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Gentle music plays, as there is an exterior view of the glistening, luxurious planet Midnight. Zooms into a sunbathing lounge with a pool, Donna lying lazily on the chair. A butler brings the ringing phone over to Donna, who answers it as the butler walks away. DONNA I said, no! Cuts to the Doctor on the other end of a public phone. DOCTOR Sapphire waterfall - it’s a waterfall made of sapphires! (cuts back to Donna who is smiling cheekily) This enormous jewel, size of a glacier, reaches the Cliffs of Oblivion, and then shatters into sapphires at the edge - they fall 100,000 feet into a crystal ravine. DONNA I bet you say that to all the girls. DOCTOR Oh, come on! They’re boarding now! It’s no fun if I see it on my own. Four hours, that’s all it takes. DONNA No, that’s four hours there and four hours back, it’s like a school trip. I’d rather go sunbathing. DOCTOR You be careful, that’s Xtonic sunlight. DONNA Oh, I’m safe. It says in the brochure this glass is fifteen feet thick. DOCTOR All right, I give up. I’ll be back for dinner, we’ll try that anti-gravity restaurant. With bibs. DONNA That's a date. Well, not a date. Oh, you know what I mean. Oh get off! DOCTOR See you later. DONNA Oi! You be careful, all right? DOCTOR Nah. Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called Midnight - what could possibly go wrong? He hangs the phone up. * OPENING CREDITS DAVID TENNANT CATHERINE TATE MIDNIGHT by Russell T Davies * The Doctor is on the shuttle, watching the last passengers board. The Hostess is talking to a woman, Sky, who sits near the Doctor. HOSTESS Complimentary juice pack and complimentary... SKY Just the headphones, please. HOSTESS There you go. She moves to the Doctor and starts to hand him things. HOSTESS That's the headphones for Channels 1 to 36; modem link for 3D vidgames; complimentary earplugs; complimentary slippers; complimentary juice pack; and complimentary peanuts. I must warn you some products may contain nuts. DOCTOR That'll be the peanuts. HOSTESS Enjoy your trip. DOCTOR Oh, I can't wait! Allons-y! HOSTESS I'm sorry? DOCTOR It's French, for let's go! HOSTESS Fascinating. She moves to the people sitting in the row behind the Doctor: Professor Hobbes and his young assistant Dee Dee. HOSTESS Headphones for channels 1-36... PROFESSOR HOBBES Oh no, thank you, not for us! DEE DEE Earplugs, please. HOSTESS There you go. PROFESSOR HOBBES (to Dee Dee) They call it a sapphire waterfall, but it's no such thing, sapphire's an aluminium oxide, but the glacier is just a compound silica with iron pigmentation! Camera shifts to the Hostess talking to a middle-aged couple, Biff and Val. HOSTESS ...complimentary juice pack and complimentary peanuts. VAL Thank you. PROFESSOR HOBBES Have you got that pillow for my neck? DEE DEE Yes, sir. PROFESSOR HOBBES And the pills? The camera returns to the Professor and Dee Dee. DEE DEE Yes, all measured out for you, there you go. The Doctor looks at the Professor and Dee Dee over the back of his seat. PROFESSOR HOBBES Hobbes! Professor Winfold Hobbes! DOCTOR I'm the Doctor, hello! They shake hands. PROFESSOR HOBBES It's my 14th time! DOCTOR Oh! My first. DEE DEE And I'm Dee Dee, Dee Dee Blasco. She shakes the Doctor's hand too. PROFESSOR HOBBES Now don't bother the man! Where's my water bottle? HOSTESS (talking to Jethro, a young man who sits away from his parents Biff and Val) ... complimentary slippers, complimentary juice pack, and complimentary peanuts, I must warn you some products may contain nuts. VAL Don't be silly, come and sit with us. Look! We get slippers! BIFF Jethro! Do what your mother says. JETHRO I'm sitting here. BIFF Oh, he's ashamed of us. But he doesn't mind us paying, does he? VAL Oh, don't you two start. Should I save the juice pack or have it now? Look, peach and clementine! The Hostess walks to the front of the shuttle to address all passengers. HOSTESS Ladies and gentlemen and variations thereupon, welcome on board the Crusader 50, if you would fasten your seatbelts, we'll be leaving any moment. Doors! Doors seal automatically. HOSTESS Shields down! Shields descend in front of the windows. HOSTESS I'm afraid the view is shielded until we reach the Waterfall Palace. Also, a reminder, Midnight has no air, so please don't touch the exterior door seals. Fire exit at the rear, and should we need to use it... you first. She laughs at the absurd idea. HOSTESS Now I will hand you over to Driver Joe. DRIVER JOE (over intercom) Driver Joe at the wheel! There's been a diamondfall at the Winter Witch Canyon, so we'll be taking a slight detour, as you'll see on the map. (a map is shown on a screen) The journey covers 500 kliks to the Multifaceted Coast, duration is estimated at four hours. Thank you for travelling with us, and as they used to say in the olden days, wagons roll! Engines accelerate and the shuttle starts to move. HOSTESS For your entertainment, we have the Music Channel playing retrovids of Earth Classics. She pushes a key on her remote, screens appear in front of each passenger, they show Raffaello Cara singing "Do It Do It Again". HOSTESS Also, the latest artistic installation from Ludovico Klein. She pushes another key to start a hologram show. HOSTESS Plus, for the youngsters, a rare treat - the Animation Archives. She turns on a projector that shows old cartoons. HOSTESS Four hours of funtime! Enjoy! Everything going simultaneously, it all ends up as a terrible cacophony that nobody but Val and Biff enjoy. The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to