A recap of 212 "Army of Ghosts".
OPENING CREDITS
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
The Daleks advance upon Rose, Mickey and Doctor Singh, with cries of "exterminate! ".
ROSE (shouts): Daleks!
They fall silent, taken aback.
ROSE (CONT'D): You're called "Daleks".
The Daleks do not respond, seeming to simply observe her. Rose walks towards them.
ROSE (CONT'D): I know your name. (Takes lab coat off). Think about it: how can I know that? A Human... who knows about the Daleks. And the Time w*r. If you wanna know how, then keep us alive. That's all I'm asking. Me and my friends.
MICKEY: Yeah, Daleks. Time w*r. Me too.
The Dalek's eye-piece swivels around to look at Mickey.
RAJESH: Yeah. And me.
DALEK SEK (to Rose): You will be necessary. (to Dalek Jast): Report: what is the status of the Genesis Ark?
DALEK JAST: Status: hibernation.
DALEK SEK: Commence awakening.
DALEK THAY: The Genesis Ark must be protected above all else.
The Dalek turns to the Genesis Ark, which also emerged from the sphere. It clamps its suction arm to the side of the Ark.
MICKEY (to Rose, still pointing his g*n at the Daleks): The Daleks, you said they were all dead.
ROSE: Never mind that, what the hell's a Genesis Ark?
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
JACKIE: What's down there? She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose?
The Doctor is leaning against a wall.
THE DOCTOR (abruptly): I don't know.
Jackie starts to cry. The Doctor goes to her.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I'll find her. I brought you here, I'll get you both out. You and your daughter. Jackie, look at me. Look at me.
Jackie looks up at him, eyes red from tears.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (sincerely): I promise you. I give you my word.
A Cyberman approaches Yvonne, who is sat at her desk.
CYBERMAN: You will talk to your central world authority and order global surrender.
YVONNE (without even a trace of fear): Oh, do some research. We haven't got a central world authority.
CYBERMAN: You have now. I will speak on all global wavelengths.
The Doctor puts on his 3D specs.
CYBERMAN (CONT'D): This broadcast is for human kind.
INT. HOUSE
A frightened family huddled in their living room watch this broadcast on the television.
CYBERMAN (CONT'D): Cybermen now occupy every land mass on this planet. But you need not fear. Cybermen will remove fear.
As the camera pans round, we see that a Cyberman is standing over the family, guarding them. The marching of Cybermen can be heard outside the house.
CYBERMAN (CONT'D): Cybermen will remove sex and class and colour and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us.
EXT. SUBURBAN STREET
Cybermen emerge from every house along a street in unison.
EXT. BRIDGE
Chaos on a bridge, people running, screaming, the m*llitary sh**ting at the Cybermen with no effect whatsoever. The Cybermen aim their own weapons, blowing up a truck, k*lling the soldiers. Finally one soldier manages to hit a Cyberman and it goes up in flames.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor, Jackie, Yvonne and one of the Cybermen observe the proceedings far below from the top of Torchwood Tower.
CYBERMAN: I ordered surrender.
THE DOCTOR: They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand? You're on every street, you're in their homes. You've got their children. (Angrily). Of course they're gonna fight.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK SEK: Which of you is least important?
ROSE: What's that supposed to mean?
DALEK SEK: Which of you is least important?
ROSE: No, we don't work like that. None of us.
DALEK SEK: Designate the least important!
RAJESH: This is my responsibility.
ROSE (holding him back): No, don't!
Rajesh ignores her and stands before the Dalek dejectedly.
RAJESH: I er, I represent the Torchwood Institute. Anything you need, you... come through me. Leave these two alone.
DALEK SEK: You will kneel.
RAJESH: What for?
DALEK SEK: Kneel.
Rajesh kneels. The surrounding Daleks direct their eye st*lks onto him.
DALEK SEK (CONT'D): The Daleks need information about current Earth history.
RAJESH: Yeah well I can give you a certain amount of intelligence but nothing that will compromise Home Land security...
DALEK SEK: Speech is not necessary. We will extract brainwaves.
The three Daleks advance upon Rajesh and position their suction arms around his head. Rajesh is showing the first signs of fear.
RAJESH: Don't... I... I'll tell you everything you need. No. No!
He shouts out in agony before the Daleks crush his skull. Mickey makes towards him but Rose holds him back, knowing it's already too late.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN 1: Scans detect unknown technology active within sphere chamber.
CYBERMAN 2: Cybermen will investigate.
A Cyberman pushes two terrified members of staff roughly before him.
CYBERMAN: Units 10 65 and 10 66 will investigate sphere chamber.
CYBERMEN: We obey.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Daleks let Rajesh's blackened corpse fall to the ground.
DALEK SEK: His mind spoke of a second species invading Earth infected by the superstition of ghosts.
ROSE: You didn't need to k*ll him!
DALEK CAAN: Neither did we need him alive.
DALEK SEK: Dalek Thay, investigate outside.
DALEK THAY: I obey.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
Two Cybermen march down a corridor to investigate the sphere chamber.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
Dalek Thay leaves the sphere chamber.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN: Units open visual link.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
The two Cybermen clamp a fist to the logos on their chests.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
A visual of the area occupied by the two Cybermen appears on Yvonne's laptop.
CYBERMAN: Visual contact established.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK SEK: Establish visual contact. Lower communications barrier.
A projection appears in the area previously occupied by the sphere, showing Dalek Thay's point of view. He meets with the two Cybermen.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor starts as he sees the Dalek for the first time on Yvonne's laptop.
DALEK THAY: Identify yourselves.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
CYBERMEN: You will identify first.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
DALEK THAY: State your identity.
The Doctor is staring at the image on the laptop, like this is worse than he could have ever imagined.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
CYBERMEN: You will identify first.
DALEK THAY: Identify!
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
MICKEY: It's like Stephen Hawkins meets the Speaking Clock.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
CYBERMEN: ...illogical, you will modify.
DALEK THAY: Daleks do not take orders.
CYBERMEN: You have identified as Daleks.
DALEK SEK: Outline resembles the inferior species known as "Cybermen".
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
JACKIE (to the Doctor, scared of the answer): Rose said about the Daleks. She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?
The Doctor turns to her with frightening suddenness.
THE DOCTOR (through gritted teeth): Phone.
JACKIE (whispers): What did you...?
THE DOCTOR: Phone!
