The gas-mask people are surrounding Rose, the Doctor and Jack. Then - the Doctor stares sternly around at them.
The gasmask people hesitate.THE DOCTOR
(as though addressing a disobedient child)
Go to your room.
INT. DINING ROOM
Jamie hesitates.
INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2
The gas-mask people cock their heads to one side.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Go to your room!
INT. DINING ROOM
Jamie cocks his head to one side.
INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2
Rose and Jack look at one another.
He points violently in no particular direction, and miraculously, all the gas-mask people turn meekly away.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
I mean it! I am very, very angry with you. I am very, VERY cross! Go - to - your - ROOM!
INT. DINING ROOM
Jamie turns to leave.
INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2
The patients and staff in the hospital climb back onto their beds.
INT. DINING ROOM
Jamie slowly opens the door and leaves the room.
INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2
The Doctor sighs with relief.
EXT. STREETTHE DOCTOR (CONT'D)OPENING CREDITS
I'm really glad that worked. Those would've been TERRIBLE last words.
Jamie walks alone from the house into the dark night.
INT. DINING ROOM
Nancy watches him go from the window.
She sinks to the ground with her back against the wall, and sobs.NANCY
(sadly)
Jamie...
INT. HOSPITAL WARD 2
Rose is sitting by one of the beds, looking at one of the gasmask people. Jack settles down in a chair.
He laughs at his own joke. The Doctor merely looks at him. Jack's laughter dies away.ROSE
Why are they all wearing gas masks?
JACK
They're not. Those masks are flesh and bone.
THE DOCTOR
How was your con supposed to work?
JACK
Simple enough, really. Find some harmless piece of space-junk... let the nearest Time Agent track it back to Earth. Convince him it's valuable, name a price. When he's put 50% up front - oops! A German bomb falls on it, destroys it forever. He never gets to see what he's paid for. Never knows he's been had. I buy him a drink with his own money, and we discuss dumb luck. The perfect self-cleaning con.
THE DOCTOR
Yeah. Perfect.
JACK
The London Blitz is great for self-cleaners - Pompeii's nice if you want to make a vacation of it though, but you've got to set your alarm for volcano day.
The Doctor looks darkly at him and walks off.JACK (CONT'D)
Getting a hint of disapproval.
THE DOCTOR
Take a look around the room. This is what your 'harmless piece of space-junk' did.
JACK
It was a burnt-out medical transporter - it was empty.
Rose follows him. Jack gets up and calls after him.THE DOCTOR
Rose.
ROSE
We getting out of here?
THE DOCTOR
We're going upstairs.
A siren goes off in the distance.JACK
I even programmed the flight computer so it wouldn't land on anything living - I harmed no-one! I don't know what's happening here, but believe me - I had nothing to do with it.
THE DOCTOR
I'll tell you what's happening. You forgot to set your alarm clock. It's volcano day.
He leaves the ward. Rose and Jack follow him.ROSE
What's that?
JACK
The all-clear.
THE DOCTOR
I wish.
INT. DINING ROOM
Upon hearing the siren, Nancy gets up and leaves the dining room.
INT. HALLWAY
Suddenly, a child wearing a gas-mask jumps out in front of her, and she screams and stumbles backwards - but then the little boy takes the mask off.
She leaves the house through the back door, the boy following her.NANCY
I thought you were Jamie!
EXT. GARDEN
Mr and Mrs Lloyd appear and Mr Lloyd angrily tries to shove her back into the house.BOY
Dad! Dad!
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDORNANCY
Get your hands off me!
MRS LLOYD
(to the boy)
Oi! You! Get in! Get in!
Rose and Jack run down a corridor looking for the Doctor.
They dash past a flight of stairs. The Doctor pops his head around the banister.JACK
(calls)
Mr Spock?
ROSE
(calls)
Doctor?
Rose and Jack skid to a halt and backtrack.THE DOCTOR
Have you got a blaster?
They run up the stairs and find themselves standing outside a door.JACK
Sure!
Jack grins and points a blaster at the door. The Doctor stands back, beside Rose.THE DOCTOR
The night your space-junk landed, someone was hurt. This was where they were taken.
ROSE
What happened?
THE DOCTOR
Let's find out.
(to Jack)
Get it open.
Jack's blaster cuts a perfectly square hole around the lock of the door and it squeaks open.ROSE
(quietly)
What's wrong with your sonic screwdriver?
THE DOCTOR
Nothing.
He smiles pleasantly at Jack and enters the room. Rose goes up to Jack.THE DOCTOR
Sonic blaster, 51st century. Weapon Factories of Villengard?
JACK
You've been to the factories?
THE DOCTOR
(taking the blaster from Jack for a look)
Once.
JACK
Well, they gone now. Destroyed. The main reactor went critical. Vapourized the lot.
THE DOCTOR
(giving the blaster back)
Like I said - once. There's a banana grove there, now. I like bananas. Bananas are good.
She goes into the room. Jack laughs, then follows her.ROSE
(looks at the perfectly square hole)
Nice blast pattern.
JACK
Digital.
ROSE
Squareness gun.
JACK
Yeah.
ROSE
I like it.
INT. THE ROOM
The Doctor switches a light on. The room looks as though it has been vandalised. The window is broken and there is stuff all over the floor.
Jack enters a room off the side. The floors and walls are covered with a child's drawings. There are a few toys on the floor and a little bed in the corner.THE DOCTOR
What d'you think?
JACK
SOMETHING got out of here...
THE DOCTOR
Yeah. And?
JACK
Something powerful. Angry.
THE DOCTOR
Powerful and angry.
The Doctor plays a tape of Doctor Constantine talking to the Child.JACK
A child? I suppose this explains 'mummy'.
ROSE
How could a child do this?
Every single one of the drawings covering the wall are of the Child's mother].DR. CONSTANTINE
Do you know where you are?
THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
DR. CONSTANTINE
Are you aware of what's around you? Can you... see?
THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
DR. CONSTANTINE
What do you want? Do you know--
THE CHILD
I want my mummy. Are you my mummy? I want my mummy! Are you my mummy?
INT. DINING ROOMTHE CHILD (CONT'D)
Are you my mummy? Mummy? Mummy?
ROSE
Doctor, I've heard this voice before.
THE DOCTOR
Me too.
THE CHILD
Mummy?
ROSE
Always, "are you my mummy?". Like he doesn't know.
THE CHILD
Mummy?
ROSE
Why doesn't he know?
THE CHILD
Are you there, mummy? Mummy?
