Margaret, also covered in the electricity, drops Indra's body from the wall.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, KITCHEN
In the kitchen, the Slitheen who was attacking Jackie is also suffering.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM
The Doctor dashes to the door, past the bodies.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Rose grabs Harriet's hand and they run from the room, Harriet whimpering slightly, Rose just looking terrified.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, KITCHEN
Jackie is still crouched on the floor in horror, watching the alien screeching in pain. Mickey appears in the doorway.
He whacks the Slitheen over the head with a chair, grabs Jackie's arms and pulls her out of the kitchen. He pauses in the doorway to take his phone out of his pocket and snap a picture of the Slitheen. He grins, and then runs to join Jackie.MICKEY
Jackie!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION
The Doctor finds security all gathered in reception.
He leads them in the direction of the conference room, their guns at the ready.THE DOCTOR
Oi! You want aliens - you've got them. They're inside Downing Street.
(claps his hands)
Come on!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM
Joseph finally manages to deactivate the weapon, and the electricity disappears. He picks up the skin suit of General Asquith.
Joseph hastens to help the Slitheen into the skin suit.SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
Reinstate my disguise! Hurry up! Hurry! Hurry!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDORS
Rose and Jackie run down a corridor.
She runs back in the direction of the cabinet room. Rose follows her, but they are quickly forced to change direction as Margaret Slitheen comes their way. She chases them. They run across a hallway, Rose closing the door behind them. Margaret simply leaps through it. Rose and Harriet arrive back in another room, shutting the door behind them.HARRIET
No, wait!
(they stop)
They're still in there! The emergency protocols! We need them!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM
The Doctor leads security into the meeting room, where Joseph is making the finishing touches to Asquith's skin suit. They both stop when they see the Doctor and security standing there.
Security start checking the bodies for any sign of life.JOSEPH
Where've you been?
Joseph folds his arms skeptically. The Doctor looks at the policeman next to him.JOSEPH (CONT'D)
I called for help, I sounded the alarm. There was this... lightening! This kind of er... um... electricity, and they all collapsed!
SGT. PRICE
I think they're all dead.
JOSEPH
That's what I'm saying. He did it!
(points at the Doctor)
That man there!
THE DOCTOR
I think you will find the Prime Minister is an alien in disguise.
He runs for it.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
That's never going to work, is it?
POLICEMAN
Nope.
THE DOCTOR
Fair enough.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM
Security are hot on the Doctor's tail, and he soon finds himself surrounded. He puts his hands in the air, grinning.
Security ready their guns.ASQUITH
Under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Protocols, I authorize you to execute this man!
He backs into the lift and closes the door with his sonic screwdriver.THE DOCTOR
Uh, well, now, yes. You see, eh... the thing is... if I was you, if I was going to execute someone by backing them against the wall, between you and me, little word of advice...
(life behind him pings open)
Don't stand them against the lift!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDORS
Margaret Slitheen is still chasing Rose and Harriet. Rose knees a locked door. The lift pings open, revealing the Doctor. Margaret roars at him, and he smiles and nods around at them all.
The doors shut again, distracting Margaret long enough for Rose and Harriet to slip away un-noticed.THE DOCTOR
(pleasantly)
Hello!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM
Rose and Harriet find themselves in a room where all the doors are locked - a dead end.
They both hide themselves extremely poorly.ROSE
Hide!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR
The lift pings and the Doctor steps out on the second floor.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM
Asquith and security are still standing next to the lift they backed the Doctor against.
The lift pings. Joseph and Asquith step into it.ASQUITH
I repeat, the upper floors are under quarantine. You will stay where you are. You will disregard all previous instructions. You will take your orders directly from me.
He shuts the doors. The sergeant turns to face the others.SGT. PRICE
Mr. Green sir - I'm sorry but you've got to come with me. We should evacuate the entire building.
JOSEPH
Sergeant - have you uh - read the Emergency Protocols?
SGT. PRICE
No, sir.
JOSEPH
Then don't question me.
(steps back into the lift)
Seal off number 10 - secure the ground floor - and if the Doctor makes it downstairs - shoot on site!
They do so. The sergeant follows them.SGT. PRICE
Well, you heard him! Move out!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, LIFT
Joseph farts.ASQUITH
Let the sport begin.
They both undo the zips on their foreheads.JOSEPH
I'm getting poisoned by the gas exchange. I need to be naked!
ASQUITH
Rejoice in it! Your body is... magnificent.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM
Margaret Slitheen enters.
Rose bolts from her hiding place behind a cabinet to take refuge behind the curtain.SLITHEEN/MARGARET
(playfully)
Oh, such fun! Little human children... where are you? Sweet little humeykins... come to me... let me kiss you better...
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDORSLITHEEN/MARGARET (CONT'D)
...kiss you with my big, green lips.
(hisses)
The Doctor runs down a flight of stairs, hearing the Sergeant barking orders in the distance. Then he hears the lift ping, and hastily backtracks and hides in a crevice next to the door. The two Slitheen walk past.
The Doctor waits until they are out of sight.SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
We'll keep this floor quarantined as our last hunting ground before the final phase.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS STATE ROOM
The two Slitheen, Joseph and Asquith join Margaret.
Harriet's mouth drops open with horror.SLITHEEN/MARGARET
My brothers.
SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
Happy hunting?
SLITHEEN/MARGARET
It's wonderful. The more you prolong it, the more they stink.
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
Sweat... and fear.
Margaret sweeps the curtain aside revealing Rose, who screams. Harriet jumps out from her hiding place.SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
I can smell an old girl... stale bird... brittle bones.
SLITHEEN/MARGARET
And a ripe youngster. All hormones and adrenaline. Fresh enough to bend before she snaps.
