大象传媒

大象传媒 SOUNDS STING

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RECAP FROM LAST WEEK鈥橲 EPISODE鈥�

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FX: CHAIR SMASHING WINDOW

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REQUIEM

I鈥檒l admit that the drop is severe, but if you want to escape then you鈥檙e going to have to trust me with your lives.

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SHAWNA

Trust you? 听We still can鈥檛 even see your face!

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REQUIEM

I have my reasons for this veil. Your kind tend to recoil from my visage.

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CLEO

Who the hell are you?

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REQUIEM WHIPS OFF THE VEIL. SHAWNA AND CLEO GASP

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VASTRA

My name is Madame Vastra

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CLEO

That is a green face!

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VASTRA

Astutely observed. The world is much bigger than your tiny mammalian brain has ever imagined. Now JUMP!

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Piano tune plays as credits are read.

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DOCTOR WHO REDACTED: EPISODE NINE,

By David K. Barnes

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SCENE 1

EXT. POWELL ESTATE, TOP OF A BUILDING - EVENING

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Powerful electronic bass plays throughout this scene as they make their escape. Loud bangs are intermittently heard throughout.

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CLEO

Did you just tell me to JUMP out of a tenth storey window? Sorry spiderman, I don鈥檛 have a death wish.

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FX. GHOST HURRICANE

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VASTRA

USE THIS LADDER!

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FX. VASTRA TOSSES THEM A LADDER

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CLEO

I鈥檓 sorry?!

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SHAWNA

Cleo come on!!

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CLEO

WHAT is happening right now?

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FX. VASTRA FIGHTING GHOSTS. WHIZZES, POPS, BANGS, STATIC ROAR.

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SHAWNA

It鈥檚 this or them! Alright, this should hold us. Let鈥檚 go!

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FX. SHAWNA CLAMBERING OUT OF THE WINDOW

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CLEO

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FX. RELCUTANTLY CLEO FOLLOWS, SLOWLY

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VASTRA

(Distracted by ghostbusting)

I urge you to use HASTE Miss Proctor!

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FX. GHOSTS GETTING CLOSER

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CLEO

Why me?

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FX. WIND BLOWING, DISTANT TRAFFIC

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FX. SHAWNA CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER. LOTS OF EFFORT.听

SHAWNA

(climbing, calls up) Cleo! Are you alright up there?

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CLEO

(calls down to her)

I鈥檓 trying not to look down!

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SHAWNA

(climbing calls up)

We鈥檙e nearly at the ground! Just don鈥檛 let go of the ladder!

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CLEO

(calls down, sarcastic) Oh thank you! I never have thought of that!

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FX. SHAWNA JUMPS OFF LADDER.

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SHAWNA

(lands)

There! OK. Now you!

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CLEO

(off)

Hold up a minute! This is harder than it looks!

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SHAWNA

Didn鈥檛 you do your Duke of Edinburgh?

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CLEO

(off)

Not in a skirt, I didn鈥檛!

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FX. CLEO JUMPS, LANDS.

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CLEO

What about whatsername - Vastra?

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FX. VASTRA LANDS HEAVILY BUT EXPERTLY NEXT TO THEM, HAVING JUMPED FROM THE WINDOW.

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VASTRA

(Jumps)

Tally ho!

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SHAWNA

(yell of surprise)

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FX: Vastra lands.

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CLEO

Oh my god.

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VASTRA

You called?

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FX. SHE STANDS, DUSTING HERSELF OFF.

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CLEO

Did... did you just jump from a tenth storey window?

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VASTRA

(matter of fact)

Yes.

SHAWNA

But that鈥檚 amazing.

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VASTRA

I know. Shall we go?

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FX. SHE BEGINS TO WALK AWAY.

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CLEO

Wait! Where are you taking us? Why did you make The Requiem Group?

Where did all the other people go?

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SHAWNA

Never mind that! She鈥檚 a freakin鈥� DINOSAUR.

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CLEO

Oh my god. Dinosaur people

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SHAWNA

Episode 4 of the podcast. Abby will never let us hear the end of this.

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CLEO (CONT鈥橠)

(To Vastra)

What鈥檚 your deal? You鈥檙e clearly not a therapist.

VASTRA

I cannot abide unnecessary exposition.

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FX. GHOSTLY MURMURING FROM NOT FAR OFF.