Mr Lloyd enters the dining room and shuts the door behind him. He leans on the table, at which Nancy is sitting.
Mr Lloyd looks unpleasantly surprised.MR LLOYD
The police are on their way. I PAY for the food on this table. The sweat on my brow, that food is. The sweat on my brow. Anything else you'd like? I've got a whole house here, anything else you'd like to help yourself to?
NANCY
Yeah. I'd like some wire cutters, please.
Mr Lloyd's mouth opens and shuts again.NANCY (CONT'D)
Something that can cut through barbed wire. Oh, and a torch. Don't look like that, Mr Lloyd. I know you've got plenty of tools in here. I've been watching this house for ages. And I'd like another look round your kitchen cupboards. I was in a hurry the first time. I wanna see if there's anything I missed.
MR LLOYD
The food on this table--
NANCY
It's an awful lot of food, isn't it, Mr Lloyd?
Mr Lloyd looks very uncomfortable, and he is starting to sweat. Triumphant, Nancy stands up.NANCY (CONT'D)
A lot more than on anyone else's table. Half this street thinks your missus must be messing about with Mr. Avistock - the butcher. But she's not, is she? You are.
Mr Lloyd agitatedly wipes the beads of sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand. Nancy goes over to the door and opens it.NANCY (CONT'D)
Wire cutters. Torch. Food. And I'd like to use your bathroom before I leave, please. Oh, look... there's the sweat on your brow.
INT. THE ROOM
The reels of the tape spin.
The Doctor is pacing around the room.THE CHILD
Mummy? Please, mummy? Mummy?
The Doctor stops to look around at Rose and Jack.ROSE
Doctor?
THE DOCTOR
Can you sense it?
JACK
Sense what?
THE DOCTOR
Coming out of the walls, can you feel it?
THE CHILD
Mummy?
There is a loud, crackling noise filling the room.THE DOCTOR
Funny little human brains, how do you get around in those things?
ROSE
(to Jack)
When he's stressed, he likes to insult species.
THE DOCTOR
(still pacing)
Rose, I'm thinking.
ROSE
Cuts himself shaving, does half an hour in life forms he's cleverer than...
THE DOCTOR
There are these children living rough around the bomb site. They come out during air-raids looking for food.
THE CHILD
Mummy, please?
THE DOCTOR
Suppose they were there when this thing - whatever it was - landed?
JACK
It was a med-ship. It was harmless.
THE DOCTOR
Yes, you keep saying. 'Harmless'. Suppose one of them was affected - altered?
ROSE
Altered how?
THE CHILD
I'm here!
THE DOCTOR
It's afraid. Terribly afraid, and powerful. It doesn't know it yet, but it will do.
(small laugh)
It's got the power of a god, and I just sent it to its room.
He spins around and the Child is standing by the tape machine.ROSE
(scared)
Doctor...
THE CHILD
I'm here. Can't you see me?
ROSE
What's that noise?
THE DOCTOR
(smile fading)
End of the tape. It ran out about 30 seconds ago.
THE CHILD
I'm here, now. Can't you see me?
THE DOCTOR
I sent it to it's room. THIS is its room.
He violently produces a banana and points it threateningly at the Child. The Doctor grins and produces Jack's sonic blaster, blasting a square hole in the wall.THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
(cocks his head on one side, considering Rose)
Mummy?
ROSE
Doctor?
JACK
Okay... on my signal... make for the door. NOW!
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDORTHE DOCTOR
Go! Now! Don't drop the banana!
JACK
(hopping through the hole in the wall with Rose and the Doctor)
Why not?!
THE DOCTOR
Good source of potassium!
The three of them find themselves back in a corridor. The Child approaches them from inside the room.
Jack points the blaster at the wall, and it rebuilds itself, blocking the Child out.JACK
(grabbing his sonic blaster off the Doctor)
Give me that!
THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
The Child thumps the wall from the other side, cracking it.JACK
Digital rewind.
(tosses banana back to the Doctor)
Nice switch.
THE DOCTOR
It's from the Groves of Villengard. I thought it was appropriate.
JACK
There's really a banana grove in the heart of Villengard and you did that?
THE DOCTOR
(simply)
Bananas are good.
They rush down a short flight of stairs and down another corridor, before they encounter all the patients bursting out of the ward calling 'mummy'. They hastily backtrack, but they find the gasmask people coming from that direction too. They find themselves back at the point where they started, where the Child is breaking through the wall.ROSE
Doctor!
THE DOCTOR
Come on!
The Doctor takes the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket, but Jack is not looking as he is too busy brandishing his sonic device at the gasmask people.THE DOCTOR
It's keeping us here so it can get at us.
JACK
(points the blaster in each direction in term)
It's controlling them?
THE DOCTOR
It IS them. It's every living thing in this hospital.
JACK
Okay. This can function as a sonic blaster, a sonic cannon, and a triple-enfolded sonic disrupter. Doc, what you got?
The Doctor turns to face the other group of gasmask people, switching on his sonic screwdriver.THE DOCTOR
A sonic, er... oh, never mind.
JACK
What?
Jack spins around. At that moment, the Child finally manages to punch through the wall. He begins to climb through the hole. Rose grabs onto Jack's wrist and makes him point the sonic blaster at the floor.THE DOCTOR
It's sonic, okay? Let's leave it at that.
JACK
Disrupter? Cannon? What?
THE DOCTOR
It's sonic! Totally sonic! I am sonic-ed up!
JACK
A sonic WHAT?!
THE DOCTOR
SCREWDRIVER!
She blasts a hole in the floor. They all fall in a messy heap on the floor of the ward below.ROSE
Going down!
INT. HOSPITAL WARD
Jack hurriedly activates the digital rewind, closing the hole so they cannot be followed.
They get up and brush themselves off.ROSE (CONT'D)
Doctor, are you okay?
THE DOCTOR
Could've used a warning...!
ROSE
Ugh, the gratitude.
Rose finally finds a switch and turns the lights on. All the gas-mask people lying in the beds sit up and start calling 'mummy'.JACK
Who has a sonic screwdriver?
THE DOCTOR
I do!
ROSE
(looking around)
Light!
JACK
Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks "oohoo, this could be a little more sonic"?
THE DOCTOR
(indignantly)
What, you've never been bored?
ROSE
(still poking around)
There's gotta be a light switch!
THE DOCTOR
Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?
They rush to the door as the patients start getting out of bed. Finding it locked, Jack tries to blast it open but his sonic blaster doesn't work.JACK
Door.
He steps back, allowing the Doctor to use his sonic screwdriver instead. He whacks the sonic blaster angrily.JACK (CONT'D)
Damn it!