Jackie surreptitiously hands the Doctor her phone so the Cybermen do not notice. The Doctor dials Rose's number and holds the phone to his ear, obviously frantic with worry.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
Rose answers her phone, but cannot talk for fear of drawing attention to herself. The Daleks and the Cybermen are bantering all the while.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR: She's answered, she's alive.
Jackie claps her hands over her mouth.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Why haven't they k*lled her?
JACKIE: Well, don't complain!
THE DOCTOR: They must need her for something.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK JAST: We must protect the Genesis Ark.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR (hearing this through the phone): The Genesis Ark?
He puts on his 3D glasses and looks at the laptop again.
CYBERMAN: Our species our similar, though your design is inelegant.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
DALEK THAY: Daleks have no concept of elegance.
CYBERMEN: This is obvious. But consider, our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks, together, we could upgrade the Universe.
DALEK THAY: You propose an alliance?
CYBERMEN: This is correct.
DALEK THAY: Request denied.
The Cybermen immediately thrust their fists out, ready to sh**t.
CYBERMEN: Hostile elements will be deleted.
They sh**t at the Dalek, but the rays simply bounce off its armour.
DALEK THAY: Exterminate!
The Dalek aims at both Cybermen, one after the other, and they collapse onto the floor.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN: Open visual link.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
The Cyberman addresses the Daleks in the sphere chamber through the projection screen.
CYBERMAN: Daleks, be warned: you have declared w*r upon the Cybermen.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Jackie's eyes widen in horror.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK SEK: This is not w*r. This is pest control.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK SEK: Four.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?!
DALEK SEK: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek. You are superior in only one respect.
CYBERMAN: What is that?
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK SEK: You are better at dying. Raise communications barrier!
The screen goes static.
DALEK JAST: Wait!
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR (clicking the phone off): Lost her.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
DALEK JAST: Rewind image by nine rells.
The Doctor is in frame in the background.
DALEK JAST (CONT'D): Identify grid seven gamma frame.
They zoom in on the Doctor.
DALEK JAST (CONT'D): This male registers as enemy.
Rose beams.
DALEK SEK (turning on her): The female's heartbeat has increased.
MICKEY: Yeah, tell me about it.
DALEK SEK: Identify him.
ROSE: All right then... if you really wanna know... that's the Doctor.
The Daleks roll backwards sharply.
ROSE (CONT'D): Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? Now you're scared.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
CYBERMAN: Quarantine the Sphere Chamber. Start emergency upgrading. Begin with these personnel.
Yvonne struggles and shouts as they drag her away.
YVONNE: No, you can't do this! We surrendered! We surrendered!
They begin to drag Jackie and the Doctor away too, but then :
CYBERMAN: This one's increased adrenaline suggests he has vital Dalek information.
Jackie screams back at the Doctor as she is dragged away and he shouts back over her, trying to reassure her.
JACKIE: You promised me! You gave me your word!
THE DOCTOR (as she is dragged out of sight): I'll think of something!
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
Dalek Thay enters the sphere chamber.
DALEK THAY: Cyber thr*at irrelevant. Concentrate on the Genesis Ark.
The black Dalek, Sek, presses its suction arm to the side of the Genesis Ark.
MICKEY (to Rose): Why are we being kept alive?
ROSE (after a pause): They might need me.
MICKEY: What? What is it?
Rose is just staring at the Daleks, fear in her eyes.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR / NEW OFFICES
The Cybermen have taken Yvonne and Jackie down to the curtained area. They are marching the personnel behind the curtains to be upgraded. The place is full of screaming and the sound of drills, sparks flying.
JACKIE: What happens in there? What's upgrading mean? What do they do?
YVONNE (looking and sounding slightly sick): I think... I think they remove the brain... sorry, um... I think they remove the brain and they put it in a suit of armour. That's what these things are. They're us.
CYBERMAN: Next.
Yvonne is dragged away.
JACKIE (shouting after her): This is your fault! You and your Torchwood. You've k*lled us all!
YVONNE (shouting tearfully): I did my duty for Queen and Country.
She wrenches her arm away from the Cyberman's grip and faces the area where the humans are being upgraded, steeling herself to walk in.
YVONNE (CONT'D) (to herself): I did my duty. I did my duty. Oh, God. I did my duty.
She walks in. Jackie winces at the sound of her screams and the sparks flying from behind the curtain.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor is sitting on the window sill in silence. A Cyberman approaches him.
CYBERMAN: You are proof.
THE DOCTOR: Of what?
CYBERMAN: That emotions destroy you.
THE DOCTOR: Yeah, I am. (Glances to the side). Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes.
The Cyberman follows his gaze. A group of people dressed in black suits, wearing helmets and carrying g*ns appear out of thin air. One of them shouts to the others and they sh**t at a row of Cybermen, immediately destroying them. The Doctor rolls out of the way and crouches in a corner of Yvonne's office as the last Cyberman has his head blown off. The man responsible speaks to the Doctor in a familiar voice.
JAKE: Doctor, good to see you again.
He takes off his helmet, it's Jake. The Doctor's eyes widen.
THE DOCTOR: Jake?!
JAKE: The Cybermen came through from one world to another, and so did we.
The Doctor stares at him, looking more concerned than pleased.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
A Cyberman drags a struggling Jackie along, but lets go of her as he speaks to one of his fellows.
CYBERMAN 1: Cyber Leader One has been terminated.
CYBERMAN 2: Explain, download shared files.
Jackie takes this opportunity to sneak away.
CYBERMAN 1: I will be upgraded to Cyber Leader.
Jackie dashes down a back stair well as fast as she can.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
JAKE (to his group): Defend this room. Chrissie, monitor communications.
The Doctor puts on his 3D glasses, using them to look at the group.
JAKE (CONT'D): k*ll one Cyber Leader and they just download into another. Move!
They hurry from the room to do as they're told, leaving the Doctor alone with Jake.
THE DOCTOR: You can't just... just... just hop from one world to another. You can't.
JAKE: We just did. With these.
He chucks the Doctor what looks like a large yellow button on a chain, to be worn around the neck.
THE DOCTOR: But that's impossible. You can't have this sort of technology.
JAKE: We've got our own version of Torchwood. They developed it. Do you wanna come and see?
THE DOCTOR: No!
But too late, Jake's pressed the button and they both disappear.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
They reappear in the same room, except it's considerably darker and looks as though there has been a recent struggle. There are wires and equipment strewn all over the floor.
JAKE: Parallel Earth, parallel Torchwood. Except we found out what the institute was doing and the people's republic took control.
