Doctor who the end of the world Page #2

Season #1 Episode #2

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[Corridor]

(Rose has wandered off, and is looking at the growing Sun through a window when a young woman of the same race as the Steward comes round the corner. She is wearing overalls and a baseball cap.)

ROSE:
Sorry. Am I allowed to be in here?

RAFFALO:
You have to give us permission to talk.

ROSE:
Er, you have permission.

RAFFALO:
Thank you. And, no, you're not in the way. Guests are allowed anywhere.

ROSE:
Okay.

(Raffalo goes to a wall panel and unlocks it.)

ROSE:
What's your name?

RAFFALO:
Raffalo.

ROSE:
Raffalo?

RAFFALO:
Yes, miss. I won't be long, I've just got to carry out some maintenance. There's a tiny little glitch in the Face of Boe's suite. There must be something blocking the system. He's not getting any hot water.

ROSE:
So, you're a plumber?

RAFFALO:
That's right, miss.

ROSE:
They still have plumbers?

RAFFALO:
I hope so, else I'm out of a job.

ROSE:
Where are you from?

RAFFALO:
Crespallion.

ROSE:
That's a planet, is it?

RAFFALO:
No. Crespallion's part of the Jaggit Brocade, affiliated to the Scarlet Junction, Convex fifty six. And where are you from, miss? If you don't mind me asking.

ROSE:
No, not at all. Er, I don't know. A long way away. I just sort of hitched a lift with this man. I didn't even think about it. I don't even know who he is. He's a complete stranger. Anyway, don't let me keep you. Good luck with it.

RAFFALO:
Thank you, miss. And er, thank you for the permission. Not many people are that considerate.

ROSE:
Okay. See you later.

(Rose leaves. Raffalo removes the wall panel and has a look inside.)

RAFFALO:
Now then. Control, I'm at junction nineteen and I think the problem's coming from in here. I'll go inside and have a look.

(Before she can crawil into the conduit, there is a tapping sound of metal on metal.)

RAFFALO:
What's that? Is something in there?

(A metal spider comes towards her.)

RAFFALO:
Oh! Who are you, then?

(It scuttles away.)

RAFFALO:
Hold on! I if you're an upgrade I just need to register you, that's all. Oh, come back.

(She gets inside the conduit.)

RAFFALO:
Ah, there you are. Now, I just need to register your ident. Oh, there's two of you. Got yourself a little mate. I think I'd better report this to Control. How many of you are there? What are you? Oh, no, no, no!

(Raffalo gets dragged along the conduit.)

[Steward's office]

(The Steward puts his gift on a side table and sits at his desk. The computer beeps and burbles at him.)

STEWARD:
What's that? Well, how should I know?

(He makes a broadcast.)

STEWARD:
Would the owner of the blue box in private gallery fifteen please report to the Steward’s office immediately. Guests are reminded that use of teleportation devices is strictly forbidden under Peace Treaty five point four slash cup slash sixteen. Thank you.

(The ball hatches another metal spider.)

[Space]

COMPUTER:
Earth Death in twenty five minutes.

[Gallery 15]

(Rose is playing with the ball.)

COMPUTER:
Earth Death in twenty five minutes.

ROSE:
Oh, thanks.

(She puts the ball down and picks up the plant pot.)

ROSE:
Hello. My name's Rose. That's a sort of plant. We might be related. I'm talking to a twig.

(The ball hatches.)

[Outside Gallery 15]

(The little assistants are wheeling the Tardis away.)

DOCTOR:
Oi, now, careful with that. Park it properly. No scratches.

(One of them hands the Doctor a ticket. It says on one side - Have A Nice Day. A pair of spiders scuttle along the ceiling.)

[Gallery 15]

(The spider scans Rose's hand then scuttles away when the Doctor calls out.)

DOCTOR [OC]:
Rose? Are you in there?

(The Doctor enters.)

DOCTOR:
Aye, aye. What do you think, then?

ROSE:
Great. Yeah, fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper. They're just so alien. The aliens are so alien. You look at 'em and they're alien.

DOCTOR:
Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South.

ROSE:
Where are you from?

DOCTOR:
All over the place.

ROSE:
They all speak English.

DOCTOR:
No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the Tardis. The telepathic field, gets inside your brain and translates.

ROSE:
It's inside my brain?

DOCTOR:
Well, in a good way.

ROSE:
Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?

DOCTOR:
I didn't think about it like that.

ROSE:
No, you were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the Deep South. Who are you, then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you?

DOCTOR:
I'm just the Doctor.

ROSE:
From what planet?

DOCTOR:
Well, it's not as if you'll know where it is!

ROSE:
Where are you from?

DOCTOR:
What does it matter?

ROSE:
Tell me who you are!

DOCTOR:
This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me.

ROSE:
Yeah, and I'm here too because you brought me here, so just tell me.

COMPUTER:
Earth Death in twenty minutes. Earth Death in twenty minutes.

ROSE:
All right. As my mate Shareen says, don't argue with the designated driver.

(Rose takes out her mobile phone.)

ROSE:
Can't exactly call for a taxi. There's no signal. We're out of range. Just a bit.

DOCTOR:
Tell you what.

(He takes her phone apart.)

DOCTOR:
With a little bit of jiggery pokery.

ROSE:
Is that a technical term, jiggery pokery?

DOCTOR:
Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery. What about you?

ROSE:
No, I failed hullabaloo.

DOCTOR:
Oh. There you go.

(Rose phones home.)

JACKIE [OC]:
Hello?

ROSE:
Mum?

JACKIE [OC]:
Oh, what is it?

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