keep me? DOCTOR: Hmm. If that's what I have to do. (Looks to Jack.) It's time to change. Maybe I've been wandering for too long. Now I'll have someone to care for. A g*n rings out and the Master staggers backwards. Lucy is holding the g*n. Jack takes the g*n from Lucy as the Doctor runs to the Master. JACK: Put it down. DOCTOR: There you go. I've got you. I've got you. Lowers him gently to the floor. MASTER: Always the women. DOCTOR: I didn't see her. MASTER: Dying in your arms. Happy now? DOCTOR: You're not dying, don't be stupid. It's only a b*llet. Just regenerate. MASTER: No. DOCTOR: One little b*llet. Come on. MASTER: I guess you don't know me so well. I refuse. DOCTOR (breaking): Regenerate. Just regenerate. Please! Please! Just regenerate! Come on! MASTER: And spend the rest of my life imprisoned with you? DOCTOR: You've got to. Come on. It can't end like this. You and me, all the things we've done. Axons? Remember the Axons? And the Daleks? We're the only two left, there's no one else. Regenerate! MASTER: How about that? I win. (Pause). Will it stop, Doctor? The drumming. Will it stop? Dies. The Doctor holds the Master close, rocking back and forth as he cries. He screams in despair and loss as the others simply look on. That night on Earth (?), the Doctor lights the Master's funeral pyre. He watches for a bit before walking away, no emotion on his face. Professor Alison Docherty is walking through a park when Martha runs up and gives her a bouquet of flowers. MARTHA: Just to say I don't blame you. Walks away. DOCHERTY: But who are you? Back in Cardiff, the Doctor, Martha and jack are standing at the rails by the Pierhead Building looked out over the bay. MARTHA: Time was, every single one of these people knew your name. Now they've all forgotten you. DOCTOR: Good. JACK: Back to work. DOCTOR: I really don't mind, though. Come with me. JACK: I had plenty of time to think that past year, the Year That Never Was. And I kept thinking about that team of mine. Like you said, Doctor, responsibility. DOCTOR: Defending the Earth. Can't argue with that. Makes to shake Jack's hand but exposes the manipulator. JACK: Hey, I need that! DOCTOR: I can't have you walking around with a time-travelling teleport. (Uses sonic screwdriver). You could go anywhere, twice. The second time to apologise. JACK: And what about me? Can you fix that? Will I ever be able to die? DOCTOR: Nothing I can do. You're an impossible thing, Jack. JACK (laughs) : Been called that before. (Starts to leave then turns back and salutes). Sir. Ma'am. (Turns to leave again and stops). But I keep wondering... what about aging? 'Cause I can't die but I keep getting older. The odd little grey hair, you know? What happens if I live for a million years? DOCTOR: I really don't know. JACK (chuckles) : Okay, vanity. Sorry. Yeah, can't help it. Used to be a poster boy when I was a kid back on the Boeshane Pennisula. Tiny little place. I was the first one ever to be signed up for the Time Agency. They were so proud of me. They Face of Boe they called me. (The Doctor and Martha are stunned). Hmm, I'll see you. Runs across the Plas towards the water tower. MARTHA: Can't be. DOCTOR: No, definitely not. No. (Martha laughs). No. Laughs. The Jones family is back home and together. The Doctor watches form outside as he leans against the TARDIS. Francine looks out at him before he goes inside. The TARDIS is back to normal. The canister containing his hand rests on the floor by the console. He reclines on the jump seat and puts his feet up on the console as he waits for Martha. MARTHA (walks out of house talking on her mobile): Yeah. Could you put me through? Hi, I'm looking for a Dr Thomas Milligan. TOM (at hospital A&E) : Yeah, hello. (Martha opens her mouth to speak but doesn't). Hello? Martha closes phone and smiles. In the hospital, Tom hangs up and walks away. Martha enters the TARDIS and the Doctor peers around the central column. DOCTOR: Right then! (Gets up). Off we go! The open road! There is a burst of starfire right now over the coast of Meta Sigmafolio. Oh, the sky is like oil on water. Fancy a look? Or... back in time. We could... I don't know, Charles II? Henry VIII? I know! What about Agatha Christie? I'd love to meet Agatha Christie! I bet she's brilliant! (Realises Martha isn't smiling and immediately sobers). Okay. MARTHA: I just can't. DOCTOR: Yeah. MARTHA: Spent all these years training to be a doctor. Now I've got people to look after. They saw half the planet slaughtered and they're devastated. I can't leave them. DOCTOR: Of course not. (Smiles). Thank you. (Hugs her). Martha Jones, you saved the world. MARTHA: Yes, I did. I spent a lot of time with you thinking I was second best. But you know what? I am good. You gonna be all right? DOCTOR: Always. Yeah. MARTHA: Right, then. (Kisses him on the cheek then walks out. She starts off then turns and goes back inside the TARDIS). 'Cause the thing is, it's like my friend Vicky, she lived with this bloke, student housing, there were five of them, all packed in, and this bloke was called Sean. And she loved him, she did. She completely adored him. Spent all day long talking about him. DOCTOR: Is this going anywhere? MARTHA: Yes! (The DOCTOR crosses his arms). 'Cause he never looked at her twice. I mean, he liked her, but that was it. And she wasted years pining after him, years of her life, 'cause while he was around, she never looked at anyone else. And I told her, I always said to her, time and time again, I said: Get out. So this is me, getting out. (Reaches into her pocket and tosses her mobile to him). Keep that. 'Cause I'm not having you disappear. If that rings, when that rings, you better come running. Got it? DOCTOR: Got it. MARTHA: I'll see you again, mister. Smiles and leaves. The Doctor starts up the TARDIS. The Master's pyre burns down. A well-manicured hand with red nail polish lifts the Master's ring from the ashes. A woman's evil laugh echoes. The Doctor is working a few of the controls when a ship's horn is heard and something crashes into the TARDIS throwing the Doctor to the floor. He looks up to see the bow of an ocean liner has broken through the wall. DOCTOR: What?! (Coughs). What?! (Finds a life preserver that reads "TITANIC"). What?! END DOCTOR WHO will return at Christmas in "Voyage of the Damned".
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OPENING CREDITS Holding a red folder, Donna walks along a crowded street. The Doctor walks on another crowded street. Donna looks up to a high building, then walks toward it. The Doctor looks up to the same building from the other side. Donna enters through the main entrance. EMPLOYEE (voice-over): Good morning, Adipose Industries. The Doctor opens a f*re exit with the sonic screwdriver and enters the building. Donna flashes a card to the security guard. DONNA: Donna Noble, Health and Safety. The Doctor walks on a deserted corridor. He flashes the psychic paper to the security guard. DOCTOR: John Smith, Health and Safety. About three dozen people, including Donna, are sitting in a lecture room listening to Miss Foster. MISS FOSTER: Adipose Industries. The 21st century way to lose weight. No exercise, no diet, no pain. Just lifelong freedom from fat. The Holy Grail of the modern age. And here it is. You just take one capsule, one capsule, once a day, for three weeks. And the fat, as they say... COMPUTER VOICE: The fat just walks away. PENNY: Excuse me, Miss Foster, if I could? I'm Penny Carter, science correspondent for The Observer. There are a thousand diet pills on the market, a thousand con men stealing people's money. How do we know the fat isn't going straight into your bank account? MISS FOSTER: Oh Penny, if cynicism burnt up calories, we'd all be as thin as rakes. But if you want the science, I oblige. COMPUTER VOICE: Adipose Industries. The Adipose capsule is composed of a synthesised mobilising lipase, bound to a large protein molecule. The Doctor is watching the demonstration from the projector room. COMPUTER VOICE (through the window): The mobilising lipase breaks up the trigycerides stored in the adipose cells, which then enter... The Doctor shows the psychic paper to the man handling the projector. DOCTOR: Health and Safety. Film department. MISS FOSTER: 100 percent legal, 100 percent effective. PENNY: But, can I just ask, how many people have taken the pills to date? MISS FOSTER: We've already got one million customers within the Greater London area alone. But from next week, we start rolling out nationwide. The future starts here. And Britain will be thin. In the call center of Adipose Industries, phones keep ringing. EMPLOYEES: Good morning, I represent Adipose Industries. Donna goes to an employee, Craig. CRAIG (talking on the phone): That's a three-week course of pills for a special price of 45 pounds. DONNA (whispers): Donna Noble, Health and Safety. Don't mind me. The Doctor goes to another employee, Clare. CLARE (on the phone): We deliver within three working days. DOCTOR (whispers): John Smith, Health and Safety. Don't mind me. CRAIG (still on phone): The box comes with 21 days' worth of pills, a full information pack, and our special free gift, an Adipose Industries pendant. CLARE (on the phone, but looking at the Doctor): It is made of 18 carat gold, and it's yours for free. No, we don't give away pens, sorry. No, I can't make an exception, no. DONNA (putting the pendant into her pocket): I'll just need to keep this for testing. And I just need a list of your customers. Could you print it off? CRAIG: Suppose so. DONNA: Where's the printer? CRAIG: Just over there, by the plant. She stands up, looking for the printer. DONNA: Which plant, that plant? CRAIG: Yeah, that's the one. DONNA: Lovely. She sits down. The Doctor stands up. DOCTOR: That's the printer there? CLARE: By the plant, yeah. DOCTOR: Brilliant. He sits down. Donna stands up. DONNA: Does it need a code? Last place I worked, the printer needed a code. CRAIG: No, I can do it from here. She sits down. The Doctor stands up. DOCTOR: Has it got paper? CLARE: Yeah, Jimbo keeps it stocked. Miss Foster walks in, two bodyguards in tow. MISS FOSTER: Excuse me, everyone, if I could have your attention. Everyone stands up, except the Doctor and Donna, who look up and hide in turns as Miss Foster turns to different sides of the room. MISS FOSTER: On average, you're each selling forty Adipose packs per day. It's not enough. I want one hundred sales per person per day. And if not, you'll be replaced. Cos if anyone is good in trimming the fat, it's me. Now. Back to it. She leaves. DOCTOR: Anyway, if you could print that off. Thanks. DONNA: So if you could just print off that list, I'll get out of your way. She stands up. DONNA: Lovely! Thanks, then. See you! She walks to the printer. DOCTOR: Thanks, then. Oh, what's that? CLARE: My telephone number. DOCTOR (confused): What for? CLARE: Health and Safety. You be health, I'll be safety. DOCTOR (making up an excuse): Aah. Aah. But. That contravenes ah, paragraph five, subsection C. Sorry. He stands up and goes to the printer, turning his back to Donna who is already leaving. But something is wrong with the printer, so he goes back to Clare and smiles at her. DOCTOR: Me again. Knocking on a door, a fat woman goes to open it. It's Donna. DONNA: Stacy Campbell? STACY: Who wants to know? DONNA: My name is Donna, I represent Adipose Industries (she flashes a card) and you're on the list of our valued customers. Knocking on another door, this time a man answers it. DOCTOR: Mr Roger Davey, I'm calling on behalf of Adipose Industries (he flashes the psychic paper), just need to ask you a few questions. STACY: It's been fantastic. I've started the pills on Thursday. Five days later, I've lost eleven pounds! DONNA: And no side effects or anything? STACY: No, I feel fantastic. It's a new lease of life. Now, what d'you think of these earrings, do they work? DONNA: Yeah, lovely. ROGER: I've been on the pills two weeks now, I've lost fourteen kilos. DOCTOR: That's the same amount every day? ROGER: One kilo exactly. You wake up, and it's disappeared overnight. Well, technically speaking, it's gone by ten past one in the morning. DOCTOR: What makes you say that? ROGER: That's when I get woken up. Might as well weigh myself at the same time. The Doctor looks suspiciously. DONNA: You go on a date? STACY: I'm doing the opposite. I'm dumping him. I can do better than him now. Right, I won't be long. If the taxi beeps, give me a shout. ROGER: It is driving me mad. Ten minutes past one, every night, bang on the dot without fail, the burglar alarm goes off. I've had experts in, I've had it replaced, I've even phoned Watchdog. But no, ten past one in the morning, off it goes. DOCTOR: But with no burglars? ROGER: Nothing. I've given up looking. DOCTOR: Tell me Roger, have you got a cat flap? They knee by the cat flap. ROGER: It was there when I bought the house. Never bothered with it. I'm not a cat person. DOCTOR: No, I've met cat people. You are nothing like them. ROGER: It's that what it is then? Cats getting inside the house? DOCTOR: Well, thing about cat flaps is that they don't just let things in, they let things out as well. ROGER: Like what? DOCTOR: The fat just walks away. STACY (shouting from the bathroom): Won't be long! DONNA: That's all right! She pulls out the Adipose pendant and start playing with it, twisting it accidentally. Stacy's belly starts moving and giving out strange noises. In Miss Foster's office, an alarm goes off. MISS FOSTER: We have unscheduled parthenogenesis. DOCTOR: Well, thanks for your help. Tell you what, maybe you could lay off the pills for a week or so. (a device beeps). Ooh, gotta go, sorry. He runs away, following the signal. MISS FOSTER (talking to a wrist communicator device): Send out the collection squad. Bring them home. An Adipose breaks off from Stacy's belly. DONNA: You all right up there? STACY: Yeah. MISS FOSTER: The Adipose has been witnessed. Activating full parthenogenesis. She twists another Adipose pendant. A second Adipose appears and jumps beside the first one to the sink. Both waving at Stacy. STACY: What? What are you? What are you? Bumps appear and disappear all across her body, with more strange noise. DONNA (walks upstairs): I like what you've done in the hall. Stacy? Are you all right? I wouldn't mind a little visit myself. Everything all right in there? (Knocking on the bathroom door). Only me. Do you mind if I pop to the loo? Stacy? STACY: Help me! Oh my God, help me! DONNA: What is it, what's wrong? She tries to get inside, but the door is locked. DONNA: Stacy! Stacy screams and then falls apart to about twenty little Adipose. Donna finally manages to break into the room, but Stacy is gone. There's only her clothes left. And the last baby Adipose, waving to her before jumping out of the window. The collection squad car drives along a street with sirens flashing. The Doctor runs along street holding up the device in front of him. He stops, looks at the device, bangs it, blows on it, then holds it out in front of him again and runs off. Collection car pulls up and two bald men in suits get out and remove a butterfly net from the trunk. Donna runs along a street. The Doctor runs along another street. He stops, waves the device around, looking for a signal. It dings and he runs on. The bald men close a container and put it in the trunk of the van, then they get in and drive away. The van passes Donna, then it passes the Doctor who runs out into the street. The car honks and passes him. The device dings as the car drives away. The Doctor starts running after it, but the car turns a corner and disappears. A taxi drives up to Donna. TAXI DRIVER: Stacy Campbell? DONNA: No, she's gone. TAXI DRIVER: Gone where? DONNA: She's just gone. TAXI DRIVER: Aw great, thanks for nothing. Taxi drives away. The Doctor holds up the device looking disappointed. The taxi drives past him and we see that the Doctor and Donna are just one street away from each other. They both walk away. Miss Foster puts on her glasses. MISS FOSTER: It seems that we have a case of industrial espionage. One touch and the capsule bio-tunes itself to it's owner, but someone must have introduced a second raw capsule. She looks at camera footage of the offices. MISS FOSTER: Therefore, one of these people is a thief. There, oh yes, there she is. Now... what should we do with her? Donna comes in the front door. Her mother's voice comes from another room. SYLVIA [/b](voice-over): And what time is this? DONNA (rolling the eyes): How old am I? Sylvia comes out into the front hall. SYLVIA: Not old enough to use a phone. Sylvia bustles around in the kitchen while Donna sits at a table drinking tea, lost in thoughts. SYLVIA: I thought you were only moving back for a couple of weeks. Look at you, I mean you're never gonna find a flat, not while you're on the dole. And its no good sitting there, dressed up, looking like you're job hunting, you've got to do something! It's not like the 1980s, no one's unemployed these days except you! How long did that job with Health and Safety last? Two days, and then you walk out. "I have other plans", well I've not seen them. And it's no good sitting there dreaming, no one's gonna come along with a magic wand and make your life all better. DONNA (rolling her eyes at her mothers nagging): Where is Grandad? SYLVIA: Where do you think he is! Up the hill. He's always up the hill. Donna walks up a big hill in to a kind of junk yard. Her grandad walks out of a tin shed. WILF: Aye, aye here comes trouble. Ha. DONNA: Permission to board ship, sir? WILF: Permission granted. Was she nagging you? DONNA: Ha ha. Big time. Wilf sits down on a camp chair in front of a telescope. DONNA: Brought you a thermos. WILF: Oh, ta. DONNA: You seen anything? WILF: Yeah, I've got Venus, there with an apparent magnitude of minus 3.5. At least that's what it says in my little book. Donna pulls out a tarpin and sits down. WILF: Here, come and see, come on, here you go. Donna looks in to the telescope. WILF: Right? That's the only planet in the Solar System named after a woman. DONNA: Good for her. How far away is that? WILF: Oh, its about 26 million miles. But we'll get there one day. In a hundred years time we'll be striding out amongst the stars. Jiggling about with all them aliens. Just you wait. DONNA: You really believe in all that stuff, don't you? WILF: It's all over the place these days. If I wait here long enough... DONNA: I don't suppose you've seen a little blue box? WILF: Is that slang for something? DONNA: No, I mean it. If you ever see a little blue box flying up there in the sky, you shout for me, Gramps. Oh, you just shout. WILF: You know, I don't understand half the things you say these days. DONNA: Not me. WILF: No, fair dos. You've had a funny old time of it lately. There was poor old what's his name, Lance, bless him... and that barmy old Christmas. I wish you would tell us what really happened. DONNA: I know. It's just... the things I've seen. Sometimes I think I'm going mad. I mean even tonight I was in a... doesn't matter. WILF: Well you're not yourself, I'll give you that. You just... you seem to be drifting, sweetheart. DONNA: I'm not drifting. I'm waiting. WILF: What for? DONNA: The right man. WILF: Oh, ho, ho same old story. A man! Haha. DONNA: Ha, ha, no, I don't mean like that. But, he's real. I've seen him. I've met him, just once. And then... I let him fly away. WILF: Well there you are, go and find him! DONNA: I've tried. He's nowhere. WILF: Oi, not like you to give up. You know, remember when you were about six years old, your mother said no holiday this year. So off you toddled, all on your own and you got on a bus to Strathclyde! Hah! We had the police after you and everything! Ha, where's she gone then, where's that girl, hey? DONNA: You're right. Cos he's still out there, somewhere. And I'll find him Gramps, even if I have to wait a hundred years. I'll find him. The Doctor is in the TARDIS looking at the golden Adipose Industries capsule through a magnifying glass. DOCTOR: Ohh, fascinating. Seems to be a bio-flip digital stitch, specifically for... He looks up. No one is there in the TARDIS. He stands up, looking lonely. Donna walks out to a blue car outside her house. Sylvia comes out in a dressing gown and hair curlers. SYLVIA: It's my turn for the car. What you need it for? Donna gets in to the car and turns it on. DONNA: A quick getaway. The Doctor is running around the TARDIS pulling and pushing buttons. Donna parks the car, gets out and locks it and walks away. The TARDIS materializes a few meters behind. Donna goes in a revolving door. The Doctor sonics the f*re exit door and goes inside. Donna walks through the call center, and waves at Craig. DONNA: Morning. The Doctor walks along a deserted corridor. He opens a storage closet and sonics the door shut. Donna walks into a washroom. She goes into a stall, sits down and looks at her watch. Miss Foster walks along through the office cubicles, flanked by her two bodyguards. MISS FOSTER: Keep an eye out. She'll come back and then she's mine. Camera looks at clock which says 9:30. Clock changes to 6:10. Everyone is packing up to go home. CLARE: See you tomorrow! The Doctor sonics the door open and walks out. Donna is stretching in her stall. She opens the door and walks out. Her phone rings and she goes back into the stall and answers it. DONNA (whispering): Not now! SYLVIA: I need the car! Where are you? DONNA: I can't. I'm busy. SYLVIA: Why are you whispering? DONNA: I'm in church. SYLVIA: What are you doing in church? DONNA: Praying! SYLVIA: Bit late for that, madam. WILF: What's she in church for? SYLVIA: Hush, you. Go up the hill! (To Donna) : But I need the car. I'm going out with Susette. She's asked all the Wednesday girls, apparently shes been on those Adipose pills. She says she looks marvelous. Miss Foster comes in to the bathroom with her bodyguards. Donna hangs up, scared. MISS FOSTER: We know you're in here, so why don't you make this nice and easy and show yourself? Donna pulls up her legs. MISS FOSTER: I'm waiting. I warn you, I'm not a patient woman. Now, out you come. Right. We'll do it the hard way. Get her! The bodyguards start to kick open the stall doors. But before reaching to Donna, they find Penny. MISS FOSTER: There you are. PENNY: I've been through the records, Foster, and all of your results have been faked. There's something about those pills you're not telling us. MISS FOSTER: Oh, I think I'll be conducting this interview, Penny. They leave, Donna sneaks out and follows them. The Doctor is on the roof. He gets into a window cleaner's cradle and switches it to descend. PENNY: You've got no right to do this. Let me go! They arrive to Miss Foster's office. The Doctor is in the cradle outside the office. He uses a stethoscope to hear the conversation inside. PENNY: This is ridiculous. MISS FOSTER: Sit there. PENNY: I'm phoning my editor. MISS FOSTER: I said sit. Penny is pushed down to the chair and tied to it by a bodyguard. PENNY: You can't tie me up. What sort of a country do you think this is? MISS FOSTER: Oh, it's a beautifully fat country. And believe me, I've travelled a long way to find obesity on this scale. PENNY: So come on then, Miss Foster, those pills. What are they? Donna sneaks to the door of Miss Foster's office. MISS FOSTER: Well, you might just as well have a scoop, since you'll never see it printed. This (she lifts a capsule) is the spark of life. PENNY: And what's that supposed to mean? MISS FOSTER: Officially, the capsule attracts all the fat cells and flushes them away. Well, it certainly attracts them, that part's true. But it binds the fat together and galvanises it to form a body. PENNY: Well, what d'you mean "a body"? MISS FOSTER: I am surprised you never asked about my name. I chose it well. Foster, as in foster mother. And these (she puts an Adipose to the table) are my children. PENNY: You're kidding me. What the hell is that? Donna rises to look in through the door window. The Doctor also rises to look in through the window. MISS FOSTER: Adipose. It's called an Adipose. Made out of living fat. Stripped from ordinary human... The Doctor and Donna look at each other. Both are stunned by surprise. DOCTOR (mouthing through the window): Donna? DONNA (mouthing too): Doctor! !! DOCTOR: But... what? Wha... What?! DONNA: Oh my God! DOCTOR: But... how? DONNA: It's me! DOCTOR: Well, I can see that! DONNA: Oh this is brilliant! DOCTOR: But what are you doing there? DONNA: I was looking for you! DOCTOR: What for?! DONNA (miming): I, came here, trouble, read about it, internet, I thought, trouble = you! And this place is weird! Pills! So I hid. Back there. Crept along. Heard this lot. Looked. You! 'Cos they... She gestures and looks toward Miss Foster. Who is staring at her. Just like Penny and the guards. Donna freezes. MISS FOSTER (loud): Are we interrupting you? DOCTOR (mouthing) : Run! MISS FOSTER: Get her! The Doctor locks the office door with the sonic screwdriver, then uses it to elevate the cradle back to the roof. MISS FOSTER: And him! Donna runs up the stairs. The Doctor enters the building and heads downstairs. The guards sh**t the office door open. Penny screams. They run after Donna, followed by Miss Foster. PENNY: What about me? The Doctor and Donna meet. Big hug. DONNA: Oh my God! I don't believe it! You've even got the same suit! (Aghast). Dont you ever change? DOCTOR: Yeah thanks Donna, not right now. He looks down and sees the guards coming. DOCTOR: Just like old times! They head upstairs and go out to the roof. DONNA (excited babbling): Cos I thought, how do I find the Doctor? And then I just thought, look for trouble and then he'll turn up! So I looked everywhere, you name it: UFOs, sightings, crop circles, sea monsters. I looked, I found them all. Like that stuff about the bees disappearing, I thought, I bet he's connected. Cos the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from that replica of the Titanic flying over Buckingham Palace on Christmas Day, I mean that's gotta be a hoax! During this, the Doctor is busy working on the cradle controls with the sonic. DOCTOR: What d'you mean, the bees are disappearing? DONNA: I don't know. That's what it says on the internet. The Doctor climbs into the cradle. DONNA: Well on the same site, there was all the conspiracy theories about Adipose Industries, I thought let's take a look! DOCTOR: In you get! DONNA: Well in that thing? DOCTOR: Yes in that thing! DONNA: But if we go down in that, they'll just call us back up again. DOCTOR: No no no, cos I've locked the controls with a sonic cage. I'm the only one who can control it. Not unless she's got a sonic device of her own. Which is very unlikely. Miss Foster approaches the roof door with a sonic pen in hand. MISS FOSTER (to the bodyguards): Out of my way. They go to the edge of the roof. She looks down and sees the Doctor and Donna in the cradle, still descending. MISS FOSTER: Oh, I don't think so. She uses her sonic pen to accelerate the cradle. The Doctor stops it with the screwdriver. He and Donna fall to the floor, then get up. He tries to open the nearest window with the sonic. DOCTOR: Hold on. Hold on, we can get in through the window. MISS FOSTER (talking into her wrist communicator): Deadlock the building. DOCTOR: Can't get it open! DONNA (lifting a huge spanner from the cradle): Well smash it then! They can't break the safety glass. Miss Foster smiles and points her sonic to the cradle cable, it starts to sparkle and smoke. Donna looks up. DONNA: Cutting the cable! The cable breaks. The Doctor manages to hold inside the cradle, but Donna falls out. DOCTOR: Donna! DONNA: Doctor! She is clinging to the broken cable, hanging high in the air. DOCTOR: Hold on! DONNA: I am! The Doctor tries to pull her up by the cable, but he can't. DONNA: Doctor! MISS FOSTER: And now, for the other one. She lifts up the sonic pen again, pointing it to the second cable. The Doctor points his screwdriver to her hand, the pen sparkles and she drops it. MISS FOSTER: Aah. The Doctor catches the second sonic, then climbs up the cable to another window. Now he manages to open it. DONNA: I'm going to fall! Her feet hang just in front of the windows of the office where Penny sits, still tied to the chair. PENNY: What the hell is going on? DONNA: This is all your fault. I should've stayed at home! DOCTOR: I won't be a minute! He climbs into the building. MISS FOSTER (rubbing her sore hand): Yes he's slippery, that one. Time we found out who he is. The Doctor runs downstairs into Miss Foster's office and opens the window. PENNY: Is anyone gonna tell me what's going on? DOCTOR: What, you're a journalist? PENNY: Yes. DOCTOR: Well, make it up! He tries to grab Donna's legs. DONNA: Get off! DOCTOR: I've got you! I've got you. Stop kicking! He manages to pull her inside. DONNA: I was right. It's always like this with you, innit? DOCTOR (huge grin): Oh yes! And off we go! They grin at each other and run out, leaving Penny behind. PENNY: Oi! The Doctor pops back. DOCTOR: Sorry! He uses the sonic to release her and runs off again. Then pops back again. DOCTOR: Now do yourself a favour, get out. He and Donna run across the call center area - meeting Miss Foster and the guards. MISS FOSTER: Well then (she takes off her glasses) at last. DONNA: Hello. DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, I'm the Doctor. DONNA: And I'm Donna. MISS FOSTER: Partners in crime. And evidently off-worlders, judging by your sonic technology. DOCTOR: Oh yes, I've still got your sonic pen. Nice, I like it. Sleek, it's kinda sleek. He shows it to Donna. DONNA: Oh it's definitely sleek. DOCTOR: Yeah, and if you were to sign your real name that would be...? MISS FOSTER: Matron Cofelia of the Five-Straighten Classabindi Nursery Fleet. Intergalactic Class. DOCTOR: A wet nurse, using humans as surrogates. MISS FOSTER: I've been employed by the Adiposian First Family to foster a new generation after their breeding planet was lost. DOCTOR: What do you mean lost? How do you lose a planet? MISS FOSTER: Oh, politics are none of my concern. I'm just here to take care of the children on behalf of the parents. DONNA: What, like an outer space super-nanny? MISS FOSTER: Yes, if you like. DONNA: So... so those little things they're, they're made out of fat yeah, but that woman, Stacy Campbell, there was nothing left of her. MISS FOSTER: Oh, in a crisis the Adipose can convert bone and hair and internal organs. Makes them a little bit sick, poor things. DONNA: What about poor Stacy? DOCTOR: Seeding a level 5 planet is against galactic law. MISS FOSTER: Are you thr*at me? DOCTOR: I'm trying to help you, Matron. This is your one chance; cos if you don't call this off, then I'll have to stop you. MISS FOSTER: I hardly think you can stop b*ll*ts. The bodyguards aim. DOCTOR: No, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, one more thing, before... dying. Do you know what happens if you hold two identical sonic devices against each other? MISS FOSTER (after a short pause): No. DOCTOR: Nor me, lets find out! The Doctor points the sonic screwdriver and the sonic pen at each other. It creates an awful noise, Miss Foster and her guards squirm in agony and a glass pane shatters. Donna pushes the Doctor so that he stops. DONNA: Come on! They run off. Miss Foster talks into her wrist communicator. MISS FOSTER: I'm advancing the birth plan. We're going into premature labour. Miss Foster and her guards hurry away. Penny is collecting binders from Miss Foster's office. PENNY: Cellular ossification. Miss Foster walks in with the guards. MISS FOSTER: Tie her up. The guards grab Penny. PENNY: Ah, you're kidding me. The Doctor and Donna run along a deserted corridor. They arrive at the storage cupboard and the Doctor starts throwing the supplies out. DONNA: Well, that's one solution. Hide in a cupboard. I like it. The Doctor opens the back of the cupboard to reveal a big green machine built into the wall. DOCTOR: Hacking in to this thing, cos the matron's got a computer core running through the center of the building. Triple deadlocked. And now I've got this (holds up the sonic pen) I can get into it. Miss Foster opens a wall panel to reveal another green machine. PENNY: What does that thing do? MISS FOSTER: It's the inducer. We had planned to seed millions, but if that man's an alien then he's alerted the Shadow Proclamation, so the first one million humans will have to do. (To the guards): Find him, and the woman. Don't waste time, just k*ll them. The guards run off. DOCTOR: She's wired up the whole building. We need a bit of privacy. He holds two sparking plugs together and lightning comes out of the walls and stuns the guards. DOCTOR: Just enough to stop them. Why's she wired up the tower block? What's it all for? He starts fiddling with cables. COMPUTER VOICE: Inducer online. DONNA: You look older. DOCTOR: Thanks. DONNA: Still on your own? DOCTOR: Yup. Well no, I had this friend, Martha she was called. Martha Jones. She was brilliant... and I destroyed half her life. But she's fine. She's good. She's gone. DONNA: What about Rose? DOCTOR: Still lost. (Pause). I thought you were going to travel the world? DONNA: Easier said then done. It's like I had that one day with you and I was gonna change. I was gonna do so much. Then I woke up next morning, same old life. It's like you were never there. And I tried. I did try, I went to Egypt. I was gonna go barefoot and everything. And then it's all bus trips and guidebooks and don't drink the water and two weeks later you're back home. It's nothing like being with you. I must have been mad turning down that offer. DOCTOR: What offer? DONNA: To come with you. DOCTOR: You'd come with me? DONNA: Oh yes, please! DOCTOR: Right. COMPUTER VOICE: Inducer activated. DONNA: What's it doing now? DOCTOR: She's started the program. Miss Foster pulls a lever. COMPUTER VOICE: Inducer transmitting. MISS FOSTER: Mark the date, Miss Carter. Happy birthday. One million birthdays. Sylvia and her friends are at a restaurant having dinner. SUZETTE: I swear that Adipose treatment is fabulous. Just look at my chin. And it's very good for back fat. I'm down two sizes! SYLVIA: It's like a miracle. All that from just one little pill! SUZETTE: And I've been eating like normal. Her back starts twitching. SYLVIA: You all right, love? SUZETTE: Yeah, I'm just... funny sort of feeling like a... Other people in the restaurant start feeling strange too. WOMAN: What's happened? MAN: I'm not sure, seems to be... SUZETTE: Better pop to the loo. Suzette's back starts bulging out. SYLVIA: Oh, my God, Suzette! SUZETTE: What? Roger is reading at home. He stands up and starts to feel his side. SUZETTE (panicking): What is it? Get it off me! Sylvia runs and pulls down the back of her shirt to reveal an Adipose. Fat people all over the restaurant start getting bumps too. An Adipose bursts out of Rogers belly, waves and jumps out the cat flap. Suzette's Adipose runs along the restaurant floor, dodging people's feet. Out on the street Adipose are everywhere. Marching along in a scattered mob. They all seem to be heading in the same direction. MISS FOSTER: Come to me children. Come to me. FEMALE VOICE: All right, everyone get back, don't touch them, and stay away. The street is swarming with Adipose. Police are trying to help but with no avail. DOCTOR: So far they're just losing weight, but the Matron has gone up to emergency pathogenesis. DONNA: That's when they convert... DOCTOR: Skeletons, organs, everything. A million people are gonna die! Suzette is on the ground, moving about. DOCTOR: Gotta cancel the signal! He pulls out the golden capsule and takes off one end to reveal a chip. DOCTOR: This contains the primary signal. If I can switch it off the fat goes back to being just fat. He hooks the capsule up to the machine. MISS FOSTER: A nice try. Double strength. She pushes the lever completely down. COMPUTER VOICE: Inducer increasing. DOCTOR (tense): No no no no no, she's doubled it, I need... Haven't got time! It's too far, I can't override it! They're all gonna die! Fat people still wriggling in pain. DONNA: Is there anything I can do? DOCTOR (near panic): Sorry, Donna, this is way beyond you! Gotta double the base pulse, I can't... DONNA (sternly): Doctor, tell me what do you need. DOCTOR: I need a second capsule to boost the override, but I've only got the one. I can't save them! He fiddles with the switches. Donna holds up her gold capsule. The Doctor looks at her in shock. They both burst out laughing. He takes it and plugs it in and the green lights go off. SUZETTE: It's stopped! They've gone. Miss Foster flicks the switches. Her lights are off too. Nothing works. PENNY: What's happened? MISS FOSTER: I think the Doctor happened. But we've still given birth to ten thousand Adipose. And the nursery is coming. A loud horn sounds. DONNA: What the hell was that? MISS FOSTER: It's my lift home! Miss Foster leaves. PENNY: You can't just leave me here! SUZETTE: It just stopped. They all hear the big horn. SYLVIA: What on earth this is now? Oh my god! Everyone looks up as a big circular spaceship flies over London. People are screaming. But Wilf is listening to music while looking through his telescope, oblivious of the spaceship flying past behind him. It flies over the Adipose Industries building and thousands of Adipose cheer. DONNA: Fine. When you say nursery you don't mean a creche in Notting Hill. DOCTOR: Nursery ship. The computer unit lights up. COMPUTER VOICE: Incoming signal. It starts to talk in an alien language. DONNA: Hadn't we better go and stop them? DOCTOR: Hang on, instructions from the Adiposian First Family. Miss Foster is on the street, talking to the Adipose babies with Eva Peron-style gestures. MISS FOSTER: Children! Oh my children, behold. I am taking you home. The Adipose cheer. MISS FOSTER: Far across the galaxy, your new mummies and daddies are waiting. And you will fly! Blue levitation beams reach out from the nursery ship. MISS FOSTER: Up you go, babies. Up you go! The Adipose babies step into the beams and start elevating. MISS FOSTER: That's it, fly away home! DOCTOR: She's wired up the tower block to convert it into a levitation post. (Listens to the computer instructions). Oh. Ooh. We're not the ones in trouble now. She is! He runs up to the roof, followed by Donna. MISS FOSTER: Take me! The children need me! The Doctor and Donna reach the roof and watch the Adipose babies flying toward the nursery ship. DONNA: What you gonna do then? Blow them up? DOCTOR: They're just children. They can't help where they come from. DONNA: Oh, that makes a change from last time. That Martha must've done you good. DOCTOR: Ah, she did, yeah. Yeah, she did. She fancied me. DONNA (smiling): Mad Martha, that one. Blind Martha. Charity Martha. An Adipose waves at them and they wave back. DONNA: I'm waving at fat. DOCTOR: Actually, as a diet plan, it sort of works. There she is! They run to the edge. Miss Foster is now soaring in the air, the same height as they are. DOCTOR: Matron Cofelia, listen to me! MISS FOSTER: Oh, I don't think so, Doctor. And if I never see you again, it will be too soon. DOCTOR: Oh, why does no one ever listen? I'm trying to help! Just get across to the roof. Can you shift the levitation beam? MISS FOSTER: What, so that you can arrest me? DOCTOR: Just listen. I saw the Adiposian instructions, they know it's a crime, breeding on Earth. So what's the one thing they want to get rid of? Their accomplice! MISS FOSTER: I'm far more than that. I'm nanny to all these children. In the meantime, the baby Adipose have all reached the ship, now it's only Miss Foster who is still in the air. DOCTOR: Exactly! Mum and Dad have got the kids now, they don't need the nanny anymore! Suddenly, the blue light vanishes. Bewildered, Miss Foster looks down, and she falls with a scream. Donna hides her face to the Doctor's shoulder. Then they look up again and see the Adipose waving goodbye through the windows of the leaving ship. Down on the street there's sirens, an ambulance, police tapes. The Doctor, lost in thoughts, throws the sonic pen into a bin. PENNY: Oi, you two! They turn to look at Penny. She crept out of the building, still tied to the chair. PENNY: You're just mad. Do you hear me? Mad! And I'm gonna report you... for madness! She creeps away. DONNA: You see, some people just can't take it. DOCTOR: No. DONNA: But some people can. So, then, TARDIS! Come on! She grabs his hand and pulls him away. They walk to the alley where the TARDIS and Donna's car are left. DONNA: That's my car! That is like destiny! And I've been ready for this. She opens the boot: it's full of suitcases. DONNA: I packed ages ago, just in case. Cos I thought, hot weather, cold weather, no weather... She starts to load her luggage to the arms of the stunned Doctor. DONNA: ... he goes anywhere, I've gotta be prepared. She throws a striped hatbox on top of the rest. DOCTOR: You've got a... a... hatbox?! DONNA: Planet of the Hats, I'm ready! The Doctor stands in front of the TARDIS surrounded by suitcases, quite serious. Donna is babbling in the door, beaming, oblivious of his mood. DONNA: Do I need injections though, do I? Like when you go to Cambodia, is there any of that? Cos my friend Veena went to Bahrain, and... She suddenly notices that he doesn't look happy. DONNA: You're not saying much. DOCTOR: No, it's just... It's a funny old life, in the TARDIS. DONNA (quiet, and very sad): You don't want me. DOCTOR: I'm not saying that. DONNA: But you asked me. The Doctor just stares at her, so sad. DONNA: Would you rather be on your own? DOCTOR: No. Actually, no. But... He throws the bags to the ground. DOCTOR: The last time, with Martha, like I said it... it got complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate. DONNA (shocked disgust): You just want to mate??? DOCTOR: I just want a mate! DONNA: You're not mating with me, sunshine! DOCTOR: A mate, I want a mate! DONNA: Well just as well, because I'm not having any of that nonsense. I mean you're just a long streak of... nothing. You know, alien nothing. DOCTOR: There we are, then. OK. DONNA: I can come? DOCTOR: Yeah. Course you can, yeah. They smile at each other. DOCTOR: I'd love it. DONNA: Ohh, that's just... She runs to hug him, but then stops, remembering the previous conversation. But she is so happy! DONNA: Car keys! DOCTOR: What? DONNA: I've still got my mum's car keys! I won't be a minute! She runs away. The Doctor looks after her, then starts to carry her luggage to the TARDIS. Donna is back to the crowded street with police cars and co, talking on the phone. DONNA: I know, Mum, I saw it, little fat people. Listen, I've got to go. I'm going to stay with Veena for a bit. SYLVIA [/b](voice-over): ... it was in the sky! DONNA: Yeah. I know. Spaceship. But, I've still got the car keys. Look. There is a bin on Brook Street, about thirty feet from the corner, I'm going to leave them in there. She throws the keys into the bin. SYLVIA [/b](voice-over): What? A bin? DONNA: Yes, that's it, a bin. SYLVIA [/b](voice-over): You can't do that. DONNA: Oh, stop complaining, the car's just down the road a bit. Got to go, really got to go. Bye. SYLVIA [/b](voice-over): But Donna, you can't... She hangs up. Several people are standing by a fence, she starts talking to one of them, a blond woman. DONNA: Listen, there is this woman that's going to come along, a tall blond woman called Sylvia, tell her that bin there. Right, it'll all make sense. That bin there. She heads back to the TARDIS, happiest woman in the world. The blonde she was talking to turns back towards the camera, she is Rose Tyler. Looking worn, depressed. She walks away several steps and then simply vanishes into thin air... Donna enters to the TARDIS. DONNA: Off we go, then! DOCTOR: Here it is, the TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside... DONNA: Oh, I know that bit. Although frankly, you could turn the heat up. DOCTOR: So, whole wide universe, where do you want to go? DONNA: Oh, I know exactly the place. DOCTOR: Which is? DONNA: Two and a half miles, that way. Wilf is on the hill again. Suddenly he freezes, as he sees the TARDIS flying above his head. WILF: There! Donna! It's... it's the flying blue box! He looks into the telescope and sees his granddaughter waving from the open TARDIS door! WILF: Huh, what?! That's Donna! Yeah, that's Donna. Standing behind Donna, the Doctor is waving too. WILF: And that's him! That's him! Hey! That's him! Ha-ha-ha! Go on girl! Go on, get up there! Hey! He does a merry little dance as he watches the TARDIS zooming away. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "04x01 - Partners in Crime"}
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The Doctor gets out of the TARDIS, pulls away a curtain and smiles. Donna steps beside him. THE DOCTOR: Ancient Rome. Well, not to them, obviously. To all intents and purposes, right now, this is brand new Rome. DONNA: Oh my God, it's... It's so Roman! This is fantastic! She hugs him. THE DOCTOR: Haha! DONNA (enthusiastic): I'm here, in Rome, Donna Noble, in Rome. This is just weird! I mean, everyone here's d*ad. THE DOCTOR: Well, don't tell them that. DONNA (sobered): Hold on a minute, that sign over there's in English. She points to a board advertising "Two amphoras for the price of one". DONNA: Are you having me on, are we in Epcot? THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, that's the TARDIS translation circuits, just makes it look like English. Speech as well, you're talking Latin right now. DONNA: Seriously? THE DOCTOR: Uh huh. DONNA: I just said "seriously" in Latin. THE DOCTOR: Oh yeah. DONNA: What if I said something in actual Latin? Like, "Veni, vidi, vici"? My dad said that when he came back from football. If I said "Veni, vidi, vici" to that lot, what would it sound like? THE DOCTOR: I'm not sure. You have to think of difficult questions, don't you? DONNA: I'm gonna try it. She walks to a stallholder. STALLHOLDER: Afternoon sweetheart. What can I get you, my love? DONNA: Ehm... Veni, vidi, vici. STALLHOLDER: Huh? Sorry? (gesticulating wildly) Me-no-speak-Celtic. No-can-do-missy. DONNA: Yeah. She walks back to the Doctor. DONNA: How's he mean, Celtic? THE DOCTOR: Welsh. You sound Welsh. There we are, learnt something. As they walk away, a red-cloaked soothsayer is watching them. DONNA: Don't our clothes look a bit odd? THE DOCTOR: Nah. Ancient Rome, anything goes. It's like Soho, but bigger. DONNA: You've been here before then? The young soothsayer is following them. THE DOCTOR: Mm. Ages ago. Before you ask, that f*re had nothing to do with me. Well... a little bit. But I haven't got the chance to look around properly. Colosseum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus... you'd expect them to be looming by now. Where is everything? He looks up, then heads to a different alley, followed by Donna, and the soothsayer. THE DOCTOR: Try this way. They reach a wide street. Donna glimpses something. DONNA: Not an expert, but there's seven hills of Rome, aren't there? They both look at the one, huge mountain towering over the town. DONNA: How come they've only got one? There's a loud roar and an earthquake begins. POMPEII CITIZEN: Here we go again! The locals act like this is the most natural thing on earth, smiling while they try to prevent their properties falling down. DONNA: Wait a minute. One mountain. With smoke. Which makes this... THE DOCTOR: Pompeii. We're in Pompeii. And it's volcano day! OPENING CREDITS The soothsayer runs into a temple. She kneels and bows to the ground in front of a higher ranked priestess, Spurrina. SOOTHSAYER: I beg audience with the High Priestess of the Sibylline. SPURRINA: The High Priestess cannot be seen. What would you tell her, sister? SOOTHSAYER: It has come. As foretold in the prophecy. The box. The blue box. They both look confused, scared. The Doctor runs back, Donna in tow. He reaches the place where they left the TARDIS, pulls away the curtain, but sees nothing. Donna arrives beside him. DONNA: You're kidding. Not telling me the TARDIS has gone? THE DOCTOR: OK. DONNA: Where is it then? THE DOCTOR: You... told me not to tell you. DONNA: Oi. Don't get clever in Latin. THE DOCTOR: Hold on. He runs to the stallholder Donna talked with previously. THE DOCTOR: 'Scuse me, 'scuse me, there was a box, big blue box, big blue wooden box, just over there, where is it gone? STALLHOLDER (smugly): Sold it, didn't I? THE DOCTOR: But... it wasn't yours to sell! STALLHOLDER: It was on my patch, weren't it? I got 15 sesterce for it, lovely jubbly. THE DOCTOR: Who did you sell it to? STALLHOLDER: Old Caecilius. Look, if you want to argue, why don't you take it out with him? He's on Foss Street, big villa, can't miss it. THE DOCTOR: Thanks. He and Donna run away. Then the Doctor runs back, bemused. THE DOCTOR: What did he buy a big wooden box for? Roman Villa, the home of Caecilius and family. The TARDIS, having just been moved into the villa is surrounded by Caecilius and his servants, who are scurrying away. CAECILIUS (joyfully): Modern art! Out of the way, that's it! He hurries his servants out of the way who toddle off. CAECILIUS (talking to a servant): Oh Rombus, I'm a little bit peckish. Get me some ants in honey, there's a good man. Ooh, maybe a dormouse! Caecilius' wife, Metella, is watching on. It is clear on her face that she does not approve of this "modern art". CAECILIUS: What do you think? METELLA: You call it modern art; I call it a blooming great waste of space! CAECILIUS: We're going up in the world, my love! Lucius Dextrus is coming to the house this afternoon. And with our Evelina about to be elevated... Evelina, Metella and Caecilius' daughter, enters looking disdainful. EVELINA: Don't go on about it, dad. METELLA: If we'd moved to Rome like I said she could've been a Vestal virgin. Quintus, Metella and Caecilius' son, walks in, yawning and rubbing the back of his head, tired, hungover. QUINTUS: Someone mentioned vestal virgins? METELLA: Quintus don't be so rude! Appologise to the household Gods! QUINTUS: Get off! METELLA: Apologise, right now! The Gods are always watching! The house begins to shake and objects begin to move. The faces of the family suggest this is not unusual. Caecilius looks at the family and gasps. CAECILIUS: Positions! Each of the family members runs off to various points around the house to support one object or another, reminiscent of the scenes in Mary Poppins. The house stops shaking, the family relax. Metella gives Quintus an "I-told-you-so" look. METELLA: There, now you've made the heavens angry! Say sorry! Quintus walks towards a shrine in the corner, with less than enthusiasm. METELLA: I tell you Caecilius that boy will do no good! Quintus, at the shrine, performs a quick ritual. QUINTUS: Sorry household Gods. CAECILIUS: Where were you last night? Down the thelopolium I bet, covorting with Christians! And all sorts! How's your head sunshine? How's your head?! QUINTUS: Alright dad! Give us a break! METELLA: You want to smarten yourself up Quintus, before Lucius Dextrus gets here! Look at your sister. Metella walks proudly over to Evelina who looks bored of the same old speech. METELLA: She is giving us status! QUINTUS: Oh yeah! Cos it's all about Evelina! METELLA: She has the gift! Metella shows Quintus the eye on the back of Evelina's palms, just like the ones belonging to the Sisterhood. METELLA: She has the gift! Be proud of your sister for once! She turns to Evelina. METELLA: Have you been consuming? EVELINA: Not this morning. METELLA: Come on sweetheart, practise! She takes Evelina towards the hypocaust grille in the centre of the room. METELLA: It's hot today! A hypocaust on full blast! The mountain God must be happy! Breathe deeply! Remember what the sisterhood said. Evelina breaths the fumes of the furnace. It is clearly painful. EVELINA: It hurts! METELLA: My love, is it too hot? EVELINA: Sometimes in the smoke I see the most terrible things. METELLA: Like what? EVELINA: A face; a face of stone. METELLA: It'll make sense. One day, Sister Spurrina promised. The veil will be parted and you'll be a seer. Metella walks off, leaving Evelina to breath in the fumes. In the f*re she sees the face of which she just spoke. EVELINA: Who are you? The Doctor is running down the street and collides with Donna who was approaching from the opposite direction. THE DOCTOR: Ha! I've got it. Foss Street, this way. He makes to turn around and drag her with him. DONNA: No! Well, I found this big sort of amphitheatre thing, we should start there, we can gather everyone together, maybe if we got a great big bell or something we could ring it, have they invented bells yet? THE DOCTOR: What do you want a bell for? DONNA: To warn everyone! Start the evacuation! What time does Vesuvius erupt, when's it due? THE DOCTOR: It's 79AD, 23rd of August, which makes volcano day tomorrow! DONNA: Plenty of time! We could get everyone out, easy! THE DOCTOR: Yeah, except we're not going to. DONNA: But that's what you do, you're the Doctor, you save people! THE DOCTOR: Not this time; Pompeii is a fixed point in history, what happens happens, there is no stopping it. He moves to go again but Donna pulls him back. DONNA: Says who? THE DOCTOR: Says me! DONNA: What, you're in charge?! THE DOCTOR: TARDIS, Time Lord, yeah! DONNA: Donna, human, no! I don't need your permission, I'll tell them myself! THE DOCTOR: You sound about the place, announce the end of the world, and they'll just think you're a mad old soothsayer, now come on! TARDIS, we are getting out of here! He walks hurriedly away. DONNA: Well I might just have something to say about that, Spaceman! THE DOCTOR: Oh, I bet you will! Donna follows after him, but the pair are watched by the young soothsayer again. She stops and covers her eyes with her palms. SOOTHSAYER: The tall one... he calls us mad... The Sybelline Sisters can talk with her through a telepathic link. SPURRINA: Then he is a stranger to Pompeii. Soon he will learn. Another Sister, Thalina, walks to Spurrina. THALINA: We have found it, Sister Spurrina, in the 13th book of the Sybilline Oracles. The blue box, a temple made of wood. And yet the Sybil foretold that the box would appear at the time of storms, and f*re, and betrayal. A voice sounds out from the front of the temple, causing all the Sisters to stop what they are doing. HIGH PRIESTESS: Sisters... They walk forward reverently towards her, a figure hidden behind a thin curtain. SPURRINA: Reverend mother, you should sleep. HIGH PRIESTESS: The Sybilline Oracles are wrong! SPURRINA: But we have venerated her words for generations! HIGH PRIESTESS: This is a new age. Heed my words! I predict a future of prosperity and might, an endless empire of Pompeii, reaching out from this city to topple Rome itself, and encompass the whole, wide world! If the Disciples of the Blue Box defy this prophecy, their blood will run across the temple floor! A tremor shakes the room. SPURRINA: The gods approve! CAECILIUS: Positions! They all run, but Caecilius is too far from his precious statue, however, the Doctor arrives just in time to catch it. The earthquake stops. THE DOCTOR: There you go. CAECILIUS: Thank you, kind sir. I'm afraid bussiness is closed for the day. I'm expecting a visitor. THE DOCTOR: But that's me, I'm a visitor. Hello. He shakes his hand and dashes into the room. CAECILIUS: Who are you? THE DOCTOR: I am... Spartacus. DONNA: And so am I. CAECILIUS: Mr and Mrs Spartacus? THE DOCTOR: Oh no no no, we're not, we're not married. DONNA: We're not together. CAECILIUS: Oh, then brother and sister? Yes of course! You look very much alike. THE DOCTOR / DONNA: Really? CAECILIUS: I'm sorry, but I'm not open for trade. THE DOCTOR: And that trade would be? CAECILIUS: Marble. Lobus Caecilius. Mining, polishing and design thereof. If you want marble, I'm your man. THE DOCTOR: That's good. That's good, cos I'm marble inspector. METELLA: By the gods of commerce, an inspection! (taking away a cup of wine from Quintus). I'm sorry, sir. I do apologise for my son. QUINTUS: Oi! CAECILIUS: And this is my good wife, Metella. I... I must confess, we're not prepared for... THE DOCTOR: Nothing to worry about, I'm, I'm sure you've nothing to hide. Although, frankly, (he points to the TARDIS) that object looks rather like wood to me. METELLA (hissing): I told you to get rid of it. CAECILIUS (apologising): I only bought it today! THE DOCTOR: Ah, well... Caveat emptor. CAECILIUS: Oh, you're Celtic. There's lovely. THE DOCTOR: I'm sure it's fine, but I might have to take it off your hands, for a proper inspection. DONNA: Although while we're here, wouldn't you recommend a holiday, Spartacus? THE DOCTOR: Don't know what you mean, Spartacus. DONNA: Oh, this lovely family. Mother and father and son. Don't you think they should get out of town? CAECILIUS: Why should we do that? DONNA: Well, the volcano, for starters. CAECILIUS (puzzled): What? DONNA: Volcano. CAECILIUS: What-ano? DONNA: That great big volcano right on your doorstep... THE DOCTOR: Oh, Spartacus, for shame, we haven't even greeted the household gods yet. He drags Donna away to the shrine. THE DOCTOR (subdued, to Donna): They don't know what it is. Vesuvius is just a mountain to them, the top hasn't blown off yet. The Romans haven't even got a word for volcano. Not until tomorrow. DONNA (sarcastic): Oh, great, they can learn a new word. As they die. THE DOCTOR: Donna, stop it. DONNA: Listen, I don't know what sort of kids you've been flying round with in space, but you're not telling me to shut up. That boy, how old is he? Sixteen? And tomorrow, he burns to death. THE DOCTOR: And that's my fault? DONNA: Right now, yes. SERVANT: Announcing Lucius Petrus Dextrus, Chief Augur of the City Government. CAECILIUS: Lucius. My pleasure, as always. METELLA: Quintus, stand up! CAECILIUS: A rare and great honour, sir, for you to come to my house... He reaches out his hand, but Lucius keeps his right hidden under his cloak. LUCIUS: The birds are flying north, and the wind is in the west. CAECILIUS (puzzled): Quite. Absolutely. That's good, is it? LUCIUS: Only the grain of wheat knows where it will grow. CAECILIUS: There now, Metella. Have you ever heard such wisdom? METELLA: Never. It's an honour. CAECILIUS: Pardon me, sir, I have guests, this is Spartacus and... Spartacus. The Doctor and Donna wave at Lucius. LUCIUS: A name is but a cloud upon a summer wind. THE DOCTOR: But the wind is felt most keenly in the dark. LUCIUS: Ah. (taking it as chellenge). But what is the dark, other than an omen of the sun? THE DOCTOR: I concede that every sun must set... LUCIUS: Hah! THE DOCTOR: ... and yet the son of the father must also rise. LUCIUS: Damn. Very clever, sir. Evidently, a man of learning. THE DOCTOR: Oh, yes. But don't mind me, don't want to disturb the status quo. CAECILIUS: He's Celtic. THE DOCTOR: We'll be off in a minute. DONNA (subdued): I'm not going. CAECILIUS: It's ready, sir. THE DOCTOR (subdued, to Donna): You've got to. DONNA: Well, I'm not. CAECILIUS: The moment of revelation. He uncovers something that looks like a tile-sized circuit board, made of marble. CAECILIUS: And here it is! Exactly as you've specified. It pleases you, sir? LUCIUS: As the rain pleases the soil. THE DOCTOR: Oh, now that's... different. Who designed that, then? CAECILIUS: My Lord Lucius was very specific. THE DOCTOR: Where did you get the pattern? LUCIUS: On the rain and mist and wind. DONNA (to the Doctor): But that looks like a circuit. THE DOCTOR: Made of stone. DONNA: Do you mean you just dreamt that thing up? LUCIUS: That is my job. As City Augur. DONNA: What's that, then, like the mayor? THE DOCTOR: Oh! You must excuse my friend, she's from... Barcelona. (subdued, to Donna) Not, but this is an age of superstition, of official superstition. The Augur is paid by the city to tell the future. "The wind will blow from the west", that's the equivalent of Ten O'Clock News. Evelina enters the room, looking pale and sick. EVELINA: They're laughing at us. Those two, they use words like tricksters, they're mocking us. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no. I meant no offence. METELLA: I'm sorry, my daughter's been consuming the vapours. QUINTUS: Oh for gods, mother, what have you been doing to her? CAECILIUS: Not now, Quintus. QUINTUS: Yeah but she's sick, just look at her! LUCIUS: I gather I have a rival in this household. Another with the gift. METELLA (proudly): Oh, she's been promised to the Sibylline Sisterhood. They say she has remarkable visions. LUCIUS: The prophecies of women are limited and dull, only the menfolk have the capacity for true perception. DONNA: I'll tell you where the wind's bl*wing right now, mate. There's another loud roar from the mountain. LUCIUS: The Mountain God marks your words. I'd be careful, if I were you. THE DOCTOR: Consuming the vapours, you said? EVELINA: They give me strength. THE DOCTOR: It doesn't look like it to me. EVELINA: Is that your opinion... as a doctor? THE DOCTOR: I beg your pardon? EVELINA: Doctor, that's your name. THE DOCTOR (taken aback): How did you know that? EVELINA: And you... you call yourself Noble. METELLA: Now then, Evelina, don't be rude. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, let her talk. EVELINA: You both come from so far away. LUCIUS: The female soothsayer is inclined to invent all sorts of vagaries. THE DOCTOR: Oh, not this time, Lucius. No, I reckon you've been out-soothsayed. LUCIUS: Is that so... man from Gallifrey ? THE DOCTOR: What? LUCIUS: Strangest of images... your home is lost in f*re, is it not? DONNA: Doctor, what are they doing? LUCIUS: And you, daughter of... London. DONNA: How does he know that? LUCIUS: This is the gift of Pompeii. Every single oracle tells the truth. DONNA: That's impossible. LUCIUS: Doctor... she is returning. THE DOCTOR: Who is? Who's she? LUCIUS: And you, daughter of London... there is something on your back. DONNA (scared): What's that mean? EVELINA: Even the word "doctor" is false. Your real name is hidden. It burns in the stars, in the Cascade of Medusa herself. You are a Lord, sir. A Lord... of Time. She collapses, the Doctor and Metella run to her. METELLA: Evelina! Evelina is in bed, still unconscious. Her mother and Donna are with her. METELLA: She didn't mean to be rude, she's ever such a good girl. But when the gods speak through her... She unwraps the bandage on Evelina's arm, revealing grey skin beneath. DONNA: What's wrong with her arm? METELLA: Irritation of the skin. She never complains, bless her. We bathe it in olive oil every night. DONNA: What is it? METELLA: Evelina said you'd come from far away. Please, have you ever seen anything like...? Donna goes to touch it. DONNA: It's stone. The Doctor pulls away the grille of the hypocaust, revealing the chasm below. THE DOCTOR: Different sort of hypocaust. CAECILIUS: Oh, yes. We're very advanced in Pompeii. In Rome, they're still using the old wood-burning furnaces. But we've got hot springs, leading from Vesuvius itself. THE DOCTOR: Who thought of that? CAECILIUS: The soothsayers. After the great earthquake, 17 years ago. An awful lot of damage. But we rebuilt. THE DOCTOR: Didn't you think of moving away? No, then again, San Francisco... CAECILIUS: That's a new restaurant in... Naples? A howling sound comes from below. THE DOCTOR: What's that noise? CAECILIUS: Don't know. Happens all the time. They say the gods of the Underworld are stirring. THE DOCTOR: But after the earthquake, let me guess... Is that when the soothsayers started making sense? CAECILIUS: Oh, yes, very much so. I mean, they'd always been, shall we say, imprecise? But then, the soothsayers, the augurs, the haruspex, all of them, they saw the truth, again and again. It's quite amazing. They can predict crops and rainfall with absolute precision. THE DOCTOR: Haven't they said anything about tomorrow? CAECILIUS: No. Why, should they? Why d'you ask? THE DOCTOR: No, no, no I'm just asking. But the soothsayers, they all consume the vapours, yeah? CAECILIUS: That's how they see. THE DOCTOR: Ipso facto... CAECILIUS: Look you... THE DOCTOR: They're all consuming this. He rubs something between his fingers, then tastes it. CAECILIUS: Dust? THE DOCTOR: Tiny particles of rock. They're breathing in Vesuvius. Quintus is lying on a sofa, drinking wine, bored. THE DOCTOR: Quintus, me old son. This Lucius Petrus Dextrus, where does he live? QUINTUS: It's nothing to do with me. THE DOCTOR: Let me try again. This Lucius Petrus Dextrus... He pulls out a coin from behind Quintus' ear. THE DOCTOR: Where does he live? Now Quintus gets interested. He leads the Doctor to Lucius' house. QUINTUS: Don't tell my dad. The Doctor climbs in through the window. THE DOCTOR: Only if you don't tell mine. Pass me that torch! After a moment of hesitation, Quintus follows him into the house. They look around and see some drapes. The Doctor pulls it away to reveal six stone circuits similar to the one Caecilius has made. QUINTUS: The liar! He told my father it was the only one. THE DOCTOR: Well, plenty of marble merchants in this town. Tell them all the same thing, get all the components from different places, so no-one can see what you're building. QUINTUS: Which is what? Lucius appears, followed by two armed guards. LUCIUS: The future. Doctor, we are building the future. As dictated by the gods. Evelina is now sitting on her bed, laughing as she watches Donna pose in a purple toga. DONNA: You're not supposed to laugh. Thanks for that. What d'you think? The Goddess Venus. EVELINA (laughing): Oh, that's sacrilege. DONNA: Nice to see you laugh, though. (She sits beside Evelina) What d'you do in old Pompeii, then, girls your age? You got... mates? D'you go hanging about round the shops? TK Maximus? EVELINA: I am promised to the Sisterhood for the rest of my life. DONNA: D'you get any choice in that? EVELINA: It's not my decision. The Sisters chose for me. I have the gift of sight. DONNA: Then... what can you see happening tomorrow? EVELINA: Is tomorrow special? DONNA: You tell me. What d'you see? She closes her eyes, smiling. EVELINA: The sun will rise. The sun will set. Nothing special at all. DONNA: Look, don't tell the Doctor I said anything cos he'll k*ll me, but I've got a prophecy too. Evelina, looking worried, covers her eyes with her hands, creating a link to the Sisterhood so they can also hear Donna. DONNA (her voice echoing also in the Temple of Sybil): Evelina, I'm sorry, but you've got to hear me out. SPURRINA: Sisters! DONNA: Evelina, can you hear me? Listen... EVELINA: There is only one prophecy. DONNA: But everything I'm about to say to you is true. I swear. Just listen to me. Tomorrow, that mountain is gonna explode. Evelina, please listen. The air is gonna fill with ash and rocks, tons and tons of it, this whole town is gonna get buried. EVELINA: That's not true. DONNA: I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. But everyone's gonna die. SPURRINA: A new prophecy! THALINA: Impossible. There is only one. DONNA: Even if you don't believe me, just... tell your family to get out of town. Just for one day, just for tomorrow. But you've got to get out. You've got to leave Pompeii! EVELINA (in despair): This is false prophecy! SPURRINA (kneeling in front of the High Priestess): The noblewoman. She spoke of a new prophecy, the fall of Pompeii. HIGH PRIESTESS: Pompeii will last forever. SPURRINA: Then what must we do? HIGH PRIESTESS: The false prophet must die. Sacrifice her! The Doctor is arranging the stone circuits on the shelf. THE DOCTOR: Put this one... there. This one... there. Er, keep that one upside down, and what we got? LUCIUS: Enlighten me. THE DOCTOR: What, the soothsayer doesn't know? LUCIUS: A seed may float on the breeze in any direction. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I knew you would say that. But it's an energy converter. LUCIUS: An energy converter of what? THE DOCTOR: I don't know. Isn't that brilliant? I love not knowing. Keeps me on my toes. It must be awful being a prophet, waking up every morning, 'Is it raining? Yes it is, I said so.' Takes all the fun out of life. But who designed this, Lucius? Hm? Who gave you these instructions? LUCIUS: I think you've babbled enough. THE DOCTOR: Lucius, really, tell me, honestly I'm on your side. I can help. LUCIUS: You insult the gods. There can be only one sentence. At arms! THE DOCTOR: Oh, morituri te salutant. LUCIUS: Celtic prayers won't help you now. QUINTUS: But it was him sir, he made me do it. Mr Dextrus, please, don't. THE DOCTOR: Come on now, Quintus, dignity in death. I respect your victory, Lucius. (He reaches out his hand). Shake on it? Come on. Dying man's wish? He grabs Lucius' right beneath the cloak, and breaks it off! LUCIUS: Aargh! QUINTUS: But he's... THE DOCTOR: Show me. Lucius throws back the cloak, revealing the strump of his right hand, all stoned. LUCIUS (proud): The work of the gods. QUINTUS: He's stone! THE DOCTOR: 'Armless enough, though. Whoops! (He throws the arm at Lucius). Quintus! Quintus throws the torch at the guards, the Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to push the circuits off the shelf, then he and Quintus jump out through the window. LUCIUS: The carvings! THE DOCTOR: Run! LUCIUS: My carvings! (He picks one up). The work is unbroken. The Doctor and Quintus run on the street. Lucius talks into the hypocaust. LUCIUS: Oh, Lord of the Mountain, I beseech you! This man would prevent the rise of Pompeii. Lord, I beg of you, show yourself. Show yourself! Down in the chasm, a stone creature with glowing eyes roars back to him. The Doctor and Quintus stop running. THE DOCTOR: No sign of them. Nice little bit of allons-y. I think we're all right. QUINTUS: But his arm, Doctor. Is that what's happening to Evelina? They hear a deep, loud bang. THE DOCTOR: What was that? QUINTUS: The mountain? It is repeated, and then over and over again. It shatters the ground. THE DOCTOR: No, it's closer. Footsteps... QUINTUS: It can't be. THE DOCTOR: Footsteps underground. QUINTUS: What is it? What is it? The Doctor grabs him and they run. In Caecilius' villa they can hear and feel it too. The family and servants rush together. METELLA: What is it? What's that noise? CAECILIUS: Doesn't sound like Vesuvius! The Doctor and Quintus arrive. THE DOCTOR: Caecilius, all of you! Get out! DONNA: Doctor! What is it? THE DOCTOR: I think we're being followed. Just get out! But they stand there, stunned, watching as the grille of the hypocaust flies away and a huge creature, a Pyrovile emerges from beneath. EVELINA: The gods are with us. THE DOCTOR: Water! We need water! Quintus, all of you, get water! Donna! Donna, Quintus and most servants obey. But one servant just steps in front of the Pyrovile. SERVANT: Blessed are we to see the gods. The Pyrovile blows f*re at him, burning him to dust. The Doctor steps between the family and the Pyrovile, trying to negotiate. THE DOCTOR: Talk to me, that's all I want! Talk to me, you just tell me you are. Don't hurt these people! In the meantime, Donna has fetched a bucket, but she is kidnapped by the Sibylline Sisters before she could return to help. DONNA (muffled) : Doctor! Doctor! THE DOCTOR: Talk to me! I'm the Doctor, just tell me who you are. Quintus and a servant return and pour water on the Pyrovile. That puts its f*re out and the whole thing collapses, shattering to pieces of rock. CAECILIUS: What was it? THE DOCTOR: Carapace of stone, held together by internal magma, not too difficult to stop. But I reckon that's just the foot soldier. METELLA: Doctor, or whatever your name is, you bring bad luck on this house. THE DOCTOR: I thought your son was brilliant, aren't you gonna thank him? (Metella and Caecilius hug Quintus). Still... If there are aliens at work in Pompeii, it's a good thing we stayed. Donna! But she is nowhere... THE DOCTOR: Donna? Donna? Donna is tied to a stone altar, Spurrina stands beside her with a huge Kn*fe, the other Sisters in a circle around them. DONNA: You have got to be kidding me. SPURRINA: The False Prophet will surrender both her blood and her breath. DONNA: I'll surrender you in a minute. Don't you dare! SPURRINA: You will be silent. DONNA: Listen, sister, you might have eyes on the back of your hands, but you'll have eyes in the back of your head by the time I've finished with you! Let me go! SPURRINA: This prattling voice will cease forever! THE DOCTOR: Oh, that'll be the day. The sisters are shocked by his appearance. Donna smiles at him. SPURRINA: No man is allowed to enter the Temple of Sibyl. THE DOCTOR: Well, that's all right, just us girls. Do you know, I met the Sibyl once, yeah, hell of a woman. Blimey, she could dance the Tarantella! Nice teeth. Truth be told, I think she had a bit of a thing for me. I said it would never last, she said, "I know". Well, she would. (To Donna): You all right there? DONNA (sarcastic): Oh, never better. THE DOCTOR: I like the toga. DONNA: Thank you. And the ropes? THE DOCTOR: Yeah, not so much. He frees her with the sonic. SPURRINA: What magic is this? THE DOCTOR: Let me tell you about the Sibyl, the founder of this religion. She would be ashamed of you. All her wisdom and insight turned sour. Is that how you spread the word, hey? On the blade of a Kn*fe? SPURRINA: Yes, a Kn*fe that now welcomes you! She lifts the Kn*fe at him. HIGH PRIESTESS: Show me this man! The sisters turn toward her bed and kneel down, except Spurrina who still stands behind the altar. SPURRINA: High Priestess, the stranger would defile us. HIGH PRIESTESS: Let me see. This one is different. He carries starlight in his wake. The Doctor and Donna step closer to the bed. THE DOCTOR: Oh, very perceptive. Where do these words of wisdom come from? HIGH PRIESTESS: The gods whisper to me. THE DOCTOR: They've done far more than that. Might I beg audience? Look upon the High Priestess? The curtains of the bad are drawn aside, revealing the High Priestess, a former human by now almost entirely turned to stone. DONNA: Oh, my God. What's happened to you? HIGH PRIESTESS: The heavens have blessed me. THE DOCTOR: If I might... He steps closer, touching the priestess' hand. THE DOCTOR: Does it hurt? HIGH PRIESTESS: It is necessary. THE DOCTOR: Who told you that? HIGH PRIESTESS: The voices. DONNA: Is that what's gonna happen to Evelina? Is this what's gonna happen to all of you? Spurrina shows her her hand, which is turning to stone like Evelina's. SPURRINA: The blessings are manifold. DONNA: They're stone. THE DOCTOR: Exactly. The people of Pompeii are turning to stone before the volcano erupts. But why? HIGH PRIESTESS: This word, this image in your mind. This volcano... what is that? THE DOCTOR: More to the point, why don't you know about it? Who are you? HIGH PRIESTESS: High Priestess of the Sibylline. THE DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, I'm talking to the creature inside you. The thing that's seeding itself into a human body, in the dust, in the lungs, taking over the flesh and turning it into... what? HIGH PRIESTESS: Your knowledge... is impossible. THE DOCTOR: Oh, but you can read my mind, you know it's not. I demand you tell me who you are! Her voice changes, now she speaks as a Pyrovile. HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: We... are... awakening. SPURRINA: The voice of the gods! SISTERS (chanting non-stop): # Words of wisdom, words of power. Words of wisdom, words of power... THE DOCTOR: Name yourself! Planet of origin. Galactic coordinates. Species designation according to the universal ratification of the Shadow Proclamation. HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: We... are... rising. THE DOCTOR: Tell... me... your name! HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: Pyrovile. SISTERS: # Pyrovile, Pyrovile, Pyrovile... DONNA: What's a Pyrovile? THE DOCTOR: Well that's a Pyrovile, growing inside her. She's a halfway stage. DONNA: What, and that turns into... THE DOCTOR: That thing in the villa, that was an adult Pyrovile. HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: And the breath of a Pyrovile will incinerate you, Doctor. The Doctor pulls out a small yellow water p*stol. THE DOCTOR: I warn you, I'm armed! Donna, get that grille open. DONNA: What for? THE DOCTOR: Just... (To the priestess) : What are the Pyrovile doing here? HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: We fell from the heavens. We fell so far and so fast, we were rendered into dust. THE DOCTOR: Right, creatures of stone, shattered on impact. When was that, 17 years ago? HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: We have slept beneath for thousands of years. THE DOCTOR: OK, so 17 years ago woke you up, and now you're using human bodies to reconstitute yourselves, but why the psychic powers? HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: We opened their minds and found such gifts. THE DOCTOR: OK, get that fine, so you force yourself inside a human brain, use the latent psychic talent to bond, I get that, I get that, yeah. But seeing the future, that is way beyond psychic, you can see through time. Where does the gift of prophecy come from? DONNA: Got it! THE DOCTOR: Now get down! DONNA: What, down there? THE DOCTOR: Yes, down there. Why can't this lot predict a volcano? Why is it being hidden? SPURRINA: Sisters, I see into his mind. The w*apon is harmless! THE DOCTOR: Yeah, but it's got a sting. He sprays the High Priestess with water. She screams in pain. THE DOCTOR (to Donna): Get down there! They jump down, while the Sisters run to help their High Priestess. DONNA: You fought her off with a water p*stol. I bloody love you! THE DOCTOR: This way! DONNA: Where are we going now? THE DOCTOR: Into the volcano. DONNA: No way. THE DOCTOR: Yes way. Appian way! HIGH PRIESTESS / PYROVILE: The stranger would thr*at our great endeavour. The time has come. The prophecy must advance! LUCIUS: The prophecy must advance. Thy will be done. Summon the Cult of Vulcan. SERVANT: Yes, sir. LUCIUS: We must go to the mountain. Vesuvius awaits. CAECILIUS: Sunrise, my love. A new day. Even the longest night must end. QUINTUS: The mountain's worse than ever. METELLA: We k*lled a messenger of the gods in our own house. (To Evelina) : Sweetheart, can you see? Tell us. What's going to happen? QUINTUS: Just... leave her alone. EVELINA: I can see... METELLA: What is it? EVELINA: A choice. Someone must make a choice. (In tears) The most terrible choice. DONNA: But if it's aliens setting off the volcano, doesn't that make it all right, for you to stop it? THE DOCTOR: Still part of history. DONNA: But I'm history to you. You saved me, in 2008, you saved us all. Why's that different? THE DOCTOR: Some things are fixed, some things are in flux. Pompeii is fixed. DONNA: How do you know which is which? THE DOCTOR: Because that's how I see the universe. Every waking second, I can see what is, what was, what could be, what must not. That's the burden of the Time Lord, Donna. And I'm the only one left. DONNA: How many people died? THE DOCTOR: Stop it. DONNA: Doctor, how many people died? THE DOCTOR: 20,000. DONNA: Is that what you can see, Doctor? All 20,000? And you think that's all right, do you? There's a loud howl. THE DOCTOR: They know we're here. Come on! Lucius leads six black-cloaked people, each carrying a stone circuit, and the two armed guards to an opening in the side of Vesuvius. LUCIUS: Almighty Vesuvius, accept these offerings, in Vulcan's design, and show unto us, I beseech you, the gods of the Underworld. A Pyrovile comes out to them. The Doctor and Donna arrive to a gigantic cave. THE DOCTOR: It's the heart of Vesuvius. We're right inside the mountain. DONNA: There's tons of them. THE DOCTOR: What's that thing? He uses a telescope to take a better look of a round thing in the middle of the cave. He can see the carvings inside. DONNA: Oh, you better hurry up and think of something, Rocky fall's on its way. THE DOCTOR: That's how they arrived. Or what's left of it. Escape pod? Prison ship? Gene bank? DONNA: But why do they need a volcano? Maybe... it erupts, and they launch themselves back into space or something? THE DOCTOR: Oh, it's worse than that. DONNA: How could it be worse? (There's another howl). Doctor, it's getting closer. LUCIUS (from the other side of the cave): Heathens! Defile us! They would desecrate your temple, My Lord Gods! THE DOCTOR: Come on! They run toward the middle of the cave. DONNA: We can't go in! THE DOCTOR: Well, we can't go back! LUCIUS: Crush them! Burn them! A Pyrovile steps in front of them, but the Doctor kills it with the water p*stol, then they run toward the escape pod. LUCIUS: There is nowhere to run, Doctor, and daughter of London. THE DOCTOR: Now then, Lucius, My Lords Pyrovillian, don't get yourselves in a lather. In a lava? No? No. But if I might beg the wisdom of the gods before we perish... once this new race of creatures is complete, then what? LUCIUS: My masters will follow the example of Rome itself. An almighty empire, bestriding the whole of civilization. DONNA: But if you've crashed, and you've got all this technology, why don't you just go home? LUCIUS: The Heaven of Pyrovillia is gone. THE DOCTOR: What d'you mean, "gone"? Where's it gone? LUCIUS: It was taken. Pyrovillia is lost. But there is heat enough in this world for a new species to rise. THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I should warn you, it's 70% water out there. LUCIUS: Water can boil. And everything will burn, Doctor. THE DOCTOR: Then the whole planet is at stake. Thank you. That's all I needed to know. Donna! They get inside the pod, the Doctor seals the door with the sonic. LUCIUS: You have them, My Lords! DONNA: Could we be any more trapped? The Pyroviles start to blow f*re at the pod. DONNA: Little bit hot. THE DOCTOR: See? The energy converter takes the lava, uses the power to create a fusion matrix, which welds Pyrovile to human. Now it's complete, they can convert millions. DONNA: But can't you change it? With these controls? THE DOCTOR: Course I can, but don't you see? That's why the soothsayers can't see the volcano. There is no volcano. Vesuvius is never gonna erupt. The Pyrovile are stealing all its power, and they use it to take over the world. DONNA: But... you can change it back? THE DOCTOR: I can invert the system, set off the volcano, and blow them up, yes. But... that's the choice, Donna. It's Pompeii or the world. DONNA (shocked): Oh, my God. THE DOCTOR: If Pompeii is destroyed then it's not just history. It's me. I make it happen. DONNA: But the Pyrovile are made of rocks, maybe they can't be blown up. THE DOCTOR: Vesuvius explodes with the force of 24 nuclear b*mb. Nothing can survive it. Certainly not us. DONNA: Never mind us. THE DOCTOR: Push this lever and it's over. 20,000 people. He seems uncertain, unwilling to take responsibility for so many death, even for the sake of the whole planet. Donna puts her hands at his. They look at each other, then push it down together. Hell breaks loose. Those with the gift of foresight scream in agony. LUCIUS: Nooooooo! SPURRINA: A new prophecy! EVELINA: The future is changing! Vesuvius erupts. There's a huge cloud of smoke and ash, but we can see the escape pod flying out. CAECILIUS: Sky is falling! EVELINA (in tears): Death. Only death! The Doctor and Donna get out of the pod, they are outside the town. THE DOCTOR: It was an escape pod. He grabs Donna's hand and they run back towards the town, the TARDIS. Clouds of ash hide the sun. The town is chaotic, people screaming, panicking, trying to escape. CAECILIUS: Out! Out, everybody out! Quickly! In the Temple of Sybil, the High Priestess / Pyrowile is still howling. Spurrina and Thalina are crouching in front of the altar, holding the unconscious young soothsayer in their laps. SPURRINA: You lied to us! And yet, this was meant to be. The Doctor and Donna run through the chaos on the streets. Donna still tries to save people but nobody listens to her. DONNA: Don't! Don't go to the beach! Don't go to the beach, go to the hills! Listen to me! Don't go to the beach, it's not safe! Listen to me...! She sees a little boy crying, alone, and goes to him. DONNA: Come here. The mother snatches him. WOMAN: Give him to me! Donna just stands there crying, devastated, until the Doctor grabs his hand. THE DOCTOR: Come on. They reach Caecilius' villa. The family is crouching on the ground, hugging each other, crying. CAECILIUS: God save us, Doctor! The Doctor looks at them, then turns away and enters the TARDIS. DONNA: No! Doctor you can't! She knows she should go, but can't leave them behind. DONNA: Doctor! The TARDIS engines start working. Donna finally runs inside. DONNA: You can't just leave them! THE DOCTOR: Don't you think I've done enough? History's back in place and everyone dies. DONNA: You've got to go back! Doctor, I'm telling you, take this thing back! (After a pause, quietly). It's not fair. THE DOCTOR: No, it's not. DONNA: But your own planet... It b*rned. THE DOCTOR: That's just it. Don't you see, Donna? Can't you understand? If I could go back and save them then I would, but I can't. I can never go back, I can't. I just can't, I can't. DONNA (in tears): Just someone. Please. Not the whole town. Just save someone. The Doctor gives her a long look, before finally making up his mind. The TARDIS rematerializes in Caecilius' villa. Surrounded by blinding light, the Doctor reaches out his hand to Caecilius. THE DOCTOR: Come with me. They grab each other's hand. The Doctor, Donna and Caecilius' family are standing on a hillside, watching the destruction of Pompeii. THE DOCTOR: It's never forgotten, Caecilius. Oh, time will pass, men will move on, and stories will fade. But one day, Pompeii will be found, again. In thousands of years. And everyone will remember you. DONNA: What about you, Evelina? Can you see anything? EVELINA: The visions have gone. THE DOCTOR: The expl*si*n was so powerful it cracked open a rift in time. Just for a second. That's what gave you the gift of prophecy. It echoed back into the Pyrovillian alternative. But not any more. You're free. METELLA: But tell me, who are you, Doctor? With your words, and your temple containing such size within? THE DOCTOR: Oh, I was never here. Don't tell anyone. CAECILIUS: The great god Vulcan must be enraged! It's so volcanic. It's like some sort of... volcano. (Choking). All those people. Metella hugs him, crying. Evelina and Quintus hold each other's hands. The Doctor and Donna enter the TARDIS quietly. DONNA (sincere): Thank you. THE DOCTOR: Yeah. You were right. Sometimes I need someone. Welcome aboard. DONNA: Yeah. They share a smile. ROME, 6 MONTHS LATER CAECILIUS: Metella, my love, have you seen that clasp? The beetle one. The Egyptians do love a scarab. METELLA: Here we are, I was giving it a polish. Now calm down. CAECILIUS: If I get that contract, for the marble granaries of Alexandria, we'll be rich, you'll see... Hold on there, Evelina. You are not going out wearing that! EVELINA: Don't start, Dad, it's what all the girls in Rome are wearing. (She kisses her dad). See you later. CAECILIUS: Are you seeing that boy again? METELLA (so proud): Oh, look at Quintus. My son, the doctor. QUINTUS: Mum, I've told you, I'm not a doctor, not yet. I'm just a student of the physical sciences. METELLA: Well, that's a doctor to me. (She kisses his forehead). Give thanks to the household gods before you go. There's a good boy. (To Caecilius) : Come here, let me fix it. You've got that folded all wrong... QUINTUS: Thank you, household gods. Thank you for everything. We see the new carving in the shrine: the Doctor, Donna, and the TARDIS as their temple. END
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Spotlights turn on to reveal Ood. ADVERTISEMENT VOICE: The Ood. They came from distant world. They voyaged across the stars, all with one purpose. An Ood holds out a teacup. OOD (in the ad): Do you take milk and sugar? ADVERTISEMENT VOICE: To serve. Mr Bartle is looking at a big screen with the advertisement on it. Mr BARTLE: That's good. That's excellent, I like it sir. Buy one now! Direct. Straight to the point. Mr HALPEN (on intercom): We play that across the tri-galactic for two weeks, then introduce this. ADVERTISEMENT VOICE: Now only 50 credits! The words appear on the screen. Mr BARTLE: 50? We're reducing the price to 50 credits? Mr HALPEN: Sales are down. We've got to reposition ourselves. So get going. The communicator beeps as he hangs up. Mr BARTLE: Idiot. Bleeding us dry! (talking to an Ood behind him) You there. Get me last month's military export figures. The army always needs more grunts. OOD: Yes sir. The Ood bows. Voice comes on intercom. SOLANA: Mr Bartle, you asked me to call you. Mr BARTLE: Solana, when those buyers arrive we're going to pitch like never before. I want those Ood flying out of here. The Ood hands him a binder. Mr BARTLE: That... I said military figures. That's the domestic files. Get me the military. The Ood's eyes glow red. OOD: The file is irrelevant, sir. Mr BARTLE: Oh, why's that? The Ood electrocutes him with his translator ball. OOD: Have a nice day. OPENING CREDITS The TARDIS is rocking. Donna screams. DOCTOR: Set the controls to random. Mystery tour. Outside that door could be any planet, anywhere, anywhen in the whole wide... Are you all right? DONNA: Terrified. I mean history's one thing, but an alien planet! DOCTOR: I could always take you home. DONNA: Yeah, don't laugh at me. DOCTOR: I know what it's like. Everything you're feeling right now. The fear, the joy, the wonder, I get that! DONNA: Seriously? After all this time? DOCTOR: Yeah. Why do you think I keep going? DONNA: Oh! All right then, you and me both! This is barmy! I was born in Chiswick. I've only ever done package holidays. And now I'm here. This is so... I mean it's... I don't know, it's all sort of, I don't know what the word is! She opens the Tardis door and steps out in to a snowy landscape. DONNA: I've got the word. Freezing! The Doctor comes out of the Tardis. DOCTOR: Snow! Aw, real snow! Proper snow at last! That's more like it, lovely. What do you think? DONNA (shivering): Bit cold. DOCTOR: Look at that view! DONNA: Yep. Beautiful, cold view. DOCTOR: Millions of planets, millions of galaxies and we're on this one. Molto bene! Bellissimo! Says Donna. Born in Chiswick. All you've got is a life of work and sleep, and telly and rent and tax and takeaway dinners, all... birthdays and Christmases and two weeks holiday here, and then you end up here! Donna Noble. Citizen of the Earth, standing on a different planet. How 'bout that Donna? He looks back at Tardis. Donna's not there. DOCTOR: Donna? She comes out in a big fluffy coat with a huge hood. DONNA: Sorry, you were saying? DOCTOR: Better? DONNA: Lovely, thanks. DOCTOR: Comfy? DONNA: Yep. DOCTOR: Can you hear anything inside that? DONNA (smiling): Pardon? DOCTOR: All right, I was saying, citizen of the Earth... They looks up to see a big rocket flying over them. DONNA (in awe): Rocket! Blimey, a real proper rocket. Now that's what I call a spaceship. You've got a box; he's got a Ferrari! Come on, lets go see where it's going! Doctor looks back at Tardis, his pride offended. Outside a big factory building the people from the rocket are walking up to a group of people by a door. Dr RYDER: Mr Halpen, sir. Dr Ryder, new head of Ood Management. Mr HALPEN: How many d*ad? Come on, facts and figures. I haven't flown all this way to discuss the weather, which by the way is freezing. Dr RYDER: Solana has the figures, sir. SOLANA: Solana Mercurio, sir. Head of Marketing and Galactic Liaison. Mr HALPEN: That's just what I need. A PR woman. I don't want a word of this getting out, is that understood? Now get to the point. How many d*ad? They walk into the building. SOLANA: In the past financial quarter we've had three deaths in the complex. All attributed to heart att*cks or industrial accidents, but now we've captured this on tape, the cause would seem the same. The screen shows the Ood electrocuting Mr Bartle. Mr HALPEN: It's using the translator ball as a w*apon. How's that work? Dr RYDER: Well, no idea. I'm checking the equipment. Nothing so far. Mr HALPEN: Can't see its eyes from this angle. Dr RYDER: I think we have to assume... Mr HALPEN: Red-eye. Dr RYDER: I would think so sir. Mr HALPEN: That Ood. What happened to it? Dr RYDER: Oh, ran for the wild sir. Like a dog. One of the guards fired off a sh*t. It'll be d*ad by now. SOLANA: Can I ask? What's "red-eye" sir? Dr RYDER: Well, it's some sort of infection. The Ood's eyes literally change color. Mr HALPEN: Drink! Dr RYDER: I can't find a source. All the bacteria scans register negative. His Ood hands Mr Halpen a glass. SOLANA: Sorry, but according to your own rules sir, there's no alcohol allowed on base. Mr HALPEN: It's hair tonic if you must know. (He drinks it). Five years ago I had a full head of hair. Stress, that's what this is. Stress. The Doctor and Donna walk in a deserted winter wonderland, laughing. Suddenly he stops, hearing eerie music. DOCTOR: Hold on, can you hear that? (louder) Donna, take your hood down! DONNA: What? DOCTOR: That noise is like a song. He looks around to find the source. DOCTOR: Over there! He rushes to the body on the ground, followed by Donna. DONNA: What is it? DOCTOR: An Ood. He's called an Ood. DONNA (disgusted): But it's face... DOCTOR: Donna, don't. Not now. It's a he, not an it. Give me a hand. DONNA: Sorry! She kneels beside the Ood too. The Doctor examines the Ood with a stethoscope. DOCTOR: I don't know where the heart is. I don't know if he's got a heart. Talk to him, keep him going. DONNA: It's all right, we've got you. Um, what's your name? DELTA 50 (weakly): Designated Ood Delta 50. She picks up his translator ball, talking into it like into a microphone. DONNA: My name's Donna. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. You don't need to... DONNA: Sorry. (She tries to find out what to say). Oh, God! This is the Doctor! Just what you need, a doctor. Couldn't be better, hey? DOCTOR: You've been sh*t. DELTA 50: The circle... DONNA: No, don't try to talk. DELTA 50: The circle must be broken. DOCTOR: Circle? What d'you mean? Delta 50, what circle? Delta 50? What circle? Delta 50 suddenly sits up, roaring, eyes glowing red. The Doctor and Donna jump back. Then he collapses, d*ad. DONNA: He's gone. She goes back and kneels beside the body. DOCTOR: Careful. DONNA: There you are, sweetheart. (She strokes the Ood's head). We were too late. What do we do, do we bury him? DOCTOR: The snow will take care of that. DONNA: Who was he? What's an Ood? DOCTOR: They're servants, of humans in the 42nd century. Mildly telepathic, that was the... song. It's his mind calling out. DONNA: Couldn't hear anything. (She stands up). He sang as he was dying. DOCTOR: His eyes turned red. DONNA: What's that mean? DOCTOR: Trouble. Come on. (They walk away). The Ood are harmless. They're completely benign. Except, the last time I met them, there was this force, like a... stronger mind, powerful enough to take them over. DONNA: What sort of force? DOCTOR: Yeah, long story. DONNA: Long walk. DOCTOR: It was the Devil. DONNA: If you're gonna take the mickey, I'll just put my hood back up. DOCTOR: Must be something different this time, though. Something closer to home. They climb to a rock and behind, they see the Ood Operation buildings. DOCTOR: A-ha! Civilisation! A group of reps arrive to Ood Operations. SOLANA: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Ood-Sphere. And isn't it bracing? Here are your information packs, with vouchers, 3D tickets and a map of the complex. My name's Solana, Head of Marketing. I'm sure we've all spoken on the vidfone. Now, if you'd like to follow me. The Doctor and Donna arrive running. DOCTOR: Sorry, sorry, sorry! Late. Don't mind us. Hello! The guards let us through. SOLANA: And you would be? The Doctor shows the psychic paper. DOCTOR: The Doctor and Donna Noble. DONNA: Representing the Noble Corporation PLC Limited, Intergalactic. SOLANA: Must have fallen off my list, my apologies. Won't happen again. Now then, Dr Noble, Mrs Noble, if you'd like to come with me. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no, we're not married! DONNA: We're so not married. DOCTOR: Never. DONNA: Never ever! SOLANA: Of course. And here are your information packs, vouchers inside. Now if you'd like to come with me, the Executive Suites are nice and warm. An alarm wails. DOCTOR: Oh, what's that? That sounds like an alarm. In his office, Mr Halpen can hear it too. Mr HALPEN: For God's sake, we've got the buyers arriving, who sounded the alarm? Drink! SOLANA (to the reps): Oh, it's just a... siren, for the end of the work shift. Now then, this way, quick as you can! Mr HALPEN (on the intercom): Mr Kess, what the hell's going on? Mr KESS: Ood on the loose, sir. Looks like we've got another one. Mr HALPEN: Red-eye? Mr KESS: As red as sin, sir. Don't worry, Mr Halpen, we're on it. The Ood runs across the yard. GUARD: Sir! Mr KESS: All right then, lads, go get him! SOLANA (talking to the reps in the room with the huge screen): As you can see, the Ood are happy to serve, and we keep them in facilities of the highest standard. Here at the Double O, that's Ood Operations, we like to think of the Ood as our trusted friends. During her speech, outside the guards, carrying huge g*n, are still chasing the loose Ood. Mr KESS: He's over there! You two follow me! SOLANA: We keep the Ood healthy, safe, and educated. Mr KESS: Take him alive! SOLANA: We don't just breed the Ood. We make them better. Because at heart, what is an Ood, but a reflection of us? If your Ood is happy, then you'll be happy, too. The Ood turns to face the guards, not attacking, just growling, raging. Mr KESS: Mr Halpen, this is a bit more than red-eye, sir. This is something new. It's rabid, sir. Mr HALPEN: Take it to Dr Ryder. Just get it out of sight! VOICE (over the intercom): Sales figures needed by 19,00 sir. Mr HALPEN: Yeah, yeah, yeah. He goes to the mirror, examining his head. Mr HALPEN (to his Ood): What do you think? Growing back? Just a little bit? Like you'd know! SOLANA: I'd now like to point out a new innovation from Ood Operations. We've introduced a variety package with the Ood translator ball. You can now have the Standard Setting. (talking to Ood1) : How are you today, Ood? OOD 1 (normal voice): I'm perfectly well, thank you. SOLANA: Or perhaps, after a stressful day, a little something for the gentlemen. (to Ood 2) : And how are you, Ood? OOD 2 (sultry female voice): All the better for seeing you. SOLANA: And the comedy classic option. (to Ood 3) : Ood, you dropped something. OOD 3 (Homer Simpson voice): Doh! The reps laugh. SOLANA: All that for only five additional credits. The details are in your brochures. Now, there's plenty more food and drink, so, don't hold back. She leaves; the Doctor goes to the control board and brings the picture of the solar system to the big screen. DOCTOR: Ah, got it! The Ood-Sphere, I've been to this solar system before, years ago, ages! Close to the planet Sense-Sphere. Let's widen out. (he does it) The year 4126. That is the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire. DONNA: 4126. It's 4126. I'm in 4126. DOCTOR: It's good, isn't it? DONNA: What's the Earth like now? DOCTOR: Bit full. But you see, the Empire stretches out across three galaxies. DONNA: It's weird. I mean, it's brilliant, but... Back home, the papers and the telly, they keep saying we haven't got long to live. Global warming. Flooding. All the bees disappearing. DOCTOR: Yeah, that thing about the bees is odd. DONNA: But look at us! We're everywhere. Is that good or bad, though? I mean, are we like explorers? Or more like a virus? DOCTOR: Sometimes I wonder. DONNA (examining the picture on the screen): What are the red dots? DOCTOR: Ood distribution centres. DONNA: Across three galaxies? Don't the Ood get a say in this? She walks to the Ood standing nearest. DONNA: Um, sorry, but... He doesn't seem to notice her, so she touches his shoulder to get his attention. DONNA: Hello. Tell me, are you all like this? OOD 1: I do not understand, Miss. DONNA: Why do you say "Miss", do I look single? DOCTOR: Back to the point. DONNA: Yeah. What I mean is, are there any free Ood? Are there Ood running wild somewhere? Like wood beast. OOD 1: All Ood are born to serve. Otherwise, we would die. DONNA: But you can't have started like that. Before the humans, what were you like? The Ood seems confused. OOD 1: The circle. DOCTOR: What do you mean, what circle? OOD 1 (struggling): The circ... the circle... is... SOLANA: Ladies and gentlemen! All Ood to hospitality stations, please. DOCTOR: I've had enough of the schmoozing. Do you fancy going off the beaten track? SOLANA (voice from the background): Now, if I can introduce you... DONNA (smiling): Rough guide to the Ood-Sphere? Works for me! DOCTOR: Isn't it? Mr Halpen and Dr Ryder are in a dark chamber, the rabid Ood chained up, still raging non-stop, two armed man guarding him. Mr HALPEN: What the hell is wrong with it? Dr RYDER: It's obviously stage two of red-eye. Whatever that means. Mr HALPEN: Ood Sigma, have you seen this before? SIGMA: Humanity defines us, sir. We look to you for answers. Mr HALPEN: Oh, fat lot of good, all of you. We're exporting hundreds of thousands of Ood to all the civilised planets. If they turn rabid, you know what it'll mean. Dr RYDER: There's only one thing I haven't checked, sir. Warehouse 15. Mr HALPEN: Why should that cause trouble? It's been two centuries now. No change, not ever. Drink! Dr RYDER: I know it's restricted access, but if I'm going to work on this, I should see it. Just in case. Mr HALPEN: Can't stand the place. (He gulps his drink). Still. Warehouse 15 then, come on. Dr RYDER: What about this one, sir? Mr HALDEN: Well, I'd suggest a post mortem. Which means it's got to be d*ad first. As they leave, the guards start sh**ting. The Doctor sonics a fence open. LOUDSPEAKERS: Ood shift eight, now commencing. Repeat, Ood shift eight now commencing. The Oods are marching through the yard in a fashion like soldiers or prisoners. One of them falls to his knees. Mr Kess rushes to him. Mr KESS: Get up! I said get up! Mr Kess whips the Ood until he manages to get back to his feet. DONNA: Servants? They're slaves. Mr KESS: Get up! March! DOCTOR: Last time I met the Ood, I never thought. I never asked. DONNA: That's not like you. DOCTOR: I was busy. So busy I couldn't save them, I had to let the Ood die. I reckon I owe them one. Mr Halpen, Dr Ryder, Sigma and two guards cross the now empty yard. DONNA: That looks like the boss. DOCTOR: Let's keep out of his way. Come on. They leave. Dr RYDER: How long since you went inside? Mr HALPEN: Must be... ten years ago. He types the code to open the door. COMPUTER VOICE: Warehouse 15. Mr HALPEN: My father brought me here, when I was six years old. COMPUTER VOICE: Security protocol initiated. Mr HALPEN: God, the stench of it. COMPUTER VOICE: Warehouse 15. Door open. They get inside and stop by the balustrade, looking at something below. Dr RYDER: Incredible. Mr HALPEN: Like I said. Nothing's changed. Dr RYDER: I've read the documents, but... it doesn't quite prepare you. Mr HALPEN: Is it just me, or does it feel as if it's looking at you? Dr RYDER: I think I understand the barrier mechanics well enough. I'll check the signal. He goes to the controls. Mr HALPEN (to Sigma): Suppose it's home sweet home to you. What d'you think? SIGMA: I have no opinion, sir. Mr HALPEN: Well... say hello to Daddy. Dr RYDER: Nothing. The barrier's intact. No abnormal signal. Same as it's been for 200 years. SOLANA (on the intercom): Mr Halpen, the two people from the Noble Corporation failed to pass security checks. There's no such company, the Noble Corporation doesn't exist. And on top of that, they seem to have gone missing, sir, the Doctor and Miss Noble. Mr HALPEN: Just what I need. Start a search, no alarms, got that? Keep it quiet. (To Sigma) You see? Hair loss! Drink! He takes the glass, then lifts it up, over the balustrade. Mr HALPEN: Tell you what, old friend. Have this one on me. Cheers! He pours it to the thing below, evoking a loud rumble. Mr HALPEN: I think we're finished here. He turns to leave, Dr Ryder follows, still unable to take his eyes off the thing. He bumps into Sigma. Dr RYDER: Sorry. Sigma also takes one last look before following the humans. The Doctor, concentrating on the map, goes past a door, but Donna stops him with a loud whistle. DOCTOR: Where d'you learn to whistle? DONNA: West Ham, every Saturday. He uses the sonic to open the door. It leads to a huge hangar, filled with containers. They see a giant claw lifting and transporting the containers. DOCTOR: Ood export. D'you see? Lifts up the containers, takes them to the rocket sheds, ready to be flown out, all over the three galaxies. DONNA: What, you mean, these containers are full of...? DOCTOR: What do you think? He opens the door on one container. Inside, it's filled with Ood, just standing there, motionless. DONNA (horrified): Oh, it stinks! How many of them d'you think there are in each one? DOCTOR: Hundred? More? DONNA: A great big empire, built on sl*very. DOCTOR: It's not so different from your time. DONNA: Oi! I haven't got slaves! DOCTOR: Who d'you think made your clothes? DONNA: Is that why you travel round with a human at your side? It's not so you can show them the wonders of the universe, it's so you can take cheap sh*ts? DOCTOR: Sorry. DONNA: You don't. Spaceman. (To the Ood) I don't understand, the door is open, why don't you just run away? OOD: For what reason? DONNA: You could be free. OOD: I do not understand the concept. DONNA: What is it with that Persil ball? I mean, they're not born with it, are they? Why do they have to be all plugged in? DOCTOR: Ood, tell me, does "the circle" mean anything to you? ALL OOD: # The circle must be broken. DONNA: Woah, that is creepy! DOCTOR: But what is it? What is the circle? ALL OOD: # The circle must be broken. DOCTOR: Why? ALL OOD: # So that we can sing. Mr KESS: Mr Halpen? I'm in Ood Cargo, I've found your unwanted guests. (To the guards) Go! He sounds an alarm. DOCTOR: Oh, that's us! Come on! Mr HALPEN: Cut the alarms! I said, no alarms! SOLANA (to the reps): Nothing to worry about, ladies and gentlemen, it's just a f*re drill. We test the system at this time every day. If you'll excuse me. The Doctor and Donna run between the containers. She stops. DONNA: Doctor, there's a door! But the guards are coming in right through that door. GUARD: Don't move... DOCTOR (noticing he's alone): Where've you gone? But he has no time to wonder as guards are at his heels. GUARD: ...stay where you are. They catch Donna and push her into a container. DONNA: Get off me! Get off me! DOCTOR: Donna! Where are you? Mr KESS: All guards withdraw. GUARD: Sir? Mr KESS: I said withdraw. Keep to the perimeter. I've got this one. (He's at the controls of the huge claw). I've always wanted to do this. The Doctor is running from the claw. He tries to get in a container but no luck. Mr KESS: Container locked. DONNA (to the Ood): Can you help me? (She notices that their eyes are glowing red). Oh, no, you don't! What have I done? I'm not one of that lot. I'm on your side! Stay where you are. That's an order! I said, stay! Doctor! DOCTOR! The Doctor is now losing against the claw. He finally falls to the ground, panting. But it stops just before crushing him. SOLANA (to Mr Kess): You heard the instructions. Mr Halpen wants them alive. Two guards grab the Doctor and lead him toward the exit. DONNA (voice from the container): Doctor, get me out! Doctor, get me out of here! DOCTOR: If you don't do what she says then you're really in trouble. Not from me, from her. Mr KESS: Unlock the container! They open the door, Donna runs to hug the Doctor. DONNA: Doctor! DOCTOR: There we go, safe and sound. DONNA: Never mind about me, what about them?! The Ood are marching out of the container. They electrocute the guard who stands by the door. Mr KESS: Red alert! f*re! More containers open with even more red-eyed Ood attacking. Mr KESS: sh**t to k*ll! The guards start to f*re. The Doctor and Donna run off the building, followed by Solana. They stop a bit further. DONNA: If people back on Earth... knew what was going on here... SOLANA: Oh, don't be so stupid. Of course they know. DONNA: They know how you treat the Ood? SOLANA: They don't ask. Same thing. DOCTOR: Solana, the Ood aren't born like this, they can't be. A species born to serve could never evolve in the first place. What does the company do to make them obey? SOLANA: That's nothing to do with me! DOCTOR: Oh what, cos you don't ask? SOLANA: That's Dr Ryder's territory. DOCTOR: Where is he? What part of the complex? I could help, with the red-eye, now show me! SOLANA (pointing on the map): There. Beyond the red section. DOCTOR: Come with me. You've seen the warehouse, you can't agree with all this. You know this place better than me, you could help. Solana thinks about it for a few seconds, but finally decides to stay loyal to the company. SOLANA: They're over here! Guards! They're over here! GUARD: Male and female suspects escaped. Westridge corridor. SOLANA (on the intercom): Mr Halpen, I found the Doctor. He's heading for Ood Conversion. Mr HALPEN: On my way. (Talking to Mr Kess on the com) : Mr Kess, what's the situation? Mr KESS: We've contained it, sir, fenced them in. But the red-eye seems to be permanent this time, it's not fading. Worse than that, sir... there's more of them going rabid. My opinion, sir, I think we've lost them. The entire batch contaminated. Mr HALPEN: What's causing it? Why now? What's changed? Absent-minded, he strokes his own head, and looks horrified at the bunch of hair that's stayed in his hand. Mr HALPEN (on the intercom): How many Ood, in total? Mr KESS: I'd say about 2,000, sir. Mr HALPEN: We can write them off, that's what insurance is for. Drink! We've plenty more on the breeding farms, let's start again. (He gulps his drink). Fetch the canisters. No survivors. Mr KESS: My pleasure, sir. You lot, canisters! The Doctor and Donna are running from two guards. DOCTOR: This way! They arrive to another door. DOCTOR: Oh, can you hear it? I didn't need the map, I should've listened. They get inside, then he uses the sonic to lock the door. DONNA: Hold on. Does that mean we're locked in? DOCTOR: Listen. Listen, listen, listen, listen... Eerie music sounds. DOCTOR: Oh, my head! DONNA: What is it? DOCTOR: Can't you hear it? The singing? They see a cage with several Ood inside. These ones seem shy, trying to hide from them. DONNA: They look different to the others. DOCTOR: That's because they're natural-born Ood, unprocessed, before they're adapted to sl*very. Unspoilt. They go to the cage. DOCTOR: That's their song. DONNA: I can't hear it. DOCTOR: D'you want to? DONNA: Yeah. DOCTOR (warning): It's the song of captivity. DONNA: Let me hear it. DOCTOR: Face me. (He puts his hands to her head, like when he is mind reading). Open your mind, that's it. Hear it, Donna. Hear the music. She hears a beautiful song of lament which makes her cry. DONNA (choking): Take it away! DOCTOR: Sure? DONNA: I can't hear it. He puts his hands on her head again, stopping her from hearing the telepathic singing. DONNA: I'm sorry. DOCTOR: It's OK. DONNA: But you can still hear it? DOCTOR: All the time. Mr HALPEN: Come on, what's the hold-up? Dr RYDER: It's the experimentation lab, maximum security, he's fused the system. Mr HALPEN: Don't just stand there, get the bolt-cutters, rip that door off! Solana, go back to the reps, I don't want any of them wandering off and seeing this. And get them away from the Ood, just in case. Hurry up! SOLANA: Yes, sir. The Doctor uses the sonic to open the cage of the Ood. Loud thuds come from the door. DONNA: They're breaking in. THE DOCTOR: Ah, let them. He goes into the cage. The Ood are trying to get as far from him as possible. DOCTOR: What are you holding? Show me. Friend. Doctor Donna. Friend. Let me see... Look at me... Let me see. (One of them creeps closer). That's it. That's it, go on. Go on... The Ood opens his palms, showing the small brain he was hiding. DONNA: Is that...? DOCTOR: It's a brain. A hind brain. The Ood are born with a secondary brain. Like the amygdala in humans, it processes memory and emotions. You get rid of that, you wouldn't be Donna any more. You'd be like an Ood, a processed Ood. DONNA (shocked): So the company... cuts off their brains? DOCTOR (angry): And they stitch on the translator! DONNA: Like a lobotomy. (She is terribly shaken). I spent all that time looking for you, Doctor, because I thought it would be so wonderful out here... I want to go home. With a final loud thud, the door is opened. GUARD: They're with the Ood, sir. The Doctor closes the door of the cage, locking himself and Donna inside with the Ood. DOCTOR: What you gonna do, then? Arrest me? Lock me up? Throw me in a cage? Well, you're too late! Hah! The Doctor and Donna are taken back to the main building. They are handcuffed to some pipes. Mr HALPEN: Why don't you just come out and say it? Foto activists! DOCTOR: If that's what Friends Of The Ood are trying to prove, yes! Mr HALPEN: The Ood were nothing without us, just animals roaming around on the ice. DOCTOR: That's because you can't hear them. Mr HALPEN: They welcomed it! It's not as if they put up a fight. DONNA: You idiot! They're born with their brains in their hands. Don't you see, that makes them peaceful! They've got to be, cos a creature like that would have to trust anyone it meets. DOCTOR: Oh, nice one. DONNA: Thank you! Mr HALPEN: The system's worked for 200 years. All we've got is a rogue batch. But the infection is about to be sterilised. (On the intercom) Mr Kess? How do we stand? Mr KESS: Canisters primed, sir. As soon as the core heats up, the gas is released. Give it 200 marks (he starts the countdown) and counting. DOCTOR: You're gonna gas them?! Mr HALPEN: k*ll the livestock. The classic foot-and-mouth solution from the olden days. Still works. The natural Ood in the cage lift their palms up, staring to sing. So do the red-eyed ones. SOLANA (talking to the reps): I'm sorry, if I could ask you one more time, could all the reps please come through to the Education Suites. REP 1 (obviously drunk): Why move now? It's a free bar! SOLANA: Could I ask all the Ood to withdraw, it's feeding time. The Oods in there can also hear the singing. They bow their heads like they are in pain. REP 1: Aw! You've upset them. Leave them alone! SOLANA: I have to insist. If all the Ood could please leave... The Ood look up, they eyes have turned red. SOLANA (scared): Ladies and gentlemen, change of plan. If you could leave by the f*re exits... REP 1: I could sell this! You could offer different colours. An Ood elecrocutes him with the translator ball. They start to k*ll off the other reps. Solana runs out to the yard, only to find more red-eyed Ood and the guards trying to fight them. GUARD: They've gone insane, Miss, they've gone mad, all of them! SOLANA: Just sh**t them! sh**t to k*ll! She tries to escape but gets k*lled by an Ood coming from a different direction. An alarm wails. Mr HALPEN: What the hell? He leaves with Dr Ryder to see what's happening outside. Mr Kess is still in the cargo hall, chacking the devide that should gas the Ood. Mr KESS: What's going on out there? The door opens and red-eyed Ood enter the hangar. COMPUTER VOICE (from loudspeakers): Emergency status. Emergency status. All exits sealed. Mr RYDER: It's a revolution. The yard is filled with guards and Ood fighting. Mr Halpen and Dr Ryder watch it, shocked, then head back inside. Sigma looks at his people, but then turns back to follow his master. Mr KESS: Come back! Let me out of here! The Ood have locked him in without gas mask, he chokes to death when the gas cannon goes off. Mr Halpen and Dr Ryder return to the room where the Doctor and Donna are chained. Mr HALPEN: Change of plan. Dr RYDER: There are no reports of trouble off-world, sir, it's still contained to the Ood-Sphere. Mr HALPEN: Then we've got a public duty to stop it before it spreads. DOCTOR: What's happening? Mr HALPEN: Everything you wanted, Doctor. No doubt there'll be a full police investigation once this place has been sterilised, so I can't risk a b*llet to the head. I'll leave you to the mercies of the Ood. DOCTOR: But Mr Halpen, there's something else, isn't there? Something we haven't seen! DONNA: What d'you mean? DOCTOR: A creature couldn't survive with a separate forebrain and hind brain, they'd be at w*r with themselves. There's got to be something else, a third element, am I right? Mr HALPEN: And again, so clever! THE DOCTOR: But it's got to be connected to the red-eye, what is it? Mr HALPEN: "It" won't exist for very much longer. Enjoy your Ood. He leaves followed by Dr Ryder, Sigma and the two guards. The Doctor and Donna try to get their hands free. DOCTOR: Come on! Mr HALPEN: Dr Ryder. Warehouse 15. Dr RYDER (about Sigma): Well, what about this one? Mr HALPEN: No. You've not turned. Faithful to the last. Go, join your people, while you still can. They bow their heads and then Sigma leaves. Mr HALPEN (to Dr Ryder): Come on! DONNA: Well, do something! You're the one with all the tricks! You must've met Houdini! DOCTOR: These are really good handcuffs! DONNA: Oh, well I'm glad of that. I mean, at least we've got quality! The door opens and three red-eyed Ood come in. The Doctor and Donna try to say something that would connect to them. DOCTOR: Doctor, Donna, friends. DONNA: The circle must be broken. DOCTOR: Doctor, Donna, friends! DONNA: The circle must be broken! DOCTOR: Doctor, Donna, friends! DONNA: The circle must be broken! DOCTOR: Friends, friends, friends! The red-eyed Oods are still advancing. But through the telepatic link, what they hear echoes to the natural Ood in the cage. They stand up and lift their palms, they seem to send a message to the three menacing the Doctor and Donna, those three bow their heads, and when they look up the red-eye is gone. OOD: Doctor. Donna. Friends. DOCTOR / DONNA: Yes! That's us! Friends! Oh, yes! A rabid Ood jumps on one of the guards. Dr Ryder wants to help but Mr Halpen pulls him back. Mr HALPEN: No! Leave him. The Doctor and Donna look around on the yard that is now a real b*ttlefield, g*n rattle, people shout, fires everywhere. DOCTOR: I don't know where it is! I don't know where they've gone! DONNA: What are we looking for? DOCTOR: Might be underground, like some sort of cave, or a cavern, or... Dr Ryder and Mr Halpen reach the door of Warehouse 15 and go inside. COMPUTER VOICE: Warehouse 15. Door open. The Doctor and Donna are thrown to the ground by an expl*si*n. DOCTOR (to Donna): All right? She nods. As they look up, they see Sigma watching them. Mr HALPEN: It's always been an option, my grandfather drew up this plan. That's the advantage of a family-run business, Dr Ryder. The personal touch. Dr RYDER: But we should evacuate. If we can get to the rocket sheds... Mr HALPEN: No need! We've got this. (He opens a huge safe). Detonation packs. He gives some of them to Dr Ryder. Mr HALPEN: Place them around the circumference. We're gonna blow it up. This thing dies, so do the Ood. They attach the detonators to the balustrade. Sigma leads the Doctor and Donna to Warehouse 15. The Doctor opens the door with the sonic. They get inside and stop by the balustrade, watching the thing below: a giant brain. DOCTOR: The Ood Brain. Now it all makes sense, that's the missing link, the third element, binding them together. Forebrain, hind brain, and this, the telepathic centre. It's a shared mind, connecting all the Ood in song. Mr Halpen appears, pointing a g*n at them. Mr HALPEN: Cargo. I can always go into cargo. I've got the rockets, I've got the sheds. Smaller business, much more manageable, without livestock. Dr RYDER: He's mined the area. DONNA: They're gonna k*ll it? Mr HALPEN: They found that... thing centuries ago beneath the Northern Glacier. DOCTOR: Those pylons. DONNA: In a circle. "The circle must be broken." DOCTOR: Damping the telepathic field. Stopping the Ood from connecting for 200 years. Mr HALPEN: And you, Ood Sigma, you brought them here. I expected better. SIGMA: My place is at your side, sir. Mr HALPEN: Ha-ha! Still subservient. Good Ood. DONNA: If that barrier thing's in place, how come the Ood started breaking out? DOCTOR: Maybe it's taken centuries to adapt. The subconscious reaching out. Dr RYDER: But the process was too slow. Had to be accelerated. You should never give me access to those controls, Mr Halpen. I lowered the barrier to its minimum. Friends Of The Ood, sir. It's taken me ten years to infiltrate the company. And I succeeded. Mr HALPEN: Yes. Yes, you did. He smiles and pushes Dr Ryder over the balustrade. DONNA: You... m*rder him! Mr HALPEN: Very observant, Ginger. Now, then... can't say I've ever sh*t anyone before. Can't say I'm gonna like it. But it's not exactly a normal day, is it? Still... SIGMA: Would you like a drink, sir? Mr HALPEN: I think hair loss is the least of my problems right now, thanks. Sigma steps between the Doctor and Mr Halpen. SIGMA: Please have a drink, sir. Mr HALPEN: If... If you're going to stand in their way, I'll sh**t you too. SIGMA: Please have a drink, sir. Mr HALPEN: Have... Have you... poisoned me? SIGMA: Natural Ood must never k*ll, sir. DOCTOR: What is that stuff? SIGMA: Ood-graft suspended in a biological compound, sir. Mr HALPEN (scared): What the hell does that mean?! DOCTOR: Oh, dear... Mr HALPEN: Tell me! DOCTOR: Funny thing, the subconscious. Takes all sorts of shapes. Came out in the red-eye as revenge. Came out in the rabid Ood as anger. And then, there was patience. All that intelligence and mercy, focused on Ood Sigma. How's the hair loss, Mr Halpen? As he touches his head, another bunch of hair stays in his hand. Mr HALPEN (staring to shake): What have you done? DOCTOR: Oh, they've been preparing you for a very long time. And now you're standing next to the Ood Brain. Mr Halpen, can you hear it? Listen... Mr HALPEN (choking): What have you...? I'm... not...! He drops the g*n and bows forward, then grabs the skin on his head. He peels it off, revealing an Ood scull below. Tenticles come out of his mouth and he is turned completely into and Ood. DONNA (horrified): They... They turned him into an Ood?! DOCTOR: Yep. DONNA: He's an Ood. DOCTOR: I noticed. Halpen / Ood seems to sneeze, and a small hind brain falls into his hands. SIGMA: He has become Oodkind. And we will take care of him. DONNA (shocked): It's weird, being with you, I can't tell what's right and what's wrong any more. DOCTOR: It's better that way. People who know for certain tend to be like Mr Halpen. The detonators start beeping. DOCTOR: Ooh! (He twists something to switch them off). That's better. And now... Sigma, would you allow me the honour? SIGMA: It is yours, Doctor. He goes to the controls to turn off the electric field around the brain. DOCTOR: Oh, yes! Stifled for 200 years, but not any more. The circle is broken. The Ood can sing! A beautiful, joyous song begins. The Doctor laughs, Donna looks delighted. DONNA: I can hear it! The Oods everywhere stop fighting, they stand in circles, lift their palms and join to the song. The Doctor and Donna are standing near the TARDIS, accompanied by several Oods including Sigma. DOCTOR: The message has gone out. That song resonated across the galaxies, everyone heard it. Everyone knows. The rockets are bringing them back. The Ood are coming home. SIGMA: We thank you, Doctor Donna. Friends of Oodkind. And what of you now, will you stay? There is room in the song for you. DOCTOR: Oh, I've... I've sort of got a song of my own, thanks. SIGMA: I think your song must end soon. DOCTOR: Meaning? SIGMA: Every song must end. DOCTOR: Yeah. (to Donna) Erm, what about you? You still want to go home? DONNA: No. Definitely not. DOCTOR: Then, we'll be off. SIGMA: Take this song with you. The Ood lift their palms and start singing. DONNA: We will. DOCTOR: Always. SIGMA: And know this, Doctor Donna. You will never be forgotten. Our children will sing of the Doctor Donna, and our children's children. And the wind and the ice and the snow will carry your names forever. The Oods stand there, singing, as they watch the TARDIS dematerialising. END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "04x03 - Planet of the Ood"}
foreverdreaming
A sweeping sh*t, the camera flies across an old manor house style building. We see a sign which indicates this building is the Rattigan Academy. The camera continues to sweep, showing us the building lit in eerie pink lighting; looking atmospheric in the night time. Coming out of the main doors we see a big group of students, led by Luke Rattigan. The students are forcefully carrying Jo Nakashima. STUDENT: Come on, stop struggling! JO: You're gonna regret this! Completely ridiculous! Get your hands off me! They continue to carry her until they reach the main steps, once they reach the steps Jo is thrown down them along with her files which are scattered across the floor. LUKE: I think that makes my answer clear. He makes his way through the crowd of his red tracksuit-clad students. We see him, only 18 years old yet very much in charge, towering over Jo. LUKE: Don't you? Oh, and, er... if you're gonna go to print, spell my name right. Rattigan, with two Ts! JO: Oh this goes way beyond the newspapers! This thing's worldwide! I'm telling you, ATMOS is dangerous! LUKE: But if you had proof then you wouldn't be here! JO: Fine! If you won't listen, I'll find someone else who will. Having collected her belongings from the floor, Jo storms off towards her car. Once in the car, we see a sticker displaying ATMOS and see her ATMOS sat-nav. SAT NAV: Welcome. What is your destination? JO: Shut up, you're the last thing I need. She tries to switch off the ATMOS, but it will not turn off. SAT NAV: ATMOS cannot be disabled. JO: Right then. Take me to UNIT Headquarters. Tower Bridge, London. SAT NAV: UNIT Headquarters. The car sets off. In his room, Rattigan is talking to someone off screen, somewhere far away over intercom. LUKE: Her name's Jo Nakashima. Freelance journalist, clever by the sound of it. But not as clever as me... but that goes without saying. He picks up a squash racket and ball, he plays around with them and continues talking. We see him talking briefly over the computer screen of the alien menace before returning back to his room. LUKE: I'd recommend... termination. GENERAL STAAL: Remember your status boy, we do not take orders from humans. LUKE: I said "recommend". GENERAL STAAL: Then your advice shows military wisdom. She will be terminated. LUKE: Cool. He gives a smile and hits his squash ball into the distance, triumphant. Jo is driving her car down a road, while talking on her phone. She has reached the answering machine of UNIT. ANSWER MACHINE: This is UNIT extension 221... JO: Come on, don't go to answerphone. Yes, this is a message to Colonel Mace from Jo, Jo Nakashima. Look, you... you should've got my email. I've been investigating a number of deaths related to ATMOS systems... SAT-NAV: Go straight on. JO: ... no, I can't prove anything but there's got to be a link. I need you to check all the people who died in ATMOS cars yesterday, and then check out the time. SAT-NAV: Turn right. It is now clear that Jo has reached a d*ad end, and the car stops near the river. JO: I don't believe this! SAT-NAV: This is your final destination. JO: I said take me to UNIT! She tries to correct the sat-nav but nothing happens. SAT-NAV: Go straight on! JO: I don't think so! I'll find my own way, thanks. At that moment the car activates itself, revving up. Jo tries to control it. SAT-NAV: This is your final destination. This is your final destination. This is your final destination... The locks of the car are activated and Jo begins to panic. JO: No! No! Help! No! The car sets off driving at speed towards the river. JO: No! NOOO! The car speeds up, before hitting the river at great speed. We see it going slowly under after a large impact. Inside the TARDIS we see Donna at the controls, with the Doctor watching on. Seemingly he is teaching her to pilot it. Donna looks over the moon, the Doctor looks worried. DONNA: I can't believe I'm doing this! DOCTOR: No, neither can I. He continues to watch on as she activates some controls. DOCTOR: Oh, careful! He nudges her aside, gives the console a whack with the mallet and activates another control. He moves aside allowing Donna control again. He is watching the scanner eagerly with the mallet held closely to him. DOCTOR: Left hand down, left hand down! Donna pulls down a control with her left hand and the TARDIS lurches. The Doctor regains control for a second. DOCTOR: Getting a bit too close to the 1980s! DONNA: What am I gonna do? Put a dent in 'em? DOCTOR: Well, someone did. A mobile phone rings, Donna looks bemused, the Doctor looks concerned. He moves around the console to the source of the ringing. DONNA: Hold on. That's a phone! The Doctor pulls a mobile phone from a hold in the console. DONNA: You've got a mobile? Since when? DOCTOR: It's not mine. He answers the phone and sits down next to the console. DOCTOR: Hello? We see Martha Jones, standing in an alleyway with a phone. She turns to face the camera and smiles to herself. MARTHA: Doctor? It's Martha, and I'm bringing you back to Earth! OPENING CREDITS Martha is standing in an alleyway. She hears a noise and turns to see the TARDIS materialize. The Doctor pops his head out. Looks one way then the other and sees Martha. DOCTOR: Martha Jones. MARTHA: Doctor. They walk towards each other and hug. DOCTOR: You haven't changed a bit! MARTHA: Neither have you! Donna starts to walk towards the door of the TARDIS. DOCTOR: How's the family? MARTHA: You know, not so bad. Recovering. DOCTOR: What about you? Donna steps out of the TARDIS. The Doctor looks around at her. MARTHA: Right. Should have known. Didn't take you long to replace me then. DOCTOR: Now, don't start fighting. Martha, Donna. Donna, Martha. Please don't fight, can't bear fighting. DONNA: You wish. She walks forward and shakes Martha's hand. DONNA: I've heard all about you. He talks about you all the time. MARTHA: I dread to think. DONNA: No, no, no. No. He says nice things. Good things. Nice things. Really... good things. MARTHA: Oh my god, he's told you everything. DONNA: Didn't take long to get over it though. Who's the lucky man? DOCTOR: What man? Lucky what? DONNA: She's engaged, you prawn. Martha waves her hand with a ring on it. DOCTOR: Really, who to? MARTHA: Tom. That Tom Milligan. He's in pediatrics. Working out in Africa right now, and yes, I know. I've got a doctor who disappears off to distant places. Tell me about it. DONNA: Is he skinny? MARTHA: No, he's sort of... strong. DONNA (gesturing to the Doctor): HE is too skinny for words! You give him a hug, you get a paper cut. DOCTOR: Oh, I'd rather you were fighting. MARTHA: Speaking of which... She gets a call over walkie-talkie. VOICE: Dr Jones, report to base please. Over. MARTHA: This is Dr. Jones. Operation Blue Sky is go, go, go. I repeat, this is a go! Martha, Donna, and the Doctor stand by as UNIT soldiers, trucks, and vans roll by. SOLDIER: Unified Intelligence Taskforce. Raise that barrier, now! More cars and loading trucks roll by in to a factory. SOLDIER: Leave your safeties on, lads, it's non-hostiles. LOUDSPEAKERS: All workers, lay down your tools and surrender. MARTHA: Greyhound Six to Trap One. B Section, go, go, go! Search the ground floor, grid pattern Delta. DOCTOR: What are you searching for? MARTHA: Illegal aliens. LOUDSPEAKERS: This is a UNIT operation. All workers lay down your tools and surrender immediately! MARTHA: B section mobilised! E section, F section, on my command! She runs off, commanding the action. UNIT men grasp workers in blue suits and point g*n at their heads. DONNA: Is that what you did to her? Turn her into a soldier? The Doctor looks uneasy. SONTARAN (looking at a camera screen): As predicted, the UNIT forces have moved to the penultimate stage. GENERAL STAAL: Observe their troops. Thin fabrics. Exposed skin. Feeble w*apon. These are toy soldiers. The playthings of children. Martha walks back to where the Doctor and Donna are standing. DOCTOR: And you're qualified now? You're a proper doctor. MARTHA: UNIT rushed it through given my experience in the field. Here we go. They start walking. MARTHA: We're establishing a field base on site. They're dying to meet you. DOCTOR: Wish that I could say the same. They walk in to a huge long truck. It is a big moving military office. Martha walks towards a man. MARTHA: Operation Blue Sky complete, sir. Thanks for letting me take the lead. And, this is the Doctor. Doctor, Colonel Mace. COLONEL MACE (salutes): Sir! DOCTOR: Oh, don't salute. COLONEL MACE: Well, it's an honour, sir! I've read all the files on you and, technically speaking, you're still on staff. You never resigned. DONNA: What, you used to work for them? DOCTOR: Yeah, long time ago. Back in the 70s. Or was it the 80s? But it was all a bit more homespun back then. COLONEL MACE: Times have changed, sir. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's enough of the "sir". MARTHA: Come on now Doctor, you've seen it. You've been on board the Valiant. We've got massive funding from the United Nations. All in the name of home world security. COLONEL MACE: A modern UNIT for a modern world. DONNA: What, and that means arresting ordinary factory workers? In the streets, in broad daylight? It's more like Guantanamo Bay out there. Donna, by the way. Donna Noble, since you didn't ask. I'll have a salute. COLONEL MACE (salutes): Ma'am. DONNA: Thank you. DOCTOR: Tell me. What's going on in that factory? COLONEL MACE: Yesterday 52 people died in identical circumstances, right across the world, in 11 different time zones. 5am in the UK, 6am in France, 8am in Moscow, 1pm in China. DOCTOR: You mean they died simultaneously. COLONEL MACE: Exactly. 52 deaths at the exact same moment, worldwide. DOCTOR: How did they die? COLONEL MACE: They were all inside their cars. MARTHA: They were poisoned. I checked the biopsies, no toxins. Whatever it is, left the system immediately. DOCTOR: What have the cars got in common? MARTHA: Completely different makes. They're all fitted with ATMOS. And that, is the ATMOS factory. DOCTOR: What's ATMOS? DONNA: Oh, come on. Even I know that. Everyone's got ATMOS! They walk on a corridor overlooking the main factory area. MARTHA: Stands for Atmospheric Omission System. Fit ATMOS in your car, reduces CO2 emissions to zero. DOCTOR: Zero?! No carbon, none at all? DONNA: Oh yes. Sat-nav and 20 quid in shopping vouchers if you introduce a friend. Bargain! COLONEL MACE: And this is where they make it, Doctor. Shipping worldwide. 17 factories across the globe, but this is the central depot, sending ATMOS to every country on Earth. DOCTOR: And you think ATMOS is alien? COLONEL MACE: It's our job to investigate that possibility. Doctor? They walk on, passing through the area where the UNIT soldiers are still investigating the workers. SOLDIER: Come on, everybody. Up the pace, go on. We haven't got all day now! Colonel Mace, the Doctor, Donna and Martha arrive to an office. COLONEL MACE: And here it is, laid bare. ATMOS can be threaded through any and every make of car. DOCTOR: You must've checked it, before it went on sale. MARTHA: We did, we found nothing. That's why I thought we needed an expert. DOCTOR: Really, who'd you get? She doesn't answer, just looks at him meaningfully. So do Donna and Colonel Mace. DOCTOR: Oh, right! Me! Yes! Good. DONNA: OK, so why would aliens be so keen on cleaning up our atmosphere? DOCTOR: Very good question. DONNA: Maybe they want to help. Get rid of pollution and stuff. DOCTOR: Do you know how many cars there are on planet Earth? 800 million. Imagine that. If you could control them, you'd have 800 million w*apon. In a dark corridor, Private Gray is checking a map with a torch. PRIVATE GRAY: We should head back. There's not much down here. Should be just boiler rooms, generators. Lights turn on as Private Harris walks around the corner. The place is deserted, but two workers are standing in front of a door at the end of the corridor. PRIVATE HARRIS: Aye, aye. What's this, then? They walk up to the workers. PRIVATE HARRIS: You two. All personnel have been ordered to evacuate. The building's under UNIT control. WORKER: This area is out of bounds. PRIVATE HARRIS: Excuse me, sunshine? I think you'll find we're in charge. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. SONTARAN (watching them over video link): General Staal. They are close. GENERAL STAAL: Excellent! And like a good warrior, I shall enter the fray myself! Let them pass. One of the workers opens the door. WORKER: It's open. PRIVATE HARRIS: Ha. Come on. The room is full of t*nk and strange objects, lit by magenta and green lights. PRIVATE HARRIS: What the hell? PRIVATE GRAY (over walkie-talkie): Greyhound 16 to Trap One. We've found something. Basement corridor, north side, grid 36. Request backup, over. They walk up to a huge, covered basin. PRIVATE HARRIS: It's like something boiling inside... PRIVATE GRAY: Don't touch it! PRIVATE HARRIS: Come on, Steve! We get first rights on this. That means promotion! PRIVATE GRAY: Just leave it alone! Wait for backup. A loud thud comes from the basin. PRIVATE GRAY: What was that? PRIVATE HARRIS: Came from inside. PRIVATE GRAY: Could just be the machinery. The thudding continues. PRIVATE HARRIS: Is there someone in there? Hello?... We've got to get this open. PRIVATE GRAY: We should wait for the others! PRIVATE HARRIS: You could suffocate in there! PRIVATE GRAY (over the walkie-talkie): Greyhound 16 to Trap One, request immediate assistance. Repeat, immediate assistance, over. PRIVATE HARRIS: How do you work this thing? Come on! An alarm goes off as the lid is lifted. Inside the basin, there's green liquid bubbling and fuming. The soldiers cough. PRIVATE GRAY: Oh, God, it stinks! PRIVATE HARRIS: What the hell is that stuff? Suddenly, a body emerges and tries to grab Harris. He falls back and the thing turns toward Gray. It resembles a half-formed clay figure. PRIVATE GRAY (panicking): Identify yourself! Identify! (Over the walkie-talkie) Greyhound 16 declaring absolute emergency, sir. Repeat, absolute emergency, over! PRIVATE HARRIS (to the figure): Can you hear me? Can you understand me? Look at its neck. It's like... an umbilical cord. PRIVATE GRAY: Well, don't get too close. PRIVATE HARRIS: I think it's harmless. I don't even think it's properly alive. It dives back into the liquid. PRIVATE GRAY: It's gonna drown. PRIVATE HARRIS: No... I think it breathes this stuff. Like some kind of embryo. PRIVATE GRAY: What d'you mean, an embryo? PRIVATE HARRIS: Someone's growing a body. A human body. A Sontaran appears. The soldiers take aim at him immediately. GENERAL STAAL (to Harris): Excellent skills of deduction. I would rate you above average, soldier. Well done. (To Gray) Whereas you, you smell of sweat and fear. PRIVATE HARRIS: Yeah? Well we're not the ones who got out of school early, sonny. Now stop playing Humpty Dumpty and tell us who you are. GENERAL STAAL: Is that a reference to my height? PRIVATE HARRIS: Short answer, yes. GENERAL STAAL: A pity. Words are the w*apon of womenfolk. I must judge you unfit! PRIVATE HARRIS: Oh! What you gonna do, bite our ankles? The Sontaran lifts up his staff-like w*apon and fires a beam to his knee. Harris falls to the ground. PRIVATE GRAY: I'm warning you! GENERAL STAAL: A proper soldier gives no warning! f*re! I order you! f*re! Gray pulls the trigger, but nothing happens. GENERAL STAAL: The room is contained within a Cordolaine signal, exciting the copper surface of the b*llet and causing expansion within the barrel, rendering your g*n useless. And your radio signals have been blocked. Gray tries to att*ck the Sontaran using the g*n as a club, but Staal easily stops him, stunning his leg too. PRIVATE GRAY: My legs! I can't feel my legs! GENERAL STAAL: I apologise for disabling you. Death has more honour, but you are needed for the stratagem. (To the two workers) Prepare them for processing. (To the soldiers) You spoke of promotion. Now you will serve a greater cause. PRIVATE HARRIS: But... who are you? GENERAL STAAL: Indeed, know your enemy! I am General Staal of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet. Known as Staal the Undefeated! He takes off his helmet, revealing an alien head below. PRIVATE GRAY: Help us! Oh, my God, help us! DOCTOR: Ionising nano membrane carbon dioxide converter, which means that ATMOS works. Filters the CO2 at a molecular level. COLONEL MACE: We know all that, but what's its origin? Is it alien? DOCTOR: No. Decades ahead of its time. (They both bend over the ATMOS device). Look, d'you mind, could you stand back a bit? COLONEL MACE: Sorry, have I done something wrong? DOCTOR: You're carrying a g*n. I don't like people with g*n hanging around me, all right? COLONEL MACE: If you insist. He leaves, offended. MARTHA: Tetchy. DOCTOR: Well, it's true. MARTHA: He's a good man! DOCTOR: People with g*n are usually the enemy in my books. You seem quite at home. MARTHA: If anyone got me used to fight it's you. DOCTOR: Oh, right, so it's my fault. MARTHA: Well, you got me the job! Besides, look at me. Am I carrying a g*n? DOCTOR: Suppose not. MARTHA: It's all right for you. You can just come and go, but some of us have got to stay behind. So I've got to work from the inside and by staying inside, maybe I stand a chance of making them better. DOCTOR: Yeah? (He smiles) That's more like Martha Jones. MARTHA: I learned from the best. DOCTOR: Well... Donna appears in the door. DONNA: Oi, you lot! All your storm troopers and your sonics... You're rubbish! Should've come with me. DOCTOR: Why, where have you been? DONNA: Personnel. That's where the weird stuff's happening, in the paperwork. Cos I spent years working as a temp, I can find my way round an office blindfold, and the first thing I noticed is an empty file. DOCTOR: Why, what's inside it? Or what's not inside it? DONNA: Sick days. There aren't any. Hundreds of people working here and no one's sick. Not one hangover, man flu, sneaky little shopping trip, nothing. Not ever! They don't get ill. COLONEL MACE: That can't be right. DONNA: You've been checking out the building, should've been checking out the workforce. MARTHA: I can see why he likes you. DONNA: Mm-hmm. MARTHA: You are good. DONNA: Super temp! COLONEL MACE: Doctor Jones, set up a medical post, start examining the workers. I'll get them sent through. He walks off. MARTHA: Come on, Donna. Give me a hand. They leave. The Doctor runs after Colonel Mace. They walk along a corridor. DOCTOR: So this, this ATMOS thing. Where did it come from? COLONEL MACE: Luke Rattigan himself. DOCTOR: And 'himself ' would be? They look at Luke Rattigan's profile on a computer. COLONEL MACE: Child genius. Invented the Fountain 6 search engine when he was 12 years old. Millionaire overnight. Now runs the Rattigan Academy. A private school, educating students, handpicked from all over the world. DOCTOR: A hothouse for geniuses, wouldn't mind going there. Colonel Mace looks puzzled. DOCTOR: I get lonely. Martha is at a desk looking through binders. Donna picks up a chair and sets it down next to her. DONNA: D'you think I should warn my mum? About the ATMOS in her car? MARTHA: Better safe then sorry. DONNA: I'll give her a call. MARTHA: Donna. Do they know where you are? Your family. I mean that you're travelling with the Doctor? DONNA: Not really. Although... My granddad sorta waved us off. I didn't have time to explain. MARTHA: You just left him behind? DONNA: Yeah. MARTHA: I didn't tell my family, kept it all so secret. And it almost destroyed them. DONNA: In what way? MARTHA: They ended up imprisoned. They were tortured. My mom. My dad. My sister. It wasn't the Doctor's fault, but... you need to be careful. Cos you know the Doctor. He's wonderful. He's brilliant. But he's like f*re. Stand too close and people get burnt. Private Gray and Private Harris walk out off the clone lab and stand to the side of the doorway. General Staal walks out. GENERAL STAAL: Conditioning is complete. Now do your duty and advance the conquest. PRIVATES: Yes sir. They march away. General Staal walks back into the lab. GENERAL STAAL: General Staal returning. The stratagem advances. He walks in to a short tunnel-like machine and taps something on a keyboard. GENERAL STAAL: The last days of planet Earth. He teleports. The Doctor is walking with Colonel Mace. DOCTOR: You are not coming with me! I want to talk to this Luke Rattigan, not point a g*n at him. COLONEL MACE: It's ten miles outside London. How are you going to get there? DOCTOR: Well, then get me a jeep! COLONEL MACE: According to the records you travel by TARDIS. DOCTOR: Yes, but if there is a danger of hostile aliens I think it's best to keep a super-duper time machine away from the front lines. COLONEL MACE: I see. So you do have w*apon, but choose to keep them hidden. Jenkins! ROSS JENKINS: Sir! COLONEL MACE: You will accompany the Doctor and take orders from him. DOCTOR: Yeah, I don't do orders. COLONEL MACE: Any sign of trouble, get Jenkins to declare a Code Red. And good luck, sir. He salutes. DOCTOR: I said no salutes. COLONEL MACE: Now you're giving orders. DOCTOR: Oh, you're getting a bit cheeky, you are. As Colonel Mace walks away Donna appears. DONNA: Doctor... DOCTOR: Oh, just in time! Come on! Come on, we're going to the country. Fresh air and geniuses, what more could you ask? DONNA I'm not coming with you. The Doctor stares at her. DONNA: I've been thinking. I'm sorry, I'm going home. DOCTOR: Really? DONNA: I've got to. DOCTOR (disappointed): Well, if that's what you want. I mean it's a bit soon... I had so many places I had wanted to take you. The Fifteenth Broken Moon of the Medusa Cascade, the Lightning Skies of Cotter Palluni's World, Diamond Coral Reefs of Kataa Flo Ko... Thank you. Thank you, Donna Noble, it's been brilliant. You've... you've saved my life in so many ways. You're... (comprehension dawning on his face) You're just popping home for a visit, that's what you mean. DONNA: You dumbo! DOCTOR: And then you're coming back. DONNA: Know what you are? A great big outer-space dunce. DOCTOR: Yeah. ROSS: Ready when you are, sir. DONNA: What's more you can give me a lift. Come on! They climb in to the Jeep. DONNA: Broken moon of what? DOCTOR: I know, I know. They drive away. Private Gray and Private Harris watch them go. In a small room, Martha is doing a health check on an ATMOS worker. MARTHA: And your name's Trepor, yeah? Is that polish? Listen, we're not checking passports, it's not about that, but did you come across from Poland just to work? MR TREPOR: I came to do my job. MARTHA: OK. I need to listen to your heartbeat. This might be a bit cold. She rubs a stethoscope. MARTHA: Lift. He lifts his shirt. Martha places the stethoscope on his chest and hears an extremely fast b*at. She looks at Mr Trepor and double checks it. MARTHA: Are you on any medication? MR TREPOR: I'm here to work. MARTHA: How many hours a day do you work? MR TREPOR: 24. MARTHA: You work 24 hours a day? Down. He pulls down his shirt. MARTHA: Mr Trepor, have you ever had any form of hypnosis? MR TREPOR: I'm here to work. MARTHA (worried): OK. Um, if you could just wait here. She walks out to a corridor. Private Harris and Private Grey follow her. PRIVATE HARRIS: Doctor Jones. MARTHA: Not now, I'm busy. PRIVATE HARRIS: Just one question. Do you have security clearance level one? MARTHA: Yes, I do. Why? PRIVATE HARRIS: Colonel Mace wants to see you. MARTHA: Oh good, cos I want to see him. Where is he? PRIVATE HARRIS: Come with us. The UNIT jeep pulls into a quiet road and the Doctor and Donna clamber out. DONNA: I'll walk the rest of the way. I'll see you back at the factory, yeah? The Doctor jumps back into the jeep. DOCTOR: Bye! DONNA: And you be careful! The jeep pulls away leaving Donna on her own. She walks slowly down her street as if she can't believe she's home. A woman walks past her. WOMAN: Haven't seen you for days. DONNA: Yeah... been away. She continues walking, past a boy playing football, and relives her recent adventures with the Doctor in her mind. Flashes of her hanging from the window cleaning platform, the Pyrovile, trying to save a little boy from the eruption of Vesuvius, crying through the bars of the Ood cage, and an Adipose baby floating up to join its family all flicker past. Her house then comes into view. Wilf is in the driveway, taking out some rubbish. Both he and Donna stop d*ad as they catch sight of each other. Donna places a hand to her mouth, overwhelmed by emotion, as Wilf frantically beckons her over. She begins to run and they meet in a giant embrace. Martha, Private Harris, and Private Gray walk down a corridor. MARTHA: What's he doing down here? GREY: He asked to see you. MARTHA: Why? Has he found something? Grey and Harris do not answer. They open a door at the end of the corridor, and Martha walks inside. She looks around in puzzlement and catches sight of the bubbling, green liquid in the basin. Suddenly becoming panicked, she turns around and tries to run out of the room. Harris and Grey stand in the way, stopping her from exiting. The doors to the room slam shut, leaving Martha trapped inside. Her screams echo down the corridor, as all the lights flicker off. Wilf and Donna are sat at the kitchen table. WILF: I said so, didn't I? Aliens. I said they were real! I just didn't expect them in a little blue box. DONNA: It's bigger on the inside. WILF: Yeah but is it safe? This... Doctor, are you safe with him? DONNA: He's amazing, Gramps. He's just... dazzling. And never tell him I said that. WILF: No. DONNA: But I'd trust him with my life. WILF: Hold up, I thought that was my job! DONNA: You still come first. WILF: Well, for god's sake don't tell your mother! DONNA: I dunno... I mean this is massive. Sort of not fair if she doesn't know. Sylvia enters from the garden carrying laundry. SYLVIA: Doesn't know what? And who's she, the cat's mother? And where've you been these past few days, lady, after that silly little trick with the car keys? I phoned Veena and she said she hadn't seen hide nor hair. DONNA: I've just been... travelling. SYLVIA: Oh, hark at her! Michael Palin! Are you staying for tea? Cos I haven't got anything in. I've been trying to keep your granddad on that macrobiotic diet, but he sneaks off and gets pork pies at the petrol station. Wilf tries to protest. SYLVIA: Don't deny it, I've seen the wrappers in the car. Oh, I don't miss a trick. Now then, what were you gonna tell me? What don't I know? Donna catches Wilf's eye, and he gives her a measured look. DONNA: Nothing. Just... nothing. Wilf slyly beams at her. SYLVIA: Good. Right, then you can sit there and cut out those coupons. Every penny helps. This new mortgage doesn't pay for itself. Dad, kettle on. WILF (rising from the table): Yeah, kettle. He winks at Donna as he walks past. Ross and the Doctor drive down a small road. ROSS: UNIT's been watching Rattigan Academy for ages. It's all a bit h*tler Youth: exercise at dawn and classes and special diets. SAT-NAV: Turn left. DOCTOR: Ross, one question. If UNIT think that ATMOS is dodgy... ROSS: How come we've got it in the jeeps? Yeah, tell me about it. They're fitted as standard on all government vehicles. We can't get rid of them until we prove something's wrong. SAT-NAV: Turn right. ROSS: Drives me around the bend. DOCTOR (noticing they are actually driving around a bend): Oh, nice one! ROSS: Timed that perfectly! DOCTOR: Yeah! Yeah, you did! SAT-NAV: This is you final destination. We see that they have arrived at Rattigan Academy. Luke Rattigan is standing in the middle of the grounds as the students jog past. The Doctor and Ross approach. DOCTOR: Is it PE? I wouldn't mind a kick around, I've got my chaps on. LUKE: I suppose you're the Doctor? DOCTOR: Hello! LUKE: Your commanding officer phoned ahead. DOCTOR: Ah, but I haven't got a commanding officer. Have you? (Luke stares darkly at him). Oh, this is Ross. Say hello, Ross. ROSS: Afternoon, sir. The Doctor rushes off towards the entrance. DOCTOR: Let's have a look then, I can smell genius! ... In a good way. Luke rolls his eyes behind the Doctor's back as he follows them in to a room full of students performing experiments. DOCTOR: Oh, now! That's clever, look! (He puts on his glasses and peers at a device). Single molecule fabric, how thin is that?! You could pack a tent in a thimble. Oh! Gravity simulators! (He begins rushing around in excitement). Terraforming, biospheres, nano-tech steel constructs! Haha! This is brilliant! Do you know, with equipment like this you could... oh, I don't know, move to another planet or something? LUKE: If only that was possible. DOCTOR: If only that were possible. (He takes off his glasses as Luke looks darkly up at him). Conditional clause. Luke looks as though he is about to h*t the Doctor, but restrains himself. LUKE: I think you better come with me. He walks off and the Doctor and Ross follow. They arrive in a large room with a strange device in the corner - a teleport pod like the one in the cloning lab. LUKE: You're smarter than the usual UNIT grunts, I'll give you that. DOCTOR (to Ross): He called you a grunt! Don't call Ross a grunt, he's nice! We like Ross! Look at this place... He wanders off. LUKE (exasperated): What exactly do you want? DOCTOR: I was just thinking, what a responsible eighteen year old. Inventing zero carbon cars? Saving the world... LUKE: Takes a man with vision. DOCTOR: Mmmm, blinking vision. Cos ATMOS means more people driving, more cars, more petrol, end result: the oil's gonna run out faster than ever. The ATMOS system could make things worse. LUKE (quickly): Yeah, see, that's a tautology. You can't say "ATMOS system" since it stands for "atmospheric emissions system". So you're just saying "atmospheric emissions system system" d'you see, Mr Conditional Clause? DOCTOR: It's been a long time since anyone said no to you, isn't it? LUKE: I'm still right though. DOCTOR: Not easy, is it? Being clever. You look at the world and you connect things. Random things. And think: why can't anyone else see it? The rest of the world is so slow. LUKE: Yeah. DOCTOR: And you're all on your own. LUKE: I know. DOCTOR: But not with this! (He pulls out the ATMOS devise). Cos there's no way you invented this thing single handed. I mean, it might be Earth technology, but that's like finding a mobile phone in the middle ages. (He chucks the device at Ross, who catches it). No, no, I'll tell you what it's like! It's like finding this in the middle of someones front room. (He points behind him to the teleport pod). Albeit it's a very big front room. ROSS: And what is it? DOCTOR: Yeah, just looks like a thing, doesn't it? People don't question things, they just say: Oh, it's a thing. LUKE: Leave it alone! DOCTOR (walking into the pod): Me, I make these connections. And this, to me, looks like (he presses a button on the side of the pod) a teleport pod. The Doctor disappears from Rattigan Academy and reappears in a large futuristic spaceship. It is lit with dim, purple lighting and there are Sontarans milling around. COMPUTER VOICE: Orbit now holding at 555.3, sector 270. DOCTOR: Oh... The Sontarans all turn to notice him, and General Staal raises his staff. GENERAL STAAL: We have an intruder! DOCTOR: How did he get in? In-tru-da window? The Sontarans begin to charge towards the Doctor. DOCTOR: Bye bye! He presses the control pad again, and begins to run just as he teleports away. He appears back at Rattigan Academy, still running. DOCTOR: Ross, get out! Luke, you've got to come with me! He spins round, just as General Staal appears. Grabbing his sonic screwdriver, the Doctor disables the teleport pod. DOCTOR: Sontaran! (Staal raises his staff). Thats your name, isn't it? You're a Sontaran. How did I know that, ay? Fascinating isn't it? Isn't that worth keeping me alive? ROSS (taking aim at Staal): I order you to surrender in the name of the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. DOCTOR: Well that's not going to work. Cordolaine signal, am I right? Copper excitation stopping the b*ll*ts. GENERAL STAAL: How do you know so much? DOCTOR: Well... GENERAL STAAL (talking to Luke): Who is he? LUKE: He didn't give his name. DOCTOR: But this isn't typical Sontaran behavior, is it? Hiding! Using teenagers, stopping b*ll*ts? (Mockingly) A Sontaran should face b*ll*ts with dignity! Shame on you! GENERAL STAAL: You dishonour me, sir! DOCTOR: Yeah, then show yourself! GENERAL STAAL: I will look into my enemy's eyes! He removes his helmet revealing his Sontaran head underneath. ROSS: Oh, my god... DOCTOR: And your name? GENERAL STAAL: General Staal, of the Tenth Sontaran Fleet. Staal the Undefeated! DOCTOR: Well, that's not a very good nickname. What if you do get defeated? Staal the Not-Quite-So-Undefeated-Anymore-But-Never-Mind? ROSS: He's like a potato, a baked potato, a talking baked potato. DOCTOR: Now, Ross, don't be rude, you look like a pink weasel to him. (He goes and picks up a racket and begins bouncing a small ball upon it). The Sontarans are the finest soldiers in the galaxy, dedicated to a life of warfare. A clone race, grown in batches of millions with only one weakness... GENERAL STAAL: Sontarans have no weakness! DOCTOR: No, it's a good weakness! LUKE: Aren't you meant to be clever? Only an idiot would provoke him. DOCTOR: No, but the Sontarans are fed by a probic vent in the back of their neck, that's their weak spot. Which means, they always have to face their enemies in battle... isn't that brilliant? They can never turn their backs! GENERAL STAAL: We stare into the face of death! DOCTOR: Yeah? Well, stare at this! He throws the ball into the air and hits it with the racket. The ball flies past General Staal and hits the back of the teleport pod. It bounces back and smacks into Staal's probic vent. The Doctor and Ross run. General Staal collapses onto the floor and Luke rushes over to him. LUKE: What has he done? What has he done?! The Doctor and Ross run down the Academy steps and jump into the jeep, speeding away as fast as they can. GENERAL STAAL: Don't touch me! (He struggles up). A Sontaran would rather be court marshalled than show pain. I must return. LUKE: But he broke the teleport. GENERAL STAAL: Pah! Primitive sonic trickery! (He points his staff at the pod, there is a whirring noise). The devise is now repaired. Staal and Luke enter the pod and teleport back to the Sontaran ship. GENERAL STAAL: Our presence is known! Soldiers! We move to a w*r footing! COMMANDER SKORR: I see you face battle open skinned, sir. Might I share that honour? GENERAL STAAL: You may. COMMANDER SKORR: Thank you! He removes his helmet and Luke stares at them both. LUKE: How... do you tell each other apart? GENERAL STAAL: We say the same of humans. COMMANDER SKORR: Tell me, boy. How many ATMOS devices have been installed? LUKE: Uh, they've gone worldwide but only about half. GENERAL STAAL: Which means four hundred million cars converted! A fine arsenal! COMMANDER SKORR: Is it sufficient to trigger the conversion? LUKE: More than enough, yeah. And the test signal proved that it works! Fifty-two deaths in the same second, man, that is just so cool! GENERAL STAAL: Is the temperature significant? LUKE (after a pause): No... that, that's just a phrase... But I'll get my people ready, General. You just tell me where and when! GENERAL STAAL: Have we infiltrated UNIT? COMMANDER SKORR: The process is about to begin. GENERAL STAAL: Then you'll see it completed, Commander Skorr. Get to it! COMMANDER SKORR: Yes, sir! Skorr walks to the controls and teleports away. Martha is secured to a metal platform. She has a strange device clamped over her head. MARTHA: Is someone gonna tell me what the hell is going on?! Her face falls as Skorr walks in front of her. MARTHA: Oh... kay... So, listen! You're not the first aliens I've met. Just tell me who you are. COMMANDER SKORR: Commander Skorr of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet. Known as Skorr the Bloodbringer! MARTHA (indicating with her head Harris and Grey): What have you done to those two? COMMANDER SKORR: Simple hypnotic control, as with the factory drones. But with you... we need something more complex. He turns a switch on the basin and the green liquid begins to bubble again. Martha looks on in horror as a hand rises from the liquid. MARTHA: What... is that?! COMMANDER SKORR: Soon, that will be you! The hand sinks back out of sight. On the Sontaran ship, Luke stares out the window at the Earth below. Staal talks to some Sontaran soldiers behind. GENERAL STAAL: Continue. (He joins Luke). w*r can never come to soon. Take your last look, boy. LUKE: It was never big enough for me. GENERAL STAAL: I like your ambition. LUKE: That doctor, he was in a UNIT jeep, should have ATMOS installed. GENERAL STAAL (abruptly): You said you didn't know his name! LUKE: I don't. He just said "doctor". Does that mean something? GENERAL STAAL: There is an enemy of the Sontarans known as the Doctor. A face-changer. LUKE: Do you mean he's an alien too? GENERAL STAAL: Legend says that he led the battle in the last great Time w*r. (Bitterly) The finest w*r in history and we weren't allowed to be a part of it! Oh, but this is excellent! The last of the Time Lords will die, at the hands of the Sontaran empire, in the ruins of his precious Earth! The camera pans out to show a giant Sontaran ship hanging about Earth. Martha tries to free herself from her bonds as Skorr fiddles with the basin. COMMANDER SKORR: It is inadvisable to struggle. The female has a weak thorax. MARTHA: But what are you doing? COMMANDER SKORR: Completing mental transfer. The clone needs full memory access. MARTHA: Clone? The hand once again rises from the basin. Martha gasps as a perfect clone of herself rises from the green liquid. MARTHA: You can't... The clone reaches behind its neck and pulls out the umbilical chord that it's attached to. MARTHA: That's not... COMMANDER SKORR: You will sleep, girl. Sleep and keep the memories alive... Memories we can use, in battle. Martha's eyes slowly close as she falls into a hypnotic sleep. SONTARAN: We have the Doctor's vehicle. GENERAL STAAL: An ordinary death for such a remarkable enemy... but proceed. The UNIT jeep speeds along the road. DOCTOR: Greyhound 40 to Trap 1, repeat, can you hear me? Over. ROSS: Why's it not working? DOCTOR: Must be the Sontarans. If they can trace that, then they can isolate the ATMOS. SAT-NAV: Turn left. DOCTOR: Try going right! ROSS: It said left. DOCTOR: I know! So go right! The jeep swerves. ROSS: I've got no control, it's driving itself! It won't stop! The Doctor pulls out his sonic screwdriver and tries to fiddle with the ATMOS. ROSS: The doors are locked! DOCTOR: Ah, it's deadlocked, I can't stop it! SAT-NAV: Turn left. The jeep jolts and swerves left. DOCTOR: The sat-nav's just a box, wired through the whole car! LUKE (on the Sontaran ship): Oh, is he going in the water? I love it, with the water! The jeep swerves off the road. ROSS: We're heading for the river! DOCTOR: ATMOS, you're programmed to contradict my orders? SAT-NAV: Confirmed. DOCTOR: Anything I say, you'd ignore it? SAT-NAV: Confirmed. DOCTOR: Then drive into the river! I order you to drive into the river! Do it! Drive into the river! The jeep speeds towards the water, but suddenly skids to a halt a few inches from the edge of the river. The Doctor and Ross leap out and begin to run. SAT-NAV: Turn right... left... right... left... DOCTOR: Get down! He and Ross throw themselves onto the floor. SAT-NAV: Left, right, left, right, left, left, right, left, right... The sat-nav emits a small bang that lets off a shower of sparks. The Doctor looks up from his sprawled out position on the floor. DOCTOR: Oh, was that it? SONTARAN: ATMOS terminated. Mission accomplished. The Doctor is d*ad. GENERAL STAAL: Then prepare the w*apon. Is the operative in place? Cut sh*t to the unconscious Martha. Commander Skorr leans over, checking the equipment that she is attached to. He then walks over to stand in front of the clone, now wearing Martha's clothes. MARTHA CLONE: Ready and waiting to advance the great Sontaran cause, sir. COMMANDER SKORR: Then go to work. She turns and, followed by Harris and Grey, leaves the room. At Donna's house, the Doctor rings the bell and Donna answers the door. DOCTOR: You would not believe the day I'm having. The Doctor walks around the Nobles' car, bending down to check the ATMOS attached underneath. Ross and Donna stand nearby, Donna trying to ring Martha. The Doctor opens the hood and peers inside. ROSS: I'll requisition us a vehicle. DOCTOR: Anything without ATMOS. Don't point your g*n at people! Ross runs off just as Wilf appears from the house. WILF: Is it him? Is it him? Is it the Doctor? He runs round the car and catches sight of the Doctor. WILF: Ah! It's you ! DOCTOR: Who? He looks up and sees Wilf pointing at him. DOCTOR: Oh! It's you! DONNA: What, have you met before?! WILF: Yeah, Christmas Eve. He disappeared right in front of me! DONNA: And you never said?! WILF: Well you never said! Wilf, sir. Wilfred Mott. You must be one of them aliens?! DOCTOR: Well, yeah, but don't shout it out. (He shakes Wilf's hand). Nice to meet you properly, Wilf. WILF: Oh, an alien hand...! DOCTOR: Donna, anything? DONNA: She's not answering. What is it, Sontorans? DOCTOR: Sontarans. But there's got to be more to it, they can't be just remote controlling cars. That's not enough. Is anyone answering? DONNA: Hold on. MARTHA CLONE (on the phone): Don't tell me... Donna Noble. DONNA: Martha! Hold on, he's here. She gives the phone to the Doctor. DOCTOR: Martha, tell Colonel Mace it's the Sontarans. They're in the file, Code Red, Sontarans. But if they're inside the factory tell them not to start sh**ting. UNIT will get massacred. I'll get back as soon as I can, you got that? MARTHA CLONE: Code Red Sontaran. Gotcha. She hangs up the phone as Colonel Mace appears round the corner. COLONEL MACE: Doctor Jones! Found anything yet? MARTHA CLONE: No sir, nothing to report. Colonel Mace turns away and the Martha clone smiles to herself as she walks away. The Doctor has his sonic screwdriver out and is fiddling with the car engine, and the ATMOS that is attached. DONNA: But you tried sonicking it before, you didn't find anything. DOCTOR: Yeah, but now I know it's Sontaran, I know what I'm looking for. WILF: The thing is, Doctor, is that Donna is my only grandchild. You gotta promise me you're gonna take care of her. DOCTOR: She takes care of me! WILF: Oh, yeah that's my Donna. Yeah, she was always bossing us around when she was tiny. The Little General we used to call her. DONNA: Yeah, don't start. WILF: And some of the boys she used to turn up with, a different one every week! Yeah, who was that one with the nail varnish? DONNA: Matthew Richards. He lives in Kilbourn now. With a man. Large spikes suddenly sh**t up from the ATMOS device. DOCTOR: Woah! It's a temporal pocket! I knew there was something else in there. It's hidden just a second out of sync with real time. DONNA: But what's it hiding? SYLVIA (appearing round the car): I don't know, men and their cars! Sometimes I think if I was a car... (She catches sight of the Doctor). Oh, it's you! Doctor... what was it? DOCTOR (waving, his head buried under the bonnet): Yeah, that's me. WILF: What, have you met him as well? SYLVIA: Dad! It's the man from the wedding! When you were laid up with Spanish flu! I'm warning you, last time that man turned up it was a disaster! The spikes from the ATMOS device suddenly let off a cloud of white gas. DOCTOR: Get back! COMMANDER SKORR: A converter has been activated! GENERAL STAAL: Show me where! A projected image of the Earth appears, and zooms in to England, and then to London. LUKE: London... that's Chiswick. SONTARAN: Who could have such knowledge? GENERAL STAAL: Only the Doctor! He survived! Excellent! Then battle will be joined, glorious warfare! Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet, we move to the final phase. Prepare the subjugation of Earth, for the glory of Sontar! The Sontarans begin marching in lines, g*n in hands and battle helmets on. COMPUTER VOICE: Announcing Battle Status One. All soldiers to positions. Repeat, we are now at Battle Status One. Rejoice! The Noble's car gives another spurt of gas and sparks. DOCTOR: That'll stop it! The sonic screwdriver finishes whirring as the smoke dies away. The Doctor then rushes back to peer under the hood again. SYLVIA: I told you! He's blown up the car! Who is he anyway?! What sort of doctor blows up cars?! DONNA: Oh, not now Mum! SYLVIA: Oh, should I make an appointment? She stalks off back towards the house. DOCTOR: That wasn't just exhaust fumes... Some sort of gas. Artificial gas. WILF: And it's aliens, is it? Aliens? DONNA: But if... if it's poisonous... then we've got poisonous gas in every car on Earth. GENERAL STAAL: Free up the converters, and deadlock every single one! WILF (climbing into the car): It's not safe! I'm gonna get it off the street! The car doors suddenly slam shut and the locks all click into place. The car turns on and smoke begins to pour from the exhaust pipe. DONNA: Hold on! (She rushes to the car). Turn it off! Granddad, get out of there! WILF: I can't! It's not locked! It's them aliens again! Donna pulls at the car door, growing more frantic as fumes begin to seep into the car. Sylvia stops outside the front door and turns back in horror. SYLVIA: What's he doing? What's he done? DOCTOR: They've activated it! sh*ts of people in car parks and on the street coughing and choking as every car begins letting off the thick, white gas. At the ATMOS factory, Colonel Mace and some soldiers run outside, also coughing in the gas. COLONEL MACE: Turn them off! Turn them off! Turn off the engines! SOLDIER: It's all of them, sir. Every single car on the planet! The Martha clone, Harris and Grey walk casually down the slope and survey the confusion around them. MARTHA CLONE: Now we begin... Let's get to work. Donna frantically pulls at the car door again as Wilf gasps and chokes. DONNA: There's gas inside the car! He's gonna choke! Doctor! The Doctor rushes round and tries to sonic open the door, to no avail. DOCTOR: It won't open! He turns and looks at the street around, every car spitting the poisonous fumes into the atmosphere. DOCTOR: It's the whole world... He rushes back to the car's engine as the Sontaran ship descends even closer to the Earth. GENERAL STAAL: Four hundred million w*apon! (He starts to chant) Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Other Sontaran pick up the chant and it grows louder and louder. Luke, too, begins chanting and beating his hands in the w*r ritual. Back on Earth Wilf is dying from the fumes that fill the car. The Doctor runs between the engine and the door, trying to stop the gas and free Wilf at the same time. WILF: Get me out of here! Sylvia rushes into the house, just as Wilf collapses inside the car. As the Sontaran chant continues, the Doctor stands in the middle of the street, powerless to stop the world from being consumed in the fumes. END