The Doctor crashes in and blasts a fire extinguisher in the Slitheen's faces.HARRIET
No! Take me first! Take me!
Rose pulls the curtains down over Margaret's head and then both she and Margaret run to stand behind the Doctor. The Doctor looks at Harriet.THE DOCTOR
Out! With me!
The Doctor blasts the fire extinguisher again. Then they run for it.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Who the hell are you?
HARRIET
Harriet Jones - MP for Flydale North.
THE DOCTOR
Nice to meet you.
HARRIET
Likewise.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR
They run. The Doctor bypasses a locked door with his sonic screwdriver and the Slitheen pursue them all the way back to the cabinet room.THE DOCTOR
We need to get to the cabinet rooms!
HARRIET
The Emergency Protocols are in there! They give instructions on aliens!
THE DOCTOR
Harriet Jones - I like you.
HARRIET
And I like you too.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM/ADJOINING ROOM
They have no time to close the door, so instead the Doctor picks up a bottle of brandy and hold his sonic screwdriver to it.
The Slitheen hesitate.THE DOCTOR
One more move and my sonic device will triplicate the flammability of this alcohol. Whoof! We all go up. So back off.
He holds the brandy threateningly out in front of him.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Right then. Question time. Who exactly are the Slitheen?
HARRIET
They're aliens.
THE DOCTOR
Yes. I got that, thanks.
SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
Who are you, if not human?
HARRIET
Who's not human?
ROSE
He's not human.
HARRIET
He's not human?
THE DOCTOR
Can I have a bit of hush?
HARRIET
Sorry.
THE DOCTOR
So - what's the plan?
HARRIET
But he's got a Northern accent.
ROSE
Lots of planets have a North.
THE DOCTOR
I said hush. Come on!
He flexes his claws menacingly. The Doctor fold his arms.THE DOCTOR
You've got a spaceship hidden in the North Sea. It's transmitting a signal. You've murdered your way to the top of government - what for? Invasion?
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
Why would we invade this God forsaken rock?
THE DOCTOR
Then something's brought the Slitheen race here - what is it?
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
'The Slitheen race'?
SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
Slitheen is not our species. Slitheen is our surname. Jocrassa Fel Fotch Pasameer Day Slitheen at your service.
THE DOCTOR
So, you're family.
SLITHEEN/JOSEPH
It's a family business.
THE DOCTOR
Then you're out to make a profit. How can you do that on a 'God forsaken rock'?
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
Ahhh... excuse me? Your device will do what? Triplicate the flammability...?
THE DOCTOR
Is that what I said?
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
You're making it up!
THE DOCTOR
Ah, well! Nice try. Harriet, have a drink. I think you're gonna need it.
(offers her the brandy)
HARRIET
Pass it to the left first.
THE DOCTOR
Sorry.
(hands it to Rose)
ROSE
Thanks.
SLITHEEN/ASQUITH
Now we can end this hunt... with a slaughter.
The Slitheen shuffle forward.ROSE
Don't you think we should run?
Every entrance to the room is immediately blocked by metal shutters. The Doctor turns to Rose and Harriet.THE DOCTOR
Fascinating history, Downing Street. Two thousand years ago, this was marsh land. 1730, it was occupied by a Mr. Chicken. He was a nice man. 1796, this was the cabinet room - if the cabinet's in session and in danger, these are about the four most safest walls in the whole of Great Britain.
(presses a switch near the door)
End of lesson.
Pause.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Installed in 1991. Three inches of steel lining every single wall. They'll never get in.
ROSE
And how do we get out?
INT.10 DOWNING STREET, ADJOINING ROOMTHE DOCTOR
Ah.
They make to leave.JOSEPH
He is safely contained. Now, cut off communications inside that room, then summon the family, it's time we finished with this insane planet for good!
EXT. POWELL ESTATE
Jackie and Mickey emerge from a side door of the block of flats. They run stealthily across the yard to avoid detection from the policeman who still surround the building. They remain unnoticed.
EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET
He looks around as another fat man gets out of a car outside Downing Street.REPORTER
And there's still no word from inside Downing Street, though we are getting even more new arrivals.
Another man emerges from a car.REPORTER (CONT'D)
That's group Captain Tennant James of the RAF - though why he's been summoned, I've no idea.
A fat woman makes her way to 10 Downing Street.REPORTER (CONT'D)
And that's ah... Ewan McAllister. Deputy Secretary for the Scottish Parliament. And this is most unusual!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTIONREPORTER (CONT'D)
I'm told that is Sylvia Dillane - chairman of the North Sea Boating Club. Quite what connects these people, we have no idea.
Margaret comes down the stairs and greats Tennant James.
He farts.MARGARET
Group Captain - delighted you could make it. We're meeting upstairs.
Ewan McAllister stands in front of her - she shakes his hand.MARGARET (CONT'D)
That's the spirit. Off you go.
Asquith stops the Sergeant as he goes past.MARGARET (CONT'D)
Good to see you!
(nods pleasantly at Sylvia)
Come on through!
He nods towards the three newcomers who are now going up the stairs.ASQUITH
Ah! Sergeant - now that the Doctor's been neutralized, the upper levels are out of bounds - to everyone.
SGT. PRICE
Then who are they?
He walks off, leaving the Sergeant looking bewildered and confused.ASQUITH
Ahh, Sergeant. I want you to liaise with communications - the acting Prime Minister will be making a public address. He will speak to the nations of the world.
INT.10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR
Margaret is showing her family into a room.
She ushers Sylvia into the room and grabs a coat hanger on her way to the other door. She takes a skin suit from an emerging Slitheen.MARGARET
There you are - if you'd just like to go through and get changed.
Margaret hangs the skin suit up.MARGARET (CONT'D)
Now, if you'd like to head down to the end corridor, it's first on the left.