THE DOCTOR (urgently): I've gotta get back. Rose is in danger. And her mother.
PETE (walking in followed by two soldiers): That'd be Jackie.
The Doctor looks up in surprise.
PETE (CONT'D): My wife in a parallel universe. And as for you, Doctor, at least this time I know who you are.
THE DOCTOR (running over to him): Right, yes, fine, hooray. But I've gotta get back. Right now.
PETE (maddeningly calm): No, you're not in charge here. This is our world, not yours. And you're gonna listen for once.
The Doctor looks at him darkly, falling silent.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
Whilst the Daleks are crowded around the Genesis Ark, Mickey shows Rose his own yellow button.
MICKEY: I could transport out of here, but it only carries one and I'm not leaving you.
ROSE: You'd follow me anywhere. What did I do to you all those years ago?
MICKEY: Guess I'm just stupid.
ROSE (squeezing his hand): You're the bravest man I've ever met.
MICKEY: What about the Doctor?
ROSE: Oh, all right. Bravest Human.
They smile.
MICKEY: Well, I can't think what the Daleks need with me. I'm nothing to them.
ROSE: You could be... whatever's inside that Ark is waking up and I've seen this happen before.
INT. DALEK CELL
Flashback to 106. Rose, full of pity, places her hand on the Dalek's armour.
ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): The first time I saw a Dalek, it was broken. It was dying. But I touched it. The moment I did that... I brought it back to life.
The Dalek wrenches free of its chains. End flashback.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
ROSE (CONT'D) (keeping her voice low): As the Doctor said... when you travel in time in the TARDIS, you soak up all this... um... background radiation. It's harmless, it's just there. But in the Time w*r, the Daleks evolved so they could use it as a power supply.
MICKEY (gazing at her): I love it when you talk technical.
ROSE: Shut up. If the Daleks have got something inside that thing that needs waking up...
MICKEY: They need you.
ROSE: You've travelled in time, either one of us would do.
MICKEY: But why would they build something they can't open themselves?
DALEK SEK (suddenly interjecting): The technology is stolen. The Ark is not of Dalek design.
ROSE: Then who built it?
DALEK SEK: The Time Lords. This is all that survives of their Home World.
The four Daleks are shuffling around the Ark.
ROSE: What's inside?
DALEK SEK: The future.
Rose stares at the Ark and the surrounding Daleks with fearful apprehension.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor is pressed up against the white expanse of wall in the parallel Torchwood, squinting as if trying to hear something. Pete stands behind him.
PETE: When you left this world, you warned us there'd be more Cybermen. So we sealed them inside the factories.
The Doctor steps away from the wall.
JAKE: Except people argued. Said they were living. We should help them.
PETE: And the debate went on. But all that time, the Cybermen made plans. Infiltrated this version of Torchwood, mapped themselves onto your world, and then vanished.
THE DOCTOR: When was this?
PETE: Three years ago.
They stroll back down the room.
THE DOCTOR: It's taken them three years to cross the void, but we can pop to and fro in a second. Must be the sheer mass of five million Cybermen crossing all at once.
PETE : Yeah, Mickey said you'd rattle off that sort of stuff.
THE DOCTOR: Oh, where is the Mickey-boy?
PETE: He went ahead first. Any chance to go and find Miss Rose Tyler.
THE DOCTOR: She's your daughter. You do know that? Did Mickey explain?
PETE: She's not mine. She's the child of a dead man.
Now they've reached the window. They look down at the scene below.
PETE (CONT'D): Look at it. A world of peace. They're calling this "The Golden Age".
THE DOCTOR: Who's the President now?
PETE: A woman called Harriet Jones.
THE DOCTOR (exhales): I'd keep an eye on her.
PETE: But it's a lie. Temperatures have risen by two degrees in the past six months. The ice caps are melting. They're saying all this is gonna be flooded. That's not just global warming, is it?
THE DOCTOR: No.
PETE: It's the breach.
THE DOCTOR (irked): I've been trying to tell you, travel between parallel worlds is impossible. Then the Daleks break down the walls with the sphere...
PETE: Daleks?
THE DOCTOR: Then the Cybermen travelled across, then you lot, those disks, every time you jump from one reality to another, you rip a hole in the universe. This planet is starting to boil. Keep going and both worlds will fall into the Void.
PETE: But you can stop it, the famous Doctor...? You can seal the breach?
THE DOCTOR: Leaving five million Cybermen stranded on my Earth.
PETE: That's your problem. I'm protecting this world, and this world only.
THE DOCTOR (laughs softly, looks him up and down): Hm... Pete Tyler... I knew you when you were dead. Now here you are, fighting the fight... alone... (Steps closer to him). There is a chance... back on my world... Jackie Tyler might still be alive.
PETE: My wife d*ed.
THE DOCTOR: Her husband d*ed. Good match.
PETE: There's more important things at stake. (pleading). Doctor... help us.
THE DOCTOR (backing away): What? Close the breach? Stop the Cybermen? Defeat the Daleks? Do you believe I can do that?
PETE (confidently): Yes.
THE DOCTOR: Maybe that's all I need. (grins). Off we go, then!
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor, Jake and Pete appear. The Doctor rushes to the phone.
THE DOCTOR: First of all, I need to make a phone call. You don't mind?
JAKE (to the soldiers): You two, guard to door.
Pete watches the Doctor as he hurriedly dials Jackie's number on the phone in Yvonne's office.
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
Jackie is running down the stairs when her phone rings.
JACKIE (answering the phone): Help me! Oh, my God, help me.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR: Jackie, you're alive! Listen...
He shushes her as she screeches hysterically down the phone at him.
JACKIE : They tried to download me but I ran away!
THE DOCTOR: Listen, tell me, where are you?
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
JACKIE (still running down the stairs): I don't know! Staircase.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR: Yeah, which one? Is there any... any sort of sign? Anything to identify it?
JACKIE: Yes! A fire extinguisher!
THE DOCTOR: Yeah, that helps...
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
JACKIE (notices a sign on the wall): Oh, wait a minute, it says "N3".
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR: North corner, staircase 3. Just keep low, we're trying our best.
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
JACKIE (quickly): No, don't leave me!
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR: I've gotta go, I'm sorry.
He puts the phone down and turns to Pete.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler.
PETE: She's not my wife.
THE DOCTOR: I was at the wedding. (accusingly). You got her name wrong.