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Recap of Episode 4. OPENING CREDITS DONNA: He's gonna choke! Doctor! DOCTOR: It won't open! Sylvia rushes to the car with an axe and smashes the windscreen. SYLVIA: Well, don't just stand there! Get him out! UNIT OFFICER: All soldiers to a door! Make the factory secure and take positions on the ground floor! COLONEL MACE: Wicowsky, take the soldiers into the factory! Make the area secure. Seal off doors and windows. Soldiers are pushing the cars out of the factory. SOLDIER: We've tried everything, it just won't stop! Colonel Mace goes into the UNIT field base. COLONEL MACE: What have we got? CAPTAIN PRICE: ATMOS is running wild, sir. It can't be stopped, it's everywhere. The whole planet. The Martha clone enters the UNIT base and uses Martha's level 1 security clearance to get into the NATO defence system. WILF: Thanks! DONNA: I can't believe you've got an axe! SYLVIA: Burglars! DOCTOR: Get inside the house. Just try and close off the doors and windows. Ross pulls up in a black cab. ROSS: Doctor! This is all I could find that hasn't got ATMOS. The Doctor runs to the cab, shouting back to Donna who is still with Wilf and Sylvia. DOCTOR: Donna, you coming? DONNA: Yeah! SYLVIA: Donna! Don't go! Look what happens every time that Doctor appears! Stay with us, please. WILF: You go my darling! SYLVIA: Dad! WILF: Don't listen to her! You go with the Doctor! That's my girl! ... Donna gets into the cab, though feeling guilty to leave her family. WILF: Bye! The Martha clone downloads the security protocols to her PDA. COMMANDER SKORR: Success, the operative has the necessary information. GENERAL STAAL: Good work for a female. Now she must be protected. COMMANDER SKORR: I will prepare an att*ck squad. He leaves. LUKE: This is it, isn't it! Oh man, this is w*r! GENERAL STAAL: How does it feel, boy? LUKE: Magnificent! NEWS 24 NEWSREADER: The Government has declared a state of emergency. People are being told to stay away from all cars with ATMOS devices attached. AMNN NEWSREADER: The gas appears to be toxic. We are warning anyone and everyone, stay away from the cars. Repeat, stay away from your cars. The taxi pulls up to the ATMOS factory, the Doctor and Donna exit. DOCTOR: Ross, look after yourself, get inside the building. ROSS: Will do. (Over radio) Greyhound 40 to Trap 1, I have just returned the Doctor to base safe and sound, over. The Martha clone is hears Ross and hurries to Colonel Mace. COLONEL MACE (over radio): Trap 1, received. Over. MARTHA CLONE: Sir, message from the Doctor, he says Code Red Sontaran. COLONEL MACE (over radio): All troops, Code Red Sontaran. Code Red Sontaran. DONNA: The air is disgusting! DOCTOR: It's not so bad for me, go on, get inside the TARDIS. Oh, never given you a key! (He pulls out a key). Keep that! Go on, that's yours! Quite a big moment really! DONNA: Yeah, maybe we can get sentimental after the world's finished choking to death! DOCTOR: Good idea! DONNA: Where are you going? DOCTOR: Stop a w*r! He rushes to the UNIT field base while Donna runs to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Right then, here I am, good. Whatever you do, Colonel Mace, do not engage the Sontarans in battle, there is nothing they like better than a w*r. Just leave this to me. COLONEL MACE: And what are you going to do? DOCTOR: I've got the TARDIS, I'm gonna get on board their ship. The Martha clone presses a button on the PDA, the hypnotised privates activate. DOCTOR (to the Martha clone): Come on! The privates place devices on the TARDIS. PRIVATE HARRIS: Ready for transport. The TARDIS is teleported to the Sontaran ship, with Donna inside. GENERAL STAAL: The spoils of w*r! The Doctor's infamous vessel in Sontaran hands. LUKE: It's time I made a move, sir, I have soldiers of my own. I'll tell them of the honour and the glory, sir! I'll tell them that Planetfall is coming! He teleports back to Earth. COMMANDER SKORR: He is behaving exactly as predicted, sir. Donna peeks out of the TARDIS door, then quickly closes it as she glimpses the Sontarans. GENERAL STAAL: None of the humans can guess our true purpose. The Doctor runs down the alleyway to find the TARDIS gone. MARTHA CLONE: But... where's the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Taste that, in the air. Yecch. That sort of metal tang. Teleport exchange. It's the Sontarans, they've taken it. I'm stuck, on Earth like... like an ordinary person. Like a human! How rubbish is that! Sorry, no offence, but come on! MARTHA CLONE: So what do we do? DOCTOR: Well... I mean it's shielded, they could never detect it. He stares at her. MARTHA CLONE: What? DOCTOR: I'm just wondering, have you phoned your family and Tom? MARTHA CLONE: No, what for? DOCTOR: The gas. Tell them to stay inside. MARTHA CLONE: Course I will, yeah, but, what about Donna? I mean, where's she? DOCTOR: Oh, she's gone home. She's not like you, she's not a soldier. Right. So, avanti! Rattigan's students look out over London. LUKE: Leave it. Turn away. Civilisation is falling! MALE STUDENT: But it's all over the news, sir, it's everywhere. Paris and New York. LUKE: It's time I told you, all of you. It's time I revealed what our work has been for! The Doctor and the Martha clone enter the UNIT base. DOCTOR: Change of plan! COLONEL MACE: Good to have you fighting alongside us, Doctor. DOCTOR: I'm not fighting, I'm not-fighting, as in not hyphen fighting, got it? Now, does anyone know what this gas is yet? MARTHA CLONE: We're working on it. CAPTAIN PRICE: It's harmful, but not lethal until it reaches 80% density. We're having the first reports of deaths from the centre of Tokyo City. DOCTOR: And who are you? CAPTAIN PRICE (salutes): Captain Marion Price, sir. DOCTOR: Oh, put your hand down. Don't salute. COLONEL MACE: Jodrell Bank's traced a signal, Doctor, coming from 5000 miles above the Earth. We're guessing that's what triggered the cars. DOCTOR: The Sontaran ship. COLONEL MACE: NATO has gone to Defcon One, we're preparing a strike. DOCTOR: You can't do that, nuclear m*ssile won't even scratch the surface. Let me talk to the Sontarans. COLONEL MACE: You're not authorised to speak on behalf of the Earth. DOCTOR: I've got that authority, I earned that a long time ago. (He uses the sonic screwdriver to connect the UNIT systems to the Sontaran ship). Calling the Sontaran Command Ship under Jurisdiction Two of the Intergalactic Rules of Engagement. This is The Doctor. The transmission is also received inside the TARDIS. For a split second, Rose Tyler appears on a screen, but fades away before Donna gets there, so she only sees the Doctor calling from the UNIT base. DONNA: Doctor, I'm here, can you hear me? GENERAL STAAL: Doctor, breathing your last? COLONEL MACE: My God, they're like trolls. DOCTOR (to the Colonel): Yeah, loving the diplomacy, thanks. (Louder, to the Sontarans) So, tell me, General Staal, since when did you lot become cowards? GENERAL STAAL: How dare you! COLONEL MACE: Oh, that's diplomacy? GENERAL STAAL: Doctor, you impugn my honour! DOCTOR: Yeah, I'm really glad you didn't say belittle cos then I'd have a field day. But poison gas? That's the w*apon of a coward and you know it. Staal, you could blast this planet out of the sky, and yet you're sitting up above watching it die. Where's the fight in that? Where's the honour? Or, are you lot planning something else? Cos this isn't normal Sontaran warfare. What are you lot up to? GENERAL STAAL: A general would be unwise to reveal his strategy to the opposing forces. DOCTOR: Aaah, the w*r's not going so well, then? Losing, are we? GENERAL STAAL: Such a suggestion is impossible. COLONEL MACE: What w*r? DOCTOR: The w*r between the Sontarans and the Rutans. It's been raging, far out in the stars for 50,000 years. 50,000 years of bloodshed, and for what? GENERAL STAAL: For victory. Sontar-ha! SONTARANS: Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! DOCTOR (rolling the eyes): Give me a break. He pulls out the sonic screwdriver and changes the channel to the cartoon, Tommy Zoom. COLONEL MACE: Doctor. I would seriously recommend that this dialogue is handled by official Earth representation. The Doctor sonics the channel back to the Sontaran ship. DOCTOR: Finished? GENERAL STAAL: You will not be so quick to ridicule when you'll see our prize. Behold! (He gestures to the TARDIS behind him). We are the first Sontarans in history to capture a TARDIS. DOCTOR: Well. As prizes go, that's... noble. (Donna is watching the Doctor on a screen). As they say in Latin, Donna nobis pacem. DONNA: That's me. I'm here! DOCTOR: Did you never wonder about its design? It's phone box. It contains a phone. A telephonic device for communication. Sort of symbolic. Like if only we could communicate. You and I. GENERAL STAAL: All you have communicated is your distress, Doctor. DONNA: Oh my god. She picks up Martha's mobile and opens it. DOCTOR: Big mistake though. Showing it to me. DONNA: But who do I phone? DOCTOR (lifting up a device): Cos I've got remote control. GENERAL STAAL: Cease transmission! DONNA: Doctor, what number are you on? The screen goes black. DONNA: You haven't even got a number! GENERAL STAAL: Remove the box from the w*r Room, beyond the transmission field. DOCTOR: Oh, well. He gets up. COLONEL MACE: That's achieved nothing. DOCTOR: Oh, you'd be surprised. Donna is thrown around the TARDIS as a group of Sontarans push the TARDIS away. DONNA: But what do I do? LUKE: All this stuff we've been building. All this invention. Where's it been heading? Gravity intensifiers, hydroponics, atmospheric conversion, ecoshell. More then enough to build a brand new world! MALE STUDENT: Luke, we haven't got time for this. I've got to find my parents. LUKE: Oh, but this isn't just theory. I'm talking Planetfall. For all of us. A brand new start for a brand new human race. Look. (He opens a 3-D projection of a planet). A new world. Far out. Beyond Alpha Geminorium, just waiting for us. Its official destination is Castor 36. I think of it as Earth Point Two. I did wonder about Rattigan's World, but... we can take a vote on that. MALE STUDENT: What the hell are you on about? LUKE: This is where we're going. I have partners willing to take us there. FEMALE STUDENT: Oh, he's lost it. I haven't got time for this. LUKE (turning the projector off): Excuse me, I haven't finished. Where are you going? FEMALE STUDENT: To find my brother. LUKE: I didn't say you could leave. FEMALE STUDENT: I told him to put ATMOS is his car. I've got to go and help him. LUKE (pulling out a g*n): Stay where you are! FEMALE STUDENT: What do you think your doing? MALE STUDENT: Luke. Put that down. LUKE: But... I did this for you. Don't you see? We've spent all our lives excluded. The clever ones. They... They've laughed at us. And pulled us down. Those ordinary people out there. Those cattle. This is our chance to leave them behind! MALE STUDENT: You mean you want them d*ad? LUKE: And I chose you to survive! With Planetfall we can start again. We can build, and breed. We can prosper, we can do anything! FEMALE STUDENT: We're going to breed? LUKE: I've designed a mating program. I've planned the whole thing. FEMALE STUDENT: Well then. sh**t me! She leaves. LUKE: Stay where you are. Stay where you are I said. Stay where you are! (Students start to run out of the room). Stay where you are, that's an order! He lowers the g*n as most of the students leave the room. MALE STUDENT: Castor 36? You're just sick. He goes too, leaving Luke alone in the room. LUKE (manically): Guess that just proves it! I'm cleverer then you! I'm cleverer then everyone! D'you hear me! (Shouting and stamping his feet). I'm clever! ! NEWS 24 NEWSREADER: The United Nations has issued a directive worldwide, telling urban populations to stay indoors. Those in rural areas are being ordered to stay away from all major cities. There are reports from every country in Europe of thousands of people walking across country to escape. And on the Eastern seaboard of America it's said to be reminiscent of Dunkirk, with boats taking refugees out into the Atlantic. AMNN NEWSREADER: With the freeways blocked by ATMOS cars, populations of major cities are now walking across open country to escape the fumes. It is being likened to a Biblical plague. Some are calling this the End of Days. Donna phones home. DONNA: Mum? You all right? SYLVIA: Donna! Where are you sweetheart? WILF: Is that her? SYLVIA: Oh, just finish the job. Your granddad's sealing us in. He's sealing the windows. Our own house, and we're sealed in! All those things they said about pollution and ozone and carbon, they're really happening aren't they? DONNA: There's people working on it, Mum. They're gonna fix it, I promise. SYLVIA: Oh, like you'd know, you're so clever? DONNA: Oh don't start. Please, don't. SYLVIA: I'm sorry. I wish you were here. WILF: Now, come on Sylvia, look. That doesn't help. (He takes the receiver from his daughter). Donna? Where are you? DONNA: It's sort of hard to say. You all right? WILF: Yeah, fighting fit, yeah. Is he with you, the Doctor? SYLVIA: Oh, the Doctor! DONNA: No. I'm all on my own. WILF: Look, you promised he was gonna look after you. DONNA: He will, Gramps. There's... something he needs me to do. I just don't know what. WILF: Well, I mean, the whole place is covered, the whole of London they're saying and the whole, the whole world. It's the scale of it, Donna. I mean, how can one man stop all that? DONNA: Trust me. He can do it. WILF: Yeah, well if he doesn't, you tell him he'll have to answer to me. DONNA: I will. Just as soon as I see him, I'll tell him. WILF: Huh. Wilf puts the phone down, and Donna ends the call. Sylvia looks out at the fog engulfed streets. The Doctor snatches a clipboard from the Martha clone. MARTHA CLONE: There's carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides but 10% unidentified. Some sort of artificial heavy element we can't trace. You ever seen anything like it? DOCTOR: Must be something the Sontarans invented. This isn't just poison, they need this gas for something else. What could that be? CAPTAIN PRICE: Launch grid online and active. COLONEL MACE: Positions ladies and gentlemen, Defcon One initiatives in progress. DOCTOR: What?! I told you not to launch! COLONEL MACE: The gas is at 60% density, 80% and people start dying, Doctor. We've got no choice. CAPTAIN PRICE: Launching in 60, 59, 58, 57, 56... Worldwide nuclear grid now co-ordinating. 54, 53... The Sontarans are following the events on their ship. GENERAL STAAL: Hah! The planet is going nuclear! I admire them. The bravery of idiots is bravery nonetheless. SONTARAN: The operative is in place, sir. GENERAL STAAL: Commander Skorr! Is the att*ck squad ready? COMMANDER SKORR: Ready and eager for battle, sir. We've been watching for long enough, it'll be good to taste blood. DOCTOR: You're making a mistake, Colonel! For once, I hope the Sontarans are ahead of you. CAPTAIN PRICE: North America, online. United Kingdom, online. France, online. India, online. Pakistan, online. China, online. North Korea, online. All systems locked and co-ordinated. Launching in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5... COLONEL MACE: God save us. CAPTAIN PRICE: ...4, 3, 2, 1... The Martha clone presses "No" on her PDA. CAPTAIN PRICE: 0. The screen shuts off. COLONEL MACE: What is it? What happened? Did we launch? Well, did we? CAPTAIN PRICE: Negative, sir. The launch codes have been wiped, sir. It must be the Sontarans. COLONEL MACE: Can we override it? CAPTAIN PRICE: Trying it now, sir. DOCTOR: m*ssile wouldn't even dent that ship, so why are the Sontarans so keen to stop you? (Looking at the clone). Any ideas? MARTHA CLONE: How should I know? GENERAL STAAL: Now protect the operative. Sontarans march through the factory. Ross is guarding a deserted corridor with four more soldiers. ROSS: Stinking out there. The other soldiers chat. Ross hears something. ROSS: Shhh! Keep it down lads. Sontarans come down the corridor. ROSS (over radio): Enemy within! At arms! Greyhound 40 declaring absolute emergency. Sontarans within factory grounds, east corridor grid six. COLONEL MACE (over radio): Absolute emergency, declaring Code Red. All troops, Code Red! DOCTOR: Get them out of there! COLONEL MACE (over radio): All troops, open f*re! The soldiers try to f*re but their g*n only click. ROSS (over radio): The g*n aren't working. Inform all troops, standard w*apon do not work. The Sontarans sh**t at the soldiers, who fall to the ground, screaming. ROSS (over radio): Tell the Doctor it's that Cordolaine signal. He's the only one who can stop them. The Sontarans sh**t Ross, he falls to the ground. Static from the radio. COLONEL MACE: Greyhound 40, report. Over. Greyhound 40, report. Greyhound 40, report! DOCTOR: He wasn't Greyhound 40, his name was Ross. Now listen to me, and get them out of there! COLONEL MACE: Trap One to all stations. Retreat. Order imperative, immediate retreat! Soldiers are running everywhere trying to get away. SOLDIER: Retreat! Retreat! The Sontarans march out and start sh**ting everyone down. Chaos everywhere. Private Gray and Private Harris walk out and address a Sontaran. PRIVATE GRAY / PRIVATE HARRIS: Reporting for duty, sir! The Sontaran walks past, then turns back and sh**t them. COMMANDER SKORR: This is too easy! Their running like slimebait from a speelfox. Sontarans continue to sh**t UNIT soldiers. COMMANDER SKORR (laughing): This isn't w*r, this is sport! The factory doors slide down sealing the Sontarans inside. COLONEL MACE: They've taken the factory. DOCTOR: Why? They don't need it. Why att*ck now? What are they up to? Times like this, I could do with the Brigadier. No offence. COLONEL MACE: None taken. Sir Alistair's a fine man, if not the best. Unfortunately he's stranded in Peru. CAPTAIN PRICE: Launch grid back online. The computer screens turn on to show a map of the world. The Martha clone presses No Launch on her PDA. The screens go black again. CAPTAIN PRICE: They're inside the system, sir. It's coming from within UNIT itself. COLONEL MACE: Trace it. Find out where it's coming from, and quickly. Gas levels? CAPTAIN PRICE: 66% in major population areas. And rising. COMMANDER SKORR (over intercom): Commander Skorr reports victory with many glorious deaths. Luke Rattigan appears in teleport. LUKE: Sorry to report, sir, I've failed. They wouldn't come. The students, they... didn't have the imagination to believe. GENERAL STAAL: A pity. We've lost our target practice! LUKE: What do you mean? GENERAL STAAL: Upon arrival on board this ship, your students would have been sh*t down. Perhaps they were more clever then you thought. LUKE (looking hurt): You promised! GENERAL STAAL: There was no Planetfall. Castor 36, indeed! We only needed you for installation of the ATMOS system. LUKE: No, but... I'm on your side! I did everything you wanted! And it's not ATMOS system, that's a tautology. Just ATMOS. GENERAL STAAL: Execute him! Luke presses a button and teleports away. GENERAL STAAL: A coward's retreat. Now close all teleport links to Earth. Isolate them, as they perish. Luke lies on the floor of the teleport pod, crying. COLONEL MACE: Why are they defending the factory only after we were inside? DOCTOR: Because they wanted UNIT here. You gave them something they needed. Something now hidden inside the factory. Something precious. COLONEL MACE: Then we've got to recover it. This Cordolaine signal thing, how does it work? DOCTOR: The b*ll*ts. It causes expansion of the copper shell. COLONEL MACE: Excellent. I'm on it. He gets up and leaves. DOCTOR: For the billionth time, you can't fight Sontarans! He walks out too, and talks quietly to the nearest officer, so that the Martha clone can't hear them. DOCTOR: Phone. Have you got a phone? I need your mobile, quickly, hurry up! Someone hands him a mobile and he gets back to Colonel Mace's office to phone Donna. DONNA: What's happened, where are you? DOCTOR: Still on Earth. But don't worry, I've got my secret w*apon. DONNA: What's that? DOCTOR: You. DONNA: Oh. Somehow that's not making me happy. Can't you just zap us down to Earth with that remote thing? DOCTOR: Yeah, I haven't got a remote, though I really should. But I need you on that ship. That's why I made them move the TARDIS. I'm sorry, but you've got to go outside. DONNA: But there's Sonterruns out there. DOCTOR: Sontarans, but they'll all be on battle stations right now. They don't walk around having coffee. I can talk you through it. DONNA: But what if they find me? DOCTOR: I know, and I wouldn't ask, but there's nothing else I can do. The whole planet is choking, Donna. DONNA (walking towards the TARDIS door): What d'you need me to do? DOCTOR: The Sontarans are inside the factory which means they've got a teleport link with the ship, but they'll have deadlocked it. I need you to reopen the link. DONNA: But, I can't even mend a fuse. DOCTOR: Donna! Stop talking about yourself like that. You can do this. I promise. Donna opens the TARDIS door to see a Sontaran a few feet away with his back to the TARDIS. She closes the door silently. DONNA: There's a Sonterrun... Sontaran. DOCTOR: Did he see you? DONNA: No, he's got his back to me. DOCTOR: Right, Donna, listen, on the back of his neck on his collar there's a sort of plug, like a hole. The Probic Vent. One blow to the Probic Vent knocks 'em out. DONNA: But he's gonna k*ll me. DOCTOR: I'm sorry. I swear I'm so sorry. But you've got to try. She picks up the mallet that the Doctor uses so happily when piloting the TARDIS. She sneaks behind the Sontaran and hits his probic went, knocking him out. DONNA (triumphant): Back of the neck! DOCTOR: Now then you gotta find the external junction feed to the teleport. DONNA: What... what's it look like? DOCTOR: A circular panel on the wall. Big symbol on the front, like a, like a letter T with a horizontal line through it. Or, or two Fs back to back. DONNA: Well, there's a door. DOCTOR: Should be a switch by the side. DONNA: Yeah there is. But it's Sontaran-shaped, you need three fingers. DOCTOR: You've got three fingers. DONNA: Oh, yeah! She puts her hand into the pattern and the door slides open. DONNA: I am through. DOCTOR (kissing the phone): Oh, you are brilliant, you are. DONNA: Shut up. Right. T with a line through it. Colonel Mace returns to the UNIT base. DOCTOR: Got to go. Keep the line open! COLONEL MACE: Counter-att*ck! DOCTOR: I said you don't stand a chance! COLONEL MACE: Positions. That means everyone! He throws a gas mask to the Doctor. MARTHA CLONE: You're not going without me! DOCTOR: Wouldn't dream of it. On the spaceship, Donna hides into a shadowy corner when a troop of Sontarans marches past. Outside of the ATMOS factory, UNIT people gather. They're all wearing gas masks, so does the Doctor. Colonel Mace shows him a g*n. COLONEL MACE: Latest f*ring stock, what do you think, Doctor? DOCTOR: Are you my mummy? COLONEL MACE: If you could concentrate. b*ll*ts with a rad-steel coating, no copper surface. Should overcome the Cordolaine signal. DOCTOR: But the Sontarans have got lasers! You can't even see in this fog, the night-vision doesn't work. COLONEL MACE: Thank you Doctor, thank you for your lack of faith. But this time, I'm not listening. He pulls off the gas mask and addresses his soldiers. COLONEL MACE: Attention, all troops! Sontarans might think of us as primitive. As does every passing species with an axe to grind. They make a mockery of our w*apon, our soldiers, our ideals. But no more! From this point on, it stops. From this point on, the people of Earth fight back and we show them! We show the warriors of Sontar what the human race can do! Trap One to Hawk Major! Go, go, go! Everyone looks up as a loud sound comes from the sky, the fog starts to clear and we get sight of the Valiant flying above. COLONEL MACE: It's working! The area's clearing. Engines to maximum! DOCTOR: It's the Valiant! COLONEL MACE: UNIT Carrier Ship Valiant reporting for duty, Doctor! With engines strong enough to clear away the fog. They take off the gas masks. DOCTOR: Woah, that's brilliant! COLONEL MACE: Getting a taste for it, Doctor? DOCTOR: No, not at all. Not me. COLONEL MACE: Valiant, f*re at will! A bunch of green beams unite and the Valiant fires at the ATMOS factory. At the same time, UNIT soldiers start an att*ck on the ground too. This time, it's the Sontarans who are overpowered. COLONEL MACE: East and north secure. Doctor? He rushes away with the soldiers. DOCTOR (on the phone): Donna, hold on. I'm coming. The Martha clone appears. MARTHA CLONE: Shouldn't we follow the Colonel? DOCTOR: Nah, you and me, Martha Jones. Just like old times! She stops the nuclear launch one more time. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to find their way. DOCTOR: Alien technology, this way. UNIT and Sontaran soldiers sh**ting each other everywhere. Commander Skorr is there, without helmet, obviously having a great time. COMMANDER SKORR: The honour of battle. The glory! The Doctor and the Martha clone head to the basement, following the signal. The place is deserted. DOCTOR: No Sontarans down here. They can't resist a battle. Here we go. They enter the clone lab, where the real Martha is still in hypnotic sleep. The Doctor runs to her. DOCTOR: Ooh, Martha, I'm so sorry. (He checks her pulse). Still alive. The Martha clone points a g*n at him, but he hardly looks at her. DOCTOR: Am I supposed to be impressed? MARTHA CLONE: Wish you carried a g*n now? DOCTOR: Not at all. MARTHA CLONE: I've been stopping the nuclear launch all this time. DOCTOR: Doing exactly what I wanted. I needed to stop the m*ssile, just as much as the Sontarans. I'm not having Earth start an interstellar w*r. You're a triple agent! MARTHA CLONE: When did you know? DOCTOR: What, you? Oh, right from the start. Reduced iris contraction, slight thinning of the hair follicles on the left temple. And, frankly, you smell. You might as well have worn a T-shirt saying "clone". Although, maybe not in front of Captain Jack. You remember him, don't you? Cos you've got all her memories. That's why the Sontarans had to protect her, to keep you inside UNIT. Martha Jones is keeping you alive. He pulls off the device from the real Martha's head. She awakes with a scream. At the same time the clone falls to the ground in agony. The Doctor kicks away the g*n that the clone has dropped, then hugs the real Martha. DOCTOR: It's all right. It's all right, I'm here, I'm here. I've got you, got you. MARTHA: There was this thing, Doctor, this alien, with this head... The mobile rings. DOCTOR: Oh, blimey I'm busy. Got it? DONNA: Yes. Now hurry up! DOCTOR: Take off the covering. All the blue switches inside, flick them up like a fusebox. And that should get the teleport working. Martha looks around and sees the clone, sitting on the ground panting. MARTHA: Oh, my God. That's me. Commander Skorr walks on a corridor when Colonel Mace comes up behind him. COLONEL MACE: You will face me, sir! The Sontaran turns back, pleased for the fight. The Colonel sh**t him and he falls to the floor dying, but still seems happy. COMMANDER SKORR: Wonderful. In the clone lab, the Doctor is working on the teleport while the real Martha sits beside the clone. MARTHA CLONE: Don't touch me! MARTHA: It's not my fault. The Sontarans created you. But... you had all my memories. MARTHA CLONE: You've got a brother, sister, mother and father. MARTHA: If you don't help me, they're gonna die. MARTHA CLONE: You love them. MARTHA: Yes. Remember that? DOCTOR (shouting from the teleport pod): The gas! Tell us about the gas. MARTHA CLONE: He's the enemy! MARTHA: Then tell me. It's not just poison, what's it for? Martha, please! MARTHA CLONE: Caesofine concentrate. It's one part of Bosteen, two parts Probic 5. DOCTOR: Clonefeed! It's clonefeed! MARTHA: What's clonefeed? DOCTOR: Like amniotic fluid for Sontarans. That's why they're not invading, they're converting the atmosphere. Changing the planet into a clone world. Earth becomes a great big hatchery. Cos the Sontarans are clones, that's how they reproduce. Give 'em a planet this big, they'll create billions of new soldiers. That gas isn't poison, it's food! He goes back to work on the teleport. MARTHA CLONE: My heart... It's getting slower. MARTHA: There's nothing I can do. MARTHA CLONE: In your mind, you've got so many plans. There's so much that you wanna do. MARTHA: And I will. Never do tomorrow what you can do today, my mum says. Cos... MARTHA CLONE: Cos you never know how long you've got. Martha Jones... All that life. She dies. The real Martha pulls off her engagement ring from the clone's finger. DONNA: Doctor. The Doctor picks up the phone. DONNA: Blue switches done. (A door slides open and Sontarans march in). But they've found me! DOCTOR: Now! He points the sonic screwdriver to the teleport pod, activating it. Donna, who was standing inside the pod on the Sontaran ship, disappears and reappears in the clone lab. She runs to hug the Doctor. DONNA: Have I ever told you how much I hate you? DOCTOR: Hold on, hold on. Get off me, get off me! Gotta bring the TARDIS down. He sonics the teleport and the TARDIS is beamed back down. DOCTOR: Right, now. Martha, you coming? MARTHA: What about this nuclear launch thing? DOCTOR: Just keep pressing N, we want to keep those m*ssile on the ground. Donna catches sight of the d*ad clone. DONNA: But there's... two of them. DOCTOR: Yeah, long story. (All three get inside the teleport pod). Here we go. The old team, back together! Well, the new team. DONNA: We're not going back on that ship! DOCTOR: No, no, no. No. I needed to get the teleport working so that we could get to... They teleport to the Rattigan Academy. DOCTOR: ...here! The Rattigan Academy, owned by... Luke points a g*n at them. LUKE: Don't tell anyone what I did! It wasn't my fault, the Sontarans lied to me, they... The Doctor grabs his g*n. DOCTOR: If I see one more g*n... He throws the g*n away. DONNA (to Martha, who wears the Doctor's coat over her hospital-type gown): You know, that coat, sort of works. MARTHA: Feel like a kid in my dad's clothes. DONNA: Oh, well if you're calling him dad you're definitely getting over him. SONTARAN: A human female on board ship. It could only be the Doctor's work and all the teleport systems have been deadlocked open. GENERAL STAAL: No matter. Increase the ATMOS devices to maximum. Choke them! Behold, the cloneworld is born. Alarm blares. Back on Earth, car engines rev. The gas is now also inside the Noble's house. Wilf puts a towel in the gap at the bottom of a door, then he goes to hug Sylvia, who sits on the ground crying. WILF: Oh, my little girl. Come on, we'll be all right. We'll be all right. Donna said so. She promised. Come on, darling. It's all right. The Doctor begins to assemble a device from things found in Luke's laboratory. DOCTOR: That's why the Sontarans had to stop the m*ssile, they were holding back. Because, caesofine gas is volatile, that's why they had to use you to stop the nuclear att*ck. Ground-to-air engagement could've sparked off the whole thing. MARTHA: What, like set f*re to the atmosphere? DOCTOR: Yeah. They need all the gas intact to breed their clone army. And all the time we had Luke here in his dream factory. Planning a little trip, were we? LUKE: They promised me a new world. DOCTOR: You were building equipment, ready to terraform El Mondo Luko so that humans could live there and breathe the air with this! An atmospheric converter. GENERAL STAAL: Prepare to launch clone pods. We will breed across the surface of the Earth. For the glory of Sontar! The Doctor runs outside with the atmospheric converter. DONNA: That's London. You can't even see it. My family's in there. DOCTOR: If I can get this on the right setting... MARTHA: Doctor, hold on, you said the atmosphere would ignite. DOCTOR: Yeah, I did, didn't I? The Doctor presses a button and a flame sh**t up into the sky and the sky ignites. The Doctor crosses his fingers. DOCTOR: Please, please, please, please, please, please, please... Sylvia and Wilf look out of the window to see the sky aflame. UNIT look up at the burning sky. SONTARAN: General Staal, sir! GENERAL STAAL: What's happening? Alarm blares. The Earth below is engulfed in flame. Then the f*re clears to reveal the planet, blue and green as usual. Wilf, Sylvia and their neighbours come out of their houses and celebrate. UNIT soldiers cheer, Captain Price kisses Colonel Mace. LUKE: He's a genius! MARTHA: Just brilliant. DOCTOR: Now we're in trouble! He picks up the converter and runs back to the building. GENERAL STAAL: It seems we must revert to Basic Sontaran Stratagem One. We will ravage this planet. Prepare w*apon! Wipe them out! Every last stinking human beast! The Doctor gets inside the teleport pod with the atmospheric converter. DOCTOR: Right, so... Donna, thank you. For everything. Martha, you too. Oh... so many times. Luke, do something clever with your life. DONNA: You're saying goodbye. DOCTOR: Sontarans are never defeated. They'll be getting ready for w*r. And, well, you know, I've recalibrated this for Sontaran air, so... MARTHA: You're gonna ignite them. DONNA: You'll k*ll yourself. MARTHA: Just send that thing up, on it's own. I don't know... put it on a delay. DOCTOR: I can't. DONNA: Why not? DOCTOR: I've got to give them a choice. He teleports. Donna and Martha look the empty pod in despair. The Doctor appears on the Sontaran ship. GENERAL STAAL: Oh, excellent! DOCTOR: General Staal, you know what this is. But there's one more option. You can go. Just leave. Sontaran High Command need never know what happened here. GENERAL STAAL: Your stratagem would be wise if Sontarans feared death. But we do not. At arms! DOCTOR: I'll do it, Staal. If it saves the Earth, I'll do it. GENERAL STAAL: A warrior doesn't talk, he acts! DOCTOR: I am giving you the chance to leave. GENERAL STAAL: And miss the glory of this moment? SONTARAN VOICE FROM LOUDSPEAKERS: All w*apon targeting Earth, sir. f*ring in 20. DOCTOR: I'm warning you! GENERAL STAAL: And I salute you! Take aim! DOCTOR: sh**t me, I'm still gonna press this! You'll die, Staal. GENERAL STAAL: Knowing that you die, too. VOICE FROM LOUDSPEAKERS: f*ring in 15. GENERAL STAAL: For the glory of Sontar! (He starts chanting). Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! SONTARANS: Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! DOCTOR: I'll do it! GENERAL STAAL: Then do it! Back on Earth, Luke is fiddling with the teleport pod. MARTHA: What are you doing? LUKE: Something clever. Standing up, he pushes a key and teleports to the Sontaran ship, at the same time zapping the Doctor back to the Academy. SONTARANS: Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! Sontar-ha! VOICE FROM LOUDSPEAKERS: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3... The Sontarans stop chanting as they catch sight of Luke. LUKE: Sontar? Ha! He pushes the button of the converter. VOICE FROM LOUDSPEAKERS: ...1. The spaceship explodes before they could launch the strike on Earth. The Doctor appears in the teleport pod at the Rattigan Academy, looking confused. He climbs forward and sits to the edge of the pod, still shocked. Martha runs to him smiling and nestles by his side. Donna walks to them and gives the Doctor a big whack for worrying them so much, then grasps his arm, so relieved that he is alive. Sylvia walks homeward with two big bags. SYLVIA: Morning. NEIGHBOUR: Morning. SYLVIA: Walked all the way, won't catch me driving. The neighbour gets into her car and pulls off the ATMOS sticker from the rear window. Sylvia enters the house and goes into the kitchen where Donna and Wilf are sitting. SYLVIA: The streets are half-empty. People still aren't driving. There's kids on bikes all over the place, it's wonderful. Unpack that lot, I'm gonna see if Suzette's all right. She puts the bags at the kitchen counter and leaves. WILF: I won't tell her. Best not. Just keep it as our little secret, eh? DONNA: Yeah. WILF: And you go with him, that wonderful Doctor. You go and see the stars. And then bring a bit of 'em back, for your old Gramps. She nods, then gets up to hug him and kisses his head. DONNA: Love you. She walks out, fighting back her tears. Donna enters the TARDIS. MARTHA: How were they? DONNA: Oh, same old stuff. (She wipes off a tear and tries to sound casual). They're fine. So! You gonna come with us? We're not exactly short of space. MARTHA: Oh, I have missed all this, but, you know. I'm good here. Back at home. And I'm better for having been away. Besides, (she shows her engagement ring) someone needs me. Never mind the universe, I've got a great big world of my own now! She walks towards the door, but suddenly it shuts and the TARDIS shakes wildly as it sets to flight. They all cling to different objects to hold their balance. Under the console, the hand in the jar is bubbles wildly. DOCTOR: What? What!? MARTHA: Doctor, don't you dare! DOCTOR: No, no, no! I didn't touch anything! We're in flight, it's not me! DONNA: Where are we going? DOCTOR: I don't know, it's out of control! MARTHA: Doctor, just listen to me! You take me home, take me home right now! END
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "04x05 - The Poison Sky (2)"}
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In the TARDIS, the Doctor and his companions are clinging furiously to the console as the TARDIS flies violently through the vortex. They are shaking to every possible side while the Doctor tries to regain some control. Sparks are flying, Donna and Martha are screaming while the Doctor has a look of deep concern. DONNA: What the hell's it doing? DOCTOR : Controls aren't working! He tries again with a control and sparks fly. He falls to the floor and sees his hand in the jar bubbling wildly. DOCTOR : I don't know where we're going but my old hand's very excited about it! DONNA: I thought that was just some freaky alien thing! You telling me it's yours? DOCTOR : Well... MARTHA: It got cut off. He grew a new one! DONNA: You are completely... impossible! DOCTOR : Not impossible, just... a bit unlikely! The TARDIS makes one last rebellious expl*si*n, sparks fly. The Doctor and his companions fall backwards, the Doctor lands in the chair next to the console. The TARDIS has landed. The Doctor looks at his companions before suddenly running towards the door and outside. He exits the TARDIS and looks around curiously. They seem to be in some underground tunnel, littered with junk and old equipment. His companions soon follow. DOCTOR : Why would the TARDIS bring us here? MARTHA: Oh, I love this bit. DONNA: Thought you wanted to go home. MARTHA: I know, but all the same... The Doctor is going about his business, seemingly oblivious to the conversation. He licks his hands and looks into the distance. MARTHA: It's that feeling you get... DONNA: Like you swallowed a hamster? At that moment, the Doctor and his companions hear a loud noise. They look over to the source of the commotion. Soldiers are coming. CLINE: Don't move, stay where you are! Drop your w*apon. The soldiers point their g*n at the TARDIS crew who show they are unarmed. DOCTOR : We're not armed! Look, no w*apon. Never any w*apon. We're safe. SOLDIER : Look at their hands. They're clean. CLINE: Alright, process them! Him first. The two soldiers who accompanied Cline move towards the Doctor. They grab him and drag him towards a strange machine. DOCTOR : Oi, oi! What's wrong with clean hands?! MARTHA: What's going on? DONNA: Leave him alone! The Doctor's hand is forced into the machine and he makes yells of pain as it whizzes away doing it's job. DOCTOR : Something tells me this isn't about to check my blood pressure. AAGGGH! DONNA: What're you doing to him? CLINE: Everyone gets processed. DOCTOR : It's taken a tissue sample. Ow ow ow ow ow ow! And extrapolated it! Some kind of accelerator? The machine lets the Doctor go, and he moves back, examining his hand. Donna and Martha run to him while he looks at a larger machine near the 'processor'. MARTHA: Are you alright? She examines his hand and notices a Y-shaped graze. The Doctor and Donna keep an eye on the other machine as it opens. DOCTOR: What on earth? That's just... A woman steps out from the machine, smoke billowing everywhere. The Doctor and his companions look on curiously as the woman looks around, also curious. CLINE: Arm yourself! He hands the woman the g*n, and she naturally handles it. MARTHA: Where did she come from? DOCTOR : From me. The woman is arming the g*n as the Doctor, looking totally shocked himself, explains the situation to his companions. DONNA: From you?! How? Who is she? DOCTOR : Well... she's... well... she's my daughter! The young woman looks on with a smile on her face. JENNY: Hello dad! OPENING CREDITS Jenny joins the soldiers while the Doctor and his companions stay in the background. CLINE: You primed to take orders, ready to fight? JENNY: Instant mental download of all strategic and military protocols, sir. Generation 5000 soldier primed and in peak physical health. Oh, I'm ready. DONNA: Did you say, daughter? DOCTOR : Mm. Technically. MARTHA: Technically how? DOCTOR : Progenation. Reproduction from a single organism. Means one parent is biological mother and father. You take a sample of diploid cells, split them into haploids, then recombine them in a different arrangement, and grow. Very quickly, apparently. JENNY: Something's coming! A Hath run down the tunnel sh**ting. CLINE: It's the Haths! The human soldiers sh**t back. JENNY: Get down! CLINE: We have to blow the tunnel! Get the detonator! DOCTOR : I'm not detonating anything! A Hath grabs Martha and pulls her away, while Jenny kicks the other Hath and picks up the detonator. CLINE: Blow that thing, blow the thing! DOCTOR : Martha! No! Don't! Jenny presses the button, and they all run to cover before the tunnel explodes. The Doctor goes back to see the tunnel sealed, so Martha is stuck on the other side, or possibly d*ad. DOCTOR : You've sealed off the tunnel. Why did you do that?! JENNY: They were trying to k*ll us! DOCTOR: But they've got my friend! JENNY: Collateral damage. At least you've still got her, he lost both his men, I'd say you came out ahead. DONNA: Her name's Martha, and she's not collateral damage, not for anyone! Have you got that, GI Jane?! DOCTOR : I'm gonna find her. CLINE (pointing g*n at them): You're going nowhere. You don't make sense, you two. No g*n, no marks, no fight in you... I'm taking you to General Cobb. Now, move. *** Martha wakes up in the debris of the expl*si*n and spots an injured Hath. MARTHA: Hold on, I've got you, is it your arm, yeah? The Hath gurgles. MARTHA: Is that a yes? The Hath nods. MARTHA: Let me examine it. Keep still. Still, yeah? No move! The Hath nods. MARTHA: Half fish, half human, how'm I supposed to know? Is that a shoulder? Feels like a shoulder! I think it's dislocated. Several Haths march in and point g*n at Martha. MARTHA : I'm trying to help him! I am a doctor and he is my patient, and I'm not leaving him! Now, this is gonna hurt. One, two, three! Martha snaps the shoulder back into place. The Hath cock their g*n. The injured Hath explains them that she was helping him, and the g*n are lowered. MARTHA: Now, then. I'm Doctor Martha Jones. Who the hell are you? *** Cline, Jenny, Donna and the Doctor walk through the tunnels. DONNA: I'm Donna, what's you name? JENNY: Don't know, it's not been assigned. DONNA: Well, if you don't know that, what do you know? JENNY: How to fight. DONNA: Nothing else? DOCTOR : The machine must embed military history and tactics but no name. She's a generated anomaly. DONNA: Generated anomaly? Jenny-rated. Well what about that? Jenny! JENNY: Jenny. Yeah, I like that, Jenny. DONNA: What do you think, 'Dad'? DOCTOR : Good as anything, I suppose. DONNA: Not what you'd call a natural parent, are you? DOCTOR : They stole a tissue sample at g*n and processed it, it's not what I call natural parentage. DONNA: Rubbish! My friend Nerys fathered twins with a turkey baster, don't bother her. DOCTOR : You can't extrapolate a relationship from a biological accident. DONNA: Er, Child Support Agency can. DOCTOR : Look, just cos I share certain physiological traits with simian primates doesn't make me a monkey's uncle, does it? JENNY: I'm not a monkey! Or a child. They reach the human encampment, a huge underground room. DOCTOR : So, where are we? What planet's this? CLINE: Messaline. Well, what's left of it. TANNOY: ... 663 - 75 deceased. Generation 6671 - Extinct. Generation 6672 - 46 deceased. Generation 6680 - 14 deceased. Generation ... DONNA: But, this is a theatre! DOCTOR : Maybe they're doing Miss Saigon. DONNA: It's like a town, or a city, underground. But why? Cline just finished reporting to an older soldier who now walks to the Doctor and Donna. DOCTOR : General Cobb, I presume? GENERAL COBB : Found in the Western tunnels, I'm told, with no marks. There was an outbreak of pacifism in the Eastern Zone, three generations back, before we lost contact, is that where you came from? DOCTOR : Eastern Zone, that's us, yeah. Yeah. I'm The Doctor, this is Donna. JENNY: And I'm Jenny. GENERAL COBB : Don't think you can infect us with your peacemaking. We're committed to the fight, to the very end. DOCTOR : Well, that's all right, I can't stay anyway. I've gotta go and find my friend. GENERAL COBB : That's not possible, all movement is regulated. We're at w*r. DOCTOR : Yes, I noticed. With the Hath. But tell me, cos we got a bit out of circulation, Eastern Zone and all that, so, who exactly are the Haths? *** The Haths lead Martha into their base, similar to the human encampment. They seem delighted to meet a friendly human and they all pet Martha. *** GENERAL COBB : Back at the dawn of this planet, these ancient halls were carved from the earth. Our ancestors dreamt of a new beginning, a colony where human and Hath could work and live together. DOCTOR : So what happened? GENERAL COBB : The dream died. Broken, along with Hath promises. They wanted it all for themselves. But those early pioneers, they fought back. They used the machines to produce soldiers instead of colonists, and began this battle for survival. DONNA: There's nothing but earth outside, why's that? Why build everything underground? CLINE: The surface is too dangerous. DONNA: Well, then why build windows in the first place? And what does this mean? Donna points at a number stamped on the wall. GENERAL COBB : The rites and symbols of our ancestors. The meanings... lost in time. DOCTOR : How long's this w*r gone on for? GENERAL COBB : Longer than anyone can remember. Countless generations marked only by the d*ad. DONNA: What, fighting all this time? JENNY: Because we must. Every child of the machine is born with this knowledge. It's our inheritance, it's all we know. How to fight. And how to die. *** The Hath and Martha are looking at a holographic map. MARTHA: Right... so we're here? She points at the map. *** At the human camp, the Doctor is looking at an identical map. DOCTOR : Does this show the entire city, including the Haths zones? GENERAL COBB : Yes. Why? DOCTOR : Well it'll help us find Martha. CLINE: We've more important things to do. The Progenation Machines are powered down for the night shift, but soon as they're active, we could breed a whole platoon from you two. DONNA: I'm not having sons and daughters by some great big flippin' machine! (looking at Jenny) Sorry, no offence but you're not... well I mean you're not real. JENNY: You're no better than him! I have a body, I have a mind, I have independent thought, how am I not real? What makes you better than me? GENERAL COBB : Well said, soldier. We need more like you if ever we're to find the Source. DOCTOR : Ooh, the Source, what's that then, what's a Source? I like a Source, what is it? GENERAL COBB : The Breath of Life. DOCTOR : And that would be...? CLINE : In the beginning the great one breathed life into the universe. And then she looked at what she'd done, and she sighed. JENNY: She? I like that. DOCTOR : Right, so it's a creation myth. GENERAL COBB : It's not myth. It's real. That sigh. From the beginning of time it was caught and kept as the Source. It was lost when the w*r started. But it's here, somewhere. Whoever holds the Source controls the destiny of the planet. DOCTOR: Ah! I thought so! There's a suppressed layer of information in this map, if I can just... He sonics the map and more tunnels appear on it. DONNA: What is it, what's it mean? DOCTOR : See? A whole complex of tunnels, hidden from sight. *** The extra tunnels appear on the Hath map too. MARTHA: Hold on, look! *** GENERAL COBB : That must be the lost temple. The source will be inside. You've shown us the way! And look, we're closer than the Haths! It's ours! *** MARTHA: That's a new map. There's a different set of tunnels! *** GENERAL COBB : Tell them to prepare to move out. We'll progenate new soldiers on the morning shift, then we march. Once we reach the Temple, peace will be restored at long last. DOCTOR : Um, call me old-fashioned, but if you really wanted peace couldn't you just stop fighting? GENERAL COBB : Only when we have the Source. It'll give us the power to erase every stinking Hath from the face of this planet! DOCTOR : Hang on, hang on, a second ago it was peace in our time, now you're talking about genocide!? GENERAL COBB : For us, that means the same thing. DOCTOR : Then you need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up genocide. You'll see a little picture of me there and the caption will read 'Over my d*ad body'! GENERAL COBB : And you're the one who showed us the path to victory. But you can consider the irony from your prison cell. Cline, at arms! Cline points his g*n at the Doctor and Donna. DONNA: Oi, oi oi! All right! Cool the beans Rambo! GENERAL COBB : Take them, I won't have them spreading treason. And if you try anything, Doctor, I'll see that your woman dies first. DOCTOR : No, we're, we're not a couple. DONNA: I am not his woman! CLINE: Come on. This way. DOCTOR : I'm going to stop you, Cobb, you need to know that. GENERAL COBB : I have an army and the breath of god on my side, Doctor, what'll you have? DOCTOR : This. The Doctor points to his head. GENERAL COBB : Lock them up, and guard them. CLINE: What about the new soldier? Jenny steps forward but Cobb pushes him away, into the Doctor's arms. GENERAL COBB : Can't trust her, she's from pacifist stock. Take them all! *** The Haths wave their g*n in the air, celebrating Martha. MARTHA: But, I didn't do anything! The Haths pat her on the back and continue to wave their g*n in the air. MARTHA: I think I just started a w*r. *** The Doctor, Donna and Jenny enter their cell. Donna notices there are numbers there too. DONNA: More numbers. They've gotta mean something. DOCTOR : Makes as much sense as the breath of life story. JENNY: You mean that's not true? DONNA: No, it's a myth. Isn't it, Doctor? DOCTOR : Yes, but there could still be something real in that temple, something that's become a myth. A piece of technology, a w*apon. DONNA: So the Source could be a w*apon and we've just given directions to Captain Nutjob? DOCTOR : Oh, yes. DONNA: Not good, is it? DOCTOR : That's why we need to get out of here, find Martha and stop Cobb from slaughtering the Haths. He notices Jenny's inquisitive look. DOCTOR : What, what are you, what are you... what are you staring at? JENNY: You keep insisting you're not a soldier. But look at you! Drawing up strategies like a proper general. DOCTOR : No no, I'm trying to stop the fighting. JENNY: Isn't every soldier? DOCTOR : Well. I suppose. But that's... that's... technically... I haven't got time for this! Donna, give me your phone! Time for an upgrade! She handles him the phone and he sonics it. JENNY: And now you've got a w*apon! DOCTOR : It's not a w*apon. JENNY: But you're using it to fight back! (she laughs). I'm gonna learn so much from you, you are such a soldier! DOCTOR : Donna, will you tell her? DONNA: Oh, you are speechless, I'm loving this! You keep on, Jenny! MARTHA (on the phone): Doctor? DOCTOR : Martha! You're alive! MARTHA : Doctor! Oh, am I glad to hear your voice! Are you all right? DOCTOR: I'm with Donna, we're fine, what about you? DONNA: And Jenny, she's fine too! DOCTOR : Yes all right, (louder, to Martha) and, and Jenny... That's the woman from the machine, the soldier, my daughter, except she isn't, she's, she's... Anyway! Where are you? MARTHA: I'm in the Haths camp. I'm OK, but, something's going on. The Hath are all marching off to some place that's appeared on this map thing. DOCTOR : Ohhh... That was me. If both armies are heading that way, there's going to be a bloodbath. MARTHA : What do you want me to do? DOCTOR : Just stay where you are, if you're safe there then don't move, d'you hear? MARTHA : But I can help. The phone beeps and the connection breaks. MARTHA : Doctor? Doctor! *** General Cobb makes a speech to his troops. GENERAL COBB : The doors that have been closed will be open to us now. The door to the Temple, to the Source, and to victory! The soldiers cheer. GENERAL COBB : Come the dawn cycle we march. Their cheers and chanting is heard in the prison cell. DOCTOR : They're getting ready to move out. We have to get past that guard. JENNY: I can deal with him. DOCTOR : No, no, no, no. You're not going anywhere. JENNY : What? DOCTOR : You belong here, with them. DONNA : She belongs with us. With you. She's your daughter! DOCTOR : She's a soldier. She came out of that machine! DONNA : Oh yes, I know that bit! Listen, have you got that stethoscope? Give it to me. Come on! JENNY : What're you doing? DONNA : It's all right. Just hold still. Donna places the stethoscope to Jenny's chest, first on the left, then on the right. Then she looks at the Doctor. DONNA : Come here. Listen. And then tell me where she belongs. She handles him the stethoscope and makes him hear heartbeats on both sides. He steps back and stares at Jenny. DOCTOR : Two hearts. DONNA : Exactly. JENNY : What's going on? DONNA : Does that mean she's a...? What do you call a female Time Lord? JENNY : What's a Time Lord? DOCTOR : It's who I am. It's where I'm from. JENNY : And I'm from you. DOCTOR : You're an echo, that's all. A Time Lord is so much more. A sum of knowledge. A code. A shared history. A shared suffering. (pause) Only it's gone now. All of it. Gone forever. JENNY : What happened? DOCTOR : There was a w*r. JENNY : Like this one? He laughs at the absurdity of the comparison. DOCTOR: Bigger. Much bigger. JENNY : And you fought? And k*lled? DOCTOR (darkly): Yes. JENNY : Then how are we different? *** Martha is talking to the only Hath who stayed in the encampment with her. MARTHA : I need to charge it up, I need power, d'you understand? The Hath is fiddling with the controls of the map, changing it into 3D. MARTHA : There's even more! In 3D! Oh, you're a clever Hath! So this is where everybody's headed? But look... those tunnels sort of zig-zag. If I went up and over the surface in a straight line, I'd get there first. The Hath gurgles, protesting. MARTHA : Why not? He brings up a diagram. MARTHA : Are these readings to the surface? Well it doesn't look too bad. Nitrogen and oxygen about 80:20, that's fine. Ozone levels are high. And some big radiation spikes. But as long as I'm not out there too long... The Hath seems to ask a question. MARTHA : I have to find my friends. She runs off but turns back to the gurgling of the Hath, he seems to ask if he can come too. MARTHA: Come on, then! *** Jenny goes to the cell door to talk with Cline. JENNY : Hey. CLINE : I'm not supposed to talk to you, I'm on duty. JENNY : I know. Guarding me. (flirting) So does that mean I'm dangerous? Or that I need protecting? CLINE : Protecting from what? JENNY : Oh, I don't know. Men like you? She pulls him closer for a kiss, then grabs his g*n and points it at him. JENNY : Keep quiet and open the door. During this, the Doctor and Donna were waiting out of sight. DONNA: I'd like to see you try that! *** They walk downstairs, but stop when they notice another guard. DOCTOR : That's the way out. Jenny cocks the g*n but the Doctor stops him. DOCTOR : Don't you dare! Donna steps between the two. DONNA : Let me distract this one. I have picked up a few womanly wiles over the years. DOCTOR : Let's... save your wiles for later. In case of emergency. He uses a wind-up mouse to distract the guard, then Jenny steps behind the guard and knocks him out. DOCTOR : I was gonna distract him, not clobber him! JENNY : Well, it worked, didn't it? DOCTOR : They must all have a copy of that new map. Just stay there, don't hurt anyone. *** The Hath are marching down a corridor, then they stop at a point and start to break through the wall. *** Martha and his new friend are heading upstairs, but the Hath starts to protest. MARTHA : You can stay down here and live your whole life in the shadows, or come with me and stand in the open air. Feel the wind on your face. What's it gonna be? (he seems undecided). It's up to you. But nothing's gonna stop me. She climbs out to the surface, the Hath following her. They are on a cold, windy, deserted planet lit by three moons. MARTHA : I knew you couldn't resist it. The Hath gurgles. MARTHA : Er, language! Come on. *** The soldiers find Cline inside the cell, tied up. CLINE : It was the girl. She tricked me, they... they got away. I'm sorry. GENERAL COBB : I waited all my life for this moment. No-one's gonna get in my way. Certainly not this Doctor. At arms! We march! To w*r! *** The Doctor is looking at the map they've taken from the guard. DOCTOR : Wait! This is it. The hidden tunnel. There must be a control panel. He sonics the walls beside the locked door, while Donna notices another number. DONNA : It's another one of those numbers. They're everywhere. DOCTOR: The original builders must've left them. Some old cataloguing system. DONNA: You got a pen? Bit of paper? Cos, d'you see, the numbers are counting down. (the Doctor gives her pen and paper and she takes notes). This one ends in 1-4, the prison cell said 1-6. JENNY : Always thinking, both of you. Who are you people? DOCTOR: I told you. I'm the Doctor. JENNY : The Doctor? That's it? DONNA : That's all he ever says. JENNY : So, you don't have a name either? Are you an anomaly too? DOCTOR : No. DONNA : Oh, come off it! You're the most anomalous bloke I've ever met! The Doctor takes off the cover of the control panel. DOCTOR : Here it is! JENNY : And Time Lords, what are they for exactly? DOCTOR : 'For'? They're not... They're not 'for' anything. JENNY : So what do you do? DOCTOR : I travel. Through time and space. DONNA : He saves planets, rescues civilizations, defeats terrible creatures. And runs a lot. Seriously, there's an outrageous amount of running involved. The door slides open. DOCTOR : Got it! GENERAL COBB (voice from the distance): Squad 5, with me! DOCTOR : Now, what were you saying about running? They run, but soon are stopped by red beams crossing the tunnel, blocking their way. DONNA : That's not mood lighting, is it? The Doctor throws the clockwork mouse into the lights. It bursts into sparkles when it touches the first beam. DONNA : No, I didn't think so. DOCTOR : Arming device. He starts to fiddle with the controls while Donna notices yet another set of numbers. DONNA : There's more of these. Always eight numbers, counting down, the closer we get... DOCTOR : Here we go! DONNA : You better be quick! JENNY (hearing the voice of the soldiers): The General! She turns to run back but the Doctor catches her. DOCTOR : Where are you going? JENNY : I can hold them up. DOCTOR : No, we don't need any more d*ad. JENNY : But it's them or us. DOCTOR: It doesn't mean you have to k*ll them! JENNY: I'm trying to save your life! DOCTOR: Listen to me, the k*lling, after a while it infects you. And once it does you're never rid of it. JENNY : We don't have a choice. DOCTOR : We always have a choice. JENNY: I'm sorry. She runs off. DOCTOR: Jenny! SOLDIERS: This door! Now! The first soldier catches sight of Jenny. SOLDIER: There she is! At arms! Jenny opens f*re and the soldiers do the same. Hearing the sh*ts, Donna looks very worried but the Doctor tries not to care. DOCTOR : I told you. Nothing but a soldier. DONNA: She's trying to help. DOCTOR : Jenny! Come on! JENNY: I'm coming! GENERAL COBB : Cease f*re! Cease f*re! The soldiers stop. At the same time, the Doctor manages to turn off the red beams. DONNA: That's it! DOCTOR: Jenny! Leave it! Let's go! He and Donna run through the now safe corridor hand in hand. General Cobb walks forward, trying to persuade Jenny. GENERAL COBB : You're a child of the machine. You're on my side. Join us! Join us in the w*r against the Hath. It's in your blood, girl, don't deny it. Jenny takes aim, but then she fires at a pipeline over Cobb's head, and a cloud of steam blocks the soldiers view. She laughs then runs to where she's left the Doctor and Donna. DOCTOR: Jenny! Come on! That's it! DONNA: Hurry up! But just when she reaches the corridor the red beams appear again. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no! The circuit's looped back! DONNA: Zap it back again! DOCTOR: The controls are back there! JENNY: They're coming! DOCTOR: Wait! J-Just...! There isn't...! Jenny, I can't! JENNY: I'll have to manage on my own. Watch and learn, Father! She gets through the blocked corridor with a series of somersaults. DONNA: No way! But that was impossible! DOCTOR: Not impossible. Just a bit unlikely! He hugs Jenny with a proud smile. DOCTOR: Brilliant! You were brilliant! Brilliant! JENNY: I didn't k*ll him. General Cobb, I could have k*ll him, but I didn't. You were right. I had a choice. The soldiers arrive to the other end of the corridor. Donna and Jenny go ahead but the Doctor stays to talk to Cobb. GENERAL COBB : At arms! DOCTOR: I warned you, Cobb. If the Source is a w*apon, I'm gonna make sure you never use it. GENERAL COBB : One of us is gonna die today and it won't be me. He opens f*re and the Doctor runs off too. *** Martha and the Hath are struggling forward on the surface. MARTHA: It can't be much further. (She trips and slips downhills, into a bog. She tries to get out but she can't). Help me! I'm sinking! I'm sinking! Help me! Peck! Help me! Help me, Peck! I'm sinking! (the Hath can't reach her) Oh it's no good. Aaah! The Hath can't help her, so at the end he jumps into the bog too and pushes her out to the shore. But then he himself can't get out and Martha watches him sink slowly. MARTHA: Oh noooo! Noooo! She cries as she watches the motionless surface. *** JENNY: So, you travel together, but you're not... 'together'? DONNA: What? No, no! No way! No, no. We're friends. That's all. I mean, we're not even the same species, there's probably laws against it. Jenny laughs. JENNY: And what's it like, the travelling? DONNA : Ah, never a dull moment. Can be terrifying, brilliant and funny, sometimes all at the same time. I've seen some amazing things though. Whole new worlds. JENNY: Oh, I'd love to see new worlds. DONNA: You will. Won't she, Doctor? DOCTOR: Hm? DONNA: D'you think Jenny will see any new worlds? DOCTOR (with a little smile) : I suppose so. JENNY: You mean... You mean, you'll take me with you? DOCTOR: We can't leave you here, can we? JENNY (hugging him): Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Come on! Let's get a move on! She runs ahead. DOCTOR: Careful, there might be traps! DONNA: Kids! They never listen! (But she notices that the Doctor still looks troubled). Oh, I know that look. See it a lot round our way. Blokes with pushchairs and frowns. You've got dad-shock. DOCTOR: Dad-shock? DONNA: Sudden, unexpected fatherhood. Take a bit of getting used to. DOCTOR: No, it's not that. DONNA: Well, what is it then? Having Jenny in the TARDIS is that it? What's she gonna do, cramp your style? Like you've got a sports car and she's gonna turn it into a people-carrier? DOCTOR: Donna, I've been a father before. DONNA : What? DOCTOR: I lost all that a long time ago. Along with everything else. DONNA: I'm sorry. I didn't know. Why didn't you tell me? You talk all the time, but you don't say anything. DOCTOR: I know. I'm just... When I look at her now I can see them. The hole they left, all the pain that filled it. I just don't know if I can face that every day. DONNA: It won't stay like that. She'll help you. We both will. DOCTOR: But when they died, that part of me died with them. It'll never come back. Not now. DONNA: I tell you something, Doctor, something I've never told you before. I think you're wrong. They hear sh**ting and Jenny returns to them. JENNY: They've blasted through the beams, time to run again. Love the running! Yeah? DOCTOR: Love the running. They smile at each other before they run again. *** Martha struggles forward on the surface, still wiping tears. But now, she is nearly at the "Temple". *** The Doctor, Donna and Jenny reach a d*ad end. DONNA: We're trapped. DOCTOR: Can't be. This must be the temple. (he touches a panel of the wall) This is a door. DONNA: And again! We're down to 1-2 now... DOCTOR: I've got it! JENNY: I can hear them! DOCTOR: Nearly done. DONNA (still talking about the numbers): These can't be a cataloguing system. JENNY: They're getting closer! DOCTOR: Then get back here! DONNA: They're too similar. Too familiar. JENNY: Not yet. DOCTOR: Now! Got it! The door opens. *** Martha reaches a very similar door on the surface and enters. *** The Doctor, Donna and Jenny get inside the "Temple". JENNY: They're coming! Close the door! The Doctor pushes some keys and the door slides closed. JENNY: Oh, that was close! DOCTOR: No fun otherwise! DONNA: It's not what I'd call a temple... JENNY: It looks more like... DOCTOR: Fusion-drive transport. It's a spaceship! DONNA: What, the original one? The one the first colonists arrived in? DOCTOR : Well, it could be, but the power cells would have run down after all that time. This one's still powered-up and functioning. Come on! As they run, they see that someone is cutting through another door. JENNY: It's the Haths! That door's not gonna last much longer. And if General Cobb gets through down there, w*r's gonna break out. DOCTOR: Look, look, look, look, look! Ship's log! He gets to the controls. DOCTOR: "First wave of Human/Hath co-colonisation of planet Messaline". JENNY: So it is the original ship. DONNA: What happened? DOCTOR: "Phase one. Construction." They used robot drones to build the city. DONNA: But, does it mention the w*r? The Doctor scrolls down. DOCTOR: Final entry... "Mission commander d*ad. Still no agreement on who should assume leadership. Hath and humans have divided into factions." That must be it! A power vacuum. The crew divided into two factions and turned on each other. Start using the progenation machines and suddenly you've got two armies fighting a never-ending w*r! JENNY: Two armies who are now both outside. DONNA: Look at that. She looks at a screen displaying a set of numbers similar to those on the walls. DOCTOR: It's like the numbers in the tunnels. DONNA: No, no, no, no, but listen... I spent six months working as a temp in Hounslow Library, and I mastered the Dewey Decimal System in two days flat. I'm good with numbers! It's staring us in the face! JENNY: What is? DONNA: It's the date! Assuming the first two numbers are some big old space date, then you've got year, month, day. It's the other way round, like it is in America! DOCTOR: Ohhh! It's the New Byzantine Calendar! DONNA: The codes are completion dates for each section. They finish it, they stamp the date on! So the numbers aren't counting down, they're going out, from here, day by day, as the city got built. DOCTOR: Yes! Oh, good work, Donna! DONNA: Yeah! But you're, you're still not getting it. The first number I saw back there, was 6012-07-17. Well, look at the date today! DOCTOR: 07-24. No! JENNY: What does it mean? DOCTOR : Seven days. DONNA: That's it! Seven days! DOCTOR: Just seven days?! JENNY: What d'you mean, seven days? DOCTOR: Seven days since w*r broke out. DONNA: This w*r started seven days ago! Just a week! A week! JENNY: They said years! DONNA: No. They said generations. And if they're all like you, and they're products of those machines... DOCTOR: They could have 20 generations in a day! Each generation gets k*lled in the w*r, passes on the legend! Ohhh! Donna, you're a genius! JENNY: But all the buildings, the encampments, they're in ruins. DOCTOR: No they're not ruined, they're just empty! Waiting to be populated! Oh, they've mythologised their entire history! The Source must be part of that too. Come on! They run again. They turn around a corner and bump into Martha. MARTHA: Doctor! DOCTOR: Martha! They hug each other. DOCTOR: I should've known you wouldn't stay away from the excitement! MARTHA: Donna! She runs to Donna and they hug too. DONNA: Oooh, you're filthy, what happened?! MARTHA: I, erm, took the surface route. They hear the voice of soldiers. DOCTOR: That's the general! We haven't got much time. DONNA: We don't even know what we're looking for! MARTHA: Is it me, or can you smell flowers? DOCTOR: Yes! Bougainvillea! I say we follow our nose! GENERAL COBB (voice from a distance) : Blocks 7 to 10, advance! With me! The Doctor, Donna, Jenny and Martha reach a place that looks like a huge greenhouse inside the spaceship filled with palms and other exotic plants. DOCTOR: Oh, yes! Yes! Isn't this brilliant? In the middle there's a small place around a pedestal that holds a glass sphere, containing shining gas. DONNA: Is that the Source? JENNY: It's beautiful. MARTHA: What is it? DOCTOR: Terraforming! It's a third generation terraforming device! DONNA: So why are we suddenly in Kew Gardens? DOCTOR: Because that's what it does. All this, only bigger. Much bigger! It's in a transit state. Producing all this must help keep it s*ab before they finally... The Haths and the humans soldiers appear from the opposite sides, cocking their g*n as soon as they catch sight of each other. DOCTOR: Stop! Hold your f*re! GENERAL COBB : What is this? Some kind of trap? DOCTOR: You said you wanted this w*r over. GENERAL COBB : I want this w*r won. DOCTOR: You can't win. No one can. You don't even know why you're here. Your whole history, it's just Chinese whispers. Getting more distorted the more it's passed on. (pointing to the sphere) This is the Source. This is what you're fighting over. A device to rejuvenate a planet's ecosystem. It's nothing mystical. It's from a laboratory, not some creator. It's a bubble of gases. A cocktail of stuff for accelerated evolution. Methane, hydrogen, ammonia, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids. It's used to make barren planets habitable. Look around you! It's not for k*lling, it's bringing life. If you allow it, it can lift you out of these dark tunnels and into the bright, bright sunlight! No more fighting. No more k*lling. He lifts up the sphere. DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor, and I declare this w*r is over! He throws it to the ground. The glass ball shatters and the gases escape, shining in gold and green as they spread out in the air. Amazed by the sight, human and Hath both put the g*n to the ground. JENNY: What's happening? DOCTOR: The gases will escape and trigger the terraforming process. JENNY: What does that mean? DOCTOR: It means a new world. Jenny laughs with delight, but then she looks at General Cobb, the only one who isn't enchanted by what's happened. He lifts his g*n to sh**t the Doctor, but Jenny steps in front of him. JENNY: No! The b*llet hits her and Jenny collapses into the Doctor's arms, while the soldiers hold down Cobb and take away his g*n. DOCTOR: Jenny? Jenny! Talk to me, Jenny! He sits down and takes Jenny into his lap. Martha checks her pulse and the wound. DONNA: Is she gonna be all right? Martha looks at Donna and shakes her head without a word. JENNY (whispering) : A new world. It's beautiful. DOCTOR: Jenny? Be strong, now. You need to hold on. D'you hear me? We've got things to do, you and me. Hey? Hey? We can go anywhere. Everywhere. You choose. JENNY: That sounds good. DOCTOR: You're my daughter and we've only just got started. You're gonna be great. You're gonna be more than great. You're gonna be amazing! You hear me? Jenny? She closes her eyes and dies. The Doctor kisses her forehead in despair, then he finds one last straw to clutch. DOCTOR: Two hearts. Two hearts, she's like me. If we wait... If we just wait... He looks at Martha for support. MARTHA: There's no sign, Doctor. There is no regeneration. She's like you, but... maybe not enough. DOCTOR: No. Too much. That's the truth of it. She was too much like me. He gently puts Jenny to the ground and kisses her one last time. Then he gets up, walks to General Cobb and picks up his g*n. He stands there, panting from anger and despair, pointing the g*n at Cobb's head. Martha and Donna are shocked to see what he's doing. But then he lowers the g*n and crouches down to Cobb. DOCTOR: I never would. Have you got that? I never would! (He stands up again and addresses both fighting parties). When you start this new world. This world of Humans and Haths... remember that! Make the foundation of this society. A man who never would! He throws away the g*n and sits back to Jenny's body. *** Jenny is laid out in the theatre room that used to be the human encampment. The Doctor, Donna, Martha, Cline and a Hath are around her. Suddenly, beams of light come through the windows. MARTHA: It's happening. The terraforming. DONNA: Build a city, nice and safe underground. Strip away the top soil. And there it is. (pause) And what about Jenny? CLINE: Let us give her a proper ceremony. I think it'd help us. Please. The Doctor, lost in dark thoughts, nods his approval. *** The Doctor, Donna and Martha are back in the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Jenny was the reason for the TARDIS bringing us here. It just got here too soon, which then created Jenny in the first place. Paradox. An endless paradox. Donna and Martha watch him with sympathy. DOCTOR: Time to go home? MARTHA: Yeah. Home. He starts to pull controls, but without his usual enthusiasm. *** Donna and Martha walk down the road of Martha's house. DONNA: You sure about this? MARTHA: Yeah, positive. I can't do this any more. You'll be the same one day. DONNA: Not me. Never! How could I ever go back to normal life after seeing all this? (She looks back to the Doctor who is a few step behind them). I'm gonna travel with that man for ever. They hug each other. MARTHA: Good luck. DONNA: And you. Donna stops while Martha and the Doctor walk a few steps ahead. DOCTOR: We're making a habit of this. MARTHA: Yeah. And you'd think it'd get easier. (she looks at the Doctor) All those things you've been ready to die for. I thought for a moment there you'd finally found something worth living for. DOCTOR: Oh... there's always something worth living for, Martha. They hug. MARTHA: Bye, Doctor. DOCTOR: Goodbye. Doctor Jones. He turns back and walks to the TARDIS with Donna. For a second, Martha seems almost regretting her decision, then she looks at her engagement ring, smiles and rushes into the house. *** Cline and the Hath are preparing Jenny for the ceremony. They put a pillow under her head and a sheet over her body. But suddenly her mouth opens and light comes out, resembling the terraforming substance. Cline and the Hath look at each other bemused. Then they get completely shocked when Jenny opens her eyes and smiles at them. JENNY: Hello, boys. *** Cline and the Hath are looking for Jenny. CLINE: The shuttle! He goes to a panel on the wall. CLINE (over intercom) : Jenny? What're you doing? Come back! Jenny is pushing controls to start the engines of the shuttle. JENNY: Sorry. Can't stop. What you gonna do, tell my dad? CLINE: But where are you going?! JENNY: Oh, I've got the whole universe! Planets to save, civilizations to rescue, creatures to defeat... and an awful lot of running to do! She sh**t off to the sky with a huge smile on her face.
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The peace and quiet of the garden of a manor house is disturbed by the sound of the TARDIS materializing. The Doctor steps out, followed by Donna. There's a loud buzz as they walk towards the house. DOCTOR: Smell that air. Grass and lemonade... and a little bit of mint. A hint of mint, must be the 1920s. DONNA: You can tell what year it is just by smelling? DOCTOR: Oh yeah! DONNA: Or maybe that big vintage car coming up the drive gave it away. A vintage car pulls up at the entrance to the manor. The butler, Greeves and a young footman, Davenport come out of the house. GREEVES: The Professor's baggage, Richard, step lively! Davenport goes for the baggage, while Professor Peach steps out of the car and walks to the entrance. GREEVES: Good afternoon, Professor Peach. PROFESSOR PEACH: Hello, Greeves old man. A vicar rides up the drive on his bike. PROFESSOR PEACH: Ah, Reverend. REVEREND: Professor Peach! Beautiful day. (he gets off the bike). The lord's in his heaven, all's right with the world. GREEVES: Revered Golightly. Lady Eddison requests you make yourselves comfortable in your rooms. Cocktails will be served on the lawn from half past four. PROFESSOR PEACH: You go on up, I have to check something in the library. REVEREND: Oh? PROFESSOR PEACH: Alone. REVEREND: This is supposed to be a party! All this work will be the death of you. During this, the Doctor and Donna have been hiding in a bush, listening in on the conversation. DONNA: Never mind Planet Zog, a party in the 1920s, that's more like it! DOCTOR: Problem is, we haven't been invited. (he gets the psychic paper out, grinning) Oh I forgot, yes we have! *** In the library, Professor Peach is examining a piece of paper closely with his spectacles on. PROFESSOR PEACH: I was right! Kept secret all these years, it's unbelievable. But why didn't they ask... Heavens! (He notices someone coming up to him, but then he relaxes) .Oh, it's you. I was just doing a little research. I say, what are you doing with that lead piping? Buzzing, a giant wasp closes in on Professor Peach. PROFESSOR PEACH: But that's impossible! OPENING CREDITS The Doctor taps on the TARDIS doors impatiently. DOCTOR: We'll be late for cocktails! Donna steps out of the TARDIS wearing a 1920s style brown dress. DONNA: What d'you think? Flapper or slapper? The Doctor looks her up and down enquiringly, but then smiles as he speaks, linking arms with her. DOCTOR: Flapper. You look lovely! *** In the garden of the manor, a footman adjusts the music player. Classical music plays as Miss Chandrakala claps impatiently at the staff, noticing the Doctor and Donna heading for them. MISS CHANDRAKALA: Look sharp, we have guests! DOCTOR (waving): Good afternoon! Davenport walks over to serve them. DAVENPORT: Drinks sir? Ma'am? DONNA: Sidecar, please. DOCTOR: And a lime and soda, thank you. Davenport walks away while Greeves introduces Lady Eddison. GREEVES: May I announce, Lady Clemency Eddison. Lady Eddison walks over to greet the Doctor and Donna. The Doctor holds his hand out for a shake. DOCTOR: Lady Eddison. LADY EDDISON: Forgive me, but who exactly might you be... and what are you doing here? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. And this is Miss Donna Noble... of the Chiswick Nobles. DONNA (putting on a posh accent): Good afternoon, my lady. Topping day, what? Spiffing! Top hole! DOCTOR (to Donna): No, no, no, no, no. Don't do that, don't. He gets out the psychic paper and presents it to Lady Eddison. DOCTOR: We were thrilled to receive your invitation, my lady. We met at the Ambassador's reception. LADY EDDISON: Doctor, how could I forget you? But one must be sure with the Unicorn on the loose. DOCTOR: A unicorn? Brilliant! Where? LADY EDDISON: The Unicorn. The jewel thief. And nobody knows who he is. He's just struck again, snatched Lady Babbington's pearls right from under her nose. DONNA (to the Doctor): Funny place to wear pearls. Greeves introduces two newcomers, and elderly man in wheelchair and a young man pushing him. GREEVES: May I announce, the Colonel Hugh Curbishley, the Honourable Roger Curbishley. LADY EDDISON: My husband. And my son. COLONEL: Forgive me for not rising. Never been the same ever since that flu epidemic back in '18. ROGER (to Donna): My word, you are a super lady. DONNA: Oh, I like the cut of your jib. Chin chin. DOCTOR (shaking hands with Roger): Hello, I'm the Doctor. ROGER: How do you do? DOCTOR: Very well. Davenport offers Roger a drink. DAVENPORT: Your usual, sir? ROGER: Ah, thank you Davenport. Just how I like it. DONNA (to the Doctor): How come she's an Eddison but her husband and son are Curbishleys? DOCTOR: The Eddison title descends through her. One day Roger will be a lord. The butler introduces another woman walking into the garden. GREEVES: Robina Redmond! LADY EDDISON: She's the absolute h*t of the social scene, a must. (she greets Robina as they shake hands). Miss Redmond! ROBINA: Spiffing to meet you at last, my lady. What super fun! The Reverend walks into the group Greeves introduces him. GREEVES: Reverend Arnold Golightly. LADY EDDISON (shaking hands): Ah, Reverend. How are you? I heard about the church last Thursday night. Those ruffians breaking in. They have walked together over to where Colonel is sitting on his wheelchair. COLONEL: You apprehended them, I hear. REVEREND: As the Christian Fathers taught me, we must forgive them their trespasses. Quite literally. ROGER: Some of these young boys deserve a descent thrashing. DAVENPORT (with a meaningful look): Couldn't agree more, sir. DONNA (to the Doctor): Typical. All the decent men are on the other bus. DOCTOR: Or Time Lords. ROGER (to Lady Eddison): Now, my lady, what about this special guest you promised us? LADY EDDISON (pointing to Agatha Christie, who is entering the group): Here she is, a lady who needs no introduction! Everyone starts clapping. AGATHA: No, no, please. Don't. Thank you, Lady Eddison. Honestly, there's no need. She holds out her hand to the Doctor. AGATHA: Agatha Christie. DONNA: What about her? AGATHA: That's me. DONNA: Nooo. (Agatha laughs) You're kidding. DOCTOR (shaking her hand) : Agatha Christie! I was just talking about you the other day. I said, “I bet she's brilliant”. I'm the Doctor and this is Donna. Ohhh, I love your stuff. What a mind! You fool me every time. Well, almost every time. Well, once or twice. Well, once. But it was a good once! AGATHA: You make a rather unusual couple. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no, we're not married. DONNA: We're not a couple. AGATHA: Well obviously not. No wedding ring. Donna looks at her fingers. DOCTOR: Oh, oh, you don't miss a trick. AGATHA: I'd stay that way if I were you. The thrill is in the chase, never in the capture. Lady Eddison comes over. LADY EDDISON: Mrs Christie, I'm so glad you could come. I'm one of your greatest followers. I've read all six of your books. Is, ah, Mr Christie not joining us? AGATHA: Is he needed? Can't a woman make her own way in the world? COLONEL (laughing) : Don't give my wife ideas. ROGER: Now Mrs Christie, I have a question. Why a Belgian detective? The Doctor goes and snatches the Colonel's newspaper. DOCTOR: 'Scuse me. AGATHA: Belgians make such lovely buns. Everyone laughs. ROGER: I say, where on earth is Professor Peach? He'd love to meet Mrs Christie. REVEREND: Said he was going to the library. The Doctor beckons to Donna and she walks over. LADY EDDISON: Miss Chandrakala, would you go and collect the professor? MISS CHANDRAKALA: At once, milady. DOCTOR: The date on this newspaper. DONNA: What about it? DOCTOR: It's the day Agatha Christie disappeared. *** Miss Chandrakala knocks on the library door. MISS CHANDRAKALA: Professor Peach! She opens the door. MISS CHANDRAKALA: Professor? Her mouth opens in horror. *** DOCTOR: She'd just discovered her husband was having an affair. DONNA: You'd never think to look at her. Smiling away. DOCTOR: Well, she's British and moneyed. That's what they do. They carry on. Except for this one time. No one knows exactly what happened, she just vanished. Newspapers spin to show headlines like "Mystery Writer Disappears". Then we see flashes of what the Doctor is talking about: a vintage car by a lake... DOCTOR (VO): Her car will be found tomorrow morning by the side of a lake. Ten days later, Agatha Christie turns up in a hotel in Harrogate. ...and Agatha standing in front of "The Harrogate Hotel", looking confused. DOCTOR: Said she'd lost her memory. She never spoke about the disappearance till the day she died, but whatever it was... DONNA: It's about to happen. DOCTOR: Right here, right now. Miss Chandrakala comes out of the house running. MISS CHANDRAKALA: Professor! The library! m*rder! m*rder! *** The Doctor, Donna and Agatha enter the library. The Doctor runs to the body, he bends down and takes his glasses out. Greeves arrives next. GREEVES : Oh my goodness. DOCTOR: Bashed on the head. Blunt instrument. Watch broke as he fell, (he checks the watch on Professor Peach's hand) time of death was quarter past four. He gets up and starts searching the papers on the desk. DONNA: Bit of pipe. (she lifts up a pipe lying next to the body). Call me Hercule Poirot, but I reckon that's blunt enough. Agatha Christie picks something out of the grate. DOCTOR: Nothing worth k*lling for in that lot, dry as dust. DONNA: Hold on. The body in the library? I mean, Professor Peach, in the library, with the lead piping? The voices of the other members of the party drift in to the room. They gather in to the room, look down in horror and disgust, and all talk simultaneously. LADY EDDISON: Let me see. COLONEL: Out of my way! LADY EDDISON: Gerald! REVEREND: Saints preserve us! ROBINA: Oh, how awful... AGATHA: Someone should call the police. DOCTOR: You don't have to. (he flashes the psychic paper around). Chief Inspector Smith from Scotland Yard. Known as the Doctor. Miss Noble is the plucky young girl who helps me out. LADY EDDISON: I say. DOCTOR: Mrs Christie was right. Go into the sitting room. I will question each of you in turn. AGATHA: Come along, do as the Doctor says. Leave the room undisturbed. Everyone but the Doctor and Donna leave. DONNA: "The plucky young girl who helps me out"? The Doctor gets down on the ground. DOCTOR: No policewomen in 1926. DONNA: I'll pluck you in a minute. Why don't we phone the real police? DOCTOR: Well the last thing we want is PC Plod sticking his nose in. He scrapes some slime off the floor with a stick. DOCTOR: Especially now I've found this! Morphic residue. DONNA: Morphic? Doesn't sound very 1926. DOCTOR: It's left behind when certain species genetically re-encode. DONNA: The m*rder is an alien. DOCTOR: Which means, one of that lot is an alien in human form. DONNA: Yeah, but think about it. There's a m*rder, a mystery, and Agatha Christie. DOCTOR: So? Happens to me all the time. He smells the slime then puts in under Donna's nose. DONNA: No, but isn't that a bit weird? Agatha Christie didn't walk around surrounded by m*rder. Not really. I mean that's like meeting Charles Dickens, and he's surrounded by ghosts. At Christmas. DOCTOR: Well... DONNA: Oh, come on! It's not like we could drive across country and find Enid Blyton having tea with Noddy. Could we? Noddy's not real. Is he? Tell me there's no Noddy! DOCTOR: There's no Noddy. DONNA: Next thing you know, you'll be telling me it's like m*rder On The Orient Express, and they all did it! While she speaks they exit the library and meet Agatha at the bottom of the staircase. AGATHA: m*rder on the Orient Express? DONNA: Oh, yeah. One of your best! DOCTOR: But not yet. AGATHA: Marvellous idea though. DONNA: Yeah. Tell you what, copyright Donna Noble, okay? DOCTOR: Anyway! Agatha and I will question the suspects, Donna, you search the bedrooms. Look for clues. (whispering) Any more residue. (He gives her a magnifying glass). You'll need this. DONNA: Is that for rea l? DOCTOR: Go on. You're ever so plucky. Not too pleased, Donna heads upstairs, while the Doctor beams at Agatha. DOCTOR: Right then! Solving a m*rder mystery with Agatha Christie, brilliant! AGATHA: How like a man to have fun, while there's disaster all around him. DOCTOR: Sorry, yeah. AGATHA: I'll work with you, gladly. But for the sake of justice. Not your own amusement. DOCTOR: Yeah. *** DOCTOR: Now then, Reverend. Where were you at a quarter past four? REVEREND: Let me think. Oh yes, I remember. Flashback scene begins: we see him hanging clothes in the wardrobe. REVEREND (VO): I was unpacking in my room. DOCTOR (VO): No alibi then. AGATHA (VO): You were alone? The flashback ends. REVEREND: With the Lord, one is never truly alone. Doctor? *** DOCTOR: And where were you? ROGER: Let me think... I was, um... Oh, yes, I was taking a constitutional, in the fields behind the house. Flashback begins. ROGER (VO): Just taking a stroll, that's all. DOCTOR (VO): Alone? ROGER (VO): Oh, yes, all alone. Totally alone! Absolutely alone. Completely, all of the time. In the flashback, we see him meeting Davenport and the pair of them walking off hand in hand. ROGER (VO): I wandered lonely as the proverbial cloud, there was no-one else with me, not at all. Flashback ends. ROGER: Not ever! *** DOCTOR: And where were you? ROBINA: At a quarter past four? Well, I went to the toilet when I arrived, and then, um... Flashback starts. ROBINA (VO): Oh, yes, I remember. She is indeed in the bathroom, but we see her pulling out a small revolver from her handbag. ROBINA (VO): I was preparing myself, positively buzzing with excitement about the party... and the super fun of meeting Lady Eddy. Flashback ends. DOCTOR: We've only got your word for it. ROBINA: That's your problem, not mine. *** DOCTOR: And where were you, sir? COLONEL: Quarter past four? Dear me, let me think... Ah, yes, I remember. Flashback starts. COLONEL (VO): I was in my study, reading through some military memoirs. Fascinating stuff. We see that he was actually watching some erotic pictures. COLONEL (VO): Took me back to my days in the army. Started reminiscing... Flashback within the flashback: the Colonel remembers a revue with cancan dancers. COLONEL (VO): Mafeking, you know... Terrible w*r. DOCTOR (VO): Colonel, snap out of it! The Colonel gets out of the revue flashback, but is still in the first one of watching pictures in his study. COLONEL (VO): I was in my study... DOCTOR: No, no, no. Right out of it! The flashback ends. COLONEL: Oh, sorry. Got a bit carried away there. *** DOCTOR: And where were you at a quarter past four, my lady? LADY EDDISON: Now let me see... Flashback begins. LADY EDDISON (VO): Yes, I remember. I was sitting in the Blue Room, taking my afternoon tea. We see her drinking spirits from a bottle. LADY EDDISON (VO): It's a ritual of mine, I needed to gather strength for the duty of hostess. I then proceeded to the lawn where I met you, Doctor. And I said, "And who exactly might you be and what are you doing here?" And you said, "I am the Doctor and this is Miss Donna Noble". DOCTOR (VO): Yes, yes, you can stop now. Flashback ends. DOCTOR: I was there for that bit. LADY EDDISON: Of course. (she burps) Excuse me. *** All suspects questioned, the Doctor and Agatha are walking up and down the room, trying to solve the mystery. AGATHA: No alibis for any of them. The secret adversary remains hidden. We must look for a motive, use "the little grey cells". DOCTOR: Oh, yes, little grey cells, good old Poirot. He sits down to the chair the suspects were using. DOCTOR: Do you know, I've been to Belgium, yeah. Flashback begins. DOCTOR (VO): I remember... We see him in a forest, cutting way with a machete, armed with bow and arrows. DOCTOR (VO): I was deep in the Ardennes, trying to find Charlemagne. He'd been kidnapped by an insane computer. AGATHA (VO): Doctor! Flashback ends. DOCTOR: Sorry. AGATHA: Charlemagne lived centuries ago! DOCTOR: I've got a very good memory. AGATHA: For such an experienced detective, you missed a big clue. DOCTOR: What, that bit of paper you nicked out the f*re? AGATHA: You were looking the other way! DOCTOR: Yeah, but I saw you reflected in the glass of the bookcase. AGATHA: You crafty man. They smile at each other. AGATHA: This is all that was left. The Doctor rushes to her and they try to decipher the writing DOCTOR: What's that first letter? N or M? AGATHA: It's an M. The word is maiden. DOCTOR: Maiden! What does that mean? AGATHA: We're still no further forward. Our nemesis remains at large. Unless Miss Noble's found something. *** Upstairs, Donna tries to open a door but it is locked. Greeves appears suddenly and she lets out a surprised little scream. GREEVES: You won't find anything in there. DONNA: How come it's locked? GREEVES: Lady Eddison commands it to be so. DONNA: And I command it to be otherwise. Scotland Yard, pip-pip. Reluctant, he moves forward to unlock the door. DONNA: Why's it locked in the first place? GREEVES: Many years ago, when my father was butler to the family, Lady Eddison returned from India with malaria. She locked herself in this room for six months until she recovered. Since then, the room has remained undisturbed. He opens the door and Donna steps in. GREEVES: There's nothing in here. DONNA: How long's it been empty? GREEVES: Forty years. DONNA: Why would she seal it off? All right, I need to investigate, you just... butle off. She closes the door behind herself and starts to look around. She finds a big teddy bear on the bed, then hears a buzz. DONNA: 1926, they've still got bees. Oh, what a noise! All right, busy bee, I'll let you out. Hold on, I shall find you with my amazing powers of detection. Lifting up the magnifying glass, she walks to the window. She pulls aside the heavy curtains hiding the view, and sees a giant wasp. She screams as the wasp breaks through the glass. DONNA: That's impossible! (thr*at by the wasp, she backs to the window). Doctor! The wasp is about to att*ck, but she holds out the magnifying glass and focuses the sunlight on it's body, stopping it for a moment. DONNA: DOCTOR! She runs out of the room and shuts the door. The wasp stings through the wood and she screams. The Doctor and Agatha arrive running. DONNA: It's a giant wasp! DOCTOR: What d'you mean, a giant wasp? DONNA: I mean, a wasp that's giant! AGATHA: It's only a silly little insect. DONNA: When I say giant, I don't mean big, I mean flippin' enormous! Look at its sting! They look down at the huge sting, stuck into the door. DOCTOR: Let me see. He gets into the room but it's empty. DOCTOR: It's gone. Buzzed off. Agatha bows to examine the sting. AGATHA: But that's fascinating... DOCTOR: D-D-D-Don't touch it! Don't touch it! Let me... (He collects some slime from the sting into a test tub). Giant wasp... Well, tons of amorphous insectivorous lifeforms, but none in this galactic vector. AGATHA: I think I understood some of those words. Enough to know that you're completely potty. DONNA: Lost its sting though, that makes it defenceless. DOCTOR: Oh, creature this size, got to be able to grow a new one. AGATHA: Can we return to sanity? There are no such things as giant wasps! DOCTOR: Exactly. So, question is, what's it doing here? *** The household staff discuss the events in the kitchen. MRS HART : A m*rder? That's put the cat among the pigeons and no mistake! MISS CHANDRAKALA: It is not the stuff of gossip Mrs Hart, continue with your work. DAVENPORT : But who'd want to do in the old professor? He was always asking questions about that book of his, what's all that about? MISS CHANDRAKALA: A d*ad man's folly, nothing more. Though perhaps if he asked about... I must go and see milady. She walks outside, a gargoyle falls off the roof and she screams as it heads towards her. The Doctor, Donna and Agatha hear the thud and run outside. They kneel beside Miss Chandrakala. MISS CHANDRAKALA: The... poor... little... child... She dies. There is a buzz, the Doctor looks up and sees the giant wasp. DOCTOR: There! The wasp flies off and they run into the house. DOCTOR: Come on! DONNA: Hey, this makes a change, there's a monster, and we're chasing it. AGATHA: Can't be a monster, it's a trick, they do it with mirrors! The Doctor, Donna and Agatha run up the stairs and find the wasp. AGATHA: By all that's holy! DOCTOR: Oh, but you are wonderful! The wasp flies at them. DOCTOR: Now, just stop, stop there! DONNA: Oi, fly boy! She points the magnifying glass at the wasp and it flies off. DOCTOR: Don't let it get away! Quick! Before it reverts back to human form. They run down the stairs and stop at the end of an empty corridor. DOCTOR: Where are you? Come on! There's nowhere to run. Show yourself! The doors along the corridor open and all the guests and family emerge from their rooms. DOCTOR: Oh, that's just cheating. *** Everyone gathers in the drawing room. LADY EDDISON (in tears): My faithful companion, this is terrible! DAVENPORT: Excuse me, my lady, but she was on her way to tell you something. LADY EDDISON: She never found me. She had an appointment with death instead. DOCTOR: She said "The poor little child". Does that mean anything to anyone? COLONEL: No children in this house for years, (looking at his son and Davenport) highly unlikely there will be. LADY EDDISON: Mrs Christie, you must have twigged something, you've written simply the best detective stories. REVEREND: Tell us, what would Poirot do? COLONEL: Heavens sake! Cards on the table, woman, you should be helping us. AGATHA: But, I'm merely a writer. ROBINA : But surely you can crack it, these events, they're exactly like one of your plots. DONNA: That's what I've been saying! Agatha, that's gotta mean something. AGATHA: But, what? I've no answers. None. I'm sorry, all of you, I'm truly sorry, but I've failed. If anyone can help us then it's the Doctor, not me. *** Donna sits outside with Agatha. DONNA: D'you know what I think? Those books of yours, one day they could turn them into films, they could be talking pictures. AGATHA: Talking pictures? Pictures that... talk? What do you mean? DONNA: Oh, blimey, I've done it again. AGATHA: I appreciate you trying to be kind, but you're right, these m*rder are like my own creations. It's as though someone's mocking me, and I've had enough scorn for one lifetime. DONNA: Yeah... Thing is, I had this bloke once, I was engaged, and I loved him, I really did. Turns out he was lying through his teeth. But d'you know what? I moved on. I was lucky, I found the Doctor, it's changed my life. There's always someone else. AGATHA: I see. Is my marriage the stuff of gossip now? DONNA: No! I just... sorry. AGATHA: No matter. The stories are true. I found my husband with another woman. A younger, prettier woman, isn't it always the way? DONNA: Well, mine was with a giant spider, but, same difference. AGATHA: You and the Doctor talk such wonderful nonsense. DONNA: Agatha, people love your books, they really do, they're gonna be reading them for years to come. AGATHA: If only! Try as I might it's hardly great literature, now that's beyond me. I'm afraid my books will be forgotten, like ephemera. (She spots something). Hello, what's that? Those flowerbeds were perfectly neat earlier, now some of the stalks are bent over. She takes a small box out of the flowerbed. DONNA: There you go, who'd ever notice that? You're brilliant! *** Ins the room they were questioning the suspects, the Doctor opens the box. It's full of strange tools. DOCTOR: Oh! Someone came here tooled up. The sort of stuff a thief would use. AGATHA: The Unicorn? He's here! DOCTOR: The Unicorn and the wasp... Greeves enters the room. GREEVES: Your drinks, ladies. Doctor. DOCTOR: Very good, Greeves. They take the drinks and the butler leaves. DONNA: How about the science stuff, what did you find? The Doctor pulls out the test tube. DOCTOR: Vespiform sting. Vespiforms have got hives in the Silfrax galaxy. AGATHA: Again, you talk like Edward Lear. DOCTOR: But for some reason, this one's behaving like a character in one of your books. He sips at his drink. DONNA: Come on, Agatha, what would Miss Marple do? She'd have overheard something vital by now, because the m*rder thinks she's just a harmless old lady. AGATHA: Clever idea. Miss Marple? Who writes those? DONNA: Um, copyright Donna Noble, add it to the list. DOCTOR: Donna... DONNA: Okay, we could split the copyright. DOCTOR: No. Something's inhibiting my enzymes. ARGH! (In agony). I've been poisoned! DONNA: What do we do? What do we do?! She crouches beside the Doctor, trying to find a way to help, while Agatha smells his drink. AGATHA: Bitter almonds! It's cyanide! Sparkling cyanide! The Doctor runs out of the room, stumbling. Donna and Agatha follow him. *** They burst into the kitchen. The Doctor staggers to Davenport and grabs him. DOCTOR: Ginger beer! DAVENPORT (offended): I beg your pardon? DOCTOR: I need ginger beer! He struggles to a the kitchen shelf, sweeping off stuff while he searches for ginger beer. MRS HART: The gentleman's gone mad! The Doctor founds the bottle and drinks of it, then pours the rest on his head. AGATHA: I'm an expert in poisons, Doctor. There's no cure! It's fatal! He spits out the rest of the drink. DOCTOR: Not for me! I can stimulate the inhibited enzymes into reversal... Protein! I need protein! He leans on the worktop, panting in agony, while Donna and Agatha search the kitchen supplies. DONNA: Walnuts? DOCTOR: Brilliant! She hands him a jar of walnuts and he gobbles it down. Mouth full, he can only gesture to Donna, shaking his hand up and down. DONNA: I can't understand you! How many words? He shows up one finger. DONNA: One! One word! He keeps shaking his hand while Donna is guessing what he means. DONNA: Shake, milk shake, milk? Milk? No, not milk? Hm, shake, shake, shake... Cocktail shaker! What do you want, a Harvey Wallbanger? He finally manages to swallow the walnuts. DOCTOR: Harvey Wallbanger?! DONNA: Well, I don't know! DOCTOR: How is Harvey Wallbanger one word?! AGATHA: What do you need, Doctor?! DOCTOR: Salt, I was miming salt! Salt! I need something salty! DONNA: What about this? She shows him a brown bag. DOCTOR: What is it? DONNA: Salt! DOCTOR: That's too salty! DONNA: Oh, that's too salty! Agatha hands him a jar. AGATHA: What about this?! He opens the jar and gobbles the contents. DONNA: What's that? AGATHA: Anchovies! The Doctor gestures again. DONNA: What is it? What else? It's a song? Mammy? Um, I don't know, Camptown Races? DOCTOR: Camptown Races? DONNA: All right then, Towering Inferno! DOCTOR: It's a shock! Look! Shock! I need a shock! DONNA: Right then. Big shock, coming up! She grabs him and kisses him. She lets him go, and the Doctor breathes out a cloud of grey smoke. Donna, Agatha and the kitchen staff stare at him, shocked. DOCTOR: Detox! (he wipes his mouth). I must do that more often! Donna gives him a nasty look. DOCTOR: I mean, the, the detox. AGATHA (in disbelief): Doctor, you are impossible! Who are you? *** There is a clap of thunder and lightning. In the manor, the group is having dinner together in the dining room. DOCTOR: A terrible day for all of us. (pause) The Professor struck down, Miss Chandrakala taken cruelly from us... and yet we still take dinner. LADY EDDISON: We are British, Doctor. What else must we do? DOCTOR: Then someone tried to poison me. Any one of you had the chance to put cyanide in my drink. But it rather gave me an idea. REVEREND: And what would that be? DOCTOR: Well... poison. Drink up! (he gets suspicious looks from everyone). I've laced the soup with pepper. COLONEL: Ah, I thought it was jolly spicy. DOCTOR: But the active ingredient of pepper is piperine. Traditionally used as an insecticide. (they all stare at each other, confused) So, anyone got the shivers? There is a strike of lightning and the window is blown violently open, the candles blow out and the room goes all dark. COLONEL: What the deuce is that!? DOCTOR: Listen... listen, listen, listen! Silence. They all listen and hear a waspy buzz. LADY EDDISON (looking around): No, it can't be... There's another strike of lightning. AGATHA (rising): Show yourself, demon! DOCTOR (as they all begin to move): Nobody move! No, don't, stay where you are! The Vespiform shows itself. DOCTOR: Out, out, out, out! They spread out. The Doctor, pushing Agatha in front of him, ends up in a small room together with Donna and Greeves. DOCTOR: Not you, Agatha. You've got a long, long life to live yet. He takes a sword from a wall decoration. DONNA: Well, we know the butler didn't do it! DOCTOR (running back): Then who did? They find that most of the people didn't leave the dining room: Robina is sitting in astonishment, gasping, the Colonel is topsy-turvy on his wheelchair, Lady Eddison is at the head of the table, Davenport is on the ground, and the Reverend is to the side of the room. LADY EDDISON (feeling herself): My jewelry! The Firestone! It's gone! Stolen... DAVENPORT (in horror): Roger... Roger is lying with his head in a bowl, a Kn*fe in his back. Robina screams. Lady Eddison walks over to his son's body shaking her head in disbelief. She hugs him as she talks. LADY EDDISON (crying): My son... my child! *** In the drawing room, Agatha sits on the sofa and the Doctor stands in front of the fireplace, thinking. Donna walks in and sits next to Agatha. DONNA: That poor footman. Roger's d*ad and he can't even mourn him. 1926, it's more like the dark ages. AGATHA: Did you enquire after the necklace? DONNA: Lady Eddison bought it back from India. It's worth thousands. DOCTOR (pondering): It can sting, it can fly. It could wipe us all out in seconds, why is it playing this game? AGATHA: Every m*rder is essentially the same. They are committed because somebody wants something. DOCTOR: What does a Vespiform want? AGATHA: Doctor, stop it. The m*rder is as human as you or I. DOCTOR (sudden realisation): You're right! He walks over and kneels to Agatha. DOCTOR: Ah, I've been so caught up with giant wasps that I've forgotten. You're the expert! AGATHA: I'm not, I've told you! I'm just a... purveyor of nonsense. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no! Because plenty of people write detective stories, but yours are the best! And why? Why are you so good, Agatha Christie? Because you understand! You've lived... you've fought... you've had your heart broken. You know about people... their passions, their hope, and despair, and anger. All of those tiny, huge things, that can turn the most ordinary person into a k*ller. Just think, Agatha! If anyone can solve this... it's you! *** Everyone has gathered in the drawing room. The Doctor is standing in front of the group. DOCTOR: I've called you here on this endless night, because we have a m*rder in our midst. And when it comes to detection, there's none finer. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Agatha Christie! The Doctor takes a seat next to Donna as Agatha takes his spot. AGATHA: This is a crooked house. A house of secrets. To understand the solution, we must examine them all. Starting with you... Agatha pauses, looking in the direction of Lady Edison, but then turns to Robina. AGATHA: ...Miss Redmond. ROBINA: But I'm innocent, surely? AGATHA: You've never met these people and these people have never met you. I think the real Robina Redmond never left London, you're impersonating her! ROBINA: How silly! What proof do you have? AGATHA: You said you went to the toilet... DONNA: Oh, I know this. If she was really posh, she'd say "loo". Agatha reaches down to the coffee table and lifts up the Unicorn's box. AGATHA: Earlier today, Miss Noble and I found this on the lawn. Right beneath your bathroom window. You must have heard that Miss Noble was searching the bedrooms, so you panicked. You ran upstairs and disposed of the evidence. A flashback shows exactly what Agatha had just explained. ROBINA: I've never seen that thing before in my life. LADY EDDISON: What's inside it? Agatha opens the box to reveal its contents. AGATHA: The tools of your trade, Miss Redmond. Or should I say... (showing the tools to everyone) the Unicorn! Everyone stares at Rubina, shocked. AGATHA: You came to this house with one sole intention. To steal the Firestone! Robina looks Agatha closely in the eye, before getting up from her seat. Her voice, her accent, her whole attitude changes. ROBINA: Oh, alright then. It's a fair cop. Yes, I'm the bleedin' Unicorn. Ever so nice to meet you, I don't think. I took my chance in the dark and napped it. Go on then, you knobs. Arrest me, sling me in jail! She pulls out the Firestone from inside her dress and tosses it to the Doctor. DONNA: So, is she the m*rder? ROBINA: Don't be so thick. I might be a thief, but I ain't no k*ller. AGATHA: Quite. There are darker motives at work. And in examining this household, we come to you... (Agatha eyes Lady Edison again, but then turns away) Colonel! COLONEL: Damn it, woman! You with your perspicacity! You've rumbled me. He stands up from his wheelchair. LADY EDDISON: Hugh, you can walk! But why!? COLONEL: My darling, how else could I be certain of keeping you by my side? LADY EDDISON: I don't understand... COLONEL: You're still a beautiful woman, Clemency. Sooner or later some chap will turn your head. I couldn't bear that. Staying in the chair was the only way I could be certain of keeping you. (turning to Agatha) Confound it, Mrs Christie, how did you discover the truth? AGATHA: Um, actually I had no idea. I was just going to say you're completely innocent. COLONEL: Oh... ugh. AGATHA: Sorry! COLONEL: Well, well shall I sit down then? AGATHA: Yeah, I think you better had. He sits down and Lady Eddison holds his hand. DONNA: So he's not the m*rder? AGATHA: Indeed, not. To find the truth let's return to this. (she takes the Firestone from the Doctor). Far more than the Unicorn's object of desire. The Firestone has quite a history. Lady Eddison. LADY EDDISON (shocked): I've done nothing! AGATHA: You brought it back from India, did you not? Before you met the Colonel. You came home with malaria, and confined yourself to this house for six month, in a room that has been kept locked ever since, which I rather think means... LADY EDDISON: Stop, please. AGATHA: I'm so sorry. But you had fallen pregnant in India. Unmarried and ashamed, you hurried back to England with your confidante, a young maid later to become housekeeper Miss Chandrakala. COLONEL: Clemency, is this true? LADY EDDISON: My poor baby. I had to give him away. The shame of it. COLONEL: But you never said a word... LADY EDDISON: I had no choice. Imagine the scandal. The family name! I'm British, I carry on. DOCTOR: And it was no ordinary pregnancy. LADY EDDISON: How can you know that? DOCTOR: 'Scuse me Agatha, this is my territory. But when you heard that buzzing sound in the dining room, you said "It can't be." Why did you say that? LADY EDDISON (whispering): You'd never believe it. AGATHA: The Doctor has opened my mind to believe many things. Flashback starts, showing what Lady Eddison says. LADY EDDISON (VO): It was forty years ago, in the heat of Delhi, late one night. I was alone. And that's when I saw it, a dazzling light in the sky. The next day, he came to the house. Christopher, the most handsome man I'd ever seen. Our love blazed like a wildfire. I held nothing back. And in return... he showed me the incredible truth about himself. He'd made himself human, to learn about us. We see Christopher becoming a giant wasp. LADY EDDISON (VO): This was his true shape. Flashback ends. LADY EDDISON: I loved him so much, it didn't matter. But he was stolen from me. 1885, the year of the great monsoon. The river Jumna rose up and broke its banks. He was taken at the flood. But Christopher left me a parting gift, (flashback shows him giving her the Firestone) a jewel like no other. I wore it always, part of me never forgot. I kept it close. Always. ROBINA: Just like a man, flashes his family jewels, and you end up with a bun in the oven! AGATHA: A "poor little child". Forty years ago, Miss Chandrakala took that newborn babe to an orphanage. But Professor Peach worked it out. He found the birth certificate. DONNA: Oh, that's maiden! Maiden name! AGATHA: Precisely. DONNA: So, she k*lled him? LADY EDDISON: I did not! AGATHA: Miss Chandrakala feared that the Professor had unearthed your secret. She was coming to warn you. DONNA: So, she k*lled her? LADY EDDISON: I did not! AGATHA: Lady Eddison (pause) is innocent. Because at this point... Doctor! The Doctor rises from his seat and takes Agatha's place. DOCTOR: Thank you. At this point, when we consider the lies and the secrets, and the key to these events, then we have to consider... it was you, Donna Noble! He points to Donna who is staring at him in shock. DONNA: What!? Who did I k*ll? DOCTOR: No, but you said it, all along. The vital clue. This whole thing is being acted out like a m*rder mystery. Which means... (he points to Agatha) it was you, Agatha Christie! AGATHA (astounded): I beg your pardon, sir! DONNA: So, she k*lled them? DOCTOR: No! But she wrote! She wrote those brilliant, clever books. And who's her greatest admirer? The moving finger points at you... (he points at Lady Eddison) Lady Eddison! LADY EDDISON: Don't, leave me alone! DONNA: So, she did k*ll them? DOCTOR: No! But just think, last Thursday night, what were you doing? LADY EDDISON: I was... I was in the library. I was reading my favourite Agatha Christie (flashback shows Lady Eddison reading in the library) thinking about her plots, and how clever she must be. How is that relevant? DOCTOR : Just think. What else happened on Thursday night? The Doctor looks at Reverend Golightly who stares back, confused. REVEREND: I'm sorry? DOCTOR: You said on the lawn, this afternoon. Last Thursday night, those boys broke into your church. REVEREND: That's correct. Flashback of him walking into the church and finding a robbery. REVEREND (VO): They did. I discovered the two of them. Thieves in the night, I was most perturbed. REVEREND (in the flashback): What the blazes are you doing boys? Flashback ends. REVEREND: But, I apprehended them. DOCTOR: Really? A man of God against two strong lads? A man in his forties? Or, should I say... forty years old, exactly? LADY EDDISON: Oh my god! DOCTOR: Lady Eddison, your child, how old would he be now? LADY EDDISON: Forty, he's forty! DOCTOR: Your child has come home. REVEREND: This is poppycock! DOCTOR: Oh? You said you were taught by the Christian Fathers. Meaning, you were raised in an orphanage. LADY EDDISON: My son... can it be? DOCTOR: You found those thieves, Reverend, and you got angry! A proper, deep anger, for the first time in your life, and it broke the genetic lock! You've changed! Flashback to the night of the robbery, where we left off. The boys are heading away from the alter with the stolen items. REVEREND: Put thozzzzze... thingzzzzz... back where you found them! It'zzzz... Purple light engulfs him and he shakes violently. Flashback ends. DOCTOR: You realized your inheritance! After all these years, you knew who you were. He snatches the Firestone off Agatha. DOCTOR: Oh, and then it all kicks off, cos this isn't just jewel. It's a Vespiform telepathic recorder! It's part of you, your brain, your very essence. When you activated, so did the Firestone. It beamed your full identity directly into your mind. And, at the same time (flashback of Lady Eddison reading "The m*rder of Roger Ackroyd" in the library) it absorbed the works of Agatha Christie, directly from Lady Eddison. It all became part of you. Flashes of the Reverend and random pages from the book. DOCTOR: Mechanics of those novels formed a template in your brain. You've k*lled, in this pattern, because that's what you think the world is. Turns out, we are in the middle of a m*rder mystery. One of yours, Dame Agatha! AGATHA: Dame? DOCTOR: Oh, sorry, not yet. DONNA: So he k*lled them? Yes? Definitely? DOCTOR: Yes. REVEREND: Well... this has certainly been a most entertaining evening. Everyone stares at him. REVEREND: Really, you can't believe any of this surely, Lady Edizzzz... DOCTOR: Lady who? REVEREND (struggling): Lady Edizzzzzon... DOCTOR: Little bit of buzzing there, Vicar? REVEREND: Don't make me angry! He rises from his seat and stands up in front of the group. DOCTOR: Why? What happens then? REVEREND: Damn it! You humanzzzz! Worshipping your tribal sky godzzz! I am so much more! That night, the universe exploded in my mind! I wanted to take what wazzz mine. And you, Agatha Christie, with your railway station bookstall romancezzzzz... What'zzzzz to stop me k*lling you? LADY EDDISON: Oh, my dear god. (reaching out towards him) My child! Purple light surrounds the Reverend while he transforms into the Vespiform. REVEREND: What'zzzz to stop me k*lling you all? Fully transformed, he flies at the people. LADY EDDISON: Forgive me! COLONEL: No, no, Clemency, come bac k! Keep away, keep away my darling! He pulls her away from the Vespiform. They back into a corner with Greeves and Robina. AGATHA (holding up the Firestone): No! No more m*rder! If my imagination made you k*ll, then my imagination will find a way to stop you, foul creature! She runs out, the Doctor, Donna and the Vespiform following her. DONNA: Wait! Now it's chasing us! The two get out of the manor and shut the door behind them. Agatha drives up in one of the vintage cars and beeps a horns at them. The Vespiform breaks through the door. AGATHA: Over here! Come and get me, Reverend! DOCTOR: Agatha, what are you doing? AGATHA: If I started this Doctor, then I must stop it! She drives away. The Doctor and Donna run towards the other car. The Vespiform hesitates for a second, then flies off after Agatha. DOCTOR: Come on! AGATHA: It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault! The Doctor and Donna follow her with the other car. DONNA: You said this is the night Agatha Christie loses her memory. DOCTOR: Time is in flux, Donna! For all we know, this is the night Agatha Christie loses her life and history gets changed. DONNA: But where's she going? DOCTOR: The lake! She's heading for the lake. What's she doing? The cars stop at the Silent Pool lake. Agatha gets out and holds up the Firestone, which is engulfed in purple glow. AGATHA : Here I am! The honey in the trap. Come to me, Vespiform... DONNA: She's controlling it! DOCTOR: Its mind is based on her thought processes. They're linked! Donna and the Doctor stand beside Agatha. AGATHA: Quite so, Doctor! If I die, then this creature might die with me. The Doctor steps in front of Agatha and faces the Vespiform. DOCTOR: Don't hurt her! You're not meant to be like this. You've got the wrong template in your mind. DONNA: It's not listening. Donna snatches the Firestone off Agatha and throws it into the lake, the Vespiform chasing after it, drowning in a purple glow. The three of them look down at the lake in sorrow. DONNA (sadly): How d'you k*ll a wasp? Drown it. Just like his father. DOCTOR: Donna, that thing couldn't help itself. DONNA (defensively): Neither could I! AGATHA: Death comes as the end... and justice is served. DOCTOR: m*rder at the Vicar's rage. (Donna stares at him) Needs a bit of work. AGATHA: Just one mystery left, Doctor. Who exactly are you? The Doctor takes a deep breath to answer, but Agatha suddenly collapses, yelling in pain. DOCTOR: Oh, it's the Firestone! It's part of the Vespiform's mind. It's dying and it's connected to Agatha! A purple glow engulfs Agatha, but then it stops and she rests silently with her eyes shut. DOCTOR: He let her go. Right at the end, the Vespiform chose to save someone's life. DONNA: Is she alright, though? DOCTOR: Oh, of course! The amnesia! Wiped her mind of everything that happened. The wasp, the m*rder... DONNA: And us! She'll forget about us. DOCTOR: Yeah, but we've solved another riddle. The mystery of Agatha Christie. And tomorrow morning, her car gets found by the side of the lake. We see repeat of the flashes from the beginning of the episode: the view of Agatha's car by the lake... DOCTOR (VO): A few days later, she turns up in hotel at Harrogate, with no idea of what just happened. ...Agatha standing at the Harrogate Hotel entrance, looking at the Doctor and Donna in confusion... DOCTOR (VO): No-one'll ever know. ...then she slowly walks into the hotel. DONNA (VO): Lady Eddison, the Colonel, and all the staff... what about them? Camera turns to the Doctor and Donna standing outside the TARDIS, near the hotel. DOCTOR: Shameful story. They'd never talk of it. Too British. While the Unicorn does a bunk, back to London town. She could never even say she was there. DONNA: But, what happens to Agatha? DOCTOR: Oh, great life! Met another man, married again. Saw the world. Wrote and wrote and wrote. DONNA: She never thought her books were any good, though. And she must have spent all those years wondering. They get into the TARDIS, the Doctor puts his coat on one of the "trees" inside. DOCTOR: Thing is, I don't think she ever quite forgot. Great mind like that, some of the details kept bleeding through. All the stuff her imagination could use. Like, Miss Marple! DONNA: I should have made her sign a contract. DOCTOR: And, where is it, where is it, hold on... (He lifts up a piece of the TARDIS floor and gets out a chest). Here we go. C... (He opens the chest and rummages the contents). That is, C for Cybermen (he throws aside a Cyberman chest plate), C for Carrionites (he discards the Carrionite globe too, then does the same with the head of a stone statue), and... (he finds a book) Christie, Agatha! He shows it to Donna. It is "Death in the Clouds", with a giant wasp on the cover. DOCTOR: Look at that. DONNA: She did remember! DOCTOR: Somewhere in the back of her mind, it all lingered. And that's not all. Look at the copyright page. He hands the book to Donna and she examines the copyright page. DONNA: Facsimile edition, published in the year... five billion?! DOCTOR: People never stop reading them. She is the best selling novelist, of all time. DONNA (sighing): But she never knew. DOCTOR: Well, no one knows how they're gonna be remembered. All we can do is hope for the best. Maybe that's what kept her writing. Same thing keeps me travelling. (smiling at Donna). Onwards? DONNA (smiling back): Onwards! They watch the TARDIS console happily as the engines start to work. Source: twiztv
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SPACE: CLOSE-UP ON MOON BEFORE SWITCHING TO EARTH. ZOOM THROUGH CLOUDS. EXT. LONDON, NIGHT. The TARDIS flies out of control over London. INT TARDIS The center console sparks and the room is in flames. Pan towards the open doors and we see the newly-regenerated DOCTOR hanging on by his hands, sonic screwdriver in his mouth. EXT. LONDON, NIGHT. The DOCTOR begins to pull himself into the TARDIS. He turns at the sound of a bell and sees that he is about to h*t "Big Ben". He uses the screwdriver on the controls and slips out as the TARDIS speeds up, narrowly missing the top of the tower. INT TARDIS He pulls himself inside, closes the doors and falls against them with a sigh. It lurches and spins out of control. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Eleventh Hour" by Steven Moffatt Producer Tracie Simpson Director Adam Smith EXT NIGHT. A child's windmill is turning. Pan across an overgrown garden with a slightly dilapidated shed, abandoned tools, a park bench and a swing set. We see a modest house through an arbour and follow through. We hear a young girl's voice. GIRL: Dear Santa, thank you for the dolls and pencils and the fish. It's Easter now, so I hope I didn't wake you. INT BEDROOM, NIGHT A young ginger-haired girl is kneeling beside her bed, eyes closed, saying her prayers GIRL: But honest, it is an emergency. There's a crack in my wall. (turns to wall where there is a crack spreading across it. Returns to prayer) Aunt Sharon says it's just an ordinary crack, but... I know it's not, because, at night, there's voices. So please, please, could you send someone to fix it? Or a policeman. Or... We hear the TARDIS materializing and then a crash and glass breaking. The young girl turns her head towards the window. GIRL: Back in a moment. She gets up from the floor, picks up a torch from the nightstand, runs to the window and pulls back the curtain to look outside. The TARDIS has materialized on his side and knocked down part of the shed. There is smoke rising from it. GIRL: (looks up at the sky) Thank you, Santa. EXT HOUSE, NIGHT The girl steps outside wearing a red jacket and matching wellies. By the light of the torch, she makes her way through to where the TARDIS has crashed. The doors suddenly open at the top and a rope with a grappling hook is thrown out. It latches onto a lawn roller. The girl watches as first one hand then the other come over the edge followed by the DOCTOR'S head. DOCTOR: Can I have an apple? All I can think about - apples. I love apples. Maybe I'm having a craving. That's new - never had cravings before. (straddles the TARDIS and looks back inside) Whoa! Look at that! GIRL: Are you OK? DOCTOR: (puts both legs over the side, sitting on the edge) Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Hell of a climb back up. GIRL: You're soaking wet. DOCTOR: I was in the swimming pool. GIRL: You said you were in the library. DOCTOR: So was the swimming pool. GIRL: Are you a policeman? DOCTOR: Why? Did you call a policeman? GIRL: Did you come about the crack in my wall? DOCTOR: What cra...? (falls to the ground) Agh! GIRL: Are you all right, mister? DOCTOR: (kneeling) No, I'm fine, it's OK. This is all perfectly norm... (opens mouth and releases regeneration energy) GIRL: Who are you? DOCTOR: (energy rising from his hands) I don't know yet. I'm still cooking. Does it scare you? GIRL: No, it just looks a bit weird. DOCTOR: No, no, no. The crack in your wall. Does it scare you? GIRL: Yes. DOCTOR: (jumps up) Well, then, no time to lose. I'm the Doctor. Do everything I tell you, don't ask stupid questions and don't wander off. (strides away with purpose and walks into a tree, knocking him to the ground) GIRL: You all right? DOCTOR: (lying on the ground) Early days. Steering's a bit off. INT. HOUSE, KITCHEN The DOCTOR stands there looking around. GIRL: If you're a doctor, why does your box say "Police"? DOCTOR: (takes a bite of the apple she offers, chews and then spits it out before coughing) That's disgusting. What is that? GIRL: An apple. DOCTOR: Apples are rubbish. I hate apples. GIRL: You said you loved them. DOCTOR: No, no, I love yoghurt. Yoghurt's my favourite. Give me yoghurt. The GIRL runs to the fridge and gets him a yoghurt. The DOCTOR opens the container and pours it into his mouth. He spits that out as well. DOCTOR: I hate yoghurt, it's just stuff with bits in. GIRL: You said it was your favourite. DOCTOR: New mouth, new rules. (wipes back of hand across his mouth) It's like eating after cleaning your teeth, everything tastes wro-agh! (has a small fit) GIRL: What is it? What's wrong with you? DOCTOR: Wrong with me? It's not my fault. Why can't you give me decent food? You're Scottish - fry something. The GIRL turns on the stove and begins to fry up bacon as the DOCTOR uses a towel to dry his hair. DOCTOR: Ah! Bacon! The DOCTOR sits and the table and eats the bacon from a plate and the GIRL watches with a laugh. The DOCTOR makes a face and agains spits out the food. DOCTOR: Bacon. That's bacon. Are you trying to poison me? The GIRL turns on the stove again and cooks some baked beans as the DOCTOR watches. DOCTOR: Ah, you see, beans. Once more at the table, the DOCTOR takes a forkful of beans an promptly spits them into the sink as the poor GIRL makes a face. DOCTOR: Beans are evil. Bad, bad beans. Next, the girl simply spreads butter over a slice of bread. DOCTOR: Bread and butter. Now you're talking. EXT. HOUSE, NIGHT At the open door, the DOCTOR throws the plate outside. We hear it crash and a cat meow. DOCTOR: And stay out! (closes the door behind him) INT. HOUSE, KITCHEN The GIRL looks in the fridge as the DOCTOR paces. GIRL: We've got some carrots. DOCTOR: Carrots? Are you insane? No, wait, hang on. I know what I need. I need... I need... I need... (looks in both the fridge and freezer) Fish fingers and custard. (takes out both items) LATER, sitting at the table, the DOCTOR dips a fish finger into a bowl of custard then takes a bite. Across from him, the GIRL eats ice cream from the container. The DOCTOR then picks up the bowl and drinks the custard from it. It leaves a mustache which he wipes away with his hand. GIRL: Funny. DOCTOR: Am I? Good. Funny's good. What's your name? GIRL: Amelia Pond. DOCTOR: Ah, that's a brilliant name. Amelia Pond, like a name in a fairy tale. Are we in Scotland, Amelia? AMELIA: No. We had to move to England. It's rubbish. DOCTOR: So what about your mum and dad, then? Are they upstairs? Thought we'd have woken them by now. AMELIA: I don't have a mum and dad. Just an aunt. DOCTOR: I don't even have an aunt. AMELIA: You're lucky. DOCTOR: I know. So, your aunt. Where is she? AMELIA: She's out. DOCTOR: (surprised) And she left you all alone? AMELIA: I'm not scared. DOCTOR: ‘Course you're not. You're not scared of anything! Box falls out of the sky, man falls out of box, man eats fish custard, and look at you, just sitting there. So you know what I think? AMELIA: What? DOCTOR: Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall. INT. HOUSE, AMELIA'S BEDROOM DOCTOR: (examines crack) You've had some cowboys in here. Not actual cowboys, though that can happen. AMELIA: (stands in the doorway, apple in her hand) I used to hate apples, so my mum put faces on them. (she hands the DOCTOR an apple with a smiley face carved into it) DOCTOR: She sounds good, your mum. (tosses apple into the air and catches it) I'll keep it for later. (goes back to examine the crack) This wall is solid and the crack doesn't go all the way through it. So here's a thing - where's the draught coming from? (runs the sonic screwdriver along the crack then checks the readings) Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. You know what the crack is? AMELIA: What? DOCTOR: It's a crack. (runs fingers along crack) I'll tell you something funny. If you knocked this wall down, the crack would stay put, ‘cos the crack isn't in the wall. AMELIA: Where is it, then? DOCTOR: Everywhere. In everything. It's a split in the skin of the world. Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together...right here in the wall of your bedroom. (presses ear against wall) Sometimes, can you hear… AMELIA: A voice? Yes. The Doctor hears an echoing voice. He takes the water glass from the nightstand, pours out the water, then presses it against the wall, and then his ear against the other end. VOICE: Prisoner Zero has escaped. DOCTOR: Prisoner Zero? AMELIA: Prisoner Zero has escaped. That's what I heard. What does it mean? VOICE: Prisoner Zero has escaped. DOCTOR: (steps back from the wall) It means that, on the other side of this wall, there's a prison and they've lost a prisoner. Do you know what that means? AMELIA: What? DOCTOR: You need a better wall. (moves her desk out of the way) The only way to close the breach is to open it all the way. The forces will invert and it'll snap itself shut. Or... AMELIA: What? DOCTOR: You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better? AMELIA: Yes. DOCTOR: Everything's going to be fine. The DOCTOR holds out his hand and AMELIA grasps it. With his other hand, the DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on the crack. AMELIA peers around his as a bright light shines through the crack as it widens. In the dim light, we can see what looks to be cells. VOICE: Prisoner Zero has escaped. The DOCTOR takes a step closer to the crack. VOICE: Prisoner Zero has escaped. DOCTOR: Hello? Hello? A giant blue eye peers at them through the crack. AMELIA: What's that? A small ball of light or electricity sh**t out from the crack, strikes the DOCTOR and he falls against the bed. The crack then seals once more. DOCTOR: There. You see, told you it would close. Good as new. AMELIA: What was that thing? Was that Prisoner Zero? DOCTOR: No. I think that was Prisoner Zero's guard. Whatever it was, it sent me a message. Psychic paper, takes a lovely little message. ‘Prisoner Zero has escaped.' But why tell us? Unless... (stands) AMELIA: Unless what? DOCTOR: (looks around) Unless Prisoner Zero escaped through here. But he couldn't have. We'd know. (runs out of the room) INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: (looks around, confused) It's difficult. Brand-new me, nothing works yet. But there's something I'm missing... (close-up on the DOCTOR'S eyes) in the corner...(turns to face one of the doors at the other end of the hall) of my eye. There is an echoing sound of machinery along with a deep bell. DOCTOR: (runs down the stairs) No, no, no, no, no, no! AMELIA follows. EXT. NIGHT, BACK GARDEN DOCTOR: (runs outside) I've got to get back in there! The engines are phasing, it's going to burn! AMELIA: But... it's just a box! How can a box have engines? DOCTOR: (frees grappling hook and gathers the rope) It's not a box. It's a time machine. AMELIA: (disbelieving) What, a real one? You've got a real time machine? DOCTOR: Not for much longer if I can't get her s*ab. Five-minute hop into the future should do it. (loops rope through door handles) AMELIA: Can I come? DOCTOR: Not safe in here, not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes, I'll be right back. (hops onto the edge and prepares to go inside) AMELIA: People always say that. DOCTOR: (jumps down to the ground and looks into her face) Am I people? Do I even look like people? Trust me, I'm the Doctor. AMELIA smiles and the DOCTOR climbs back onto the TARDIS. Holding onto the rope, he gives her a last look before jumping. DOCTOR: Geronimo! The TARDIS doors slam shut and AMELIA watches as the TARDIS dematerializes. When it's gone, she runs back inside. INT. HOUSE AMELIA runs up to her room, pulls a small suitcase from under her bed and begins to pack. As she runs across the hall, one of the doors that was closed on her way up is now open. Packing done, AMELIA heads back downstairs, not noticing the open door. EXT. NIGHT, BACK GARDEN Now wearing a warm coat and hat, AMELIA runs to where the TARDIS disappeared, puts her suitcase on the ground, sits on it and waits. INT. HOUSE Through the kitchen window, we see AMELIA waiting and a shadowy figure darts past and is gone. We then pan to the clock on the wall as it ticks away the seconds. 11:30 becomes 10:20. EXT. BACK GARDEN, DAY The TARDIS materializes in AMELIA'S back garden. The door opens and the DOCTOR emerges amid billowing smoke, cloth held over his nose and mouth. DOCTOR: Amelia! Amelia! (runs towards house) I worked out what it was. I know what I was missing! You've got to get out of there! (uses screwdriver on door lock and it opens after a few tries) INT. HOUSE DOCTOR: Amelia? (runs upstairs) Amelia, are you all right? Are you there? (goes immediately to the door that troubled him before and tries to open it with the screwdriver) Prisoner Zero is here. Prisoner Zero is here! Prisoner Zero is here! Do you understand me? Prisoner Zero is... (he turns and is h*t on the head with a cricket bat) EXT. DAY An ambulance with its siren on approaches a large brick building, a hospital. INT. DAY, HOSPITAL CORRIDOR A male nurse in blue scrubs follows a woman in a business suit INT. DAY, WARD All the patients are unconscious. The woman stops in front of one of the beds, the man beside her. WOMAN: So. They all called out at once, that's what you're saying? (man nods) All of them, all the coma patients. (flips through patient's file) You do understand that these people are all comatose, don't you? They can't speak. NURSE: Yes, Dr Ramsden. DR RAMSDEN: Then why are you wasting my time? NURSE: Because they called for you. DR RAMSDEN: Me? PATIENT: (softly) Doctor. DR RAMSDEN and the NURSE turn to face the PATIENT who is still unconscious. PATIENT: (softly) Doctor. All the other patients begin to speak, saying "Doctor" INT. HOUSE, HALL The DOCTOR slowly comes to, and, as his vision clears, he sees a female police officer in a very short skirt speaking into her radio. OFFICER: White male, mid-20s, breaking and entering. Send me some back-up, I've got him restrained. (ends conversation and sees the DOCTOR is awake) Oi, you! Sit still. DOCTOR: (groans) Cricket bat. I'm getting cricket bat. OFFICER: You were breaking and entering. The DOCTOR tries to stand and finds out he's handcuffed to the radiator. DOCTOR: Well, that's much better. Brand-new me, whack on the head. Just what it needed. OFFICER: Do you want to shut up now? I've got back-up on the way! DOCTOR: Hang on, no, wait - you're a policewoman. OFFICER: And you're breaking and entering. You see how this works? DOCTOR: But what are you doing here? Where's Amelia? OFFICER: Amelia Pond? DOCTOR: Yeah. Little Scottish girl. Where is she? I promised her five minutes but the engines were phasing. I suppose I must have gone a bit far. Has something happened to her? OFFICER: Amelia Pond hasn't lived here in a long time. DOCTOR: How long? OFFICER: Six months. DOCTOR: No, no, no! I can't be six months late! I said five minutes. I promised. (sniffs) The OFFICER walks away, reaching for her radio. DOCTOR: What happened to her? What happened to Amelia Pond? OFFICER: (into radio) Sarge, it's me again. Hurry it up, this guy knows something about Amelia Pond. The DOCTOR'S gaze goes past the OFFICER to that same door from his last visit. INT. DAY, WARD DR RAMSDEN is examining the first patient to speak. Pictures of the man and his dog are on the nightstand. DR RAMSDEN: I don't think they were even conscious. NURSE: Dr Ramsden, there is another sort of, um, funny thing. DR RAMSDEN: Yes, I know. Dr Carver told me about your conversation. We've been very patient with you, Rory. You're a good enough nurse, but for God's sake! RORY: I've seen them. DR RAMSDEN: These patients are under 24-hour supervision! We know if their blood-pressure changes. There's no possibility you'd have seen them wandering in the village! Why are you giving me your phone?! RORY: It's a camera too. (holds phone out) DR RAMSDEN: (reaches for phone then pager beeps. she takes it out) You need to take some time off, Rory. A lot of time off. Start now. (RORY tries to argue) Now! RORY nods and leaves. INT. HOUSE, HALL The DOCTOR is still sitting on the floor. DOCTOR: I need to speak to whoever lives in this house now. OFFICER: I live here. DOCTOR: But you're the police. OFFICER: Yes, and this is where I live. You got a problem with that?! DOCTOR: How many rooms? OFFICER: I'm sorry, what? DOCTOR: On this floor. How many rooms on this floor? Count them for me now. OFFICER: Why? DOCTOR: Because it will change your life. OFFICER: Five. (points) One, two, three, four, five. DOCTOR: Six. OFFICER: Six? DOCTOR: Look. OFFICER: Look where? DOCTOR: Exactly where you don't want to look. Where you never want to look, the corner of your eye. Look behind you. OFFICER: (slowly looks and sees the door) That's... That is not possible. How's that possible? DOCTOR: There's a perception filter round the door. Sensed it the last time I was here. Should've seen it. OFFICER: But that's a whole room. That's a whole room I've never even noticed. DOCTOR: The filter stops you. Something came a while ago to hide. It's still hiding. You need to uncuff me now! The OFFICER slowly begins to walk down the hall towards the room. OFFICER: I don't have the key. I lost it. DOCTOR: How can you have lost it?! Stay away from that door! (she keeps walking) Do not touch that door! (she puts her hand on the doorknob) Listen to me! Do not open that... (she turns the knob) Why does no-one ever listen to me? Do I just have a face that nobody listens to? (she slowly enters the room) Again...? (he frantically searches his pockets) My screwdriver, where is it? INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM The room is dusty. There are old boxes on the floor, the curtains are barely there and the walls have large spots of water damage. There is a table in the middle of the room. DOCTOR: (V.O.) Silver thing, blue at the end. Where did it go? OFFICER: There's nothing here DOCTOR: (V.O.) Whatever's there stopped you seeing the whole room. INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: What makes you think you could see it? INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM DOCTOR: (V.O.) Now, please, just get out! OFFICER: Silver, blue at the end? DOCTOR: (V.O.) My screwdriver, yeah. OFFICER: It's here. INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: Must have rolled under the door. INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM OFFICER: Yeah. Must have. (the screwdriver is on the table, covered in goo) And then it must have jumped up on the table... INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: Get out of there! INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM DOCTOR: (V.O.) Get out of there! The OFFICER goes to pick up the screwdriver DOCTOR: (V.O.) Get out! INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: Get out of there! (stretches as far as he can with the handcuffs) INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM The OFFICER backs away towards the window. Behind her, something alien and eel-like eases down from the roof. It is covered in goo and has a mouth full of sharp teeth. The OFFICER looks one way and then the other but can't see it DOCTOR: (V.O.) What is it? What are you doing? OFFICER: There's nothing here, but... INT. HOUSE, HALL DOCTOR: Corner of your eye. INT. HOUSE, MYSTERY ROOM OFFICER: What is it? DOCTOR: (V.O.) Don't try to see it. If it knows you've seen it, it will k*ll you. Don't look at it. (the creature seems to be toying with her) Do not... look. (she sees the creature) INT. HOUSE, HALL The DOCTOR hears the OFFICER scream. DOCTOR: Get out! The OFFICER runs out of the room and down the hall to the DOCTOR DOCTOR: Give me that! (takes the screwdriver and uses it on the door's lock before turning it to the handcuffs. It doesn't work) What's the bad alien done to you? OFFICER: Will that door hold it? DOCTOR: (sarcastic) Oh, yeah, yeah, course! It's an inter-dimensional multi-form from outer-space - they're all terrified of wood. A bright light flashes around the edges of the door. OFFICER: What's that? What's it doing? DOCTOR: (wipes screwdriver with his finger) I don't know, getting dressed? Run. Just go. Your back-up's coming, I'll be fine. OFFICER: There is no back-up. DOCTOR: (looks up, surprised) I heard you on the radio, you called for back-up. OFFICER: I was pretending. It's a pretend radio. DOCTOR: You're a policewoman. OFFICER: I'm a kissogram! (she removes her hat and her ginger hair falls free) At that moment, the door to the mystery room falls into the hallway to show a man in blue coveralls holding the lead to a large Rottweiler. It is the same man in a coma in hospital. He walks forward into the hall. WOMAN: But it's just... DOCTOR: No, it isn't. Look at the faces. The MAN growls and barks while the dog remains impassive. WOMAN: What? I'm sorry, but what? (looks down at the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: It's all one creature. One creature disguised as two. (MAN and dog turn heads in unison) Clever old multi-form. A bit of a rush job, though. Got the voice a bit muddled, did you? (they're now looking straight at the DOCTOR) Mind you, where did you get the pattern from? You'd need a psychic link, a live feed. How did you fix that? (It snarls) INT. DAY, WARD The male coma patient twitches in his bed and we hear the snarl echoing. INT. HOUSE, HALL The multi-form advances on the DOCTOR and the WOMAN and opens his mouth showing the same teeth as in its previous form. DOCTOR: Stay, boy! (the creature halts its advance) Her and me, we're safe. Want to know why? She sent for back-up. WOMAN: (to DOCTOR) I didn't send for back-up! DOCTOR: (to WOMAN) I know, that was a clever lie to save our lives. (to CREATURE) OK, yeah, NO back-up! And that's why we're safe. Alone, we're not a thr*at to you. If we HAD back-up, then you'd have to k*ll us! VOICE: Attention, Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded. Attention Prisoner Zero. 'The human residence is surrounded. WOMAN: (to DOCTOR) What's that? DOCTOR: (to WOMAN) That would be back-up. (to CREATURE) OK, one more time. We do have back-up and that's definitely why we're safe. VOICE: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. DOCTOR: Well, safe apart from, you know, incineration. The CREATURE turns into one of the other rooms off the hall. As the VOICE repeats its warning, the DOCTOR bangs the screwdriver on the floor in an attempt to get it to work. DOCTOR: Work, work, work. C'mon. EXT. HOUSE, DAY The CREATURE looks out a window. INT. HOUSE, HALL The DOCTOR continues to bang the screwdriver until it works. He uses it on the handcuffs. It unlocks. DOCTOR: (to WOMAN) Run. (stands) Run! (pushes her and follows her down the stairs) EXT. HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR and the WOMAN run outside and the DOCTOR uses the screwdriver on the door. DOCTOR: Kissogram? WOMAN: Yes! DOCTOR: Why'd you pretend to be a policewoman? WOMAN: You broke into my house! It was this or a French maid! (follows DOCTOR) What's going on? Tell me! Tell me! DOCTOR: (outside the TARDIS) An alien convict is hiding in your spare room disguised as a man and a dog, and some other aliens are about to incinerate your house. Any questions? WOMAN: Yes. DOCTOR: Me too. (the key to the TARDIS won't work) No, no, don't do that, not now! It's still rebuilding, not letting us in! VOICE: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. The CREATURE, still in the form of the man and dog, watches from the window, barking at them. WOMAN: (grabs the DOCTOR by the arm) Come on. DOCTOR: (resists) No, wait, hang on, wait, wait, wait. The shed. (runs to garden shed) I destroyed that shed last time I was here, smashed it to pieces. WOMAN: So there's a new one. Let's go. DOCTOR: But the new one's got old. It's ten years old at least. (sniffs wood before rubbing his finger along the wood and tasting it) 12 years. I'm not six months late, I'm 12 years late. (walks towards WOMAN) WOMAN: He's coming. DOCTOR: You said six months. Why did you say six months? WOMAN: We've got to go. DOCTOR: This matters. This is important. Why did you say six months? WOMAN: (hurt) Why did you say five minutes?! DOCTOR: What? WOMAN: Come on. DOCTOR: What? WOMAN: Come on! (she pulls him by the arm) DOCTOR: What? VOICE: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. They run out of the back garden past the CREATURE who is standing at the door. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: (stops and faces her) You're Amelia. AMELIA: (keeps walking) You're late. DOCTOR: Amelia Pond, you're the little girl. AMELIA: I'm Amelia and you're late. DOCTOR: What happened? AMELIA: 12 years. DOCTOR: You h*t me with a cricket bat. AMELIA: 12 years. DOCTOR: A cricket bat. AMELIA: 12 years and four psychiatrists. DOCTOR: Four? AMELIA: I kept biting them. DOCTOR: Why? AMELIA: They said you weren't real. VOICE: (over the speakers of an ice cream van) Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. AMELIA: No, no, no, come on… What? We're being staked out by an ice-cream van? The DOCTOR heads for the van followed by AMELIA DOCTOR: What's that? Why are you playing that? VENDOR: It's supposed to be Claire De Lune. The DOCTOR picks up the player and listens. VOICE: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. (repeats) The DOCTOR steps away from the van and sees a jogger with a MP3 player receiving the message as well as a woman hearing it over her mobile. AMELIA: Doctor, what's happening? The DOCTOR leaps over a low white fence into a pretty front garden. AMELIA runs around to the front. INT. HOUSE, DAY A large blue eye fills the TV screen. A WOMAN uses the remote to change the channel but they all show the same thing and say the same thing. The DOCTOR enters the front door closely followed by AMELIA. DOCTOR: Hello! Sorry to burst in, we're doing a special on television faults in this area. (remembers AMELIA'S costume) Also, crimes. Let's have a look. (takes remote from her) WOMAN: I was just about to phone. It's on every channel. (sees AMELIA) Hello, Amy, dear. Are you a policewoman now? AMELIA: Well, sometimes. WOMAN: I thought you were a nurse. AMELIA: I can be a nurse. WOMAN: Or, actually, a nun. AMELIA: I dabble. WOMAN: Amy, who is your friend? DOCTOR: Who's Amy? You were Amelia. AMY: Yeah, now I'm Amy. DOCTOR: Amelia Pond - that was a great name. AMY: Bit fairy tale. WOMAN: I know you, don't I? I've seen you somewhere before. DOCTOR: Not me. Brand-new face... (makes a face) First time on. (to AMY) And what sort of job's a kissogram? AMY: I go to parties and I kiss people. (clears throat) With outfits. It's a laugh. DOCTOR: You were a little girl five minutes ago. AMY: You're worse than my aunt. DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor, I'm worse than everybody's aunt. (to WOMAN) And that is not how I'm introducing myself. The DOCTOR picks up a radio and uses the sonic screwdriver on it. We hear the same message about Prisoner Zero in French and German before it turns it off. DOCTOR: OK, so it's everywhere, in every language. They're broadcasting to the whole world. (opens window and looks up) AMY: What's up there? What are you looking for? The sky is a clear blue with a few white clouds. DOCTOR: (back inside) OK, planet this size, two poles, your basic molten core... They're going to need a 40% fission blast. (a young man enters and the DOCTOR walks up to him) But they'll have to power up first, won't they? So assuming a medium-sized starship, that's 20 minutes. (the man is tall and the DOCTOR stands first on tip-toe and then back down) What do you think, 20 minutes? Yeah, 20 minutes. We've got 20 minutes. AMY: 20 minutes to what? MAN: Are you the Doctor? WOMAN: He is, isn't he? He's the Doctor! The Raggedy Doctor. All those cartoons you did when you were little. The Raggedy Doctor, it's him. AMY: (softly) I know. DOCTOR: (bemused) Cartoons? (sits on couch) MAN: Gran, it's him, isn't it? It's really him! AMY: Jeff, shut up! (to DOCTOR) 20 minutes to what? The "eye" is still on the TV, broadcasting its warning. DOCTOR: The human residence. They're not talking about your house, they're talking about the planet. Somewhere up there, there's a spaceship and it's going to incinerate the planet. 20 minutes to the end of the world. SPACE A group of star-shaped spaceships are in orbit above the Earth. Underneath the flagship is a blue eye. The warning repeats. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY A young boy runs down the road with a toy helicopter. The DOCTOR and AMY are walking fast in the opposite direction. DOCTOR: What is this place? Where am I? AMY: Leadworth. DOCTOR: Where's the rest of it? AMY: This is it. DOCTOR: Is there an airport? AMY: No. DOCTOR: A nuclear power station? AMY: No. DOCTOR: Even a little one? AMY: No. DOCTOR: Nearest city? AMY: Gloucester, half an hour by car. DOCTOR: We don't have half an hour. Do we have a car? AMY: No. DOCTOR: Well, that's good! Fantastic, that is. 20 minutes to save the world and I've got a post office. And it's shut! WHAT is that? AMY: It's a duck pond. (follows the DOCTOR to a small pond) DOCTOR: Why aren't there any ducks? AMY: I don't know. There's never any ducks. DOCTOR: Then how do you know it's a duck pond? AMY: It just is. Is it important, the duck pond? DOCTOR: (has another regeneration tremor) I don't know. Why would I know? (sits on the ground, clutching his chest) I'm not ready, I'm not done yet. The sky darkens and they both look up. AMY: What's happening? Why's it going dark? The sun appears grey and flickering before returning to close to normal. AMY: So what's wrong with the sun? DOCTOR: Nothing. You're looking at it through a force-field. They've sealed off your upper atmosphere, now they're getting ready to boil the planet. (stands and looks at the green where the villagers are taking photos of the sun) Oh, and here they come, the human race. The end comes, as it was always going to - down a video phone! AMY: This isn't real, is it? This is some kind of big wind-up. DOCTOR: Why would I wind you up? AMY: You told me you had a time machine. DOCTOR: And you believed me. AMY: Then I grew up. DOCTOR: (groans) Oh, you never want to do that. No, hang on, shut up, wait! I missed it. (smacks forehead) I saw it and I missed it. (smack) What did I see? (close-up on the DOCTOR'S eye) I saw... What did I see? He replays everything he saw like stop-motion photography, from the chain fence, people taking photos, a woman in the phone box and then RORY, the nurse from the hospital who is facing away from the sun, taking a photo. The MULTI-FORM is there. The DOCTOR then "sees" the ID tag from the hospital. We zoom back out from the DOCTOR'S eye and he looks at RORY normally before looking at a clock. DOCTOR: (to AMY) 20 minutes. I can do it. 20 minutes, the planet burns. Run to your loved ones and say goodbye, or stay and help me. AMY: No. DOCTOR: I'm sorry? AMY: No! (grabs him by the tie) DOCTOR: Amy! No! No! What are you doing? Amy pushes him against a car as the driver steps out. She slams his tie into the door and locks the car with the remote. DOCTOR: Are you out of your mind? AMY: Who are you? DOCTOR: You know who I am. AMY: No, really, who are you? DOCTOR: Look at the sky! End of the world, 20 minutes. AMY: Better talk quickly, then! DRIVER: Amy, I am going to need my car back. AMY: Yes, in a bit. Now go and have coffee. DRIVER: Right, yes. (leaves) DOCTOR: (reaches into pocket and tosses the apple to her) Catch. (holding it in her hand, AMY sees the smiley face) I'm the Doctor. I'm a time traveller. Everything I told you 12 years ago is true. I'm real. What's happening in the sky is real, and if you don't let me go now, everything you've ever known is over. AMY: I don't believe you. DOCTOR: (grips her wrist) Just 20 minutes. Just believe me for 20 minutes. Look at it. Fresh as the day you gave it to me. And you know it's the same one. (she looks at the apple and then back at him) Amy, believe for 20 minutes. AMY: (unlocks the car) What do we do? DOCTOR: Stop that nurse! (runs onto the green and takes RORY'S phone) The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why? RORY: Amy? AMY: Hi! Oh, this is Rory, he's a... friend. RORY: Boyfriend. AMY: Kind of boyfriend. RORY: Amy! DOCTOR: Man and dog, why? RORY: Oh, my God, it's him. AMY: Just answer his question, please. RORY: It's him, though. The doctor. The Raggedy Doctor. AMY: Yeah, he came back. RORY: But he was a story. He was a game. DOCTOR: (grabs RORY by the shirt) Man and dog - why? Tell me now. RORY: Sorry. Because he can't be there. Because he's… RORY and DOCTOR: (in unison) in a hospital, in a coma. RORY: Yeah. DOCTOR: Knew it. Multi-form, you see? (lets go of his shirt) Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a live feed, a psychic link with a living but dormant mind. The MULTIFORM snaps and snarls. The DOCTOR walks closer. DOCTOR: Prisoner Zero. RORY: What, there's a Prisoner Zero too? AMY: Yes. There is an electrical buzzing and they look up to see a spaceship fly over the green. The eye begins to swivel back and forth. DOCTOR: (slips screwdriver from pocket) See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology. And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver. (holds it above his head and turns it on) There is chaos as streetlights shatter, car alarms blare, sirens wail and everyone begins shouting. A f*re truck drives away on its own, chased by the firemen. DOCTOR: I think someone's going to notice, don't you? PRISONER ZERO barks. The DOCTOR lowers the screwdriver, aiming it at the phone box, which explodes. The screwdriver itself then sparks and fizzles, causing the DOCTOR to drop it on the ground. DOCTOR: No, no, no, don't do that! The ship heads away. RORY: Look, it's going. DOCTOR: No, come back, he's here! Come back! He's here, Prisoner Zero is here. Come back, he's here! Prisoner Zero is... PRISONER ZERO turns into a "mist" and escapes down the drain. AMY: Doctor! The drain. It just sort of melted and went down the drain. DOCTOR: Well, of course it did. AMY: What do we do now? DOCTOR: It's hiding in human form. We need to drive it into the open. No TARDIS, no screwdriver, 17 minutes. Come on, think. Think! INT. DAY, WARD The man on whom PRISONER ZERO has based his form is still tremoring. DR RAMSDEN: Barney? Barney... Barney? Can you hear me, Barney? Barney? Barney? PRISONER ZERO in its true form appears through the vent over Barney's bed. EXT. VILLAGE GREEN, DAY The DOCTOR, AMY, and RORY are standing above the drain. AMY: So that thing, THAT hid in my house for 12 years? DOCTOR: Multi-forms can live for millennia. 12 years is a pit-stop. AMY: So how come you show up again on the same day that lot do? The same minute? DOCTOR: They're looking for him, but followed me. They saw me through the crack, got a fix. They're only late cos I am. RORY: What's he on about? DOCTOR: Now, sport, give me your phone. RORY: How can he be real? He was never real. DOCTOR: Phone, now, give me! RORY: (gives DOCTOR the phone) He was just a game. We were kids. You made me dress up as him. DOCTOR: (looks at photos) These are all coma patients? RORY: Yeah. DOCTOR: No, they're all the multi-form. Eight comas, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero. AMY: He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma? DOCTOR: The coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog. Laptop! Your friend, what was his name? Not him, the good-looking one. RORY: Thanks. AMY: Jeff. RORY: Oh, thanks. DOCTOR: He had a laptop in his bag, a laptop. Big bag, big laptop, I need Jeff's laptop. You two, get to the hospital, get everyone out, clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done. (runs off) AMY: Your car, come on. RORY: But how can he be here? How can the Doctor be here? They drive off in RORY'S Mini while the DOCTOR enters JEFF'S home. INT. JEFF'S ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR enters JEFF'S bedroom where JEFF is lying on his bed using his laptop. DOCTOR: Hello. Laptop, give me! (grabs it) JEFF: (refusing to let go) No, no, no, no, wait, hang on! DOCTOR: It's fine, give it here. (takes laptop and sits at the bottom of the bed) Blimey! Get a girlfriend, Jeff. The door opens and GRAN enters. JEFF: Gran. GRAN: What are you doing? DOCTOR: The sun's gone wibbly, so right now, somewhere out there, there's going to be a big video conference call. (keeps typing) All the experts in the world panicking at once, and do you know what they need? Me. Ah, and here they all are. All the big boys. NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore. GRAN: Ooh, I like Patrick Moore. DOCTOR: I'll get you his number, but watch him, he's a devil. JEFF: You can't just hack in on a call like that. DOCTOR: Can't I? (holds psychic paper to the webcam) EXPERT: Who are you? This is a secure call. What are you doing? DOCTOR: Hello. I know, you should switch me off. But before you do, watch this. EXPERT #2: It's here too, I'm getting it. DOCTOR: Fermat's Theorem, the proof, and I mean the real one, never seen before. Poor old Fermat, got k*lled in a duel before he could write it down. My fault, I slept in. Oh, and here's an oldie but a goodie - why electrons have mass. And a personal favourite of mine, faster-than-light travel with two diagrams and a joke. Look at your screens. Whoever I am, I'm a genius. Look at the sun. You need all the help you can get. Fellas, pay attention. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY AMY and RORY speed along to the hospital and run inside. INT. JEFF'S ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR is typing something on the mobile. EXPERT: Sir, what are you doing? DOCTOR: I'm writing a computer virus. Very clever, super-fast, and a tiny bit alive, but don't let on. Why am I writing it on a phone? Never mind, you'll find out. OK, I'm sending this to all your computers. Get everyone who works for you sending this everywhere. Email, text, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, radar dish - whatever you've got. Any questions? PATRICK MOORE: Who was your lady friend? DOCTOR: Patrick, behave! EXPERT: What does this virus do? DOCTOR: It's a reset command, that's all. It resets counters, it gets in the wifi and resets every counter it can find. Clocks, calendars, anything with a chip will default at zero at exactly the same time. But, yeah, I could be lying, why should you trust me? I'll let my best man explain. (silence) Jeff, you're my best man. JEFF: Your what? DOCTOR: (closes laptop partway) Listen to me. In ten minutes, you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen is going to be offering you any job you want. But first, you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working. This is it, Jeff. Right here, right now. This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world. JEFF: Why me? DOCTOR: It's your bedroom. Now go, go, go. (leaves) JEFF: (opens laptop) OK, guys, let's do this. (starts typing) DOCTOR: (re-enters) Oh, and delete your internet history. (leaves again) EXT. HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR runs out of JEFF'S house, looks around then runs off. INT. HOSPITAL, DAY RORY is talking with other nurses while AMY is on her mobile. RORY rejoins her. RORY: Something's happened up there, we can't get through. AMY: (redials in frustration) Yes, but what's happened? RORY: I don't know. No-one knows. Phone him. AMY: I'm phoning him. Doctor? We're at the hospital, but we can't get through. Oh! RORY: What did he say? AMY: Look in the mirror. (turns to see reflection) Ha-ha! Uniform! (puts her hair up) Are you on your way? You're going to need a car. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: (driving) Don't worry. I've commandeered a vehicle. (turns on f*re engine siren as he drives) INT. HOSPITAL, DAY RORY and AMY get out of the lift and see the corridors are a mess; gurneys and tables overturned, scrubs and utensils litter the floor. A WOMAN holding the hands of her two daughters sees them. WOMAN: Officer. AMY: What happened? WOMAN: There was a man. A man with a dog. I think Dr Ramsden's d*ad. And the nurses. AMY phones the DOCTOR EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: (into phone) Are you in? AMY: (over phone) Yep. INT. HOSPITAL, DAY AMY: But so's Prisoner Zero. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: You need to get out of there. INT. HOSPITAL, DAY RORY turns from AMY to the WOMAN as she speaks again and notices it is one of the girls. DAUGHTER #1: He was so angry. He kept shouting. And that dog, the size of that dog, I swear it was rabid. (AMY and RORY back away) And he just went mad, attacking everyone. Where did he go, did you see? Has he gone? We hid in the ladies. WOMAN/ZERO:: Oh, I'm getting it wrong again, aren't I? I'm always doing that. So many mouths. (opens mouth to reveal teeth so do girls) RORY: Oh, my God! EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: Amy? Amy, what's happening? INT. HOSPITAL, DAY RORY and AMY run down the corridor into one of the wards. They close the doors and slide a broom through the handles. EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: Amy, talk to me! INT. COMA WARD, DAY AMY and RORY back away from the doors to the centre of the ward. AMY: We're in the coma ward. But it's here, it's getting in. DOCTOR: (over phone) Which window are you? AMY: What, sorry? EXT. VILLAGE ROAD, DAY DOCTOR: Which window? INT. COMA WARD, DAY AMY: First floor on the left, fourth from the end. PRISONER ZERO breaks through. WOMAN/ZERO:: Oh, dear. Little Amelia Pond. I've watched you grow up. 12 years, and you never even knew I was there. Little Amelia Pond, waiting for her magic Doctor to return, but not this time, Amelia. (opens mouth) AMY'S mobile beeps showing a text message from the DOCTOR: "Duck!" AMY hears the wail of the siren and pushes RORY down just as the ladder from the f*re engine breaks through the window. The DOCTOR climbs up the ladder and joins AMY and RORY. DOCTOR: Right! Hello! Am I late? No, three minutes to go. So still time. WOMAN/ZERO: Time for what, Time Lord? DOCTOR: Take the disguise off. They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies. WOMAN/ZERO: The Atraxi will k*ll me this time. If I am to die, let there be f*re. DOCTOR: OK. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again - just leave. WOMAN/ZERO: I did not open the crack. DOCTOR: Somebody did. WOMAN/ZERO: The cracks in the skin of the universe - don't you know where they came from? You don't, do you? (in DAUGHTER'S voice) The Doctor in the TARDIS doesn't know. (sing-song) Doesn't know, doesn't know! (normal voice) The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall. There is a clicking sound. DOCTOR: (looking up at wall) And we're off! Look at that. (points) Look at that! (clock now reads "0:00") Yeah, I know, just a clock, whatever. But do you know what's happening right now? INT. JEFF'S ROOM, DAY JEFF is typing away on his laptop. DOCTOR: (V.O.) In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? (close-up on laptop shows NYSE reading all zeros) They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. (Zeroes are appearing all over Tokyo, Picadilly Circus and Times Square) The word is out. INT. COMA WARD, DAY DOCTOR: And do you know what the word is? The word is zero. Now, me, if I was up in the sky in a battleship, monitoring all Earth communications, I'd take that as a hint. And if I had a whole battle fleet surrounding the planet, I'd be able track a simple old computer virus to its source in, what, under a minute? (takes mobile from pocket) The source, by the way, is right here. (a bright light shines through the windows) Oh! And I think they just found us! EXT. HOSPITAL, DAY The ship shines its light/scanner into the hospital. INT. COMA WARD, DAY WOMAN/ZERO: The Atraxi are limited. While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me. DOCTOR: Yeah, but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favourite bit. Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you. Every form you've learned to take, right here. Oh, and being uploaded about now. And the final score is - no TARDIS, no screwdriver - two minutes to spare. (holds arms out, successful) Who da man? (greeted by silence) Oh, I'm never saying that again! Fine. WOMAN/ZERO: Then I shall take a new form. DOCTOR: Oh, stop it, you know you can't. Takes months to form that kind of psychic link. WOMAN/ZERO: And I've had years. (form glows) AMY falls to the floor and the DOCTOR rushes over to her. DOCTOR: No! Amy? EXT. HOSPITAL, DAY The ship scans frantically. INT. COMA WARD, DAY DOCTOR: (puts hands to AMY'S face) You've got to hold on. Amy! Don't sleep! You've got to stay awake, please. RORY: (looks at ZERO) Doctor? DOCTOR: (looks to see ZERO has taken his form) Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be? RORY: It's you. DOCTOR: Me? Is that what I look like? RORY: You don't know? DOCTOR: Busy day. (stands) Why me, though? (faces ZERO) You're linked with her. Why are you copying me? AMELIA/ZERO: I'm not. Poor Amy Pond. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of the magic Doctor she knows will return to save her. What a disappointment you've been. DOCTOR: No, she's dreaming about me cos she can hear me. (runs back to AMY) Amy, don't just hear me, listen. Remember the room, the room in your house you couldn't see? Remember you went inside. I tried to stop, but you did. (flashes of that moment) You went in the room. You went inside. (more flashes) Amy…dream about what you saw. AMY remembers what she saw. AMELIA/ZERO: No... no... No! (glows and transforms) DOCTOR: (faces it) Well done, Prisoner Zero. A perfect impersonation of yourself. PRISONER ZERO is caught in the light and writhes. VOICE: Prisoner Zero is located. Prisoner Zero is restrained. ZERO: Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall. (disappears) There is a whoosh of air as the ship leaves. The DOCTOR runs to the window. Dials mobile. RORY: The sun - it's back to normal, right? That's... That's good, yeah? That means it's over. (AMY wakes) Amy? Are you OK? Are you with us? AMY: What happened? DOCTOR: He did it. The Doctor did it. DOCTOR: No, I didn't. RORY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Tracking the signal back. Sorry, in advance. RORY: About what? DOCTOR: The bill. (into phone) Oi, I didn't say you could go! Article 57 of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established, level 5 planet, and you were going to burn it? What...? Did you think no-one was watching? You lot, back here. Now! (tosses phone back to RORY) OK. Now I've done it. (leaves ward and AMY follows) RORY: Did he just bring them back? Did he just save the world from aliens and then bring all the aliens back again? The DOCTOR strides down the corridor, determined. AMY and RORY follow. AMY: Where are you going? DOCTOR: The roof. No, hang on. (enters room) INT. CHANGING ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR begins to sift through clothes, tossing away what doesn't appeal. AMY: What's in here? DOCTOR: I'm saving the world - I need a decent shirt. To hell with the raggedy. Time to put on a show! RORY: You just summoned aliens back to Earth. Actual aliens, (DOCTOR strips off old clothes) deadly aliens, aliens of death, and now you're taking your clothes off... Amy, he's taking his clothes off. (AMY is watching appreciatively) DOCTOR: Turn your back if it embarrasses you. RORY: Are you stealing clothes now? Those clothes belong to people, you know. (turns back) Are you not you going to turn your back? AMY: Nope. EXT. HOSPITAL ROOF, DAY The DOCTOR is now wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers with braces and a number of ties are draped around his neck. He strides to where the Atraxi ship is waiting. AMY and RORY stand back a bit. AMY: So this was a good idea, was it? They were leaving. DOCTOR: Leaving is good. Never coming back is better. Come on, then! The Doctor will see you now. The "eye" disconnects from the ship and scans the DOCTOR. ATRAXI: You are not of this world. DOCTOR: No, but I've put a lot of work into it. (examines tie) I don't know. What do you think? ATRAXI: Is this world important? DOCTOR: Important? What's that mean, important? (tosses tie and RORY catches it) 6 billion people live here - is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a thr*at to the Atraxi? (throws another tie that lands on AMY'S shoulder, she gives it to RORY) Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. IS this world a thr*at? The ATRAXI projects a hologram of the Earth with scenes from history. ATRAXI: No. DOCTOR: Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi? ATRAXI: No. DOCTOR: OK. One more. Just one. Is this world protected? Because you're not the first lot to come here. (As the DOCTOR speaks, the projection shows Cybermen and Daleks, the Queen of the Racnoss, Ood, Sycorax, a Sontaran, a Sea Devil, Reapers, the Hath and the Vashta Nerada in the spacesuit) Oh, there have been so many! And what you've got to ask is... what happened to them? (the projection now goes from the first incarnation through the tenth before he walks through it) Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run! The ATRAXI ship departs. AMY laughs. The DOCTOR feels something in his pocket. He reaches in and pulls out the TARDIS key and it's glowing. AMY: Is that it? Is that them gone for good? Who were they? (She looks down from the sky to see the DOCTOR is gone) EXT. HOSPITAL, DAY The DOCTOR runs out the front door of the hospital and across the lawn. EXT. HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR returns to AMY'S back garden and the TARDIS. The TARDIS has refurbished its exterior. He stops in front of it. DOCTOR: OK! What have you got for me this time? (He opens the door and stands amazed.) Look at you! (smiles) Oh, you sexy thing! Look at you! AMY and RORY run up just as the TARDIS dematerializes. AMY closes her eyes, remembering when she was little, how she waited all night. She hears the TARDIS and smiles. INT. HOUSE, AMY'S BEDROOM, NIGHT AMY wakes when she hears the TARDIS. She jumps out of bed and runs to the window where she sees the TARDIS once again in the back garden. EXT. NIGHT, BACK GARDEN AMY exits the back door now in a robe and slippers. The DOCTOR is standing outside the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Sorry about running off earlier. Brand-new TARDIS - bit exciting. Just had a quick hop to the moon and back to run her in. She's ready for the big stuff now. AMY: It's you. You came back. DOCTOR: Course I came back. I always come back. Something wrong with that? AMY: And you kept the clothes. DOCTOR: Well, I just saved the world, the whole planet, for about the millionth time, no charge. Yeah, sh**t me! I kept the clothes. AMY: Including the bow tie. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's cool. Bow ties are cool. AMY: Are you from another planet? DOCTOR: Yeah. AMY: OK... DOCTOR: So what do you think? AMY: Of what? DOCTOR: Other planets. Want to check some out? AMY: What does that mean? DOCTOR: It means... Well, it means... come with me. AMY: Where? DOCTOR: Wherever you like. AMY: All that stuff, the hospital, the spaceships, Prisoner Zero... DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry. That's just the beginning. There's loads more. AMY: Yeah, but those things, amazing things, all that stuff... (angry) That was two years ago! DOCTOR: Oh-oh! Oops. AMY: Yeah. DOCTOR: So that's... AMY: 14 years! DOCTOR: 14 years since fish custard. Amy Pond, the girl who waited, you've waited long enough. AMY: When I was a kid, you said there was a swimming pool and a library, and the swimming pool was IN the library. DOCTOR: Yeah. Not sure where it's got to now. It'll turn up. So... coming? AMY: No! DOCTOR: You wanted to come 14 years ago. AMY: I grew up. DOCTOR: Don't worry. I'll soon fix that. The DOCTOR snaps his fingers and the door to the TARDIS opens, bathing AMY in a warm orange glow. Overwhelmed, she enters. DOCTOR: Well...? Anything you want to say? Any passing remarks? I've heard them all. The TARDIS is more metal now, less organic-looking. The center column is on a floor that allows one to see underneath. There are also stairs leading to other levels and doors. AMY: I'm in my nightie. DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry. Plenty of clothes in the wardrobe. AND possibly a swimming pool. So... all of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will... Where do you want to start? AMY: You are so sure that I'm coming. DOCTOR: Yeah, I am. AMY: Why? DOCTOR: Cos you're the Scottish girl in the English village, and I know how that feels. AMY: Oh, do you? DOCTOR: All these years living here most of your life... and you've still got that accent. Yeah, you're coming. AMY: Can you get me back for tomorrow morning? DOCTOR: It's a time machine. I can get you back five minutes ago. Why, what's tomorrow? AMY: Nothing. Nothing. Just... you know, stuff. DOCTOR: All right, then. Back in time for stuff. (a new screwdriver extends from the console's surface) Oh! A new one! (tests it) Lovely. (whispers) Thanks, dear. (sets the controls) AMY: Why me? DOCTOR: Why not? AMY: No, seriously. You are asking me to run away with you in the middle of the night. It's a fair question. Why me? DOCTOR: I don't know. Fun. Do I have to have a reason? AMY: People always have a reason. DOCTOR: Do I look like people? AMY: Yes. DOCTOR: Been knocking around on my own for a while - my choice - but I've started talking to myself. It's giving me earache. AMY: You're lonely. That's it? Just that? DOCTOR: Just that. Promise. (on a monitor behind him is a line that seems to mimic the crack from her bedroom) AMY: OK. DOCTOR: (switches off monitor) So, are you OK, then? Cos this place, sometimes it can make people feel a bit... you know. AMY: I'm fine. It's just... There's a whole world in here, just like you said. It's all true. I thought...well, I started to think that maybe you were just like a madman with a box. DOCTOR: Amy Pond, there's something you'd better understand. It's important, and one day your life may depend on it. I am definitely a madman with a box. Ha-ha! Yeah. (AMY laughs) Goodbye, Leadworth. Hello, everything! The DOCTOR hits the dematerialization switch and they both hold onto the console. EXT. NIGHT, BACK GARDEN The TARDIS dematerializes. INT. HOUSE, AMY'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The camera pans across a number of childhood crafts, each depicting either the DOCTOR or the TARDIS. We then see a wedding gown hanging outside the closet.