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VASTRA听(CONT'D)

Also: ghosts.

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CLEO

Oh god.

VASTRA

We must leave, now!

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FX. GHOSTS GETTING LOUDER

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CLEO

You鈥檇 better have a plan, Vastra.

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VASTRA

Yes. Run.

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FX. THEY ALL RUN, AS THE TERRIFYING, DISTRESSING GHOST MURMURING FILLS OUR EARS. THE BASS BUILDS INTO THE NEXT SCENE.

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SCENE 2

EXT. STREETS EVENING听

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FX. SOME PEDESTRIANS AND CARS. OUR HEROES RUNNING, UNDER:

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SHAWNA

So where are we heading?

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VASTRA

A safe place.

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CLEO

Oh great. Definitely not a murder bunker then.

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FX. CLEO鈥橲 PHONE RINGS.

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SHAWNA

Who鈥檚 that?

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CLEO

It鈥檚 Abz. Should I answer?

Shawna hesitates.

SHAWNA

Yeah go on. Do it.

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SCENE 3

INT. UNIT HQ

FX. ABBY CALLING FROM UNIT HQ. ACTIVITY IN BACKGROUND: SOLDIERS MOVING OUT, BARKED ORDERS, GENERAL FRANTIC HUBBUB.

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ABBY

Cleo, I鈥檝e got so much to tell you - and Shawna. So first of all, there鈥檚 ghosts.

You need to be careful 鈥� look out for

anyone who鈥檚 sort of see-through.

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FX. WE CAN HEAR CLEO RUNNING UNDER HER VOICE.

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CLEO

(phone)

Yeah, I know. We鈥檝e figured out a lot without UNIT. Now listen -

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ABBY

Cleo, please! They鈥檙e appearing everywhere, reports all over the country. UNIT says it鈥檚 classified but I had to tell you guys -

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CLEO

(on phone)

Better late than never but-

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ABBY

And you can鈥檛 let them touch you! Whatever you do, stay away from them!

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CLEO

(on phone)

Girl, we KNOW! Not going to lie, I really thought you鈥檇 have a bit more helpful information for us.

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ABBY

What?

CAPTAIN

(OFF)

Miss MacPhail!

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ABBY

Urgh...

(CALLS OFF)

I鈥檓 on the phone!

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CAPTAIN

(OFF)

We鈥檙e moving out - including you!

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ABBY

Oh for... yes I鈥檓 coming!

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FX: ABBY WALKING QUICKLY DOWN CORRIDORS.

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CLEO

(on phone)

Abby? Where are you?

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ABBY

... I鈥檓 still at UNIT.

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FX: ABBY PUSHES OPEN DOOR. SHE鈥橲 NOW WALKING OUT INTO THE COURTYARD ACROSS GRAVEL. BACKGROUND TROOP ACTIVITY.

ABBY听(CONT'D)

Mate, things are getting really weird around here. Like, this isn鈥檛 what I expected when we started a podcast, you know what I mean-?鈥�

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SCENE 4

EXT. STREETS - EVENING

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FX. CLEO SLOWING TO A STOP.

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VASTRA

We must keep moving.

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CLEO

It鈥檚 not exactly been a holiday for me and Shawna since you left.

(sighs)

We went back to the flat I grew up in. My mum -

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CAPTAIN

(phone, off) MacPhail!

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ABBY

(phone, yells) I said I鈥檓 coming!

(on phone)

Sorry, sorry. What happened at the flat?

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CLEO

Abby. We really need your help right now...

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CAPTAIN

(phone, off)

MacPhail! For the last time-!

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THE LINE GOES DEAD.

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Downbeat music begins to play as the girls realise Abby isn鈥檛 there for them.

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CLEO

Abby? The line鈥檚 dead.

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SHAWNA

Well. I guess there鈥檚 our answer.

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CLEO

(crushed) Yeah. Guess it is.

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VASTRA

I must insist we proceed at once. Follow me.

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CLEO

No! You want a safe place to talk? Then you follow me.

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Music builds then fades into:

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SCENE 5

EXT. CLEO鈥橲 FLAT - EVENING

FX. CLEO SLAMS DOOR.

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VASTRA

This is a fool鈥檚 errand - there are no answers here.

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FX: CLEO LOCKS THE DOOR.

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VASTRA听(CONT'D)

Furthermore, those locks are

useless against them.