SLITHEEN
Thank you.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN
Jackie and Mickey are in Mickey's kitchen. Mickey is holding a kettle.
She bursts into tears. Mickey gives her a quick hug.JACKIE
Have you got anything stronger?
MICKEY
No chance, I've seen you when you've had a few - this ain't time for a conga.
JACKIE
(sits)
We've gotta tell someone.
MICKEY
Who do we trust? For all we know, they've all got big bog monsters inside of them. I mean, this is what he does, Jacks.
(brandishes a couple of mugs at her in his enthusiasm)
Everywhere he goes - death and destruction, and he's got Rose in the middle of it.
JACKIE
Has he got a great big green thing inside him, then?
MICKEY
I wouldn't put it past him.
(takes a bottle of milk from the fridge)
But like it or not, he's the only person who knows how to fight these things.
JACKIE
I thought I was gonna die.
They laugh slightly.MICKEY
Come on, yeah? If anyone's gonna cry, it's gonna be me. Now, you're safe in my flat, Jacks - no one's gonna look for you here, especially since you hate me so much.
JACKIE
You saved my life. God, that's embarrassing.
MICKEY
You're telling me.
EXT. POWELL ESTATEJACKIE
He wanted me dead. And he's still out there, Mickey...
(stands)
That policeman... that thing...
Strickland sniffs the air. He turns to another policeman behind him.
The other police officers nod and get in the car.STRICKLAND
Right - you head off. You're in full control, I've got one or two things that still need doing. I haven't quite finished with Mrs. Tyler yet...
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR
Joseph goes up to Margaret who is adjusting the skin suit on the hangers.
They smile and he walks off.JOSEPH
Is that all of us?
MARGARET
All the family except Sit Fel Fotch. He's found a hunt of his own.
JOSEPH
Ah!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
The Doctor drags Indra's body into a cupboard,
Harriet goes to look.THE DOCTOR
What was his name?
HARRIET
Which one?
THE DOCTOR
This one - the secretary or whatever he was called.
The Doctor crosses Indra's hands over his body.HARRIET
I don't know. I talked to him. I brought him a cup of coffee. I never asked his name.
She indicates the Doctor, who is busy scanning the walls with his sonic screwdriver.THE DOCTOR
Sorry.
(strides into the room)
Right, what have we got? Any terminals? Anything?
ROSE
No. The place is antique. What I don't get, is when they killed the Prime Minister, why didn't they use him as a disguise?
THE DOCTOR
He's too slim - they're big old beasts, they need to fit inside big humans.
ROSE
But the Slitheen are about 8 feet, how do they squeeze inside?
THE DOCTOR
That's the device around their necks - compression field - literally shrinks them down a bit. That's why there's all that gas, it's a big exchange.
ROSE
Wish I had a compression field, I could fit a size smaller.
HARRIET
Excuse me, people are dead, this is not the time for making jokes.
ROSE
Sorry... you get used to this stuff when you're friends with him.
He looks as though he is struggling to remember something.HARRIET
Well, that's a strange friendship.
THE DOCTOR
Harriet Jones - I've heard that name before - Harriet Jones. You're not famous for anything, are you?
HARRIET
Huh! Hardly.
THE DOCTOR
Rings a bell, Harriet Jones...
The Doctor stops scanning the mantelpiece with his sonic screwdriver to listen.HARRIET
Lifelong back bencher I'm afraid, and a fat lot of use I'm being now - the protocols are redundant, they list the people who can help and they're all dead downstairs.
ROSE
Hasn't it got like, defence codes and things? Can we just launch a nuclear bomb at 'em?
HARRIET
(stares)
You're a very violent young woman...
ROSE
I'm serious! We could!
HARRIET
Well, there's nothing like that in here. Nuclear strikes do need a release code, yes, but it's kept secret by the United Nations.
The Doctor is deep in thought.THE DOCTOR
Say that again.
HARRIET
What, about the codes?
THE DOCTOR
Anything. All of it.
HARRIET
Um, well... the British Isles can't gain access to atomic weapons without a special resolution from the UN.
ROSE
Like that's every stopped them.
HARRIET
Exactly, given our past record - and I voted against that, thank you very much. The codes have been taken out of the governments hands and given to the UN.
Rose's phone goes off.HARRIET (CONT'D)
Is it important?
THE DOCTOR
Everything's important.
HARRIET
If we only knew what the Slitheen wanted. Listen to me, I'm saying 'Slitheen' as if it's normal.
ROSE
What do they want, though?
THE DOCTOR
Well, it's just one family so it's not an invasion. They don't want Slitheen world... they're out to make money, which means they want to use something, something here on Earth... some kind of asset.
HARRIET
Like what? Gold? Oil? Water?
THE DOCTOR
You're very good at this.
HARRIET
(pleased)
Thank you.
THE DOCTOR
Harriet Jones - why do I know that name?
She takes her phone out of her pocket.ROSE
Oh! That's me.
She hands the Doctor her phone. Mickey has sent her the photo of the Slitheen in Jackie's kitchen.HARRIET
But we're sealed off - how did you get a signal?
ROSE
He zapped it! Super-phone.
HARRIET
(to the Doctor)
Then we can phone for help! You must have contacts.
THE DOCTOR
Dead downstairs, yeah.
ROSE
It's Mickey.
THE DOCTOR
Oh, tell your stupid boyfriend we're busy.
ROSE
Yeah, he's not so stupid after all.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM
Mickey and Jackie enter Mickey's bedroom, Mickey checking around the door first. He is on the phone to Rose.
Mickey gestures violently at Jackie.MICKEY
No, no, no, no, no - not just alien, but like, proper alien. All stinking, and wet, and disgusting. And more to the point, it wanted to kill us!