stop it. PROFESSOR HOBBES Well, that's a mercy! HOSTESS I do apologise, ladies and gentlemen and variations thereupon. We seem to had a failure of the Entertainment System... DOCTOR Ooh. VAL But what do we do?! BIFF We've got four hours of this! Four hours of just... sitting here? DOCTOR Tell you what! We'll have to talk to each other instead! He grins at the passengers who seem to find this a weird idea. * 98 KLIKS LATER... People are laughing, having a great time telling stories, except Sky who sits apart from the rest reading a book, and Jethro who seems rather embarrassed by his parents. VAL So Biff said, "I'm going swimming". BIFF Oh, I was all ready, trunks and everything! Nose plug! VAL He had this little nose plug, you should've seen him. BIFF And I went marching up to the lifeguard, and he was a Shamboni, you know, those big foreheads? VAL Great big forehead! BIFF And I said, where's the pool? And he said... BIFF & VAL "The pool is abstract!" VAL It wasn't a real pool! BIFF It was a concept! DOCTOR And you wore a nose plug! BIFF I was like this! (pinching his nose) Mmm...where's the pool? Everyone burst out laughing again. * 150 KLIKS LATER... The Doctor and Dee Dee are in the galley. DEE DEE I'm just a second-year student, but I wrote a paper on the Lost Moon of Poosh, Professor Hobbes read it, liked it, took me on as a researcher. Just for the holidays. Well, I say researcher, most of the time he's got me fetching and carrying. But it's all good experience! DOCTOR And did they ever find it? DEE DEE Find what? DOCTOR The Lost Moon of Poosh! DEE DEE (laughing) Oh no! Not yet! DOCTOR Well, maybe that'll be your great discovery, one day. Here's to Poosh! He lifts his coffee cup. DEE DEE Poosh! * 209 KLIKS LATER The Doctor is sitting beside Sky, just having had their meals served. DOCTOR No, no, I'm with this friend of mine, Donna, she stayed behind in the Leisure Palace. You? SKY No, it's just me. DOCTOR Oh, I've done plenty of that. Travelling on my own. I love it. Do what you want! Go anywhere! SKY No, I'm still getting used to it. I've... found myself single rather recently, not by choice. DOCTOR What happened? SKY Oh, the usual. She needed her own space, as they say. A different galaxy, in fact. I reckon that's enough space, don't you? DOCTOR Yeah... I had a friend who went to a different universe. SKY Oh, what's this, chicken or beef? DOCTOR (examining a piece on his fork) I think it's both. * 251 KLIKS LATER... Professor Hobbes is showing his slides to the other passengers. PROFESSOR HOBBES So, this is Midnight, d'you see? Bombarded by the sun! Xtonic rays, raw galvanic radiation. Dee Dee, next slide! (she switches to the next slide) It's my pet project. Actually, I'm the first person to research this. Because you see... the history is fascinating, because there is no history. There's no life in this entire system, there couldn't be. Before the Leisure Palace Company moved in, no-one had come here in all eternity. No living thing. JETHRO But how d'you know? I mean, if no-one can go outside... VAL Oh, his imagination! Here we go! DOCTOR He's got a point, though. PROFESSOR HOBBES Exactly! We look upon this world through glass. Safe inside our metal box. Even the Leisure Palace was lowered down from orbit. And here we are now, crossing Midnight, but never touching it. There's a rattling then the engines go silent. VAL We've stopped. Have we stopped? BIFF Are we there? DEE DEE We can't be, it's too soon. PROFESSOR HOBBES They don't stop, Crusader vehicles never stop. HOSTESS If you could just... return to your seats, it's... just a small delay. Just as confused as her passengers, she goes to the intercom to talk with the driver. BIFF Maybe just a pit stop. HOSTESS (talking to the driver via intercom) What's going on? PROFESSOR HOBBES There's no pit to stop in, I've been on this expedition 14 times, they never stop. SKY Well evidently, we have stopped, so there's no point in denying it. JETHRO (laughing) We've broken down! VAL Thanks, Jethro. JETHRO In the middle of nowhere! BIFF That's enough, now stop it! HOSTESS Ladies and gentlemen and variations thereupon, we're just experiencing a short... delay, the driver needs to stabilise the engine feeds. It's perfectly routine, so if you could just stay in your seats... The Doctor walks towards the driver's cabin. HOSTESS No, I'm sorry sir, I... could you please... DOCTOR There you go, engine expert! Two ticks! He opens the door and enters the cockpit. HOSTESS Sorry sir, if you could just sit down! You're not supposed to be in there... The doors closes behind the Doctor. DRIVER JOE Sorry, if you could return to your seat, sir... DOCTOR Company insurance, let's see if we can get an early assessment. So, what's the problem, Driver Joe? DRIVER JOE We're stabilising the engine feeds, won't take long. DOCTOR Um, no, cos that's the engine feed, that light there, and it's fine, and it's a micropetrol engine, so stabilising doesn't really make sense, does it? Sorry! I'm the Doctor, I'm very clever. So, what's wrong? MECHANIC CLAUDE We just stopped, look, all systems fine and everything's working, but we're not moving. DOCTOR (checking with the sonic) Yeah you're right. No faults. And who are you? MECHANIC CLAUDE Claude, I'm the mechanic. Trainee. DOCTOR Nice to meet you. DRIVER JOE I've sent a distress signal. They should dispatch a rescue truck, top speed. DOCTOR How long till they get here? DRIVER JOE About an hour. DOCTOR Well, since we're waiting... shall we take a look outside? Just... lift the screens a bit? DRIVER