CLEO

Yeah all right, calm down Medusa.

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SHAWNA

Cleo! Rude!

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VASTRA

I鈥檓 quite used to homosapiens

reacting to my face with alarm.

The stares, the whispers. Hence

the veil.

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CLEO

No sorry. That was rude. I know what that鈥檚 like. I should know better. I鈥檓 sorry, I mean it.

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VASTRA

I accept your apology. Now, I鈥檇 be grateful if we left this unsecured environment.

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CLEO

Wait, let me leave a message for Jordan.

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FX. CLEO CLATTERING ABOUT FOR PEN AND PAPER

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VASTRA

Who is Jordan?

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SHAWNA

Her brother. He鈥檚 missing.

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VASTRA

Then this is a fruitless exercise. Your brother is not here; we must proceed with all haste.

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CLEO

Yeah, well, call me crazy. But if听the world is ending then I need my little brother to know where I am.

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FX. CLEO PHONE NOTIFICATION.

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VASTRA

(annoyed)

Do not answer that.

CLEO

It could be Abby.

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SHAWNA

Block her ass.

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MONICA

(phone)

You are coming home at some point,

aren鈥檛 you? You鈥檙e not going to be staying out all day?

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CLEO

More ghosts.

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SHAWNA

I don鈥檛 get it. Where are they coming from?

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VASTRA

Look outside...

Shawna crosses to the window, pulls back the curtain.

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SHAWNA

... Oh no. No, this is bad... There鈥檚 so many of them.

VASTRA

(worried)

Most of the city has now crossed over. At this rate, the last of us will be overwhelmed...

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Slow, sad music plays faintly in the background.

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SHAWNA

They鈥檙e just sort of... I don鈥檛 know, what are they doing?

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VASTRA

Existing. As best they can.

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CLEO

They鈥檙e not dead are they?

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VASTRA

No, not dead. Trapped. Between two

planes of existence: the now, and the never-was. They are the lost. Not dead, yet scarcely living.

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FX. PHONE NOTIFICATION

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SHAWNA

Cleo. Don鈥檛.

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FX. CLEO PLAYS MESSAGE

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JORDAN

(phone)

Hi Cleo. Got your message. Of course you can stay here, you can stay as long as you like. Don鈥檛 worry about rent, I鈥檓 not gonna charge my sister am I? Tell you what, pay me in chocolate biscuits.

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Beat.

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CLEO

That would have been 18 months ago.

(pained sigh)

... So that鈥檚 it then. My whole family,

ghosted.

(suddenly angry)

听鈥淭hey are lost鈥� - what the Hell does

that mean?

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SHAWNA

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VASTRA

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CLEO

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VASTRA

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CLEO

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SHAWNA

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VASTRA

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SHAWNA

The ghosts. They鈥檙e not wandering around anymore. They鈥檝e stopped.

(beat, scared)

And they鈥檙e looking up. At us.

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VASTRA

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SHAWNA

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VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 And that is a problem.

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SHAWNA

Why?

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VASTRA

If you were in distress, what would you do?

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SHAWNA

I鈥檇 look for help.

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VASTRA

Exactly.

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FX. LOW GHOSTLY MURMURS BEGIN, GETTING CLOSER.

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CLEO

You mean they鈥檙e coming for us?!

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VASTRA

Is there another way out of this building?

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CLEO

Downstairs and out the back.

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VASTRA

Then go, now, both of you. I will catch up.

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SHAWNA

What? We can鈥檛 leave you! That鈥檚 bad, bad karma after you saved us.

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VASTRA

I will be unencumbered without you. My species is far more agile.

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SHAWNA

Wait, what are you? Seriously.

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VASTRA

I am a Silurian - and yes, I like to wear dresses.

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CLEO

Good for you girl!

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FX. GHOST MURMURS GETTING MUCH LOUDER IN THE STREET.

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VASTRA

Now quickly! I will distract the ghosts and you will run like Hell is at your heels. Are we agreed?

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CLEO

How can you distract ghosts?

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VASTRA

Like this.

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FX. VASTRA TAKES A RUN AND - SMASH! - DIVES THROUGH THE WINDOW.

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CLEO

Oh well I鈥檓 not getting my deposit back.

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Electronic music is back as they make a run for it.

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SHAWNA

Cleo! Unlock the door!!

