Doctor Who 4 Ep.X - Shooting Script - Voyage of The Damned - 20.07.07

Doctor Who 4
Episode X
By
Russell T Davies
Shooting Script
Yellow Revisions
20/07/07
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Doctor Who 4 - Episode X - Pink pages - 03/07/07 - page 1.
1 INT. TARDIS - DAY 1
REPEAT OF 3.13 SC.92. THE TARDIS in flight. THE DOCTOR

walks around the console. Deep in thought. And then...
EXPLOSION! The Doctor's showered with debris!
He's on the floor. Coughing. Smoke in the air. He waves

his hand to clear the air, looking up. Gobsmacked.
THE DOCTOR
What? But... what??
FX: WIDE SHOT, the PROW OF A SHIP, an old-fashioned liner,

now sticking through the whole of the right hand wall of
the Tardis, filling half the space.
The Doctor finds in the debris, a lifebelt. He flips it

over. It says: TITANIC.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

What??!
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away at the Tardis console.
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He leaps to his feet, slams
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FX: the prow of the ship withdraws through the hole.
He slams more switches, the Time Rotor rising and falling,

the sound of materialisation filling the air...
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2 INT. SMALL CUPBOARD - NIGHT 2
Tiny, dark linen cupboard, just big enough for...
FX: the TARDIS materialises.
THE DOCTOR comes out, still brushing himself down. Pats

the Tardis, to make sure it's okay. Then opens the cupboard
door, steps out.
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3 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - CONTINUOUS 3
THE DOCTOR steps into -
Large space, reception desk, all wood & marble, more TITANIC
signage, STEWARDS passing to and fro, and GUESTS in their
finery, chatting, laughing. It all looks very 1912...
almost. It's part luxury-liner, part hotel. And it's
decked out for Christmas, nice big tree, nothing gaudy,
all very period and classy. The Doctor walks through...
Men in black tie. Ladies in posh dresses. Staff looking

immaculate. A WAITRESS in uniform - ASTRID, young, bright,
feisty - walks past, carrying a tray. Then he sees -
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3 CONTINUED: 3
Two GOLDEN ANGELS, guarding a set of internal doors. THE

HEAVENLY HOST. Like metal statues - tall, with beautiful
gold, blank faces, simple tunics, hands locked in prayer,
folded wings, glowing haloes suspended above by thin struts.
One of them slowly turns his head. Looks at the Doctor.
Black eyes in a gold face.
The Doctor creeped out, then distracted by seeing -
BANNAKAFFALATTA strolling past, in black tie; three foot

tall, head like a spiky red conker.
The Doctor's getting the hang of it now, goes to porthole

set in the wall.
CU the Doctor, framed in the porthole.
THE DOCTOR
Riiight....
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A SPACESHIP, exactly like the Titanic, but with mighty
antigravity engines underneath. Keep pulling out wider,
to see the vessel sailing majestically above the Earth.
Over this:
TANNOY
The Titanic is now in orbit above
Sol 3, also known as Earth,
population: Human. Ladies and
gentlemen, welcome to Christmas!
CUT TO OPENING TITLES
5 OMITTED 5
6 INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT 6
Quiet and dark. A long room, rather than deep; computer

banks, still with brass ship's fittings, and centre, a
big, wooden SHIP'S WHEEL, facing windows, which look out
on to BLACKNESS. An oil painting of the boss, Max
Capricorn, stares down.
CREW operating controls, in smart 1912-ish uniform - NB,

everything on board is only an approximation of the period.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER stands centre - 60, wise, calm.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Orbit nice and steady. Good work,
Mr Cavill. And maintain position.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
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CAPTAIN HARDAKER (CONT'D)

(more relaxed)
Now then, gentlemen, according to
the traditions of the planet below,
Christmas is a time of celebration.
I think you might be entitled to a
tot of rum. Just the one! Off
you go, I'll keep watch.
The men head off, except MIDSHIPMAN FRAME, young, nervous.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER (CONT'D)

And you, what was it..?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Midshipman Frame, sir. Only just
qualified, sir. First trip out!
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Then you can stand down, Midshipman.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
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But, um... Regulations say the
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crewmembers at any one time, sir.
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CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Well said. Very good! Should be
nice and quiet. It's only a Level
Five planet down below, they don't
even know we're here. Silent night,
I believe they call it. A silent
night.
And they stand together, on duty.
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7 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - DAY 7
An advert, horizontal lines visible, seen on a TV screen.