JACKIE
I could've died!
The Doctor snatches the phone from her.ROSE
Is she alright, though? Don't put her on, just tell me.
Rose smiles.THE DOCTOR
Is that Ricky? Don't talk, just shut up and go to your computer.
MICKEY
It's Mickey. And why should I?
THE DOCTOR
Mickey the Idiot - I might just choke before I finish this sentence, but eh - I need you.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM
Mickey is on the UNIT website.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
It says password.
The Doctor is putting the mobile on speakerphone.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMTHE DOCTOR
Say again.
MICKEY
It's asking for the password.
THE DOCTOR
Buffalo - two Fs, one L.
Jackie puts down two cups of tea on the computer desk.
Mickey finishes typing in the password and turns to her as the page loads.JACKIE
So, what's that website?
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
All the secret information known to mankind.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMMICKEY (CONT'D)
See, they've known about aliens for years, they just kept us in the dark.
THE DOCTOR
Mickey, you were born in the dark.
ROSE
Oh, leave him alone.
MICKEY
Thank you. Password again.
Mickey hands Jackie the phone as he types it in again.THE DOCTOR
Just repeat it, every time.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMTHE DOCTOR
Big Ben - why did the Slitheen hit Big Ben?
HARRIET
You said to gather the experts - to kill them.
THE DOCTOR
That lot would've gathered for a weather balloon, you don't need to crash land in the middle of London.
ROSE
The Slitheen were hiding - and then they put the entire planet on red alert, what would they do that for?
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMJACKIE
Oh, listen to her.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMROSE
At least I'm trying!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
JACKIE
Well, I've got a question if you don't mind. Because since that man walked into our lives, I have been attacked in the streets. I have had creatures from the pits of hell in my own living room, and my daughter's disappeared off the face of the Earth.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMROSE
I told you what happened.
JACKIE
I'm talking to him. 'Cause I've seen this life of yours, Doctor. And maybe you get off on it. And maybe you think it's all clever and smart, but you tell me. Just answer me this - is my daughter safe?
Mickey looks around at her.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
The Doctor stares intently at the phone.
The Doctor glances up at Rose, who looks back at him. They stare at each other.ROSE
I'm fine.
JACKIE
Is she safe? Will she always be safe? Can you promise me that?
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMJACKIE
Well, what's the answer?
Mickey grabs the phone off Jackie, breaking the moment.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
We're in.
Let off the hook, the Doctor rushes around the table.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMTHE DOCTOR
Right then - on the left, there's a tab - an icon - little concentric circles - click on that.
Mickey's doorbell rings.MICKEY
What is it?
THE DOCTOR
The Slitheen have got a spaceship in the North Sea and it's transmitting that signal, now hush, let me work out what it's saying.
JACKIE
He'll have to answer me one day.
MICKEY
(gesturing violently)
Hush!
THE DOCTOR
It's some sort of message.
ROSE
What's it say?
THE DOCTOR
Don't know - it's on a loop, keeps repeating.
Jackie gives him a look as she gets up. Mickey shakes his head.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Hush!
MICKEY
That's not me.
(to Jackie)
Go and see who that is.
JACKIE
It's three o'clock in the morning.
MICKEY
Well go and tell them that.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAYTHE DOCTOR
It's beaming out into space, who's it for?
The doorbell rings more persistently.
She opens the door to reveal Strickland.JACKIE
Alright!
Jackie slams it shut again and runs back to Mickey's room squealing.STRICKLAND
Mrs Tyler.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM
Mickey picks up a cricket bat.JACKIE
It's him! It's the thing, it's the Slickeen!
MICKEY
They've found us.
THE DOCTOR
Mickey, I need that signal.
ROSE
Never mind the signal, mum just get out! Get out! Get out!
EXT. MICKEY'S FLATMICKEY
We can't, it's by the front door.
Outside the front door, the Slitheen takes his body suit off.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAY
Jackie and Mickey see the blue light shining beneath the cracks around the door.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
Oh, my God. It's unmasking. It's gonna kill us.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAYHARRIET
There's got to be some way of stopping them!
(to the Doctor)
You're supposed to be the expert, think of something!
THE DOCTOR
I'm trying!
The Slitheen makes worrying noises from outside.
He squares himself in front of the door.MICKEY
I'll take it on, Jackie. You just run. Don't look back. Just run.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Down the phone, they hear the Slitheen smashing the door in.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAYROSE
That's my mother.
THE DOCTOR
Right! If we're going to find their weakness, we need to find out where they're from - which planet. So, judging by their face and shape, that narrows it down to five thousand planets within travelling distance. What else do we know about them? Information!
ROSE
They're green.
THE DOCTOR
Yep, narrows it down.
ROSE
Uh, good sense of smell.
THE DOCTOR
Narrows it down.
ROSE
They can smell adrenaline.
THE DOCTOR
Narrows it down.
HARRIET
The compression technology.
THE DOCTOR
Narrows it down.
ROSE
The spaceship in the Thames - you said slipstream engine?
THE DOCTOR
Narrows it down.
The Slitheen punches a hole through the door.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
It's getting in!
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAYROSE
Oh! They hunt like it's a ritual.
THE DOCTOR
Narrows it down.
HARRIET
Wait a minute! Did you notice, when they fart - if you'll pardon the word - it doesn't just smell like a fart - if you'll pardon the word - it's something else, what is it, it's more like uh... um...
ROSE
Bad breath!
HARRIET
That's it!
THE DOCTOR
Calcium decay! Now that narrows it down!
ROSE
We're getting there, mum!
The Slitheen is still having some trouble getting through the door.MICKEY
Too late!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, HALLWAYTHE DOCTOR
Calcium phosphate, organic calcium, living calcium, creatures made out of living calcium, what else, what else - hyphenated sodium - yes! That narrows it down to one planet! Raxacoricofallapatorius!
