Doctor Who (2023) s02e06 Episode Script

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
And here he is. Your favourite host,
stepping out of cryogenic suspension…
[COMPUTER] Defrost complete.
All right, babe, what's the year?
- Venue?
- Harmony Arena.
Teeth?
- Dazzling.
- And we're on.
May I introduce, the immortal Rylan.
Whoo! Rylan!
[SPEAKS FRENCH, LAUGHS]
[ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC STOPS]
Ah. Oh, good evening, Harmony Arena!
- [CHEERING]
- [ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
[RYLAN] What a fabulous night.
[HOST SPEAKS FRENCH]
[RYLAN CONTINUES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Huh.
- [HOST] And welcome to 2925…
- Right.
All we need is two minutes.
Get this Vindicator aligned,
then we can get you back to Earth.
- [RYLAND] Now we've whittled it down…
- Is that…
- [RYLAN] …from 50,000 contestants…
- Rylan?
…to 40 finalists from 40 different
worlds, all singing
live for you tonight.
And reaching out in
song across the universe.
Welcome to the 803rd
Interstellar Song Contest.
[HOST] Whoo!
[GASPS]
- Oh, we're so staying.
- We're staying.
[THEME SONG PLAYING]
Right, everyone, here
we go. Bit of focus, please.
Tighter on Rylan.
Music fade out. Steady on 26. SOP VT 1.
Fifteen, give me audience
reaction. Find some faces.
Wynn, are we ready on pre-record five?
All cued up and standing by.
Graphics, get ready
with the voting links.
Rylan, give me some awe.
- Aw.
- No. Awe. A-W-E.
Oh. [STAMMERS]
Folks, it is awesome.
The Interstellar Song
Contest is transmitted live
across the entire western galactic arm.
An audience of three trillion
life forms to find one winner.
Cue confetti cannon.
[BOOMS]
- Now let me hear some noise!
- [SPEAKS FRENCH]
[RYLAN LAUGHS]
[ADVERTISER] Cultivated
from 100% organic golden poppy.
[MRS FLOOD] Whoo-hoo! Whoo! [LAUGHS]
PoppyHoney is every bit as sweet,
rich and decadent as the real thing.
It's so good you won't believe it.
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
Proud sponsors,
PoppyHoney, the galaxy's favourite.
[BELINDA] See, we were
worried about nothing.
This proves that the earth survives.
Oh, in style.
I was there in '74 when ABBA won.
Olivia Newton-John came fourth.
- Absolute scenes. Absolute scenes.
- What?
[GASPS, CHUCKLES]
I watched with my mum
and dad when I was little.
It was the best night of the year.
They'd let me stay up late for voting,
as long as I brushed my
teeth and got into my pyjamas.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Oh.
Look at me now.
God, it's such a beautiful night.
Where are we? Where's this taking place?
That is not night. That is space.
The Harmony Arena is a space station.
Do you see?
There.
We're inside a bubble
on a station in orbit.
The universe is wild, babes.
[BOTH LAUGH]
So, what, the song contest
let in Australia and then space?
I knew it. I knew that you would
enjoy it finally, being with me.
- [VINDICATOR BEEPS]
- [BELINDA CHUCKLES]
Okay, gotcha.
- [BEEPING CONTINUES]
- [AUDIENCE CHEERING]
[MRS FLOOD] Vindicator ready and primed.
Thank you, Doctor.
That's the final link.
[SIGHS]
No rush. I love a good show.
Grape?
- I wonder whose seats we're in.
- Eh. It's too late now. They've missed it.
[CHUCKLES]
- [AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS]
- Whoo!
[SCREEN BEEPS]
They're sitting in our seats. Look.
Those two people are sitting in
seats that absolutely, positively
definitely belong to us.
None of this would've happened
if you'd just turned up on time.
- I said I'm sorry.
- It's more than that, Mike.
You don't take anything I do seriously.
It's hardly important,
Gary. It's just songs.
[SCOFFS]
I'm not even gonna
dignify that with a resp…
Actually, you know what, I will.