JOE It's 100% Xtonic out there, we'd be vaporised. DOCTOR No, those windows are Finitoglass, they'd give you a couple of minutes. Go on! Live a little! Driver Joe gives in and raises the shields. The three of them look the landscape in awe. DOCTOR Ohhh, that is beautiful... MECHANIC CLAUDE Look at all those diamonds! Poisoned by the sun. No-one can ever touch them. DOCTOR Joe, you said we took a detour? DRIVER JOE Just about 40 kliks to the west. DOCTOR Is that a recognised path? DRIVER JOE No, it's a new one, the computer worked it out, on automatic. DOCTOR So we're the first? This piece of ground. No-one's ever been here before. Not in the whole of recorded history. MECHANIC CLAUDE Did you just...? No, sorry, it's... nothing. DOCTOR What did you see? MECHANIC CLAUDE Just there. That ridge. Like... like a shadow. Just, just for a second. DOCTOR What sort of shadow? An alarm sounds. DRIVER JOE Xtonic rising! Shields down. MECHANIC CLAUDE Look, look, there it is, there it is, look, there! DOCTOR Where?! What was it? MECHANIC CLAUDE Like, just, something... shifting, something sort of... dark. Like it was...running. DOCTOR Running which way? MECHANIC CLAUDE Towards us... DRIVER JOE Right, Doctor, back to your seat and not a word, rescue's on its way. If you could close the door, thank you. The Doctor returns to the passenger cabin. SKY What did they say? Did they tell you? What is it, what's wrong? DOCTOR Oh, just stabilising, happens all the time. SKY I don't need this. I'm on a schedule. This is completely unnecessary! HOSTESS Back to your seats, thank you. She goes to the cockpit while the Doctor and Sky return to their seats. DEE DEE (low voice) Excuse me, Doctor, but they're micropetrol engines, aren't they? PROFESSOR HOBBES Now, don't bother the man. DEE DEE My father was a mechanic. Micropetrol doesn't stabilise, what does 'stabilise' mean? DOCTOR Well. Bit of flim-flam. Don't worry, they're sorting it out. PROFESSOR HOBBES So it's not the engines? DOCTOR It's just a little pause, that's all. PROFESSOR HOBBES How much air have we got? DEE DEE Professor, it's fine. VAL What did he say? DOCTOR Nothing! VAL Are we running out of air? PROFESSOR HOBBES I was just speculating... The Hostess returns from the driver's cabin. BIFF Is that right, miss? Are we running out of air? VAL Is that what the Captain said? HOSTESS If you could all just remain calm... VAL How much air have we got? JETHRO Mum, just stop it. HOSTESS I assure you, everything is under control. BIFF Well, doesn't look like it to me! VAL Well, he said it. DEE DEE ... it's fine, the air is on a circular filter... VAL ... he started it... All talk at once, panicked. DOCTOR Everyone... They keep shouting. DOCTOR Shhh shhh shhh... QUIET! Silence falls. DOCTOR Thank you. Now, if you'd care to listen to my good friend Dee Dee... DEE DEE Oh! Um... it's just that... well, the air's on a circular filter so... we could stay breathing for ten years. DOCTOR There you go! And I've spoken to the Captain, I can guarantee you, everything's fine. They hear two loud knocks on the wall of the shuttle. VAL What was that? PROFESSOR HOBBES It must be the metal. We're cooling down, it's just settling... DEE DEE Rocks. Could be rocks falling. BIFF What I want to know is, how long do we have to sit here. The double knocking is repeated on a different part of the shuttle. SKY What is that? VAL Is someone out there? PROFESSOR HOBBES Now, don't be ridiculous! DEE DEE Like I said, it could be rocks. HOSTESS We're out in the open. Nothing could fall against the sides. Again, two knocks on the wall. DOCTOR Knock knock. JETHRO Who is there? SKY Is there something out there? Well? Anyone? Knocking again. SKY What the hell is making that noise? PROFESSOR HOBBES I'm sorry, but the light out there is Xtonic, that means it would destroy any living thing, in a split-second. It is impossible for someone to be outside. The knocking is repeated again - always two knocks. SKY Well, what the hell is that, then?! The Doctor goes to the wall where they heard the last knocks from, and uses a stethoscope to hear what's outside. HOSTESS Sir! You really should get back to your seat. DOCTOR Hello? Now, the knocking comes from the fire exit at the rear. JETHRO It's moving... There's a rattling from the door, like something is trying to get it open. VAL It's trying the door! PROFESSOR HOBBES There is no 'it', there's nothing out there. Can't be. The thing tries again with the door, then it goes around - always double knocks, from the roof then from the side door. VAL That's the entrance. Can it get in? DEE DEE No, that door's on two hundred weight of hydraulics. PROFESSOR HOBBES Stop it. Don't encourage them. DEE DEE What do you think it is? Biff goes to the door. VAL Biff, don't... DOCTOR Mr Cane, better not... BIFF Nah, it's cast iron, that door... Biff knocks on the door three times - and the thing outside repeats with three knocks. VAL Three times! Did you hear that, it did it three times?! JETHRO It answered! VAL It did it three times! DOCTOR All right, all right, all right, everyone, calm down. SKY No, but it answered, it... answered, don't tell me that thing's not alive, it answered him! Three knocks again. HOSTESS I really must insist, you get back to your seats! SKY No! Don't just stand there telling us the rules! You're the hostess, you're supposed to do something! The Doctor goes to the door and knocks four times - and in repeat, the thing knocks four times too. SKY (yelling in total panic) What is it, what the hell's making that noise? She said she'd get