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EXT. SPACE A spaceship that looks like a city flies through the stars, a Union Flag painted on its side. Some of the buildings have lit letters on them designating counties. INT. SCHOOLROOM Young boys and girls are in line while one young boy remains at his desk. They are being praised by their as yet unseen teacher. COMPUTERISED MALE VOICE: Well done, Mabel. Well done, Alfie. Good girl, Tabitha. (one of the girls faces the boy and jerks her head) Very well done, Ranjit. Good girl, Chloe. (the boy picks up his book and gets in line) Well done, Ben. Well done, Mandy. (We see the ‘teacher' is actually a figure inside a booth. MANDY hurries off) 'Bad boy, Timmy. (the head spins to reveal a frowning face) Zero. INT. CORRIDOR MANDY is waiting outside. MANDY: You got a zero, didn't you? TIMMY: Yeah. So? MANDY: You'll have to walk home, then. TIMMY: Walk to London? That's 20 decks! MANDY: You can't ride a Vator with a zero. You know what happens. You'll get sent below. (steps into lift) TIMMY tries to get on the lift but the operator, a hooded man wearing an old-fashioned clock key on a chain, glares down at him and he backs away. MANDY: I'll wait for you. The lift doors close. There is another book in the hall and its head swivels to show a frown as well. The second lift opens and TIMMY steps inside. There is a smaller version of the booth set into the wall of the lift. XOMPUTERISED MALE VOICE Welcome to Vator Verse, sponsored by McLintock's Candy Burgers. TIMMY: L-London, please. There is a small computer screen on the wall behind TIMMY. On it, a young girl recites a verse. GIRL: A horse and a man, above, below One has a plan, but both must go. Mile after mile, above, beneath One has a smile, and one has teeth. (the figure swivels to TIMMY, showing its frown) Though the man above might say hello Expect no love from the beast below. The lift begins to plummet TIMMY: (pounds on microphone screen) Help! Help me! The lift stops at 000 and the floor slides open to reveal a bright red light. TIMMY screams. The figure's head swivels again to reveal a third face, grimacing in anger. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Beast Below" by Steven Moffatt Producer Peter Bennett Director Andrew g*n EXT. SPACE AMY, still in her nightgown and robe, is floating outside the open door of the TARDIS as the DOCTOR holds her ankle. AMY: (V.O.) My name is Amy Pond. When I was seven, I had an imaginary friend. Last night was the night before my wedding... DOCTOR: Come on, Pond. (pulls her back inside) AMY: (V.O.) ..and my imaginary friend came back. DOCTOR: NOW do you believe me? AMY: OK, your box is a spaceship. It's really, really a spaceship. We are in space! Whoo! What are we breathing? DOCTOR: I've extended the air shell - we're fine. (sees something below them and squats) Now, that's interesting. (they are flying over the spaceship) 29th Century. Solar flares roast the earth, (walks to console) INT TARDIS DOCTOR: and the entire human race packs its bags (works controls) and moves out till the weather improves. Whole nations... AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: ..migrating to the stars. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Isn't that amazing? AMY: Doctor! The DOCTOR looks up from the console to see AMY isn't there. EXT. SPACE AMY is outside clinging to the roof of the TARDIS. DOCTOR: (in doorway) Well, come on. I've found us a spaceship. INT TARDIS The DOCTOR has pulled up the spaceship on the TARDIS monitor. DOCTOR: This is the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland - all of it, bolted together and floating in the sky. Starship UK. It's Britain, but metal. That's not just a ship - that's an idea. That's a whole country, living and laughing and...shopping. (AMY chuckles) Searching the stars for a new home. AMY: Can we go out and see? DOCTOR: Course we can but first, there's a thing. AMY: A thing? DOCTOR: An important thing. In fact, thing one – (looks through magnifying glass) we are observers only. That's the one rule I've always stuck to in my travels. I never get involved in the affairs of other peoples or planets. Ooh! That's interesting. The screen now shows MANDY sitting alone, crying. AMY: So we're like a wildlife documentary, yeah? Cos if they see a wounded little cub or something, they can't just save it - they've got to keep filming and let it die. (watches MANDY) That's got to be hard. I don't think I could do that. Don't you find that hard - being all, like, detached and cold? (The DOCTOR appears on screen with MANDY. She runs away) Doctor? The DOCTOR looks into the camera and waves for AMY to join him. With a smile, she runs out of the TARDIS. INT. LONDON MARKET TANNOY: Welcome to London Market. You are being monitored. AMY looks about and sees an arched glass ceiling through which she can see the stars. The market is a series of stalls and booths very similar to a contemporary marketplace. AMY: (looks around in wonder) I'm in the future. Like hundreds...of years in the future. I've been d*ad for centuries. DOCTOR: Oh, lovely. You're a cheery one. (takes her by the arm and walk) Never mind d*ad, look at this place. Isn't it wrong? AMY: What's wrong? DOCTOR: Use your eyes, notice everything. What's wrong with this picture? AMY: Is it...the bicycles? (points to rickshaw) Bit unusual on a spaceship, bicycles. DOCTOR: Says the girl in the nightie. AMY: Oh, my God! I'm in my nightie. DOCTOR: Now, come on, look around you. Actually look. TANNOY: London Market is a crime-free zone. DOCTOR: Life on a giant starship, back to basics. Bicycles, washing lines, wind-up street lamps. But look closer. Secrets and shadows, lives led in fear. Society bent out of shape, on the brink of collapse. A police state. Excuse me. The DOCTOR runs over to a table and takes a glass of water from one of the people sitting there. He sets it gently on the floor and looks at it intently. He sets it back on the table. DOCTOR: Sorry. Checking all the water in this area. There's an escaped fish. (taps the side of his nose and rejoins AMY) Where was I? AMY: Why did you just do that with the water? DOCTOR: Don't know. I think a lot. It's hard to keep track. Now, police state - do you see it yet? AMY: Where? DOCTOR: (snaps and points) There. MANDY is sitting alone on a bench crying. Everyone walks past, ignoring her. The Doctor and AMY head towards her. A man in a hood and amulet watches. INT. OFFICE A phone rings and is answered by a person watching the DOCTOR and AMY on a monitor. It is a grey-haired man with wire-rimmed glasses. GREY-HAIRED MAN: Are you sure? INT. LONDON MARKET HOODED MAN: (in red phone booth) Saw it myself. INT. OFFICE HOODED MAN: (V.O.) Are you going to tell her? GREY-HAIRED MAN: We're under orders to tell her. INT. LONDON MARKET GREY-HAIRED MAN: (V.O.) Well done. Keep tabs on him. The HOODED MAN hangs up the phone. INT. OFFICE The GREY-HAIRED MAN dials the phone. INT. OPULENT ROOM In a palatial room, a woman sits alone, a red cloak laid out around her. A simple white mask is on the floor at her side. She answers the phone. GREY-HAIRED MAN: (V.O.) Sorry to interrupt. There's been a sighting. London block, Oxford Street. A man. WOMAN: Did he do the thing? GREY-HAIRED MAN: (V.O.) Apparently. WOMAN: I'll have a look on the monitors. The WOMAN picks ups the mask, stands, and walks past a number of water glasses as well as a crystal chandelier. INT. LONDON MARKET The DOCTOR and AMY are sitting on a bench facing MANDY. AMY: One little girl crying. So? DOCTOR: Crying silently. I mean, children cry cos they want attention, cos they're hurt or afraid. When they cry silently, it's cos they just can't stop. Any parent knows that. AMY: Are you a parent? DOCTOR: (is startled at the question but doesn't answer) Hundreds of parents walking past this spot and not one of them's asking her what's wrong, which means...they already know, and it's something they don't talk about. Secrets. They're not helping her, so it's something they're afraid of. Shadows - whatever they're afraid of - it's nowhere to be seen, which means it's everywhere. Police state. MANDY gets up as the lift bell rings and the figure in the nearby booth turns to watch her. AMY: Where'd she go? DOCTOR: Deck 207, Apple Sesame block, Dwelling 54A. You're looking for Mandy Tanner. Oh, (reaches into pocket) this fell out of her pocket when I accidentally bumped into her. (hands AMY the ID wallet) Took me four goes. Ask her about those things - the smiling fellows in the booths. They're everywhere. AMY: But they're just things. DOCTOR: They're clean. Everything else here is battered and filthy - look at this place. But no-one's laid a finger on those booths. Not a footprint within two feet of them. Ask Mandy, "Why are people scared of the things in the booths?" AMY: No. Hang on - what do I do? (whispers) I don't know what I'm doing here and I'm not even dressed! DOCTOR: It's this or Leadworth. What do you think? Let's see. What will Amy Pond choose? Ha-ha, gotcha! (checks watch) Meet me back here in half an hour. AMY: What are you going to do? DOCTOR: What I always do. Stay out of trouble. (stands) Badly. (leaps over bench and walks away) AMY: (gets up and faces him) So is this how it works, Doctor? You never interfere in the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there's children crying? DOCTOR: Yes. Resigned to her task, AMY turns back and tried to figure out which way to go. DEAN STREET AMY stops to get her bearings near another booth. She finds the way she wants to go and heads down the street. MANDY: You're following me. Saw you watching me at the marketplace. AMY: You dropped this. MANDY: Yeah, when your friend kept bumping into me. There's an area of the street surrounded by barriers. AMY: What's that? MANDY: There's a hole. We have to go back. AMY: A what? A hole? We see the hole is right in front of a shop called "Magpie Electricals" MANDY: Are you stupid? There's a hole in the road. We can't go that way. (AMY heads for the gate) There's a travel pipe down by the airlocks, if you've got stamps. What are you doing? AMY: Oh, don't mind me. Never could resist a "keep out" sign. What's through there? What's so scary about a hole? Something under the road? (sits on the ground and examines the lock) MANDY: (looks to the booth) Nobody knows. We're not supposed to talk about it. AMY: (turns around) About what? MANDY: Below. AMY: And because you're not supposed to, you don't? Watch and learn. (uses hairpin to pick the lock) MANDY: You sound Scottish. AMY: I am Scottish. What's wrong with that? Scotland's got to be here somewhere. MANDY: No. They wanted their own ship. AMY: Hmm. Good for them. Nothing changes. MANDY: So...how did you get here? The figure in the booth spins to show its angry face. AMY: Oh, just passing through, you know, with a guy. MANDY: Your boyfriend? AMY: (in realization) Oh. MANDY: What? AMY: Nothing. It's just...I'm getting married. Funny how things slip your mind. MANDY: Married? AMY: Yeah, shut up, married. Really, actually married. Almost definitely. MANDY: When? AMY: Well, it's kind of weird. A long time ago, tomorrow morning. I wonder what I did. (the lock opens) Hey, hey, result! Coming? MANDY: No! AMY: Suit yourself. As AMY prepares to go inside the tent covering the hole, MANDY sees the figure in the booth spins to show its third face. MANDY: Stop! You mustn't do that! INT. TENT The inside is dark but for red emergency lights flashing. AMY finds a torch and turns it on. In the beam she sees a creature—or part of a creature—reaching out through the hole. It sways slowly. AMY: Oh, my God. That's weird. That's... The creature strikes with what seems to be either a beak or a stinger. AMY shouts and scoots out of the tent backwards. DEAN STREET AMY stops to see she is surrounded by more hooded men. One sprays gas from his ring and she falls unconscious. MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR The DOCTOR climbs down a ladder and places his hands on the wall before leaning in to listen. DOCTOR: Can't be. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver to get a reading. He then sees a glass of water on the floor. He lies down and stares at it. WOMAN: (whispers) The impossible truth in a glass of water. (It is the WOMAN from earlier, wearing her mask) Not many people see it. (he stands) But you do, don't you, Doctor? DOCTOR: You know me? WOMAN: (whispers) Keep your voice down. They're everywhere. Tell me what you see in the glass. DOCTOR: Who says I see anything? WOMAN: (whispers) Don't waste time. At the marketplace, you placed a glass of water on the floor, looked at it, then came straight here to the engine room. Why? DOCTOR: No engine vibration on deck. Ship this size, engine this big, you'd feel it. The water would move. So...I thought I'd take a look. (opens power box on the wall) It doesn't make sense. These power couplings, they're not connected. Look. Look - they're dummies, see? (crosses hall and taps the wall) And behind this wall, nothing. It's hollow. If I didn't know better, I'd say there was... WOMAN: (whispers) No engine at all. DOCTOR: But it's working. This ship is travelling though space. I saw it. WOMAN: (whispers) The impossible truth, Doctor. We're travelling among the stars in a spaceship that could never fly. DOCTOR: How? WOMAN: (whispers) I don't know. There's a darkness at the heart of this nation. It thr*at every one of us. Help us, Doctor. You're our only hope. Your friend is safe. (hands him a device) This will take you to her. Now go, quickly! (begins to walk away) DOCTOR: Who are you? How do I find you again? WOMAN: (turns to face him and whispers) I am Liz 10. And I will find you. There is a crashing sound and the DOCTOR looks around. When he turns back, she is gone. VOTING CUBICLE AMY wakes up in a chair and the first thing she sees is the Smiler in the booth. There are four monitors in front of her in the style or retro televisions. COMPUERIZED VOICE: 'Welcome to voting cubicle 330C. Please leave this installation as you would wish to find it. (she stands and looks around) The United Kingdom recognises the right to know of all its citizens. (there are 3 large buttons in front of her: "Protest", "Record" and "Forget") A presentation concerning the history of Starship UK will begin shortly. Your identity is being verified on our electoral roll. (sits down) 'Name - Amelia Jessica Pond. 'Age - 1,306.' AMY: (Gasps) Shut up! (giggles) COMPUERIZED VOICE: Marital status... (AMY straightens, serious) Unknown. AMY flops back into the chair. On the four screens, a video starts, showing an older man as a presenter. PRESENTER: You are here because you want to know the truth about this starship, and I am talking to you because you're entitled to know. When this presentation has finished, you will have a choice. You may either protest...or forget. If you choose to protest, understand this. If just 1% of the population of this ship do likewise, the programme will be discontinued, with consequences for you all. If you choose to accept the situation - and we hope that you will - then press the "forget" button. All the information I am about to give you will be erased from your memory. You will continue to enjoy the safety and amenities of Starship UK, unburdened by the knowledge of what has been done to save you. Here, then, is the truth about Starship UK, and the price that has been paid for the safety of the British people. May God have mercy on our souls. Images flash across the screens, reflected in AMY'S eyes. She reacts and hits "Forget". As she wipes her tears, a video message starts on the screen. It is from herself. TV AMY: This isn't a trick. You've got to find the Doctor and get him back to the TARDIS. Don't let him investigate. Stop him. Do whatever you have to. Just please, please get the Doctor off this ship! The door to the room opens and we see MANDY waiting for her. As the message replays, the DOCTOR hops into the doorway. DOCTOR: Amy? (AMY turns message off) What have you done? Moments later, he's on the chair using the sonic screwdriver on the lamp above. DOCTOR: Yeah, your basic memory wipe job. Must have erased about 20 minutes. (jumps to the floor) AMY: But why would I choose to forget? MANDY: Cos everyone does. Everyone chooses the "forget" button. DOCTOR: Did you? MANDY: I'm not eligible to vote yet. I'm 12. Any time after you're 16, you're allowed to the see the film and make your choice. And then, once every five years... DOCTOR: And once every five years, everyone chooses to forget what they've learned. Democracy in action. (heads back to the monitors) MANDY: How do you not know about this? Are you Scottish too? DOCTOR: Oh, I'm way worse than Scottish. I can't even see the movie. Won't play for me. AMY: It played for me. DOCTOR: The difference being the computer doesn't accept me as human. AMY: Why not? (the DOCTOR looks at her) You look human. (she joins him) DOCTOR: No, you look Time Lord. We came first. AMY: So there are other Time Lords, yeah? DOCTOR: No. There were, but there aren't... Just me now. Long story. There was a bad day. Bad stuff happened, and you know what? I'd love to forget it all, every last bit of it, but I don't. Not ever. Cos this is what I do - every time, every day, every second. This. Hold tight. We're bringing down the government. The DOCTOR pounds the "Protest" button. The door slams shut, leaving MANDY outside. The Smiler in the booth turns to show his very angry face. The DOCTOR pulls AMY into the corner of the room as the floor slides open DOCTOR: Say, "Wheee!" AMY: Aaargh! They fall down the chute. HALLWAY OUTSIDE VOTING CUBICLE The lit sign outside switches from "Occupied" to "Empy". A figure comes up behind MANDY, startling her. WOMAN: (chuckles) It's all right, love. (removes mask) It's only me. REFUSE PILE The DOCTOR and AMY fall out of the chute with a scream. The DOCTOR stands and uses the sonic screwdriver. DOCTOR: High-speed air cannon. Lousy way to travel. AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: 600 feet down, 20 miles laterally - puts us at the heart of the ship. I'd say... Lancashire. What's this, then - a cave? Can't be a cave. Looks like a cave. AMY: (stands) It's a rubbish dump, and it's minging! (throws a piece of rubbish) DOCTOR: Yes, but only food refuse. (sniffs) Organic, coming through feeder tubes from all over the ship. AMY: (gets down on hands and knees) The floor's all squidgy, like a water bed. DOCTOR: But feeding what, though? AMY: It's sort of rubbery, feel it. Wet and slimy. The DOCTOR hears a distant moaning and stands. He realizes where they are. DOCTOR: Er... It's not a floor, it's a... (puts screwdriver away) So... AMY: (stands) It's a what? DOCTOR: The next word is kind of the scary word. Take a moment. Get yourself in a calm place. (takes her hands) Go "omm". AMY: Omm. DOCTOR: It's a tongue. AMY: A tongue? DOCTOR: (excited) A tongue. A great big tongue. AMY: (stunned) This is a mouth? This whole place is a mouth? We're in a mouth?! DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes, but on the plus side, roomy. AMY: How do we get out? DOCTOR: (takes out screwdriver) How big is this beastie? It's gorgeous! Blimey! if this is just the mouth, I'd love to see the stomach. (hears grunting) Though not right now. AMY: Doctor, how do we get out? DOCTOR: OK, it's being fed through surgically implanted feeder tubes, so the normal entrance is... (sees the sharp teeth of a closed mouth) closed for business. AMY: We can try, though. (heads forward) DOCTOR: No! Stop, don't move! (mouth heaves in agitation) Too late. It's started. AMY: What has? DOCTOR: Swallow reflex. They slip and fall back into the refuse. The DOCTOR uses the screwdriver on the mouth walls. AMY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: I'm vibrating the chemo-receptors. AMY: Chemo-what? DOCTOR: The eject button. AMY: How does a mouth have an eject button? DOCTOR: Think about it! They hear the creature growl, and, on their knees, look to see a wave of bile coming towards them. DOCTOR: Right, then. (straightens tie) This isn't going to be big on dignity. Geronimo! AMY yells and there is a great grunting and splashing. OVERSPILL PIPE They find themselves out of the mouth and back in the ship. DOCTOR: (examines the door) There's nothing broken, there's no sign of concussion and yes, you are covered in sick. AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: Overspill pipe, at a guess. AMY: (stands) Oh, God, it stinks. DOCTOR: That's not the pipe. AMY: Oh. (smells herself) Whoo! Can we get out? DOCTOR: One door, one door switch, one condition. (moves to show the button on the door) We forget everything we saw. Look familiar? That's the carrot. (the lights come on to reveal two Smilers) Ooh, here's the stick. There's a creature living in the heart of this ship. What's it doing there? (the faces spin to show mad) No, that's not going to work on me, so come on. Big old beast below decks, and everyone who protests gets shoved down its throat. That how it works? (the faces spin again to show anger) Oh, stop it. I'm not leaving and I'm not forgetting and what are you fellows going to do about it? Stick out your tongues? The booths open and the two Smilers stand and walk towards AMY and the DOCTOR who back away. AMY: Doctor? The WOMAN appears behind them and sh**t the Smilers. She twirls her p*stol before placing it back in its holster. DOCTOR: Look who it is. You look a lot better without your mask. LIZ 10: You must be Amy. Liz. Liz 10. AMY: Hi. LIZ 10: (shakes hand) Eurgh! (wipes hand on cloak) Lovely hair, Amy. Shame about the sick. (heads for door) You know Mandy, yeah? (puts her arm around MANDY'S shoulder) She's very brave. DOCTOR: How did you find us? LIZ 10: Stuck my gizmo on you. (throws device at him) Been listening in. Nice moves on the hurl escape. So, what's the big fella doing here? DOCTOR: You're over 16, you've voted. Whatever this is, you've chosen to forget about it. LIZ 10: No. Never forgot, never voted. Not technically a British subject. DOCTOR: Then who and what are you, and how do you know me? LIZ 10: You're a bit hard to miss, love. Mysterious stranger, MO consistent with higher alien intelligence, hair of an idiot... (the DOCTOR points like he's about the argue then runs his hand through his soaked hair instead) I've been brought up on the stories. My whole family was. DOCTOR: Your family? One of the Smilers begins to move. LIZ 10: They're repairing. Doesn't take them long. Let's move. (they leave the overspill) LOWER CORRIDORS LIZ 10 explains as they walk. LIZ 10: The Doctor. Old drinking buddy of Henry XII. Tea and scones with Liz II. Vicky was a bit on the fence about you, weren't she? Knighted and exiled you on the same day. And so much for the Virgin Queen, you bad, bad boy! DOCTOR: Liz 10? A Smiler rises from a booth in the corridor. LIZ 10: Liz 10, yeah. Elizabeth X. And down! (turns and fires both p*stol at the Smilers. Both fall) I'm the bloody Queen, mate. Basically, I rule. LIZ 10 takes them to another corridor. It is the base of a vator shaft. LIZ 10: There's a high-speed Vator through there. (The DOCTOR looks into a caged area where there are two of the things AMY saw earlier.) Oh, yeah. There's these things. Any ideas? AMY: Doctor, I saw one of these up top. There was a hole in the road, like it had burst through, like a root. DOCTOR: Exactly like a root. It's all one creature - the same one we were inside - reaching out. It must be growing through the mechanisms of the entire ship. LIZ 10: What? Like an infestation? DOCTOR: Someone's helping it. Feeding it. LIZ 10: Feeding my subjects to it. Come on. We've got to keep moving. (storms off in anger and MANDY follows) AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Oh, Amy. (looks sympathetically at creatures as they bang against the bars) We should never have come here. AMY remembers her video message. INT. OFFICE The GREY-HAIRED MAN is watching the DOCTOR, LIZ 10, AMY and MANDY on his monitor. He speaks into a microphone. GREY-HAIRED MAN: Winder division one. Ten has penetrated to the lower levels. Initiate the protocol. INT. OPULENT ROOM (LIZ 10'S BEDROOM) The DOCTOR walks carefully through the maze of glasses on the floor of LIZ 10'S room. GREY-HAIRED MAN: (V.O.) God save the Queen DOCTOR: Why all the glasses? LIZ 10: (on her bed) To remind me every single day that my government is up to something, and it's my duty to find out what. DOCTOR: (picks up mask) A queen going undercover to investigate her own kingdom? LIZ 10: Secrets are being kept from me. I don't have a choice. Ten years I've been at this - my entire reign - and you've achieved more in one afternoon. DOCTOR: (paces) How old were you when you came to the throne? LIZ 10: 40. Why? AMY: (putting her hair up) What, you're 50 now? No way! AMY and MANDY sit on the chaise at the foot of the bed. LIZ 10: Yeah, they slowed my body clock. Keeps me looking like the stamps. DOCTOR: (sits on the bed, still holding the mask) And you always wear this in public? LIZ 10: Undercover's not easy when you're me. The autographs, the bunting. DOCTOR: Air-balanced porcelain. Stays on by itself, cos it's perfectly sculpted to your face. LIZ 10: Yeah. So what? DOCTOR: Oh, Liz. So everything. The door opens and four hooded men enter. One is the same from the marketplace. LIZ 10: (outraged) What are you doing? How dare you come in here? HOODED MAN: Ma'am, you have expressed interest in the interior workings of Starship UK. You will come with us now. LIZ 10: Why would I do that? The HOODED MAN'S head spins to show the face of an angry Smiler. LIZ 10: How can they be Smilers? DOCTOR: Half Smiler, half human. LIZ 10: (to its face) Whatever you creatures are, I am still your queen. On whose authority is this done? SMILER: The highest authority, Ma'am. LIZ 10: I AM the highest authority. SMILER: Yes, ma'am. You must go now, Ma'am. LIZ 10: Where? SMILER: The Tower, Ma'am. INT. MEDIVAL ROOM: The group is escorted to a large stone room containing high-tech machines. There is a grating through which AMY can see more of the creatures. AMY: Doctor, where are we? DOCTOR: The lowest point of Starship UK. (spins, arms out) The dungeon. GREY-HAIRED MAN: Ma'am. LIZ 10: Hawthorne! So this is where you hid yourself away. I think you've got some explaining to do. DOCTOR: (to HAWTHORNE) There's children down here. What's all that about? HAWTHORNE: Protesters and citizens of limited value are fed to the beast. For some reason, it won't eat the children. You're the first adults it's spared. You're very lucky. DOCTOR: Yeah, look at us. t*rture chamber of the Tower of London. Lucky, lucky, lucky. Except it's not a t*rture chamber, is it? (examines equipment) Well, except it is. Except it isn't. Depends on your angle. The DOCTOR joins LIZ 10 by an open "well" with a railing around it. Inside seems to be something alive. LIZ 10: What's that? DOCTOR: Well, like I say, depends on the angle. It's either the exposed pain centre of big fella's brain, being tortured relentlessly... LIZ 10: Or? DOCTOR: Or it's the gas pedal, the accelerator - Starship UK's go-faster button. LIZ 10: I don't understand. DOCTOR: Don't you? Try, go on. The spaceship that could never fly, no vibration on deck. This creature - this poor, trapped, terrified creature. It's not infesting you, it's not invading - it's what you have instead of an engine. And this place down here is where you hurt it, where you t*rture it, day after day, just to keep it moving. (An intermittent electrical beam sh**t down into the creature's exposed brain.) Tell you what. (moves to another well and lifts the grate) Normally, it's above the range of human hearing. (one of the extensions of the creature breaks free) This is the sound none of you wanted to hear. (uses the screwdriver and the others hear the creature's call) LIZ 10: Stop it. (to HAWTHORNE) Who did this? HAWTHORNE: We act on instructions from the highest authority. LIZ 10: I am the highest authority. The creature will be released, now. I said now! (no one moves) Is anyone listening to me? DOCTOR: (still holding LIZ 10's mask) Liz. Your mask. LIZ 10: What about my mask? DOCTOR: (tosses mask to LIZ 10) Look at it. It's old. At least 200 years old, I'd say. LIZ 10: Yeah, it's an antique, so? DOCTOR: Yeah, an antique made by craftsmen over 200 years ago and perfectly sculpted to your face. They slowed your body clock, all right, but you're not 50. Nearer 300. And it's been a long old reign. LIZ 10: Nah, it's ten years. I've been on this throne ten years. DOCTOR: Ten years. And the same ten years over and over again, (takes her by the hand) always leading you... (shows her the voting area) here. (the buttons read "forget" and "abdicate") LIZ 10: (turns to Hawthorne) What have you done? HAWTHORNE: Only what you have ordered. We work for you, Ma'am. The Winders, the Smilers, all of us. (turns on the screen) LIZ 10: (recording) If you are watching this...If I am watching this, then I have found my way to the Tower Of London. (the real LIZ 10 sits) The creature you are looking at is called a Star Whale. Once, there were millions of them. They lived in the depths of space and, according to legend, guided the early space travelers through the asteroid belts. This one, as far as we are aware, is the last of its kind. 'And what we have done to it 'breaks my heart. (The DOCTOR, HAWTHORNE, AMY and MANDY watch in silence) The Earth was burning. Our sun had turned on us, and every other nation had fled to the skies. Our children screamed as the skies grew hotter. And then it came, like a miracle. The last of the star whales. We trapped it, we built our ship around it, and we rode on its back to safety. If you wish our voyage to continue, then you must press the "forget" button. (LIZ 10 looks at the button) Be again the heart of this nation, untainted. If not, press the other button. (looks at "abdicate") Your reign will end, the Star Whale will be released, and our ship will disintegrate. I hope I keep the strength to make the right decision. AMY: I voted for this? (to DOCTOR) Why would I do that? DOCTOR: Because you knew if we stayed here, I'd be faced with an impossible choice. Humanity or the alien. You took it upon yourself to save me from that. And that was wrong. You don't ever decide what I need to know. AMY: I don't even remember doing it. DOCTOR: You did it. That's what counts. AMY: I'm... I'm sorry. DOCTOR: Oh, I don't care. When I'm done here, you're going home. (walks away) AMY: Why? Because I made a mistake? One mistake? I don't even remember doing it. Doctor! DOCTOR: (examining instrument panels) Yeah. I know. You're only human. LIZ 10: What are you doing? DOCTOR: The worst thing I'll ever do. I'm going to pass a massive electrical charge through the Star Whale's brain. Should knock out all its higher functions, leave it a vegetable. The ship will still fly, but the whale won't feel it. AMY: That'll be like k*lling it. DOCTOR: Look, three options. One: I let the Star Whale continue in unendurable agony for hundreds more years. Two: I k*ll everyone on this ship. Three: I m*rder a beautiful, innocent creature as painlessly as I can. And then I find a new name, cos I won't be the Doctor any more. LIZ 10: There must be something we can do, some other way. DOCTOR: Nobody talk to me. Nobody human has anything to say to me today! AMY and MANDY sit against the wall and watch helplessly as the DOCTOR works. Three children enter the room. One is TIMMY. MANDY: Timmy! (goes to him) You made it, you're OK! (TIMMY says nothing) It's me - Mandy. They've stopped in front of one of the "feelers" and MANDY has her back to it. The feeler reaches towards MANDY and AMY starts to move forward. Instead of hurting her, it gently taps MANDY on the back and lets her pet it. In a montage, AMY begins to understand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DOCTOR: C'mon, use your eyes. Notice everything. Notice everything. She remembers seeing MANDY crying as she hears parts of LIZ 10's explanation. LIZ 10: Our children screamed. It came, like a miracle. HAWTHORNE: It won't eat the children. LIZ 10: Children screamed. Then it came. It's the last of its kind. She remembers the DOCTOR with MANDY, the feelers in the vator shaft, the glasses of water. DOCTOR: Just me now. LIZ 10: The last of its kind. AMY: Is this how it works, Doctor? Never interfere with other peoples or planets... LIZ 10: Children screamed. She remembers meeting the DOCTOR as a child. AMY: ...unless it's children crying. LIZ 10: The last of its kind. DOCTOR: Just me now. AMY: Unless there's children crying. DOCTOR: Yes. HAWTHORNE: It won't eat the children. She remembers the children playing when they arrived. LIZ 10: Then it came. Like a miracle. The last of the Star Whales. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMY sees both MANDY and TIMMY petting the feeler. AMY: Doctor, stop. (goes to the DOCTOR) Whatever you're doing, stop it now! (goes to LIZ 10) Sorry, Your Majesty, going to need a hand. (leads her to the buttons) DOCTOR: Amy, no! No! (rushes over) AMY forces LIZ 10's hand down on the "abdicate" button. The whale bellows and the whole ship shakes, causing havoc on every level. DOCTOR: Amy, what have you done? AMY: Nothing at all. Am I right? HAWTHORNE: We've INCREASED speed. AMY: Yeah, well, you've stopped torturing the pilot. Gotta help. (smiles) LIZ 10: It's still here? I don't understand. AMY: The Star Whale didn't come like a miracle all those years ago. It volunteered. You didn't have to trap it or t*rture it - that was all just you. It came because it couldn't stand to watch your children cry. What if you were really old, and really kind and alone? Your whole race d*ad, no future. What couldn't you do then? If you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind... (turns to look at the DOCTOR) you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry. OBSERVATION DECK The DOCTOR is standing alone looking out onto the starship. AMY joins him AMY: From Her Majesty. (holds out the mask) She says there will be no more secrets on Starship UK. DOCTOR: Amy, you could have k*lled everyone on this ship. AMY: You could have k*lled a Star Whale. DOCTOR: (faces her) And you saved it. I know, I know. AMY: Amazing, though, don't you think? The Star Whale. All that pain and misery... and loneliness. (looks sideways at the DOCTOR) And it just made it kind. DOCTOR: But you couldn't have known how it would react. AMY: YOU couldn't. But I've seen it before. Very old and very kind, and the very, very last. Sound a bit familiar? (they hug) Hey. DOCTOR: What? AMY: Gotcha. DOCTOR: Ha! Gotcha. INT. LONDON MARKET The DOCTOR and AMY head back to the TARDIS AMY: Shouldn't we say goodbye? Won't they wonder where we went? DOCTOR: For the rest of their lives. Oh, the songs they'll write! Never mind them. Big day tomorrow. AMY: Sorry, what? DOCTOR: It's always a big day tomorrow. We've got a time machine. I skip the little ones. (unlocks the TARDIS) AMY: You know what I said about getting back for tomorrow morning... Have you ever run away from something because you were scared, or not ready, or just... Just because you could? DOCTOR: Once...a long time ago. AMY: What happened? DOCTOR: Hello! A phone begins to ring. AMY: Right. Doctor, there's something I haven't told you. No. Hang on, is that a phone ringing? They enter the TARDIS. INT TARDIS AMY: People phone you? DOCTOR: Well, it's a phone box. Would you mind? (prepares to dematerialize) AMY: (answers phone on the console) Hello? Sorry, who? No, seriously. Who? (muffles the phone against her shoulder) Says he's Prime Minister. First the Queen, now the Prime Minister. Get about, don't you? DOCTOR: Which Prime Minister? (motions for AMY to pull a lever) AMY: (pulls lever before speaking into the phone) Er, which Prime Minister? (to DOCTOR) The British one. DOCTOR: Which British one? AMY: (on phone) Which British one? (her eyes widen and she passes the phone to the DOCTOR) Winston Churchill for you. DOCTOR: Oh! Hello, dear. What's up? WINSTON CHURCHILL'S OFFICE CHURCHILL: Tricky situation, Doctor. Potentially very dangerous. (a shadow on the wall reveals a Dalek) I think I'm going to need you. DOCTOR: (V.O.) Don't worry about a thing, Prime Minister. INT TARDIS DOCTOR: We're on our way. INT. LONDON MARKET The TARDIS dematerializes. EXT. SPACE AMY: (V.O.) In bed above, we're deep asleep While greater love lies further deep This dream must end This world must know We all depend on the beast below. The view of Starship UK changes to reveal the space whale below, swimming on through the stars.
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INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM A siren wails. In the smoky room, men and women in RAF uniforms are manning the phones and radio headsets as they keep track of an ongoing battle. MALE OFFICER: Can't we shut that ruddy thing up? WOMAN #1:(into headset) If wishes were kisses... Hostile 36, confirm. MALE OFFICER: Able Victor Charlie down. A second woman enters with a clipboard. WOMAN #2: 26 and 41 detailed to intercept. WOMAN #1: 41? (removes headset) That's... that's Reg's squadron. CHURCHILL enters the room and everyone stands to attention. WOMAN #2: Sir. CHURCHILL: How many? MALE OFFICER: Looks like a dozen Heinkel at least, sir. With Messerschmidts flanking. CHURCHILL: Out of range? WOMAN #1: Normally, sir, yes. CHURCHILL: (puffs on cigar) Well, then. Time to roll out the secret w*apon! The first woman nods, and with a long stick, pushes the figure of a Dalek across the map. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "Victory of the Daleks" by Mark Gatiss Producer Peter Bennett Director Andrew g*n INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM The TARDIS materializes. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, CHURCHILL'S OFFICE CHURCHILL is working at his desk when a buzzer sounds. He smiles. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM The DOCTOR steps out of the TARDIS and has soldiers pointing g*n at him. The soldiers part for CHURCHILL. DOCTOR: Amy... (holds out arm in introduction) Winston Churchill. CHURCHILL: Doctor? Is it you? AMY steps out and stares at CHURCHILL in amazement. DOCTOR: Oh, Winston, my old friend! (goes to shake hands but CHURCHILL motions with his hand that he wants something) Ah, every time! AMY: What's he after? DOCTOR: TARDIS key, of course. CHURCHILL: Think of what I could achieve with your remarkable machine, Doctor! The lives that could be saved! DOCTOR: Ah, doesn't work like that. (closes TARDIS door) CHURCHILL: Must I take it by force? DOCTOR: I'd like to see you try. CHURCHILL: At ease. (soldiers lower their r*fles) DOCTOR: You rang? INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, CORRIDOR The DOCTOR, AMY and CHURCHILL stride through the corridor as an air raid happens above. The DOCTOR has CHURCHILL'S cane. CHURCHILL: So you've changed your face, again. DOCTOR: Yeah, well, had a bit of work done. AMY: Got it, got it, got it! Cabinet w*r Rooms, right? DOCTOR: Yup. Top secret heart of the w*r Office, right under London. CHURCHILL: You're late, by the way. WOMAN #1: (hands CHURCHILL a clipboard and pen) Requisitions, sir. CHURCHILL: Excellent. DOCTOR: Late? CHURCHILL: I rang you a month ago. (signs papers) DOCTOR: Really? Sorry. Sorry, it's a Type 40 TARDIS. I'm just running her in. CHURCHILL: (hands clipboard back) Something the matter, Breen? You look a little down in the dumps. BREEN: (hugs clipboard) No, sir. Fine, sir. CHURCHILL: Action this day, Breen! Action this day! BREEN: Yes, sir. (nods, forces a smile and casts a glance AMY'S way before leaving) OFFICER: Excuse me, sir, got another formation coming in, Prime Minister. Stukas, by the look of them. CHURCHILL: We shall go up top then, Group Captain! We'll give 'em what for! Coming, Doctor? DOCTOR: Why? CHURCHILL: (snatches back cane) I have something to show you. The DOCTOR mouths "Oooh" to AMY and she giggles. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, LIFT CHURCHILL starts the lift and puffs on his cigar. The DOCTOR waves the smoke away. AMY stands to the back. CHURCHILL: We stand at a crossroads, Doctor. Quite alone, with our backs to the wall. Invasion is expected daily. So I will grasp with both hands anything that will give us an advantage over the n*zi menace. DOCTOR: Such as? The lift stops and CHURCHILL opens the gate. CHURCHILL: Follow me. EXT. NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, ROOFTOP, DAY Amidst the sandbags on the roof, a man in a white coat is watching the sky with binoculars. The DOCTOR and AMY follow CHURCHILL. AMY: Wow! CHURCHILL: Doctor, this is Professor Edwin Bracewell, head of our Ironsides Project. The DOCTOR holds up his hand with a "V for Victory". BRACEWELL: How d'you do? (waves at them then looks through binoculars again) A formation of German planes are approaching. The DOCTOR and AMY walk towards the edge and look out over London and its barrage balloons as the b*mb drop. AMY: Oh, Doctor... Doctor, it's... DOCTOR: History. CHURCHILL: Ready, Bracewell? BRACEWELL: Aye-aye, sir. (gives "thumbs up") On my order! f*re! From within a sandbagged area on the room, laser beams are fired at the German planes and they're destroyed. AMY: What was that? DOCTOR: That wasn't human, that was never human technology. That sounded like... Show me! Show me what that was! (climbs ladder to stand by BRACEWELL) BRACEWELL: Advance! CHURCHILL: Our new secret w*apon! A Dalek trundles out. It is painted in Army khaki, a utility belt around it, a small Union Flag under the eyestalk and the lights on the top of the dome are covered. The DOCTOR watches, horrified. CHURCHILL: What do you think? Quite something, eh? DOCTOR: (Dalek POV) What are you doing here? DALEK: I am your soldier. DOCTOR: What? DALEK: I am your soldier. DOCTOR: Stop this. (Dalek POV) Stop now! You know who I am, you always know. DALEK: Your identity is unknown. BRACEWELL: Perhaps I can clarify things here, this is one of my Ironsides. DOCTOR: Your what? BRACEWELL: (to Dalek) You will help the Allied cause in any way that you can? DALEK: Yes. BRACEWELL: Until the Germans have been utterly smashed? DALEK: Yes. BRACEWELL: And what is your ultimate aim? DALEK: To win the w*r! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, CHURCHILL'S OFFICE The DOCTOR looks at the diagrams and blueprints that clearly show a Dalek. DOCTOR: They're Daleks! They're called Daleks! CHURCHILL: They are Bracewell's Ironsides, Doctor! Look! Blueprints, statistics, field-tests, photographs. He invented them! DOCTOR: Invented them? Oh, no, no, no! CHURCHILL: Yes! He approached one of our brass hats a few months ago. Fella's a genius. AMY: A Scottish genius, too. Maybe you should listen to... DOCTOR: Shh! He didn't invent them! They're alien. CHURCHILL: Alien? A Dalek glides by the open doorway and the DOCTOR senses its presence, looking over his shoulder. The Dalek views the action in the room before continuing on. DOCTOR: And totally hostile! CHURCHILL: Precisely. They will win me the w*r! (turns over a blueprint to show a propaganda poster with a large Dalek) INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, CORRIDOR DOCTOR: Why won't you listen? Why call me in if you won't listen to me?! CHURCHILL: When I rang you a month ago, I must admit, I had my doubts. The Ironsides seemed too good to be true. DOCTOR: Yes! Right! So destroy them! Exterminate them! CHURCHILL: But imagine what I could do with a hundred! A thousand! DOCTOR: I am imagining. (A courier Dalek passes them) Amy, tell him. AMY: Tell him what? DOCTOR: About the Daleks! AMY: What would I know about the Daleks? DOCTOR: Everything. They inv*de your world, remember? Planets in the sky, you don't forget that! Amy... Tell me you remember the Daleks. AMY: Nope, sorry. DOCTOR: That's not possible. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM Women are manning the radios and moving the figures on the map as required. BREEN: And 6... 2357, over! 2357, over! A Dalek glides past the DOCTOR and AMY as they enter. DOCTOR: So they're up to something, but what is it? What are they after? AMY: Well, let's just ask, shall we? (walks over to the Dalek) DOCTOR: Amy... Amelia! AMY taps on the Dalek's casing and it swivels to focus its eyestalk on her DALEK: Can I be of assistance? AMY: Oh. Yes. Yes! See, my friend reckons you're dangerous. (Dalek POV) That you're an alien. Is it true? DALEK: I am your soldier. The DOCTOR watches thoughtfully. AMY: Yeah. Got that bit. Love a squaddie. What else, though? DALEK: Please excuse me. I have duties to perform. The DOCTOR goes over to CHURCHILL and takes the cigar from the Prime Minister's mouth. DOCTOR: Winston, Winston, please. CHURCHILL: We are waging total w*r, Doctor! Day after day, the Luftwaffe pound this great city like an iron fist. DOCTOR: Wait till the Daleks get started. CHURCHILL: Men, women and children slaughtered. Families torn apart. Wren's churches in flames. DOCTOR: Yeah? Try the Earth in flames! CHURCHILL: I weep for my country, I weep for my empire. It is breaking my heart. (moves around the table) DOCTOR: (follows CHURCHILL) But you're resisting, Winston! The whole world knows you're resisting! You're a beacon of hope. CHURCHILL: (signs more papers) But for how long? Millions of innocent lives will be saved if I use these Ironsides now! DALEK: Can I be of assistance? DOCTOR: (to Dalek) Shut it! (to CHURCHILL) Listen to me. Just listen! The Daleks have no conscience, no mercy, no pity. They are my oldest and deadliest enemy. You cannot trust them! CHURCHILL: If h*tler inv*de hell, I would give a favourable reference to the Devil! These machines are our salvation! (siren sounds) Oh, the all-clear. We are safe. For now. (leaves) The DOCTOR stares at the Dalek before it, too, turns away and leaves. AMY: Doctor, it's the all-clear. Are you OK? DOCTOR: (twisting an officer's cap in his hands) What does hate look like, Amy? AMY: Hate? DOCTOR: It looks like a Dalek. And I'm going to prove it. (tosses cap before putting it on a desk as he walks out) INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, BRACEWELL'S LAB BRACEWELL is working at his desk and a few technicians are working nearby. A Dalek glides up to him. DALEK: Would you care for some tea? BRACEWELL: That would be very nice. Thank you. The DOCTOR and AMY stride in and the DOCTOR begins checking everything out. DOCTOR: All right, Prof! The PM's been filling me in. Amazing things, these Ironsides of yours. Amazing. You must be very proud of them. BRACEWELL: Just doing my bit. AMY: (picks up spanner) Not bad for a Paisley boy. The DOCTOR sits on a chair and begins to read a file. BRACEWELL: Yes, I thought I detected a familiar cadence, my dear. DOCTOR: How did you do it? Come up with the idea? BRACEWELL: How does the muse of invention come to anyone? DOCTOR: (tosses file onto desk behind him) But you get a lot of these clever notions, do you? BRACEWELL: Well, ideas just seem to teem from my head! Wonderful things! Like... let me show you. (shows them files) Some musings on the potential of hypersonic flight. Gravity bubbles that could sustain life outside of the terrestrial atmosphere! Came to me in the bath! DOCTOR: And are these your ideas or theirs? BRACEWELL: No, no, no, no. These robots are entirely under my control, Doctor. They are...(a Dalek brings his tea) Thank you...the perfect servant, and the perfect warrior. DOCTOR: I don't know what you're up to, Professor, but whatever they've promised, you cannot trust them! Call them what you like, the Daleks are death! CHURCHILL: (enters followed by another Dalek) Yes, Doctor. Death to our enemies! Death to the forces of darkness, and death to the Third Reich! DOCTOR: Yes, Winston, and death to everyone else too! DALEK: Would you care for some tea? DOCTOR: (upsets tray and cup causing them to fall to the floor) Stop this! What are you doing here? What do you want? DALEK: We seek only to help you. DOCTOR: To do what? DALEK: To win the w*r. DOCTOR: Really? Which w*r? DALEK: I do not understand. DOCTOR: This w*r, against the n*zi? Or your w*r? The w*r against the rest of the Universe? The w*r against all life-forms that are not Dalek? DALEK: I do not understand. (Dalek pov) I am your soldier. DOCTOR: (Dalek POV) Oh, yeah? OK. (normal POV)(the DOCTOR turns around and picks up a giant spanner) OK, soldier, defend yourself! (bangs spanner against Dalek) BRACEWELL: Doctor, what the devil...?! DALEK: You do not require tea? The DOCTOR keeps striking the Dalek. BRACEWELL: Stop it! Prime Minister, please! CHURCHILL: Doctor, please, these machines are precious. DOCTOR: Come on! Fight back! You want to, don't you? You know you do! BRACEWELL: I must protest! DOCTOR: What are you waiting for? You hate me. You want to k*ll me. Well, go on! k*ll me. k*ll me! (strikes again) AMY: Doctor, be careful! (pushes him back) DALEK: Please desist from striking me. I am your soldier. DOCTOR: You are my enemy! (punctuates sentence with hits) And I am yours! You are everything I despise! The worst thing in all creation. I've defeated you time and time again, I've defeated you. I sent you back into the void! I saved the whole of reality from you! I am the Doctor! And you are the Daleks! (kicks the Dalek and it rolls backwards) DALEK: Correct. (Dalek POV) Review testimony. DOCTOR: (on playback) 'I am the Doctor. And you are the Daleks!' (real) Testimony? What are you talking about, testimony? DALEK #2: Transmitting testimony now. DOCTOR: Transmit what, where? SPACE A Dalek spaceship is hiding on the far side of the moon. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP A Dalek has its "plunger" arm attached to what seems to be a receiver. DALEK #3: Receiving testimony now. A small Dalek-shaped device is suspended by two metal bars in a cubicle. The DOCTOR'S voice echoes through the room as the testimony repeats. Lights on the device begin to flash and it beeps. DALEK #3: Progenitor activated. Testimony accepted! Testimony accepted! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, BRACEWELL'S LAB DALEK #2: Testimony accepted! DOCTOR: Get back! All of you! CHURCHILL: Marines! Marines! Get in here! Two Marines enter and one of the Daleks kills them. BRACEWELL: Stop it! Stop it, please! What are you doing? (Dalek POV) You are my Ironsides! DALEK #1: We are the Daleks! BRACEWELL: But I created you! DALEK #1: No. (sh**t off BRACEWELL'S hand revealing a stump of wires and circuits) We created you! DALEKS:(in unison) Victory! Victory! Victory! (teleport to ship) AMY: What just happened, Doctor? DOCTOR: I wanted to know what they wanted, what their plan was. I was their plan! (runs out of the room) AMY: Hey! INT. DALEK SPACESHIP The Progenitor device is flashing faster. The two Daleks from the Cabinet w*r Rooms joins the third. DALEK #3: Commencing Phase Two. The Progenitor is activated! It begins! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM The DOCTOR enters the room and a rush and goes down the stairs towards the TARDIS DOCTOR: "Testimony accepted!" That's what they said! My testimony. AMY: (follows) Don't b*at yourself up. You were right. (the DOCTOR unlocks the TARDIS) What do we do? Is this what we do now? Chase after them? DOCTOR: This is what I do. It's dangerous, so wait here. CHURCHILL comes to stand behind AMY. AMY: What, so you mean I've got to stay safe down here in the middle of the London Blitz? DOCTOR: Safe as it gets around me. (waves and steps into the TARDIS) AMY and CHURCHILL watch as the TARDIS dematerializes. AMY: What does he expect us to do now? CHURCHILL: KBO, of course. AMY: What? CHURCHILL: Keep buggering on! INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR works the controls before checking the monitor. The Dalek ship appears. DOCTOR: Bingo! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM BREEN enters with a communiqué. BREEN: Prime Minister. CHURCHILL: Yes? BREEN: (hands him the paper) Signal from RDF, sir. Unidentified object. Hanging in the sky, Captain Childers says. We can't get a proper fix, though. It's too far up. CHURCHILL: What do you think, Miss Pond? The Doctor's in trouble and now we know where he is. AMY: Yeah. Cos he'll be on that ship, won't he? Right in the middle of everything. CHURCHILL: Exactly! EXT. NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, ROOFTOP, NIGHT An Air Raid Warden is watching from the rooftop as more b*mb fall. Someone violates the blackout. WARDEN: Oi! Put that light out! The light is switched off. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP The three Daleks watch as the Progenitor device continues to run its programmed course. DALEK #1: The final phase commences, channel all reserve power to Progenitor. The TARDIS materializes and the three Daleks swivel their top sections to see the DOCTOR emerge rubbing his hands. DOCTOR: How about that cuppa now, then? DALEK #1: It is the Doctor! Exterminate! DOCTOR: Wait, wait, wait, I wouldn't if I were you! (pulls out a small round object and holds it out in front of him) TARDIS self-destruct. And you know what that means. My ship goes, you all go with it. DALEK #2: You would not use such a device. DOCTOR: Try me. (DALEK #1 moves forward) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. No scans! No nothing! One move and I'll destroy us all, you got that? TARDIS bang-bang, Daleks boom! (DALEK #1 moves back) Good boy. (looks at the Daleks' instrument panels) This ship's pretty beaten up - running on empty, I'd say, like you. When we last met, you were at the end of your rope. Finished. DALEK #2: One ship survived. DOCTOR: And you fell back through time, yes? Crippled? Dying? DALEK #2: We picked up a trace. One of the Progenitor devices. DOCTOR: Progenitor? What's that when it's at home? DALEK #2: It is our past. And our future. DOCTOR: Ohhh, that's deep. That is deep for a Dalek. What does it mean, though? DALEK #3: It contains pure Dalek DNA, thousands were created, all were lost, save one. DOCTOR: OK, but there's still one thing I don't get, though - if you've got the Progenitor, why build Bracewell? DALEK #2: It was... necessary. DOCTOR: But why? I get it. Oh, I get it! I get it. Oh, ho, this is rich! The Progenitor wouldn't recognise you, would it? It saw you as impure, the DNA is unrecognisable as Dalek. DALEK #2: A solution was devised. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, yes. Me. My testimony. So you set a trap, you knew that the Progenitor would recognise me. The Daleks' greatest enemy! It would accept my word. My recognition of you. (DALEK #2 turns to the instrument panel behind it) No, no, no. What are you doing? (holds out object again) DALEK #3: Withdraw now, Doctor, or the city dies in flames. DOCTOR: Who are you kidding? This ship is a wreck, you don't have the power to destroy London. DALEK #2: Watch as the humans destroy themselves. SPACE The Dalek ship lowers a dish which then collects and sends a stream of energy towards London EXT. NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, ROOFTOP, NIGHT The WARDEN watches, stunned, as lights come on all over the city. WARDEN: What the...? No! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM One of the officers tries to turn off the lights OFFICER: The generators won't switch off! The lights are on all across London, Prime Minister! AMY: Has to be them. Has to be the Daleks. CHURCHILL: The Germans can see every inch of the city. We're sitting ducks. Get those lights out before the Germans get here! (OFFICER goes to check generators) WOMAN #2: (into radio) Confirm, Squadron 244 and 56 mobilised. BREEN: (into radio) Emergency, emergency, 109? 109, confirm? CHURCHILL: Thousands will die if we don't get those lights out now. BREEN: German b*mb sighted over the Channel, sir. ETA 10 minutes, sir. CHURCHILL: Here they come. Get a message to Mr Attlee. w*r Cabinet meeting at 0300--if we're all still here. AMY: We can't just sit here! We've got to take the fight to the Daleks! CHURCHILL: How? None of our w*apon are a match for theirs. AMY: Oh, look, we must have something. Oh! Staring us in the face! A gift! From the Daleks! INT. DALEK SPACESHIP DOCTOR: Turn those lights off now. Turn London off or I swear I will use the TARDIS self-destruct! DALEK #2: Stalemate, Doctor. Leave us, and return to Earth. DOCTOR: Oh, that's it? That's your great victory? You leave? DALEK #2: Extinction is not an option. We shall return to our own time and begin again. DOCTOR: No, no, no! I won't let you get away this time! I won't! There is a mechanical "whoosh" and then a soft thrumming. DALEK #3: We have succeeded - DNA reconstruction is complete. The Daleks glide back from the cubicle which is enveloped in red energy. The doors slide open amidst sparks. DALEK #2: Observe, Doctor, a new Dalek paradigm! The DOCTOR watches as new, larger Daleks emerge from the smoke and steam, each a different color: white, blue, yellow, orange and red DALEK #2: The Progenitor has fulfilled our new destiny. Behold, the restoration of the Daleks! The resurrection of the master race! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, BRACEWELL'S LAB BRACEWELL is holding a revolver in his remaining hand and is about to place it to his head when AMY and CHURCHILL enter. CHURCHILL: Bracewell! Put the g*n down! BRACEWELL: My life is a lie, and I choose to end it. AMY: In your own time, Paisley boy, (AMY stands next to him) because right now we need your help. BRACEWELL: But those creatures...my Ironsides…they made me? I... I can remember things, so many things. The last w*r-- The squalor and the mud and the awful, awful misery of it all. What am I? What am I? CHURCHILL: What you are, sir, is either on our side, or theirs. Now, I don't give a damn if you're a machine, Bracewell... Are you a man? AMY: Listen to me. I understand. Really, I do. (gently takes g*n from BRACEWELL'S hand) Look, there is a spaceship up there lighting up London like a Christmas tree. Thousands of people will die tonight if we don't stop it, and you're the only one who can help take it down. BRACEWELL: I am? AMY: You're alien technology. You're as clever as the Daleks are, so start thinking! What about rockets? You got rockets? Cos you said gravity whatsits, hypersonic flight, some kind of m*ssile. CHURCHILL: This isn't a fireworks party, Miss Pond! We need proper tactical... A m*ssile... or...? AMY: Or what? CHURCHILL: We could send something up there, you say? BRACEWELL: With a gravity bubble, yes. (shows CHURCHILL the plans) Theoretically it's possible we could actually send something into space. CHURCHILL: Bracewell... It's time to think big! SPACE The beam from the Dalek ship is still f*ring on London. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP DALEK #1: All hail the new Daleks! All hail the new Daleks! WHITE DALEK: Yes, you are inferior! DALEK #1: Yes. WHITE DALEK: Then prepare. DALEKS 1-3: We are ready! WHITE DALEK: Cleanse the unclean! Total obliteration! Disintegrate! The BLUE DALEK fires upon DALEKS #1 and #3 and the RED DALEK sh**t DALEK #2. DOCTOR: Blimey, what do you do to the ones who mess up? WHITE DALEK: You are the Doctor! You must be exterminated! DOCTOR: (pulls out "TARDIS self-destruct) (Dalek POV) Don't mess with me, sweetheart! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM BREEN and others are on their radio headphones, maneuvering representations of flying squadrons. Dust falls from the ceiling at the city above them is b*mb. TANNOY: 'Advancing b*mb approaching in strike formation. Incendiary b*mb have h*t the East End of London. ' BRACEWELL, his arm in a sling, enters with a device on a wheeled office chair. He also has a homemade headset on. CHURCHILL: At last! Are they ready? BRACEWELL: I hope so. But in the meantime... (places device on desk. It has a screen with control knobs) This will pick up Dalek transmissions. (slaps the side) The DOCTOR and the WHITE DALEK appear on the small black and white screen. WHITE DALEK: (over receiver) 'We are the paradigm of a new Dalek race. ' AMY: It's him! It's the Doctor! WHITE DALEK: (on screen) Scientist, Strategist INT. DALEK SPACESHIP WHITE DALEK: Drone, Eternal, and the Supreme. DOCTOR: Which would be you, I'm guessing? Well, you know, nice paint job. I'd be feeling pretty swish if I looked like you. Pretty "Supre-eme INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM AMY: He's got company. New company. We've got to hurry up! A phone rings and BRACEWELL answers. BRACEWELL: Yes? Right. Right, thanks! (hangs up phone) Ready when you are, Prime Minister. CHURCHILL: Splendid! BRACEWELL: (ship appears on the screen) Spaceship's exact co-ordinates located! CHURCHILL: Go to it, Group Captain! Go to it! GROUP CAPTAIN: Broadsword to Danny Boy! Broadsword to Danny Boy! Scramble! Scramble! Scramble! INT. DALEK SPACESHIP DOCTOR: Question is, what do we do now? Either you turn off your clever machine or I'll blow you and your new paradigm into eternity. (the BLUE DALEK is scanning the DOCTOR) WHITE DALEK: And yourself. DOCTOR: Occupational hazard. BLUE DALEK: Scan reveals nothing! TARDIS self-destruct device non-existent! DOCTOR: All right, (bites cookie) it's a Jammy Dodger, but I was promised tea! A siren sounds. The BLUE DALEK goes to the scanner. BLUE DALEK: Alert! Unidentified projectile approaching! (the DOCTOR looks at a second scanner) Correction. Multiple projectiles! WHITE DALEK: What have the humans done? DOCTOR: I don't know. WHITE DALEK: Explain! Explain! Explain! PILOT: (over radio) Danny Boy to the Doctor! Danny Boy to the Doctor! Are you receiving me? Over. DOCTOR: (stands and looks up) Oh, Winston! You beauty! SPACE The RAF has sent up fighter planes to att*ck the Dalek ship PILOT: Danny Boy to the Doctor! Come in. Over. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP DOCTOR: Loud and clear, Danny Boy! Big dish, side of the ship, blow it up! Over! WHITE DALEK: Exterminate the Doctor! The DOCTOR escapes to the TARDIS as the Daleks f*re. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM CHURCHILL: You heard him, Group Captain! Target that dish! Send in all we've got! AMY watches the action on the screen of BRACEWELL'S receiver. SPACE, ALONGSIDE "DANNY BOY" GROUP CAPTAIN: (over radio) 4-4 to Danny Boy, target the dish and stop that signal. PILOT: Over. Understood, sir. Over. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM PILOT: (over radio) 'You can count on us! Over. ' WOMAN: Oh, good luck, lads! SPACE PILOT: OK, chaps, let's put London back under cover of darkness. Tally ho! The squadron begins f*ring on the Dalek ship and the dish. PILOT: Cover my back, going in close! (the Dalek ship fires back) Pull out, pull out. One of the RAF planes is sh*t down. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM Everyone possible is gathered around the screen listening in. PILOT: (over radio) We've lost Jubilee, sir! Over. BREEN looks on in worry. GROUP CAPTAIN: Beam still active, sir. CHURCHILL: Then send them in again! SPACE The planes regroup and att*ck again. PILOT: 'Flintlock's down sir, and the dish seems to be protected. Over. ' INT. DALEK SPACESHIP BLUE DALEK: Shields intact, pulse still active. SPACE PILOT: Danny Boy to the Doctor... only me left now. INT. TARDIS PILOT: (over radio) Anything you can do, sir? Over. The DOCTOR picks up a small microphone and speaks into it. DOCTOR: The Doctor to Danny Boy... The Doctor to Danny Boy. SPACE DOCTOR: (over radio) I can disrupt the Dalek shields, but not for long. Over. PILOT: Good show, Doctor, go to it. Over. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR starts the TARDIS INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM PILOT: (over radio) 'Going in, wish me luck. Over. ' SPACE "Danny Boy" makes another approach. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR frantically works the controls. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP YELLOW DALEK: Shields de-activated! SPACE "Danny Boy" destroys the beam. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP RED DALEK: Energy pulse destroyed! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM GROUP CAPTAIN: Direct h*t, sir! Everyone cheers. EXT. NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, ROOFTOP, NIGHT The WARDEN watches as the lights go out and sighs in relief. WARDEN: Thank the Lord! (raises fist to sky) Do your worst, Adolf! SPACE PILOT: Danny Boy to the Doctor...going in for another att*ck. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: The Doctor to Danny Boy. The Doctor to Danny Boy. Destroy this ship! Over. SPACE PILOT: What about you, Doctor? INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: I'll be OK. The White Dalek appears on the monitor. WHITE DALEK: Doctor! Call off your att*ck! DOCTOR: Ah-ha, what? And let you scuttle off back to the future? No fear. This is the end for you. The final end! WHITE DALEK: Call off the att*ck, or we will destroy the Earth. DOCTOR: I'm not stupid, mate! You've just played your last card! WHITE DALEK: Bracewell is a b*mb. DOCTOR: You're bluffing. Deception's second nature to you. There isn't a sincere bone in your body. There isn't a bone in your body! WHITE DALEK: His power is derived from an Oblivion Continuum! Call off your att*ck, or we will detonate the android. DOCTOR: No! This is my best chance ever! The last of the Daleks! I can rid the Universe of you, once and for all! WHITE DALEK: Then do it. But we will shatter the planet below! The Earth will die screaming! DOCTOR: And if I let you go, you'll be stronger than ever. A new race of Daleks. WHITE DALEK: Then choose, Doctor! Destroy the Daleks or save the Earth. Begin countdown of Oblivion Continuum! Choose, Doctor! Choose! Choose! DOCTOR: (picks up microphone) The Doctor to Danny Boy. The Doctor to Danny Boy. Withdraw. SPACE PILOT: Say again, sir. Over. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: Withdraw! Return to Earth. Over and out. SPACE PILOT: But sir...! DOCTOR: (over radio) There's no time, you have to return to Earth now! Over! INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR sets the coordinates for Earth. SPACE "Danny Boy" flies back to Earth. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM The TARDIS materializes and the DOCTOR exits and runs out of the room. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP WHITE DALEK: The Doctor has failed. His compassion is his greatest weakness. Daleks have no such weakness. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM The DOCTOR runs in and punches BRACEWELL, knocking him to the ground. The DOCTOR shakes his hand in pain. AMY: (appalled) Doctor! DOCTOR: Ow! Sorry, Professor. You're a b*mb! An inconceivably massive Dalek b*mb. BRACEWELL: What? DOCTOR: There's an Oblivion Continuum inside you - a captured wormhole that provides perpetual power. Detonate that, and the Earth will bleed through into another dimension! (kneels beside him, pulls out sonic and opens BRACEWELL'S shirt) Now keep down! (uses sonic to reveal mechanics underneath skin) INT. DALEK SPACESHIP WHITE DALEK: Detonation sequence activated. Time corridor establishing... BLUE DALEK: Time jump in thirty rels! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM There is a circular pad divided into sections glowing blue on BRACEWELL'S chest. One section turns yellow. AMY: Well? DOCTOR: I dunno, I dunno, I dunno! (shakes screwdriver) Never seen one up close before! AMY: So, what, they've wired him up to detonate? DOCTOR: Not wired him up! He is a b*mb. Walking, talking, (makes exploding sound effect) exploding! The moment that flashes red. AMY: There's... a blue wire or something you have to cut, isn't there? There's always a blue wire. (DOCTOR stands) Or a red one. DOCTOR: You're not helping! CHURCHILL: It's incredible. He talked to us about his memories. The Great w*r... DOCTOR: (tosses screwdriver hand to hand) Someone else's stolen thoughts, implanted in a positronic brain. Tell me about it. Bracewell! Tell me about your life! (kneels back down) BRACEWELL: Doctor, I really don't think this is the time! DOCTOR: Tell me and prove you're human. Tell me everything. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP Five sections of the "clock" are showing red. WHITE DALEK: Countdown proceeding. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM One section of BRACEWELL'S chest is red and the second yellow. BRACEWELL: My family ran the Post Office. It's a little place just near the abbey. Just by the ash trees. There used to be eight trees but...but there was a storm. DOCTOR: (tries to hurry him) And your parents? Come on! Tell me! BRACEWELL: Good people. Kind people. They... They died. Scarlet fever. DOCTOR: What was that like? How did it feel? BRACEWELL: Please... DOCTOR: How did it make you feel, Edwin? Tell me! Tell me now! BRACEWELL: It hurt. It hurts, Doctor, so badly. Like a wound. (the second section turns red and the third, yellow) It was worse than a wound. Like I'd been emptied out. There was nothing. DOCTOR: Good. Remember it now, Edwin! The ash trees by the Post Office and your mum and dad and losing them and men in the trenches you saw die... Remember it! Feel it, because you're human. (the third section turns red) You're not like them. You are not like the Daleks! BRACEWELL: It hurts! Doctor, it hurts so much! DOCTOR: Good! Good! Good! Brilliant! Embrace it. (the fourth section turns red) That means you're alive! They cannot explode that b*mb, you're a human being! You are flesh and blood! They cannot explode that b*mb! Believe it! You are Professor Edwin Bracewell! And you, my friend, are a human being! (the fifth section turns red) It's not working, I can't stop it! AMY: (kneels beside BRACEWELL) Hey... Paisley. Ever fancied someone you know you shouldn't? BRACEWELL: W... What? AMY: Hurts, doesn't it? (the last section remains yellow) But kind of a good hurt. BRACEWELL: I really shouldn't talk about her. AMY: Oh. There's a her. (the last section reverts to blue) DOCTOR: What was her name? BRACEWELL: Dorabella. DOCTOR: Dorabella? It's a lovely name, it's a beautiful name. AMY: What was she like, Edwin? BRACEWELL: (dreamy) Oh... Such a smile. And her eyes... Her eyes were so blue...Almost violet. Like the last touch of sunset on the edge of the world... Dorabella...(all sections revert to blue, disarming the b*mb) INT. DALEK SPACESHIP The countdown reverts to zero as all sections go white and shuts down. BLUE DALEK: Oblivion Continuum... inactive. WHITE DALEK: Impossible! BLUE DALEK: Time jump imminent! Prepare! INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM DOCTOR: Welcome to the human race. (smiles at AMY) (to CHURCHILL) You're brilliant, (to BRACEWELL) you're brilliant... (to AMY) And you... (kisses her on the head and stands) Now, gotta stop them! Stop the Daleks! (runs out of the room) BRACEWELL: Wait! Doctor! Wait... Wait. (the DOCTOR stops as BRACEWELL sits up) It's too late. SPACE The Dalek ship flies by the Moon. INT. DALEK SPACESHIP WHITE DALEK: You will never defeat us, Doctor, we will return. BLUE DALEK: We will return! SPACE The Dalek ship uses some sort of warp drive and escapes. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM BRACEWELL: Gone. They've gone. DOCTOR: No, no, no! They can't! They can't have got away from me again! BRACEWELL: No, I can feel it, my mind is clear. The Daleks have gone. The DOCTOR leans against a pole, all energy suddenly drained. AMY: Doctor. It's OK! You did it. You stopped the b*mb. Doctor? DOCTOR: I had a choice. And they knew I'd choose the Earth. The Daleks have won. They b*at me. They've won. AMY: But you saved the Earth. Not too shabby, is it...? The DOCTOR looks at CHURCHILL and all the people in the room who all look back at him in support. AMY: Is it? DOCTOR: No. (smiles slowly) It's not too shabby. CHURCHILL: It's a brilliant achievement, my dear friend. Here, have a cigar! DOCTOR: No... (waves it off, still hurt from his loss) EXT. NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, ROOFTOP, DAY The WARDEN and a group of Marines raise the Union Flag. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, MAP ROOM AMY: So, what now, then? CHURCHILL: I still have a w*r to run, Miss Pond. WOMAN: (hands CHURCHILL communiqué) Prime Minister. CHURCHILL: Oh, thank you.(reads document) They h*t the Palace and St Paul's again. f*re crews only just saved it. BREEN enters crying. AMY: Is she OK? CHURCHILL: What? AMY: She looks very upset. CHURCHILL: Oh, Miss Breen? Her young man didn't make it, I'm afraid. Just got word. sh*t down over the Channel. AMY: Where's the Doctor? DOCTOR: (enters) Tying up loose ends. I've taken out all the alien tech Bracewell put in. CHURCHILL: Won't you reconsider, Doctor? Those Spitfires would win me the w*r in 24 hours! DOCTOR: Exactly. (sips tea) CHURCHILL: But why not? Why can't we put an end to all this misery? DOCTOR: Oh, it doesn't work like that, Winston. It's gonna be tough. There are terrible days to come. The darkest days. But you can do it. You know you can. CHURCHILL: Stay with us, and help us win through! The world needs you. DOCTOR: The world doesn't need me. CHURCHILL: No? DOCTOR: The world's got Winston Spencer Churchill. (makes the Victory sign) CHURCHILL: It's been a pleasure, as always. DOCTOR: Too right. The two men hug. CHURCHILL: Goodbye, Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, shall we say adieu? CHURCHILL: (ends hug) Indeed. Goodbye, Miss Pond. AMY: It's.. it's been amazing. Meeting you. CHURCHILL: I'm sure it has! AMY kisses CHURCHILL on the cheek. CHURCHILL heads for the door. AMY: Oi, Churchill! (holds out her hand) TARDIS key. The one you just took from the Doctor. The Doctor nearly chokes on his tea and pats his pocket. CHURCHILL: Oh, she's good, Doctor. As sharp as a pin! (hands her key) Almost as sharp as me! (lights cigar) KBO! After CHURCHILL leaves, the DOCTOR holds out his hand and AMY gives the key back INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, BRACEWELL'S LAB BRACEWELL standing stoically in his office, waiting for the inevitable. He now has a leather glove over the stump. The DOCTOR and AMY enter BRACEWELL: I've been expecting you, Doctor. I knew this moment had to come. DOCTOR: Moment? BRACEWELL: It's time to de-activate me. DOCTOR: Is it...? (AMY looks at him) Oh... yeah. BRACEWELL: You have no choice. I'm Dalek technology. Can't allow me to go pottering around down here where I have no business. DOCTOR: No, you're d*ad right, Professor. 100% right. And by the time I get back here in... what, ten minutes? AMY: More like 15. DOCTOR: Fifteen minutes, yeah, that's exactly what I'm going to do. You are going to be so de-activated. It's going be like you've never even been... activated. AMY: Yeah. BRACEWELL: 15 minutes? DOCTOR: More like 20, if I'm honest. Once Pond and I see to the urgent thing… AMY: Yes! DOCTOR: …we've got to see to. The... the... See? BRACEWELL: Very well, Doctor. I shall wait here and prepare myself. AMY: (aside to DOCTOR) That Dalek tech's a little bit slow on the uptake. (normal voice) That thing we've got to do. Gonna take half an hour, realistically, isn't it, Doctor? DOCTOR: Easily! So no running off, that's what I'm saying. Don't go trying to find that little Post Office with the ash trees or that girl... What was her name? BRACEWELL: Dorabella. DOCTOR: Dorabella. On no account go looking for her. Mind you, you can get a lot done in half an hour. BRACEWELL smiles and laughs as he realizes what the DOCTOR is doing. BRACEWELL: Thank you, thank you, Doctor! DOCTOR: Come along, Pond! The DOCTOR and AMY leave and BRACEWELL begins to pack a suitcase. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, STORAGE ROOM The DOCTOR and AMY head for the TARDIS AMY: So, you have enemies then? DOCTOR: Everyone's got enemies. AMY: Yeah, but mine's the woman outside Budgens with the mental Jack Russell. You've got, like, you know, arch-enemies. They both lean against the TARDIS DOCTOR: Suppose so. AMY: And here's me thinking we'd just be running through time, being daft and fixing stuff. But no, it's dangerous. DOCTOR: Yup. Very. Is that a problem? AMY: I'm still here, aren't I? You're worried about the Daleks. DOCTOR: I'm always worried about the Daleks. AMY: It'll take time, though, won't it? There's still not many of them. They'll need a while to build themselves up. DOCTOR: It's not that. There's something else. Something we've forgotten. Or rather you have. AMY: Me? DOCTOR: You didn't know them, Amy. You'd never seen them before. And you should have done. You should. The DOCTOR enters the TARDIS leaving a confused AMY to follow. After the TARDIS dematerializes, we see a small crack in the wall, the exact same shape as the crack in AMY'S room when she was a child. There is a light spilling out from it.
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EXT. OPEN FIELD, DAY It is a beautiful day with the sun shining from a clear, blue sky. There is birdsong as a young man spins slowly in the middle of the field. His eyes have a glassy, drugged appearance an there is an imprint of a kiss in red lipstick is just above his lips on the right side. He is approached by three men, two are armed and the third is an older man in an evening jacket. YOUNG MAN: It's a beautiful day. The older man uses his handkerchief to wipe at the lipstick. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR We see that the men are actually on a ship OLDER MAN: Hallucinogenic lipstick. She's here. (turns and walks away) INT. SHIP, ANOTHER CORRIDOR A woman strides along the corridor in red high heels, her black dress swirling at her ankles. She stops in front of a door, pulls a g*n from her small bag and fires out the lock. The door slides open to reveal a black cube with a hole through its center. She tilts the cube so the top is facing towards her, changes the setting on the g*n so it becomes a blowtorch and begins to write on the cube. ---1 2 , 0 0 0 Y E A R S L A T E R--- INT MUSEUM The museum looks like it is based on the plans of a medieval church. The DOCTOR strides through, pointing at the displays and giving his opinion. AMY follows. DOCTOR: Wrong! Wrong! Bit right, mostly wrong. I love museums. AMY: Yeah, great. Can we go to a planet now? Big space ship, Churchill's bunker...? You promised me a planet next. DOCTOR: Amy, this isn't any old asteroid. It's the Delerium Archive, final resting place of the headless monks, the biggest museum ever. AMY: You've got a time machine, what do you need museums for? DOCTOR: Wrong! Very wrong! Oooh, one of mine. Also one of mine. (peers into display case) AMY: Oh, I see. It's how you keep score. Something in the next display case catches the DOCTOR'S eye. It's an antique version of the box we saw with the woman. Intrigued, the DOCTOR looks at the top which bears strange symbols. AMY: Oh great, an old box. INT. SHIP, ROOM The woman is still using the g*n on the box, the sparks reflecting off her dark glasses. INT MUSEUM DOCTOR: It's from one of the old starliners. A Home Box. AMY: What's a Home Box? DOCTOR: Like a black box on a plane, except it homes. Anything happens to the ship, the Home Box flies home, with all the flight data. AMY: So? DOCTOR: The writing, the graffiti - Old High Gallifreyan. The lost language of the Time Lords. INT. SHIP, ROOM The woman continues to write on the box. Done, the writing looks sharp and pristine. INT MUSEUM DOCTOR: There were days, there were many days, these words could burn stars and raise up empires, and topple Gods. AMY: What does it say? DOCTOR: Hello, sweetie. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR A door slides open to reveal the woman is RIVER SONG. She looks straight into a security camera and winks before walking away. INT MUSEUM Alarm bells ring as the DOCTOR runs through the museum, the home box tucked under his arm. AMY is racing beside him. They rush into the TARDIS as two guards chase after them. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR Two armed guards turn a corner and stop, r*fles raised, as the same man from before approaches more sedately. He stands between the two guards. MAN: Party's over, Doctor Song. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR hooks the home box up to the console. AMY: Why are we doing this? DOCTOR: Cos someone on a space ship 12,000 years ago is trying to attract my attention. Let's see if we can get the security playback working. Grainy black and white footage of RIVER winking at the camera appears on the monitor. It then switches to RIVER with her back to the camera facing a door. MAN: (over monitor) The party's over, Doctor Song… INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR MAN: …yet still you're on board. RIVER turns to face him. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (over monitor) Sorry, Alistair. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR RIVER: I needed to see what was in your vault. Do you all know what's down there? Any of you? Because I'll tell you something. This ship won't reach its destination. ALLISTAIR: Wait till she runs. Don't make it look like an execution. RIVER: (looks at her watch) Triple-seven, five… INT. TARDIS RIVER: (over monitor) …slash, three, four, nine by ten. The DOCTOR and AMY exchange a look. INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR RIVER: Zero, twelve, slash, acorn. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (over monitor) Oh, and I could do with an air corridor. The DOCTOR begins to type on the keyboard. AMY: What was that, what did she say? DOCTOR: Co-ordinates! INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR RIVER: Like I said on the dance floor, you might want to find something to hang on to! As a timer begins to beep frantically, ALLISTAIR realizes what's about to happen and grabs hold of one of the pipes on the wall. The two guards do the same. RIVER blows a kiss just before the door behind her blows open and she is carried into space—and directly to the TARDIS as it materializes. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR lets out a "whoop" before running to open the TARDIS doors. He reaches out and pulls RIVER in and they both land on the floor. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: River? They stand and watch the ship fly away. RIVER: Follow that ship. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Time of Angels" by Steven Moffatt Producer Tracie Simpson Director Adam Smith SPACE The TARDIS follows the spaceship. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR and RIVER are both working the controls while AMY stands back and watches. RIVER is barefoot. RIVER: They've gone into warp drive, we're losing them! Stay close! DOCTOR: I'm trying! RIVER: Use the s*ab. DOCTOR: There aren't any s*ab! RIVER: The blue switches! DOCTOR: The blue ones don't do anything, they're just...blue. RIVER: Yes, they're blue. They're the blue s*ab! (uses the s*ab and the ship becomes quiet) See? DOCTOR: Yeah, well, it's just boring now, isn't it? They're boring-ers. They're blue boring-ers. AMY: Doctor, how come she can fly the TARDIS? DOCTOR: You call that flying the TARDIS? Ha! (sits on jump seat to sulk) RIVER: OK. I've mapped the probability vectors, done a fold-back on the temporal isometry, charted the ship to its destination, and parked us right along side. DOCTOR: Parked us? We haven't landed. RIVER: Of course we've landed. I just landed her. DOCTOR: But it didn't make the noise. RIVER: What noise? DOCTOR: You know, the...(makes the TARDIS wheezing sound) RIVER: It's not supposed to make that noise. You leave the brakes on. DOCTOR: Yeah, well, it's a brilliant noise. I love that noise. Come along, Pond, let's have a look. RIVER: No, wait! Environment checks. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, sorry! Quite right. Environment checks. (sticks his head out the door) Nice out. RIVER: We're somewhere in the Garn Belt. There's an atmosphere. Early indications suggest... DOCTOR: We're on Alfava Metraxis, the seventh planet of the Dundra System. Oxygen-rich atmosphere, toxins in the soft band, 11-hour day, and... (puts his head out the door again) chances of rain later. RIVER: (to AMY) He thinks he's so hot when he does that. The DOCTOR joins them at the console. AMY: How come you can fly the TARDIS? RIVER: Oh, I had lessons from the very best. DOCTOR: (smug) Well, yeah. RIVER: It's a shame you were busy that day. (picks up shoes) Right then, why did they land here? (heads for door) DOCTOR: They didn't land. RIVER: Sorry? DOCTOR: You should've checked the Home Box - it crashed. (follows) RIVER steps outside and the DOCTOR closes the door behind her before heading back to the console. AMY: Explain! Who is that and how did she do that museum thing? DOCTOR: (works the controls) It's a long story and I don't know most of it. Off we go! AMY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Leaving. She's got where she wants to go, let's go where we want to go. AMY: Are you basically running away? DOCTOR: Yep. AMY: Why? DOCTOR: Cos she's the future, my future. AMY: Can you run away from that? DOCTOR: I can run away from anything I like. Time is not the boss of me. AMY: Hang on, is that a planet out there? DOCTOR: Yes, of course it's a planet. AMY: You promised me a planet. Five minutes? DOCTOR: (gives in) OK, five minutes! AMY: Yes! (heads for the door) DOCTOR: But that's all, cos I'm telling you now, that woman is not dragging me into anything! (follows AMY to the door) EXT. BEACH, DAY The ship they were following has crashed on top of a very large and very old stone structure. It is burning in areas and bits of debris have fallen to the ground around the TARDIS. The DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER stand there, looking up at it. RIVER: What caused it to crash? Not me. DOCTOR: Nah, the airlock would've sealed seconds after you blew it. According to the Home Box, the warp engines had a phase-shift. No survivors. RIVER: A phase-shift would have to be sabotage. I did warn them. DOCTOR: About what? RIVER: Well, at least the building was empty. Aplan temple. Unoccupied for centuries. (begins to key something into a handheld device) The DOCTOR walks back to AMY. AMY: Aren't you going to introduce us? DOCTOR: Amy Pond, Professor River Song. RIVER: (faces them) Ahhh, I'm going to be a Professor some day, am I? (the DOCTOR winces at this slip) How exciting! (chuckles) Spoilers! (turns her attention back to what she was doing) AMY: (whispers) Yeah, but who is she and how did she do that? She just left you a note in a museum! The DOCTOR walks off. RIVER: Two things always guaranteed to show up in a museum: The Home Box of category four starliner and, sooner or later, him. It's how he keeps score. AMY: I know. (laughs) RIVER: It's hilarious, isn't it? DOCTOR: (comes up behind them with sarcastic laugh) I'm nobody's taxi service! (to RIVER) I'm not gonna be there to catch you every time you feel like jumping out of a space ship. RIVER: And you are so wrong. There's one survivor. There's a thing in the belly of that ship that can't ever die. Now he's listening! (into device) You lot in orbit yet? Yeah, I saw it land. I'm at the crash site. Try and home in on my signal. (holds up device) Doctor, can you sonic me? I need to boost the signal so we can use it as a beacon. The DOCTOR takes out the sonic screwdriver and uses it on RIVER'S communication device. She drops a small curtsey. AMY: Ooh, Doctor! You soniced her(!) RIVER: (calls) We have a minute. Shall we? (opens her diary) Where were we up to? Have we done the Bone Meadows? AMY: What's the book? DOCTOR: Stay away from it. AMY: What is it though? DOCTOR: Her diary. RIVER: Our diary. DOCTOR: Her past, my...future. Time travel. We keep meeting in the wrong order. Four columns of swirling "dust" appear then turn into four soldiers in desert camouflage uniforms. One of the soldiers approaches RIVER. SOLDIER: You promised me an army, Doctor Song. RIVER: No. I promised you the equivalent of an army. This is the Doctor. (DOCTOR gives lighthearted salute) OCTAVIAN: (shakes DOCTOR'S hand) Father Octavian, sir. Bishop, second class. 20 clerics at my command. The troops are already in the drop ship and landing shortly. Doctor Song was helping us with a covert investigation. Has Doctor Song explained what we're dealing with? RIVER: Doctor, what do you know of the Weeping Angels? The DOCTOR faces her quickly, immediately tense. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT A transport ship has arrived and the soldiers have already set up camp. OCTAVIAN strides across the ground followed by the DOCTOR and AMY OCTAVIAN: The Angel, as far as we know, is still trapped in the ship. Our mission is to get inside and neutralise it. We can't get through up top, we'd be too close to the drives. According to this, (Shows handheld device) behind the cliff face, there's a network of catacombs leading right up to the temple. We can blow through the base of the cliffs, get into the entrance chamber, then make our way up. DOCTOR: Oh, good. OCTAVIAN: Good, sir? DOCTOR: Catacombs, probably dark ones. Dark catacombs, great(!) OCTAVIAN: Technically, I think it's called a maze of the d*ad. DOCTOR: You can stop any time you like. SOLDIER: Father Octavian? OCTAVIAN: Excuse me, sir. The DOCTOR waves off OCTAVIAN as he leaves. He then uses the screwdriver on some of the equipment set up on the table. AMY: You're letting people call you "sir". You never do that. (sits on table) So, whatever a Weeping Angel is, it's really bad, yeah? DOCTOR: Now that's interesting... (to AMY) You're still here. Which part of "Wait in the TARDIS till I tell you it's safe" was so confusing? AMY: Ooh, are you all Mr Grumpy Face today? DOCTOR: A Weeping Angel, Amy, is the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent life form evolution has ever produced, and one is trapped inside that wreckage and I'm supposed to climb in with a screwdriver and a torch--and assuming I survive the radiation, and the whole ship doesn't blow up in my face--do something clever which I haven't actually thought of yet. That's my day, that's what I'm up to. Any questions? AMY: Is River Song your wife? Cos she's someone from your future, and the way she talks to you, I've never seen anyone do that. She's kinda like, you know, "Heel, boy!" She's Mrs Doctor from the future, isn't she? Is she gonna be your wife one day? DOCTOR: Yes. You're right. I am definitely Mr Grumpy Face today. RIVER: (calls from transport) Doctor? Doctor! AMY: Oops! Her indoors! RIVER: Father Octavian! The three of them walk to the transport. AMY: Why do they call them Father? DOCTOR: He's their Bishop, they're his clerics. It's the 51st Century, the Church has moved on. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP On a screen we see black and white footage of a Weeping Angel, its body at an angle to us, hands over its eyes. RIVER is controlling the video with a remote. RIVER: What do you think? It's from the security cameras in the Byzantium vault. I ripped it when I was on board. Sorry about the quality. It's four seconds. I've put it on loop. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's an Angel. Hands covering its face. OCTAVIAN: You've encountered the Angels before? DOCTOR: Once, on Earth, a long time ago. But those were scavengers, barely surviving. AMY: It's just a statue. RIVER: It's a statue when you see it. DOCTOR: Where did it come from? RIVER: Oh, pulled from the ruins of Razbahan, end of last century. It's been in private hands ever since, dormant all that time. DOCTOR: There's a difference between dormant and patient. AMY: What's that mean, it's a statue when you see it? RIVER: The Weeping Angels can only move if they're unseen. So legend has it. DOCTOR: No, it's not legend, it's a quantum lock. In the sight of any living creature, the Angels literally cease to exist. They're just stone. The ultimate defence mechanism. AMY: What, being a stone? DOCTOR: Being a stone...until you turn your back. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT The DOCTOR leads the others out of the transport. DOCTOR: The hyperdrive would've split on impact. The whole ship will be flooded with radiation, cracked electrons, gravity storms, deadly to almost any living thing. OCTAVIAN: Deadly to an Angel? DOCTOR: Dinner to an Angel. The longer we leave it, the stronger it will grow. Who built that temple? Are they still around? RIVER: (reading handheld) The Aplans. The indigenous life-form. They died out 400 years ago. OCTAVIAN: 200 years later, the planet was terraformed. Currently there are six billion human colonists. DOCTOR: You lot, you're everywhere! Like rabbits! I'll never get done saving you. OCTAVIAN: Sir, if there is a clear and present danger to the local population... DOCTOR: Oh, there is. Bad as it gets. Bishop, lock and load! OCTAVIAN: Verger, how we doing with those expl*sives? Dr Song, with me. RIVER: Two minutes. Sweetie, I need you. The DOCTOR mouths "Sweetie" then realizes RIVER means him and goes to her. AMY stands in the transport entry. AMY: Anybody need me? Nobody? (crosses her arms) INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY slowly moves forward, entranced by the Angel on the screen. Since the last time they looked, it has now moved its hands away from its face. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT RIVER shows the DOCTOR a book. RIVER: I found this. Definitive work on the Angels. Well, the only one. Written by a madman, it's barely readable, but I've marked a few passages. DOCTOR: (finishes the book) Not bad, bit slow in the middle, didn't you hate his girlfriend? No, hang on, wait, wait! (sniffs book) AMY: (pops her head out of the transport) Dr. Song? Did you have more than one clip of the Angel? RIVER: No, just the four seconds. Puzzled, AMY goes back inside. DOCTOR: This book is wrong! What's wrong with this book, it's wrong. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY looks at the video again and now the Angel is facing forward, hands down at its side. AMY bends over and peers closely at the time code. It loops from 11:24 to 11:28 yet the position of the Angel changes. Engrossed, AMY doesn't notice the door close and lock behind her. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT RIVER observes the DOCTOR as he examines the book. RIVER: Oh, it's so strange when you go all baby-face. How early is this for you? (holds journal) DOCTOR: Very early. RIVER: So you don't know who I am yet? DOCTOR: How do you know who I am? I don't always look the same. RIVER: I've got pictures of all your faces. You never show up in the right order though. I need the spotter's guide. DOCTOR: Pictures? Why aren't there pictures? INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY picks up the remote for the video and tried to turn it off but it keeps coming back on. She sets the remote down and peers at the screen. AMY: You're just a recording. You can't move. She looks away to unplug the power source, and when she looks back, the Angel's face is close to the camera. She backs away to the door. AMY: Doctor! She tries to open the door but it won't budge. She looks back at the screen to see the Angel with its mouth open in full predatory mode. AMY: Doctor! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: This whole book - it's a warning, about the Weeping Angels. So why no pictures? Why not show us what to look out for? RIVER: There was a bit about images. DOCTOR: Yes! Hang on... (flips through book) 'That which holds the image of an angel becomes itself an angel.' INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY spares another look at the screen as she tries to open the door. AMY: Doctor! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT RIVER: What does that mean? "An image of a Angel becomes itself an Angel." INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY looks to see an image of the Angel becoming solid in the center of the transport. AMY: Doctor! It's in the room! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: Amy! (runs to the transport) INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: (punches keypad) Doctor! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: (runs up to the door) Are you all right? What's happening? INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Doctor! Doctor, it's coming out of the television. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT AMY: (V.O.) The Angel is here. DOCTOR: Don't take your eyes off it! (takes out sonic screwdriver and uses it on keypad) It can't move if you're looking. What's wrong? It's deadlocked. RIVER: (trying to override controls) There is no deadlock. DOCTOR: Don't blink, Amy! Don't even blink! INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Doctor! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT RIVER: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Cutting the power. It's using the screen, I'm turning the screen off. It's no good, it's deadlocked the whole system. RIVER: There's no deadlock. DOCTOR: There is now! AMY: (V.O.) Help me! DOCTOR: Amy! Can you turn it off? INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Doctor! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: The screen, can you turn it off? INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: I tried. DOCTOR: (V.O.) Try again but EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: don't take your eyes off the Angel. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: I'm not! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT The DOCTOR and RIVER are still trying to override the controls. DOCTOR: Each time it moves, it'll move faster. Don't even blink. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: I'm not blinking! Have you ever tried not blinking? (winks) AMY fumbles for the remote without taking her eyes off the Angel. She grabs it and backs away to the door and tries to switch it off again. It turns itself back on. AMY: It just keeps switching back on! EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the Angel. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: But it's just a recording. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: No, anything that takes the image of an Angel is an Angel. (to RIVER) What are you doing? RIVER: (using small blowtorch) I'm trying to cut through. It's not even warm. DOCTOR: There is no way in, it's not physically possible. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Doctor! What's it gonna do to me? EXT. BEACH, NIGHT DOCTOR: Just keep looking at it. Don't stop looking! INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Just tell me. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT AMY: (V.O.) Just tell me. Tell me! The DOCTOR runs for the book and brings it back to just outside the transport door where he sits. DOCTOR: Amy, not the eyes. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP DOCTOR: (V.O.) Look anywhere but don't look at the eyes. AMY: (looking in its eyes) Why? RIVER: What is it? DOCTOR: "The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors. Beware what may enter there." INT. TRANSPORT SHIP AMY: Doctor, what did you say? DOCTOR: (V.O.) Don't look at the eyes! AMY: No, about images, what did you say about images? EXT. BEACH, NIGHT RIVER: Whatever holds the image INT. TRANSPORT SHIP RIVER: (V.O.) of an angel, is an angel. AMY: OK... Hold this. (holds out the remote) One, two, three, four... (hits the pause button while there's static) The image of the Angel freezes before turning off, the door opens and the DOCTOR and RIVER come in. The DOCTOR unplugs the screen. AMY: I froze it! There was a sort of blip on the tape and I froze it on the blip. It wasn't the image of an angel any more. That was good, yeah? It was, wasn't it? That was pretty good. RIVER: That was amazing! DOCTOR: River, hug Amy. RIVER: Why? DOCTOR: Cos I'm busy. AMY: I'm fine. RIVER: You're brilliant! AMY: Thanks. Yeah. I kind of creamed it, didn't I? RIVER: So it was here? That was the Angel? DOCTOR: That was a projection of the Angel. It's reaching out, getting a good look at us. It's no longer dormant. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT The soldiers have set off an expl*si*n. INT. TRANSPORT SHIP The DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER react to the expl*si*n and the DOCTOR runs to the door. EXT. BEACH, NIGHT SOLDIER: (to OCTAVIAN) It's gone positive! OCTAVIAN: Doctor! We're through! INT. TRANSPORT SHIP DOCTOR: (looks at AMY and RIVER) OK. Now it starts. (goes outside) AMY rubs her left eye. RIVER: (heads for door) Coming? AMY: Yeah, coming. There's just...something in my eye. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, MAIN CHAMBER The DOCTOR climbs down a rope ladder and joins OCTAVIAN at the bottom. They both turn on their torches and look around. AMY and RIVER join them and the other soldiers. DOCTOR: Do we have a gravity globe? OCTAVIAN: Grav globe. One of the soldiers takes out a sphere from his pack and hands it to OCTAVIAN. AMY: Where are we? What is this? RIVER: It's an Aplan mortarium. Sometimes called a maze of the d*ad. AMY: And what's that? DOCTOR: Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone...(kicks the gravity sphere like a football and it rises into the air, stops and then lights up the cave showing a large number of stone statues) the perfect hiding place. OCTAVIAN: I guess this makes it a bit trickier. DOCTOR: A bit, yeah. OCTAVIAN: A stone angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for. RIVER: A needle in a haystack. DOCTOR: A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle. Of death. A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, er, statues. No, yours was fine. OCTAVIAN: Right. Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for. Complete visual inspection. One question - how do we fight it? DOCTOR: We find it, and hope. (goes off and AMY follows) RIVER goes to follow the DOCTOR but OCTAVIAN grabs her by the arm. OCTAVIAN: He doesn't know yet, does he? Who and what you are. RIVER: It's too early in his time stream. OCTAVIAN: Well, make sure he doesn't work it out, or he's not gonna help us. RIVER: I won't let you down. Believe you me, I have no intention of going back to prison. SOLDIER: Sir? Side chamber. One visible exit. OCTAVIAN: Check it out. Angelo, go with him. The two soldiers go to check out the chamber. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE The DOCTOR shines his torch in every direction. AMY follows. She stops and looks at the many levels above them and all the statues lining the way. She rubs the corner of her eye with one finger and finds a little grit. She then uses her full hand and sand and grit comes out through her fingers. Scared, she stops and looks at her hand but sees nothing. RIVER comes up beside her. RIVER: You all right? AMY: Yeah, I'm fine. So, what's a maze of the d*ad? RIVER: Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with d*ad people buried in the walls. OK, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm. (shows syringe) This won't hurt a bit. (gives AMY a sh*t) AMY: Ow! RIVER: There, you see. I lied. It's a viro-s*ab. s*ab your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship. AMY: So what's he like? In the future, I mean. Cos you know him in the future, don't you? RIVER: The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor. AMY: Oh, well that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down? RIVER: Yes, we are. DOCTOR: (taking readings with RIVER'S device) Sorry, what? RIVER: Talking about you. DOCTOR: I wasn't listening, I'm busy. RIVER: Ah. The other way up. The DOCTOR turns the device the other way round and looks over at RIVER who merely raises her eyebrows. DOCTOR: Yeah. AMY: You're so his wife. RIVER: Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy! This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple? AMY: Yep. RIVER: You're good. I'm not saying you're right... but you are very good. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, SIDE CHAMBER ANGELO and the other CLERIC are searching the dark chamber. CLERIC: Can you believe this? We're hunting statues. ANGELO: Better than chasing lava snakes. CLERIC: Actually, lava snakes weren't that bad. The CLERIC moves ahead through the cave out of ANGELO'S sight. He moves ahead slowly then the torch on his r*fle begins to flicker. He hears the sound of stone against stone. CLERIC: Who's there? Is someone there? Angelo? (turns his head) Angelo! (he looks back to be confronted by an Angel. His light goes out) ANGELO is further back in the chamber. ANGELO: Christian, is that you? CHRISTIAN: (over radio) Angelo, come and see this. ANGELO: What is it? CHRISTIAN: (over radio) Just come and see it. ANGELO: It's not a school trip. Just tell me. CHRISTIAN: (over radio) No, really, come and see. ANGELO follows CHRISTIAN and is att*cked by an Angel. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE The DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER are examining the statues when they hear g*n. They run back down to the main chamber. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, MAIN CHAMBER A young cleric had fired his w*apon at one of the statues. The DOCTOR stops to look at it. YOUNG CLERIC: Sorry. Sorry, I thought... I thought it looked at me. OCTAVIAN: We know what the Angel looks like. Is that the Angel? YOUNG CLERIC: No, sir. OCTAVIAN: No, sir, it is not! According to the Doctor, we are facing an enemy of unknowable power and infinite evil. So it would be good, it would be very good, if we could all remain calm in the presence of decor. DOCTOR: What's your name? BOB: Bob, sir. DOCTOR: Ah, that's a great name. I love Bob. OCTAVIAN: It's a Sacred Name. We all have Sacred Names, they're given to us in the service of the Church. DOCTOR: (joins BOB and OCTAVIAN) Sacred Bob. More like Scared Bob now, eh? BOB: Yes, sir. DOCTOR: Ah, good. Scared keeps you fast. Anyone in this room who isn't scared is a moron. Carry on. OCTAVIAN: We'll be moving into the maze in two minutes. (to BOB) You stay with Christian and Angelo. Guard the approach. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE AMY: Isn't there a chance this lot's just gonna collapse? There's a whole ship up there. RIVER: Incredible builders, the Aplans. DOCTOR: Had dinner with their chief architect once. Two heads are better than one. AMY: You mean you helped him? DOCTOR: No, I mean he had two heads. That book, the very end, what did it say? RIVER: Hang on. (gets book out of pack) DOCTOR: Read it to me. RIVER: "What if we had ideas that could think for themselves? What if one day our dreams no longer needed us? When these things occur and are held to be true, the time will be upon us. The time of Angels." INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, SIDE CHAMBER BOB: (over radio) Hey, Angelo. Christian? Where are you? As BOB speaks, we see the bodies of ANGELO and CHRISTIAN and then the shadow of an Angel. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE AMY: Are we there yet? It's a hell of a climb. RIVER: The maze is on six levels representing the ascent of the soul. Only two levels to go. DOCTOR: Lovely species, the Aplans. We should visit them some time. AMY: I thought they were all d*ad? DOCTOR: So's Virginia Woolf. I'm on her bowling team. Very relaxed, sort of cheerful. That's having two heads. You're never short of a snog with an extra head. RIVER: Doctor, there's something. I don't know what it is... DOCTOR: Yeah, something wrong. Don't know what it is yet either, working on it. Then they started having laws against self-marrying and what was that about? But that's the church for you. Erm, no offence, Bishop. OCTAVIAN: Quite a lot taken, if that's all right, Doctor. They are now in a narrow passage lined with statues. OCTAVIAN: Lowest point in the wreckage is only about 50 feet up from here. That way. AMY: Church had a point, if you think about it. The divorces must have been messy. DOCTOR: (stops and looks closely at a statue) Oh! AMY: What's wrong? RIVER: (in realization) Oh. (stares at the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: Exactly. RIVER: How could we not notice that? DOCTOR: Low level perception filter, or maybe we're thick. OCTAVIAN: What's wrong, sir? DOCTOR: Nobody move. Everyone stay exactly where they are. Bishop, I am truly sorry. I've made a mistake and we are all in danger. OCTAVIAN: What danger? RIVER: The Aplans. OCTAVIAN: The Aplans? RIVER: They've got two heads. OCTAVIAN: Yes, I get that. So? DOCTOR: So why don't the statues? Everyone, over there. Just move, don't ask questions, don't speak. (everyone moves to a spot where there are no statues) OK. I want you all to switch off your torches. OCTAVIAN: Sir? DOCTOR: Just do it. (they turn off their torches) OK. I'm going to turn off this one too, just for a moment. RIVER: Are you sure about this? DOCTOR: No. The Doctor switches off his torch for a split second and the statues in front of them are now facing them. The DOCTOR runs ahead. AMY: Oh, my God! They've moved. The others follow after the DOCTOR as he looks at all the statues lining their way to the ship. DOCTOR: They're Angels. All of them! RIVER: But they can't be. DOCTOR: Clerics, keep watching them. (backtracks and sees the Angels have moved forward) Every statue in this maze, every single one, is a Weeping Angel. They're coming after us. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, SIDE CHAMBER BOB is in the chamber looking for ANGELO and CHRISTIAN. ANGELO: (over radio) Bob, come and see this. BOB: Angelo? ANGELO: (over radio) Come and see what we've found. BOB: Are you with Christian? The Bishop said you'd be five minutes. ANGELO: (over radio) I'm here, Bob. Come and see this. BOB: Where are you? ANGELO: (over radio) Through the arch, Bob. Honestly, you've got to come and see this. BOB: What have you found? ANGELO: (over radio) Come and see. BOB: No. What is it? ANGELO: (over radio) Come and see. BOB walks forward through the archway. He is att*cked by the Angel INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE RIVER: There was only one Angel on the ship. Just the one, I swear. AMY: Could they have been here already? DOCTOR: The Aplans, how did they die out? RIVER: Nobody knows. DOCTOR: We know. OCTAVIAN: They don't look like Angels. AMY: And they're not fast. You said they were fast. They should have had us by now. DOCTOR: They're dying. Losing their form. They must have been down here for centuries, starving. AMY: Losing their image. DOCTOR: And their image is their power. Power. Power! AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Don't you see? All that radiation spilling out, the drive burn. The crash wasn't an accident - it was a rescue mission, for the Angels. We're in the middle of an army and it's waking up. RIVER: We need to get out of here fast. OCTAVIAN: (into radio) Bob, Angelo, Christian, come in, please. Any of you, come in! BOB: (over radio) It's Bob, sir. Sorry, sir. OCTAVIAN: (into radio) Bob, are Angelo and Christian with you? All the statues are active. I repeat, all the statues are active! BOB: (over radio) I know, sir. Angelo and Christian are d*ad, sir. The statues k*lled them, sir. DOCTOR: (into radio) (takes the radio from OCTAVIAN) Bob, Sacred Bob, it's me, the Doctor. Where are you now? OCTAVIAN: I'm talking to my... DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up! BOB: (over radio) I'm on my way up to you, sir, I'm homing on your signal. DOCTOR: (into radio) Well done, Bob. Scared keeps you fast, told you, didn't I? Your friends, Bob, what did the Angel do to them? BOB: (over radio) Snapped their necks, sir. DOCTOR: That's odd. That's not how the Angels k*ll you, they displace you in time. Unless they needed the bodies for something. OCTAVIAN: (takes radio from DOCTOR) Bob, did you check their data packs for vital signs? We may be able to initiate a rescue plan. DOCTOR: (takes radio)(to OCTAVIAN) Don't be an idiot! The Angels don't leave you alive! (to BOB) Bob, keep running, but tell me, how did you escape? BOB: (over radio) I didn't escape, sir. The Angel k*lled me, too. They look at each other wondering what BOB means DOCTOR: (into radio) What do you mean the Angel k*lled you too? BOB: (over radio) Snapped my neck, sir. Wasn't as painless as I expected but it was pretty quick, so that was something. DOCTOR: (into radio) If you're d*ad, how can I be talking to you? BOB: (over radio) You're not talking to me, sir. The Angel has no voice. It stripped my cerebral cortex from my body and re-animated a version of my consciousness to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion. DOCTOR: (into radio) So when you say you're on your way up to us... BOB: (over radio) It's the Angel that's coming, sir, yes. DOCTOR: No way out. OCTAVIAN: Then we get out through the wreckage. Go! DOCTOR: Go, go, go. All of you run! AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, I'm coming, just go, go, go! AMY and RIVER leave with the clerics. Only the DOCTOR and OCTAVIAN remain. DOCTOR: Called you an idiot. Sorry, but there's no way we could have rescued your men. OCTAVIAN: I know that, sir. And when you've flown away in your little blue box, I'll explain that to their families. (walks off) DOCTOR: (into radio) Angel Bob, which Angel am I talking to? The one from the ship? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Yes, sir. The other Angels are still restoring. DOCTOR: (into radio) Ah, so the Angel is not in the wreckage. Thank you. (runs along the passage and sees AMY) Don't wait for me, go, run. AMY: I can't! (the DOCTOR comes back to help her) No, really I can't. DOCTOR: Why not? AMY: Look at it. Look at my hand. It's stone! (her hand grips the rail and looks like stone) INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, AT THE BYSANTIUM Further along the passage, RIVER, OCTAVIAN and the clerics arrive at an open chamber and can see the ship above them. OCTAVIAN: Well. There it is - the Byzantium. RIVER: Well, it's got to be 30 feet. How do we get up there? OCTAVIAN: Check all these exits. I want them all secure. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, UPWARD PASSAGE The DOCTOR is examining AMY, flashing a torch in her eyes. DOCTOR: You looked into the eyes of an Angel, didn't you? AMY: I couldn't stop myself. I tried. DOCTOR: Listen. It's messing with your head. Your hand is not made of stone. AMY: It is. Look at it! DOCTOR: It's in your mind. I promise you. You can move that hand. You can let go. AMY: I can't, OK? I've tried and I can't. It's stone. The torchlight begins to flicker. DOCTOR: The Angel is gonna come and it's gonna turn this light off, and then there's nothing I can do to stop it. So do it, concentrate, move your hand! AMY: I can't. DOCTOR: Then we're both going to die. AMY: You're not going to die. DOCTOR: They'll k*ll the lights. The light flickers off and the Angels move closer. AMY: You've got to go, you know you have. You've got all that stuff with River and that's all got to happen. You know you can't die here! DOCTOR: Time can be re-written, it doesn't work like that. The light flickers again. AMY turns to look at the Angels. DOCTOR: Keep your eyes on it. Don't blink. AMY: Run! DOCTOR: You see, I'm not going, I'm not leaving you here. AMY: I don't need you to die for me, Doctor, do I look that clingy? DOCTOR: You can move your hand. AMY: It's stone. DOCTOR: It's not stone! AMY: Those people up there will die without you. If you stay here with me, you'll have as good as k*lled them. DOCTOR: Amy Pond, you are magnificent. And I'm sorry. AMY: It's OK. I understand. You've got to leave me. DOCTOR: Oh, no, I'm not leaving you, never. I'm sorry about this. (bites her hand and she screams, moving it) See, not stone. Now run! AMY: You bit me! DOCTOR: Yep and you're alive. AMY: I've got a mark! Look at my hand! DOCTOR: (pulls her behind him) Yeah, and you're alive, did I mention? AMY: Blimey, your teeth! Have you got space teeth? DOCTOR: Alive. All I'm saying. They run. INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, AT THE BYSANTIUM One of the clerics sent to check the passages returns. CLERIC: The statues are advancing along all corridors. And, sir, my torch keeps flickering. OCTAVIAN: They all do. RIVER: So does the gravity globe. OCTAVIAN: Clerics, we're down to four men. Expect incoming. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the Angels. They're coming. And they're draining the power for themselves. OCTAVIAN: Which means we won't be able to see them. DOCTOR: Which means we can't stay here. OCTAVIAN: There are more incoming! RIVER: Any suggestions? OCTAVIAN: The statues are advancing on all sides and we don't have the climbing equipment to reach the Byzantium. RIVER: There's no way up, no way back, no way out. No pressure, but this is usually when you have a really good idea. DOCTOR: There's always a way out. (echoes) The lights flicker off again and when they come back on, the Angels are closer, basically blocking the passage. DOCTOR: There's always a way out. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Doctor? Can I speak to the Doctor, please? DOCTOR: (into radio) Hello, Angels. What's your problem? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Your power will not last much longer, and the Angels will be with you shortly. Sorry, sir. DOCTOR: (into radio) Why are you telling me this? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) There's something the Angels are very keen you should know before the end. DOCTOR: (into radio) Which is? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) I died in fear. DOCTOR: (into radio) I'm sorry? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) You told me my fear would keep me alive but I died afraid, in pain and alone. You made me trust you, and when it mattered, you let me down. AMY: (whispers to RIVER) What are they doing? RIVER: (whispers to AMY) They're trying to make him angry. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) I'm sorry, sir. The Angels were very keen for you to know that. DOCTOR: (into radio) Well then, the Angels have made their second mistake because I'm not going to let that pass. I'm sorry you're d*ad, Bob, but I swear to whatever is left of you, they will be sorrier. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) But you're trapped, sir, and about to die. DOCTOR: (into radio) Yeah, I'm trapped. Speaking of traps, this trap has got a great big mistake in it. A great big, whopping mistake! ANGEL BOB: (over radio) What mistake, sir? DOCTOR: (to AMY) Trust me? AMY: Yeah. DOCTOR: (to RIVER) Trust me? RIVER: Always. DOCTOR: (to OCTAVIAN) You lot - trust me? CLERIC: (watching passage) Sir, two more incoming! OCTAVIAN: We have faith, sir. DOCTOR: Then give me your g*n. (OCTAVIAN gives him the g*n) I'm about to do something incredibly stupid and dangerous. When I do... (he jumps in place) jump. OCTAVIAN: Jump where? DOCTOR: Just jump, high as you can. Come on, leap of faith, Bishop. On my signal. OCTAVIAN: What signal? DOCTOR: You won't miss it. (aims the g*n at the roof) ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Sorry, can I ask again? You mentioned a mistake? DOCTOR: (into radio) Oh, big mistake. Huge. There's one thing you never put in a trap, if you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) And what would that be, sir? DOCTOR: Me! The DOCTOR fires at the gravity globe and it explodes. TO BE CONTINUED
{"type": "series", "show": "Doctor Who_", "episode": "05x04 - The Time of Angels"}
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RECAP OF "THE TIME OF ANGELS" Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "Flesh and Stone" by Steven Moffatt Producer Tracie Simpson Director Adam Smith INT. MAZE OF THE d*ad, AT THE BYSANTIUM Everyone recovers from the jump. AMY is sitting on the ground. DOCTOR: (stands) Up! Look up! RIVER: (to AMY) You OK? AMY: What happened? RIVER: We jumped. AMY: Jumped where? DOCTOR: Up, up, look up! AMY: Where are we? RIVER: Exactly where we were. AMY: No we're not. DOCTOR: Move your feet! (sonics an indentation on the floor) AMY: (looking around) Doctor, what am I looking at? Explain. DOCTOR: Oh, come on, Amy, think! The ship crashed with the power still on, yeah? So what else is still on? We see that they are standing on the bottom of the Bysantium. DOCTOR: The artificial gravity. One good jump, (jumps) and up we fell. sh*t out the grav-globe to give us an updraft, and here we are! (returns to sonic the indentation) OCTAVIAN: Doctor. The statues, they look more like Angels now. DOCTOR: They're feeding on the radiation from the wreckage, draining all the power from the ship, restoring themselves. Within an hour, they'll be an army! The indentation opens up into the ship just as the lights start going out. DOCTOR: They're taking out the lights. Look at them, look at the Angels. Into the ship, now, quickly all of you! (slips into the hole) AMY: But how? Doctor! (peers into the hole to see the DOCTOR standing upright) INT. BYZANTIUM CORRIDOR: DOCTOR: It's just a corridor. The gravity orientates to the floor. Now, in here, all of you., don't take your eyes off the Angels. Move, move, move! (uses the screwdriver on a keypad) OCTAVIAN: OK, men, go, go, go! (joins the DOCTOR) The Angels, presumably they can jump up too? The door closes once everyone is inside. DOCTOR: They're here. Now. In the dark, we're finished. Run! A large door behind them closes, blocking their only escape. OCTAVIAN: This whole place is a death trap. DOCTOR: No, it's a time b*mb. Well, it's a death trap and a time b*mb. And now it's a d*ad end. Nobody panic. The Angels try to come in the exterior door. DOCTOR: Oh, just me then. What's through here? RIVER: Secondary flight deck. AMY: OK. so we've basically run up the inside of a chimney, yeah? So what if the gravity fails? RIVER begins to work on bypassing the power. DOCTOR: I've thought about that. AMY: And? DOCTOR: And we'll all plunge to our deaths. See. I've thought about it. The security protocols are still live. There's no way to override them, it's impossible. RIVER: How impossible? DOCTOR: Two minutes. The hum of the engines powers down and their way in has reopened and they can see the cavern outside. OCTAVIAN: The hull is breached and the power's failing. The lights go out. The arm of an Angel can be seen through the opening. CLERIC: Sir! Incoming! AMY: Doctor! Lights. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to help RIVER. The lights come on briefly and they see an Angel making its way inside. The lights go out again and come on brighter to show four Angels inside the corridor with them. OCTAVIAN: Clerics, keep watching them. DOCTOR: And don't look at their eyes. Anywhere else. Not the eyes. I've isolated the lighting grid. They can't drain the power now. OCTAVIAN: Good work, Doctor. DOCTOR: Yes. good. Good in many ways, good you like it so far... AMY: So far? DOCTOR: Well, there's only one way to open this door. I guess I'll need to route all the power in this section through the door control. OCTAVIAN: Good, fine, do it. DOCTOR: Including the lights. All of them. I'll need to turn out the lights. OCTAVIAN: How long for? DOCTOR: Fraction of a second, maybe longer. Maybe quite a bit longer. OCTAVIAN: Maybe? DOCTOR: I'm guessing. We're being att*cked by statues in a crashed ship, there isn't a manual for this! AMY: Doctor, we lost the torches. We'll be in total darkness. DOCTOR: No other way. Bishop? OCTAVIAN: Dr Song, I've lost good Clerics today. You trust this man? RIVER: I absolutely trust him. OCTAVIAN: He's not some kind of madman then? RIVER: I absolutely trust him. DOCTOR: Excuse me. (goes back to work on the door) OCTAVIAN: I'm taking your word, because you're the only one who can manage this guy. But that only works so long as he doesn't know who you are. You cost me any more men, and I might just tell him. Understood? RIVER: Understood. OCTAVIAN: OK. Doctor, we've got your back. DOCTOR: Bless you. Bishop. OCTAVIAN: (to Clerics) Combat distance, ten feet. As soon as the lights go down, continuous f*re. Full spread over the hostiles. Do not stop f*ring while the lights are out. sh*t g*n protocol, we don't have b*ll*ts to waste. DOCTOR: Amy, when the lights go down, the wheel should release. Spin it clockwise, four turns. AMY: Ten. DOCTOR: No, four, four turns. AMY: Yeah, four, I heard you. (takes position at the door) DOCTOR: Ready! (places sonic into the circuit) OCTAVIAN: On my count then. God be with us all. Three... two...one. (the lights go out) f*re! The clerics open f*re on the Angels. The DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER try to get the door open. DOCTOR: Turn! RIVER: Doctor, quickly! AMY: It's opening, it's working. AMY and RIVER slip through the opening. OCTAVIAN: Fall back! The Clerics move through the doorway followed by OCTAVIAN and the DOCTOR. They move down a similar corridor to another door. The DOCTOR holds the door open with the sonic as the others go through. RIVER: Doctor, quickly. AMY: Doctor! The DOCTOR runs to join them as the door closes quickly behind him. INT. BYZANTIUM SECONDARY FLIGHT DECK The flight deck is in major disrepair with exposed wires all over the console. The DOCTOR immediately goes to one of the controls. AMY: Doctor! (the hatch lock spins shut and OCTAVIAN places a device on the door) What are you doing? OCTAVIAN: Magnetized the door. Nothing could turn that wheel now. DOCTOR: Yeah? The wheel begins to turn behind him. OCTAVIAN: Dear God! DOCTOR: Ah, now you're getting it! You've bought us time though, that's good. I am good with time. AMY: Doctor! (another door wheel is spinning) OCTAVIAN: Seal that door. Seal it now! A cleric places a magnetic device on the second door. RIVER: We're surrounded! The third door begins to spin open. OCTAVIAN: Seal it, seal that door. A second cleric places a device on the door. OCTAVIAN: Doctor, how long have we got? DOCTOR: Five minutes, max. AMY: Nine. DOCTOR: (looks at AMY) Five. AMY: Five, right yeah. DOCTOR: Why d'you say nine? AMY: I didn't. RIVER: We need another way out of here. OCTAVIAN: There isn't one. DOCTOR: Yeah, there is, course there is. This is a galaxy class ship, goes for years between planet-falls. So (snaps fingers) what do they need? RIVER: Of course. The DOCTOR snaps his fingers again. AMY: Of course, what? What do they need? OCTAVIAN: Can we get in there? DOCTOR: Well, it's a sealed unit, but they must have installed it somehow. This whole wall should slide up. (presses against the rear wall) There's clamps. Release the clamps! (uses the sonic on the clamps) AMY: What's through there? What do they need? RIVER: They need to breathe. The door slowly rises. The DOCTOR smiles and AMY is awestruck. AMY: But that's... That's a... The door opens fully and we see lush vegetation and trees. RIVER: It's an oxygen factory. AMY: It's a forest. RIVER: Yeah, it's a forest, it's an oxygen factory. DOCTOR: And, if we're lucky, an escape route. AMY: Eight. RIVER: What did you say? AMY: Nothing. DOCTOR: Is there another exit? Scan the architecture, we don't have time to get lost in there. OCTAVIAN: On it! (steps into forest) Stay where you are until I've checked the Rad levels. AMY: But trees! On a space ship? DOCTOR: Oh, more than trees, way better than trees. You're going to love this. (steps into forest) Treeborgs... (opens a section of peat moss to reveal circuitry) Trees plus technology. Branches become cables, become sensors on the hull. A forest sucking in starlight, breathing out air. It even rains. There's a whole mini-climate. It is an eco-pod running through the heart of the ship. A forest in a bottle, on a space ship, in a maze. Have I impressed you yet, Amy Pond? AMY: (chuckles) Seven. DOCTOR: Seven? (joins her back on the flight deck) AMY: Sorry, what? DOCTOR: You said seven. (he studies her face) AMY: No. I didn't. RIVER: Yes, you did. OCTAVIAN: Doctor! There's an exit, far end of the ship, into the Primary Flight Deck. DOCTOR: Good, that's where we need to go. OCTAVIAN: Plotting a safe path. DOCTOR: (still studying AMY) Quick as you like! ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Doctor? Excuse me. Hello, Doctor? Angel Bob here, sir. DOCTOR: (into radio) (sits in command chair) Ah. there you are, Angel Bob. How's life? Sorry, bad subject. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) The Angels are wondering what you hope to achieve. DOCTOR: (into radio) Achieve? We're not achieving anything. We're just hanging. It's nice in here, consoles, comfy chairs, a forest. How's things with you? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) The Angels are feasting, sir. Soon we will be able to absorb enough power to consume this vessel, this world, and all the stars and worlds beyond. DOCTOR: (into radio) Well, we've got comfy chairs, did I mention? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) We have no need of comfy chairs. DOCTOR: I made him say comfy chairs! AMY: (laughs) Six. DOCTOR: (into radio) (stands quickly) Okay, well, enough chat. Here's what I want to know: what have you done to Amy? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) There is something in her eye. DOCTOR: (into radio) What's in her eye? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) We are. AMY: What's he talking about? Doctor, I'm five. (everyone stares) I mean, five. Fine! I'm fine. RIVER: You're counting. AMY: Counting? DOCTOR: You're counting down. From ten. You have been for a couple of minutes. AMY: Why? DOCTOR: I don't know. AMY: Well, counting down to what? DOCTOR: I don't know. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) We shall take her. We shall take all of you. We shall have dominion over all time and space. DOCTOR: (into radio) (sits) Get a life, Bob. Oops, sorry again. There's power on this ship, but nowhere near that much. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) With respect, sir, there is more power on this ship than you yet understand. There is a loud, horrible screeching. RIVER: Dear God, what is it? OCTAVIAN: They're back. ANGEL BOB: (over radio) It's hard to put in your terms, Dr Song, but as best I understand it, the Angels are laughing. DOCTOR: (into radio) Laughing? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) Because you haven't noticed yet. The Doctor in the TARDIS hasn't noticed. OCTAVIAN: Doctor! DOCTOR: (stands) No, wait, there's something...I've... (slowly turns to see glowing crack high in the wall) missed. The DOCTOR runs back to the wall. AMY: That's... That's like the crack from my bedroom wall from when I was a little girl. DOCTOR: Yes. Flashback to 5x1 "The Eleventh Hour", the DOCTOR is examining the crack in AMELIA'S wall. DOCTOR: Two parts of space and time that should never have touched. OCTAVIAN: OK, enough, we're moving out! RIVER: Agreed. Doctor? DOCTOR: Yeah. Fine! (uses sonic on the crack) RIVER: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Right with you. RIVER: We're not leaving without you! DOCTOR: Oh. yes you are. Bishop? OCTAVIAN: Miss Pond, Dr Song, now! RIVER grabs AMY and pulls her to the forest. AMY: Doctor, come on! DOCTOR: So, what are you? (looks at the readings from the screwdriver) Oh, that's bad. Ah, that's extremely very not good. (presses ear against the wall and when he turns back, he's surrounded by Angels) Do not blink. (climbs over console to get past them and is grabbed by his jacket collar) INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OCTAVIAN and the clerics are walking slowly through the forest, keeping RIVER and AMY safely in the center. AMY begins to walk slower and has a strange, almost sickly look on her face. RIVER notices something is wrong. RIVER: Amy? (walks over and grips AMY'S arms) Amy, what's wrong? INT. BYZANTIUM SECONDARY FLIGHT DECK The DOCTOR is still in the grip of the Angels. DOCTOR: Why am I not d*ad then? (turns nervously and sees the Angels have their hands up to the crack as if worshipping it.) Good, and not so good. Oh, this isn't even a little bit good. I mean, is that it? Is that the power that brought you here? That's pure time energy, you can't feed on that. That's the power, that's the f*re at the end of the universe. I'll tell you something else...(there's a loud rumbling) Never let me talk! (runs into the forest leaving his jacket in the hands of the Angels.) INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST, CLEARING RIVER: Amy, what's wrong? AMY: Four. (curls up on a moss-covered rock) RIVER: Med-scanner, now! (one of the clerics gives it to her) OCTAVIAN: Dr Song, we can't stay here, we've got to keep moving. RIVER: We wait for the Doctor. (uses the scanner on AMY) OCTAVIAN: Our mission is to make this wreckage safe and neutralise the Angels. Until that is achieved... RIVER: Father Octavian, when the Doctor is in the room, your only mission is to keep him alive long enough to get everyone else home. And trust me. It's not easy. Now, if he's d*ad back there, I'll never forgive myself, and if he's alive, I'll never forgive him. And, Doctor, you're standing right behind me, aren't you? DOCTOR: Oh, yeah. RIVER: (faces the DOCTOR) I hate you! DOCTOR: You don't. Bishop, the Angels are in the forest. (goes to AMY'S side) OCTAVIAN: We need visual contact on every line of approach. RIVER: How did you get past them? DOCTOR: Found a crack in the wall and told them it was the end of the universe. AMY: What was it? DOCTOR: The end of the universe. Let's have a look then. (checks the med-scanner) AMY: So. what's wrong with me? RIVER: Nothing. you're fine. DOCTOR: Everything, you're dying. RIVER: Doctor! DOCTOR: Yes, you're right, if we lie to her, she'll get all better! Right. Amy! Amy. what's the matter with Amelia? Something's in her eye. What does that mean? Doesn't mean anything AMY: Doctor. DOCTOR: Busy. AMY: Scared! DOCTOR: Course, you're dying, shut up! RIVER: OK, let him think. DOCTOR: (stands) What happened? She stared at the Angel, she looked into the eyes of an angel for too long... CLERIC: Sir! Angel, incoming! An Angel is watching from the trees. CLERIC #2: And here. OCTAVIAN: Keep visual contact, do not let it move! DOCTOR: (paces and slaps sides of his head) Come on, come on, wakey, wakey! She watched an Angel climb out of the screen. She stared at the Angel and…and... AMY: The image of an Angel is an Angel. DOCTOR: A living image in a human mind. We stare at them to stop them getting closer, we don't even blink and that's exactly what they want, cos as long as our eyes are open, they can climb inside. There's an Angel in her mind. (puts hand over his mouth) In a close-up of AMY'S face, we see an Angel in her eye. AMY: Three. Doctor, it's coming. I can feel it. I'm going to die! DOCTOR: Please just shut up, I'm thinking. Now counting, what's that about? (into radio) Bob, why are they making her count? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) To make her afraid, sir. DOCTOR: (into radio) OK. but why. what for? ANGEL BOB: (over radio) For fun, sir. The DOCTOR growls in frustration and throws away the radio. One of the clerics watches the DOCTOR and turns back to look at the Angel when he hears a branch crack. AMY: Doctor, what's happening to me? Explain! DOCTOR: Inside your head, in the vision centres of your brain, there's an Angel. (sits by AMY) It's like there's a screen, a virtual screen inside your mind, and the Angel is climbing out of it, and it's coming to shut you off. AMY: Then what do I do? DOCTOR: (stands) If it was a real screen, what would we do, we'd pull the plug. but we can't just knock her out, the Angel would take over! RIVER: Then what? Quickly! DOCTOR: We've got to shut down the vision centers of her brain. We've got to pull the plug, starve the Angel. RIVER: (looks at scanner) Doctor, she's got seconds. DOCTOR: How would you starve your lungs? RIVER: I'd stop breathing. DOCTOR: Amy, close your eyes! AMY: No, no, I don't want to. DOCTOR: Good, because that's not you, that's the Angel inside you, it's afraid! Do it! Close your eyes! AMY hesitates but closes her eyes when the DOCTOR nods his head. The scanner beeps and the readings return to green. RIVER: She's normalising. (sighs) You did it! You did it! CLERIC: Sir? Two more incoming. CLERIC #2: Three more over here. RIVER: (putting away scanner) Still weak, dangerous to move her. AMY: (sitting up) So, can I open my eyes now? DOCTOR: (bends down in front of AMY) Amy, listen to me. If you open your eyes now for more than a second, you will die. The Angel is still inside you. We haven't stopped it, we've just sort of...paused it. You've used up your countdown. You cannot open your eyes. OCTAVIAN: Doctor, we're too exposed here. We have to move on. DOCTOR: (straightens) We're exposed everywhere, and Amy can't move, and anyway, that's not the plan. RIVER: There's a plan? (sits next to AMY, comforting her) DOCTOR: I don't know yet, I haven't finished talking. Right! Father, you and your Clerics will stay here, look after Amy. If anything happens to her, I'll hold each of you personally responsible, twice. River, you and me, we're going to find the Primary Flight Deck which is...(licks his finger and holds it up to test the air) a quarter mile straight ahead. We'll s*ab the wreckage. stop the Angels, and cure Amy. RIVER: How? DOCTOR: I'll do a thing. RIVER: What thing? DOCTOR: I don't know, it's a thing in progress. Respect the thing. Moving out! OCTAVIAN: Doctor, I'm coming with you. My Clerics can look after Miss Pond. These are my best men, they'd lay down their lives in her protection. DOCTOR: I don't need you. OCTAVIAN: I don't care. Where Dr Song goes, I go. RIVER comes over to them. DOCTOR: What? (looks at RIVER and then back to OCTAVIAN) You two engaged or something? OCTAVIAN: Yes, in a manner of speaking. Marco, you're in charge till I get back. (starts off with RIVER) MARCO: Sir! AMY: Doctor... Please, can't I come with you? OCTAVIAN: You'd slow us down, Miss Pond. AMY: I don't want to sound selfish, but you'd really speed me up. DOCTOR: (sits next to AMY) You'll be safer here. We can't protect you on the move. I'll be back for you soon as I can. I promise. AMY: You always say that. DOCTOR: I always come back. (stands) Good luck everyone. Behave. Do not let that girl open her eyes. And keep watching the forest. Stop those Angels advancing. Amy, later! (taps her on the head) River, going to need your computer. (leaves) AMY: Yeah. Later. AMY fidgets nervously with her hands. A masculine pair of hands grip hers. It's the DOCTOR, but this one is wearing a jacket. DOCTOR: Amy. you need to start trusting me, it's never been more important. AMY: But you don't always tell me the truth. DOCTOR: If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me. AMY: Doctor, the crack in my wall, how can it be here? DOCTOR: I don't know yet, but I'm working it out. Now, listen. Remember what I told you when you were seven? AMY: What did you tell me? DOCTOR: (rests his forehead against hers) No, no... That's not the point. You have to remember. (kisses her on the head and leaves) AMY: Remember what? Doctor? Doctor? INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST PATH OCTAVIAN is leading RIVER and the DOCTOR through the forest. There is a beeping and the DOCTOR checks the device. RIVER: What's that? DOCTOR: Readings from a crack in a wall. RIVER: How can a crack in the wall be the end of the universe? DOCTOR: Here's what I think. One day there'll be a very big bang, so big every moment in history - past and future - will crack. RIVER: Is that possible? How? DOCTOR: How can you be engaged in a manner of speaking? RIVER: Well...sucker for a man in uniform.(smiles) OCTAVIAN: (walks over) Dr Song is in my personal custody. I released her from the Stormcage Containment Facility four days ago and I am legally responsible for her until she has accomplished her mission and earned her pardon. Just so we understand each other. DOCTOR: You were in Stormcage? (device beeps) RIVER: What? What is that? DOCTOR: The date! The date of the expl*si*n where the crack begins. RIVER: And for those of us who can't read the base code of the universe? The date appears on the bottom as 26/06/2010. DOCTOR: Amy's time! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING Bored, AMY is still sitting with her eyes closed. AMY: So, what's happening? Anything happening out there? MARCO: The Angels are still grouping. One of the Angels reaches into a tree and pulls at the wires causing the lights to flicker. MARCO: Are you getting this too? CLERIC #3: The trees? Yeah. AMY: What's wrong with the trees? CLERIC #2: Here too, sir. They're ripping the Treeborgs apart. CLERIC #3: And here. They're taking out the lights. AMY: What is it? What's happening? Tell me. I can't see. MARCO: It's the trees, ma'am. The trees are going out. The Angels take advantage of the flickering lights and begin to advance. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OUTSIDE PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK The DOCTOR takes readings from the handheld as OCTAVIAN looks for a way in. RIVER stands guard. OCTAVIAN: It doesn't open it from here, but it's the Primary Flight Deck. This has got to be a service hatch or something. RIVER: Hurry up and open it, time's running out. DOCTOR: What? What did you say? Time's running out, is that what you said? RIVER: Yeah. I just meant... DOCTOR: I know what you meant. hush! But what if it could? RIVER: What if what could? DOCTOR: Time. What if time could run out? OCTAVIAN: Got it! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING CLERIC #4: Angels advancing, sir. CLERIC #2: Over here, again. MARCO: w*apon primed. Combat distance five feet. Wait for it! AMY: (stands) What is it? What's happening, just tell me! MARCO: Keep your position and, ma'am, keep your eyes shut! (Angels advance) Wait! A bright light appears and spreads. MARCO looks away towards the light. MARCO: The ship's not on f*re. is it? CLERIC #2: (turns to light) It can't be. The compressors would have taken care of it. (turns back) Marco, the Angels have gone. Where'd they go? AMY: What, the Angels? CLERIC #3: (stands) This side's clear too, sir. AMY: The Angels have gone? MARCO: (reads handheld) There's still movement out there, but away from us now. It's like they're running. AMY: Running from what? MARCO: Phillip, Crispin, need to get a closer look at that. The two clerics head towards the light. AMY: What are you all looking at? What's there? PHILLIP and CRISPIN disappear behind some trees. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OUTSIDE PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: Cracks in time, time running out... No, couldn't be. How is a duck pond a duck pond if there aren't any ducks? And she didn't recognise the Daleks! OK, time can shift. Time can change. Time can be rewritten. Ah! Oh! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING MARCO: It's like, I don't know...a curtain of energy, sort of shifting. Makes you feel weird, sick. AMY: And you think it scared the Angels? CLERIC #2: What could scare those things? AMY turns nervously. MARCO: What are you doing? AMY: Point me at the light. MARCO: You can't open your eyes. AMY: Not for more than a second, that's what the Doctor said. Still got a bit of countdown left. MARCO: Ma'am. you can't. AMY: I need to see it. Am I looking the right way? I have to be quick. MARCO: (points her the right way) Very quick! AMY: OK. (opens eyes) It's the same shape! It's the crack in my wall. MARCO: Close your eyes. Now! AMY: It's following me! How can it be following me? AMY falls to her knees and MARCO is there to support her, holding his hand over her eyes, forcing her to close them. MARCO: Are you OK? AMY: Yeah. It was the same shape! CLERIC #2: Marco, you want me to get a closer look at that? MARCO: Go for it. Don't get too close. AMY: Hang on, what about the other two? Why not just wait ‘til they're back? MARCO: What other two? AMY: The ones you sent before. MARCO: I didn't send anyone before. AMY: You did. I heard you. Crispin and Phillip. MARCO: Crispin and who? INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OUTSIDE PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK OCTAVIAN: Dr Song, get through, now. (helps RIVER through hatch) Doctor? Doctor? DOCTOR: (doing calculations in the air) Time can be unwritten. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING MARCO: Amy, there never was a Crispin or a Phillip on this mission, I promise you. AMY: No, I heard you. Before you sent Pedro, you sent Crispin and Phillip, and now you can't even remember them. Something happened. I don't know what, and you don't even remember! MARCO: Pedro? AMY: Yeah, before you sent Pedro. MARCO: Who's Pedro? INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OUTSIDE PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: It's been happening and I haven't even noticed! OCTAVIAN: Doctor, we've have to move. DOCTOR: The CyberKing! A giant cyberman walks over all of Victorian London and no-one remembers. OCTAVIAN: We have to move it! The Angels could be here any second. (puts a hand on the DOCTOR'S shoulder) DOCTOR: (shrugs off OCTAVIAN'S hand) Never mind the Angels. There's worse here than Angels! The lights go out and the DOCTOR turns to see and Angel has its arm around OCTAVIAN's neck. OCTAVIAN: I beg to differ, sir. DOCTOR: (uses screwdriver on Angel) Let him go. OCTAVIAN: Well, it can't let me go, sir, not while you're looking at it. DOCTOR: I can't stop looking at it, it'll k*ll you. OCTAVIAN: It'll k*ll me anyway. There's no way out of this. You have to leave me! DOCTOR: Can't you wriggle out? OCTAVIAN: No. it's too tight. There's nothing you can do. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: Something's happening! Pedro was here a second ago and now you can't even remember him! MARCO: There never was a Pedro. There's only ever been the two of us here! AMY: No, there were five of us. Why can't you remember? MARCO: Listen, listen. I need to get a closer look at that light, whatever it is. Don't worry, I won't get too close. AMY: No, you can't. You mustn't. MARCO: Here, spare communicator. (presses the device into AMY'S hand) I'll stay in touch the whole time. AMY: You won't. If you go back there what happened to the others will happen to you! MARCO: There weren't any others! AMY: There won't be any YOU if you go back there. MARCO: Two minutes, I promise. (leaves) AMY: Please, just listen to me! AMY is alone in the clearing. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST OUTSIDE PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK OCTAVIAN: Sir, there's nothing you can do. DOCTOR: You're d*ad if I leave you. OCTAVIAN: Yes, yes, I'm d*ad. And before you go... DOCTOR: I'm not going! OCTAVIAN: Listen to me. It's important! You can't trust her. DOCTOR: Trust who? OCTAVIAN: River Song. You think you know her, but you don't. You don't understand who or what she is. DOCTOR: Then tell me. OCTAVIAN: I've told you more than I should. Now, please, you have to go. It's your duty to your friends. DOCTOR: Just tell me why she was in Stormcage? OCTAVIAN: She k*lled a man, a good man, a hero to many. DOCTOR: Who? OCTAVIAN: You don't want to know, sir. You really don't. DOCTOR: Who did she k*ll? OCTAVIAN: Sir, the Angels are coming. You have to leave me. DOCTOR: You'll die. OCTAVIAN: I will die in the knowledge that my courage did not desert me at the end. For that, I thank God and bless the path that takes you to safety. DOCTOR: I wish I'd known you better. OCTAVIAN: I think, sir, you know me at my best. DOCTOR: Ready? OCTAVIAN: (closes eyes) Content. The DOCTOR runs for the hatch and closes it behind him. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK RIVER: There's a teleport! If I can get it to work, we can beam the others here. Where's Octavian? DOCTOR: Octavian's d*ad, so is that teleport. You're wasting your time. I'm going to need your communicator. (takes communicator) INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) (softly) Hello, are you there? Hello? Hello? MARCO: (over radio) I'm here. I'm fine. I'm quite close to it now. AMY: (into radio) Then come back! Come back now, please. MARCO: (over radio) It's weird looking at it. It feels really... (static) AMY: (into radio) Really what? Hello? Really what? Hello? Hello? Hello? Please say you're there. Hello? Hello! DOCTOR: (over radio) Is that you? INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK AMY: (over radio) 'Doctor?' DOCTOR: (into radio) Where are you? Are the Clerics with you? INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) They've gone. There was a light and they walked into the light. Doctor, they didn't even remember each other. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) No. They wouldn't. RIVER: What is that light? DOCTOR: Time running out. (into radio) Amy. I'm sorry. I should never have left you there. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) Well, what do I do now? INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) You come to us. Primary Flight Deck, other end of the forest. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) I can't see! I can't open my eyes. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) (uses screwdriver on communicator) Turn on the spot. AMY: (over radio) Sorry. what? DOCTOR: (into radio) Just do it. Turn on the spot. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING DOCTOR: (over radio) When the communicator sounds like my screwdriver, you're facing the right way. Follow the sound. AMY turns in a circle and listens to the whirring sound the communicator makes. DOCTOR: (over radio) You have to start moving now. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) There's time energy spilling out of that crack and you have to stay ahead of it. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) But the Angels, they're everywhere. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) I'm sorry, I really am, but the Angels can only k*ll you. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) (starts walking) What does the Time Energy do? INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) Just keep moving! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) Tell me! INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) If the Time Energy catches up with you, you'll never have been born. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING DOCTOR: (over radio) It will erase every moment of your existence. You will never have lived at all. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) Now, keep your eyes shut and keep moving! RIVER: It's never going to work. DOCTOR: (shouts) What else have you got? River, tell me! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY walks slowly along the dirt path. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK There is a loud whooshing and clanging. RIVER: What's that? DOCTOR: The Angels running from the f*re. They came here to feed on the time energy. Now it's going to feed on them. DOCTOR: (into radio) Amy, listen to me. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING DOCTOR: (over radio) I'm sending a bit of software to your communicator. It's a proximity detector. It'll beep if there's something in your way. You just manoeuvre till the beeping stops. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) Because, Amy, this is important. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING DOCTOR: (over radio) The forest is full of Angels. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) You're going to have to walk like you can see. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) Well, what do you mean? DOCTOR: (over radio) Look, just keep moving. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK RIVER: That time energy, what's it going to do? DOCTOR: Er, keep eating. RIVER: How do we stop it? DOCTOR: Feed it. RIVER: Feed it what? DOCTOR: A big complicated space-time event should shut it up for a while. RIVER: Like what, for instance? DOCTOR: (shouts) Like me, for instance! A high-pitched beeping echoes through the flight deck. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY: (into radio) What's that? INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) It's a warning. There are Angels ‘round you now. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING The lights flash and AMY is surrounded by Angels. DOCTOR: (over radio) Amy. listen to me. This is going to be hard but I know... INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) …you can do it. The Angels are scared INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING DOCTOR: (over radio) and running and right now they're not that interested in you. They'll assume you can see them and their instincts will kick in. All you've got to do is walk like you can see. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) Just don't open your eyes. Walk like you can see. You're not moving. You have to do this. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING AMY stands between two Angels. DOCTOR: (over radio) Now. INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK DOCTOR: (into radio) (bangs his hand against the instrument panel) You have to do this! INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING The communicator beeps slowly. As AMY turns unknowingly towards an Angel, it beeps quickly and she turns to face the way she was. She slowly walks forward and turns again only to hear the beeping speed up once more. She changes direction and moved forward until she trips over a root and falls, dropping the communicator. She feels about in the dirt but can't find it. AMY: Doctor, I can't find the communicator! I dropped it! I can't find it. Doctor! (keeps feeling in the dirt) Doctor... (the Angels begin to move) Doctor! Doctor... (stands and turns only to come face-to-face with an Angel as it reaches for her. AMY is engulfed in a bright light) INT. BYZANTIUM, PRIMARY FLIGHT DECK AMY appears on the flight deck and is supported by RIVER. RIVER: Don't open your eyes. You're on the Flight Deck, the Doctor's here. I teleported you. (to DOCTOR) See? Told you I could get it working. DOCTOR: River Song, I could bloody kiss you. RIVER: Ah well, maybe when you're older. (an alarm blares) What's that? DOCTOR: The Angels are draining the last of the ship's power, which means... the shield's going to release! The shield to the forest opens and they are confronted by a large number of Angels. The DOCTOR steps forward. DOCTOR: Angel Bob, I presume. ANGEL BOB: The Time Field is coming. It will destroy our reality. DOCTOR: Yeah, and look at you, all running away. What can I do for you? ANGEL BOB: There is a rupture in time. The Angels calculate that if you throw yourself into it, it will close and they will be saved. DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Could do, could do that. But why? ANGEL BOB: Your friends would also be saved. DOCTOR: Well, there is that. RIVER: (steps up to the DOCTOR) I've travelled in time. I'm a complicated space/time event, too. Throw me in. DOCTOR: Oh, be serious! Compared to me, these Angels are more complicated than you and it would take every one of them to amount to me, so get a grip. RIVER: Doctor, I can't let you do this. DOCTOR: No, seriously, get a grip. RIVER: You're not going to die here! DOCTOR: No, I mean it. River, Amy, get a grip. RIVER: (realizes his plan) Oh, you genius! (goes to AMY) ANGEL BOB: Sir, the Angels need you to sacrifice yourself now. DOCTOR: Thing is, Bob, the Angels are draining all the power from this ship, every last bit of it. And you know what? I think they've forgotten where they're standing. I think they've forgotten the gravity of the situation. Or to put it another way, Angels... RIVER: (to AMY) You hold on tight and don't you let go for anything. (places AMY'S hands on a handle attached to the panel before gripping one herself) DOCTOR: Night-night. As the gravity fails due to the loss of power, the DOCTOR casually turns to grip a handle himself. The deck turns to its side and the DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER hang on for dear life as the Angels are sucked into the crack. The is a burst of light and the crack in the secondary flight deck closes. EXT. BEACH, DAWN AMY is leaning on a rock, wrapped in a blanket. The DOCTOR stands next to her with a cleric behind them. AMY: Ah, Bruised everywhere. DOCTOR: Me too. AMY: You didn't have to climb out with your eyes shut. DOCTOR: Neither did you, I kept saying. The Angels all fell into the time field. The Angel in your memory never existed. It can't harm you now. AMY: Then why do I remember it at all? Those guys on the ship didn't remember each other. DOCTOR: You're a time traveller now, Amy. Changes the way you see the universe forever. Good, isn't it? AMY: And the crack. Is that gone too? DOCTOR: Yeah, for now. But the expl*si*n that caused it is still happening... somewhere out there, somewhere in time. (looks out at the ocean before walking over to RIVER) RIVER: You, me...handcuffs. (holds out her hands encased in cuffs) Must it always end this way? DOCTOR: What now? RIVER: The prison ship's in orbit. They'll beam me up any second. I might have done enough to earn a pardon this time. We'll see. DOCTOR: Octavian said you k*lled a man. RIVER: Yes. I did. A good man. A very good man. The best man I've ever known. DOCTOR: Who? RIVER: It's a long story, Doctor, can't be told. It has to be lived. No sneak previews. Well, except for this one: you'll see me again quite soon, when the Pandorica opens. DOCTOR: The Pandorica, ha! (whispers in her ear) That's a fairy tale. RIVER: (laughs) Oh, Doctor, aren't we all? I'll see you there. DOCTOR: I look forward to it. RIVER: I remember it well. The DOCTOR chuckles and walks away. AMY: (walks up to RIVER) Bye. River. RIVER: See you. Amy. (handcuffs beep) Oh! I think that's my ride. DOCTOR: Can I trust you. River Song? RIVER: If you like, but where's the fun in that? (laughs and is teleported away) The DOCTOR turns and looks out at the ocean. AMY: What are you thinking? DOCTOR: Time can be rewritten. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is at the console while AMY sits on the jump seat, arms crossed. AMY: I want to go home. DOCTOR: (quietly) OK. AMY: (smiles and joins him) No, not like that! I just… I just want to show you something. You're running from River. I'm running too. EXT. AMY'S HOUSE, NIGHT We hear the TARDIS materialize and see a light go on in AMY'S room. INT. AMY'S ROOM, NIGHT The TARDIS has materialized in a corner of the room. The DOCTOR and AMY are sitting on her bed, looking at the closet where her wedding gown is hanging. DOCTOR: Well! AMY: Yeah! DOCTOR: Blimey! AMY: I know. This is the same night we left, yeah? DOCTOR: (checks watch) We've been gone five minutes. AMY: (leans over, gets ring box and opens it) I'm getting married in the morning. DOCTOR: (takes box) Why did you leave it here? AMY: Why did I leave my engagement ring when I ran away with a strange man the night before my wedding? DOCTOR: Yeah. AMY: You really are an alien, aren't you? DOCTOR: Who's the lucky fella? AMY: You met him. DOCTOR: Ah, the good looking one or the other one? (mimes a large nose) AMY: The other one. DOCTOR: Well, he was good too. AMY: Thanks. So, do you comfort a lot of people on the night before their wedding? DOCTOR: Why would you need comforting? AMY: I nearly died. I was alone in the dark and I nearly died. And it made me think. DOCTOR: Well, yes, natural. I think sometimes. Well, lots of times... AMY: About what I want. About who I want. You know what I mean? DOCTOR: Yeah... No. AMY: About who...I want. DOCTOR: Oh, right, yeah... No, still not getting it. AMY: Doctor, in a word, n one very simple word even you can understand... (practically climbs on top of him) DOCTOR: (nervously pushes her away and clambers over the foot rail) Uh...! You're getting married in the morning! AMY: (walks around) The morning's a long time away. (pushes him back against the TARDIS) What are we going to do about that? (starts to undress him) DOCTOR: (pulls braces back up) Listen to me. I'm 907 years old. Do you understand what that means? (pushes away) AMY: It's been awhile? DOCTOR: No. no. no! I'm 907, and look at me. I don't get older, I just change. You get older. I don't, and this can't ever work. (pushes away from her again, his back to the TARDIS) AMY: Oh, you are sweet, Doctor. But I really wasn't suggesting anything quite so...long term. (kisses him) DOCTOR: (pushes her away) But you're human! You're Amy! You're getting married in the morning! (realization) In the morning. AMY: (pulls back) Doctor? DOCTOR: It's you. It's all about you. Everything. It's about you. AMY: Hold that thought! (lies seductively on the bed) DOCTOR: Amy Pond... Mad, impossible Amy Pond. I don't know why, I have no idea, but quite possibly the single most important thing in the history of the universe is that I get you sorted out right now. AMY: That's what I've been trying to tell you! DOCTOR: (pulls her off the bed) Come on! AMY: (flirty) Doctor! The DOCTOR pushes her into the TARDIS before turning to look at her clock. It changes from "11:59 6/25" to "12:00 6/26" Flashback to RIVER in the forest on the Bysantium when the communicator showed the date of the origin of the cracks. RIVER: ...And for those of us who can't read the base code of the universe? DOCTOR: Amy's time!