The Slitheen kicks half the door down and begins to step through it.MICKEY
Oh, yeah, great. We could write 'em a letter.
Jackie and Mickey back into the kitchen.THE DOCTOR
Get into the kitchen!
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN
They slam the door, trying to bar it shut with a chair and a dustbin as the Slitheen throws its weight against it.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMJACKIE
My God, it's going to rip us apart!
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHENTHE DOCTOR
Calcium, recombined with compression field - ascetic acid. Vinegar!
HARRIET
Just like Hannibal!
THE DOCTOR
Just like Hannibal. Mickey, have you got any vinegar?
MICKEY
How should I know?
THE DOCTOR
It's your kitchen.
ROSE
Cupboard by the sink, middle shelf.
Jackie snatches the phone from Mickey.
Jackie grabs a jug and opens the cupboard.JACKIE
Give it here, what do you need?
THE DOCTOR
Anything with vinegar!
The Slitheen is poking holes in the door with its claws.JACKIE
Gherkins!
She adds them to the jug. Mickey has the bat raised ready.JACKIE (CONT'D)
Yeah! Pickled onions!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMJACKIE
Picked eggs!
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHENTHE DOCTOR
(to Rose)
You kiss this man?
The Slitheen finally kicks down the door and enters the kitchen. Jackie and Mickey back against the counter. Jackie chucks the vinegar all over it. There is a few seconds silence and then it explodes, splattering the whole room, Jackie and Mickey with green goo.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Having heard the bang, the Doctor, Rose and Harriet all breath a sigh of relief.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, KITCHEN
Mickey lowers his bat.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
They raise their glasses in toast, and drink.ROSE
Hannibal?
HARRIET
Hannibal crossed the Alps by dissolving boulders with vinegar.
ROSE
Oh. Well, there you go then.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTIONROSE (CONT'D)
Phew!
Downstairs, Asquith approaches Joseph.
EXT. 10 DOWNING STREETASQUITH
He's dead. Sip Fel Fotch Pasameer- Day Slitheen is dead.
JOSEPH
I felt it. How could that happen?
ASQUITH
Somebody must've got lucky.
JOSEPH
That's the last piece of luck anyone on this rock will ever have.
Joseph and Asquith walk out of the doors of 10 Downing Street, to address the crowd outside. He faces the camera.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, LIVING ROOMJOSEPH
Ladies and Gentlemen - Nations of the World - Human Kind. The greatest experts in extra-terrestrial events came here tonight. They gathered in the common cause. But the news I bring you now is grave indeed.
Mickey, wiping the goo off himself with a towel, comes into the living room to watch Joseph on the TV.
Mickey takes the phone off Jackie.JOSEPH (CONT'D)
The experts are dead. Murdered - right in front of me by alien hands. Peoples of the Earth, heed my words. These visitors do not come in peace.
He holds the phone to the TV.MICKEY
Listen to this.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMJOSEPH
Our inspectors have searched the sky above our heads and they have found massive weapons of destruction, capable of being deployed within 45 seconds.
The Doctor, Rose and Harriet are crowded around the phone, listening to him.
The Doctor opens the metal shutters. The Slitheen are still standing outside the door.THE DOCTOR
What?
JOSEPH
Our technicians can - baffle - the alien probes. But not for long. We are facing extinction. Unless we strike first. The United Kingdom stands directly beneath the belly of the mother ship. I beg the United Nations - pass an emergency resolution. Give us the access codes! A nuclear strike at the heart of the ship is our only chance of survival. Because... from this moment on... it is my solemn duty to inform you... planet Earth is at war.
THE DOCTOR
He's making it up. There's no weapons up there, there's no threat. He just invented it.
HARRIET
Do you think they'll believe him?
ROSE
They did last time.
THE DOCTOR
That's why the Slitheen went for spectacle. They want the whole world panicking, because you lot - you get scared, you lash out.
ROSE
They release the defence codes...
THE DOCTOR
And the Slitheen go nuclear.
HARRIET
But why?
Margaret Slitheen, still in her skin suit, stands before the Doctor.THE DOCTOR
You get the codes, release the missiles. But not into space because there's nothing there. You attack every other country on Earth, they retaliate, fight back. World War Three - whole planet gets nuked.
The Slitheen all burst out laughing.MARGARET
And we can sit through it in our spaceship waiting in the Thames. Not crashed. Just parked. They'll be two minutes away.
HARRIET
But you'll destroy the planet, this beautiful place. What for?
THE DOCTOR
Profit. That's what the signal is beaming into space - an advert.
MARGARET
Sale of the century. We reduce the Earth to molten slag, then sell it. Piece by piece. Radioactive chucks capable of powering every cut-price star liner and budget cargo ship. There's a recession out there, Doctor. People are buying cheap. This rock becomes raw fuel.
THE DOCTOR
At the cost of 5 billion lives.
MARGARET
Bargain.
THE DOCTOR
Then I give you the choice - leave this planet or I'll stop you.
The Doctor does not look remotely abashed. He stares her out.MARGARET
What? You? Trapped in your box?
Margaret laughs again, but nervously. The Doctor fixes her in his gaze and closes the shutters. The smirk fades from Margaret's face.THE DOCTOR
Yes. Me.
EXT. EMBANKMENT
London is almost completely deserted.
INT. STUDIOREPORTER
Yesterday saw the start of a brave new world. Today might see it end. The streets are deserted. Everyone's home - just waiting. As the future is decided in New York.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, LIVING ROOMNEWSREADER
It's midnight here in New York. The United Nations has gathered. England has provided them with absolute proof that the massive weapons of mass destruction do exist. The security counsel will be making a resolution in a matter of minutes.