Because it is not just songs, Mike.
It's part of who I am. And
when you make fun of it,
it's like you're making fun of me.
I don't know, Gary. It's like
we're going around in circles.
Sometimes I think that we should
[FAN] Hurry up! We're
gonna miss the beginning.
How many times… Why
won't you do something?
This is my ticket card. Mine.
Now, would you do your job
and get those people out, please?
Phase one activated.
How does that help?
What am I supposed to do now?
What does he mean "phase one"?
Phase one activated.
Okay, drones, keep it quiet.
Thank you. What's phase one?
- [ZAPPING]
- [SCREAMING]
[CREW EXCLAIMING]
What was that?
I'm phase one.
Hi.
Who the hell are you?
Who the Hellion.
That's my species and my name is Kid.
We're in the middle of
transmission. Drones, get him out.
I have drone control. At arms.
- Everyone, stay calm.
- Nobody move. This gallery is mine.
Okay. Uh…
Let's… Let's… Should we say
hello to some contestants?
- Oui.
- Let's do that.
Uh, who have we got…
Oh, hello. I see hot favourite.
- It's Cora from Trion.
- [SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
[CHUCKLES] Hello, everyone!
I'm so excited.
Honestly, it's such
an honour to be here.
I mean, what a night.
I can't wait to sing.
Lock West 7 Bulkhead 5
and keep them guarded.
Although it's a shame
they're gonna miss the show.
[KID SIGHS]
- Miss me?
- You have no idea.
[SIGHS] It's time, gorgeous.
Phase two.
Wynn, whatever you're doing, stop.
I took a chance on you. No
one employs Hellions, but I did.
How benevolent of you,
baby. Hit the back-up.
Thank you, Sabine.
But that's the dress rehearsal.
Broadcasting across the galaxy.
- And no one's gonna know the difference.
- Well, that's where you're wrong.
Rylan wasn't at the dress,
he was still in deep freeze.
We're ready for that.
Publicity comms can
say he got food poisoning.
Tell them he ate something nasty.
[SABINE] Later on, you can vote using
your home neural hypersync headset.
Or, of course, on the app.
And on behalf of the
Interstellar Song Contest,
it's bonne nuit, all around the galaxy.
From Alpha Centauri to
the Zygon New Habitat,
songs and music and joy…
[SUCKS TEETH]
…can unite us all! [LAUGHS]
[GRUNTS]
Let go of me.
- Access granted.
- [PERSON] Gallery.
- [MUMBLES]
- Shh.
Gallery, what's happening?
Have you got control of the Arena?
That's correct. We're just rerouting.
It's nothing to worry about, Eddo.
We've got about 30 seconds
till they realise anything is wrong.
It's all I need.
And cue VT. [CHUCKLES]
Anyone?
Uh, fine. Uh… [STAMMERS]
Uh, let's start the show, shall we?
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
It's Liz Lizardine,
from the planet Lizoko.
With her song, "I Love
You, But My Heart Says No."
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
I saw you 'cross the astroport… ♪
Safety protocols off.
But you can't do that.
Tall and super cool… ♪
Nina? Anyone? Are you there?
What is this, amateur hour?
Rylan, my name is Kid.
- I'm a big fan.
- Who's Kid?
This is the greatest song
contest in the universe,
so as you would say,
let's raise the roof!
So I love you but my heart says no ♪
It beats a rhythm… ♪
How are you gonna vote if you
don't listen to the song properly?
Yeah, Bel, I think
that there might be a…
[ALARM BLARING]
Don't ♪
- [BLARING CONTINUES]
- [ELECTRICITY POWERS DOWN]
[RUMBLING]
Is that… part of the show?
[BOOMING]
[RUMBLING, GRINDING]
- [BLARING CONTINUES]
- [AUDIENCE CLAMOURING]
[AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING]
[ALARM VOICE] Danger,
air shield collapsing.
Danger, air shield collapsing.
Do you know my favourite kind of music?
Pop.