The Doctor opens the door and they dash through it.JACK (CONT'D)
It's the special features, they really drain the battery.
ROSE
The battery?!
INT. STOREROOMROSE
That's so LAME.
The Doctor slams the door shut behind them and locks it with his sonic screwdriver.
He glares at the Doctor.JACK
(running to the window)
I was gonna send for another one, but SOMEBODY'S gonna blow up the factory.
The Doctor turns and eyes him for a moment, then looks at Rose.ROSE
Oh, I know - first day I met him, he blew my job up. That's practically how he communicates.
THE DOCTOR
Okay, that door should hold it for a bit.
JACK
The door?! The WALL didn't stop it!
THE DOCTOR
Well, it's gotta FIND us first! Come on, we're not done yet! Assets, assets!
JACK
Well, I've got a banana, and at a pinch you could put up some shelves.
THE DOCTOR
(going to the window)
Window--
JACK
Barred, sheer drop outside. Seven stories.
ROSE
And no other exits.
JACK
(settling comfortably into a chair)
Well, the assets conversation went in a flash, didn't it?
Rose looks ever so slightly uncomfortable.THE DOCTOR
So, where'd you pick this one up, then?
ROSE
(warningly)
Doctor...
JACK
She was hanging from a barrage balloon, I had an invisible spaceship. I never stood a CHANCE.
Rose looks in Jack's direction.THE DOCTOR
Okay, one, we want to get out of here. Two, we CAN'T get out of here. Have I missed anything?
The Doctor spins around to see Jack's empty chair.ROSE
(in wonder)
Yeah... Jack just disappeared.
INT. OUTHOUSE
Jim types on a typewriter. The other children are all crowded inside with him. Nancy enters.
Nancy squats down and empties her bag of supplies on the floor. Ernie looks at Jim with the typewriter.NANCY
Thought as much. What are all of you doing here? Different house every night, I told ya!
JIM
We thought you were dead! Or you'd run off.
ERNIE
I didn't. I KNEW you'd come back for us.
The typewriter pings.ERNIE
Found that old thing in the junk. Thinks he can write now...
JIM
I'm writing a letter to me dad.
ERNIE
You don't even know where your dad IS. And how're you gonna send it?
JIM
(as though this is a ridiculous question)
I dunno, stick it in an envelope?
ERNIE
You can't even read or write.
JIM
I don't need to - I've got a machine!
A short silence. Jim looks crestfallen and Nancy's face softens.NANCY
(harshly, irritated)
Will you stop making that noise!
Jim continues typing.NANCY (CONT'D)
I'm sorry, Jim. On you go. You write a letter to your dad if you want to.
Ernie furrows his brow, then takes the wire cutters from Nancy's hands.ERNIE
(to Nancy)
I know we should've went somewhere else, but we need you, see. For the thinking.
NANCY
And what if I wasn't here? What if one night, I didn't come back for you? There's a war on... people go out... they don't always come back. It happens. What would you do then?
The steady clicking of the typewriter continues - but no one is typing. It types words on the paper. The children look scared. When it stops, Nancy rips the paper out.ERNIE
Are they wire cutters?!
NANCY
(standing, taking them back)
I need you to think about that. SOMEONE'S gotta look after this lot!
ERNIE
Why? Are you going somewhere?
NANCY
(putting the wire cutters into her bag)
The bomb site. The one at the railway station.
ERNIE
(shocked)
Why?
NANCY
The Child. That's where he was killed. That's where it all started. And I'm gonna find out how.
ERNIE
(frightened)
He'll get you! And then he'll come for us - he ALWAYS comes for us!
NANCY
No. Ernie, he doesn't. He always comes after ME. There are things I haven't told ya... things I CAN'T tell ya. As long as you're with me... you're in danger. Even now, sitting here, you're in danger because of me.
ERNIE
You're the one that keeps us safe!
NANCY
You think so, Ernie? Then answer this: Jim is sitting there right next to ya. So who's typing?
She turns to leave, dropping the piece of paper on the floor. She stops at the door.ERNIE
(urgently)
Is he coming?
NANCY
Ernie... as long as you're with me... he's always coming.
She leaves. Ernie picks up the piece of paper and reads it. Underneath Jims incoherent jumble of letters and numbers, is typed the phrase 'ARE YOU MY MUMMY', repeatedly.NANCY (CONT'D)
Plenty of greens. And chew your food.
INT. STOREHAND
Rose approaches the Doctor who is now sitting down and puts her hand casually on the back of his chair.
The Doctor peers up at her, giving her a look.ROSE
Okay, so he's vanished into thin air. Why is it always the GREAT looking ones who do that?
An old radio springs to life and Jack's voice transmits through it.THE DOCTOR
I'm making an effort not to be insulted.
ROSE
(waving her hand dismissively)
I mean... men.
THE DOCTOR
(smiling sarcastically)
Okay. Thanks. That REALLY helped.
They both hurry over to the radio, the Doctor picking it up.JACK
Rose? Doctor? Can you hear me?
INT. JACK'S SHIPJACK (CONT'D)
I'm back on my ship.
On his ship, in the pilot's seat.
INT. STOREROOMJACK (CONT'D)
Used the emergency teleport. Sorry I couldn't take you.
The Doctor, in some confusion, holds the wires that have been ripped out of the radio.
INT. JACK'S SHIP
He twists a few knobs on the controls on his spaceship.JACK
It's security-keyed to my molecular structure. I'm working on it - hang in there.
INT. STOREROOMTHE DOCTOR
How're you speaking to us?
JACK
Om-Com. I can call anything with a speaker grille.
INT. JACK'S SHIPTHE DOCTOR
Now there's a coincidence.
JACK
What is?
THE DOCTOR
The Child can Om-Com too.
ROSE
It can?
THE DOCTOR
(nods)
Anything with a speaker grille. Even the TARDIS phone.
ROSE
What, you mean the Child can phone us?
THE CHILD
(through radio, singsong voice)
And I can hear you. Coming to find you. Coming to fiiiiind you.
JACK
Doctor, can you hear that?
THE DOCTOR
Loud and clear.
JACK
I'll try to block out the signal. Least I can do.
THE CHILD
Coming to find you, mummy!
He flicks a switch, and Glenn Miller's 'Moonlight Serenade' plays through the radio.JACK
Remember this one, Rose?
INT. STOREROOM
Rose looks ever so slightly uncomfortable as the Doctor turns to look at her questioningly.