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INT, PALAZZO, THRONE ROOM Venice 1580. An elegant woman of the nobility sits on her throne like a queen. A young man, also dressed as a noble, stands behind her. A man, GUIDO, and young woman, ISABELLA, are brought in front of her for an audience. The man bows as the woman curtseys. GUIDO: Signora, your school offers a chance for betterment, escape. My daughter... (nervously removes cap) Isabella is 17 now, but what prospects are there for the daughter of a boat-builder? There's no future for us. No future but you. SIGNORA: I am moved by your concern for your daughter. I believe protecting the future of one's own is a sacred duty. GUIDO: Signora... (takes Isabella's hand) she is my world. SIGNORA: Then we will take your world. ISABELLA and GUIDO laugh in relief as they hug each other. GUIDO: I knew it! SIGNORA: (stands) Say goodbye to your daughter. GUIDO: Now, signora? SIGNORA: Why wait? Time ticks. SIGNORA nods to the man who escorted them in and he goes to lead GUIDO away GUIDO: Be brave, my girl. (kisses her hand) Make me proud. (is escorted away) SIGNORA: Step into the light, my dear. That's it. ISABELLA walks forward and looks to GUIDO as the door slams behind him. The SIGNORA and the younger man begin to circle ISABELLA. SIGNORA: What say you, Francesco? Do you like her? FRANCESCO: Oh, I do, Mother. I do. (opens his mouth to show a row of fangs) ISABELLA screams INT. PUB It's RORY'S stag night and he's trying to talk to AMY above the din RORY: Hey...! It's me! Hello! How are you? INT. AMY'S HOUSE, BEDROOM RORY'S call has gone straight to answer-phone. RORY: The reason for this call is because I haven't told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal, and even if we weren't getting married tomorrow, I'd ask you to marry me anyway. INT. PUB RORY: Yes, I would, because you are smashing. Behind RORY, a large cake is being wheeled in and "The Stripper" begins playing. His mates poke him and he turns, still on the phone. RORY: Oh... Oh. Oh, blimey. I've... I've... I-I-I... I'll see you tomorrow. ALL: Out! Out! Out! The DOCTOR pops his head through the top of the cake. The chanting stops but the music continues. RORY shakes his head in disbelief and the DOCTOR looks about bemused. DOCTOR: (stands and turns) Rory! That's a relief. I thought I'd burst out of the wrong cake. Again. That reminds me, there's a girl outside in a bikini. Could someone let her in, give her a jumper? Lucy. Lovely girl. Now, then. Rory. We need to talk about your fiancee. She tried to kiss me. (everyone gasps) Tell you what, though. You're a lucky man - she's a great kisser. (someone drops his glass and they all stare at the DOCTOR) Funny how you can say something in your head and it SOUNDS fine... Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Vampires of Venice" by Toby Whithouse Producer Tracie Simpson Director Jonny Campbell INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is in a harness seat in the space underneath the TARDIS console doing some welding work. AMY is pacing nervously above. DOCTOR: Oh! The life out there, it dazzles. I mean, it blinds you to the things that are important. I've seen it devour relationships and plans... (RORY looks down nervously and the TARDIS experiences a small expl*si*n) Ohhh! It's meant to do that. (resumes) ..because for one person to have seen all that, to taste the glory and then go back, it WILL tear you apart. So...I'm sending you somewhere. Together. AMY: Whoa! What, like a date? DOCTOR: Anywhere you want, any time you want. (walks up the steps to join them at the console) One condition - it has to be amazing. The Moulin Rouge in 1890! The first Olympic Games! Think of it as a wedding present, because, frankly, it's either this or tokens. (takes in RORY'S stunned expression) It's a lot to take in, isn't it? (heads up a set of stairs) Tiny box, huge room inside. What's that about? Let me explain. RORY: It's another dimension. DOCTOR: (heads back down stairs) It's basically another dimen... What? RORY: After Prisoner Zero, I've been reading up on all the latest scientific theories; FTL travel, parallel universes. DOCTOR: I like the bit when someone says, "It's bigger on the inside!" I always look forward to that. AMY: So, this date. I'm kind of done with running down corridors. What do you think, Rory? DOCTOR: How about somewhere... romantic? (sets the TARDIS in motion) EXT. VENICE, DAY, MARKETPLACE The TARDIS materizlises in the middle of a busy market and no one takes any notice. The DOCTOR is the first to exit. DOCTOR: (opens arms) Venice! Venezia! La Serenissima! Impossible city. Preposterous city! (RORY and AMY looks about in amazement) Founded by refugees running from Attila the Hun. It was just a collection of little wooden huts in the marsh, but became one of the most powerful cities in the world. Constantly being inv*de, constantly flooding... constantly... Just beautiful! Oh, you gotta love Venice. And so many people did. Byron, Napoleon, Casanova. Oooh, that reminds me. (checks watch) 1580. That's all right. Casanova doesn't get born for 145 years. Don't want to run into him. I owe him a chicken. RORY: You owe Casanova a chicken? DOCTOR: Long story. We had a bet. An official dressed in black steps out in front of the DOCTOR. OFFICIAL:: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Papers, if you please. Proof of residency, current bill of medical inspection. DOCTOR: (holds up psychic paper) There you go, fella. (OFFICIAL takes the paper) All to your satisfaction, I think you'll find. OFFICIAL:: (bows deeply) I am so sorry, Your Holiness. I didn't realise. DOCTOR: (takes back paper) No worries. You were just doing your job. Sorry, what exactly is your job? OFFICIAL:: Checking for aliens, visitors from foreign lands what might bring the plague with them. AMY: Oh, that's nice See where you bring me? (slaps the DOCTOR'S arm) The plague! OFFICIAL:: Don't worry, Viscountess. (bows as AMY sighs) No, we're under quarantine here, no-one comes in, no-one goes out, and all because of the grace and wisdom of our patron, Signora Rosanna Calvierri. (points to crest on the box he's carrying) DOCTOR: How interesting. I heard the plague died out years ago. OFFICIAL:: Not out there. No, Signora Calvierri has seen it with her own eyes. Streets are piled high with bodies, she said. DOCTOR: Did she, now? RORY reaches for the psychic paper as the official goes off to question someone else. The DOCTOR and AMY continue on. RORY: According to this, I am your eunuch! AMY: Oh, yeah, I'll explain later. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL, DAY The young women are in two lines, all wearing white gowns of varying designs. An older woman, most likely a teacher, walks to the head of the procession. WOMAN:: Veils down, girls. The girls lower their veils. It must be a daily ritual because people in the street stop what they are doing to watch. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY get a spot across the canal and watch. GUIDO runs up to the procession. WOMAN:: What do you want? GUIDO: (begins to lift the girls' veils) Where's my Isabella? WOMAN:: What are you doing? Get away from there. GUIDO: (keeps searching) Isabella! Isabella! (finds her but she backs away) It's me! One of the other girls comes forward and hisses at him, her mouth, two rows of fangs. GUIDO falls to the ground. WOMAN:: Girls, come along! The girls continue their procession. A booted foot lands on GUIDO'S chest, keeping him down. FRANCESCO: She's gone. (leaves with a swirl of cloak) GUIDO: Isabella! It's me! (two guards lift him from the ground) AMY: What was that about? The DOCTOR leaves. GUIDO: Isabella... AMY: I hate it when he does that! EXT, DAY, NARROW PASSAGE GUIDO walks along the passageway. The DOCTOR crosses behind him and leaps onto the bottom step of a stairway. DOCTOR: Who were those girls? GUIDO: (stops and looks at DOCTOR) I thought everyone knew about the Calvierri school. DOCTOR: My first day here. (steps down) Parents do all sorts of things to get their children into good schools. They move house, they change religion. (Whispers) So, why are you trying to get her out? GUIDO: Something happens in there. Something magical, something evil. My own daughter didn't recognise me. And the girl who pushed me away, her face... like an animal. DOCTOR: (puts arm around GUIDO'S shoulder) I think it's time I met this Signora Calvierri. EXT, DAY, CALVIERRI VILLA, COURTYARD The SIGNORA is kneeling in the center of a courtyard, drinking from a chalice poured by her servant. We hear a door close in the distance. FRANCESCO: Mother? SIGNORA: (chalice is refilled by servant) Mummy's hydrating, Francesco. FRANCESCO: (comes down the stairs) And we never interrupt Mummy when she's hydrating. We were accosted again. (SIGNORA leans back against the well and FRANCESO lies down, head on her lap) A man made a grab for one of the girls. The longer we wait, the greater the risk of discovery. I mean, we've already converted more than enough. Surely it is time to introduce them to my brothers? SIGNORA: I shall decide when we have enough. (she strokes his head) FRANCESCO: If it's more you want, let me take the girls into the city tonight. We could… SIGNORA: We follow the plan. Let them hammer on our door... beg to be taken. A bell tolls and FRANCESCO stands abruptly. The SERVANT helps the SIGNORA stand. With a look at FRANCESCO, the SIGNORA and the SERVANT leave. EXT, DAY, NARROW PASSAGE AMY and RORY are walking through a narrow passage. RORY: And what have you been doing? AMY: Well... running. And fighting. I've been scared. More scared than I thought was... RORY: Did you miss me? AMY: I... I knew I'd be coming back. RORY: He was right. It blots out everything else. AMY: Rory... this is our date. Let's not do this, not now. There is a fluttering of wings overhead and RORY looks up. RORY: Ha! We are in Venice and it's 1580! AMY: (laughs) I know! They both laugh as they walk off, arm-in-arm. They pass a stairway where Francesco is lounging at the top, unnoticed. A young flower-seller walks by and sees him. FLOWER SELLER: (holds out small posey) Flowers, signor? FRANCESCO shakes his head and she moves on. He goes down the steps and walks under the archway where the FLOWER SELLER is resting. She holds out a bunch of flowers again. He takes it in his gloved hand. EXT, DAY, NARROW PASSAGE AMY poses in front of a doorway and RORY kneels to take her photo with his phone. There is a piercing scream. AMY runs towards the sound. RORY: What was that? RORY runs after AMY and they arrive in the passage to see FRANCESCO over the girl. He lifts his head and we see blood on the girl's neck. We then see FRANCESCO'S face and his mouth is open, showing fangs. He walks past them with a hiss, holding his cape in front of his face. RORY goes to the girl. RORY: She'll be OK. Where are you... Amy! Come back! AMY runs off after FRANCESCO. Her chase comes to an abrupt end at one of the canals. We then see AMY as if someone is watching her from underwater. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL, DAY GUIDO approaches the guards of the school. GUIDO: You have my daughter. Isabella! GUARD: You're not coming in, stop there! We've told you... While GUIDO has the guards distracted, the DOCTOR sneaks along the side. GUIDO: You have my daughter. Isabella! I demand you let me see my daughter. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on the canal gate. GUIDO: Isabella! It's me! It's your father. GUARD: I'll arrest you... GUIDO: Isabella! After the DOCTOR has made it inside, the GUIDO leaves. INT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL, DAY The DOCTOR makes his way down some stone steps and into a chamber. On one wall, he spies a mirror. DOCTOR: Hello, handsome. (straightens tie and checks teeth) We see the DOCTOR from the mirror's POV and a group of girls dressed in white are standing behind him GIRLS: Who are you? The DOCTOR turns to face them then quickly looks back mirror. They are not visible. He keeps looking back and forth. DOCTOR: How are you doing that? I... am... loving it. You're like Houdini, only five scary girls, only he was shorter. WILL BE shorter. I'm rambling. GIRLS: I'll ask you again, signor. Who are you? DOCTOR: Why don't you check THIS out? (holds out wallet that shows an ID with a photo pf his first incarnation) Library card. (puts it away) Of course, it's with... He's... I need the spare. Pale, creepy girls who don't like sunlight and can't be seen in... (looks into the mirror) Am I thinking what I think I'm thinking? But the city. Why shut down the city? Unless... GIRLS: Leave now, signor, or we shall call for the steward... if you are lucky. DOCTOR: Ooh! The GIRLS hiss and bare their fangs as they advance on the DOCTOR. He runs to the doorway. DOCTOR: Tell me the whole plan. *That one may not work.* Listen, I would love to stay here. This whole thing... I'm thrilled. Oh, this is Christmas! (runs up the stairs as the girls hiss after him) EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL, NIGHT The DOCTOR and AMY meet up across the canal from the school. AMY: Doctor! DOCTOR: I just met some vampires! AMY: We just saw a vampire! They both talk at once, voices overlapping. DOCTOR: And creepy girls and everything. AMY: Vampires! They jump up and down together excitedly as RORY joins them. RORY: We think we just saw a vampire. DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, I know. Amy was just telling me. AMY: Yeah! The Doctor actually went to their house. RORY: Oh. Right. Well... DOCTOR: OK, so... (slaps his hands on RORY'S cheeks) first we need to get back in there somehow. RORY: What?! AMY: How do we do that? RORY: Back in where?! DOCTOR: Come and meet my new friend. INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, NIGHT GUIDO has brought out a map of Venice. The DOCTOR and AMY are at the table looking it over with him as RORY sits back among some barrels. GUIDO: As you saw, there's no clear way in. The House of Calvierri is like a fortress. But there's a tunnel underneath it, with a ladder and shaft that leads up into the house. I tried to get in once myself, but I h*t a trapdoor. AMY: You need someone on the inside. DOCTOR: No. AMY: You don't even know what I was going to say! DOCTOR: We pretend you're an applicant for the school to get you inside and tonight you come down and open the trapdoor to let us in. AMY: Oh. So you know what I was going to say! RORY: Are you insane? AMY: We don't have another option. RORY: He said no, Amy. Listen to him. GUIDO: There is another option. (points in RORY'S direction) I work at the Arsenale. We build the warships for the navy. DOCTOR: (sniffs the barrels) g*n.(puts hand on RORY'S shoulder) Most people just nick stationery from where they work. RORY slides slowly off the barrel and backs away into a d*ad rabbit hanging by the fireplace. DOCTOR: Look, I have a thing about g*n and huge quantities of expl*sive. GUIDO: What do you suggest, then? We wait until they turn her into an animal? (turns away and pokes f*re) AMY: I'll be there three, four hours tops. DOCTOR: (gives a small smile at her persistence) No, no, no, no, no, no. It can't keep happening like this. This is how they go. (sits on the bed, head in hands. He then takes a breath and sits back) But I have to know. We go together. Say you're my daughter. RORY: What?! Don't listen to him! AMY: Your daughter? You look about nine. DOCTOR: Brother, then. AMY: Too weird. Fiancé. RORY: I'm not having him run around telling people he's your fiancé. AMY: No. No, you're right. RORY: Thank you. AMY: I mean, they've already seen the Doctor. You should do it. RORY: Me? AMY: Yeah! You can be my brother. (rubs his head playfully) Over on the bed, the DOCTOR smiles at their interaction. RORY: Why is him being your brother weird, but with me, it's OK? GUIDO: (to DOCTOR) Actually, I thought you WERE her fiancé. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's not helping. RORY: This whole thing is mental! They're VAMPIRES, for God's sake. DOCTOR: We hope. AMY: So if they're not vampires...? DOCTOR: Makes you wonder what could be so bad it doesn't actually mind us thinking it's a vampire? INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM AMY and RORY stand as petitioners in from of Signora Calvierri. RORY is wearing GUIDO'S clothes and AMY is wearing a simple skirt and blouse that once belonged to ISABELLA. RORY: So, basically, both of our parents are d*ad from getting the plague. I'm a gondola... driver... so... money's a bit tight... so having my sister go to your school for special people would be brilliant. Cheers. FRANCESCO shows an interest in AMY and stands in front of her. FRANCESCO: Have we met? RORY: I've just got one of those faces. FRANCESCO: I wasn't talking to you. RORY: She's got the same face... which is because she's my sister! SIGNORA: (turns to servant) Carlo, explain yourself. Why have you brought me this imbecile? CARLO: Signora, they have references from the King of Sweden. SIGNORA: What?! Let me see. (holds out her hand and RORY walks to throne and hands her the psychic paper) Well, now I can see what got my steward so excited. (hands it back to RORY) What say you, Francesco? Do you like her? FRANCESCO: (circling AMY) Oh, I do, Mother. I do. SIGNORA: Then we would be delighted to accept her. Say goodbye to your sister. RORY and AMY grip each other's hands just before CARLO leads a stuttering RORY away. AMY: Tell Uncle... Doctor...I'll see you both pretty soon, OK? (at the doorway RORY nods) I'll be fine. Behind AMY, FRANCESCO bares his teeth and RORY sees as the door closes. RORY: A- Amy! INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, CORRIDOR CARLO is leading AMY through the school. The girls watch as CARLO leads her upstairs. He takes her to a room she shares with some other girls. CARLO: There are clothes on the bed. Get changed and wait here. AMY: (looks about opulent, domed room) Blimey. This is private education, then? All the other girls leave but one. AMY looks at her. AMY: Hey. Hello. I'm Amy. What's your name? ISABELLA: Isabella. AMY: Listen, we're going to get you out of here, but I need you to tell me what's going on. What is this place? What are they doing? ISABELLA: They, um... they come at night. They gather around my bed and they take me to a room... with this green light and a chair with... with straps, as if for a surgeon. AMY: What happens in there? ISABELLA: I wake up here. And the sunlight burns my skin like candle wax. A bell tolls and AMY looks around warily. EXT, CANAL, NIGHT The DOCTOR and RORY sit back in a gondola as GUIDO, dressed in RORY'S clothes guides them along the canal. DOCTOR: She'll be fine. RORY: You can promise me that, can you? INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND STAIRS Dressed in a white gown and carrying a lamp, AMY makes her way downstairs to try and find the room ISABELLA mentioned. She hears moans and cries and follows them. As she passes through one of the chambers, she doesn't notice the skeletal hand sticking out from a wooden chest. EXT, CANAL, NIGHT The gondola has arrived at its destination. GUIDO: We're here. Carrying a lit torch, the DOCTOR opens the creaking gate and RORY follows. GUIDO stays with the gondola. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND STAIRS DOCTOR: Right. OK, I'll go first. If anything happens to me, go back... RORY: What happened? Between you and Amy? You said she kissed you. The DOCTOR stops as they are just outside a wooden door. DOCTOR: NOW?! You want to do this NOW?! (goes up wooden steps towards door) RORY: I have a right to know. (follows) I'm getting married in 430 years. EXT, NIGHT CALVIERRI SCHOOL, COURTYARD AMY goes to the well in the center of the courtyard, sets down the lamp, and releases the bar locking the grate. Done, she picks up the lamp to head back inside and nearly walks into CARLO. She shrieks and drops the lamp. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND PASSAGE The DOCTOR and RORY are continuing through a narrow passage, the only light coming from the DOCTOR'S torch DOCTOR: She was frightened, I was frightened, but we survived, and the relief of it... and so she kissed me. RORY: And you kissed her back? DOCTOR: No. I kissed her mouth. RORY: Funny DOCTOR: Rory... (stops) Rory, she kissed me because I was there. It would have been you, (taps him on the chest) it SHOULD have been you. RORY: Yeah. DOCTOR: Exactly. That's why I brought you here. A strong gust of wind blows out the torch leaving them in the dark. DOCTOR: (whispers)Can we go and see the vampires now, please? INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND CHAMBER AMY gasps as CARLO forces her down the stairs. CARLO: Control yourself, child! The SIGNORA, FRANCESCO and some of the girls are waiting in the chamber. AMY: Get your hands off me. SIGNORA: Psychic paper. Did you really think that would work on me? There is a hum of power as the chamber is bathed in a green light. AMY looks about her nervously. EXT, NIGHT CALVIERRI SCHOOL, COURTYARD The DOCTOR pushes the grate open and climbs out, using RORY as a ladder. DOCTOR: Push... (gets out and then reaches in to pull RORY out) Come on. There we are. (whispers) Amy! Where's Amy? I can't see a thing. RORY: Just as well I brought this, then. (pulls out a small pencil torch) DOCTOR: (pulls out a long large torch from under his jacket) Ultraviolet. Portable sunlight. RORY: Yours is bigger than mine. DOCTOR: Let's not go there. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND CHAMBER The SIGNORA circles AMY as CARLO holds her. SIGNORA: Where are you from? Did you fall through the chasm? FRANCESCO: Mother this is pointless. Let's just start the process. SIGNORA: Hold your tongue, Francesco! I need to know what this girl is doing in a world of savages with psychic paper. (two of the girls bring forward a wooden chair with wrist straps) Who are you with? I scarcely believe your idiot brother sent you. (FRANCESCO sets a hook into an eye socket above the chair) What are you doing in MY school? (one of the girls attaches an IV bag to the hook) AMY: OK, I'll tell you. I'm from Ofsted. SIGNORA: (laughs) Put her in the chair. CARLO pushes her into the chair and the girls fasten the straps as she struggles. FRANCESCO holds her head from behind. AMY: No! Get your hands off me! SIGNORA: Oh, make sport of me, will you? Tease me as if I were your dog? Well, this dog has a bite, girl. (turns to show her fangs) AMY: Doctor! The SIGNORA leans in and bites her neck. EXT, NIGHT CALVIERRI SCHOOL, COURTYARD RORY: If we cancel now, we lose the deposit on the village hall, the salsa band...(sighs) The DOCTOR opens a chest on the ground to reveal skeletal remains. RORY: What happened to them? DOCTOR: They've had all the moisture taken out of them. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND CHAMBER The SIGNORA pulls away from AMY and stands, licking her lips. The girls leave. AMY'S eyes are glazed, the trauma having been too much for her. FRANCESCO leans down and runs a finger along her neck by the puncture wounds FRANCESCO: Mother... where you drink from her, may we share? I'm so thirsty. SIGNORA: Of course, darling. EXT, NIGHT CALVIERRI SCHOOL, COURTYARD RORY: That's what vampires do, right? They drink your blood and replace it with their own. DOCTOR: Yeah, except they haven't just had their blood taken, but all the water in their bodies. RORY: Why did they die? Why aren't they like the girls in the school? DOCTOR: Maybe not everyone survives the process. RORY walks away in frustration then stops and points at the DOCTOR. RORY: You know what's dangerous about you? It's not that you make people take risks. It's that you make them want to impress you. You make it so they don't want to let you down. You have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves when you're around. GIRLS: (in unison) Who are you? The girls appear, each from her own archway. The DOCTOR holds the ultraviolet light up to them as they get closer. DOCTOR: We should run. Run! The DOCTOR and RORY run from the courtyard followed by the girls. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND CHAMBER SIGNORA: This is how it works. First, we drink you until you're dry. Then... we fill you with our blood. It rages through you like a f*re, changing you, until one morning you awake and your humanity is a dream... now faded. FRANCESCO: Or you die. (chuckles as he moves a strand of hair away from her neck) That can happen. AMY: And if I survive? SIGNORA: Then there are 10,000 husbands waiting for you in the water. AMY: Yeah, sorry. I'm kind of engaged. (kicks SIGNORA and FRANCESCO restrains her) The SIGNORA is stunned. There is a slight electric hum of technology. The SIGNORA flips back part of her clothing to reveal a device clipped to her dress. Her image flickers to show an insectoid creature with a fish head. Her human image returns. They hear running footsteps and voices from above and run upstairs leaving AMY alone. She struggles to escape the chair. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, CORRIDOR The DOCTOR and RORY run along to corridor and stop when they encounter the SIGNORA, FRANCESCO and CARLO. DOCTOR: Cab for Amy Pond? INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND CHAMBER A hand reaches out to undo her straps and AMY gasps in surprise before seeing that it is ISABELLA. AMY: She bit me! INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, CORRIDOR The girls approach from the other end of the corridor, blocking their escape. SIGNORA: This rescue plan, not exactly watertight, is it? DOCTOR: (brandishes the light to hold back the girls) Ha-ha! AMY, followed by ISABELLA, runs into the corridor from an intersecting hall. AMY: Rory! RORY: Amy! ISABELLA: Quickly, through here! ISABELLA runs back the way they came followed by AMY, RORY and the DOCTOR. The girls follow. SIGNORA: Seal the house. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND STAIRS AMY: They're not vampires! DOCTOR: (uses sonic on the door) What?! AMY: I saw them, I saw her. They're not vampires. They're aliens! DOCTOR: (chuckles) Classic! RORY: That's GOOD news?! What is wrong with you people?! The DOCTOR hears the aliens as they begin to break through the door and urges RORY forward into a passage. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, UNDERGROUND PASSAGE DOCTOR: Come on, move! FRANCESCO leads the way with a torch. The DOCTOR once again brandishes the ultraviolet light as a w*apon, causing FRANCESCO to hesitate. DOCTOR: Keep moving! Come on, guys. FRANCESCO sends the girls forward. EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL CANAL, MORNING ISABELLA opens the doorway and ushers the others forward down the stairs to the canal where GUIDO is waiting. ISABELLA: Quickly. Get out. Quick! (stops in the sunlight and puts up her hands to block her eyes.) DOCTOR: Oh... (runs to help ISABELLA) Come on, run! ISABELLA: I can't! (is dragged back inside) The DOCTOR pounds on the door and spasms once the door is electrified. He falls to the ground. RORY and AMY run to check on him. AMY: Is he d*ad? RORY: No, he's breathing. AMY looks back at GUIDO who looks down at the ground, knowing he will never sees his daughter again. EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, MOORING, MORNING ISABELLA stands in front of the SIGNORA, FRANCESCO, and the girls. She is on a plank that extends over the water. CARLO: (reads proclamation) And so in memory of the children lost to the silence, the traitor is delivered to the arms of those she betrayed. (nods to a soldier who holds his lance behind ISABELLA so she can only move forward) ISABELLA: Do you expect me to drown? I'm Venetian! I can swim! (the water begins to bubble) We can all swim! (the lancer gives her another push and she falls into the water) Something touched my leg. (the water around her bubbles and FRANCESCO watches avidly) They're all around me! They bite! (she is pulled under) SIGNORA: (walks forward) Now leave us. CARLO claps his hands and everyone else turns to depart. The SIGNORA walks to the edge and kneels. The water bubbles at her proximity. FRANCESCO: (walks to her) Mother! Change your form... or my brothers will think they are being fed twice today. SIGNORA: (into the water) Not long now. It's not long. The water bubbles again. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM The SIGNORA walks into the room to find the DOCTOR on her throne. He gives her a wolf whistle. DOCTOR: Long way from Saturnyne, aren't you... Sister of the Water? SIGNORA: No, let me guess. The owner of the psychic paper. Then I take it you're a refugee, like me? DOCTOR: I'll make you a deal. An answer for an answer. You're using a perception filter. It doesn't change your features, but manipulates the brainwaves of the person looking at you. But seeing one of you for the first time in, say, a mirror, the brain doesn't know what to fill the gap with, so leaves it blank... hence no reflection. SIGNORA: Your question? DOCTOR: Why can we see your big teeth? SIGNORA: (laughs) Self-preservation over-rides the mirage. The subconscious perceives the thr*at and tries to alert the conscious brain. DOCTOR: Where's Isabella? SIGNORA: My turn. Where are you from? DOCTOR: Gallifrey. SIGNORA: You should be in a museum. Or in a mausoleum. DOCTOR: Why are you here? SIGNORA: We ran from the silence. Why are you here? DOCTOR: Wedding present. The silence? SIGNORA: There were cracks. Some were tiny... some were as big as the sky. Through some we saw worlds and people and through others we saw silence... and the end of all things. We fled to an ocean like ours and the crack snapped shut behind us... and Saturnyne was lost. DOCTOR: So Earth is to become Saturnyne Mark II? SIGNORA: And you can help me. We can build a new society here, as others have. What do you say? DOCTOR: Hmm. (stands and walks to face her) (whispers) Where's Isabella? SIGNORA: Isabella? DOCTOR: The girl who saved my friend. SIGNORA: Oh, deserters must be ex*cuted. Any general will tell you that. I need an answer, Doctor. A partnership. Any which way you choose. DOCTOR: I don't think that's such a good idea, do you? I'm a Time Lord. You're a big fish. Think of the children. SIGNORA: Carlo! (CARLO approaches) You're right. We're nothing alike. I will bend the heavens to save my race, while YOU philosophise. DOCTOR: This ends today. I'll tear down the House of Calvierri, stone by stone. (CARLO puts a hand on his chest to get him to move) Take your hands off me, Carlo. (walks to door and stops) And you know why? You didn't know Isabella's name. (door opens) You didn't know Isabella's name. (leaves and the door slams) EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL ENTRANCE, MORNING CARLO: Open the gates. One of the guards opens the gate and the DOCTOR strides out. EXT, DAY, CALVIERRI VILLA, COURTYARD SIGNORA: Attend! Attend! (FRANCESCO, CARLO, the girls and attendants come into the courtyard.) The storm is coming! (begins down the stairs and her perception filter falters allowing CARLO to see the real creature. Screams in frustration) FRANCESCO: Mummy... What's wrong with your perception filter? SIGNORA: That idiot child must have damaged it when she kicked me...(there is another glitch) Now... assemble the girls. I have a job for them. INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR is examining the bites on AMY'S neck with the sonic screwdriver. DOCTOR: You're fine. Open wide. (slips a candy into her mouth. Shouts in frustration as he paces) I need to think. Come on brain, think, think. Think! (sits at table) Think! AMY: (talks around candy) If they're fish people, it explains why they hate the sun. DOCTOR: (puts hand over her mouth) Stop talking, brain thinking. Hush. RORY: It's the school thing I don't understand. DOCTOR: (puts other hand over RORY'S mouth) Stop talking, brain thinking. Hush. GUIDO: I say we take the fight to them. DOCTOR: Ah-ah-ah! GUIDO: What? DOCTOR: Ah! (nods at RORY who places his hand over GUIDO'S mouth) Her planet dies, so they flee through a crack in space and time, and end up here, then she closes off the city and, one by one, changes people into creatures like her to start a new gene pool. Got it. Then what? They come from the sea, they can't survive forever on land, so what's she going to do? Unless she's going to do something to the environment to make the city habitable... She said, "I shall bend the heavens to save my race." (moves his hands from their mouths to their heads, forcing them to nod) Bend the heavens... Bend... the heavens... She's going to sink Venice. GUIDO: She's... she's going to sink Venice? DOCTOR: And repopulate it with the girls she's transformed. RORY: You can't repopulate somewhere with just women. You need... blokes. AMY: She's got blokes. DOCTOR: Where? AMY: In the canal. She said to me, "There are 10,000 husbands waiting in the water. " DOCTOR: Only the male offspring survived the journey here. She's got 10,000 children swimming in the canals, waiting for Mum to make them some compatible girlfriends. Ew. I mean, I've been around a bit, but, really, that's... that's... Ew. There is a loud clattering from the floor above. They all look up at the ceiling. DOCTOR: The people upstairs are very noisy. GUIDO: There aren't any people upstairs. DOCTOR: I knew you were going to say that. Did anyone else know he was going to say that? Wood creaks as if someone is walking across the floor. RORY: (looking up) Is it the vampires? DOCTOR: Like I said, they're not vampires. Fish from space. There is a loud thump and breaking glass as the converted girls enter the room. There are more outside the window. They stand quickly, startled. The DOCTOR brandishes the ultraviolet light as GUIDO crosses himself. RORY: Aren't we on the second floor? The girls at the window break the glass and the DOCTOR uses the light to keep them back. He then uses the sonic screwdriver on them, which shows their true selves. GUIDO: What's happened to them? DOCTOR: There's nothing left of them. They've been fully converted. Blimey, fish from space have never been so... buxom. OK... (switches off screwdriver) Move. Come on. They run downstairs, AMY, RORY, the DOCTOR, then GUIDO. GUIDO: Give me the lamp. (uses it on the girls) EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY The door opens and AMY and RORY run out, disturbing the chickens. DOCTOR: (following) Go, go, go, guys! Keep moving, go, go go! GUIDO: (stops at the door before closing it, locking the DOCTOR out) Stay away from the door, Doctor. DOCTOR: (pounds on door) No! Guido! What are you doing?! INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, DAY GUIDO uses the ultraviolet light on the girls DOCTOR: (V.O.) I'm not leaving you! What are you doing?! EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY The DOCTOR uses the screwdriver on the door but it doesn't work. INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, DAY GUIDO lures the girls after him, leading them to his rooms. GUIDO: Come on. That's it... Come on. EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY DOCTOR: Guido! INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, DAY GUIDO picks up a candle in his free hand and backs up towards the barrels. GUIDO: Come on. Come on. Come on! EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY The DOCTOR realizes what GUIDO is planning and turns from the house. INT. GUIDO'S HOUSE, DAY GUIDO: We are Venetians! (puts the flame to one of the barrels) EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY The DOCTOR runs and is thrown to the ground as the house explodes. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM The SIGNORA strides towards her thrown and opens a device that is attached to the throne's armrest. SIGNORA: Right, to begin, let's fill the sky with f*re. (activates device) EXT. VENICE, DAY Smoke and vapor pour out from the bell tower of the school, blocking out the sky. Lightening streaks across the sky as the storm begins. The SIGNORA stands on a balcony, elated. SIGNORA: Yes! The people on the streets begin to worry that it's the end of the world. MAN: In sight of the Lord, protect and keep us! EXT. GUIDO'S, DAY The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY look at the damage. They hear the people clamoring in the streets. DOCTOR: Rosanna's initiating the final phase. AMY: We need to stop her. Come on! DOCTOR: No, no. Get back to the TARDIS. AMY: You can't stop her on your own. DOCTOR: We don't discuss this! I tell you to do something, Amy, and you do it. Huh? AMY storms off. RORY: Thank you. (goes after AMY) DOCTOR: Yeah... You're welcome. (hears screaming and runs off) EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL, DAY FRANCESCO opens the gates and looks up at the roiling sky. AMY and RORY look out from the opposite side of the canal. AMY: Oh, my God! What is going on? FRANCESCO recognizes AMY. RORY: The sky, it's like it's boiling. FRANCESCO removes his hat and cape. AMY and RORY continue on. FRANCESCO watches them leave then dives into the canal. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM The DOCTOR enters the room, walks directly to the throne and begins to examine it. He opens the back to reveal alien circuitry and he takes out the sonic screwdriver. SIGNORA: You're too late. Such determination... just to save one city. Hard to believe it's the same man that let an entire race turn to cinders and ash. Now you can watch as my people take their new kingdom. DOCTOR: The girls have gone, Rosanna. SIGNORA: You're lying. DOCTOR: Shouldn't I be d*ad? Hmm? (she walks away) Rosanna, please, help me. There are 200,000 people in this city. SIGNORA: So save them. (leaves) The DOCTOR looks at the throne. He knows he can't stop it from there and runs out of the room. EXT. VENICE, DAY AMY and RORY make their way through the streets and soon are blocked by a wet FRANCESCO. RORY picks up some candlesticks and holds them up in the form of a cross. RORY: Amy, run! (FRANCESCO swipes the candlesticks away and moves towards AMY) This way, you freak! Don't! This...this... this way, you big, stupid, great... SpongeBob! The only thing I've seen uglier than you is... your mum! No... FRANCESCO turns to ccnfront RORY FRANCESCO: Did you just say something about Mummy? RORY picks up a broom and brandishes it like a sword. FRANCESCO pulls out a real sword, making RORY question his bravado. FRANCESCO att*cks RORY who blocks with the broom handle. AMY: Careful! h*t him! This way, bring him this way! Rory! FRANCESCO slices the broom handle, leaving RORY defenseless. FRANCESCO thrusts his sword through a hanging drape and RORY dodges out of the way. He then wraps FRANCESCO in the drape then backs away. RORY: Ew! You stink of fish. (backs away into next courtyard) FRANCESCO: (following) Well, I'm hardly going to smell of cheese and biscuits RORY trips and falls backwards onto the ground, hitting his head. FRANCESCO leaps, changing form in midair, and lands on top of RORY. AMY: (on stairs) Hey! Mummy's boy. (holds up compact mirror and FRANCESCO explodes in the reflected sunlight) RORY: (wipes off dust) Ohhh... Oh... AMY: That was lucky. (RORY stands) Why did you make the sign of the cross, you numpty? RORY: (walks to AMY on the stairs) Oh, oh, right! I'm being reviewed now, am I? AMY kisses him passionately. AMY: Now we go help the Doctor. RORY: Rightio. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL BELL TOWER, DAY The DOCTOR looks out from the balcony down onto the city below. The bell tolls and he heads inside. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL MAIN GATE, DAY Outside, townsfolk are screaming and running through the rain. CARLO approaches the gate from the inside dragging a bag of precious items he is stealing from the school. CARLO: Open the gates! MAN: It's the Almighty! Look at the sky! AMY and RORY run through the streets and sneak through the gate while CARLO picks up his bag. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM The DOCTOR enters from the main door as AMY and RORY enter from the side DOCTOR: Get out! I need to s*ab the storm. (runs to the throne) RORY: We're not leaving you. DOCTOR: Right, (walks back to them) so one minute it's, "You make people a danger to themselves," the next it's, "We're not leaving you!" But if one of you gets squashed or blown up or eaten, who gets...The ground shakes and some of the ceiling falls down. They all fall to the ground. RORY: What was that? DOCTOR: (stands) Nothing. Bit of an earthquake. AMY: An earthquake? DOCTOR: Manipulate the elements, it can trigger earthquakes. But don't worry about them. RORY: No? DOCTOR: No. Worry about the tidal waves caused by the earthquake. (faces throne) Right, Rosanna's throne is the control hub but she's locked the program, so tear out every single wire and circuit in the throne. Go crazy. h*t it with a stick, anything. (heads for throne and begin to check wires) We need it to shut down and re-route control to the secondary hub, which I'm guessing will also be the generator. EXT. VENICE, DAY The storm grows even more. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR works on wires that connect the control in the throne room to the device that created the storm. He runs up closer to the tolling bells, holding his hands over his ears. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, THRONE ROOM AMY and RORY continue to pull all the wires they can, causing sparks. INT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR holds the clapper on one of the bells. DOCTOR: Shut up! Shut up. (it stills and he jumps down) That's better! The DOCTOR tugs on one of the cables but it doesn't budge. He then climbs up onto the rail, gripping the column as the rain pours down. He slips, regains his balance, and begins to climb. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL MAIN GATE, DAY AMY and RORY run to the courtyard and look up. RORY spots the DOCTOR. RORY: There he is! EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR climbs to the top using the cable and reaches the giant sphere at the pinnacle. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL MAIN GATE, DAY RORY: Come on! EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR opens the sphere to reveal the device that is creating the storm. He begins to examine it to see how to stop it. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL MAIN GATE, DAY RORY and AMY: Come on! Come on! EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR finds a simple toggle switch and flips it. The rains stops, the clouds clear, and birds begin to sing. EXT. CALVIERRI SCHOOL MAIN GATE, DAY AMY and RORY look around before laughing and hugging each other. EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, BELL TOWER The DOCTOR closes the sphere and looks down at the street with a little wave. RORY: You did it! EXT, CALVIERRI SCHOOL, MOORING, DAY The SIGNORA walks the quay to the water's edge. She tries to turn off the perception filter, but the device dies. She pulls off her gloves and strips down to her chemise. The water begins to bubble. She walks along the plank. The DOCTOR finds her. DOCTOR: Rosanna! SIGNORA: One city to save an entire species. Was that so much to ask? DOCTOR: (slowly approaches her) I told you, you can't go back and change time. You mourn but you live. I know, Rosanna, I did it. SIGNORA: (turns her head) Tell me, Doctor... can your conscience carry the weight of another d*ad race? Remember us. Dream of us. (falls into the water) DOCTOR: No... No! (looks down into the water as the bubbling stops. He stands slowly) EXT. VENICE, DAY, MARKETPLACE The townsfolk are cleaning up after the storm. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY head back to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Now, then, what about you two, eh? Next stop Leadworth Register Office? Maybe I can give you away. RORY: It's fine. Drop me back where you found me. I'll just say you've... AMY: Stay…with us. Please. Just for a bit. I want you to stay. DOCTOR: Fine with me. RORY: Yeah? Yes, I would like that. AMY: Nice one. (kisses RORY) I will pop the kettle on. (unlocks TARDIS door) Hey, look at this. Got my spaceship, got my boys. My work here is done. (goes inside closing door behind her) RORY: (scoffs and looks at the DOCTOR) We are not her boys. DOCTOR: (claps a hand on RORY'S shoulder) Yeah, we are. RORY: Yeah, we are. DOCTOR: (stops in open doorway and pulls RORY out) Rory, listen to that. RORY: What? All I can hear is... silence. (goes inside) The DOCTOR stands there looking out, the SIGNORA'S words playing in his head. SIGNORA: (V.O.) 'There were cracks. Through some we saw silence and the end of all things. ' The DOCTOR closes the TARDIS door.
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EXT. ENGLISH VILLAGE, DAY We hear birds and see the outlying fields of the village and then a two-story stone cottage. INT. COTTAGE, KITCHEN, DAY AMY is mixing something in a bowl and as the camera moves up from the counter, we see she is very pregnant. Suddenly, she gasps and sets the bowl down on the table. AMY: (screams) RORY-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y! EXT. COTTAGE FRONT, DAY RORY rides into the yard on a bicycle with a basket on the front. He is now sporting his hair long and in a ponytail. AMY: (V.O.) Rory, it's starting! RORY drops the bike to the ground and runs inside. INT. COTTAGE, KITCHEN, DAY RORY: (rushes to her side) Ah. OK, OK... AMY is sitting down, eating the batter from the bowl. AMY: False alarm. RORY: What? AMY: False alarm. RORY: What? AMY: Well, I don't know what it feels like. I've never had a baby before. (feeds him some of the batter) There is a whooshing sound in the background. RORY: Mmm! AMY: No. (stands) RORY: I know - leaf blowers. Use a rake! AMY: (puts the bowl on the table) No, it's… They both look to the window and see the TARDIS materialize outside AMY: I knew. I just knew. They both head outside. EXT. COTTAGE FRONT, DAY The TARDIS has landed in the middle of AMY'S flowers. The door opens and the DOCTOR pops his head out to see where he is. He then steps out, knocking a stone from the small retaining wall. DOCTOR: Rory. RORY comes out to greet him. RORY: Doctor. DOCTOR: I've crushed your flowers. RORY: Oh, Amy will k*ll you. DOCTOR: Where is she? RORY: She'll need a bit longer. DOCTOR: Whenever you're ready, Amy. (AMY arrives) Oh, wahey! Wahey. You've swallowed a planet. (rests a hand on her stomach) AMY: I'm pregnant. DOCTOR: You're huge. AMY: Yeah, I'm pregnant. DOCTOR: Look at you. When worlds collide. AMY: Doctor, I'm pregnant. DOCTOR: Oh, look at you both. Five years later and you haven't changed a bit. (hugs AMY) Apart from age and size. AMY: Good to see you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Are you pregnant? AMY shakes her head and goes back inside. The DOCTOR, claps RORY on the shoulder before they both follow. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The Doctor, AMY and RORY walk down a village lane. DOCTOR: Ah, Leadworth. Vibrant as ever. RORY: It's Upper Leadworth, actually. We've gone slightly upmarket. DOCTOR: Where is everyone? AMY: This is busy. OK, it's quiet, but it's really restful and healthy. Loads of people here live well into their 90s. POV switches to a woman watching from a window. DOCTOR: Well, don't let that get you down. AMY: It's not getting me down. POV switches back as the three of them sit on a bench in a cul-du-sac. DOCTOR: I wanted to see how you were. I don't just abandon people when they leave the TARDIS. This Time Lord's for life. You don't get rid of the Doctor so easily. AMY: You came here by mistake, didn't you? DOCTOR: Yeah, bit of a mistake. But look, what a result. Look at this...bench. What a nice bench. What will they think of next? The three of them sit there, bored and with nothing to say. DOCTOR: So. What do you do around here to stave off the, you know... AMY: Boredom? DOCTOR: Self harm. RORY: We relax...(the DOCTOR mouths "relax") We live, we listen to the birds. A little bit of snow begins to fall. AMY: Yeah, see, birds. Those are nice. RORY: We didn't get time to listen to birdsong back in the TARDIS days. The birdsong becomes louder. DOCTOR: Oh, blimey. My head's a bit, ooh...(holds his head in his hand then sits back up) No, you're right, there wasn't a lot of time for birdsong back in the good...(begins to drift off) old... days. The three fall asleep on the bench. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR wakes up on the floor. DOCTOR: What? No, yes, sorry, what? (AMY and RORY meet him by the console) Oh, you're OK. Oh, thank God. I had a terrible nightmare about you two. That was scary. Don't ask, you don't want to know. You're safe now. (hugs AMY) AMY: Oh, OK. DOCTOR: That's what counts. Blimey, never dropped off like that before. Well, never, really. I'm getting on a bit, you see. Don't let the cool gear fool you. Now, what's wrong with the console? (examines console) Red flashing lights... I bet they mean something. RORY: Doctor, I also had a kind of dream thing. AMY: Yeah, so did I. RORY: Not a nightmare, though, just... we were married. AMY: Yeah, in a little village. The DOCTOR stands and looks at them, surprised. RORY: A sweet little village, and you were pregnant. AMY: Yeah, I was huge. I was a boat. The DOCTOR walks up behind RORY and tugs on his hoodie. RORY: So you had the same dream, then? Exactly the same dream? AMY: Are you calling me a boat? RORY: And Doctor, you were visiting. The DOCTOR holds open AMY'S jacket. AMY: Yeah, yeah, you came to our cottage. RORY: How can we have the same dream? It doesn't make sense. AMY: And you had a nightmare about us. What happened to us in the nightmare? DOCTOR: It was similar, in some aspects. RORY: Which aspects? DOCTOR: Well, all of them. AMY: You had the same dream. DOCTOR: Basically. RORY: You said it was a nightmare. DOCTOR: Did I say nightmare? No. More of a really good...mare. Look, it doesn't matter. We all had some kind of psychic episode. We probably jumped a time track. (birdsong) Forget it, we're back to reality now. AMY: Doctor, if we're back to reality how come I can still hear birds? RORY: Yeah, the same birds. The same ones we heard in the… EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY They wake up on the bench, RORY and the DOCTOR, heads together. RORY: …dream. (pulls away from the DOCTOR in embarrassment) Oh. Sorry. Nodded off, stupid. God, I must be overdoing it. I was dreaming we were back on the TARDIS. (the DOCTOR gets up and RORY looks at AMY) You had the same dream, didn't you? AMY: (nods) Back in the TARDIS. Weren't we just saying the same thing? RORY: But we thought this was the dream. The DOCTOR picks up a small stone from the path, examines it, and then throws it back to the ground. AMY: (stands) I think so. Why do dreams fade so quickly? RORY: (walks over to the DOCTOR) Doctor, what is going on? AMY: Is this because of you? Is this some Time Lord thing because you've shown up again? DOCTOR: Listen to me. Trust nothing. From now on, trust nothing you see, hear or feel. RORY: But we're awake now. DOCTOR: You thought you were awake on the TARDIS too. AMY: (looking around) But we're home. DOCTOR: Yeah. You're home. You're also dreaming. Trouble is, Rory, Amy, which is which? Are we flashing forwards… or backwards? Hold on tight. This is going be a tricky one. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "Amy's Choice" by Simon Nye Producer Tracie Simpson Director Catherine Moreshead INT. TARDIS AMY wakes in one of the chairs with a gasp. The DOCTOR grips a lever on the console to mover it. DOCTOR: This is bad. I don't like this. (kicks console and hurts foot) Argh! Never use force. You just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case - always use force. AMY: Shall I run and get the manual? DOCTOR: (goes down stairs to look under the console) I threw it in a supernova. AMY: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why? DOCTOR: Because I disagreed with it. Stop talking to me when I'm cross. (wags finger at her) RORY: OK, but whatever's wrong with the TARDIS, is that what caused us to dream about the future? DOCTOR: If we were dreaming of the future...(heads back upstairs) AMY: Of course we were. We were in Leadworth. RORY: Upper Leadworth. DOCTOR: Yeah, and we could still be in Upper Leadworth, dreaming of this. Don't you get it? AMY: No, OK, no, this is real. I'm definitely awake now. DOCTOR: And you thought you were awake when you were all elephanty. AMY: Hey, pregnant. DOCTOR: And you could be giving birth right now. This could be the dream. I told you, trust nothing we see or hear or feel. Look around you. Examine everything. Look for all the details that don't ring true. (goes to console) RORY: OK, we're in a spaceship that's bigger on the inside than the outside. AMY: With a bow tie-wearing alien. RORY: So maybe "what rings true" isn't so simple. DOCTOR: Valid point. The TARDIS powers down leaving them in virtual darkness, the only light coming from the console. DOCTOR: It's d*ad. We're in a d*ad time machine. The birdsong returns. As the TARDIS becomes darker, RORY goes to AMY and takes her in his arms. DOCTOR: Remember - this is real, but when we wake up in the other place, remember how real this feels. AMY: It is real. I know it's real. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The DOCTOR is standing in the middle of the street as a group of schoolchildren pass by. AMY and RORY wake up on the bench outside the library. AMY: OK. This is the real one, definitely this one. (Rubs stomach) It's all solid. DOCTOR: It felt solid in the TARDIS too. You can't spot a dream while you're having it. (waves fingers in front of his face) RORY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Looking for motion blur, pixilation. It could be a computer simulation. I don't think so, though. WOMAN: (walks by) Hello, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hi. RORY: Hello. The WOMAN pauses to look back before continuing on. DOCTOR: You're a doctor. RORY: Yeah. And unlike you, I've actually passed some exams. DOCTOR: A doctor, not a nurse. Just like you've always dreamed. How interesting. (walks away) RORY: (follows) What is? DOCTOR: Your dream wife, your dream job, probably your dream baby. Maybe this is your dream. RORY: It's Amy's dream too. Isn't it, Amy? AMY: Yes. Course it is, yeah. DOCTOR: (points with thumb over his shoulder) What's that? AMY: Old people's home. The DOCTOR looks at the home and sees the residents at the windows looking out. DOCTOR: You said everyone here lives to their 90s. There's something here that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick. The DOCTOR heads off and RORY follows with a groan. AMY: (hands on back) Oh. Can we not do the running thing? INT. OLD PEOPLE'S HOME, LOUNGE, DAY The residents are relaxing in the room. MRS POGGIT is knitting. RESIDENT: Oh, hello, Dr Williams. MRS POGGIT: (looks up from knitting) Hello, Rory, love. RORY: Hello, Mrs Poggit. How's your hip? MRS POGGIT: A bit stiff. DOCTOR: Oh, easy, D-96 compound, plus... No, you don't have that yet, forget that. MRS POGGIT: Who's your friend? A junior doctor? RORY: Yes. MRS POGGIT: Can I borrow you? You're the size of my grandson. DOCTOR: (kneels as MRS POGGIT puts a jumper over his head) Slightly keen to move on. Freak psychic schism to sort out. (leans forward, forcing MRS POGGIT to sit back) You're incredibly old, aren't you? The residents look on as birdsong begins and the DOCTOR, AMY and RORY fall to the floor, asleep. INT. TARDIS The three of them wake leaning against the console. AMY: OK, I hate this, Doctor. stop it, because this is definitely real, it's definitely this one. I keep saying that, don't I? The DOCTOR goes to the upper level. RORY: It's bloody cold. DOCTOR: The heating's off. RORY: The heating's off? DOCTOR: Yeah. Put on a jumper. That's what I always do. RORY: Yes, sorry about Mrs Poggit. She's so lovely though. DOCTOR: Oh, I wouldn't believe her nice old lady act if I were you. AMY: What do you mean, "act"? DOCTOR: Everything's off, sensors, core power. We're drifting. The scanner's down so we can't even see out. We could be anywhere.(heads back to the console) Someone, something, is overriding my controls. A hologram of a man appears at the top of the steps. He is short, has a receding hairline and is a little on the heavy side. He is dressed similarly to the DOCTOR in a tweed jacket, striped shirt and bow tie. HOLOGRAM: Well, that took a while. (walks down steps) Honestly, I'd heard such good things. Last of the Time Lords, the Oncoming Storm. Him in the bow tie. DOCTOR: How did you get into my TARDIS? What are you? HOLOGRAM: What shall we call me? Well, if you're the Time Lord, let's call me the Dream Lord. DOCTOR: Nice look. DREAM LORD: This? No, I'm not convinced. Bow ties? The DOCTOR takes an item from his pocket and throws it at the DREAM LORD. The item passes through him. DOCTOR: Interesting. DREAM LORD: I'd love to be impressed, but Dream Lord - it's in the name, isn't it? Spooky, not quite there. (reappears behind them) And yet, very much here. DOCTOR: I'll do the talking, thank you. Amy, want to take a guess at what that is? AMY: Um. Dream Lord. He creates dreams. DOCTOR: Dreams, delusions, cheap tricks. DREAM LORD: And what about the gooseberry here, does he get a guess? RORY: Listen, mate, if anyone's the gooseberry around here, it's the Doctor. DREAM LORD: There's a delusion I'm not responsible for. RORY: No, he is. Isn't he, Amy? DREAM LORD: Oh, Amy, have to sort your men out. Choose, even. AMY: I have chosen. Of course I've chosen. (without taking her eyes from DREAM LORD, smacks RORY on the chest) It's you, stupid. RORY: Oh, good, thanks. DREAM LORD: You can't fool me. I've seen your dreams. Some of them twice, Amy. Blimey, I'd blush if I had a blood supply or a real face. DOCTOR: Where did you pick up this cheap cabaret act? DREAM LORD: Me? Oh, you're on shaky ground. DOCTOR: Am I? DREAM LORD: If you had any more tawdry quirks you could open up a Tawdry Quirk Shop. The madcap vehicle, the cockamamie hair, the clothes designed by a first-year fashion student... I'm surprised you haven't got a little purple space dog just to ram home what an intergalactic wag you are. Where was I? RORY: You were... DREAM LORD: (moves to the upper level) I know where I was. So, here's your challenge. Two worlds. Here in the time machine, and there in the village that time forgot. One is real, the other's fake. And just to make it more interesting you're going to face in both worlds a deadly danger. But only one of the dangers is real. Tweet, tweet. Time to sleep. (the DOCTOR, AMY and RORY fall to the floor asleep) Oh, or are you waking up? INT. OLD PEOPLE'S HOME, LOUNGE, DAY They wake up in the empty lounge. DREAM LORD: (enters dressed in a suit holding X-ray film) Oh, this is bad. This is very, very bad. Look at this X-ray. Your brain is completely see-through. But then, I've always been able to see through you, Doctor. AMY: Always? What do you mean, always? DREAM LORD: Now then, the prognosis is this. (the DOCTOR sits in MRS POGGIT'S vacated chair) If you die in the dream you wake up in reality. Healthy recovery in next to no time. Ask me what happens if you die in reality? RORY: What happens? DREAM LORD: You die, stupid. That's why it's called reality. AMY: Have you met the Doctor before? Do you know him? Doctor, does he? DREAM LORD: Now don't get jealous. He's been around, our boy. Never mind that. You've got a world to choose. One reality was always too much for you, Doctor. Take two and call me in the morning. (disappears) RORY: OK, I don't like him. AMY: (crosses arms) Who is he? DOCTOR: I don't know. It's a big universe. AMY: Why is he doing this? DOCTOR: Maybe because he has no physical form. That gets you down after a while, so he's taking it out on folk like us who can touch and eat and feel. (stands and removes jumper) RORY: What does he mean, deadly danger? Nothing deadly has happened here. A bit of natural wastage, obviously. DOCTOR: They've all gone. They've all gone. The DOCTOR runs out and the others follow. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY Children are out in the playground next to the local ruins. A teacher is with them. The DOCTOR exits the old people's home and watches as some of the children head into the ruins. RORY: Why would they leave? AMY: And what did you mean about Mrs Poggit's act? DOCTOR: One of my tawdry quirks – sniffing out things that aren't what they seem. So come on, let's think. The mechanics of this split we're stuck in... Time asleep matches time in our dream world, unlike in conventional dreams. RORY: And we're dreaming the same dream at the same time. DOCTOR: Yes, sort of communal trance, very rare, very complicated. I'm sure there's a dream giveaway. But my mind isn't working because this village is so dull! I'm slowing down, like you two have. AMY: (grabs stomach) Oh. Ow. Really. Ow! (screams) It's coming. DOCTOR: (to RORY) Help her, you're a doctor. RORY: You're a doctor! DOCTOR: It's OK, we're doctors. (squats down as if to catch the baby as it falls out) What do we do? AMY: (stops panicking) OK, it's not coming. DOCTOR: (stands) What? AMY: This is my life now and it just turned you white as a sheet. So don't you call it dull again, ever. OK? DOCTOR: Sorry. AMY: Yeah. (walks off and RORY follows) The DOCTOR sees MRS POGGIT heading for the ruins. AMY heads for the swing set and sits. The DOCTOR takes the other before RORY gets a chance. DOCTOR: Now, we all know there's an elephant in the room. AMY: I have to be this size, I'm having a baby. DOCTOR: No, no. The hormones seem real, but no. Is nobody going to mention Rory's ponytail? (slowly smiles) You hold him down, I'll cut it off. (AMY chuckles) RORY: This from the man in the bow tie. DOCTOR: Bow ties are cool. (stands and watches MRS POGGIT watching the children) I don't know about you, but I wouldn't hire Mrs Poggit as a babysitter. (MRS POGGIT turns and watches the DOCTOR) What's she doing? What does she want? Birdsong begins again. AMY: Oh, no, here we go. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is at the console as AMY and RORY join him. AMY: (rubs arms) It's really cold. Have you got any warm clothing? DOCTOR: What does it matter if we're cold? We have to know what she is up to. Sorry. Sorry. (rubs face) There should be some stuff down there, have a look. AMY goes to look and, with a defiant zip of his hoodie, RORY follows. The DOCTOR goes into the space under the console, setting an enamel mug on a box with a crank. The crank comes off so the DOCTOR hits it. The box opens showing a number of gadgets inside. In a different section, AMY is looking through boxes for warm clothes. RORY: I want the other life. You know, where we're happy and settled and about to have a baby. AMY: But don't you wonder, if that life is real, then why would we give up all this? Why would anyone? RORY: Because we're going to freeze to death? AMY: The Doctor'll fix it. (throws RORY a blanket) RORY: OK. Because we're going to get married? (wraps AMY in the blanket) AMY: (giggles) But we can still get married. Some day. AMY: You don't want to any more? I thought you'd chosen me, not him. AMY: You are always so insecure. RORY: You ran off with another man. AMY: Not in that way. RORY: It was the night before our wedding. AMY: We're in a time machine. It's the night before our wedding for as long as we want. RORY: We have to grow up eventually. AMY: Says who? (finds some other blankets) AMY heads back to the console. The DOCTOR has created something out of kitchen gadgets and hands it to RORY. DOCTOR: Ah, Rory, wind. (hands AMY the attached wire) Amy, could you attach this to the monitor, please. RORY: I was promised amazing worlds. Instead I get duff central heating and a weird, kitchen wind-up device. DOCTOR: It's a generator. Get winding. AMY: It's not enough. DOCTOR: Rory, wind. RORY: (winding) You Why is the Dream Lord picking on you? Why us? The monitor screen beeps to life and shows a starscape. AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: We're in trouble. RORY: What is that? DOCTOR: A star. A cold star. (runs to the doors and opens it, letting in a blinding light) That's why we're freezing. It's not a malfunction. We're drifting towards a cold sun. That's our danger for this version of reality. (closes door and looks at the larger monitor on the wall) AMY: This must be the dream. There is no such thing as a cold star. Stars burn. DOCTOR: So's this one. It's just burning cold. RORY: Is that possible? DOCTOR: I can't know everything. Why does everybody expect me to, always? (heads to console area and sits dejectedly) RORY: OK, this is something you haven't seen before. So does that mean this is the dream? DOCTOR: I don't know, but there it is, and I'd say we've got about 14 minutes until we crash into it. But that's not a problem. RORY: Because you know how to get us out of this? DOCTOR: (puts on stethoscope) Because we'll have frozen to death. AMY: Then what'll we do? DOCTOR: (takes stethoscope to console) Stay calm. Don't get sucked in to it, because this just might be the battle we have to lose. RORY: Oh, this is so you, isn't it? DOCTOR: What? RORY: What a weird new star, 14 minutes left to live and only one man to save the day. I just wanted a nice village and a family. The DREAM LORD appears behind the DOCTOR. DREAM LORD: Oh, dear, Doctor. Dissent in the ranks. There was an old doctor from Gallifrey, Who ended up throwing his life away, He let down his friends and... (stops at the sound of birdsong) Oh, no, we've run out of time. Don't spend too long there, or you'll catch your death here. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The DOCTOR rushes up the steps into the ruins. DOCTOR: Where have the children gone? The area is empty aside from small piles of dirt and cloth. The DOCTOR checks them with the sonic. RORY: Don't know. Play time's probably over. (turns to AMY) You see, this is the real one. I just feel it. Don't you feel it? AMY: I feel it both places. RORY: I feel it here. It's just so tranquil and relaxed. Nothing bad could ever happen here. AMY: Not really me, though, is it? Would I be happy settling down in a place with a pub, two shops and a really bad amateur dramatics society? That's why I got pregnant, so I don't have to see them doing Oklahoma. Doctor, what are you doing? And what are those piles of dust? DOCTOR: (the DOCTOR lets some dust fall through his fingers) Play time's definitely over. AMY: Oh, my God. RORY: What happened to them? The DOCTOR looks into the village and sees the elderly walking along the path. DOCTOR: I think they did. AMY: They're just old people. DOCTOR: No. They're very old people. (heads down the steps) Sorry, Rory, I don't think you're what's been keeping them alive. The elderly line up along the path facing the park. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY are heading towards them when the DREAM LORD appears. DREAM LORD: Hello, peasants. What's this, att*ck of the old people? Oh, that's ridiculous. This has got to be the dream, hasn't it? What do you think, Amy? Let's all jump under a bus and wake up in the TARDIS. (to DOCTOR) You first! DOCTOR: Leave her alone! DREAM LORD: Do that again. I love it when he does that. Tall dark hero, "leave her alone". RORY: Just leave her! DREAM LORD: Yes, you're not quite so impressive. But I know where your heart lies, don't I, Amy Pond? AMY: Shut up! Just shut up and leave me alone. DREAM LORD: But listen, you're in there. Loves a redhead, the Doctor! Has he told you about Elizabeth the First? Well, she thought she was the first... DOCTOR: Drop it. Drop all of it. I know who you are. DREAM LORD: Course you don't. DOCTOR: Course I do. No idea how you can be here, but there's only one person in the universe who hates me as much as you do. DREAM LORD: Never mind me! Maybe you SHOULD worry about them. The elderly of the village begin advancing. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY look to the DREAM LORD then back to the elderly residents. RORY: Hi. DOCTOR: Hello. We were wondering where you went. To get reinforcements! Are you all right? You look a bit tense. RORY: (to old man) Hello, Mr Nainby! DOCTOR: Rory... RORY: Mr Nainby ran the sweet shop. He used to slip me the odd free toffee. (MR NAINBY lifts him by the collar) Did I not say thank you? (throws RORY backwards into the mud) How did he do that?! (stands) DOCTOR: I suspect he's not himself. Don't get comfortable here. You may have to run. Fast. AMY: Can't we just talk to them?! The elderly open their mouths to reveal an eye. AMY: There is an eye in her mouth! DOCTOR: (uses sonic screwdriver) There's a whole creature inside her. Inside all of them. They've been there for years, living and waiting. RORY: That is disgusting. They're not going to be peeping out of anywhere else are they? MRS POGGIT leans forward and sh**t a green mist. RORY pulls AMY back to safety. The DOCTOR puts himself in front of them. DOCTOR: RUN! (RORY and AMY leave) OK, Leave them. Talk to me. Talk to me. You are Eknodines, a proud, ancient race - you're better than this. Why are you hiding away here? Why aren't you at home? "MRS POGGIT": We were driven from our pl... DOCTOR: …Planet by upstart neighbours. "MR NAINBY": So we've... DOCTOR: …Been living here inside the bodies of old humans for...years. No wonder they live so long, you're keeping them alive. "MRS POGGIT": We were humbled and destroyed. Now we will do the same to others. DOCTOR: OK, makes sense, I suppose. Credible enough, could be real. A man comes up alongside the DOCTOR, pushing his bicycle. MAN: Morning. "MRS POGGIT" sh**t the green mist at the man and he turns to dust. DOCTOR: (turns on "MRS POGGIT") You need to leave this planet. The creature within MRS POGGIT screeches. EXT. COTTAGE FRONT, DAY RORY and AMY are racing back to their cottage. AMY: Wait! Stop! (rests against post) RORY: (looks at the elderly following them) After all I've done for the over-70s in this village. (a woman is waiting for them at the front door) OK, this is crazy. She loves me, I fixed her depression, she's just a little old lady. AMY: Mrs Hammill, we don't understand... MRS HAMMILL opens her mouth to reveal an alien. AMY backs away. RORY: I'll deal with this one, Chubs...Now... "MRS HAMMILL" emits the gas and RORY dashes back behind the hedges. As "MRS HAMMILL" walks forward, RORY picks up stout piece of wood. He hesitates, backing up. RORY: I can't h*t her. AMY: Whack her! RORY does so and MRS HAMMILL falls to the ground. They make it inside as more advance across the field. INT. COTTAGE, FRONT HALL, DAY AMY collapses onto the stairs as RORY locks and bolts the door. AMY: We just ran away. We just abandoned the Doctor. Don't ever call me Chubs again. We don't see him for years, and somehow we don't really connect any more and then, then he takes the b*llet for us. RORY: (moves coffee table) You know the Doctor. He's Mr Cool. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The DOCTOR is practically stumbling down the road, a group of elderly residents following. He is fighting off falling asleep as we hear birdsong. He makes it into the butcher shop. INT. BUTCHER SHOP, DAY The DOCTOR locks the door and flips the sign to "Closed". The DREAM LORD is behind the counter dressed as a butcher complete with apron and boater. DREAM LORD: Oh, I love a good butcher's don't you? We've got to use these places or they'll shut down. But you're probably a vegetarian, you big flop-haired wuss. The DOCTOR takes a key from a shelf and tries to unlock another door. DOCTOR: Oh, pipe down. I'm busy. DREAM LORD: Maybe you need a little sleep. The birdsong returns and the DOCTOR slips to the floor. DREAM LORD: (leans over counter) Oh, wait a moment. (DOCTOR stands) If you fall asleep here, several dozen angry pensioners will destroy you with their horrible eye things. (The DOCTOR goes into the hall behind the counter) Fingers in the ear? Brilliant! (The DOCTOR slides down the wall) What's next, shouting boo? (motions for the elderly to enter) Come in. Come in. (The pensioners enter and make their way around the counter) Yes, we've got lots at "steak" here this week. Lots at steak. Get it? (The DOCTOR gets up with a burst of energy and grips at the door) Are these jokes wasted on you? The DOCTOR makes his way to the second freezer door but slides to the floor as the pensioners come closer. DOCTOR: Wait, stop... (reaches into pocket) DREAM LORD: Oh, I can't watch. (puts hands over his eyes) The DOCTOR stands with effort, uses the sonic screwdriver to unlock the door. He locks it behind him and falls asleep as the pensioners pound at the door. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR wakes up on the TARDIS floor, AMY and RORY on either side. AMY: (clutches blanket) Ah, it's colder. DOCTOR: The three of us have to agree, now, which is the dream. (buttons jacket) RORY: It's this, here. AMY: He could be right. The science is all wrong here, burning ice? DOCTOR: No, no, no ice can burn, sofas can read, it's a big universe. We have to agree which battle to lose. All of us, now. AMY: OK, which world do you think is real? DOCTOR: This one. RORY: No, the other one! DOCTOR: Yeah, but are we disagreeing, or competing? AMY: Competing over what? The DOCTOR and RORY stare and her and she groans as she gets up. DOCTOR: (checks watch) Nine minutes till impact. (stands) AMY: What temperature is it? DOCTOR: Outside? Brrrr. How many noughts have you got? Inside? I don't know but I can't feel my feet and... other parts. RORY: I think all my parts are basically fine. DOCTOR: Stop competing! RORY: Can't we call for help? (holds out the phone) DOCTOR: (takes phone) Yeah, the universe is really small - bound to be someone nearby! (taps RORY on the head with it before hanging it up) AMY: Put these on, both of you. (throws a blanket with a hole cut out at the DOCTOR and slips another over RORY's head) RORY: Oh, a poncho. The biggest crime against fashion since lederhosen. AMY: (puts hers on) Here we go! My boys... my poncho boys. (stands between them) If we're going to die, let's die looking like a Peruvian folk band. The frozen star looms closer in the monitor. RORY: We're not going to die. DOCTOR: No, we're not, (checks watch) but our time's running out. If we fall asleep here, we're in trouble. (paces) If we could divide up, then we'd have an active presence in each world, but the Dream Lord is switching us between the worlds. Why, why, what's the logic? DREAM LORD: (appears in a poncho and paces alongside the DOCTOR) Good idea, veggie, let's divide you three up, so I can have a little chat with our lovely companion. Maybe I'll keep her, and you can have Pointy Nose to yourself for all eternity, should you manage to clamber aboard some sort of reality. Birdsong begins. RORY: Can you hear that? AMY: What? No. DOCTOR: Amy, don't be scared, we'll be back. The DOCTOR and RORY fall asleep on the floor. AMY: Rory, Doctor, don't leave me. DREAM LORD: Amy, we're going to have fun aren't we? AMY: No, please, not alone. INT. COTTAGE, FRONT HALL, DAY RORY wakes up on the stairs next to a still-sleeping AMY. There is crashing glass as the pensioners break the window in an attempt to get inside. RORY lifts AMY under the shoulders and begins to drag her upstairs, apologizing at every bump. The pensioners make it through the window. INT. COTTAGE, NURSERY, DAY RORY drags AMY to the center of the cheery yellow room. He sets her down, apologizing once more. He then closes the door. He walks over to the waiting crib, complete with stuffed toys and a wind-up mobile. He looks out the window and sees the elderly residents working together to get in, some are even trying to get into the TARDIS. He props a chair under the doorknob then sits on it, nervously. INT. BUTCHER SHOP, DAY The DOCTOR wakes in the freezer and listens at the door. Outside, the pensioners are waiting, the aliens screeching from their mouths. The DOCTOR takes out the sonic screwdriver. DOCTOR: OK, where is it? (tests the screwdriver before opening the door. He sh**t out the light and runs in the confusion) EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The DOCTOR cuts through a yard and comes out in a different street where a pensioner is attacking a man in an old VW bus. MAN: Oh, help, somebody! DOCTOR: You couldn't live near the shops, could you? (races to bus, pushes pensioner away, and climbs into the driver's seat) It's OK, it's only me. The DOCTOR drives the bus through the village. They see two young women as they are being surrounded by pensioners. The slide the back door open. DOCTOR: Get in, get in, get in. Quickly, quickly, over here. Quickly, come on, jump in. Quick get in now, quickly. Hurry up. (the women climb into the car and the man closes the door) Are we in? (continues on and sees a young family) Come on, let's go, quickly, all four, that's it everyone in. (drives on) SPACE The TARDIS is drifting closer to the freezing star. Ice begins to coat the exterior. INT. TARDIS The inside of the TARDIS is coated in ice. AMY is sitting in a lonely vigil over the DOCTOR and RORY. The DREAM LORD appears beside her. DREAM LORD: Poor Amy. He always leaves you, doesn't he? Alone in the dark. Never apologises. AMY: He doesn't have to. (walks away) DREAM LORD: That's good, because he never will. And now he's left you with me. Spooky old, not-to-be-trusted me. (relocates to a chair, lounging in a robe that bares a deal of chest) Anything could happen. AMY: Who are you and what do you want? The Doctor knows you, but he's not telling me who you are. And he always does. Takes him awhile sometimes, but he tells me. So you're something different. DREAM LORD: Oh, is that who you think you are? The one he trusts? AMY: Actually, yes. DREAM LORD: (stands) The one girl in the universe to whom the Doctor tells everything? AMY: Yes. DREAM LORD: So what's his name? (disappears and reappears back in tweed, squatting at the DOCTOR'S feet) Now, which one of these men would you really choose? Look at them. You ran away with a handsome hero. Would you really give him up for a bumbling country doctor who thinks the only thing he needs to be interesting is a ponytail? AMY: Stop it! DREAM LORD: But maybe it's better than loving and losing the Doctor. (stands) Pick a world and this nightmare will all be over. (stands between the two recumbent figures) They'll listen to you. It's you they're waiting for. Amy's men. Amy's choice. (disappears) AMY bends over and straightens RORY'S poncho. She looks over at the DOCTOR before resuming her seat on the stairs. EXT. UPPER LEADWORTH, DAY The DOCTOR pulls the bus up in front of the church and moves everyone inside. DOCTOR: Everybody, out, out out! Into the church, that's right. Don't answer the door. The DOCTOR then drives the bus out of the village proper and towards AMY and RORY'S cottage. The DREAM LORD appears in the back seat wearing a race car driver's suit, helmet on his lap. DREAM LORD: It's make your mind up time in both worlds. DOCTOR: Bye. I need to find my friends. DREAM LORD: Friends? Is that the right word for the people you acquire? Friends are people you stay in touch with. Your friends never see you again once they've grown up. The old man prefers the company of the young, does he not? (disappears) EXT. COTTAGE FRONT, DAY The DOCTOR arrives at the cottage and sees the elderly laying siege. He eyes the cottage, looking for a way in. DOCTOR: OK... (gets out and ducks behind the bus) INT. COTTAGE, NURSERY, DAY RORY is sitting on the floor, cradling AMY'S head in his lap when she wakes. AMY: How did I get up here? RORY: I carried you. I'm afraid you may experience some bruising. AMY: Where's the Doctor? RORY: I don't know. I want to do something for you. (turns around, unzips a bag and takes out a pair of scissors. He then reaches back and cuts off his ponytail.) AMY: (gasps) I was starting to like it. There is a squeaking sound and they look to the window in alarm only to see the DOCTOR climbing in. DOCTOR: It's all right, I had to stop off at the butcher's. (falls to the floor) RORY: What are we going to do? DOCTOR: I don't know. I thought the freezing TARDIS was real but now I'm not so sure. AMY: (gasps) I think the baby's starting. RORY: Honestly? AMY: Would I make it up at a time like this?! RORY: Well, you do have a history of... (she glares at him) being very lovely. (AMY cries out) Why are they so desperate to k*ll us? DOCTOR: (stands) They're scared. Fear generates savagery. A piece of garden statuary is thrown through the window. RORY goes to look and "MRS POGGIT" sh**t the green mist at him. He falls back with a groan and AMY goes to comfort him. The DOCTOR knocks "MRS POGGIT" from the roof with a lamp. The DOCTOR whirls around to watch AMY and RORY. AMY: Rory! RORY: No! I'm not ready. (begins to dissolve) AMY: Stay. The DOCTOR wipes his eyes. RORY: Look after our baby. (dissolves away) AMY: No. No. Come back. The DOCTOR mouths "Amy". AMY: Save him. You save everyone. You always do. It's what you do. DOCTOR: Not always. I'm sorry. AMY: Then what is the point of you? AMY touches the pile of dust that was RORY then stands with the help of a bureau. The DOCTOR goes to help, to comfort, but can't bring himself to touch her. AMY: This is the dream. Definitely, this one. Now, if we die here, we wake up, yeah? DOCTOR: (nods) Unless we just die. AMY: Either way, this is my only chance of seeing him again. This is the dream. DOCTOR: How do you know? AMY: Because if this is real life, I don't want it. I don't want it. EXT. COTTAGE FRONT, DAY The DOCTOR and AMY leave the house but the elderly do nothing. AMY: Why aren't they attacking? DOCTOR: Either because this is just a dream, or because they know what we're about to do. They walk to the bus and AMY stops, facing the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Be very sure. This could be the real world. AMY: It can't be. Rory isn't here. I didn't know. I didn't, I didn't, I honestly didn't, till right now. I just want him. DOCTOR: OK. (gives her the keys and holds her hand tightly) OK. AMY walks around to the driver's seat to start the car, and, as the DOCTOR walks to the passenger side, the DREAM LORD is there. Without a word, the DOCTOR gets into the vehicle. AMY: I love Rory, and I never told him, but now he's gone. The DOCTOR looks out the window at the DREAM LORD as AMY drives the car forward, smashing through the fence and straight at the front door. SPACE The TARDIS is now dwarfed by the star, about to be swallowed by its cold f*re. INT. TARDIS A thick layer of ice covers everything in the TARDIS, including the three bodies. The DOCTOR opens his eyes and sees AMY who slowly opens hers. She reaches her hand out to RORY and they clasp on tightly. DREAM LORD: So...you chose this world. Well done. You got it right. And with only seconds left. Fair's fair. Let's warm you up. (restores power) I hope you've enjoyed your little fictions. It all came out of your imagination, so I'll leave you to ponder on that. I have been defeated. I shall withdraw. Farewell. (disappears) The DOCTOR rises slowly to his feet and starts to work the controls. AMY and RORY kneel, facing each other. RORY: Something happened. I... What happened to me? I... (AMY slowly takes him in a hug) Oh. Oh, right. This is good. I am liking this. Was it something I said? (AMY releases the hug and looks at him) Can you tell what it was so I can use it in emergencies? And maybe birthdays. They both turn at the sound of the TARDIS starting up again. AMY: What are we doing now? DOCTOR: Me, I'm going to blow up the TARDIS. RORY: What? DOCTOR: Notice how helpful the Dream Lord was? Okay, there was misinformation, red herrings, malice, and I could have done without the limerick, but he was always very keen to make us choose between dream and reality. (laughs) AMY: What are you doing?! RORY: Doctor! The Dream Lord conceded. This isn't the dream! DOCTOR: Yes, it is! AMY: (to RORY) Stop him. DOCTOR: Star burning cold. Do me a favour! The Dream Lord has no power over the real world. He was offering us a choice between two dreams. AMY: How do you know that? DOCTOR: Because I know who he is. The TARDIS explodes and fades to black. It comes back to see everything back to normal, all ice gone. The DOCTOR is leaning against the console looking at something in his hand as AMY and RORY come down the steps. DOCTOR: Any questions? AMY: What's that? We see what is in the DOCTOR'S hand: six glittering bits. DOCTOR: A speck of psychic pollen from the candle meadows of Karass don Slava. Must have been hanging around for ages. Fell in the time rotor, heated up and induced a dream state for all of us. (goes to the door and blows them into space) RORY: So that was the Dream Lord then, those little specks? DOCTOR: No, no. No. Sorry, wasn't it obvious? The Dream Lord was me. Psychic pollen, it's a mind parasite. It feeds on everything dark in you. Gives it a voice, turns it against you. I'm 907. It had a lot to go on. AMY: But why didn't it feed on us, too? DOCTOR: Darkness in you pair? It would've starved to death in an instant. I choose my friends with great care. Otherwise I'm stuck with my own company, and you know how that works out. AMY: But those things he said about you. You don't think any of that's true? DOCTOR: Amy, right now a question is about to occur to Rory. (spins her by the shoulders to face RORY) And seeing as the answer is about to change his life, I think you should give him your full attention. (pushes her towards RORY and walks to the other side of the console) RORY: Yeah. Actually, yeah. DOCTOR: There it is. RORY: Cos what I don't get is you blew up the TARDIS, that stopped that dream, but what stopped the Leadworth dream? AMY: We crashed the camper van. RORY: Oh, right, I don't remember that bit. AMY: No, you weren't there, you were already... RORY: Already what? AMY: d*ad. You died in that dream. Mrs Poggit got you. RORY: OK. But how did you know it was a dream? Before you crashed the van, how did you know you wouldn't just die? AMY: I didn't. RORY: (realizing) Oh. AMY: Yeah. RORY: Oh. (takes her hand) AMY: Yeah, "Oh." RORY leans in and kisses her. After a pause, AMY kisses him back. The DOCTOR watches with a smile. DOCTOR: So... (applauds) Well, then, where now? Or should I just pop down to the swimming pool for a few lengths? RORY: I don't know. Anywhere's good for me. I'm happy anywhere. It's up to Amy this time. Amy's choice. The DOCTOR claps his hands and starts to work on the controls. In the reflective surface, he sees the DREAM LORD smile back at him. The DOCTOR looks about nervously. He looks back and the reflection is his own.
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foreverdreaming
EXT. CWMTAFF, SOUTH WALES, 2020, DAY The village is nestled in a small valley, a large drill dominating the landscape. MAN: (V.O.) But who is this creature with terrible claws, We close in on a group of row houses. In front, a father, MO, is reading a book with his son, ELLIOT. In the background, a woman, AMBROSE, is walking towards them. MO: (continued) terrible teeth in his terrible jaws? Go on, your bit... He, he has... Go on! ELLIOT: I can't do it, Dad. (motions to headphones around his neck) I can listen to books, anyway. MO: I know it doesn't come easy, son, but you've got to keep at it, all right? You're not on your own with this. AMBROSE: Mo, you'll be late for your shift! (gives him a packaged meal) MO: Oh, you're right! (takes meal and puts it in his pack) Sorry, El, got to go. Now, who loves you more than me? ELLIOT: (smiles) No-one. AMBROSE: Stop saying that! MO laughs and kisses ELLIOT on the head before riding his bile through the valley to the drill. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY Screens on a number of computers show the drill's progress through the earth. There are workers in safety vests but there are two—NASREEN and TONY—who are watching the screens intently and listening to a countdown. MAN: (V.O.) Approaching stage four, target drilling depth. Stage four target drill depth scheduled in five, four, three, two, one. Stage four target drill depth achieved. Drill depth now 21 kilometres. NASREEN and TONY hug in celebration. NASREEN: (into phone) Hi. Nasreen here, just to let you know we have just h*t our new target! TONY: (over intercom) 21 kilometres, folks! EXT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY TONY: (V.O.) Further than anyone's ever drilled into the Earth. The workers congratulate each other at TONY'S words. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY TONY looks out a window at the workers. TONY: (continued) Thanks for your amazing work. Have a great weekend! Onwards and downwards. (hangs up intercom) Through the window, we see MO arrive. NASREEN: How much further do you think we can we go, Mack? TONY: Into the unknown! Exciting, isn't it? NASREEN: (nods) Yeah. NASREEN and TONY hug just as MO enters. MO: Aye, aye! Stop that! The real worker's here now! TONY: Evening, Mo! MO: 21k? (hugs TONY) You wanted to grab all the glory before I come on shift! (hugs NASREEN) Right, off you go, get out, my gaff for the night. NASREEN and TONY leave. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, NIGHT MO sits in front of the monitors and pulls out his meal. The book he was reading with ELLIOT was there too and he opens it and begins to read. MO: Brilliant. Everything begins to shake and vibrate. on screen, the drill seems to stutter. Just as quickly as it started, the shaking stops. The security cameras go down one by one. MO goes to investigate, using his torch as the electricity flickers on and off. There is a hole in the storeroom floor with steam rising from it. MO: That is mad. He reaches out with his hands but stops when the torch falls through the dirt. He digs for the torch and something pulls on his arm. He gets free and begins to crawl away but is pulled back by his legs. He is sucked through the dirt with a scream. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Hungry Earth" by Chris Chibnall Producer Peter Bennett Director Ashley Way EXT. DAY We see a close up of the TARDIS doors and hear the DOCTOR'S voice. DOCTOR: Behold... (the door opens and we see AMY, RORY and the DOCTOR) Rio! The sight that greets them is a cemetery. AMY and RORY step out. AMY: Nuh-uh. RORY: Not really getting the sunshine carnival vibe. DOCTOR: No. (walks forward) Ooh, feel that, though, what's that? (bounces in place) Ground feels strange... Just me. Wait... That's weird. RORY: What's weird? AMY: Doctor, stop trying to distract us. We're in the wrong place. (the DOCTOR runs around to the other side of the church as AMY keeps talking) Doctor, it's freezing and I've dressed for Rio. We are not stopping here. (the DOCTOR plucks some grass) Doctor! You listening to me? It's a graveyard! You promised me a beach. DOCTOR: Blue grass. Patches of it all round the graveyard. (AMY and RORY join him) So, Earth, 2020-ish, ten years in your future, wrong continent for Rio, I'll admit, but it's not a massive sh**t. AMY notices two people on the other side of the valley waving at them. AMY: Why are those people waving at us? DOCTOR: Can't be. RORY starts to wave back but AMY stops him. The DOCTOR takes out binoculars and looks through them. DOCTOR: (continued) It is! It's you two. RORY: No, we're here. How can we be up there?! DOCTOR: Ten years in your future. Come to relive past glories, I'd imagine. Humans, you're so nostalgic. AMY: We're still together in ten years? RORY: No need to sound so surprised! AMY: Hey, let's go and talk to them! We can say hi to Future Us! How cool is that? (takes RORY by the arm and starts to head off) DOCTOR: No, best not, really best not. These things get complicated very quickly, and...oh, look! Big mining thing. Oh, I love a big mining thing. See, way better than Rio! Rio doesn't have a big mining thing. AMY: We're not going to have a look, are we? DOCTOR: Let's go and have a look! (heads down into the valley) Come on, let's see what they're doing. RORY: If he can't get us to Rio, how's he ever going to get us back home? AMY: Did you not see, over there? It all works out fine. RORY: After everything we've seen, we just drop back into our old lives, the nurse and the kissogram? AMY: I guess. He's getting away. (takes RORY by the arm) RORY: Hang on. What are you doing with that? (points at her ring finger) AMY: Engagement ring! I thought you liked me wearing it. RORY: Amy! You could lose it! Cost...a lot of money, that! AMY: Hm. (takes off the ring and gives it to him) Spoilsport. RORY: Go on. I'll catch you both up. (heads back to the TARDIS) AMY: (runs to catch up to the DOCTOR) Doctor! INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY NASREEN is kneeling by a patch of dirt in the floor, hooking up some machinery. TONY comes back from checking the station. TONY: The drill's shut down! There's no sign of Mo. Nobody's been in or out of the perimeter between last night...and...now. What's that? That wasn't there last night. How the hell did that get there? NASREEN: I don't know. INT. TARDIS RORY puts AMY'S engagement ring back in its box and leaves it on the console before stepping outside. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY AMBROSE is waiting outside the TARDIS. AMBROSE: Well, that was quick! RORY: Was it? AMBROSE: It's great that you came. ELLIOT: Bit retro. What is it, portable crime lab? RORY: Oh. Er, sort of. AMBROSE: Ambrose Northover. (shakes RORY'S hand) I was the one who called. I run the meals on wheels for the whole valley. This is my son, Elliot. ELLIOT: Where's your uniform? AMBROSE: Don't be cheeky, Elliot, he's plain clothes. CID, is it? Anyway, it's over here. (walks off) RORY, a little unsure of what to do, follows EXT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY The DOCTOR and AMY arrive at the drill site and the locked gate. DOCTOR: Restricted access. No unauthorised personnel. Mm. (uses sonic screwdriver on the lock and it opens) AMY: That is breaking and entering. DOCTOR: What did I break?! Sonicing and entering, totally different. (opens the gate) AMY: (goes through) Come on, then. DOCTOR: (looks back the way they came) You're sure Rory'll catch us up? EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY AMBROSE, RORY and ELLIOT are looking into an open grave. AMBROSE: It's a family plot, see. My aunt Gladys died six years ago. Her husband, Alun, died a few weeks back. He lived in the house two doors down. There's not many of us left up here now. ELLIOT: Mum, he doesn't care about that! He wants to know about the d*ad bodies. AMBROSE: Yes. Sorry. Well, they always wanted to be buried in the same plot, together. But when we went to bury Uncle Alun, Gladys wasn't there. Gone. Body, coffin, everything. RORY: What? AMBROSE: The mad thing is, on the surface, the grave was untouched. No signs of it having been messed with. RORY: I'm sorry, I don't understand. AMBROSE: Nobody has touched the grave since my aunt was buried. But when they dug it open, the body was gone. How is that possible? INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY The DOCTOR and AMY are walking through the halls. DOCTOR: What about now, can you feel it now? AMY: Honestly, I've got no idea what you're on about. DOCTOR: The ground doesn't feel like it should. AMY: It's ten years in the future, maybe how this ground feels is how it always feels. DOCTOR: Good thought! But no. It doesn't. (a whirring sound begins) Hear that, drill in start-up mode. Afterwaves of a recent seismological shift and blue grass. (puts the blue grass in his mouth and makes a face as he pulls it from his tongue) AMY: Oh, please! Have you always been this disgusting? DOCTOR: No, that's recent. What's in... (enters the room with NASREEN) here? Hello! NASREEN: Who are you? What're you doing here? And what're you wearing? AMY: I dressed for Rio! DOCTOR: (takes out psychic paper) Ministry of Drills, Earth and Science! New Ministry, quite big, just merged, lot of responsibility on our shoulders, don't like to talk about it. What're you doing? NASREEN: None of your business. The DOCTOR walks to the monitors. DOCTOR: Where are you getting these readings from? NASREEN: (removes equipment from the hole) Under the soil. TONY enters the room. TONY: The drill's up and running again. What's going on? Who are these people? The DOCTOR kneels by the hole and tests the soil, letting it fall from his fingers to the ground. AMY: Amy, the Doctor. We're not staying, are we, Doctor?! DOCTOR: Why's there a big patch of earth in the middle of your floor? NASREEN: We don't know, it just appeared overnight. AMY walks closer to the hole and peers at it. DOCTOR: (stands quickly) Good, right, you all need to get out of here very fast. (goes over to monitor) NASREEN: Why? DOCTOR: What's your name? NASREEN: Nasreen Chaudhry. DOCTOR: Look at the screens, Nasreen, your readings. It's moving. AMY kneels by the hole. TONY: (walks to the DOCTOR and NASREEN) Hey, that's specialised equipment! Get away from it. NASREEN: What is? There is steam rising from the dirt in the hole. AMY: Doctor, this steam, is that a good thing? DOCTOR: (looks over his shoulder) Shouldn't think so. (walks over) It's shifting when it shouldn't be shifting. NASREEN: What shouldn't? The ground begins to shake. DOCTOR: The ground, the soil, the earth, moving, but how? (runs back to monitor) Why? AMY: Earthquake? TONY: What's going on? DOCTOR: Doubt it. Cos it's only happening under this room. More holes form as the ground subsides underneath. DOCTOR: It knows we're here. The ground's attacking us. NASREEN: No, that's not possible! DOCTOR: Under the circumstances, I suggest... RUN! The DOCTOR grabs NASREEN by the hand and they run for the door. TONY follows but becomes trapped. AMY pauses. NASREEN: Tony! DOCTOR: Stay back, Amy! Stay away from the earth! AMY leaps over to help TONY AMY: It's OK. The ground underneath AMY opens and she is trapped by both feet. AMY: It's pulling me down! DOCTOR: Amy! (runs to her) AMY: Doctor, help me, something's got me! The DOCTOR stretches out on his stomach and reaches for her. AMY: Doctor, the ground's got my legs. (she sinks to her waist) DOCTOR: (grips both of AMY'S hands) I've got you. AMY: OK. NASREEN helps TONY out of the hole he was in. AMY: Don't let go. DOCTOR: Never. AMY: Doctor, what is it, why is it doing this? DOCTOR: Stay calm, keep hold of my hand, don't let go. Your drill, shut it down! Go! Now! NASREEN and TONY run to the control room AMY: Can you get me out? DOCTOR: Amy, try and stay calm. If you struggle, it'll make things worse. Keep hold of my hand. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, CONTROL ROOM, DAY NASREEN and TONY try to stop the drill. NASREEN: Shut down all drilling activity as quick as you can. TONY: Reducing main unit power. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY DOCTOR: I'm not going to let you go. AMY'S arm slips from his grip and she sinks lower. AMY: Doctor, it's pulling me down, something's pulling me! DOCTOR: (grips her wrist with both hands) Stay calm. Hold on, if they can just shut down the drill... AMY: I can't hold on! INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, CONTROL ROOM, DAY NASREEN: Tony, we have got to be faster! TONY: I'm doing my best! Come on, shut down! INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY All that is showing of AMY is her head and arms. The DOCTOR is straining to hold onto her. AMY: What's pulling me? What is under the earth? I don't want to suffocate under there. DOCTOR: Amy, concentrate. Don't you give up! AMY: Tell Rory... DOCTOR: No. Amy! (AMY sinks lower) Amy, no! (AMY is swallowed by the earth) No! No! (digs through the dirt) No! No! No! No. No! No. No. (slaps the ground and stands up) No. No! (uses the sonic screwdriver on the ground) NASREEN and TONY rush back in. NASREEN: Where is she? DOCTOR: She's gone. The ground took her. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY RORY is in the muddy grave, jumping up and down like the DOCTOR. He puts his hand on the side. ELLIOT: Do you want sugar? RORY: Sorry? ELLIOT: In your tea. Mum's asking. RORY: No. Just white, thanks. ELLIOT: There's only one explanation, as far as I can see. RORY: What's that, then? ELLIOT: The graves eat people. Devour them whole, leaving no trace. RORY: Not sure about that. ELLIOT: They didn't steal the body from above. They couldn't have got in from the sides. Only other thing is, they get in from underneath. RORY: Not very likely, though. ELLIOT: When you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. RORY: Sorry? ELLIOT: Sherlock Holmes. Got the audiobook. The graves round here eat people. (leaves) In the grave, RORY shudders. INT. DRILL MONITORING STATION, DAY TONY: Is that what happened to Mo? Are they d*ad? DOCTOR: (pacing) It's not quicksand. She didn't just sink – something pulled her in, it wanted her. NASREEN: The ground wanted her? DOCTOR: You said the ground was dormant, just a patch of earth, when you first saw it this morning. And the drill had been stopped. TONY: That's right. DOCTOR: But when you re-started the drill, the ground fought back. NASREEN: So what, the ground wants to stop us drilling?! Doctor, that is ridiculous. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on the hole through which AMY was taken. The ground begins to vibrate. DOCTOR: I'm not saying that, and it's not ridiculous, I just don't think it's right. Oh! Of course! It's bio-programming! NASREEN: What?! DOCTOR: (stands) Bio-programming! (claps) Oh, clever. You use bio-signals to resonate the internal molecular structure of natural objects! It's mainly used in engineering and construction, mostly jungle planets, but that's way in the future, and not here. What's it doing here? NASREEN: Sorry, did you just say jungle planets? TONY: You're not making any sense, man! DOCTOR: 'Scuse me, I'm making perfect sense, you're just not keeping up. The earth, the ground beneath our feet, was bio-programmed to att*ck. NASREEN: Yeah, even if that were possible, which, by the way, it's not, why? DOCTOR: Stop you drilling! We find what's doing the bio-programming, find Amy, get her back. Ssh ssh ssh! Have I gone mad?! I've gone mad! NASREEN: Doctor. DOCTOR: Ssh ssh! Silence! Absolute silence! You stopped the drill, right? NASREEN: Yes! DOCTOR: And you've only got the one drill? NASREEN: Yes! DOCTOR: You're sure about that? TONY: Yes! The DOCTOR lies down on his stomach next to the hole, listening, as a whirring sound can be heard. DOCTOR: So, if you shut the drill down... why can I still hear drilling? It's under the ground. TONY: That's not possible. The DOCTOR stands and rushes over to the machinery, using the sonic screwdriver on them. NASREEN: Oh, no, what, what are you doing? DOCTOR: Hacking into your records. Reports, samples, sensors, good, just unite the data, make it all one big conversation, let's have a look. So. We are here and this is your drill hole. 21.009 kilometres. Well done! NASREEN: Thank you. It's taken us a long time. DOCTOR: Why here, though? Why drill on this site? NASREEN: We found patches of grass in this area, containing trace minerals unseen in this country for 20 million years. DOCTOR: The blue grass? Oh, Nasreen, those trace minerals weren't X marking the spot, saying dig here. They were a warning. Stay away. Cos while you've been drilling down... somebody else has been drilling up. The DOCTOR pulls up a screen on one of the monitors showing a vertical network of tunnels. DOCTOR: Oh, beautiful. Network of tunnels all the way down. TONY: No, no, we've surveyed that area. DOCTOR: You only saw what you went looking for. NASREEN: (points to the bottom of the screen where something is registering) What are they? DOCTOR: Heat signals. Wait, dual readings, hot and cold, doesn't make sense. And now they're moving. Fast. How many people live nearby? TONY: Just my daughter and her family. The rest of the staff travel in. DOCTOR: Grab this equipment and follow me. (heads for the door) NASREEN: Why? What're we doing?! DOCTOR: (stops and turns around) That noise isn't a drill. It's transport. Three of them, 30km down, rate of speed looks about 150km an hour. Should be here in...ooh, quite soon, 12 minutes. (picks up one of the computers) Whatever bio-programmed the Earth is on its way up, now. (leaves) NASREEN and TONY pack up the other computer. EXT. CWMTAFF, DAY The DOCTOR and TONY are carrying the computers while NASREEN follows them pushing a wheelbarrow full of equipment. TONY: How can something be coming up when there's only the Earth's crust down there? DOCTOR: You saw the readings! NASREEN: Who are you, anyway?! How can you know all this? There is a whirring sound and red lights streak across the sky. NASREEN: Whoa, did you see that? DOCTOR: No, no, no! The DOCTOR takes out a slingshot, picks up a rock and fires it at the sky. It hits a force field, red lights streak out from the impact. He then takes out his sonic screwdriver, and aims it at the sky, revealing the field surrounds the village and the drill site. DOCTOR: Energy signal originating from under the Earth. We're trapped. RORY joins them, followed by ELLIOT and AMBROSE. RORY: Doctor! Something weird's going on here, the graves are eating people. DOCTOR: Not now, Rory! Energy barricade. Invisible to the naked eye. We can't get out and no-one from the outside world can get in. RORY: What?! OK, what about the TARDIS? NASREEN: The what?! DOCTOR: No, those energy patterns would play havoc with the circuits. With a bit of time, maybe, but we've only got nine and a half minutes. RORY: Nine and a half minutes to what? NASREEN: We're trapped. And something's burrowing towards the surface. RORY: (looks around) Where's Amy? DOCTOR: Get everyone inside the church! (picks up the computer) Rory, I'll get her back. RORY: What d'you mean, get her back? Where's she gone? DOCTOR: She was taken. Into the Earth. RORY: How?! Why didn't you stop it?! DOCTOR: (puts down case) I tried. I promise, I tried. RORY: Well, you should've tried harder! DOCTOR: I'll find Amy. I'll keep you all safe. I promise. Come on, please. I need you alongside me. (picks up case and heads for the church) LOCATION UNKNOWN AMY'S prone body is being scanned by advanced technology. She is alive. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY They carry the equipment to the church. TONY tried to open the door. AMBROSE: Where's Mo? Is he with you? TONY: This flaming' door! Always sticking! I thought you were having it fixed! AMBROSE: Dad! ELLIOT: Something's happened to him, hasn't it? INT. CHURCH, DAY The church is in a severe state of disrepair and disuse with boxes, crates and junk everywhere. The DOCTOR, NASREEN and TONY are setting up the equipment. AMBROSE: So we can't get out, we can't contact anyone. And something, the something that took my husband, is coming up through the Earth. DOCTOR: Yes. If we move quickly enough, we can be ready. AMBROSE: No, stop. This has gone far enough. What is this? TONY: He's telling the truth, love. AMBROSE: Come on! It's not the first time we've had no mobile or phone signals. Reception's always rubbish. NASREEN: Look, Ambrose, we saw the Doctor's friend get taken, OK? You saw the lightning in the sky. I have seen the impossible today, and the only person who's made any sense of it, for me, is the Doctor. AMBROSE: Him?! DOCTOR: Me. ELLIOT: Can you get my dad back? Everyone looks at the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Yes. (walks to AMBROSE) But I need you to trust me and do exactly as I say from this second onwards because we're running out of time. AMBROSE: So tell us what to do. DOCTOR: Thank you. We have eight minutes to set up a line of defence. Bring me every phone, camera, every piece of recording or transmitting equipment you can find. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY RORY is going through all the small electronics he can collect. DOCTOR: (continued) Every burglar alarm, every movement sensor, every security light. I want the whole area covered with sensors. AMBROSE and RORY hook up cameras at idea positions. The DOCTOR uses the sonic on them. INT. CHURCH, DAY The monitor is showing that whatever it is that is coming up is getting closer. DOCTOR: Right, we need to be ready for whatever's coming up. (to ELLIOT) I need a map of the village, marking where the cameras are going. ELLIOT: I can't do the words. I'm dyslexic. DOCTOR: Oh, that's all right, I can't make a decent meringue. Draw like your life depends on it, Elliot. ELLIOT runs off. DOCTOR: (checks the time) 6 minutes 40. EXT. CWMTAFF, DAY ELLIOT draws his map as RORY and AMBROSE continue to put up cameras. INT. CHURCH, DAY NASREEN watches as the time counts down. TONY pulls up an overlay of the village. TONY: Works in quadrants, every movement sensor and triplight we've got. If anything moves, we'll know. DOCTOR: (slaps TONY on the back) Good lad! EXT. CWMTAFF, DAY The DOCTOR is looking through AMBROSE'S van. She walks by with her arms full of gardening implements and anything else that could be used as a w*apon. AMBROSE: Oi! What're you doing?! DOCTOR: Resources! Every little helps! Meals on wheels. What've you got here then, warmer in the front, refrigerated in the back. AMBROSE: Bit chilly for a hideout, mind. (she sets the items in the front of the van) DOCTOR: What are those? AMBROSE: Like you say, every little helps. DOCTOR: No! No w*apon. It's not the way I do things. AMBROSE: You said we're supposed to defend ourselves. DOCTOR: Oh, Ambrose, you're better than this. I'm asking nicely. Put them away. The DOCTOR walks away and AMBROSE gives a last look into the cab of the vehicle. INT. CHURCH, DAY The countdown shows 3:23. ELLIOT runs in with his map and gives it to the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Look at that! Perfect! Dyslexia never stopped Da Vinci or Einstein, it's not stopping you. ELLIOT: I don't understand what you're going to do. DOCTOR: Two phase plan. First, the sensors and cameras will tell us when something arrives. Second, if something does arrive, I use this to send a sonic pulse through that network of devices, a pulse which would temporarily incapacitate most things in the universe. ELLIOT: Knock 'em out. Cool. DOCTOR: Lovely place to grow up, round here. ELLIOT: Suppose. I want to live in a city one day. Soon as I'm old enough, I'll be off. DOCTOR: I was the same, where I grew up. ELLIOT: Did you get away? DOCTOR: Yeah. ELLIOT: Do you ever miss it? DOCTOR: So much. ELLIOT: Is it monsters coming? Have you met monsters before? DOCTOR: Yeah. ELLIOT: You scared of them? DOCTOR: No! They're scared of me. ELLIOT: Will you really get my dad back? DOCTOR: No question. (gets back to work on the computer) ELLIOT: I left my headphones at home. (leaves) The countdown shows just over a minute. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DARK RORY is setting up a camera on one of the gravestones. DOCTOR: How're you doing? RORY: It's getting darker. (looks up at the sky to see the light being blocked) How can it be getting dark so quickly? DOCTOR: Shutting out light from within the barricade. Trying to isolate us in the dark. Which means... (they hear a rumbling) It's here. INT. CHURCH, DARK TONY turns on one of the lights and joins NASREEN by the computers. NASREEN: They're close to the surface now. NASREEN puts her hand on TONY'S. He grips her tightly and kisses her. NASREEN pulls back, surprised. NASREEN: Tony! TONY: Like you didn't know. NASREEN kisses him again. The countdown reaches zero. EXT. CHURCH, DARK The DOCTOR, RORY and AMBROSE are heading back into the church. AMBROSE is having trouble with the door. AMBROSE: I can't open it! It keeps sticking! The wood's warped. DOCTOR: (trying to open the door)(to RORY) Any time you want to help! RORY: Can't you sonic it? DOCTOR: It doesn't do wood! RORY: That is rubbish! DOCTOR: Oi! Don't diss the sonic! RORY joins them and the three open the door. INT. CHURCH, DARK The DOCTOR, RORY and AMBROSE join TONY and NASREEN as the church door slams shut behind them. The ground is shaking due to the imminent arrival. DOCTOR: See if we can get a fix. The DOCTOR runs to the computer. Items begin falling off shelves. The DOCTOR narrows down the area with the program TONY set up. The computers spark as the power goes out. TONY: No power. DOCTOR: It's deliberate. RORY: What do we do now? TONY turns on a bright torch. DOCTOR: Nothing. We've got nothing! They sent an energy surge to wreck our systems. RORY: Is everyone OK? Is anyone hurt? NASREEN: I'm fine. TONY: I'm good. AMBROSE: Me too. There is a loud rumbling. RORY: Doctor, what was that? TONY: It's like the holes at the drill station. NASREEN: Is this how they happened? The DOCTOR kneels then bends over to listen to the ground. DOCTOR: It's coming through the final layer of Earth. NASREEN: What is?! The DOCTOR stands quickly. There is silence. TONY: The banging's stopped. AMBROSE looks around the room. AMBROSE: Where's Elliot? Has anyone seen Elliot? Did he come in? Was he in when the door was shut? Who counted him back in? Who saw him last? DOCTOR: I did. AMBROSE: Where is he? DOCTOR: He said he was going to get headphones. AMBROSE: And you let him go? He was out there on his own? TONY puts a hand on her shoulder. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DARK ELLIOT runs towards the church. Behind him, we see a shadow rush by. ELLIOT stops and turns around. Not seeing anything, he continues on. We see a dark figure behind him. EXT. CHURCH, DARK ELLIOT pounds on the church door. ELLIOT: Mum! Grandpa Tony! Let me in! INT. CHURCH, DARK AMBROSE hears her son's cries. AMBROSE: Elliot! (rushes to the door) ELLIOT: (V.O.) Let me in. AMBROSE: He's out there! Help me. EXT. CHURCH, DARK ELLIOT pounds on the church door. ELLIOT: Open the door! (looks back to the graveyard) Mum! There's something out here! INT. CHURCH, DARK Everyone is working on opening the door. AMBROSE: Push, Elliot, push, Elliot! EXT. CHURCH, DARK Something runs past ELLIOT. ELLIOT: Mum! INT. CHURCH, DARK AMBROSE: Hurry up! EXT. CHURCH, DARK As if sensing something is behind him, ELLIOT stops and slowly turns around. We see him from the creature's POV. It scans him. ELLIOT: Mummy. INT. CHURCH, DARK TONY: Come on! (gets door open) AMBROSE: Elliot! EXT. CHURCH, DARK They rush outside but ELLIOT is gone. AMBROSE: Where is he? (runs out) He was here. He was here! Elliot. (runs into graveyard) DOCTOR: Ambrose, don't go running off. TONY: Ambrose! (runs after her) EXT. GRAVEYARD, DARK AMBROSE: Elliot! It's Mum! (sees ELLIOT'S headphones) No-o-o-o-o-o! A creature knocks her down on the ground. We see from the creature's POV and then from AMBROSE'S. It looks reptilian. AMBROSE: Get off me! The creature scans her as it did ELLIOT. TONY comes and knocks the thing away from his daughter. It lashes out with its tongue, getting TONY in the neck before running away. TONY is in pain. AMBROSE: Dad! The DOCTOR and RORY come running up. DOCTOR: What happened? AMBROSE: My dad's hurt. DOCTOR: Get him into the church now! AMBROSE: Elliot's gone. They've k*lled him, haven't they? DOCTOR: I don't think so. They've taken three people, when they could've just k*lled them up here. There's still hope, Ambrose. There is always hope. AMBROSE: (crying) Then why've they taken him? DOCTOR: I don't know. I'll find Elliot, I promise. But first I've gotta stop this att*ck. Please, get inside the church. AMBROSE: (helps TONY) Come on, Dad. (heads back to church) RORY: So, what now? EXT. CWMTAFF, DARK The DOCTOR is walking down the street wearing sunglasses. From his POV, we see they can pick up heat signatures. He stares at his hand and smiles. He sees something move in the bushes, something that doesn't give off any heat. DOCTOR: Cold blood. (sing-song) I know who they are. The DOCTOR stands by the meals on wheels van, whistling. He takes the f*re extinguisher from the front seat and shuts the door. In the window, he sees the reflection of the creature approaching. He spins out of the way as it att*cks and uses the f*re extinguisher. The creature screams and RORY jumps out of the back, yelling. They push the creature in the refrigerated back and lock the door. RORY: We got it! DOCTOR: Defending the planet with meals on wheels! They raise their hands to "high five" but are distracted by a rumbling. RORY: What was that? DOCTOR: Sounds like they're leaving. RORY: Without this one? The darkness goes away as the sun is allowed to shine through again. RORY: Looks like we scared them off! DOCTOR: I don't think so. Now both sides have hostages. LOCATION UNKNOWN AMY'S wakes to find herself encased in what looks like a clear coffin. She pounds on the lid. AMY: Let me out! Can anybody hear me?! I'm alive in here! Let me out! I know you're out there! My name is Amy Pond and you'd better get me the hell out of here or so help me I am going to kick your backside! (she sees a distorted figure leaning over her) Please? FIGURE: Shh! AMY: Did you just shush me? (louder) Did you just shush me? (a gas begins to fill the coffin) No no no, don't do that. No gas! No gas! (she coughs then falls unconscious) EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY RORY is sitting on a toppled grave marker as the DOCTOR comes around from the front of the church. DOCTOR: I've met these creatures before, different branch of the species, but all the same...(enters basement door) Let's see if our friend's thawed out! INT. CHURCH BASEMENT, DAY RORY: Are you sure? By yourself? The creature is sitting on the floor in the shadows DOCTOR: Very sure. RORY: But the sting... DOCTOR: Venom gland takes at least 24 hours to recharge. (to creature) Am I right? (to RORY) I know what I'm doing. I'll be fine. RORY leaves and the DOCTOR walks down the remaining steps to the floor. We can our first clear glimpse of the creature and it is definitely reptilian with large dark eyes. It is wearing some sort of chainmail. With bound hands, it moves forward along the floor towards the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: (hands up) I'm the Doctor. I've come to talk. I'm going to remove your mask. The DOCTOR squats down and gently removes the creature's mask, revealing a humanoid face. DOCTOR: You are beautiful. Remnant of a bygone age on planet Earth. And by the way, lovely mode of travel! Geothermal currents, projecting you up through a network of tunnels. Gorgeous! Mind if I sit? (stands) Now. (places a folding chair in front of the creature and sits) Your people have a friend of mine. I want her back. Why did you come to the surface? What do you want? Oh, I do hate a monologue. Give us a bit back. How many are you? CREATURE: I'm the last of my species. DOCTOR: Really? No. "Last of the species", the Klempari Defence. As an interrogation defence, it's a bit old hat, I'm afraid. CREATURE: I'm the last of my species. DOCTOR: No. You're really not. Because I'm the last of my species and I know how it sits in a heart. So don't insult me. Let's start again. Tell me your name. CREATURE: Alaya. DOCTOR: How long has your tribe been sleeping under the Earth, Alaya? It's not difficult to work out. You're 300 million years out of your comfort zone. Question is, what woke you now? ALAYA: We were att*cked. DOCTOR: The drill. ALAYA: Our sensors detected a thr*at to our life support systems. The warrior class was activated to prevent the as*ault. We will wipe the vermin from the surface and reclaim our planet. DOCTOR: Do we have to say vermin? They're really very nice. ALAYA: Primitive apes. DOCTOR: Extraordinary species. You att*ck them, they'll fight back. But, there's a peace to be brokered here. I can help you with that. ALAYA: This land is ours. We lived here long before the apes. DOCTOR: Doesn't give you a*t*matic rights to it now, I'm afraid. Humans won't give up the planet. ALAYA: So we destroy them. DOCTOR: You underestimate them. ALAYA: You underestimate us. DOCTOR: One tribe of h*m* reptilia against six billion humans, you've got your work cut out. ALAYA: (stands) We did not initiate combat. But we can still win. DOCTOR: Tell me where my friend is. Give us back the people who were taken. ALAYA: No. DOCTOR: (sighs and stands) I'm not going let you provoke a w*r, Alaya. (folds up chair and puts it away) There'll be no battle here today. (heads for the door) ALAYA: The f*re of w*r is already lit. A m*ssacre is due. DOCTOR: (stops) Not while I'm here. ALAYA: I'll gladly die for my cause. What will you sacrifice for yours? Without a word, the DOCTOR turns and leaves. INT. CHURCH, DAY The DOCTOR, RORY and TONY are sitting. AMBROSE and NASREEN are leaning or standing. RORY: You're going to what?! DOCTOR: I'm going to go down below the surface, to find the rest of the tribe. To talk to them. AMBROSE: You're going to negotiate with these aliens? DOCTOR: They're not aliens! They're Earth...liens! Once known as the Silurian race, or, some would argue, Eocenes, or h*m* reptilia. Not monsters, not evil. (stands) Well, only as evil as you are. The previous owners of the planet, that's all. Look, from their point of view, you're the inv*de. Your drill was thr*at their settlement. Now, the creature in the crypt. Her name's Alaya. She's one of their warriors and she's my best bargaining chip. I need her alive. If she lives, so do Elliot and Mo and Amy. Because I will find them. While I'm gone, you four people, in this church, in this corner of planet Earth, you have to be the best of humanity. TONY: What if they come back? Shouldn't we be examining this creature, dissecting it, finding its weak points? DOCTOR: No dissecting! No examining! We return their hostage, they return ours. Nobody gets harmed. We can land this, together. If you are the best you can be. You are decent, brilliant people. Nobody dies today. Understand? Everyone nods quietly. NASREEN applauds but stops nervously when no one else joins in. EXT. GRAVEYARD, DAY The DOCTOR heads for the TARDIS and NASREEN runs up behind him. DOCTOR: No, sorry, no, what're you doing? NASREEN: Coming with you, of course! What is it, some kind of transport pod? DOCTOR: Sort of, but you're not...coming with me! (TONY joins them) TONY: He's right, you're not. NASREEN: I have spent all my life excavating the layers of this planet. And now you want me to stand back while you head down into it? I don't think so! DOCTOR: (checks watch) I don't have time to argue! NASREEN: I thought we were in a rush. DOCTOR: It'll be dangerous. NASREEN: Oh, so's crossing the road. DOCTOR: Oh, for goodness' sake, all right, then! Come on! (unlocks TARDIS and goes in) TONY: (stops NASREEN) Come back safe. NASREEN: Of course. (enters TARDIS) INT. TARDIS NASREEN does a double take upon entering the TARDIS. The DOCTOR is at the console. DOCTOR: Welcome aboard the TARDIS. Now don't touch anything! Very precious. NASREEN: (walks over from doorway) No way! But that's... this is...(slaps him on the arm) fantastic! What does it do? DOCTOR: Everything! I'm hoping, if we're going down, that barricade won't interfere. The TARDIS pitches drastically. The DOCTOR and NASREEN cling to the console. DOCTOR: Did you touch something?! NASREEN: No! Isn't this what it does?! DOCTOR: I'm not doing anything! We've been hijacked! I can't stop it! They must've sensed the electro-magnetic field! (looks on monitor) They're pulling the TARDIS down into the Earth! INT. CHURCH BASEMENT, DAY RORY, TONY and AMBROSE have come to look at ALAYA. ALAYA: (stands) You had to come and see me. RORY: We are going to keep you safe. AMBROSE: Your tribe are going to give us back our people, in exchange for you. ALAYA: No. (walks forward as far as her chains allow) Shall I tell you what's really going to happen, apes? One of you will k*ll me. My death shall ignite a w*r. And every stinking ape shall be wiped from the surface of my beloved planet. TONY: We won't allow that to happen. ALAYA: I know apes better than you know yourselves. I know which one of you will k*ll me. Do you? INT. CHURCH BASEMENT, STORAGE ROOM, DAY TONY finds a small mirror and checks his wound from ALAYA'S tongue. The venom is spreading through his blood, turning it green. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR and NASREEN hold onto the console and yell. The TARDIS lands and the two fall to the floor. NASREEN snaps the DOCTOR'S braces. DOCTOR: Oi. NASREEN: Where are we? The DOCTOR gets up and runs for the door. NASREEN follows. INT. CAVE SYSTEM The DOCTOR holds a hand outside the door before stepping out. There are roots and fungus covering the walls. NASREEN steps out and water drips on her. The DOCTOR whistles in amazement as he looks up the way they fell. DOCTOR: Looks like we fell through the bottom of their tunnel system. Don't suppose it was designed for handling something like this. NASREEN: How far down are we? DOCTOR: A lot more than 21km. NASREEN: So why aren't we burning alive? DOCTOR: Don't know. Interesting, isn't it? NASREEN: It's like this is everyday to you! DOCTOR: Not every day. Every other day. The DOCTOR heads down one of the tunnels, and, after a slight delay, NASREEN follows. INT. SILURIAN MEDICAL BAY AMY is upright against an examining board, he arms and legs clasped down. She struggles against them. MO is in a similar predicament next to her. MO: Don't struggle. (whisper) Close your eyes and don't struggle. AMY: : (whisper) What? Where am I? Why can't I move my body? MO: (whisper) Decontamination, they call it. They did it to me. While I was conscious. AMY: : OK, you're freaking me out now. Did what? Who did? MO: (whispers) Dissected me. (looks down at his torso where there is a long vertical healing scar) AMY: : (whisper) No. MO: (whisper) He's coming. I'm sorry. (normal voice) I wish I could help you. One of the Silurians approaches AMY, a surgeon's mask over his nose and mouth. He is wearing an apron and holding up a syringe. AMY struggles furiously. INT. TUNNEL, DAY The DOCTOR walks past an opening but NASREEN stops to look as he talks. DOCTOR: We're looking for a small tribal settlement. Probably housing around a dozen h*m* reptilia. Maybe less. NASREEN looks out at something bathed in a golden light. NASREEN: (slowly) One small tribe. The Doctor makes his way back. DOCTOR: Yeah. NASREEN: Maybe a dozen? The DOCTOR joins her and sees the same thing. DOCTOR: Ah. Below them is a large community, verging on a city with buildings and monuments. DOCTOR: Maybe more than a dozen. Maybe more like an entire civilization living beneath the Earth.
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EXT. WHEATFIELD, DAY The wheat is bl*wing gently in the wind. There is a certain area of disturbance and we hear footsteps. A m*rder of crows take off into the blue sky where the field is cut by a dirt road. The camera pans over and we see a painting of the scene in the impressionist style with thick brushstrokes and vivid colors. A hand with a brush reaches out to paint a crow. Over the top of the canvas we see a straw hat and then the blue eyes of the artist as he looks out at the scene before him. INT. MUSEE D'ORSAY, DAY We pull back from that same painting to see it in a museum setting. An art expert, DR BLACK, discusses the painting. BLACK: So this is one of the last paintings Van Gogh ever painted. Those final months of his life were probably the most astonishing artistic outpouring in history. It was like Shakespeare knocking off Othello, Macbeth and King Lear over the summer hols. And especially astonishing because Van Gogh did it with no hope of praise or reward. As he lectures, the DOCTOR and AMY enter the exhibition room. AMY: Thanks for bringing me. DOCTOR: You're welcome. AMY: You're being so nice to me. Why are you being so nice to me? DOCTOR: I'm always nice to you. AMY: Not like this. These places you're taking me - Arcadia, the Trojan Gardens, now this. I think it's suspicious. DOCTOR: Well, it's not. There's nothing to be suspicious about. AMY: OK, I was joking. Why aren't you? BLACK: Each of these pictures now is worth tens of millions of pounds. Yet in his lifetime, he was a commercial disaster. Sold only one painting, and that to the sister of a friend. We have here possibly the greatest artist of all time, but when he died, you could sold his entire body of work and got about enough money to buy a sofa and a couple of chairs. (group laughs) If you follow me now...(leads the group to another painting) BOY #1:: Who is it? BOY #2:: It's the doctor! The DOCTOR turns to see two boys looking at the painting of Van Gogh's physician. BOY #2:: He was the doctor who took care of Van Gogh when he started to go mad. BOY #1:: I knew that. AMY grabs him by the arm and pulls him towards a painting, "The Church at Auvers". She holds up her guidebook. AMY: Look! There it is, the actual one. DOCTOR: Yes. You can almost feel his hand painting it right in front of you. Carving the colours into shapes... Wait a minute. (looks closer at the painting) AMY: What? DOCTOR: (points) Well, just look at that. AMY: What? DOCTOR: Something very not good indeed. AMY: What thing very not good? DOCTOR: Look there, in the window of the church. A dark figure has been painted in one of the church windows. AMY: Is it a face? DOCTOR: Yes. And not a nice face at all. I know evil when I see it and I see it in that window. The DOCTOR makes his way over to BLACK, who is still lecturing. BLACK: It has changed hands for something in the region of 20... DOCTOR: Excuse me, if I can just interrupt for one second. (shows psychic paper) Sorry, everyone. Routine inspection, Ministry of Art and... Artiness. So, um... BLACK: Dr Black. DOCTOR: Yes, that's right. Do you know when that picture of the church was painted? BLACK: Ah, what an interesting question. Most people... DOCTOR: I'm going to have to hurry you. When was it? BLACK: Exactly? DOCTOR: As exactly as you can. Without a long speech, if poss. I'm in a hurry. BLACK: Well, in that case, probably somewhere between the 1st and 3rd of June. DOCTOR: What year? BLACK: 1890. Less than a year before he k*lled himself. DOCTOR: Thank you, sir. Very helpful indeed. Nice bow-tie. (to AMY) Bow-ties are cool. BLACK: Yours is very... DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. Keep telling them stuff. (grabs AMY and pulls her through the exhibit) We need to go. AMY: What about the other pictures? DOCTOR: Art can wait. This is life and death.(give AMY and shove) We need to talk to Vincent Van Gogh. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "Vincent and the Doctor" by Richard Curtis Producer Tracie Simpson Patrick Schweitzer Director Jonny Campbell EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, ALLEY, NIGHT A cat lying on the cobbles runs off as the TARDIS materializes. The DOCTOR and AMY step out and head down the alleyway. DOCTOR: Right, so here's the plan. We find Vincent and he leads us straight to the church and our nasty friend. AMY: Easy peasy. DOCTOR: Well, no. I suspect nothing will be easy with Mr Van Gogh. Now, he'll probably be in the local cafe - sort of orangey light, chairs and tables outside. AMY pulls out her small guidebook from the museum and opens it to "The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night". AMY: Like this? DOCTOR: That's the one. AMY: (looks up) Or indeed like that. The scene before them is the painting come to life. DOCTOR: Yeah, exactly like that. EXT, CAFÉ, NIGHT The DOCTOR approaches the help clearing tables. The owner MAURICE is also there. DOCTOR: Good evening. Does the name Vincent Van Gogh ring a bell? MAURICE: Don't mention that man to me. (walks back inside) DOCTOR: (to waitresses) Excuse me. Do you know Vincent Van Gogh? WAITRESS: Unfortunately. AMY: Unfortunately? WAITRESS: He's drunk, he's mad and he never pays his bills. DOCTOR: Good painter, though, eh? The waitresses and the patrons laugh. The DOCTOR sits at one of the tables, dejected. We then hear voices from inside the café. MAN: Come on! Come on! One painting for one drink. That's not a bad deal. MAURICE comes out of the café holding a canvas followed by another man. It is VINCENT VAN GOGH. AMY and the DOCTOR react in quiet, giddy excitement. MAURICE: It wouldn't be a bad deal if the painting were any good. I can't hang that up on my walls. It'd scare the customers half to death. (holds painting up) It's bad enough having you in here in person, let alone looming over the customers day and night in a stupid hat. You pay money or you get out. DOCTOR: I'll pay if you like. MAURICE: What? DOCTOR: Well, if you like. I'll pay for the drink. Or I'll pay for the painting and you can use the money to pay for the drink. VINCENT: Exactly who are you? DOCTOR: I'm... new in town. VINCENT: Well, in that case, you don't know three things. One, I pay for my own drinks, thank you. (everyone laughs) Two, no-one ever buys any of my paintings or they would be laughed out of town, so if you want to stay in town, I suggest you keep your cash to yourself. And three, your friend's cute, but you should keep your big nose out of other people's business. (to MAURICE) Come on, just one more drink. I'll pay tomorrow. MAURICE: No. VINCENT: Or, on the other hand, slightly more compassionately, yes. MAURICE: Or, on the other hand, to protect my business from madmen, no. VINCENT: Or-- AMY: Oh, look, just shut up the pair of you! (to MAURICE) I would like a bottle of wine, please, which I will then share with whomever (looks at VINCENT) I choose. VINCENT: That could be good. MAURICE: That's good by me. AMY: Good. (goes inside) MAURICE heads back in then stops and presses the self-portrait to VINCENT'S chest before entering the café. We see clearly that the painting is "Self Portrait with Straw Hat". INT. CAFÉ, NIGHT The DOCTOR, AMY and VINCENT are sitting at a table, drinking wine. VINCENT: That accent of yours. You from Holland like me? The DOCTOR and AMY answer at the same time. AMY: No. DOCTOR: Yes. She means yes. So, start again. Hello, I'm the Doctor. VINCENT: I knew it! DOCTOR: Sorry? VINCENT: My brother's always sending doctors, but you won't be able to help. DOCTOR: No, not that kind of doctor. (laughs and points to a painting at VINCENT'S side. It is the unfinished "La Méridienne") That's incredible, don't you think, Amy? AMY: Absolutely. One of my favourites. VINCENT: One of my favourite whats? You've never seen my work before. AMY: Ah, yes. One of my favourite paintings that I've ever seen. Generally. VINCENT: Then you can't have seen many paintings, then. I know it's terrible. It's the best I could do. Your hair is orange. AMY: (leans forward) Yes. So's yours. VINCENT: Yes. It was more orange, but now is, of course, less. DOCTOR: So, Vincent, painted any churches recently? Any churchy plans? Are churches, chapels, religiousy stuff like that, something you'd like to get into? You know, fairly soon? VINCENT: Well, there is one church I'm thinking of painting when the weather is right. DOCTOR: That is very good news. WOMAN: (screams) She's been m*rder! Help me! DOCTOR: That, on the other hand, isn't quite such good news. Come on, Amy, Vincent! AMY and the DOCTOR head for the door. VINCENT downs the rest of his wine and follows. EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, ALLEY, NIGHT The DOCTOR, AMY and VINCENT run the same was as the woman into an alley. The body of a young woman is lying on the cobbles. A group of locals has already gathered. MAN: She's been ripped to shreds! DOCTOR: Please, let me look. I'm a doctor. WOMAN #2: Who is it? DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no. The DOCTOR and VINCENT kneel beside the body. MAN #2: Is she d*ad? A woman pushes her way through. She is the young girl's MOTHER. MOTHER: Away, all of you vultures! This is my daughter. (caresses her daughter) Giselle. What monster could have done this? (to DOCTOR) Get away from her! The DOCTOR and VINCENT both stand and back away. DOCTOR: OK, OK. MOTHER: Get that madman out of here! (throws a stone) The rest of the crowd also throw stones, blaming VINCENT. The DOCTOR, AMY, and VINCENT run away down the alley. MOTHER: You bring this on us. Your madness! You! He's to blame! They stop to catch their breath. DOCTOR: (to VINCENT) Are you all right? VINCENT: Yes, I'm used to it. DOCTOR: Has anything like this m*rder happened here before? VINCENT: Only a week ago. It's a terrible time. DOCTOR: As I thought, as I thought. Come on, we'd better get you home. VINCENT: Where are you staying tonight? DOCTOR: (claps VINCENT on the shoulder) Oh, you're very kind. (walks off down the alley) AMY giggles nervously and follows. Puzzled, VINCENT puts his hat on and walks after them. EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, NIGHT VINCENT is leading the DOCTOR and AMY through a maze of buildings. DOCTOR: Dark night, very starry. VINCENT: It's not much. I live on my own. But you should be OK for one night. ONE night. AMY: We're going to stay with him? DOCTOR: Until he paints that church. VINCENT lights a lamp and removes his hat. VINCENT: Watch out. That one's wet. AMY: What? The DOCTOR walks in but AMY stops when she sees the painting "Bedroom in Arles". INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, NIGHT VINCENT lights another lamp. His cottage is filled with paintings in various stages of completion. Most prominently positioned is "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" VINCENT: Sorry about all the clutter. DOCTOR: Some clutter. VINCENT: I've come to accept the only person who's going to love my paintings is me. AMY: (enters) Wow. I mean, really. Wow. The DOCTOR examines some of the paintings including "Blossoming Almond Tree", "Prisoners Exercising (after Dore)", and "Wheat Field with Cypresses". VINCENT: Yeah, I know it's a mess. I'll have a proper clear-out. I must, I really must. AMY looks around and sees "La Berceuse". VINCENT: Coffee, anyone? DOCTOR: Not for me, actually. The DOCTOR pops his head around the door in time to see VINCENT put the coffee down on "Still Life: Basket with Six Oranges". DOCTOR: You know, you should be careful with these. They're... precious. VINCENT wipes off the coffee ring with his hand. VINCENT: Precious to me. Not precious to anyone else. The DOCTOR enters the main room. AMY: They're precious to me! AMY joins them. VINCENT: Well, you're very kind. And kindness is most welcome. DOCTOR: Right, so, this church, then. Near here, is it? VINCENT: (gets wood for the f*re) What is it with you and the church? DOCTOR: Oh, just casually interested in it, you know. VINCENT: Far from casual. Seems to me. you never talk about anything else. He's a strange one. DOCTOR: OK, so let's talk about you. What are you interested in? VINCENT: Look around. Art. It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. AMY wanders over from looking at "Starry Night". VINCENT: I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamed of. DOCTOR: You don't have to tell me. Later, the DOCTOR is sitting in a chair by the f*re as VINCENT explains his views of art. VINCENT: It's colour. Colour that holds the key. I can hear the colours. Listen to them. Every time I step outside, I feel nature is shouting at me. "Come on. Come and get me. Come on. Come on! (grips the DOCTOR'S lapels) Capture my mystery!" DOCTOR: Maybe you've had enough coffee now. How about some nice calming tea? Let's get you a cup of chamomile or something, shall we? Amy? Where's Amy? (AMY screams) No, no. NO! (runs outside) EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR and VINCENT race outside. DOCTOR: Amy? Amy? They find AMY on her knees in the yard. DOCTOR: What happened? AMY: I was having a look at the paintings out here when something h*t me from behind. DOCTOR: It's OK. He's gone now and we're here. VINCENT looks around and raises his hands in fright. VINCENT: No! (backs away, crying out) DOCTOR: Take it easy. Take it easy! AMY: What's happening? What's he doing? VINCENT grabs a large wooden fork and holds it in front of him like a w*apon. DOCTOR: I don't know. With a shout, VINCENT runs towards them. DOCTOR: Oh, dear. VINCENT runs past them. VINCENT: Run. Run! DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's not a bad idea. Amy, get back. He's having some kind of fit. I'll try to calm him down. As VINCENT apparently lashes out at something, AMY runs to the doorway and watches from safety. DOCTOR: Easy, Vincent, easy. Look, look. It's me, it's me, it's me. (holds his hands out in front of him) It's the Doctor, look. No-one else is here. So, Vincent... We see part of something appear behind the DOCTOR. VINCENT: Look out! The DOCTOR is thrown to the ground as a scaly tail lashes him. The creature roars and shreds one of the paintings. AMY: (shrieks) I can't see anything. What is it? Whatever it is, VINCENT can see it and tries to fight it off. DOCTOR: (gets up) That is a good question. (grabs a stout stick and joins VINCENT) Let me help you. VINCENT: You can see him, too? The DOCTOR goes to a completely different area of the yard and waves the stick around. DOCTOR: Yes. Ish. Well, no. Not really. The creature roars and is thrown back over a table bearing irises in a vase. He lands at VINCENT'S feet. VINCENT: You couldn't see him? DOCTOR: No. Oi! The DOCTOR gets up and begins batting the stick around with a roar. VINCENT seemingly hurts it and it retreats from the yard. In his section of the yard, the DOCTOR is still trying to fight it off. VINCENT and AMY watch for a bit. VINCENT: He's gone. DOCTOR: Oh, right. Yes, of course. (throws the stick down) INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: Right. So he's invisible? What did he look like? VINCENT: I'll show you. VINCENT takes one of his paintings of irises and paints over it with white. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no! AMY gasps and covers her mouth. VINCENT: What? DOCTOR: It's just... That was quite a good... (sighs) On you go. VINCENT sketches quickly and roughly with charcoal as AMY and the DOCTOR watch intently. Finished, the creature looks almost birdlike with a beak and talons but also reptilian. DOCTOR: OK. OK. (takes the sketch) Right. Amy, make Mr Van Gogh comfortable. Don't let any invisible monsters in through the front door. AMY: But it could be outside, waiting. DOCTOR: Don't worry, I'll risk it. What's the worst that can happen? AMY: You could get torn into pieces by a monster you can't see. Behind the DOCTOR, we see "The Yellow House". DOCTOR: Oh, right, yes. That. Don't worry. I'll be back before you can say, "Where's he got to now?" (leaves) AMY turns to face VINCENT. The DOCTOR comes back. DOCTOR: Not that fast! (AMY jumps) But pretty fast. See you around. (leaves again) EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, NIGHT We hear a soft growling and see the DOCTOR from a distance as he leaves the cottage. The DOCTOR creeps forward, looking. EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, ALLEY, NIGHT The DOCTOR walks cautiously back to the TARDIS, glancing over his shoulder periodically. He unlocks the TARDIS and enters. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR throws a few things out of his way as he drags out a large trunk. DOCTOR: Right. You in here somewhere? I can't apologise enough. I thought you were just a useless gadget. I thought you were just an embarrassing present from a dull godmother with two heads and bad breath. Twice. (pulls out a device that seems to be a mirror attached to a harness) How wrong can a man be? He hooks it up to the TARDIS for power then makes a face at the mirror. The TARDIS then prints up pictures of his first two incarnations and naming his species and planet of origin. DOCTOR: Good. OK, you're working. Now, see what you make of this. (holds up the sketch) Who is that? (machine shows a parrot) No, I know it's not that. There are thousands of them and you can see them plain as day. (shows a polar bear) No. Definitely not. This is the problem with the impressionists - not accurate enough. This would never happen with Gainsborough or one of those proper painters. Sorry, Vincent. (picks up sketch) You'll just have to draw something better. (throws it over his head) EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, ALLEY, DAWN The DOCTOR steps out wearing the device, the mirror aimed over his shoulder. The creature appears in the mirror. The DOCTOR adjusts the controls. DOCTOR: That's better, old girl. Time-delay, but you always get it right in the end. Good. Let's find out who this is, then. (the device shows the results) Whoa, there you are, you poor thing. You brutal, m*rder, abandoned thing. I hope we meet again soon so I can take you home. (the creature appears in the mirror over the DOCTOR'S shoulder and roars) Maybe not that soon. The DOCTOR runs through the alley. He keeps checking the mirror to see how close the creature gets. He starts to knock over tables and other items to slow it down. The creatures gives up the chase and the DOCTOR rests against a wall. He looks again to see AMY. Startled, they both yelp. DOCTOR: Never do that! You scared the living daylights out of me. AMY: Sorry. I got bored. As much as you admire his command of colour and shape, it is hard to get fond of Vincent Van Gogh's snoring. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, BEDROOM, MORNING VINCENT'S bedroom is his painting come to life. He is in bed, snoring. DOCTOR: (enters) Wake, wakey. Rise and shine! Breakfast is served in the courtyard. (opens window) Whoa! What a morning. (claps) Come on. (VINCENT gets up) And Amy's got a little surprise for you. EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING AMY is sitting at the table, sunflowers scattered around in different containers. AMY: I thought I'd brighten things up to thank you for saving me last night. VINCENT: Ah! AMY: I thought you might like, you know, possibly to perhaps paint them or something? Might be a thought. The DOCTOR joins AMY at the table. VINCENT: Yes. They're not my favourite flower. AMY: YOU don't like sunflowers? VINCENT: No, it's not that I don't like them. I find them complex. Always somewhere between living and dying. (holds one of the flowers by his window) Half-human as they turn to the sun. A little disgusting. But, you know, they are a challenge. DOCTOR: And one I'm pretty sure you will rise to. But, moving on, there's something I need to show you. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING The DOCTOR shows VINCENT the printout of the creature. VINCENT: (sitting) That's him. And the eyes. Without mercy. DOCTOR: This is a creature called the Krafayis. They travel in space, they travel as a pack. Scavenging across the universe. Sometimes one of them gets left behind and because they are a brutal race, the others never come back. So, dotted all around the universe are individual, utterly merciless, utterly abandoned Krafayis. And what they do is... Well, k*ll, until they're k*lled. Which they usually aren't. Because other creatures can't see them. VINCENT: But I can. DOCTOR: Yes. And that's why we are in a unique position today, my friend, to end this reign of terror. So, feeling like painting the church today? VINCENT: What about the monster? DOCTOR: Take my word for it. If you paint it, he will come. VINCENT: (stands) OK. I'll get my things. DOCTOR: In your own time. I promise you, we'll be out of your hair by this time tomorrow. VINCENT hesitates in the doorway with a look at AMY before going into the other room. DOCTOR: This is risky. AMY: Riskier than normal? DOCTOR: (stands and checks to see if VINCENT can hear) Well, think about it. This is the middle of Vincent Van Gogh's greatest year of painting. If we're not careful, the result of our trip could be the brutal m*rder of the greatest artist who ever lived. Half the pictures on the wall of the Musee D'Orsay will disappear. (sits next to AMY) And it will be our fault. EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING The DOCTOR knocks on the door to VINCENT'S bedroom. DOCTOR: Vincent? Vincent! The DOCTOR checks his watch before opening the door. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, BEDROOM, MORNING VINCENT is lying face down on his bed, crying. On the wall between the door and the window is one of his many self-portraits. DOCTOR: Vincent, can I help? VINCENT: It's so clear you cannot help. And when you leave, and everyone always leaves, I will be left once more with an empty heart and no hope. (rolls over to look at the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: My experience is that there is, you know, surprisingly, always hope. VINCENT: Then your experience is incomplete. I know how it will end, and it will not end well. DOCTOR: Come on. (slaps VINCENT'S back cheerily) Come out, let's go outside. VINCENT: Out! You get out. What are you doing here? What are you doing here? DOCTOR: (backs away towards the door) Very well. I'll leave. I'll leave you. VINCENT curls into a fetal position and sobs. EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING AMY comes up the stairs and sees the DOCTOR leaning against the railing, somber, without VINCENT. AMY: What's happening? DOCTOR: We're leaving. Everyone knows he's a delicate man. Just months from now he'll...he'll take his own life. (pushes away from the rail) AMY: Don't say that. Please. Without a word, the DOCTOR goes down the stairs. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING The DOCTOR takes a last look at the paintings. DOCTOR: Come on. We have to do this on our own. Go to the church at the right time and hope the monster still turns up. VINCENT appears in the doorway, coat and hat on. VINCENT: I'm ready. Let's go. (picks up brush) EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE AUVERS, DAY AMY is walking alongside VINCENT, her arm tucked in his. VINCENT is carrying his easel and palette. In her other hand, AMY carries the paint case and canvas. The DOCTOR is walking behind them. AMY: I'm sorry you're so sad. VINCENT: But I'm not. Sometimes these moods t*rture me for weeks, for months. But I'm good now. If Amy Pond can soldier on, then so can Vincent Van Gogh. AMY: I'm not soldiering on. I'm fine. VINCENT: Oh, Amy, I hear the song of your sadness. You've lost someone I think. AMY: I'm not sad. VINCENT: They why are you crying? AMY puts a hand to her cheek and wipes away a tear. She is surprised by it as she never knew she was crying. VINCENT: It's all right. I understand. AMY: I'm not sure I do. The DOCTOR is following and knows that the tears are for RORY even though he has been wiped from existence. Somewhere inside, she still remembers him. DOCTOR: OK. OK! So, now, we must have a plan. When the creature returns... VINCENT stops and turns to face the DOCTOR. VINCENT: Then we shall fight him again. DOCTOR: Well, yes, tick. But last night we were lucky. Amy could have been k*lled. So this time, for a start, we have to make sure I can see him, too. AMY: And how are we meant to do that, suddenly? DOCTOR: The answer's in this box. (the DOCTOR taps the case he's carrying) I had an excellent, if smelly, godmother. They stop as they see a funeral procession walking towards them. There are sunflowers resting on the coffin. VINCENT: Oh, no. It's that poor girl from he village. They stand respectfully at the side of the road as the procession passes. The MOTHER looks at them but says nothing. AMY: You do have a plan, don't you? DOCTOR: No. (starts walking again) It's a thing - it's like a plan, but with more greatness. EXT. CHURCH, DAY VINCENT sets up his easel and sits down to paint. DOCTOR: (bends over, hands on VINCENT'S shoulders) And you'll be sure to tell me if you see any, you know, monsters. VINCENT: Yes. While I may be mad, I'm not stupid. DOCTOR: No, quite. And, to be honest...(squats beside VINCENT) not sure about mad either. It seems to me depression is a very complex... VINCENT: Shh. I'm working. DOCTOR: Well, yes. Paint. Do painting! LATER: Vincent has outlined the top of the church and is painting the sky. DOCTOR: I remember watching Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. Wow! What a whinger. I said to him, "If you're scared of heights, you shouldn't have taken the job. " AMY: Shh! LATER: There is more detail on the church and VINCENT is still working on the sky. DOCTOR: And Picasso. What a ghastly old goat. I kept telling him, "Concentrate, Pablo, it's one eye, either side of the face." AMY: Quiet. EXT. CHURCH, NIGHT AMY stands by VINCENT as he keeps painting. The DOCTOR is squatting, bored. DOCTOR: Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly. In the right order. (gets up) If there's one thing I can't stand, it's an unpunctual alien att*ck. (walks behind VINCENT, facing away) AMY: (joins him) Are you OK? You seem a bit, if I didn't know better, I'd say nervous. DOCTOR: There's something not right and I can't quite put my finger on it. VINCENT: There. (the DOCTOR and AMY turn) He's at the window. DOCTOR: Where? VINCENT: There, on the right. DOCTOR: As I thought. Come on. I'm going in. VINCENT: Well, I'm coming, too. DOCTOR: No. (holds a hand up to stop him) You're Vincent Van Gogh. No. VINCENT: But you're not armed. DOCTOR: I am. VINCENT: What with? DOCTOR: Overconfidence, this (taps case) and a small screwdriver. I'm absolutely sorted. Just have to find the right crosactic setting, and stun him with it. Sonic never fails. Anyway, Amy, only one thought, one simple instruction - don't follow me under any circumstances. (signals VINCENT to keep an eye on her) AMY: I won't. The DOCTOR gives a thumbs-up and heads towards the church. VINCENT: Will you follow him? AMY: Of course. VINCENT: (looks at AMY) I love you. The DOCTOR stops, sets down the case and takes out the same device he used earlier. He straps it on and sets the controls. With a smile, he enters the church. INT. CHURCH, NIGHT The DOCTOR enters slowly and cautiously. We hear a low growling. The DOCTOR keeps checking the mirror and pulls out the sonic screwdriver. EXT. CHURCH, NIGHT AMY paces as VINCENT watches the window. AMY: Has he moved? VINCENT: No, just shifted to the next window. But, wait! He's turning now. INT. CHURCH, NIGHT The DOCTOR approaches the window and keeps checking the mirror. He doesn't see the Krafayis where it's supposed to be. DOCTOR: Damn. He's moved. He puts the mirror down and looks up. We see in the mirror the Krafayis's arm as he swipes the DOCTOR. The DOCTOR goes flying. EXT. CHURCH, NIGHT AMY and VINCENT hear the DOCTOR'S cry. AMY: Doctor! (heads for the church) VINCENT: Amy! (rushes after her) INT. CHURCH, NIGHT The DOCTOR uses the screwdriver as he retreats. AMY: Doctor! DOCTOR: (screams) Argh! I thought I told you... Never mind. We'll talk about it later. Quick, in here. (hide in confessional) We hear the Krafayis moving about outside. DOCTOR: (whispers) Absolutely quiet. (slides the door over the grill between them) Can you breath a little quieter, please? AMY: (whispers) No! (lifts the curtain) He's gone past. DOCTOR: Shh. The Krafayis growls, bl*wing in the grating on AMY'S the side of the confessional. She screams. DOCTOR: I think he heard us. The Krafayis then takes out part of the grating on the DOCTOR'S side. DOCTOR: That is impressive hearing he's got. Another section of the confessional is ripped out DOCTOR: What's less impressive are our chances of survival. AMY screams. VINCENT: (V.O.) Hey, are you looking for me, sonny? AMY peers out and sees VINCENT brandishing his chair like a lion tamer. VINCENT: Come on. Over here. Because I'm right here waiting for you. We see the Krafayis from VINCENT'S POV as he fights it off. VINCENT: (motions to AMY and the DOCTOR) Come on. Quickly! Get behind me. DOCTOR: (uses sonic) Doing anything? They back out. EXT. CHURCH, NIGHT VINCENT still holds the chair in front of him defensively. The DOCTOR looks around wildly. DOCTOR: Where is he? VINCENT: Where do you think he is, you idiot? Use your head. The Krafayis walks towards them. The DOCTOR stands by VINCENT and uses the sonic again. DOCTOR: Anything? AMY: Nothing. In fact, he seemed to rather enjoy it. They move apart. VINCENT: (to DOCTOR) Duck. (the DOCTOR ducks) Left. The DOCTOR moves to his left and the Krafayis swats him away and he is slammed into a wall. VINCENT: Right, sorry. The DOCTOR sits up with a groan, holding his side. AMY rushes over. VINCENT comes over with the chair to help defend them. VINCENT: Your right, my left. DOCTOR: This is no good at all. Run like crazy and regroup. (scrambles up) AMY: Oh, come on, in here. They run into another church building. INT. CHURCH, NIGHT Together, they begin to push the door closed. VINCENT sees the leg of the Krafayis is keeping it open. He stamps his foot down on it and the creature yanks it back. They close the door and stand with their backs against it. DOCTOR: Right. OK. Here's the plan. Amy, Rory. AMY: Who? DOCTOR: Sorry, um, Vincent. AMY: What is the plan? DOCTOR: I don't know, actually. But in future, I'm just using this screwdriver for screwing in screws. (puts away sonic) VINCENT: Give me a second. I'll be back. (runs off) DOCTOR: I suppose we could try talking to him. AMY: Talking to him?! DOCTOR: Well, yes. Might be interesting to know his side of the story. (Krafayis growls) Yes, though maybe he's not really in the mood for conversation right at this precise moment. (Krafayis growls and bangs on the door) Well, no harm trying. Listen. Listen! (growling stops) I know you can understand me. (faces door) Even though I know you won't understand why you can understand me. I also know that no-one's talked to you for a pretty long stretch, but please... listen. I also don't belong on this planet. I also am alone. If you trust me, I'm sure we can come to some kind of, you know, understanding. And then, and then, who knows? The window directly opposite them shatters as the Krafayis finds a way inside. It roars and displaces things as it moves about. VINCENT returns with his easel. VINCENT: Over here, mate! The DOCTOR and AMY move behind him. DOCTOR: What's it up to now? VINCENT: It's moving round the room. Feeling its way around. AMY and VINCENT move behind a sarcophagus. DOCTOR: (behind a column) What? VINCENT: It's like it's trapped. It's moving round the edges of the room. We see the Krafayis from VINCENT'S POV as it walks along the wall. AMY: I can't see a thing. DOCTOR: I am really stupid. AMY: Oh, get a grip! This is not a moment to re-evaluate your self-esteem. DOCTOR: No, I am really stupid and I'm growing old. Why does it att*ck, but never eat its victims? (moves to sarcophagus) And why was it abandoned by its pack and left here to die? Why is it feeling its way helplessly around the walls of the room? It can't see, it's blind. That explains why it has such perfect hearing! VINCENT: Which unfortunately also explains why it is now turning around and heading straight for us. VINCENT steps forward, the sharp ends of the easel held out as a w*apon. DOCTOR: Vincent. Vincent, what's happening? VINCENT: It's charging now. (motions with hand) Get back. Get back! VINCENT moves forward and impales the beast on the easel. The Krafayis bellows in pain and anger. Still holding the easel, VINCENT is suspended above the floor. He lets go and falls to the floor. The Krafayis collapses. To the DOCTOR and AMY, the easel is suspended but VINCENT can see where it penetrated the creature's chest. VINCENT: He wasn't without mercy at all. He was without sight. I didn't mean that to happen. I only meant to wound it, I never meant to... DOCTOR: (kneels beside body) He's trying to say something. VINCENT: What is it? DOCTOR: I'm having trouble making it out, but I think he's saying, "I'm afraid. I'm afraid." (reaches out to stroke the body) There, there. It's OK. You'll be fine. Ssh. (Krafayis dies) VINCENT: He was frightened…and he lashed out. Like humans, who lash out when they're frightened. Like the villagers who scream at me. Like the children who throw stones at me. DOCTOR: Sometimes winning - winning is no fun at all. (leaves) EXT. FIELD, NIGHT The DOCTOR, AMY, and VINCENT lie down in the field, heads together. VINCENT reaches first for AMY'S hand and then the DOCTOR's. VINCENT: Hold my hand, Doctor. Try to see what I see. We are so lucky we are still alive to see this beautiful world. The DOCTOR and AMY reach for each other's hands. VINCENT: Look at the sky. It's not dark and black and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. (points with his hand entwined with the DOCTOR'S) And over there, lighter blue. (lets go of AMY'S hand and makes a sweeping motion) And bl*wing through the blueness and the blackness, the wind swirling through the air and then, shining, burning, bursting through - the stars! (the vision turns to VINCENT'S perception and becomes "Starry Night") Can you see how they roar their light? Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes. DOCTOR: I've seen many things, my friend. But you're right. Nothing quite as wonderful as the things you see. VINCENT grips the DOCTOR'S hand tighter and pulls it to his chest. He looks at AMY'S closer, savoring the feel of her fingers. VINCENT: I will miss you terribly. EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, MORNING VINCENT: (V.O.) I only wish I had something of real value to give you. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING The DOCTOR giggles as he holds one of VINCENT'S paintings. It is "Self Portrait with Straw Hat". DOCTOR: Oh, no, no. I could never accept such an extraordinary gift. VINCENT: (hurt) Very well. You are not the first to decline the offer. (holds out arms) Amy, the blessed, the wonderful. They hug and she kisses him. AMY: Be good to yourself and be kind to yourself. VINCENT: I'll try my best. AMY: And maybe give the beard a little trim before you next kiss someone. (rubs her cheek and laughs) VINCENT: I will. I will. And if you tire of this Doctor of yours, return, And we will have children by the dozen. AMY: Eek! VINCENT: Doctor, my friend. (takes his hand) We have fought monsters together and we have won. On my own, I fear I may not do as well. The DOCTOR hugs him tightly, sad because he knows what's coming. EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, MORNING The DOCTOR and AMY walk away. DOCTOR: Are you thinking what I'm thinking? AMY: I was thinking I may need some food before we leave. DOCTOR: Well, no, you're not thinking exactly what I'm thinking. (faces house) Vincent! Shirtless, brush in hand, VINCENT sticks his head out the window. DOCTOR: Got something I'd like to show you. Maybe just tidy yourself up a bit first. EXT. AUVERS-SUR-OISE, ALLEY, DAY The DOCTOR, VINCENT and AMY walk through the village towards the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Now, you know we've had quite a few chats about the possibility there might be more to life than normal people imagine? The DOCTOR stops with a sigh as he sees the TARDIS covered in bills. VINCENT: Yes. DOCTOR: Well, brace yourself, Vinny. The DOCTOR uses the key to slice the crack between the doors before opening it. He and AMY stand in the doorway as VINCENT gets his first view of the TARDIS interior. He sticks his head out and then examines the exterior. VINCENT steps inside again. VINCENT: How come I'm the crazy one and you two have stayed sane? INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR takes off VINCENT'S hat and tosses it to the side. They walk to the console. VINCENT: What do these things all do? DOCTOR: Oh, a huge variety of things. This one here, (turns knob) for instance, plays soothing music. (dances) While this one makes a huge amount of noise. (distorted sound) And this one makes everything go tonto. (everything shakes) VINCENT: And this one? (points) DOCTOR: That's a friction contrafibulator! VINCENT: And this? DOCTOR: That's ketchup. And that one's mustard. VINCENT: Mmm. Nice! (grips the DOCTOR'S shoulders) Come on. Back to the cafe and you can tell me about all the wonders of the universe. DOCTOR: Good idea. Although, actually, there's a little something I'd like to show you first. (sets the TARDIS in motion) EXT. PARIS, DAY The last of the posted bills are burning off the TARDIS as the door opens and the DOCTOR, AMY and VINCENT step out. VINCENT: Where are we? DOCTOR: Paris. 2010 AD. And this is the mighty Musee D'Orsay, home to many of the greatest paintings in history. VINCENT: Oh, that's wonderful. Two boys walk by with portable electronics and VINCENT stares. DOCTOR: Ignore that. I've got something more important to show you. ("Chances" by ATHLETE plays) INT. MUSEE D'ORSAY They enter the museum and VINCENT is overwhelmed by the grandness of it. AMY leads the way past some Monets and Rodin's "The Kiss". The DOCTOR has to drag him from the "Water Lilies". They then enter the Van Gogh exhibit. VINCENT sees his paintings in a Paris museum when they had only hung in his home. The DOCTOR holds out his arms. The DOCTOR then sees Dr BLACK. DOCTOR: Dr Black, we met a few days ago. I asked you about the church at Auvers. AMY brings VINCENT closer. BLACK: Oh, yes. Glad to be of help. You were nice about my tie. DOCTOR: Yes. And today is another cr*cker if I may say so. But I just wondered, between you and me, in 100 words, where do you think Van Gogh rates in the history of art? BLACK: Well, big question. But, to me, Van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. VINCENT'S eyes are red as he begins to tear up. BLACK: Certainly, the most popular, great painter of all time, the most beloved. His command of colour, the most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world - no-one had ever done it before. Perhaps no-one ever will again. To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived. VINCENT begins to cry outwardly. The DOCTOR notices and goes to him. DOCTOR: Vincent. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Is it too much? (gives a comforting hug) VINCENT: No. They are tears of joy. (goes to BLACK and gives him a Gallic kiss) Thank you, sir. Thank you. (hugs him) BLACK: You're welcome. You're welcome. VINCENT: Sorry about the beard. (goes back to the DOCTOR and AMY) BLACK slowly walks away and quickly turns, wondering if the man he saw was truly Van Gogh. The man is gone and BLACK shakes his head. EXT. OLIVE GROVE, DAY The TARDIS materializes and VINCENT steps out first. VINCENT: This changes everything. I'll step out tomorrow with my easel on my back a different man. I still can't believe that one of the haystacks was in the museum. How embarrassing. DOCTOR: It's been a great adventure and a great honour. (shakes VINCENT'S hand and then hugs him) VINCENT: You've turned out to be the first doctor ever actually to make a difference to my life. DOCTOR: I'm delighted. I won't ever forget you. (heads to TARDIS) VINCENT: And you are sure marriage is out of the question? AMY: This time. (hugs him and whispers in his ear) I'm not really the marrying kind. (kisses him and heads back to the TARDIS) (to DOCTOR) Come on. Let's go back to the gallery right now. VINCENT takes his pipe from his pocket and watches the TARDIS dematerialize. With a smile and a shake of his head, he walks away. EXT. PARIS, DAY AMY exits the TARDIS with a big smile. The DOCTOR'S is more indulgent. AMY skips ahead. AMY: Time can be re-written. I know it can. Come on! INT. MUSEE D'ORSAY, DAY AMY climbs the stairs to the exhibit. AMY: Oh, the long life of Vincent Van Gogh. There'll be hundreds of new paintings. DOCTOR: I'm not sure there will. They walk past the Monet exhibit, the DOCTOR walking more slowly, following in the wake of AMY'S exuberance. AMY: Come on! AMY rushes into the exhibit and looks around at the same paintings. BLACK: (V.O.) We have here the last work of Vincent Van Gogh, who committed su1c1de at only 37. AMY closes her eyes in grief, her hope shattered. BLACK: (V.O.) He is now acknowledged to be one of the foremost artists of all time. If you follow me now... AMY: So, you were right. No new paintings. We didn't make a difference at all. DOCTOR: (walks to her) I wouldn't say that. The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Hey. (hugs her) The good things don't always soften the bad things. But, vice versa - the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant. (releases the hug but holds her head) And we definitely added to his pile of good things. And if you look carefully...(takes her to "Church at Auvers") .. maybe we did indeed make a couple of little changes. AMY: No Krafayis. DOCTOR: No Krafayis. While the DOCTOR studies the church, AMY walks to the center of the exhibit. Something catches her eye and she moves with a purpose across the room. The DOCTOR sees and follows at a distance. In its own alcove rests "Still Life: Vase With Twelve Sunflowers". On the vase right above his signature it says "For Amy". The DOCTOR comes up beside her and whistles. AMY: If we had got married, our kids would have had very, very red hair. DOCTOR: The ultimate ginger. AMY: The ultimate ginge. The DOCTOR laughs and AMY smiles. AMY: Brighter than sunflowers. As they stand together looking at the painting, the DOCTOR rubs her back and giver her a quick one-armed hug.