me. Stop it, make it stop, somebody make it stop! Don't just stand there looking at me, it's not my fault, he started it with his stories... DEE DEE Calm down! SKY ... and he made it worse... VAL You're not helping! SKY ...why couldn't you leave it alone? Stop staring at me! Just tell me what the hell it is! DEE DEE Calm down! The knocking becomes continuous. In panic, Sky backs towards the cockpit door. SKY It's coming for me, ohh it's coming for me, it's coming for me... It's coming for me! It's coming for me! She screams. The Doctor moves towards her, warning. DOCTOR Get out of there! The whole shuttle rocks, lights go out and sparkles fly. The people fall over screaming, then gasp and groan in the darkness as the shuttle stops moving. BIFF (holding Val tight) All right? OK. DOCTOR Argh... Arms. Legs. Neck. Head. Nose. I'm fine... Everyone else? On a screen behind the Doctor, Raffaella Cara continues singing. Then for a few seconds she is replaced by Rose, mouthing "Doctor!". But her voice can't be heard and she disappears again, unnoticed. DOCTOR How are we, everyone all right? PROFESSOR HOBBES Earthquake, must be... DEE DEE But that's impossible, the ground is fixed, it's solid. HOSTESS We've got torches, everyone, take a torch, they're in the back of the seats. They find the torches and start looking around. VAL Oh, Jethro, sweetheart, come here... JETHRO Never mind me, what about her? In the front of the shuttle, Sky is sitting motionless among ruined seats, her back to the others. VAL What happened to the seats? BIFF Who did that? VAL They've been ripped up. DOCTOR (soothing, to Sky) It's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's over. We're still alive... Look, the wall's still intact. D'you see? He points his torch at the wall in front of Sky - there's a dent in it but it's not broken. The Hostess is trying to reach the driver via intercom. HOSTESS Joe, Claude? DOCTOR (to Sky) We're safe. HOSTESS Driver Joe, can you hear me? I'm not getting any response, the intercom must be down. She opens the cockpit door and bright light blinds everyone. They scream until the Hostess closes the door. VAL What happened? What was that? BIFF Is it the driver? Have we lost the driver? HOSTESS The cabin's gone. PROFESSOR HOBBES Don't be ridiculous. It can't be gone, how can it be gone? DEE DEE Well, but you saw it! HOSTESS There was nothing there, like it was ripped away. The Doctor is fiddling on a panel in the front wall with the sonic. BIFF What are you doing? He points his torch at the Doctor. DOCTOR That's better, bit of light, thank you. Molto bene! VAL D'you know what you're doing? BIFF The cabin's gone, you'd better leave that wall alone. PROFESSOR HOBBES The cabin can't be gone! DOCTOR No, it's safe, any rupture would automatically seal itself... (taking off the panel) But something sliced it off. You're right. The cabin's gone. HOSTESS But if it gets separated... DOCTOR It loses integrity. I'm sorry, they've been reduced to dust. The driver and the mechanic. But they sent a distress signal. Help is on its way. They saved our lives! We're gonna get out of here, I promise. We're still alive, and they're gonna find us. JETHRO Doctor. Look at her. He is watching Sky who still sits in the same position, her back to the others. DOCTOR Right, yes, sorry... Have we got a medical kit? JETHRO Why won't she turn around? DOCTOR What's her name? HOSTESS Silvestry. Mrs Sky Silvestry. DOCTOR Sky? Can you hear me? (he crouches down to her) Are you all right? Can you move, Sky? Just look at me. JETHRO That noise, from the outside... VAL What of it? JETHRO It's stopped. VAL Well, thank God for that. JETHRO But what if it's not outside anymore? What if it's inside? VAL Inside? Where? JETHRO (looking at Sky) It was heading for her. DOCTOR Sky...it's all right, Sky. I just want you to turn around, face me. Slowly, she turns around and stares at the Doctor with wide eyes, looking like a wild animal caught in torchlight. DOCTOR Sky? SKY Sky? DOCTOR Are you all right? SKY Are you all right? DOCTOR Are you hurt? SKY Are you hurt? DOCTOR You don't have to talk. SKY You don't have to talk. DOCTOR I'm trying to help. SKY I'm trying to help. DOCTOR My name's the Doctor. SKY My name's the Doctor. DOCTOR OK, can you stop? SKY OK, can you stop? DOCTOR I'd like you to stop. SKY I'd like you to stop. PROFESSOR HOBBES Why's she doing that? SKY (turning towards him) Why's she doing that? BIFF She's gone mad. SKY She's gone mad. VAL Stop it. SKY Stop it. VAL I said stop it! SKY I said stop it! DEE DEE I don't think she can. SKY I don't think she can. PROFESSOR HOBBES All right, now stop it, this isn't funny. SKY All right, now stop it, this isn't funny. DOCTOR Sh, sh, sh, all of you. SKY Sh, sh, sh, all of you. JETHRO (looking amused) My name's Jethro! SKY My name's Jethro! DOCTOR Jethro, leave it, just shut up! SKY Jethro, leave it, just shut up! DOCTOR Why are you repeating? SKY Why are you repeating? DOCTOR What is that, learning? SKY What is that, learning? DOCTOR Copying? SKY Copying? DOCTOR Absorbing? SKY Absorbing? DOCTOR The square root of pi is 1.77245385090551602729816748... SKY The square root of pi is 1.77245385090551602729816748... DOCTOR ...3341. Wow! SKY ...3341. Wow! PROFESSOR HOBBES But that's impossible. SKY But that's impossible. DEE DEE She couldn't repeat all that. SKY She couldn't repeat all that. VAL Tell her to stop! SKY Tell her to stop! VAL She's driving me mad. SKY She's driving me mad. VAL Just make her stop! SKY Just make her stop! They start talking all at once, but Sky still