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CLEO

Oh yeah.

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FX. UNLOCKING THE DOOR FRANTICALLY.

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CLEO听(CONT'D)

Downstairs... out the back... over the wall...

FX. YANKS DOOR OPEN.

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CLEO听(CONT'D)

... and run like Hell Shawna!

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FX. FOOTSTEPS RUNNING.

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SCENE 6

EXT. BUSY MAIN ROAD - EVENING

A BUSY SOUTH LONDON STREET (LIKE BRIXTON ROAD). PANIC AND CHAOS. PEOPLE RUNNING AND SCREAMING.

DRIVERS ABANDONING THEIR VEHICLES AND POLICE SIRENS.

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FX. CLEO AND SHAWNA RUN UP AND HALT IN THEIR TRACKS.

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FX: GHOSTS APPEARING, TOUCHING 听PEOPLE - WHO CRY OUT IN AGONY AND VANISH WITH A ZAPPING SOUND.

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CLEO

Oh my god. Shawna, oh my god. Where have they come from? Why here, why now?

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SHAWNA

The last of us will be overwhelmed - that鈥檚 what Vastra said.

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CLEO

Oh my god, and then what?

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SHAWNA

I don鈥檛 want to find out.

FX. A CAR SCREECHES TOWARDS THEM.

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SHAWNA听(CONT'D)

Cleo!!

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FX. SHAWNA PULLS CLEO OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CAR, WHICH CARRIES ON AND CRASHES INTO A SHOP.

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CLEO

Seriously, this is Mad Max stuff right here.

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SHAWNA

Right come on, let鈥檚 make for the tube.

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CLEO

What-? There鈥檚 no way the Hammersmith and City line is still running during a ghost invasion! It can barely handle a strong wind.

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SHAWNA

We鈥檙e too exposed out here. If we get underground at least we can hide, we can work things out.

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CLEO

And then what?!

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SHAWNA

We improvise! Quick, through here!

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FX. THEY DART DOWN A SIDE STREET AND KEEP RUNNING. SOUNDS OF CARNAGE CONTINUES DISTANTLY.

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CLEO

Shawna! Stop

(Beat)

Abby said these ghosts were appearing everywhere, all over the country! Maybe the whole world!

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SHAWNA

So?

CLEO

So what if... what if this is it? Like, the end? We always think there鈥檚 gonna be a next time, a later. But what if this really is it?

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SHAWNA

I don鈥檛 know. But you鈥檙e not leaving my side for a second, you hear me?

颁鈥檓辞苍.

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FX. THEY TURN A CORNER - SLAP BANG INTO GHOSTS. THEY SKID TO A HALT; LOUD, GHOSTLY MURMURING.

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CLEO

Oh come on that鈥檚 not fair!

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SHAWNA

Back the way we came!

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FX. THEY TURN - BUT MORE GHOSTS; CONFUSED, DISTRESSED.

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INTENSE MUSIC SUDDENLY BEGINS AS THEY LOOK FOR A WAY OUT.

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CLEO

We can鈥檛! Look!

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SHAWNA

They鈥檙e everywhere... (yells at the ghosts)

Keep back! Please! Can any of you hear me? Please just let us go! We can鈥檛 help you! We don鈥檛 know how!

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CLEO

(yells)

We would if we could, really!

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SHAWNA

(yells)

If you touch us, we鈥檒l die alright!

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FX. GHOSTS CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THEM.

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CLEO

They鈥檙e not listening...

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SHAWNA

We鈥檙e going to become like them...

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CLEO

A living death...

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SHAWNA

Take my hand. Close your eyes.

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CLEO

(trying to believe)

No, no! We鈥檙e not going to die like this. Say it with me.

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SHAWNA

(terrified) I can鈥檛.

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CLEO

(crying, yell)

Shawna, say it! We鈥檙e not going to die like this!

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SHAWNA

(yell)

I wish we鈥檇 never done that bloody podcast!

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FX: GHOSTS NEARLY UPON THEM, WHEN A COUPLE OF UNIT JEEPS SKID TO A HALT NEARBY.

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FX: UNIT SOLDIERS JUMP OUT. CAPTAIN SPEAKS VIA MEGAPHONE.

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CAPTAIN

(off, megaphone)

Please everyone remain calm!

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CLEO

Shawna... Open your eyes!

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SHAWNA

Why, what鈥檚...?