He goes to Jake and takes his g*n off him.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Now then, Jake-y boy, if I can open up the bonding chamber on this thing, it could work on polycarbide.
JAKE: What's polycarbide?
THE DOCTOR: Skin of a Dalek.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
A white sheet of A4 paper attached to stick to make a flag pops around the corner and waves comically. The Doctor follows a few seconds later.
THE DOCTOR: Sorry.
The Cybermen a short way down the corridor spin around to look at him.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (apologetically): No white flag. I only had a sheet of A4. Same difference.
CYBERMAN (holding his fist before him, ready to sh**t): Do you surrender?
THE DOCTOR (marching forward to meet the Cyberman): I surrender. Unto you. (They are nose-to-nose). A very good idea.
He grins.
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
The Daleks back away from the Genesis Ark.
DALEK CAAN: Final stage of awakening.
DALEK SEK: Your handprint will open the Ark.
ROSE : Well tough, 'cos I'm not doing it.
DALEK SEK: Obey or the male will die.
ROSE (immediately moving towards the Ark): I can't let them.
MICKEY: Rose, don't.
DALEK SEK: Place your hand upon the casket.
ROSE (violently): All right! (Turns to Ark). You're gonna k*ll us anyway, so what the hell?
Playing for time, she turns back to the Dalek, goes to stand right in front of it.
ROSE (CONT'D): If you um... escaped the Time w*r... don't you want to know what happened?
DALEK SEK: Place your hand...
ROSE: What happened to the Emperor?
DALEK SEK: The Emperor survived.
ROSE: 'Til he met me... 'cos if these are gonna be my last words, then you're gonna listen. I met the Emperor. And I took the Time Vortex and I pulled it into his head and turned him into dust. Do you get that? The God of all Daleks... and I destroyed him.
She gives the Dalek a gloating smile, and laughs.
DALEK SEK (furiously): You will be exterminated!
THE DOCTOR (from the doorway): Oh now, hold on, wait a minute.
DALEK SEK: Alert, alert, you are the Doctor.
Rose smiles with delight. The Doctor saunters into the room. He's wearing his 3D specs.
DALEK THAY: Sensors report he is unarmed.
THE DOCTOR (lightly): That's me. Always.
DALEK SEK: Then you are powerless.
THE DOCTOR: Not me. (Takes specs off with a flourish). Never. (To Rose). How are you?
ROSE (grinning at him): Oh, same old, you know.
THE DOCTOR: Good! And Mickity-McMickey! (They bash fists). Nice to see ya!
MICKEY: And you, boss.
DALEK JAST: Social interaction will cease!
DALEK SEK: How did you survive the Time w*r?
THE DOCTOR: By fighting. On the front line.
Mickey turns, as if maybe this is the first time he's heard of this.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I was there at the fall of Arcadia. Someday I might even come to terms with that. But you lot, ran away!
DALEK SEK: We had to survive.
THE DOCTOR: The last four Daleks in existence. So what's so special about you?
ROSE (low voice): Doctor, they've got names. And Daleks don't have names, do they? One of them said they...
DALEK THAY: I am Dalek Thay.
DALEK SEK: Dalek Sek.
DALEK JAST: Dalek Jast.
DALEK CAAN: Dalek Caan.
THE DOCTOR (seemingly delighted): So that's it! At last... the Cult of Skaro. I thought you were just a legend.
ROSE: Who are they?
THE DOCTOR (strolls around them): A secret order. Above and beyond the Emperor himself. Their job was to imagine. Think as the enemy thinks. Even dared to have names. (Distastefully). All to find new ways of k*lling.
MICKEY (gesturing to the Ark): But that thing, they said it was yours. I mean, Time Lords. They built it. What does it do?
THE DOCTOR (glancing at it): I don't know. Never seen it before.
ROSE: But it's... Time Lord.
THE DOCTOR: Both sides had secrets. (To the Daleks): What is it? What have you done?
DALEK SEK: Time Lord science will restore Dalek supremacy.
THE DOCTOR: What does that mean? What sort of Time Lord science? What do you mean?
ROSE: They said one touch from a time traveller will wake it up.
THE DOCTOR: Technology using the one thing a Dalek can't do. (Dalek POV). Touch. Sealed inside your casing. Not feeling anything... ever... from birth to death, locked inside a cold metal cage. (Whispers). Completely alone. And that explains your voice. No wonder you scream.
DALEK SEK: The Doctor will open the Ark!
The Doctor laughs contemptuously.
THE DOCTOR: The Doctor will not.
DALEK SEK: You have no way of resisting.
THE DOCTOR: Well... you got me there. Although... there is always this.
He takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket.
DALEK SEK: A sonic probe?
THE DOCTOR: That's "screwdriver".
DALEK SEK (scornfully): It is harmless.
THE DOCTOR: Oh yes. Harmless is just the word. That's why I like it. Doesn't k*ll, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But I'll tell you what it does do, it is very good at opening doors.
He activates the screwdriver, and immediately, the doors explode inwards. Jake, his men, and the Cybermen leap into action, f*ring their g*ns at the Daleks.
CYBERMAN: Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!
DALEK CAAN: Alert! Casing impact, casing impact!
The Doctor and Rose have flung themselves to the ground, trying to avoid the g*ns.
THE DOCTOR: Rose, get out!
Rose makes towards the door but stumbles.
DALEK SEK: Fire power insufficient! Fire power insufficient!
Pete helps Rose to her feet; she's surprised to see him there but obviously there's no time for him to explain. They make for the door. Mickey picks up a g*n and starts f*ring anywhere.
CYBERMAN: Daleks will be deleted. Delete! Delete!
The Doctor manages to reach Rose and Pete where they stand in the doorway, out of harms way.
ROSE (yelling to Mickey who is still in the midst of the havoc): Mickey, come on!
DALEK THAY: Adapt to weaponry!
DALEK SEK: Fire power restored!
The Dalek fires once at a Cyberman, immediately destroying it. Jake manages to reach the door, but Mickey loses his footing and accidentally places his hand upon the Genesis Ark, leaving a red hot mark there. He dashes for the door.
DALEK SEK (CONT'D): Cybermen primary target.
Mickey winces in pain as he looks at his hand. The rest of Jake's men manage to slip through the door before it closes, sealing both the Daleks and the Cybermen inside.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
THE DOCTOR: Jake, check the stairwell. The rest of you, come on!