The Doctor nods - but it seems as though he doesn't like this. Rose shifts from foot to foot, smiling embarrassedly.ROSE
(a little embarrassed)
Our song.
EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (OUTSIDE THE WIRE)
Nancy approaches the bomb site, which has a sign on the fence surrounding it saying 'KEEP OUT - RESTRICTED AREA'. She hurries stealthily out of sight to where a hole in the fence has been mended quickly with barbed wire. She sets to work, cutting them loose with her wire cutters, all the while looking around nervously.
INT. STOREROOM
Rose shuffles around in the wheel chair, bored. The radio still plays 'Moonlight Serenade'. The buzzing of the sonic screwdriver in the background. Rose spins the wheel chair around in the Doctor's direction.
The Doctor does not answer. Rose looks at him for a moment.ROSE
What you doing?
THE DOCTOR
(holding the sonic screwdriver up against the wall near the window)
Trying to set up a resonation pattern in the concrete. Loosen the bars.
ROSE
You don't think he's coming back, do ya?
THE DOCTOR
Wouldn't bet my life.
ROSE
Why don't you trust him?
THE DOCTOR
Why do you?
ROSE
Saved my life. Bloke-wise, that's up there with flossing.
The Doctor shoots her a look.ROSE (CONT'D)
I trust him 'cos he's like you. Except with dating and dancing.
Rose grins even more.ROSE
What?
THE DOCTOR
You just assume I'm...
ROSE
What?
THE DOCTOR
(vulnerable)
You just assume that I don't... dance.
ROSE
(grinning)
What, are you telling me you DO... dance?
THE DOCTOR
Nine hundred years old, me. I've been around a bit. I think you can assume that at some point I've DANCED.
Rose, still grinning, stops shuffling around in her wheel chair and gets up to turn the music up. The Doctor looks around, completely wrong-footed. Rose walks slowly forward, flirtatiously. He looks determinedly back to the wall. Rose holds her hand out to him.ROSE
You?!
THE DOCTOR
Problem?
ROSE
Doesn't the universe implode or something if you... dance?
THE DOCTOR
(off-handed)
Well, I've got the moves but I wouldn't want to boast.
The Doctor looks back at her.ROSE
You've got the moves?
The Doctor snaps off his sonic screwdriver, replaces it in his jacket pocket and steps away from the window towards her, an odd expression on his face. He stands in front of Rose for a moment - where is this going to go? He takes her hands, Rose staring up at him almost apprehensively. He turns her hands over and looks at them.ROSE (CONT'D)
Show me your moves.
THE DOCTOR
Rose, I'm trying to resonate concrete.
ROSE
(not lowering his hand)
Jack'll be back, he'll get us out. So come on - the world doesn't end 'cos the Doctor dances.
The Doctor raises his eyebrows.THE DOCTOR
Barrage balloon?
ROSE
(completely lost)
... What?
THE DOCTOR
(turning her hands over)
You were hanging from a barrage balloon.
ROSE
(remembering)
Oh... yeah. About two minutes after you left me. Thousands of feet above London - middle of a German air-raid - Union Jack ALL over my chest.
He goes back to examining her hands.THE DOCTOR
I've travelled with a lot of people, but you're setting new records for jeopardy-friendly.
He shows her her own hands.ROSE
Is this you dancing? 'Cos I've got notes.
THE DOCTOR
Hanging from a rope a thousand feet above London. Not a cut, not a bruise.
The Doctor half nods, not denying this. He takes her hands and they begin to dance.ROSE
Yeah, I know. Captain Jack fixed me up...
THE DOCTOR
Oh, we're calling him 'Captain Jack' now, are we?
ROSE
Well, his name's Jack and he's a captain...
THE DOCTOR
(smiling in a self-satisfied sort of way)
He's not really a captain, Rose.
ROSE
D'you know what I think? I think you're experiencing Captain envy.
ROSE (CONT'D)
You'll find your feet at the end of your legs. You may care to move them.
INT. JACK'S SHIPTHE DOCTOR
(now in rather intimate proximity)
If ever he was a captain, he's been defrocked.
ROSE
(smiling)
Yeah? Shame I missed that.
JACK
Actually, I quit. Nobody takes my frock.
They look up in surprise - and somehow, they are standing in Jack's ship. They look around at their surroundings, now standing apart.
JACK
Most people notice when they've been teleported. You guys are so sweet. Sorry about the delay. I had to take the nav-com offline to override the teleport security.
THE DOCTOR
You can spend ten minutes overriding your own protocols? Maybe you should remember whose ship it is.
Rose smiles.JACK
Oh, I do. She was GORGEOUS.
He ducks into a compartment underneath the console.JACK (CONT'D)
Like I told her - be back in five minutes.
The Doctor snaps his fingers, and his hand is instantly surrounded by nanogenes.THE DOCTOR
(looking around)
This is a Chula ship.
JACK
(calling up)
Yeah, just like that medical transporter. Only, this one IS dangerous.
Rose beams. The Doctor banishes the nanogenes with a wave of his hand and turns to Jack.ROSE
They're what fixed my hands up! Jack called 'em, um...
THE DOCTOR
Nanobots? Nanogenes.
ROSE
Nanogenes, yeah.
THE DOCTOR
Sub-atomic robots. There's millions of them in here, see? Burned my hand on the console when we landed - all better now. They activate when the bulk head's sealed. Check you out for damage, fix any physical flaws.
The Doctor looks mildly annoyed.THE DOCTOR
Take us to the crash site. I need to see your space junk.
JACK
(as though he's being nagged)
As soon as I get the nav-com back online.
The Doctor looks at her, rather naïvely.JACK (CONT'D)
Make yourself comfortable. Carry on with whatever it was you were...
(gestures the two of them)
... doing.
THE DOCTOR [innocently]
We were talking about dancing!
JACK
It didn't look like talking.
ROSE
Didn't feel like dancing.
EXT. THE CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE
Nancy creeps onto the bomb site, making an effort not to be seen. She ducks behind a tent - but the flood lights suddenly flash on, filling the entire site with light - she is caught.
The soldiers are pointing their guns at her. There is no escape route.ALGY
Halt! Don't move!
INT. JACK'S SHIP
Rose is sitting talking to Jack. Jack is in the pilot seat - the Doctor is sitting some way behind Rose, not taking part in the conversation.
The Doctor watches him.ROSE
So, you used to BE a Time Agent - now you're trying to con them?
JACK
(fiddling with the controls)
If it makes me sound any better, it's not for the money.
ROSE
For what?
JACK
Woke up one day when I was working for them - found they'd stolen two years of my memories. I'd like them back.