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EXT. PARK, DAY The TARDIS materializes and the DOCTOR opens the door to look around. DOCTOR: No, Amy, it's definitely not the fifth moon of Sinda Callista. I think I can see a Ryman's. There is a blast from inside the TARDIS and the DOCTOR is knocked to the ground. DOCTOR: Amy! Amy! The TARDIS dematerializes. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS is out of control and wires are sparking. AMY pulls herself up and looks at the monitor. AMY: Doctor! It's saying we're on Earth! Essex, Colchester. The TARDIS stops shaking and AMY realizes the DOCTOR isn't there. AMY: Doctor?! It's taking off again. Doctor, can you hear me? EXT. PARK, DAY The DOCTOR looks at where the TARDIS used to be. DOCTOR: Amy! Amy... EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET, DAY ONE DAY LATER… A YOUNG MAN is walking down the street when he hears a man's voice over the front door intercom. VOICE: Hello? Hello, please? Hello? I need your help. There's been an accident. The YOUNG MAN approaches and stands hesitantly in front of the door. VOICE: Please, help me. With a buzz, the door opens and the YOUNG MAN enters. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY We look down the stairs into the front hall as the YOUNG MAN steps inside. The lights flicker. YOUNG MAN: Hello? VOICE: Please, will you help me? The YOUNG MAN shuts the door. YOUNG MAN: Help you? What's wrong? A figure in silhouette stands at the top of the stairs. VOICE: Something terrible's happened. Please help me. The YOUNG MAN climbs the stairs and enters the upstairs flat. The door closes seemingly on its own. INT. PARLOR, DAY A woman, SOPHIE, takes off her jacket and drapes it over a desk chair while the occupant of the flat, CRAIG, is in the kitchen. SOPHIE: Craig, what's that on the ceiling? CRAIG: What's what on the ceiling? SOPHIE: That! (points to a large stain) It's coming from upstairs. Who lives up there again? CRAIG: Just some bloke. CRAIG returns to fixing the tea and doesn't see the stain spread. He brings the tea to SOPHIE and joins her on the couch. CRAIG: So what's the plan tonight? Pizza, booze, telly? SOPHIE: Yeah, pizza, booze, telly. There is a load thumping and banging from upstairs. SOPHIE: What is he doing up there? INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY We look up to the top flat as the lights flicker and electricity buzzes. INT. PARLOR, DAY CRAIG is looking up at the ceiling. SOPHIE: You put the advert up yet? CRAIG: Yeah, did it today, paper shop window. "One furnished room available immediately, shared kitchen, bathroom, with 27-year-old male, non smoker, £400 pcm - per calendar month - suit young professional." SOPHIE'S mobile rings. SOPHIE: Mmm, sounds ideal. That's your mission in life, Craig. Find me a man! (gets up and gets jacket) CRAIG: Yeah, otherwise you'll have to settle for me. SOPHIE: You'll have to settle for me first. (looks at phone) Oh, Melina again. (answers) What? Right. Yeah, but I've kind of got plans. CRAIG stands on a chair to examine the stain. SOPHIE: No, it's nothing important, it's just Craig. CRAIG: Oh, thanks, Soph! SOPHIE: (to CRAIG) Sorry, you know what I mean! (into phone) OK. I'll talk to Craig, OK. (shuts off phone) Now she's having a Dylan crisis on top of the Clare crisis. It could be another all-nighter. I'm sorry, but I really should go. Do you mind if I go? CRAIG: No, not at all. No, honestly, course not, go. SOPHIE: Cos I could stay. CRAIG: No, go on. SOPHIE: I mean, we've got plans. CRAIG: Just pizza. SOPHIE: Yeah, it's just pizza. They look awkwardly at each other for a moment. SOPHIE: OK! Right, I'm going. CRAIG: All right, then. Well, um, I'll see you soon. SOPHIE: (opens door) Yeah. CRAIG: All right, and give me a call, I hope everything's OK. SOPHIE: Thanks, sorry. (closes the door behind her) INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY Upon closing the door, SOPHIE leans back against it with a sigh. As she heads for the front door, she hears more banging from upstairs. She looks and sees a man through the stained glass window. SOPHIE leaves. INT. PARLOR, DAY CRAIG nervously snaps his fingers as he walks to his kitchen. On the refrigerator door, he has a photo of himself and SOPHIE. CRAIG: Just tell her. Just tell her. "I love you." "I love you." Oh, jus… "Hey, I don't know if you knew..." Oh! (bangs head against fridge) The front doorbell rings. CRAIG looks around and sees SOPHIE'S keys. CRAIG: Every time! (grabs keys) I love you. I love you. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY CRAIG goes to the front door. CRAIG: I love you. I love you! (opens door) EXT. HOUSE, DAY CRAIG: I love you! CRAIG is stunned to see the DOCTOR on his doorstep, not SOPHIE. The DOCTOR is wearing an earpiece. DOCTOR: Well, that's good, cos I'm your new lodger. Do you know, (takes keys) this is going to be easier than I expected! Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Lodger" by Gareth Roberts Producer Tracie Simpson Patrick Schweitzer Director Catherine Mooreshead EXT. HOUSE, DAY CRAIG: But I only just put the advert up today, I didn't put my address. DOCTOR: Well, aren't you lucky I came along? More lucky than you know. (looks up) Less of a young professional, more of an ancient amateur, but frankly I'm an absolute dream. CRAIG: (flustered) Hang on, mate, I don't know if I want you staying, and give me back those keys, you can't have those! DOCTOR: Yes, quite right. Have some rent. (hands CRAIG a small paper bag) CRAIG opens the bag to see it filled with cash notes. DOCTOR: That's probably quite a lot, isn't it? Looks like a lot. Is it a lot? I can never tell. The DOCTOR steps past CRAIG into the house. CRAIG follows, closing the door. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The lights flicker again. DOCTOR: Don't spend it all on sweets. Unless you like sweets. I like sweets. Ooh. (gives CRAIG Gallic air kisses) That's how we greet each other nowadays, isn't it? I'm the Doctor. Well, they call me the Doctor, I don't know why. I call me the Doctor too. Still don't know why. CRAIG: Craig Owens. The Doctor? DOCTOR: Yep. Who lives upstairs? CRAIG: Just some bloke. DOCTOR: What does he look like? CRAIG: Normal. He's very quiet.(there is a loud bang from above) Usually. Sorry, who are you again? Hello?! INT. PARLOR, DAY The DOCTOR enters the flat followed by CRAIG. CRAIG: Excuse me? The DOCTOR goes straight to the corner with the spreading stain on the ceiling. DOCTOR: Ah! I suppose that's...dry rot? CRAIG: Or damp. Or mildew. DOCTOR: Or none of the above. CRAIG: I'll get someone to fix it. DOCTOR: No, I'll fix it. I'm good at fixing rot. Call me the Rotmeister. No, I'm the Doctor, don't call me the Rotmeister. This is the most beautiful parlour I have ever seen, you're obviously a man of impeccable taste. (sits on countertop) I can stay, Craig, can't I? Say I can. CRAIG: You haven't even seen the room. DOCTOR: The room? CRAIG: Your room. DOCTOR: My room? Oh, yes, my room, my room. Take me to my room! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY CRAIG: Yeah, this is Mark's old room, he owns the place, moved out about a month ago. An uncle he'd never even heard of died and left a load of money. DOCTOR: (tests bed) How very convenient. This'll do just right. In fact... (more noise from above) No time to lose. I'll take it. Ah...you'll want to see my credentials. (takes out psychic paper and keeps switching it) There...National Insurance number... NHS number... References.... CRAIG: Is that a reference from the Archbishop of Canterbury? DOCTOR: I'm his special favourite. (puts a finger to his lips) Are you hungry? I'm hungry. CRAIG: I haven't got anything in. INT. KITCHEN, DAY The DOCTOR raids the fridge and cabinets. DOCTOR: You've got everything I need for an omelette fines herbes! Pour deux! (begins to cook) So who's the girl on the fridge? CRAIG: My friend. Sophie. DOCTOR: Girlfriend? CRAIG: A friend who is a girl. There's nothing going on. DOCTOR: Ah, that's completely normal. Works for me. CRAIG: We met at work about a year ago at the call centre. DOCTOR: Oh, really, a communications exchange? That could be handy. CRAIG: Firm's going down though. The bosses are using a totally rubbish business model. I know what they should do, I got a plan all worked out, but I'm just a phone drone, I can't go running in saying I know best. Why am I telling you this? I don't even know you. DOCTOR: I've got one of those faces. People never stop blurting out their plans while I'm around. CRAIG: Right, where's your stuff? DOCTOR: Don't worry, it'll materialise, if all goes to plan. EXT. PARK, DAY The TARDIS attempts to materialize. INT. TARDIS AMY is frustrated with the controls and the TARDIS in general. AMY: Oh, which one, which one?! No! Why won't you land?! EXT. PARK, DAY The TARDIS dematerializes. INT. PARLOR, DAY The DOCTOR and CRAIG have just finished their eggs. CRAIG: Oh, that was incredible! That was absolutely brilliant. Where did you learn to cook? DOCTOR: Paris, in the 18th century. No, hang on, that's not recent, is it? 17th? No, no, no, 20th. Sorry, I'm not used to doing them in the right order. CRAIG: Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit weird? DOCTOR: They never really stop. Ever been to Paris, Craig? CRAIG: Nah, I can't see the point of Paris. I'm not much of a traveller. DOCTOR: I can tell from your sofa. CRAIG: My sofa? DOCTOR: You're starting to look like it. CRAIG: (laughs) Thanks, mate, that's lovely! No, I like it here. (fondles the keychain) I'd miss it, I'd miss... DOCTOR: Those keys? CRAIG: What? DOCTOR: You're sort of... fondling them. CRAIG: I'm holding them. (sets them on sofa arm) DOCTOR: Right. CRAIG: Anyway...(gets up and walks to table by the door and fishes out a set of keys) these... these are your keys. DOCTOR: I can stay? (the DOCTOR meets him halfway) CRAIG: Yeah, you're weird and you can cook, it's good enough for me. (holds up each key) Right, outdoor, front door, your door. DOCTOR: My door. My place. My gaff. (takes keys) Ha-ha! Yes! Me with a key. CRAIG: And listen, Mark and I, we had an arrangement where if you ever need me out of your hair, just give me a shout, OK? (winks) DOCTOR: (winks back) Why would I want that? CRAIG: In case you want to bring someone round. A girlfriend or... a boyfriend? DOCTOR: Oh, I will. I'll shout if that happens. Yes. Something like... I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS! By the way, that... the rot. I've got the strangest feeling we shouldn't touch it. (leaves) INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR flops on the bed, the communicator blinking in his ear. DOCTOR: Earth to Pond, Earth to Pond. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) Come in, Pond. AMY: (grabs microphone) Doctor! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR winces at the feedback. INT. TARDIS AMY: Oooh. Sorry! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Could you not wreck my new earpiece, Pond? INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, NIGHT CRAIG is lying in bed looking over the money the DOCTOR gave him as he talks on the phone with SOPHIE. CRAIG: No, I mean, he seems a laugh. He's a bit weird, good weird, you know? SOPHIE: (over mobile) And he just happens to have three grand on him in a paper bag? CRAIG: Yeah. INT. SOPHIE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT SOPHIE is also in bed. SOPHIE: Wait, wait. "The Doctor"?! INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, NIGHT SOPHIE: (over mobile) Craig, what if he's a dealer?! EXT. HOUSE, NIGHT A WOMAN walks down the street after a night out at the clubs. VOICE: Hello. Stop, please. Can you hear me? I need your help. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: How's the TARDIS coping? INT. TARDIS AMY: See for yourself. (holds the mic out so the DOCTOR can hear the TARDIS) INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (sits up) Ooh, nasty. She's locked in a materialisation loop, trying to land again INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) …but she can't. AMY: And whatever's stopping her is upstairs in that flat. So go upstairs and sort it! EXT. HOUSE, NIGHT VOICE: Please. My little girl's hurt. The WOMAN enters the house. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: I don't know what it is yet! (stands on bed) Anything that can stop the TARDIS from landing is big, scary big! INT. TARDIS AMY: Wait...are you scared? INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY A figure stands at the top of the stairs. VOICE: I'm so sorry, but will you help me? Please. WOMAN: (climbs stairs) Help you? INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, NIGHT SOPHIE: (over mobile) A bow tie, are you serious?! CRAIG: (hears the DOCTOR) Hang on a sec. INT. SOPHIE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT SOPHIE: What? Craig, Craig? INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, NIGHT CRAIG gets out of bed and walks to the wall shared with the DOCTOR'S room to listen. DOCTOR: (through wall) ..Orange juice, eocenes Arbuckle, rare tarantula on the table, ooh! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: I can't go up there until I know what it is and how to deal with it! It is vital that this "man" upstairs doesn't realise who and what I am. (bounces on the bed and smiles) So no sonicking. No advanced technology. I can only use this (taps earpiece) ‘cos we're on scramble. (jumps to floor) To anyone else hearing this conversation, we're talking absolute gibberish. INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through wall) Practical eruption in chicken. Descartes Lombardy spiral. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: All I've got to do is pass as an ordinary human being. Simple. What could possibly go wrong? (puts on sunglasses) AMY: (over earpiece) Have you seen you? DOCTOR: So you're just going to be snide? No helpful hints? INT. TARDIS AMY: Hmm, well, here's one...bow tie, get rid! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (checks himself in mirror) Bow ties are cool. (puts sunglasses in pocket) Come on, Amy, I'm a normal bloke, tell me what normal blokes do. AMY: (over earpiece) They watch telly, they play football… INT. TARDIS AMY: they go down the pub. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (flips through book) I could do those things! I don't, but I could! There is a crashing from above. DOCTOR: Hang on. Wait, wait, wait! Amy?! INT. TARDIS Screaming, AMY grabs onto the console as the TARDIS shakes again. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The hands of the clocks in the room begins spinning back and forth. The DOCTOR looks at his watch and sees the same thing. DOCTOR: Interesting. Localised time loop. INT. TARDIS AMY: Ow! What's all that? INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Time distortion. Whatever's happening upstairs, is still affecting you. INT. TARDIS AMY screams again as the TARDIS lurches. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, NIGHT Lights flash through the door to the upstairs flat. INT. HOUSE, TOP FLAT, NIGHT The WOMAN screams. INT. TARDIS AMY: It's stopped...ish! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT AMY: (over earpiece) How about your end? DOCTOR: My end's good. INT. TARDIS AMY: So, doesn't sound great, but nothing to worry about? INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: No, no, no, not really! Just keep the zigzag plotter on full, INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) that'll protect you. AMY pulls the switch as directed but it does nothing. AMY: Ah! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Amy, I said the zigzag plotter! INT. TARDIS AMY: I pulled the zigzag plotter! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: What, you're standing with the door behind you? INT. TARDIS AMY: Yes! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (mimes what he says) OK, take two steps to your right and pull it again! INT. TARDIS AMY does as the DOCTOR says and the grating eases. She sighs in relief. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Oh. Now, I must not use the sonic. I've got work to do, need to pick up a few items. INT. TARDIS AMY: Hey! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR throws some items on the bed and walks out of the room. EXT. HOUSE, NIGHT The DOCTOR walks backwards towards the house, pulling a shopping trolley. The trolley is filled with odds and ends. In the distance, a cat meows. DOCTOR: Ssh! Don't get comfortable! The DOCTOR pulls the house keys from his pocket and unlocks the front door. INT. FLAT HALL, DAY CRAIG is standing outside the bathroom. From inside we hear water running and the DOCTOR singing. CRAIG knocks on the door. CRAIG: Doctor! DOCTOR: Hello?! CRAIG: How long are you going to be in there? DOCTOR: Oh, sorry, I like a good soak! There is a loud banging from above. CRAIG: (looks up) What the hell was that? INT. BATHROOM, DAY The DOCTOR is in the shower. DOCTOR: What did you say? INT. FLAT HALL, DAY CRAIG: I'm just going to go upstairs, see if he's OK. INT. BATHROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Sorry? INT. FLAT HALL, DAY CRAIG heads for the flat door. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY CRAIG opens the door into the hall and heads up the stairs. INT. BATHROOM, DAY The DOCTOR peeks around the curtain. DOCTOR: What did you say? INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY CRAIG knocks on the door of the upstairs flat and it is opened a crack by an older gentlemen. MAN: Yes? Hello? INT. BATHROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Craig? The DOCTOR grabs a towel but slips on the bathroom floor as he gets out. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY CRAIG: It's me from downstairs. I heard a big bang. INT. BATHROOM, DAY The DOCTOR sits up on the floor, soap in his eyes. DOCTOR: No choice...it's sonicking time. Blinded by the soap, he reaches for the sonic screwdriver but grabs a toothbrush. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY MAN: Thank you, Craig, but I don't need your help. (closes door) INT. FLAT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR runs out of the bathroom. The towel wrapped around his waist slips to the floor. DOCTOR: Oops! The DOCTOR picks up the towel and runs out. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR runs into the hall and aims what he believes to be the screwdriver up the stairs. DOCTOR: What happened, what's going on? CRAIG: Is that my toothbrush? DOCTOR: Correct. You spoke to the man upstairs? CRAIG: Yeah. DOCTOR: What did he look like? CRAIG: More normal than you do at the moment, mate. What are you doing? DOCTOR: I thought you might be in trouble. CRAIG: Thanks(!) Well if I ever am, you can come and save me with my toothbrush. The phone rings and CRAIG goes to answer it. The DOCTOR cautiously climbs the stairs. SOPHIE enters and sees the DOCTOR. SOPHIE: Ooh! Hello? DOCTOR: Ah! Hello! The Doctor. (comes down stairs) Right. You must be Sophie. SOPHIE: Mm-hm. The DOCTOR gives her a Gallic air kiss like he gave CRAIG. SOPHIE: Oh...oh! With a last look upstairs, the DOCTOR enters the flat. INT. PARLOR, DAY CRAIG is on the phone. CRAIG: No, Dom's in Malta, there's nobody around. Hang on a sec. (to DOCTOR) We've got a match today, pub league, we're one down if you fancy it? DOCTOR: Pub league? A drinking competition? CRAIG: No...football...play football? DOCTOR: Football. Football! Yes, blokes play football! I'm good at football, I think. CRAIG: You've saved my life! (pats him on the cheek) (into phone) I've got somebody. All right, see you down there. Hey, Soph. The DOCTOR goes to the fridge and takes out a carton of milk. SOPHIE: Hey, I thought I'd come early and meet your new flatmate. DOCTOR: Do you play, Sophie? (drinks from the carton) CRAIG: No, Soph just stands on the sidelines, she's my mascot. SOPHIE: I'm your mascot? Mascot?! CRAIG: Well, not my mascot, it's a football match, I can't take a date. SOPHIE: I didn't say I was your date. CRAIG: Neither did I. The three stand in an awkward silence. DOCTOR: Better get dressed. The DOCTOR hands CRAIG his toothbrush back and heads for his room. CRAIG: Oh, the spare kit's just in the bottom drawer. DOCTOR: Bit of a mess. (closes bedroom door) CRAIG: What d'you think? SOPHIE: You didn't say he was gorgeous! The DOCTOR opens the door to his room. DOCTOR: You unlocked the door. How did you do that? Those are your keys, you must have left them last time you came here. SOPHIE: Yeah, but I...How do you know these are my keys? CRAIG: I've been holding them! SOPHIE: I have got another set. DOCTOR: You've got two sets of keys to someone else's house? SOPHIE: Yeah. DOCTOR: I see! You must like it here too. (closes bedroom door) INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY The DOCTOR changes into his uniform while talking to AMY. DOCTOR: So I'm going out, if I hang about the house all the time, him upstairs might get suspicious, notice me. INT. TARDIS AMY: Football, OK, well done, that is normal. DOCTOR: (over speaker) Yeah, football, all outdoorsy. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Now, football's the one with the sticks, isn't it? EXT. PARK, DAY The DOCTOR is walking with CRAIG and SOPHIE. CRAIG: What are you actually called, what's your proper name? DOCTOR: Just call me the Doctor. SOPHIE: Yeah. CRAIG: I can't say to these guys, "Hey, this is my new flatmate, he's called the Doctor." DOCTOR: Why not? CRAIG: ‘Cos it's weird. They are greeted by SEAN, one of CRAIG'S teammates. SEAN: All right, Craig. Soph. All right, mate. DOCTOR: (shakes SEAN'S hand) Hello, I'm Craig's new flatmate. (Gallic kiss) I'm called the Doctor. SEAN: All right, Doctor. I'm Sean. Where are you strongest? DOCTOR: Arms. CRAIG: No, he means, what position? On the field? DOCTOR: Not sure. The front? The side? Below? SEAN: Are you any good though? The DOCTOR spins the ball on his fingertips. DOCTOR: Let's find out! (kicks the ball and heads out to the field) As the team plays, the DOCTOR takes over the field, intercepting passes to other players and scoring goals. SOPHIE cheers from the sidelines. This upsets CRAIG. Soon the majority of the onlookers begin chanting "Doctor!" EXT. HOUSE, DAY A WOMAN walks down the street. A little girl's voice comes over the intercom. VOICE: Please can you help me? Can you help me, please? Can you help me? The WOMAN stops and approaches the door. WOMAN: Hello? (goes inside) INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The figure of a girl stands at the top of the steps. GIRL: I've lost my mum, I don't know where she is. Please can you help me? WOMAN: Help you? You poor thing, what's happened? (goes upstairs) The GIRL heads into the flat. GIRL: Can you help me find her? EXT. PARK, DAY The game is over and the team and friends are gathered around a bench having some beers. SEAN: You are so on the team! Next week we've got the Crown and Anchor, we'll annihilate them! DOCTOR: No v*olence, not while I'm around, not today, not ever. I'm the Doctor, the oncoming storm... and you meant b*at them in a football match, didn't you? SEAN: Yeah. DOCTOR: Lovely, what sort of time? CRAIG opens a can and it spills over and everyone laughs. It keeps happening, involving everyone but the DOCTOR. He leaves the small group to make contact with AMY. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT, DAY The WOMAN screams in pain. EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Amy? INT. TARDIS Once again, the TARDIS is shaking. DOCTOR: (over speaker) Amy? AMY: It's happening again! Worse! EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: What does the scanner say? INT. TARDIS AMY looks at the scanner. AMY: A lot of nines. Is it good that they're nines? Tell me it's good that they're all nines! EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Yes, yes, it's...it's good! Zigzag plotter, zigzag plotter, Amy. INT. TARDIS AMY uses the zigzag plotter but there is no change. She is then thrown by the TARDIS as it lurches. She screams. EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Amy? Are you there? INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) Amy? AMY: Yes, hello. EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Ah, thank heavens. I thought the TARDIS had been flung off into the vortex with you inside it, INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) …lost forever. AMY: You mean that could actually happen!? EXT. PARK, DAY AMY: (over earpiece) You have got to get me out of here. DOCTOR: How are the numbers? INT. TARDIS AMY checks the scanner. AMY: All fives. EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Fives? (looks to see the time loop ended) Even better. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) Still, it means the effect's almost unbelievably powerful and dangerous, but don't worry. EXT. PARK, DAY DOCTOR: Hang on, OK? INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) I've got some rewiring to do. AMY: Hey! You..."hang on"! INT. FLAT HALL, DAY CRAIG comes down the hall from his bedroom to the DOCTOR'S and knocks on the door. The DOCTOR opens the door, an orange traffic cone under his arm. DOCTOR: Hello, flatmate. CRAIG: Hey, man. Listen, Sophie's coming round tonight and I was wondering if you could give us some space? DOCTOR: Oh, don't mind me. You won't even know I'm here. There is another loud noise from above and the DOCTOR looks up. DOCTOR: That's the idea. The DOCTOR closes the door and CRAIG stands there listening. DOCTOR: Yes, perfect! What a beauty! There is some rustling and clinking but CRAIG just shrugs it off. INT. PARLOR, NIGHT SOPHIE and CRAIG are on the couch. SOPHIE notices the stain on the ceiling. SOPHIE: That's got bigger. CRAIG: Oh, yeah. SOPHIE: Are we going out? CRAIG: I've had a bit of a weird day, can we do pizza-booze-telly? SOPHIE: Great, love it! Wait. (shuts off mobile) No Melina, no crises, no interruptions. CRAIG: Great. Excellent. Um, Soph...I've...I think... SOPHIE: Where's this going? CRAIG: I think that we...should... SOPHIE nods as she waits for CRAIG to finish his sentence. DOCTOR: Hello. The DOCTOR is kneeling behind the sofa, only his head showing. CRAIG: What? DOCTOR: Whoops, sorry, don't worry, I wasn't listening, in a world of my own down there. CRAIG: I thought you were going out? DOCTOR: Just re-connecting all the electrics, it's a real mess. Where's the on-switch for this? (holds out a normal screwdriver) CRAIG: He really is on his way out. SOPHIE: No, I don't mind, if you don't mind. CRAIG: (upset) I don't mind, why would I mind? SOPHIE: (to DOCTOR) Then stay, have a drink with us. DOCTOR: What, do I have to stay now? CRAIG: Do you want to stay? DOCTOR: I don't mind. SOPHIE: OK! CRAIG: Great! LATER… The DOCTOR is sitting in a chair working with the electric wires around his neck. SOPHIE is drinking a glass of wine and CRAIG is looking up at the ceiling. SOPHIE: Cos life can seem pointless, Doctor. Work, weekend, work, weekend. And there's six billion people on the planet doing pretty much the same. DOCTOR: Six billion people? Watching you two at work, I'm starting to wonder where they all come from. SOPHIE: What? What do you mean by that? DOCTOR: So, the call centre. That's no good? What do you really want to do? SOPHIE: Don't laugh. I only ever told Craig about it. I want to work looking after animals. Maybe abroad? I saw this orangutan sanctuary on telly. DOCTOR: What's stopping you? CRAIG: She can't, you need loads of qualifications. SOPHIE: Yeah, true. Plus it's scary, everyone I know lives round here. Craig got offered a job in London, better money, didn't take it. CRAIG: What's wrong with staying here? I can't see the point of London. DOCTOR: Well, perhaps that's you, then. Perhaps you'll just have to stay here, secure and a little bit miserable until the day you drop. Better than trying and failing, eh? SOPHIE: You think I'd fail? DOCTOR: Everybody's got dreams, Sophie, very few are going to achieve them, so why pretend? (sips wine then makes a face and spits it back into the glass) Perhaps, in the whole universe, a call centre is where you should be? SOPHIE: Why are you saying that? That's horrible. DOCTOR: Is it true? SOPHIE: Of course it's not true. I'm not staying in a call centre all my life, I can do anything I want! The DOCTOR smiles. SOPHIE: Oh! Yeah! Right! (fist bumps the DOCTOR) (to CRAIG) Oh, my God! Did you see what he just did? CRAIG: No, what's happening? Are you going to live with monkeys now? DOCTOR: It's a big old world, Sophie. Work out what's really keeping you here, eh? SOPHIE: I don't know. Dunno. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY CRAIG escorts SOPHIE to the door. CRAIG: So, are you going to be taking off then, seeing the world? SOPHIE: What? Do you think I should? CRAIG: Yeah... Like the Doctor says, what's keeping you here? SOPHIE: Yeah, exactly! What? Bye. CRAIG: See you. They hug. CRAIG: See you in a bit. SOPHIE: Yeah. (leaves) INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR has created a large and ungainly device from all the bits and pieces he has collected. He has set the main part on the bed frame and ducks out of the way as it begins to spin wobbly. DOCTOR: Right. Shield's up. Let's scan! AMY: (over earpiece) What are you getting? The DOCTOR looks at a converted digital clock. DOCTOR: Upstairs. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) No traces of high technology. Totally INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: normal. No no, no, no, it can't be! It's too normal. INT. TARDIS AMY: Only for you could too normal be a problem. You said I could be lost forever. Just go upstairs. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Without knowing, get myself k*lled, then you really are lost. If I could just get a look in there... Hold on. (stops the device spinning) Use the data bank, get me the plans of this building - its history, the layout, everything. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) Meanwhile, I shall recruit a spy. INT. PARLOR, NIGHT CRAIG is clearing up after SOPHIE'S visit and looks up at the ceiling. Curious, he steps onto a chair. He starts to reach out but stops. CRAIG: The Rotmeister... (touches the stain and receives a shock) Ahh! Ow! (steps down and shakes his hand) INT. FLAT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR walks down the hall, carrying a breakfast tray. He stops at CRAIG'S door. DOCTOR: Craig! Craig? (knocks on door) Breakfast. It's normal. Craig? (opens door) Craig! INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, DAY CRAIG is lying unmoving on his bed. The DOCTOR rushes over and puts the tray down on the bed. He kneels beside him and grabs CRAIG'S arm. DOCTOR: Craig, I told you not to touch it! What's that? (a large streak is running up CRAIG'S arm) An unfamiliar and obviously poisonous substance. "Oh, I know what would be really clever, I'll stick my hand in it!" Come on, Craig, breathe. The DOCTOR pounds on CRAIG'S chest and CRAIG gasps. DOCTOR: Come on, Craig, breathe! Thems are healthy footballer's lungs! The DOCTOR grabs the teapot and runs from the room. INT. KITCHEN, DAY The DOCTOR grabs teabags and crams them into the pot. DOCTOR: Right. Reverse the enzyme decay. Excite the tannin molecules. Rushes back to CRAIG'S room. INT. CRAIG'S BEDROOM, DAY The DOCTOR makes CRAIG drink the tea via the spout. CRAIG: (hoarsely) I've got to go to work. DOCTOR: On no account. You need rest. One more. CRAIG: (drinks) It's the planning meeting, it's important. DOCTOR: You're important. You're going to be fine, Craig. CRAIG falls asleep and the DOCTOR slips out. LATER… CRAIG rolls over to see that it is 2:45 in the afternoon. He gets up in a panic. CRAIG: What! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY Dressed for work, CRAIG runs out the door. INT. WORK CORRIDOR, DAY CRAIG runs down the hallway and into the call center. INT. CALL CENTER, DAY MICHAEL: Oh, afternoon. CRAIG: I'm so sorry, Michael, I don't know what happened, I've got no excuse. The DOCTOR pops up from under the desk right where MICHAEL and CRAIG are standing. He has on a headset and is speaking with a customer. DOCTOR: (into headset) I think that's not what my screen is telling me, Mr Lang. CRAIG: What's he doing here? What are you doing here? DOCTOR: (into headset) If that's your attitude, Mr Lang, please take your custom elsewhere. (blows raspberry) CRAIG: No, no, no, that's one of my best clients! DOCTOR: Craig, how are you feeling? Had some time to k*ll, I was curious, never worked in an office. Never worked in anywhere. CRAIG: You're insane! MICHAEL: Leave off the Doctor, I love the Doctor. He was brilliant in the planning meeting. CRAIG: You went to the planning meeting? DOCTOR: Yes. I was your representative. We don't need Mr Lang any more. Rude Mr Lang. SOPHIE arrives with tea and biscuits. SOPHIE: Here you go, and I found some custard creams! DOCTOR: Sophie, my hero. SOPHIE: Hi, Craig. I went on the web, applied for a wildlife charity thing. They said I could always start as a volunteer straight away. Should I do it? CRAIG: Yeah, great, yeah, good, go for it. DOCTOR: You look awful. About turn! Bed. Now. Who next? (types at keyboard) Oh, yes. SOPHIE walks away. MICHAEL waves goodbye and CRAIG heads for the door in frustration. DOCTOR: (into headset) Hello, Mr Joergensen. Can you hold? I have to eat a biscuit. The DOCTOR looks over to the door and watches CRAIG leave. He also sees SOPHIE'S reaction. INT. PARLOR, DAY CRAIG goes through a drawer and pulls out a spare set of keys then heads for the DOCTOR'S bedroom door. He unlocks it and steps in. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY CRAIG stops when he sees the DOCTOR'S device still spinning. CRAIG: What the hell? INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY A cat comes down the stairs and meows. The DOCTOR enters and sees it. DOCTOR: Have you been upstairs? (cat meows) Yes? (deep throaty meow) INT. PARLOR, DAY CRAIG is throwing darts. He hears the DOCTOR in the front hall. DOCTOR: (through wall) You can do it. Show me what's up there? What's behind that door? Try to show me. Ohh, that doesn't make sense! Ever see anyone go up there? Lots of people? Good good. CRAIG peers through the peephole and sees the DOCTOR on the stairs petting the cat. DOCTOR: What kind of people? People who never come back down. That's very bad. CRAIG opens the door. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY DOCTOR: (looks up) Oh, hello. CRAIG: I can't take this any more. I want you to go! CRAIG goes back into the flat and the DOCTOR follows. CRAIG gives him the paper bag of money CRAIG: You can have this back an' all. DOCTOR: What have I done? CRAIG: For a start, talking to a cat. DOCTOR: (throws bag over his shoulder) Lots of people talk to cats. CRAIG: Everybody loves you, you're better at football than me, and my job, and now Sophie's all "Oh, monkeys, monkeys!" and then... (opens the door to the DOCTOR'S room) there's that! The DOCTOR rushes over. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY DOCTOR: It's art! A statement on modern society, "Ooh, ain't modern society awful?" (stops it spinning) CRAIG: Me and you, it's not gonna work out. You've been here three days, the three weirdest days of my life. DOCTOR: Your days will get a lot weirder if I go! CRAIG: I thought it was good weird, but it's not, it's bad weird! I can't do this any more! DOCTOR: I can't leave this place. I'm like you, I can't see the point of anywhere else. Madrid, hah, what a dump! I have to stay. CRAIG: No, you don't, you have to leave! DOCTOR: I can't go! CRAIG: Just get out! CRAIG goes to push the DOCTOR and the DOCTOR grabs him by the lapels. DOCTOR: Right! Only way! I'm going to show you something, but ssh, really, ssh! Oh, I am going to regret this. OK, right... First, general background! The DOCTOR head-butts CRAIG. EACH man then grabs his head in pain with a groan. CRAIG "sees" the DOCTOR'S past incarnations and some adventures. He gasps in realization and points at the DOCTOR. CRAIG: You're a... DOCTOR: Yes. CRAIG: From... (points skywards) DOCTOR: Ssh. CRAIG: You've got a TARDIS! DOCTOR: Yes. Ssh! (motions to his face) Eleventh! Right... OK, specific detail! He head-butts CRAIG again, filling him in on the reason he is there. CRAIG: You saw my ad in the paper shop window. DOCTOR: Yes, with this right above it. (shows CRAIG a note signed by AMY) Which is odd, because Amy hasn't written it yet. Time travel, it CAN happen. CRAIG: That's a scanner! You used non-technological technology of Lammasteen. The DOCTOR claps a hand over CRAIG'S mouth. DOCTOR: Shut up! INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY SOPHIE enters and uses her key on the door to the flat. The figure of a girl appears at the top of the stairs. GIRL: Please can you help me? SOPHIE: Hi. GIRL: Please. Will you help me? SOPHIE: What's the matter, my love? (starts up the stairs) Help you? SOPHIE follows the girl into the upstairs flat. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Aaargh! I am never, ever doing that ever ever again... (turns on earpiece) Amy! CRAIG: That's Amy Pond! DOCTOR: Oh, of course, you can understand us now, hurrah. (to AMY) Got those plans yet? INT. TARDIS AMY: Still searching for them! DOCTOR: (over speaker) I've worked it out with psychic help from a cat. AMY: Cat? INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Yes, I know he's got a time engine in the flat upstairs. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) He's using innocent people to try and launch it. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY DOCTOR: Whenever he does, they get burnt up, hence the stain... CRAIG: From the ceiling? DOCTOR: Well done, Craig. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) And you, Miss Pond, nearly get thrown off into the Vortex. AMY: Lovely! INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY A loud crash comes from above. CRAIG: People are dying up there? People are dying. People are dying. DOCTOR: Amy! INT. TARDIS AMY is thrown to the floor as the TARDIS lurches again. INT. DOCTOR'S BEDROOM, DAY CRAIG: They're being k*lled! DOCTOR: Someone's up there. The DOCTOR runs out of the room followed by CRAIG. INT. TARDIS AMY pulls herself up and clings to the monitor handle. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR and CRAIG run up the stairs. AMY: (over earpiece) Doctor! DOCTOR: Hang on! CRAIG stops when he sees SOPHIE'S keys in the lock. DOCTOR: Craig, come on...someone's dying up there. (sees SOPHIE'S keys and runs upstairs) CRAIG: It's Sophie. It's Sophie that's dying up there, it's Sophie! (follows the DOCTOR) INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor! Stop! INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The DOCTOR and CRAIG arrive outside the door of the top flat. CRAIG: Where's Sophie! DOCTOR: Wait, wait! Amy? CRAIG: I'm holding them. (sets them on sofa arm) INT. TARDIS AMY: Are you upstairs? INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY DOCTOR: Just going in! AMY: (over earpiece) But you can't be upstairs. DOCTOR: Of course I can be upstairs! CRAIG: Come on! INT. TARDIS AMY: No! I've got the plans, you cannot be upstairs, it's a one-storey building. INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY AMY: (over earpiece) There is no upstairs! The DOCTOR and CRAIG look down the stairs before the DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver and they enter the flat. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY Beyond the normal looking front door is a very advanced spaceship. At its center is a control panel. CRAIG: What? The DOCTOR and CRAIG slowly walk in. DOCTOR: What? Oh. Oh, of course! The time engine isn't IN the flat, the time engine IS the flat! Someone's attempt to build a TARDIS. CRAIG: No, there's always been an upstairs. DOCTOR: Has there? Think about it! CRAIG: Yes. No. I don't... DOCTOR: Perception filter. It's more than a disguise. It tricks your memory. SOPHIE screams as she is pulled towards the controls. CRAIG: Sophie! CRAIG and the DOCTOR run to her. CRAIG: Sophie! Oh, my God, Sophie! (grabs her hand to keep it from touching the glowing panel) DOCTOR: Craig! It's controlling her. It's willing her to touch the activator. CRAIG: It's not going to have her! The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on the panel. SOPHIE touches it and screams. DOCTOR: Ah! Deadlock seal! CRAIG: You've got to do something! The device lets her go and CRAIG eases her to the ground. DOCTOR: What? Why's it let her go? The DOCTOR looks around and sees a dried up skeleton. As he crosses the center of the room, the hologram of the old man appears. HOLOGRAM: You will help me. DOCTOR: Right! Stop! Crashed ship, let's see. Hello, I'm Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue. Please state the nature of your emergency. HOLOGRAM: The ship has crashed. The crew are d*ad. A pilot is required. DOCTOR: You're the emergency crash program. A hologram. You've been luring people up here so you can try them out. The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver and the hologram changes to that of the little girl, a younger man, then back to the old man. HOLOGRAM: You will help me, you will help me, you will help me. SOPHIE: Craig! Where am I? DOCTOR: Hush! Human brains aren't strong enough, they just burn. You're stupid, aren't you? You just keep trying. HOLOGRAM: 17 people have been tried. 6,000,400,026 remain. SOPHIE: (stands) Seriously, what is going on? DOCTOR: Oh, for goodness' sake. The top floor of Craig's building is in reality an alien space ship, INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over speaker) …intent on slaughtering the population of this planet. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY DOCTOR: Any questions? No? Good. SOPHIE: Yes, I have questions. HOLOGRAM: The correct pilot has now been found. DOCTOR: Yes, I was worried you'd say that. INT. TARDIS AMY: He means you, Doctor, doesn't he? INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY Fingers of energy reach out and begin to pull the DOCTOR towards the control panel. HOLOGRAM: The correct pilot has been found. The correct pilot has been found. INT. TARDIS AMY: What's happening? INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY The DOCTOR tries to resist. DOCTOR: It's pulling me in! I'm the new pilot! AMY: (over earpiece) Could you do it? INT. TARDIS AMY: Could you fly the ship safely? INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY DOCTOR: No, I'm way too much for this ship. My hand touches that panel, the planet doesn't blow up, the whole solar system does. The DOCTOR halts his hand inches above the glowing panel. HOLOGRAM: The correct pilot has been found. DOCTOR: No...worst choice ever, I promise you. Stop this! AMY: (over earpiece) Doctor! INT. TARDIS AMY: It's getting worse. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY DOCTOR: It doesn't want everyone. Craig, it didn't want you! CRAIG: I spoke to him and he said I couldn't help him! DOCTOR: It didn't want Sophie before but now it does. What's changed? (groans in pain) No! I gave her the idea of leaving! It's a machine that needs to leave, it wants people who want to escape! And you don't want to leave, Craig, you're Mr Sofa Man. INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY DOCTOR: Craig, you can shut down the engine. Put your hand on the panel and concentrate on why you want to stay! SOPHIE: Craig, no! CRAIG: Will it work? DOCTOR: Yes! CRAIG: Are you sure? DOCTOR: Yes! CRAIG: Is that a lie? DOCTOR: Of course, it's a lie! CRAIG: It's good enough for me. Geronimo! CRAIG slams his palm onto the panel and screams as the energy courses through him. The ship releases its hold on the DOCTOR. INT. TARDIS AMY holds onto the monitor handle for dear life. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY SOPHIE: Craig! INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY The DOCTOR rushes over to CRAIG. DOCTOR: Craig, what's keeping you here? Think about everything that makes you want to stay here! Why don't you want to leave? (slaps CRAIG) CRAIG: Sophie! And I don't want to leave Sophie! I can't leave Sophie! I love Sophie! SOPHIE: I love you, too, Craig, you idiot! (slaps her hand down on the panel with CRAIG'S) The ship begins to smoke and spark. INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY CRAIG: Honestly, do you mean that? SOPHIE: Of course I mean it! Do you mean it? CRAIG: I've always meant it. Seriously though, do you mean it? SOPHIE: Yes. INT. TARDIS AMY: Ugh! CRAIG: (over speaker) But what about the monkeys? INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY DOCTOR: Oh, not now, not again! Craig, the planet's about to burn! For God's sake, kiss the girl! INT. TARDIS AMY: Kiss the girl! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY CRAIG and SOPHIE kiss and they are able to remove their hands from the panel. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS calms down and makes the normal sound of materialization. INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY AMY: (over earpiece) Doctor! INT. TARDIS AMY: You've done it. Aha, you've done it! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY AMY: (over earpiece) Oh, now the screen's just zeros! Now it's minus ones, minus twos, minus threes... SOPHIE and CRAIG are still kissing. INT. TARDIS AMY: Big yes! INT. UPSTAIRS FLAT/SPACESHIP, DAY The HOLOGRAM cycles through its different voices and projections. HOLOGRAM: Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. DOCTOR: Big no. HOLOGRAM: Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. CRAIG: Did we switch it off? DOCTOR: Emergency shutdown, it's imploding, everybody out, out, out! HOLOGRAM: Help me. Help me. Help me. Help me. CRAIG and SOPHIE run out of the ship followed by the DOCTOR. INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor! INT. HOUSE FRONT HALL, DAY The three run down the stairs and outside as the house begins to shake. EXT. HOUSE, DAY They run across the street and watch as the perception filter dissipates to reveal the ship. Mere seconds later, the ship disappears. People stroll by, not realizing what had happened. CRAIG: Look at them. Didn't they see that? The whole top floor just vanished. DOCTOR: Perception filter. There never was a top floor. INT. PARLOR, DAY The stain on the ceiling has disappeared. CRAIG and SOPHIE are kissing on the couch. CRAIG: So have we spoiled our friendship, then? SOPHIE: Totally ruined it. CRAIG: And what about the monkeys? We could save them together, you know. Do whatever we want. I could see the point of Paris if you were there with me. SOPHIE: First let's destroy our friendship completely. They continue to make out on the couch. The DOCTOR enters, sees what they're doing and quietly leaves his keys on the sideboard. He then goes to leave. CRAIG: Oi! SOPHIE and CRAIG come over to him. SOPHIE: What, you're trying to sneak off? DOCTOR: Yes, well, you were sort of... busy. CRAIG picks up the keys and hold them out to the DOCTOR. CRAIG: I want you to keep these. Thank you. DOCTOR: Thank you. (takes keys) Cos I might pop back soon, have another little stay. CRAIG: No, you won't. I've been in your head, remember? But I still want you to keep them. DOCTOR: Thank you, Craig. CRAIG: Thank you, Doctor. DOCTOR: Sophie. (puts a hand on their shoulders) Now then. 6,000,400,026 people in the world. That's the number to b*at. SOPHIE: (laughs) Yeah. The DOCTOR leaves with a smile. On the fridge, amidst photos of CRAIG and SOPHIE, brightly colored letter magnets spell out "The Doctor Rocks". Panning down, there is a photo of the DOCTOR being held aloft on the team's shoulders after the football match. Panning to the gap next to the fridge and then zooming in, we see the same crack as from AMY'S childhood bedroom. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR sets the TARDIS in motion. DOCTOR: Back in time! You need to go to the paper shop, leave that note for me. AMY: Right little matchmaker, aren't you? Can't you find me a fella? The DOCTOR puts on his stethoscope and listens to the console. DOCTOR: Oh, rectifier's playing up again...Hold on. (goes to a different section of the control room) You write the note and I'll change that will. AMY: You got a pen? DOCTOR: Make sure it's a red pen. AMY searches the DOCTOR'S jacket pockets for a pen. She pulls out the jewelry box holding her engagement ring from RORY. She opens it and stares at the ring. As she does, there is a flash of the crack growing wider and flashing brilliantly.
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EXT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, FRANCE 1890, DAY It is raining and we hear VINCENT'S tormented cries. INT. VINCENT'S COTTAGE, DAY On an easel to the side is the sunflower painting dedicated to AMY. VINCENT is on a couch, his doctor, GACHET, kneeling at his side, trying to quiet him. Madame VERNET, his housekeeper/caregiver is there as well. GACHET: Vincent, can you hear me? Please, Vincent. VERNET: It's not enough he goes drinking all round the town, now the whole neighbourhood has to listen to his screaming. GACHET: He's very ill, Madame Vernet. VERNET: (looks at a paining) Look at this, even worse than his usual rubbish. GACHET stands and comes to look at the painting. VERNET: What's it supposed to be? VINCENT'S cries continue. INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, 1941, DAY A man strolls down the corridor, a wrapped parcel under his arm. He enters an office and we see it is BRACEWELL. BRACEWELL: It was found behind the wall in an attic in France. It's genuine... it's a Van Gogh... BRACEWELL is joined by CHURCHILL. CHURCHILL: Why bring it to me? BRACEWELL: Because it's obviously a message... and you can see who it's for. CHURCHILL: Can't say I understand it. BRACEWELL: You're not supposed to understand it, Prime Minister. You're supposed to deliver it. INT. STORMCAGE CONTAINMENT FACILITY, 5145 A phone on the wall rings and a GUARD crosses the corridor to answer it. GUARD: Cell 426. As he listens to the person on the other end, it looks into one of the cells where we see RIVER SONG on a bunk reading. GUARD: The Doctor? Do you mean Dr Song? RIVER stands, gripping the bars. RIVER: Give me that. Seriously, just give it to me. I'm entitled to phone calls. The GUARD walks over and hands her the phone. RIVER: Doctor? INT. CABINET w*r ROOMS, 1941, DAY CHURCHILL: No, and neither are you. Where is he? RIVER: (over phone) You're phoning the time vortex, it doesn't always work. But the TARDIS is smart, she's re-routed the call. INT. STORMCAGE CONTAINMENT FACILITY, 5145 RIVER: Talk quickly. This connection will last less than a minute. RIVER listens intently. GUARD: Dr Song. RIVER nods and ends the call. GUARD: Are you finished with that? With her back to the guard, RIVER reaches into her shirt and removes something. After a pause, she walks back and hands the guard the phone. RIVER: You're new here, aren't you? GUARD: First day. RIVER: Then I'm very sorry. RIVER kisses him through the bars. Moments later, the alarm is ringing and other guards come running down the corridor and stop outside RIVER'S cell. The GUARD is inside, his g*n aimed. GUARD 2: Stay exactly where you are. GUARD: She had the lipstick, the hallucinogenic lipstick. She tried to use it on me! The guards outside the cell look at each other, puzzled. Inside the cell, the GUARD wipes his lips and smiles. GUARD: Your tricks don't work in here, Dr Song. We finally see that he is aiming at a stick figure drawn on the wall. It says "Bye". INT. THE ROYAL COLLECTION, 5145, NIGHT A figure runs along a hallway in the dark building. Some paintings are falling from their frames and some frames are already empty. The figure is RIVER. She is dressed in black, a torch in her hand. She is searching for a particular painting and stops when she sees it. She rips it from the frame and heads back the way she came. Halfway up the stairs, the lights come on. A woman at the top holds a g*n aimed at her. It is LIZ 10. LIZ 10: This is the Royal Collection and I'm the bloody Queen. What are you doing here? RIVER: It's about the Doctor, Ma'am. You met him once, didn't you? I know he came here. LIZ 10: (lowers her g*n) The Doctor! RIVER: He's in trouble. I need to find him. LIZ 10: Then why are you stealing a painting? RIVER: Look at it. (hands LIZ 10 the painting) I need to find the Doctor, and I need to show him this. LIZ 10 looks at the painting and then at RIVER in astonishment. INT. THE MALDOVARIUM, 5145, NIGHT RIVER is in a bar meeting with DORIUM, a salesman. DORIUM: Now, word on the belt is, you're looking for time travel. RIVER: Are you selling? DORIUM snaps his fingers and an alien comes carrying a box. DORIUM: A vortex manipulator, fresh off the wrist of a handsome Time Agent. (opens the box and sighs) I said OFF the wrist. The alien carries the box away. DORIUM: Not cheap, Dr Song. Have you brought me a pretty toy? RIVER takes off one of her jeweled earrings. RIVER: This is a Calisto Pulse. It can disarm micro-expl*sives from up to 20 feet. DORIUM: What kind of micro-expl*sives? (sips drink) RIVER: The kind I just put in your wine. INT. TARDIS AMY is sitting in the swing under the console room floor looking at her engagement ring. She slips it onto her finger just as the DOCTOR pokes his head down. DOCTOR: Vavoom! AMY: Va-what? The DOCTOR runs about the console flicking switches as AMY joins him. DOCTOR: I can't believe I've never thought of this before, it's genius. Right! Landed, come on. (heads for the door) AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: Planet One, the oldest planet in the universe. There's a cliff of pure diamond and, according to legend, on the cliff there's writing, letters 50 feet high, a message from the dawn of time, and no-one knows what it says, ‘cos no-one's ever translated it. Till today. AMY: What happens today? DOCTOR: (taps AMY'S nose) Us. The TARDIS can translate anything. All we have to do is open the doors and read the very first words in recorded history. The DOCTOR reaches out and AMY places her hand in his and they exit the TARDIS. EXT. TARDIS, PLANET ONE, DAY The DOCTOR and AMY step out onto the tropical planet and look up at the cliff-face. In large letters it read "HELLO SWEETIE" with Greek looking symbols underneath. AMY: (chuckles) Vavoom! EXT. FOREST, ROMAN BRITAIN, DAY The TARDIS materializes and the DOCTOR and AMY step out. AMY: Right place? DOCTOR: Just followed the co-ordinates on the cliff-face. Earth. Britain. (checks watch) 1:02am. No, pm. (stops) No, AD. They look out over a large Roman encampment. AMY: That's a Roman Legion. DOCTOR: Well, yeah. The Romans inv*de Britain several times during this period. AMY: Oh, I know. My favourite topic at school. Invasion of the hot Italians. Yeah, I did get marked down for the title. A breathless Roman SOLDIER runs up to them. SOLDIER: (salutes with a fist to his chest) Hail, Caesar! (kneels) DOCTOR: Hi. SOLDIER: Welcome to Britain. We are honoured by your presence. DOCTOR: Well, you're only human. Arise... Roman person. AMY: Why does he think you're Caesar? The SOLDIER stands and we see smudges of lipstick on his face. SOLDIER: Cleopatra will see you now. They follow the SOLDIER. INT. TENT, DAY The DOCTOR walks into the tent and the first thing he sees is RIVER, dressed as CLEOPATRA, being waited on by two servants. RIVER: Hello, sweetie. AMY: River! Hi. DOCTOR: You graffitied the oldest cliff-face in the universe. RIVER: You wouldn't answer your phone. RIVER claps her hands and the servants leave. She then holds out the scrolled canvas. DOCTOR: What's this? RIVER: It's a painting. Your friend Vincent. The DOCTOR snatches the painting and begins to unroll it. RIVER: (stands) One of his final works. He had visions, didn't he? I thought you ought to know about this one. AMY: Doctor? Doctor, what is this? The painting is that of the TARDIS exploding. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Pandorica Opens" by Steven Moffat Producer Peter Bennett Director Toby Haynes EXT. FIELD, DAY The DOCTOR, RIVER and AMY are riding horseback across the field. RIVER has changed into something a little more "modern". INT. TENT, DAY The DOCTOR, AMY and RIVER are examining the painting. AMY: Why's it exploding? RIVER: I assume it's some kind of warning. The DOCTOR sits down, his thoughts heavy. AMY: Something's going to happen to the TARDIS? RIVER: It might not be that literal. Anyway this is where he wanted you. Date and map reference on the door sign, see? DOCTOR: Does it have a title? RIVER: The Pandorica Opens. EXT. FIELD, DAY DOCTOR: Come on. YA! INT. TENT, DAY AMY: The Pandorica? What is it? RIVER: A box. A cage. A prison. It was built to contain the most feared thing in all the universe. DOCTOR: (pacing) And it's a fairy tale, a legend. It can't be real. RIVER: If it is real, it's here and it's opening. And it's got something to do with your TARDIS exploding. The DOCTOR pulls out local maps. RIVER: Hidden, obviously. Buried for centuries. You won't find it on a map. DOCTOR: No. But if you buried the most dangerous thing in the universe, you'd want to remember where you put it. EXT. FIELD, DAY It is revealed that they are riding on Salisbury Plain to Stonehenge. EXT. STONEHENGE, DAY The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver on some of the stones lying on the ground. RIVER takes out a scanner and types in some information. AMY: How come it's not new? RIVER: Because it's already old. Been here thousands of years. No-one knows exactly how long. (looks skywards) AMY: OK, this Pandorica thing. Last time we saw you, you warned us about it, after we climbed out of the Byzantium. RIVER: Spoilers! (puts a finger to her lips) AMY: No, but you told the Doctor you'd see him again when the Pandorica opens. RIVER: Maybe I did. But I haven't yet. But I will have. Doctor, I'm picking up fry particles everywhere. Energy w*apon discharged on this site. The DOCTOR stands on a large stone. DOCTOR: If the Pandorica is here, it contains the mightiest warrior in history. Now, half the galaxy would want a piece of that. Maybe even fight over it. (jumps off stone and puts an ear to it) We need to get down there. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RIVER places a device on the corner of the large stone. There are large standing lights placed around the area. RIVER: (walks to DOCTOR) Right then. Ready. RIVER presses a button on her scanner and the rock slides to the side revealing stone steps underneath. The DOCTOR steps forward as RIVER takes a torch from her pocket and switches it on. DOCTOR: The underhenge. The DOCTOR takes out his sonic screwdriver and uses it as a torch as they enter. Behind one of the rocks, unnoticed by them, is the head of a Cyberman. There is a crackle of energy and it jerks. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR steps out of a narrow passage and uses the screwdriver to light a torch. RIVER goes to the opposite wall and brings a torch over to light it. The DOCTOR lifts up a large board that was acting as a lock across a huge set of doors. With a nod and a smile to RIVER, they push open the doors and find themselves in a cavernous room. In the center stands a large box with an intricate circular pattern on each side. DOCTOR: It's the Pandorica. RIVER: More than just a fairy tale. The DOCTOR walks forward and steps on something, He looks down to see the arm of a Cyberman. He continues towards the Pandorica and places a hand on it. DOCTOR: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world. AMY: How did it end up in there? DOCTOR: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it. The DOCTOR walks around to the other side of the Pandorica as RIVER hands AMY her torch as she takes out her scanner. RIVER: I hate good wizards in fairy tales. They always turn out to be him. AMY: (looking around) So it's kind of like Pandora's Box, then? Almost the same name. DOCTOR: Sorry, what? AMY: The story. Pandora's Box, with all the worst things in the world in it. The DOCTOR puts his torch in a holder then uses the screwdriver on the Pandorica. AMY: That was my favourite book when I was a kid. The DOCTOR stops and walks over to AMY, a concerned look on his face. AMY: What's wrong? DOCTOR: Your favourite school topic, your favourite story. Never ignore a coincidence, unless you're busy. In which case, always ignore a coincidence. (walks back to Pandorica) RIVER: So can you open it? DOCTOR: Easily. Anyone can break INTO a prison, but I'd rather know what I'm going to find first. RIVER: (looking at scanner) It's already opening. There are layers and layers of security protocols in there, and they're being disabled, one by one. Like it's being unlocked from the inside. DOCTOR: How long do we have? RIVER: Hours at the most. DOCTOR: What kind of security? RIVER: Everything. Deadlocks, time-stops, matter-lines. DOCTOR: What could need all that? RIVER: What could get past all that? DOCTOR: Think of the fear that went into making this box. AMY hears a rustling sound and turns quickly. Nothing is there. DOCTOR: What could inspire that level of fear? Hello, you. Have we met? RIVER: So why would it start to open now? DOCTOR: No idea. AMY: Hmm, and how could Vincent have known about it? He won't even be born for centuries. The DOCTOR takes out the sonic screwdriver once again and uses them on the stone pillars. DOCTOR: The stones! These stones are great big transmitters, broadcasting a warning to everyone, everywhere, to every time zone. The Pandorica is opening! RIVER: Doctor...everyone, everywhere? DOCTOR: Even poor Vincent heard it in his dreams. What's in there, what could justify all this? RIVER: Doctor, everyone? DOCTOR: Anything that powerful, I'd know about it. Why don't I know? RIVER: Doctor, you said everyone could hear it. So who else is coming? DOCTOR: Oh. AMY: Oh? Oh, what? RIVER: (presses scanner against pillar) OK, if it is basically a transmitter, we should be able to fold back the signal. DOCTOR: Doing it. (uses sonic on all pillars) AMY: Doing what? RIVER: Stonehenge is transmitting, it's been transmitting for a while...so who heard? DOCTOR: OK, should be feeding back to you now. River, what's out there? Getting anything? RIVER: Give me a moment. DOCTOR: River, quickly, anything? RIVER: (stunned) Around this planet, there are at least 10,000 starships. AMY: At least? RIVER: 10,000, 100,000, 1 million, I don't know. There's too many readings. DOCTOR: What kind of starships? A Dalek transmission comes through. DALEK 1: Maintaining orbit. DALEK 2: I obey. Shield cover compromised on ion sectors. AMY: Daleks. Those are Daleks. DALEK 1: Scan detects no temporal activity. DALEK 2: Soft grid scan commencing. DALEK 1: Reverse thrust for compensatory s*ab. RIVER: Daleks, Doctor. DALEK 2: Launch preliminary armaments protocol. DOCTOR: Yes, OK. OK, OK, OK. Dalek fleet. Minimum, 12,000 battleships, armed to the teeth. But we've got surprise on our side! They'll never expect three people to att*ck 12,000 Dalek battleships, ‘cos we'd be k*lled instantly. So it would be a fairly short surprise. Forget surprise. RIVER: Doctor, Cyber-ships. DOCTOR: No, Dalek ships, listen to them, those are Dalek ships. RIVER: Yes. Dalek ships AND Cyber-ships. DOCTOR: Well, we need to start a fight, turn them on each other. It's the Daleks... they're SO cross... RIVER: Sontaran. Four battle-fleets. DOCTOR: Sontarans! Talk about cross, who stole all their handbags? RIVER: (reads from scanner) Terileptil. Slitheen. Chelonian. Nestene. Drahvin. Sycorax. Haemo-goth. Zygon. Atraxi. Draconian. They're all here. For the Pandorica. DOCTOR: (to Pandorica) What are you? The ground begins to shake and the DOCTOR runs to the stairs, RIVER and AMY following. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT They look up to the sky and see lights from a number of ships flying above them. AMY: What do we do? RIVER: Doctor, listen to me! Everything that ever hated you is coming here tonight. You can't win this. You can't even fight it. Doctor, this once, just this one time, please, you have to run. DOCTOR: Run where? RIVER: Fight how? The DOCTOR takes out binoculars and looks back the way they came. DOCTOR: The greatest military machine in the history of the universe. AMY: What is? The Daleks? DOCTOR: No, no, no. The Romans! EXT. FIELD, NIGHT RIVER rides back to the Roman encampment. Her way into the tent is blocked by two guards. INT. COMMAND TENT, NIGHT RIVER is guarded by two soldiers as the commander paces. COMMANDER: So, I return to my command after one week and discover we've been playing host to Cleopatra. Who's in Egypt. And d*ad! RIVER: Yes. Funny how things work out. The ground shakes again as a ship flies overhead. COMMANDER: The sky is falling, and you make jokes. Who are you? RIVER: When you fight Barbarians, what must they think of you? COMMANDER: Oh, riddles now? RIVER: Where do they think you come from? COMMANDER: (draws sword) A place more deadly and more powerful and more impatient than their tiny minds can imagine. RIVER pulls out her disintegrator g*n and uses it on a cabinet. The COMMANDER and guards are stunned. RIVER: Where do I come from? Your world has visitors. You're all Barbarians now. COMMANDER: What is that? Tell me, what? RIVER: A fool would say, the work of the gods. But you've been a soldier too long to believe there are gods watching over us. There is, however, a man. And tonight he's going to need your help. SOLDIER: Sir? COMMANDER: One moment. The COMMANDER goes to the entrance to the tent where he holds a whispered conversation with the SOLDIER whose face is in shadow. They turn to look at RIVER. COMMANDER: Well, it seems you have a volunteer. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT AMY lights more torches as the DOCTOR examines the Pandorica. AMY: So what's this got to do with the TARDIS? DOCTOR: Nothing, as far as I know. AMY: But Vincent's painting... the TARDIS was exploding, is that going to happen? DOCTOR: One problem at a time. There's forcefield technology inside this box. If I can enhance the signal, I could extend it all over Stonehenge. Could buy us half an hour. AMY: What good is half an hour? DOCTOR: There are fruit flies live on Hoppledom 6 that live for 20 minutes and they don't even mate for life. There was going to be a point to that. I'll get back to you. AMY: (pulls the ring box from her pocket) So... Are you proposing to someone? DOCTOR: I'm sorry? AMY: I found this in your pocket. DOCTOR: (looks up) No. No, no, that's, uh...a memory. A friend of mine, someone I lost. (reaches for box but AMY pulls it away) Do you mind? AMY: It's weird, I feel... I don't know. Something. DOCTOR: People fall out of the world sometimes, but they always leave traces. Little things we can't quite account for. Faces in photographs, luggage, half eaten meals... rings... Nothing is ever forgotten, not completely. And if something can be remembered, it can come back. AMY: (snaps box closed and gives it back) So, was she nice, your friend? The DOCTOR puts the ring back in his pocket and heads back to the Pandorica to work on it. He stops and looks to AMY. DOCTOR: Remember that night you flew away with me? AMY: Of course I do. DOCTOR: And you asked me why I was taking you and I told you there wasn't a reason. I was lying. AMY: What, so you did have a reason? DOCTOR: Your house. AMY: My house. DOCTOR: It was too big, too many empty rooms. Does it ever bother you, Amy, that your life doesn't make any sense? At that moment, a laser fires. It is from the now activated Cyberman arm. AMY screams and they both hide on the opposite side of the Pandorica. AMY: OK, What was that? DOCTOR: Need a proper look. Got to draw its f*re, give it a target. AMY: How? DOCTOR: You know how sometimes I have really brilliant ideas? AMY: Yes... DOCTOR: Sorry! (runs out and stands in the open, arms spread high) Look at me, I'm a target! The laser fires again and the DOCTOR ducks behind a pillar. AMY: What is that? DOCTOR: Cyber-arm. Arm of a Cyberman. AMY: And what's a Cyberman? DOCTOR: Oh, sort of part man, part robot. The organic part must have died off years ago, now the robot part is looking for fresh meat. AMY: What, us? DOCTOR: It's just like being an organ donor, except you're alive and sort of screaming. I need to get round behind it, could you draw its f*re? AMY: Like you did? DOCTOR: You'll be fine if you're quick, it's only got one arm. Literally. (smiles and gives two thumbs up) AMY nervously returns the gesture before running, screaming, in the opposite direction. The cyberarm fires at her and the DOCTOR comes up behind it, dives, and grabs it. He then uses the screwdriver on it. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Scrambled its circuits, but stay where you are. It could be bluffing. AMY: Bluffing? It's an arm! DOCTOR: I said stay where you are! (stands) Angry, AMY steps back and crosses her arms. We then see her legs from the POV of something on the ground. It moves closer and a wire then wraps around one of her legs. AMY: (looks down) Doctor? (falls to the ground) DOCTOR: Amy! The cyber-arm releases a large dose of energy causing the DOCTOR to collapse to the ground unconscious. AMY: Doctor! The Cyberman head is using its wires to pulls itself closer to AMY, binding her wrists. As she fights it, she lifts it and stares at it. As she does so, a seam opens down the center. Inside is the skull of the former occupant. AMY screams. The skull falls out and the head begins snapping open and closed in an attempt to get to AMY. She bangs it against one of the stone pillars before throwing it to the ground. It begins to scuttle away. AMY: Doctor! The head sh**t a small dart to her neck. CYBER-HEAD: You will be assimilated. AMY: Yeah? You and whose body? There is the sound of heavy footsteps. AMY looks away from the head and sees the body of a Cyberman approaching. It is missing its head and left arm. It picks up the head and replaces it before coming after AMY. She tries to defend herself with a torch but the drug in her system is beginning to take effect. She falls through a double set of doors that shut behind her. AMY: Doctor! The Cyberman pounds on the door to get to her and then there is silence. She puts her ear to the door. AMY: Doctor? A sword is thrust into the door just before it swings open to show the Cyberman pinned and sparking. A Roman soldier stands there. AMY is unable to make him out clearly due to the drug. AMY: Who...? Who are you...? The soldier removes his helmet. It is RORY. RORY: Hello, Amy. AMY faints and RORY catches her. RORY: Whoa, whoa! RORY carries her to a stone table and sets her down. He caresses her hair just as another soldier enters the small room. SOLDIER: Sir, the man's coming round. DOCTOR: (O.C.) Amy?! Where's Amy? (runs into the room) RORY: She's fine, Doctor, just unconscious. DOCTOR: (rushes over) OK... (checks her with screwdriver) Yes, she's sedated, that's all. Half an hour, she'll be fine. OK, Romans, good, I was just wishing for Romans, good old River. How many? RORY: 50 men up top, volunteers. What about that thing? (points to Cyberman) DOCTOR: 50? Not exactly a legion. RORY nods to the other solider, who leaves. RORY: Your friend was very persuasive, but it's a tough sell. DOCTOR: Yes, I know that, Rory, I'm not exactly one to miss the obvious. But we need everything we can get. (pulls out two large g*n from a chest) OK, Cyber-w*apon. This is basically a sentry box. So, headless wonder here was a sentry. Probably got himself duffed up by the locals. Never underestimate a Celt. RORY: Doctor... DOCTOR: Hush, Rory. Why leave a Cyberman on guard? Unless it's a Cyberthing in the box. But why would they lock up one of their own? OK, no, not a Cyberthing, but what, what? No, I'm missing something obvious, Rory! (stands face-to-face) Something big, something right slap in front of me, I can feel it! RORY: Yeah, I think you probably are. DOCTOR: I'll get it in a minute. The DOCTOR strides out of the room with the g*n leaving RORY just standing there. There is a loud clatter as the DOCTOR puts down the w*apon and slowly re-enters the room. He walks up to RORY and stares at him. He pokes RORY in the chest and RORY sways. DOCTOR: Hello again. RORY: Hello. DOCTOR: How've you been? RORY: Good. Yeah, good. I mean, Roman. DOCTOR: Rory, I'm not trying to be rude, but you died. RORY: Yeah, I know, I was there. DOCTOR: You died and then you were erased from time. You didn't just die, you were never born at all, you never existed. RORY: Erased? What does that mean? DOCTOR: How can you be here? RORY: I don't know. It's kind of fuzzy. DOCTOR: Fuzzy? RORY: Well, I died and turned into a Roman. It's very distracting! (runs a hand across AMY'S cheek) Did she miss me? The DOCTOR doesn't answer. There is a loud whooshing and rumbling and the DOCTOR and RORY run out of the smaller room into the main cavern. The symbols on the Pandorica are glowing green. The DOCTOR uses the screwdriver on it. The other Roman soldiers watch. RORY: What is it? What's happening? DOCTOR: The final phase. It's opening. (sets a hand on the turning gears) EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The Roman soldiers who had come with RORY look up at the sky. RORY arrives above ground and sees the ships in the sky. The ships aim their beams of light on Stonehenge. EXT. FIELD, NIGHT RIVER watches from a distance on horseback. She calls the DOCTOR on her communicator. RIVER: You're surrounded. Have you got a plan? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is lying on the ground by the Pandorica as he uses the sonic screwdriver. DOCTOR: Yes! Now hurry up and get the TARDIS here. I need equipment! EXT. FIELD, NIGHT RIVER rolls her eyes and rides off. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: What are you? They're all here, all of them, all for you. What could you possibly be? EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT As the ships fly overhead, the DOCTOR'S voice echoes in the night. DOCTOR: Sorry, sorry, dropped it. RORY looks around trying to locate the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Hello, Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe. But bad news, everyone... (jumps up on flat stone) 'Cos guess who?! Ha! (uses communicator) Listen, you lot, you're all whizzing about, it's really very distracting. Could you all just stay still a minute? Because I am talking! (the ships still) The question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica? Answer... I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me? Come on! Look at me, no plan, no back-up, no w*apon worth a damn. Oh, and something else, I don't have, anything... to... lose! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship, with all your silly little g*n, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first. The DOCTOR holds his arms outstretched, daring someone to try. The ships take off. RORY exhales. The DOCTOR throws RORY his communicator and jumps down. DOCTOR: That'll keep 'em squabbling for half an hour! Romans! INT. TARDIS RIVER enters the TARDIS and immediately goes about setting the coordinates to take it to the DOCTOR. RIVER: OK... The TARDIS dematerializes with a jolt. RIVER: What's the matter with you? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT RORY: They're still out there. What do we do now? DOCTOR: If I can stop whatever's in this box getting out, then they'll go home. RORY: Right. DOCTOR: Rory, I'm sorry, you're going to have to be very brave now. AMY has woken up and is walking towards them rubbing her head. She walks right past RORY to the DOCTOR. AMY: Oh, my head. DOCTOR: Aaaahhh. AMY: Aaaahhh. The DOCTOR gives her a cursory examination. DOCTOR: Just your basic knock-out drops. Get some fresh air, you'll be fine. AMY: Is it safe up there? DOCTOR: Not remotely, but it's fresh. AMY: Fine. (turns and nearly bumps into RORY) Oh, you're the guy, yeah, the one who did the...swordy thing. RORY: Yeah. AMY: Well, thanks for the swording. Nice swording. (taps him on the shoulder and walks off) RORY: No problem. My men are up there. They'll look after you. AMY: Good. Love a Roman! (goes up the stairs) RORY: (watches her leave) She doesn't remember me. (turns to the DOCTOR) How can she not remember me? DOCTOR: Because you never existed. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS is not behaving for RIVER. RIVER: What are you doing, what's wrong? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: There are cracks. Cracks in time. There's going to be a huge expl*si*n in the future, on one particular day. And every other moment in history is cracking around it. RORY: So how does that work? What kind of expl*si*n? What exploded? FLASHBACK… We see RIVER'S communicator from "Flesh and Stone" counting down the AMY and RORY'S wedding day interspersed with the DOCTOR discovering a piece of the TARDIS in the crack from "Cold Blood". RIVER: ...And for those of us who can't read the base code of the universe? DOCTOR: Amy's time! DOCTOR: Doesn't matter, the cracks are everywhere. Get too close and you can fall right out of the universe. RORY: So I fell through a crack and now I was never born? DOCTOR: Basically. RORY: How did I end up here? DOCTOR: I don't know, you shouldn't have. What happened? From your point of view, what physically happened? RORY: I was in the cave, with you and Amy. I was dying and then I was just here, a Roman soldier. A proper Roman. Head full of Roman... stuff, a whole other life. Just here like I'd woken up from a dream. Started to think it was a dream. You and Amy and Leadworth. Then today, in the camp, the men were talking about the visitors, the girl with the red hair. I thought you'd come back for me. But she can't even remember me. DOCTOR: Oh, shut up. RORY: What? The DOCTOR reaches into his pocket, pulls out the ring box and tosses it to RORY. DOCTOR: Go get her. RORY: But I don't understand. Why am I here? DOCTOR: Because you are. The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and ridiculous, and sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles, and that's the theory. 900 years, never seen one yet. But this would do me. Now get upstairs, she's Amy and she's surrounded by Romans. I'm not sure history can take it. RORY nods and the DOCTOR slaps him on the back as he heads topside. INT. TARDIS The TARDIS stops with a jolt. RIVER: OK? You OK now? The monitor acts up and RIVER whacks it a few times before leaving. After she has stepped outside, the monitor then shows the location as Earth and the date as 26/6/2010. The screen then cracks in a familiar pattern and a voice practically growls. VOICE: Silence will fall. EXT. AMY'S HOUSE, NIGHT RIVER: Why have you brought me here? RIVER holds out her scanner and slowly walks towards the door. The scanner begins to beep and RIVER sees alien symbols b*rned into the grass. RIVER: OK, so something's been here. The door is off its hinges and RIVER proceeds carefully into the house. INT. AMY'S HOUSE, NIGHT RIVER proceeds up the stairs to AMY'S room. INT. AMY'S HOUSE, AMY'S ROOM, NIGHT RIVER sees AMY'S childhood "Raggedy Doctor" dolls. RIVER: Amy... Oh, Doctor, why do I let you out? RIVER then sees a children's book on Roman Britain, a soldier featuring prominently on the cover. FLASHBACK… River remembers her encounter with the COMMANDER. COMMANDER: (draws sword) A place more deadly and more powerful and more impatient than their tiny minds can imagine. RIVER sees a book on Pandora's Box. In her head, she hears AMY say that it was her favorite book as a child. RIVER: Oh no... EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT AMY is sitting on a log with a blanket wrapped around her when RORY finds her. RORY: Are you OK? AMY: Did the Doctor send you? I'm fine, he just fusses. RORY: You got a blanket. That's good. Who gave you that? AMY: One of the fellas. RORY: Which one? AMY: Just one of them. Does it matter? RORY: No, no. Forget him, it. Forget it. AMY: What's your name? RORY: I'm... Rory. What's wrong? AMY: Nothing. It's just not what you expect Romans to be called. What's it short for? Roranicus? RORY: Yeah. (studies her face) You're crying. AMY puts a hand to her face to wipe the tears. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) The TARDIS, where is it? Hurry up! INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Don't raise your voice, don't look alarmed, just listen. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY: Hey, what's wrong? AMY: (crying) Nothing. It's like... It's like I'm happy. Why am I happy? INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) They're not real, they can't be. They're all right here in the story book, (flips through AMY'S book) those actual Romans, the ones I sent you, the ones you're with right now. They're all in a book in Amy's house, a children's picture book. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) What are you even doing there? RIVER: (over communicator) It doesn't matter. The TARDIS went wrong. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Doctor, how is this possible? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Something's using her memories, Amy's memories. RIVER: (over communicator) But how? DOCTOR: (into communicator) You said something had been there. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Yes, there's burn marks on the grass outside, landing patterns. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) If they've been to her house, they could have used her psychic residue. Structures can hold memories, that's why houses have ghosts. They could've taken a snapshot of Amy's memories. But why? INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Doctor, who are those Romans? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Projections. Or duplicates. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) But they were helping us. My lipstick even worked. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) They might think they're real. The perfect disguise. They actually believe their own cover story, right until they're activated. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Doctor, that Centurion... RIVER holds up a photo of RORY and AMY. RORY is dressed as a Roman soldier. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY: What's the matter? AMY: Nothing. (she reaches out with a hand and caresses his face) I don't know why I'm doing that. RORY: It's me. Amy, please... It's me. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) It's a trap, it has to be. They used Amy to construct a scenario you'd believe, to get close to you. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Why? Who'd do that? What for? It doesn't make sense. INT. TARDIS The console sparks and the TARDIS shudders. DOCTOR: (over communicator) River? River? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) River, what's happening?! INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) I don't know, it's the engines. Doctor, there's something wrong with the TARDIS, like something else is controlling it. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) You're flying it wrong. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) I'm flying it perfectly. You taught me. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Where are you? What's the date reading? INT. TARDIS RIVER checks the monitor. RIVER: (into communicator) It's the 26th June, 2010. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) You need to get out of there now! Any other time zone, just go. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) I can't break free. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Well, then, shut down the TARDIS. Shut down everything! INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) I can't! RIVER hears the VOICE. VOICE: Silence will fall. Silence will fall. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT AMY pulls her hand away and stands. AMY: But I don't know you, I've never seen you before in my life. RORY: You have. You know you have. It's me. AMY: (backs away) Why am I crying? RORY: Because you remember me. I came back! You're crying because you remember me. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Someone else is flying it. An external force. I've lost control. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) But how? Why? There is a high-pitched whine. The DOCTOR covers his other ear. The Romans drop into a bent forward position. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The Romans outside respond in a similar manner. Some move away as if entranced. RORY is fighting against it. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Listen to me, just land her anywhere. Emergency landing, now. There are cracks in time, I've seen them everywhere, and they're getting wider. The Romans straighten behind the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: (into communicator) The TARDIS exploding is what causes them, but we can stop the cracks ever happening if you just land her! INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) It's not safe. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The Pandorica begins to open, two sides sliding away from the closest corner to the cavern entrance. The light shines on the DOCTOR'S face as he lowers the communicator. DOCTOR: Well, now. Ready to come out, are we? The Romans turn in unison and lift their right hands in front of them. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The Romans walk towards Stonehenge. RORY is resisting. RORY: No! No, please, no! I'm not going. I'm Rory! AMY watches, not knowing what is happening. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Doctor, I'm down. I've landed. DOCTOR: (over communicator) OK, just walk out of the doors. If there's no-one inside, the TARDIS engines shut down. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (into communicator) Just get out of there. RIVER: (over communicator) I'm going. DOCTOR: (into communicator) Run! The DOCTOR goes towards the Pandorica. INT. TARDIS RIVER runs to the TARDIS door. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The fingers of the Roman soldiers' hands flip downward revealing g*n. They march forward towards the DOCTOR, who is using the sonic screwdriver on the Pandorica. INT. TARDIS RIVER tries to open the TARDIS door but it won't budge. She grunts in frustration and runs back to the communicator. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT RIVER: (over communicator) Doctor! Doctor! I can't open the doors! As the DOCTOR bends down to pick up the communicator, he sees the Roman soldiers advancing. DOCTOR: Amy! EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY is struggling against his programming. RORY: Listen to me, you have to run. You have to get as far away from here as you can! I'm a thing. I'll k*ll you. Just go! Please, no, I don't want to go. I'm Rory! I'm... I'm... AMY: Williams. Rory Williams from Leadworth. My boyfriend. (holds him by the shoulders) How could I ever forget you? RORY: Amy, you've got to run. I can't hold on, I'm going. AMY: You are Rory Williams and you aren't going anywhere ever again. INT. TARDIS RIVER: (into communicator) Doctor, I can't open the doors! Doctor, please, I've got seconds! INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is being held by two of the Roman soldiers and led away from the Pandorica. DOCTOR: Plastic Romans. Duplicates, driven by the Nestene Consciousness, eh? Deep cover, but what for? What are you doing? What's in there, eh? What's coming out? INT. TARDIS RIVER runs jumper cables from the console and attaches them to the main door. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The two Nestene duplicates are facing the Pandorica. The DOCTOR is between them, facing the opposite direction. SOLDIER: The Pandorica is ready. DOCTOR: What, you mean it's open? DALEK: You have been scanned. Assessed. Understood. Doctor. The DOCTOR slowly looks over his shoulder and sees a white DALEK. A red and a yellow dalek soon materialize beside it. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT AMY: (crying) The ring. Remember the ring? You'd never let me wear it in case I lost it. RORY: The Doctor gave it to me. AMY: Show it to me. Show me the ring. RORY: Amy... AMY: Come on! Just show it to me. With shaking hands, RORY takes out the box and opens it. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is now facing the DALEKS, still held by the Nestene duplicates. DOCTOR: Scanned? Scanned by what, a box? CYBERMAN: Your limits and capacities have been extrapolated. The DOCTOR looks around for the source and Cybermen appear followed by Judoon and Sontarans. SONTARAN: The Pandorica is ready. DOCTOR: Ready for what? DALEK: Ready for you. We see inside the Pandorica. Amidst the advanced technology is a chair with restraints. The DOCTOR tries to pull away from the Nestene soldiers holding him. The soldiers pull him forward. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT AMY: There it is. You remember. This is you. And you are staying. RORY'S hand opens, revealing the g*n. RORY: No... He fires and AMY gasps as she is sh*t. RORY pulls her close. RORY: No! No! INT. TARDIS RIVER connects the wires as the TARDIS continues to spark and explode. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT We now see Silurians, a Hoix and Roboforms as the DOCTOR is walked to the Pandorica. INT. TARDIS RIVER'S attempt to open the door sets more sparks flying from the console. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR'S enemies watch as he is forced along the gauntlet towards the Pandorica. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY'S tearstained face watches in anguish as AMY'S body falls backwards in his arms. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is placed in the chair within the Pandorica and clamps are placed around his wrists and ankles and a large yoke comes down on his shoulders. His enemies stand at the opening to gloat over his end. DOCTOR: You lot, working together, an alliance... How is that possible? DALEK: The cracks in the skin of the universe. SONTARAN: All reality is thr*at. CYBERMAN: All universes will be deleted. DOCTOR: What? And you've come to me for help? SONTARAN: No. We will save the universe from you! DOCTOR: From me? CYBERMAN: All projections correlate. All evidence concurs. The Doctor will destroy the universe. DOCTOR: No, no, no. You've got it wrong. CYBERMAN: The Pandorica was constructed to ensure the safety of the alliance. DALEK: A scenario was devised from the memories of your companion. SONTARAN: A trap the Doctor could not resist. DALEK: The cracks in time are the work of the Doctor. It is confirmed. DOCTOR: No. no, no. Not me, the TARDIS. And I'm not in the TARDIS, am I? DALEK: Only the Doctor can pilot the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Please, listen to me! DALEK: You will be prevented. DOCTOR: Total event collapse! Every sun will supernova at every moment in history. The whole universe will never have existed! Please, listen to me! CYBERMAN: Seal the Pandorica. DOCTOR: No! Please, listen to me! The TARDIS is exploding right now and I'm the only one who can stop it! Listen to me! The Pandorica slams shut. INT. TARDIS RIVER opens the doors to the TARDIS only to be met by a stone wall. RIVER: I'm sorry, my love. RIVER looks back over her shoulder as the console explodes with a bright light. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY holds AMY'S body and sobs. The camera pulls away, further into the sky. SPACE All around the Earth, stars go supernova and explode leaving nothing but darkness.
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foreverdreaming
Recap of "The Pandorica Opens" 1,894 years later…. EXT NIGHT. A child's windmill is turning. Pan across an overgrown garden with a slightly dilapidated shed, abandoned tools, a park bench and a swing set. We see a modest house through an arbour and follow through. We hear a young girl's voice. GIRL: Dear Santa, thank you for the dolls and pencils and the fish. It's Easter now, so I hope I didn't wake you. INT. BEDROOM, NIGHT AMELIA Pond is kneeling beside her bed, eyes closed, saying her prayers. AMELIA: But honest, it is an emergency. There's a crack in my wall. (turns to wall where there is a crack spreading across it. Returns to prayer) Aunt Sharon says it's just an ordinary crack, but... I know it's not, because, at night, there's voices. So please, please, could you send someone to fix it? Or a policeman. Or... We hear the sound of rushing wind. AMELIA: Back in a moment. She gets up from the floor, picks up a torch from the nightstand, runs to the window and pulls back the curtain to look outside. There is nothing out there. She looks up at the sky and sees the moon, but there are no stars. INT. PARLOR, NIGHT AMELIA is sting facing her Aunt SHARON and a psychiatrist, CHRISTINE. CHRISTINE is looking at a painting of the night sky, complete with stars. CHRISTINE: It's a lovely painting, Amelia. And what are all these? AMELIA: Stars. SHARON: Oh, Amelia! CHRISTINE: Tell you what, shall we go outside? EXT. NIGHT CHRISTINE: What do you see, Amelia? AMELIA: The moon. CHRISTINE: And what else? AMELIA: Just the dark. CHRISTINE: But no stars. If there were stars up there, we'd be able to see them, wouldn't we? Amelia, look at me. (faces AMELIA) You know this is all just a story, don't you? You know there's no such thing as stars. AMELIA says nothing but looks up at the sky. INT. BEDROOM, NIGHT AMELIA is lying in bed listening to her aunt and the psychiatrist. INT. HALL, NIGHT AMELIA walks slowly to the top of the stairs. The voice are much clearer. She watches as they cross from the kitchen to the parlor. CHRISTINE: It's quite common, actually. Throughout history, people have talked about stars in the sky. God knows where it comes from. SHARON: I just don't want her growing up and joining one of those Star Cults. I don't trust that Richard Dawkins. Just as she stands to go back to her room, a figure outside slips something through the letter slot. AMELIA runs down the stairs. It is a brochure for the National Museum. She opens it and center of the page, circled, is the Pandorica. On the back is a note written in red ink: "Come along, Pond". EXT. MUSEUM, DAY AMELIA and SHARON walk up the steps into the museum. INT. MUSEUM FOYER, DAY AMELIA tugs SHARON through the foyer and past a number of exhibits. INT. EXHIBIT HALL, DAY AMELIA: Come on, Aunt Sharon. SHARON: Look at that! That's good, isn't it? AMELIA: Not that! This way. SHARON: But we're not looking at anything. AMELIA: This way! AMELIA sees the room housing the Pandorica and breaks free from SHARON'S grip. On the way, she sees two strange creatures encased in stone. Daleks. SHARON: Amelia! INT. PANDORICA ROOM, DAY AMELIA pushes her way forward to stare at the Pandorica and, as she goes to drink her soda, the cup is grabbed from her hand. She turns around to see who took it but she can't see anyone with her drink. When she turns back, there is a yellow Post-it note stuck on the Pandorica. "Stick around, Pond". SHARON: Amelia! AMELIA hides as SHARON enters the room. SHARON: Amelia? Amelia? (leaves) Amelia! As the day goes on, the crowd in the room thins out. An announcement is made over the tannoy. TANNOY: Amelia Pond, please go to the reception, please. Your aunt is waiting for you there. Amelia Pond, please go to... INT. EXHIBIT HALL, NIGHT AMELIA comes out of hiding from one of the exhibits, knocking part of it down. AMELIA: Sorry. INT. PANDORICA ROOM, NIGHT She walks down the hall towards the Pandorica exhibit, the displays a little creepier now in the night. She ducks under the cord surrounding the Pandorica and removes the note. She places a hand on the object and it begins to glow green. Hearing mechanical noises, she ducks back and watches as it opens. The beam from the light expands to the outer exhibits, including one of the Daleks. Inside the Pandorica is AMY. AMY: OK, kid. This is where it gets complicated. Matt Smith Karen Gillan DOCTOR WHO "The Big Band" by Steven Moffat Producer Peter Bennett Director Toby Haynes 1,894 years previously… EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The RORY duplicate is resting against a log, AMY'S body across his lap. RORY: So the universe ended. You missed that. In 102 AD. I suppose this means you and I never get born at all. Twice, in my case. You would have laughed at that. Please laugh! The Doctor said the universe was huge and ridiculous, and sometimes there were miracles. I could do with a ridiculous miracle about now. The DOCTOR appears wearing a red fez and carrying a mop. DOCTOR: Rory! Listen, she's not d*ad. Well, she is d*ad, but it's not the end of the world. Well, it is the end of the world. Actually, it's the end of the universe. Oh, no. Hang on! (taps coordinates into RIVER'S vortex manipulator and disappears) RORY: Doctor? Doctor! The DOCTOR reappears without the mop. DOCTOR: You need to get me out of the Pandorica. (reaches into pocket and pulls out sonic screwdriver) RORY: You're not in the Pandorica. DOCTOR: Yes, I am. Well, I'm not now, but I was back then. Well, back now from your point of view, which is back then from my point of view. Time travel, you can't keep it straight in your head. It's easy to open from the outside... just point and press. Now go. (hands RORY the screwdriver and disappears only to reappear) Oh, when you're done, leave my screwdriver in her top pocket. Good luck! (disappears) RORY: What do you mean? Done what? INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT RORY uses the screwdriver top open the Pandorica. The DOCTOR is sitting inside and looks at him, amazed. DOCTOR: How did you do that? RORY: You gave me this. (holds up screwdriver) DOCTOR: (pulls out screwdriver) No, I didn't. RORY: You did. Look at it. The DOCTOR steps out and holds his sonic screwdriver to the one in RORY'S hand. They spark. DOCTOR: Temporal energy. Same screwdriver, at different points in its own time stream. Which means it was me who gave it to you. Me from the future. I've got a future, that's nice. (looks behind RORY at the petrified remains of his enemies) That's not. RORY: Yeah. What are they? DOCTOR: History has collapsed. Whole races have been deleted from existence. These are just like after-images. Echoes, fossils in time. The footprints of the never-were. RORY: Er, what does that mean? DOCTOR: Total event collapse. The universe literally never happened. RORY: So, how can we be here? What's keeping us safe? DOCTOR: Nothing. Eye of the storm, that's all. We're just the last light to go out. Amy. Where's Amy? EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT RORY takes the DOCTOR to AMY'S body. The DOCTOR squats down beside it and lifts back the blanket covering her. RORY: I k*lled her. DOCTOR: Oh, Rory! RORY: Doctor, what am I? DOCTOR: You're a Nestene duplicate. A lump of plastic with delusions of humanity. (uses sonic on AMY) RORY: But I'm Rory now. Whatever was happening, it's stopped. I'm Rory! DOCTOR: That's software talking. RORY: Can you help her? Is there anything you can do? DOCTOR: Yeah, probably, if I had the time. (stands) RORY: The time?! DOCTOR: All of creation has just been wiped from the sky. Do you know how many lives now never happened? All the people who never lived? Your girlfriend isn't more important than the whole universe. RORY whips the DOCTOR around and punches him, knocking the Time Lord to the ground. RORY: She is to me! DOCTOR: (stands and laughs) Welcome back, Rory Williams! Sorry, had to be sure. Hell of a g*n-arm you're packing there. Right, we need to get her downstairs. And take that look off your plastic face. You're getting married in the morning! INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR and RORY place AMY in the Pandorica. RORY: So you've got a plan, then? DOCTOR: Bit of a plan, yeah. Memories are more powerful than you think, and Amy Pond is not an ordinary girl. Grew up with a time crack in her wall. The universe pouring through her dreams every night. The Nestenes took a memory print of her and got more than they bargained for. Like you. Not just your face, but your heart and your soul. (places his hands to either side of her face and closes his eyes) I'm leaving her a message for when she wakes up, so she knows what's happening. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to close the Pandorica. RORY: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing? DOCTOR: Saving her. This is the ultimate prison. You can't even escape by dying. It forces you to stay alive. RORY: But she's already d*ad. DOCTOR: Mostly d*ad. The Pandorica can stasis-lock her that way. All it needs is a scan of her living DNA and it'll restore her. RORY: Where's it going to get that? DOCTOR: (looks at watch) In about 2,000 years. RORY: You gave me this. (holds up screwdriver) INT. PANDORICA ROOM, NIGHT AMY falls on all fours, gasping heavily. AMELIA: Are you all right? Who are you? AMY: (sits on the floor) I'm... fine. I'm supposed to... rest. Got to rest, the Doctor says. AMELIA: What doctor? AMY: He's in here. (taps head) Left a message in my head like I'm an answerphone. Where am I? (looks around) Hang on. National Museum, right? I was here once when I was a little... Yeah, complicated. (stands in front of AMELIA) Let's see, it's what...(puts hand on AMELIA'S head and measures against her body) 1996? (walks around the room) AMELIA: Who are you? AMY: It's a long story. (sees a panel depicting the history of the Pandorica) A very long story. INT. UNDERHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR takes the vortex manipulator from RIVER'S bag. RORY: She's going to be in that box for 2,000 years?! DOCTOR: Yeah, but we're taking a shortcut. River's vortex manipulator. Rubbish way to time travel, but the universe is tiny now. We'll be fine. RORY: So the future's still there, then? Our world? DOCTOR: A version of it. Not quite the one you know. Earth alone in the sky. Let's go and have a look. (holds arm out) You put your hand there. Don't worry, should be safe. RORY: That's not what I'm worried about. DOCTOR: She'll be fine. Nothing can get into this box. RORY: You got in there. DOCTOR: Well, there's only one of me. I counted. RORY: This box needs a guard. I k*lled the last one. DOCTOR: No. Rory, no. Don't even think about it. RORY: She'll be all alone. DOCTOR: She won't feel it. RORY: You bet she won't! DOCTOR: 2,000 years, Rory. You won't even sleep, you'd be conscious every second. It would drive you mad. RORY: Will she be safer if I stay? Look me in the eye and tell me she wouldn't be safer. DOCTOR: (sighs) Rory... RORY: Answer me! DOCTOR: Yes. Obviously. RORY: Then how could I leave her? DOCTOR: Why do you have to be so...human? RORY: Because right now, I'm not. RORY walks to the other side of the Pandorica and the DOCTOR begins pressing buttons on the manipulator. DOCTOR: Listen to me. This is the last bit of advice you're going to get in a very long time. You're living plastic, but not immortal. I have no idea how long you'll last. And you're not indestructible. Stay away from heat and radio signals when they come along. RORY puts on his helmet. DOCTOR: You can't heal, or repair yourself. Any damage is permanent. So, for God's sake, however bored you get, stay out of... The DOCTOR disappears. Alone, RORY pulls out his sword and takes up his long vigil. NARRATOR: (V.O.) According to legend, wherever the Pandorica was taken, throughout its long history, the Centurion would be there, guarding it. INT. PANDORICA ROOM, NIGHT AMY watches a video presentation on the Pandorica and its guardian. NARRATOR: (V.O.) He appears as an iconic image in the artwork of many cultures, and there are several documented accounts of his appearances and his warnings to the many who attempted to open the box before its time. His last recorded appearance was during the London blitz in 1941. The warehouse where the Pandorica was stored was destroyed by incendiary b*mb, but the box itself was found the next morning, a safe distance from the blaze. There are eyewitness accounts from the night of the f*re of a figure in Roman dress, carrying the box from the flames. (tears fall down AMY'S cheeks) Since then, there have been no sightings of the Lone Centurion, and many have speculated that if he ever existed, he perished in the fires of that night, performing one last act of devotion to the box he had pledged to protect for nearly 2,000 years. AMY: Rory. Oh, Rory. DALEK: Exterminate! AMY and AMELIA turn to the room's entrance. AMELIA: What's that? AMY runs and pushes AMELIA behind her as the DALEK moves towards them. DALEK: Exterminate! The DOCTOR appears between AMY and the DALEK. DOCTOR: ...Trouble. (sees the DALEK) Oh! (sees AMY and AMELIA) Two of you? Complicated. DALEK: Exterminate! 'w*apon systems restoring. DOCTOR: (takes AMY and AMELIA by the hand) Come along, Ponds. (runs) DALEK: Exterminate! The DOCTOR stops at an alcove display representing North Africa. He stumbles into one of the mannequins and takes the fez from its head. AMY: What are we doing? DOCTOR: Running into a d*ad end, where I'll have a brilliant plan, that basically involves not being in one. A night WATCHMAN appears with a torch. The DOCTOR, AMY and AMELIA hide behind the Pandorica. WATCHMAN: What's going on? DOCTOR: (to AMY) Get out of here. Go! Just run! (she doesn't leave) The DALEK turns to the WATCHMAN. DALEK: Drop the device DOCTOR: It's not a w*apon. Scan it. It's not a w*apon, and you don't have the power to waste! DALEK: Scans indicate intruder unarmed. WATCHMAN: Do you think? The WATCHMAN drops the torch and his hand opens to reveal a g*n. He fires at the DALEK'S eyestalk. DALEK: Vision impaired! Vision... The WATCHMAN moves out of the shadows and we see it is RORY. He watches as the DALEK is drained of energy. The DOCTOR arrives from the Pandorica room, his sonic at the ready. AMY is behind him. RORY: Amy? AMY: Rory! (runs to him and they hug) RORY: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. It just happened. AMY: Oh, Shut up. (kisses him) DOCTOR: (comes up between them) Yeah, shut up, cos we've got to go. Come on! RORY: I waited. 2,000 years, I waited for you. AMY: No, still shut up. (long kiss) DOCTOR: And break! And breathe! Well, somebody didn't get out much for 2,000 years. AMELIA: (tugs on the DOCTOR'S sleeve) I'm thirsty. Can I get a drink? DOCTOR: Oh, it's all mouths today, isn't it?! The DOCTOR puts the fez on her head but she shoves it back at him. He looks back at the DALEK. DOCTOR: The light! The light from the Pandorica, it must have h*t the Dalek. (he sees the DALEK'S w*apon move) Out, out, out! (rushes AMY and RORY out and grabs AMELIA'S hand) INT. MUSEUM FOYER, NIGHT RORY closes the door behind them and the DOCTOR sonics the lock. DOCTOR: So, 2,000 years. How did you do? RORY: Kept out of trouble. DOCTOR: Oh. (realizes he still has the fez and puts it on his head) How? RORY: Unsuccessfully. The DOCTOR picks up a mop, planning to use it to block the door. RORY: The mop! That's how you looked all those years ago when you gave me the sonic. DOCTOR: Ah! Well, no time to lose then. (activates the manipulator and disappears) EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR appears wearing a red fez and carrying a mop. DOCTOR: Rory! Listen, she's not d*ad. Well, she is d*ad, but it's not the end of the world. INT. MUSEUM FOYER, NIGHT The DOCTOR reappears. DOCTOR: Oops, sorry. (uses the mop to block the door) AMELIA: (to AMY) How can he do that? Is he magic? The DOCTOR disappears again. EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT The DOCTOR reappears without the mop. DOCTOR: You need to get me out of the Pandorica. (reaches into pocket and pulls out sonic screwdriver) RORY: You're not in the Pandorica. DOCTOR: Yes, I am. Well, I'm not now, but I was back then. INT. MUSEUM FOYER, NIGHT The DOCTOR reappears. DOCTOR: Right, let's go then. (heads up the stairs and stops) Wait! Now I don't have the sonic, I just gave it Rory 2,000 years ago. (taps on manipulator) EXT. STONEHENGE, NIGHT DOCTOR: Oh, when you're done, leave my screwdriver in her top pocket. (disappears) INT. MUSEUM FOYER, NIGHT DOCTOR: Right then. (reaches into AMY'S pocket and pulls out screwdriver) Off we go! No, hang on. (to AMELIA) How did you know to come here? AMELIA reaches into her coat pocket and pulls out the pamphlet and the sticky note. DOCTOR: Ah, my handwriting. OK! The DOCTOR rushes to a stand and grabs a pamphlet before rushing a desk to grab the note. He then activates the manipulator. INT. HALL, NIGHT The museum pamphlet slips through the letterbox and we see the DOCTOR in the fez sneaks away. INT. PANDORICA ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR grabs AMELIA'S drink from her hand before disappearing. INT. MUSEUM FOYER, NIGHT The DOCTOR reappears and gives AMELIA her drink. DOCTOR: There you go, drink up! AMY: What is that? How are you doing that? DOCTOR: Vortex manipulator...cheap and nasty time travel. Very bad for you. I'm trying to give it up. AMY: Where are we going? DOCTOR: The roof. At the top of the landing, another DOCTOR appears, his jacket smoking. He falls down the stairs and rolls to a stop. The Present DOCTOR rushes over and uses the sonic on him. RORY: Doctor, it's you. How can it be you? AMY: Doctor, is that you? DOCTOR: Yeah, it's me. Me from the future. Future DOCTOR opens his eyes, sits up, grabs the Present DOCTOR and whispers in his ear before falling back to the floor unconscious. AMY: Are you... I mean, is he... Is he d*ad? DOCTOR: What? (stands) d*ad? Yes, yes. Of course he's d*ad. (climbs over body and goes up the stairs) Right, I've got 12 minutes, that's good. AMY: 12 minutes to live? How is that good? DOCTOR: You can do loads in 12 minutes... suck a mint, buy a sledge, have a fast bath. Come on, the roof! RORY: We can't leave you here, d*ad. DOCTOR: Oh, good! Are you in charge now? So, tell me, what are we going to do about Amelia? RORY turns around and AMELIA is gone. The cup from her drink lying on the floor. AMY: Where did she go? RORY and AMY runs down the steps. RORY: Amelia? DOCTOR: There is no Amelia. From now on, there never was. History is still collapsing. AMY: How can I be here, if she's not? DOCTOR: You're an anomaly. We all are. We're all hanging on at the eye of the storm, but the eye is closing, and if we don't do something, reality will never have happened. Today, just dying is a result. Now, come on! (heads off) AMY: (shakes her head) He won't die. Time can be rewritten. He'll find a way. I know he will. RORY covers Future DOCTOR with his jacket. DOCTOR: Move it. Come on! AMY and RORY run up the stairs after the DOCTOR. The camera pans down and we see a bright light under the door to the exhibits. DALEK: Restore! INT. PANDORICA ROOM, NIGHT The DALEK has replenished its energy. EXT. MUSEUM ROOF, MORNING The DOCTOR climbs out of the stairwell and onto the roof. AMY and RORY follow. AMY: What, it's morning already? How did that happen? DOCTOR: History is shrinking. Is anybody listening to me? Universe is collapsing. We don't have much time left. (uses sonic on a satellite dish) RORY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Looking for the TARDIS. RORY: But the TARDIS exploded. DOCTOR: OK, then. I'm looking for an exploding TARDIS. (removes the dish from its mounting) AMY: I don't understand. So, the TARDIS blew up and took the universe with it. Why would it do that? How? DOCTOR: (stands on raised section of roof) Good question for another day. But for now... total event collapse means that every star in the universe never happened. Not one of them ever shone. So, if all the stars that ever were are gone, then what is that? (points to a large ball of f*re in the sky) Like I said, I'm looking for an exploding TARDIS. RORY: But that's the sun. DOCTOR: Is it? Here's the noise that sun is making right now. (holds up the dish and amplifies the sound of the TARDIS with the sonic) That's my TARDIS burning up. That's what's been keeping the Earth warm. RORY: Doctor, there's something else. There's a voice. The DOCTOR adjusts the settings of the screwdriver. AMY: I can't hear anything. RORY: Trust the plastic. RIVER: I'm sorry, my love. (repeats) AMY: Doctor, that's River. How can she be up there? RORY: It must be like a recording or something. DOCTOR: No, it's not a recording. Of course, the emergency protocols... The TARDIS has sealed off the control room and put her into a time loop to save her. She is right at the heart of the expl*si*n. INT. TARDIS RIVER connects the wires as the TARDIS continues to spark and explode. Her attempt to open the door sets more sparks flying from the console. She opens the doors to the TARDIS only to be met by a stone wall. RIVER: I'm sorry, my love. She looks back over her shoulder as the console explodes with a bright light. The sequence starts over again. The DOCTOR appears as she runs to the door. DOCTOR: Hi, honey. I'm home. RIVER: (looks at her watch) And what sort of time do you call this? EXT. MUSEUM ROOF, MORNING The DOCTOR reappears on the roof with RIVER. RIVER: Amy! And the plastic Centurion? DOCTOR: It's OK, he's on our side. RIVER: Really? I dated a Nestene duplicate once... swappable head, it did keep things fresh. Right then, I have questions. But number one is this... What in the name of sanity have you got on your head? DOCTOR: It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool. With a look from RIVER, AMY grabs the fez from the DOCTOR'S head and throws it into the sky and RIVER sh**t it. DOCTOR: Oh! DALEK: Exterminate! The DALEK appears, levitating up the side of the building. DOCTOR: Run, run, move, move. Go! Come on! The DOCTOR covers their retreat by holding up the satellite dish as a shield as the DALEK fires. They climb back through the stairwell. INT. MUSEUM STAIRWELL, MORNING The DOCTOR uses the sonic screwdriver to seal the hatch. RIVER has he g*n aimed at it, just in case. RIVER: Doctor, come on. DOCTOR: Shh. It's moving away, finding another way in. (climbs down ladder) It needs to restore its power before it can att*ck again. Now, that means we've got exactly (checks watch) four and a half minutes before it's at lethal capacity. (continues down stairs) RORY: How do you know? DOCTOR: Because that's when it's due to k*ll me. RIVER: k*ll you? What do you mean, k*ll you? DOCTOR: Oh, shut up, never mind. How can that Dalek even exist? INT. MUSEUM HALLWAY, MORNING DOCTOR: It was erased from time and then it came back. How? RORY: You said the light from the Pandorica... INT. EXHIBIT HALL, MORNING DOCTOR: It's not a light, it's a restoration field, but never mind. Call it a light. That light brought Amy back, but how could it bring back a Dalek when the Daleks have never existed? AMY: OK, tell us. DOCTOR: When the TARDIS blew up, it caused a total event collapse. A time expl*si*n. It blasted every atom in every moment of the universe. Except... AMY: Except inside the Pandorica. DOCTOR: The perfect prison. Inside it, perfectly preserved, a few billion atoms of the universe as it was. In theory, you could extrapolate the whole universe from a single one of them, like cloning a body from a single cell. And we've got the bumper family pack. RORY: No, too fast, I'm not getting it. DOCTOR: The box contains a memory of the universe, and the light transmits the memory. And that's how we're going to do it. AMY: Do what? DOCTOR: Relight the f*re. Reboot the universe. Come on! (continues on) AMY and RORY exchange looks as RIVER catches up to the DOCTOR. RIVER: Doctor, you're being completely ridiculous. INT. MUSEUM HALLWAY, MORNING RIVER: The Pandorica partially restored one Dalek. If it can't even reboot a single life form properly, how will it reboot the whole of reality? DOCTOR: What if we give it a moment of infinite power? Transmit the light from the Pandorica to every particle of space and time simultaneously? RIVER: Well, that would be lovely, dear, but we can't, because it's completely impossible. DOCTOR: Ah, no, you see, it's not. (taps her on the forehead) It's ALMOST completely impossible. One spark is all we need. RIVER: For what? DOCTOR: (whispers) Big Bang Two! Now listen... The DOCTOR is sh*t by the DALEK and falls to the floor. The DALEK trundles down the hall. DALEK: Exterminate! Exterminate! RIVER kneels at the DOCTOR'S side as RORY takes AMY out of the way. RORY: Get back. River, get back now! DALEK: Exterminate! RORY fires at the DALEK and it is drained of energy again. RIVER: Doctor. Doctor, it's me, River. Can you hear me? What is it? What do you need? Struggling, the DOCTOR activates the manipulator. RIVER: Where did he go? Damn it, he could be anywhere. AMY: He went downstairs. 12 minutes ago. RIVER: Show me! AMY: River, he died. DALEK: Systems restoring! You will be exterminated! RORY: We've got to move. That thing's coming back to life. RIVER: You go to the Doctor. I'll be right with you. AMY and RORY leave. DALEK: You will be exterminated! RIVER: Not yet, your systems are still restoring. Which means your shield density is compromised. (takes g*n from holster and adjusts settings) One Alpha Mezon burst through your eyestalk would k*ll you stone d*ad. DALEK: Records indicate you will show mercy. You are an associate of the Doctor's. RIVER: I'm River Song. (aims g*n) Check your records again. DALEK: Mercy! RIVER: Say it again. DALEK: Mercy! RIVER: One more time. DALEK: Mercy! INT. MUSEUM FOYER, DAY AMY and RORY arrive on the stairs where they left the DOCTOR'S "body". RORY'S jacket is still there, but no body. RORY: How could he have moved? He was d*ad! (runs down the stairs) Doctor? Doctor! AMY: But he was d*ad! RIVER joins them. RIVER: Who told you that? AMY: He did. RIVER: (walks calmly down stairs) Rule one. The Doctor lies. AMY: Where's the Dalek? RIVER: It died. INT. EXHIBIT HALL, DAY RIVER, AMY and RORY make their way through the exhibit hall. Ahead of them, AMY sees the DOCTOR inside the Pandorica. AMY: Doctor! INT. PANDORICA ROOM, DAY RORY and AMY stop while RIVER goes to check on the DOCTOR. RORY: Why did he tell us he was d*ad? AMY: We were a diversion. Long as the Dalek was chasing us, he could work down here. RIVER: Doctor, can you hear me? What were you doing? The camera pans up and we see the "sun" is closer, brighter. RORY: What's happening? RIVER: Reality's collapsing. It's speeding up. Look at this room. The displays are empty. AMY: Where did everything go? RIVER: History is being erased. Time is running out. Doctor, what were you doing? Tell us! Doctor? DOCTOR: (slowly comes to) Big... Bang... Two. RORY: The Big Bang. That's the beginning of the universe, right? AMY: What, and Big Bang Two is the bang that brings it back? Is that what you mean? The DOCTOR gives a small nod. RIVER: Oh! AMY: What? RIVER: The TARDIS is still burning. It's exploding at every point in history. If you threw the Pandorica into the expl*si*n, right into the heart of the f*re... AMY: Then what? RIVER: Then let there be light. The light from the Pandorica would explode everywhere at once, just like he said. AMY: That would work? That would bring everything back? RIVER: A restoration field, powered by an exploding TARDIS, happening at every moment in history. Oh, that's brilliant. It might even work! (pulls out sonic screwdriver and runs it along the wires) He's wired the vortex manipulator to the rest of the box. AMY: Why? RIVER: So he can take it with him. He's going to fly the Pandorica into the heart of the expl*si*n. The sky is now a brilliant orange. AMY and RORY are standing together, just watching. RORY: Are you OK? AMY: Are you? RORY: No. AMY: Well, shut up then! RORY takes her in a hug. RIVER comes out of the Pandorica. RIVER: Amy... He wants to talk to you. AMY: So, what happens here? Big Bang Two? What happens to us? RIVER: We all wake up where we ought to be. None of this ever happens and we don't remember it. AMY: River... tell me he comes back, too. RIVER: The Doctor will be the heart of the expl*si*n. AMY: So? RIVER: So all the cracks in time will close, but he'll be on the wrong side... Trapped in the never-space, the void between the worlds. All memory of him will be purged from the universe. He will never have been born. Now, please. He wants to talk to you before he goes. AMY: Not to you? RIVER: He doesn't really know me yet. Now he never will. AMY walks slowly to the Pandorica AMY: Hi. DOCTOR: (weakly) Amy Pond. The girl who waited. All night in your garden. Was it worth it? AMY: Shut up. Of course it was. DOCTOR: You asked me why I was taking you with me and I said..."No reason". I was lying. AMY: It's not important. DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the most important thing left in the universe. It's why I'm doing this. Amy, your house was too big. That big, empty house. And just you. AMY: And Aunt Sharon. DOCTOR: Where were your mum and dad? Where was... everybody who lived in that big house? AMY: I lost my Mum and Dad. DOCTOR: How? What happened to them? Where did they go? AMY: I... I don't... DOCTOR: It's OK. Don't panic. It's not your fault. AMY: I don't even remember. DOCTOR: There was a crack in time in the wall of your bedroom and it's been eating away at your life for a long time now. Amy Pond, all alone. The girl who didn't make sense. How could I resist? AMY: How could I just forget? DOCTOR: Nothing is ever forgotten, not really. But you have to try. The ground shakes RIVER: Doctor! It's speeding up! AMY places the sonic screwdriver in his pocket. DOCTOR: There's going to be a very big bang. Big Bang Two. Try and remember your family and they'll be there. AMY: How can I remember them if they never existed? DOCTOR: Because... you're special. That crack in your wall, all that time, the universe pouring into your head. You brought Rory back...you can bring them back, too. You just remember, and they'll be there. AMY: (backs away) YOU won't. DOCTOR: You'll have your family back. You won't need your imaginary friend any more. (laughs weakly) Amy Pond... crying over me, eh? Guess what? AMY: What? DOCTOR: Gotcha. The Pandorica closes. AMY walks slowly backwards, not taking her eyes from the Pandorica. The Pandorica begins to glow. RIVER: Back! Get back! (pushes AMY out of the way) The Pandorica launches into the sky. INT. PANDORICA The DOCTOR sends a message via his communicator before dropping it to the floor as the pain increases. INT. PANDORICA ROOM, DAY RIVER, RORY and AMY are sitting on the floor against a wall. RIVER receives the message on her communicator. RIVER: It's from the Doctor. (looks skyward) AMY: What does it say? RIVER: "Geronimo." INT. PANDORICA The DOCTOR rides through the g-force as the Pandorica sh**t on its collision course with the TARDIS. SPACE When the TARDIS and Pandorica meet, space explodes. And, just as suddenly, time reverses. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR wakes up on the floor and sits up. DOCTOR: Oh! OK. I escaped, then. Brilliant! Love it when I do that. Legs, yes. Bow tie, cool. I can buy a fez. The DOCTOR gets up when he hears his voice and AMY'S. PAST DOCTOR: The beach. The beach is the best. a*t*matic sand. PAST AMY: a*t*matic sand? What does that mean? PAST DOCTOR: It's automated, totally. The DOCTOR walks around and sees himself and AMY dressed for the beach. DOCTOR: Oh. PAST DOCTOR: Cleans up the lolly sticks... DOCTOR: No, hang on! That's last week when we went to Space Florida. I'm rewinding. My.. My time stream... unravelling, erasing. Closing. (looks at monitor and sees the crack closing) Hello, universe, goodbye, Doctor. Amy? (PAST AMY turns around) Amy? EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET, DAY The DOCTOR'S timeline rewinds further until he "arrives" outside the flat he shared with Craig. AMY crosses the street in front of him. DOCTOR: Ah, three weeks ago, when she put the card in the window. Amy! (she looks up) I need to tell you something. She can hear me! But if she can hear me... The DOCTOR turns around to see the crack in the road. Time rewinds again. INT. BYZANTIUM, FOREST CLEARING The DOCTOR arrives in a hollow and hears himself as he leaves to find the primary flight deck. PAST DOCTOR: Good luck everyone. Behave. Do not let that girl open her eyes. And keep watching the forest. Stop those Angels advancing. Amy, later! (taps her on the head) River, going to need your computer. (leaves) The DOCTOR approaches PAST AMY and puts his hands on hers. DOCTOR: Amy. you need to start trusting me, it's never been more important. PAST AMY: But you don't always tell me the truth. DOCTOR: If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me. PAST AMY: Doctor, the crack in my wall, how can it be here? DOCTOR: I don't know yet, but I'm working it out. (looks at past self) Now, listen. Remember what I told you when you were seven? PAST AMY: What did you tell me? DOCTOR: (rests his forehead against hers) No, no... That's not the point. You have to remember. (kisses her on the head and leaves) PAST AMY: Remember what? Doctor? Doctor? Time rewinds again. INT. HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR finds himself at AMY'S house. DOCTOR: Amelia's house. (checks watch) When she was seven. The night she waited. EXT. NIGHT The DOCTOR finds AMELIA curled up asleep on her suitcase. DOCTOR: The girl who waited. Come here, you. (carries her inside) INT. BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR tucks AMELIA into bed and sits down in the chair next to the bed. DOCTOR: It's funny. I thought if you could hear me, I could hang on somehow. Silly me. Silly old Doctor. When you wake up, you'll have a mum and dad... And you won't even remember me. Well, you'll remember me a little. I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Cos it was, you know. It was the best. A daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well, I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back. Oh, that box, Amy. You'll dream about that box. It'll never leave you. Big and little at the same time. Brand new and ancient. And the bluest blue ever. And the times we had, eh? Woulda had... Never had. In your dreams, they'll still be there. The Doctor and Amy Pond. And the days that never came. The cracks are closing. But they can't close properly until I'm on the other side. I don't belong here any more. I think I'll skip the rest of the rewind. I hate repeats. Live well. Love Rory.(kisses her head) Bye bye, Pond. (caresses her hair) The DOCTOR leaves and the crack closes behind him. AMELIA wakes, looks at the wall then settles back to sleep. Outside her window, the stars shine in the night sky. INT. BEDROOM, MORNING AMY slowly wakes up, and , as her eyes travel across the room, we see the "Raggedy Doctor" crafts before stopping at the wedding dress hanging on her closet door. TABETHA: Morning! AMY sits up with a gasp as a woman enters with a breakfast tray. AMY: You're my mum. Oh, my God, you're my mum. TABETHA: Well, of course I'm your mum. What's the matter with you? And this is your breakfast, which your father made, so feel free to tip it out of the window if it's an atrocity. Downstairs, 10 minutes? Big day! (leaves) AMY: Of course she's my mum. Why is that surprising? (gets out of bed) INT. PARLOR, MORNING AMY slowly enters the room. AUGUSTUS: Ah, Amelia. I fear I may have been using the same joke book as the best man. AMY: You're my tiny little dad! (runs over and hugs him) TABETHA: (enters) Amelia, why are you behaving as if you've never seen us before? AMY: I don't know. It's just... INT. RORY'S BATHROOM, MORNING RORY is brushing his teeth as he answers the phone. RORY: Hello! AMY: (over phone) Do you feel like you've forgotten something really important? INT. BEDROOM, MORNING AMY: Do you feel like there's a great big thing in your head, and you feel like you should remember it, but you can't? INT. RORY'S BATHROOM, MORNING RORY: Yep. INT. BEDROOM, MORNING AMY: Are you just saying yes cos you're scared of me? RORY: (over phone) Yep. AMY: I love you. RORY: (over phone) Yep. INT. RORY'S BATHROOM, MORNING RORY: I mean, I love you too! INT. BEDROOM, MORNING AMY turns off the phone, thinks for a moment, then rushes over and takes the dress down with a swirl. INT. RECEPTION HALL, DAY Everyone clasp as the BEST MAN has just finished his speech. BEST MAN: Ladies and gentlemen, the father of the bride, Augustus Pond! AGUSTUS: (stands) Sorry, everyone. I'll be another two minutes. I'm just reviewing certain aspects. (sits) TABETHA: Your father, Amelia, will be the absolute death of me. Unless, of course, I strike pre-emptively. AMY laughs but stops as she sees a woman walk by the windows. It is RIVER. AMY stands, staring outside. RORY: Amy? You OK? AMY: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm... (sits) fine. RORY: Right. Er... You're crying. AMY: So I am. Why am I doing that? RORY: Because you're happy, probably. Happy Mrs Rory. Happy, happy, happy. AMY: No. I'm sad. I'm really, really sad. RORY: Great. AMY: Why am I sad? (looks down at the table in front of RORY) What's that? RORY: Oh, er, someone left it for you. A woman. RORY hands AMY RIVER'S journal. AMY: But what is it? RORY: It's a book. AMY: (flips through the journal) It's blank. RORY: It's a present. AMY: But why? RORY: Well, you know the old saying. The old... wedding... thing. Huh? AMY slowly begins to remember. RORY: Amy? AUGUSTUS: (stands) Ready now. Sorry about that. Last-minute adjustments to certain aspects. Now then, it hardly seems a year... Her father's speech fades as AMY looks around the room and sees one guest wearing a red bowtie and another with blue braces. A tear falls from her eye and lands on RIVER'S journal. AUGUSTUS: ...at the age of six and announced that the new headteacher wasn't real because she looked like a cartoon. AMY: (stands) Shut up, Dad! RORY: Amy? AUGUSTUS: Amelia? AMY: Sorry, but shut up, please! There's someone missing...someone important. Someone so, SO important. RORY: Amy, what's wrong? AMY: Sorry. Sorry, everyone. But when I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend. TABETHA: (sighs) Oh no, not this again. AMY: The raggedy Doctor. My raggedy Doctor. But he wasn't imaginary. He was real. TABETHA: The psychiatrists we sent her to! AMY: I remember you! I remember! I brought the others back, I can bring you home, too. Raggedy man, I remember you, and you are late for my wedding! In the silence, RORY hears the glasses start to tinkle against each other as the ground starts to shake. The chandelier begins to sway. AMY: I found you. I found you in words, like you knew I would. That's why you told me the story...the brand new, ancient blue box. Oh, clever. Very clever. The wind begins to blow and we hear the TARDIS. RORY: Amy, what is it? AMY: Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue. The TARDIS begins to materialize in the middle of the floor. RORY: It's the Doctor! The TARDIS solidifies and AMY climbs over the table to get to it. RORY: How did we forget the Doctor? I was plastic. He was the stripper at my stag. Long story. AMY: (knocks on TARDIS door) OK, Doctor. Did I surprise you this time? The TARDIS door opens and the DOCTOR is wearing a top hat with white tie and tails. A white scarf is loosely draped over his shoulders. DOCTOR: Er, yeah. Completely astonished. Never expected that. How lucky I happened to be wearing this old thing. (steps out onto the floor) Hello, everyone. I'm Amy's imaginary friend, but I came anyway. (shakes AUGUSTUS'S hand) AMY: You absolutely, definitely may kiss the bride. DOCTOR: (plants a finger on AMY'S puckered lips) Amelia! From now on, I shall be leaving the... kissing duties to the brand new Mr Pond. (shakes RORY'S hand) RORY: No, I'm not Mr Pond. That's not how it works. DOCTOR: Yeah, it is. RORY: Yeah, it is. DOCTOR: Right then, everyone. I'll move my box. You're going to need the space. (enters TARDIS) I only came for the dancing. LATER… The DOCTOR creates his own dance to Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". AMY: (laughs) You're terrible. That is embarrassing! That doesn't keep him from teaching the dance to all the children at the reception. DOCTOR: That's it. That's good. Keep it loose. AMY and RORY look on and laugh. STILL LATER… AMY and RORY slow dance to James Morrison's "You Give Me Something". The DOCTOR watches as he leans against a doorway. DOCTOR: 2,000 years. The boy who waited. Good on you, mate. EXT. POND HOUSE, NIGHT The DOCTOR heads back to the TARDIS. As he puts his key to the lock, someone speaks. RIVER: Did you dance? Well, you always dance at weddings, don't you? DOCTOR: You tell me. RIVER: Spoilers. DOCTOR: (hands her journal back) The writing's all back, but I didn't peek. RIVER: Thank you. DOCTOR: (gives back the manipulator) Are you married, River? RIVER: (puts manipulator on) Are you asking? DOCTOR: Yes. RIVER: Yes. DOCTOR: No, hang on. Did you think I was asking you to marry me, o- o-or asking if you were married? RIVER: Yes. DOCTOR: No, but was that "yes", or "yes"? RIVER: Yes. DOCTOR: River...who are you? RIVER: You're going to find out very soon now. And I'm sorry, but that's when everything changes. (activates manipulator and disappears) DOCTOR: Nah. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR dances up to the console. As he starts to handle the controls, the door opens and AMY walks in. AMY: Oi! Where are you off to? We haven't even had a snog in the shrubbery yet. RORY follows her in and shuts the door. RORY: Amy! AMY: Shut up... it's my wedding. RORY: OUR wedding. DOCTOR: Sorry, you two...shouldn't have slipped away. Bit busy, you know? RORY: You just saved the whole of space and time. Take the evening off. Maybe a bit of tomorrow. DOCTOR: Space and time isn't safe yet. The TARDIS exploded for a reason. Something drew the TARDIS to this particular date, and blew it up. (phone begins to ring) Why? And why now? The silence, whatever it is, is still out there, and I have to...Excuse me a moment. (answers phone) Hello. Oh! Hello. I'm sorry, this is a very bad line. No, but that's not possible. She was sealed into the Seventh Obelisk. I was at the prayer meeting. Well, no, I get that it's important. An Egyptian goddess loose on the Orient Express…in space! Give us a mo. (to AMY and RORY) Sorry, something's come up. This will have to be goodbye. AMY: Yeah, I think it's goodbye. Do you think it's goodbye? RORY: Definitely goodbye. AMY heads for the door. EXT. POND HOUSE, NIGHT AMY opens the TARDIS door and waves. AMY: Goodbye! Goodbye. (closes door) INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR smiles. DOCTOR: (into phone) Don't worry about a thing, Your Majesty. We're on our way. AMY and RORY hold onto the console as the DOCTOR sets the TARDIS in motion. DOCTOR WHO Will Return Christmas 2010[/b]
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INT. HOUSE, DAY We see a MAN in Restoration dress stride through the door, pushing a servant to the side. MAN: Out of my way!! He reaches another set of doors and pulls on them only to find them locked. We then switch to the other side of the doors to see the DOCTOR'S clothing cast over a stool. MAN: (through door) Doctor! We pan over to see paints and a palette. MAN: (through door) Doctor! We pan again to see a painting of the DOCTOR in a god-like pose in the clouds, He is holding a trident on his right hand and his left is on his hip. A red swath of cloth is all that protects his modesty. MAN: (through door) Doctor! The MAN finally bursts through the door, sword drawn. Two others are behind him. MAN: Where's the Doctor?! The artist, a WOMAN, laughs nervously. WOMAN: Doctor who? There is a muffled sneeze and the MAN uses the tip of his sword to lift the hem of the WOMAN'S dress. A naked DOCTOR peers out. DOCTOR: You know, this isn't nearly as bad it looks. INT. RORY & AMY'S FLAT, DAY RORY is unpacking groceries while AMY reads aloud from a book. AMY: "At the personal intervention of the King, the unnamed doctor was incarcerated without trial in the Tower Of London." RORY: OK, but it doesn't have to be him. AMY: "Two nights later a magical sphere some 20 feet across was seen floating away from the tower, bearing the mysterious doctor aloft." RORY: OK...it's him. AMY: There's more. INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL, NIGHT A British POW, dressed in his underclothes, is lying on his stomach on a dolly. He looks up. POW: Doctor, what can you see? The DOCTOR pops his head through the hole in the tunnel roof. DOCTOR: Is the commandant's office painted a sort of green colour with a big flag on the wall? Alarms blare and beams from the search lights make it through the tunnel. DOCTOR: I think the answer's probably yes. The DOCTOR pulls back as we hear shouts in German and barking dogs. INT. RORY & AMY'S FLAT, DAY They are lying side-by-side on the couch. AMY slams the book closed. AMY: It's like he's being deliberately ridiculous, trying to attract our attention. Are you watching this again? Laurel and Hardy's "Sons of the Desert" plays on the TV. RORY: I've explained the jokes. AMY gets up and goes to the door as the doorbell rings. RORY: So what are you saying? Do you really think he's back there trying to wave to us out of history books? As RORY looks down at the book, he misses seeing the DOCTOR appear on screen in the movie waving at the camera before joining Laurel and Hardy in a small dance. AMY: It's the sort of thing he'd do. Thanks. (takes a letter from the postman and returns) RORY: Yeah, but why? AMY: He said he'd be in touch. RORY: Two months ago. AMY: Two months is nothing. He's up to something, I know he is, I know him. (opens letter) RORY: What is it? Amy? AMY: A date, a time, a map reference. I think it's an invitation. RORY: From who? AMY: It's not signed. Look, TARDIS blue! (tosses it at him) INT. STORMCAGE, CELL A similar envelope lands on a bed. A female hand reaches down to pick it up and we see it is RIVER SONG. She opens the letter and smiles as she reads the contents. INT. STORMCAGE, CORRIDOR Alarms blare as men race down the hall. A GUARD is on the phone. GUARD: You'd better get down here, sir. She's doing it again. Dr Song, sir. She's...packing. EXT. MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, DAY A yellow school bus drives down the road. GUARD: (V.O.) Says she's going to some planet called...America. The bus stops and AMY and RORY step off, both carrying backpacks. AMY: Thanks! DRIVER: You're very welcome. AMY: Uh! This is it, yeah? The right place? The bus drives off. RORY: Nowhere, middle of? Yeah, this is it. We see the DOCTOR'S face. DOCTOR: Howdy! AMY and RORY turn around and we see the DOCTOR lying on the hood of a red 1960s station wagon. AMY: Doctor! DOCTOR: Ha-ha! It's the Ponds! (gets off the car) Pond One and Pond Two! (hugs AMY) Hello, Ponds, come here! AMY: So someone's been a busy boy then, eh? DOCTOR: Did you see me? AMY: Of course! Stalker! DOCTOR: Flirt! RORY: Husband. DOCTOR: And Rory the Roman! Oh, come here! (hugs him) RORY: Hey, nice hat. DOCTOR: I wear a Stetson now, Stetsons are cool. A g*n fires and the Stetson is blown off the DOCTOR'S head. The three of them turn around and see a figure silhouetted against the sun. The figure moves slightly and we see it is RIVER. RIVER: (blows on the muzzle) Hello, sweetie. INT. DINER, DAY In a booth, the DOCTOR and RIVER compare notes while AMY and RORY get Cokes at the counter. RIVER: Right then, where are we? Have we done Easter Island yet? DOCTOR: Yes, I've got Easter Island! RIVER: They worshipped you there! Have you seen the statues? RORY and AMY join them. DOCTOR: Jim the Fish. RIVER: Oh, Jim the Fish! How is he? DOCTOR: Still building his dam. RORY: Sorry, what are you two doing? AMY: They're both time travellers, so they never meet in the right order. They're syncing their diaries. So what's happening, then? Because you've been up to something. DOCTOR: I've been running...faster than I've ever run, and I've been running my whole life. Now it's time for me to stop. And tonight I'm going to need you all with me. AMY: OK, we're here, what's up? DOCTOR: A picnic! And then a trip. Somewhere different, somewhere brand-new. AMY: Where? DOCTOR: Space...1969. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Impossible Astronaut" by Steven Moffat Producer Marcus Wilson Director Toby Haynes EXT. SHORE OF POWELL LAKE, UTAH, DAY The DOCTOR is stretched out on a large picnic blanket. AMY, RORY and RIVER are sitting around the edges. DOCTOR: (toasts) Salut! ALL: Salut! RORY: So when are we going to 1969? AMY: And since when do you drink wine? DOCTOR: I'm 1,103 - I must have drunk it some time. (drinks from the bottle and spits it out) Oh, wine's horrid! I thought it would taste more like the gums. AMY: 1,103? You were 908 the last time we saw you. DOCTOR: You've put on a couple of pounds. I wasn't going to mention it. AMY looks up to the dunes and sees a figure silhouetted against the sun. AMY: Who's that? RORY: Who's who? AMY: (looks at RORY) Sorry, what? RORY: What did you see? You said you saw someone. AMY: No, I didn't. DOCTOR: Ah! The moon, look at it! Of course, you lot did more than look, didn't you? Big silvery thing in the sky, you couldn't resist it. Quite right. RORY: The moon landing was in '69. Is that where we're going? DOCTOR: Oh, a lot more happens in '69 than anyone remembers. Human beings... I thought I'd never get done saving you. A pickup truck pulls onto the sand behind them and an older man steps out. The DOCTOR stands and holds up a hand in a wave. AMY: Who's he? RORY and RIVER stand. RIVER: Oh, my God! AMY stands and looks with the others as an astronaut stands in the lake DOCTOR: You all need to stay back. Whatever happens now, you do not interfere. Clear? (walks to astronaut) RORY: That's an astronaut. That's an Apollo astronaut in the lake. Look. The DOCTOR stands in front of the astronaut on the beach. DOCTOR: Hello. It's OK, I know it's you. The astronaut opens its visor but we do not see the face. DOCTOR: Well then... They watch silently as the DOCTOR speaks with the astronaut. He then bows his head as the astronaut raises its arm. AMY: (whispers) What's he doing? The astronaut fires and the DOCTOR staggers backwards. AMY: Doctor! AMY rushes towards the DOCTOR but RORY and River hold her back. RIVER: Amy! Stay back! The Doctor said stay back! The astronaut fires again and the DOCTOR falls to his knees. AMY: No! RIVER: You have to stay back! AMY: No! The DOCTOR stands as regeneration energy begins to waft from his hands. AMY: Doctor! The DOCTOR looks over to his friends. DOCTOR: I'm sorry. The DOCTOR tilts his head back as the regeneration starts in earnest. The astronaut fires again and the DOCTOR collapses to the ground. RIVER: No! Doctor! The three run to the DOCTOR'S body as the astronaut slowly walks back into the lake. AMY: Doctor, please! RIVER and AMY kneel beside the DOCTOR'S body and RIVER takes readings of the DOCTOR'S vital signs with her handheld device. AMY: River... River! The device whirrs and beeps. AMY looks at RIVER. AMY: River... RIVER stands and fires her g*n at the astronaut until she runs out of amm*nit*on. RIVER: Of course not. AMY: (crying) River, he can't be d*ad. This is impossible. RIVER: Whatever that was, it k*lled him in the middle of his regeneration cycle. His body was already d*ad. He didn't make it to the next one. AMY: (sobbing) Maybe he's a clone or a duplicate or something. The MAN from the truck has walked down to them. MAN: I believe I can save you some time. That most certainly is the Doctor, and he is most certainly d*ad. He said you'd need this. (sets a gas t*nk at the DOCTOR'S feet) RORY: Gasoline? RIVER: A Time Lord's body is a miracle. Even a d*ad one. There are whole empires out there who'd rip this world apart for just one cell. We can't leave him here. Or anywhere. AMY: (strokes the DOCTOR'S face) Wake up! Go on, wake up, you stupid bloody idiot! (rests her head on his chest) What do we do, Rory? RIVER: We're his friends. We do what the Doctor's friends always do. (picks up gas can) As we're told. RORY: (looks around) There's a boat. If we're going to do this...let's do it properly. EXT. SHORE OF POWELL LAKE, UTAH, NIGHT The DOCTOR'S body burns in the boat as it floats in the lake. The four of them stand on the shore and watch. RIVER: (to MAN) Who are you? Why did you come? MAN: Same reason as you. The MAN pulls envelope from pocket. After a moment's hesitation, RIVER pulls out hers and looks at him. MAN: Dr Song... Amy... Rory. I'm Canton Everett Delaware III. I won't be seeing you again. But...you'll be seeing me. (picks up gas can and heads back to his truck) RIVER watches him go before turning to AMY and RORY. RIVER: Four. RORY: Sorry, what? RIVER: The Doctor numbered the envelopes. INT. DINER, NIGHT RIVER, AMY and RORY enter the diner. RIVER is continuing her explanation. AMY is still in shock. RIVER: You got three, I was two, Mr Delaware was four. RORY: So? RIVER: So where's one? RORY: You think he invited someone else? RIVER: Well, he must have. He planned all of this to the last detail. AMY: Will you shut up? It doesn't matter. RIVER: He was up to something. AMY: He's d*ad. RIVER: Space 1969, what did he mean? AMY: You're still talking, but it doesn't matter. RORY: Hey, it mattered to him. RIVER: So it matters to us. AMY: He's d*ad. RIVER: But he still needs us. I know. Amy...I know. But right now we have to focus. RORY spots something on one of the tables. It's another envelope. RORY: Look. (talks to MAN behind the counter) Excuse me, who was sitting over there? MAN: Some guy. RIVER: (picks up envelope) The Doctor knew he was going to his death, so he sent out messages. When you know it's the end, who do you call? RORY: Your friends, people you trust. RIVER: (holds up envelope) Number one. Who did the Doctor trust the most? At that moment, the back door opens and in strolls the DOCTOR, a straw in his mouth. AMY, RIVER and RORY stare at him. He smiles and points at them. RIVER: This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold. DOCTOR: Or, "Hello," as people used to say. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: I just popped out to get my special straw. It adds more fizz. AMY walks up to him, staring, and walks around him in a circle. AMY: You're OK. (touches him) How can you be OK? DOCTOR: Of course I'm OK, I'm always OK, (hugs her) I'm the king of OK. Oh, that's a rubbish title, forget that title. (releases her) Rory the Roman, that's a good title. Hello, Rory! (hugs him before turning to RIVER) And Dr River Song... Oh, you bad, bad girl, what trouble have you got for me this time? RIVER slaps him. DOCTOR: OK. I'm assuming that's for something I haven't done yet. RIVER: Yes, it is. DOCTOR: Good, looking forward to it. RORY: I don't understand. How can you be here? (pokes the DOCTOR in the chest) DOCTOR: I was invited. Date, map reference. Same as you lot, I assume, otherwise it's a hell of a coincidence. AMY: River, what's going on? RIVER: Amy, ask him what age he is. DOCTOR: That's a bit personal. RIVER: Tell her. Tell her what age you are. DOCTOR: 909. AMY: Yeah, but you said... RIVER: So where does that leave us? Jim the Fish? Have we done Jim the Fish yet? DOCTOR: Who's Jim the Fish? AMY: I don't understand. RORY: Yeah, you do. DOCTOR: I don't! What are we all doing here? RIVER: We've been recruited. Something to do with space, 1969, and a man called Canton Everett Delaware III. DOCTOR: (walks away from them) Recruited by who? RIVER: Someone who trusts you more than anybody else in the universe. DOCTOR: (turns) And who's that? RIVER: Spoilers. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA The DOCTOR is walking around the console, talking, while the others just stand around, each lost in thought. DOCTOR: 1969, that's an easy one. Funny how some years are easy. Now, 1482, full of glitches. Now then, Canton Everett Delaware III, that was his name, yeah? AMY leaves and goes to the area underneath the console. DOCTOR: (continued) How many of those can there be? Well, three, I suppose. RIVER follows AMY. DOCTOR: (continued) Rory, is everybody cross with me for some reason? RORY: I'll find out. RORY leaves and the DOCTOR looks over his shoulder, concerned. INT. TARDIS, UNDER CONSOLE AMY is sitting cross-legged on the floor. RORY joins them and stands beside RIVER. AMY: Explain it again. RIVER: The Doctor we saw on the beach was a future version, 200 years older than the one up there. AMY: But all that'll still happen? He'll still die? RIVER: We're all going to do that, Amy. RORY: We're not all going to arrange our own wake and invite ourselves. So the Doctor in the future, knowing he's going to die, recruits his younger self and all of us to...to what exactly? Avenge him? RIVER: Mm-mm, avenging's not his style. AMY: Save him. RORY: That's not his style either. AMY: We have to tell him. (stands) RIVER: We've told him all we can. We can't even tell him we've seen his future self. He's interacted with his own past. It could rip a hole in the universe. AMY: Except he's done it before. RORY: And, in fairness, the universe did blow up. AMY: But he'd want to know. RIVER: Would he? Would anyone? The DOCTOR sticks his head down over the edge. DOCTOR: I'm being extremely clever up here, and there's no-one to stand around, looking impressed. What's the point in having you all? (gets back up) RIVER: Couldn't you just slap him sometimes? RIVER and RORY head for the stairs. AMY: River, we can't just let him die. We have to stop it. How can you be OK with this? RIVER: The Doctor's death doesn't frighten me, nor does my own. There's a far worse day coming for me. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA The DOCTOR is showing off again as he walks around the console. DOCTOR: Time isn't a straight line, it's all bumpy-wumpy. There's loads of boring stuff, like Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. But now and then there are Saturdays, big temporal tipping points when anything's possible. The TARDIS can't resist them, she loves a party, so I give her 1969 and NASA, cos that's space in the '60s, and Canton Everett Delaware III, and this is where she's pointing. (reveals the date on the scanner) AMY: Washington DC, April 8th, 1969. So why haven't we landed? DOCTOR: Because that's not where we're going. RORY: Where are we going? DOCTOR: Home! Well, you two are. Off you pop and make babies. Dr Song, back to prison. Me, I'm late for a biplane lesson in 1911, or it could be knitting. Knitting or biplanes, one or the other. The DOCTOR flops onto chair, rubbing his forehead. The others approach and he looks up, annoyed. DOCTOR: What? A mysterious summons? You think I'm just going to go? Who sent those messages? I know you know, I can see it in your faces. Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that. RIVER: You're going to have to trust us this time. DOCTOR: Trust you? Sure. (stands and walks to RIVER) But first of all, Dr Song, just one thing... Who are you? You're someone from my future, getting that, but who? OK... Why are you in prison? Who did you k*ll? Hmm? Now, I love a bad girl, me, but trust you? Seriously? AMY: Trust me. DOCTOR: OK. (walks over to face AMY) AMY: You have to do this, and you can't ask why. DOCTOR: Are you being thr*at? Is someone making you say that? AMY: No. DOCTOR: You're lying. AMY: I'm not lying. DOCTOR: Swear to me. Swear to me on something that matters. AMY: Fish fingers and custard. DOCTOR: My life in your hands, Amelia Pond. RIVER: Thank you. DOCTOR: So! Canton Everett Delaware III! INT. BAR, NIGHT A small man in a suit sits at the bar, nursing a drink. Two larger men in trenchcoats and hats stand behind him. DOCTOR: (V.O.) Who's he? CANTON: Who wants to know? AGENT 1: Your boss. CANTON: I don't have a boss any more. AGENT 1: Maybe you want to tell that to the President of the United States. (takes drink from his hand) INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER is reading information from the scanner. RIVER: Ex-FBI, got kicked out. DOCTOR: Why? INT. CAR, NIGHT The two men are in the front and CANTON is in the back on the phone. PRESIDENT: (over phone) I understand you have a problem with authority. CANTON: Thank you. PRESIDENT: (over phone) It's not a compliment, son. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER: Six weeks after he left the Bureau, the President contacted him for a private meeting. DOCTOR: Yeah, 1969, who's President? INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT The PRESIDENT is behind his desk on the phone with CANTON. PRESIDENT: This is a personal matter. I need someone on the outside, someone with FBI training, but is not in contact with them. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. CAR, NIGHT CANTON: I'm flattered. PRESIDENT: You were my second choice for this, Mr Delaware. CANTON: That's OK. You were my second choice for President, Mr Nixon. (looks out the window as they arrive at the White House) INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT NIXON hangs up the phone. RIVER: (V.O.) Richard Milhous Nixon. Vietnam, Watergate… INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER: There's some good stuff too. DOCTOR: Not enough. RIVER: Hippy! DOCTOR: Archaeologist. INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT NIXON sits behind his desk. CANTON sits in a chair directly in front. NIXON: Every day, wherever I am, I get a phone call. CANTON: People can't just call you, Mr President. NIXON: It's a direct call every time. Every day for the last two weeks, usually late at night. CANTON: Man or woman? NIXON: Neither. Listen. (switches on tape recorder) INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA DOCTOR: (to AMY and RORY) OK, since I don't know what I'm getting into, I'm being discreet, putting the engines on silent. The DOCTOR flips a switch and walks away as a loud metallic screeching fills the room. RIVER walks by, flips another switch and the screeching stops. The DOCTOR comes back. DOCTOR: Did you do something? RIVER: No, just...watching. DOCTOR: Putting the outer shell on invisible. Haven't done this in a while, big drain on the power. (goes to another panel) RORY: You can turn the TARDIS invisible? With a grin, the DOCTOR switches on a lever and blinding spotlights switch on. RIVER leans over and pushes a lever. RIVER: Very nearly. DOCTOR: Er, did you touch something? RIVER: Just admiring your skills, sweetie. DOCTOR: Good! You might learn something. OK. (bangs on scanner) Now, I can't check the scanner, it doesn't work when we're cloaked. Um, Just give us a mo. (runs to the door but stops when the other try to follow) Whoa, who, whoa, whoa, you lot, wait a moment. We're in the middle of the most powerful city in the most powerful country on Earth. Let's take it slow. (exits) INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT The DOCTOR steps out of the cloaked TARDIS to find himself in the Oval Office and he's not alone. Fortunately, both men have their backs to him. They are listening to the recorded phone call. NIXON: (recording) Hello? Who is this? This is President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this you again? CHILD: (recording) Mr President? CANTON: A child? The DOCTOR steps closer. NIXON: (recording) This is the President, yes. CHILD: (recording) I'm scared, Mr President. I'm scared of the Space Man. CANTON: A little girl? NIXON: Boy. CANTON: How can you be sure? NIXON: (recording) What space man? Where are you phoning from, where are you right now? Who are you? The DOCTOR takes a small notebook from his pocket and begins to jot things down. CHILD: (recording) Jefferson Adams Hamilton NIXON: (recording) Jefferson, listen to me... The phone hangs up and all they hear is a dial tone. CANTON: Surely this is something the Bureau could handle, sir? NIXON: These calls happen wherever I am. How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust any... NIXON turns around and sees the DOCTOR. CANTON stands and turns as well. The DOCTOR keeps writing and even motions for the two men to continue as if he weren't there. The DOCTOR feels their eyes on him and looks up. DOCTOR: Oh! Hello! Bad moment? (starts to back away) Oh, look, this is the Oval Office. I was looking for the... Oblong Room. I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, just be off then, shall I? (walks into the cloaked TARDIS and falls) NIXON presses a button on his desk for security. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA The TARDIS rocks from the DOCTOR walking into it. RIVER: Every time! INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT The DOCTOR gets back up, rubbing his face. DOCTOR: Don't worry. Always does that when it's cloaked. CANTON tackles the DOCTOR, knocking him to the floor. DOCTOR: No, stop that! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER swings the scanner over. RORY: He said the scanner wouldn't work. RIVER: I know. Bless! The scanner wires spark. INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT DOCTOR: Ow! The Secret Service agents enter, two are the same that brought CANTON to the White House. AGENT 1: Lock down, lock down! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER gets the scanner working and they see the DOCTOR on the floor, his face pressed into the carpet. DOCTOR: (on scanner) Not that! Ow! INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT DOCTOR: River, have you got my scanner working yet? INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER: Oh, I hate him! INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT DOCTOR: No, you don't. CANTON: Get the President out of here! Sir, you have to go with them now! DOCTOR: River, make her blue again! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA RIVER flicks some switches and levers to shut off the cloaking device. INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT As the TARDIS becomes visible, CANTON and the other men holding the DOCTOR release him and stare, open-mouthed, at the TARDIS. NIXON: What the hell is that? The DOCTOR makes himself comfortable at the desk, even putting up his feet. DOCTOR: Mr President! (the agents point their g*n at him) That child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. Never mind, the answer's yes. I'll take the case! Fellas, the g*n, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States, parked a big blue box on the rug. You think you can just sh**t me? RIVER: (exits the TARDIS) They're Americans! DOCTOR: (stands, hands up) Don't sh**t, definitely no sh**ting! AMY and RORY step out of the TARDIS. RORY: Don't sh**t us either. Very much not in need of getting sh*t. Look, we've got our hands up. NIXON: Who the hell are you? CANTON: Sir, you need to stay back. NIXON: But who, but who are they? What is that box? DOCTOR: It's a Police Box, can't you read? I'm your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name, the Doctor. These are my top operatives, the Legs, the Nose, and Mrs Robinson. RIVER: I hate you. DOCTOR: No, you don't! NIXON: Who are you? DOCTOR: Boring question. Who's phoning you, that's interesting. ‘Cause Canton Three is right, that was definitely a girl's voice. There's only one place in America she can be phoning from. CANTON: Where? AGENT 1: Do not engage with the intruder, Mr Delaware. DOCTOR: You heard everything I heard, it's simple enough. Give me five minutes, I'll explain. (sits back down at the desk) On the other hand, lay a finger on me, or my friends, and you'll never, ever know. CANTON: How'd you get it in here? I mean, you didn't carry it. DOCTOR: Clever, eh? CANTON: Love it. AGENT 1: Do not compliment the intruder. CANTON: Five minutes? DOCTOR: Five. AGENT 1: Mr President, that man is a clear and present danger. CANTON: Mr President, that man walked in here with a big blue box and three of his friends and that's the man he walked past. One of them's worth listening to. What say we give him five minutes, see if he delivers. DOCTOR: Thanks, Canton! CANTON: If he doesn't, I'll sh**t him myself. DOCTOR: Not so thanks. AGENT 1: Sir, I cannot recommend... NIXON: Shut up, Mr Peterson. All right. CANTON: Five minutes. DOCTOR: I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilise, street level maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, 12 jammy dodgers and a fez. CANTON: Get him his maps! Later, the Oval Office is strewn with large street maps and everyone is looking at one. CANTON: Why Florida? DOCTOR: That's where NASA is. She mentioned a space man. NASA's where the space men live. Also... there's another lead I'm following. AMY: (whispers to RIVER) Space Man? Like the one we saw at the lake. RIVER: Maybe. Probably. AMY looks through the open doorway and sees the same creature she saw at the lake and flashes back on that moment. AMY: (whispers) I remember! RORY inserts himself between AMY and her view of the alien, breaking contact. RORY: Amy? What do you remember? RORY moves and the creature is gone. AMY: I don't know, I just... (holds a hand to her stomach) RORY: Amy, what's wrong? RIVER: Amy? DOCTOR: You all right? AMY: Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm just...feeling a little sick. (heads for the door) Excuse me, is there a toilet, or something? PETERSON: Sorry, ma'am, during this procedure, you must remain within the Oval Office. CANTON: Shut up and take her to the rest room. PETERSON nods to the other AGENT. AGENT 2: This way, ma'am. AMY: Thanks. RORY makes to follow, but PETERSON puts a hand on his chest. CANTON: Your five minutes are up. DOCTOR: Yeah, and where's my fez? INT. WHITE HOUSE HALL, NIGHT The AGENT leads AMY to the toilet and tries to follow her inside. AMY: Actually, I can usually manage this alone. (enters room) INT. WHITE HOUSE REST ROOM AMY steps inside and gasps when she sees the creature standing there. AMY: I saw you before. At the lake...and here. But then I forgot. How did I forget? What are you? The toilet flushes and a WOMAN steps out of one of the stalls and heads for the sink. AMY: Get back! Stay back from it! The WOMAN turns around and screams when she sees it but then laughs. WOMAN: Oh, my God, what is that, is that a mask? Is that a Star Trek thing? Ben, is that you? AMY: Get back from it, now! The WOMAN turns around and looks at AMY. WOMAN: Back from what, honey? AMY: That! WOMAN: (looks back) Oh, my God, look at that. Is that a Star Trek mask? Ben, that's gotta be you. Hang on, did I just say all that? AMY: No, please, you've got to stay back! WOMAN: (turns to AMY) Back, honey? Back from what? (the lights begin to flicker) Oh, those lights. They never fix them. AMY: Look behind you! WOMAN: Honey, there is nothing... The creature is reaching out with its arm and its mouth is now open. The WOMAN looks to the creature again. The creature sh**t electricity from his fingers and the WOMAN screams as she disintergrates. AMY: You didn't have to k*ll her, she couldn't even remember you! How does that work? We can only remember you, while we're seeing you, is that it? (takes a photo with camera) Why did you have to k*ll her? CREATURE: Joy. Her name was Joy. Your name is Amelia. You will tell the Doctor. (advances) AMY: Tell him what? CREATURE: What he must know. And what he must never know. AMY: How do you know about that? CREATURE: Tell him. AMY rushes out of the bathroom. INT. WHITE HOUSE HALL, NIGHT The AGENT notices her distress. AGENT 2: Are you OK? AMY: I'm...I'm fine. Much better, thanks. AGENT 2: (sees her phone) What's that? AMY: It's my phone. AGENT 2: Your phone? AMY: I have to tell the Doctor. AGENT 2: Tell him what, ma'am? AMY: Sorry. I don't know why I said that. AGENT 2: This way, ma'am. The AGENT leads her back to the Oval Office. INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT The phone on NIXON'S desk rings. CANTON: The kid? NIXON: Should I answer it? DOCTOR: Here! (points to the map) The only place in the United States that call could be coming from. See? Obvious when you think about it. AMY and the AGENT return. CANTON: (peers at the map) You, sir, are a genius. DOCTOR: It's a hobby. CANTON: Mr President, answer the phone. NIXON: (picks up phone) Hello. This is President Nixon. CHILD: (over phone) It's here! The Space Man's here. It's gonna get me. It's gonna eat me! The DOCTOR grabs his jacket and backs towards the TARDIS. AMY, RORY and RIVER enter first. DOCTOR: There's no time for a SWAT team, let's go! Mr President, tell her help's on the way. Canton, on no account follow me into this box and close the door behind you. (enters TARDIS) CANTON: What the hell are you doing? (follows into the TARDIS) The TARDIS dematerializes. CHILD: (over phone) Mr President, please help! Please help me! NIXON: Jefferson, it's all right. I'm sending my best people. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE AREA CANTON stays by the door looking around in stunned amazement. DOCTOR: Jefferson isn't a girl's name, or her name either. Jefferson Adams Hamilton... River? RIVER: Surnames of three of America's founding fathers. DOCTOR: Lovely fellas, two of them fancied me. CANTON turns around, mouth open. RORY: Are you OK? Coping? DOCTOR: The President asked the child two questions. Where and who are you? She was answering where. CANTON: It's bigger on the inside. RORY: You get used to it. DOCTOR: Now where would you find three big historical names in a row like that? AMY: Where? DOCTOR: Here! Come on! The DOCTOR runs for the door with AMY and RIVER following. CANTON stops him. CANTON: It's er... DOCTOR: (to RORY) Are you taking care of this? The DOCTOR, RIVER and AMY continue out the door. RORY: Why's it always my turn? AMY: (stops) Cos you're the newest. (kisses him) AMY leaves and RORY puts a hand on CANTON'S shoulder. INT. WAREHOUSE, NIGHT The warehouse is dirty and cluttered. The DOCTOR sits at a desk, waving around a small American flag. AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: About five miles from Cape Kennedy Space Centre. It's 1969, the year of the Moon. Interesting, don't you think? AMY turns on her flashlight and RIVER uses her hand-held device to scan the area. AMY: Why would a girl be here? DOCTOR: I don't know. Lost, maybe. RIVER picks up the phone. DOCTOR: The President asked where she was and she did what any lost little girl would do. (stands) She looked out the window. (peers through the blinds) Right outside the window are street signs: Jefferson, Hamilton and Adams. AMY: Streets. Of course, street names! DOCTOR: The only place in Florida, probably all of America, with those three street names on the same junction, and, Dr Song, you've got that face on again. RIVER: What face? DOCTOR: The "he's hot when he's clever" face. RIVER: This is my normal face. DOCTOR: It is. RIVER: Oh, shut up. DOCTOR: Not a chance. The DOCTOR checks the phone receiver just as CANTON and RORY exit the TARDIS. CANTON: We've moved. How, how can we have moved? DOCTOR: You haven't even got to space travel yet? RORY: I was going to cover it with time travel. (shuts the TARDIS door) CANTON: Time travel? DOCTOR: Brave heart, Canton. Come on! (heads off to explore) CANTON: So we're in a box, that's bigger on the inside and it travels through time and space? RORY: Basically. CANTON: How long have Scotland Yard had this? RORY and CANTON follow after the others. RIVER: It's a warehouse of some kind. Disused. DOCTOR: You realise this is almost certainly a trap, of course. RIVER: I noticed the phone, yes. AMY: What about it? RIVER: It was cut off. So how did the child phone from here? AMY: OK. But why would anyone want to trap us? DOCTOR: Don't know. Let's see if anyone tries to k*ll us, and work backwards. In the shadows, the astronaut watches. RIVER: Now why would a little girl be here? DOCTOR: I don't know, let's find her and ask her. They find a tilted operating table that seems to have organic components attached. RIVER: It's non-terrestrial, definitely alien, probably not even from this time zone. DOCTOR: Which is odd, because... look at this! There are boxes of items that pique the DOCTOR'S interest. RIVER: It's Earth tech, contemporary. DOCTOR: Very contemporary. Cutting edge. This is from the space programme! AMY: Stolen? What, by aliens? DOCTOR: Apparently. (puts on helmet) AMY: Why? If you can make it to Earth, why steal technology that can barely make it to the moon? DOCTOR: (muffled) Maybe cos it's cooler. (lifts visor) Look how cool this stuff is! AMY: Cool aliens? DOCTOR: Well, what would you call me? AMY: An alien. DOCTOR: Oi! RORY and CANTON join them as the DOCTOR removes the helmet. RORY: I, er, I think he's OK now. DOCTOR: Ah, back with us, Canton? CANTON: Like your wheels. DOCTOR: That's my boy! So come on - little girl, let's find her. RIVER examines the table, lifting a cable that drips something slimy when she holds it up. AMY bends beside her. AMY: River... RIVER: I know what you're thinking. AMY: No, you don't. RIVER: You're thinking if we can find the Space Man in 1969, and neutralise it, then it won't be around in 2011 to k*ll the Doctor. AMY: OK, lucky guess. RIVER: That's only because I was thinking it too. AMY: So let's do it. RIVER: It doesn't work like that. We came here because of what we saw in the future. If we try and prevent the future from happening, we create a paradox. AMY: Time can be rewritten. RIVER: Not all of it. AMY: Says who? RIVER: Who do you think? Using the light, RIVER follows one of the cables to a manhole cover. RIVER: What's this? AMY: We can still save him. RIVER: Doctor! Look at this. (pushes cover aside) DOCTOR: So where does that go? RIVER: (scans) There's a network of tunnels running under here. DOCTOR: Life signs? RIVER: No, nothing that's showing up. DOCTOR: Those are the worst kind. Be careful. RIVER: (enters manhole) Careful? Tried that once, ever so dull. DOCTOR: Shout if you get in trouble. RIVER: Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer. Now there's a spoiler for you! (climbs down) CANTON: So what's going on here? DOCTOR: Nothing... She's just a friend. RORY: (leans over) I think he's talking about the possible alien incursion. DOCTOR: OK. (claps RORY and CANTON on the shoulder) INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS RIVER reaches the bottom of the ladder and uses the flashlight to follow the cable. The light wakes the sleeping aliens. INT. WAREHOUSE, NIGHT CANTON and AMY are examining some of the equipment. CANTON: So... I was in a bar having a drink. Tell me honestly, am I still there? AMY: 'Fraid not. RIVER climbs up in a hurry, panting. She then calms as if nothing's wrong. RIVER: All clear. Just tunnels, nothing down there I can see. Er, give me five minutes, I want to take another look round. DOCTOR: Stupidly dangerous. RIVER: Yep, I like it too. (softer) Amy, look after him. (goes back down) DOCTOR: Rory, would you mind going with her? RORY: Yeah, a bit. DOCTOR: Then I appreciate it all the more. (pats him on the back) RORY: (unenthusiastically) Hang on, River, I'm coming too. INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS RORY climbs down and sees RIVER leaning over, breathing heavily RORY: You OK? RIVER: Ah yes, yes. I just felt a bit sick. It's the prison food probably. (takes a few deep breaths) This way, what do you think? As RORY nervously follows RIVER, we see one of the aliens walk slowly past. RORY: I keep thinking I hear things. RIVER: Interesting! These tunnels are old. Really old. How can they be really old and nobody notice them? The light catches a door. RORY: It's a maintenance hatch. RIVER: (tries to open it) It's locked. (kneels) Why do people always lock things? RORY: What's through there? RIVER: No idea. RORY: Something bad? RIVER: Almost definitely. RORY: You're going to open it, aren't you? RIVER: It's locked. How's a girl supposed to resist? RORY: Is this sensible? RIVER: God, I hope not. (sets to opening the lock) RORY: You and the Doctor...I can kind of picture it. RIVER: Keep a look out. RORY: What did you mean? What you said to Amy. There's a worse day coming for you. RIVER: When I first met the Doctor, a long, long time ago... he knew all about me. Think about that. Impressionable young girl, and suddenly this man just drops out of the sky, he's clever and mad and wonderful and knows every last thing about her. Imagine what that does to a girl. RORY: (softly) I don't really have to. RIVER: Trouble is, it's all back to front. My past is his future. We're travelling in opposite directions. Every time we meet, I know him more, he knows me less. I live for the days when I see him. But I know that every time I do, he'll be one step further away. And the day's coming, when I'll look into that man's eyes... my Doctor... and he won't have the faintest idea who I am. (the lock whirrs) And I think it's going to k*ll me. RIVER stands and opens the door. INT. UNDERGROUND CONTROL ROOM The room is cavernous and it looks like the control room from "The Lodger". RORY: What is this place? As RIVER steps closer to the center, the alarm goes off. RIVER: That's an alarm. Check if anything's coming. RORY nods and looks outside the room. The alien creatures walk menacingly towards him. He pulls his head back in to warn RIVER. RORY: There's nothing out there. RIVER uses her scanner on one of the control panels. RIVER: These tunnels, they're not just here, they're everywhere. They're running under the surface of the entire planet! They've been here for centuries! There is a crackle of energy from the tunnel behind RORY. He slowly turns and there is a bright flash. RIVER: Rory! INT. WAREHOUSE, NIGHT CANTON and AMY are examining some of the equipment. AMY: So, you were kicked out of the FBI because you had attitude problems. CANTON: No. I just wanted to get married. AMY: Is that a crime? CANTON: Yes. (points in the DOCTOR'S direction) Doctor who, exactly? AMY looks over to the DOCTOR who sticks his head into a large crate. AMY: That's classified. CANTON: Classified by who? AMY: God knows. CANTON: But you work for him. AMY: He's my friend. If "friend" is the right word. I haven't seen him in a while. I had something I wanted to tell him, but stuff always gets in the way. CANTON: Stuff does that. GIRL: Help me! All three are immediately alert. CANTON pulls out his g*n. GIRL: Help! Help me! CANTON: It's her! AMY runs to follow after CANTON but doubles over, gasping in pain. The DOCTOR goes to her. DOCTOR: Amy? What's wrong? AMY: I need to tell you something! CANTON: Doctor! AMY: It's important. It's really, really important. CANTON: Doctor! Quickly! DOCTOR: What, now? The DOCTOR pulls AMY along to another section of the warehouse. They find CANTON unconscious on the floor. They run over to him. DOCTOR: Canton! Canton, are you OK? (kneels) AMY: Is he all right? DOCTOR: Just unconscious. Got a proper whack though. AMY: Doctor, I need to tell you something. I have to tell you it now! DOCTOR: Not a great moment, Amy. AMY: No, it's important, it has to be now! GIRL: Help! Help me! Help me! AMY: Doctor... I'm pregnant. They hear thudding footsteps and the DOCTOR stands. Coming towards them is the astronaut. AMY: That's it. The astronaut! The astronaut raises its hand and AMY reaches over and grabs CANTON'S g*n. With her back to the astronaut, she doesn't see as it raises its visor to reveal the GIRL. GIRL: Help me! AMY: (slow motion distorted) Get down! (stands) DOCTOR: (slow motion distorted) What are you doing! AMY: (slow motion distorted) Saving your life! DOCTOR: (slow motion distorted) No! AMY fires the g*n without realizing it's the GIRL. She screams.