INT. TORCHWOOD, SPHERE CHAMBER
Inside, the Daleks finish off two more of the Cybermen. The Doctor and his friends run, Mickey brandishing the g*n as he goes. Steam pours from the gaps in the Genesis Ark.
DALEK SEK: Cybermen have been exterminated. Daleks are supreme.
DALEK JAST: The Genesis Ark is primed.
DALEK SEK: The Ark needs area of thirteen square miles. Move!
The Ark glides smoothly across the floor.
DALEK JAST: Genesis Ark mobile!
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
Mickey, Rose and the Doctor are running down a corridor.
MICKEY (referring to his touching the Ark): I just fell, I didn't mean it!
THE DOCTOR: Mickey, without us, they'd have opened it by force. To do that, they'd have blown up the sun. You've done us a favour! (He kisses the top of Mickey's head). Now, run!
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
Jackie is still hurrying down the stairs. She comes to an abrupt halt, Cybermen approaching from the bottom of the stairs. She starts running back up again, then exits the stairwell.
INT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
Jackie starts down a corridor. She yelps as she comes face to face with two Cybermen.
CYBERMAN: You will be upgraded.
JACKIE (whimpers): No, but you can't! Please...
The Cybermen are sh*t from behind, they fall to the ground, dead, to reveal Pete aiming a g*n behind them. He is accompanied by the Doctor, Rose and Mickey. Jackie squints through the smoke clouding him, uncomprehending, then her eyes widen as she realises...
JACKIE (CONT'D): Pete!
In the background, Rose's hands go to her mouth.
PETE: Hello, Jacks.
JACKIE (she's almost annoyed, her tone plaintive): I said there were ghosts, but that's not fair. Why him?
PETE: I'm not a ghost.
JACKIE : But you're dead. You d*ed twenty years ago, Pete.
THE DOCTOR (stepping forward tentatively in an attempt to explain): It's Pete from a different Universe. There are parallel worlds, Jackie. Every single decision we make creates a parallel existence, a different dimension where...
JACKIE: Oh, you can shut up.
And for once, the Doctor does, stepping back into the background. Pete smiles.
JACKIE (CONT'D) (gazing at Pete): Oh... you look old.
PETE: You don't.
JACKIE: How can you be standing there?
PETE: Just got lucky... lived my life. You were left on your own. You didn't marry again, or...?
JACKIE (quietly): There was never anyone else.
The Doctor and Mickey smirk.
JACKIE (CONT'D): Twenty years, though. Look at me, I never left that flat. Did nothing with myself.
PETE: Brought her up. Rose Tyler.
The Doctor and Mickey smile.
PETE (CONT'D): That's not bad.
JACKIE (whispers): Yeah.
PETE: In my world, it worked. All those daft little plans of mine. They worked. Made me rich.
JACKIE: I don't care about that. (pause). How rich?
PETE: Very.
JACKIE: I don't care about that. How very?
Pete laughs. Rose rolls her eyes and the Doctor smiles fondly.
PETE: Thing is though, Jacks, you're... you're not my wife. I'm sorry, but you're not. I mean, we both...
Jackie nods. He looks at her, fighting it.
PETE (CONT'D): You know, it's just sort of... (He gives in and starts towards her). Oh, come here.
They run to meet each other, Jackie starting to cry. He sweeps her off the ground in a huge hug.
INT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR
The Daleks burst through the doors of the factory floor to meet rows of Cybermen.
DALEK SEK: Exterminate!
CYBERMEN: Delete!
They fire at each other, the Cybermen's rays bouncing off the Dalek's armour, but the Dalek's exterminator beams a lot more effective. Cries of "delete! " and "exterminate! " fill the air, along with the shouts of the surrounding soldiers who are sh**ting at both parties. The Daleks accompany the Ark.
CYBERMAN: Emergency, all units will converge on the Torchwood Tower.
EXT. STREET
In answer to him, Cybermen march out into the road as one, and start in the direction of Canary Wharf.
CYBERMAN (CONT'D) (voice-over): Repeat, all Cybermen to Torchwood.
The frightened families stand outside their houses as they watch the Cybermen leave.
EXT. TORCHWOOD, FACTORY FLOOR
The Doctor opens the door to where the battle between the Cybermen and the Daleks is taking place, peering into the lab, waiting for the right moment to enter. He dives into the room, watched anxiously by Rose who winces every time a beam passes near him. The Doctor picks up two of the magnaclamps, using them to deflect the rays from himself. He makes back towards the door with them, dodging the beams. He trips over a Cyberman's body.
ROSE (whispers): Come on, please.
The Doctor quickly gets to his feet and slips through the door to safety. Rose closes it after him. After a few moments, it opens again, and the Doctor's head peers around. This time, he's wearing the 3D specs.
DALEK SEK: Override roof mechanism.
The roof begins to open slowly.
DALEK SEK: El-ev-ate.
ROSE (watching): What're they doing? Why'd they need to get outside?!
THE DOCTOR (baffled): Time Lord science... What Time Lord science? (Takes specs off). What is it?
Dalek Sek elevates through the ceiling into the open air with the Ark. The Doctor shuts the door.
EXT. TORCHWOOD, CORRIDOR
He runs back down the corridor, shouting to the others as he goes.
THE DOCTOR: We've gotta see what it's doing, we've gotta go back up! Come on! All of you! Top floor!
JACKIE: That's forty-five floors up! Believe me, I've done 'em all.
JAKE (popping his head out of the lift): We could always take the lift...
EXT. CANARY WHARF
As the Dalek rises up the side of Canary Wharf, the lift rises to the top floor.
DALEK SEK: The Genesis Ark will open.
The Ark opens slowly to reveal a Dalek. The Ark begins to spin.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor and the others finally step out of the lift on the top floor and rush to the window, the Doctor dumping the magnaclamps down on Yvonne's desk as he goes. As the Genesis Ark spins, Daleks sh**t out of it, more and more of them. The Doctor stares in horror.
THE DOCTOR: Time Lord science... it's bigger on the inside.
MICKEY: Did Time Lords put those Daleks in there? What for?
THE DOCTOR: It's a prison ship.
ROSE: How many Daleks?
THE DOCTOR: Millions.
EXT. CANARY WHARF
The Daleks spread out over London.
EXT. STREET
The Cybermen march down a street. Then they stop as one, and fire their weapons up into the air at the Daleks. This has absolutely no effect on the Daleks.
DALEK SEK: Exterminate all life forms below. Ex-ter-min-ate!