ROSE
They stole your memories?
JACK
Two years of my life. No idea what I did.
The computer bleeps.JACK (CONT'D)
Your friend over there doesn't trust me. And for all I know... he's right not to.
The Doctor looks up.JACK (CONT'D)
Okay, we're good to go.
INT. SHEDJACK (CONT'D)
Crash site?
The door to a shed opens, and Agly enters with Nancy and another soldier. Another soldier - Jenkins - gets to his feet.
The soldier leads Nancy to a chair next to the table, sits her down, and starts to handcuff her to the table.ALGY
As you were. Feeling any better?
JENKINS
(feverishly)
Just a turn, sir.
ALGY
(to the soldier)
Chain her up where Jenkins can keep an eye on her.
There is a scar on the back of Jenkins' hand.NANCY
No. Not in here. Not with him.
Jenkins looks at Nancy, clearly in discomfort. Nancy looks back, almost revolted.ALGY
You shouldn't have broken in here if you didn't want to stay.
NANCY
(urgently)
You don't understand. Not with HIM.
ALGY
This is a restricted area, miss.
Nancy does not take her eyes off the trembling Jenkins. The soldier shows Algy Nancy's wire cutters.ALGY (CONT'D)
You're going to have to stay here for a bit. We're going to have to ask you a few questions.
They leave. Algy makes to follow them.SOLDIER
Found these, sir.
ALGY
(taking and examining them)
Very professional... little bit TOO professional. Didn't just drop in by accident then, did you?
NANCY
My little brother died here. I wanted to find out what killed him.
ALGY
(to the soldiers at the door)
Take the men, check the fence for any other breaches and search the area. She may not have come alone.
SOLIDER
Yes, sir.
Algy has turned to the door but does a double-take.NANCY
(scared, pleading)
Please! Listen, you CAN'T leave me here.
ALGY
Watch her, Jenkins.
JENKINS
Yes, mummy.
Algy, not knowing quite what to make of this strange situation, shakes his head and leaves.ALGY
Jenkins!
ALGY
(rubs his sweating forehead, in severe discomfort)
Sorry - sir, I-- I don't know what's the matter with me.
NANCY
(staring at Jenkins)
Look... lock me up, fine. But not here. Please, ANYWHERE but here!
Nancy shakes her handcuffs, trying to free herself.JENKINS
You'll be alright, miss. I'm just a little...
She shakes the handcuffs more persistently. He pants heavily.JENKINS (CONT'D)
Just a little... just a little...
Jenkins stares at her, still heaving. Nancy speaks desperately.JENKINS (CONT'D)
What's the MATTER with you?
NANCY
Please, let me go.
JENKINS
Why would I do that?
NANCY
'Cos you've got a scar on the back of your hand.
JENKINS
Well, yes. But I don't see what that's got to do with anything.
NANCY
And you feel like you're gonna be sick, like something's forcing its way up your throat.
He stares at her, blank.NANCY
I know because I've seen it before.
JENKINS
(scared)
What's happening to me?
NANCY
In a minute, you won't BE you anymore. You won't even remember you. And unless you let me go, it's gonna happen to me too. PLEASE.
JENKINS
What're you talking about?
NANCY
What's your mother's name?
JENKINS
(clasping his throat)
Matilda.
NANCY
You got a wife?
JENKINS
(red in the face)
Yes.
NANCY
Wife's name?
Nothing. He's horrified.NANCY (CONT'D)
You got kids?
He mouths 'I don't know', not being able to speak anymore.NANCY (CONT'D)
What's YOUR name?
She is now almost crying with panic and desperation.NANCY
Please. Let me go. It's too late for you, I'm sorry. But please, let me go.
His jaw is forced open, as though something is about to emerge. Nancy screws up her eyes and looks away as he wails.JENKINS
What d'you meeee---
(face contorted horrible, in a lot of pain)
M-- muuummee....
EXT. WASTE-GROUND/OUTSIDE THE CRASH SITE
The Doctor, Rose and Jack walk over the rail station near the bombsite. They peer over the barbed wire.
And off he goes. Rose and the Doctor look at each other.JACK
There it is.
(spots Algy pacing up and down)
Ay, they've got Algy on duty. Must be important.
THE DOCTOR
We've gotta get past.
ROSE
The words 'distract the guard' head in my general direction.
JACK
I don't think that'd be such a good idea.
ROSE
Don't worry... I can handle it.
JACK
I've got to know Algy quite well since I've been in town. Trust me. You're not his type. I'll distract him.
(walks away)
Don't wait up.
He sniggers. Jack jumps down onto the rail track on the bomb site, where Algy is pacing.THE DOCTOR
Relax, he's a 51st century guy. He's just a bit more flexible when it comes to dancing.
ROSE
HOW flexible?
THE DOCTOR
Well, by his time, you lot have spread out across half the galaxy.
ROSE
Meaning?
THE DOCTOR
(grinning)
So many species, so little time...
ROSE
What, that's what we do when we get out there? That's our mission? We seek new life, and... and...
THE DOCTOR
Dance.
Algy turns to Jack. He looks inquisitive.JACK
Hey, tiger! How's it hanging?
And he coughs, falling to his knees. Before the very eyes of Jack, Rose and the Doctor, his face transforms into a gas mask. Jack is horror-struck. The other soldiers begin to hurry over.ALGY
Mummy?
JACK
Algy, old sport, it's me.
ALGY
Mummy?
JACK
(smile fading)
It's me, Jack.
ALGY
Jack?
(cocks his head to one side, observing Jack with child-like curiosity)
Are you my... mummy?
Rose and the Doctor rush over to Jack, and Algy - who is lying on the floor, lifeless. Rose stares down at him in shock.THE DOCTOR
Stay back!
JACK
You men! Stay away!
The air-raid siren sounds.THE DOCTOR
The effect's become air-borne. Accelerating.
ROSE
What's keeping US safe?
THE DOCTOR
Nothing.
Jack nods. Someone in the background is singing.JACK
(looking up)
Ah, here they come again.
ROSE
All we need. Didn't you say a bomb was gonna land... HERE?
It's coming from the shed in which Nancy has been locked up.THE DOCTOR
Never mind about that. If the contaminants air-borne now, there's hours left.
JACK
For what?
THE DOCTOR
'Til nothing. 'Til forever. For the entire human race. And can anyone else hear singing?