Mickey picks up the phone from the top of the TV.
Jackie is watching the TV biting her nails, scared and anxious.NEWSREADER (CONT'D)
And once the codes are released, humanity's first interplanetary war begins.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION
Inside 10 Downing Street, Margaret and Asquith make to go up the stairs as Joseph pauses at the bottom to talk to the Sergeant.
They shake hands. Asquith pats him genially on the shoulder, and the Sergeant resumes his post at the bottom of the stairs.JOSEPH
Sergeant. We'll take the call in the Prime Minister's office. Maintain the oppositions. Good luck.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
Margaret, Asquith and Joseph bundle their way into the Prime Minister's office, all insanely excited.
She blows it a kiss. Joseph sits down behind the desk, farting as he does so.MARGARET
Oh! Look at that! The telephone is actually red.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMJOSEPH
(excitedly)
How long 'til they phone?!
ASQUITH
Counting down...!
Jackie is on the phone again.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMJACKIE
Alright, Doctor. I'm not saying I trust you, but there must be something you can do.
The Doctor is standing quietly with his arms folded, leaning against the wall away from the other two. He is deep in thought.HARRIET
If we ferment the porch, we could make ascetic acid.
ROSE
Mickey, any luck?
MICKEY
There's loads of emergency numbers - they're all on voicemail.
She turns to face him incredulously.HARRIET
Voicemail dooms us all.
ROSE
If we could just get out of here...
THE DOCTOR
There's a way out.
ROSE
What?
The Doctor strides over to the table and leans over to speak into the phone.THE DOCTOR
There's always been a way out.
ROSE
Then why don't we use it?
The Doctor looks up at her.THE DOCTOR
(to Jackie)
Because I can't guarantee your daughter will be safe.
JACKIE
Don't you dare. Whatever it is, don't you dare.
THE DOCTOR
That's the thing, if I don't dare, everyone dies.
ROSE
Do it.
The Doctor stares at her.THE DOCTOR
You don't even know what it is, you'd just let me?
ROSE
(simply)
Yeah.
The Doctor looks up at her again.JACKIE
Please, Doctor. Please! She's my daughter, she's just a kid!
THE DOCTOR
Do you think I don't know that? Because this is my life, Jackie, it's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will.
ROSE
(softly)
Then what're you waiting for?
They stare intensely into each others eyes for a long moment until Rose averts her gaze with a shy smile.THE DOCTOR
I could save the world but lose you.
The Doctor looks back at Rose and grins.HARRIET
Except it's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine.
JACKIE
(angrily)
And who the hell are you?
HARRIET
Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. The only elected representative in this room, chosen by the people, for the people, and on behalf of the people I command you. Do it.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
Joseph, Margaret and Asquith are still waiting for the phone to ring.
He unzips his forehead. The other two follow suit.JOSEPH
Victory... should be naked!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Rose jumps onto the table.
Doctor opens the briefcase containing the emergency protocols.ROSE
How do we get out?
He opens the emergency protocols.THE DOCTOR
We don't. We stay here.
INT. STUDIO
In New York, the newsreader receives new information through her earpiece.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICENEWS READER
The counsel is voting. The results should be known any second now.
The Slitheen finish removing their skin suits.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
The Doctor shuffles through the protocols and then turns to address Mickey.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMTHE DOCTOR
Use the buffalo password, it overrides everything.
Mickey types the password in. Jackie watches him.
Jackie stands, agitated.JACKIE
What're you doing?
MICKEY
(as though he can't quite believe what he is saying)
Hacking into the Royal Navy.
(after a moment)
We're in. Here it is, uh... H.M.S. Taurean, Trafalgar Class Submarine, 10 miles off the coast of Plymouth.
Jackie walks up behind Mickey.THE DOCTOR
Right, we need to select a missile.
MICKEY
We can't go nuclear, we don't have the defence codes.
THE DOCTOR
We don't need it, all we need is an ordinary missile. What's the first category?
MICKEY
Sub Haffoon, UGMA4A.
THE DOCTOR
That's the one. Select.
Mickey and Jackie stare at each other for a few more seconds - but Jackie doesn't move.JACKIE
I could stop you.
MICKEY
(turns)
Do it, then.
THE DOCTOR
Ready for this?
He looks back at the screen. Jackie sits back down.MICKEY
Yeah.
Breathing heavily, Mickey screws up his eyes and clicks the Fire button.THE DOCTOR
Mickey the Idiot. The world is in your hands. Fire.
EXT. OCEAN
10 miles off the coast of Plymouth, a missile launches itself out of the sea.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOM
The missile is shown on the screen.JACKIE
Oh, my God.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Harriet taps the steel shutters.
Harriet hurries to help her.HARRIET
How solid are these?
THE DOCTOR
Not solid enough, built for short range attack, nothing this big.
ROSE
Alright. Now I'm making the decision. I'm not gonna die, we're gonna ride this one out.
(opens the cupboard door)
It's like what they say about earthquakes, you can survive 'em by standing under a doorframe. Now this cupboard's small so it's strong. Come and help me! Come on!
EXT. OCEAN
The missile soars over the sea.
INT. STUDIO
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICENEW YORK NEWSREADER
The vote is in. The counsel says... yes. They are releasing the codes.
The Slitheen family are now all gathered around the phone.
INT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BEDROOMSLITHEEN/JOSEPH
Ring, damn you!
Mickey is still staring at the computer screen.
Mickey taps a few keys.MICKEY
It's on radar. Counter defence 556.
THE DOCTOR
Stop them intercepting it.
MICKEY
I'm doing it now.
THE DOCTOR
Good boy.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOMMICKEY
556 neutralized.