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CAPTAIN

(off, megaphone)

This is Captain Chopra of UNIT. I say again, this is Captain Chopra of UNIT-

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ABBY

(off, megaphone)

Never mind you, pal. Cleo! Shawna! It鈥檚 me!

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SHAWNA

Abby?

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CLEO

Talk about cavalry...

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ABBY

(off, megaphone)

We鈥檙e going to use this siren-

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CAPTAIN

(off, megaphone)

Yes, thank you MacPhail. Squad, spread out.

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FX. SOLDIERS FANNING OUT, UNDER.

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CAPTAIN听(CONT'D)

(off, megaphone)

You two - get down on the ground and cover your ears!

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SHAWNA

You what?! But-

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CLEO

Don鈥檛 argue, get down!

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FX. A WARPED SIREN BLARES OUT

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CLEO

Oh my god!

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SHAWNA

Oh my days, what is that?

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CLEO

Racket is what it is!

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ABBY RUNS OVER TO CLEO AND SHAWNA

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ABBY

Cleo! Shawna! Are yous ok?

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SHAWNA

What鈥檚 that siren?

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ABBY

Back at UNIT we found a frequency the ghosts seem to respond to. We don鈥檛 know why, but it seems to work. They鈥檒l follow the truck for now.

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CLEO

Dear God am I glad to see you. That, my girl, was timing.

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ABBY

They鈥檙e sending everyone they鈥檝e got.

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SHAWNA

So this is you rescuing us, is it?

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ABBY

Yeah. What do you reckon?

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SHAWNA

Better late than never.

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FX. SIREN GETTING DISTANT

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More soothing music plays as they鈥檙e saved.

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SHAWNA听(CONT'D)

Come on. We should get to the tube station while we still can.

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CLEO

No, we have to find Vastra. She鈥檚 the only one who has any idea what鈥檚 going on around here.

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SHAWNA

She said she鈥檇 find us

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ABBY

Vastra? Who鈥檚 Vastra?

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FX. FROM A SEWER NEARBY, VASTRA鈥橲 VOICE ECHOES OUT.

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VASTRA

(off, echo)

Come down here and find out!

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CLEO

Vastra? ... Where are you?

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VASTRA

(Off, echo) Beneath your feet!

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SHAWNA

Uh... maybe she鈥檚 in the sewer?

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CLEO

Oh you鈥檙e joking. Come on you鈥檝e gotta be

joking.

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FX. THE SCRAPE OF A MANHOLE COVER

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VASTRA

Would you care to join me?

SHAWNA

Safer than being up here. If the ghosts don鈥檛 get us, Abby鈥檚 friends will probably shoot us by mistake.

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ABBY

Shawna, do you really think -

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CLEO

Oi! No fighting girls. (beat)

A sewer though. Come on!

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VASTRA

(off, echoey)

I will count to ten! One, two...

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CLEO

Alright, alright! When we鈥檝e saved the world, I am having such a long bath.

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Music fades into:

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SCENE 7

INT. SEWER - EVENING

FX. A DANK, WET SEWER TUNNEL. CLEO, SHAWNA AND ABBY COMING DOWN LADDER. EVERYONE鈥橲 VOICES SOUND ECHOEY.

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VASTRA

(echoey)

We have a long journey to make, so we will be down here for a while. A word of warning: it smells.

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SHAWNA

(descending)

We kind of got that, thanks.

听

CLEO

Yeah, don鈥檛 want to sound ungrateful, but this is exactly as foul as I thought it鈥檇 be.

听

VASTRA

If you will need rescuing quite so often, you must accept the rough with the smooth. I see we have picked up another friend?

听

CLEO

Oh yeah sorry. Abby, meet Madame Vastra. She鈥檚 a Silurian.

听

ABBY

Oh. Er. Gosh. Hello. Does this mean...

听

SHAWNA

Yes. Episode 4.

听

ABBY

Told you.

听

Shawna chuckles.

听

VASTRA

Hello.

听

ABBY

It鈥檚 a pleasure to meet you Madame

Vastra.

听

VASTRA

Pleasure might be a stretch given the circumstances.

听

SHAWNA

Vastra, how the Hell can we beat those things up there? People are disappearing right in front of us - one touch, zap, and they鈥檙e gone.

听

VASTRA

And so the contagion is accelerated.