[EXPLOSION]
[AUDIENCE SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING INTENSIFIES]
- Whoa! Whoa!
- [SCREAMS]
[GASPS]
[GASPING]
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
[ALARM STOPS]
[SIGHS]
[ICE CRACKLING]
Not again.
[GASPS] Doctor.
[SOBS]
[CRIES]
[WYNN] The dress
rehearsal is still broadcasting.
[SABINE] …all 40 acts have
sung. [SPEAKS FRENCH]
- Lines are not open yet…
- The arena is purged.
…so don't try to vote…
I'm closing the shield
to maintain integrity.
You're monsters.
That's what people have
said to me my whole life.
[SABINE CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]
'Cause of the horns.
Now, let's carry on with the show.
Next up…
I'm only doing the
things you expect of me.
Moving to phase three. [SNIFFS]
Final phase.
Fetch the device.
Device to the gallery.
[NINA] Listen to me, they're not dead.
The Mavity Shell is still on.
It's not too late. You could
still save those people.
I said I'm busy!
[KID] With this.
What is it?
It's called a Delta Wave.
'Cause phase three…
[CHUCKLES]
…is the absolute best.
[GASPS]
Oh, my God. I'm not the
only one. What do we do?
What the hell happened?
No idea. And we're locked in.
Don't worry. I started
off in the tech squad.
I can open this. If I can
just trip the code switch.
My friend. My friend
went up through the roof.
Is there some sort of
air bubble or something?
Can't we call for rescue?
Are there emergency services?
They've got to exist.
We can't call.
We're in close-down.
What does that mean?
Gambling rules.
[SIGHS]
If people could transmit from
here, they could hyperstream a bet
to the other side of the galaxy
before the results get there.
So all signals are blocked and closed.
So… no one knows?
No one's doing anything.
There… There's no police or…
Not until the show ends.
[SIGHS]
[SABINE] And now from the
planet Grimbald, it's Dugga Doo!
[VOCALISING]
That's the dress rehearsal. It
must be playing on automatic.
But… we can't just…
How do we…
Oh, my God.
I've got no way out.
My mum and dad will just
sit there waiting, like, forever.
I don't even know where I am.
You're on the Harmony station.
- Where's that?
- Sector Diamond Five.
- But where's that?
- West of Vangossiter.
But where's that? Where
the hell am I? [GASPS]
I'm stuck here on my own.
- And I'm no one! [BREATHES HEAVILY]
- Hey, hey.
You're alive.
You're alive.
[SIGHS]
What's your name?
Belinda.
Nice name, Belinda.
I'm Cora.
Hi, Cora.
Sorry. I'm just…
My friend. God. He was so wonderful.
And I never got to tell him.
This is weird.
I'm tapping into the computer
core, but it's being overridden.
There's something new. Like
the software's rewriting everything.
But what for?
Syncing software and calibrating.
You can still help those people.
- I saw you save that contestant.
- Don't say a word.
That was the girl from
Trion. What's so special
Shut it.
We're doing this for Hellia.
Those people can't be saved.
[ICE CRACKLING]
Go back. Go back.
Grandfather, go back.
[GASPS]
Find me.
Is that one moving?
[MIKE] What's he doing?
He's not seriously gonna use a
confetti cannon to fly through space?
Whoo-hoo!
[GARY] He's going for
the airlock! [CHUCKLES]
[ALARM BEEPING]
Come on.
Go.
[GASPING]
[STAMMERS]
[THUDS]
Gary, medical kit on the wall.
Break the seal and bring it to me.
It's all right,
sweetheart. I've got you.
My name is Mike. Michael Gabbastone.
I'm a nurse.
Wow. Oh, you're amazing.
Two hearts, you show-off.
A respiratory bypass
system, very clever.
Oh, you're an amazing little creature.
You're gonna be okay. Now hold on.
I've never seen you at work before.
Good, because that
would mean you're very ill.
And I don't want that.
Now, this might hurt! [GRUNTS]
[SCREAMS, GASPS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Oh.
Better?
Did I just fly through
space on a confetti cannon?