INT. SHED
Jenkins - with a gasmask face - is fast asleep with his head on the table.NANCY
# Rock-a-by baby, on the tree tops, when the wind blows the cradle will rock... #
The door creaks open. Nancy turns her head sharply to see the Doctor poke his head into the shed. He motions for her to continue singing.NANCY (CONT'D)
# When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all. #
The Doctor approaches her, taking his sonic screwdriver out of his jacket pocket. He flicks it on and begins to unlock her handcuffs. Rose and Jack appear in the doorway. The handcuffs snap open, Nancy stands, and they all leave the shed, leaving Jenkins fast asleep.NANCY (CONT'D)
# Rock-a-by baby... #
(draws the Doctor's attention to her handcuffs)
# ... on the tree tops, when the wind blows the cradle will rock...#
INT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE)
They go back to the bomb site, and the Doctor and Jack uncover the Chula med-ship, which has a tarpaulin over it, hiding it from view. Nancy and Rose watch.
Jack begins to enter the code.JACK
You see? Just an ambulance.
NANCY
That's an ambulance?
ROSE
(with a reassuring arm around Nancy)
It's hard to explain, it's... it's from another world.
JACK
(looking at the controls)
They've been trying to get in.
THE DOCTOR
Of COURSE they have.
The controls explode with sparks, and they all jump backwards. An alarm goes off.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
They think they've got their hands on Hitler's latest secret weapon. What're you doing?
JACK
Well, the sooner you see this thing is empty, the sooner you'll see I had nothing to do with it.
A red light on the control panel flashes.JACK (CONT'D)
Didn't happen last time.
THE DOCTOR
It hadn't crashed last time. They're the emergency protocols.
ROSE
Doctor, what IS that?
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR
The Child is standing alone in the hospital corridor.
INT. HOSPITAL WARDTHE CHILD
Mummy?
All the gasmask people inside the hospital climb slowly from their beds. As one, they make for the exits.
EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE)
The gates at the other side of the bomb site are shaking.ROSE
Doctor!
Jack obeys. The Doctor turns to Nancy.THE DOCTOR
Captain, secure those gates!
JACK
Why?
THE DOCTOR
Just do it!
Jack slams a gate shut.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Nancy, how'd you get in here?
NANCY
I cut the wire.
THE DOCTOR
Show Rose.
(tosses his sonic screwdriver to Rose)
Setting two thousand four hundred and twenty eight D.
ROSE
What??
THE DOCTOR
Reattaches barbed wire. Go!
EXT. HOSPITAL
The gasmask people emerge from the hospital doors, marching as one, calling for 'mummy'.
EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE)
The sonic screwdriver buzzes as Rose works on the wire, reattaching it. Nancy holds the two ends together as she fuses them. They finish one, start on another.
Rose looks at her, getting the point.NANCY
Who are you? Who are any of you?
ROSE
You'd never believe me if I told ya.
NANCY
You just told me that was an ambulance from another world. There are people running around with gas-mask heads calling for their mummies, and the sky's full of Germans dropping bombs on me. Tell me. Do you think there's anything left I couldn't believe?
Explosions in mid-air. Planes soar around, dropping bombs.ROSE
We're time travellers from the future.
NANCY
Mad, you are.
ROSE
We have a time travel machine - seriously!
NANCY
It's not that. All right - you've got a time travel machine. I believe ya. Believe anything, me.
(looks up at the sky)
But what future?
Nancy furrows her brow.ROSE
(having followed her gaze)
Nancy, this isn't the end. I know how it looks. But it's not the end of the world or anything...
NANCY
How can you say that?? LOOK at it.
ROSE
Listen to me. I was BORN in this city. I'm from here, in like, 50 years time.
NANCY
From here?
ROSE
(smiling encouragingly)
I'm a Londoner. From your future.
NANCY
But... but you're not...
ROSE
What?
NANCY
German.
ROSE
Nancy, the Germans don't come here. They don't win.
Rose nods, smiling. Nancy half laughs, finding this unbelievably good news.ROSE (CONT'D)
Don't tell anyone I told you so, but do you know what? YOU win.
NANCY
We win?
They jump to their feet and head back to the Doctor and Jack.ROSE
Come on!
EXT. CRASH SITE ENCLOSURE (INSIDE THE WIRE)
Jack opens the hatch of the med-ship.
Rose and Nancy join them.JACK
(to the Doctor)
It's empty. Look at it.
He mimes summoning the nanogenes.THE DOCTOR
What do you expect in a Chula medical transporter? Bandages? Cough drops? Rose?
ROSE
I dunno.
THE DOCTOR
Yes, you do.
Jack, Rose and Nancy are listening to him intently, processing this.ROSE
Nanogenes!
THE DOCTOR
(to Jack)
It wasn't empty, Captain. There was enough nanogenes in there to rebuild a species.
JACK
(ashen, shaken - he gets it)
Oh, God.
THE DOCTOR
Getting it now, are we? When the ship crashes, the nanogenes escape. Billions upon billions of them, ready to fix all the cuts and bruises in the whole world. But what they find first is a dead child, probably killed earlier that night and wearing a gasmask.
ROSE
And they brought him back to life? They can DO that??
THE DOCTOR
What's life? Life's easy. A quirk of matter. Nature's way of keeping meat fresh. Nothing to a nanogene. One problem, though - these nanogenes - they're not like the ones on your ship. This lot have never seen a human being before. Don't know what a human being's supposed to look like.
His voice has risen almost to a shout. Jack is abashed, shaken.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
All they've got to go on is one little body, and there's not a lot left. But they carry right on. They do what they're programmed to do, they patch it up. Can't tell what's gasmask and what's skull, but they do their best. Then off they fly - off they go, work to be done. 'Cos you see NOW they THINK they know what people should look like and it's time to fix all the rest. And they won't ever stop. They won't ever, ever stop. The entire Human Race is gonna be torn down and rebuilt in the form of one terrified child looking for its mother, and NOTHING in the world can stop it!
The Doctor fixes him with a cold stare for a few seconds, and then goes back to examining the med-ship, starting work with his sonic screwdriver Nancy stares into the distance, beyond the fence. The gasmask people have arrived, still calling 'mummy'.JACK
(defiantly)
I didn't know.
Rose rushes to Nancy's side, following her gaze. The gasmask people stumble towards them over the rail-track. They are quite a distance away, but still too close. Rose rushes back to the med-ship, and looks again at the flashing red light on the control panel.NANCY
(scared)
Rose?
The gasmask people surround the fence. The four of them look around nervously.ROSE
(to the Doctor)
It's bringing the gasmask people here, isn't it?
THE DOCTOR
The ship thinks it's under attack. It's calling up the troops. Standard protocol.