The Reception is empty except for MAX CAPRICORN to CAMERA -
50, bit of a showman, gold tooth, waxy black moustache,
MAX
Max Capricorn Cruiseliners, the
fastest, the furthest, the best.
And I should know, cos -
(big smile, CU)
My name's Max!
FX: his gold tooth goes ding!
Screen blips, footage replays, and PULL OUT TO REVEAL:
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8 INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 8
Pulling out, Max Capricorn looped on a wall-screen. THE

DOCTOR watching as he adjusts his bow-tie; he's back in
his dinner suit. He's ready, he walks through -
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9 INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 9
THE DOCTOR walks in.
Christmas decorations, tables & booths with GUESTS, milling

around; dotted about, HEAVENLY HOST, standing perfectly
still; then a dance floor, COUPLES dancing, then a stage,
with SINGER & BAND, performing Winter Wonderland.
FX: CROWD REPLICATION, all having a good time.
The Doctor strolls through, looking round...
His POV: BANNAKAFALATTA, dancing away.
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large pair, tucking into buffet. They like their food.
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Passing the Doctor, a BUSINESSMAN - RICKSTON SLADE, late-
20s, sharp, ruthless - on his slim, futuristic mobile -
RICKSTON
- it's not a holiday for me, not
while I've still got a vone, now
just do as I say and sell - !
- as the Doctor heads towards a HEAVENLY HOST.
THE DOCTOR
Evening, Passenger 57, terrible
memory, remind me, you would be..?
Its voice is calm, posh, neutral, movements smooth and

controlled, rather than robotic.
HOST
Information: Heavenly Host.
Supplying tourist information.
THE DOCTOR
Good! So, tell me again, cos I'm
an idiot, where are we from?
HOST
Information: the Titanic is en
route from Planet Sto in the
Cassavalian Belt. The purpose of
the cruise is to experience
primitive cultures. This voyage
is designated: Christmas.
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THE DOCTOR
Titanic, who thought of the name?
HOST
Information: it was chosen as the
most famous vessel of Planet Earth.
THE DOCTOR
Did they tell you why it was famous?
HOST
Information: all designations are
chosen by Mr Max Capricorn,
President of Max/Max/Max/Max/Max -
He's broken, stuck, jerks his head with every 'Max' -
THE DOCTOR
Oops! Bit of a glitch -
He's about to sonic the Host, but three STEWARDS rush in -
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He presses a button on the back of the Host's neck -
It snaps rigid, upright, a statue, topples to the side -

one Steward catches its torso, the other picks up its legs,
and they carry it out, like a dummy. All fast and discreet.
Chief Steward walks with them, mutters to Stewards, angry -
CHIEF STEWARD (CONT'D)

That's another one down, what's
going wrong with these things..?
The Doctor turns, distracted by a crash -
RICKSTON SLADE, still on his vone, yelling at the waitress,

ASTRID - he's barged into her, making her drop her tray -
RICKSTON
Oh for Tov's sake, look where you're
going! This jacket is a genuine
Earth antique!
ASTRID
I'm sorry, sir -
RICKSTON
Yeah, you'll be sorry when it comes
off your wages, sweetheart -
(walks off, on vone)
Staffed by idiots! No wonder Max
Capricorn's going down the drain...
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The Doctor scoots over help Astrid pick up shards of glass.
THE DOCTOR
There we go, careful...
ASTRID
Thank you, sir, I can manage.
THE DOCTOR
Never said you couldn't! I'm the
Doctor, by the way.
ASTRID
Astrid, sir, Astrid Peth.
THE DOCTOR
Nice to meet you. Merry Christmas!
ASTRID
Merry Christmas, sir.
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Yeah, I suppose, I dunno. Doesn't
quite work, a cruise, on your own.
ASTRID
You're not with anyone?
THE DOCTOR
No, just me, just... Used to be,
but, um... No. What about you?
Long way from home, Planet Sto.
ASTRID
Doesn't feel much different. Spent
three years working in the spaceport
diner, then I come all this way,
and I'm still waiting on tables.
THE DOCTOR
No shore leave?
ASTRID
We're not allowed, they can't afford
the insurance. I just wanted to
try it, just once...
Saying that, standing, both going to the window.
FX (and REPEAT): EARTH below them. Romantic image, the