The Daleks fire at the terrified people running below them.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
PETE (walking away from the window): I'm sorry, but you've had it. This world's gonna crash and burn. There's nothing we can do. We're going home. Jacks, take this.
He tosses her one of the yellow buttons.
JACKIE: But they're destroying the City!
PETE (affectionately): I'd forgotten you could argue.
He loops the button around her neck himself.
PETE (CONT'D): It's not just London, it's the whole world.
He takes her face in his hands, making her look at him.
PETE (CONT'D): But there's another world, just waiting for you, Jacks. And it's safe. As long as the Doctor closes the breach. Doctor?
The Doctor turns from the window with his 3D specs on and a big grin.
THE DOCTOR (gleefully): Oh, I'm ready. I've got the equipment right here. Thank you, Torchwood!
He dashes to a computer.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Slam it down and close off both universes.
COMPUTER: Reboot systems.
ROSE: But we can't just leave. What about the Daleks? And the Cybermen...?
The Doctor stands.
THE DOCTOR : They're part of the problem. And that makes them part of the solution. Oh yes!
Rose laughs nervously.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (he seems to have acquired a new lease of life): Well?! Isn't anyone gonna ask? What is it with the glasses?
ROSE (grinning): What is it with the glasses?
THE DOCTOR: I can see! That's what! 'Cos we've got two separate worlds, but in-between the two separate worlds, we've got the Void. That's where the Daleks were hiding. And the Cybermen travelled through the Void to get here! And you lot, one world to another, via the Void! Oh, I like that. Via the Void! Look!
He presses the glasses onto Rose's face.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): I've been through it. Do you see?
He dodges about so Rose can see, with the aid of the glasses, that he is surrounded by floating green and red particles. She reaches out to try and touch them.
COMPUTER: Reboot in three minutes.
THE DOCTOR: Void stuff.
ROSE: Like um... background radiation!
THE DOCTOR: That's it. Look at the others.
Rose turns to look at Jake, Mickey, Jackie and Pete. Jackie is the only one not surrounded by the "Void Stuff".
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (pointing): The only one who hasn't been through the Void, your mother. First time she's looked normal in her life.
Rose giggles.
JACKIE: Oi!
The Doctor dashes into the clear white area, Rose following.
THE DOCTOR: The Daleks lived inside the Void. They're bristling with it. Cybermen, all of them. I just open the Void, end of verse. The Void stuff gets sucked back inside.
ROSE (just as enthusiastically): Pulling them all in.
THE DOCTOR: Pulling them all in!
MICKEY: Sorry... what's... what's the Void?
THE DOCTOR: The dead space. Some people call it "Hell".
MICKEY (looping the button around his neck): So... you're sending the Daleks and Cybermen to Hell. (To Jake): Man, I told you he was good.
ROSE (who's been looking around with the glasses): But it's... like you said, we've all got Void stuff. Me too, 'cos we went to that parallel world.
She flexes her fingers, examining the particles floating around them. She pulls the glasses off. The Doctor stands before her.
ROSE (CONT'D) (to the Doctor): We're all contaminated. We'll get pulled in.
THE DOCTOR: That's why you've gotta go.
COMPUTER: Reboot in two minutes.
Rose stares at him, uncomprehending.
THE DOCTOR: Back to Pete's world. (points at Pete). Hey, we should call it that: Pete's World.(He turns back to Rose). I'm opening the Void, but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side.
Rose continues to stare at him.
PETE: And then you close it. For good?
THE DOCTOR: The breach itself is soaked in Void Stuff, in the end it'll close itself. And that's it. Kaput.
Rose is just starting to realise what this means.
ROSE: But you stay on this side...?
MICKEY: But you'll get pulled in.
The Doctor holds Rose's gaze for a moment before he runs over to the magnaclamps. Rose stays put, looking like she's been slapped around the face.
THE DOCTOR: That's why... I got these. I'll just have to hold on tight, I've been doing it all my life.
ROSE: I'm supposed to go.
THE DOCTOR: Yeah.
ROSE: To another world, and then it gets sealed off.
THE DOCTOR: Yeah.
It's obvious he doesn't want to talk about this. He goes to another of the computers.
ROSE: Forever. (Laughs at the absurdity of the idea). That's not gonna happen.
A crash from outside shakes the building.
PETE (briskly): We haven't got time to argue, the plans works, we go in. You too. All of us.
ROSE (angrily): No, I'm not leaving him!
JACKIE: I'm not going without her.
PETE: Oh, my God. We're going.
JACKIE: I've had twenty years without you, so button it. I'm not leaving her.
ROSE (turning her around): You've got to.
JACKIE (voice rising): Well, that's tough!
ROSE: Mum...
COMPUTER: Reboot in one minute.
ROSE (voice trembling with suppressed tears as she speaks in soft tones): I've had a life with you for nineteen years. But then I met the Doctor and... all the things I've seen him do for me. For you. For all of us. For the whole... stupid planet and every planet out there. He does it alone, mum.
Behind her, the Doctor is watching her with terrible sadness in his eyes as he silently takes a button on a chain out of his pocket.
ROSE (CONT'D): But not anymore. (Backs away from Jackie, towards the Doctor). 'Cos now he's got me.
The Doctor loops the chain around Rose's neck.
ROSE (CONT'D): What're you...?
Pete quickly presses the button. They all disappear, leaving the Doctor alone and gazing at the place Rose was with a heavy heart.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The others reappear in the parallel Torchwood. Rose looks around.
ROSE (under her breath): Oh no you don't. He's not doing that to me again.
She presses down on the button.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Rose reappears.
ROSE (CONT'D): I think this is the on switch...
The Doctor starts.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Pete snatches Jackie's button away from her before she can press it.
JACKIE: But I've gotta go back!
PETE (forcefully): The Doctor said every time we use one of these, it damages the whole world. Now that's it.
JACKIE: She's your daughter!
PETE: She's your daughter, not mine.
He walks away, snatching Mickey's button away.
JACKIE (desperately): Mickey, tell him. Tell him, Mickey! Mickey!
Mickey does not respond.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor grabs Rose roughly by the shoulders, stooping slightly so he can look straight into her eyes.
THE DOCTOR (as if trying to drum sense into her): Once the breach collapses, that's it. You will never be able to see her again. Your own mother!
ROSE (calmly, although her voice trembles): I made my choice a long time ago, and I'm never gonna leave you.
The Doctor stares at her for a moment, stunned. Then he releases his grip.
ROSE (CONT'D): So what can I do to help?