The Doctor rips the mobile off speaker phone
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CONFERENCE ROOM
Downstairs, the Sergeant rushes to a computer terminal, looking over the operator's shoulder.
The operator points at the screen where the missile shows up on radar.SGT PRICE
What do you mean, 'incoming'?
EXT. OVER LONDON
The missile soars over London.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, RECEPTION
The Sergeant smashes the glass on the fire alarm, which goes off.
Everyone runs to the door.SGT. PRICE
Everybody out! Now! Get out!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
The Slitheen family hear the alarm.
The Sergeant bursts in.JOSEPH
What the hell is that for?
The Slitheen all look round at him.SGT PRICE
Sir, there's a missile!
He runs out again.SGT PRICE (CONT'D)
...Sorry.
EXT. MICKEY'S FLAT, BALCONY
The missile soars past Mickey's flat. Jackie runs out onto the balcony to watch it.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
Two of the female Slitheen are fighting over Margaret's skin suit.
The others are all struggling to get back inside their skin suits.SLITHEEN 1
That's mine!
SLITHEEN 2
No, mine!
EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET
A hoard of security guards run out of the door of 10 Downing Street. The Sergeant fires a gun into the air.
Everyone runs. He looks up into the sky to see the missile making straight for 10 Downing Street.SGT PRICE
Everybody run!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
Rose, the Doctor and Harriet bundle into the cupboard. The crouch in a corner, Rose and Harriet either side of the Doctor.
They all hold hands.HARRIET
Nice knowing you both.
They brace themselves.HARRIET (CON'T)
Hannibal!
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
The second before the missile hits, the Slitheen all look up.
The missile hits.SLITHEEN
Oh, boll--
EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET
The whole of 10 Downing Street explodes in flames.
INT. 10 DOWNING STREET, CABINET ROOM
The Doctor, Rose and Harriet are all severely shaken around in their cupboard. Then it stops.
EXT. 10 DOWNING STREET
The place is in ruins, smoking. Then, the Doctor, Rose and Harriet emerge from the wreckage. Harriet looks around.
The Sergeant hurries over to them.HARRIET
Made in Britain.
He hurries away again.SGT PRICE
Are you alright?
HARRIET
(flashing her ID card at him)
Harriet Jones. MP, Flydale North. I want you to contact UN immediately, tell the ambassadors the crisis is over and they can step down. Go on, tell the news!
SGT PRICE
Yes, ma'am.
Rose and the Doctor grin.HARRIET
Someone's got a hell of a job sorting this lot out. Oh, Lord! We haven't even got a Prime Minister!
THE DOCTOR
Well, maybe you should have a go.
HARRIET
Me?
(laughs)
I'm only a back-bencher.
ROSE
I'd vote for ya!
HARRIET
Now, don't be silly.
She climbs over the rubble towards the crowd of people. The Doctor beams at Rose.HARRIET (CONT'D)
Look, I'd better go and see if I can help.
The Doctor and Rose walk together.HARRIET (CONT'D)
Hang on!
(shouts over to the crowd)
The Earth is safe! Sergeant!
He watches her hurry over to the cameras and ambulances.THE DOCTOR
I thought I knew the name.
Rose and the Doctor watch her fondly from a distance. Then they turn and walk away. Harriet speaks to the camera.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Harriet Jones - future Prime Minister. Elected for three successive terms - the architect of Britain's Golden Age.
HARRIET
The crisis has passed! Ladies and Gentlemen - I have something to say to you all!
She beams around at them all.HARRIET (CONT'D)
Mankind stands tall - proud - and undefeated. God bless the human race.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOM
Rose enters her flat, and is greeted with a huge hug from a relieved Jackie. They both close their eyes, happy to be together again.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor enters the TARDIS, looking very pleased with himself. He starts the engines and grins up at it.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOM
Rose is sitting on the chair in front of the TV, watching a repeat of Harriet Jones' speech.
Jackie comes in.HARRIET
Mankind stands tall - proud -
Rose sniggers.JACKIE
(contemptuously)
Harriet Jones. Who does she think she is? Look at her! Taking all the credit. Should be you on there.
(addresses TV)
My daughter saved the world!
ROSE
I think the Doctor helped a bit...
JACKIE
(sitting down)
Oh, alright then. Him too. You should be given knighthoods.
ROSE
That's not the way he does things. No fuss, he just... moves on. He's not that bad if you gave him a chance.
JACKIE
He's good in a crisis, I'll give him that.
ROSE
Oh! Now the world has changed, you're saying nice things about him.
JACKIE
Well, I reckon I've got no choice! There's no getting rid of him since you're infatuated.
ROSE
(unconvincingly)
I'm not infatuated...
JACKIE
What does he eat?
ROSE
How do you mean?
JACKIE
I was gonna do shepherds pie.
Rose giggles. Jackie gets up and goes to the kitchen.JACKIE (CONT'D)
All of us. A proper sit down. 'Cause... I'm ready to listen. I wanna learn about you and him and that life you lead. Only, I dunno, he's an alien. For all I know, he eats grass and safety pins and things.
ROSE
He'll have shepherd pie. You're gonna cook for him?
JACKIE
What's wrong with that?
ROSE
He's finally met his match.
JACKIE
You're not too old for a slap, you know.
Rose's mobile rings.JACKIE (CONT'D)
You can go and visit your gran tomorrow.
The caller ID on the screen of Rose's mobile reads 'TARDIS calling' complete with a little TARDIS icon. Rose answers.JACKIE (CONT'D)
You'd better learn some French. I told her you were in France. I said you were au-pairing.
INT. TARDISROSE
Hello?
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOMTHE DOCTOR
Right, I'll be a couple of hours, then we can go.
ROSE
(incredulous)
You've got a phone?
THE DOCTOR
You think I can travel through space and time and I haven't got a phone?