- Yeah.
- Camp.
[LAUGHING]
- I was frozen.
- You were lucky.
You should see it
out there. It's carnage.
Must be a hundred thousand dead.
No. No, not dead.
- I'm sorry, but look at them.
- Look at me, I survived.
- You were lucky, mate.
- I was clever, Mike. Did you say Mike?
- Mike.
- And your name?
- Gary.
- I was clever, Mike and Gary,
because mavity is holding them
but I triplicated the mavity field.
All those people are still alive.
So they're not just floating?
They're in mavitic suspension?
In a state of preservation.
- But it's freezing out there.
- Exactly.
- Exactly, that helps us.
- [MIKE] I've seen it happen.
It's like when a body's
plunged into freezing water.
Life signs get suspended
but they can be revived.
Belinda.
Belinda. Belinda's out there.
Frozen.
And the TARDIS is gone.
[GROANS] What do I do?
What do I do? What do I do?
Look, that's a hundred thousand people.
Frozen and suspended in space.
To reach them, and catch them,
and revive every single one of them,
you'd need to be some
sort of insane genius.
Hello. I'm the Doctor. [CHUCKLES]
Starting the upload.
We should be ready to
broadcast during song 14.
Which is?
[NINA] Cora Saint Bavier.
She/Her.
Best voice, best act, best song.
Our dearly departed Cora Saint Bavier
is going to blow their minds.
If I can tap into the helium
core, then maybe I can…
No. No, that wouldn't work.
Uh… Oh.
New software.
It says it's Hellion script.
What… Who are the Hellions?
[GARY] From the planet Hellia.
My mum and dad used to vacation there.
All those fields of Hell poppies,
far as the eye could see.
- Said it was stunning.
- Yeah, it's all ruined now.
Totally destroyed.
They say the Hellions
did it to themselves.
I wonder what they're uploading.
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[RINGING STOPS]
[PANTING]
[MIKE, GARY GROANING]
- You okay?
- Yeah. Alive.
- You?
- Yeah, just about.
- I love you.
- I love you.
[GROANS] Time and a place, boys.
That was a primitive Delta Wave
aimed at the temporal lobe of the brain.
How many people are
watching the song contest?
Three trillion.
If they route that signal
through the station and transmit,
it will kill every single
person watching.
They're gonna kill them all.
I've got it. It's the Hellions.
- They did this.
- [BELINDA] What are Hellions?
[DOCTOR] Weird lot. They
say they practise cannibalism.
And witchcraft.
They've got these horns.
People say they give
them psychic powers.
Yeah, people say that a lot…
about species they don't understand.
If I'm going to fight that signal,
I'm going to need a caustic hyperlink.
Oh, I've got it. There's
a tech-desk over here.
I can access it.
[BALLAD PLAYING]
Hyperlinks, dazzle filters,
retroscope, B-line-blockers.
You know your stuff.
That's my boy. [CHUCKLES]
What is this place? A museum?
The history of the entire contest,
or as I like to call it, paradise.
[STAMMERS] That's
how I got the posh seats.
I worked on the song
contest tech design.
I was in charge of the hologram archive.
Do you see?
Welcome, visitors. Hello.
Wishing I hadn't sold my likeness
in perpetuity, but here we are.
No way! [LAUGHS]
I met him at Brighton Pride.
What a weekend.
I'm Graham Norton. Long since dead.
Aw, sad face.
But from humble
beginnings on Planet Earth,
the Interstellar Song Contest
now spans the entire universe.
Are you okay?
Belinda would have loved this.
- Is that your friend?
- I'm her protector.
And I swore that I'd get her home.
But I keep thinking…
No. No, no, no.
Stop. [SNIFFS]
Good. Good.
Good. Good, good, good.
- Have you found that hyperlink?
- Oh, uh…
Here.
Plus vision and sound.
Whoa.
Whoa! What's going on?
[SCREEN BEEPS]
Someone's interfering with my systems.
I recommend you stop
that right now, sweetheart.
Who are you?