two framed against the spacescape. Both quiet, intimate:
(CONTINUED)
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ASTRID (CONT'D)
Never stood on another world. I
used to watch those ships heading
out to the stars. Always dreamt
of... Ohh, sounds daft.
THE DOCTOR
You dreamt of another sky. A new
sun. New air. New life, the whole
universe teeming with life, why
stand still when there's all that
life out there?
ASTRID
...yeah.
She's a bit dazzled. Hold, then break the moment -
ASTRID (CONT'D)
So! Um. D'you travel a lot, then?
THE DOCTOR
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All the time. Just for fun. Well,
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You must be rich, though.
THE DOCTOR
Haven't got a penny.
(whispers)
Stowaway.
ASTRID
Kidding me.
THE DOCTOR
Seriously!
ASTRID
(laughing)
No!
THE DOCTOR
Oh yes!
ASTRID
How d'you get on board?
THE DOCTOR
Accident! I've got this sort of
ship-thing, I was just rebuilding
her, left the defences down, bumped
into the Titanic, here I am. Bit
of a party, I thought, why not?
ASTRID
I should report you.
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THE DOCTOR
Go on, then.
ASTRID
I'll get you a drink. On the house.
And she walks away, smiling.
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10 INT. HOST STORAGE, DECK 31 - NIGHT 10
Slam! the damaged, dead HOST from sc.9 is slammed up against

a wall.
WIDER: CHIEF STEWARD stands back. Big signage, DECK 31.

The area is full of deactivated HOST, some with wires
running into the walls as though recharging, others in
pieces, a disconnected Host head on a table, etc. (NB,
this is Below Decks, all pipes and steam and oil.)
He goes over to an ENGINEER, who's giving hand-signals,

'forward,' to a FORK LIFT TRUCK, which has two deactivated
HOST stacked up on its scoop, horizontally, like dummies.
CHIEF STEWARD
That's eight of them now, on the
blink. One woman, she asked the
Host to fix her necklace, it almost
broke her neck. In First Class!
ENGINEER
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I've been over the robotics,
DW4 - nothing. Like something's got

into them, some sort of bug.
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Okay, park 'em in Bay 15.
The Fork lift truck turns.
CHIEF STEWARD
Tell you what, if you can't fix
them... Throw them overboard.
He walks away, the Engineer goes over to the truck. Pause.

Closer on the deactivated Host, closer...
And it slowly turns its head to watch the Chief Steward

go. Dead black eyes.
CUT TO:
The SINGER starts Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day,

the dance floor livens up.
CUT TO a table of GLAMOROUS PEOPLE, cruel, laughing at:
MORVIN & FOON, cowboy & cowgirl, eating a basket of chicken

wings. With dignity. THE DOCTOR slides in to join them.
THE DOCTOR
Something's tickled them.
FOON
They told us it was fancy dress.
Very funny, I'm sure.
(CONTINUED)
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MORVIN
They're just picking on us cos we
didn't pay, we won the tickets in
a competition.
FOON
I had to name all five husbands of
Joofie Crystalle in By The Light
Of The Asteroid, d'you ever watch
By The Light Of The Asteroid?
THE DOCTOR
Is that the one with the twins?
FOON
That's it! Oh it's marvellous!
MORVIN
But we're not good enough for that
lot, they think we should be in
steerage.
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DW4 - Can't have that, can we?
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PRAC FX: on the GLAMOROUS TABLE, the champagne bottle -
centre of the table, in a ice-bucket - pops open on its
own, champagne spraying all over the POSH GUESTS!
Morvin & Foon hooting!
FOON
Was that you?
THE DOCTOR
Maybe.
FOON
Oh we like you!
MORVIN
We do! I'm Morvin Van Hoff, and
this is my good woman, Foon.
THE DOCTOR
Foon! Hello! I'm the Doctor.
FOON
I'll need a doctor, time I've
finished with that buffet. Have a
buffalo wing! They must be huge,
these buffalo, so many wings!
TANNOY comes over:
(CONTINUED)
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TANNOY
Shore Leave tickets Red Six Seven
now activated, Red Six Seven...
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FOON
Ooh, Red Six Seven, that's us!
Are you Red Six Seven?
THE DOCTOR
Might as well be!
MORVIN
Come on then! We're going to Earth!
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12 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - NIGHT 12
MR COPPER, the SHIP'S HISTORIAN - 60, shambolic, in a tweed