(laughs contemptuously)
Like I said, couple of hours... I've just got to send out this dispersal...
(presses a button)
There you go. That's cancelling out the Slitheen's advert in case any bargain hunters turn up.
INT. TARDISROSE
My mother's cooking.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOMTHE DOCTOR
Good! Put her on a slow heat and let her simmer.
ROSE
She's cooking tea. For us.
THE DOCTOR
I don't do that.
INT. TARDISROSE
She wants to get to know you.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOMTHE DOCTOR
Tough! I've got better things to do!
ROSE
It's just tea.
THE DOCTOR
Not to me it isn't.
ROSE
She's my mother.
THE DOCTOR
Well, she's not mine!
ROSE
That's not fair!
THE DOCTOR
Well, you can stay there if you want!
(pause)
But right now there's this plasma storm brewing in the horse head nebula.
Rose listens to him intently.
INT. TARDISTHE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Fires are burning 10 million miles wide. I could fly the TARDIS right into the heart of it then ride the shock wave all the way out - hurtle right across the sky and end up anywhere.
He hangs up.THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
Your choice.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOM
He hangs up. Rose ends the call slowly and presses the phone to her lips, deep in thought.
INT. TARDIS
The Doctor pauses for a second and then goes back to the console.
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, LIVING ROOM
Jackie comes back into the living room with two cups of tea.
Rose's seat is empty, so Jackie walks in the direction of Rose's bedroom instead.JACKIE
Rose, I was thinking...
INT. TYLERS' FLAT, ROSE'S BEDROOMJACKIE (CONT'D)
I've got that bottle of Amaretto from New Years Eve, does he drink?
Jackie opens the door to Rose's bedroom. Rose is stuffing some clothes into a bag. Jackie watches her.
She continues stuffing the clothes into the bag.JACKIE
I was wondering whether he drinks or not.
ROSE
Yeah, he does.
Rose stops for a moment and looks around at her.JACKIE
(quietly)
Don't go, sweetheart.
Guiltily, Rose continues to pack.JACKIE
Please don't go.
EXT. POWELL ESTATE
It is night time. Mickey is sitting reading a newspaper on a bin outside the TARDIS. The small boy who graffiti'd the TARDIS the previous day is now busy cleaning it off again. The Doctor pokes his head around the door.
The little boy scurries off. The Doctor grins. Mickey glances after him. The Doctor walks over to Mickey.THE DOCTOR
Good lad. Graffiti that again and I'll 'ave ya. Now, beat it.
He shows the Doctor the front page of the newspaper, headlined 'Alien Hoax?' - the Doctor gives a small smile.MICKEY
I just went down the shop. And I was thinking, you know, like the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships all in public. And here it is.
Mickey laughs.MICKEY (CONT'D)
How could they do that? They saw it!
THE DOCTOR
They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face - nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick.
In the background, Jackie and Rose emerge from the flats.MICKEY
We're just idiots.
THE DOCTOR
Well, not all of you.
MICKEY
(surprised)
Yeah?
THE DOCTOR
Present for you, Mickey.
(hands Mickey a disc)
That's a virus. Put it online, it'll destroy every mention of me. I'll cease to exist.
MICKEY
What do you want to do that for?
THE DOCTOR
'Cos you're right. I am dangerous. I don't want anybody following me.
She turns to the Doctor, taking her backpack off her shoulders.MICKEY
How can you say that - and then take her with you?
(gestures Rose)
THE DOCTOR
You could look after her. Come with us.
MICKEY
I can't. This life of yours... it's just too much, I... I couldn't do it.
(as Jackie and Rose approach)
Don't tell her I said that.
JACKIE
(to Rose, pleading)
I'll get a proper job. I'll work weekends, I'll pass my test and if Jim comes round again, I'll say no. I really will.
ROSE
I'm not leaving 'cos of you. I'm travelling, that's all. And then I'll come back!
JACKIE
But it's not safe.
ROSE
Mum... if you saw it out there... you'd never stay home.
She throws an enormous bag into the Doctor's arms.THE DOCTOR
(sarcastically)
Got enough stuff?
ROSE
Last time I stepped in there, it was spur of the moment.
Rose goes up to Mickey - Jackie looks the Doctor up and down.ROSE (CONT'D)
Now I'm signing up. You're stuck with me. Haha.
Mickey gestures to the Doctor.ROSE
(to Mickey)
Come with us. There's plenty of room.
Rose turns back to Mickey.THE DOCTOR
No chance, he's ah, a liability, I'm not having him on board.
ROSE
We'd be dead without him.
THE DOCTOR
My decision is final.
They kiss briefly. Mickey gives a small wave as she backs away.ROSE
Sorry.
The Doctor stands there hugging Rose's backpack, not really having an answer, but Rose comes to his rescue.MICKEY
Good luck, then.
JACKIE
(rounding on the Doctor)
You still can't promise me. What if she gets lost? What if something happens to you, Doctor, and she's left all alone standing on some moon a million light years away - how long do I wait then?
Jackie spins around to face Rose.ROSE
Mum...
She hugs her. The Doctor steps into the TARDIS. Rose follows him. Mickey gives a small wave and Rose shuts the door, leaving Mickey and Jackie alone outside. The TARDIS dematerialises. Jackie keeps her eyes on her watch as they stand in silence, then...ROSE (CONT'D)
You're forgetting - it's a time machine. I could go travelling around suns and planets and all the way out to the edge of the universe and by the time I get back, yeah - ten seconds would have passed. Just ten seconds.
(puts her hands on Jackie's shoulders, smiles kindly)
So stop worrying. See you in ten seconds time. Hmm?
She walks back to the flats. Mickey settles himself back on top of the dustbin with the newspaper.JACKIE
Ten seconds.
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