Tell me exactly who you are.
[GASPS] Is that the Doctor?
- It's the Doctor. Can we see him?
- Tonight, Rylan, I'll be representing
Revenge Against the Corporation.
- My name is Kid.
- He's alive. [LAUGHS]
[GASPS] He's alive.
Who do you represent?
The Doctor.
The last of the Time Lords.
[LAUGHS]
Good name for a band.
You did all of this,
and now you're threatening
three trillion people.
Except I am here telling you no.
If you come anywhere near the gallery,
I'll purge the airlocks and
clear the whole station.
[DOCTOR] And do you know what I'll do?
I will survive.
And I will find you.
And you can run and hide
and whimper all you like,
but I will find you.
'Cause you have put
ice in my heart, darling.
You put it there.
So I will cast your
body out into the void.
And I will stand and
watch you freeze to death.
That's… not him.
The Delta Wave is at 95%.
You need to input the final calibration.
[WHISPERS] No.
Thank you for your empty threats.
This conversation is over.
Droneguards?
He's in the museum.
Find and execute.
Immediately.
Cora?
Do you know them?
She's called Wynn.
He's called Kid.
As in, baby goat?
As in, his mother was shot,
before anyone asked her his name.
How do you know so
much about Hellions, Cora?
Because…
I'm one of them.
I couldn't tell you.
We're not allowed to sing.
We're treated like scum
right across the galaxy.
So, what happened?
How did you…
I'm sorry, I don't know how to ask.
Did you cut your horns off yourself?
Was it by choice?
By force.
Hellia was the most
harmless world in the sky.
Then the Corporation
bought the entire planet,
including it's population,
for one reason only.
To harvest their Hell poppy.
Is that like, drugs?
No.
It's for that.
PoppyHoney.
I'm sorry.
Your planet was invaded for honey?
My planet was invaded
for honey flavouring.
They took the seeds
and burnt the fields,
so we could never grow it back.
[BELINDA] So, Kid blames the Corporation
and the Corporation
sponsors the contest.
He's out to get revenge.
And that includes every single viewer.
You know him.
Do you think you could stop him?
They might listen to me.
Len, you understand the door systems.
- Maybe you could
- I'm not helping you.
Then help everyone else.
Len, that gallery is
seven floors above us.
If you can get the elevators working,
then, maybe, I could talk to them.
I want to get there, too.
'Cause that's where the
Doctor will be heading.
I've never seen him like this before.
And trust me,
if he's angry, this whole
world is going to shake.
What I need to do is trip that switch,
fold it over and kink that together
until it becomes a single conduit.
- Doctor.
- Once I've done that,
- if I flip the whole system back…
- Doctor.
Once it is folded back I
can employ a micro-stitch.
[BOTH] Doctor!
Then I can loop this rod into
a fully energised hyperlink.
Now, if only I had an
expert in triangulation.
That's me, sir.
I invented the triangulation system.
- Gary!
- Yes.
[SIGHS]
I like you.
Oh, thank God.
[SABINE] And now, from the
planet Trion, it's Cora Saint Bavier.
And counting down… song 14.
[CORA SINGING]
Get ready to transmit the Delta Wave.
Try to be cool in high heel shoes ♪
I ain't tripping Oh, and
I look like such a fool ♪
But then ♪
My big feet My big feet… ♪
All those years working on that
song, and you lied to me, Cora.
I'm telling you, when I get this done,
you're on your own.
Be my man Be my man ♪
Be my man Be my man… ♪
[KID] When the device hits a hundred,
the Corporation will be
remembered for a massacre.
My big feet ♪
But this slaughter is off the scale.
My big feet ♪
Please, think of them.
All those people at home.
I jumped in deep… ♪
Did they ever think about us?
No, they did not!
Delta Wave, 99%.
My big feet ♪
[DOCTOR] When I tell you to stop…
you really should stop, babes.
- Or what?
- Or you'll regret it.
Because I have met so
many versions of you, Kid.
And revenge is just an excuse.