COMPUTER: Systems rebooted. Open access.
Rose stubbornly holds the Doctor's gaze. He finally gives in.
THE DOCTOR (pointing to a computer): Those co-ordinates over there, set them all at six.
Rose does as she's told. He watches her walk to the computer.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (he sounds almost angry): And hurry up.
Rose leans over the computer, taking her button from around her neck and glancing at the Doctor nervously.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
JACKIE (pushing Pete away): Get away from me!
She breaks down into tears, her hands over her eyes.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
ROSE (looking the computer): We've got Cybermen on the way up.
THE DOCTOR (running to look): How many floors down?
ROSE: Just one.
The screen shows the Cybermen marching up the stairwell.
INT. TORCHWOOD, STAIRWELL
CYBERMAN: We will retreat through the breach. Regain the Home World.
A Cyberman appears at the top of the stairs, pointing a g*n at the others. When it speaks, Yvonne's voice is discernable through the Cyber-tones.
CYBERMAN / YVONNE: You will not pass.
CYBERMAN: What is the meaning of this?
CYBERMAN / YVONNE: You will not pass.
She pulls the trigger, destroying the other Cybermen with a bright ray of white light.
CYBERMAN / YVONNE (CONT'D): I did my duty for Queen and Country. I did my duty for Queen and Country. I did my duty for Queen and Country.
She sheds a single black tear.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor taps in a command on the laptop.
COMPUTER: Levers operational.
The Doctor grins.
ROSE (cheered by this): That's more like it, bit of a smile! The old team...!
THE DOCTOR (picking up a magnaclamp and going to her): Hope and Glory, Mutt and Jeff, Shiver and Shake!
ROSE: Which one's Shiver?
THE DOCTOR: Oh, I'm Shake.
He dumps the Magnaclamp on her. Next moment, they've both attached them to the wall next to the levers on opposite sides of the room.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Press the red button.
Rose does so.
EXT. CANARY WHARF
DALEK (still in the air): Breach active. It is the Doctor! Exterminate him!
Four of the Daleks swoop towards Torchwood Tower, with cries of "exterminate! ".
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
THE DOCTOR (speaking very fast): When it starts, just hold on tight. Shouldn't be too bad for us but the Daleks and the Cybermen are steeped in Void Stuff. Are you ready?
They get into their positions beside the levers.
ROSE (staring out of the window): So are they.
The Daleks appear at the window.
THE DOCTOR: Let's do it!
They push the levers upwards and then hurriedly take hold of the magnaclamps.
COMPUTER: Online.
The area is filled with the white light once more, but this time, there's also the sound of a strong wind. The Daleks are sucked through the window, smashing through the glass as they are pulled into the white light and back to the Void. Rose and the Doctor hold on to the clamps tightly, struggling to hold on.
THE DOCTOR (shouting over the wind): The breach is open! Into the Void! Ha!
EXT. LONDON / INDIA / PARIS
Cybermen all over the world are lifted into the air and they zoom across the land to Torchwood Tower, along with millions of Daleks, all shrieking, all powerless. They hurtle into the Void.
EXT. CANARY WHARF
DALEK SEK: Emergency temporal shift!
He vanishes. The Genesis Ark is sucked into Torchwood Tower. People are starting to come out of their hiding places to watch.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Rose smiles across at the Doctor as they are billowed by the wind. Suddenly, their is a small expl*si*n of sparks and the lever on Rose's side moves back into the off position. The smiles fade from their faces.
COMPUTER: Offline.
THE DOCTOR: Turn it on!
The suction is starting to ease. Rose reaches for the lever whilst trying to maintain her grip on the clamp, but it is just slightly too far away. She strains to reach it, eventually falling onto it. The Doctor watches, full of dread. Rose whimpers as she struggles with the lever.
ROSE: I've gotta get it upright!
Rose pushes the lever upwards, groaning with the effort. Finally, she manages to push the lever upright. The Doctor watches with his heart in his mouth.
COMPUTER: Online and locked.
The suction increases once more. But now, Rose has nothing to hold on to but the lever.
THE DOCTOR (shouting in desperation): Rose, hold on!
But the Void pulls at her, making it near impossible for her to keep her grip. She winces and cries out with the effort.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (screaming now): Hold on!
Rose moans, her strength almost spent, the Doctor stares at her in absolute terror, horribly powerless, reaching out to her in vain. With one last cry, Rose's grip finally slips. She is pulled inexorably towards the Void, crying out. The Doctor screams her name as she is pulled away from him.
Pete appears the moment before she reaches the breach and she falls into his arms. Rose has time only to glance over her shoulder at the Doctor before she and Pete vanish.
The Doctor stares at the place where they disappeared, breathing very heavily. The breach closes itself. The wind dies down, leaving the place silent.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
In the parallel Torchwood, Rose hammers on the wall.
ROSE (hysterical): Take me back! Take me back!
She breaks down into tears of raw grief, slamming her fists against the wall like there's nothing else.
ROSE (CONT'D) (through her tears): Take me back...
Pete takes his button from around his neck and looks at it for a moment.
PETE: It's stopped working. He did it. He closed the breach.
ROSE (sobbing, hands pressed against the wall): No...
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor walks slowly up to the wall on his side. He lays one palm flat against it, and then rests his head there, empty.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
As if she senses his presence there, Rose suddenly presses her cheek against the wall as though listening for him, palm matching his. They stay that way for a long moment, just feeling each other. Another sob escapes from Rose.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor finally lets his hand slide down the wall.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Rose does the same, as if she knows he's no longer there, feeling the loss as potently as if they had really been touching.
INT. TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
The Doctor turns from the wall, expressionless. He walks away.
INT. PARALLEL TORCHWOOD, RIFT CHAMBER
Rose leans against the wall, wiping the tears from her eyes. The only three people she has left, Pete, Jackie, Mickey, watch her uncomfortably, at a loss for words. Jackie takes both their hands. At last, Rose turns away, her face soaked with tears. Fade to black.
THE DOCTOR (voice-over. Whispers): Rose.
INT. TYLERS' MANSION, ROSE'S BEDROOM
Rose is asleep in bed.
ROSE (voice-over. She sounds desolate, depressed): Last night I had a dream.
THE DOCTOR (voice-over, whispers): Rose...
ROSE (voice-over): I heard a voice and it was calling my name.
Rose opens her eyes and sits bolt upright.
THE DOCTOR (voice-over): Rose... Rose... Rose.
