Transcript: 4x15 Planet of the Dead (2/2)

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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 killer, 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 automatic maintenance. Christina?

CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH –

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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 –

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INT. ALIEN SHIP, GRAVITY WELL, DAY

CHRISTINA:
I decide when I stop, thank you.

DOCTOR:
You're about to hit 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 War One. Creation of the universe, end of the universe, the war 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 dead.

DOCTOR:
Maybe you didn't hit just one of them. If you hit 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 gun and prepares to shoot.

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 –

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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 –

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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 threat.

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 rifles 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 threat, 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 gun 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 gun and goes outside.

EXT. TUNNEL, NIGHT

As ERISA comes out to see, three of the manta creatures fly through the wormhole.

ERISA:
Code Red! Fire at will!

The soldiers open fire on the creatures, some of the bullets reach the bus.

INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT

MALCOLM peers out the window before going to answer his phone.

CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH –

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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 fire at the creatures.

INT. MOBILE PHYSICS LAB, NIGHT

MALCOLM tries to put out a fire. His phone rings.

CONTINUED, INTERCUT WITH –

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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 fire at the three creatures as they fly overhead.

SOLDIER 1:
Maintain rapid fire! Fire!

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 fire at the creature. Even missiles don’t hurt it.

ERISA:
I don't believe it, guns 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:
Fire!

They fire at the creature and this time the missile brings it down.

ERISA:
Cease fire!

SOLDIER:
Cease fire!

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 dead 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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