Because your cold,
filthy heart just likes to kill.
Well, Doctor.
If you insist.
What?
Lost him.
They know it's a fake.
[DOCTOR] Hiya.
- Don't move.
- What, in case I do this?
Big mistake.
[SHOUTS, GASPS]
See, the thing about
holograms is they're kinda soft.
And they fizz, and they crackle,
and they're kind of no use.
Unless you're me.
And you convert them into hard light.
In which case, a hologram can hurt.
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
How many people did you
want to kill? Three trillion?
How about we try
this three trillion times?
Hmm?
[SCREAMING]
No!
[SCREAMS]
Stop.
[SCREAMING]
Grandfather.
[SCREAMING CONTINUES]
No.
Bel.
[COUGHS]
[GASPS]
- Droneguard override.
- [WYNN] Kid!
- Default to stat-matics.
- It's okay.
- [COMPUTER] Droneguard revert.
- On those two.
After all these years.
I won't apologise.
This cannot be the gentle
kin-sister I loved so much.
You abandoned me.
- No.
- You left me there to rot.
So we had to do it.
We had to tell the galaxy
about the Corporation.
What have you ever done, Cora?
Except hide?
Get them out of here. Shuttle
them to the Justice Monolith.
[SIGHS]
I'll see you again, Doctor.
And I'll be ready, Kid.
Believe me, that ice
that you put in my heart,
I think it's still there.
I think it'll be there forever, now.
So you take care.
[SCOFFS]
But what do we do? It still isn't over.
There's still a hundred thousand people
out there trapped in that mavity thing.
[NINA] There's nothing we can do.
They're all going to
die. Frozen to death.
[BELINDA] No, there's
got to be something.
Rylan.
Do you see?
All those people were
frozen in the Mavity Shell.
Perfectly suspended in space.
But… but…
if only I had a hologram expert
who could fashion hard
light into a tractor beam.
Can you do that, Gary?
I'd do anything for you. [CHUCKLES]
Gary.
- Anything.
- Ooh.
Got him.
[ALL EXCLAIMING, LAUGHING]
Oh! If only… if only I had medical staff
that could turn Rylan's cryogenic
chamber into a revival booth.
- What do you say, Mike?
- I'll do anything for you.
Back of the queue.
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Blood pressure balanced.
Synapses level, minus one.
And… zero.
- [GASPS]
- [GASPS] Oh!
[ALL EXCLAIMING, LAUGHING]
Oh, my God. I'm so pleased to meet you.
It's Rylan!
Um, sorry.
Mr Clark, my name
is Belinda. I'm a nurse.
Don't worry, you're fine. We're
just gonna go check you out, okay?
- Okay, yeah.
- Okay?
Babe, what happened?
Oh. You came back from the dead.
[CHUCKLES] Sums up my
career. [CLEARS THROAT]
- Amazing.
- [CHUCKLING]
Amazing. Amazing!
Now can you do that 100,000 times?
- Uh… yeah.
- Yeah.
["MAKING YOUR MIND UP" PLAYING]
You gotta speed it up And
then you gotta slow it down ♪
'Cause if you believe that
our love Can hit the top ♪
You gotta play around ♪
[VOCALISES]
For making your mind up ♪
If only I had someone very clever
to turn this VIP pod
into a revival booth.
[LAUGHING]
[SONG CONTINUES]
[ALL LAUGH]
[GASPING]
[ALL CHEERING]
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
For making your mind up ♪
For making your mind up ♪
[SONG ENDS]
Ladies, gentlemen, others,
betters, whatevers, we are back!
- [LAUGHING]
- [SABINE SPEAKS FRENCH]
[LAUGHS]
Whoo!
[CHEERING]
Oh, and that is the
spirit of the Song Contest.
- It's not about winning.
- Non.
But it is the joy of each other.
Oh, come on Rylan, do your stuff.
Now, the actual contest
is a little bit null and void,
what with us nearly dying
and everything. She looks well.
Uh, but there is one song.
One song we want you all to hear
right across the galaxy.