INT. TYLER'S MANSION, SITTING ROOM
Still in their pyjamas, Rose, Jackie, Pete and Mickey sit around a roaring fire as Rose relates her dream to them.
ROSE: I had a dream, um... (voice-over): I told mum and dad and Mickey. Anyone else would think I was mad. But not those three. They believed it. Because they've met the Doctor. So they listened to the dream. He was calling me, and...
The three of them listen to her intently.
EXT. TYLER'S MANSION, DRIVEWAY
It is still dark when the four of them leave the house, fully dressed.
ROSE (voice-over): And that night, we packed up...
They load their luggage into the boot and jump into the car.
ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Got into dad's old Jeep and off we went.
They drive away into the night.
ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Just like the dream said.
EXT. COUNTRY ROAD
It is daylight now, and they're driving down a long country road.
ROSE (CONT'D) (voice-over): Followed the voice... across the water... kept on driving hundreds and hundreds of miles. Because he's calling.
EXT. BAD WOLF BAY
THE DOCTOR (voice-over): Rose...
Now they stand on a deserted, bleak beach. Pete, Jackie and Mickey stand by the Jeep as Rose walks across the sand as though looking for something.
ROSE (voice-over): Here I am at last. And this is the story of how I d*ed.
Rose comes to a halt in the middle of the beach and stands there, waiting. A short way to her left, the Doctor fades out of thin air. Rose turns to him. He's slightly translucent.
ROSE: Where are you?
THE DOCTOR (his voice sounds distant): Inside the TARDIS.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor is, in reality, standing by the TARDIS console facing straight ahead.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send this projection, I'm in orbit around a super nova. (Laughs softly). I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye.
Sure enough, the TARDIS is spinning around a beautiful super nova.
EXT. BAD WOLF BAY
ROSE (shaking her head): You look like a ghost.
THE DOCTOR: Hold on...
He takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket.
INT. TARDIS
He points the sonic screwdriver at the console and somehow this strengthens his projection.
EXT. BAD WOLF BAY
The Doctor now looks as solid as if he were really there. Rose walks over to him and raises a hand to touch his face.
ROSE: Can I t...?
THE DOCTOR (regretfully): I'm still just an image. No touch.
ROSE (voice trembling): Can't you come through properly?
THE DOCTOR: The whole thing would fracture. Two universes would collapse.
ROSE (only half joking): So?
The Doctor smiles and they watch each other for a few moments before the Doctor looks around at their surroundings.
THE DOCTOR: Where are we? Where did the gap come out?
ROSE: We're in Norway.
THE DOCTOR: Norway. Right.
ROSE: About fifty miles out of Bergen. It's called "Darlig Ulv Stranden".
THE DOCTOR (surprised): Dalek?
ROSE: Darl-IG. It's Norwegian for "bad".
The Doctor continues to stare at her, brow furrowed.
ROSE (CONT'D): This translates as "Bad Wolf Bay".
They laugh at the irony of this, but sober almost immediately.
ROSE (CONT'D) (voice cracking): How long have we got?
THE DOCTOR: About two minutes...
ROSE (almost laughing at the absurdity of this): I can't think of what to say!
The Doctor laughs too, then glances over at where Jackie, Pete and Mickey are waiting by the Jeep.
THE DOCTOR: You've still got Mr. Mickey, then?
ROSE: There's five of us now. Mum, dad, Mickey... and the baby.
THE DOCTOR (taken-aback): You're not...?
ROSE: No. (Laughs). It's mum.
The Doctor laughs with some relief and looks over at Jackie.
ROSE (CONT'D): She's three months gone. More Tylers on the way.
THE DOCTOR: And what about you? Are you...?
ROSE: Yeah, I'm... I'm back working in the shop.
THE DOCTOR (nods): Oh, good for you.
Rose laughs and for a moment it's just like old times.
ROSE: Shut up. No, I'm not. There's still a Torchwood on this planet, it's open for business. (Tears up again). I think I know a thing or two about aliens.
THE DOCTOR (so proud): Rose Tyler. Defender of the Earth.
Another lingering look between the two of them.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): You're dead, officially, back home. So many people d*ed that day and you've gone missing. You're on a list of the dead.
Rose begins to cry quietly.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Here you are. (Smiles). Living a life day after day. The one adventure I can never have.
ROSE (sobbing in earnest now): Am I ever gonna see you again?
THE DOCTOR (quietly, and so, so sorry): You can't.
ROSE: What're you gonna do?
THE DOCTOR: Oh, I've got the TARDIS. Same old life. Last of the Time Lords.
ROSE: On your own?
The Doctor nods silently, still watching her with compassion. Rose surveys him, hopelessly heartbroken, tears falling thick and fast.
ROSE (CONT'D): I lo...
She chokes with tears before she can finish her sentence. She takes a moment to regain her composure, and then :
ROSE (CONT'D): I love you.
Another shuddering sob escapes her. The Doctor gazes at her with heart-rending tenderness and devotion.
THE DOCTOR (softly): Quite right, too.
Rose nods, smiling at him through her tears.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (gazing at her): And I suppose... if it's one last chance to say it...
He pauses a moment, eyes locked with hers.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D): Rose Tyler...
But their time is up. He fades away into nothingness. Rose is left alone. She screws up her face against the pain, sobbing into her hands.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor stands alone in the TARDIS, eyes filled with tears which are spilling down his cheeks, his mouth already open to form the words he never got to say. He swallows hard, closing his eyes with a heavy heart.
EXT. BAD WOLF BAY
Rose turns back to her family, weeping inconsolably. Jackie, full of concern, runs across the beach to embrace her daughter. Rose buries her head in her mum's shoulder, utterly wretched.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor rubs his hands over his eyes, wiping the tears away. He takes a deep breath and then turns his attention to the TARDIS console, pushing the buttons and levers as he walks slowly around it without any of his former enthusiasm. Suddenly, he looks up, eyes wide with shock. Standing by the door, with her back to him, is a bride.
THE DOCTOR (aghast): What?
The bride turns around to see him standing there. She yelps with surprise.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D) (even more confused): What?!
BRIDE (disdainfully): Who are you?
THE DOCTOR (looking around, dumbfounded): But...
BRIDE: Where am I?
THE DOCTOR: What?!
BRIDE (yells): What the hell is this place?
THE DOCTOR: What?!
END
02x13 - Doomsday
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Time and Space traveling adventures of a Gallifreyan Time Lord only known as "the Doctor" and his companions.
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