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RECAP of "The Impossible Astronaut" EXT. VALLEY of the GODS, UTAH, DAY 3 Months Later…July, 1969 AMY is running through the desert, two cars chasing her. She has a pen on a lanyard around her neck. AGENT 1: Suspect directly ahead. CANTON: Coming to you now. Over. AMY stops at the edge of a small ledge. The two cars converge behind her and a number of agents step out, CANTON in front. AMY: Canton. CANTON: Miss Pond. CANTON motions to one of the other agents who spreads something out on the ground. AMY: Is that a body bag? CANTON: Yes, it is. AMY: It's empty. CANTON: How about that. AMY: Do you even know why you're doing this, eh? Can you even remember? The warehouse? FLASHBACK INT. WAREHOUSE, NIGHT AMY helps CANTON while AMY stares at the GIRL in the spacesuit. DOCTOR: Amy! Amy! RORY and RIVER climb up from the tunnels and they all rush for the TARDIS. CANTON: What the hell's going on? DOCTOR: Look behind you. CANTON: There's nothing behind me! DOCTOR: Look! Canton, look! CANTON turns and sees one of the aliens walking towards him. CANTON fires and AMY falls to the ground. There are tally marks in pen on her arm. INT. AREA 51, DAY Inside a large hanger, there are armed guards stationed around an open area in the middle. CANTON walks up to it, past signs that read: Do Not Approach The Prisoner. The prisoner in question is the DOCTOR. His hair is longer and he now has a beard. He is in a straightjacket and is chained to a chair. There is a yellow circle painted around him. PA: All visitors to remain behind the yellow line. All visitors to remain behind the yellow line. CANTON: We found Amy Pond. She had strange markings on her arm. (holds up photo) Do you know what they are? (throws the folder closer so the DOCTOR can see it) DOCTOR: Why don't you ask her? CANTON doesn't answer and the DOCTOR realizes what happened. INT. OFFICE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY, NIGHT RIVER is in an office under construction. She also has tally marks on her arms. She walks through nervously and gasps when she hears a pipe fall. There are more aliens. RIVER: I see you! (takes out pen and marks her arm) I see you! CANTON and his fellow agents arrive. CANTON: Doctor Song. RIVER turns around. CANTON: Doctor Song? RIVER looks back and the aliens are gone. She runs. CANTON: Go, go, go! RIVER stops when she reaches the open side of the building. CANTON: Don't move! It's over! RIVER: They're here, Canton. They're everywhere. CANTON: I know. America's being inv*de. RIVER: You were inv*de a long time ago. America is occupied. CANTON: You're coming with us, Dr Song. There's no way out, this time. RIVER: There's always a way out. Arms outstretched, RIVER falls backwards out of the building. INT. AREA 51, DAY Two scientists are building a wall of black stone around the DOCTOR. He watches with some interest. CANTON: We found Dr Song. DOCTOR: (watches builders) These bricks, what are they made of? Where is she? CANTON: She ran. Off the 50th floor. DOCTOR: I'd say zero balanced dwarf star alloy. The densest material in the universe. Nothing gets through that. You're building me the perfect prison. (faces CANTON) And it still won't be enough. EXT. GLEN CANYON DAM, AZ, DAY RORY bursts out of a door onto the road across the dam to find both sides blocked by agents. His face, arms and neck are covered with tally marks. He looks over the side, contemplating a jump. He puts up his hands and turns to face CANTON. RORY: What are you waiting for? CANTON: I'm waiting for you to run. (RORY lowers his arms) It'll look better if I sh*t you while you were running. Then again, looks aren't everything. CANTON raises his g*n as RORY closes his eyes. There is a g*n and RORY falls to the ground. INT. AREA 51, CELL, DAY CANTON walks into the hanger, two soldiers dragging body bags. The DOCTOR'S cell is complete. The soldiers drag the bags inside. DOCTOR: Is there a reason you're doing this? CANTON: I want you to know where you stand. DOCTOR: In a cell. CANTON: In the perfect cell. (the soldiers leave) Nothing can penetrate these walls. Not a sound, not a radio wave. (inserts his fingers into holes in the wall and the door slides shut) Not the tiniest particle of anything. In here, you are literally cut off from the rest of the universe. So I guess they can't hear us, right? DOCTOR: Good work, Canton. Door sealed? CANTON: You bet. The DOCTOR stands and shakes off the chains and removes the straightjacket just as the body bags sit up. The DOCTOR unzips RORY'S bag. DOCTOR: You OK? CANTON helps AMY. AMY: Finally. RORY: These things could really do with air holes. CANTON: Never had a complaint before. The DOCTOR stretches his arms as AMY climbs out of the bag. AMY: Isn't it going to look odd that you're staying in here with us? CANTON: Odd, but not alarming. They know there's no way out of this place. DOCTOR: Exactly. Whatever they might think we're doing in here, they know we're not going anywhere. With a snap of his braces, the DOCTOR leans to the side and on the TARDIS. He snaps his fingers and the doors open. DOCTOR: Shall we? With a smile, AMY follows RORY into the TARDIS. CANTON: (following AMY) What about Dr Song? INT. TARDIS CANTON: She dove off a rooftop! DOCTOR: Don't worry. She does that. (closes TARDIS doors and runs to the console) Amy, Rory, open all the doors to the swimming pool. AMY and RORY go to do as they're told. INT. OFFICE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY, NIGHT RIVER turns her fall into a dive and goes through the open TARDIS doors. Water splashes up. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR walks around the console, using the controls. DOCTOR: So, we know they're everywhere. Not just a landing party, an occupying force. And they've been here a very, very long time. But nobody knows that, cos no one can remember them. RIVER arrives, drying her hair. CANTON: So what are they up to? DOCTOR: No idea. But the good news is...we've got a secret w*apon. The DOCTOR runs to the door. EXT. CAPE KENNEDY, DAY The DOCTOR steps out onto the wetlands followed by the others. RIVER: Apollo 11's your secret w*apon? DOCTOR: No, no, it's not Apollo 11, that would be silly. It's Neil Armstrong's foot. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "Day of the Moon" by Steven Moffat Producer Marcus Wilson Director Toby Haynes EXT. GREYSTARK HALL ORPHANAGE, NIGHT In a thunderstorm, a black sedan enters the grounds and pulls up in front of the large building that has seen better days. The radio is on. RADIO: In just a few days mankind will set foot on the moon for the first time. Today the President reaffirmed America's commitment... INT. SEDAN, NIGHT CANTON turns off the radio and looks to AMY in the passenger seat. She is dressed like an agent in a black suit. CANTON: Ready. Check? AMY looks at the palm of her left hand. AMY: Clear. CANTON: (looks at palm) Clear. As AMY gets out of the car, CANTON rubs his left palm with his right index finger. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR injects something into CANTON'S hand. CANTON: Ow! DOCTOR: So, three months, what have we found out? RORY: Well, they are everywhere. Every state in America. (the DOCTOR injects his hand) Ow! DOCTOR: Not just America, the entire world. RIVER: There's a greater concentration here though. The DOCTOR injects AMY. AMY: Ow! DOCTOR: You OK? AMY: All better. DOCTOR: Better? AMY: Turns out I was wrong. I'm not pregnant. RORY walks over. RORY: What's up? AMY: Nothing. Really, nothing, seriously. CANTON: So you've seen them, but you don't remember them. RIVER: You've seen them too. That night at the warehouse, remember? While you were pretending to hunt us down we saw hundreds of those things. We still don't know what they look like. RORY: It's like they edit themselves out of your memory as soon as you look away. The exact second you're not looking at them, you can't remember anything. AMY: Sometimes you feel a bit sick though, but not always. CANTON: So that's why you marked your skin? AMY: Only way we'd know if we'd had an encounter. CANTON: How long have they been here? AMY: That's what we've spent three months trying to find out. RORY: Not easy, if you can't remember anything you discover. CANTON: But how long do you think? DOCTOR: As long as there's been something in the corner of your eye, or creaking in your house, or breathing under your bed, or voices through a wall. They've been running your lives for a very long time now, so keep this straight in your head. We are not fighting an alien invasion, we're leading a revolution. And today the battle begins. CANTON: How? DOCTOR: Like this. (reaches back and injects RIVER) RIVER: Ow! DOCTOR: Ha-ha! Nano recorder. Fuses with the cartilage in your hand. (injects himself) Ow! Then it tunes itself directly to the speech centres in your brain. It'll pick up your voice, no matter what. Telepathic connection. So the moment you see one of the creatures, you activate it. (his palm glows red) And describe aloud exactly what you're seeing. He presses his palm again and playback begins. DOCTOR: (recording) And describe aloud exactly what you're seeing. DOCTOR: Because the moment you break contact, you're going to forget it happened. The light will flash if you've left yourself a message. You keep checking your hand. If you've had an encounter that's the first you'll know about it. CANTON: Why didn't you tell me this before we started? DOCTOR: I did. But even information about these creatures erases itself over time. (presses a few buttons on the console) I couldn't refresh it, cos I couldn't talk to you. CANTON glances over his shoulder and then straightens the DOCTOR'S tie. The others watch him. CANTON: What? What are you staring at? RIVER: Look at your hand. CANTON looks at his palm which is flashing red. CANTON: Why's it doing that? DOCTOR: What does it mean if the light's flashing? What did I just tell you? CANTON: I haven't... DOCTOR: Play it. CANTON presses his palm. CANTON: (recording) My God, how did it get in here? DOCTOR: (recording) Keep eye contact with the creature and when I say, turn back, and when you do, straighten my bow tie. CANTON slowly turns around. CANTON: (recording) What? What are you staring at? RIVER: (recording) Look at your hand. Standing in the TARDIS is one of the aliens. DOCTOR: It's a hologram, extrapolated from a photo on Amy's phone. Take a good long look. (hologram dissipates) You just saw an image of one of the creatures we're fighting. Describe it to me. (snaps his fingers) CANTON: I can't. DOCTOR: No. Neither can I. You straightened my bow tie because I planted the idea in your head while you were looking at the creature. AMY: So they could do that to people. You could be doing stuff and not really knowing why you're doing it. RORY: Like post hypnotic suggestion. AMY: Ruling the world with post hypnotic suggestion. DOCTOR: Now then, a little girl in a space suit. They got the suit from NASA, but where did they get the girl? CANTON: Could be anywhere. DOCTOR: Except they probably stayed close to that warehouse, cos why bother doing anything else? And they take her from somewhere to cause the least amount of attention. But you'll have to find her. I'm off to NASA. The DOCTOR uses the scanner to zoom in on possible coordinates in Florida. CANTON: Find her? Where do we look? DOCTOR: Children's homes. EXT. GREYSTARK HALL ORPHANAGE, NIGHT There's a knock on the door and a man opens it to reveal AMY and CANTON on the doorstep. MAN: Hello. CANTON: (holds up ID) FBI. You must be Dr Renfrew. Can we come in? RENFREW: The children are asleep. AMY: We'll be very quiet. RENFREW: Is there a problem? CANTON: It's about a missing child. RENFREW: What are you...? Yes, yes, come in, please. INT. GREYSTARK HALL ORPHANAGE, NIGHT AMY pushes the door open and they follow RENFREW inside. The architectures shows the house was once beautiful but it is now very dilapidated with paint chipping from the walls as well as signs of damp. Painted on the walls in large red letters are demands such as "GET OUT" and "LEAVE NOW". RENFREW: This way. (leads them upstairs) Please excuse the writing. It keeps happening. I try to clean it up. AMY: It's the kids, yeah? They do that? RENFREW: Yes. The children. It must be, yes. RENFREW reaches out to wipe the wall and AMY and CANTON see "GET OUT" written on his wrist. RENFREW: Anyway, my office is this way. CANTON: We nearly didn't come to this place. I understood Graystark Hall was closed in '67. RENFREW: That's the plan, yes. AMY: The plan? RENFREW: Not long now. CANTON: It's 1969. RENFREW: No, no. We close in '67. That's the plan, yes. CANTON: You misunderstood me, sir. It's 1969 now. RENFREW: Why are you saying that? Of course, it isn't. CANTON: July. RENFREW: My office is this way, this way. (veers off to a smaller stairway) AMY: I'll check upstairs. CANTON: Be careful. CANTON follows RENFREW and AMY continues upstairs. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, ROOM AMY pushes the door open to a dorm room. There are a number of bed frames lined on either side of the room. Painted on the wall is the message "LEAVE ME ALONE". INT. ??? The DOCTOR is working on a myriad of wires when his phone rings. He puts on the earpiece so he can keep working. DOCTOR: Amy? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. GREYSTARK HALL, ROOM AMY: I think we've found the place she was taken from. DOCTOR: How do you know? AMY: (over phone) Cos those things have been here. But the whole place is deserted. AMY: There's just one guy here and I think he's lost it. DOCTOR: Repeated memory wipes fry your head eventually. Find out what you can, but don't hang around. AMY: Where are you? DOCTOR: Gotta go! Got company! The DOCTOR ends the call and sits up. The door is open and men are looking in on him. DOCTOR: Don't worry. I put everything back the way I found it. (there's a piece in his hand) Except this. There's always a bit left over, isn't there? The camera pulls out to reveal he is in the Apollo 11 module. We then see the component he was working on give off a steady beep. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, ROOM AMY puts away her phone and continues to walk through the window. The door slams shut behind her and she whirls around wondering of she's alone. She runs for the door and, as she tries the knob, she sees markings on her hand. She turns her hand over and sees red flashing. She presses her palm with her other thumb. AMY: (recording) I can see them, but I think they're asleep. Get out! Just get out! AMY tries the door again then tries the windows. She sees more markings on her hands and the reflection in the window shows marks on her face. She turns around and slowly looks up. There is a mass of the creatures hanging upside-down from the ceiling like bats. She walks towards the door, not taking her eyes off them, and kicks a pail there to catch water. One of the creatures hisses at the noise. AMY reaches her hand to her mouth to leave a message when the door opens. She looks away and all thoughts of the aliens hanging above her are gone. As she leaves the room, one of the aliens stands in the room. INT. LECTURE ROOM, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER The DOCTOR is sitting in a chair, legs crossed even though he is handcuffed. An MP stands behind him as two men question him. MAN 1: One more time, sir. How the hell did you get into the command module? DOCTOR: I told you! I'm on a top secret mission for the President. (bites the chain of the cuffs) MAN 1: Well, maybe if you just get President Nixon to assure us of that, sir, that would be swell. DOCTOR: I sent him a message. The MAN scoffs just as the double doors behind him open and NIXON walks into the room. RORY and RIVER—in period dress--are acting as his aids. Behind them is the TARDIS. NIXON: Hello, I believe it's Mr Gardner, is that correct? Head of security? (shakes his hand) GARDNER: Ah, yes, sir. Yes, Mr President. NIXON: (to MAN 2) Mr Grant, is it? GRANT: Yes, Mr President. (shakes hands) NIXON: The hopes and dreams of millions of Americans stand here today, at Cape Kennedy, and you are the men who guard those dreams. On behalf of the American people, I thank you. GARDNER: You're welcome, Mr President. NIXON: I understand you have a baby on the way, Mr Grant? GRANT: Yes, Mr President. NIXON: What are you hoping for, a boy or a girl? GRANT: Just a healthy American, sir. NIXON: A healthy American will do just nicely. (gives GRANT a friendly shoulder punch) Now, fellas, listen. This man here-- codename, The Doctor--is doing some work for me, personally. Could you cut him a little slack? GARDNER: Er, Mr President, he did break into Apollo 11. The DOCTOR mouths "Sorry". NIXON: Well, I'm sure he had a very good reason for that. But I need you to release him now, so he can get on with some very important work for the American people. Could you do that for me? GRANT: Well... NIXON: Son, I am your Commander-in-Chief. GARDNER: Then I guess that would be fine, Mr President. NIXON: Glad to hear it. The MP unlocks the handcuffs and the DOCTOR stands. DOCTOR: Thank you! (shakes GRANT'S hand) Bye-bye. (shakes GARDNER'S hand and heads for the TARDIS) NIXON: Carry on, gentlemen. (follows the DOCTOR and RIVER) RORY accidentally breaks off a piece of the model lunar module sitting on the desk. When he can't fit it back on, he slips the piece on the desk. RORY: (clears throat) America salutes you. RORY salutes them in the British fashion (palm facing outwards) before joining the others and closing the doors. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, REFREW'S OFFICE, NIGHT As RENFREW sits at his desk, CANTON searches the filing cabinets. CANTON: This place, it's been closed for years. What have you been doing? RENFREW: Oh, the child, she must be cared for. It's important. That's what they said. CANTON: That's what who said? INT. GREYSTARK HALL, HALLWAY, NIGHT AMY searches the halls upstairs, shining her torch. She hears a metal clink and looks ahead. A WOMAN with an eye patch peers through an opening in the door. AMY: Hello. Who are you? WOMAN: (possibly to someone inside) No, I think she's just dreaming. The window slides shut. After a slight pause, AMY goes to the door and opens it to find a small nursery that still looks like it's been occupied recently. AMY: Hello? I saw you, looking through the hatch... AMY looks back at the door and there is no sign of a small hatch. She rubs her hand along the door and checks the back of it. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, GIRL'S ROOM, NIGHT AMY walks inside and sees stuffed animals on the bed, a mobile hanging from the light and framed photographs on the bureau. All of them are of the GIRL at various ages. One hidden in the back catches AMY'S eye. She picks it up. It is her holding a baby. AMY: How? How can that be me? She puts the picture down with shaking hands and turns just as the astronaut enters the room. AMY: Who are you? I don't understand, so just tell me who you are! The astronaut lifts the visor and it is still the GIRL. The inner visor is cracked from the b*llet when AMY sh*t her. AMY: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sh**t you. I'm glad I missed. But you k*lled The Doctor. You're going to k*ll him. But who are you? Just please tell me, because I don't understand! GIRL: Please help me. Help me, please. Two of the creatures enter the room. AMY screams and the door slams shut. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, REFREW'S OFFICE, NIGHT There is a thumping and RENFREW goes to answer the door. He opens it a crack and speaks to the person outside. RENFREW: It's just some questions. Yes, I see. (closes door and sits back down) CANTON: Who was that? Doctor Renfrew? Who was that? RENFREW: Who was who? CANTON walks to the door but stops when it opens and a creature enters. CANTON: What are you? You can tell me. (activates recorder) Cos I won't remember. You inv*de us. You're everywhere. AMY: (distant) Help me! Canton, please will you help me?! CANTON: Are you armed? CREATURE: This world is ours. We have ruled it since the wheel and the f*re. We have no need of w*apon. CANTON: Yeah? (takes out revolver and sh**t it three times) Welcome to America. (heads down the hall) Amy! INT. OVAL OFFICE, NIGHT NIXON is sitting and his desk and the DOCTOR is walking to the TARDIS. DOCTOR: You have to tape everything that happens in this office, every word, or we won't know if you're under the influence. NIXON: Doctor, you have to give me more than this. What were you doing to Apollo 11? DOCTOR: A thing. A clever thing. No more questions. You have to trust me and nobody else. RIVER opens the TARDIS door. RIVER: Doctor, it's Canton! Quick, he needs us! The DOCTOR runs into the TARDIS and it dematerializes. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, HALLWAY, NIGHT CANTON has arrived in the same upstairs hallway. AMY: Help me! Please, I can't, I can't see! Somebody help me! CANTON tries to break down the door. CANTON: Amy! (pounds on the door) Amy, can you hear me? Amy, I'm going to try to blow the lock. I need you to stand back. Just as CANTON raises his g*n, the DOCTOR, RORY and RIVER arrive. DOCTOR: OK, g*n down, I've got it! Amy, we're here. Are you OK? (uses the sonic on the lock) AMY: I can't see! The DOCTOR opens the door and they go in. Down the hall, hiding, pressed against the wall, is the GIRL. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, GIRL'S ROOM, NIGHT They enter the room but AMY isn't there. On the floor is the spacesuit. RORY: Where is she, Doctor? The DOCTOR scans the suit with the sonic and RIVER opens the visor. RIVER: It's empty. AMY: It's dark, it's so dark. I don't know where I am. Please, can anybody hear me? The DOCTOR looks down and finds the nanorecorder blinking on the floor. RORY picks it up. RORY: They took this out of her? How did they do that, Doctor? AMY sobs come over the recorder. RORY: Why can I still hear her? RIVER: Is it a recording? DOCTOR: (scans the recorder) It defaults to live. This is current. Wherever she is right now, this is what she's saying. RORY: (speaks into recorder) Amy, can you hear me? We're coming for you. Wherever you are, we're coming, I swear. DOCTOR: She can't hear you. I'm so sorry. It's one way. RORY: She can always hear me, Doctor. Always, wherever she is. She always knows that I am coming for her, do you understand me? Always. AMY: (recorder) Doctor, are you out there? Can you hear me? Doctor? Oh, God. Please, please, Doctor, just get me out of this. RORY: (into recorder) He's coming. I'll bring him, I swear. RENFREW: Hello, is someone in there? Who? I think someone has been sh*t. I think we should help. We... I can't... I can't remember. INT. GREYSTARK HALL, REFREW'S OFFICE, NIGHT RENFREW leads them back to his office where the creature is on the floor. It backs away as the DOCTOR kneels and reaches out. DOCTOR: OK. Who and what are you? SILENCE: Silence, Doctor. (holding its wound) We are the Silence. The DOCTOR flashes back to his past where the Silence has been mentioned ("The Eleventh Hour" "Vampires of Venice") SILENCE: And silence will fall. INT. AREA 51, DAY The cell door opens and the soldiers aim their g*n. CANTON strolls out. CANTON: Hello again. SOLDIER: Sir, you've been in there for days. What the hell have you been doing? CANTON: Doesn't matter. I need Dr Shepherd here right now. SOLDIER: Sir, I need to talk to Colonel Jefferson right now! CANTON: No, you really don't. NIXON steps out of the cell and the soldiers snap to attention. NIXON: Hi, fellas. I'm President Nixon. I want to tell you, on behalf of the American people, how much we appreciate all of your hard work. INT. WAREHOUSE The DOCTOR and RIVER are examining the spacesuit. A small black-and-white TV is playing the news. TV: The target for the Apollo 11 astronauts, the moon, at lift off, will be at a distance of 218,096 miles away. We're just past the two minute mark on the countdown. T minus one minute 54 seconds and counting... RIVER: It's an exo-skeleton. Basically, life support. There's about 20 different kinds of alien tech in here. DOCTOR: Who was she? Why put her in here? RIVER: Put this on, you don't even need to eat. The suit processes sunlight directly. It's got built in w*apon and a communications system that can hack into anything. DOCTOR: Including the telephone network? RIVER: Easily. DOCTOR: Why phone the President? RIVER: It defaults to the highest authority it can find. The little girl gets frightened, the most powerful man on Earth gets a phone call. The night terrors with a hotline to the White House. RIVER looks up to see the DOCTOR sniffing her envelope and then licking it. RIVER: You won't learn anything from that envelope, you know. DOCTOR: Purchased on Earth, perfectly ordinary stationery, TARDIS blue. Summoned by a stranger who won't even show his face. That's a first for me. How about you? RIVER: Our lives are back to front. Your future's my past, your firsts are my lasts. DOCTOR: Not really what I asked. RIVER: Ask something else then. DOCTOR: What are the Silence doing? Raising a child? RIVER: Keeping her safe. Even giving her independence. DOCTOR: The only way to save Amy is to work out what the Silence are doing. RORY: I know. DOCTOR: Every single thing we learn about them brings us a step closer. RORY: Yeah, Doctor, I get it, I know. DOCTOR: Of course, it's possible she's not just any little girl. RIVER: Well, I'd say she's human, going by the life support software. DOCTOR: But? RIVER: She climbed out of this suit. Like she forced her way out. She must be incredibly strong. DOCTOR: Incredibly strong and running away. I like her. RIVER: We should be trying to find her. DOCTOR: Yes, I know, but how? Anyway, I have the strangest feeling she's going to find us. TV: This is Houston, do you read? Over. RORY: Why does it look like a NASA space suit? DOCTOR: (walks to TV) Because that's what the Silence do. Think about it. They don't make anything themselves. They don't have to. They get other life forms to do it for them. RIVER: So they're parasites then? DOCTOR: Super parasites. Standing in the shadows of human history since the very beginning. We know they can influence human behaviour any way they want. If they've been doing that on a global scale for thousands of years... RORY: Then what? DOCTOR: Then why did the human race suddenly decide to go to the moon? TV: Ten, nine, ignition sequence start, six, five, four... DOCTOR: Because the Silence needed a space suit. TV: ..one, zero, all engines on. Lift off. We have a lift off. 32 minutes past the hour, lift off on Apollo 11. INT. AREA 51, CELL, DAY Dr SHEPHERD examines the SILENCE. SHEPHERD: My God! What is it? CANTON: It's just an alien, Dr Shepherd. SHEPHERD: Someone's already been treating it. CANTON: Yeah. You've been treating it. SHEPHERD: Does Colonel Jefferson know this thing is here? CANTON: No. SHEPHERD: Then I'm going to tell him right now! (gets up and looks away from the SILENCE) CANTON: Again? SHEPHERD: Sorry, what? CANTON: Exactly. SHEPHERD: Sergeant, why was I called in here for no reason? (exits cell) SILENCE: You tend to my wounds. You are foolish. CANTON has taken out AMY'S phone and is using it to record. CANTON: Why? What you do in my place? SILENCE: We have ruled your lives since your lives began. You should k*ll us all on sight, but you will never remember we were even here. Your will is ours. CANTON: Well, sorry to disappoint you, but thanks, it's exactly what I needed to hear. This is a video phone, whatever a video phone is. CANTON ends the recording and sends the file to the DOCTOR. INT. WAREHOUSE The DOCTOR opens the video on RIVER'S handheld. SILENCE: (video) You should k*ll us all on sight. RORY is off to the side listening to AMY'S sobs over the nano-recorder. RIVER scans the spacesuit and the hand/glove twitches. RIVER: This suit, it seems to be repairing itself. How is it doing that? RORY sits on the floor, his back against a packing crate. RIVER: Doctor, a unit like this, would it ever be able to move without an occupant? DOCTOR: Why? RIVER: Well, the little girl said the space man was coming to eat her. Maybe that's exactly what happened. AMY begins to speak and RORY lifts his head. The DOCTOR also hears but leaves RORY alone. AMY: (recorder) I love you. I know you think it's him. I know you think it ought to be him. But it's not, it's you. And when I see you again, I'm going tell you properly, just to see your stupid face. My life was so boring before you just dropped out of the sky. (RORY drops his head) So just get your stupid face where I can see it. OK? OK? The DOCTOR sits beside RORY. DOCTOR: She'll be safe for now. No point in a d*ad hostage. RORY: Can't you save her? DOCTOR: I can track that signal back. Take us right to her. RORY: Then why haven't you? DOCTOR: Because then what? I find her, and then what do I do? This isn't an alien invasion. They live here. This is their empire. This is kicking the Romans out of Rome. RORY: Rome fell. DOCTOR: I know. I was there. RORY: So was I. DOCTOR: Personal question. RORY: Seriously? You? DOCTOR: Do you ever remember it? 2,000 years, waiting for Amy? The Last Centurion? RORY: No. DOCTOR: Are you lying? RORY: Course I'm lying. DOCTOR: Course you are. Not the sort of thing anyone forgets. RORY: But I don't remember it all the time. It's like there's… a door in my head. I can keep it shut. AMY: (recorder) Please come and get me. Come and get me. (sobs) The DOCTOR stands and listens. INT. OVAL OFFICE, DAY One of the aides switches on the TV and the Apollo 11 broadcast. TV: Just five days since Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, INT. BAR, DAY The patrons are gathered around the TV. TV: …this unprecedented journey is reaching its crucial moment. Armstrong and Aldrin are making their descent to the surface of the moon. On the ground, you've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. INT. SILENCE SHIP, DAY AMY wakes, a bright light in her eyes. She is strapped to one of the tables tilted upright. AMY: Where am I? Where is this? One of the SILENCE turns to face her. SILENCE: You are Amelia Pond. AMY: You're ugly, has anyone mentioned that to you? SILENCE: We do you honour. You will bring the Silence. But your part will soon be over. AMY: Whatever that means, you've made a big mistake bringing me here, because wait till you see what's coming for you now. SILENCE: You have been here many days. AMY: No. I just got here. You just put me in here. SILENCE: Your memory is weak. You have been here many days. AMY: No. No, I can't have been. SILENCE: You will sleep now. Sleep. (leans over her) AMY: No! No! Get off me! SILENCE: Sleep. AMY: No! No! The TARDIS materializes. The SILENCE turn to stare at it as the DOCTOR, RIVER and RORY step out. The DOCTOR is carrying a TV. RIVER has her g*n out. DOCTOR: Oh! Interesting. Very Aickman Road, seen one of these before. Abandoned, wonder how that happened. Oh, well! I suppose I'm about to find out. Rory, River, keep one Silent in eyeshot at all times. Oh, hello, sorry. You're in the middle of something. Just had to say though, have you seen what's on the telly? Hello, Amy, you all right? Want to watch some television? (sets the TV on the console) Ah, now, stay where you are. Because look at me, I'm confident. You want to watch that, me, when I'm confident. Oh, and this is my friend, River. Nice hair, clever, has own g*n, and unlike me, she really doesn't mind sh**ting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do. RIVER: Thank you, sweetie. DOCTOR: I know you're team players and everything, but she'll definitely k*ll at least the first three of you. RIVER moves so that she and the DOCTOR are standing back-to-back. RIVER: The first seven, easily. DOCTOR: Seven, really? RIVER: Oh, eight for you, honey. DOCTOR: Stop it. RIVER: Make me! DOCTOR: Yeah, well, maybe I will. AMY: Is this really important, flirting? I feel like I should be higher on the list right now. DOCTOR: Yes, right, sorry. As I was saying, my naughty friend here is going k*ll the first three of you to att*ck, plus him behind. So maybe you want to draw lots, or have a quiz. RORY is trying to free AMY. AMY: What's he got? RORY: Something, I hope. DOCTOR: (walks around the console) Or maybe you could just listen a minute, because all I really want to do is accept your total surrender, and then I'll let you go in peace. You've been interfering in human history for thousands of years. People have suffered and died. But what's the point in two hearts, if you can't be a bit forgiving now and then. (stares into the leader's face) Ooh! The Silence. You guys take that seriously, don't you? OK, you got me, I'm lying. I'm not really going to let you go that easily. Nice thought, but it's not Christmas. First, (turns on TV) you tell me about the girl. Who is she? Why is she important? What's she for? Guys, sorry. But you're way out of time. Now, come on, a bit of history for you. Aren't you proud, because you helped? (pulls out the TV antennae) Do you know how many people are watching this live on the telly? Half a billion, and that's nothing, because the human race will spread out among the stars, you just watch them fly. Billions and billions of them, for billions and billions of years. And every single one of them, at some point in their lives, will look back at this man, taking that very first step, and they will never, ever forget it. The Doctor stops and watches as the moon landing unfolds. DOCTOR: Oh. (takes out phone) But they'll forget this bit. (into phone) Ready? INT. AREA 51, CELL, DAY CANTON: Ready. CANTON presses AMY'S phone against the phone the DOCTOR had given him. INT. APOLLO 11 MODULE The device the DOCTOR hooked up earlier is triggered. INT. SILENCE SHIP, DAY TV: It's one small step for man... The broadcast is interrupted with the video of the SILENCE that CANTON had sh*t earlier. It is on a loop and keeps repeating. Those in the Oval Office and the bar see the recording and remember. DOCTOR: You've given the order for your own execution, and the whole planet just heard you. TV: One giant leap for mankind. DOCTOR: And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! INT. BAR, DAY The patrons turn on the SILENCE in the bar. DOCTOR: (V.O.) You just raised an army against yourself. INT. OVAL OFFICE, DAY PETERSON turns and draws on the SILENCE standing in the doorway. DOCTOR: (V.O.) And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. INT. SILENCE SHIP, DAY DOCTOR: How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throw you off their planet. (the leader advances on the DOCTOR who backs away) They won't even know they're doing it. I think, quite possibly the word you're looking for right now is, "Oops!" Run! Guys, I mean us! Run! The SILENCE begin to draw on their engery. RIVER starts to f*re. The DOCTOR uses his sonic to keep them back. RORY: I can't get her out! AMY: Go, just go! RORY: We are not leaving without you! AMY: Will you just get your stupid face out of here?! RORY stops and looks up at AMY. RIVER: Right, into the TARDIS, quickly! The DOCTOR uses the sonic on the straps and frees AMY. RORY helps AMY to the TARDIS while RIVER and the DOCTOR cover them. DOCTOR: Don't let them build to full power!! RIVER: I know. There's a reason why I'm sh**ting, honey! What are you doing? DOCTOR: Helping. RIVER: You've got a screwdriver. Go build a cabinet! DOCTOR: That's really rude! RIVER: Shut up and drive! The DOCTOR goes into the TARDIS and RIVER spins and fires at the SILENCE, k*lling them all. She ends in a crouch. She slowly stands. RORY is in the TARDIS doorway, staring at her in amazement. She twirls her g*n into its holster. RIVER: My old fella didn't see that, did he? He gets ever so cross. RORY: So, what kind of doctor are you? CANTON: Archaeology. Without looking, RIVER pulls out her g*n and fires at the SILENCE behind her. RIVER: Love a tomb.(enters TARDIS) INT. TARDIS RIVER pushes the DOCTOR out of the way and works the controls. DOCTOR: You can let me fly it! RIVER: Or we could go where we're supposed to. AMY walks down to steps to RORY by the door. AMY: What's the matter with you? RORY: You called me stupid. AMY: I always call you stupid. RORY: No, but... my face. AMY reaches out and opens RORY'S hand to reveal her recorder. RORY: I wasn't sure who you were talking about. You know, me, or... AMY: Him? RORY: Well, you did say, "Dropped out of the sky." AMY: It's a figure of speech, moron! AMY pulls RORY into a kiss. RORY: Thanks. AMY: You're welcome. INT. OVAL OFFICE, DAY NIXON shakes the DOCTOR'S hand. NIXON: So we're safe again. DOCTOR: Safe? No, of course you're not safe. There's a billion other things out there, waiting to burn your whole world. But if you want to pretend you're safe, just so you can sleep at night, OK, you're safe. But you're not really. (turns to CANTON) Canton. Till the next one, eh? (shake hands) CANTON: Looking forward to it. DOCTOR: (to NIXON) Canton just wants to get married. Helluva reason to kick him out of the FBI. NIXON: I'm sure something can be arranged. DOCTOR: I'm counting on you. NIXON: Er, Doctor... Canton here tells me you're... from the future. Hardly seems possible, but I was wondering... DOCTOR: Should warn you, I don't answer a lot of questions. NIXON: But I'm a President at the beginning of his time. Dare I ask? Will I be remembered? DOCTOR: Oh, Dickie. Tricky Dickie. They're never going to forget you. (heads for the TARDIS) Say hi to David Frost for me. NIXON: David Frost? NIXON and CANTON watch as they enter the TARDIS and it dematerializes. NIXON: This person you want to marry. Black? CANTON: Yes. NIXON: Hmm. I know what people think of me, but perhaps I am a little more liberal. CANTON: He is. NIXON: I think the moon is far enough for now, don't you, Mr Delaware? CANTON: I figured it might be. INT. STORMCAGE The TARDIS is in the hall as the DOCTOR says goodbye to RIVER by her open cell. DOCTOR: You could come with us. RIVER: I escape often enough, thank you. And I have a promise to live up to. You'll understand, soon enough. DOCTOR: OK, up to you. (walks to the TARDiS) See you next time. Call me. RIVER: What, that's it? What's the matter with you? DOCTOR: (walks back) Have I forgotten something? RIVER: Oh, shut up. RIVER kisses him and the DOCTOR waves his arms about as if he doesn't know what to do. DOCTOR: Right. OK. Interesting. RIVER: What's wrong? You're acting like we've never done that before. DOCTOR: We haven't. RIVER: We haven't? DOCTOR: Oh, look at the time, must be off. (backs away to the TARDIS) But it was very nice. It was good. It was unexpected. You know what they say, there's a first time for everything. (enters TARDIS) RIVER: And a last time. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: Rory, I'm going to need thermo couplings. The green ones and the blue ones. RORY: OK, hold on. (heads off) DOCTOR: So. AMY: So? DOCTOR: You're OK? AMY: Fine. Head's a bit weird. There's lots of stuff I can't quite remember. (flashes to the photo and what happened in the orphanage) DOCTOR: After effect of the Silence. Natural enough. That's not what I was asking. You told me you were pregnant. AMY: Yes. DOCTOR: Why? AMY: Because I was. I thought I was. Turns out I wasn't. DOCTOR: No. Why did you tell me? AMY: You're my friend. You're my best friend. DOCTOR: Did you tell Rory? In another section of the TARDIS, RORY still has AMY's recorder and can hear everything. AMY: (recorder) No. DOCTOR: (recorder) Amy, why tell me and not Rory? AMY: Why do you think? I travelled with you in this TARDIS for so long. All that time. If I was pregnant for some of it, wouldn't it have had an effect? AMY: (recorder) I don't want to tell Rory, this baby might have three heads, or like a time head or something. DOCTOR: What's a time head? AMY: I don't know, but what if it had one? DOCTOR: A time head? AMY: Shut up, all right! They laugh. AMY: (recorder) Oi! Stupid face. RORY: (makes his way back to the console) Er, yeah. Hello. AMY: (sees the recorder) Taking that away from you, if you're going to listen in all the time. RORY: OK, that's a fair point. But you should've told me that you thought you were pregnant. I'm a nurse, I'm good with pregnancy. AMY: Not, as it turns out, that good. So can you stop being stupid? (hugs RORY) RORY: Er, no. Never. I'm never, ever going to stop being stupid! DOCTOR: So, this little girl, it's all about her. Who was she? Or we could just go off and have some adventures. Anyone in the mood for adventures? I am. You only live once. AMY and RORY share a look as the DOCTOR fiddles with the scanner controls. He smiles at AMY and looks back to the scanner. The TARDIS is performing a full-body scan on AMY, testing for pregnancy. The results keep switching between positive and negative. EXT. NEW YORK CITY, ALLEY, NIGHT SIX MONTHS LATER… A homeless MAN is searching through dumpsters. The GIRL appears wearing a thin coat. She coughs. The MAN turns at the sound of her cough. MAN: Are you OK? Little girl... are you OK? GIRL: It's all right. It's quite all right. I'm dying... but I can fix that. It's easy, really. See? The GIRL holds her hands out and they begin to glow. She giggles and the MAN runs away. The glow spreads and she throws her arms out and her head back as she regenerates.
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foreverdreaming
EXT, SEA, NIGHT A group of four pirates row the long boat back to their ship through still waters through dense fog. The ship is still as there is not enough wind to fill the sails though a small breeze blows the array of charms hanging like chimes. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT The pirates climb aboard and are greeted by another. PIRATE 1: What's wrong? PIRATE 2: Man wounded. Stunned, PIRATE 1 looks at the wounded man even as he points to the aft of the ship. PIRATE 1: Wake him. PIRATE 2 leaves. INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT We see gold and jewels spilling over chests. The pirates are there, waiting on the CAPTAIN'S decision. PIRATE 1: He slipped in the bilge water, Cap'n, and fell on to the rigger. His hand... I don't know if he'll survive. The CAPTAIN turns around and looks at the WOUNDED MAN'S hand. There is a small scratch on his finger. CAPTAIN: You're a d*ad man, McGrath. The CAPTAIN turns over McGRATH'S hand to reveal a black spot on his palm. CAPTAIN: Same as all the others. A hypnotic woman's voice can be heard singing. CAPTAIN: She's here. PIRATE 1: Oh, save our souls. McGRATH: I've got to escape! (runs from the cabin) PIRATE 1: Don't go out there! McGrath! Don't listen for God's sake. The siren is a-calling. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT McGRATH runs onto the deck, tripping on coiled rope. INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT The CAPTAIN locks the cabin door. He then takes a pendant from his neck and wraps the leather strap around the door handles. On one side of the pendant is a carved relief of a mermaid. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT McGRATH holds his Kn*fe in one hand, ready to strike. He uses his other hand to try and block out the singing. INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT The others hear his scream as the pendant slowly swings at the lock. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT The other pirates come out on deck. There is no sign of McGrath, only his p*stol. CAPTAIN: (picks up p*stol) Same as all the others. No sign of a struggle. No bones or blood. PIRATE 1: We're shark bait, every single one of us. Stuck on the ocean, waiting until the wind changes. There is a banging from one of the hatches. CAPTAIN: What's that? PIRATE 1: The creature, it's returned. The pirates approach cautiously, the CAPTAIN aims the p*stol. The hatch bursts open to reveal the DOCTOR, RORY and AMY. DOCTOR: Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that? Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Curse of the Black Spot" by Steve Thompson Producer Marcus Wilson Director Jeremy Webb INT. SHIP, HOLD, NIGHT The TARDIS rests among the storage. INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT The CAPTAIN is questioning the presence of strangers on his ship. CAPTAIN: We made no signal. DOCTOR: Our sensors picked you up. Ship in distress. CAPTAIN: Sensors? DOCTOR: Yes. OK. Problem word. Seventeenth century. My ship automatically, er..noticed-ish... that your ship was having some bother. CAPTAIN: That big blue crate!? The DOCTOR snaps his fingers. PIRATE 1: Tis more magic, Captain Avery. They're spirits. How else would they have found their way below decks? DOCTOR: Well, I want to say multidimensional engineering, but since you had a problem with sensors I won't go there. Look, I'm the Doctor, this is Amy, Rory. We're pirates, same as you. Arghhhhh! The DOCTOR turns to look at the pirates behind them and when he turns around, AVERY has a p*stol aimed at his head. DOCTOR: Except for the g*n thing. And the beardiness. AVERY: You're stowaways! Only explanation. Eight days, we've been stranded here. Becalmed. You must have stowed away before we sailed. PIRATE 1: What do we do with 'em? AVERY: Oh, I think they deserve our hospitality. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT The DOCTOR is standing at the edge of a plank jutting over the side of the ship. The pirates laugh. DOCTOR: I suppose that laughing like that is in the job description. "Can you do the laugh?" Check. Grab yourself a parrot. Welcome aboard. AVERY: Stocks are low. Only one barrel of water remains. We don't need three more empty bellies to fill. Take the doxy below to the galley. Set her to work. She won't need much feeding. One of the pirates "escorts" AMY to the stairs that lead below-decks. AMY: Rory, a little help? RORY is being restrained by another pirate. RORY: Hey, listen right. She's not a doxy. AMY: I didn't mean just tell him off. Thanks anyway. The pirate forces her below. AVERY: If you're lucky you'll drown before the sharks can take a bite. DOCTOR: If this is just because I'm a captain too, you shouldn't feel thr*at. Your ship is much bigger than mine. And I don't have the cool boots. Or a hat, even. AVERY: (aims p*stol) Time to go. DOCTOR: A Bit more laughter, guys? (motions with hand) INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT AMY opens a chest and finds it filled with swords. She takes one out and as she's testing the feel of it in her hand, she sees a long coat and a tricorne hanging on a peg. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT DOCTOR: Where are the rest of the crew? This is a big ship. Big for five of you. I s'pose the rest of them are hiding some place (holds his nose) and they're going to jump out and shout "boo". AMY: Boo! The men turn around to see AMY wearing the coat and hat, sword pointed at AVERY's throat. AMY: Throw the g*n down. AVERY drops the g*n to the deck and AMY kicks it away. AMY: The rest of you, on your knees. DOCTOR: Amy? What are you doing? AMY: Saving your life. OK with that, are you? AVERY: Put down the sword. A sword could k*ll us all, girl. AMY: Yep, thanks. That is actually why I'm pointing it at you. One of the pirates comes at AMY with a wooden handle, surprising her and forcing her back from AVERY. When the DOCTOR tries to intercede, AVERY pushes him back into the rigging. When AMY advances on the pirates with the sword, they back away, gasping in fear. AMY shows off a little, swishing the sword through the air. The pirates take advantage and push forward again. AMY fights them off. One advances on her with a rope, backing her into a corner. AMY swings through the air on a piece of rigging, swing her sword. She cuts one of them as she passes before landing on a barrel. PIRATE 3: You have k*lled me. AMY: No way. It's just a cut. A black spot appears on PIRATE 3's hand. AMY: What kind of rubbish pirates are you? AVERY: One drop, that's all it takes. One drop of blood and she will rise out of the ocean. AMY: Come on. I barely even scratched him. What are you all in such a huff about? One of the pirates approaches her and she swings out on the rope. He stops her and the sword flies from her hand. RORY tries to catch it, but cuts his hand. A black spot appears on his palm. RORY: Doctor? What's happening to me? AVERY: She can smell the blood on your skin. She's marked you for death. RORY: She? AVERY: A demon, out there in the ocean. DOCTOR: OK. Groovy. So not just pirates today. We've managed to bagsy a ship where there's a demon popping in. (looks at RORY'S hand) Very efficient. I mean if something's going to k*ll you, it's nice that it drops you a note to remind you. The SIREN'S song starts again. PIRATE 1: Quickly now. Block out the sound. The others put their hands over their ears. RORY: What? AVERY: The creature. She charms all her victims with that song. RORY: Oh, great, so put my fingers in my ears. That's your plan? Doctor, come on let's go lets get back to the...back to the... (starts acting dopey and giggles) PIRATE 1: The music. It's working on him. Look. RORY: (to AMY) You are so beautiful. AMY: What? RORY: I love your get up. That's great. You should dress as a pirate more often. Cuddle me, shipmate. AMY: Rory, stop. RORY: Everything is totally brilliant isn't it? Look at these brilliant pirates. Look at their brilliant beards. I'd like a beard. I'm going to grow a beard. AMY: You're not. AVERY: The music turns them into fools. RORY and the other wounded pirate continue to act like they're drunk or high. AMY: Oh, my God. Off the starboard side of the ship, a section of the water glows green. Everyone watches and soon a woman rises from the water. She, too, glows green. RORY'S jaw drops at the sight of her. AMY grabs his arm and holds him back as the SIREN floats down to the deck. PIRATE 3 walks towards her and the others half-heartedly grab for him as they, too, are entranced. The SIREN has her arm outstretched and PIRATE 3 reaches for her hand. Still held back by AMY, RORY reaches for her. As soon as PIRATE 3's hand touches the SIREN, his body is dispersed. RORY breaks free of AMY. RORY: I have to touch her. Let me touch her. AMY pushes her way past RORY and faces the SIREN. AMY: Sorry, but he is spoken for. The SIREN hisses and turns red. She sends AMY flying backwards to land on the deck. DOCTOR: (goes to AMY) Amy! Everybody into the hold. The pirates head to the hold. RORY stands there, still entranced. DOCTOR: Rory! The DOCTOR makes sure AMY is safe before grabbing RORY. RORY: Hey! INT. SHIP, HOLD, NIGHT They make their way down into the hold, splashing through the gathered water. AMY: What is that thing? AVERY: The legend. The siren. Many a merchant ship, laden with treasure has fallen prey to her. She's been hunting us ever since we were becalmed. Picking off the injured. PIRATE 1: Like a shark. A shark can smell blood. DOCTOR: OK. Just like a shark. In a dress. And singing. And green. A green singing shark in an evening gown. AVERY: The ship is cursed. DOCTOR: Yeah right. 'Cursed' is big with humans. Means bad things are happening but you can't be bothered to find an explanation. RORY: She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. AMY: Actually I think you'll find she isn't. We have to leave. Right now. AVERY: That thing of yours really is a ship? DOCTOR: Well, it's not propelled by the wind. AVERY: Show me. Weigh anchor. Make it sail! (pulls g*n) DOCTOR: And the g*n's back. You're big on the g*n thing aren't you? Freud would say you're compensating. Have you ever met Freud? No? Comfy sofa. PIRATE 4: Leave the cursed one, Captain. The creature can have him. RORY: Yes, please. AVERY: We don't want the siren coming after us. The pirates cry out and one lifts his leg from the water. There's something on it. AMY: It's a leech! DOCTOR: Everyone out of the water! Everyone climbs out of the water onto the crates. PIRATE 4 pulls the leech from his leg. PIRATE 4: It's bitten me, I'm bleeding. (the spot appears) DOCTOR: She wants blood. Why does she want blood? AMY: What were you saying about leaving the cursed ones behind? DOCTOR: It's OK. We're safe down here. No 'curse' is getting through three solid inches of timber. The SIREN appears behind the DOCTOR and begins to sing. DOCTOR: Ah. Hello again. AMY holds back RORY but PIRATE 4 walks forward. AVERY & DOCTOR: No! No! No! PIRATE 4 touches the SIREN'S hand and disappears. His hat falls to the floor. Everyone rushes from the hold, the DOCTOR pushing RORY, PIRATE 4's hat in hand. INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT The DOCTOR bolts the door behind him. AMY: Safe? DOCTOR: I have my good days and my bad days. AVERY: How did she get in? DOCTOR: (uses sonic on hat) The bilge water - she's using water like a portal, a door. She can materialise through a single drop. We need to go somewhere with no water. AMY: Well, thank God we're not in the middle of the ocean. The DOCTOR puts on the hat. RORY: Did you see her eyes? Like crystal pools. AMY: You are in enough trouble. AVERY: The magazine! AMY: What? DOCTOR: He means the armoury where the powder's stored. AVERY: It's dry as a bone. DOCTOR: Good let's go, there. AVERY: (pulls g*n) I give the orders. DOCTOR: Ah. Worried because I'm wearing a hat now?! (heads for the magazine) Nobody touch anything sharp! AMY: Come on Rory. (pulls him by the arm) In another section below-deck, PIRATE 1 takes out a ring of keys to open a locked door. AVERY: Quickly, man. PIRATE 1: The key, 'tis gone, Cap'n. AVERY: How can it have gone? DOCTOR: (pushes the door open) Someone else had the same idea. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT They enter the room cautiously. The room is empty. AVERY: Barricade the door. Careful of that lantern! Every barrel is full of powder. DOCTOR: Who's been sleeping in my g*n room? AVERY hears a muffled coughing and removes the lid of one of the barrels. He reaches a hand in a pulls out a young boy. AVERY: You fool. You fool, boy. What are you doing here? PIRATE 1: Who is he? DOCTOR: What, he's not one of the crew? AVERY: No. He's my son. A few moments later, the BOY is sitting on a bench, AVERY next to him. Everyone else stands and looks on. AVERY: What in God's name possessed you, boy? Your mother will be searching for you. (the BOY looks down) When? BOY: Last winter. Fever. She told me all about you. How you were a Captain in the Navy. An honourable man, she said. How I would be proud to know you. (coughs) I've come to join your crew. AVERY: I don't want you here. BOY: You can't send me back. It's too late. We're a hundred miles from home. AVERY: It's dangerous here. There's a monster aboard. She leaves a mark on men's skin. BOY: The black spot? The BOY shows the palm of his hand. There's a black spot. AVERY grabs his son's hand. The BOY coughs. A little later, AMY, the DOCTOR and RORY are sitting while the pirates stand. RORY rubs the spot on his palm. AVERY: There's nothing wrong with the boy. He has no scars. DOCTOR: Yep. Ignore my last theory. AMY: He has his good days and his bad days. DOCTOR: It's not just blood. She's coming for all the sick and wounded. Like a hunter chooses the weakest animal. AMY: OK, look He's got a fever. DOCTOR: The siren knows it. Humans. second-rate. Damage too easily. It's only a matter of time before everyone gets bruised. My ship. it can sail us all away from here. You and me, we fetch it. Let's go. (stands) AVERY: (pulls out p*stol) You're not the Captain here, remember? The BOY opens one of the barrels to reveal water. The SIREN reaches through with her arms. The DOCTOR forces the lid back on. AVERY: The water's dangerous. That's how she gets through. One touch of her hand and you're a d*ad man! PIRATE 1: We're all cursed if we stay aboard! DOCTOR: It's not a curse. Curse means game over. Curse means we're helpless. We are not helpless! Captain, what's our next move? AVERY drapes the pendant around the BOY'S neck. AVERY: Wait with the boy. PIRATE 1: Captain we're all in danger here. AVERY: I said wait, and barricade the door after we've gone. AMY: Sure you want to go? DOCTOR: We have to get Rory and Toby away. She's out there now, licking her lips, boiling a saucepan, grating cheese. AMY: OK, well remember, if you get an itch, don't scratch too hard. DOCTOR: We've all got to go some time. AMY and RORY exchange a look, remembering what they saw in Utah. DOCTOR: There are worse ways than having your face snogged off by a dodgy mermaid. (pats RORY on the shoulder) INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT The DOCTOR and AVERY step out of the room and AVERY puts his g*n away. AVERY: D'you want to draw lots for who's in charge, then? DOCTOR: Darkness. Demon. You can have first go. (pats AVERY on the chest) They make their way back to the hold. AVERY slips and nearly puts his hand down on an exposed nail. The DOCTOR grabs his hand just in time. DOCTOR: Nearly. Phew! INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR runs up to the console while AVERY stands just inside the door. AVERY: By all the... (walks slowly to the console) DOCTOR: Let me stop you there. Bigger on the inside. Don't mind, do you, if we just skip to the end of that moment? Oh, and sorry I lied by the way, when I said yours was bigger. Kitchen that way. Choice of bathrooms - there, there, there. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT TOBY sits on the floor, coughing. AMY looks at him. RORY: What's wrong? AMY: The most beautiful thing you've ever seen. RORY: Oh, tell me I didn't really say that. AMY notices the two pirates removing the barrels blocking the door. AMY: What's going on? PIRATE 1: We're not staying here to mollycoddle the boy. The Captain's gone soft, it's time for us to leave. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is typing on the console when AVERY starts pointing and touching controls. AVERY: What's this do? DOCTOR: (pointing) That does very very complicated. That does sophisticated, that does whoa, amazing, and that does whizz bang far too technical to explain! AVERY: Wheel? DOCTOR: Atom accelerator. AVERY: It steers the thing. DOCTOR: No...Sort of...Yes. AVERY: Wheel. Telescope. Astrolabe. Compass. A ship's a ship. Oh... INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT TOBY gets up. TOBY: He told you to wait, you dog. He's your Captain, a Naval Officer. You're honour-bound to do as he tells you. PIRATE 1: ‘Honour-bound'? Do you know what kind of ship this is? Do you know what your father does? AMY puts her arms about TOBY'S shoulders. AMY: Don't listen to him, Toby. PIRATE 1: We sail under the black flag. The Jolly Roger. TOBY: Liar!(lunges) He's no wicked pirate! PIRATE 1: Oh, you think so? I've seen your father g*n down a thousand innocent men. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: This is how the professionals do it. The DOCTOR sets the TARDIS in motion. Its machinery groans and goes nowhere. DOCTOR: It's stuck. Not responding. AVERY: Becalmed? DOCTOR: Mm-hm. Apparently. That's new. You had to gloat, didn't you? AVERY: I'm not gloating. DOCTOR: I saw that look just now. Ha-ha his ship is rubbish. AVERY: True. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT PIRATE 1: (to PIRATE 5) Get what treasure you can I'll meet you in the row boat. TOBY comes forward, a sword pointed at PIRATE 1. TOBY: You're going to remain at your post. PIRATE 1: I am not playing games with you boy, you put that down. TOBY: One more step and I'll use this, you blaggard. PIRATE 1: You don't know how to fight with a cutlass, boy. TOBY: Don't need to, do I? TOBY lunges forward and cuts PIRATE 1 on the hand. PIRATE 1: Ah! (breathes heavily) No... INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR checks the controls. DOCTOR: It can't get a lock on the plane. AVERY: The what? DOCTOR: The space we travel in. The... ocean. Sort of ocean but not water. The TARDIS can't see. It's sulking because it thinks the space doesn't exist. Without a plane to lock onto we're not going anywhere. AVERY: I'm confused. DOCTOR: It's a big club. We should get T-shirts. There is an expl*si*n and rumblings. DOCTOR: What's happening? INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT PIRATE 1: (turns his palm over to reveal the spot) You little swabber! AMY: Congratulations. Made it to the menu. Probably shouldn't go out there now. PIRATE 1: (pulls p*stol) You scurvy ape. RORY: Don't sh**t! The powder will blow and k*ll us all. PIRATE 2 takes the key ring from PIRATE 1's belt. PIRATE 1: Mulligan, what are you doing? MULLIGAN leaves. AMY: No honour among pirates. PIRATE 1 lowers his g*n and begins to pile the barrels back in front of the door. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR frantically works the controls. DOCTOR: OK. She's had her little sulk. Now she's heading for the full-on screaming tantrum. AVERY: Can you fix it? DOCTOR: The parametric engines are jammed. Orthogonal vector's gone. I'm almost out of ideas. AVERY: Almost? DOCTOR: Well, we could try stroking her and singing her a song. AVERY: Will that help? DOCTOR: Hard to say, never has before. The DOCTOR flips a switch in the hopes of regaining control but it doesn't work. The TARDIS rocks. DOCTOR: Argh! I've lost control of her, she's about to dematerialise we could end up anywhere! AVERY: That sounds bad. DOCTOR: Yes, it is! Out! Now! Abandon ship! ABANDON SHIP! The DOCTOR grabs AVERY and pushes him out the door as the console begins to explode, sh**ting sparks. INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT The DOCTOR and AVERY run out of the TARDIS and as far from her as possible in the cramped space. They turn around to see the TARDIS enveloped in a green light as it disappears. DOCTOR: OK, OK, OK. TARDIS runs off on its own. That's a bit of a new one. Bang goes our only hope of getting them out of here. AVERY: Not much of a Captain without a ship, are you? The DOCTOR and AVERY head back to the magazine and are stopped by MULLIGAN who holds two p*stol on them. He also carries treasure, a crown around his arm. AVERY: Mulligan? What are you doing? This is mutiny. MULLIGAN: She doesn't want me. She only wants Toby and the scrawny looking fellow. (runs off) DOCTOR: He's got the last of the supplies. We should go after him. AVERY: Never mind the damned supplies. What about my treasure? AVERY and the DOCTOR follow MULLIGAN. MULLIGAN fires but they take cover. DOCTOR: Don't get injured. Don't get injured. INT. SHIP, STOREROOM, NIGHT They chase MULLIGAN back to the hold. He locks the door behind him. Using flint, he lights a f*re in a small hand-held paddle. drops it when the flames burn his hand. AVERY: (through door) Come out of there you mutinous dog! MULLIGAN burns his hand and drops the paddle, leaving him in darkness. MULLIGAN: Ow! INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT As the DOCTOR is using the sonic on the lock, they hear the SIREN singing. The DOCTOR and AVERY begin checking each other for injury. The look to the door and see green light through the cracks. DOCTOR: She's inside. AVERY: She's come for Mulligan. MULLIGAN screams. The DOCTOR finally opens the door. INT. SHIP, STOREROOM, NIGHT They enter the room and find it empty. The DOCTOR scans the room with the sonic. AVERY grabs the crown. AVERY: No water in here. How did she take him? You said she uses water like a door. That's how she enters a room. The DOCTOR looks at the highly-polished crown. DOCTOR: I was wrong. Please ignore all my theories up to this point. AVERY: What, again!? DOCTOR: We're all in danger. The water's not how she's getting in. When we were down in the hold, think what happened. You, me, Amy, Rory, leeches. AVERY: She sprang from the water. DOCTOR: Yes, only when it grew still! Still water. Nature's mirror. AVERY: So... You mean? DOCTOR: Yes. Not water... Reflection. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT Sitting on the floor, TOBY takes the pendant from around his neck and begins to rub it. INT. SHIP, STOREROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: The siren legend. The curse. AVERY: You said curses weren't real. DOCTOR: Folklore springs from truth. She att*cks ships filled with treasure. Where else do you get a perfect reflection? AVERY: Polished metal. DOCTOR: Hmm. The DOCTOR puts the crown away in a bag as AVERY automatically reaches for the pendant. It's not there. AVERY: We must warn them. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT TOBY is now using a cloth to polish the metal. INT. SHIP, BELOW-DECKS, NIGHT The DOCTOR and AVERY hurry back to the magazine. They reach the door. DOCTOR: Amy! INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through door) Open the door! AVERY: (through door) Toby open the door! AMY and RORY remove the barrels. AVERY: (through door) Toby! DOCTOR: (through door) Open the door! AVERY: (through door) Toby! AMY and RORY open the door and the DOCTOR pushes his way through, grabs the pendant from TOBY and begins breathing heavily on it to fog the surface. AMY and RORY just stare at him. He gives a thumbs-up and AVERY relaxes. The DOCTOR then runs out the door. INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT Using the butt of a r*fle, the DOCTOR begins to smash the small panes of glass that make up the aft window. DOCTOR: We've got to destroy every reflection. Gold, silver, glass. She could spring from any of them. (smashes mirror) Oh, yes, yes, I know I know. Very bad luck to break it. But look at it this way, there's a stroppy homicidal mermaid trying to k*ll all. AVERY: How much worse can things get? DOCTOR: Yep. (looks at treasure) Help me lug this lot out. AVERY: Where are we taking it? DOCTOR: The ocean. AVERY: No. No! This is the treasure of the Mogul of India. DOCTOR: Oh, good. For a moment there I thought it was yours. AVERY: Doctor, wait. Must we do this? DOCTOR: Any reflection, any mirror, and the siren will att*ck. We have to protect Rory and Toby. Go and get the crown from the storeroom. AVERY leaves and the DOCTOR begins to throw the treasure out the broken window. INT. SHIP, STOREROOM, NIGHT With a sigh, AVERY takes the crown and leaves. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT A slight breeze moves the dangling shells and charms and the full moon shines down as the SIREN sings. INT. SHIP, MAGAZINE, NIGHT RORY: Just wait? DOCTOR: Not my most dynamic plan, I realise. AMY: TARDIS? DOCTOR: It's been towed. AMY: What? DOCTOR: Sorry. We might be stuck here for a while. RORY: So you're saying that we should all just wait here below? AVERY: The sea is still calm, like a mirror. If you go out on deck she'll rise up and att*ck you. DOCTOR: It's OK. The calm won't last forever. When the wind picks up we'll all set sail. AVERY: Until it does, you have to hide down here. LATER… AMY and RORY are asleep on the floor. AVERY goes to sit beside TOBY. AVERY: I'm sorry about your mother. You miss her a lot. TOBY: Three years. No word from you. AVERY: Toby... TOBY: You promised her. You promised you'd come home. And she believed you would, right up until the day she died. What made you do it? What made you... turn pirate? AVERY: Get some sleep now. In her half-sleep state, AMY hears a WOMAN'S voice. WOMAN: It's fine. You're doing fine. Just stay calm. AMY opens her eyes and sees the same woman with the eye-patch that she saw at the orphanage. The panel slides shut. AMY sits up but the panel has disappeared. EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT The DOCTOR is looking up at the stars when AVERY joins him. DOCTOR: It's not one star it's two. (points) The dog star. Sirius. Binary system. AVERY: I use it to navigate the ocean. DOCTOR: I've travelled far, like you. Space can be very lonely. The greatest adventure is having someone share it with you. AVERY: If we get out of this I'll take him back to England. He can't stay with me. I'm not the father he needs. DOCTOR: Who are you, Henry Avery? Respected naval officer, wife and child at home. How did you end up here, wandering the oceans with a band of rogues? AVERY: I've set my course now. Nothing I can do to alter it. DOCTOR: People stared at it for centuries and never knew. Things can suddenly change, when you're least expecting. (pats AVERY and leaves) INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN, NIGHT The DOCTOR is standing quietly in the middle of the room. AMY enters behind him. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Sssh. AMY: What can you see? DOCTOR: Feels like something's out there, staring straight at me. There is a crash of thunder and the ship rocks. DOCTOR: Man the sails! (runs from the room) EXT. SHIP'S DECK, NIGHT It's raining hard. AVERY holds the rigging. AMY and RORY rush topside. AVERY: To the rigging, you dogs! Let go the sails. Avast ye! AMY and RORY head for the ropes holding the mainsail while AVERY works on the foresail. The DOCTOR is at the wheel. AVERY: Put the bunt into the slack of the clews. AMY: I swear he's making half this stuff up. RORY: What we really need is some sort of phrase book. AVERY: Toby! Find my coat. My compass is inside it, boy. (TOBY goes below) Heave ho you bilge rats. RORY: ‘Rats' was all I could hear. TOBY comes back with AVERY'S coat and the crown rolls out along the deck. All they can do is watch. TOBY looks at his father, hurt by the proof that he's a pirate. The SIREN reaches through the reflection on the crown and sh**t into the air above the ship. She sings and floats down to the deck, her hand reaching out for TOBY. AVERY: Don't let her take you! Enthralled, TOBY walks closer, his hand out. AVERY: No! TOBY touches the SIREN and disappears with a scream. AVERY: No! AMY holds back RORY as he tries to reach the SIREN. The DOCTOR sneaks behind her and throws the crown into the sea. The SIREN disappears. AVERY: I'm sorry, I'm sorry! DOCTOR: You couldn't give up the gold could you? That's why you turned pirate! Your commission, your wife, your son. Just how much is that treasure worth to you man? At that moment, the main yardarm swing around and knocks RORY into the churning water. AMY: Rory! Rory! (runs to the side) I can't see him. Doctor, I'm going in! DOCTOR: He's drowning. You go in after him you'll drown too. There's only one thing that can save him now. AMY: What are you talking about? DOCTOR: The siren. The siren, she wants him. We have to release her. (heads for the water barrel) AMY: Doctor, no. The DOCTOR removes the lid and releases the SIREN. DOCTOR: He's drowning. Go find him! The SIREN dives into the water. AMY: What did you do? DOCTOR: If he stays in there he'll die. AMY: She'll destroy him. DOCTOR: That thing isn't just some ravenous hunter! It's intelligent. We can reason with it. And maybe, just maybe, they're still alive somewhere. We have to follow. AVERY: Are you mad? DOCTOR: If we ever want to see them again, we have to let the siren take us. We'll prick our fingers. All agreed? (holds out a fist) Yeah? AVERY: Aye. AMY: Aye. DOCTOR: Aye! The DOCTOR pricks their fingers and the black spot appears. The SIREN appears and sings. They each reach out to her. There is a flash of light. INT. SPACESHIP, OBSERVATION, NIGHT They wake up on the floor. AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: We haven't moved. We're in exactly the same place as before. They look out the window and see the pirate ship. AVERY: We're on a ghost ship. DOCTOR: No, it's real. Space ship trapped in a temporal rift. AMY: How can two ships be in the same place? DOCTOR: Not the same. Two planes, two worlds, two cars parked in the same space. There are lots of different universes nested inside each other. Now and again they collide and you can step from one to the other. AMY: OK, I think I understand. DOCTOR: Good. Cos it's not like that at all. But if that helps. AMY: Thanks. DOCTOR: All the reflections have suddenly become gateways. The DOCTOR picks up a piece of metal from the floor and throws it through the window. It passes through and lands on the deck DOCTOR: Ever look in a mirror and think you're seeing a whole other world? Well, this time it's not an illusion. They hear a low beeping and begin to explore. AMY: The signal. DOCTOR: Yes. AMY: The distress call. DOCTOR: Uh-huh. They climb the stairs that lead to the rest of the ship. AMY: There was a second ship here all the time. They hear the SIREN. DOCTOR: And the siren is on board. The DOCTOR unlocks the door and it slides open to reveal the desiccated body of pteradon-like alien. AVERY pulls out his g*n but the DOCTOR pushes it away. DOCTOR: d*ad. The DOCTOR walks past it followed by AMY and AVERY. INT. SPACESHIP, BRIDGE, NIGHT On the bridge, they see another alien still at the controls. The DOCTOR walks up to it. The view from the observation window was that of AVERY'S cabin. AMY: You were right, there was something staring at us the whole time. How long has this ship been marooned here? AVERY: Long enough for the Captain to have run out of grog. AMY: I don't understand. If this is the captain, then what's the siren? DOCTOR: Same as us. A stowaway. (uses the sonic to scan the body) AMY: She k*lled it? DOCTOR: (checks readings) Human bacteria. AMY: What? DOCTOR: A virus, from our planet. Airborne, travelling through the portal. (puts away sonic) That's what k*lled it. (leans on panel) Didn't get its jabs. (lifts his hand to show it covered in slime) Urghhh! Look. AMY: What is it? DOCTOR: Sneeze! Alien bogies. The DOCTOR shakes his hand, trying to get the slime off. He wipes it on AMY's coat as he walks past and out the room. INT. SPACESHIP, SICKBAY, NIGHT They enter the room and the DOCTOR immediately begins to scan with the sonic. Suspended from the ceiling are beds on which people are lying unconscious. They have breathing tubes attached to their throats. AVERY: McGrath! He's one of my men. AMY: He's still breathing. The DOCTOR finds what looks like rectangular "discs" holding information. AVERY: My entire crew is here. Toby! (runs to his son) AMY: Rory! (runs to her husband) DOCTOR: The TARDIS! (runs to the TARDIS and practically hugs it) AVERY: We have to get them out of here. DOCTOR: Wait! (scans) His fever's gone. (goes to RORY) AMY: He looks so well. DOCTOR: She's keeping him alive. His brain is still active but all its cellular activity is suspended. (turns over RORY'S palm to show the spot) It's not a curse. It's a tissue sample. (shows one of the "discs") Why get samples of people you are about to k*ll? AMY: Help me get him up. The DOCTOR reaches around to undo the tube. An alarm sounds and the SIREN sings. DOCTOR: She's coming. The three of them hide. The SIREN arrives and approaches RORY who is now awake. He tries to jerk away from her but calms down as she continues to sing. DOCTOR: Anaesthetic. AVERY: What? DOCTOR: The music. The song. So she anaesthetises people and then puts their bodies in stasis. The SIREN moves to TOBY, her hand resting just above him. AVERY steps out from hiding, g*n out. DOCTOR: (whispers) Avery. (shouts) No! AVERY fires at the SIREN. She turns on him, red and angry. She hisses and advances on AVERY. The DOCTOR runs to another part of the room to drawn her attention. The DOCTOR sneezes and the SIREN stops advancing on AVERY and turns to the DOCTOR, f*re between her hands. DOCTOR: Whoa. f*re! That's new. What does f*re do? Burn? Yes. Destroy? What else? Sterilise! I sneezed. I've brought germs in. The DOCTOR pulls out a handkerchief and blows his nose then throws the cloth to the floor. The SIREN sh**t flames at the handkerchief, destroying it. With the distraction, AMY goes to RORY. The SIREN moves slowly towards AMY. DOCTOR: Amy stop. Don't interfere. Don't touch him. Anaesthetic, tissue sample, screen, sterile working conditions. Ignore all my previous theories! AMY: Yeah, well we stopped paying attention a while back. DOCTOR: She's not a k*ller at all. She's a doctor! AMY steps back from RORY'S bed and the SIREN resumes her green glow. DOCTOR: This is an automated sick bay. It's teleporting everyone on board. The crew are d*ad and so the sick bay has had nothing to do. It's been looking after humanity whilst it's been idle. Look at her. A virtual doctor! Able to sterilise a whole room. AMY: Able to burn your face off. DOCTOR: She's just an interface. Seeped through the join between the planes. Broadcast in our world. Protean circuitry means she can change her form And become a human doctor for humans. Oh, sister you are good! AMY reaches for RORY again and the SIREN turns red and hisses until AMY backs away. AVERY stands by TOBY. AVERY: She won't let us take them. DOCTOR: She's keeping them alive but she doesn't know how to heal them. AMY: I'm his wife for God's sake! Why can't I touch him? DOCTOR: Tell her Amy. Show her your ring. (grabs AMY'S left hand) She may be virtual but she's intelligent. You can't do anything without her consent. Come on! Sophisticated girl like you, that must be somewhere in your core program. AMY: Look He's very ill! OK, I just want to look after him. Why won't you let me near my husband!? The SIREN holds out her left hand and a ring of light appears around it. DOCTOR: Consent form. Sign it. Put your hand in the light. Rory's sick. You have to take full responsibility. AMY puts her hand through the ring and the SIREN disappears. AMY and the DOCTOR rush to free RORY. AMY turns off the power and RORY jerks and gasps. DOCTOR: He can't breathe, turn it back on. AMY: (turns it back on) What do we do? I can't just leave him here. AVERY: He'll die if you take him out. AMY strokes RORY'S face. AMY: Rory? Wake up. RORY: Where am I? DOCTOR: You're in a hospital. If you leave you might die. AMY: But if you don't you'll have to stay forever. RORY: You're saying that if I don't get up now… AMY: You can never leave. DOCTOR: The siren will keep you safe. RORY: And if I come with you? DOCTOR: Drowning, on the point of death. RORY: I'm a nurse. AMY: What? RORY: I can teach you how to save me. AMY: Hold on. RORY: I was drowning. You just have to resuscitate me. AMY: Just? RORY: You've seen them do it loads of times in films. CPR. The kiss of life. AMY: Rory, this isn't a film, ok. What if I do it wrong? RORY: You won't. AMY: OK, what if you don't come back to life? What if...? RORY: I trust you. AMY: What about him? I mean why do I have to be the one? Why do I have to save you? RORY: Because I know you'll never give up. AMY nods. The DOCTOR walks over to AVERY. DOCTOR: We have to send this ship back into space. Imagine if the siren got ashore. She would have to process every injured human. AVERY: What about Toby? DOCTOR: I'm sorry. Typhoid fever. Once he returns it's only a matter of time. AVERY: What if I stay with him? Here. The siren will look after him. I can't go back to England. And what home does he have now, if not with me? DOCTOR: Do you think you can sail this thing? AVERY: Just point me to the atom accelerator. The DOCTOR smiles and pats AVERY on the back before going back to AMY and RORY. RORY: I know you can do this. Of course if you muck it up I am going to be really cross. And d*ad. AMY: I'll see you in a minute. AMY looks at the DOCTOR who nods and the two of them hurry to unhook RORY from the life support. He gasps for air. Together, the DOCTOR and AMY carry him to the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS They set RORY on the floor just inside the door and AMY starts CPR. DOCTOR: Come on, come on Rory. Not here. Not this way. Not today. AMY: He trusted me he trusted me to save him. DOCTOR: You still can. You can still do this. He believes in you. Come on, Amy. Come on! AMY presses harder on the compressions. AMY: Please, please, please wake up, wake up, wake up. AMY sobs and she and the DOCTOR sit back from RORY'S prone body. The DOCTOR reaches a comforting hand over to rest on her back. RORY starts to sputter and cough up water. The DOCTOR stands and looks down at the couple in amazement. RORY: Amy. Amy, you did it, you did it! (hugs her as she sobs) INT. SPACESHIP, BRIDGE, NIGHT AVERY and TOBY sit at the controls. TOBY still has the medical tube attached. Father and son smile at each other and the other five pirates walk in behind them. They head into space, steering by Sirius. INT. TARDIS AMY and RORY head up the stairs from the console. AMY: I thought I was an excellent pirate. RORY: I thought you were an excellent nurse. AMY: Easy tiger. (turns to look at the DOCTOR) Goodnight, Doctor. DOCTOR: Goodnight, Amelia. AMY: You only call me Amelia when you're worrying about me. DOCTOR: I always worry about you. AMY flashes on the DOCTOR's death. AMY: Mutual. DOCTOR: Go to bed, Pond. RORY: (whispers) You can't tell him. It's his future. They look at the DOCTOR as he fiddles with the monitor. AMY: I know. The couple goes upstairs. The DOCTOR looks at the monitor. The TARDIS is still confused over AMY'S pregnancy scan. DOCTOR: Oh, Amelia.
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INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT An OLDER WOMAN is leading a YOUNG WOMAN through the tunnels. The OLDER WOMAN'S clothes are cobbled together and the YOUNG WOMAN is wearing a worn Victorian gown. The tunnels are lit by a sickly green glow and are cluttered with flotsam and jetsam. They arrive in a large cavern where a MAN is waiting. YOUNG WOMAN: Will it be me, Uncle? UNCLE: Yes, it's going to be you. I only wish I could go in your place, Idris. Nah, I don't, cos it's really going to hurt. An OOD with green eyes grips IDRIS' arm. IDRIS: It's starting. The OOD helps IDRIS up two steps to a small platform. Underneath the grate glows green. IDRIS: What will happen? OLDER WOMAN: Oh. Um, er, Nephew will drain your mind and your soul from your body and leave your body empty. The OOD places a hand on either side of her head. IDRIS: I'm scared! Smoke begins to rise from the grate and IDRIS gasps for breath, falling to her knees. OLDER WOMAN: I expect so, dear. But soon you'll have a new soul. There'll be a Time Lord coming! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM The DOCTOR is regaling RORY with an adventure. DOCTOR: Then we discovered it wasn't the robot king after all, it was the real one. Fortunately, I was able to re-attach the head. RORY looks to AMY as she comes down the stairs. RORY: Do you believe any of this stuff? AMY: I was there. DOCTOR: Oh, it's the warning lights. I'm getting rid of those, they never stop! (slaps the console) RORY catches up with AMY as she heads down another set of stairs. RORY: Hey. You're still thinking about it, aren't you? AMY: (whispers)Shhh! We saw him die! RORY: (whispers) Yeah, 200 years in the future. AMY: (whispers) Yes, but it's still going to happen. There's a knocking on the TARDIS door. The DOCTOR whirls around. AMY and RORY join him by the console. AMY: What was that? DOCTOR: The door. It knocked. (walks slowly towards the door) RORY: Right. We are in deep space. DOCTOR: Very, very deep. The knocking sounds again. DOCTOR: And somebody's knocking. The DOCTOR slowly opens the door and smiles. A small box is floating there. It is lit from the inside. DOCTOR: Oh, come here. Come here, you scrumptious little beauty! The DOCTOR reaches out a hand but the box whizzes by and into the TARDIS. It then zooms back and hits him in the chest. He holds it between his hands. RORY: A box?! AMY: Doctor, what is it? DOCTOR: I've got mail! (walks back to the console) Time Lord emergency messaging system. In an emergency, we'd wrap up thoughts in psychic containers and send them through time and space. Anyway, there's a Time Lord out there, and it's one of the good ones! RORY: You said there were no other Time Lords left. DOCTOR: There are no Time Lords left in the universe, but the universe isn't where we're going! (throws the box to AMY) See that snake? The mark of the Corsair. Fantastic bloke. He had that snake as a tattoo in every regeneration. Didn't feel like himself without the tattoo. Or herself, a couple of times. Ooh, she was a bad girl! The TARDIS sparks and shakes. They hold onto the console. RORY: What's happening?! DOCTOR: We're leaving the universe! AMY: How can you leave the universe? DOCTOR: With enormous difficulty! Right now I'm burning up TARDIS rooms to give us some welly. Goodbye, swimming pool, goodbye scullery, sayonara, squash court seven! SPACE The TARDIS leaves the universe and heads for the source of the message: a small planet with a slightly green glow. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM The TARDIS stops with a jolt. AMY: OK. OK. Where are we? DOCTOR: Outside the universe, where we've never, ever been. The power winds down and the lights dim. RORY: Is that meant to be happening? DOCTOR: It's the power. It's draining. (tries the controls) Everything's draining! But it can't. That's... That's impossible. RORY: What is that? DOCTOR: It's as if the matrix, the soul of the TARDIS, has just vanished. Where would it go? INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT IDRIS sits up with a gasp. She also makes the sound of the TARDIS materializing. Artron energy escapes from her open mouth. UNCLE and AUNTIE watch as IDRIS raises her hands to see the yellow glow. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Doctor's Wife" by Neil Gaiman Producer Sanne Wholenberg Director Richard Clark EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The DOCTOR opens the door of the TARDIS and steps out followed by AMY and RORY. The surface is cluttered with rusting spaceships of various sizes. They begin to look around. AMY: So what kind of trouble's your friend in? DOCTOR: He was in a bind, a bit of a pickle, sort of distressed. AMY: Aw, you can't just say you don't know. RORY: But what is this? The scrap yard at the end of the universe? DOCTOR: Not end of, outside of. RORY: How we can we be outside the universe? The universe is everything. The DOCTOR puts an arm around RORY'S shoulders as he tries to explain. DOCTOR: Imagine a great big soap bubble with one of those tiny little bubbles on the outside. RORY: OK. DOCTOR: Well, it's nothing like that. (puts a hand on the TARDIS) Completely drained, look at her. AMY: So we're in a tiny bubble universe, sticking to the side of the bigger bubble universe? DOCTOR: Yeah. No. But if it helps, yes. This place is full of rift energy. She'll probably refuel just by being here. Now this place, what do we think, eh? (throws dirt into the air) Gravity's almost earth-normal, air's breathable, but it smells like... AMY: Armpits. DOCTOR: Armpits. RORY: Where did this stuff come from? DOCTOR: There's a rift. Now and then, stuff gets sucked through it. Not a bubble, a plughole. The universe has a plughole and we've fallen down it. IDRIS: Thief! Thief! You're my thief! (runs towards the DOCTOR) UNCLE and AUNTIE walk behind. AUNTIE: She's dangerous! Guard yourselves! IDRIS: Look at you! Goodbye! No, not goodbye, what's the other one? (kisses the DOCTOR) UNCLE: Watch out! Careful, keep back from her! AUNTIE and UNCLE pull IDRIS away from the DOCTOR. UNCLE: Welcome, strangers, lovely. Sorry about the mad person. DOCTOR: Why am I a thief? What have I stolen? IDRIS: Me. You're going to steal me. No, you have stolen me. You are stealing me. Tenses are difficult, aren't they? AUNTIE: Oh, we are sorry, my dove. She's off her head. They call me Auntie. (shakes the DOCTOR'S hand) UNCLE: I'm Uncle. I'm everybody's uncle. Just keep back from this one, she bites! IDRIS: Do I? Excellent. (bites the DOCTOR'S neck) DOCTOR: Ow! No, ow, ow! They pull IDRIS away and the DOCTOR rubs his neck. IDRIS: Oh, biting's excellent! It's like kissing, only there's a winner! UNCLE: Sorry. She's doolally. IDRIS: No, I'm not doolally. I'm... I'm...It's on the tip of my tongue. I've just had a new idea about kissing. Come here, you! (chases after the DOCTOR) AUNTIE: Idris, no, no! The DOCTOR stands behind RORY and AMY. IDRIS: Oh, but now you're angry. No, you're not. You will be angry. The little boxes will make you angry. DOCTOR: Sorry? The little what? Boxes? IDRIS: (laughs) Your chin is hilarious! (pinches the DOCTOR'S chin then looks at RORY) It means the smell of dust after rain. RORY: What does? IDRIS: Petrichor. RORY: But I didn't ask. IDRIS: Not yet. But you will. AUNTIE: No, Idris, I think you should have a rest. IDRIS: Yes, yes, good idea! I'll just see if there's an off switch. (faints) UNCLE: Is that it? She d*ad now. So sad. RORY: She's still breathing. UNCLE: Nephew, take Idris somewhere she can not bite people. The DOCTOR turns and sees the Ood. DOCTOR: Oh, hello! AMY: Doctor, what is that? DOCTOR: It's all right. It's an Ood! Oods are good, love an Ood. (walks over) Hello, Ood. Can't you talk? Oh, I see, it's damaged. May I? (opens the translator) It might be on the wrong frequency. AUNTIE: Nephew was broken when he came here. Why, he was half d*ad. House repaired him. House repaired all of us. The DOCTOR fixes NEPHEW'S translator and a message comes over it. There are garbled messages in the background. MAN: If you are receiving this message, please help me. Send a signal to the High Council of the Time Lords on Gallifrey. Help! I'm still alive! I don't know where I am. I'm on some rock-like planet. NEPHEW switches off the translator. RORY: What was that? Was that him? DOCTOR: No, no, it's picking up something else. But that's... That's not possible. That's... Who else is here? Tell me. Show me! Show me! AUNTIE: Just what you see. It's just the four of us, and the House. Nephew, will you take Idris somewhere safe where she can't hurt nobody? NEPHEW picks up IDRIS and takes her away. DOCTOR: The House? What's the House? AUNTIE: House is all around you, my sweets. You are standing on him. UNCLE jumps up and down. AUNTIE: This is the House. This world. Would you like to meet him? RORY: Meet him?! DOCTOR: I'd love to. UNCLE: This way. Come, please. Come. AUNTIE and UNCLE head back inside. AMY: What's wrong? What were those voices? DOCTOR: Time Lords. It's not just the Corsair. Somewhere close by there are lots and lots of... Time Lords. The DOCTOR walks off after AUNTIE and UNCLE. AMY and RORY follow. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, CELL, NIGHT IDRIS is locked in a cell with NEPHEW standing guard. IDRIS: I'm... I'm... Big word, sad word. Why is that word so sad? No! Will be sad. Will be sad. INT. PLANET, CAVERN, NIGHT AUNTIE and UNCLE lead the way to the cavern where IDRIS lost her soul. UNCLE: Come. Come, come. You can see the House and he can look at you and he... The DOCTOR looks through the grate. DOCTOR: I see. This asteroid is sentient. AUNTIE: We walk on his back, breathe his air. Eat his food... AMY: Smell its armpits. AUNTIE and UNCLE'S mouths move in unison, but the voice isn't theirs. HOUSE: And do my will. You are most welcome, travellers. AMY: Doctor... that voice, that's the asteroid talking? DOCTOR: Yes. So you're like a... sea urchin. Hard outer surface. That's the planet we're walking on. Big, squashy, oogly thing inside. That's you. HOUSE: That is correct, Time Lord. DOCTOR: Ah! So you've met Time Lords before? HOUSE: Many travellers have come through the rift, like Auntie and Uncle and Nephew. I repair them when they break. DOCTOR: So there are Time Lords here then? HOUSE: Not any more, but there have been many Tardises on my back in days gone by. DOCTOR: Well, there won't be any more after us. Last Time Lord. Last TARDIS. HOUSE: A pity. Your people were so kind. Be here in safety, Doctor. Rest, feed, if you will. AUNTIE and UNCLE are freed from HOUSE'S control. RORY: We're not actually going to stay here, are we? DOCTOR: It seems like a friendly planet. Literally. Mind if we poke around a bit? AUNTIE: You can look all you want. Go, look. House loves you. AUNTIE cups AMY'S face with both hands. Her left is definitely not that of a woman. The DOCTOR doesn't say anything. DOCTOR: Come on then, g*ng. We're just going to, erm... see the sights. The three of them leave. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, CELL, NIGHT IDRIS is speaking gibberish. IDRIS: Oh! What was that? Do fish have fingers? Like a nine year old trying to rebuild a motorbike. What am I saying? Why am I saying that? Thief! Where's my thief? (shouts) Thief! Thief! INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT The DOCTOR is walking ahead of AMY and RORY and hears IDRIS. DOCTOR: Shh, shh. RORY: So as soon as the TARDIS is refuelled, we go, yeah? DOCTOR: No. There are Time Lords here. I heard them and they need me. AMY: You told me about your people and you told me what you did. DOCTOR: Yes, but if they're like the Corsair, they're good, I can save them! AMY: Then tell them you destroyed the others?! DOCTOR: I can explain. Tell them why I had to. AMY: You want to be forgiven. DOCTOR: Don't we all? AMY: (nods) What do you need from me? DOCTOR: My screwdriver. I left it in the TARDIS. It's in my jacket. RORY: You're wearing your jacket. DOCTOR: My other one. RORY: You have two of those? AMY: I'll get it, but, Doctor, listen to me. Don't get emotional because that's when you make mistakes. DOCTOR: Yes, boss. AMY: I'll call you from the TARDIS. (tosses her phone to the DOCTOR) Rory, look after him. (leaves) DOCTOR: Rory, look after her. RORY: Yeah. (Heads after AMY) The DOCTOR continues on. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT AMY strides towards the TARDIS, RORY following. AMY: I told you to look after him. RORY: He'll be fine. He's a Time Lord. AMY: It's what they're called. It doesn't mean he actually knows what he's doing. The two enter the TARDIS and a cloud of green energy begins to swirl around the base, working its way up. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY dials from the TARDIS phone. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT The mobile rings and the DOCTOR answers. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: We're here. Screwdriver's in your jacket, yeah? INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT DOCTOR: (takes screwdriver from his pocket) Yeah, it's around somewhere. Have a good look. The DOCTOR activates the screwdriver, locking the doors of the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY hangs up the phone. AMY: Did you do that? RORY: I didn't do anything. Right. Jacket. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT DOCTOR: Come on! Where are you? Now where are you all? Where are you? The DOCTOR closes his eyes, sensing the other Time Lords. He opens them and pushes back a curtain, revealing a small alcove. DOCTOR: Well, they can't all be in here. The DOCTOR hears murmuring voices and turns around. A cabinet is set into the wall. He opens the door to see it filled with the glowing boxes. The voices are louder. They are all cries for help. AUNTIE and UNCLE come up behind him. DOCTOR: Just admiring your Time Lord distress signal collection. Nice job. Brilliant job. Really thought I had some friends here... but this is what the Ood translator picked up. Cries for help from the long d*ad. (faces them) How many Time Lords have you lured here, the way you lured me? And what happened to them all? AUNTIE: House, House is kind and he is wise. DOCTOR: (angry) House repairs you when you break. Yes, I know. But how does he mend you? (scans UNCLE) You have the eyes of a 20 year old. UNCLE: Thank you. DOCTOR: I mean it literally. Your eyes are 30 years younger than you are. (rips off UNCLE'S hat) Your ears don't match, your right arm is two inches longer than your left, and how's your dancing, ‘cause you've got two left feet. Patchwork people. You've been repaired and patched up so often, I doubt there's anything left of what used to be you. (puts sonic away and slaps AUNTIE'S hand) I had an umbrella like you once. AUNTIE: Oh, now, it's been a great arm for me, this. DOCTOR: (sees the tattoo) Corsair. AUNTIE: He was a strapping big bloke, wasn't he, Uncle? Big fella. I got the arm and then Uncle got the spine and the kidneys. DOCTOR: Kidneys. You gave me hope, and then you took it away. That's enough to make anyone dangerous. God knows what it will do to me! Basically... run! AUNTIE runs off as UNCLE backs away. UNCLE: Poor old Time Lord. Too late. House is too clever. (leaves) The phone rings and DOCTOR answers it. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: What? We're not good enough for your smart new friend? DOCTOR: "The boxes will make you angry." How could she know? AMY: Doctor, what are you talking about? DOCTOR: Stay put. Stay exactly where you are. AMY: We don't have much... choice. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, CELL, NIGHT The DOCTOR finds IDRIS. DOCTOR: How did you know about the boxes? You said they'd make me angry. How did you know? IDRIS: Ah, it's my thief. DOCTOR: Who are you? IDRIS: It's about time. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The green energy cloud is now up by the windows. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: He's not trusting us. And he's being emotional. This is bad, this is very, very bad. RORY: (sees the green outside) Yeah... I think it probably is. AMY: (turns) Sometimes I hate being right. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, CELL, NIGHT DOCTOR: Who are you? IDRIS: Do you not know me? Just because they put me in here? DOCTOR: They said you were dangerous. IDRIS: Not the cage, stupid. In here. (puts a hand on either side of her face) They put me in here. I'm the... Oh, what do you call me? We travel. I go...(she makes the sound of the TARDIS) DOCTOR: The TARDIS? IDRIS: Time and relative dimension in space. Yes, that's it. Names are funny. It's me! I'm the TARDIS. DOCTOR: No. You're not! You're a bitey, mad lady. The TARDIS is up and downy stuff in a big blue box. IDRIS: Yes, that's me. A type 40 TARDIS. I was already a museum piece, when you were young, and the first time you touched my console you said... DOCTOR: I said you were the most beautiful thing I had ever known. IDRIS: And then you stole me. And I stole you. DOCTOR: I borrowed you. IDRIS: Borrowing implies the eventual intention to return the thing that was taken. What makes you think I would ever give you back? DOCTOR: You're the TARDIS? IDRIS: Yes. DOCTOR: My TARDIS? IDRIS: My Doctor. Oh! We have now reached the point in the conversation where you open the lock. The DOCTOR uses the sonic on the lock and IDRIS steps out. She studies the DOCTOR'S face. IDRIS: Are all people like this? DOCTOR: Like what? IDRIS: So much bigger on the inside? I'm... Oh, what is that word? It's so big, so complicated. It's so sad. DOCTOR: But why? Why pull the living soul from a TARDIS and pop it in a tiny human head? What does it want you for? IDRIS: It doesn't want me. (sniffs him) DOCTOR: How do you know? (sniffs jacket) IDRIS: House eats TARDISes. DOCTOR: House what? What do you mean? IDRIS: I don't know. It's something I heard you say. DOCTOR: When? IDRIS: In the future. DOCTOR: House eats Tardises? IDRIS: There you go. (puts a finger on the DOCTOR'S lips) What are fish fingers? DOCTOR: (muffled) When do I say that? IDRIS: Any second. DOCTOR: Of course! House feeds on rift energy and TARDISes are bursting with it. And not raw. All lovely and cooked, processed food… Mmm, fish fingers. IDRIS: Do fish have fingers? DOCTOR: But you can't eat a TARDIS, it would destroy you. Unless, unless... IDRIS: Unless you deleted the TARDIS matrix first. DOCTOR: (chuckles) So it deleted you. IDRIS: But House just can't delete a TARDIS' consciousness, that would blow a hole in the universe. He pulls out the matrix, sticks it in a living receptacle and feeds off the remaining Artron energy. You were about to say all that. I don't suppose you have to now. DOCTOR: (pulls out the phone) I sent Amy and Rory in there. They'll be eaten. Amy! Amy! Rory, get the hell out of there! (runs through the tunnels) INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY tries the controls as RORY watches the door. AMY: Doctor, something's wrong. INT. PLANET, TUNNELS, NIGHT DOCTOR: It's House. He's after the TARDIS. Just get out, both of you! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM RORY tries the doors but they won't budge. AMY: We can't. You locked the door, remember? EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT DOCTOR: But I've unlocked it. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: You stupid well haven't! The Cloister Bell begins to ring, the console room goes dark and a strong wind picks up. AMY: Doctor, I don't like this. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The DOCTOR runs towards the TARDIS, using his sonic to try and unlock the doors. He stops in from of the doors and snaps his fingers. DOCTOR: Open! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: Doctor? EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT DOCTOR: (shouts) Open this door! INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM AMY: Rory, hold my hand. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT DOCTOR: Amy. Rory! The DOCTOR pounds on the doors but steps back as the TARDIS dematerializes. He calls AMY. DOCTOR: Amy? Amy, can you hear me? (shuts off phone) OK. Right. I don't... I really don't know what to do. (smiles) That's a new feeling. The DOCTOR slaps himself on the cheek and then runs back inside. SPACE The TARDIS heads back to the universe. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM RORY: Listen, whatever happens at least we're together. And we're in the TARDIS, so we're safe. HOUSE: You're half right. I mean, you are in the TARDIS. What a great adventure. I should have done this half a million years ago. So, Amy, Rory, why shouldn't I just k*ll you now? INT. PLANET, CAVERN, NIGHT The DOCTOR finds IDRIS sitting down. AUNTIE and UNCLE are there as well. DOCTOR: It's gone! IDRIS: Eaten? DOCTOR: No, it left. Not eaten, hi-jacked. But why? AUNTIE: It's time for us both to go, and keep together. DOCTOR: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Go? What do you mean go? Where are you going? AUNTIE: Well, we're dying, my love. It's time for Auntie and Uncle to pop off. UNCLE: I'm against it. AUNTIE: It's your fault, isn't it, sweets? Cos you told House it was the last TARDIS. House can't feed on them if there's none more coming, can he? UNCLE: So now he's off to your universe to find more Tardises. DOCTOR: It won't. AUNTIE: Oh, it will think of something. AUNTIE falls over with a groan and the DOCTOR rushes to check for a pulse. UNCLE: Actually, I feel fine. (stands and falls to the ground) DOCTOR: Not d*ad. You can't just die! IDRIS: We need to go to where I landed, Doctor. Quickly. DOCTOR: Why?! IDRIS: Because we are there in three minutes. We need to go now! (runs then stops in pain) Ow! Roughly, how long do these bodies last? DOCTOR: (scans her) You're dying. IDRIS: Yes, of course I'm dying. (takes the sonic) I don't belong in a flesh body. I could blow the casing in no time. No, stop it, don't get emotional. That's what the orangey girl says. You're the Doctor. Focus. (holds the sonic out for him) DOCTOR: On what? How? I'm a madman with a box, without a box! (takes sonic) I'm stuck down the plughole at the end of the universe on a stupid old junkyard! Oh. IDRIS: Oh, what? DOCTOR: No, I'm not. IDRIS: Not what? DOCTOR: Cos it's not a junkyard. Don't you see? It's not a junkyard. IDRIS: What is it then? DOCTOR: It's a TARDIS junkyard! (heads for exit) Come on. (stops) Ooh, sorry, do you have a name? IDRIS: 700 years, finally he asks. DOCTOR: But what do I call you? IDRIS: I think you call me... Sexy. DOCTOR: (whispers) Only when we're alone! IDRIS: We are alone. DOCTOR: Come on then, Sexy. The DOCTOR takes IDRIS by the hand and they run out. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM HOUSE: Corridors. I have corridors. So much to learn about my new home. But you haven't answered my question, children. RORY: Er, question? HOUSE: You remember. Tell me why I shouldn't just k*ll you both now? AMY: Well... because... Rory, why? RORY: Because... k*lling us quickly wouldn't be any fun. And you need fun, don't you? That's what Uncle and Auntie were for, wasn't it? Someone to make suffer. I had a PE teacher just like you. You need to be entertained... and k*lling us quickly wouldn't be entertainment. HOUSE: So entertain me. Run. AMY and RORY run up a set of steps deeper into the TARDIS. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The DOCTOR runs across the surface of the planet, scanning with the sonic screwdriver. IDRIS follows. They climb atop a mound and look down on a collection of varied ships. DOCTOR: A valley of half-eaten Tardises. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? IDRIS: I'm thinking that all of my sisters are d*ad. That they were devoured, and that we are looking at their corpses. DOCTOR: Ah. Sorry. No, I wasn't thinking that. IDRIS: No. You were thinking you could build a working TARDIS console out of broken remnants of a hundred different models. And you don't care that it's impossible. DOCTOR: It's not impossible as long as we are alive. Rory and Amy need me. So, yeah, we're gonna build a TARDIS. (heads into the valley) INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS AMY and RORY run down the corridor. HOUSE: So, are we having fun yet? I'm rather enjoying the sensation of having you running around inside me. AMY stops with a cry and she almost falls into a pit. HOUSE: I have turned off the corridor anti-ground, so do be careful. AMY: Come on. They make their way around the thin ledge. AMY reaches the other side first and pulls RORY to safety as he slips. They continue running. EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The DOCTOR and IDRIS have put together a shell of a room with a small console in the middle. IDRIS pops up and taps a small piece of equipment with her finger. IDRIS: Bond the tube directly into the Tachyon Diverter. DOCTOR: Yes, yes, I have actually rebuilt a TARDIS before, you know. I know what I'm doing. (the DOCTOR is dragging a piece of wall by a rope) IDRIS: You're like a nine-year-old trying to rebuild a motorbike in his bedroom. And you never read the instructions. DOCTOR: I always read the instructions! IDRIS: There's a sign on my front door. You have been walking past it for 700 years. What does it say? DOCTOR: That's not instructions! IDRIS: There's an instruction at the bottom. What does it say? DOCTOR: Pull to open. IDRIS: Yes, and what do you do? DOCTOR: I push! IDRIS: Every single time. 700 years. Police Box doors open out the way. DOCTOR: (throws down the rope and walks over to her) I think I've earned the right to open my front doors any way I want! IDRIS: Your front doors?! Have you any idea how childish that sounds? DOCTOR: (turns away and mutters) You are not my mother! IDRIS: And you are not my child! DOCTOR: (turns around and walks back) You know, since we're talking with mouths, not really an opportunity that comes along very often, I just want to say, you know, you (points in her face) have never been very reliable. IDRIS: And you have? DOCTOR: You didn't always take me where I wanted to go. (walks away) IDRIS: No, but I always took you where you needed to go. DOCTOR: (stops) You did! (whirls around, happy) Look at us. Talking. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could always talk? Even when you're inside the box? IDRIS: You know I'm not constructed that way. I exist across all space and time, and you talk and run around and bring home strays. IDRIS falls but the DOCTOR catches her. DOCTOR: You OK? IDRIS: One of the kidneys has already failed. It doesn't matter. We need to finish assembling the console. DOCTOR: Using a console without a proper shell. It's not going to be safe. IDRIS: This body has about 18 minutes left to live. The universe we're in will reach Absolute Zero in three hours. Safe is relative. The DOCTOR heads back to the piece he was dragging and picks up the rope. DOCTOR: Then we need to get a move on, eh, old girl? INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS AMY and RORY run down the corridor, AMY is ahead. She runs through a door and it slides closed after her, RORY still on the opposite side. RORY: NO! Amy! AMY stops and runs back to the door. AMY: No! RORY: Amy! (tries to pry open the door) On her side, AMY hears a tired voice calling her name. She runs down the corridor and sees RORY sitting on the floor by the closed door. AMY: Rory? RORY: (gets up) Where have you been? AMY: I stepped through that door and it came down here. RORY: But you've been hours! AMY: No, I haven't. It's House, and it's messing with the TARDIS. Come on, back this way. They run and HOUSE plays the same trick, closing the door in front of RORY. RORY: No! AMY: No! Oh! (turns around) EXT. PLANET SURFACE, NIGHT The TARDIS now has three walls up and the DOCTOR is carrying a central column over his shoulder to the console. IDRIS: You'll need to install the time router. DOCTOR: How is this going to make it through the rift? (slips the column into place) We're almost there. (checks everything) Thrust diffuser. Er, Retro scope. Blue... thingy. IDRIS: (sifting through junk) Do you wonder why I chose you all those years ago? DOCTOR: I chose you. You were unlocked. IDRIS: Of course I was. I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away. And you were the only one mad enough. DOCTOR: (joins her and looks back at the console) Right. Perfect. Look at that. What could possibly go wrong? (a small piece falls off) That's fine, that always happens. No! Hang on! Wait! (grabs red velvet rope) INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS AMY walks forward through the slowly darkening corridor. RORY: Amy? Curled up close to the wall in a corner is an older RORY with long grey hair and a straggly beard. AMY: Oh, my God. Rory? (kneels beside him) RORY: You left me. How could you do that? How could you leave me? AMY: How long have you been here? RORY: 2,000 years I waited for you. (bangs his head on the wall) You did it to me again! AMY: I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to. I'm sorry. RORY lunges at her and AMY falls back with a cry. She crab-walks backwards away from him. AMY: Rory, what are you doing? RORY: They come for me at night. Every single night, they come for me and they hurt me. Amy, they hurt me over and over and over and over... AMY: Rory... RORY: How could you leave me? How could you do that to me? They both stand as RORY speaks and AMY backs away through a door and it closes again. INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS, NIGHT The DOCTOR hands IDRIS one of the ropes and they latch them onto the console. DOCTOR: Right. OK, let's go. Follow that TARDIS! The console doesn't move. IDRIS sees her reflection in a mirror and plays with her face. DOCTOR: It can't hold the charge. I can't even start it. There's no power! (puts a hand over the mirror) I've got nothing! IDRIS: Oh, my beautiful idiot. You have what you've always had - you've got me. IDRIS kisses her finger, imbuing it with energy, and then places it against the central column. The energy circles them with a field and they dematerialize. INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS AMY walks through another corridor. Scrawled on the walls in a violent hand are the phrases "Hate Amy", "k*ll Amy" and "Die Amy". She turns a corner and sees a skeleton lying there in RORY'S clothes. AMY: (screams) No! No! (falls to her knees and crawls to the body, sobbing) Rory... I'm so, so sorry! RORY walks up the corridor behind her. RORY: Amy? AMY turns around at the sound of his voice but when she looks back, the body and writing have disappeared. She runs to RORY and hugs him. RORY: It's messing with our heads. Come on, run. They run. SPACE The makeshift TARDIS follows the path of "the" TARDIS to the universe. INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS It is open on top and one side so we can see the energy field around them. The ride is a little rough. The DOCTOR is enjoying the experience. They have to shout to be heard. DOCTOR: Whoo-hoo! IDRIS: We've locked on to them! They'll have to lower the shields when I'm close enough to phase inside. DOCTOR: Can you get a message to Amy? The telepathic circuits are online. IDRIS: Which one's Amy? The pretty one? INT. TARDIS, SHAFT RORY and AMY are climbing up a ladder when RORY puts a hand to his head in pain. RORY: Argh! (sees IDRIS) AMY: Rory, what's wrong?? RORY: It's like... I'm getting a message. IDRIS: (telepathic vision) Hello, Pretty! RORY: What the hell is that? The DOCTOR butts into the vision. DOCTOR: (telepathic vision) Don't worry. Telepathic messaging. No, that's Rory. IDRIS: (telepathic vision) You have to go to the old control room. I'm putting the route in your head. When you get there use the purple slider on the nearest panel to lower the shields. DOCTOR: (telepathic vision) The pretty one! IDRIS: (telepathic vision) You'll have about 12 seconds before the room goes into phase with the invading Matrix. I'll send you the passkey when you get there. Good luck! RORY opens his eyes. AMY: What was that? RORY: It was that woman. That mad woman and the Doctor. AMY: The Doctor?! RORY: We have to keep going. They continue climbing. INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS DOCTOR: How's he going to be able to take down the shields anyway? The House is in the control room. IDRIS: I directed him to one of the old control rooms. DOCTOR: There aren't any old control rooms. They were all deleted or remodelled. IDRIS: I archive them. For neatness. I've got about 30 now. DOCTOR: But I've only changed the desktop, what, a dozen times? IDRIS: So far, yes. DOCTOR: You can't archive something that hasn't happened yet! IDRIS: YOU can't. INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS They walk through the corridors and AMY stops short, the hall dark all around her. AMY: What happened to the lights? For RORY, the halls are lit. RORY: The lights are fine. It's messing with our heads again. AMY walks forward slowly, arms out to keep her from walking into anything. RORY hears something. RORY: OK. Stay there a second. AMY: What is it? What? RORY: Just hang on. (turns the corner) AMY: Don't leave me. I can hardly see, you idiot! RORY: Argh! AMY: Rory? Rory? RORY: Its OK, I'm fine. Come towards my voice. AMY: (slowly walks forward) What happened? Where are you? RORY: I just banged my head. Just keep coming. AMY keeps walking and we see RORY'S unconscious body on the floor. RORY: Reach out your hand. We see the glow of NEWPHEW'S translator ball and then AMY'S hand touches his tentacles. His eyes glow green and AMY screams. As she does so, she can see again and RORY is there. RORY: This way. Come on, run! They run and NEPHEW follows. INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS DOCTOR: Keep going! You're doing it, you sexy thing! IDRIS: See, you DO call me that. Is it my name? DOCTOR: You bet it's your name! Whoo! INT. TARDIS, CORRIDORS RORY is still guiding AMY. AMY: I can see now, Rory. I can see. RORY: It was the Ood thing, the Nephew and it's still coming. AMY: I know. They stop at a locked door. AMY: So where is this place? RORY: This is where she told me to go. She said she'd send me the pass key! RORY grabs his head as IDRIS sends another message. He repeats the words for AMY. IDRIS: (telepathic vision) Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor. AMY: Petrichor. RORY: What do I do? Do I say it? Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor. Nothing happens. RORY: I said it. AMY: Petrichor. Petrichor... RORY: I said it! (pounds on door) AMY: Petrichor. She told you what it meant – the smell of wet dust, remember? So... Oh... it's the meaning, not the word. RORY: The meaning of what? AMY: The TARDIS interface is telepathic. You don't say it, you think it. NEPHEW appears at the junction. RORY: It's coming. AMY: (faces the door) Quiet! (closes eyes) Crimson. Eleven. Delight. The smell of dust after rain. NEWPHEW slowly advances. AMY pictures each item in her head as she says the words. AMY: Crimson, (red flag in the wind) eleven, (11th birthday cake) delight, (laughing at her wedding) the smell of dust after rain. (a raindrop falling in dirt) AMY repeats the words and thoughts as NEPHEW gets closer. The doors slide open and the rush inside. INT. TARDIS, PREVIOUS CONTROL ROOM AMY and RORY run up the ramp in the darkened room. AMY: What is this place? Another control room? RORY: Shields. They begin to look for the right controls. RORY: Got it. INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS IDRIS: They did it. Shields down! SPACE The makeshift TARDIS closes in on the other. INT. TARDIS, PREVIOUS CONTROL ROOM AMY and RORY run up the ramp in the darkened room. HOUSE: How did you find this place? It's not on my internal schematics. I had hoped you two could join Nephew as my servants. But you two are nothing but trouble. (the door opens and NEPHEW enters) Nephew... k*ll them. AMY and RORY are backing away when RORY gets another telepathic message. IDRIS: (telepathic vision) We're coming through. Get out of the way or you'll be atomised. RORY: Where are you coming through? IDRIS: (telepathic vision) I don't know. RORY: Oh, great. Thanks! INT. MAKESHIFT TARDIS IDRIS: It's not going to hold! INT. TARDIS, PREVIOUS CONTROL ROOM NEPHEW advances. RORY: Hold on! RORY holds onto the rail while AMY grabs onto the nearest buttress. The other console materializes by the ramp. AMY: (smiles) Doctor! The DOCTOR gets up and hugs her. IDRIS stands slowly. IDRIS: Not good. Not good at all. (the DOCTOR helps her sit) How do you walk around in these things? DOCTOR: We're not quite there yet... just hold on. Amy, this is... Well, she's my TARDIS. Except she's a woman. She's a woman, and she's my TARDIS. AMY: She's the TARDIS?! DOCTOR: And she's a woman. She's a woman and she's the TARDIS. AMY: Did you wish really hard? DOCTOR: Shut up! Not like that. IDRIS: Hello. I'm... Sexy. RORY: Oh! DOCTOR: Still shut up. HOUSE: The Environment has been breached. Nephew, k*ll them all. They look around for the Ood. RORY: Where's Nephew? AMY: He was standing right where you materialised. DOCTOR: Ah. Well, he must have been redistributed. RORY: Meaning what? DOCTOR: You're breathing him. AMY: Eugh! DOCTOR: Another Ood I failed to save. HOUSE: Doctor, I did not expect you. DOCTOR: Well, that's me all over, isn't it? Lovely old unexpected me. HOUSE: The big question is, now you're here, how to dispose of you? I could play with gravity... They all fall down, fighting the pull until HOUSE releases it. IDRIS collapses on her own and RORY goes to her side. HOUSE: or I could evacuate the air from this room and watch you choke. They gasp for breath. DOCTOR: You really don't want to do that! HOUSE: (returns air) Why shouldn't I just k*ll you now? DOCTOR: Because then I won't be able to help you! Listen to your engines. Just listen to them. You don't have the thrust and you know it. I'm your only hope for getting out of your little bubble, through the rift, and into my universe. And mine's the one with the food in! You just have to promise not to k*ll us. That's all, just promise. IDRIS whispers to RORY. AMY: You can't be serious. DOCTOR: I'm very serious. I'm sure it's an entity of its word. RORY: Doctor, she's burning up. She's asking for water. DOCTOR: (kneels and takes IDRIS' hand and strokes her face) Hey. Hang in there, old girl. Not long now. It'll be over soon. IDRIS: I always liked it when you call me... old girl. HOUSE: You want me to give my word? Easy. I promise. DOCTOR: Fine. OK. I trust you. Just delete, ooh, 30% of the TARDIS rooms, you'll free up thrust enough to make it through. Activate sub-routine Sigma-9. HOUSE: Why would you tell me this? DOCTOR: (stands) Because we want to get back to our universe as badly as you do. And I'm nice. HOUSE: Ye-e-s. I can delete rooms, and I can also rid myself of vermin if I delete this room first. Thank you, Doctor, very helpful. Goodbye, Time Lord. Goodbye, little humans. Goodbye, Idris. There is a flash of bright light. SPACE The TARDIS returns to the universe. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM The four of them materialize in the console room. DOCTOR: Yes. I mean you could do that, but it just won't work. Hardwired fail-safe. Living things from rooms that are deleted are automatically deposited in the main control room. But thanks for the lift! HOUSE: We are in your Universe now, Doctor. Why should it matter to me in which room you die? I can k*ll you just as easily here as anywhere. Fear me. I've k*lled hundreds of Time Lords. DOCTOR: Fear ME. I've k*lled all of them. RORY: (to IDRIS) I don't understand. There isn't a forest in here. DOCTOR: Yeah, you're right. You've completely won. Oh, you can k*ll us in oodles of really inventive ways, but before you do k*ll us allow me and friends Amy and Rory to congratulate you on being an absolutely worthy opponent. The DOCTOR starts to clap before grabbing AMY by the arm and forcing her to stand. They applaud together. AMY: Congratulations! DOCTOR: Yep, you've defeated us, me and my lovely friends here at last but definitely not least the TARDIS Matrix herself, a living consciousness you ripped out of this very control room and locked up into a human body and look at her! RORY: Doctor, she's stopped breathing. HOUSE: Enough! That is enough. AMY goes over to RORY and IDRIS. DOCTOR: No. It's never enough. You forced the TARDIS into a body so she'd burn out safely a very long way away from this control room. A flesh body can't hold the TARDIS Matrix and live. Look at her body, House. HOUSE: And you think I should mourn her? DOCTOR: No. I think you should be very, very careful about what you let back into this control room. Energy flows from IDRIS as she opens her mouth. DOCTOR: You took her from her home. But now she's back in the box again and she's free! The energy streams throughout the room, changing the green light to golden. HOUSE: No! Doctor, stop this! OW! Stop this now! DOCTOR: Oh, look at my girl, look at her go! Bigger on the inside! You see, House? HOUSE: Make it stop! DOCTOR: That's your problem. Size of a planet, but inside you're just so small! HOUSE: Make it stop! DOCTOR: Finish him off, girl. HOUSE groans and yells and the TARDIS takes back her home. When it is silent, AMY and RORY notice IDRIS' body is gone. IDRIS: Doctor? Are you there? The DOCTOR turns from the console to see a glowing projection of IDRIS. IDRIS: It's so very dark in here. DOCTOR: (softly) I'm here. IDRIS: I've been looking for a word. A big, complicated word, but so sad. I've found it now. DOCTOR: (whispers) What word? IDRIS: Alive. I'm alive! DOCTOR: Alive isn't sad. AMY and RORY watch, RORY holding her close. IDRIS: It's sad when it's over. I'll always be here. But this is when we talked and now even that has come to an end. There's something I didn't get to say to you. DOCTOR: Goodbye? IDRIS: No, I just wanted to say... hello. Hello, Doctor. It's so very, very nice to meet you. DOCTOR: (tearful) Please! I don't want you to. Please! The DOCTOR steps back as the projection dissipates with a bright light and the familiar TARDIS sound. IDRIS: (faintly) I love you. DOCTOR: Where? (faces the console) LATER… The DOCTOR is sitting in the swing sit under the console working on wires. AMY and RORY watch from above. RORY: How's it going under there? DOCTOR: Just putting a firewall around the Matrix. Almost done. RORY walks down the steps. AMY: Are you going to make her talk again? DOCTOR: Can't. RORY: Why not? AMY: Spacey-wacey, isn't it? DOCTOR: Well actually, it's because the Time Lords discovered that if you take an eleventh-dimensional matrix and fold it into a mechanical then... RORY touches two wires together and they spark. DOCTOR: (frustrated) Yes, it's spacey-wacey! RORY: Sorry. At the end, she was talking. She kept repeating something. I don't know what it meant. DOCTOR: (stands) What did she say? RORY: The only water in the forest is the river. She said we'd need to know that someday. It doesn't make sense, does it? DOCTOR: Not yet. You OK? RORY: No. I watched her die. I shouldn't let it get to me, but it still does. I'm a nurse. AMY joins then and sits on the bottom, holding onto the rail. DOCTOR: Letting it get to you - you know what that's called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now, that's all that counts. (sits in the swing) Nearly finished. Two more minutes, then we're off. The Eye of Orion's restful, if you like restful. I can never really get the hang of restful. What do you think, dear? Where shall we take the kids this time? AMY: Look at you pair. It's always you and her, isn't it? Long after the rest of us have gone. A boy and his box, off to see the universe. DOCTOR: Well, you say that as if it's a bad thing. But honestly, it's the best thing there is. The House deleted all the bedrooms. I should make you two a new bedroom. You'd like that, wouldn't you? RORY leans over and whispers to AMY. AMY: OK. Doctor, this time, could we lose the bunk beds? DOCTOR: Nah, bunk beds are cool. A bed with a ladder! You can't b*at that. (they look at him) It's YOUR room. Up those stairs, keep walking till you find it. Off you pop! They start up the stairs but RORY stops. RORY: Doctor, do YOU have a room? AMY grabs RORY'S arm and pulls him up the stairs. The DOCTOR wipes off a few spots and connects two wires causing another bright spark. SPACE The TARDIS spins gently. INT. TARDIS, CONSOLE ROOM The DOCTOR throws down his cloth and uses the sonic on one spot of the console. He makes to use some controls but stops. DOCTOR: Are you there? Can you hear me? I'm a silly old... OK. The Eye of Orion, or wherever we need to go. Next to him, the lever moves on its own, starting dematerialization. DOCTOR: (laughs) Hello! Giddily, he spins around the console. DOCTOR: (laughs) Whoo-hoo!
