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-and suddenly several DALEKS are in front of her.

She turns to bolt the other way.

-and several more DALEKS are behind her.

Now more DALEKS piling into the space, surrounding her. She

is encircled. Escape impossible.

Now the floor is cracking at her feet. Sections of ceiling

are crashing around her. The DALEKS are preparing to fire.

And suddenly MISSY grins.

MISSY:

You know what? I’ve just had a very

clever idea!

CUT TO:

73 EXT. SKARO - DAY 73

The city of the Daleks, ablaze.

Pulling back, see THE DOCTOR and CLARA watching it burn.

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CLARA looks at him

-to see that he is now looking at the confession dial in his

hand. It has closed now - the opened triangle no longer

visible.

CLARA:

No chance you’re going to tell me

what’s in there, I suppose?

THE DOCTOR pockets the dial - nope, no chance.

THE DOCTOR:

It doesn’t make sense.

CLARA:

What doesn’t?

THE DOCTOR:

When you were in the Dalek, you

made it say “mercy”. It shouldn’t

have understood the concept, it

shouldn’t have been able to say it.

How did a tiny piece of mercy get

into the DNA of the Daleks?

A thought seems to strike him. He looks down at the

exterminator in his hand.

And suddenly he’s striding to the TARDIS.

CLARA:

Doctor?

CUT TO:

74 EXT. BATTLEFIELD - DAY 74

The BOY, as we last saw him, pleading with the departed

Doctor.

BOY:

You said I had a chance!!

The scrape of a foot from behind the BOY. He startles, spins,

What??

And now he’s staring up at someone ...

BOY (cont’d)

Who are you?

The BOY’s POV.

THE DOCTOR!

Exactly as we last saw him on Skaro. This time we can see the

TARDIS in the distance.

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BOY (cont’d)

I don’t understand. How did you get

there?

THE DOCTOR:

From the future.

The BOY - just not understanding.

BOY:

... are you going to save me?

THE DOCTOR. So grim.

THE DOCTOR:

I’m going to save my friend. The

only way I can.

And THE DOCTOR draws something beneath his coat, a bulky

apparatus. We now see that it is a Dalek Gun Arm, clearly

extracted from a Dalek unit.

He levels it at the BOY.

On THE DOCTOR’s face! Grim, unreadable.

THE DOCTOR (cont’d)

Exterminate!

-and THE DOCTOR fires. Blasting all the hand mines, one

after the other, till they’re all gone. The BOY is safe.

THE DOCTOR (cont’d)

Come on. I’ll take you home.

BOY:

Which side are you on? Are you the

enemy?

THE DOCTOR:

Friends, enemies - I’m not sure any

of it matters.

(Puts out his hand, to

take the boy’s)

So long as there is mercy. Always

mercy.

He takes the boy’s hand.

We hold on them, as they walk away through the battlefield,

together.

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