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-but being translated by the DALEK.

CLARA DALEK:

It’s me, Clara. Doctor, it’s I am a Dalek! I am a Dalek!

me, I’m Clara, I’m in here!!

MISSY:

Doctor, stop!

THE DOCTOR turns - MISSY has arrived at the far end of the

corridor. Now joining him.

MISSY (cont’d)

(To the Dalek)

It’s you, isn’t it. No offence, you

all look alike - but it is you,

isn’t it?

Inside the DALEK:

CLARA DALEK:

Yes, it’s me, it’s me. Affirmative.

Please, it’s me!

MISSY:

Clara’s dead, Doctor. And this is

the one that killed her.

DALEK:

Do not listen to her. I am a Dalek,

I am a Dalek.

MISSY:

I got her out of the city, but this

one caught us. Shot her down, there

was nothing I could do.

DALEK:

I am a Dalek.

THE DOCTOR, devastated, staring at the DALEK. Subtly,

insidiously, MISSY is slipping the DALEK gun into THE

DOCTOR's hands.

MISSY:

She ran, she screamed. Oh, I’m glad

you didn’t have to see that.

DALEK:

I am a Dalek, I am a Dalek.

MISSY:

Oh, it’s a mad one, isn’t it?

Almost like it’s proud.

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DALEK:

I am a Dalek, I am a Dalek, I am a

Dalek!

MISSY, now leaning into THE DOCTOR's ear.

MISSY:

Kill it, Doctor. They’re all going

to die anyway. Indulge yourself, go

on, kill the Dalek.

DALEK:

Do not kill me! Do not kill me!

THE DOCTOR, insensibly, raising the gun, levelling it at the

DALEK.

THE DOCTOR:

Is Clara dead?

Inside the DALEK:

CLARA DALEK:

I’m Clara, I’m not dead, I’mright here.

I am a Dalek. I am alive.

Those words cause a savage look of anger to cross THE

DOCTOR's face.

Inside the DALEK:

CLARA (cont'd)DALEK (cont'd)

I’m your friend. Your friend! I am your enemy. Your enemy.

THE DOCTOR steps forward, jamming the exterminator against

the eyepiece.

CLARA (cont'd)DALEK (cont'd)

No, please, not don’t. Mercy. Mercy.

... and THE DOCTOR pauses. What?

Frowns. What??

THE DOCTOR:

... you shouldn’t be able to say

that.

DALEK:

Mercy.

THE DOCTOR:

That word shouldn’t exist in your

vocabulary. How could Davros have

taught you that?

DALEK:

Mercy.

THE DOCTOR's eyes flick to the DALEK's gun.

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THE DOCTOR:

Why aren’t you trying to kill me?

DALEK:

Mercy.

Inside the DALEK:

CLARA:

Because I’d never kill you. You are

the last person I would ever kill.

A buzzing and clicking - like the DALEK is taking longer to

translate into its own terms.

DALEK:

I ... show ... mercy.

THE DOCTOR steps back, lowers his gun.

THE DOCTOR:

I’m not pointing a gun at you. Open

your casing.

Inside the DALEK:

CLARA DALEK:

How? How?

THE DOCTOR:
there’s something very odd here, and he’s

starting to suspect what it is.

THE DOCTOR:

Just think the word “open”. It’ll

work.

The whine and hiss of machinery, and the DALEK is opening -

-to reveal CLARA trapped, terrified, inside it. Sobbing,

tear-streaked.

He just stares. Oh dear God, what did he nearly do??

MISSY:

Oh, look. There’s a surprise.

THE DOCTOR:

Missy - run.

CLARA:

(Exhausted, so relieved)

Doctor ...

THE DOCTOR doesn’t even look MISSY. His voice low and deadly.

And THE DOCTOR steps to the DALEK, starts tearing at the

machinery, trying to rip CLARA free of it.

MISSY:

In a way, this is why I gave her to

you in the first place.

(MORE)

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MISSY (cont'd)

To make you see! The friend inside

the enemy. The enemy inside the

friend.

THE DOCTOR:

I’m sorry, Clara. I’m so sorry!

MISSY:

Everyone’s a bit of both.

Everyone’s a hybrid.

She hits that word. THE DOCTOR looks at her in shock. Finds

his voice.

THE DOCTOR:

I said run!

MISSY just smirks, turns, swaggers away.

MISSY:

It wasn’t me who ran, Doctor. That

was always you.

CUT TO:

71 INT. DALEK CITY. DALEK CONTROL - DAY 71

The room, shaking, slanting. The floor a seaweedy mass.

DALEKS, shrieking, panicking.

DALEKS:

Emergency! Emergency! Dalek control

is compromised.

Now, racing through the door, THE DOCTOR and CLARA. (THE

DOCTOR is still clutching the DALEK exterminator.)

THE DOCTOR:

Right, where was the TARDIS? Over

here, wasn’t it?

SUPREME DALEK:

What is happening?? Explain!

Explain!!

THE DOCTOR:

Dalek Supreme - your sewers are

revolting.

He’s grabbed CLARA, and now they’re standing on the exact

spot where the TARDIS was when it exploded.

THE DOCTOR (cont’d)

Told you your empire had a fatal

flaw - and see, it is funny!

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SUPREME DALEK:

You will assist or you will be

exterminated.

THE DOCTOR:

Go on then.

CLARA:

Doctor ... !

The SUPREME DALEK fires at THE DOCTOR

-and the ray is deflected, as if it bounced off an invisible

wall.

THE DOCTOR:

Oops, sorry. TARDIS forcefield is

still here. We get in, you don’t.

SUPREME DALEK:

The TARDIS has been destroyed!

THE DOCTOR:

Oh, don’t be silly, of course it

hasn’t. It just redistributed

itself for a moment - Hostile

Action Dispersal System. Just a

quick blast from my sonic, and the

real time envelope will reassemble

right here.

CLARA:

You don’t have your screwdriver.

THE DOCTOR:

Yeah, I’m over screwdrivers. They

spoil the line of your jacket.

These days, I’m all about ...

With great ceremony, and rather too much pride, THE DOCTOR

puts on his sunglasses.

THE DOCTOR (cont’d)

... wearable technology.

CLARA:

... no! Seriously?

The smuggest smile as he presses the side of his glasses - we

hear the familiar buzz of the sonic.

A tremendous whooshing

-and the police box starts to reassemble around them. It’s

not a normal materialisation. It’s as if tiny particles of

TARDIS are flying in from all around, assembling the TARDIS

where it stood.

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SUPREME DALEK:

What is happening. Explain!

Explain!

THE DOCTOR:

Oh, same old, same old. Just the

Doctor. And Clara Oswald. In the

TARDIS.

Slam! The Police Box is back. The engines start to grind ...

CLARA:

Sonic glasses, an electric guitar,

and a tank. You realise this is a

mid-life crisis?

THE DOCTOR:

Mid-life?? I’m only two-thousand.

And I am going to love being a

teenager.

The DALEKS all blasting away with their guns, but it’s far

too late! The TARDIS roars away.

CUT TO:

72 INT. DALEK CITY. WIDER SPACE - DAY 72

Another area of the city, a wider section. MISSY is racing

through, as the floor shakes and then rumbles

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