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EXT. ISLAND, DAY We zoom in on an isolated island, a fortified stone building perched on the surface. INT. BUILDING, TUNNELS, DAY Three figures appear at the opposite end of the dark tunnel. MAN: Lights. The lights in the tunnel turn on and the humans – two men, one woman - wearing advanced hazmat suits walk down the tunnel. INT. BUILDING, ROOM, DAY A code is keyed into the door and it opens, allowing the three inside. MAN: Lights. You know the drill, people — acid visors down and locked. Buzzer. The second man, BUZZER, turns a crank that lifts the heavy lid from the large vat in the center of the room. The WOMAN holds a device over the contents and takes a reading. WOMAN: Reading of 9.7. MAN: Sounds a bit low for unrefined. How's the average? WOMAN: The acid potency stats have definitely dropped below the mean during the last quarter. As she speaks, BUZZER climbs on the lip of the vat to place a pin in a hole to prevent the lid from falling on them. BUZZER: Better than a computer, isn't she? WOMAN: Give over, Buzz. She playfully shoves BUZZER and he falls into the vat. WOMAN: Buzzer! Buzz. MAN: (sighs) Oh, great. Nice going, twinkle toes. WOMAN: I shouldn't have swung at him. Sorry, Buzz. My bad. BUZZER: No, you're all right. Jimmy. JIMMY: Well, no point carrying you back legless. Sorry, Buzzer, you're d*ad. BUZZER: Oh, this is a right pain in the ar— heart's gone now. The WOMAN smacks the side of the device as it warbles. JIMMY: Look, we'd best get off. Got to write this one up for the boss. Those suits cost a b*mb. If I miss my boy's birthday, filling out forms, I'll k*ll you again. JIMMY and the WOMAN head back to the door as BUZZER'S raised hand dissolves. JIMMY: Lights. The lights go out and JIMMY and the WOMAN leave the room. INT. BUILDING, TUNNELS, DAY JIMMY and the WOMAN head back up the tunnel. WOMAN: I'm looking at these readings, Jimmy, and the potency stats are way too low. We may have to take that read again. This thing is still jamming up on me. At the other end of the tunnel, BUZZER is waiting. BUZZER: So I think we'd better talk about what just happened back there. I could get compensation. I've seen the Hello ads. "Had an accident in the workplace?" Yeah, I have, as it goes. I've melted. JIMMY: Let it go. BUZZER: Look, just remember, when you're doing your report, it wasn't my fault — she took a swing at me. WOMAN: I never touched you. You got two left feet, Buzzer. BUZZER: I haven't got two left feet. Already arms, neck, head, the chin. (whistles) This body cost money, love. JIMMY: Not as much as that acid suit. BUZZER: Oh, lighten up. It's not like anyone was hurt. INT. BUILDING, ROOM, DAY The other BUZZER melts away in the pool, mouth open in a silent scream. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Rebel Flesh" by Matthew Graham Producer Marcus Wilson Director Julian Simpson INT. TARDIS Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole" plays over the speakers as AMY and RORY play darts. The DOCTOR is at the console. RORY throws and his dart comes in under the wire. AMY: 46. Rubbishy rubbishy rubbish. RORY: Hello, it's a double top. AMY: Wrong side of the wire, mister. RORY: You're — red. AMY: (laughs) No, I'm not. Stop trying to put me off. As AMY takes her turn, the DOCTOR watches. On the monitor is the pregnancy scan. He switches off the music. DOCTOR: Who wants fish 'n' chips? (RORY raises his hand) I'll drop you both off. Take your time. Don't rush. RORY: Uh, and you? DOCTOR: I have things to do, things involving... other things. AMY: Well, we'll stay with you. We'll do the other things. AMY and RORY join the DOCTOR at the console. DOCTOR: Nope. AMY: Whatever you're up to, I, personally, would like to be a part of it. (scoffs) What? A klaxon blares and the TARDIS begins to buck. RORY grabs the rail as AMY clings to the console. The DOCTOR tries to get them out of it. DOCTOR: Solar Tsunami. Came directly from your sun. A tidal wave of radiation. Big, big, big! SPACE The TARDIS is thrown about in the tsunami. INT. TARDIS RORY: Ohh, Doctor, my tummy's going funny. DOCTOR: Well, the gyros are dissipated. Target-tracking is out. With a grunt, the DOCTOR throws a lever that does nothing. SPACE The TARDIS hurtles back down to Earth. INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: Assume the position. With a scream, AMY sits in one of the chairs, hands over her head. RORY kneels on the floor, covering his head. They stop suddenly. AMY and RORY look up, panting. The DOCTOR stands there. DOCTOR: Textbook landing. EXT. ISLAND The TARDIS materializes on the island and the DOCTOR steps out and looks up at the weathervane at the top of the spire. DOCTOR: Behold! A cockerel. Love a cockerel. And, underneath, a monastery, 13th-century. AMY: Oh, we've gone all medieval. RORY: I'm not sure about that. AMY: Really? Medieval expert, are you? RORY: No, it's just that I can hear Dusty Springfield. In the background can be heard "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me". They walk towards a stairway and see a hole in the ground with an exposed pipe. DOCTOR: These fissures are new. The solar Tsunami sent out a huge wave of gamma particles. This was caused by a magnetic quake that occurred just before the wave h*t. AMY: Well, the monastery's standing. The DOCTOR takes a snow globe from his pocket and shakes it. DOCTOR: Yeah, for now. (studies globe and puts it away) RORY: Doctor, look. On the pipe are the words "DANGER Corrosive". DOCTOR: Ah, it's a supply pipe. (scans pipe) Ceramic inner lining. Something corrosive. They're pumping something nasty off this island, to the mainland. RORY: My mum's a massive fan of Dusty Springfield. DOCTOR: Who isn't? Right, let's go. Satisfy our rabid curiosity. The DOCTOR climbs the wooden stairs followed by AMY and RORY. EXT. MONASTARY COURTYARD, DAY Some of the buildings are in ruins but a large portion are inhabitable. AMY: So, where are these Dusty Springfield-loving monks, then? DOCTOR: (scans area with sonic) I think we're here. This is it. RORY: Doctor, what are you talking about? We've never been here before. The DOCTOR climbs another set of steps. AMY: We came here by accident. DOCTOR: "Accident"? Yes, I know. Accident. RORY touches one of the pipes running alongside the stairs and pulls his hand away. RORY: Ah! Ow! DOCTOR: Acid. They're pumping acid off this island. That's old stuff. Fresh acid? You wouldn't have a finger. The DOCTOR continues as AMY looks at RORY'S hand. An alarm blares. COMPUTER: Intruder alert. Intruder alert. The DOCTOR comes back. DOCTOR: There are people coming. Well, almost. AMY: Almost coming? DOCTOR: Almost people. The DOCTOR heads off and AMY follows. RORY: I think we should probably go. AMY: Come on! RORY: I'm telling you, when something runs towards you, it's never for a nice reason. AMY comes back and grabs him by the arm, dragging him along. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY In the window alcoves are human-shaped harnesses, three of which are occupied by people in orange jumpsuits. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY rush in. AMY: What are all these harnesses for? RORY: Uh, the almost people? AMY: What are they, prisoners? Or are they meditating, or what? DOCTOR: Well, at the moment, they fall into the "or what" category. COMPUTER: Halt and remain calm. DOCTOR: Well, we've halted. How are we all doing on the "calm" front? At that moment, JIMMY, BUZZER and the WOMAN enter the room. BUZZER and JIMMY have lances pointed at them. JIMMY: Don't...Move! BUZZER: Stay back, Jen. We don't know who they are. JENNIFER: So let's ask them. Who the hell are you? DOCTOR: Well, I'm the Doctor and this is Amy and Rory and it's all very nice, isn't it? AMY realizes that the people talking with them are duplicates of those in the harnesses. AMY: Hold up. You're all — what are you all, like, identical twins? Another MAN and WOMAN still in acid suits enter from behind them. WOMAN: This is an Alpha-grade industrial facility. Unless you work for the military or for Morpeth Jetson, you are in big trouble. DOCTOR: Actually, you're in big trouble. (shows psychic paper) WOMAN: Meteorological department, since when? DOCTOR: Since you were h*t by a solar wave. WOMAN: Which we survived. DOCTOR: Just, by the look of it. And there's a bigger one on the way. WOMAN: Which we'll also survive. Dicken, scan for bugs. DICKEN holds up scanner. DICKEN: Backs against the wall. Now. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY back up to the wall. DOCTOR: You're not a monastery. You're a factory. 22nd-century, army-owned factory. AMY: You're army? WOMAN: No, love, we're contractors and you're trespassers. DICKEN: (finishes scanning) It's okay, boss. WOMAN: All right, weatherman, your I.D. checks out. If there's another solar storm, what are you going to do about it, hand out sunblock? DOCTOR: (fake laugh) Ha ha ha ha. I need to see your critical systems. WOMAN: Which one? DOCTOR: You know which one. INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY Near one end of the room is a vat on a raised platform. In front of it on the floor is an open tub the size of a person. We hear liquid bubbling in the vat. The DOCTOR walks around to the opposite side of the vat and looks at the white liquid inside. DOCTOR: And there you are. WOMAN: Meet the government's worst-kept secret — the flesh. It's fully programmable matter. In fact, it's even learning to replicate itself at the cellular level. AMY: Right. Brilliant. Lost. WOMAN: Okay. Once a reading's been taken, we can manipulate its molecular structure into anything, replicate a living organism, down to the hairs on its chinny-chin-chin. Even clothes, and everything's identical — eyes, voice. DOCTOR: Mind, soul. WOMAN: Don't be fooled, Doctor. It acts like life, but it still needs to be controlled by us from those harnesses you saw. RORY: Wait, whoa-oa-oa, hold it. So... You're flesh now? WOMAN: I'm lying in a harness back in that chamber. We all are, except Jennifer, here. Don't be scared. This thing? Just like operating a forklift truck. DOCTOR: You said it could grow. Only living things grow. WOMAN: Moss grows. It's no more than that. This acid is so dangerous, we were losing a worker every week. So now, we mine the acid, using these doppelgangers, or "gangers." If these bodies get burnt or fall in the acid... GANGER BUZZER: Then who the hell cares? Right, Jen? JENNIFER: Well, the nerve endings automatically cut off, like airbags being discharged, except we wake up and get a new ganger. GANGER JIMMY: It's weird. But you get used to it. WOMAN: Jennifer, I want you in your ganger. Get back to the harness. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to scan the Flesh. GANGER BUZZER: Hang on. What's he up to? What are you up to, pal? The DOCTOR seems to struggle in order to move his arm. DOCTOR: Stop it. Ahh! (pulls arm back) Strange. It was like, for a moment there, it was scanning me. The DOCTOR puts the sonic back in his pocket and then reaches his hand out to touch the top of the liquid with his palm. WOMAN: Doctor. DOCTOR: Ahh. The DOCTOR'S hand shakes and he can't pull away. WOMAN: Get back, Doctor. Leave it alone! DOCTOR: Ahh! Ah! Ah! Gah! (pulls hand away) I understand. AMY: Doctor, are you all right? DOCTOR: Incredible. You have no idea. No idea. I mean, I felt it in my mind. I reached out to it and it, to me. WOMAN: Don't fiddle with the money, Doctor. DOCTOR: How can you be so blinkered? It's alive, so alive. You're piling your lives, your personalities, directly into it. Lightning crashes as the DOCTOR takes out the snow globe again. The ground shakes. DOCTOR: It's the solar storm. The first waves come in pairs — pre-shock and full shock — it's close. WOMAN: Buzz, have we got anything from the mainland yet? GANGER BUZZER: No, the comms are still too jammed with radiation. WOMAN: Okay, then we'll keep pumping acid until the mainland says stop. Now, why don't you stand back and let us impress you. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY JENNIFER runs her ID card through the scanner. COMPUTER: I.D. confirmed. Jennifer Lucas. JENNIFER: The meter is running. (scans palm) INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY Flesh starts pouring into the tub. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY JENNIFER is in the harness doing a final check. JENNIFER: Cardio and spiritry... Online. Motor functions... Online. Plumbing in. JENNIFER lies back and is soon unconscious. INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY They watch the tub and soon a face begins to form. The mouth first and then the eyes. The Flesh then forms itself into JENNIFER except the face isn't fully defined. She sits up with a gasp, now fully formed. DOCTOR: Well, I can see why you keep it in a church. The miracle of life. GANGER BUZZER: No need to get poncey. It's just g*n. WOMAN: Guys, we need to get to work. GANGER JIMMY: Okay, everybody. Let's crack on. (helps GANGER JENNIFER get out) DOCTOR: Did I mention the solar storm? You need to get out of here. GANGER JIMMY: Well, where do you want us to go? We're on a tiny island. DOCTOR: Well, I can get you all off it. WOMAN: Don't be ridiculous. We've got a job to do. DOCTOR: It's coming. An alarm blares. GANGER JENNIFER: That's the alarm. DOCTOR: How do you get power? WOMAN: We're solar and we use a solar router. The weather vane. DOCTOR: Big problem. GANGER JIMMY: Boss, maybe if the storm comes back, we should get underground. The factory's seen better days. The acid pipes might not withstand another h*t. WOMAN: We have 200 tons of acid to pump out. We fall behind, we stay another rotation. Anyone want that? DOCTOR: Please. (grabs the WOMAN by the arm and pulls her aside) You are making a massive mistake here. You're right at the crossroads of it. Don't turn the wrong way. If you don't — if you don't — prepare for this storm, you are all in terrible danger, understand? WOMAN: My factory, my rules. (walks away) DOCTOR: I need to check the progress of the storm. (snaps fingers) Monitoring station. GANGER JENNIFER hesitates. DOCTOR: (snaps fingers) Monitoring station! GANGER JENNIFER: Three lefts, a right, and a left. Third door on your left. DOCTOR: Thank you. The DOCTOR leaves followed by AMY and RORY. EXT. ISLAND, DAY We see the storm getting closer, light streaking across the sky. INT. MONASTARY, MONITORING STATION, DAY The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY enter the room as the building shakes from the storm. In the center is a circular bank of instruments. DOCTOR: The wave's disturbing the earth's magnetic field. There is going to be the mother and father of all power surges. You see this weather vane, the cock-a-doodle-doo? It's a solar router, feeding the whole factory with solar power. When that wave hits, kaboom. I've got to get to that cockerel before all hell breaks loose. (stops in the doorway and chuckles) I never thought I'd have to say that again. Ah. Amy, breathe. (leaves) AMY: Yeah! I mean, thanks, I'll try. AMY and RORY leave. EXT. MONASTARY BATTLEMENT, DAY The DOCTOR runs across to the tower upon which the solar router rests. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY The Gangers watch as the electricity crackles around the room and the Originals rest in the harnesses. INT. BUILDING, TUNNELS, DAY One of the pipes cracks and begins spilling acid. EXT. ISLAND The pipe located by the TARDIS is also cracked and leaks acid into the ground. The TARDIS begins to sink. EXT. MONASTARY TOWER, DAY The DOCTOR climbs the ladder outside the tower and stops beside the power box, pulling it open with a grunt. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY The Gangers continue to watch. EXT. MONASTARY TOWER, DAY Lightning strikes the tower and the DOCTOR falls to the battlement. INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY Electricity strikes the vat of Flesh and the power goes out. EXT. MONASTARY BATTLEMENT, DAY The DOCTOR comes to with a gasp and sits up. The top of the vane is gone. INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY AMY and RORY wake on the floor. RORY: Oh. For want of a better word — oww! EXT. MONASTARY COURTYARD, DAY The DOCTOR runs down the stairs and sees CLEAVES standing there, bewildered. DOCTOR: Cleaves, you're not in your harness! CLEAVES: I'm sorry, Doctor. You were right. DOCTOR: You've lost all power to the factory. CLEAVES: Doctor, I abandoned my team. DOCTOR: Then let's go get them. The DOCTOR takes CLEAVES by the hand and they go inside. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, DAY The DOCTOR walks with CLEAVES. DOCTOR: How long would you say we were unconscious for, Cleaves? CLEAVES: Not long. A minute, two minutes. DOCTOR: I'd hazard we've been out a teensy bit longer. CLEAVES: Well, how long? DOCTOR: An hour — I've seen whole worlds turned inside-out in an hour. A lot can go wrong in an hour. (continues on) CLEAVES sighs and follows. INT. MONASTARY, HARNESS ROOM, DAY AMY and RORY enter the room as the humans get out of the harnesses. BUZZER: I feel like I've been toasted. JIMMY: What the hell happened? AMY: The Tsunami happened. You're hurt. JIMMY: Well, it feels like the national grid's running through my bones, but, apart from that... BUZZER: I hope the meter's not bust. I still want to get paid. JENNIFER: Why-y-y? RORY sees JENNIFER by herself and goes over to comfort her. RORY: Jennifer! Jennifer? Hi. JENNIFER: It hurt so much. RORY: (hugs her) Hey, hey, it's okay, it's over. JENNIFER: I couldn't get out of my harness. RORY: Shh-shh-shh. JENNIFER: I thought I was going to die. RORY: Welcome to my world. (looks at AMY over JENNIFER'S head) The DOCTOR and CLEAVES enter the room. AMY: Doctor, look, these are all real people. So where are their gangers? CLEAVES: Don't worry, when the link shuts down, the gangers return to pure flesh. Now, the storm's left us with acid leaks all over, so we need to contact the mainland. They can have a rescue shuttle out here in no time. Dusty Springfield can be heard once again. JIMMY: That's my record. Who's playing my record? DOCTOR: Your gangers. They've gone walkabout. CLEAVES: No, it's impossible. They're not active — cars don't fly themselves, cranes don't lift themselves, and gangers don't — They turn to the sound of the music. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY A record was playing on the turntable as they entered the room through the thick plastic strips. BUZZER: No way. CLEAVES: I don't — I don't believe this. JIMMY: They could've escaped through the service door in the back. BUZZER: This is just like the Isle of Sheppey. The DOCTOR sits at the table and looks at a house of cards. DOCTOR: It would seem the storm has animated your gangers. CLEAVES: They've ransacked everything. DOCTOR: Not ransacked, searched. CLEAVES: Through our stuff? DOCTOR: Their stuff. JIMMY: Searching for what? DOCTOR: Confirmation. They need to know their memories are real. BUZZER: Oh, so they've got flaming memories now. DOCTOR: They feel compelled to connect to their lives, yeah. CLEAVES: Their stolen lives. DOCTOR: No, bequeathed. You gave them this. You poured in your personalities, emotions, traits, memories, secrets — everything. You gave them your lives. Human lives are amazing. Are you surprised they walked off with them? BUZZER: I'll say it again — Isle of Sheppey. Ganger got an electric shock, toddled off, k*lled his operator, right there in his harness. I've seen the photos. This bloke's ear was — JIMMY: Even if this has actually happened, they can't remain s*ab without us plumbed into them — can they, boss? CLEAVES: I guess we'll find out. JENNIFER gasps and RORY is at her side. RORY: Are you okay? Do you need some water? JENNIFER: I feel funny. I need the washroom. (leaves) RORY: I'll come with you. (follows) DICKEN: (sneezes) Sorry. The DOCTOR leans forward and studies the cards. BUZZER: That's me. It's good to have a hobby. So, what, my ganger did that, all on its own? DOCTOR: Who taught you to do this? BUZZER: Me granddad. DOCTOR: Well, your ganger's granddad taught him to do it, too. You both have the same childhood memories, just as clear, just as real. BUZZER: No. (knocks down the cards) DOCTOR: They're scared, disorientated, struggling to come to terms with an entire life in their heads. INT. MONASTARY, WASHROOM, DAY RORY stands in the doorway while JENNIFER is at the sinks, looking in the mirror. RORY: The Doctor's always saying "don't wander off." First rule with him, actually, "don't wander off". JENNIFER: I just need a minute. RORY: Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure, yeah. Take all the time you need. I've got your back. You're fine. RORY turns his back to the room. As JENNIFER looks in the mirror, her face flashes to that of a Ganger. She gasps and coughs up what looks like Flesh. RORY: Uh, Jennifer? With a shuddering gasp, JENNIFER runs into one of the stalls and locks the door. RORY turns around. RORY: What's up, Jennifer? We'd, uh, better get going. (sets the light on the counter) Everything okay in there, Jen? RORY looks to the mirror and turns back to be punched in the jaw by a large fist. The arm attached to the fist extends back to the stall. On the floor, RORY watches the arm withdraw back to the stall. JENNIFER'S head comes out and her neck is long and snake-like. GANGER JENNIFER: (growls) Just let us live. RORY gets up off the floor, grabs the light and runs from the room. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY The DOCTOR is at the microwave while the others are gathered around the table. JIMMY: We need to protect ourselves. DOCTOR: (puts a container of food into the microwave) Are you a violent man, Jimmy? JIMMY: No. DOCTOR: Then why would the other Jimmy be? CLEAVES: Don't tell me you can eat at a time like this, Doctor. DOCTOR: You told me that we were out cold for a few minutes, Cleaves, when, in fact, it was an hour. CLEAVES: Sorry, I just assumed — DOCTOR: Well, it's not your fault. Like I said, they're disorientated. Amy, when you got to the alcoves, who was in harness? The timer on the microwave goes off and the DOCTOR takes out the plate using a towel as he converses. AMY: Um, Jimmy and Dicken were helping Buzzer out. DOCTOR: Jennifer? AMY: She was standing on her own when we got to her. The DOCTOR hands the plate to CLEAVES and she holds it in her bare hand. DOCTOR: It's hot. CLEAVES hisses and drops the plate which shatters on the floor. CLEAVES: Ah. DOCTOR: The transmatter's still a little rubbery. (examines CLEAVES' hand) The nerve endings are not quite fused properly. GANGER CLEAVES: (pulls hand away) What the hell are you talking about? DOCTOR: It's okay. GANGER CLEAVES: Why didn't I feel that? DOCTOR: You will. You'll s*ab. GANGER CLEAVES: No, stop it. You're playing stupid games. Stop it! (turns her back on the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: (approaches GANGER CLEAVES) You don't have to hide. Please, trust me. I'm the Doctor. GANGER CLEAVES turns on the DOCTOR with a hiss, her face in its half-formed state. BUZZER grabs a Kn*fe from the table and heads towards her. JIMMY holds him back. BUZZER: Where's the real Cleaves, you thing?! What have you done with her?! DOCTOR: That's it, good. You remember. This is early flesh, the early stages of the technology. So much... (reaches out a hand to touch her and she shudders) to learn. AMY: Doctor, what's happened to her? DOCTOR: She can't s*ab — she's shifting between half-formed and full-formed. For now, at least. GANGER CLEAVES: We are living! GANGER CLEAVES lunges at the DOCTOR with a growl then runs from the room screaming. DOCTOR: Let her go. AMY: Doctor, Rory. DOCTOR: "Rory"? AMY: (turns around with arms up) Rory! DOCTOR: Oh, Rory. Rory! Always with the Rory! EXT. ISLAND, DAY RORY cautiously moves through the ruins. EXT. MONASTARY, DAY The DOCTOR, AMY and JIMMY exit one of the buildings to find their way blocked by acid on the ground. JIMMY: The expl*si*n must've ruptured the acid feeds. We're going to need the acid suits. DOCTOR: No, no, no, we haven't got time. Back, back, back. They go in the opposite direction. EXT. ISLAND, DAY RORY is blocked by acid. He heads back the way he came. GANGER JENNIFER: Rory! RORY ducks behind some crates. GANGER JENNIFER walks by. GANGER JENNIFER: Rory?! Rory?! (she turns showing her half-formed face) INT. MONASTARY, WASHROOM, DAY JIMMY, the DOCTOR and AMY run into the washroom and the DOCTOR sees the hole in the stall door. AMY: Rory! DOCTOR: Of course. Jennifer's a ganger, too. AMY: Doctor, you said they wouldn't be violent. DOCTOR: But I did say they were scared, and angry. JIMMY: And early technology, is what you said. You seem to know something about the flesh. AMY: Do you? Doctor? JIMMY: You're no weatherman. Why are you really here? DOCTOR: I have to talk to them. I can fix this. (runs from the room) AMY follows. JIMMY: (following) Wait! What's going on? Where's the real Jennifer?! INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, DAY JENNIFER makes her way down some stairs, leaning against the wall, breath shuddering. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, DAY JIMMY, the DOCTOR and AMY reach the top of a set of stairs and as they head down the tunnel, steam bursts from a pipe. There is also acid on the ground. DOCTOR: It is too dangerous out here with acid leaks! AMY: We have to find Rory. DOCTOR: Yes, I'm going back to the TARDIS. Wait for me in the dining hall. I want us to keep together, okay? No more wandering off. AMY: And what about Rory? DOCTOR: Well, it would be safer to look for Rory and Jennifer with the TARDIS. JIMMY spots a box on the wall. JIMMY: Here we go. (opens the box and pulls out a large container) Distress flares. (closes the box and is startled by the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: Exit? JIMMY: Keep going straight, can't miss it. But you're never going to get your vehicle in here. DOCTOR: I'm a great parker. (leaves) AMY: (makes a face) Ew. JIMMY: We really need those acid suits. I've sent Buzzer and Dicken to get them. AMY: Fine and dandy. I'm just going to find my husband, so...cheers. JIMMY: But, Amy, I wouldn't — AMY: Nor would I. What can you do, eh? (heads down the tunnel) JIMMY: At least wait for an acid suit! INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, DAY In another section of tunnels, DICKEN and BUZZER creep along, watching out for acid and the Gangers. INT. MONASTARY, EXERCISE ROOM, DAY GANGER JENNIFER is sitting on a bench, her back to the door. RORY finds her and slowly enters the room. GANGER JENNIFER: When I was a little girl, I got lost on the moors. Wandered off from the picnic. I can still feel how sore my toes got inside my red Wellie boots. (she is holding a photo of JENNIFER as a child) And I imagined another little girl, just like me, in red Wellies, and she was Jennifer, too. Except she was a strong Jennifer, a tough Jennifer. She'd lead me home. (removes the photo and looks at her reflection in the glass before finding a recent picture of JENNIFER) My name is Jennifer Lucas. I'm not a factory part. I had toast for my breakfast, I wrote a letter to my mum, and then you arrived. (looks at RORY) I noticed your eyes, right off. RORY: Did you? GANGER JENNIFER: Nice eyes. Kind. RORY: (bends over) Where's the real Jennifer? GANGER JENNIFER: (stands) I am Jennifer Lucas. I remember everything that happened in her entire life. Every birthday, every childhood illness. I feel everything she's ever felt, and more. (cries) I'm not a monster! I am me! (sobs and beats her chest) Me! Me! Me! (changes to fully formed) RORY puts his hands on her shoulders. RORY: Hey. GANGER JENNIFER: Why did they do this to us? Help me, Rory. Help me. GANGER JENNIFER starts to cry. Not knowing what else to do, RORY hugs her. INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY The DOCTOR enters the room and makes his way to the vat of Flesh. He takes out the sonic and uses it on the Flesh. The liquid in the vat begins to bubble. He then runs from the room. In the vat, a mouth appears at the surface. MOUTH: Trust me. EXT. ISLAND The DOCTOR stops and looks down. DOCTOR: Oh. What are you doing down there? The TARDIS has nearly completely sunk into the acid-saturated ground. DOCTOR: Really! The DOCTOR begins to reach into his pocket but stops when he realizes he is standing in a puddle of acid and the substance has been eating away at his boots. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT DICKEN and BUZZER continue their search for the acid suits. EXT. ISLAND, NIGHT The DOCTOR leaves his boots and heads back up the stairs into the courtyard. INT. MONASTARY, LOCKER ROOM, NIGHT DICKEN and BUZZER enter the room. BUZZER: Clear. DICKEN opens the closet holding the suits to find it empty. BUZZER: Those damn gangers got to the acid suits. DICKEN: But there's acid leaking everywhere. Did you see the boss' eyes, back there in the hallway? BUZZER: I've never seen a ganger look at me like that. DICKEN: I don't know what they are now, but... They ain't us. (sneezes) INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM. NIGHT Propped by the vat are the acid suits. As the door opens, the Ganger duplicates of Buzzer, Jimmy, and Dicken stand and look up as GANGER CLEAVES enters. GANGER CLEAVES: We have the advantage now. We have the acid suits. We can move freely, strike at will. EXT. MONASTARY COURTYARD, NIGHT RORY walks with GANGER JENNIFER. RORY: Are you sure you're feeling better? No more super-elastic punches? GANGER JENNIFER: I'm...different now, stronger. RORY: The Doctor won't hurt you. He wants to help, Jennifer, okay? GANGER JENNIFER: You used my name. You used my name! Thank you! (kisses him on the cheek) Amy's a lucky girl. RORY: Yeah...she is. (sighs) Let's go. They walk past a stairway and don't notice CLEAVES. She waits for them to go by before running out. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT AMY approaches a large wooden door at the end of the tunnel. AMY: Rory. Rory. AMY slowly opens the door and, as she peers inside, she sees the EYEPATCH LADY looking in on her before the panel slides closed. AMY gasps and slams the door closed. RORY: Amy! AMY whirls around with a gasp and then sighs when she sees who it is. AMY: You're okay. What happened? AMY walks towards RORY but stops when GANGER JENNIFER steps out from behind him. RORY: She needs protecting. DICKEN and BUZZER find them. DICKEN: Jen? AMY: No, it's a ganger. Rory, listen — RORY: No, you listen — nobody touches her! INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM. NIGHT The DOCTOR enters, looking around. He sees the acid suits. He continues looking at the floor and sees the legs of the Gangers. He looks up. DOCTOR: Hello. How are we all getting on? GANGER CLEAVES: Why don't you tell us? DOCTOR: Well, we have two choices. The first is to tear each other apart — not my favorite — the second is to knuckle down and work together. Try to work out how best we can help you. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT The DOCTOR is walking with the Gangers who are in their full-form. DOCTOR: Now, I know it's hard for you to hold your fully human form, that's why you keep shifting between the flesh stages, but do try — it'll make the others less scared of you. The real CLEAVES watches as they walk past. GANGER CLEAVES stops. CLEAVES ducks back as her Ganger turns its head 180°. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, NIGHT GANGER JENNIFER is sitting on one side of the table, RORY stands beside her. Across from her are BUZZER, JIMMY and DICKEN. AMY stands across from RORY. BUZZER: Where's Jen? What have you done with her? GANGER JENNIFER: I haven't seen her. I swear. But, look, I'm her. I'm just like her. I'm real. JIMMY: You're a copy. You're just pretending to be like her. AMY: (whispers) Rory, um, we don't really know anything about them yet — RORY: Well — AMY: and — RORY: I know that she's afraid and she needs our help. AMY: Rory — GANGER JENNIFER: Jimmy, Buzzer, come on, you guys. We've worked together for two years. BUZZER: I work with Jennifer Lucas, not you. AMY: Okay, let's not do anything at all The DOCTOR enters the room. DOCTOR and AMY: Until the Doctor gets here. Hello. The four other Gangers enter behind him. JIMMY: This is — GANGER JIMMY: You're telling me. GANGER CLEAVES: All right, Doctor, you've brought us together — now what? DOCTOR: Before we do anything, I have one very important question — has anybody got a pair of shoes I could borrow? Size 10. Although I should warn you — I have very wide feet. INT. MONASTARY, LOCKER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES is angrily pulling items from her locker. CLEAVES: That's it, Doctor, befriend them, team up with them, why don't you? Make a football team. How about that? You're going to have us all together, singing campfire songs. Now that she has what she was looking for, CLEAVES slams the door. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR is sitting on the edge of the table and he's now wearing brown boots. Amy stands behind him. To one side are the Originals and on the other, the Gangers. GANGER JENNIFER stands next to RORY. DOCTOR: The flesh was never merely moss. These are not copies. The storm has hardwired them. They are becoming people. JIMMY: With souls? DICKEN: Rubbish. Ah-choo! GANGER DICKEN: Bless you. (GANGER CLEAVES looks at him) What? DOCTOR: We were all jelly, once. Little jelly eggs, sitting in goop. AMY: Yeah, thanks. Too much information. DOCTOR: We are not talking about an accident that needs to be mopped up. We are talking about sacred life. Do you understand? Good. Now, the TARDIS is trapped in an acid pool. Once I can reach her, I can get you all off this island, humans and gangers, eh, how does that sound? JIMMY: Can we get home for Adam's birthday? GANGER JIMMY: What about me? He's my son, too. JIMMY: You? You really think that? GANGER JIMMY: I feel it. JIMMY: Oh, so you were there when he was born, were you? GANGER JIMMY: Yeah. I drank about 8 pints of tea and they told me I had a wee boy and I just burst out laughing. (laughs) No idea why. I miss home. As much as you. DOCTOR: Look, I'm not going to lie to you. It's a right odd mess, this. But, as you might say up north, "oh, well, I'll just go to t' foot of the stairs." Ha ha ha. Eh, bye-bye, gone. Or not. Good. Right. The first step is we get everyone together, then get everyone safe, then get everyone out of here. AMY: But we're still missing Jennifer and Cleaves. JIMMY: I'll go and look for them. (heads for the door) GANGER JIMMY: I'll give you a hand, if you like. (joins him) Cover more ground. JIMMY: Yeah. Okay. Thanks. With everyone watching both Jimmys, they don't see CLEAVES enter behind them. CLEAVES: This circus has gone on long enough! There is a crackle of electricity from the device in her hand. GANGER CLEAVES: Oh, great. You see, that is just so typically me. CLEAVES: Doctor, tell it to shut up. DOCTOR: Please, no. No! No! CLEAVES: Circuit probe. Fires about, oh, 40,000 volts. It would k*ll any one of us, so I guess she'll work on gangers, just the same. DOCTOR: It's interesting you refer to them as "it," but you call a glorified cattle prod a "she." CLEAVES: When the real people are safely off this island, then I'll happily talk philosophy over a pint with you, Doctor. AMY: What are you going to do to them? CLEAVES: Sorry, they're monsters, mistakes. They have to be destroyed. DOCTOR: Give me the probe, Cleaves. GANGER CLEAVES: We always have to take charge, don't we, Miranda? Even when we don't really know what the hell is going on. GANGER BUZZER charges at CLEAVES and she fires at him three times. He falls to the ground. The DOCTOR runs over to him and kneels. DOCTOR: Stop! Oh! Ah! He's d*ad! CLEAVES: We call it "decommissioned." CLEAVES moves the probe around in the air and JENNIFER gasps and ducks when it is aimed in her direction. DOCTOR: You stopped his heart. He had a heart! Aorta, valves — a real, human heart! And you stopped it. RORY: Jen? GANGER JENNIFER: What happened to Buzz will happen to us all, if we trust you! DOCTOR: (stands) Wait, wait. Just wait. RORY: No! RORY rushes at CLEAVES and knocks her to the ground. He takes the probe away from her. The Gangers take advantage of the situation and run from the room. CLEAVES: You idiot! DOCTOR: Wait! RORY gets up as does CLEAVES. DOCTOR: Look at what you've done, Cleaves. CLEAVES: If it's w*r, then it's w*r. You don't get it, Doctor. How can you? It's us and them now. (turns to JIMMY, DICKEN and BUZZER) Us... And them. DICKEN: Us and them. JIMMY: (sighs) Us and them. The DOCTOR sighs, unhappy at the turn things have taken. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM. NIGHT The Gangers are now back to their half-form faces. GANGER JIMMY passes out the acid suits. Up the steps by the door, GANGER JENNIFER speaks to them like she's on a pulpit. GANGER JENNIFER: You tried, we all tried, and look what they did. Us and them now. GANGER JIMMY: Us and them. GANGER DICKEN: Us and them. GANGER CLEAVES: Jennifer. GANGER JENNIFER: Buzzer warned you it was a trick, and now, he's d*ad. If we want to live, then it's time to go to w*r. I'll take care of the spare one running around out there. (leaves) INT. MONASTARY, FLESH ROOM, DAY JENNIFER limps into the room. Facing her, a hand leans into one of the pillars. VOICE: Trust me. JENNIFER sees and runs from the room, terrified. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, NIGHT AMY and RORY are kneeling on the floor having a whispered discussion as they cover up GANGER BUZZER. BUZZER, JIMMY and CLEAVES are also having their own conversation. RORY: (whispers) Don't be like that. She's real. JIMMY: (whispers) You k*lled him. DOCTOR: The most fortified and defendable room in the monastery? Cleaves! The most fortified and defendable room in the monastery? CLEAVES: (turns to the DOCTOR) The chapel. DOCTOR: Thank you. CLEAVES: Only one way in, stone walls, 2 feet thick. DOCTOR: You've crossed one hell of a line, Cleaves. You've k*lled one of them. They're coming back. In a big way. EXT. MONASTARY, NIGHT Three of the remaining Gangers clad in acid suits march through the ruins toward their enemies. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT The Original JENNIFER walks cautiously through the tunnels. DOCTOR: Jennifer! JENNIFER: Rory? JENNIFER limps along, panting. She neglects to look up where GANGER JENNIFER is pressed against the ceiling. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT In another section of the tunnels, the others rush towards the chapel. JIMMY: What about the flares? DOCTOR: We'll worry about the flares when we're locked inside. The three humans rush through leaving the DOCTOR, AMY and RORY. DOCTOR: Rory Pond. RORY hears JENNIFER scream and hesitates. AMY: Rory? Come on. RORY: Jen's out there. She's out there and she's on her own. (heads down the tunnel) DOCTOR: Well, if she's got any sense, then she's hiding. Rory! RORY: I can't leave her out there! DOCTOR: Rory! RORY: I know you understand that. AMY: Get in here. Get in here! The Gangers arrive through the other end of the hallway. RORY dashes off through a side corridor. CLEAVES: There they are! DOCTOR: Amy. The DOCTOR grabs AMY by the arm and pulls her through the doorway. AMY: Rory! The DOCTOR slams the door. INT. MONASTARY, CHAPEL, NIGHT The DOCTOR grips AMY by the arms as the other block the door with what they can find. DOCTOR: Amy, Amy, they are not after him, they're after us. From one of the dark corners comes a voice. VOICE: Why? Why? DOCTOR: Show yourself. Show yourself! VOICE: Ah! INT. MONASTARY, TUNNELS, NIGHT RORY runs through the tunnels. RORY: Jennifer! INT. MONASTARY, CHAPEL, NIGHT They are building a blockade against the door. The DOCTOR cautiously approaches the corner. AMY: Doctor! CLEAVES: Pass me the barrel. DICKEN: We need something heavy. Anything you can find. AMY watches the DOCTOR. JIMMY: (laughs) This is insane. We're fighting ourselves. DOCTOR: Yes, it's insane and it's about to get even more insanerer. Is that a word? Show yourself! Right now! AMY: Doctor! We are trapped in here and Rory is out there, with them. Hello! We can't get to the TARDIS and we can't even leave the island. The DOCTOR speaks but his lips don't move. He seems just as stunned as the others. DOCTOR: Correct, Pond. It's frightening, unexpected, frankly, a total, utter, splattering mess on the carpet, but I'm certain, 100% certain, that we can work this out. (from the shadows emerges a GANGER DOCTOR with a half-formed face) Trust me. I'm the Doctor.
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RECAP OF "The Rebel Flesh" INT. MONASTARY, CHAPEL, NIGHT The FLESH DOCTOR screams and twists as he absorbs all the DOCTOR'S memories and channels past incarnations. GANGER DOCTOR: What's happening? I wonder if we'll get back. Yes, one day... Aaagh! I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow. DOCTOR: The Flesh is struggling to cope with our past regenerations. Hold on! GANGER DOCTOR: (4th Doctor's voice) Would you like a jelly-baby? (regular voice) Why? Why!? DOCTOR: Why? Why what? GANGER DOCTOR: (10th Doctor's voice) Hello. I'm the Doctor. (regular voice) No, let it go, we've moved on! DOCTOR: Hold on, hold on, you can s*ab! AMY starts to walk to the DOCTOR but JIMMY pulls her back. GANGER DOCTOR: I've reversed the jelly-baby of the neutron flow. Would you like a... (grips the DOCTOR'S jacket) Doctor...Doctor... I'm... I'm the... I can't. DOCTOR: No, listen, hold on. Hold on! GANGER DOCTOR: No-o-o-o! (shoves the DOCTOR away) Aaaagh! (is in his half-formed state) Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Almost People" by Matthew Graham Producer Marcus Wilson Director Julian Simpson INT. MONASTARY, CHAPEL, NIGHT The GANGER DOCTOR grips his head. The team members barricade the door. BUZZER: I think I liked it best when they were being noisy. INT. MONASTARY, HALL, NIGHT The GANGERS walk away down the hall. INT. MONASTARY, CHAPEL, NIGHT AMY goes to the DOCTOR. AMY: Doctor, we need you. Get over here. GANGER DOCTOR: Hello! AMY: Doctor! DOCTOR: Cybermats. GANGER DOCTOR: Do we have time for this? DOCTOR: We make time. I'd like more proof that you're me. Cybermats? GANGER DOCTOR: Created by the Cybermen.They k*ll by feeding off brainwaves. AMY runs back to the door. AMY: Are you sure there aren't any big g*n with bits on? BUZZER: Yeah, big g*n would be good right now. JIMMY: (leaning against the door) Why would we have g*n? We're a factory. We mine. There is a hissing and smoke comes through the door. AMY: Acid. The Gangers on the other side of the door begin to pound on it. The two Doctors stand side-by-side. GANGER DOCTOR: Rory and Amy may not trust both of us. DOCTOR: Are you thinking what I'm thinking? GANGER DOCTOR: Inevitably. DOCTOR: I'm glad we're on the same... GANGER DOCTOR: Wavelength. You see, great minds. DOCTOR: Exactly. So, what's the plan? GANGER DOCTOR: Save them all, humans and gangers. DOCTOR: Sounds wonderful. GANGER DOCTOR: Is that what you were thinking? DOCTOR: It's just so inspiring to hear me say it. GANGER DOCTOR: I know! AMY: Doctor, come on! GANGER DOCTOR: So, what now, Doctor? DOCTOR: Well, time to get cracking, Doctor. They both walk towards the others. DOCTORS: Hello! Sorry... GANGER DOCTOR: But we had to establish a few... DOCTOR: Ground rules. Amy notices that DOCTOR 1 is wearing black shoes while DOCTOR 2 is wearing brown shoes. GANGER DOCTOR: Formulate a... DOCTOR: Protocol. GANGER DOCTOR: Protocol. Very posh. DOCTOR: A protocol between us. Otherwise... GANGER DOCTOR: It gets horribly embarrassing. DOCTOR: And potentially confusing. AMY: I'm glad you've solved the problem of confusing. GANGER DOCTOR: That's sarcasm. DOCTOR: She's very good at sarcasm. The DOCTORS turn to AMY and speak in unison. DOCTORS: Breathe! AMY: What? GANGER DOCTOR: We have to get you off this island. DOCTOR: And the gangers too. CLEAVES: Sorry, would you like a memo from the last meeting? They're trying to k*ll us! DOCTOR: They're scared. AMY: Doctor, we're trapped in here. DOCTOR: (joins others) I don't think so. The Flesh Bowl is fed by cabling from above. GANGER DOCTOR: But where are the earthing conduits? DOCTOR: All this piping must go down into a tunnel or a shaft or something, yes? With us? (removes paneling and finds a grate) Yowza! An escape route. AMY mouths "Yowza" questioningly. DOCTOR: You know, I'm starting to get a sense of just how impressive it is to hang out with me. GANGER DOCTOR: Do we tend to say "Yowza"? DOCTOR: That's enough, let it go, OK? We're under stress. The Gangers break into the room and find it empty. GANGER CLEAVES hears the sonic and sees the DOCTOR and her original on the other side of the grate. She hisses as they get away. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT GANGER JENNIFER is drawing circles/zeros on the wall with her finger. GANGER JENNIFER: Stop. Stop. Stop, stop! She strides purposefully down the corridor. After she passes, Rory peers out from a side tunnel and cautiously follows her. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT In a different section of tunnel, one of the pipes has sprung a leak, sh**ting acid all over the ground. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT In another section of tunnel, AMY and the DOCTOR are with the Originals. BUZZER: The army will send a recon team. CLEAVES: We need to contact the mainland. AMY: What about Rory and Jen? They are both out there. DOCTOR: Takes a long time to find someone in a maze. I bet you lot have got a computer map. CLEAVES: If we can get power running, we can scan for them. They all start coughing. AMY: Doctor, you said earlier to breathe. DOCTOR: Very important, Pond. Breathe. AMY: Yeah, I'm struggling to. DOCTOR: Acid interacting with the stone. GANGER DOCTOR: Creating an asphyxiant miasma. CLEAVES: A what? GANGER DOCTOR: Chokey gas. Extra heavy. If we can get above it... CLEAVES: The evac tower. This way! (leads the way) INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, NIGHT The Gangers are regrouping. GANGER CLEAVES is rubbing her temples. GANGER CLEAVES: Damned headaches. I'm so tired. GANGER JIMMY: They could be anywhere. How are we going to find them? GANGER CLEAVES: Think about it. With all that gas, my guess would be the evac tower. Get above it. Try to get power up. GANGER JIMMY: So? Let's stop them. GANGER CLEAVES: It's a narrow doorway. I could defend it easy enough. So can she. (grimaces and rubs her forehead) INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and AMY are the first to enter the room coughing. The others follow and head straight for the control panels. AMY: (coughs) Ohh! I think I coughed so hard, I pulled a muscle or something. DOCTOR: It's OK, it's easing off. The DOCTOR checks the front while the GANGER DOCTORS ducks behind the panels as a bell chimes the hour. JIMMY: It's midnight. It's Adam's birthday. My son's five. Happy birthday, bud. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, NIGHT GANGER JIMMY: Happy birthday, Adam. He'll be so excited. Out of bed at the crack of dawn. It's funny, he's got this wee dance he does when he gets overexcited. GANGER JENNIFER arrives in half-form. GANGER JENNIFER: Listen to me. I tried to block the memories, but now I know I must remember. It's the eyes. The eyes are the last to go. GANGER JIMMY: What are you talking about? GANGER JENNIFER: When they destroy us, the eyes are the last things to melt. And there's one question in those eyes - why? Why should we suffer for the sake of human beings? GANGER DICKEN: I heard in India, there's over ten million gangers. GANGER JENNIFER: We can reach out, inspire them to rise up. GANGER CLEAVES: Revolution? Look, I just...I just want to be left to live in peace, Jen. GANGER JENNIFER: They will melt you. Have you become so human that you've forgotten the truth? Don't you remember all the times you were decommissioned, or should I say ex*cuted? GANGER CLEAVES: No. We don't remember. GANGER JENNIFER: Well, I do. It's us or them. GANGER JIMMY: She's right. GANGER DICKEN stands and walks over to GANGER JENNIFER, gripping her hand. GANGER JIMMY and GANGER CLEAVES walk over to them and they join hands. GANGER JENNIFER: I have a plan. And it'll destroy them all. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES is standing behind the console with one of the DOCTORS. CLEAVES: Can you really get the power back? DOCTOR 1: There's always some power floating around. DOCTOR 1 ducks down behind the console as DOCTOR 2 stands up. DOCTOR 1: Sticking to the wires, like bits of lint. AMY: Can you stop finishing each other's... DOCTOR 1: Sentences? No probs. DOCTOR 1: Yes. They both duck down. AMY: Hang on. You said that the TARDIS was stuck in acid, so won't she be damaged? DOCTOR 1: Nah. She's a tough old thing. Tough, old, sexy. DOCTOR 1: No, tough, dependable, sexy. AMY: Come on. OK, how can...how can you both be real? DOCTOR 1: Well, because...we are. I'm the Doctor. DOCTOR 1: So am I. We contain the knowledge of over 900 years of experience. We both wear the same bowtie, which is cool. DOCTOR 1: Because bowties are... DOCTOR 1: And always will be. AMY: But you weren't linked up to the Flesh. DOCTOR 1: It must've been after I examined it. Thus, a new, genuine Doctor was created. DOCTOR 1: Ta-da! AMY: But one of you was here first. DOCTOR 1: After the Flesh scanned me, I had an accident with a puddle of acid. Now new shoes, a situation which did not confront me learned self here. DOCTOR 1: That satisfy you, Pond? AMY: Don't call me Pond, please. Both DOCTORS look at her. AMY: What? DOCTOR 1: Interesting. You definitely feel more affection for him than me. AMY: No, I... Look, you're fine and everything, but he is the Doctor. No offence. Being almost the Doctor is pretty damn impressive. DOCTOR 1: Being almost the Doctor's like being no Doctor at all. AMY: Don't overreact. DOCTOR 1: You might as well call me...Smith. AMY: Smith? DOCTOR 1: John Smith. DOCTOR 1: Communication a go-go! They all run to the console to get it keyed up. AMY: Find Rory! Show me the scanny, tracky screen. Come on, Rory, let's be having you. CLEAVES pulls up the screen. CLEAVES: There's no sign of him anywhere. AMY: Come on, baby, show yourself. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT The GANGERS enter the room. GANGER JIMMY: You're right, there's power. GANGER CLEAVES: Well, boys, I don't know much, but I know my own minds. She'll be straight on the comlink to the mainland. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES speaks into the transmitter. CLEAVES: St John's calling. Emergency Alpha. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT GANGER CLEAVES: Let's see if we can intercept. CLEAVES: (over radio) 'St John's calling the mainland. Are you receiving me, Captain? Come in'. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: We'll never get a signal through this storm. St John's calling the mainland. Come in, this is urgent. MAN: (over radio) 'We're just about reading you, St John's. How are you doing? We've had all kinds of trouble here'. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: (over radio) 'Request immediate evacuation. We're under att*ck. The storm's affected our gangers.' INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: They're running amok. MAN: (over radio) 'Your gangers?' CLEAVES: Yes, our gangers are attacking us. We need you to take us off the island immediately and wipe them out. The DOCTORS exchange a look. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT MAN: (over radio) 'Copy that, St John's. Shuttle's dispatched. Hang on'. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: You'll need to airlift us off the roof of the evac tower. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: (over radio) 'And Captain, any further transmission sent by me must come with the following code word. I'm typing it, in case they're listening in.' GANGER CLEAVES: Ooh. See how smart I am? That's why I'm paid the big bucks. MAN: (over radio) 'Got it. We'll swing in, get you out and decommission the Flesh'. GANGER CLEAVES: Jennifer's right. We're going to have to fight if we want to survive. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT GANGER JENNIFER arrives at a machine and puts her palm over the scanner. COMPUTER: 'Thermostatic override rejected. Can only be operated by recognised source'. GANGER JENNIFER: I am recognised! I'm Jennifer Lucas! She tries again but the screen reads "Non-Human Access Prohibited" INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT The Originals are preparing for the evacuation. BUZZER: We've got to get out of here. AMY: We're not leaving without them. BUZZER: I want 'em found too, but it's about casualties, innit? Can't be helped. AMY turns to one of the DOCTORS sitting beside her at the console. AMY: What are you doing? DOCTOR 1: Making a phone call. AMY: Who to? DOCTOR 1: No-one yet. It's on delay. AMY: Right, not getting it. Why exactly are you making a phone call? DOCTOR 2 watches this exchange. DOCTOR 1: Because, Amy, I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams. (spins in his chair) The wheels are in motion. Done. DOCTOR 1 spins AMY'S chair and she laughs before settling next to him but facing DOCTOR 2. AMY: You know, really, there can be only one. DOCTOR 1: Hmm? AMY: Nothing. Carry on. Be amazing. AMY hears a strange breathing noise and slowly walks towards it, stopping and looking at the stone wall. A small window slides open and she sees EYE-PATCH WOMAN and gasps. She turns to look at DOCTOR 1, but when she turns back, the window is gone. DOCTOR 1: Amy? What happened? AMY: (goes back to her chair) It's her again. DOCTOR 2 looks at the same spot on the wall while the conversation goes on behind him. DOCTOR 1: It's who again? AMY: There's a woman I keep seeing, a woman with an eye-patch, and she has this habit of sliding walls open and staring at me. Doctor? DOCTOR 1: It's nothing. AMY: Doesn't seem like nothing. DOCTOR 1: It's a time memory. Like a mirage. (slaps her thigh) It's nothing to worry about. (spins back to work on the console) DOCTOR 1: It's in my head... DOCTOR 2 closes his eyes in pain before heading out of the room. JIMMY: Hey, hold on! CLEAVES: Don't let him go. AMY: Leave it to me. (goes after him) INT. EVAC TOWER, HALLWAY, NIGHT DOCTOR 2 is standing there, facing the wall. AMY slowly approaches him. AMY: I'm sorry. What I said about you being almost the Doctor, it's just really hard, because I've been through so much with him. I've even seen... I've even seen the moment of his... Can you die? If you really are the same, then you can die. You can be k*lled, and...I might have seen that happen. DOCTOR 1: Why? AMY: Why? Because you invited us to see it. Your death! DOCTOR 2 turns on AMY, grabs her shoulders and pushes her against the wall. DOCTOR 1: Why? AMY: You're hurting me. DOCTOR 1: It's all the eyes say! Why?! I can feel them as they work each day, knowing the time was coming for them to be thrown away again. "Not again, please!" And then they are destroyed and they feel death, and all they can say is, "Why?" DOCTOR 2 lets go and AMY runs away, back to the safety of DOCTOR 1 INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR 1: Why? AMY enters the room. AMY: Keep him away from me! DOCTOR 2 enters and walks up to DOCTOR 1. DOCTOR 1: Did you sense it? DOCTOR 1: Briefly. Not as strong as you. DOCTOR 1: Amy, I'm sorry. AMY: No, you keep away! We can't trust you. DOCTOR 1: It would appear I can connect to the Flesh. AMY: Well, you are Flesh. DOCTOR 1: I'm beginning to understand what it needs. AMY: What YOU want. You are it. DOCTOR 1: It's much more powerful than we thought. The Flesh can grow, correct? CLEAVES: Its cells can divide. DOCTOR 1: (approaches CLEAVES) Well, now it wants to do that at will. It wants revenge. It's in pain, angry. It wants revenge. AMY: I was right, you're not the Doctor. You can't ever be. You're just a copy. CLEAVES: (to DOCTOR 2) Doctor, it might be best if you stayed over there for now, hmm? DOCTOR 1: Hold on a minute. Hold your horses. I thought I'd explained this. I'm him, he's me. BUZZER walks closer to use force if necessary. CLEAVES: Doctor, we have no issue with you. But when it comes to your ganger... DOCTOR 1: Don't be so absurd. CLEAVES: Buzzer? BUZZER: Sure, boss. DOCTOR 2 makes a point of straightening his tie as BUZZER takes an empty oil drum and moves it to where DOCTOR 2 can sit. BUZZER: Take a seat, mate. DOCTOR 1: (sits) Nice barrel, very comfy. Why not? DOCTOR 1: Is this really what you want? AMY crosses her arms and looks coldly at DOCTOR 2. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT RORY is walking through a tunnel, light in one hand and a wooden handle as a w*apon in the other. He hears JENNIFER shouting in the distance JENNIFER: Help me! No! Get away! RORY: Jen? Jen! INT. MONASTARY, SUPPLY ROOM, NIGHT RORY walks down the stairs and sees JENNIFER. JENNIFER: Rory? A second JENNIFER appears. JENNIFER 2: I'm sorry. She found me. JENNIFER 1: Rory, listen to me. JENNIFER 2: Don't listen to her! JENNIFER 1: I'm Jennifer Lucas. This woman is Flesh. RORY stands there, looking between the two of them. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT MAN: (over radio) 'This is the shuttle. We're right above you, but we can't get low enough. Gamma static could fry our nav-controls. Sit tight. We'll get to you. Just...' DOCTOR 1 takes out the sonic screwdriver and scans CLEAVES. JIMMY: Hello? Can you hear me? AMY: I can't find Rory. I'm going out there. DOCTOR 1: We could use the sonic to track him. Humans and gangers give off slightly different signals. The sonic can tell the difference. AMY: Oh, so the sonic knows gangers are different, so the other Doctor is different. DOCTOR 1: He is the Doctor. AMY: Not to me. I can tell. DOCTOR 1: Sure you're not prejudiced? AMY: Nice try, but I know, OK? We've been through too much. You're my Doctor. End of. INT. MONASTARY, SUPPLY ROOM, NIGHT RORY: So one of you is human, and one of you I sat with and talked with. Why can't you just tell me the truth? The Doctor wants you to live and I'm with him all the way. JENNIFER 1: (limps forward) That's a lovely idea, Rory, but the Flesh want to k*ll us now. RORY: You're limping. (to JENNIFER 2) You're not. JENNIFER 2: So? So what? You think a ganger can't put on a limp? RORY: Show me your leg. JENNIFER 1 rolls up her trouser leg to show a red wound. JENNIFER 1: It got burnt while I was in the harness. JENNIFER 2: She's lying! She's telling you what you want to hear! RORY: Look, you can't fake a burn. JENNIFER 2 rushes JENNIFER 1. RORY: No! No, you don't... They fight each other as RORY watches. RORY: Stop it! Fighting each other is pointless. Come on. Please, please stop! Jen...both Jens, stop it! One of the JENNIFERS pushes the other away and she falls into a puddle of acid. RORY: No! JENNIFER: She...she att*cked me. I didn't... They watch as the other JENNIFER dissolves. JENNIFER: I knew you'd find me. We're in this together, Rory, and we've got to trust each other. RORY: OK, come on. Let's go. With one last look at the dissolved Flesh, RORY grabs the light and follows JENNIFER out of the room. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT BUZZER: Hey, there's a camera up. We've got a visual. AMY rushes to look at the screen. AMY: That's Rory and Jennifer. CLEAVES: They're heading for the thermostatic room. AMY: Let's go get them. DOCTOR 1 flips the sonic before tossing it to DOCTOR 2. AMY: Hang on. CLEAVES: We can't let him go. Are you crazy? DOCTOR 1: Am I crazy, Doctor? DOCTOR 1: Well, you did once plumb your brain into the core of an entire planet just to halt its orbit and win a bet. AMY: He can't go rescue them. I'm going. DOCTOR 1: Do you know, I want him to go. (stands and looks AMY in the face) And I'm rather adamant. DOCTOR 2 stands. BUZZER: Well, then, he'll need company, right, boss? It's fine. I'll handle it. DOCTOR 1: (snaps fingers) Thank you, Buzzer. It'll be all right. I'll find him. DOCTOR 2 leaves and BUZZER follows. DOCTOR 1: I can't explain it to you now, but I need you to trust him. Can you do that for me, Amy? AMY: And what if you're wrong? INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT JENNIFER is leading RORY through a tunnel to a locked door. They are coughing. JENNIFER: This is the thermostatic chamber. We can stir the oxygen supply from here. (keys in the code) RORY: What? JENNIFER: We're going to choke to death if we don't clean this air. Keep a look out in case of gangers. JENNIFER enters the room and RORY stays in the hall. JENNIFER: Rory! RORY runs into the room. INT. MONASTARY, THERMOSTATIC CHAMBER, NIGHT JENNIFER is standing by a large console. RORY: What's wrong? JENNIFER: It's this wheel. It's just too tough for a girl to turn. Are you feeling strong? RORY: I'll break out the big g*n. (holds up his arms to show off his muscles) JENNIFER: This first. JENNIFER grabs RORY'S hand and places it on the scanner. COMPUTER: Human source recognised. RORY turns the wheel. COMPUTER: Thermostatic override granted. They leave the room. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: These temperature gauges are rising. Jennifer and Rory must have shut off the underground cooling vents. DICKEN: Why do that? They'll k*ll us. CLEAVES: There's a million gallons of boiling acid under our feet... DOCTOR 1: And now it's heating up the whole island. How long till it blows? There is an expl*si*n that rocks the island. DICKEN: Gangers or no gangers, we need to get the hell out of here. CLEAVES: Shuttle! We need evac. Where are you? Can you hear me? Can you...? (winces in pain and puts a hand to her forehead) DOCTOR 1: (goes to CLEAVES) Cleaves? Cleaves, sit down. (helps her sit) CLEAVES: I'm fine. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT GANGER CLEAVES is sitting down. GANGER DICKEN brings her a drink. GANGER DICKEN: You don't look good. GANGER CLEAVES: Monsters never do. I'm fine. I remember medics doing tests. INT. EVAC TOWER, POWER ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES: I'm waiting for results, so let it go. DOCTOR 1: It's a very deep parietal clot. CLEAVES: Inoperable? DOCTOR 1: On Earth, yes. CLEAVES: Well, seeing as Earth is all that's on... offer...hmm. I'm no healthy spring chicken, and you're no weatherman. Right? There is another quake. AMY: Something just cracked. I heard it. DOCTOR 1: Yeah, we can't stay here, let's go. JIMMY: Let's shift! CLEAVES: Cleaves to Shuttle. We need to move, and we can't be collected from the evac tower. MAN: (over radio) 'Give us the codeword'. CLEAVES: The codeword is... Another quake rocks the building and the console goes up in sparks. CLEAVES runs back to the console to give the codeword. DOCTOR 1: Cleaves? Cleaves, it's d*ad, it's d*ad. (grabs CLEAVES) WE need to get out of here. We need to get back downstairs and get those vents back on, come on. INT. MONASTARY, COMMUNICATION ROOM, NIGHT GANGER CLEAVES: This is our chance. I can reroute the shuttle to the courtyard. GANGER JIMMY: You can't guess the codeword. GANGER CLEAVES: Yes, I can, Jimmy, because I created the codeword. (into radio) Shuttle, do you read me? This is Foreman Cleaves. MAN: (over radio) 'Read you. You got cut off. Say again? What's the request?' GANGER CLEAVES: You need to reroute and pick us up from the courtyard. MAN: (over radio) 'Courtyard - as soon as we can. Give me the codeword'. GANGER CLEAVES: Shuttle, the codeword is "Bad Boy". I repeat, "Bad Boy". MAN: (over radio) 'Copy that. The courtyard. Still want us to take care of those gangers?' GANGER CLEAVES: Negative. They've all been incinerated. GANGER JIMMY: Bad Boy? Good call. GANGER CLEAVES: Yeah, well, it wasn't luck. We're the same person. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT JENNIFER is leading RORY. JENNIFER: This room's always sealed. Power surge must have thrown the bolts. RORY follows and stops with a look of horror. RORY: What is that? In a corner of the room is a pile of partial Flesh bodies. JENNIFER: Discarded Flesh. Faulty, probably. Just thrown away. Look at them. RORY walks closer and peers at one of the faces. JENNIFER: One of my old gangers. The eyes open and RORY falls back with a gasp. JENNIFER: Left to rot, fully conscious. Can you imagine what kind of hell they're in? RORY: But Cleaves, the company, how could they do this? How could they? JENNIFER: Who are the real monsters? RORY: We can't let this carry on. Jen, we have to make people see! JENNIFER: OK, Rory. I have an idea. You came for me. We have a bond. Right? We trust each other. RORY: Yeah. JENNIFER: So trust me on this. EXT. MONASTARY, NIGHT DOCTOR 2 is scanning with the sonic. BUZZER is following. DOCTOR 1: I'm getting something. BUZZER: Is it human? DOCTOR 1: Yeah, it's human, but it's fading. It's fading. This is bad. Fading is very... bad. They find JENNIFER lying on the ground. DOCTOR 1: Aagh! The signal's gone. (touches JENNIFER) She's...d*ad. She was hanging onto the edge of life and she just... just slipped away. Oh, Jennifer, I'm so sorry. She's been out here for hours. BUZZER: But if the real Jen's been lying out here... DOCTOR 1: Rory's in trouble. BUZZER hits DOCTOR 2 on the back of the head with a torch and he falls to the ground. BUZZER: Sorry, pal, it's boss's orders. Us and them, innit? INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT CLEAVES enters a hallway closely followed by DOCTOR 1 and the others. In the wall are eyes watching their every move. DOCTOR 1: Ah. The eyes have it. AMY: Why are they here? DOCTOR 1: To accuse...us. CLEAVES: Ignore them. It's not far. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT BUZZER is making his way back to the others when another quake hits. BUZZER: I should have been a postman like me dad. BUZZER continues on but stops when he hears a feminine voice. He makes his way down the stairs. WOMAN: Shh. I'm here. I'm here. I'm with you. I know, it hurts. I'm sorry. Go to sleep. BUZZER sees GANGER JENNIFER speaking to the discarded bodies of Flesh. GANGER JENNIFER: Sleep. BUZZER: You k*lled her. You k*lled our Jen. GANGER JENNIFER: (stands) And I'm stronger, Buzz. I can grow! GANGER JENNIFER'S mouth opens wide, jaw distended, and she rushes towards BUZZER, who screams. INT. MONASTARY, THERMOSTATIC CHAMBER, NIGHT DOCTOR 1 and CLEAVES work to change the settings. DOCTOR 1: It's a chemical chain reaction now. I can't stop it. This place is going to blow sky high. CLEAVES: Exactly how long have we got? DOCTOR 1: An hour? Five seconds? Er, somewhere in between. There is an expl*si*n, the klaxon sounds and the machinery begins to hiss. DOCTOR 1: Out! They all run from the room. INT. MONASTARY, TUNNEL, NIGHT AMY'S the first to exit the room and head down the tunnel. RORY finds them. RORY: All right? AMY: Oh, Rory! Oh, Rory. (hugs him) RORY: There's a way out. Jennifer found it. A secret tunnel under the crypt. CLEAVES: From the crypt? It's not on the schematics. RORY: It runs right out of the monastery. Maybe even under the TARDIS, Doctor. Follow me. RORY heads off and the others follow. DOCTOR 1 hesitates before joining them. EXT. MONASTARY, NIGHT DOCTOR 2 wakes to see the Gangers standing above him. DOCTOR 1: Got anything for a sore head? CLEAVES: This is how they'll always treat us. Do you see now? After all, you're one of us...Doctor. DOCTOR 1: (puts the sonic in his inside jacket pocket) Call me Smith. John Smith. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, NIGHT CLEAVES leads the way. JIMMY: We can't leave without Buzzer. CLEAVES: I'll go back for him. RORY: Doctor, look...I'd better tell you, I haven't been quite straight with you... GANGER JENNIFER reaches out in front of RORY, closing the door and locking the others in. DOCTOR 1: Rory! The DOCTOR and CLEAVES try to open the door. INT. MONASTARY, OUTSIDE ACID ROOM, NIGHT RORY: C'mon, Jennifer, we don't need to lock them up. We should just show them what we've found. GANGER JENNIFER: I don't think so. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR 1: Rory Pond, Roranicus Pondicus! AMY: Rory! What the hell are you playing at? INT. MONASTARY, OUTSIDE ACID ROOM, NIGHT RORY: They've been throwing away old Flesh and leaving it to rot, alive! I think the world should see that. DOCTOR 1: Rory, there is no time. This factory's about to explode! RORY: (to GANGER JENNIFER) Are you sure about this? Cos I'm not. Let them out. GANGER JENNIFER: The little girl got strong. RORY: What? GANGER JENNIFER: The little girl lost on the moors in her red wellies? Looking for a way home? Well, she got strong, Rory. I told you, remember? RORY: But that wasn't...it was the other Jennifer that told me about being a little girl. GANGER JENNIFER: Oh? What other Jennifer? (her eyes glow) RORY: Well, the... the... wait, you tricked me? Let me go, I'll open the door. GANGER JENNIFER grabs him by the arm. RORY: Let me... (to AMY) I'm sorry! RORY is dragged away. AMY pounds on the window in disgust. GANGER CLEAVES looks through at CLEAVES. GANGER CLEAVES: We have to be free. CLEAVES: I'm sorry too, Miranda. Of all the humans in the world, you had to pick the one with the clot. But hey, them's the breaks. Welcome to the human race. GANGER CLEAVES walks away. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR 1 takes readings of the acid with the sonic. DOCTOR 1: This is going to overheat and fill the room with acid, just as a point of interest. CLEAVES: And we can't stop it? DOCTOR 1: Just as a point of interest, no. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY RORY is yelling at GANGER JENNIFER. RORY: You created another ganger just to trick me. You tricked me. When I found you, you were both Flesh and you tricked me into trusting you! Jen's d*ad, isn't she? DOCTOR 2 is sitting on the table. DOCTOR 1: She's gone, Rory. Gone. MAN: (over radio) 'Shuttle, we're dropping down on our approach. Stand by for evac'. GANGER JENNIFER: The humans will be melted, as they deserve. And then the factory will be destroyed. Once we get to the mainland, the real battle begins. The humans won't stand a chance. You're one of us, Doctor. Join the revolution. RORY: I've got to go and get them out. DOCTOR 2 pushes RORY back and stands by GANGER JENNIFER. RORY looks betrayed. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, DAY DICKEN lowers the cap over the vat. JIMMY: It'll never hold her. DOCTOR 1: If you have a better plan, I'm all ears. In fact, if you have a better plan, I'll take you to a planet where EVERYONE is all ears. The lid slams shut. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY RORY: Doctor, we can't just let them die. DOCTOR 1: (looks at watch) Ring Ring! RORY: Doctor! DOCTOR 1: Ring Ring! (pushes RORY back) INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, DAY CLEAVES is watching the vat. CLEAVES: The acid's eating through. The building shakes. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY RORY tries to take advantage of the quake and get past the Gangers. DOCTOR 1: Stay! (points at RORY) RORY: (stops and puts hands up) OK. The phone rings. DOCTOR 1: Ah, that'll be the phone. Somebody get the phone. Jimmy, get the phone. No? Fine, I'll get the phone. Stay put. DOCTOR 2 picks up the phone and uses the sonic. A hologram appears of a young boy. OPERATOR: 'Thank you for booking your holo-call with Morpeth Jet...' DOCTOR 1: Ha! Hello, Adam, I'm the Doctor. Well, Other Doctor. GANGER JIMMY stands slowly. DOCTOR 1: Or Smith. It's complicated and boring. Anyway, who cares, it's your birthday! ADAM: Yay! DOCTOR 1: Yay! Now, have you been getting up very early and jumping on the bed? ADAM: Yes, really high. DOCTOR 1: I expect chocolate for breakfast. If you don't feel sick by mid-morning, you're not doing it right. Now, I think you want to speak to Dad. (turns to look at GANGER JIMMY) ADAM: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Daddy? DOCTOR 1: (walks to JIMMY) You'll do, Jimmy. What does the other Jimmy matter now? You're both the same dad, aren't you? Come on, Adam's waiting. ADAM: Daddy? (another quake) Daddy, what's that rumbly noise? What's going on, Daddy? Daddy? GANGER JIMMY runs from the room. GANGER JENNIFER: You've tricked him into an act of weakness, Doctor. DOCTOR 1: No, I've helped him into an act of humanity. Anyone else like the sound of that? Act of humanity. GANGER CLEAVES: Dicken, drain the acid well in crypt one. GANGER DICKEN leaves to follow orders. GANGER JENNIFER: Don't you dare! GANGER CLEAVES: I've had it with this! What's the point in this ridiculous w*r? Look at you, Jen. You were a sweet kid. Look at you now. Stuff of nightmares. I don't want my world populated by monsters. GANGER JENNIFER: You can't stop the factory from melting down, "boss". I'll take revenge on humanity with or without you. DOCTOR 1: It doesn't have to be about revenge. It can be so much better than that. GANGER JENNIFER storms from the room. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, DAY JIMMY is struggling to keep the lid on the vat. INT. MONASTARY, HALLS, DAY GANGERS JIMMY and DICKEN are running through the halls to the acid room. GANGER JIMMY types in the code and opens the door. INT. MONASTARY, ACID ROOM, DAY Acid splashes on JIMMY'S chest. He falls back to the floor. GANGER JIMMY runs in. GANGER JIMMY: Let me through! (makes his way to JIMMY lying on the ground) DOCTOR 1: There's nothing we can do. The acid's reached his heart. GANGER JIMMY: Hang in there, mate. JIMMY: I'm quite handsome from this angle. GANGER JIMMY: I'm...sorry. I'm the fake. Adam deserves his real dad. JIMMY: Shut up. GANGER JIMMY: What do you want me to do? Anything, just say. JIMMY: The way things are, mate... it's up to you now. (pulls on the cord around his neck and presses it into GANGER JIMMY'S hand) Be a dad. You remember how. (dies) GANGER JIMMY holds up JIMMY'S wedding band. DOCTOR 1: Jimmy Wicks...you're a dad. INT. MONASTARY, DINING HALL, DAY RORY, DOCTOR 2 and GANGER CLEAVES are the only ones in the room. ADAM'S hologram is still connected. ADAM: Daddy? Where's my daddy? GANGER JIMMY enters followed by the others. RORY goes right to AMY and they hug and kiss. CLEAVES goes to her ganger and GANGER JIMMY approaches the hologram of "his" son. ADAM: Daddy, it's me! GANGER JIMMY: (laughs nervously) Hey, sunshine! What are you up to? ADAM: Opening all my presents. GANGER JIMMY: Haha, good lad. You have fun today. And remember, your dad... he loves you very, very much. ADAM: When are you coming home? DOCTOR 1: Daddy's coming home today, Adam. ADAM: Yay! ADAM does his excited dance and GANGER JIMMY smiles. DOCTOR 1: Now we need to move. INT. MONASTARY, STAIRWELL, DAY GANGER JENNIFER is sitting down, panting hard. She is in her half-form and hears a door in the distance. INT. MONASTARY, HALL, DAY One of the DOCTORS is leading the way as they run. They stop when they come across a misshapen, elongated GANGER JENNIFER. DOCTOR 1: Run. Run. Run! They turn back the way they came as GANGER JENNIFER now moves on all-fours. They run through a narrow hallway and into another room. INT. MONASTARY, ROOM, DAY The roof groans. DOCTOR 1: Ooh, roof's going to give. Both DICKEN and his Ganger close the metal door. GANGER DICKEN: We have to stop her. This door doesn't lock. DICKEN: No, but the far one does. INT. MONASTARY, HALL, DAY DICKEN runs down the hall to the far door. He pulls on it, but it's jammed. GANGER JENNIFER gets closer. DICKEN pulls part of the handle off. He finally closes the door but stays on the other side. His scream carries down the hall. INT. MONASTARY, ROOM, DAY GANGER DICKEN: No! GANGER DICKEN slams the door shut. GANGER CLEAVES and DOCTOR 1 help him. DOCTOR 1: (looks up at roof) Here she comes. At that moment, the TARDIS falls through the roof. DOCTOR 1: Oh, she does like to make an entrance! DOCTOR 1: (opens the TARDIS) Move! DOCTOR 1: (holds the door) Go, go, go, go! GANGER DICKEN runs to the TARDIS. GANGER CLEAVES: Get on board! Go! CLEAVES: I'm not leaving. INT. MONASTARY, HALL, DAY GANGER JENNIFER bangs against the door. INT. MONASTARY, ROOM, DAY GANGER CLEAVES: Go. CLEAVES runs to the TARDIS. AMY: Now's our chance. DOCTOR 1: I have to stay. Hold this door closed. Give you time to dematerialise. AMY: Oh, don't be crazy. OK, what happens to you? DOCTOR 1: Well, this place is just about to explode. But I can stop her. AMY: Both of you can survive this, OK? DOCTOR 1: Or perhaps you think I should stay instead... Mr Smith? AMY: No, of course not. But look, this man, I've flown with him, you know? And you are amazing and yeah, I misjudged you, but you're not him. I'm sorry. DOCTOR 1: Amy, we swapped shoes. I'm the Doctor. DOCTOR 1: And I'm the Flesh. AMY: You can't be. (turns to Ganger DOCTOR) You're the real him. GANGER DOCTOR: No, I'm not, and I haven't been all along. AMY: What? DOCTOR: I'm the original Doctor, Amy. We had to know if we were truly the same. It was important, vital, we learn about The Flesh. And we could only do that through your eyes. AMY looks at GANGER DOCTOR and then runs to hug him tightly. AMY: I never thought it possible. GANGER DOCTOR: What? AMY: You're twice the man I thought you were. GANGER DOCTOR: (whispers) Push, Amy. But only when she tells you to. GANGER JENNIFER bangs at the door again. RORY: Amy, come on! AMY rushes past the DOCTOR. GANGER DOCTOR: Well, my death arrives, I suppose. DOCTOR: But this one, we're not invited to. GANGER DOCTOR: Pardon? DOCTOR: Nothing. Your molecular memory can survive this, you know. It may not be the end. (tosses him the sonic screwdriver) GANGER DOCTOR: If I turn up to nick all your biscuits, you'll know you were right. The DOCTOR chuckles. He sobers and exchanges a nod with his ganger. AMY: Doctor! No, please... RORY guides her back to the TARDIS. GANGER DOCTOR: You too, Cleaves, off you pop. GANGER CLEAVES: I'm staying. GANGER DOCTOR: This is not the time for grand gestures. GANGER CLEAVES: Says the king of grand gestures! This is my factory! I'm not going anywhere. GANGER DOCTOR: Foreman Miranda Cleaves, marvellous! (kisses her head) Beware of imitations. GANGER CLEAVES: Clear off out of here, the lot of you! The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY run to the TARDIS. The GANGER DOCTOR holds up the sonic. GANGER DOCTOR: This will dissolve her. GANGER CLEAVES: And us too. THE TARDIS dematerializes. GANGER DOCTOR: There may be a way back from this. (tosses the sonic hand-to-hand) GANGER CLEAVES: From being vaporised? How? GANGER DOCTOR: Don't know. Let's find out, eh? They open the door. GANGER DOCTOR: Don't know. Let's find out, eh? They each hold the sonic. GANGER DOCTOR: Geronimo! They activate the sonic. GANGER JENNIFER bursts and GANGER DOCTOR and GANGER CLEAVES "melt". INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is leaning against the console. AMY comes over and wraps her hands around his arm. DOCTOR: The energy from the TARDIS will s*ab the gangers for good. They're people now. CLEAVES: And what happens to me? I still have this. DOCTOR: Ah, that's not a problem. (snaps fingers) I have something for that. It's small and red and tastes like burnt onions, ha! (pulls a vial from under the console) But it'll get rid of your blood clot. (tosses the vial to CLEAVES)(grabs a red balloon) Happy endings. EXT. BEACH, DAY ADAM is standing on the shore bundled in a winter coat. A red balloon drifts by. GANGER JIMMY: Hey! Hello, bud. ADAM runs to his father. ADAM: Daddy, you're back! GANGER JIMMY lifts ADAM and twirls around. GANGER JIMMY: Hello, my boy! How are you doing? The DOCTOR watches from a distance. INT. MORPETH-JETSAN HQ, DAY The TARDIS is in the lobby. The DOCTOR, CLEAVES and GANGER DICKEN walk slowly towards the main door followed by AMY and RORY. CLEAVES: You really want us to do this? DOCTOR: Your company's telling the world that the situation is over. You need to get in there and tell them that the situation's only just g*n. Make them understand what they're doing to the Flesh. Make them stop. Dicken, remember, people are good. In their bones, truly good. Don't hate them, will you? GANGER DICKEN: How can I hate them? I'm one of them now. DOCTOR: Yeah, and just remember, people died. Don't let that be in vain. Make what you say in that room count. CLEAVES: Ready? (walks to the door) Side by side. GANGER DICKEN: You got it, boss. CLEAVES opens the door and we hear a press conference happening inside. REPORTER: Have the army dealt with the imposters? The door closes behind them. AMY: (nudges DOCTOR) You OK? DOCTOR: I said breathe, Pond, remember? Well, breathe. AMY: Why? DOCTOR: Breathe. AMY: (doubles over and gasps) Ohh! Whoa. Oh! RORY: What's wrong with her? DOCTOR 1: Get her into the TARDIS. The DOCTOR strides back to the TARDIS and RORY follows, helping AMY. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR walks up to the console platform as RORY and AMY enter. RORY: Doctor! What is happening to her? DOCTOR: Contractions. RORY: Contractions? DOCTOR: She's going into labour. AMY: Did he say...? No, of course he didn't. Rory, I don't like this. Ow! (grips her stomach and bends over) RORY: You'll have to start explaining this to me, Doctor. DOCTOR: What, the birds and the bees? She's having a baby. I needed to see the Flesh in its early days. That's why I scanned it. That's why we were there in the first place. I was going to drop you off for fish and chips first, but things happened and there was stuff and shenanigans. Beautiful word, shenanigans. AMY: It hurts! RORY: But you're OK? DOCTOR: Breathe. I needed enough information to block the signal to the Flesh. AMY: What signal? DOCTOR: The signal to you. AMY: Doctor? DOCTOR: Stand away from her, Rory. RORY: Why? No! And why? DOCTOR: Given what we've learned, I'll be as humane as I can, but I need to do this and you need to stand away! RORY looks at AMY who shakes her head. RORY looks back at the DOCTOR and then slowly backs away from AMY. AMY: No. No! (turns her gaze from RORY to the DOCTOR) Doctor, I am frightened. I'm properly, properly scared. DOCTOR: Don't be. Hold on. We're coming for you, I swear it. Whatever happens, however hard, however far, we will find you. (puts his hand to AMY'S cheek) AMY: I'm right here! (puts her hands on his arm) DOCTOR: No, you're not. You haven't been here for a long, long time. The DOCTOR pulls away from her and holds up the sonic screwdriver. RORY gasps. AMY: Oh, no! The DOCTOR activates the sonic and AMY melts into Flesh. INT. ??? AMY wakes with a gasp. She is lying in a bed and dressed in a white hospital gown. Above her, a window slides open and she sees the EYE-PATCH LADY. EYE-PATCH LADY: Well, dear, you're ready to pop, aren't you? Little one's on its way. AMY looks down her body and sees she is in a position about to give birth and starts whimpering. EYE-PATCH LADY: Here it comes. Pu-u-u-ush! AMY screams TO BE CONTINUED…
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RECAP INCLUDING SCENES OF THE LITTLE GIRL AND EYE-PATCH LADY, CULMINATING IN THE FINAL SCENES OF "THE ALMOST PEOPLE" SPACE An asteroid has been converted to a base known as Demon's Run. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY A small baby is cooing as it lies in a small crib. As the camera pans to the side, we see the name: Melody Pond. We see a woman's hands caressing the baby as she speaks. AMY: I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved. That you'll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn't a time for lies. (picks up MELODY) What you are going to be, Melody... We see the EYE-PATCH LADY and a number of armed soldiers standing behind AMY. AMY: …is very, very brave. EYE-PATCH LADY: Two minutes. AMY: But not as brave as they'll have to be. Because there's someone coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me. He's on his way. SPACE 20,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY INT. CYBER-SHIP, CORRIDORS As Cybermen march along a corridor, we see a figure walk past in the shadows, a cloak billowing behind him. We then see the sonic screwdriver used on a door lock. The door slides closed keeping out other Cybermen. INT. CYBER-SHIP, CONTROL The CYBERLEADER and two other Cybermen are monitoring the ship. CYBERMAN: Intruder. Level nine. Seal level nine. The ship rocks as small expl*si*n go off. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY AMY: There's a man who's never going to let us down. AMY looks out a window and sees a large army gathering outside. AMY: And not even an army can get in the way. The EYE-PATCH LADY walks towards AMY, arms out. Two soldiers walk close behind. AMY: Leave her, just you leave her. Please leave her! Leave her! A YOUNG FEMALE SOLDIER watches as AMY sobs as her daughter is taken away. By the door, two hooded monks step closer to the rail. INT. CYBER-SHIP, CONTROL The ship is rocked by expl*si*n. CYBERMAN: Intruder, level 11. CYBERLEADER: Seal levels 12, 13 and 14. CYBERMAN: Intruder, level 15. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY MELODY is in her bassinett. AMY leans over her. AMY: He's the last of his kind. He looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone. (leans over and kisses MELODY on the forehead) Because this man is your father. INT. CYBER-SHIP, CONTROL The CYBERLEADER takes position, flanked by other CYBERMEN. CYBERLEADER: Prepare to engage. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY AMY: He has a name, but the people of our world know him better... INT. CYBER-SHIP, CONTROL The doors slide open and RORY strides in wearing his Roman garb. The CYBERMEN aim their w*apon at him. AMY: (V.O.) ..as the Last Centurion. RORY: I have a message and a question. A message from the Doctor and a question from me. Where is my wife? Oh, don't give me those blank looks. The 12th Cyber Legion monitors this entire quadrant. (walks to window where the rest of the fleet can be seen) You hear everything. So you tell me what I need to know, you tell me now, and I'll be on my way. CYBERLEADER: What is the Doctor's message? The ships outside the window explode. RORY remains impassive. RORY: Would you like me to repeat the question? Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "A Good Man Goes to w*r" by Steven Moffat Producer Marcus Wilson Director Peter Hoar INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR We see a ship come in for a landing and then pan down to all the mechanics and engineers. Two are walking toward the lift. One is short and fat, the other tall and skinny. FAT MAN: A whole Cyber legion though. He just blew them all up. To make a point! THIN MAN: We're being paid to fight him, not praise him. Praising costs way more! They step into the lift, passing two monks. FAT MAN: Level Minus 23. Transept. The door slides closed. INT. DEMON'S RUN, LEVEL MINUS 23 They step out of the lift. FAT MAN: Digger says he once chased the Atraxi off a planet, then called them back for a scolding. THIN MAN: Fight him. Not praise him. They pass the YOUNG FEMALE SOLDIER who had been in the nursery. She is sewing something, a knowing smile on her face. ANNOUNCEMENT: Reminder. This base is on Yellow Alert. This base is on Yellow Alert. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION Two soldiers are watching the monitors and see the YOUNG FEMALE SOLDIER. SOLDIER 1: Is she sewing? SOLDIER 2: She's on a break she can do what she likes. SOLDIER 2 faces SOLDIER 1, holding up two pieces of paper in his hands. One is blank. SOLDIER 2: Now try again. SOLDIER 1: (points at the blank) That one. SOLDIER 2: No, that's the psychic. You've got to look for the fractals. SOLDIER 1 rolls his eyes. SOLDIER 2: Don't look bored, we're on Yellow Alert. SOLDIER 1: We've been on Yellow Alert for three weeks! INT. DEMON'S RUN, LEVEL MINUS 23 Two of the monks walk along, hands clasped in front of them. ANNOUNCEMENT: Reminder: do not interact with headless monks without designed permission. Do not interact with headless monks without designed permission. The FAT MAN and THIN MAN pass by the monks as they take readings off a machine. The THIN MAN watches them. FAT MAN: You're not supposed to stare at them. And if they think you're tying to see under their hoods, they'll k*ll you on the spot. THIN MAN: But why are they called the Headless Monks? They can't really be headless? YOUNG FEMALE SOLDIER: They believe the domain of faith is the heart, and the domain of doubt is the head. They follow their hearts...that's all. THIN MAN: You're Lorna Bucket, aren't you? LORNA: Yeah. Hello! THIN MAN: I'm the thin one, this is my husband he's the fat one. LORNA: Don't you have names? FAT MAN: We're the thin, fat, gay, married, Anglican marines. Why would we need names as well? (sees monks standing behind LORNA) Oh! Looks like I'm off! Time for my conversion tutorial. See you in a bit. (leaves with monks) Do you lot have Lent?! Cos I'm not good at giving things up... LORNA shakes her head. The THIN MAN looks at her. THIN MAN: Lorna Bucket. You've had an Encounter, haven't you? You've met him. LORNA: I was just a kid. (continues working) THIN MAN: But what's he like? The Doctor. LORNA: He said "run". THIN MAN: Just "run"? LORNA: He said it a lot. THIN MAN: And this was in the Gamma Forests, yeah? Because you're a Gamma girl, aren't you? What are you doing here? The forests are heaven-neutral. LORNA: Yeah, and 30 seconds of The Doctor is the only thing that ever happened there. INT. DEMON'S RUN, MONKS' CHAPEL FAT MAN precedes the monks into the room which is cast in an eerie red glow. FAT MAN: Oh, this is nice, I like this. I mean, quite a lot of red. I hope it's not to hide the stains! One of the monks goes to a shelf containing medium boxes. FAT MAN: What's in the little boxes? As the monk walks forward with the box, a recording plays. RECORDING: Welcome, applicant to the order of the Headless. It is traditional for visiting armies of other faiths to offer individuals for conversion to our order. You have been selected. The monk passes the box to another who opens it and then holds the empty box in front of the FAT MAN. RECORDING: Are you ready to make a donation? INT. DEMON'S RUN, LEVEL MINUS 23 THIN MAN slides a panel closed. It sounds like a guillotine. THIN MAN: So, what do you think? If the Doctor's really coming here, where is he? LORNA: He's the Doctor. He could be anywhere in time and space. She loosens a hose and steam escapes. EXT. LONDON ALLEY, NIGHT, 1888 A hansom pulls to a halt and the passenger exits. WOMAN: Thank you, Parker. I won't be needing you again tonight. PARKER: Yes, my lady. INT. HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT, 1888 The hooded WOMAN enters her home and a maid greets her. MAID: You're back early, ma'am. Another case cracked, I assume? The WOMAN places a sword reverently on a rack with others. WOMAN: Send a telegram to Inspector Abberline of the Yard. Jack the Ripper has claimed his last victim. MAID: How did you find him? The WOMAN lowers her hood to reveal she is SILURIAN. SILURIAN: Stringy, but tasty all the same. I shan't be needing dinner. MAID: Congratulations, ma'am.(hesitates) However, a matter has arisen in the drawing room. INT. HOUSE, DRAWING ROOM, NIGHT, 1888 The SILURIAN enters, followed by the maid. MAID: It just appeared. What does it mean? The SILURIAN walks forward, taking off her coat. SILURIAN: It means a very old debt is to be repaid. The TARDIS is in the room. SILURIAN: Pack the cases, Jenny. And we're going to need the swords. EXT. THE BATTLE OF ZARUTHSTRA, 4037 An OFFICER is dodging laser f*re and expl*si*n as he runs toward the field hospital. OFFICER: Nurse?! Nurse! INT. FIELD HOSPITAL, THE BATTLE OF ZARUTHSTRA, 4037 The OFFICER runs inside. OFFICER: Damn it! Where's the nurse?! WOMAN: He needs help! OFFICER: Madame President, I'm sorry, but we have to go now! Those things could be here any second! On one of the beds we see a YOUNG BOY, most likely MADAME PRESEIDENT'S son. A SONTARAN enters the hospital and removes his helmet. SONTARAN: Did somebody call for a nurse? The SONTARAN scans the YOUNG BOY. YOUNG BOY: Will I be OK? SONTARAN: Of course you will, my boy. You'll be up and around in no time! And perhaps one day you and I shall meet on the field of battle, and I will destroy you for the glory of the Sontaran Empire. YOUNG BOY: Thanks, Nurse. EXT. THE BATTLE OF ZARUTHSTRA, 4037 The SONTARAN leaves the hospital followed by the OFFICER. OFFICER: Commander Strax. I just have to ask. A Sontaran nurse? STRAX: I serve a penance to restore the honour of my clone batch. It is the greatest punishment a Sontaran can endure, to help the weak and sick. OFFICER: Who came up with that one? We hear the TARDIS materialize. STRAX: Tonight, though, perhaps my penance is over. Turns to OFFICER) Captain Harcourt, I hope some day to meet you in the glory of battle, when I shall crush the life from your worthless human form. The two nod their heads in acknowledgment. INT. STORMCAGE, CORRIDOR RIVER sways as she walks up to the phone amidst the blaring alarms. She is wearing a late (?) Victorian gown. RIVER: (into phone) Oh, turn it off. I'm breaking in, not out. This is River Song, back in her cell... Oh, and I'll take breakfast at the usual time. Thank you! RIVER hangs up the phone and glides along the floor. She stops when she sees a silhouette dressed as a Roman. RIVER: Oh, are you boys dressing up as Romans now? I thought nobody read my memos. RORY moves forward out of the shadows. RORY: Dr Song? It's Rory. Sorry, have we met yet? Time streams, I'm not quite sure where we are... RIVER: Yes. Yes, we've met. (somewhat sadly) Hello, Rory. RORY: What's wrong? RIVER: (laughs nervously) It's my birthday. The Doctor took me ice skating on the River Thames in 1814, the last of the great frost fairs. He got Stevie Wonder to sing for me under London Bridge. RORY: Stevie Wonder sang in 1814? RIVER: Yes, he did. But you must never tell him. RORY: I've come from the Doctor too. RIVER: Yes, but at a different point in time. RORY: Unless there's two of them. RIVER: Now, that's a whole different birthday. (heads for her cell and pulls diary from her muff and reads) RORY: He needs you! RIVER: Demons Run. (closes book) RORY: How...how did you know? RIVER: I'm from his future. I always know. Why on earth are you wearing that? RORY: The Doctor's idea. RIVER: Of course. His rules of engagement. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. RORY: Look ridiculous. RIVER: Have you considered heels? (turns away from RORY) RORY: They've taken Amy. And our baby. RIVER looks sad, almost on the verge of tears. RORY: (walks towards RIVER) The Doctor's getting some people together, we're going after her, but he needs you too. RIVER: I can't. (faces RORY) Not yet, anyway. RORY: I'm sorry? RIVER: This is The Battle of Demons Run. The Doctor's darkest hour. He'll rise higher than ever before and then fall so much further. And...I can't be with him till the very end. RORY: Why not? RIVER: Because this is it. (enters her cell) This is the day he finds out who I am. INT. THE MALDOVARIUM, 5145, NIGHT DORIUM is hurrying with a suitcase. He pauses and looks around. DORIUM: Goodbye. DORIUM then opens his case and rearranges the contents. Figures appear behind him. EYE-PATCH LADY: You appear to be closing down, Dorium. Later they are sitting at a table. EYE-PATCH LADY: What have you heard? DORIUM: That you pricked the side of a mighty beast, Madam Kovarian, and entirely failed to run. (g*n are pointed at his head) I admire your courage. I should like to admire it from afar. (pushes the g*n away) KOVARIAN: We've been waiting a month. He's done nothing. DORIUM: (counting money) Do you really think so? There are people all over this galaxy that owe that man a debt. By now, a few of them will have found a blue box waiting for them on their doorstep. Poor devils. COLONEL: You think he's raising an army? DORIUM: You think he isn't? If that man is finally collecting on his debts, God help you, and God help his debtors. COLONEL: Why? DORIUM: Colonel Manton, all those stories you've heard about him. They're not stories, they're true. (chuckles) Really you're not telling me you don't know what's coming? MANTON: We're wasting our time here! KOVARIAN: (stands) Agreed. DORIUM: The asteroid, where you've made your base. Do you know why they call it Demons Run? MANTON: How do you know the location of our base? DORIUM: (sighs) You're with the Headless Monks...they're old customers of mine. KOVARIAN: It's just some old saying. DORIUM: A very old saying. The oldest. "Demons run, when a good man goes to w*r". KOVARIAN and MANTON leave. DORIUM turns in his seat and watches them go. He laughs and walks into a back storage room on his way out. He hears the TARDIS. DORIUM: No. No, no, please! Not me! You don't need me! The TARDIS door opens and light pours out. We see the DOCTOR'S silhouette on the wall behind DORIUM. DORIUM: Why would you need me?! I'm old! I'm fat! I'm blue! You can't need me! INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON is on a stage, three Headless Monks behind him. The soldiers stand at ease as they listen. KOVARIAN is standing to the side. MANTON: He is not the devil. He is not a god. He is not a goblin, or a phantom or a trickster. The Doctor is a living, breathing man, and as I look around this room I know one thing... We're sure as hell going to fix that. The soldiers cheer. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY AMY is watching MANTON through the window as LORNA enters. She slowly approaches AMY, holding something in her hand. LORNA: Sorry. I shouldn't be here, I'm meant to be at the thing. I brought you something. Your child's name, in the language of my people. (it is what she was sewing earlier) It's a prayer leaf and we believe, if you keep this with you, your child will always come home to you. AMY: Can I borrow your g*n? LORNA: Why? AMY: Cos I've got a feeling you're going to keep talking. (faces window) Talking like he's famous. The Doctor isn't famous... LORNA: He meets a lot of people. Some of them...remember. (smiles) He's sort of like a...I dunno. A dark legend. AMY: Dark?! Have you met him? LORNA: Yeah. AMY turns around. LORNA: But I was just a little girl. AMY: So was I. LORNA: You've been with him a long time then. AMY: No. He came back for me. LORNA: You must be very special. AMY: Hey. You can wait a long time for the Doctor. But he's worth it. OK? (walks to LORNA) The thing is, he's coming. No question about it. Just you make sure you're on the right side when he gets here. Not for my sake...for yours. (holds out her hand and LORNA gives her the prayer leaf) Thank you. AMY holds the prayer leaf between her hands as LORNA leaves. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON continues his speech. AMY continues to watch from the window. MANTON: On this day, in this place, the Doctor will fall. The soldiers cheer. MANTON: The man who talks, the man who reasons, the man who lies, will meet the perfect answer. Some of you have wondered why have we have allied ourselves with the Headless Monks. LORNA arrives and takes her position. MANTON: Perhaps you should have wondered why we call them Headless. It's time you knew what these guys have sacrificed for faith. As you all know, it is a Level One Heresy, punishable by death, to lower the hood of a Headless Monk. But by the divine grant of the Papal Mainframe herself, on this one and only occasion, I can show you the truth. Because these guys never can be... (lowers hood of first monk to show a knotted stump where the head and neck should have been) persuaded! They NEVER can be...(lowers hood of second monk) Afraid. (approaches third monk) And they can never, ever be... The monk throws back its own hood to reveal the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Surprised! The soldiers are stunned and AMY smiles and presses her hands against the window. DOCTOR: Hello everyone! Guess who! (walks to the front of the stage) Please point a g*n at me if it helps you relax. All the soldiers—except LORNA—aim their g*n at the DOCTOR. The two monks draw energized swords. DOCTOR: You're only human. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION VASTRA and JENNY enter communication and put swords to the two soldiers' necks. VASTRA: Go on, resist. I'm ever so hungry. JENNY: Now, dear, which button controls the lights? INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON aims his g*n on the DOCTOR. MANTON: Doctor, you will come with me, right now! The DOCTOR turns and smiles at MANTON. DOCTOR: Three minutes, forty seconds. Amelia Pond! Get your coat! The DOCTOR puts his hood back on just as the lights go out. When they come back on, he's gone. DOCTOR: (over speaker) I'm not a phantom. MANTON: Doctor? DOCTOR: (over speaker) I'm not a trickster. MANTON: Doctor? DOCTOR: (over speaker) I'm a monk. MANTON: Doctor, show yourself! SOLDIER: It's him! He's here! (aims g*n at the monks) Other soldiers aim their g*n at the monks as well. The monks "charge" their swords. SOLDIER: It's him! The SOLDIER sh**t one of the monks. There is tension between the two factions. MANTON: w*apon down! Do not f*re! One of the monks raises his hand and energy sh**t from it, k*lling a soldier. MANTON: NOOO! The monks and the soldiers start fighting each other. KOVARIAN: (to guards) Follow me. MANTON: Doctor! Doctor! INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION While VASTRA works the controls, JENNY looks at the screen at MANTON JENNY: Clever, isn't he? VASTRA: And rather attractive. Behind them, the two soldiers are tied up on the floor. JENNY: You do realise he's a man, don't you, ma'am? VASTRA: Mammals. They all look alike. JENNY: Oh, thank you! The soldiers work their way to the door lock override on the wall. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON aims his g*n on the DOCTOR. MANTON: Nobody discharge their w*apon in this room. Nobody! LORNA sees a figure in a monk's robe by one of the doors. The DOCTOR uses the sonic MANTON: Do not f*re! INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION VASTRA: Was I being insensitive again, dear? I don't know why you put up with me. (turns and uses her long tongue on the soldier) INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON: Stop, wait! Listen to me! LORNA sees the DOCTOR sneak out the door and follows. MANTON: I'm disarming my w*apon pack. (removes pack from g*n) Monks, I do this in good faith! I am now unarmed. (places pack on the floor) All of you, discharge your w*apon packs. The Doctor is trying to make fools of us... We are soldiers of God, we are not fools! We are not fools! ALL: We are not fools! (soldiers remove packs) MANTON: We are not fools! SOLDIER 2: We are not fools! More soldiers remove packs. MANTON leads the chant and the soldiers continue to follow his head. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION VASTRA: Colonel Manton is regaining control. JENNY: Where's the Doctor gone? INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDOR LORNA finds the DOCTOR'S discarded disguise and continues to follow. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR The soldiers continue their chant and soon they are all unarmed and the monks have lowered their swords. A female soldier puts down her w*apon and then looks into the face of an armed Silurian. Other Silurians beam in and soon have the soldiers surrounded. Judoon appear as well. STRAX appears on the stage next to MANTON, g*n aimed at him. STRAX: This base is now under our command. MANTON: I have a fleet out there! If Demons Run goes down, there's an a*t*matic distress call. DOCTOR: (over speaker) Not if we knock out your communications array. The DOCTOR is on a raised platform overlooking the hangar speaking into a microphone. DOCTOR: And you've got incoming! PILOT: (over speaker) Danny Boy to the Doctor. Danny Boy to the Doctor. DOCTOR: Give 'em hell, Danny Boy! (puts arms out and pretends to be a plane) SPACE The Spitfires from "Victory of the Daleks" f*re upon Demon's Run. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY As the asteroid rocks from the hits, AMY smiles. INT. DEMON'S RUN, MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR KOVARIAN and her two soldiers brace themselves. KOVARIAN: I need to get off this station now. Bring me the child! The soldiers turn back. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR PILOT: Target destroyed. The DOCTOR laughs. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY AMY laughs. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MANTON hangs his head. STRAX: Don't slump, it's bad for your spine! INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDOR The soldiers return carrying the basinet between them. KOVARIAN: Get back in there with the rest of them. Remember, the Doctor must think he's winning, right until the trap closes! I'll take my ship from here. KOVARIAN keys in a code at the door as the two soldiers set down the basinet and leave. LORNA is hiding at a corner. She takes off her pack and leaves quietly. COMPUTER: Airlock engaged. Shuttle ready for boarding. RORY: (holds his sword to KOVARIAN'S neck) No. KOVARIAN: I have a crew of 20. How do you expect to gain control of my ship? RORY scoffs. The airlock doors open and one of her men is pushed out, trussed up. Behind him are AVERY and his son. AVERY aims his p*stol at her. AVERY: This ship is ours, m'lady! INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION STRAX is escorting MANTON by g*n. STRAX: All airlocks sealed, resistance neutralised! The DOCTOR is sitting at the main control panel. VASTRA, JENNY and DORIUM are also present. DOCTOR: Sorry, Colonel Manton, I lied. Three minutes, 42 seconds. STRAX: Colonel Manton, you will give the order for your men to withdraw. DOCTOR: No. Colonel Manton... I want you to tell your men to run away. MANTON: You what? DOCTOR: Those words. Run away. I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Run-Away. I want children laughing outside your door, cos they've found the house of Colonel Run-Away. (stands and points his finger) And, when people come to you, and ask if trying to get to me through the people I love... is in any way a good idea... I want you to tell them your name. Oh, look! I'm angry. That's new. I'm really not sure what's going to happen now. KOVARIAN arrives escorted by two Silurians. KOVARIAN: The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules. The DOCTOR slowly turns his head to look at her. DOCTOR: Good men don't need rules. (walks over to KOVARIAN) Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. KOVARIAN: Give the order. The DOCTOR pulls back, a little surprised. He smiles crookedly and holds up a finger before walking away. KOVARIAN: Give the order Colonel Run-Away. INT. DEMON'S RUN, NURSERY There is a knocking at the door and AMY runs about, trying to find something to use as a w*apon. AMY: Who's that, who's there? (finds something that looks like an industrial thermometer) You watch it, cos I'm armed and really dangerous and...cross! RORY: (through the door) Yeah. Like I don't know that. AMY: Rory? Rory, is that you. RORY: (through the door) Yeah, it's me...(uses the sonic) Hang on a minute. AMY: They took her. Rory, they took our baby away. The doors slide open and RORY is holding MELODY. RORY: Now, Mrs Williams... That is never, ever going to happen. (walks over to AMY) AMY: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. (checks MELODY) Where's she been, what have they done to her... RORY: She's fine. Amy, she's fine, I checked. She's beautiful. (starts crying) Oh, God, I was going to be cool. I wanted to be cool, look at me. AMY: You're OK. Crying Roman with a baby, definitely cool. Come here, you! (kisses him) The DOCTOR stands at the door. DOCTOR: Ugh, kissing and crying, I'll be back in a bit. RORY: Oi! You! Get in here. Now. The DOCTOR hurries over and joins them. He points at MELODY and smiles. RORY: My daughter. What do you think? DOCTOR: Hello. Hello, baby. AMY: Melody. DOCTOR: Melody! Hello, Melody Pond! RORY: Melody Williams. AMY: ..is a geography teacher. Melody Pond is a superhero! The DOCTOR leans over and listens as MELODY gurgles. DOCTOR: (to MELODY) Well, yes, I suppose she does smell nice. Never really sniffed her, maybe I should give it a go. Amelia Pond, c'mere! (hugs her) AMY: Doctor! DOCTOR: I'm sorry we were so long. (sniffs her) AMY: It's OK, I knew you were coming. Both of you. My boys! MELODY squeals. DOCTOR: It's OK, she's still all yours. And really you should call her Mummy, not Big Milk Thing. AMY: OK, what are you doing? DOCTOR: I speak Baby. AMY: No, you don't! DOCTOR: I speak everything...Don't I, Melody Pond? (MELODY gurgles and the DOCTOR straightens his tie) No, it's not...it's cool! VASTRA enters and leans on the rail. VASTRA: Doctor! Take a look. They're leaving. The DOCTOR walks to the window and looks out as the soldiers are marched away. VASTRA: Demons Run is ours without a drop of blood spilled. My friend, you have never risen higher! RORY looks up at VASTRA'S words, remembering what RIVER said. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR AMY comes out of the TARDIS, comforting MELODY. RORY: Hey what's wrong? AMY: She doesn't like the TARDIS noise. I asked him to turn something off, but it was all "I don't want to punch a hole in the space-time continuum". JENNY and STRAX walk up to them. JENNY: Rory! The Judoon have escorted the Clerics out of the quadrant, Spitfires have returned to their own time, and Captain Avery and his men... Is she all right? AMY: Yes, she's just crying. STRAX: Give her to me, human fool. She needs changing. AMY: I just changed her. I think she might need a feed. STRAX: A feed, of course. I'll take care of everything. (steps forward, hand out) RORY: I really don't think you will, actually. STRAX: I have gene-spliced myself for all nursing duties. I can produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid. The DOCTOR exits the TARDIS carrying an old fashioned cradle. LORNA: She's not hungry, she's tired. Sorry, Melody, they're just not listening. AMY: What's this?! DOCTOR: Very pretty, according to your daughter. RORY: It's a...it's a cot. DOCTOR: No flies on the Roman. Give her here. Hey! AMY: (hands MELODY to the DOCTOR) There we go. RORY: But where would you get a cot? The DOCTOR puts MELODY in the cot/cradle. AMY: It's old. Really old. Doctor...do you have children? DOCTOR: No. AMY: Have you ever had children? DOCTOR: (to MELODY) No, it's real, it's my hair. AMY: Who slept in here? VASTRA: (over speakers) Doctor! We need you in the main control room. DOCTOR: Be right there! Things to do... I've still got to work out what this base is for. We can't leave till we know. (heads off) AMY: (walks after him) But this is where I was? DOCTOR stops) The whole time I thought I was on the TARDIS, I was really here. DOCTOR: Erm... Centurion, permission to hug? RORY: Be aware, I do have a sword. DOCTOR: At all times. (salutes RORY then hugs AMY) You were on the TARDIS too...your heart, your mind, your soul. But physically, yes, you were still in this place. AMY: And when I saw that face looking through the hatch... that woman looking at me... DOCTOR: Reality bleeding through. They must have taken you quite a while back. Just before America... RORY: That's probably enough hugging now. The DOCTOR and AMY break the hug. RORY: So her flesh avatar was with us all that time. But that means they were projecting a control signal right into the TARDIS. Wherever we were in time and space. DOCTOR: Yeah, they're very clever. AMY: Who are? RORY: Whoever wants our baby. AMY: But why do they want her? DOCTOR: Exactly! RORY: Is there anything you're not telling us? You knew Amy wasn't real, you never said. DOCTOR: Well, I couldn't be sure they weren't listening. AMY: But you always hold out on us. Please, not this time. Doctor, it's our baby. Tell us something. One little thing. DOCTOR: It's mine. RORY: What is? DOCTOR: The cot. It's my cot. I slept in there. RORY looks at the hanging mobile over the cot. AMY: Oh, my God. It's the Doctor's first stars. RORY: She's... AMY reaches into her pocket and pulls out the prayer leaf to wipe around MELODY'S mouth. STRAX: Drop your w*apon. State your rank and intent! (he marches LORNA over to them) I found it listening at the door! INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION The DOCTOR enters. DORIUM is sitting at the controls. DOCTOR: You've hacked into their software then? DORIUM: I believe I sold it to them. DOCTOR: So what have we learned? VASTRA: That anger is always the shortest distance to a mistake. DOCTOR: I'm sorry? VASTRA: The words of an old friend who once found me in the London Underground, attempting to avenge my sisters on perfectly innocent tunnel diggers. DOCTOR: Well...You were very cross at the time. VASTRA: As you were today, old friend. Point taken, I hope. The DOCTOR nods in acceptance of her words. VASTRA: Now, I have a question. A simple one. Is Melody human? DOCTOR: Sorry, what? Of course she is! (laughs uncomfortably) Completely human, what are you talking about?! DORIUM: They've been scanning her since she was born and I think they found what they were looking for. (pulls it up on a screen) DOCTOR: (walks over) Human DNA. VASTRA: Look closer. Human plus. Specifically...human plus Time Lord. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR LORNA: I heard her talking...this is a trap. Why would I lie to you? RORY steps forward. RORY: Well, you might want to take a look at your uniform. LORNA: The only reason I joined the Clerics was to meet the Doctor again. JENNY: You wanted to meet him, so you joined an army to fight him? LORNA: Well, how else do you meet a great warrior? AMY: He's not a warrior. LORNA: Then why's he called the Doctor? The lights go out and AMY and RORY stand by the cot. LORNA: It's starting. Please listen to me. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION DOCTOR: But she's human. She's Amy and Rory's daughter. VASTRA: You told me about your people. They became what they did through prolonged exposure to the time vortex. The untempered schism... DOCTOR: Over billions of years, it didn't just happen. VASTRA: So how close is she? Could she even regenerate? DOCTOR: No, no! I don't think so. VASTRA: You don't sound so sure. DOCTOR: Because I don't understand how this happened! VASTRA: Which leads me to ask... when did it happen? DOCTOR: When? VASTRA: I am trying to be delicate...I know how you can blush. When did this baby... begin? DOCTOR: Oh, you mean... VASTRA: Quite. DOCTOR: Well, how would I know? That's all human-y, private stuff, it just sort of...goes on. They don't put up a balloon, or anything. (walks down the hall) VASTRA: But could the child have g*n on the TARDIS, in flight, in the vortex. DOCTOR: (heads back) No, no, impossible! It's all running about, sexy fish vampires and bl*wing up stuff. And Rory wasn't even there at the beginning. Then he was d*ad, then he didn't exist, then he was plastic. Then I had to reboot the whole universe...long story. So technically the first time they were on the TARDIS together, in this version of reality, was on their... VASTRA: On their what? DOCTOR: (gulps) On their wedding night. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR STRAX: Confirmed. No life forms registering on this base, except us and the Silurians. LORNA: The Headless Monks aren't alive...they don't register as life forms. A monk walks up behind a Silurian. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION DOCTOR: Doesn't make sense! You can't just cook yourself a Time Lord. VASTRA: Of course not, but you gave them one hell of a start and they've been working very hard ever since. DORIUM: And yet they gave in so easily. Does this not that bother anyone else? DOCTOR: Amy! She worried the baby would have a time head. She said that... VASTRA: Only you would ignore the instincts of a mother! DORIUM: Or the instincts of a coward. This is too easy. There's something wrong. DOCTOR: Why even do it? Even if you could get your hands on a brand new Time Lord, what for? VASTRA: A w*apon? DOCTOR: Why would a Time Lord be a w*apon? VASTRA: Well...they've seen you. DOCTOR: Me? (sits down, stunned) VASTRA: Mr Maldovar, you're right. This was too easy. We should get back to the others. DOCTOR: (softly) Me? VASTRA and DORIUM leave. The DOCTOR remembers the girl in the spacesuit and what RIVER said while examining the suit. FLASHBACK to "Day of the Moon" RIVER: Well, I'd say she's human, going by the life support software. She climbed out of this suit. Like she forced her way out. She must be incredibly strong. KOVARIAN appears on the communication screen. KOVARIAN: I see you accessed our files. The DOCTOR stands and faces the screen. KOVARIAN: Do you understand yet? Oh, don't worry, I'm a long way away. But I like to keep tabs on you. The child then... What do you think? DOCTOR: What is she? KOVARIAN: Hope. Hope in this endless, bitter w*r. DOCTOR: What w*r? Against who? KOVARIAN: Against you, Doctor. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR A lift opens and a monk emerges, sh**ting energy from his hand and k*lling the Silurian on guard. In the main area, a glowing light appears around the TARDIS. AMY is holding MELODY. AMY: What's that? VASTRA approaches and reaches a hand out to touch it. She pulls it back at the energy she feels. VASTRA: Force field. RORY is on alert. The monks begin chanting as they walk towards them. A loud noise is heard. LORNA: And those are the doors... locking. The monks pass the bodies of Silurians on the ground. The lifts are shut down. VASTRA: Apparently we're not leaving. They hear the chanting. RORY: Is that the Monks? DORIUM: Oh, dear God... that's the att*ck prayer. RORY: (to AMY) Quick, come with me. (leads her away) VASTRA: Commander Strax! STRAX: I'm trying to seal off this area of the lighting grid. VASTRA: This is where we'll make our stand. Clear lines of sight on all approaches. The monks have their swords out and charged. In another section of the room, RORY helps AMY and MELODY hide behind crates. AMY: Rory, no offence to the others, but you let them all die first, OK? RORY: You're so Scottish. Amy kisses him and RORY kisses MELODY'S head. VASTRA: (calls) Centurion, you're needed! RORY leaves. LORNA is searching through large crates. LORNA: There should be some plasma p*stol somewhere. They left everything. STRAX: Then find them, boy! VASTRA: (to JENNY) She's definitely a girl. JENNY: Oh, stop it! DORIUM: (walks towards the monks) We don't have to fight. I'm friends to the Monks, they know me. RORY: Yeah, and they know you just sold them out to the Doctor. DORIUM: Oh, they'll understand. It's only me, only silly old me. (holds his arms out wide) You understand, don't you? VASTRA: Mr Maldovar, get back here! STRAX: Arm yourself, fool! RORY: Dorium! AMY clings to MELODY and hears the sound of a sword and then something hitting the floor. MEDLOY cries. VASTRA: Mr Maldovar? RORY: Dorium? LORNA comes up behind them, passing out g*n. They watch as the monks march forward, swords glowing. A headless DORIUM also walks towards them. VASTRA: The child! At all costs, protect the child! RORY draws his sword in one hand and a p*stol in the other. The others aim their g*n. INT. DEMON'S RUN, COMMUNICATION The DOCTOR slams his hands down in anger as he shouts at KOVARIAN on the screen. DOCTOR: A child is not a w*apon! KOVARIAN: Oh, give us time. She can be. She will be. DOCTOR: Except you've already lost her, and I swear I will never let you anywhere near her again. KOVARIAN: Oh, Doctor. Fooling you once was a joy... but fooling you twice, the same way, it's a privilege. DOCTOR: (realizing) Amy... Amy! (runs from the room) INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR AMY tries to console a crying MELODY as the sounds of fighting go on around them. Over AMY'S shoulder where only MELODY can see, a "panel" slides open and KOVARIAN'S face appears. In the main section of the hangar, the fight continues with RORY in the center of it. INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDORS The DOCTOR runs to the others, hoping to get there in time. RIVER: (V.O.) Demons run when a good man goes to w*r. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR The fight continues. RIVER: (V.O.) Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to w*r. AMY consoles MELODY. RIVER: (V.O.) Friendship dies and true love lies. INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR The fight continues. RIVER: (V.O.) Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to w*r. INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDORS DOCTOR: Amy! INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR The fight continues. A monk comes up behind STRAX. LORNA is struck by a monk's energy. RIVER: (V.O.) Demons run but count the cost INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDORS RIVER: (V.O.) the battle's won but the child is lost. DOCTOR: Amy! INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR KOVARIAN speaks to MELODY. KOVARIAN: Wakey, wakey! INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDORS The DOCTOR comes to a locked door. DOCTOR: Amy! INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR MELODY bursts. She was Flesh. AMY: (screams) Rory! RORY hears her AMY: Rory! Rory! INT. DEMON'S RUN, CORRIDORS The DOCTOR uses the sonic on the door. DOCTOR: Amy, she's not real! Melody - she's a flesh avatar. (pounds on door) Amy! (door opens) INT. DEMON'S RUN, HANGAR The DOCTOR runs in, the fighting is over. DOCTOR: Amy! (stops at the destruction around him) Amy. RORY: Yeah, we know. RORY walks over to a dying STRAX. STRAX: It's strange. I have often dreamed of dying in combat. I'm not enjoying it as much as I'd hoped. RORY: Come on, Strax, don't give up. STRAX: It's all right, I've had a good life. I'm nearly 12. RORY: Listen to me. You'll be back on your feet in no time. You're a warrior! STRAX: Rory... I'm a nurse. (dies) The DOCTOR sees JENNY with AMY and walks over to them. AMY: So they took her anyway. All this was for nothing. RORY joins them. DOCTOR: I am so... sorry. (goes to hug her bust she backs away) JENNY: Amy... it's not his fault. AMY: (crying) I know, I know. RORY puts his arms around her and comforts her. VASTRA: Doctor, there's someone who wants to speak to you. Her name is Lorna, she came to warn us. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to scan LORNA. He squats down beside her and rubs his face with one hand in frustration. LORNA opens her eyes. DOCTOR: Hey. Hello. LORNA: Doctor! DOCTOR: (smiles) You helped my friends, thank you. LORNA: I met you once. In the Gamma Forests. You don't remember me. DOCTOR: Hey, of course I remember. (holds her face between his hands) I remember everyone. Hey, we ran, you and me! Didn't we run, Lorna? LORNA dies. DOCTOR: (to VASTRA) Who was she? VASTRA: I don't know but she was very brave. DOCTOR: They're always brave. (softer) They're always brave.(stands) VASTRA: So, what now? They'd almost certainly have taken her to Earth, raise her in the correct environment. DOCTOR: Yes, they did. And it's already too late. (walks away) VASTRA: You're giving up? You never do that. DOCTOR: (turns) Don't you sometimes wish I did? There is a bright flash of light and a clap of displaced air. RIVER: Well, then, soldier, how goes the day? The DOCTOR strides over. DOCTOR: Where the hell have you been? Every time you've asked, I have been there. Where the hell were you today? RIVER: I couldn't have prevented this. DOCTOR: You could've tried! RIVER: And so, my love, could you. (looks at AMY and RORY) I know you're not all right. But hold tight, Amy, because you're going to be. DOCTOR: You think I wanted this? (points generally) I didn't do this. This... this wasn't me! RIVER: This was exactly you. All this, all of it. You make them so afraid. When you began, all those years ago, sailing off to see the universe, did you ever think you'd become this? The man who can turn an army around at the mention of his name? Doctor? The word for healer and wise man, throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know. But if you carry on the way you are, what might that word come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forests, the word "Doctor" means mighty warrior. How far you've come. And now they've taken a child... the child of your best friends... and they're going to turn her into a w*apon, just to bring you down. And all this, my love...in fear of you. DOCTOR: Who are you? RIVER: (lightly) Oh, look, your cot! Haven't seen that in a very long while. (backs up to the cot) DOCTOR: No, no, you tell me. Tell me... who you are. RIVER: (takes his hand) I am telling you. (holds his hand on the cot) Can't you read? The DOCTOR looks at the Gallifreyan writing on the cot and then up at RIVER. He suddenly realizes who she is and smiles. DOCTOR: Hello. RIVER: Hello. DOCTOR: (laughs nervously) But... but that means... RIVER: I'm afraid it does. DOCTOR: (looks at AMY and RORY) Ooh! But you and I, we, we, we, er... (kisses the air) RIVER: Yes. DOCTOR: (looks nervously at AMY and RORY before straightening his tie and jacket) How do I look? RIVER: Amazing. DOCTOR: I'd better be. RIVER: Yes, you'd better be. DOCTOR: (spins) Vastra and Jenny, till the next time. Rory and Amy, I'll find your daughter and on my life, she will be safe. River, get them all home. (heads for the TARDIS) RORY: Doctor? AMY: No! Where are you going? No! The DOCTOR uses the sonic to lift the force field and enters the TARDIS. In the doorway, he laughs and points at RIVER before going inside and closing the door. The TARDIS dematerializes. AMY: (walks towards RIVER) Where's he going? What did you tell him? RIVER: Amy, you have stay calm. AMY: (picks a g*n off the floor and aims it at RIVER) Tell me what you told the Doctor. RORY: Amy, no, stop it! RIVER: It's OK, Rory, she's fine, she's good. It's the TARDIS translation matrix, it takes a while to kick in with the written word. You have to concentrate. AMY: (looks at the Gallifreyan on the cot) I still can't read it. RORY takes the g*n from AMY. RIVER: It's because it's Gallifreyan and doesn't translate. But this will. (gives AMY the prayer leaf) It's your daughter's name in the language of the forest. AMY: I know my daughter's name. RIVER: Except they don't have a word for "pond" because only water in the forest is the river. The Doctor will find your daughter and he will care for her whatever it takes and I know that. LORNA'S stitching changes in AMY and RORY'S eyes as the translation circuit works. One side becomes "River" and the other "Song". RIVER: It's me. I'm Melody. I'm your daughter.
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Recap of the first half of the series EXT. CORN FIELD, DAY Birds are singing and suddenly a Mini drives through the stalks. INT. MORRIS MINI, DAY AMY is holding what appears to be a map and gives directions to RORY. AMY: OK, left, sharp turn! EXT. CORN FIELD, DAY RORY turns and they cross a previous path. INT. MORRIS MINI, DAY AMY: OK, right! No, no, no I mean left. (turns the map around) No, sorry right, right! I definitely meant right. EXT. CORN FIELD, DAY RORY continues driving. INT. MORRIS MINI, DAY AMY: Now loop the loop! EXT. CORN FIELD, DAY RORY drives. INT. MORRIS MINI, DAY AMY: Stop! Stop! RORY slams on the brakes. EXT. CORN FIELD, DAY AMY and RORY get out of the car to see the DOCTOR and the TARDIS in the middle of the crop circle they just made. The DOCTOR holds up the Leadworth paper with a headline that reads "Leadworth's Crop Circle". DOCTOR: Seriously? The camera pulls upwards and we get an aerial view of the field. The "circle" reads "Doctor". RORY: You never answer your phone. (closes car door) AMY: (walks to the DOCTOR) OK, you've had all summer. Have you found her? Have you found Melody? DOCTOR: (hands RORY the paper) Permission? RORY: Granted. DOCTOR: (hugs AMY) You know who she grows up to be, so you know I WILL find her. AMY: (ends the hug) But you haven't yet? RORY: Hang on, what's this bit? The picture in the newspaper shows an extra line through the word. AMY: That wasn't us. The DOCTOR grabs the paper from RORY and tries to locate where it would be. The DOCTOR stops and lowers the paper, AMY and RORY standing behind him, as they hear an engine and see a red Corvette coming straight at them. They scream and dive out of the way. The car stops, inches away from the TARDIS. A young black woman steps out of the car. AMY and RORY stand and the DOCTOR is lying on the ground at her feet. WOMAN: You said he was funny, you never said he was hot. RORY: Mels? AMY: What are you doing here? MELS: Following you, what do you think? The DOCTOR uses the car to stand up. RORY: Um, where did you get the car? MELS: It's mine... Police sirens wail in the distance. MELS: ..ish. AMY: Oh, Mels, not again? RORY: You can't keep doing this. You'll end up in prison. DOCTOR: Sorry, hello, Doctor not following this. Doctor very lost. You never said I was hot?! MELS: (points at the TARDIS) Is that the phone box! The bigger-on-the-inside phone box? (caresses the TARDIS) Time travel - that's just brilliant. The DOCTOR leans against the TARDIS next to MELS. MELS: Yeah, I've heard a lot about you. I'm their best mate. DOCTOR: Then why don't I know you? I danced with everyone at the wedding. The women were all brilliant, the men were a bit shy. MELS: I don't do weddings. The police sirens sound closer. MELS: And that's me out of time. (pulls a g*n on the Doctor) AMY: Mels! RORY: For God's sake! AMY: What are you doing? MELS: I need out of here, now! DOCTOR: Anywhere in particular? MELS: Well, let's see! You've got a time machine, I've got a g*n. What the hell - let's k*ll h*tler. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "Let's k*ll h*tler" by Steven Moffat Producer Marcus Wilson Director Richard Senior A LONG TIME AGO IN LEADWORTH…. INT. AMELIA'S BEDROOM, DAY AMELIA is going through her box of Raggedy Doctor crafts as MELS watches. MELS: Is he hot? AMELIA: No, he's funny. MELS: But how can he travel in time? AMELIA: Because he's got a time machine, stupid! RORY enters the room. RORY: I thought we were playing hide and seek. I've been hiding for hours! AMELIA: Well, we just haven't found you yet! RORY: OK. Hi, Mels. MELS: Hi, Rory. RORY leaves. INT. CLASSROOM, DAY MELS is standing as she is questioned by the teacher. TEACHER: Mels, did you not understand the question? I'm asking you why the Titanic sank. MELS: Because the DOCTOR didn't save it. Except you don't know about the Doctor because you're stupid! INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY, DAY MELS exits the Head Teacher's office. AMELIA is waiting and follows. EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, DAY AMELIA questions MELS as they walk through the playground. AMELIA: Why are you always in trouble? You're the most in trouble in the whole school, except for boys. MELS: And you. AMELIA: I count as a boy. They walk past a blindfolded RORY. RORY: Am I getting warm? AMELIA: Yes, Rory. INT. CLASSROOM, DAY MELS and AMY are now teenagers. MELS is standing being questioned by another teacher. TEACHER: Mels? MELS: A significant factor in h*tler's rise to power was the fact that the Doctor didn't stop him. INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY, DAY MELS exits the Head Teacher's office. AMY is waiting and follows. AMY: I can't keep doing this! INT. POLICE STATION, HALL, DAY MELS is released from her cell and AMY is waiting. AMY: Mels! (runs after her) INT. AMY'S BEDROOM, DAY MELS flops on the bed and picks up the toy TARDIS. RORY is sitting in a chair and AMY paces. MELS: It was late, I took a bus. RORY: No, you stole a bus. AMY: Who steals a BUS? MELS: I returned it. RORY: You drove it through the botanical garden. MELS: Shortcut. AMY: Why can't you just act like a person? Like a normal LEGAL person? MELS: I don't know, maybe I need a Doctor. AMY: (takes the TARDIS) Stop it! RORY: Er... I'd better go, I'm on earlies tomorrow. (packs schoolwork into bag and stands) MELS: It's all right for you. You've got Mr Perfect keeping you right. AMY: He's not even real. Just a stupid dream when I was a kid. (tosses the TARDIS to MELS) MELS: I wasn't talking about him. (looks at RORY as he opens the door) AMY: What, Rory? How have I GOT Rory? RORY: (stops at his name and turns) Yeah, how... how's she got me? AMY: He's not mine. RORY: No. No, I'm not hers. MELS: Oh, come on! Seriously, it's got to be you two. Oh, cut to the song, it's getting boring. AMY: Nice thought, OK? But completely impossible. RORY: (looks hurt) Yeah, impossible! AMY: I mean, I'd love to, he's gorgeous, he's my favourite guy, (pats him on the back) but he's, you know? RORY: A friend. AMY: Gay. RORY: (looks at AMY) I'm not gay. AMY: Yes, you are. RORY: No. No, I'm not. AMY: Course you are, don't be stupid! MELS watches from the bed, amused. AMY: In the time I've known you, when've you shown the slightest interest in a GIRL? MELS: (softly) Penny in the air! AMY: I've known you for, what, 10 years? I've seen you practically every day. Name one girl you've paid the SLIGHTEST bit of attention to? RORY can't answer and runs from the room. AMY: (realizes) Oh, my God! Rory! (runs after him) MELS: And the penny drops! (gets up) AMY: (distant) Rory! MELS: Catch you later, Time Boy! (tosses the TARDIS into the air) EXT. DAY Above the cornfield, the TARDIS spins out of control. There is a g*n. DOCTOR: (V.O.) You've sh*t it! INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is staring at a b*llet hole in the time-rotor casing. AMY, RORY are clinging to the console and MELs is hanging onto the railing. DOCTOR: You sh*t my TARDIS! You sh*t the console! MELS: It's your fault! DOCTOR: Argh! How's it my fault?! MELS: You said g*n didn't work in this place. You said we're in a state of temporal grace. DOCTOR: (frantically works the controls)That was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie! EXT. DAY The TARDIS continues to spin out of control and AMY screams. EXT. REICH CHANCELLERY, BERLIN 1938, DAY The imposing façade is adorned with a stylized eagle, wings outstretched, above a wreath inside which is a swastika. To either side of the main entrance are large, draping red banners bearing the black swastika within a white circle. A general, ZIMMERMAN, enters the building. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, CORRIDOR, DAY ZIMMERMAN strides down the hall past a janitor mopping the floor. The JANITOR stops and turns his head slowly and we hear mechanical whirring. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY We see the OFFICER from the JANITOR'S POV as seen through a viewscreen. A computer scans him. The Captain, CARTER, watches. CARTER: OK, we like him. A female crewmember, ANITA listens to her headset. ANITA: Costume want to know about the suit. CARTER: Colour, shape, nothing detachable. Another crewmember, JIM, enters the bridge and heads to his station. JIM: Musculature good to go. CARTER: That was quick. JIM: Showing off. Art department want to talk skin tone. An older woman, HARRIET, enters the bridge. HARRIET: Yes, I do. I don't trust sensors, I want to take a look myself. JIM: We're in a hurry, we're not trying to win an award. HARRIET: That's what you said when we made Rasputin green! CARTER: OK, get your fat one up there. Run! HARRIET: Yes, Captain. (leaves) CARTER: (sits in command chair) Harriet's going to eyeball. Everyone else, good to go, please! INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY ZIMMERMAN is standing at his file cabinet looking through a file as the door opens and the JANITOR enters and closes the door behind him. ZIMMERMAN: What do you want? The JANITOR walks forward until he is face-to-face with ZIMMERMAN. ZIMMERMAN: What are you doing? INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY ANITA: Musculature on line. JIM: Five foot 11, confirmed. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY The JANITOR grows until he is the same height as ZIMMERMAN. ZIMMERMAN stares, stunned. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER reaches up and grabs a microphone. CARTER: Harriet, are you up there yet? INT. SHIP, LIFT, DAY HARRIET stands in the lift. Just as the doors are about to open, the light on her wristlet changes from green to red and alarms begin to sound. The doors slide open. AUTOMATED VOICE: Welcome. You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: Harriet, have you updated your privileges? INT. SHIP, LIFT, DAY HARRIET: Yes, of course I have! (presses buttons on wristlet until the light changes back to green) Look, I'm staff, see? Look, staff! AUTOMATED VOICE: You are authorised. Your existence will continue. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY ZIMMERMAN: I don't understand. The JANITOR'S clothes change to ZIMMERMAN'S uniform like scales flipping over all the way down his body. INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY HARRIET runs along the hallway. CARTER: (over radio) Harriet, shift! HARRIET: (into radio) Five seconds to eyeball. HARRIET reaches the end of the corridor and opens an iris by pressing her hand on a panel. She looks out. HARRIET: Shades 44 to 89, peaking at 60. Standard density. He's sweating a bit, so compensate. The camera pulls out and we see that HARRIET is literally looking out of the JANITOR'S eye. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY ZIMMERMAN: Wh-What are you? INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY The iris closes behind HARRIET and we see her walk slowly back. There are a number of corridors-which are more like enclosed catwalks—at different levels. CARTER: (over radio) All hands, prepare for tessellation. Prepare for tessellation. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY The JANITOR'S face changes to a duplicate of ZIMMERMAN. ZIMMERMAN gasps and falls back against the cabinet. The duplicate reaches out a hand and takes his glasses putting them on its own face. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: OK, clean up. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, ZIMMERMAN'S OFFICE, DAY A beam of light sh**t out from the duplicate's right eye, miniaturizing ZIMMERMAN. INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY ZIMMERMAN falls to the floor just inside the iris. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY The crew watches ZIMMERMAN on a monitor. CARTER: Who is he? ANITA: Eric Zimmerman. Loyal member of the n*zi Party, guilty of Category Three hate crimes. CARTER: Well, then. Leave him to the Antibodies. INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY ZIMMERMAN stands. His vision is blurry without his glasses. He slowly walks forward. There is an electronic buzzing as something rises from the floor behind him. ZIMMERMAN slowly turns around and sees what looks like a metallic jellyfish complete with dangling tentacles floating towards him. It is an ANTIBODY. ANTIBODY: Welcome. You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. ZIMMERMAN runs and is confronted by another ANTIBODY. ANTIBODY: Welcome. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death. ZIMMERMAN tries another corridor. ANTIBODY: Remain calm while your life is extracted. ZIMMERMAN screams as the tentacles reach out for him and he disappears. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY The DUPLICATE ZIMMERMAN enters a large wood-panelled office and shuts the door. We only see the man at the desk from behind. MAN: What do you want? Who let you in here? The DUPLICATE walks forward. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY Inside, everything shakes and CARTER'S mug falls to the floor. CARTER: What's wrong with the shock absorbers? JIM: Problem in the knees. CARTER: Let's hope we don't have to run. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY DUPLICATE: Do not call for help. This room has been sound screened. You have been found guilty. Justice mode activating. The DUPLICATE opens his mouth and a beam of light wraps the man at the desk who cries out in pain. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY JIM: Hang on! This is 1938. We're too early, we need to go later in his time stream. ANITA: Something else! We've got incoming! CARTER: On screen! INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY The DUPLICATE closes his mouth and turns to the window. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: What the hell is that? INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY The TARDIS bursts through the window, knocking the duplicate to the floor. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY Sparks fly as they reel from being knocked over by the TARDIS. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY The TARDIS bursts through the window, knocking the duplicate to the floor. The DOCTOR exits the TARDIS followed by RORY, AMY and MELS. All are coughing from the smoke. DOCTOR: Out, out, out! Everybody out. Don't breathe the smoke, just get out! AMY: Where are we? DOCTOR: A room. RORY: What room? DOCTOR: I don't know! I haven't memorized every room in the universe. I had yesterday off. (sees MELS standing at the open TARDIS door) Mels, don't go in there! (takes her g*n) MELS: Oi! DOCTOR: Bad smoke! Don't breathe the bad, bad, smoke. Bad, deadly smoke, because somebody sh*t my TARDIS! RORY: (sees the DUPLICATE on the floor) Doctor, this guy, I think he's hurt. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: Transmit normal life signs! JIM: Artificial gravity holding. We should get upright when we can. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY RORY: No, hang on. No, he's... he's fine. The DOCTOR doesn't know what to do with the g*n. He finally puts in in a fruit bowl on the desk. The MAN who was att*cked climbs up from behind the desk. DOCTOR: Ooh, hello! Sorry, is this your office? Had a sort of collision with my vehicle. Faults on both sides, let's say no more about...(the MAN turns around and the DOCTOR sees who it is) …it. AMY and RORY come up beside the DOCTOR. AMY: Is that...? No, it can't be, Doctor? h*tler: Thank you. Whoever you are, I think you have just saved my life. DOCTOR: Believe me... it was an accident. h*tler: (sees the TARDIS) What is this thing? (walks to it) AMY: What did he mean we saved his life? We could not have saved h*tler. DOCTOR: You see? You see, time travel, it never goes to plan. h*tler: This box, what is it? DOCTOR: (walks toward h*tler) It's a police telephone box from London, England. That's right, Adolf, the British are coming! Behind the DOCTOR, the DUPLICATE stands. h*tler: No, stop him! (pulls his g*n and fires at the DUPLICATE) INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY More sparks as they suffer from the impact of b*ll*ts. CARTER: Damage report! Damage report! INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY RORY punches h*tler on the chin, knocking him to the floor. RORY picks up the g*n and aims it at h*tler. RORY: Sit still, shut up. h*tler puts his hands up. AMY helps the DUPLICATE. AMY: Are you OK? DUPLICATE: Yes, yes. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER speaks into a special microphone and his words are echoed by the DUPLICATE. CARTER: Yes. I'm fine. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY DUPLICATE: I think he missed. h*tler: He was going to k*ll me. RORY: Shut up, h*tler! DOCTOR: Rory, take h*tler and put him in that cupboard over there now. Do it! RORY: Right, putting h*tler in the cupboard. Cupboard, h*tler. h*tler, cupboard. (pulls h*tler to his feet)Come on. h*tler: But I am the Fuhrer! RORY: Right, in you go! (shoves him into the cupboard) h*tler: Who are you? RORY closes the door. The DOCTOR studies the DUPLICATE. DOCTOR: Are you OK? INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY They watch the DOCTOR on screen as he peers at the DUPLICATE'S face. ANITA: Sir, what do we do now? JIM: Suggestion: we should go into surveillance mode. CARTER: Agreed. Let's faint. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY DUPLICATE: Oh, I... (falls backwards in a faint) RORY: I think he just fainted. DOCTOR: Yes, that was a faint. A perfect faint. AMY: (notices MELS has a hand on her stomach) Mels? MELS: h*tler... DOCTOR: What about him? MELS: Lousy sh*t. (falls to the floor) All three run over to MELS. AMY: Mels! Mels! DOCTOR: Rory! RORY: No, no, no! I've got to stop the bleeding! INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY JIM: Sir, that blue box... I've got a match. (the screen shows information about the TARDIS) We're trying to bag w*r criminals, we've got the biggest one ever right under our noses. Forget h*tler. We take this one down, the Justice Department will give us the rest of the year off. CARTER: Are you sure? JIM: There's no question. (looks at CARTER) It's her. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY AMY is stroking MELS' hair as RORY tries to stop the bleeding. AMY: How bad is it? Rory, what can we do? RORY: Just keep her conscious! Stay with us, Mels. DOCTOR: Hey, look at me. Just hold on. MELS: I used to dream about you. All those stories Amy told me. DOCTOR: What stories? Tell me what stories. Vampires in Venice, that's a belter. MELS: When I was little, I was going to marry you. DOCTOR: Good idea, let's get married. You live and I'll marry you, deal? Deal? MELS: Shouldn't you ask my parents permission? DOCTOR: Soon as you're well, I'll get on the phone. MELS: Might as well do it now, since they're both right here. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY exchange glances. MELS: Penny in the air. The DOCTOR stands as MELS begins to glow with regeneration energy. MELS: Penny drops! RORY: What the hell's going on? DOCTOR: (grabs AMY and RORY, pulling them away) Back! Back! Back! Get back! MELS: (stands) Last time I did this, I ended up a toddler in the middle of New York. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY are standing against the desk. AMY: OK, Doctor, explain what is happening? Please! DOCTOR: Mels. Short for..? MELS: Melody. AMY: Yeah, I named my daughter after her. DOCTOR: You named your daughter... after your daughter. MELS: Took me years to find you two. I'm so glad I did. And, you see, it all worked out in the end, didn't it? You got to raise me after all. AMY: You're Melody? RORY: But if she's Melody, that means she's also... MELS: Oh, shut up, Dad! I'm focussing on a dress size. MELS gives in to the regeneration and screams as the change takes place. When it is over, she is in the now-familiar form of RIVER SONG—though she doesn't know it. She pants as she regains her breathing and becomes familiar with her new body. MELODY: Right, let's see, then. Ooh, it's all going on down there, isn't it? The hair! (runs to a mirror) Oh! The hair, it just doesn't stop, does it? Look at that! Everything changes! Oh, but I love it, I love it!(faces the others) I'm all sort of... mature! (puts her foot on a piece of furniture, attempting to look seductive) Hello, Benjamin! DOCTOR: (covers his eyes briefly)(to AMY) Who's Benjamin? MELODY: The teeth!(looks back in the mirror) The teeth, the teeth! (runs to the others) Oh, look at them! (forces herself on the DOCTOR) Watch out! That bow tie! Excuse me, you lot, I need to weigh myself! (runs to the restroom) The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY sit on the edge of the desk, stunned. AMY: That's Melody? RORY: That's River Song. MELODY stands in the doorway. MELODY: Who's River Song? They turn to look at her. DOCTOR: Spoilers. MELODY: Spoilers? What's spoilers? Hang on, just something I have to check! (runs back into the other room) RORY: Is anybody else finding today just a bit difficult? I'm getting a sort of banging in my head. AMY: Yeah, I think that's h*tler in the cupboard. RORY: That's not helping. The DOCTOR stands and walks across the room. AMY and RORY join him. DOCTOR: This isn't the River Song we know yet. This is her right at the start. Doesn't even know her name. MELODY: (O.C.) Ah, that's magnificent! They turn to see her leaning with her hand against the door jamb MELODY: I'm going to wear LOTS of jodhpurs! INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: That's her, all right. Melody Pond…the woman who kills the Doctor. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY MELODY: Well, now, enough of all that! (pulls a g*n and aims It at the DOCTOR) Down to business. DOCTOR: Oh, hello. I thought we were getting married. MELODY: (walks towards them) I told you, I'm not a wedding person. RORY: Doctor, what's she doing? DOCTOR: What she's programmed to. RORY: Where'd she get the g*n? DOCTOR: Hello, Benjamin. We flash back to MELODY standing by the chair when she said "Hello, Benjamin". She reaches back and takes the g*n from the seat of the chair. MELODY: You noticed! MELODY fires but the chambers are empty. DOCTOR: Of course I noticed. While MELS is regenerating, the DOCTOR "falls" by the chair, sees the g*n and removes the b*ll*ts. DOCTOR: (walks forward) As soon as I knew you were coming, I tidied up a bit. MELODY: (tosses the g*n away) I know you did.(reaches into her vest) When MELODY pressed herself against the DOCTOR, she took the g*n from the fruit bowl. DOCTOR: I know you know. The DOCTOR spins the fruit bowl around so MELODY actually grabs a banana. MELODY pulls out the banana thinking it's a g*n. MELODY: Goodness, is k*lling you going to take all day? DOCTOR: Why? (takes the banana) Are you busy? MELODY: Oh, I'm not complaining. MELODY takes the letter opener from h*tler'S desk and swipes at the DOCTOR. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to make her drop it. DOCTOR: If you were in a hurry, you could've k*lled me in the cornfield. MELODY: We'd only just met. I'm a psychopath. I'm not rude. MELODY takes the g*n from the fruit bowl and fires. The DOCTOR holds up the clip and blows on it. AMY: You were not a psychopath! Why would she be a psychopath? MELODY and the DOCTOR circle each other. MELODY: Oh, Mummy, Mummy, pay attention. I was trained and conditioned for one purpose. I was born to k*ll the Doctor. DOCTOR: Demons Run, remember? This is what they were building, my bespoke psychopath. MELODY and the DOCTOR end up face-to-face. MELODY: I'm all yours, sweetie. (kisses him) DOCTOR: Only River Song gets to call me that. MELODY: And who is River Song? DOCTOR: An old friend of mine. MELODY: Stupid name. MELODY walks to the window. MELODY: Oh, look at that! (steps onto the sill) Berlin on the eve of w*r. A whole world about to tear itself apart. (turns back) Now that's my kind of town. Mum, Dad, don't follow me. And, yes, that is a warning. DOCTOR: No warning for me, then? MELODY: No need, my love. The deed is done and so are you. The DOCTOR'S legs wobble and RORY and AMY hold him up. He grips his chest in pain. AMY: Doctor, what's wrong? DOCTOR: What have you done? River! MELODY: Oh, River, River, River! More than a friend, I think. DOCTOR: What have you done?!(collapses) MELODY: It was never going to be a g*n for you, Doctor, the man of peace who understands every kind of warfare, except, perhaps, the cruellest. The DOCTOR rubs a finger against his lips and recalls the kiss. MELODY: Kiss, kiss.(blows a kiss and jumps outside) RORY: What's wrong with you? What's she done to you? DOCTOR: Poisoned me... but I'm fine. Well, no, I'm dying, but I've got a plan. AMY: What plan? The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY are standing against the desk. DOCTOR: (groans) I'm not dying. See, fine! INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY ANITA: Scanning him. He's dying all right. JIM: But he can't be. INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY The DOCTOR groans as AMY and RORY help him stand. RORY: OK, what do we do? How do we help you? DOCTOR: Take this! The TARDIS can home in on it. (hands AMY the sonic) Now, go, get after her! (pushes RORY towards the window) RORY looks out the window down to the street and sees MELODY approach a group of soldiers. EXT. BERLIN STREET, DAY MELODY strides confidently towards the soldiers. SOLDIER 1: Hey was machen sie hier? (Hey what are you doing here?) SOLDIER 2: Halt! Five soldiers aim their r*fles at MELODY and the OFFICER aims his a*t*matic. MELODY: Hello, boys! INT. REICH CHANCELLERY, OFFICE, DAY AMY helps the DOCTOR to the TARDIS. AMY: You said the smoke was deadly. DOCTOR: The smoke's fine. The poison will k*ll me first. Now, get after River! AMY: I don't understand, OK? One minute she's going to marry you and then k*ll you. DOCTOR: Ah, well, she's been brainwashed, it makes sense to her. Plus, she is a woman. Oh, shut up, I'm dying. (enters the TARDIS) INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR enters the smoke-filled TARDIS and leans heavily against the door. DOCTOR: Extractor fans on! The fans suck the smoke away. DOCTOR: Oh! That works! (hurries to the console) EXT. BERLIN STREET, DAY OFFICER: What are you doing here? MELODY: Well, I was off to this gay Gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled, when I thought, "Gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish, I think I'll k*ll the Fuhrer." Who's with me? OFFICER: sh**t her. The OFFICER walks behind the line of soldiers. RORY watches from his hiding place. RORY: No! The soldiers f*re. The camera switches from RORY back to MELODY who is hugging herself. She lifts her head and smiles. MELODY: Tip for you all...never sh**t a girl while she's regenerating. MELODY uses regeneration energy on the soldiers, throwing them backwards and knocking them unconscious. She laughs. MELODY: Ah! Now, that h*t the spot. MELODY takes a couple of machine g*n and climbs onto a motorcycle. MELODY: Thanks, boys! AMY climbs down and joins RORY who holds her back. MELODY: Call me. AMY: What are you doing? MELODY: New body, new town. I'm going shopping! (rides off) A SOLDIER comes through the gate behind them on a motorcycle. He stops and RORY tries to explain. RORY: Look, I know how this looks, but let me explain everything from the beginning. (sees the SOLDIER reaching for his holster) Heil! (salutes) SOLDIER: Heil! (returns the salute) RORY punches the SOLDIER, knocking him down. He then climbs on the motorcycle. RORY: Come on! AMY: (climbs on behind him) Can you ride a motorbike? RORY: I expect so. It's that sort of day. AMY and RORY drive off and the SOLDIER stands. CARTER: (V.O.) OK, INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: this time let's do the bike, too. EXT. BERLIN STREET, DAY The SOLDIER sits down on a motorcycle and drives off after AMY and RORY. INT. SHIP, BRIDGE, DAY JIM: You see, he can't be dying. CARTER: But the Doctor is confirmed deceased. We have his records. JIM: But he doesn't die here. He dies in Utah, by Lake Silencio, April the 22nd, 2011. ANITA: Time can be rewritten. Remember Kennedy? JIM: This can't. It's a confirmed fixed point. The Doctor must always die exactly then. He always has and he always will. CARTER: Then someone's screwed up because he's dying right now. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR falls to the floor at the base of the console. DOCTOR: I'm shutting down. (sits against the rail) Going to need an interface. Voice interface. Come on, emergency. The INTERFACE appears as a hologram of himself. INTERFACE: Voice interface enabled. DOCTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no! Give me someone I like. (appears as Rose) Oh, thanks! Give me guilt! (Martha) Also guilt! (Donna) More guilt. Come on, there must be someone left in the universe I haven't screwed up yet. We hear the INTERFACE change and then it speaks in a young voice. INTERFACE: Voice interface enabled. DOCTOR: (looks up) Oh! Oh, Amelia Pond before I got it all wrong. My sweet little Amelia. INTERFACE: I am not Amelia Pond. I am a voice interface. DOCTOR: Hey, let's run away and have adventures. Come along, Pond. INTERFACE: I am not Amelia Pond. I am a voice interface. DOCTOR: You are SO Scottish. How am I doing? INTERFACE: Your system has been contaminated by the poison of the Judas tree. You will be d*ad in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: OK, so, basically better regenerate, that's what you're saying? INTERFACE: Regeneration disabled. You will be d*ad in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: Unless I'm cured, yeah? INTERFACE: There is no cure. You will be d*ad in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: Why do you keep saying that? INTERFACE: Because you will be d*ad in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: You see, there you go again. Basically skipping 31 whole minutes when I'm absolutely fine. Scottish, that's all I'm saying. INTERFACE: You will be fine for 31 minutes. You will be d*ad in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: Scotland's never conquered anywhere. Not even a Shetland. River needs me. She's only just beginning, I can't die now. INTERFACE: You will not die now. You will die in 32 minutes. DOCTOR: I'm going out in the first round. Ringing any bells? (cries in pain and falls face-down on the floor) OK, need something for the pain now. Come on, Amelia. It's me. Please. INTERFACE: I am not Amelia Pond. I am a voice interface. DOCTOR: Amelia, listen to me... I can be brave for you but you have got to tell me how. INTERFACE: I am not Amelia Pond. I am a voice interface. DOCTOR: Amelia... Amelia, please... (closes eyes) INTERFACE: Fish fingers and custard. DOCTOR: (opens eyes) What did you say? (smiles) Fish fingers and custard! (laughs) Oh, Amelia Pond. Fish fingers and custard! (pushes himself off the floor and uses the console to pull himself up) Fish... fingers... and... CUSTARD! He DOCTOR activates the TARDIS. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY While a string quartet plays Pachelbel's "Canon in D", ladies and gentlemen dine on fine food and wine. The atmosphere is broken by machine g*n f*re. The women scream and every ducks behind tables. MELODY enters, machine g*n pointed at the ceiling. MELODY: Ladies and gentleman... I don't have a thing to wear. (aims the g*n) Take off your clothes. EXT. BERLIN STREET, DAY RORY and AMY pull up outside an impressive building. RORY: OK, all of Berlin, how do we find her? AMY: I don't know. Look for clues. RORY: Clues? What kind of clues?! AMY: Shut up... At that moment, the doors of the building open and the restaurant clientele come running out in their under garments. RORY: OK. RORY and AMY turn around at the sound of a motorcycle and see a DUPLICATE AMY riding it. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY MELODY is trying on various pieces of clothing in front of a mirror. MELODY: Now, look at that! Now that's fun... from EVERY angle! AMY opens the doors and runs in. MELODY: Now, dear, I told you not to follow me. AMY walks forward, face cold. INT. SHIP, CORRIDOR, DAY AMY and RORY get up off the floor. RORY: OK. OK, I am trapped inside a giant robot replica of my wife. I'm really trying not to see this as a metaphor. AMY: How can we be in here? RORY: Umm... AMY: How do we fit? RORY: Miniaturisation ray. AMY: How would you know that? RORY: Well, there was a ray and we were miniaturised. AMY: All right. There is an electronic buzzing as an ANTIBODY rises from the floor. ANTIBODY: Welcome. You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. AMY: Um... what's that? RORY: Er, I don't know, it's in YOUR head. ANTIBODY: Please remain calm while your life is terminated. AMY and RORY back away from the ANTIBODY. AMY: We come in peace! RORY: When has that ever worked? AMY: Oh, shut up! The other corridors are blocked by more ANTIBODIES. ANTIBODY: Please co-operate in your officially sanctioned termination. It is normal to experience fear during your incineration. They are backed against a wall. AMY pulls out the sonic. AMY: Stop or I sonic. RORY: What are you doing? AMY: I don't know. RORY: Psychic interface, just point and think. AMY: I know, but what do I think? RORY: I don't know! Electricity crackles as the ANTIBODIES get closer. The door behind AMY and RORY slides open and JIM is there. He slips the green light devices on their wrists. JIM: It's OK. Stay still and don't move. Privileges activated. See? Activated. (holds their arms up for the ANTIBODIES to see) ANTIBODY: You are authorised. Your existence will continue. (leave) JIM: You can put your hands down. This is Justice Department Vehicle 6018. You're not guilty of anything. Welcome aboard the Teselecta. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY MELODY has an officer's uniform jacket on over her other clothes. MELODY: I might take the age down a little, just gradually, to freak people out. TESELECTA AMY: You k*lled the Doctor. MELODY: Oh, yes, I know, dear. I hope you're not going to keep on about it. (puts on officer's cap) Oh, regeneration, it's a whole new colouring to work with. (removes cap) TESELECTA AMY moves around to face MELODY. TESELECTA AMY: You k*lled the Doctor on the orders of the movement known as the Silence and Academy of the Question. You accept and know this to be true? MELODY: Quite honestly, I don't really remember. It was all a bit of jumble. TESELECTA AMY pushes the mirror out of the way and opens its mouth. A beam envelopes MELODY and she cries out. MELODY: No! No! Get off me! DOCTOR: Sorry, did you say she k*lled the Doctor? TESELECTA AMY closes its mouth and faces the DOCTOR who is leaning against the TARDIS on the dais. He is dressed in tails and a top hat and has a cane. DOCTOR: The Doctor? Doctor who? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: You said he was dying. ANITA: He is! JIM enters with RORY and AMY. JIM: When you're done here, your memories will be wiped and you'll be able... AMY: (sees the DOCTOR on the screen) Doctor? INT. RESTAURANT, DAY MELODY: You're dying and you stopped to change? DOCTOR: (spins) Oh, you should always waste time when you don't have any. (walks down the steps twirling the cane) Time is not the boss of you - Rule 408. (faces TESELECTA AMY) Amelia Pond, judgment death machine. Why am I not surprised? Sonic cane! MELODY: Are you serious? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY They watch the DOCTOR on screen as he scans the TESELECTA with the cane. DOCTOR: (on screen) Never knowingly. Never knowingly be serious. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: Rule 27. You might want to write these down. (checks readings) Oh, it's a robot! INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY DOCTOR: (on screen) With 423 life signs inside. A robot... INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: worked by tiny people. Love it! But how do you all get in there, though? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY DOCTOR: (on screen) Bigger on the inside? No, basic miniaturization sustained by a compression field. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: Oh, watch what you eat, it'll get you every time. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY DOCTOR: (on screen) Amy, if you and Rory are OK, signal me. AMY activates the sonic and the DOCTOR reads the signal on the cane. DOCTOR: (on screen) Thanking you. CARTER: Why did you do that? The DOCTOR cries out in pain. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY The DOCTOR is beginning the loose control of his legs. DOCTOR: Oops, sorry, leg went to sleep. Just had a quick left leg power nap, I forgot I had one scheduled. Actually, better sit down, I think I heard the right one yawning. (sits on the dais steps) MELODY runs for the door. TESELECTA AMY once again sh**t a beam of light. DOCTOR: Don't you touch her! Do not harm her in any way. The TESELECTA closes its mouth. MELODY is caught in a containment field. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER speaks into a microphone by his chair that controls the TESELECTA'S voice. It sounds like AMY is speaking as well. CARTER: Why would you care? She is the women who kills you. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY The DOCTOR removes his top hat. DOCTOR: I'm not d*ad. TESELECTA AMY: You're dying. DOCTOR: Well, at least I'm not a time-travelling shape-shifting robot operated by miniaturized cross people, which, I have got to admit, I didn't see coming. (points his cane at MELODY) What do you want with her? TESELECTA AMY: She's Melody Pond. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: (into microphone) According to records, the woman who kills the Doctor. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: And I'm the Doctor, what's it to you? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: (into microphone) (stands) Throughout history, many criminals have gone unpunished in their lifetimes. Time travel has... responsibilities. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY The DOCTOR laughs. DOCTOR: What? You got yourselves time travel, so you decided to punish d*ad people? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: (into microphone) We don't k*ll them. We extract them near the end of their established timelines. DOCTOR: (on screen) And then what? CARTER: (into microphone) Give them hell. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: I'd ask you who you think you are, INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY DOCTOR: (on screen) But I think the answer is pretty obvious. So, who do you think I am? INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: (points his cane at MELODY) "The woman who k*lled the Doctor". It sounds like you've got my biography in there. I'd love a peek. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: (into microphone) Our records office is sealed to the public. Foreknowledge is dangerous. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY DOCTOR: Yes, well, I'll be d*ad in three minutes. There isn't much foreknowledge left. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER: (into microphone) (sits) Sorry, can't do that. AMY pulls CARTER'S chair around and leans down into his face. AMY: That man is my best friend. That woman is my daughter. You give him anything he wants. JIM: If she's family, she has privileges. CARTER taps buttons on her wrist device. JIM: Say, "Access personal records, the Doctor". AMY: (into device) Access personal records, the Doctor. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY TESELECTA AMY: Records available. The DOCTOR stands with great effort, leaning heavily on the cane. DOCTOR: Question. I'm dying... who wants me d*ad? TESELECTA AMY: The Silence. DOCTOR: What is the Silence? Why is it called that? What does it mean? TESELECTA AMY: The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order, or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked. DOCTOR: What question? TESELECTA AMY: The first question. The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight. DOCTOR: Yes, but what is the question? TESELECTA AMY: Unknown. DOCTOR: Well, fat lot of use that is, you big ginge! Call yourself a Records... Argh! (falls to the floor) Kidneys are always the first to quit. I've had better, you know. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY ANITA: OK, he's finished. AMY: (looks away) Oh, my God! CARTER: Well, then, let's do what we do. Give her hell. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY The field around MELODY turns to red and looks like flame. She screams in agony. The DOCTOR is pulling himself across the floor by his hands. DOCTOR: Amy! Rory! Amy, INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY DOCTOR: (on screen) can you hear me? AMY: Yeah. CARTER hands her the microphone. CARTER: You can talk to him. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY TESELECTA AMY: What do we do? INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY AMY: (into microphone) This is me. This is me actually talking. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY TESELECTA AMY: What do we do? DOCTOR: Just stop them. She's your daughter, just stop them. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY AMY: (into microphone) How, how? INT. RESTAURANT, DAY TESELECTA AMY: How? DOCTOR: Just do it! INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY AMY flashes on the devices and how the green light saved them from the ANTIBODIES. AMY sees that everyone is wearing the devices and there is an ANTIBODY resting in a console. She pulls out the sonic. RORY: What are you doing? AMY: Pointing and thinking. Get ready to run. AMY uses the sonic on her device and it turns red. An alarm sounds and the ANTIBODY rises. ANTIBODY: You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. AMY: OK, Captain, release her now, or I take down the whole Teselecta. RORY: Amy? CARTER: You can't. AMY swings his chair around so he sees the ANTIBODIES. AMY: They can! ANITA and JIM try to get their devices working again. AMY: Rory, go! AMY and RORY run for the lift. ANTIBODY: All privileges withdrawn. JIM: What have you done? The lift door closes. ANTIBODY: All life forms prepare for immediate decease. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death. One of the ANTIBODIES wraps two tentacles around ANITA'S neck. CARTER: Shut it down! JIM: I'm trying! CARTER: Shut everything down! They begin to pull wires and the TELESELECTA powers down. INT. RESTAURANT, DAY MELODY is freed. The DOCTOR looks up at her. DOCTOR: Please, now we have to save your parents. Don't run. Now, I know you're scared, but never run when you're scared. Rule 7. Please. MELODY looks at the DOCTOR and then at the TESELECTA AMY. INT. TESELECTA, CORRIDOR, DAY Members of the crew are att*cked by ANTIBODIES. ANTIBODY: Remain calm while your life is extracted. The lift door opens and AMY and RORY run out. AMY: Run! Keep running. RORY: Where? AMY: I don't know, just run! They run down the corridor. INT. TESELECTA, BRIDGE, DAY CARTER uses the radio to call for help. CARTER: Mothership! Mothership, get us out of here! Emergency beam up now! Everyone! The crew is beamed away. ANTIBODY: Only two life forms remain. This will be rectified. INT. TESELECTA, CORRIDOR, DAY AMY and RORY realize they're alone. AMY: Where did everyone go? RORY: How can they just disappear? ANTIBODIES approach them and AMY pulls out the microphone. AMY: Doctor, can you help us? Doctor? Doctor, help us! INT. RESTAURANT, DAY TESELECTA AMY: Doctor, help us! The DOCTOR is on the floor, eyes closed. TESELECTA AMY: Doctor, please! The DOCTOR opens his eyes and stands with great difficulty. He heads for the TARDIS as MELODY watches from a chair. He falls onto the steps. TESELECTA AMY: Doctor! Help! The DOCTOR tries to pull himself up the steps. MELODY: Look at you. You still care. TESELECTA AMY: Doctor! Help! Doctor, help us! Please help us. MELODY: It's impressive, I'll give you that. DOCTOR: River, please... MELODY: (stands) Again? Who is this River? She's got to be a woman, am I right? The DOCTOR is stretched out on the steps, a hand reaching for the TARDIS. DOCTOR: Help me. Save Amy and Rory. Help me. MELODY: Tell me about her. Go on. DOCTOR: Aaargh... just... help me. INT. TESELECTA, CORRIDOR, DAY AMY and RORY run down the corridor to the iris. AMY tries to open the iris but the panel won't recognize her. They are surrounded by ANTIBODIES who echo each other. ANTIBODIES: You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. AMY and RORY face each other. AMY: I love you. RORY: I love you too. RORY hugs her head to his chest as the ANTIBODIES continue. ANTIBODIES: You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. The TARDIS materializes around them. INT. TARDIS AMY: Doctor? Doctor, he did it. He did it! They laugh with relief. They stop when they see MELODY appear from the other side of the console. MELODY: I seem to be able to fly her. She showed me how, she taught me. The Doctor says I'm the child of the TARDIS. What does he mean? AMY: Where is he? INT. RESTAURANT, DAY The DOCTOR is lying on his back on the stairs. AMY and RORY kneel beside him. AMY holds his hand in hers. AMY: You can't die now. I know you don't die now. DOCTOR: Oh, Pond! You've got a schedule for everything. AMY: But it doesn't make any sense. RORY: Doctor, what do we do? Come on. How do we help you? DOCTOR: No, sorry, Rory. You can't. Nobody can. Ponds, listen to me, I need to talk to your daughter. RORY and AMY get up and walk to where MELODY is standing. She slowly walks to the DOCTOR and kneels beside him. DOCTOR: Find her. Find River Song and tell her something from me. MELODY: Tell her what? The DOCTOR tugs on her jacket and MELODY bends over so he can whisper in her ear. MELODY: Well, I'm sure she knows. MELDOY lifts her head and sees the DOCTOR is unconscious. She backs away to AMY and RORY. MELODY: Who's River Song? AMY looks at RORY, who nods. She approaches the TESELECTA. AMY: Are you still working because I'm still a relative? Access files on River Song. TESELECTA AMY: Records available. AMY: Show me her. Show me River Song. The TESELECTA changes its appearance to RIVER and MELODY sees herself. MELODY turns to the DOCTOR, her eyes getting teary. AMY goes to RORY who holds her. AMY: Melody, what did he say? The Doctor gave you a message for River Song. What was it? MELODY'S hands start to glow as she approaches the DOCTOR. AMY: What's happening? What are you doing? MELODY lifts her hands. MELODY: Just tell me. The Doctor, is he worth it? AMY: Yes. Yes, he is. MELODY puts a hand to either side of the DOCTOR'S face. He inhales sharply and opens his eyes. DOCTOR: (whispers) River? No! What are you doing? MELODY: (whispers) Hello, sweetie. MELODY kisses the DOCTOR, transferring her regeneration energy. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM, DAY RORY and AMY bend over the bed and slowly come into focus. AMY: Hey. MELODY: Hey. Where am I? AMY: You're safe now. Apparently, you used all your remaining regenerations in one go. You shouldn't have done that. MELODY: Mother, I had to try. AMY: I know. MELODY: He said no-one could save him but he must have known I could. DOCTOR: Rule one. The others turn to look at the DOCTOR standing by the window. DOCTOR: The Doctor lies. NURSE: She just needs to rest. She'll be absolutely fine. DOCTOR: No, she won't. The DOCTOR sets a TARDIS journal down on the side table. It's tied with a red ribbon. DOCTOR: She will be... amazing. INT. TARDIS AMY: So that's it? We leave her there? DOCTOR: Sisters of the Infinite Schism, greatest hospital in the universe. AMY: Yeah, but she's our daughter. Doctor, she's River and she's our daughter. DOCTOR: Amy, I know. But we have to let her make her own way now. We have too much foreknowledge. (looks at the monitor and sees the time and place of his death) Dangerous thing, foreknowledge. AMY: What's that? DOCTOR: (turns off monitor) Nothing. Just some data from the Teselecta. Very boring. RORY: Doctor, River was brainwashed to k*ll you? DOCTOR: Well, she did, and then used her remaining lives to bring me back. As first dates go, I'd say that was mixed signals. RORY: But that stuff that they put in her head, is that gone now? The River that we know in the future, she is in prison for m*rder. AMY: Whose m*rder? The DOCTOR is quiet and then smiles. RORY is upset that he doesn't get an answer. AMY: Will we see her again? DOCTOR: Oh, she'll come looking for us.(runs up stairs) AMY: Yeah, but how? How do people even look for you? DOCTOR: Oh, Pond! Haven't you figured that one out yet? INT. LUNA UNIVERSITY, 5123 PROFESSOR: So, then, tell me... why do you want to study archaeology? RIVER: Well, to be perfectly honest, Professor, I'm looking for a good man.