repeats every single word he hears, copying also tone and rhythm. VAL ...stop her staring at me, shut her up... SKY ...stop her staring at me, shut her up... HOSTESS ...a trick... SKY ...a trick... DEE DEE ...that's impossible... SKY ...that's impossible... BIFF ...I'm telling you, whatever your name is... SKY ...I'm telling you, whatever your name is... DOCTOR Now, just stop it, all of... SKY Now, just stop it all of... PROFESSOR HOBBES ...her eyes, what's wrong with her eyes? SKY ...her eyes, what's wrong with her eyes? JETHRO ...copy anything... SKY ...copy anything... VAL ...Biff don't just stand her, do something, make her stop... SKY ...Biff don't just stand her, do something, make her stop... BIFF ...you're scaring my wife... SKY ...you're scaring my wife... HOSTESS ...Mrs Silvestry... SKY ...Mrs Silvestry... JETHRO Six, six, six. SKY Six, six, six. VAL ...make her stop... SKY ...make her stop... They hear a high-pitched noise as the lights come back and that finally stops them shouting. HOSTESS Well then, that's the back-up system. BIFF Well! That's a bit better. VAL What about the rescue, how long's it gonna take? HOSTESS About 60 minutes, that's all. PROFESSOR HOBBES Then I suggest we all calm down. This panic isn't helping. That poor woman is evidently in a state of... PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY ...self-induced hysteria, we should leave her alone. JETHRO (noticing what's happening) Doctor... DOCTOR I know. Sky is copying words Professor Hobbes says - but no more repeating, now she talks simultaneously with him. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY Doctor, now step back, I think you should leave her... Alone. (he notices that Sky talks simultaneously with him) What's she doing? VAL & SKY How can she do that? She's talking with you... and with me! Oh, my God! Biff, what's she doing? JETHRO & SKY She's repeating... At exactly the same time. DEE DEE & SKY That's impossible. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY There's not even a delay. JETHRO & SKY Ohh man, that is weird. DOCTOR & SKY I think you should all be very, very quiet, have you got that? VAL & SKY How's she doing it? DOCTOR& SKY Mrs Cane, please, be quiet. VAL & SKY But how can she do that? She's got my voice, she's got my words! BIFF & SKY Sweetheart, be quiet, just... hush now. Hush. She's doing it to me! DOCTOR & SKY Just stop it, all of you. Stop it. Please. He crouches down to look into Sky's eyes. DOCTOR & SKY Now then, Sky. Are you Sky? Is Sky still in there? Mrs Silvestry? (pause) You know exactly what I'm going to say, how are you doing that? (pause) Roast beef! Bananas! The Medusa Cascade. Bang! Rose Tyler Martha Jones Donna Noble TARDIS! Shamble bobble dibble dooble. Oh, Doctor, you're so handsome. Yes I am, thank you. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O... The Doctor rises. DOCTOR & SKY First she repeats. Then she catches up. What's the next stage? DEE DEE & SKY Next stage of what? JETHRO & SKY But that's not her, is it? That's not Mrs Silvestry any more. DOCTOR & SKY I don't think so, no. I think... the more we talk, the more she learns. Now, I'm all for education, but in this case... maybe not. Let's just... move back. Come on. Come with me. Everyone, get back, all of you, as far as you can. They walk to the galley. VAL & SKY Doctor, make her stop. DOCTOR & SKY Val, come on, come to the back, stop looking at her, come on, Jethro, you too. Everyone, come on... 50 minutes. That's all we need. 50 minutes till the rescue arrives. And she's not exactly strong, look at her, all she's got is our voices. VAL & SKY I can't look at her. It's those eyes. DEE DEE & SKY "We must not look at goblin men." All look at her, confused. BIFF & SKY What's that supposed to mean? DOCTOR & SKY It's a poem. Christina Rossetti. DEE DEE & SKY "We must not look at goblin men We must not buy their fruits Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry, thirsty roots?" DOCTOR & SKY Actually, I don't think that's helping. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY She's not a goblin, or a monster, she's just a very sick woman. JETHRO & SKY Maybe that's why it went for her. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY There is no 'it'! JETHRO & SKY Think about it though. That knocking, it went all the way round the bus until it found her. And she was the most scared, out of all of us. Maybe that's what it needed. That's how it got in. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY For the last time! Nothing can live on the surface of Midnight. DOCTOR & SKY Professor, I'm glad you've got an absolute definition of life in the universe, but perhaps the universe has got ideas of its own, mmm? Now trust me, I've got previous! I think there might well be some... consciousness inside Mrs Silvestry, but maybe she's still in there. And it's our job to help her. BIFF & SKY Well, you can help her, I'm not going near. DOCTOR & SKY No, I've got to stay back. If she's copying us, maybe the final stage is becoming us. I don't want her becoming me, or things could get a lot worse. VAL & SKY Oh, like you're so special. DOCTOR & SKY As it happens, yes I am. So that's decided. We stay back, and we wait. When the rescue ship comes, we can get her to hospital. HOSTESS & SKY We should throw her out. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY I beg your pardon? VAL & SKY Can we do that? DOCTOR & SKY Don't be ridiculous. HOSTESS & SKY That thing, whatever it is, killed the driver, and the mechanic, and I don't think she's finished yet. DOCTOR & SKY She can't even move! HOSTESS & SKY Look at her, look at her eyes! She killed Joe, and she killed Claude, and we're next. BIFF & SKY She's still doing it. (he walks back to Sky) Just stop it! Stop talking! Stop it! VAL & SKY Biff, don't, sweetheart! BIFF & SKY But she won't stop! (he walks back to the group) We can't throw her out though, we can't even open the doors. DOCTOR & SKY No one is getting thrown out! DEE DEE & SKY Yes, we can. Cos there's an air pressure seal. (to the Hostess) Like when you opened the cabin door, you weren't pulled out, you had a couple of seconds, cos it takes the pressure-wall about six seconds to collapse. Well, six seconds exactly. That's enough time to throw someone out. DOCTOR & SKY (sarcastic) Thanks, Dee Dee, just what we needed. VAL Would it kill her, outside? DEE DEE & SKY I don't know, but she's got a body now, it would certainly kill the physical form. DOCTOR & SKY No one is killing anyone! HOSTESS & SKY I wouldn't risk the cabin door twice, but we've got that one. (she points to the fire exit behind them) All we need to do is grab hold of her and throw her out. DOCTOR & SKY Now, listen, all of you. For all we know that's a brand new life form over there. And if it's come inside to discover us, than what's it found? This little bunch of humans, what d'you amount to? A murder? Cos this is where you decide. You decide who you are. Could you actually murder her? Any of you? Really? Or are you better than that? For a few seconds, they look at each other silently. HOSTESS & SKY I'd do it. BIFF & SKY So would I. VAL & SKY And me. DEE DEE & SKY I think we should. DOCTOR & SKY What?! DEE DEE & SKY I want her out. DOCTOR & SKY You can't say that! DEE DEE & SKY I'm sorry, but you said it yourself, Doctor, she is growing in strength. DOCTOR & SKY That's not what I said! DEE DEE & SKY I want to go home. I'm sorry. I want to be safe. DOCTOR & SKY You'll be safe, any minute now, the rescue truck is on its way. HOSTESS & SKY But what happens then, Doctor? If it takes that thing back to the Leisure Palace, if that thing reaches civilisation, what if it spreads? DOCTOR & SKY No, when we get back to the base, I'll be there to contain it. VAL & SKY You haven't done much so far! BIFF & SKY You're just standing in the back with the rest of us! HOSTESS & SKY She's dangerous. It's my job to see this vessel is safe, and we should get rid of her. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY Now hang on, I think, perhaps we're all going a little bit too far. DOCTOR & SKY At last! Thank you. HOSTESS & SKY Two people are dead! DOCTOR & SKY Don't make it a third! Jethro, what d'you say? JETHRO & SKY I'm not killing anyone. DOCTOR & SKY Thank you. VAL & SKY He's just a boy! JETHRO & SKY What, so I don't get a vote? DOCTOR & SKY There isn't a vote, it's not happening! Ever. If you try to throw her out that door, you'll have to get past me first. For a moment, they just stare at him. HOSTESS & SKY OK. BIFF & SKY Fine by me. DOCTOR & SKY Ohh, now you're being stupid. Just think about it! Could you actually take hold of someone and throw them out of that door? BIFF & SKY Calling me a coward? VAL & SKY Who put you in charge, anyway? PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY I'm sorry, but... you're a Doctor of what, exactly? HOSTESS & SKY He wasn't even booked in. Rest of you, tickets in advance. He just turned up out of the blue. VAL & SKY Where from? DOCTOR & SKY I'm just... travelling, I'm a traveller, that's all. VAL & SKY Like an immigrant? HOSTESS & SKY Who were you talking to? Before you got on board, you were talking to someone, who was that? DOCTOR & SKY Just Donna, just my friend. BIFF & SKY And what were you saying to her? VAL & SKY He hasn't even told us his name. JETHRO & SKY Thing is, Doctor, you've been loving this. DOCTOR & SKY Oh, Jethro, not you. JETHRO & SKY No, but ever since all the trouble started, you've been loving it. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY It has to be said, you do seem to have a certain... glee. DOCTOR & SKY All right, I'm interested, yes, I can't help it, cos whatever's inside her, it's brand new, and that's fascinating! VAL & SKY What, you wanted this to happen? DOCTOR & SKY No! BIFF & SKY And you were talking to her, all on your own, before all the trouble, right at the front, you were talking to that Sky woman, the two of you together, I saw you. VAL & SKY We all did! HOSTESS & SKY And you went into the cabin! BIFF & SKY What were you saying to her? DOCTOR I was just talking! BIFF & SKY Saying what? JETHRO & SKY You called us humans like you're not one of us! VAL & SKY He did! That's what he said! DEE DEE & SKY And the wiring, he went into that panel and opened up the wiring. DOCTOR & SKY That was after! BIFF & SKY But how did you know what to do? DOCTOR & SKY Because I'm clever! They all fall silent. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY I see. Well. That makes things clear. BIFF & SKY And what are we, then? Idiots? DOCTOR & SKY That's not what I meant. DEE DEE & SKY If you're clever then what are we? VAL & SKY You've been looking down on us from the moment we walked in. HOSTESS & SKY Even if he goes, he's practically volunteered. DOCTOR & SKY Oh come on, just listen to yourself, please! BIFF & SKY What d'you mean - we throw him out as well? HOSTESS & SKY If we have to. DOCTOR & SKY Look, just... Right, sorry, yes, hold on, just... I know, you're scared, and so am I, look at me, I am. But we have all got to calm down and cool off and think. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY Perhaps you could tell us your name. DOCTOR & SKY What does it matter? HOSTESS & SKY Then tell us. DOCTOR & SKY John Smith. PROFESSOR HOBBES & SKY Your real name. BIFF & SKY He's lying, look at his face. VAL & SKY His eyes are the same as hers. JETHRO & SKY Why won't you tell us?! VAL & SKY He's been lying to us, right from the start! BIFF & SKY No-one's called John Smith! Come off it! Again, all are talking at once. DOCTOR & SKY Now listen to me. Listen to me right now! Because you need me, all of you, if we're gonna get out of this, then you need me. PROFESSOR HOBBES So you keep saying! You've been repeating yourself more than her. VAL If anyone's in charge, it should be the Professor, he's the expert! JETHRO Mum, stop, just look... BIFF You keep out of this, Jethro. JETHRO Look at her! DEE DEE She's stopped... They all turn around to look at Sky, still sitting motionless. DOCTOR & SKY When did she...? No, she hasn't, she's still doing it. VAL She looks the same to me... No, she's stopped! Look, I'm talking, and she's not! BIFF What about me, is she...? Look! Look at that! She's not doing me, she's let me go! HOSTESS Mrs Silvestry?... Nor me! Nothing! DOCTOR & SKY Sky? What are you doing? DEE DEE She's still doing him! PROFESSOR HOBBES Doctor, it's you. She's only copying you. DOCTOR & SKY Why me? Why are you doing this? DEE DEE She won't leave him alone! VAL D'you see?! I said so, she's with him. BIFF They're together! PROFESSOR HOBBES How d'you explain it, Doctor? If you're so clever. DOCTOR & SKY I don't know. Sky, stop it. I said stop it. Just stop it! He walks closer to Sky. VAL Look at the two of them! Again, the Doctor crouches down to look into Sky's eyes. DOCTOR & SKY Mrs Silvestry. I'm trying to understand. You've captured my speech, what for? What d'you need? You need my voice in particular. The cleverest voice in the room. Why? Cos I'm the only one who can help? Ohh, I'd love that to be true. But your eyes. They're saying something else. Listen to me. Whatever you want, if it's life, or form, or consciousness, or voice, you don't have to steal it. You can find it without hurting anyone. And I'll help you. That's a promise. So. What d'you think? SKY Do we have a deal? DOCTOR Do we have a deal? There's a shocked silence as they start realising what has just happened. DEE DEE Hold on, did she...? JETHRO She spoke first. VAL She can't have. PROFESSOR HOBBES She did! JETHRO She spoke first! SKY Oh, look at that, I'm ahead of you. DOCTOR Oh, look at that, I'm ahead of you. PROFESSOR HOBBES Did you see? She spoke before he did! Definitely! JETHRO He's copying her. PROFESSOR HOBBES Doctor, what's happening? SKY I think it's moved. DOCTOR I think it's moved. SKY I think it's letting me go. DOCTOR I think it's letting me go. DEE DEE What do you mean? Letting you go from what? BIFF But he's repeating now, he's the one doing it! It's him! JETHRO They're separating. PROFESSOR HOBBES Mrs Silvestry? Is that you? SKY Yes, yes, it's me. DOCTOR Yes, yes, it's me. SKY I'm coming back, listen. DOCTOR I'm coming back... SKY It's me! DOCTOR ...listen. It's me! Now, the Doctor is crouching there motionless, while Sky slowly starts to move her head and hands. JETHRO Like it's passed into the Doctor. It's transferred. Whatever it is, it's gone inside him. DEE DEE No, that's not what happened. VAL But look at her! SKY Look at me, I can move... DOCTOR Look at me... SKY I can feel again... DOCTOR I can move... I can feel again... SKY I'm coming back to life... DOCTOR I'm coming back to life... SKY And look at him, he can't move. DOCTOR And look at him, he can't move. SKY Help me. DOCTOR Help me. SKY Professor? DOCTOR Professor? SKY Get me away from him. DOCTOR Get me away from him. SKY Please. DOCTOR Please. Cautiously avoiding to touch the Doctor, the Professor moves forward and takes Sky's hand, then leads her to the others in the rear of the shuttle. SKY Ohh thank you. DOCTOR Ohh thank you. JETHRO They've completely separated. BIFF It's in him, d'you see? I said it was him all the time. VAL She's free! She's been saved! SKY Oh, it was so cold. DOCTOR Oh, it was so cold. SKY I couldn't breathe. DOCTOR I couldn't breathe. SKY I'm sorry. DOCTOR I'm sorry. SKY I must've scared you so much. DOCTOR I must've scared you so much. Val goes to hug her. VAL No, no, it's all right, I've got you, ohh, there you are my love, it's gone, everything's all right now. DEE DEE I wouldn't touch her. BIFF But it's gone, she's clean, it passed into him. DEE DEE That's not what happened. PROFESSOR HOBBES Thank you for your opinion, Dee, but clearly, Mrs Silvestry has been released. DEE DEE No... VAL Just leave her alone! She's safe, isn't she? Jethro? It's let her go, hasn't it? JETHRO Think so, yeah. Looks like it. Professor? PROFESSOR HOBBES I'd say, from observation... the Doctor can't move, and when she was possessed, she couldn't move, so... BIFF Well, there we are then! Now the only problem we've got is this Doctor. SKY It's inside his head. DOCTOR It's inside his head. SKY It killed the driver. DOCTOR It killed the driver. SKY And the mechanic. DOCTOR And the mechanic. SKY And now it wants us. DOCTOR And now it wants us. VAL I said so! SKY He's waited so long. DOCTOR He's waited so long. SKY In the dark. And the cold. DOCTOR In the dark. And the cold. SKY And the diamonds. DOCTOR And the diamonds. SKY Until you came. DOCTOR Until you came. SKY Bodies so hot. DOCTOR Bodies so hot. SKY With blood. DOCTOR With blood. SKY And pain. DOCTOR And pain. VAL Stop, oh, my God, make him