ROSE
But... the gasmask people aren't troops...
THE DOCTOR
They are now. This is a battle-field ambulance. The nanogenes don't just fix you up - they get you ready for the front line. Equip you, programme you.
ROSE
That's why the Child's so strong. Why it could do that phoning thing.
THE DOCTOR
It's a fully equipped Chula warrior, yes. All that weapons tech in the hands of a hysterical four year old - looking for his mummy. And now there's an army of them.
The Doctor looks at her.JACK
Why don't they attack?
THE DOCTOR
Good little soldiers. Waiting for their commander.
JACK
The child?
NANCY
Jamie.
JACK
What?
NANCY
(glaring at him)
Not 'the child'. Jamie.
Rose sighs. Tears whell in Nancy's eyes.ROSE
So, how long until the bomb falls?
JACK
Any second.
THE DOCTOR
What's the matter, Captain? Bit close to the volcano for you?
NANCY
He's just a little boy.
THE DOCTOR
I know.
NANCY
(upset)
He's just a little boy who wants his mummy.
THE DOCTOR
I know. There isn't a little boy born who wouldn't tear the world apart to save his mummy. And this little boy can.
ROSE
(loudly)
So what're we gonna DO?
THE DOCTOR
I don't know.
He suddenly breaks off. He spins around, looking at all the gasmask people positioned behind the fence, calling for their mummy - and then back at Nancy, who is sobbing uncontrollably. He stares at her.NANCY
It's my fault.
THE DOCTOR
No.
NANCY
It is. It's all my fault.
THE DOCTOR
(gently)
How can it be your--
A bomb lands nearby. Rose and Jack flinch.THE DOCTOR
Nancy, what age are you? Twenty? Twenty-one? Older than you look, yes?
Another lands.JACK
Doctor - that bomb. We've got seconds.
The Doctor is paying them no attention, eyes fixed on the sobbing Nancy.ROSE
(to Jack)
You can teleport us out.
Jack looks at her almost apologetically. He makes his decision and teleports himself out.JACK
Not you guys. The nav-com's back online. Gonna take too long to override the protocols.
THE DOCTOR
(eyes fixed on Nancy)
So it's volcano day. Do what you've got to do.
ROSE
(staring at Jack, betrayed)
Jack?
Nancy, still sobbing, glances up at him and then away again, shame faced].THE DOCTOR
(to Nancy)
How old were you five years ago? Fifteen? Sixteen? Old enough to give birth, anyway.
Nancy shakes her head, tearful.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
He's not your brother, is he?
Nancy nods, tears streaming down her face.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
A teenage single mother in 1941. So you hid. You lied.
The gates swing open. The Child stands at the forefront of an army of gasmask people, ready to charge.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
You even lied to him.
No answer. The gasmask people begin to walk forward.THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
THE DOCTOR
He's gonna keep asking, Nancy. He's never gonna stop. Tell him.
Nancy sniffs, still tearful. The Child approaches them.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Nancy... the future of the human race is in your hands. Trust me... and tell him.
The Doctor gives Nancy a gentle push in the direction of the Child.THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
She faces him. The Child walks slowly forward.THE CHILD
Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy?
NANCY
(whispers)
Yes.
(stronger)
Yes. I AM your mummy.
Nancy looks at her little boy.THE CHILD
Mummy?
NANCY
I'm here.
THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
NANCY
(kneeling before him)
I'm here.
THE CHILD
Are you my mummy?
NANCY
(whispers)
Yes.
THE DOCTOR
(to Rose)
He doesn't understand. There's not enough of him left.
And she takes him into her arms, no longer caring what will happen. The nanogenes surround them, making them glow with a golden light.NANCY
(tearful, sincere)
I am your mummy. I will always be your mummy. I'm so sorry.
Nancy, still hugging her little boy, has her eyes closed and is stroking his hair.NANCY (CONT'D)
I am so, so sorry.
ROSE
(to the Doctor)
What's happening?
He stares intently at the two of them surrounded by the nanogenes, apprehensive and excited.ROSE (CONT'D)
Doctor, it's changing her, we should--
THE DOCTOR
(holding an arm out to silence her)
Shh!
Nancy falls away from the child to the ground, as the nanogenes disappear. The Doctor and Rose rush over, the Doctor staring down at the child, hardly daring to hope.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Come on, please. Come on, you CLEVER little nanogenes - figure it out! The mother. She's the mother! There's gotta be enough information, figure it out!
ROSE
What's happening?
THE DOCTOR
(pointing)
See? Recognizing the same DNA.
He reaches out to the gasmask... and removes it, revealing a perfectly ordinary, very sweet little boy underneath. Nancy stares in delighted wonder and the Doctor laughs ecstatically. He lifts the little boy into the air, swinging him around.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Oh, come on. Give me a day like this. Give me this one.
And he hugs Jamie, laughing.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Ah-ha-ha! Welcome back! Twenty years 'til pop music - you're gonna love it.
A bomb lands nearby.NANCY
(in wonder)
What happened?
THE DOCTOR
The nanogenes recognised the superior information - the parent DNA. They didn't change YOU because YOU changed them! Haha!
(plonks Jamie down in front of her)
Mother knows best!
NANCY
(almost crying with happiness)
Jamie...!
The bomb plummets towards them... and is suddenly snatched out of the air by a blue forcefield. A moment later, Jack appears hovering in the tunnel of light. He calls down to them.ROSE
Doctor, that bomb...
THE DOCTOR
Taken care of it.
ROSE
How?
THE DOCTOR
(gesturing Nancy and Jamie)
Psychology!
And he disappears. Rose looks slightly let down - and then he reappears.JACK
Doctor!
THE DOCTOR
Good lad!
JACK
The bomb's already commenced detonation. I've put it in stasis but it won't last long.
THE DOCTOR
Change of plan - don't need the bomb. Can you get rid of it? Safely as you can?
JACK
Rose?
ROSE
Yeah?
JACK
Goodbye.
He grins. Rose returns the grin, pulling the tee-shirt down embarrassedly. Jack disappears again. His ship zooms off into the night sky. The Doctor walks a few paces away, staring intently at his hands. He summons the nanogenes. They flutter around his hands.JACK (CONT'D)
By the way - love the tee-shirt.
And he throws the nanogenes away from him, towards the gasmask people who are still milling around on the train track. The Doctor gives his widest grin as the gasmask people fall to the floor, the nanogenes surrounding them.ROSE
What're you doing?
THE DOCTOR
Software patch. Gonna email the upgrade. You want moves, Rose? I'll give you moves.