听

SHAWNA

Contagion? Like a virus?

听

CLEO

Oh my god, ew.

听

VASTRA

The sickness infecting our planet is indiscriminate, and the ghosts are only a symptom of it.

听

CLEO

Look, not being funny or anything, but how do you even know all this?

听

SHAWNA

Yeah, could you show your working?

听

VASTRA

I am merely repeating what my oracle tells me.

听

CLEO

Your... oracle?

听

VASTRA

A friend. Someone who has lived for millennia. An individual with extensive knowledge of both space and time.

听

CLEO

... Sorry, 鈥渟pace and time?鈥� And that鈥檚 helpful, is it?

听

VASTRA

The calamity we face is not a physical one. As my oracle says, it is all a matter of time...

听

FX: SHE BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY.

听

VASTRA听(CONT'D)

Follow me if you please.

听

Soft piano beigns as the girls take in this new information.

听

ABBY

I picked up a few things at UNIT. I read about Silurians.

听

VASTRA

I imagine your superiors failed to mention how they once murderered a whole colony of my people, as they lay sleeping and defenceless.

听

ABBY

(stunned)

They didn鈥檛 tell me that, no.

VASTRA

(a terrible beat)

It is a long walk. Shall we continue?

听

FX. VASTRA WALKS ON, THE OTHERS FOLLOW AT A SHORT DISTANCE.

听

SHAWNA

Nice one, Abby.

听听听听听听听听听听听

The piano gets louder and then quickly fades into:

听

INT. SEWER. LATER

FX. THEY WADE THROUGH THE TUNNELS

听

CLEO

So, has UNIT figured out anything else about the ghosts yet?

听

ABBY

They鈥檙e here and they can鈥檛 be destroyed. That鈥檚 about it...And every where鈥檚 getting a lot quieter.

听

CLEO

Quieter? It鈥檚 like every January sale come at once up there!

听

ABBY

Yeah London鈥檚 becoming abandoned. Like all the big cities. Manchester, Liverpool...

(catch in the throat) Glasgow... We don鈥檛 know where the people have gone. Mum and Craig are gone.

听

CLEO

Abby, those ghosts are the people.

听

ABBY

How can they be?

听

CLEO

... I heard a message, from my Mum. She said she was trapped, don鈥檛 know where.

听

ABBY

... Cleo, I鈥檓 sorry-

听

CLEO

(powering through)

What can we do about it?

听

ABBY

There鈥檚 nothing that UNIT can do, that鈥檚 for sure.

听

SHAWNA

What about your new girlfriend?

听

CLEO

Shawna...

听

ABBY

(irritated)

Osgood鈥檚 gone. It鈥檚 so weird, I can hardly remember her.

听

SHAWNA

That鈥檚 convenient -

听

ABBY

Look. I turned my back on you! I know that! Ok.

(beat, calmer) I know that.

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Abby, we don鈥檛 have time...

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 No.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (Beat)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I didn鈥檛 want to be the person telling

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 the story any more. I wanted to be the

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 story. (Beat) But it wasn鈥檛 any fun without

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 you two.

听

Pause. Dripping of the sewer.

听

Consoling music plays as the girls are open with one another.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 You hurt me. You hurt Cleo.

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I know.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And honestly I鈥檓 not sure I trust you.

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Fair. I鈥檒l earn it back. Or at least

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 try.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Cleo?

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I think you鈥檙e both idiots.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (BEAT)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 But I don鈥檛 know what I鈥檇 do without

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 you.

听

VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 (calling from a way off)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Any problems back there?

听

SHAWNA / ABBY/ CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 (call back)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 No.

听

FX. AFTER A BEAT, SHAWNA WALKS ON.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (walking off)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Come on.

听

FX. SHAWNA WALKS OFF. ABBY LEFT WITH CLEO.

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 Hey, Abby?

听

ABBY

Hmm?

听

CLEO

Thanks for coming home.

听

Consoling music gets louder then fades into:

听

SCENE 8

INT. VASTRA鈥橲 DEN IN THE SEWERS听

FX. VASTRA鈥橲 MAKESHIFT HOME; A WOODEN DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN. OFF, SEWER ATMOS. THEY鈥橵E BEEN WALKING FOR SOME TIME.

听

VASTRA

Come in, all of you.

听

SHAWNA

Where are we?

听

VASTRA

Home. Wipe your feet.