stop, someone make him stop! DEE DEE But she's saying it! VAL And you can shut up! DEE DEE But it's not him, it's her, he's just repeating! BIFF But that's what the thing does, it repeats! HOSTESS Just let her talk! BIFF What do you know? Fat lot of good you've been! HOSTESS Just let her explain. DEE DEE I think... I mean, from what I've seen... it repeats, then it synchronises, then it goes on to the next stage and that's exactly what the Doctor said would happen! BIFF What, and you're on his side? DEE DEE No! JETHRO The voice is the thing! DEE DEE And she's the voice! She stole it! Look at her! It's not possessing him, it's draining him! HOSTESS She's got his voice... VAL But that's not true, cos it can't, because I saw it pass into him, I saw it with my own eyes! BIFF So did I! DEE DEE You didn't! VAL It went from her, to him. You saw it, didn't you? JETHRO I don't know. VAL Oh, don't be stupid, Jethro, of course you did! JETHRO I suppose... he was right next to her. BIFF Everyone saw it, everyone! DEE DEE You didn't, you're just making it up! I know what I saw, and I saw her stealing his voice. VAL She's as bad as him, someone shut her up! PROFESSOR HOBBES I think you should be quiet, Dee. DEE DEE Well, I'm only saying... PROFESSOR HOBBES And that's an order! You're making a fool of yourself! Pretending you're an expert in mechanics and hydraulics, when I can tell you, you are nothing more than average, at best! Now shut up! During the row, they don't notice Sky' s satisfied smile. SKY That's how he does it. DOCTOR That's how he does it. SKY He makes you fight. DOCTOR He makes you fight. SKY Creeps into your head. DOCTOR Creeps into your head. SKY And whispers. DOCTOR And whispers. SKY Listen. DOCTOR Listen. SKY Just listen. DOCTOR Just listen. SKY That's him. DOCTOR That's him. SKY Inside. DOCTOR Inside. BIFF Throw him out! VAL Get him out of my head! BIFF Yeah, we should throw him out! VAL Well, don't just talk about it! Just, you're useless! Do something! BIFF I will! You watch me! I'm gonna throw him out! The Doctor still can't move but his eyes tell everything, his fear, and his fight against the thing possessing him. SKY Yes! DOCTOR Yes! SKY Throw him out! DOCTOR Throw him out! SKY Get rid of him! DOCTOR Get rid of him! SKY Now! DOCTOR Now! Biff grabs the Doctor and starts to drag him towards the door. DEE DEE Don't! VAL It'll be you next! HOSTESS Don't think we should do this! BIFF It was your idea! Professor, help me. PROFESSOR HOBBES I can't... I - I'm not... BIFF What sort of a man are you? Come on! VAL Throw him out! BIFF Come on! VAL Just do it, throw him out! BIFF Help! Professor, help me! VAL Get him out! BIFF Grab hold of him! Awkwardly, the Professor grabs the Doctor's hand. BIFF Not like that! Are you stupid?! SKY Cast him out! DOCTOR Cast him out! SKY Into the sun! DOCTOR Into the sun! VAL I want him out! SKY And the night! DOCTOR And the night! VAL Get him out! BIFF Come on! Don't just stand there! Do something say! VAL Get him out! SKY Do it! DOCTOR Do it! SKY Do it now! DOCTOR Do it now! SKY Faster! DOCTOR Faster! VAL Just do it! SKY That's the way! DOCTOR That's the way! Jethro joins Biff and the Professor, pulling the Doctor towards the door. SKY You can do it! DOCTOR You can do it! SKY Molto bene! VAL Throw him out! DOCTOR Molto bene! VAL Get him out! SKY Allons-y! DOCTOR Allons-y! HOSTESS (realisation dawning on her) That's his voice. SKY The starlight waits! HOSTESS She's taken his voice! DOCTOR The starlight waits! SKY The emptiness! DOCTOR The emptiness! VAL Get him out! SKY The Midnight sky! DOCTOR The Midnight sky! HOSTESS It's her. She's taken his voice! She grabs Sky and pushes the button that opens the fire exit. Blinding light gets into the shuttle, making everyone stop and scream. The Hostess stands in the door, holding Sky. HOSTESS One, two, three, four, five, six. As the pressure wall collapses the Hostess and Sky are sucked outside, then the door slides closed. The men let go of the Doctor who falls to the ground, gasping. DOCTOR It's gone, it's gone... It's gone, it's gone, it's gone... It's gone. It's gone... It's gone, it's gone, it's gone... It's gone, it's gone, it's gone... He slowly sits up and leans to a seat, still panting. The others are breathing heavily too - with the fright gone, they are realising what they were about to do. VAL (making a feeble excuse) I said it was her. * 20 MINUTES LATER... The Doctor is still sitting on the floor. The other passengers are spread out in the cabin, everyone sits alone, all lost in their own dark thoughts. VOICE VIA INTERCOM Repeat, Crusader 50, rescue vehicle coming alongside in three minutes, door-seals set to automatic. Prepare for boarding, repeat, prepare for boarding. DOCTOR The Hostess... what was her name? They just look away, ashamed. PROFESSOR HOBBES I don't know. * Back in the Leisure Palace, the Doctor walks slowly to Donna. She hugs him without a word. *** DONNA What d'you think it was? DOCTOR No idea. DONNA D'you think it's still out there? The Doctor doesn't answer. DONNA Well, you'd better tell 'em. This lot. DOCTOR Yeah. They can build a Leisure Palace somewhere else. Let this planet keep on turning, round an Xtonic star. In silence. DONNA Can't imagine you, without a voice. DOCTOR (with a weak smile) Molto bene. DONNA (teasing) Molto bene! DOCTOR No, don't do that. Don't. Don't... === DOCTOR WHO (2005) === TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED BY WWW.TWIZTV.COM ORIGINALLY TRANSCRIBED FOR DISCIPLES OF DONNA

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