With all three trillion of you watching,
I give to you, Cora Saint Bavier.
This is a song the
Corporation tried to hide.
The song of my home planet, Hellia.
[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Go
back where you came from!
To remind us of the world that we lost.
To remember a civilisation
that the Corporation destroyed.
Its beauty.
Its history.
Its soul.
[SINGING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]
[ORCHESTRA PLAYING]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[MUSIC SWELLS]
[MUSIC ENDS]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, CHEERING]
[CHUCKLES] Good girl.
[CHEERING CONTINUES]
- There you go.
- [DOCTOR GASPS]
They found it on the asteroid spar.
It's a tough old thing.
[BELINDA] Thank you.
I'd better get back. There's a
lot of accident forms to fill in.
- Take care now.
- [BELINDA CHUCKLES]
Bless you.
- [BELINDA SIGHS]
- Hmm.
Hmm!
And the results from Belinda say,
- "Douze points, Docteur."
- [CHUCKLES]
I thought it was my "Waterloo",
turns out it was my
"Rise Like a Phoenix"!
- [CHUCKLES]
- [LAUGHS]
Oh…
I don't think I've ever told you.
You're wonderful.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- But still…
- Mmm?
I never really know
what you're thinking.
You scared me back there.
I scared myself.
The death of three
trillion people triggered me.
It made me think of my home planet.
'Cause they all died.
In a single second.
Every last Time Lord.
But I got this image…
Grandfather?
[CHUCKLES]
It can't be.
[BELINDA CHUCKLES]
[STAMMERS] I need to get you home, Bel.
- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
If I disappear for much longer,
they're going to make a
podcast about the missing nurse.
And besides, there is a
very tasty chef on Hinge,
who's gonna think I ghosted him,
so fire up that Vindicator and
get me back to planet Earth.
Planet Earth. Age-old
home of the human race.
Also dogs, cats, ferrets,
polar bears and measles.
Oh, my God. It's Graham Norton.
Poor old Earth died, many years ago.
Hologram, explain.
The history books say the planet ended
on the old Earth date
May the 24th, 2025.
- What?
- Ended…
ended how?
It is said the planet disintegrated,
into rock and dust and ashes.
All the memories here were
sieved from the rubble of a civilisation
that died in a single second.
Cause?
Unknown.
That was the day that I left.
How can the whole world be dead?
I don't know, but we are gonna find out.
'Cause we finally have enough
readings on the Vindicator.
This thing is working.
Bel, I am not just gonna take you home.
I am gonna save your home.
Here we go.
[ELECTRICITY POWERS DOWN]
[ALARM BLARING]
What… What's happening?
[MACHINERY HUMMING]
[MACHINERY GRINDING]
[BELINDA] What is that noise?
That is the sound of May the 24th.
[THEME SONG PLAYING]
Here we go. This is the last one.
Oh. We've had quite a
few with some side effects.
- But I can get you to a sick bay.
- Has he gone?
My name is Mike and I'm a nurse.
I said, has he gone?
- Who?
- The Doctor.
- How do you know the Doctor?
- Yeah, he's gone.
We looked for him, but
he's just disappeared.
Then it's safe.
I'm afraid my double-brainstem froze.
Lethal for a Time Lady.
But I've got my own knack for survival.
I suppose I should think
of some famous last words.
How about…
Let battle begin.
Oh.
Oh, must we? How inelegant.
Oh, I… I'm ever so sorry, ma'am.
Ugh. Well, they never taught
me that at nursing school.
- We've bi-generated.
- Evidently.
But how did you…
- Are you both the same person?
- Unfortunately, yes.
Our name is the Rani.
Although she's become a Rani,
while I'm the Rani.
The definite article, so to speak.
Now, have you got
the Vindicator readings?
Here, ma'am.
Sorry, ma'am.
Then come with me, Mrs Flood.
Out of the way, boys. Because
I have a date to arrange.
And as for the Doctor, oh, I
will bring him absolute terror.
That's what I said.
- Shut up.
- Yes, ma'am.