听

FX. THEY ENTER, WALKING ACROSS RAGGEDY CARPET ON STONE. OFF, FAINT SEWER ATMOS.

听

ABBY

Well... this is, er...

听

CLEO

Cosy. For, y鈥檏now. A sewer.

听

鈥�40s style jazz piano plays in the background, as if on a record player.

听

VASTRA

You need not spare my feelings. I used to own a house in the shadow of St Paul鈥檚. There my late wife and I shared many years together... Your species have such short lives compared to mine.

听

A sad beat, but Vastra soldiers on.

听

VASTRA听(CONT'D)

With the phenomena spreading

throughout the city, it felt prudent to relocate. There are no 鈥榞hosts鈥� in these sewers - except those I carry with me.

听

ABBY

Alright, so we鈥檙e safe down here?

听

VASTRA

Hardly that... You must be wondering what part you have to play in all this.

听

SHAWNA

Who says we have a part to play at all?

听

CLEO

Yeah, we鈥檙e just stumbling around trying to get through the week.

听

VASTRA

UNIT were sufficiently interested in you to seek your counsel. And, as it happens, so was I.

听

ABBY

Why?

听

VASTRA

I listened to your... 鈥榩odcast鈥� is it? Your progress has been commendable.

听

CLEO

(joke)

Do you want to buy some merch babe?

听

ABBY

When can we meet them?

听

VASTRA

Who?

听

ABBY

Your oracle.

听

VASTRA

Immediately. I did promise you answers.

听

The record player stops.

听

FX. A CABINET OPENS.

听

VASTRA

Meet...

听

CLEO

Oh my god...

听

SHAWNA

Cleo!

听

ABBY

滨迟鈥檚...

听

CLEO

AN ALIEN FOETUS IN A JAR!

(Beat) Finally!

听

ALIEN

Greetings, Earthlings.

听

THE ALIEN鈥橲 VOICE TRAVELS DIRECTLY INTO OUR BRAINS.

听

SHAWNA

This has got to be a stitch-up.

听

ABBY

What - who are you?

听

ALIEN

My race communicate telepathically, as such, we have no names, only a sense of other and a sense of self.

听

ABBY

Does your race have a name?

听

ALIEN

We have no call for one.

听

VASTRA

Their species exist in the transitory spaces betwixt dimensions. I call him鈥� 鈥楩loater鈥�.

听

CLEO LAUGHS ALOUD.

听

CLEO

Are you for real?!

听

FLOATER

What amuses you, earthling?

听

Pause.

听

CLEO

Like, you know, floater? We鈥檙e in a

sewer?

听

SHAWNA

What?

听听听听听听听听听听听

CLEO

Just my family then, OK.

听

FLOATER

My race exists in the psychic realm: the realm of thoughts and ideas. For millennia we have watched your kind, the ways you have evolved, your rise and descent. Sometimes we cross the veil between the worlds.

听

ABBY

You can cross into our reality? Area 51, Roswell?

听

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Yes.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I met one before, many centuries ago.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 They spoke to me, told me how to sustain

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 them in the tank until they were able to

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 return.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (In awe)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 An alien foetus in a jar...

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I am 6 thousand years old.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Really old alien foetus in a jar...

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I can survive in your world quite well,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 but the reverse is not true. Our realm

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 will not support human life for long.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The ghosts?

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Will perish unless you find the Doctor.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The Doctor? Who鈥檚 that?

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Ugh Abby. The Doctor? Blue Box?

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 Makeover queen?

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 You have heard of the Doctor many times,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 if only you could remember.

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 A time-traveller stood out on the primitive

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 planet known as Earth.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (Under breath)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Primitive. At least we鈥檙e dressed in the

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 morning.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Time and again they appeared. Come and go,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 go and come听again to save the day. An alien

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 to听this planet in their craft, their TARDIS

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The blue box?

听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Once a symbol of hope, it is now quite the

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 opposite. Time is out of joint. The world

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 hangs by a thread.

听

FLOATER

My race saw it all. The mistake. The Doctor鈥檚 great error.

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 What did they do?

听

FX: RUMBLING, LIKE GROUND IS SHAKING.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 What is that?

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Earthquake in London. What the hell?

听

Solemn music faintly in the background.

听

VASTRA

Areas of London are falling into the

Redaction. Within hours, the whole city

will be lost, then the country, then the

world.