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foreverdreaming
EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT A forlorn swing creaks with the wind. We then close in on one of the many identical flats. We see hoodies in the stairway. An older woman is pulling her wheeled bag through the entry to the lift and goes up. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE is sitting nervously at the end of his bed. His room has a large number of toys scattered around the floor and table. MUM: Bed! GEORGE: But Mum... MUM: George, I won't tell you again. Get into bed. I'm going to be late for work. It's just the lift, love. How many more times? GEORGE: Don't like it. MUM walks from the door to the cupboard. MUM: Well, what do we do with the things we don't like? MUM and GEORGE: Put them in the cupboard. GEORGE: The thing! You have to do the thing, Mum. MUM walks back to the doorway and flips the light switch on and off four times. GEORGE: Five times. It has to be five times. MUM does it one more time. GEORGE: (closes eyes) Please save me from the monsters. Please save me from the monsters. We then seem to be travelling through space. GEORGE: Please save me from the monsters. (opens eyes) MUM: All right now? (walks over) Come on, George. There's nothing to be scared of. (rubs his back as he gets under the covers) Ni-night then, love. (kisses him goodnight and leaves) GEORGE can see out into the parlor where his DAD is sitting on a chair and MUM talks with him. DAD: How was he? MUM: He's in bed at least. GEORGE shines his torch around the room, everything normal in daylight now casting eerie shadows DAD: I'm worried about him. Why's he terrified all the time? MUM: He needs help. DAD: He's got us. MUM: He needs a doctor. SPACE We hurtle through space as GEORGE chants. GEORGE: Please save me from the monsters. Please save me from the monsters. Please save me from the monsters. There is the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR spins around and reaches into his inside jacket pocket like it's on f*re. He pulls out the psychic paper. DOCTOR: (reads) Please save me from the monsters. (puts the psychic paper back in his pocket and starts working controls on the console) Haven't done this in a while! AMY: Done what? What're you doing? DOCTOR: Making a house call. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "Night Terrors" by Mark Gatiss Producer Sanne Wohlenberg Director Richard Clark EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT The TARDIS materializes and RORY is the first to step out followed by AMY. He is less than impressed by the location. RORY: No offence, Doctor... DOCTOR: (opens TARDIS door) Meaning the opposite. RORY: ..but we could get a bus somewhere like this. DOCTOR: The exact opposite. (closes TARDIS door) AMY: Well, I suppose it can't all be planets and history and stuff, Rory. DOCTOR: Yes, it can! Course it can! Planets and history and stuff. That's what we do! But not today. No. (starts scanning with the sonic as they enter the courtyard) Today, we're answering a cry for help from the scariest place in the universe - a child's bedroom. The OLD WOMAN walks down the hall, her wheeled bag squeaking. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE pulls his blankets close as he hears the squeaking outside and sees her shadow pass slowly across the window. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT The OLD WOMAN continues on her way. The DOCTOR, AMY and RORY cross the yard and wait for the lift. The DOCTOR is looking at the psychic paper. RORY: Please save me from the monsters. Who sent that? The DOCTOR closes the wallet and slaps RORY on the head with it. DOCTOR: That's what we're here to find out. (puts wallet away) AMY: Sounds like something a kid would say. DOCTOR: Exactly. A scared kid. A very scared kid. So scared that somehow its cry for help got through to us. In the TARDIS. AMY: Yeah, but you've traced it here? DOCTOR: Exactly. (lift arrives) Ah! Going up. (steps inside the lift) INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT DAD is sitting in his chair looking at photos of GEORGE. The TV is on in the background. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE shines his torch around the room and breathes nervously. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is looking around at all the flats with their identical exteriors. AMY and RORY are also looking at different flats. The DOCTOR knocks on the door. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: The door opens to show AMY. Inside is a little girl. AMY: Hi! A door opens to reveal the OLD WOMAN. DOCTOR: Hello! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: At yet another flat, a MAN opens the door and looks at RORY. AMY: Are your mummy and daddy in, or is it just you? The girl opens the door wider to reveal an identical twin sister. AMY: OK. OLD WOMAN: Is it about the bins? DOCTOR: Pardon? RORY: Community support. Just checking up on community-based... things. The girls' MOTHER opens the door wider. MOTHER: Can I help you? AMY: Hi. Yeah, no. Sorry. I was just wondering if you've had any bother around here? RORY: Is everything OK? OLD WOMAN: The bins. I can't be expected to get down all them stairs. I need new knees. MOTHER: Bother? What do you mean? AMY: Well, I mean... RORY: Are your neighbours nice? Do you get on well? MOTHER: He didn't send you, did he? AMY: Who? MAN: Jim Purcell. Course we get on well. I'm their landlord. They love me, don't they? RORY: You're the landlord?! DOCTOR: Not the bins, no, Miss? OLD WOMAN: Mrs Rossiter. PURCELL: Thought you'd know that, being from community support. RORY: Yeah. Yes! Yes, of course. Sorry. MRS ROSSITER: I've already got a new hip. I'll be able to manage when I get the knees. Up and down them stairs like Sherpa Tensing then. DOCTOR: Can I come in? PURCELL'S dog barks and lunges at RORY, pulling at his lead. MRS ROSSITER: Course not! You could be anyone! DOCTOR: Could be, but I'm not. RORY: Or maybe it's best I could come back another time. DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. MRS ROSSITER slams the door on him, PURCELL does the same to RORY, and the MOTHER, on AMY. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE is still wide awake, holding his torch. He hears laughter outside so he stands on his bed and looks out the window. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT AMY and RORY pass GEORGE'S window. AMY: We've got to find that kid. RORY: (teasing) Maybe we should let the monsters gobble him up! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE closes the curtains and waits for them to pass before looking out again. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT The DOCTOR is on the level above AMY and RORY and sees them walk by. He then sees GEORGE peering out. The DOCTOR then meets AMY and RORY by the lift. AMY: Hey! Any luck? DOCTOR: Three old ladies, a traffic warden from Croatia and a man with ten cats. RORY: What are we actually looking for? DOCTOR: Ten cats! Scared kid, remember? AMY: I found scary kids. Does that count? DOCTOR: Hm. Try the next floor down. Catch you later. (taps AMY on the shoulder and continues on) AMY: OK. RORY: (presses the call button for the lift) Maybe it was, you know... junk mail. (leans on the wall, arms crossed) AMY: What? RORY: The message on the psychic paper. Maybe it was just nothing. The lift arrives and they get in. AMY presses the button for the floor below. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The torch casts a shadow that resembles a clawed hand on the far wall. He is terrified. INT. COUNCIL ESTATE, LIFT, NIGHT AMY presses the button again and the door slides closed quickly and the lift plummets. AMY and RORY scream, pressed against the sides. When the door opens, the lift is empty. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT The DOCTOR knocks on the front door and DAD opens it. The DOCTOR holds up the psychic paper. DAD: Oh. Right. That was quick. DOCTOR: Was it? DAD: Claire said she'd phoned someone. Social Services. DOCTOR: Yes. (looks at the psychic paper) Yes! DAD: It's not, easy, you know... admitting your kid's got a problem. DOCTOR: You've got a problem. I've got a problem. I bet they're connected, I'm the Doctor. (puts the psychic paper away) Call me Doctor. What can I call you? DAD: Alex. DOCTOR: Hello, Alex. (shakes his hand and steps inside) INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT DOCTOR: So... tell me about George. The DOCTOR looks at the door that has a drawn sign that says "George's Room". ALEX shuts the door. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE sees more spooky shadows. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT MRS ROSSITER drags her garbage bag down to the bins. They are overflowing with bags piled up all around. MRS ROSSITER: What a bloomin' mess. I'm the only one who gives a monkeys round here any more. (puts her bag on the pile) Shocking! (starts walking away) Talking to yourself now, Elsie. (taps her head) They say it's the first sign. (hears something behind the bags) Ooh, Lord! Come out of there! (walks towards the bags) Don't be so ruddy horrible. Trying to scare an old lady to death. It's not right. Is that you, George? I'll tell your mum and dad.(leans over) Come on, you little devil. Let's see your face. (gets pulled into the pile of bags, screaming) INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT The DOCTOR and ALEX are sitting on the sofa. The DOCTOR is looking through a photo album ALEX: Ever since he was born he's been a funny kid. DOCTOR: Funny's good! We like funny, don't we? ALEX: He never cries. Bottles it all up, I suppose. Tell him off, he just looks at you. DOCTOR: How old is he? We see the photo album is GEORGE'S baby pictures. ALEX: He was eight in January. He should be growing out of stuff like this, shouldn't he? DOCTOR: Maybe. (closes album and puts it down) It's got worse, though lately? ALEX: Yeah. We talked about getting help. You know, maybe sending him somewhere. He started getting these nervous tics, you know, funny little cough. Blinking all the time. But now it's got completely out of hand. (stands) I mean he's scared to death of everything. DOCTOR: Pantaphobia. ALEX: What?! DOCTOR: That's what it's called. Pantaphobia. Not a fear of pants though, if that's what you're thinking. It's a fear of everything, including pants, I suppose, in that case. Sorry. Go on. ALEX: He hates clowns. DOCTOR: Understandable. ALEX: Old toys. He thinks the old lady across the way is a witch. He hates having a bath in case there's something under the water. The lift sounds like someone breathing! (sighs) Look, I don't know. (sits) I'm not an expert. Maybe you can get through to him. DOCTOR: I'll do my best. INT. ROOM, ?? RORY wakes up in a dim room, the only light coming through the bare windows. He looks around. RORY: Amy? Amy? Are you here? AMY: Yeah. Here. No, here! It's me. (crawls towards him) RORY: You OK? (switches on a small torch) AMY: (squints at the sudden light) Yeah, I think so. RORY: (looks around) What happened to the lift? We were in a lift, weren't we? AMY: Yeah, yeah. We.. I remember getting in and then...(RORY groans) What? RORY: We're d*ad, aren't we? AMY: Eh? RORY: The lift fell and we're d*ad. AMY: Shut up. RORY: We're d*ad... again! AMY: Oh, shut up! Let's just find out where we are. AMY stands and pulls RORY up with her. They begin to explore their surroundings and walk out the open door. INT. HALL, ?? RORY: You know it's obvious what's happened. AMY: Yeah? Really? Because it's not obvious to me. RORY: The TARDIS has gone funny again. Some time... slippy... thing. You know, the Doctor's back there in EastEnders-land and we're stuck here in the past. This is probably 1700 and something. AMY: Yay! My favourite year! Unseen behind them, a shadowy figure crosses the hallway. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE sees more spooky shadows and sees his robe hanging on the back of the door move. He sits up in such a rush, he knocks his lamp to the floor. ALEX rushes in. ALEX: George? You OK? What's the matter? (sees the lamp and kneels to pick it up) Oh. Never mind. Were you having a nightmare, son? GEORGE: Wasn't a nightmare. I wasn't asleep. The DOCTOR walks in, crosses his arms and leans against the jamb. GEORGE: Who are you? DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor. GEORGE: (scared) A doctor? Have you come to take me away? DOCTOR: No, George, I just want to talk to you. GEORGE: What about? DOCTOR: (walks into the room) About the monsters. INT. KITCHEN, ?? RORY and AMY enter the room. There are shelves reaching to the ceiling on one wall, another has two large cooking fireplaces and yet another has c long counter with a sink. In the middle is a long table with a copper pan and loaf of bread resting on it. Amy knocks against some utensils that clatter loudly in the quiet room. AMY: Bit neglected, wherever it is. RORY: Let's find the front door, at least. Then we can work out where we are. When we are. AMY picks up the pan from the table and knocks the bottom of it. It doesn't sound right. AMY: Rory. RORY: Hm? AMY: Look at this. RORY: What? It's a copper pan. AMY: No, it's not. (knocks) It's wood. It's made of wood and just painted to look like copper. RORY: That is stupid. (knocks) RORY shines his torch around and AMY spots a lamp with a candle. AMY: Wait. Hang on. (examines it) There's a switch. (turns it on and the fake candle lights) RORY: Wow! Well, not 1700 and something then. They start opening drawers in the counter. AMY struggles with a drawer and finally opens it to see a giant eye. They both scream. AMY slowly reaches out a hand to touch it. AMY: It's glass! It's a glass eye. AMY taps the eye. RORY'S torch flickers on and off five times—just like GEORGE'S quirk of his bedroom light. AMY: Stop doing that. RORY: It's not me. (flickering stops) Come on. AMY: Yep. (picks up lamp) Hang on. (picks up pan) They leave through the door opposite the one they came in. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR is sitting on the foot of GEORGE'S bed playing with a Rubik's cube. GEORGE is sitting up against the headboard while ALEX paces. ALEX: Maybe it was things on the telly, you know? DOCTOR: Right. ALEX: Scary stuff, getting under his skin, frightening him. DOCTOR: Hm-hm. ALEX: So we stopped letting him watch. DOCTOR: Oh, you don't want to do that. (gives GEORGE a small smile) ALEX: Then Claire thought it might have been something he was reading. DOCTOR: Great! Reading's great. You like stories, George? (GEORGE nods) Yeah? Me, too. When I was your age, about, ooh... a thousand years ago, I loved a good bedtime story. The Three Little Sontarans. The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes. Snow White And The Seven Keys To Doomsday, eh? All the classics. Rubbish. (throws the cube over his shoulder) Must be broken. I hate those things. (ALEX moves to pick it up) Better tidy it away, though, eh? (stands and takes the cube from ALEX) How about in here? (GEORGE gasps) No? Not in the cupboard? Why not in there, George? ALEX: It's a... thing. A thing we got him doing ages back. Anything that frightens him, we put it in the cupboard. Creepy toys, scary pictures, that sort of thing. DOCTOR: And is that where the monsters go? Yeah. (walks slowly towards the cupboard) There's nothing to be scared of, George. It's just a cupboard. As the DOCTOR is about to turn the latch, there's a loud knocking that startles them. ALEX: Front door. (goes to answer the door) INT. HALL, ?? RORY and AMY creep down a different hallway. RORY: Let's try down here. After they continue on, another figures stands in the hall behind them, watching. INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT ALEX opens the front door. PURCELL: Evening. (walks in with his dog) ALEX: Oh, hi. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and GEORGE watch and listen to the conversation. INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT PURCELL: How's Claire? ALEX: Good, thanks. At work. Look, this really isn't a good time. Maybe later... PURCELL: And the kiddie? ALEX: Good. PURCELL: Yeah. You know how I hate to mention it, but it's that time again. ALEX: Yes. PURCELL: And you know I like my money prompt. ALEX: The thing is, I still haven't found anywhere since the shop shut and Claire's wage only goes so far. I thought we could, you know, come to some sort of arrangement. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR tries to take GEORGE'S mind off the adult conversation. He takes out the sonic and activates it. GEORGE: Is that a torch? DOCTOR: Screwdriver! (sits back on the bed) A sonic one. And other stuff. GEORGE: Please may I see the other stuff? DOCTOR: You may. The DOCTOR uses the sonic, activating the battery-powered toys. DOCTOR: Ah, pretty cool, eh? INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT PURCELL: Isn't he awful, eh? Don't growl at the nice man, Bernard. He don't mean to upset daddy, do you? ALEX: No. PURCELL: Look, son, I know what you're thinking. Here comes 'orrible Purcell after his rent. Dog on a chain. Wasn't expecting that, was you? I'm not as daft as I look. In fact, I'm not daft at all. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and GEORGE are on the bed. GEORGE is watching the toys with fascination. DOCTOR: That's better. No tears from George. That's what I've heard. Go on, give us a smile. There's a brave little soldier. Bit rusty at this. Anyway, let's open this cupboard, eh? (stands and scans the cupboard) There's nothing to be... (sonic increases in pitch) Off the scale. (sits) Off the scale! How...? GEORGE sees ALEX and PURCELL through the partially-open door. PURCELL: All I want is my £350. Simple as that. INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT PURCELL: Ni-night. Come on, son. Come on. (leaves) INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR puts a hand on GEORGE'S shoulder as he stares at the cupboard. ALEX enters. ALEX: Right. Sorry about that. So, have we got this thing open yet? (reaches for the latch) DOCTOR: (gets up) No! No! No, no, no! You don't want to do that! ALEX: Why? DOCTOR: Because George's monsters are real. INT. FRONT HALL, ?? AMY and RORY have found the front hall. There are discarded items scattered on the floor. While AMY goes to around, RORY heads for the front door. RORY: Oh, at last. (groans) AMY: What is it? RORY: No doorknob! Wooden pans, A massive glass eyes and now no doorknob! AMY: And this clock. RORY: What? AMY: Look - the hands, they're painted on. They turn at the sound of a child's laugh. RORY puts a finger to his lips and they walk towards another door. INT. FLAT, KITCHEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR is searching the cabinets. ALEX: You're supposed to be a professional! I'll never get him to sleep now! The DOCTOR finds the teacups. ALEX: It's so... irresponsible. DOCTOR: No, Alex. Responsible. Very. Cupboard bad. Cupboard not bare. Stay away from cupboard. And there's something else. Something I've missed. Something staring me in the face. ALEX: Look, I'd like you to leave, please. You're just making things worse. Will you stop making tea! (takes the cups away) I want you to leave! DOCTOR: (takes the cups back) No. (opens the fridge) ALEX: What? What do you mean 'no'? (closes fridge) Leave! Get out! The DOCTOR opens the fridge again. ALEX: (closes fridge) Now, please! Look, maybe this was a bad idea. We should sort out George ourselves. DOCTOR: You can't. (opens fridge and takes out milk and pours it into the cups) ALEX: No-one's going to tell us how to run our lives. I don't care who you are or what wheels have been set in motion. We'll sort it! DOCTOR: I'm not just a professional. I'm The Doctor. ALEX: What's that supposed to mean? DOCTOR: It means I've come a long way to get here, Alex. A very long way. George sent a message. A distress call, if you like. Whatever's inside that cupboard is so terrible, so powerful that it amplified the fears of an ordinary little boy across all the barriers of Time and Space. ALEX: Eh?! DOCTOR: Through crimson stars and silent stars and tumbling nebulas like oceans set on f*re. Through empires of glass and civilizations of pure thought and a whole, terrible, wonderful universe of impossibilities. You see these eyes? They're old eyes. And one thing I can tell you, Alex... monsters are real. ALEX: You're not from Social Services, are you? DOCTOR: First things first. You got any Jammie Dodgers? INT. HALL, ?? MRS ROSSITER is walking the dark hallway. MRS ROSSITER: Please... I don't like being on me own. If there's anyone there... please... help me! A shadowy figure crosses the hall behind her. INT. MAIN STAIR, ?? AMY and RORY enter the hall with the checkerboard floor and the large main staircase. They hear laughter. AMY: You hear that? RORY: Yeah. AMY starts forward, but RORY holds her back. RORY: Wait! The laughter sounds louder. AMY: They're getting closer! RORY: They?! They slowly cross the room to the door on the other side. AMY readies her wooden pan. RORY slowly reaches for the doorknob and opens it quickly. They both jump back with a scream. Standing there is a life-size doll with a large head, the paint chipping off. AMY: It's just.. It's a dummy. Oh, it's a dummy. RORY: This is... weird. AMY: Says the time-travelling nurse. RORY reaches forward and taps the head and gets a hollow sound. AMY: Let's just... leave that for now. Come on. As they turn away and continue exploring, the dummy turns its head. INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT The DOCTOR is looking at more photos, this time of CLAIRE and ALEX. DOCTOR: What is it with these photos? (puts the album down) Anyway! Good. Nice tea. Nothing like a cuppa, but decision. (puts cup down) Should we open the cupboard? ALEX: (spits out tea) What?! DOCTOR: Should we? ALEX: Well... DOCTOR: Got to open the cupboard, haven't we? Course we have! Come on, Alex! Alex! Come on! How else will we ever find out what's going on here? ALEX: (stands) Right. But you said... DOCTOR: Monsters! Yeah, well, that's what I do! Breakfast, dinner and tea. Fight the monsters. So this... this is just an average day at the office. ALEX: OK. Yeah. You're right. DOCTOR: Or maybe we shouldn't open the cupboard! We have no idea what might be in there! How powerful, how evil it might be! ALEX: We don't?! DOCTOR: Come on, Alex! Alex! Come on! Are you crazy? We can't open the cupboard! ALEX: God, no. No, we mustn't! DOCTOR: (puts his hands on either side of ALEX'S head) Right. That settles it. ALEX: Settles what? The DOCTOR removes his hands from ALEX'S head, grabs his cup and drains his tea. DOCTOR: Going to open the cupboard. (leaves) INT. PURCELL'S FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT PURCELL is sitting in a chair, feet up, wine at his side. He uses the remote to flip through the channels. Bernard is lying on the floor. PURCELL: There's nothing on. Never anything on, is there, Bernard? Bergerac. God help us. 30 years old, that! Where's the boxing? Meant to be boxing on. Looks like we are going to have to watch that film again. (gets up and as he walks towards the TV, his feet sink into the floor) What the...?! Hold on a minute. (he steps forward with is other foot and that is caught as well) This is not... (body begins to sink) No! Help me, Bernard. Help! PURCELL is swallowed up and the floor ripples like water. Bernard is alone. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR and ALEX are standing facing the cupboard. The DOCTOR stretches his arms and cracks his neck. The DOCTOR slowly walks forward as GEORGE watches from behind ALEX. The DOCTOR then rushes forward to lean against the furniture, startling ALEX and GEORGE. He turns the latch, reaches for the handle and yanks the cupboard open. Inside are some clothes and old toys, including a dollhouse. The DOCTOR turns around. DOCTOR: I don't understand it. It has to be the cupboard. The readings from the sonic screwdriver, they were... (rushes from the room) INT. FLAT, PARLOR, NIGHT The DOCTOR hurries into the parlor and grabs the photo album before heading back to GEORGE'S room. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: How old is George, Alex? ALEX: What? How old? DOCTOR: Yes. How old is George? ALEX: Well, I told you. Just turned eight. DOCTOR: So you remember when he was born then? ALEX: Of course! DOCTOR: 'Course you do! How could you not? You and Claire. Christmas Eve. 2002, right? (shows photo) ALEX: What? Er... yeah. DOCTOR: Couple of weeks before George was born. Tell me about the day he arrived. Must've been wonderful. ALEX: Best day of my... life. DOCTOR: Sure? ALEX: Yes. DOCTOR: You don't sound sure. ALEX: What are you trying to say? Look, I don't like this. I've told you before, I want you to go! (points to the door) DOCTOR: What's the matter, Alex? ALEX: I can't... Don't! Oh, this is scary! DOCTOR: No, Alex. This is scary. Claire with baby George. (another photo) Newborn, yes? ALEX: Yes. DOCTOR: Less than a month after Christmas. ALEX: So? DOCTOR: So look. Look! Claire's not pregnant. ALEX: What? DOCTOR: Not pregnant. ALEX: Well, of course not. Claire can't have kids! (realizes what he said) DOCTOR: (closes album) Say that again. ALEX: We tried everything. She was desperate. As much IVF as we could afford, but... Claire can't have kids. How... How can I have forgotten that? They both slowly turn and look at GEORGE sitting on the bed. DOCTOR: Who are you, George? ALEX: It's not possible! This isn't... DOCTOR: George? The room begins to shake and light can be seen through the cracks of the cupboard. The bedside lamp switches on brightly. The cupboard door swings open and ALEX and the DOCTOR are pulled towards it. They both try to fight it. GEORGE is terrified. DOCTOR: George...! George, what's going on? Are you doing this? ALEX: What's happening? GEORGE pulls his legs up under his chin, wraps his arms around them and closes his eyes. GEORGE: Please save me from the Monsters! Please save me from the Monsters! Please save me from the Monsters! Please save me from the Monsters! (continues) The DOCTOR and ALEX try to fight the pull of the cupboard. DOCTOR: George! ALEX: Doctor! DOCTOR: George! (is pulled into the cabinet) ALEX: George! (follows the DOCTOR) The cabinet door closes behind them. GEORGE opens his eyes and blinks five times. INT. HALL, ?? RORY: Why aren't there any lights? I miss lights. You don't really miss things till they're gone, do you? That's what my nan used to say, "You'll never miss the water till the well runs dry." AMY: Rory. RORY: Except light I mean, not water. Lights are great, aren't they? I mean if this place was all lit up, we wouldn't even be worried at all. AMY: Rory! Panicking. A bit. RORY: Yeah, yeah. Sorry. PURCELL comes running down the hall towards them. PURCELL: Help me! Please! Keep them away from me! Keep them away! One of the life-sized dolls grabs PURCELL around the neck with one arm forcing him to the floor. He screams as he slowly turns into one of them. AMY: I take it all back. Panic now. RORY nods and they run away screaming. The dolls follow stiffly. DOLL: Don't run away. We want to play! AMY and RORY shut the door in the dolls' faces. INT. LIBRARY, DOLLHOUSE AMY and RORY lean against the door and look at each other as the laughter continues. RORY looks at the crack under the door and sees the shadows move away. They lean back with a sigh. INT. DINING ROOM, DOLLHOUSE The DOCTOR and ALEX come to on the floor. The DOCTOR jumps up and runs to the door. DOCTOR: George! Don't do this! We want to help you, George! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE is stilling sitting on the bed, arms around his legs. He is breathing heavily. INT. DINING ROOM, DOLLHOUSE ALEX leans on the table to get up. ALEX: We went...We went into the cupboard! We went into the cupboard! How can it be bigger in here? DOCTOR: (sniffs the chicken on the table) More common than you'd think, actually. You're OK. ALEX: Where are we? DOCTOR: Obvious, isn't it? ALEX: No! DOCTOR: Dolls' house! We're inside the dolls' house. ALEX: The dolls' house?! DOCTOR: In the cupboard. In your flat. The dolls' house! ALEX: No, no, just slow down, would you? DOCTOR: Look! Wooden chicken! (throws it at ALEX who catches it) Cups, saucers, plates, (throws plate and cup) knives, forks, fruit, chickens! Wood! So... we're either inside the dolls' house or this a refuge for dirty posh people who eat wooden food. Or termites! Giant termites trying to get on the property ladder. (picks up melon and thrusts it at ALEX) No, that's possible. Is that possible? The DOCTOR leaves and ALEX drops the items and follows. INT. HALL, DOLLHOUSE The DOCTOR strides down the hallway, ALEX trailing after him. ALEX: Look, will you stop? (grabs the DOCTOR'S lapels) What is he? What is George? And how could I forget that Claire can't have kids? How? DOCTOR: Perception filter. (claps ALEX'S arms and continues) Some kind of hugely powerful perception filter. Convinced you and Claire. Everyone. Made you change your memories. (stops in front of a mirror and makes a face) Now, what could do that? (walks on) ALEX: (looks in mirror) Just a mirror. (follows the DOCTOR) After ALEX leaves, we see a doll reflected in the mirror. INT. LIBRARY, DOLLHOUSE The dolls return and bang on the door. AMY: Lock it! RORY: There isn't a lock! AMY groans as she pushes back on the door. The dolls get the door open a crack but AMY and RORY push it closed. RORY moves a giant spool of thread in front of the door INT. FRONT HALL, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: So, Claire can't have kids and something responded to that. Responded to that need. What could do that? ALEX: I thought you were the expert, fighting monsters all day long. You tell me! DOCTOR: Oi, listen, mush. Old eyes, remember? I've been around the block a few times. More than a few. They've knocked down the blocks I've been round and re-built them as bigger blocks. Super blocks! I've been round them as well. I can't remember everything. ALEX: Doctor... DOCTOR: It's like trying to remember the name of someone you met at a party when you were two. ALEX: Doctor, the lift. DOCTOR: And I can't just plump for 'Brian' like I normally do. ALEX: Doctor, listen! DOCTOR: Shh. What's that? ALEX: It's the lift. It's the sound that the lift makes. George is scared stiff of it. ALEX sees the electric candles switch off one by one. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, NIGHT Everything is quiet on the estate. We see the lift door close. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The shaking in GEORGE'S room slowly stills. GEORGE looks at the cupboard and stands. INT. LIBRARY, DOLLHOUSE AMY looks around for another door. AMY: We can't stay in here. We've got to get out! RORY: Er, how? AMY: (grabs RORY by the lapels) Take control, Rory. Take control of the only thing we can. Letting them in! RORY: Letting them in? AMY: And then we surprise them. We open the door and we push past them. Kick them. Punch them. Anything. OK? DOLL: (muffled) 'Time to play!' RORY: OK. They go back to the door and RORY grabs a mop to use as a w*apon. AMY moves the spool. AMY: Go on! One of the dolls falls to the floor. RORY pushes past the other with the mop. RORY: Amy, come on! AMY follows but is caught. AMY: Rory! RORY turns to go back but can only watch, horrified, as AMY is turned into a doll. The dolls come after him and he uses the mop to keep them back. INT. FRONT HALL, DOLLHOUSE ALEX watches the lights as they turn on one at a time and then shut off. ALEX: Five times. DOCTOR: What? ALEX: The lights. It's happening five times. It's like one of George's habits. The DOCTOR kneels down beside him. ALEX: We have to switch the light on and off five times. DOCTOR: Now you're getting it! ALEX: What d'you mean? DOCTOR: What do you tell George to do, Alex, with everything that scares him? ALEX: Well, put it in the... cupboard. DOCTOR: George isn't just an ordinary little boy. So, anything scary he puts in here. Scary toys, like the dolls' house. Scary noises, like, like the lift. Even his little rituals have become part of it. A psychic repository for all his fears, but what is he? A doll enters the room behind them and they turn at the sound of the laugh and see it. They look again. ALEX: Oh, my God! They stand and the DOCTOR takes out the sonic and uses it to no effect. The doll advances on them. ALEX: A g*n? You've got a g*n?! DOCTOR: It's not a g*n. Wood! I've got to invent a setting for wood. It's embarrassing. They run for the opposite door. They find a large pair of purple children's safety scissors. DOCTOR: Come on! The DOCTOR pushes the doll away and they make their escape. DOLL: 'Don't run away. We just want to play.' INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE walks slowly to the cupboard and stops in front of it. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE The DOCTOR strides in, holding the scissors, as he thinks aloud. DOCTOR: Massive psychic field. Perfect perception filter. And that need. The DOCTOR gives the scissors to ALEX who uses them against the doll that followed them. DOCTOR: That need of Claire's to, to... Stupid Doctor! (slaps his forehead) Ow! George is a Tenza. Of course he is. ALEX: He's a what?! DOCTOR: A cuckoo. A cuckoo in the nest. A Tenza. He's a Tenza. (opens a door and quickly shuts it on another doll) Millions of them hatch in space and then whoomph! (tries third door) Off they drift, looking for a nest. The Tenza young can sense exactly what their foster parents want and then they assimilate. Perfectly. ALEX: George is an... alien? (pushes back two dolls) DOCTOR: Yup. ALEX: But he's... he's our child! DOCTOR: (goes up stairs) Of course he is. The child you always wanted. He sensed that instinctively and sought you out, but something scared him. Started this cycle of fear. ALEX joins him on the stairs as three dolls advance on them. DOCTOR: It's all completely instinctive. Subconscious. George isn't even aware that he's controlling it. (scratches his head) So we have to make him aware. (runs to the next flight) George! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through cupboard) GEORGE! You're the only one who can stop this, INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: but you have to believe! You have to believe, you have to know you're safe! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE covers his ears. DOCTOR: (through cupboard) I can't save you from the monsters. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: Only you can! George, Listen to me! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through cupboard) George! Listen to me! GEORGE lowers his hands. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE RORY is working his way down the stairs, still fending off the dolls with a mop, while the DOCTOR and ALEX are working their way up. DOCTOR: Rory! RORY: Doctor! DOCTOR: Where's Amy? RORY points at the red-haired doll. DOCTOR: George! George, you have to face your fears. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through cupboard) You have to face them now! GEORGE walks closer. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: You have to open the cupboard or we'll all be trapped here forever in a living death! George! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through cupboard) George, listen to me! George! GEORGE stands in front of the cupboard. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: George listen to me! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: (through cupboard) George! GEORGE reaches for the latch. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE The DOCTOR, RORY and ALEX are surrounded by the dolls. DOCTOR: Please! George, you have to end this! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE turns the latch. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE DOCTOR: End this end this. End this now! INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT GEORGE opens the cupboard. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE The dolls stop. The DOCTOR sees GEORGE standing in the center of the room below them. DOCTOR: George! George! You did it! You did it! It's OK, it's all OK now. Everything's going to be fine. The dolls start moving again and walk down the stairs to GEORGE. DOCTOR: No. No. No, no, no, no, no! (leans over the bannister) George, you created this whole world. This whole thing, you can smash it! You can destroy it! GEORGE shakes his head. DOCTOR: Something's holding him back. Something's holding him back. Something... FLASHBACK--- GEORGE: Who are you? DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor. GEORGE: (scared) A doctor? Have you come to take me away? DOCTOR: (looks at ALEX) That's what did it. That's what the trigger was. He thought you were rejecting him. He thought he wasn't wanted. That someone was going to come and take him away. The dolls move closer to GEORGE who is shaking with fear. ALEX: Well, we... we talked about it. DOCTOR: Yeah, and he heard you, Alex. A Tenza's sole function is to fit in, to be wanted, and you were rejecting him. ALEX: We just couldn't cope. We needed help! RORY pushes the dolls with the mop. DOCTOR: Yes, but George didn't know that. He thought you were rejecting him. He still thinks it. ALEX: But how can we keep him? How can we? He's not... DOCTOR: Not what? ALEX looks down at GEORGE as the dolls begin to surround him. ALEX: He's not... human. DOCTOR: No. GEORGE: DAD! ALEX pushes the scissors at the DOCTOR and runs down the stairs, pushing past the dolls. Just as the dolls are about to completely hide GEORGE, ALEX grabs him and takes him in a huge hug. The dolls stop. GEORGE cries. ALEX: Whatever you are, whatever you do, you're my son. And I will never, ever send you away. Oh, George. Oh, my little boy. GEORGE: Dad. INT. FLAT, GEORGE'S BEDROOM, NIGHT The cupboard door flies open and light pours out. INT. MAIN STAIR, DOLLHOUSE Bright light filters through the windows. ALEX: My little boy. GEORGE: Dad. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, DAY MRS ROSSITER wakes up among the garbage bags by the bins. MRS ROSSITER: Oh, dear. Must be them tablets. Oh. Oh, dear. The lift opens and RORY and AMY are inside. They step out. AMY: Was I...? RORY: Yeah. INT. PURCELL'S FLAT, PARLOR, DAY PURCELL wakes up to Bernard licking his hand. He hugs the dog. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, DAY CLAIRE walks up to the door and uses her key to unlock it. INT. FLAT, FRONT HALL, DAY CLAIRE: Hi! She looks into the kitchen and sees GEORGE holding one of his toys and laughing at the DOCTOR and ALEX. He's sitting on the counter. INT. FLAT, KITCHEN, DAY CLAIRE enters the kitchen. DOCTOR: Hello! You're Claire, I expect. Claire... (kisses her on both cheeks) how'd you feel about kippers? (goes to the stove) CLAIRE: Er... who? ALEX: They sent someone. About George. It's all sorted. CLAIRE goes to GEORGE and rubs his back as he eats a slice of bread. DOCTOR: Yeah, we had a great time, didn't we? GEORGE: Yeah! DOCTOR: See, he's fine. CLAIRE: What? Just like that? DOCTOR: Yes. Trust me. CLAIRE smiles. ALEX kisses her on the cheek. GEORGE sits on the counter smiling and swinging his legs. EXT. COUNCIL ESTATE, DAY The DOCTOR leaves the flat. ALEX follows him. ALEX: Doctor, wait! DOCTOR: Sorry, yes. Bye. (shakes his hand) ALEX: You can't just... I mean... DOCTOR: It's sorted. You sorted it. Good man, Alex. Proud of you. (turns away) ALEX: What, that's it? DOCTOR: Well, apart from making sure he eats his greens and getting him into a good school, yes. ALEX: But is he going to...I don't know, sprout another head or three eyes or something? DOCTOR: He's one of the Tenza remember? He'll adapt perfectly now. (GEORGE steps out) Hey! Be whatever you want him to be. (walks away but stops) I might pop back around puberty, mind you. Always a funny time. (leaves) CLAIRE: (from inside) Kippers are getting cold! ALEX and GEORGE go inside. The DOCTOR finds AMY and RORY sitting on a low brick wall. DOCTOR: Come on, you two. Things to do, people to see, whole civilisations to save. (sits between them) You feeling OK? AMY: Erm, I think so. The DOCTOR puts an arm around each of them. DOCTOR: Well, it's good to be all back together again. In the flesh. Come on. (stands and leaves) INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR bounds up the steps to the console. AMY and RORY follow. DOCTOR: Now did someone mention something about planets and history and stuff? Where do you want to go? AMY: Um... DOCTOR: Mind's gone blank. AMY: Well, I have just been turned into a wooden dolly. DOCTOR: Excuses, excuses. RORY: It's tough though. It's like being given three wishes. DOCTOR: The whole universe? Or universes. Ooh, three wishes like Ali Baba. How about that? The conversation fades out as a girl singing a children's rhyme takes over. "Tick tock goes the clock And what now shall we play? Tick tock goes the clock Now summer's gone away? Tick tock goes the clock And what then shall we see? Tick tock until the day That thou shalt marry me Tick tock goes the clock And all the years they fly Tick tock and all too soon You and I must die. Tick tock goes the clock He cradled her and he rocked her Tick tock goes the clock Even for the Doctor..."
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foreverdreaming
INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is working the controls on the different panels of the console as AMY and RORY look on. DOCTOR: Apalapucia. AMY: Say it again? DOCTOR: Apalapucia. AMY: Apalapu...? DOCTOR: Cia. RORY: Apalapucia. DOCTOR: Apalapucia. AMY: Apalapucia. What a beautiful word. DOCTOR: Beautiful word, beautiful world. Apalapucia, voted number two planet in the top ten greatest destinations for the discerning intergalactic traveller. RORY: Why couldn't we go to number one? DOCTOR: It's hideous. Everyone goes to number one. Planet of the coffee shops. Apalapucia! I give you sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades! (leads them to the TARDIS doors) I give you... The DOCTOR opens to doors to reveal an empty white space with a set of double grey doors. EXT. TARDIS RORY looks out the TARDIS doors. RORY: Doors. DOCTOR: Doors. Yes. I give you doors. (steps out followed by RORY) But on the other side of those doors, I give you sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades. AMY: Have you seen my phone? DOCTOR: Your phone? AMY: Yeah. DOCTOR: Your mobile telephone? I bring you to a paradise planet, two billion light years away, and you want to update Twitter? AMY: Sunsets. Spires. Soaring silver colonnades. It's a camera phone. DOCTOR: On the counter, by the DVDs. AMY: Thank you. While AMY goes to get her phone, the DOCTOR joins RORY by the doors. RORY: How do we get in? DOCTOR: I don't know. Push a button. There's a panel to the side of the door with two buttons: a green anchor on top and a red waterfall on the bottom. RORY presses the green anchor. The doors slide open to reveal a plain white room with a pair of white chairs and a table with a large magnifying glass on top. DOCTOR: OK, so, rain check on the soaring silver colonnades. INT. GREEN ANCHOR ROOM The DOCTOR and RORY enter the room and loo around. The doors slide closed behind them. RORY: It's a magnifying glass. The DOCTOR looks through the glass. EXT. TARDIS AMY sees the closed doors. AMY: Hey? Hey, it's locked. INT. GREEN ANCHOR ROOM RORY: Yeah, push the button. EXT. TARDIS AMY presses the red waterfall button and the doors open. INT. RED WATERFALL ROOM The room is identical to the green anchor room including the magnifying glass. AMY: Rory? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. GREEN ANCHOR ROOM RORY: Come on, Amy! The doors close behind AMY. AMY: Great! RORY opens the doors by AMY isn't there. RORY: Where is she? Where on wherever we are is my wife? The DOCTOR sits on one of the chairs and presses a green button on the magnifying glass. A blurry picture of AMY appears in the glass as she peers into it from the red waterfall room. DOCTOR: Rory... I think I've found her. AMY sees them through the glass. RORY: What do you mean you've found her? Whoa! No, but, she's not... she's not here! I can see her, but she's not here. AMY: Where am I? In fact, where are you? The door to the green anchor room slides open and there is a white handbot standing there. It has a blank head and real hands. The DOCTOR and RORY put their hands up. RORY: Whoa. DOCTOR: Hands! Hello. Hands. Handbot with hands, Rory. HANDBOT: Welcome to the Twostreams Facility. Will you be visiting long? AMY: Er, Doctor. Something's happening. DOCTOR: Amy! (tries to get the picture back) Stay calm! Stay still! Ah, time's gone wobbly. (uses the sonic on the glass) I hate it when it does that. HANDBOT: (reaches its hand out) Will you be visiting long? RORY: (backs away) Good question, bit sinister. What's the answer to not get us k*lled? The DOCTOR gets AMY back. She's sitting curled up in a corner. DOCTOR: It's OK, I've got you, you're fine. HANDBOT: Will you be visiting long? RORY: Doctor, a little help. Doctor. AMY: And where have you been? HANDBOT: Will you...? RORY: What do I tell it? AMY: I've been here a week! DOCTOR: A week?! A week?! I'm so sorry! Aha! Same room, different times. Two timestreams running parallel but at different speeds. Amy, you're in a faster timestream. AMY: Doctor, it's going again! The handbot reaches its hand closer to RORY. RORY: Doctor! DOCTOR: AMY! AMY: DOCTOR! Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvil DOCTOR WHO "The Girl Who Waited" By Tom Macrae Producer Marcus Wilson Director Nick Hurran INT. RED WATERFALL ROOM AMY is sitting in one of the chairs, her feet up on the table, when the DOCTOR reconnects and appears in the glass. DOCTOR: (through glass) Come on. Gotcha! There. s*ab, settled, shh! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. GREEN ANCHOR ROOM RORY is cornered by the handbot. RORY: Why has this got hands? DOCTOR: (walks over) Organic skin, ultimate universal interface, grown and grafted, not born. It's actually seeing with its fingers, scanning the room. But why not just give it eyes? HANDBOT: Will you be visiting long? DOCTOR: As long as it takes. (peers through the glass at AMY) Amy, what exactly did you do? AMY: I just, I came in, and I pressed the door button. RORY: Ah... Amy, there are two buttons. Green anchor, red waterfall. Which one did you push? AMY: I pushed the red waterfall. RORY: (opens the door and steps out) Great. The doors slide shut behind him and RORY then pushes the red waterfall button. The doors open again but the red waterfall room is empty. RORY: Amy? RORY steps out, groans as the doors shut, then presses the green anchor and returns to the DOCTOR. RORY: I pressed Red Waterfall, and she wasn't there! DOCTOR: So you can't follow her directly. You know, it's never simple! Hear that, Handbot? She just pressed the wrong button. We're aliens, we didn't know. HANDBOT: Statement... rejected. (a red light on its chest brightens) Apalapucia is under planet-wide quarantine. This is a kindness facility for those infected with Chen7. DOCTOR: (covers his mouth and nose with his jacket) What? RORY: (mouth and nose also covered) Chen7, hmm? DOCTOR: The one day plague. RORY: What, you get it for a day? DOCTOR: No, you get it, and you die in a day. In the glass, AMY has covered her mouth as well. HANDBOT: There are 40,000 residents in the Twostreams Facility. Please remain in the sterile areas. Visiting hours are now. The handbot puts its hands together and transports away. The DOCTOR and RORY lower their jackets. DOCTOR: Sterile area, I'm safe. (sits) AMY: (smacks the glass) What about me! DOCTOR: Chen7 only affects two-hearted races like Apalapucians. RORY: And Time Lords. DOCTOR: Yeah, like me. In that facility, I'm d*ad in a day. Time moves faster on Amy's side of the glass. Amy, you said you'd been here a week. What did you eat? AMY: Nothing. I wasn't hungry. DOCTOR: No, because Red Waterfall time is compressed. That's the point. The Time Glass syncs up the timestreams for visits. You could be here for a day, watch them live out their entire lives. RORY: And watch them grow old in front of your eyes? That's horrible. DOCTOR: No, Rory, it's kind. You've got a choice. Sit by their bedside for 24 hours and watch them die, or sit in here for 24 hours and watch them live. Which would you choose? The DOCTOR picks up the glass and it disappears from the red waterfall room. AMY: Doctor?! (feels the space where the glass was) Doctor, don't leave me! (buries her head in her hands) The DOCTOR has moved the glass to the side of the room and is looking at AMY in profile. DOCTOR: I'm here, Amy. I'm right here. AMY: Where are you? Am I looking at you? DOCTOR: Turn left, just a fraction. (she moves) Bit more, stop. That's it. AMY: Eye to eye? DOCTOR: Eye to eye to eye. RORY: Hello. DOCTOR: Amy, I'm taking the Time Glass back to the TARDIS. Like satnav, I'll use it to get a lock, then smash through, using the TARDIS to get you out. Until then, you're on your own. (using the sonic on the glass) RORY: What are you doing? DOCTOR: Locking onto Amy. Small act of vandalism, no-one'll mind. (alarm sounds) Ah, that will be the small act of vandalism alarm. Amy, I need you to go into the facility just for a bit. Find somewhere safe and leave me a sign. Remember, you're immune to Chen7, but don't let them give you anything. They don't know you're alien. Their kindness will k*ll you. Now go! AMY presses the "Check In" button and the door slides open. She turns around and faces them. AMY: Rory, I love you. Now, save me. Go on. The doors slide shut. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, CHECK-IN AMY is sprayed with a decontaminate. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR carries the time glass to the console and inserts it. DOCTOR: This is locked onto Amy permanently. Play the signal into the console, the TARDIS'll follow it. The DOCTOR attaches a cable to the glass that sets off some smoke before looking through a tool chest of odds and ends. DOCTOR: Now then, I know you're in here. Um... erm.. Haha! (puts on a pair of black-rimmed glasses) How do I look? (faces RORY) RORY: Ridiculous. DOCTOR: Glasses are cool. See? (puts them on RORY) Oh, yes. Hello, handsome man. RORY: Oh, hello. DOCTOR: Hello, Rorycam! RORY: Huh? (whatever RORY looks at appears on the monitors) Oh, you can see what I see. DOCTOR: We're breaking into Twostreams. Now, I can't go in, the Chen7'll k*ll me, no regeneration. You will be my eyes and ears. RORY: (nods) Rory-cam. Rescue Amy. Got it. DOCTOR: That's the spirit! Now, smashing through a timewall could get a bit hairy. RORY: Is it safe? DOCTOR: Don't know. Never tried. Best hold onto something. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, CHECK-IN AMY walks through a monochromatic welcome area. It looks like it can hold many people but it's empty. A beam of light singles out AMY. COMPUTER: Welcome to the Twostreams Facility. The light disappears. AMY: Erm, who are you and why can't I see you? The light reappears. COMPUTER: I am the Interface, between yourself and the systems of the Twostreams Facility. I will be your guide, your teacher, your friend. The light shuts off and a hologram of a woman appears behind the counter. HOLOGRAM: Welcome to Twostreams. What is your name, please? AMY: Amy. Amy Pond. HOLOGRAM: Welcome, Amy Pond. I see you're travelling alone. As a resident you will now have access to all of the entertainment zones inside. For a taste of adventure, why not try the mountain zone, (a picture appears on screen) and explore Apalapucia's famous Glasmir Mountains. Or try our roller-coaster zone, authentically modelled on the famous Warpspeed Death Ride at Disneyland, Clom. All that you could wish for and more is through the Departure Gate, (motions with her hand) provided for you with kindness. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, ARRIVALS AMY walks up steps to another area rooms to one side. One of the handbots is patrolling. COMPUTER: Unexpected visitor. Welcome. Please seek assistance. AMY runs up to the handbot. AMY: Hello? Hey! Oi, wait! The handbot turns and scans her. HANDBOT: You are carrying unregistered bacteria. Please let me help you. The handbot's chest panel opens and it removes a syringe. AMY: No, I'm not from this world. Your medicine'll k*ll me! HANDBOT: Statement... rejected. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. (holds out the syringe) AMY: (hides) No, no, please, I hate needles. HANDBOT: Secondary delivery system engaged. The handbot's head opens to show a large g*n surrounded by needles. It turns towards AMY and fires. A needle lands right by where she is hiding. HANDBOT: Unauthorised infection on check-in, version 223. Two more handbots appear beside the first. AMY turns to go the other way but finds it blocked by two more handbots. She jumps over the counter and ducks inside. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, MAINTENANCE AMY runs down a stairwell to an open maintenance area. COMPUTER: Unauthorised resident detected. AMY: Come on. (ducks around a corner) A handbot sticks its hand into the room, scanning for her. HANDBOT: This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. AMY runs across the room and hides behind a large piece of equipment. She hears the handbot stop and peers under the equipment. She shrieks when its hand turns in her direction. She runs away from it. COMPUTER: Unauthorised resident detected. Unauthorised resident detected. Three handbots materialize in front of AMY, blocking her way. AMY: No. No, no... HANDBOT: This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed. AMY runs for the vent in the center of the room and pulls the grating off hoping to use it as an escape route. AMY: Come on, please... The handbots stop and scan the room. HANDBOT: No residents detected. No residents detected. The handbots walk away. AMY: They didn't see me, they didn't see me. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR laughs as he holds onto the console as the TARDIS knocks them about crossing the timestream. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY The TARDIS materializes and RORY steps out. He is wearing the glasses and has the time glass attached to a belt worn across his body. RORY: Red Waterfall! We made it. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is at the console watching the monitors. DOCTOR: Good old us! RORY: How do we know that we're in the same Red Waterfall as Amy? DOCTOR: Focus on the positive. We locked onto Amy's timestream. RORY'S eyes drift to the Venus di Milo's breasts. DOCTOR: Eyes front, soldier! RORY: Right, yes, sorry. DOCTOR: Apalapucians are the great cultural scavengers, Rory, this gallery's a scrapbook of their favourite places. RORY: (walks through the gallery) Bit of Earth, bit of alien, bit of... whatever the hell that is. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GATE AMY runs into a room and watches as the doors slide closed behind her. She turns to see six apparent doorways to nowhere. In the center is a small pedestal with buttons on it; one for every doorway. AMY: Interface? The light shines down on her. INTERFACE: I am here, Amy Pond. AMY: Shhh, shhh. Turn that light off! )the light shuts off) So I'm... what is this? How does it work? INTERFACE: This is the Gate. From here you may depart to any of Twostreams' entertainment zones. (AMY presses a button) Cinema. (another) Aquarium. (third) Garden. AMY: Garden? Why not? (presses button again) COMPUTER: Garden. The lights flash through the doorway, like something passing at speed. When it stills, AMY runs through the doorway. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GARDEN The garden is formal in nature with very high and strangely trimmed topiary hedges. AMY: It's... beautiful. I mean, freaky hedges. INTERFACE: The perfect replica of a Shill Governor's Mansion on Shallanna. AMY: You really could spend a lifetime in here. Not that I'm going to. AMY explores and finds a covered terrace with columns and statues. AMY: Interface? INTERFACE: Amy Pond? AMY: I need somewhere safe to hide and wait for my friends. Where in Twostreams is safe? INTERFACE: Twostreams is a safe, nurturing environment. AMY: You know what I mean. Where can I go so the Handbots can't find me? Before, I was stood by a sort of vent, and there was light and smoke and the Handbots couldn't see me. Why not? OK, I'll put it another way. What were those vent thingies? INTERFACE: The vents channel the exhaust fumes from the temporal engines that hold the multiple timestreams in place. AMY: And these temporal engines mess up the Handbots' sensors. So where's the temporal engines? INTERFACE: Temporal engines held within. AMY: OK... Two handbots appear on either side of AMY, hands out. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. As they approach, she backs away and then forces them to touch the other's hand and they short out. AMY: Ha! Don't like that, do you?! INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, ARRIVALS AMY pushes a door open and goes inside. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, TEMPORAL ENGINES AMY walks up to the massive industrial engines. AMY: Temporal engines. Somewhere to hide. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, ARRIVALS AMY writes on the door in red lipstick "Doctor, I'm waiting" and draws an arrow pointing to the handle before going back inside. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY RORY is walking through the rooms. RORY: Where... is everyone? CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR is at the console watching the monitors. DOCTOR: Right, Rory, switch the Time Glass on and sonic it. I'll send a command to the screwdriver. Amy's here somewhere. If I can just get a lock on her. I wonder what happens if we mix the filters? RORY uses the sonic on the time glass and we see lots of people milling about, all out of focus. DOCTOR: And there they are. 40,000 time streams overlapping. Red Waterfall isn't one time stream. It's thousands. RORY: Are they happy? DOCTOR: Oh, Rory. Trust you to think of that. I think they're happy to be alive. Better than the alternative. RORY lowers the time glass in time to see someone in pieced-together armor charging at him with a katana. RORY: I come in peace! Peace, peace, peace, peace! (falls to his back on the floor, sword at his throat) The warrior has long red hair and green eyes. It speaks with a computer enhanced voice. WARRIOR: I waited. RORY: Sorry, what? WARRIOR: I waited for you. (pulls sword away) I waited! (lifts visor to reveal an older AMY) RORY: Amy. Doctor, what's going on? DOCTOR: (stares at the feed of AMY) Er... RORY: Amy. (stands) DOCTOR: (over comms) 'I think the time stream lock might be a bit wobbly.' AMY draws her sword back to strike. RORY: (pleads) No, please. Please! AMY: Duck. RORY ducks and AMY puts the sword through the handbot's head. It falls backwards to the floor. Neither the DOCTOR nor RORY know what to say. AMY: Handbots carry a black box in case they go offline. I've changed the cause of termination from hostile to accidental. (over comms) 'Easy to re-programme. Using my sonic probe.' (replaces the box) RORY: Amy. AMY: Rory. RORY: Why? AMY: I've survived this long by making the Handbots think I don't exist. Don't touch the hands. Anaesthetic transfer - if they touch you, you go to sleep. RORY: But you're still here? AMY: You didn't save me. (strides away) RORY: (catches up) This is the saving! This is the us saving you! The Doctor just got the timing a bit out! DOCTOR: (mouths) Sorry. AMY: (doesn't make eye contact) I've been on my own here a long, long time. I've had decades to think nice thoughts about him. Got a bit harder to stay charitable once I entered decade four. RORY: 40 years? Alone? AMY: 36 years. Thanks! (pushes back her hair) RORY: No. Right, I mean... you look great. Really. Really. AMY: Eyes front, soldier. RORY: Still can't win then. AMY: In fact, I think I can now definitely say I hate him. I hate The Doctor. I hate him more than I've ever hated anyone in my life. (over monitor) You can hear every word of this through those ridiculous glasses, can't you, Raggedy Man? DOCTOR: Ah. Yes. Putting the speaker phone on. AMY: (over monitor) You told me to wait. And I did. A lifetime. DOCTOR: Amy... AMY: (over monitor) You've got nothing to say to me. DOCTOR: Behind you! Two handbots are closing in on them. AMY tosses her staff to RORY, ducks and presses the handbots' hands together. AMY: Feedback. Knocks them out. Learned that trick on my first day. (leaves) INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY AMY strides along the outer corridor followed by RORY RORY: OK, so we just take the TARDIS back to the right time stream, yeah? We can stop any of this happening. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: We locked on to a time stream, Rory. This is it. RORY: This is so wrong. AMY: I got old, Rory, what did you think was going to happen? RORY: Hey! (grabs her arm) I don't care that you got old! I care that we didn't grow old together. Amy, come on, please. AMY: (pulls her arm away) Don't touch me. Don't do that. (continues walking) RORY: It's like you're not even her. AMY: 36 years, three months, four days of solitary confinement. (stops in front of the Arrivals door and looks at the glasses)(over monitor) This facility was built to give people the chance to live. I walked in here and I died. Do you have anything to say? Anything, Doctor? DOCTOR: Where did you get a sonic screwdriver? AMY: (over monitor) I made it. And it's a sonic probe. RORY: You made a sonic screwdriver? AMY: (over monitor) Probe. (goes through doors) INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, TEMPORAL ENGINES RORY follows AMY as she goes through a curtain made from miscellaneous materials. Standing in a corner is a Handbot. RORY: Oh! The Handbot turns and there is a smiley face drawn on him. AMY: Don't worry about him. Sit down, Rory. RORY and the Handbot both sit. RORY: You named him after me? AMY: Needed a bit of company. RORY: So, he's like your... AMY: Pet. With RORY looking at the handbot, AMY pulls out lipstick and twists it open. RORY: Is it safe? AMY: Yep. I disarmed it. RORY: How? (sees the hands have been cut off) Oh, you... disarmed it. AMY: (lifts the lipstick to her mouth then changes her mind) Oh, don't get sentimental, it's just a robot. You'd have done the same. DOCTOR: I don't know that I would have. AMY: (over monitor) And there he is - the voice of God. Survive. Cos no-one's going to come for you. Number one lesson. (to glasses) You taught me that. DOCTOR: (over comms) Is that really all I taught you? AMY: (over monitor) Don't you lecture me, blue-box man flying through time and space on whimsy. All I've got - all I've had for 36 years - is cold, hard reality. (to glasses) So, no, I don't have a sonic screwdriver because I'm not off on a romp. I call it what it is - a probe. And I call my life what it is... Hell. (turns away) DOCTOR: Amy Pond, I am going to put this right. You said you learned from an Interface. Can I speak with it? AMY: Doesn't work in here. (checks watch) 2:23, the garden'll be clear now. (to RORY) Stay or go? RORY: Sorry, me? No, I'm coming with you! AMY: Then try not to get k*lled. Or do. Whatever. AMY leaves and RORY follows, as does the handbot. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GARDEN, TERRACE AMY: When I first came here, I had to trick the Interface into giving me the information, but I've reprogrammed it now. It'll tell me anything except how to escape. RORY: You hacked it? That's genius! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – CUT TO: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: (over comms) Sorry to interrupt that beautiful moment, (in TARDIS) but temporal engines have a regulator valve, which has to be kept from the main reactor or there's feedback. Interface, where's the regulator? INTERFACE: (prints appear on monitor) The regulator valve is held within. DOCTOR: Ah! Oh, very, very "ah!" Interface, I need to run through some technical specifications. Rory, give me to Amy a minute. RORY: Here you go. RORY goes to put the glasses on AMY but she pulls her head away. He hands them to her and she puts them on. AMY: They look ridiculous. RORY: That's what I told him. Still, anything beats a fez, eh? They share a laugh but AMY stops. RORY: What is it? AMY: I think that's the first time I've laughed in 36 years. They look at each other, thinking of all that lost time. In the TARDIS, the DOCTOR witnesses this as well. RORY: I'll just, um, leave you two geniuses alone. I'll be back in a minute. (walks away) DOCTOR: (over comms) There's still time, Amy. There's still time to fix everything. RORY wanders through the garden and soon comes across a doorway. RORY: How can you have a door without a wall? (walks into an invisible barrier) Oh! (reaches out his hands) Holographic wallpaper? (turns and sees a handbot) Oh, sorry. The handbot reaches out a hand and touches RORY'S face. RORY falls to the ground. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. The handbot's head opens and it prepares to f*re. AMY cuts the head off with her sword. RORY: Oh. AMY: Rory? (kneels beside him) RORY: Glasses. AMY: (stands and turns away) You stupid... RORY: Oh! You saved me. AMY: Don't get used to it. RORY: Have you been crying? A little bit? AMY: Shut up, Rory. RORY: You have, haven't you? AMY: Woman with a sword. Don't push it. RORY raises his hands in surrender and the DOCTOR chuckles. DOCTOR: OK, so here's the plan. (over comms) Time is always a bit wibbly-wobbly, but in Twostreams it's extra wubbly. AMY gives the glasses back to RORY. DOCTOR: I've worked out how to hijack the temporal engines and then fold two points of Amy's timeline together. We're bringing her out of the then and into the now! Amy, I just need to borrow your brain a minute, it won't hurt, probably - almost probably... (over comms) and then, Amy Pond, I'm going to save you. AMY: (stares into the glasses) No! takes out probe) Time's up, Handbots coming. (leaves) INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY DOCTOR: (over comms) Amy, you've got to help us help you. I need you to think back CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS DOCTOR: 36 years ago. Amy? Amy!? RORY lifts the time glass to the door over faded markings and sees the message AMY left in lipstick. RORY: You told her to leave us a sign. And she did. And she waited. Oh, Amy. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, TEMPORAL ENGINES RORY: Why won't you help yourself? AMY: He wants to rescue Past Me from 36 years back, which means I'll cease to exist. Everything I've seen and done dissolves, time is rewritten. RORY: (stops) That's... That's good, isn't it? AMY: I will die. Another Amy will take my place, an Amy who never got trapped at Twostreams, who grew old with you, and she, in 36 years, won't be me. RORY: But you'll die in here. AMY: Not if you take me with you. (over monitor) You came to rescue me, so rescue me. RORY: Leave her and take you? DOCTOR: We could take this Amy with us, easy, but if we do, our Amy has to wait 36 years to be rescued. RORY: So I have to choose - which wife do I want? AMY: She is me. We're both me. RORY: You being here is wrong. For a single day, an hour, let alone a lifetime. I swore to protect you...I promised. Without a word, AMY goes through the curtain into her living space. DOCTOR: Rory... RORY: This is your fault. DOCTOR: I'm so sorry, but Rory... RORY: No! This is your fault! You should look in a history book once in a while, see if there's an outbreak of plague or not. DOCTOR: That is not how I travel. RORY: Then I do not want to travel with you! RORY rips the glasses off and throws them to the ground. After a burst of feedback, the DOCTOR can hear AMY sobbing. DOCTOR: (over comms) Rory, is the time glass still on? If the link's still active, I think I can hear Amy. Our Amy. RORY lifts the time glass and aims it into the small room. He sees AMY as they left her. Her head is bowed and she is crying to the wall. RORY: Oh, Amy. RORY enters the room, still looking through the glass. THEN AMY turns around as if sensing him. RORY then goes over to NOW AMY and kneels. RORY: Look me in the face and say you won't help her. AMY: (looks him in the eye) I will not help her. RORY: OK... OK. RORY stands and walks for a bit, thinking. He leans against a piece of furniture and holds the time glass up in front of him. RORY: Look me in the face and say it now. THEN AMY appears in the glass, still crying. THEN AMY: Rory? Rory is that you? RORY sonics the time glass and it appears in front of THEN AMY. THEN AMY: (approaches the glass) Rory, where are you? RORY: Same place as you - and a bit ahead. NOW AMY: (peers into the glass) I remember this. THEN AMY: (through glass) But who's she? There's no-one else here, but... me. RORY steps outside, leaving the AMYS alone. HANDBOT RORY shows him the glasses. RORY takes them. THEN AMY: Why are we still here!? NOW AMY: Because they leave you. Because they get in their TARDIS and they fly away. THEN AMY: No, Rory wouldn't, not ever. Something must have stopped him. NOW AMY: You did. Or rather, the old version of you. (through glass) The Me version of you. I refuse to help them. I won't let them save myself. THEN AMY: Why? NOW AMY: If you escape, then I was never trapped here, the last 36 years of my life rewrites, and I cease to exist. That's why Old Me refused to help then... that's why I'm refusing to help now... and that's why you'll refuse to help when it's your turn. Nothing you can say will change that. THEN AMY: Three words. What about Rory? NOW AMY: Rory? I... I called my robot Rory. THEN AMY: (through glass) You called your robot Rory? (normal) You didn't call it The Doctor, or Biggles, (through glass) our favourite cat? NOW AMY: Do you, um...(through glass) remember that summer when he came back to school with that ridiculous haircut? THEN AMY: He said he'd been in a rock band. They both laugh. BOTH: Liar. NOW AMY: And then he had to learn to play the guitar. THEN AMY: So we wouldn't know he couldn't play it. Mm-hmm. NOW AMY: All those boys chasing me, but it was only ever Rory. Why was that? THEN AMY: You know when sometimes you meet someone so beautiful, (through glass) and then you actually talk to them, and five minutes later they're as dull as a brick? At this point, the AMYS appear side-by-side on the screen, each looking at the other through the glass. THEN AMY: Then there's other people, and you meet them and think, "Not bad, they're OK." And then you get to know them... and their face just sort of becomes them. Like their personality's written all over it. And they just turn into something so beautiful? BOTH: Rory's the most beautiful man I've ever met. THEN AMY: Please. Do it for him. NOW AMY: You're asking me to defy destiny, causality, the nexus of time itself, for a boy? THEN AMY: You're Amy... he's Rory... and oh, yes, I am. NOW AMY leaves her space and joins RORY outside. NOW AMY: I'm going to pull time apart for you. She kisses him and they hug. She cries. CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TARDIS NOW AMY: (over monitors) OK, Doctor, Twostreams is back on air. Right, OK, so this is big news, (normal) this is temporal earthquake time. I am now officially changing my own future. Hold on to your spectacles. In my past, I saw my future self refuse to help you. I'm now changing that future and agreeing. Every law of time says that shouldn't be possible. DOCTOR: Yes, except sometimes knowing your own future is what enables you to change it, especially if you're bloody minded, contradictory and completely unpredictable. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, ARRIVALS RORY: So, basically, if you're Amy, then? DOCTOR: (over comms) Yes, if anyone could defeat pre-destiny, (in TARDIS) it's your wife. NOW AMY: It's not about what I'm doing, but who I'm doing it for. In the past, THEN AMY opens the door cautiously and steps out. The message she left for the DOCTOR is still clear on the door. NOW AMY: I'm trusting you to watch my back, Rory. RORY: Always. You and me, always. NOW AMY: Cos here's the deal... you take me too in the TARDIS. Me too. RORY: But that means that there'll be two of you, permanently, forever. NOW AMY: And that way we both get to live. RORY: Two Amys together. Can that work? DOCTOR: I don't know, it's your marriage. RORY: Doctor! DOCTOR: (scratches head)Perhaps, maybe, if I shunted the reality compensators on the TARDIS, re-calibrated the doomsday bumpers and jettisoned the karaoke bar, yes, maybe, yes. It could do it. The TARDIS could sustain the paradox. RORY: (over monitors) Right. Amy...(holds up the glass to see THEN AMY) and Amy. The wife and the wife, right. DOCTOR: OK, Amy - Past Amy – stand by the door. Future Amy, you too. Future Amy, can I borrow your sonic scr... probe? NOW AMY: It's a screwdriver! (hands it to RORY) RORY uses the DOCTOR'S sonic screwdriver on AMY'S before tossing it back to her. DOCTOR: (over comms) Rory, sonic it, double our power. Amy Now, you're our link to Amy Then. (in TARDIS) We need to get a signal through.(comms) That signal will be a thought. (TARDIS) Amy Now and Amy Then, share a thought. Something so powerful (comms) that it can rip through time. Rory, (TARDIS) sonic the plinth front. Inside (comms) you'll find three levers and a jumble of wiring. (TARDIS) That's the regulator valve. RORY follows the DOCTOR'S instructions. DOCTOR: After we've rebooted, (comms) you have ten minutes to get back to the TARDIS. RORY: OK. DOCTOR: Pull out the red and green receptors, re-route blue into red and (comms) green into blue. Leave red loose and on (TARDIS) no account touch anything yellow. RORY pulls out the green and blue and stares at them. DOCTOR: (comms) Come on, Rory. It's hardly rocket science. (TARDIS) It's just quantum physics. RORY: Yes, right. Blue into red... As RORY works on the wires, NOW AMY looks around watchfully. DOCTOR: Now the lever. Throw them in order! (comms) Amys, start thinking the most important thought you've ever had. (TARDIS) Hold it in your head and do not let it go! Lever one. RORY pulls the lever. NOW AMY: Macarena. BOTH: Macarena, Macarena. RORY: She's doing The Macarena. NOW AMY: Macarena. THEN AMY: (does the steps) Macarena. NOW AMY: Macarena. RORY: Our first kiss. DOCTOR: Lever two, Rory. RORY pulls the next lever. THEN AMY starts to flicker. DOCTOR: Lever three. RORY pulls the last lever and the time glass shatters. Sparks fly on the TARDIS. The corridor where THEN AMY had been standing alone is empty. RORY: Oh, Amy. THEN AMY: (sees her older self) Oh, my God. NOW AMY: Oh, my God. RORY comes up to THEN AMY and takes her in a big hug. They break apart and giggle. They become self-conscious in front of NOW AMY. RORY: Sorry... NOW AMY: Hello. THEN AMY: Hello! BOTH: I don't know what to... RORY: (whispers) Weird. BOTH: OK, this is weird. Right, just stop doing that. RORY: How about Amy One speaks first? BOTH: Which one's Amy One? RORY: Well... BOTH: I am. No, I am! Rory! Rory, just stop doing that! The glasses start sparking. RORY: Ah! DOCTOR: Oh. Rory, Rory, take the glasses off. You're getting temporal feedback. RORY throws the glasses to the floor. Inside the TARDIS, the console sparks and smokes. DOCTOR: (over comms) Whoa! Calm down, dear! (TARDIS) Rory, Amy, we've created a massive paradox and the TARDIS hates it. (frantically works controls) She's self-phasing, trying to get out of here. What's nasty Amy done to you? Just calm down, dear. Hang on in there. (goes to monitor) Rory, you've got eight minutes left. I'm sorry, you're on your own now. The glasses spark and die and the DOCTOR can only see static. RORY: I'm not on my own. I've got my wives. (holds both thumbs up) HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed... RORY: Incoming! Three handbots are marching towards them. HANDBOT: ..this is a kindness. NOW AMY: (gives THEN AMY her staff) With me. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed, this is a kindness. This is a kindness. RORY and the AMYS take position. NOW AMY creeps along the side and takes out one of the handbots. She looks back at her younger self. NOW AMY: Amy, Kate Hayler, year ten hockey. THEN AMY: Go for the shins! THEN AMY smashes the handbot in the shins causing it to flip over onto its back. RORY is trying to push the final one back and stay out of reach by its hands. HANDBOT: This is a kindness. THEN AMY: Duck! (swings the staff, removing the handbot's head) Five more handbots appear. RORY: They're cutting off the Departure Gate. We can't get back to the TARDIS. NOW AMY: Side door. We'll go behind them. They jump over the counter like AMY did that first day and go inside. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, STAIRWELL NOW AMY is leading RORY and THEN AMY. THEN AMY: Think you're coming with us, just like that? NOW AMY: Yeah, just like that. THEN AMY: Rory, talk to her! NOW AMY: Rory! Talk to her! RORY: Now, ladies... INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, MAINTENANCE THEN AMY: Where are you going to live? NOW AMY: Not with you, don't worry. I'll go travelling. Pop back for Christmas, maybe Easter. RORY: Amy, you always say, cooking Christmas dinner, you wish there was two of you. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GATE THEN AMY takes up position at the door with the staff while NOW AMY and RORY stand by the controls. THEN AMY uses the sonic "probe" on the door. RORY: Can't we just teleport in? NOW AMY: It's not a teleport, it's a time jump. THEN AMY: They can't shunt within the same timestream. NOW AMY: Yes. RORY: The TARDIS is in the Gallery. INTERFACE: Gallery closed. NOW AMY: (presses the controls) Controls are stuck. They've locked them from outside. RORY: Can you unlock them? NOW AMY: Yeah, give me a minute and your cutest smile. (RORY smiles quickly) That's the one. RORY: Can you stop flirting with me? You're old enough to be... NOW AMY: I've known you my whole life. How many games of Doctors and Nurses? RORY: Ssh! NOW AMY: Don't get coy now. All the Gate doors open and handbots enter. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. THEN AMY tosses the staff back to NOW AMY. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. RORY uses the sonic on the controls and presses the button. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY NOW AMY leads the way through the door and uses her sword and staff on the handbots waiting on the other side. THEN AMY and RORY run across the room along the outside. They then push down a handbot. BOTH: Come on! NOW AMY: Go! I've got your back! THEN AMY and RORY go through the door and THEN AMY screams as she almost runs into a handbot. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. THEN AMY is confronted by a second handbot who touches her on the side of the face. She falls to the floor. RORY forces the first handbot's hands together. He then runs over to THEN AMY. RORY: No! With a yell, RORY takes the "Mona Lisa" and rams it over the handbot's head. The handbot shorts out. He kneels beside THEN AMY. In the first room, NOW AMY continues to fight the handbots. She comes through the door and watches as RORY carries THEN AMY to the TARDIS. INT. TARDIS RORY kicks the door open and the DOCTOR rushes to meet him. RORY lays THEN AMY on the floor and the DOCTOR covers her with his jacket. DOCTOR: Ah, it's just an anaesthetic. She'll be fine. The DOCTOR stands and goes to the door. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY The watches NOW AMY. She throws aside her staff and sword and runs for the TARDIS. DOCTOR: I'm sorry. The DOCTOR slams the door closed just as she reaches it. INT. TARDIS RORY: What are you doing? (stands) DOCTOR: I lied to her, Rory. NOW AMY: (pounds on the door) Doctor? Let me in! DOCTOR: There can't be two Amys in the TARDIS. The paradox is too massive. RORY: She'll die! CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH – - CUT TO: INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY NOW AMY: (pounds on the door) Doctor? Let me in! DOCTOR: No, she'll never have existed. When we save our Amy, this future won't have happened. RORY: (motions at the door) But she happened! She's there! NOW AMY: (through door) Doctor! I trusted you! DOCTOR: (closes his eyes) No, she's not real. RORY: She is real. Let her in! DOCTOR: Look, we take this Amy, we leave ours. There can only be one Amy in the TARDIS. Which one do you want? (puts RORY'S hand on the latch) It's your choice. RORY: This isn't fair. You're turning me into you. DOCTOR: Your choice, Rory. RORY: I, er.. NOW AMY pounds on the door NOW AMY: (through door) Doctor? The DOCTOR walks away from the door. NOW AMY: (through door) Doctor! Doctor? Doctor! The DOCTOR checks on THEN AMY before heading to the console. NOW AMY'S hand appears in one of the clear window panes. NOW AMY: Rory? Please. RORY puts his hand to hers against the glass. NOW AMY: The look on your face when you carried her. Me. Her. (through door) When you carried her away, you used to look at me like that. (outside) I'd forgotten how much you loved me. I'd forgotten how much I loved being her. RORY is crying, leaning his head against the door. NOW AMY: Amy Pond, in the TARDIS. With Rory Williams. RORY: I'm sorry, I can't do this. (starts to turn the latch) NOW AMY: (lowers her hand to the handle) If you love me, don't let me in. SPLIT SCREEN—they are both leaning their heads on the door. NOW AMY: Open that door, I will, I'll come in. I don't want to die. I won't bow out bravely. The DOCTOR listens at the console. NOW AMY: (through door) I'll be kicking and screaming, fighting. (outside) To the end. RORY: (voice breaking) Oh, Amy. Amy, I love you. NOW AMY: I love you too. Don't let me in. OVERLAY—RORY has his head against the door as NOW AMY runs her hand across the door. It looks like she is stroking his head. NOW AMY: Tell Amy, your Amy, I'm giving her the days. The days with you. The days to come. RORY: I'm so, so sorry. NOW AMY: The days I can't have. Take them, please. NOW AMY fades out until it's just RORY NOW AMY: (through door) I'm giving you my days. RORY: I'm so, so sorry. (lets go of the latch and turns away from the door) INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY NOW AMY turns to face the five handbots that have arrived. HANDBOT: Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. INT. TARDIS RORY hears the handbots. HANDBOT: (through door) Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. INT. TWOSTREAMS FACILITY, GALLERY NOW AMY stands tall. NOW AMY: Interface? INTERFACE: I am here, Amy Pond. NOW AMY: Show me Earth. Show me home. A hologram appears of the Earth turning. NOW AMY: Did I ever tell you about this boy I met there? Who pretended to be in a band? The projection disappears and NOW AMY stands there and lets one of the handbots touch her. She falls to the floor. As we hear the sound of the TARDIS dematerializing, that timeline is erased. INT. TARDIS AMY is sleeping in one of the chairs, the DOCTOR'S jacket still wrapped about her. The DOCTOR and RORY are sitting on the stairs, watching her. RORY: Did you always know it would never work? Saving both Amys? DOCTOR: I promised you I'd save her and there she is. Safe. (pats RORY on the shoulder and stands) RORY: Yeah. There she is. As the DOCTOR walks down a different set of stairs, AMY wakes up. RORY goes to her side. The DOCTOR sticks his tongue out at them and smiles. DOCTOR: I'll leave you two alone. RORY: You all right? (strokes her hair) AMY: Mm-hm. RORY: How you feeling? AMY: Where is she? The DOCTOR walks away.
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INT. HOTEL A close-up of a cassette playing a light instrumental tune. CCTV sh*t of an empty reception area the switches to a dining room to a random hotel hall. We then see a winding staircase with staggered pendant lights hanging over the center. Back in the halls we see a figure slowly walking, garbled conversation coming over a radio. We hear a growling then see part of a wrinkled, animalistic face as an eye opens. In the hallway, we see a young policewoman, LUCY, slowly approaching room 214. She opens the door and sees a clown sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a red balloon. She continues down the hall. LUCY: (V.O.) My name is Lucy Hayward, and I'm the last one left. LUCY opens the door to room 215 and sees a man with an old fashioned tripod camera. She closes the door quickly and moves on. LUCY: (V.O.) You don't know what's going to be in your room until you see it, then you realise it could have never been anything else. LUCY opens the door to the next room and hears the toilet flushing and the door to the bathroom opens and out comes a gorilla, a roll of toilet paper in its hand. A page from a book slips past, showing a drawing of a gorilla. A page of different fonts reading "Praise Him" takes over. Everything she's seen cycles through LUCY'S mind. With a scream, she backs out of the room, falls against the wall, and then slides to the floor. We see the Beast again open its eye. Back in the hallway, LUCY pulls out her notepad and writes furiously. LUCY: (V.O.) The gaps between my worship are getting shorter. This is what happened to the others. Praise him. It's all so clear now. I'm so happy. Praise him. Praise him. (closes her eyes) LUCY hears a growling and thudding footsteps and rises quickly to her feet. She sees a large shadow at the end of the hall. She drops her notes. LUCY: (V.O.) Praise him. MAN: (V.O.) Praise him. We then look down the hallway towards LUCY, the Beast's out-of-focus point-of-view. We hear a woman's scream. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvill DOCTOR WHO "The God Complex" By Toby Whithouse Producer Marcus Wilson Director Nick Hurran INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR pops his head up as does AMY, her hair hanging down. RORY looks as well. AMY: "Let's go to Ravan-Skala," he says. "The people are 600 feet tall, you have to talk to them"in hot air balloons and the Tourist Information Centre is made of one of their hats," he says. I'm sorry, but I don't see any huge hats. DOCTOR: Amy. Beaky. This could be the most exciting thing I have ever seen! RORY: You're kidding. AMY: How can you be excited about a rubbish hotel on a rubbish bit of Earth? DOCTOR: Because, assembled Ponds, this is not Earth. This has just been made to look like Earth. The craftsmanship involved... Can you imagine? AMY: What? Then where are we? They go back down to the floor where the TARDIS is resting. There are potted plants and framed photograph portraits hanging on the walls. DOCTOR: I don't know. Something must have yanked us off course. Look at the detail on that cheese plant! (deeply inhales a leaf) RORY: Right, but who would mock up an Earth hotel? The DOCTOR takes an apple from a bowl. DOCTOR: Colonists maybe, recreating a bit of home, like when ex-pats open English pubs in Majorca. (takses a bite of apple) No, whoever did this, I am shaking his/her hand/tentacle. RORY looks at the photographs of varying species. RORY: Have you seen these? Look at the labels underneath. (reads the label under a Sontaran) "Commander Halke, defeat." (human) "Tim Heath, having his photo taken." (human) "Lady Silver-Tear... Daleks." AMY: "Paige Barnes, other people's socks." "Tim Nelson, balloons." (cat nun) "Novice Prin, sabrewolves." (human) "Royston Luke Gold, Plymouth." (LUCY) "Lucy Hayward, that brutal gorilla." Doctor, what does it mean? DOCTOR: I don't know. Let's find out. INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION The DOCTOR taps the bell on the desk and three people come around the corner, one of them brandishing a chair leg. DOCTOR: Blimey, that was quick. ALIEN: We surrender! RORY: No, it's OK, we're not..We're nice! DOCTOR: She thr*at me with a chair leg. WOMAN: Who are you? MAN: We're back in reception. ALIEN: We surrender! DOCTOR: Never been thr*at with a chair leg before! No, I tell a lie. AMY: (to RORY) Did you just say, "It's OK, we're nice"? WOMAN: OK, I need everyone to shut up now! The view switches momentarily to the security camera. MAN: Rita, be careful, yeah? RITA: Their pupils are dilated. The view switches back to normal. RITA: They're as surprised as we are. Besides which, if it's a trick, it'll tell us something. DOCTOR: Oh, you're good. Oh, she's good. Amy, with regret, you're fired. AMY: What? DOCTOR: I'm kidding. (looks at RITA and mimes holding a phone)(whispers) We'll talk. I take it from the pathological compulsion to surrender, you're from Tivoli. ALIEN: Yes, the most inv*de planet in the galaxy. Our anthem is called Glory To Insert Name Here. DOCTOR: You with the face, Howie, you said you were surprised to be back in reception. HOWIE: The walls move, everything changes. DOCTOR: You, clever one, what's he talking about? RITA: The corridors twist and stretch, rooms vanish and pop up somewhere else. It's like the hotel's alive. DOCTOR: (switches off music) That's quite enough of that. HOWIE: And it's huge, with, like, no way out. Switches to security camera. RORY: Have you tried the front door? Switches back. RITA: No, in two days it never occurred to us to try the front door. Thank God you're here! The DOCTOR scans the door with the sonic screwdriver as AMY laughs at RITA'S comment. He opens the doors wide to reveal a white brick wall. DOCTOR: They're not doors, they're walls, walls that look like doors. Door-walls, if you like, or "dwalls", "woors" even, though you'd probably got it when you said, "They're not doors." I mean, the windows are... (opens curtains to reveal more wall) Right, big day if you're a fan of walls. RITA: It's not just that. The rooms have...things in them. DOCTOR: Things? Hello! What kind of things? Interesting things? I love things, ask anyone. RITA: Bad dreams. DOCTOR: Well, that k*lled the mood. How did you get here? RITA: I don't know, I'd just started my shift. I must have passed out, because suddenly I was here. HOWIE: I was blogging, next thing, this. ALIEN: Oh, I was at work, I'm in town planning. We're lining all the highways with trees, so invading forces can march in the shade. DOCTOR: Ah. ALIEN: Which is nice for them. DOCTOR: Yeah... So what have we got? People snatched from their lives and dropped into an endless, shifting maze that looks like a 1980s hotel with bad dreams in the bedrooms.(takes out a Rubik's cube) Well, apart from anything else, that's just rude. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR leads the way up the stairs as viewed through a camera. It then switches back. DOCTOR: We'll pop back to the TARDIS, I'll do a planet-wide diagnostic sweep, then we'll have a sing song. The TARDIS is gone. The DOCTOR starts feeling for it in case it's invisible. AMY: Where's the TARDIS? You parked it there, didn't you? HOWIE: What's a TARDIS? RORY: Our way out. And it's gone. (holds his head in his hands) INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION The music switches back on. The security camera shows no one there. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR hears the music. DOCTOR: OK. This is bad. At the moment, I don't know how bad, but certainly we're three buses, a long walk and eight quid in a taxi from good. Are there any more of you? RITA: Joe, but he's tied up right now. DOCTOR: Doing what? RITA: No, I mean he's...tied up right now. INT. HOTEL, DINING ROOM JOE is tied up in a chair at one of the tables. All around him, seated at every table, are identical ventriloquist dummies. They are all laughing, heads bobbing, as the DOCTOR slowly enters. They stop as he approaches JOE. The others enter behind him. DOCTOR: Hello. I'm the Doctor. JOE: (dreamily) You're going to die here. DOCTOR: Well, they certainly didn't mention that in the brochure. Is Joe there? Can I have a quick word? (gets a chair and sits across from JOE) JOE: Oh, it's still me, Doctor, but I've seen the light. I lived a blasphemous life, but he has forgiven my inconstancy, and soon...he shall feast. DOCTOR: Well, you've been here two days, what's he waiting for? JOE: We weren't ready. We were still raw. DOCTOR: But now you're what? Cooked? JOE: If you like. Soon you will be, too. The DOCTOR notices JOE has a horseshoe tie clip and dice cufflinks. JOE: Be patient. First...find your room. DOCTOR: My room... JOE: There's a room here for everyone, Doctor. Even you. DOCTOR: You said you'd seen the light now. JOE: Nothing else matters anymore. Only him. It's like these things. I used to hate them! They make me laugh now. (laughs) "Gottle o' geer! Gottle o' geer!" (laughs and is joined by the dummies) You should go. He'll be here soon. The DOCTOR gives him a thin smile before standing. He then gets a hand dolley and slides it under JOE'S chair. DOCTOR: I think you should come with me. INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION The music continues to play. The DOCTOR, AMY, RORY and RITA are standing on the guest side of the counter. HOWIE and the ALIEN are on the employee side with JOE. DOCTOR: Why you four? That's what I don't understand. Aside from all the other things I don't understand. (switches music off again) ALIEN: What does it matter? Sooner or later, someone will come along and rescue us. Or enslave us. DOCTOR: First, we find the TARDIS. Quick thing before we go. If you feel drawn to a particular room, do not go in, and make sure someone else can see you at all times. RITA: Joe said "he" will feast. Is there something here with us? JOE laughs. DOCTOR: Something to add, Joe? JOE: Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head. Chop, chop, chop, chop. HOWIE: Can we do something about him? JOE laughs. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR walks down the hall past the intersection where the ALIEN turns, pushing JOE who has his mouth taped shut. RITA, AMY, RORY and HOWIE, follow. The DOCTOR turns when he realizes they changed direction. ALIEN: (to JOE) Personally, I think you've got the right idea. Times like this, I think of my old school motto, "Resistance Is Exhausting." HOWIE: (to RORY) I've worked out where we are. RORY: Hmm? HOWIE: Norway. RORY: Norway? HOWIE: You see, the US government has entire cities hidden in the Norwegian mountains. Earth is on a collision course with this other planet, and this is where they're going to send all the rich people when it kicks off. RORY: Amazing. HOWIE: It's all there on the internet. RORY: No, it's amazing you've come up with a theory even more insane than what's actually happening. The door to room 158 opens and a PE teacher steps out in front of the DOCTOR. DOCTOR: Hello. TEACHER: Have you forgotten your PE kit again? Everyone stops and watches. TEACHER: Right, that's it, you're doing it in your pants! (goes back into the room and shuts the door behind him.) The DOCTOR turns around in time to see HOWIE reaching towards a door. DOCTOR: Hey! Don't! The DOCTOR tries to push HOWIE away but he's already opened the door. Inside are young women of high school/college age. They laugh when they see him. GIRL 1: Oh, look, girls, it's H-H-H-Howie! The girls laugh. In his mind (?), Howie screams and then laughs. GIRL 2: What's "loser" in K-K-K-Klingon? HOWIE: (in his mind) Praise him. (sees the Beast) HOWIE backs away from the door. HOWIE: Shut the d-d...the-the door! The DOCTOR closes the door. HOWIE: This is just some m-m-messed-up CIA stuff, I-I-I'm telling you. The DOCTOR puts an arm around HOWIE'S shoulders and pats him on the chest. DOCTOR: You're right, keep telling yourself that. It's a CIA thing, nothing more. As RORY and the DOCTOR walk with HOWIE, we hear a growling. HOWIE looks back over his shoulder. Curious, the DOCTOR looks back as well. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL HOWIE leads as they go up the stairs. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR walks down the hall, feeling the wallpaper, tapping the light sconces and feeling the plaster where it's been scraped off low beams. AMY finds LUCY'S writing on the floor. RORY stops to tie his shoe and sees a f*re exit. RORY: Er...guys? AMY: Look. They hear the growl louder this time. JOE strains against his bonds. AMY: OK, whatever that is, it's not real, yeah? DOCTOR: No, no, I'm sure it isn't, but just in case, let's run away and hide anyway. In here. The DOCTOR takes AMY, HOWIE and the ALIEN into one room while ANITA pulls JOE into another. RORY: No, this way! I've found a... The f*re exit has disappeared and a door to a room is there now. INT. HOTEL, RITA'S ROOM RITA turns away from the door and sees an older man in a doctor's lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck. MAN: A B in mathematics?! You are lazy! RITA purses her lips closed and sits on one of the beds. MAN: Do you understand me, girl? Lazy. RITA: I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm so sorry! And like HOWIE earlier, in her mind, RITA goes from screaming to smiling. She also hears "Praise him" in her own voice. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR stands in the hall outside the door. DOCTOR: Rory, come on! RORY: There was a... DOCTOR: Come on! RORY runs down the hall and into the room. INT. HOTEL, ROOM RORY comes to a stop behind AMY and HOWIE. The DOCTOR runs in. DOCTOR: Aiiee! There are two Weeping Angels in the room. AMY is staring at them. AMY: Don't...blink. HOWIE: What? The lights flicker and the ALIEN cowers in the cupboard. The Angels change position, arms stretched out. DOCTOR: Amy, get back. (pulls her back) Why haven't they got us yet? (steps forward and puts a finger through one) Amy, they're not real. AMY: What? DOCTOR: They should have got us by now. Amy, look at me, focus on me. It's your bad dream, that's all. RORY: I don't even think they're for us. In the cupboard, the ALIEN screams and slams the door shut. INT. HOTEL, HALL We once again see through the Beast's eyes as he walks down the hall. INT. HOTEL, ROOM The DOCTOR is slowly approaching the door. AMY: Doctor, what are you doing? DOCTOR: I'm sorry, I just have to see what it is. I just have to see. The DOCTOR looks out through the peephole. Through the crack under the door, we see the shadow as it passes by. DOCTOR: Oh, look at you... You are beautiful. INT. HOTEL, HALL As if hearing the DOCTOR, the Beast turns its head towards the door. INT. HOTEL, ROOM The DOCTOR sees the face of the Beast staring back at him. He jumps back, startled. DOCTOR: Oh, dear. INT. HOTEL, RITA'S ROOM JOE struggles against his bonds and stills as the ropes loosen and fall to the floor on their own. He pulls the tape from his mouth. INT. HOTEL, HALL JOE staggers into the hall. INT. HOTEL, ROOM The DOCTOR watches through the peephole. DOCTOR: I think it's going after Joe. INT. HOTEL, HALL JOE: Come to me. Switches to the Beast's POV. JOE: Come to me. Like HOWIE and RITA, his mind changes form screaming to laughing. JOE: Praise him. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The stairwell is empty. INT. HOTEL, ROOM The ALIEN opens the cupboard door. The DOCTOR opens the door and steps into the hall. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR turns his head in time to see JOE'S body being dragged away. DOCTOR: Leave him alone! The DOCTOR runs through the maze of halls and back to the stairs. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR runs up the stairs. DOCTOR: Joe! Joe! INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR runs down another hall and stops at a four-way intersection, unsure of which way to go. He checks them all. DOCTOR: Joe! He stops when he finds one of JOE'S cufflinks on the carpet. He turns around and sees JOE kneeling, propped against the wall. DOCTOR: Joe? Joe! (walks over) Joe! Joe, what happened? The DOCTOR takes JOE'S face in his hands and turns it to face him. There is no reaction. The DOCTOR lets JOE'S head rest back against the wall. INT. HOTEL, DINING ROOM A hand removes the whistling kettle from the stove. JOE'S body is stretched out on the small dais, the dummies set up against the wall behind him. The DOCTOR scans the body with the sonic. HOWIE rolls one of the tables past and RORY follows with a chair. HOWIE: If we can wedge a chair under the door handles, that should stop anything from getting in. RITA comes through with a tea tray. RITA: Help yourself to tea. AMY is sitting on the bar watching the ALIEN who is sitting nervously at a table. RITA: Guys, tea over here. AMY: If it's any consolation, I've met the Weeping Angels, so I know how... In fact, I thought that room was for me. ALIEN: Joe was right. Whatever it is in here, it actually wants to k*ll us. Not oppress us or enslave us, k*ll us! AMY: (joins him at table) OK, listen... The Doctor's been part of my life for so long now, and he's never let me down. Even when I thought he had, when I was a kid and he left me, he came back, he...saved me. And now he's going to save you. But don't tell him I said that, because the smugness would be terrifying. (gets up) ALIEN: Of course, if the Weeping Angels were meant for me, then your room is still out there...somewhere. AMY turns away but is startled when RORY comes up beside her. RORY: Every time the Doctor gets pally with someone, I have this overwhelming urge to notify their next of kin. They watch as RITA brings the DOCTOR a cup of tea. AMY laughs at RORY's comment. He is startled by her reaction. RORY: Sorry. The last time I said something like that, you h*t me with your shoe. And you literally had to sit down and unlace it first. The DOCTOR has covered JOE'S body with a sheet and is sitting down. RITA: What exactly happened to him? DOCTOR: He died. RITA: You are a medical doctor, aren't you? You haven't just got a degree in cheese-making or something. DOCTOR: No! Well, yes, both, actually. I mean, there is no cause, all his vital organs simply stopped, as if the simple spark of life, his loves and hates, his faiths and fears were just... (sniffs cup) taken, and this is a cup of tea. RITA: Of course, I'm British, it's how we cope with trauma. That and tutting. DOCTOR: But how did you make it? RITA: All hotels should have a well stocked kitchen, even alien fake ones. I heard you talking when you arrived. Look, it's no more ridiculous than Howie's CIA theory or mi...or mine. DOCTOR: Which is? RITA: This is Jahannam. DOCTOR: You're a Muslim! RITA: Don't be frightened. DOCTOR: Ha! You think this is Hell? (sips tea) RITA: The whole '80s hotel thing took me by surprise, though. The DOCTOR stands and looks at the others as he stands next to RITA. DOCTOR: And all these fears and phobias wandering about, most are completely unconnected to us, so why are they still here? RITA: Maybe the cleaners have gone on strike. DOCTOR: Ha! I like you, you're a right clever clogs. But this isn't Hell, Rita. RITA: You don't understand, I say that without fear. Jahannam will play its tricks, and there'll be times when I want to run and scream, but I've tried to live a good life, and that knowledge keeps me sane, despite the monsters and the bonkers rooms. Gibbis... The DOCTOR gargles with his tea. RITA: ..is-is an alien, isn't he? DOCTOR: Yeah. Sorry. RITA: OK... I'm going to file that under "Freak out about later." While RITA was talking, AMY found LUCY'S notes that she had put in her pocket. AMY: Doctor, look at this. I found it in a corridor, I completely forgot I had it. AMY hands the notes to the DOCTOR and he taps her on the head with them before leaning against a table and reading aloud. AMY sits next to RORY and HOWIE sits at the same table as GIBBIS, rearranging the silverware. DOCTOR: Er... "My name is Lucy Hayward and I'm the last one left. It took Luke first. It got him on his first day, almost as soon as we arrived. It's funny. (overlaps with LUCY'S voice) You don't know what's going to be in your room until you see it, then you realise it could never have been anything else. I just saw mine. It was a gorilla from a book I'd read as a kid. My God, that thing used to terrify me. The gaps between my worships are getting shorter, like contractions. This is what happened to the others... and how lucky they were. It's all so clear now. I'm so happy. Praise him." HOWIE: Praise him. DOCTOR: What did you just say? We briefly see the Beast. HOWIE: Nothing. (tries to fight it) Praise him! (claps his hands over his mouth) GIBBIS: This is what happened to Joe! INT. HOTEL, HALL We see through the Beast's eyes as it walks the halls. INT. HOTEL, DINING ROOM Everyone talks at once. HOWIE: God, it's going to come for me now. GIBBIS: You'll lead it right here. DOCTOR: I won't leave you, I promise, you have my word. HOWIE: I don't want to get eaten! AMY: Howie, calm down! GIBBIS: He's going to lead it right here! The DOCTOR holds the sonic above his head and activates it. Everyone stops arguing and puts their hands over their ears. DOCTOR: Thank you! GIBBIS: Don't you see? He'll lead it right here! RITA: What do you suggest? GIBBIS: Look, whatever it is out there, it's obviously chosen Howard as its next course. Now...tragic though that is, this is no time for sentiment. I'm saying, if it were to... find him, it may be satisfied and let the rest of us go. All I want to do is go home and be conquered and oppressed, is that too much to ask?! (sits back down) RITA: It's OK, I'll stay with Howie. You take the others and go. DOCTOR: No. We stay together. (walks over to GIBBIS and whispers) Your civilisation is one of the oldest in the galaxy. Now I see why. Your cowardice isn't quaint, it's sly, aggressive. It's how that gene of gutlessness has survived while so many others have perished. Well, not today. No-one else dies today. Right? GIBBIS: (mouths) Yes. DOCTOR: Brilliant. The DOCTOR walks back to HOWIE and puts an arm about his shoulder, leading him back to the table. DOCTOR: Howie, any second, it's going to possess you again. When it does, I'm going to ask you some questions. Please try to answer them. They all sit at the table. HOWIE: I hope my mum's all right, she's going to be w-worried. DOCTOR: Howie... Howie. The DOCTOR sees the change in HOWIE and smiles. DOCTOR: Howie, you're next, we're all d*ad jealous, so tell us...How do we get a piece of the action? Why isn't he possessing all of us? HOWIE: You guys have got all these distractions, (taps his head) all these obstacles. It'd be so much easier if you just let it go, you know, clear the path. AMY: You want it to find you? Even though you know what it's going to do? HOWIE: Are you kidding? He's going to k*ll us all! How cool is that?! They walk away from the table, leaving HOWIE alone. DOCTOR: It's as I thought, it feeds on fear. Everything, the rooms, Lucy's note, even the pictures in reception, has been put here to frighten us. So we have to resist it. Do whatever you have to, cross your fingers, say a prayer, think of a basket of kittens, but do not give in to the fear. AMY: OK, but what are we actually going to do? DOCTOR: We're going to catch ourselves a monster. INT. HOTEL We go from empty Reception to a hall and the dining room. We hear HOWIE. HOWIE: (V.O.) Bring me death! Bring me glory! My master, my lord, I'm here! INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR There are places for washing, cutting and drying hair as well as a manicure area. There is also a water feature and a small fishbowl. HOWIE: (V.O.) Come to me. I'm waiting here...for you. He has promised me a glorious death. The DOCTOR is lining up a framed full-length mirror. INT. HOTEL, HALL The Beast is walking the halls. RORY waits in the hall outside the beauty parlor armed with a mop. HOWIE: (V.O.) Give it to me now, I want him to know my devotion. INT. HOTEL, ROOM AMY and RITA hide in one of the rooms as the Beast passes. Sitting on one of the beds is the same clown from before. RITA: (to AMY) Anything to do with you? (to clown) How's it going? AMY: Don't talk to the clown! The Beast passes in front of the door. HOWIE: (V.O.) Praise...him. INT. HOTEL, HALL The Beast's horns scrape the low beams, the cause of the marks the DOCTOR had seen earlier. It heads for the salon. HOWIE: (V.O.) Praise...him. INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR The Beast enters the parlor. INT. HOTEL, HALL AMY and RITA close the door behind the Beast and AMY yanks a rail off the wall and jams it through the handles. AMY: Rory, he's in! RORY blocks the other door to the beauty parlor with the mop. INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR The DOCTOR shuts off the lights. The Beast knocks things over in the dark. HOWIE: (V.O.) Let his name...be the last thing I hear. Let his breath on my skin be the last thing I feel. The Beast turns a chair around to reveal a speaker. The Beast turns around and sees itself in mirrors. HOWIE: (V.O.) I was lost in shadows, but he found me. INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION HOWIE is behind the desk, duct-taped to a chair, GIBBIS watching him. The DOCTOR has set up his sonic to act as a microphone. HOWIE: His love was a beacon that led me from darkness to light, and now I am blinded by his majesty! Humbled by his glory! Praise... INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR The DOCTOR stands by a speaker on the wall. DOCTOR: That's quite enough of that. HOWIE: (over speaker) ..him. The DOCTOR pulls the wires from the speaker. INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION Feedback seems to pull HOWIE from his "trance". HOWIE: What's going on? You lied to me! GIBBIS: Calm down, Howie. This is for your own good. HOWIE: At least stand where I can see you! GIBBIS: I've been told not to speak to you. HOWIE: Don't mean you can't listen. INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR The DOCTOR speaks to the Beast from a separate area, using the mirrors to see. He converses with the Beast, interpreting its growls. DOCTOR: Nothing personal. I just think we should take things slowly. Get to know each other. You take people's most primal fears and pop it in a room. A tailor-made hell, just for them. Why? Did you say "they" take? Ahh, what is that word? The guard? No, the warden? This is a prison? INT. HOTEL, RECEPTION HOWIE: You were right, you know. Chances are if you hand me over, he'll leave you alone. GIBBIS: Yes, well, we saw how that idea got sh*t down in flames. HOWIE: It's not like chucking me out of a plane to lighten the load. I'm asking you for this. I'm begging you. GIBBIS: You're possessed. You'd say anything. HOWIE: Possessed guys can be quite strong. Who's to say I didn't overpower you? INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR DOCTOR: So, what are we? Cell mates? Lunch? We are not... ripe? (steps out) This is what Joe said. That we weren't ready.(stands behind the water feature) So, what? You make us ready? You... what? "Replace"? Replace what? Fear? You have lived so long, even your name is lost? You want this to stop. Because you are just... instinct. Then tell me. Tell me how to fight you. HOWIE: (V.O.) My master, my lord. INT. HOTEL, HALL OUTSIDE PARLOR In his hall, RORY hears. HOWIE: (V.O.) I'm here! RITA and AMY also hear him. RITA: That's Howie. AMY: He's got out. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL HOWIE is calling for the Beast. HOWIE: Bring me death! INT. HOTEL, BEAUTY PARLOR DOCTOR: No, no, no, no! The Beast swings at the water feature, shattering the glass. DOCTOR: (falls back) Rory, watch out!! AMY and RITA open the doors behind him. DOCTOR: Stay back! The Beast shatters the window in the door by RORY, who covers his face. The Beast then pulls the mop from the handle DOCTOR: Pond, bring the fish. (leaves) AMY: What, the fish? Oh, the fish! INT. HOTEL, HALL OUTSIDE PARLOR RORY is lying on the floor and the DOCTOR checks on him. DOCTOR: Where did he go? RORY: Somebody h*t me. Was it Amy? The DOCTOR chuckles and heads off. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR runs down the stairs. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR runs through the halls until he finds HOWIE'S glasses on the floor. INT. HOTEL, HALL OUTSIDE PARLOR AMY and RITA find RORY. RITA: Rory, are you all right? RORY nods. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR stands and runs down the hall. INT. HOTEL, HALL OUTSIDE PARLOR AMY: We should find the Doctor. AMY steps over RORY as RITA helps him stand. AMY stops and turns to look at room 7. She walks slowly towards it and turns the knob. She looks inside. VOICES: 'Praise him. Praise him.' RITA pulls the door closed and stands in front of it. RITA: You shouldn't have done that. What did you see? AMY: Nothing. Nothing. I don't know, it was weird. RITA: Come on. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR finds HOWIE kneeling on the floor, leaning against the wall. He puts the d*ad man's glasses in his hand before gently patting his face. He looks up when AMY, RORY and RITA come running down the hall. The DOCTOR shakes his head. GIBBIS appears at the opposite end of the hall. GIBBIS: He got free. He overpowered me. The DOCTOR strides back to the others and GIBBIS follows timidly. GIBBIS: It might leave us alone now. Maybe now we'll be safe. (runs past HOWIE'S body) Wait! INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL The DOCTOR is looking at HOWIE'S picture on the wall when RORY joins him. DOCTOR: Have you found your room yet? RORY: No, no. Is that good or bad? DOCTOR: Maybe you're not scared of anything. RORY: Well, after all the time I spent with you in the TARDIS, what was left to be scared of? DOCTOR: You said that in the past tense. RORY: No, I didn't. The DOCTOR leans back against stair rail as RORY looks at the photo. RORY: You know, Howie had been in speech therapy. He'd just got over this massive stammer. What an achievement. I mean, can you imagine? I'd forgotten, not all victories are about saving the universe. INT. HOTEL, DINING ROOM HOWIE is laid out next to JOE. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL AMY finds a new home for the fish on a table by the base of the stairs. The DOCTOR is going down the stairs when he meets RITA on her way up. DOCTOR: Rita! Brilliant! How are you? Not panicking, are you? Good, good. Because I am literally an otter's toenail away from getting us out of here. RITA: Why? DOCTOR: Excellent question. (passes her) Excellent question. (turns back) Why what? RITA: Why is it up to you to save us? That's quite a God complex you have there. DOCTOR: (looks down at AMY) I brought them here. They'd say it was their choice, but offer a child a suitcase full of sweets and they'll take it. Offer someone all of time and space and they'll take that, too. Which is why you shouldn't. Which is why grown-ups were invented. (turns away) RITA: All of time and space, eh? DOCTOR: (swings back) Oh, yeah. And when we get out of this, I'll show you, too. RITA: I don't know what you're talking about. But I have a feeling you just did it again. DOCTOR: (notices the security camera) Right down to the smallest detail. Got you, Mr Minotaur. The DOCTOR runs down the stairs. RITA walks over and looks up at the camera. She tilts her head back and closes her eyes. RITA: Praise him. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR stops running when he hears the voices. VOICES: Praise him. Praise him. Praise him. He is drawn to room 11. He opens the door and looks inside. DOCTOR: Of course. Who else? The DOCTOR closes the door and puts a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the knob. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL RITA continues up the stairs. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR keeps looking for Security. INT. HOTEL, STAIRWELL AT the base of the stairs, GIBBIS finds the fishbowl and picks it up. INT. HOTEL, SECURITY ROOM The DOCTOR sees the panel of monitors. DOCTOR: Oh, you beauty! Come on, big fella. Where are you? (sees RITA) Rita, where are you going? (picks up a phone and dials) On the monitor, RITA stops and looks at a room door. DOCTOR: Come on, come on, come on! RITA looks right at the camera. INT. HOTEL, HALL RITA opens the door. INT. HOTEL, SECURITY ROOM DOCTOR: Come on, come on. Rita, where are you going? Can you take the phone into the corridor? Will it reach? On one of the monitors we see RITA come back into the hall. DOCTOR: You started to praise it, didn't you? RITA nods DOCTOR: Rita, come back. Please. We'll find a way to stop it, I swear to you. RITA: (gets down on the floor) No, I need to get as far away from you all as possible. DOCTOR: No, you don't. The creature only wants whoever's praising it. RITA: You'll put yourself in its way? DOCTOR: I'm coming to get you. Block out the fear and stay focused on your belief. RITA: The hotel will keep us apart. I could be 50 miles away by now. I want you to do me one last favour, Doctor. I can feel the rapture approaching, like a wave. The DOCTOR can see the Beast on one of the monitors. RITA: I don't want you to witness this. I want you to remember me the way I was. AMY and RORY enter the room. AMY: What's going on? Rita's disappeared. What's she doing there? DOCTOR: Rita. Rita, please. Let me find you. RITA: You stay where you are. Please, let me be robbed of my faith in private. RORY: (points at a monitor) Look. DOCTOR: Rita. Rita. Go into the room, lock the door. RITA: I'm not frightened. I'm blessed, Doctor. INT. HOTEL, HALL RITA: I'm at peace. I'm going to hang up. INT. HOTEL, SECURITY ROOM DOCTOR: No, no, no, Rita. RITA: Goodbye, Doctor. DOCTOR: Rita! RITA: Thank you for trying. DOCTOR: Rita, please! RITA hangs up the phone. DOCTOR: Please! Please. INT. HOTEL, HALL RITA stands in the middle of the hall and faces the way the Beast will come from, her back to the camera. She puts her arms out and her head back. INT. HOTEL, SECURITY ROOM The DOCTOR hangs up the phone and slowly sits down. They watch on the monitor as RITA turns around and smiles at the Beast as it comes up in front of her. The DOCTOR uses the sonic to shut them off. On one of the monitors, GIBBIS is in the kitchen and it looks like he is eating the fish. INT. HOTEL, DINING ROOM RITA is with JOE and HOWIE. INT. HOTEL, BAR AMY and RORY are sitting in the bar. In the room beyond them, the DOCTOR is having a tantrum, screaming and knocking things off tables. He then moves to the far booth, GIBBIS at the middle booth. DOCTOR: OK. It preys on people's fear and possesses them. (there is a completed Rubik's cube on the table in front of him) But Rita wasn't afraid, she was brave and calm. Maybe it's something to do with the people, some connection between the four of you that'll tell me how to fight it. GIBBIS: Yes. You keep saying that, but you never do. And while we wait, people keep dying. And we'll be next! AMY: Look, he'll work it out, he always does. Just let him riff and move anything expensive out of his way. DOCTOR: Oh, no. Oh, no, no. AMY: Doctor, what is wrong? DOCTOR: It's not fear. It's faith. Not just religious faith, faith in something. (walks over to the middle table) Howard believed in conspiracies, external forces controlling the world. Joe had dice cufflinks and a chain with a horseshoe. He was a gambler. Gamblers believe in luck, an intangible force that helps them win or lose. (moves between the tables) Gibbis rejected personal autonomy and is waiting for the next batch of inv*de to tell him what to do. They all believe there's something guiding them, about to save them. That's what it replaces. Every time someone was confronted with their most primal fear, they fell back on their most fundamental faith. (sits on barstool and runs his eyes) And all this time, I've been telling you to dig deep. Find the thing that keeps you brave. I made you expose your faith. Show them what they needed. RORY: But why us? Why are we here? DOCTOR: It doesn't want you. That's why it kept showing you a way out. You're not religious or superstitious, so there's no faith for you to fall back on. It wants her. (points at AMY) AMY: Me? (sits by the DOCTOR) Why? DOCTOR: Your faith in me. That's what brought us here. RORY: But why do they lose their faith before they die and start worshipping..."it"? The DOCTOR stands and walks over to RORY. DOCTOR: It needs to convert the faith into a form "it" can consume. Faith is an energy, the specific emotional energy the creature needs to live. Which is why at the end of her note, Lucy said... AMY: Praise him. DOCTOR: Exactly. It takes a moment for what AMY said to sink in. RORY is on his feet. RORY: No. Oh, please, no. They hear the Beast coming. INT. HOTEL, HALL The four of them run through the halls. The Beast chases after them. AMY stops and faces it. The DOCTOR and RORY come back for her. DOCTOR: Amy? GIBBIS: What are you doing? AMY: He is beautiful. GIBBIS: Leave her! Just leave her! The DOCTOR and RORY each drape one of AMY'S arms over a shoulder and drag her down another hall. GIBBIS follows. INT. HOTEL, AMY'S ROOM They run into a room and see young AMELIA sitting on her suitcase, waiting and watching for the DOCTOR at the window. RORY tries to hold the door against the Beast. GIBBIS gets down between the beds. AMY kneels on the floor. AMY: Doctor, it's happening. It's changing me, it's changing my thoughts. DOCTOR: I can't save you from this, there's nothing I can do to stop this. AMY: What? DOCTOR: I stole your childhood and now I've led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. The BEAST pushes the door open, forcing RORY into the corner. DOCTOR: Forget your faith in me. The Beast growls. DOCTOR: I took you with me because I was vain, because I wanted to be adored. (strokes her hair) Look at you. Glorious Pond. The girl who waited for me. He is now speaking to AMELIA. DOCTOR: I'm not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it's time we saw each other as we really are. He kisses her forehead and she is back to AMY. The BEAST staggers out the doorway. DOCTOR: Amy Williams. (taps her on the chin) It's time to stop waiting. The DOCTOR stands in the door and moves into the hall. INT. HOTEL, HALL The DOCTOR moves slowly as he watches the BEAST collapse onto the floor. The lights begin to flicker. The DOCTOR kneels beside the BEAST and strikes it comfortingly. DOCTOR: (whispers) I severed the food supply. Sacrificing their faith in me. I gave you the space to die. Shhh, shhh. INT. CONTROL ROOM The DOCTOR stands as the hallway disappears and turns into a black room with a lit grid floor. An instrument panel is running off to the side. AMY, RORY and GIBBIS are there. AMY: What is it, a minotaur? Or an alien? Or an alien minotaur? That's not a question I thought I'd be asking this morning. DOCTOR: It's both, actually. (walks to the panel) Yeah. Here we go. (checks the information) Distant cousin of the Nimon. They descend on planets and set themselves up as Gods to be worshipped. Which is fine, until the inhabitants get all secular and advanced enough to build bonkers prisons. RORY and GIBBIS look through a porthole in the floor. They are in space. RORY: Correction. Prisons in space. AMY: Where are the guards? DOCTOR: No need for any. It's all automated. It drifts through space, snatching people with belief systems and converts their faith into food for the creature. GIBBIS: (points) See that planet, there? RORY: Which one? GIBBIS: The grey one, there. RORY: Mmm-hmm. GIBBIS: That's where I'm from. AMY: It didn't want just me. So, you must believe in some god or someone, or they'd have shown you the door, too. So, what do Time Lords pray to? DOCTOR: According to the in-flight recorder, the programme developed glitches. It got stuck on the same setting, the fears from the people before us weren't tidied away. The BEAST growls. AMY: What's it saying? DOCTOR: (translates) "An ancient creature, drenched in the blood of the innocent, drifting in space through an endless, shifting maze. For such a creature, death would be a gift." (kneels and puts his hand on the BEAST'S) Then accept it. And sleep well. The DOCTOR stands and walks away as the BEAST growls again. DOCTOR: "I wasn't talking about myself." The BEAST'S eyes close as it dies. The DOCTOR walks to the TARDIS. AMY and RORY walk back, their arms about each other. GIBBIS is standing by the TARDIS. GIBBIS: Could I have a lift? Just to the nearest galaxy would do. The DOCTOR unlocks the TARDIS. EXT. STREET, DAY A row of colorful townhouses are across from a fenced-in park. One is a soft blue with a royal blue door. A classic red Jaguar E-Type is parked outside. The TARDIS materializes and the DOCTOR, AMY and RORY step out. AMY: Don't tell me. This isn't Earth, that isn't a real house. And inside lives a goblin, who feeds on indecision. DOCTOR: Nope. Real Earth, real house. (tosses AMY a set of keys) Real door keys! AMY: You're not serious? RORY: The car, too? (walks towards the car) But that's my favourite car. (the DOCTOR fake boxes) How did you know that was my favourite car? DOCTOR: You showed me a picture of it once and said, (mimics RORY) "That's my favourite car." (tosses RORY the car keys) AMY: Rory, can you give us two minutes? Two minutes? RORY: (puts an arm around the DOCTOR and pulls him aside) She'll say we can't accept it because it's too extravagant and we'll always feel a crippling sense of obligation. (looks over his shoulder at AMY) It's a risk I'm willing to take! RORY keeps staring at the car as he heads to the front door of the blue house. AMY leans against the bonnet of the car and pats next to her. AMY: Hey. The DOCTOR leans next to her. AMY: So... You're leaving, aren't you? DOCTOR: You haven't seen the last of me. Bad Penny is my middle name! Seriously, the looks I get when I fill in a form... AMY: Why now? DOCTOR: Because you're still breathing. AMY: Well, I think this is about the washing-up, personally. Both of them laugh a little sadly. DOCTOR: (stands and walks to the TARDIS) I mean, you're right, there's still heaps of stuff out there to look at. Do you know, there's a planet whose name literally translates as "Volatile Circus"? (stands in doorway) Or maybe there's a bigger, scarier adventure waiting for you in there. AMY: (looks at the house) Even so, it can't happen like this. (walks towards him) After everything we've been through, Doctor. Everything. You can't just drop me off at my house and say goodbye like we shared a cab. The DOCTOR walks back and meets her in the middle of the road. DOCTOR: And what's the alternative? Me standing over your grave? Over your broken body? Over Rory's body? AMY: (hugs him) If you bump into my daughter, tell her to visit her old mum sometime. DOCTOR: And look after him. AMY: Look after you. (kisses his forehead) The DOCTOR walks slowly back to the TARDIS and stops in the doorway to wave. AMY laughs and cries. AMY: (waves back) Bye. The DOCTOR closes the door and the TARDIS dematerializes. RORY comes out of the house with glasses and a bottle of champagne just in time to see it disappear. RORY: What happened? What's he doing? AMY: (faces RORY) He's saving us. We switch to an aerial sh*t of the street, with the two of them standing in the middle. INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR watches the rise and fall of the center column. INT. WILLIAMS HOUSE AMY stands at the window and looks up at the sky INT. TARDIS The DOCTOR stands at the console and turns around, leaning against it. He is alone. FADE TO BLACK…..
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EXT. CITY STREET, NIGHT Streetlights flicker and a few people mill about the park across from Sanderson & Grainger department store. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, NIGHT A young clerk, KELLY, and her supervisor, SHONA, are serving the last customer of the night. SHONA: Thank you. (gives customer his bag) KELLY: I better cash up then? S'pose John-Joe can just wait for me? (doesn't move) SHONA: No, I'll do it, you head off. The lights in the store flicker. KELLY: When's the council going to fix this? Last night my telly went off in the middle of Top Model. SHONA: John-Joe's waiting. I'll do the changing rooms, too. KELLY: Oh, thanks, Shona. KELLY leaves and SHONA looks at the lights nervously. INT. OWENS HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT The hall light flickers as CRAIG and SOPHIE come down the stairs. SOPHIE has a coat on. SOPHIE: There's a list on the fridge. CRAIG: I saw it. SOPHIE: And I've labelled the food And sort of numbered it. CRAIG: Sophie, you don't need to number food. SOPHIE: It's just a suggestion. Also, my mum might phone. CRAIG: Might? SOPHIE: And your Mum. And my Dad. And you know, just some people. CRAIG: I can cope on my own! Now, please, go and have a rest. You need it. I love you. SOPHIE: I love you, too. (hugs him) And thank you for this. And I do know you can cope on your own. And I may have drawn some arrows in the fridge. CRAIG: You do really have to go. CRAIG picks up her bag and walks her outside. INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, NIGHT SHONA walks into the changing rooms and sees clothes strewn about the floor as the lights continue to flicker. SHONA: Kelly! SHONA bends over to start picking up the clothes. The curtain over the last room waves. SHONA: Hello? Sorry, we need to close up? Two minutes, OK? (continues to pick up clothes) INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT CRAIG is sitting at the table talking on the phone. CRAIG: Mum, it's not just you. I'm phoning everybody. I'm texting the world. Craig Owens can do it on his own. No-one is coming to help me! (knock on the front door) Mum, I'm going to have to call you back. (shuts off the phone and rubs his eyes as the knocking continues) I'm coping, I'm coping on my own... I'm coping on my own! (walks to the front door) EXT. OWENS HOUSE, FRONT DOOR, NIGHT CRAIG: (opens door) I'm coping on my own! DOCTOR: Hello, Craig! I'm back! CRAIG: She didn't? How could she phone you? DOCTOR: How could who phone me? Nobody phoned me, I'm just here. (peers inside) You've redecorated! I don't like it. CRAIG: It's a different house, we moved. DOCTOR: Yes, that's it. CRAIG: Doctor, what are you doing here? DOCTOR: Social call. Thought it was about time I tried one out. How are you? CRAIG: I'm fine. DOCTOR: This is the bit where I say. "I'm fine, too" isn't it? I'm fine, too. Good. Love to Sophie, bye! The DOCTOR turns and walks away but stops when the light at the front door begins to flicker. DOCTOR: Something's wrong! (goes inside) CRAIG shuts the door. INT. OWENS HOUSE, HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR is scanning with the sonic. He then goes upstairs. DOCTOR: On your own, you said. But you're not... you're not on your own! CRAIG: (follows) Just, shhh! DOCTOR: Increased sulphur emissions. And look at the state of this place. What are you not telling me? CRAIG: Doctor, please! DOCTOR: Shhh! CRAIG: No, you shhh! DOCTOR: Shhh! CRAIG: Shhh! DOCTOR: No, you shhh! (goes to bedroom door) CRAIG: Doctor! INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, NIGHT SHONA is still cleaning up when she sees the shadow of a pair of legs appear in the last changing room. SHONA: (walks closer) Hello, who's in there? INT. OWENS HOUSE, HALL, NIGHT The DOCTOR opens the bedroom door and rushes in. INT. OWENS HOUSE, ALFIE'S ROOM, NIGHT We see the room is a nursery with stuffed toys and cloth hangings on the walls. The DOCTOR doesn't see any of this. DOCTOR: Whatever you are, get off this planet! ALFIE starts to cry and CRAIG goes over to the crib. CRAIG: Oh, you've woken him! INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, NIGHT SHONA stops just outside the curtain. SHONA: Hello? You all right? SHONA opens the curtain and screams. Inside is a CYBERMAN, albeit one that is dirty and scratched. Matt Smith Karen Gillan Arthur Darvill DOCTOR WHO "Closing Time" By Gareth Roberts Producer Marcus Wilson Director Steve Hughes INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR closes the freezer door and turns to CRAIG DOCTOR: So when you say on your own... CRAIG: (holding ALFIE) Yes, I meant on my own with the baby, yes. Cos no-one thinks I can cope on my own. Which is so unfair. Because...I can't cope on my own with him! I can't. He just cries. All the time. I mean, do they have off-switches? DOCTOR: (sits at table and flips through a pregnancy book) Human beings. No. I've checked. CRAIG: (puts ALFIE in high chair) No, babies. DOCTOR: Same difference. Sometimes this works though. (puts forefinger in front of his lips) Ssh. ALFIE quiets. CRAIG: Can you teach me to do that? DOCTOR: (now looking at baby books) Probably not. CRAIG: Oh, please come on, I need something, I'm rubbish at this. DOCTOR: At what? CRAIG: Being a dad. You read all the books, they tell you you'll know what to do if you follow your instinct. I have no instinct! That's what this weekend's about, trying to prove to people I can do this one thing well. DOCTOR: (laughs at the book and closes it) So what did you call him? Will I blush? CRAIG: No, we didn't call him "the Doctor"! DOCTOR: No, I didn't think you would. CRAIG: He's called Alfie. What are you doing here anyway? As CRAIG prepares tea, the DOCTOR leans over and listens to ALFIE. DOCTOR: Yes, he likes that, Alfie. Though personally he prefers to be called Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All. CRAIG: Sorry, what? DOCTOR: That's what he calls himself. CRAIG: How do you know that? DOCTOR: I speak baby. (stands) CRAIG: Of course you do! I don't even know when his nappy needs changing. (sits) I'm the one supposed to be his dad. DOCTOR: Oh, yeah. He's wondering where his mum is? (massages CRAIG'S shoulders) Where is Sophie? CRAIG: Gone away with Melina for the weekend. Needs a rest. DOCTOR: (to ALFIE) No, he's your dad, you can't just call him 'Not-Mum'. CRAIG: Not-Mum? DOCTOR: That's you. Also, Not Mum, that's me. And everybody else is...(leans in front of ALFIE) "peasants." That's a bit unfortunate. (tickles ALFIE's head) CRAIG: What are you here for? DOCTOR: I just popped in to say hello. (almost puts a piece of chalk in his mouth) CRAIG: I checked down stairs when I moved in. And next door, both sides, they're humans. Is it the fridge? Are there aliens in my fridge? DOCTOR: I just want to see you, Craig! Cross my hearts. (each hand crosses a heart) I've been knocking about on my own. A farewell tour. One last thing, popping in to see you, then I'm off to the Alignment of Exedor. CRAIG: The Alignment of Exedor? DOCTOR: 17 galaxies in perfect unison. Meant to be spectacular, I can't miss it. Literally can't. It's locked in a time stasis field, I get one crack at flying my TARDIS straight into it, if I get my dates right. (looks at newspaper) Which I have. CRAIG: Sounds nice. DOCTOR: (picks up the paper again) So this is me popping in and popping out again. Just being social, just having a laugh. (slowly) Never mind that. CRAIG: Never mind what? DOCTOR: Nothing. CRAIG: (stands) No, you noticed something. You've got your noticing face on. I have nightmares about that face. The DOCTOR puts a hand over his face and spins around as CRAIG talks. DOCTOR: Nope, given up all that, done with noticing things. (lights flicker) Didn't even notice that, for example. Got to go. Good seeing you, Craig. (shakes CRAIG'S hand) Goodbye, Stormageddon. (air kisses ALFIE on each cheek) ALFIE starts fussing as the DOCTOR walks away. CRAIG: No, no, wait, wait, could you do the shushing thing? Shhh. DOCTOR: No, it only works once, and only on life forms with underdeveloped brains. CRAIG: Hang on, you said farewell tour? What do you mean, farewell? DOCTOR: Ssh... CRAIG can't speak. EXT. OWENS HOUSE, STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR walks down the street talking to himself. DOCTOR: Just go. Stop noticing. Just go! Stop noticing! Just go. Stop noticing. Just go. Stop it! (sees the streetlight flicker) Am I noticing? No, no I am not. And what I am not doing is scanning for electrical fluctuations. (scans with sonic) Oh, shut up, you! I'm just dropping in on a friend, the last thing I need right no is a patina of teleport energy, I'm going. Going! Not staying. Going. I am through saving them. (rests head on TARDIS door) I'm going away now. INT. STORE, TOY DEPARTMENT, DAY The DOCTOR is demonstrating a remote control helicopter for a group of children. DOCTOR: It goes up-tiddly up, it goes down-tiddly down-down! For only £49.99, which I think is a bit steep but then again it's your parents' cash and they'll only waste it on boring stuff like lamps and vegetables, yawn! CRAIG enters pushing ALFIE in a stroller. He's on his mobile with SOPHIE. CRAIG: Yeah, Soph... Just enjoy your holiday! Yeah, coping. DOCTOR: Nobody panic, but I appear to be losing control. CRAIG: Yeah, love you. The helicopter comes down behind CRAIG. The DOCTOR sits on the display table. DOCTOR: Oops. (kneels on the floor and gathers the children around him) Guys, guys, ladies and gentlemen, while I deal with this awkward moment you go and find your parents/guardians! Try in lamps! (gives one girl a high five before they leave) Craig! CRAIG: What the hell are you doing here? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor, I work in a shop now. Here to help. They gave me a badge (points) with my name on in case I forget who I am, very thoughtful, as that does happen. CRAIG: You were leaving... the alignment of Exeter, what about that? One chance to see it, you said. DOCTOR: Well, I was on my way, saw a shop, got a job, you got to live in the moment, Craig. (turns away) Mind Yappy. CRAIG: What? DOCTOR: Yappy. The robot dog. Not so much fun as I remember. (strokes YAPPY) You look awful! CRAIG: I haven't slept, have I? I still can't stop him crying. I even tried singing to him last night. DOCTOR: Yeah, he did mention that...he thought you were crying, too. He didn't get a wink. Yappy, say goodbye to Craig and Stormageddon. (pretends to be the dog) "Goodbye, Craig, goodbye, Stormageddon." As the DOCTOR sets Yappy down, something whizzes across the floor at the other end of the department. DOCTOR: What was that? (heads down the aisle) CRAIG: You're here for a reason, aren't you? You noticed something, and you're investigating it. The DOCTOR gets down on his hands and knees. CRAIG: Because it's you, it's going to be dangerous and alien. DOCTOR: (stands) It might not be. CRAIG: Doctor, I live here, I need to know! DOCTOR: No, you don't. CRAIG: My baby lives here, my son. DOCTOR: Sheila Clark, went missing Tuesday. Atif Ghosh, last seen Friday. Tom Luker, last seen Sunday. CRAIG: (picks up newspaper) Why's that not on the front page? DOCTOR: Page one has an exclusive on Nina, a local girl who got kicked off Britain's Got Talent. These people are on pages seven, 19, 22. (pushes the stroller) No-one's noticed yet, they're far too excited about Nina's emotional journey, which in fairness, is quite inspiring. CRAIG: And what else? INT. STORE, CHILDREN'S, DAY DOCTOR: These funny old power fluctuations... which just happen to coincide with the disappearances. CRAIG: That's just the council, putting in new cables. Isn't it? The DOCTOR stops in front of the lift that is blocked by construction tape. DOCTOR: Oh, yes, that's it, mystery solved, oh, wasting my time, now you can go home and (uses sonic on lift) I can go to Exedor, goodbye, and here's a lift. CRAIG: It says out of order. DOCTOR: Not any more. (pulls down tape) See? Here to help. The lift doors open and the DOCTOR starts to push the stroller inside. CRAIG takes over. CRAIG: It says, "danger". DOCTOR: Oh, rubbish, lifts aren't dangerous. CRAIG: Do I look like I'm stupid? ALFIE gurgles. INT. STORE, LIFT, DAY DOCTOR: Quiet, Stormy! Oh, all right, there's more. (enters lift and uses sonic on the panel) Just between you, me and Stormy, don't want to frighten my punters. Someone's been using a teleport relay, right here in this shop. Missing people last seen in this area. (places his finger on CRAIG'S lips) Before you ask, CCTV's been wiped. CRAIG: A teleport? (stammers) A teleport? Like a beam me up teleport, (uses hand motions) like you see in Star Trek? DOCTOR: Exactly. Someone's been using a beam me up Star Trek teleport. Could be disguised as anything. CRAIG: But a teleport? In a shop? That's ridiculous! The lights flicker again and they are no longer in the lift. CRAIG hasn't noticed. INT. CYBERSHIP, DAY CRAIG: What was that? Was that the lights again? DOCTOR: (squeaky) Yes, that's it. That's all, it's the lights. CRAIG: Why did you say that like that? DOCTOR: (high) Like what? (normal) Like, like what? CRAIG: Like that, in that high-pitched voice. DOCTOR: Just keep looking at me, Craig. Right at me, just keep looking. CRAIG: Why? DOCTOR: Well, because, because, because... (CRAIG starts to turn around and the DOCTOR grabs his arms) I love you. CRAIG: You love me? DOCTOR: Yes, Craig. It's you. It's always been you. CRAIG: Me? The DOCTOR puts his arms around CRAIG'S shoulders, trying to hide the fact he's taken out the sonic. DOCTOR: Is that so surprising? CRAIG: Doctor, are you going to kiss me? DOCTOR: Yes, Craig. Yes, I am. Would you like that? Bit out of practice, but I've had some wonderful feedback. (puckers up) CRAIG: Doctor, no, I can't, I'm taken... (turns around and sees the ship) Oh, my God! DOCTOR: Or we could just hold hands if it make you'd feel more comfortable? CRAIG: What is happening? A Cyberman appears in the distance and sees them. DOCTOR: Well, first of all, I don't really love you, except as a friend. The Cyberman walks towards them. CRAIG: And what is that? With a scream, the DOCTOR uses the sonic on the machinery sending them back to the lift just as the Cyberman was about to reach them. INT. STORE, LIFT, DAY DOCTOR: Quick reverse! CRAIG: What the hell just happened? INT. STORE, CHILDREN'S, DAY The lift opens and the DOCTOR strides out, followed by CRAIG pushing the stroller. DOCTOR: They must have linked the teleport relay to the lift, but I've fused it! They can't use that again. Stuck up there on their spaceship. CRAIG: What were those things? DOCTOR: Cybermen. CRAIG: Ship? Space ship? We were in space? EXT. CITY STREET, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG look up at the sky as the DOCTOR scans with the sonic. DOCTOR: It's got to be up there somewhere, can't get a fix, it must be shielded. CRAIG: You fused the teleport. You sorted it. They can't come back. DOCTOR: I've just bought myself a little time. Still got to work out what they're doing before I can stop it. CRAIG: But if they've got the teleport and they're evil, why haven't they inv*de already? DOCTOR: Craig... take Alfie and go. CRAIG: No! DOCTOR: No? CRAIG: No, I remember from last time, people got k*lled, people that didn't know you. I know where it's safest, for me and Alfie. And that's right next to you. DOCTOR: Is that so? CRAIG: Yeah, you always win, you always survive! DOCTOR: Those were the days. CRAIG: I can help you, I'm staying! DOCTOR: Craig...(shakes head) Craig, all right, all right... maybe those days aren't quite over yet. Let's go and investigate... I mean, there's no immediate danger now. INT. STORE, JEWELRY, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG walk in with the stroller. The DOCTOR greets an older woman behind the counter. DOCTOR: Good afternoon, Val. VAL: Hello. The DOCTOR starts to walk over to the counter, but CRAIG grabs his arm. CRAIG: Where am I investigating? DOCTOR: Well, look round. Ask questions. People like it when you're with a baby, babies are sweet, people talk to you. That's why I usually take a human with me. CRAIG: So I'm your baby? DOCTOR: You're my baby! (hugs CRAIG) From the counter, VAL watches and smiles. CRAIG leaves with ALFIE. The DOCTOR tries on a pair of sunglasses. VAL: Hope you don't mind me saying, Doctor, but I think you look ever so sweet, you and your partner and the baby. DOCTOR: Partner. Yes, I like it. Is it better than 'companion'? VAL: Companion sounds old-fashioned. There's no need to be coy these days. DOCTOR: You've not noticed anything unusual around here lately, Val? VAL: Well... DOCTOR: Yes, yes? VAL: Mary Warnock saw Don Petheridge snogging Andrea Groom outside the Conservative Club on his so-called day off 'golfing'. DOCTOR: Yeah. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all. The DOCTOR air-kisses VAL on each cheek and starts to walk away. VAL: And then there's that silver rat thing. DOCTOR: (turns) What? INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, NIGHT As CRAIG walks through pushing the stroller, we see a "silver rat thing" zip across the floor. CRAIG stops to give himself a pep talk. CRAIG: All right, Alfie, you watch Daddy investigate. You look cute, I'll do the talking. CRAIG approaches KELLY, who is holding bras up for size. CRAIG leans in a little close. KELLY: Good afternoon, sir, can I help you? CRAIG: Hiya! (holds out his hand) I'm Craig! KELLY: (ignores CRAIG'S hand) Yeah? CRAIG: Do you mind, if I just ask you some questions? KELLY: Y'what? CRAIG: Just between you and me, in confidence, have you noticed anything unusual? Interesting? KELLY: Y'what? CRAIG: Talk to me about ladieswear. KELLY: (backs away) George! A large security guard walks over. CRAIG: Hi, George... nice uniform. INT. STORE, TOY DEPARTMENT, NIGHT The DOCTOR is under a table scanning with the sonic. He has a large net in his other hand. DOCTOR: A silver rat. (stands) Glowing red eyes. VAL: Yes, then it zizzed off. I wanted to get one for my nephew, but stockroom say there's no such item. DOCTOR: I bet they do. (puts away sonic) VAL: Well, what was it then? Answer me that. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, NIGHT GEORGE: Can I help you, sir? CRAIG: Have you seen how cute my baby is? Look at his face. (backs away pulling stroller) I'm going to head off actually. All right, whoa..(knocks over a stand) INT. STORE, TOY DEPARTMENT, NIGHT The DOCTOR and VAL hear the sound of stands falling over. VAL: What's all that hullabaloo? DOCTOR: Umm. That'll be my partner! (hands VAL the net and runs off) VAL: Aww! INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, NIGHT CRAIG is trying to pick up the items. ALFIE is crying. GEORGE: Make a habit of hanging round in womens' wear, sir? CRAIG: I'm sorry, oh, ssh, ssh, Alfie, come on. (rocks the stroller) KELLY: He's a pervert, look at him. The DOCTOR runs over. DOCTOR: Hello, everyone! Here to help. KELLY: Hello, Doctor. GEORGE: Hello, Doctor. DOCTOR: Hello. Has anyone seen a silver rat? No, OK. Long sh*t, I see you've met my friend, Craig. Nice uniform George. (gives him the "OK" sign and whistles) GEORGE: Thank you, Doctor. If he's with you, that's all right then. KELLY: Sorry. I thought he was hassling me, ‘cause that's the last thing I need today. ‘Cause Shona's not turned up, right, so I'm doing twice the work for the same money. DOCTOR: Ssh! KELLY stops talking. CRAIG: Please teach me how to do that. DOCTOR: No hold on... Un-ssh! Shona? KELLY: My supervisor. She's meant to be in today but never showed up. DOCTOR: Where did you last see her? INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG walk along the changing room corridor. CRAIG: How do you do that? It's a power, isn't it, some sort of weird alien hypnotic power, I bet you excrete some sort of gas that makes people love you. DOCTOR: Would that I could, Craig. The DOCTOR opens a curtain and a woman screams. He closes the curtain. DOCTOR: Sorry, Madam. (opens curtain) I'd try that in red if I were you. (closes curtain) CRAIG: I'm right though, aren't I? DOCTOR: (peers into another room) You love me, I've never excreted any weird alien gases at you. CRAIG: I don't love you! Don't start that again. ALFIE gurgles. DOCTOR: Yes, I know. Of course he does. Of course you do, we're partners. CRAIG: But I did exactly what you would have done, and I nearly got arrested! ALFIE makes some more noises. DOCTOR: Stormy thinks you should believe in yourself more. (scans with the sonic) CRAIG: Great, now my baby is reviewing me. The DOCTOR steps into the last room. DOCTOR: Here. Right here Last night, a Cyberman took Shona. CRAIG: A Cyberman...I thought it was a little silver rat? DOCTOR: It's not a rat. It's a Cybermat! CRAIG: All right don't have a go at me just cos I don't know the names. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG walk through the department. DOCTOR: Cybermats are infiltrators. Very small, very deadly... they collect power like bees collect pollen. One of them's been sucking the electrical energy from this area. But why a shop, you know, why not a nuclear power station? CRAIG: OK, why? DOCTOR: Let's ask it. We wait for the shop to shut, we stake the place out, and grab ourselves a Cybermat. CRAIG: And this is just a coincidence, is it? DOCTOR: What is? CRAIG: Aliens in Colchester? Aliens twice in my life, happening to me just when you turn up. DOCTOR: This is not my fault, Craig. ALFIE starts fussing. CRAIG: Shh, shh. Look what you've done! (comforts ALFIE) DOCTOR: It's his nappy, he's mentioned it twice. CRAIG: I don't speak baby, do I? DOCTOR: There's a changing station over by electrical goods. CRAIG: And of course, you'd know that. Come on, Alfie. (heads off) VAL sees what's happening while with a customer. DOCTOR: Craig it's a coincidence. It happens, it's what the universe does for... The DOCTOR turns around and sees AMY and RORY shopping—RORY carrying many bags. A GIRL comes up to AMY. GIRL: Can I have your autograph please? AMY: Yeah. Sure. (takes the girl's notepad) DOCTOR: ..fun. AMY: What's your name? GIRL: Ellie. AMY: (signs autograph) I like your hairband. ELLIE: Thank you. The DOCTOR opens his mouth as if to call AMY. Instead, he backs away and ducks behind a rack of clothes. RORY: All right? AMY: There you go. (hands ELLIE her pad) ELLIE: Thank you. AMY and RORY leave. ELLIE points out AMY to her mother and then points in the DOCTOR'S direction. The DOCTOR questioningly points at himself before turning around. Behind him on the wall is a promotional ad bearing AMY'S face. It is for a perfume named Petrichor "For The Girl Who's Tired of Waiting". DOCTOR: (smiles) Amelia Pond. INT. STORE, PERFUME COUNTER, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG hide as GEORGE walks by on patrol. The DOCTOR is holding the net. DOCTOR: OK, sshh. The DOCTOR and CRAIG get up as soon as GEORGE passes by. The DOCTOR starts scanning with the sonic. DOCTOR: Right. Let's be having you then, Cybermat. ALFIE starts crying. CRAIG: Can't you put that on quiet? DOCTOR: No! It's a sonic screwdriver. Sonic equals sound! (takes an item out from his coat) Take this. I got it on my discount, 10% off. It's a papoose. (drapes it on CRAIG) CRAIG: Why do I need a papoose? DOCTOR: Alfie wants to attach you to him. You're far too slow when he summons you. CRAIG: When's he going to stop giving me marks? DOCTOR: Never. That's parenthood. Couldn't you have got a babysitter? (ALFIE vocalizes) No, any babysitter...doesn't have to be a hot one. CRAIG: I told everyone I know I didn't need their help this weekend, they won't answer my calls. I didn't know there was going to be an invasion of Cyberman. (ALFIE fusses) Sshh. INT. STORE, BASEMENT, NIGHT GEORGE is checking the fusebox. He taps one of the fluorescent lights and it comes on momentarily. He uses his torch to check the corridor. INT. STORE, PERFUME COUNTER, NIGHT The DOCTOR and CRAIG try to quiet ALFIE. DOCTOR: It's OK. As CRAIG picks up ALFIE, the DOCTOR sees the cybermat and lunges, catching it in the net. DOCTOR: Ha-ha! (whispers) That's very odd. It must be on low power. Or I'm better at that than I remember. The DOCTOR picks up the cybermat and stands, showing CRAIG. CRAIG: Oh, is that it? DOCTOR: Yeah. CRAIG: Oh, it's quiet cute look at that. Look, Alfie, look. The cybermat opens its mouth showing two rows of sharp teeth. CRAIG screams and the DOCTOR uses the sonic on it. INT. STORE, BASEMENT, NIGHT GEORGE walks down one of the corridors but stops when he hears a clanking sound. As he turns, behind him we see the silhouette of a Cyberman. INT. STORE, PERFUME COUNTER, NIGHT CRAIG is panicking. CRAIG: Metal rat. Real mouth! Metal rat, Real mouth, metal rat, real mouth! DOCTOR: Stop screaming. STOP SCREAMING! Sshh! They hear a scream. DOCTOR: Come on! The DOCTOR runs off and CRAIG follows, putting ALFIE in the papoose as he does so. INT. STORE, BASEMENT, NIGHT The DOCTOR searches the corridors using the sonic's "torch" setting. DOCTOR: George! (spots GEORGE'S torch on the floor and then sees GEORGE'S body) George... As the DOCTOR bends over to examine GEORGE, a Cyberman comes out of the doorway and knocks him to the ground with its arm. He blacks out. He comes too with CRAIG looking down at him. CRAIG: Doctor! Doctor! What happened? DOCTOR: Oh, I've been chipped, chapped... Chopped! (CRAIG helps him stand) The Cyberman... it k*lled George, took him back to the ship. CRAIG: The Cybermen are here! But you said. DOCTOR: (stumbles) Yeah, I know what I said, I say a lot of things! (scans with sonic) But I fused the teleport it should have taken them days to repair. CRAIG: Are you OK? DOCTOR: I should be d*ad...but the arm it chopped me with, it was damaged, old spare parts. Must have changed those missing people. CRAIG: They changed the missing into Cybermen? Why didn't they change you? DOCTOR: Long story. I'm not exactly compatible. But why are they using spare parts, why? Everything I find out makes less sense! CRAIG: Doctor, listen to me. If the Cybermen are here, then we're not safe, we've got to go. We've got to go back to base. DOCTOR: We've got a base? When did we get a base? INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR is playing mad scientist mixing up something on the table. Resting next to him is the cybermat. CRAIG: I'm going down the shops, we're out of milk. You know what to do if he cries. (tosses intercom at the DOCTOR) DOCTOR: No! CRAIG: (from hallway) Me neither. ALFIE starts crying. INT. OWENS HOUSE, ALFIE'S ROOM, NIGHT Above ALFIE'S crib is a soft mobile of the moon and stars. As it turns, it plays music and projects stars onto the ceiling. The DOCTOR steps cautiously into the room. DOCTOR: Hello, Stormageddon. It's the Doctor. Here to help. The DOCTOR picks up a small stuffed bunny and tries to get the baby's attention. DOCTOR: Shhh. There, there. Be quiet. Go to sleep. Really, stop crying. (ALFIE looks at him) You've got a lot to look forward to, you know. A normal human life on Earth. Mortgage repayments, the nine to five, a persistent nagging sense of spiritual emptiness. Save the tears for later, boyo. Oh, no! (rubs forehead) That was crabby. No, that was old! But I am old, Stormy. I am so old. So near the end. INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT On the kitchen table, the cybermat switches back on. INT. OWENS HOUSE, ALFIE'S ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR picks up ALFIE. DOCTOR: You, Alfie Owens, you are so young, aren't you? And, you know, right now, everything's ahead of you. You could be anything. Yes, I know. You could walk among the stars. They don't actually look like that, you know, they are rather more impressive. The DOCTOR uses the sonic and the projection becomes more realistic of space. DOCTOR: Yeah! You know, when I was little like you, I dreamt of the stars. I think it's fair to say, in the language of your age, that I lived my dream. I owned the stage, gave it a 110%. I hope you have as much fun as I did, Alfie. (kisses ALFIE'S head) INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT The cybermat is no longer on the table, but scooting across the floor. INT. OWENS HOUSE, ALFIE'S ROOM, NIGHT DOCTOR: Your dad's trying his best, you know. Yes, I know. It's not his fault he doesn't have mammary glands. No, but neither do I! Alfie, why is there a sinister beeping coming from behind me? The DOCTOR turns around slowly and sees the cybermat at the doorway, chomping its mouth. DOCTOR: Oh, no you don't. (uses the sonic) Come on, Alfie. Run! It's only stunned! INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR hurries down the stairs and through the kitchen to the door. DOCTOR: It's going to be OK. Good, Alfie. We're going to go outside. Don't worry about it. The DOCTOR opens the door but drops the sonic. The door locks behind him. INT. OWENS HOUSE, FRONT HALL, NIGHT CRAIG returns home. CRAIG: I'm back! CRAIG sets down his mobile and keys. The mobile buzzes. EXT. OWENS HOUSE, BACK GARDEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR is on his mobile. DOCTOR: Come on, Craig, pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up! INT. OWENS HOUSE, NIGHT CRAIG checks the rooms for the DOCTOR. CRAIG: Doctor? Doctor? INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT CRAIG goes into the kitchen and puts away the milk. As he turns around, the cybermat att*cks, flying for his throat. The power of the att*ck knocks CRAIG to the floor, but he is able to hold back the gnashing teeth EXT. OWENS HOUSE, BACK GARDEN, NIGHT The DOCTOR is on his mobile. DOCTOR: Craig, don't worry, Alfie is fine, but on no account enter the house. CRAIG: (inside) Doctor! The DOCTOR turns around and sees CRAIG fighting the cybermat. DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! CRAIG: (inside) Help me! The DOCTOR places ALFIE in his swing and kisses his head. He then spits on his hands, rubs them together and jumps through the glass door. INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, NIGHT CRAIG is sill holding the cybermat away from his neck. CRAIG: Where's Alfie?! Where's Alfie?! DOCTOR: He's safe, he's safe! (gets the sonic) CRAIG: Get it off me! DOCTOR: I have to find the right frequency, shut it down! CRAIG: k*ll it! DOCTOR: (groans) All right, all right, all right! MOVE! The DOCTOR picks up a pot from the table and hits the cybermat, sending it skidding across the floor. CRAIG gets up but the cybermat is now at the DOCTOR'S throat. DOCTOR: Ow! Baking tray, Craig, baking tray! With timing, the DOCTOR throws it to the floor just as CRAIG covers it and holds it down with a baking tray. The DOCTOR gets up. DOCTOR: Hold it down! CRAIG: Get on with it! DOCTOR: Ah, it must be shielded from metastatic energy! Of course! CRAIG: Yeah, of course! DOCTOR: Don't worry, I have an app for that. Stand back. Stand back! CRAIG moves back and the DOCTOR fires at the cybermat, "k*lling" it. DOCTOR: Success! That was amazing, you must be really, really strong. That thing should have had you easy. CRAIG: Is it definitely d*ad? DOCTOR: Inactive, yes. Technically never been alive. It was (air quotes) playing possum before, to take us by surprise. Bravo. (claps) CRAIG: Whoo! (closes eyes and breathes deep) Alfie! (rushes outside) INT. OWENS HOUSE, LIVING ROOM, NIGHT The DOCTOR is sitting on the couch working on the cybermat, using a loupe. CRAIG is holding ALFIE. CRAIG: I'm knackered. That thing was eating up the electricity. DOCTOR: And transmitting it up to the Cybership. But why? Why do they need power, why are those conversions not complete yet, and what are they doing up there? CRAIG: You said you were going to look at its brain. DOCTOR: I had to wipe its brain. Now I can reprogram it, use it as a w*apon against them. CRAIG: (sits on the couch) The Cybermat came after us? DOCTOR: No, after me. CRAIG: They sent it after us? DOCTOR: After me. Because of me, you and Alfie nearly died. (takes the loupe from his eye) Do you still feel safe with me, Craig? CRAIG: You can't help who your mates are. DOCTOR: No! I am a stupid and selfish man. Always have been. I should have made you go, I should never have come here. CRAIG: What would have happened if you hadn't come? Who else knows about Cybermen and teleports? DOCTOR: I put people in danger. CRAIG: Stop beating yourself up! If it wasn't for you this whole planet would be an absolute ruin. DOCTOR: (puts down cybermat) Craig, very soon I won't be here... my time is running out. I don't mean Exedor. Silence will fall when the question is asked. Don't even know what the question is. Always knew I'd die still asking. Thing is, Craig, it's tomorrow. Can't put it off any more. Tomorrow is the day I... The DOCTOR looks over to see CRAIG and ALFIE both asleep. He smiles wistfully and sighs. He then stands and covers them with a blanket. EXT. OWENS HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR closes the door gently behind him. He's holding the cybermat and a remote control. DOCTOR: Safe mode. Clever me. Come along, Bitey. (pets the cybermat as he leaves) INT. OWENS HOUSE, LIVING ROOM, DAY CRAIG wakes with the sun in his eyes. SOPHIE is on the answer phone. SOPHIE: 'So I'll be back about ten, cos Melina's totally gone off on one, she's going to k*ll David Jenkins. 'I'm stupid to worry, I can't wait to get home to my special boys!' CRAIG stands and notices that the cybermat is missing. CRAIG: Oh, no, no, no! Doctor? INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, DAY CRAIG goes looking for the DOCTOR SOPHIE: 'Love you. Alfie, love you, Craig!' The DOCTOR left a note in silver ink on blue paper on the fridge. It reads: Dear Craig, Gone to stop Cybermen. Sorry. Goodbye. The Doctor. CRAIG: You idiot! INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, DAY The DOCTOR hurries in, looking around. VAL arrives. VAL: Morning! DOCTOR: Morning. Teleport's still fused. (walks with VAL) They didn't repair it. So the Cyberman last night, how did it get down here, how did it get out? And why, why, am I asking you? VAL: You found the silver rat! DOCTOR: But where are the silver men? INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, DAY CRAIG has changed and has dressed ALFIE for outside. He puts the baby into the papoose. CRAIG: Sorry, Alfie, I can't leave you here on your own. There's something up with the Doctor, and we owe him. I wouldn't have you or Mummy if it wasn't for him! He needs someone. He always needs someone and he just can't admit it. I promise nothing's going to happen to you! (kisses him on the cheek) All right, come on, here we go. (leaves) INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, DAY The DOCTOR runs his theory past the cybermat. DOCTOR: Secondary teleport. No, there is no other teleport, they must have had a back-up system, something complicated, something powerful, something shielded. Something like... a door. A door! (goes into last room) A disillium-bonded steel door disguised as a wall! That is cheating! The full length mirror swings out on hinges revealing a roughly carved tunnel. DOCTOR: So... it didn't teleport down. It climbed up. INT. TUNNEL, DAY The DOCTOR walks slowly and scans with the sonic. He then slides down and into a large cavern where the damaged cyber-ship was hidden. INT. CYBERSHIP, DAY The DOCTOR explores the ship and soon finds the conversion room. DOCTOR: (whistles) Well, well, well. You have been busy. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, DAY CRAIG rushes in. CRAIG: Doctor! Doctor! VAL: Another row? He went in the changing rooms, something about silver men. CRAIG: Oh, God, no. Val, I need you too look after Alfie for me, OK? (takes off papoose) Please look after him, the Doctor needs me. (hands ALFIE to VAL and runs off) CRAIG: Don't follow me! VAL: I wasn't intending to. INT. CYBERSHIP, DAY Partially buried in dirt on the floor, the DOCTOR finds GEORGE'S nametag. A CYBERMAN marches up behind him. CYBERMAN: You have come to us. DOCTOR: Took me a while, alot on my mind. (stands and turns around) Let's see, this ship crashed here centuries ago, no survivors, but the systems are dormant waiting for power. And then the council stick a load of new cables right on top of you. Bitey wakes up and channels the power, you start crewing up from the shop as best you can, not enough power, not enough parts. CYBERMAN: When we are ready we will emerge. We will convert this planet to Cyberform. DOCTOR: What, the six of you? CYBERMAN: You know that is enough. You know us. You are the Doctor. DOCTOR: Correct. And the Doctor always gives you a choice. Deactivate yourself, or I deactivate you. The DOCTOR aims the sonic at it and the CYBERMAN takes a step back. Another CYBERMAN enters behind him. INT. STORE, LADIES CHANGING ROOMS, DAY CRAIG runs through the rooms. CRAIG: Doctor? Doctor? Craig sees the entrance to the tunnel. Looking around, he grabs a handheld UPC scanner before entering the tunnel. INT. CYBERSHIP, DAY The DOCTOR cries out as one of the CYBERMEN grabs him and holds his arms behind his back. The cybermat falls to the ground. CYBERMAN 1: He must be the new leader. CYBERMAN 2: No. He is not like us. Brain and binary vascular system incompatible. CRAIG watches from the other room. CYBERMAN 2: They will be discarded. Other body parts may be of use. CRAIG: (brandishes scanner like a g*n) Oi, Cybermen! Get off my planet, or I activate this. DOCTOR: Craig, stop this, get out! CRAIG: It's like you said, Doctor, got to believe you can do it! CYBERMAN 2: You located us? CRAIG: Teleport in the lift, bit rubbish. That little Cybermat never stood a chance. See what you're dealing with? CYBERMAN 2: You are compatible. You are intelligent. The CYBERMAN touches his hand to his chest panel and then sh**t electricity at CRAIG, forcing him to drop the scanner. Another CYBERMAN grabs him and pulls him forward. CRAIG: No, I'm not intelligent, you don't want me. CYBERMAN 2: Do not fear. We will take your fear from you. You will be like us. You will be more than us. CYBERMAN 2 moves to one of the conversion chambers and opens it. CRAIG: No, no, no, no. CYBERMAN 2: Your designation is Cyber Controller. You will lead us, we will conquer this world. The CYBERMEN begin to force CRAIG into the chamber. CRAIG: Doctor! DOCTOR: Craig! CRAIG: Do something! Please! Different parts clamp down on CRAIG'S arms and legs. CRAIG: DOCTOR! DOCTOR: Craig, don't worry. I've reprogrammed the Cybermat, it'll drain their power! The DOCTOR pulls the remote from his pocket. The cybermat scuttles across the floor until CYBERMAN 2 steps on it. CYBERMAN 2: You have failed, Doctor. Begin conversion! Phase one. Cleanse the brain of emotions. DOCTOR: No! Craig! Fight it! They can't convert you if you fight back! You're strong, don't give in to it! CRAIG: Help me! DOCTOR: Think of Sophie, think of Alfie, don't let them take it all away! CRAIG: Make it stop. Please make it stop! DOCTOR: Please, listen to me! I believe in you, I believe you can do this! I've always believed in all of you, all my life! I'm going die, Craig. Tomorrow, I'm going to die, but I don't mind if you just prove me right! CRAIG! The headpiece closes around CRAIG, seamlessly welding shut down the middle. CYBERMAN 2: Begin full conversion. The DOCTOR watches in agony as we hear the whir of machinery. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, DAY VAL tries to comfort a crying ALFIE. VAL: Don't worry, It's just a little light going out. INT. CYBERSHIP, DAY A monitor comes to life with security footage from the store of VAL and ALFIE. CYBERMAN 1: Unknown soundwave detected. CYBERMAN 2: It is the sound of fear. It is irrelevant. We will remove all fear. DOCTOR: Alfie! I'm so sorry! Alfie, please stop! I can't help him. CYBERMAN 1: Emotions eradicated conversion complete. CRAIG'S fingers twitch. An alarm sounds. CYBERMAN 2: Alert. Emotional subsystems rebooting. This is impossible. Energy crackles around the headpiece. DOCTOR: He can hear him. He can hear Alfie! Oh, please, just give me this! Craig, you wanted a chance to prove you're a dad. You're never going to get better one than this! A crack appears down the center of the headpiece. CYBERMAN 2: What is happening? DOCTOR: What's happening, you metal moron? A baby is crying. And you better watch out, cos guess what? Ha! Daddy's coming home! The headpiece opens. CRAIG: Alfie! CRAIG begins the fight the machine and it starts to overload. CRAIG: Alfie, I'm here! I'm coming for you! The CYBERMEN stagger from the emotional onslaught. DOCTOR: Yes, Craig! The machine starts to release CRAIG. The DOCTOR pulls free of the CYBERMAN holding him. CRAIG: Alfie! DOCTOR: Alfie needs you! CYBERMAN 2: Emergency. Emotional influx! DOCTOR: (helps CRAIG) You've triggered a feedback loop into their emotional inhibitors. All that stuff they cut out of themselves, now they're feeling it! Which means a very big expl*si*n! CYBERMAN 2: Overload, overload, overload. The DOCTOR and CRAIG run to the doors. CRAIG: Get this open, we need to get to Alfie! DOCTOR: They've sealed the ship! The head of one of the CYBERMEN explodes. CRAIG: We've got to get out of here! DOCTOR: I know! Two more CYBERMEN lose their heads. DOCTOR: The teleport! As another CYBERMAN'S head explodes, the DOCTOR and CRAIG run to the teleport. The DOCTOR activates it remotely with the sonic as they cling to each other. INT. CAVERN, DAY The Cybership explodes. INT. STORE, LIFT, DAY The DOCTOR and CRAIG are hugging each other tightly. They pull apart when the lift bell rings. CRAIG rushes out. INT. STORE, LADIES DEPARTMENT, DAY CRAIG runs into the department. VAL: How did you get in there? CRAIG: Alfie! VAL: Here's your daddy. As VAL gives ALFIE back to CRAIG, the DOCTOR runs up. DOCTOR: That was another review. Ten out of ten. CRAIG: The Cybermen... they blew up. I blew them up with love! (hugs ALFIE) DOCTOR: No, that's impossible, and also grossly sentimental and over simplistic. You destroyed them because of the deeply ingrained hereditary human trait to protect one's own genes which in turn triggered a... uh... Yeah. Love. You blew them up with love. LATER… The DOCTOR is explaining things to KELLY. DOCTOR: The building should be totally safe, structurally, and of course the bonded disillium contained the expl*si*n. KELLY: Right. Why you telling me all this? DOCTOR: I don't know. Ssh. CRAIG comes to VAL'S counter wearing a new shirt. VAL: It suits you. CRAIG: Thanks. VAL: Discount applies to partners. CRAIG: Great. VAL: Are you two married then? CRAIG: Nah, we talked about it, but it's just a piece of paper, isn't it? The DOCTOR walks over and puts an arm around CRAIG'S shoulders. DOCTOR: Thank you for your help, Val. Good noticing. Keep 'em peeled. VAL: I will. I'm glad you two made up for baby's sake. DOCTOR: Ah! CRAIG: How d'you mean? VAL: It's nice for baby to have two daddies who love each other. CRAIG: Wait... hang on a sec! Two daddies? Both the DOCTOR and CRAIG start making faces and shaking their heads. CRAIG: You think I'm...? VAL: His companion. CRAIG: (laughs and turns around) Doctor? The DOCTOR is gone. VAL: Oh! Now where's he rushed off to? CRAIG: (softly) He's gone. INT. OWENS HOUSE, DAY CRAIG enters the house and slowly looks around. The house has been cleaned and there are fresh cut flowers on the coffee table. CRAIG: Who's tidied all this up? INT. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, DAY CRAIG enters the kitchen to see it cleaned and the table is even set. The DOCTOR enters through the newly-repaired door. DOCTOR: See, I do come back. CRAIG: How did you...? DOCTOR: Time machine! But even with time travel, getting glaziers on a Sunday, tricky. CRAIG: You went back in time? That means you used up your hours. What about Exedor? DOCTOR: What about you being in trouble with Sophie when she comes back? I couldn't let that happen. CRAIG: You used up your time for me? DOCTOR: Course I did. You're me mate. I notice Stormageddon's very quiet and happy. He prefers the name Alfie now. And he's very proud of his dad. CRAIG: He calls me dad? DOCTOR: Yes, of course he does now! Yeah, I know, he's a bit thick, isn't he? CRAIG: Shut up, you two! DOCTOR: Well... Now it's time. I have to go. CRAIG: Doctor, I know that something's wrong, I can help you. DOCTOR: Nobody can help me. I hope Sophie won't mind, I need these. (holds up blue envelopes) CRAIG: Where are you going to go? DOCTOR: America. CRAIG: Sophie will be home any second, are you sure? DOCTOR: I can't miss this appointment, Craig. Goodbye, mate. CRAIG: Wait there. One second. CRAIG leaves the room and the DOCTOR opens the fridge and looks inside, making a face. CRAIG returns with a Stetson. CRAIG: From Sean's stag. (puts it on the DOCTOR'S head) DOCTOR: Wow. CRAIG: You ride 'em, pardner. DOCTOR: Oh, thanks. The DOCTOR snaps his fingers on both hands then points them like g*n at CRAIG before heading for the back door. CRAIG: Bye. There's a knock at the front door and CRAIG looks to the front and then back again. CRAIG: Doctor, that will be Sophie arriv... The DOCTOR is gone, the back door open. INT. OWENS HOUSE, FRONT HALL, DAY There's another knock on the door and CRAIG opens it. It's SOPHIE. SOPHIE: Hello! Hello! I forgot my keys! (steps inside) CRAIG: Oh, I've missed you so much.(hugs and kisses her) SOPHIE: Missed you too, both of you. (stands back) Are you wearing a papoose? CRAIG: Yeah. (closes door) INT. OWENS HOUSE, LIVING ROOM, DAY SOPHIE enters and is shocked. SOPHIE: Oh, my God, the place is spotless! Has anything happened? You look different. CRAIG: Nothing happened! Nothing weird. SOPHIE: Look at you two, thick as thieves. Who's Daddy's little boy then? ALFIE: Doctor. SOPHIE: What?! Craig? EXT. OWENS HOUSE, DAY The DOCTOR walks down the street towards the TARDIS. There are three children—a boy and two girls—playing in the cross-street. The DOCTOR stops just in front TARDIS door. DOCTOR: Well then, old girl. (he licks his thumb and wipes off a spot) One last trip, eh? He turns to look at the children who stop playing and walk towards him. DOCTOR: Hey. I'm the Doctor. I was here to help. And you are very, very welcome. (puts his hand to his hat) GIRL 1: (V.O.) 'It was funny. He seemed so happy but so sad at the same time.' BOY: (V.O.) 'I was just a kid, I thought maybe he was a cowboy on his way to a g*n.' GIRL 2: (V.O.) 'I really liked his hat.' INT. LUNA UNIVERSITY RIVER is reading eyewitness accounts from the three children. She then opens her diary to an entry that reads: 22/04/11, 5:02 PM, Lake Silencio" KOVARIAN: (V.O.) Tick, tock, goes the clock. And what now shall we play? RIVER looks about the room but sees no one. KOVARIAN: (V.O.) Tick, tock, goes the clock. Now summer's gone away. RIVER: Hello? KOVARIAN: (appears from the shadows) Such a lovely old song. But is it about him? RIVER: You know about the Doctor? KOVARIAN: So very well. RIVER stands. KOVARIAN: Oh, don't try and remember me. We have been far too thorough with your dear little head. Two of the SILENCE walk up behind RIVER. She sees them and is startled. RIVER: What are they? What are those things? KOVARIAN: (reads RIVER'S diary) Your owners. RIVER turns back. RIVER: My what? KOVARIAN: So they made you a doctor today, did they? Doctor River Song. How clever you are. You understand what this is, don't you? (points at the entry) RIVER: According to some accounts it's the day the Doctor dies. KOVARIAN: By Silencio Lake on the Plain of Sighs an impossible astronaut will rise from the deep and strike the Time Lord d*ad. RIVER: (sits) It's a story. KOVARIAN: And this is where it begins. KOVARIAN looks to the door and two soldiers enter carrying the astronaut suit. KOVARIAN: You never really escaped us, Melody Pond. We were always coming for you. The soldiers set down the helmet and suit and grab RIVER by the arms. RIVER: How do you know who I am? (struggles) KOVARIAN: I made you what you are. The woman who kills the Doctor. RIVER: No, no, no...! (sedated) Urgh! RIVER falls into the chair and pants heavily. KOVARIAN: Tick, tock, goes the clock and all the years they fly. RIVER'S vision gets blurry and the voices are muffled. KOVARIAN: Tick, tock, and all too soon your love will surely die. INT. LAKE SILENCIO RIVER slowly opens her eyes and she is in the astronaut suit underwater. We then hear the rhyme sung by a small girl. "Tick tock goes the clock He cradled her and he rocked her Tick tock goes the clock Till River kills the Doctor..."
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