And the gasmask people get to their feet - except they are no longer gasmask people. They are restored to normal human beings. The Doctor bounds over to Doctor Constantine.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
(ecstatic)
Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once. Everybody lives!
And he rushes back to Rose. An old lady - Mrs Harcourt - hobbles towards Constantine.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Doctor Constantine. Who never left his patients. Back on your feet, constant doctor! World doesn't wanna get by without you just yet, and I don't blame it one bit.
(gestures the former gasmask people milling around)
These are your patients. All better, now!
DR CONSTANTINE
(completely confused)
Yes, yes... so it seems. They also seem to be standing around in a disused railway station. Is there any particular reason for that?
THE DOCTOR
(beaming)
Yeah, well, you know - cutbacks. Listen, whatever was wrong with them in the past, you're probably gonna find that they're cured. Just tell them what a great doctor you are. Don't make a big thing of it. Okay?
Constantine smiles. He and his patients begin to walk away, and the Doctor bends down to the control. He speaks to Rose.MRS HARCOURT
Doctor Constantine.
DR CONSTANTINE
Mrs Harcourt - how much better you are looking!
MRS HARCOURT
(bewildered)
My leg's grown back! When I come to the hospital, I had ONE leg.
DR CONSTANTINE
(observing this)
Well - there is a war on. Is it possible you miscounted?
THE DOCTOR
(calling over them from on top of the Chula med-ship)
Right, you lot! Lots to do! Beat the Germans, save the world - don't forget the Welfare State!
The Doctor looks at her and grins. She grins back.THE DOCTOR
Setting this to self-destruct, soon as everybody's clear. History says there was an explosion here. Who am I to argue with history?
ROSE
Usually the first in line.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor and Rose enter the TARDIS, the Doctor still chatting away happily.
Rose smiles at his enthusiasm.THE DOCTOR
The nanogenes will clean up the mess and switch themselves off - because I just told them to. Nancy and Jamie will go to Doctor Constantine for help - ditto - all in all, all things considered - fantastic!
The Doctor's smile fades, and he carries on working, as though he doesn't want to answer this.ROSE
Look at you, beaming away like you're Father Christmas!
THE DOCTOR
Who says I'm not, red-bicycle-when-you-were-twelve?
ROSE
(startled)
What?!
THE DOCTOR
(arms wide to embrace this)
And everybody lives, Rose! Everybody lives!
(pings a switch on the console)
I need more days like this.
ROSE
Doctor...
THE DOCTOR
Go on, ask me anything. I'm on FIRE!
ROSE
What about Jack?
No answer. The Doctor stares intently at the console.ROSE (CONT'D)
Why'd he say goodbye?
EXT. SPACE
Jack's spaceship soars through space.
INT. JACK'S SHIP
Jack clambers into the pilot seat.
Jack closes his eyes for a second.JACK
Okay, computer - how long can we keep the bomb in stasis?
COMPUTER
Stasis decaying at ninety percent per cycle. Detonation in three minutes.
JACK
Can we jettison it?
COMPUTER
Any attempt to jettison the device will precipitate detonation. One hundred percent probability.
Jack nods, beginning to acknowledge his situation.JACK
We could stick it in an escape pod.
COMPUTER
There is no escape pod on board.
JACK
I see the flaw in that. I'LL get in the escape pod!
COMPUTER
There is no escape pod on board.
JACK
(voice rising)
Did you check everywhere?
COMPUTER
Affirmative.
JACK
(yells)
Under the sink!
COMPUTER
Affirmative.
Jack sighs.JACK
Okay. Out of one hundred... exactly how dead am I?
COMPUTER
Termination of Captain Jack Harkness in under two minutes. One hundred percent probability.
EXT. SPACEJACK
Lovely. Thanks. Good to know the numbers.
The ship drifts along.
INT. JACK'S SHIPCOMPUTER
(voice-over)
You're welcome.
JACK
(voice-over)
Okay then.
And a drink appears on Jack's dashboard. He reaches out to take it, smiling. He sips it.JACK
Think we'd better initiate emergency protocol four-one-seven.
COMPUTER
Affirmative.
We pull back and back. The bomb ticks away... 'Moonlight Serenade' in the background... continue to pull back - right through the doors of the TARDIS. Jack spins around. Rose and the Doctor seem to be in a rather awkward position inside.JACK
Oo, a little too much vermouth. See if I come here again!
(laughs)
Funny thing... last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hyper-vodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that. Woke up in bed with BOTH my executioners. Hmm, lovely couple. They stayed in touch!
(ponders this)
Can't say that about most executioners.
(laughs again)
Anyway. Thanks for everything, computer. It's been great.
Jack leaps to his feet and dashes into the TARDIS.ROSE
(calling to Jack)
Well, hurry up then!
INT. TARDIS
Rose and the Doctor are waltzing around to 'Moonlight Serenade'. Rose is teaching the Doctor dances moves, making okaying noises as they dance . Jack looks around at the sheer size of the place, compared with the outside.
He spins her around, getting her arm all twisted.ROSE
Right, and turn...
The Doctor looks sheepish.ROSE (CONT'D)
Okay, okay, try and spin me again, but this time - don't get my arm up my back!
Rose grins and leans against one of the pillars. The Doctor flicks a switch and the engines start up.ROSE (CONT'D)
No extra points for a half-nelson.
THE DOCTOR
(rather put out)
I'm SURE I used to know this stuff.
(to Jack)
Close the door, will you. Your ship's about to blow up - there's gonna be a draft.
They grin and she takes his hand, as if to dance with him.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Welcome to the TARDIS.
JACK
Much bigger on the inside...
THE DOCTOR
You'd better be.
ROSE
I think what the Doctor's TRYING to say is... you may cut in.
And 'In The Mood' blares out of the speakers - wherever they are. Lights flash all around the room, and the Doctor moves towards Rose in time to the music, clicking his fingers.THE DOCTOR
Rose! I've just remembered!
ROSE
What?
Rose sniggers and hops up the steps to take the Doctor's hands. It's almost as though he was only pretending he couldn't dance before. He spins her perfectly. Jack watches them with a big smile on his face as they dance around the console room, perfect partners. The Doctor suddenly throws her backwards over his arm, earning a whoop of delight from Rose. Jack averts his eyes, still smiling. Rose pulls herself up, and sags onto his shoulder, giggling.THE DOCTOR
I can dance!
ROSE
Actually, Doctor... I thought Jack might like this dance.
THE DOCTOR
(unfazed)
I'm sure he would, Rose. I'm absolutely certain. But who with?
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