听

FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 It鈥檚 not just here. All the peoples and

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 all the planets graced by the Doctor.

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 What?

听

VASTRA

Were it not for the longevity of my species,

I too would have faded already.

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And you鈥檙e saying... the Doctor did this?

听

FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 听Oh yes.

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 How?

听

ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听 听 But what can we do?

听

VASTRA

Whatever their reason, and however they did it, the Doctor has unravelled reality itself. If left unchecked, their own hubris will wreak devastation on a scale never witnessed before

in the universe.

听

SHAWNA

Ri-i-ight. So where do the three of us

come in then?

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 You? Why, you are going to stop it from

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 happening, of course.

听

SHAWNA

What?

听

CLEO

What?

听

ABBY

Hang on a minute-!

听

VASTRA

We cannot 鈥榟ang on!鈥� I fear I am not听听听

long for this world - but you still听

have time to act!

听

FLOATER

You must locate the Doctor. They will not

be far.

听

VASTRA

The Doctor is drawn to catastrophe like a

moth to a flame.

听

SHAWNA

So what do we do when we find them?

听

听

CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 Yeah, we can鈥檛 just say 鈥淲ould you mind

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 not destroying the universe?鈥�

听

FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 You misunderstand your mission. The 听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 Doctor is the cause of all this chaos.

听

VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 Which means our only option is... (anguish)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 I dare not say the words...

听

SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听Well someone has to. What?

听

CLEO

Yeah come on Vastra?

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FLOATER

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The only remaining course of action is

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SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Remove?

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ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 You want us to kill them?

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VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 We need you to kill them.

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CLEO

Oh, do you know what, that鈥檚 it. I鈥檝e had enough of this. Girls, let鈥檚 bounce.

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FX. CLEO MAKES TO LEAVE.

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ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (seemingly cuts her off) We can鈥檛 murder

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SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Vastra, you are mad if you think -

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Don鈥檛 feed the trolls, just leave-

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VASTRA

My task was to find those who saw the danger, but had never met the Doctor. In short, to find you. You are the only people with a chance of carrying out this act before you disappear yourselves!

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FLOATER

The Doctor is the black hole into which all human life is being pulled. You must find and kill the Doctor.

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FX: EVERYONE鈥橲 VOICES BECOME GLITCHY APART FROM CLEO.

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 (feeling odd) Abby...

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ABBY

We鈥檙e not going to kill anyone no matter what they鈥檝e done, so you鈥檇 better think of something else!

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Shawna, babe I鈥檓 feeling pretty weird.

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Come on Abby let鈥檚 go!

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 CLEO

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FX. THE WORLD IS DISAPPEARING AROUND CLEO, THE VOICES OF THE OTHERS GETTING DISTANT UNTIL NOTHING.

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Shawna - Abby! ... can you even hear me?...

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VASTRA

I would not ask unless it were imperative. It grieves my soul.

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Please! Can you hear me?!

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 But look at us! We鈥檙e not killers!

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Stop talking! Vastra, what鈥檚

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SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 She just works for them.

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CLEO

I need someone to hear me! Hello!

Why can鈥檛 you hear me!

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It鈥檚 got me, hasn鈥檛 it? ...

Oh my god, it鈥檚 got me.

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VASTRA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I admit it will not be easy.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I have seen the Doctor stand

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Oh God. Oh my God, Abby,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Shawna, don鈥檛 leave me alone.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I can鈥檛 be alone. Please, I

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 need you. I... I鈥檓 going...

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I鈥檓...

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ABBY

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 We鈥檙e not going to do this -

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 wouldn鈥檛 know how. You need

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FX. THE WORLD WE KNEW HAS GONE. CLEO IS SURROUNDED BY NOTHING.

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CLEO

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 I鈥檓 gone.

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No music, just eerie sounds reflecting Cleo on her own in the darkness.

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CREDITS

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Doctor Who Redacted: Episode Nine,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 by David K. Barnes.

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CREDITS

Starring: Charlie Craggs, Lois Chimimba, Holly Quin-Ankrah, Doon Mackichan, Ambika Mod and Alasdair 听Beckett-King.

听听听听听听听听听听 Directed and produced by Ella Watts.

Sound design by David Thomas and Arlie Adlington. Original composition by David Devereux.

A 大象传媒 Studios production.

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