suit - holds up a sign, like a Saga Holidays rep, 6-7 on a
red card. He stands at a small TELEPORT PLINTH, which has
control buttons on top. 4 GUESTS already with him.
MR COPPER
Red Six Seven, this way, if you
could convene, fast as you can,
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Red Six Seven departing shortly...
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I got you that drink -
THE DOCTOR
And I got you a treat! C'mon -
- he takes the tray, slams it down, pulls her across, fast -
- to join Mr Copper, the Doctor shows his psychic paper.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Red Six Seven, plus one.
MR COPPER
Hurry up then, if you could take a
teleport bracelet, both of you -
Morvin & Foon are already taking metal sci-fi BRACELETS

from a rack, the Doctor & Astrid do likewise, muttering -
ASTRID
I'll get the sack.
THE DOCTOR
Brand new sky!
Astrid thinks: to hell with it!, thrilled, grabs bracelet.
The GROUP clusters together, facing Mr Copper at his plinth.
(CONTINUED)
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MR COPPER
To repeat, I am Mr Copper, the
ship's historian, and I will be
taking you to Old London Town in
the country of Yookay. Ruled over
by Good King Wenceslas. Now, Human
beings worship the great God, Santa.
A creature with fearsome claws.
And his wife, Mary. Every Christmas
Eve, the people of Yookay go to
war, with the country of Turkey.
They then eat the Turkey-people,
for Christmas dinner. Like savages!
THE DOCTOR
Excuse me, but... where did you
get all this from?
MR COPPER
I have a first class degree in
Earthonomics, now then, stand by -
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BANNAKAFFALATTA
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If you could take a bracelet, sir.
As Bannkaffalatta does so, then joins the others:
THE DOCTOR
But hold on - what's your name?
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Bannakaffalatta!
THE DOCTOR
Okay, Bannakaffalatta, but -
(to Mr Copper)
Isn't he going to stick out a bit?
MR COPPER
They have a saying on Earth, red
spiky face is a good spiky face.
THE DOCTOR
But it's Christmas Eve down there,
late night shopping, tons of people,
he's like a talking conker - no
offence - but he'll cause a riot,
cos the streets are gonna be packed -
But Mr Copper presses a button on the plinth -
FX: THE GROUP disappears, teleport glow.
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13 EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT 13
FX: teleport glow, THE DOCTOR, ASTRID, MR COPPER, MORVIN &

FOON, BANNAKAFFALATTA & the 4 GUESTS appear.
THE DOCTOR
- with shoppers and parties and...
Oh.
WIDE SHOT: absolute emptiness. No people. A low wind;

newspaper blowing across, Christmas decorations swaying.
Mr Copper's waving an Earth-type credit card.
MR COPPER
Now, spending money! I've got a
credit card in Earth currency, if
you want to buy trinkets or
stockings or the local delicacy
known as beef. And don't stray
too far, it could be dangerous!
Any day now, they start boxing.
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BANNAKAFFALATTA
Very good!
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As the GUESTS start to spread out:
THE DOCTOR
...it should be full, it should be
busy, it's... Something's wrong.
But during all this, Astrid looking round, eyes wide.
ASTRID
...but it's beautiful.
THE DOCTOR
Really? D'you think? It's just a
street, I mean, the Pyramids are
beautiful, and New Zealand, and -
ASTRID
It's a different planet! I'm
standing on a different planet!
There's like... concrete! And
shops! Alien shops! Real, alien
shops! Look, you can't see the
stars! And it smells, it stinks,
this is amazing! Thank you!
And she gives him a great big hug.
THE DOCTOR
Yeah, come on, let's have a look -
He takes her hand, both run over to a free-standing NEWS-

SELLER'S BOOTH.
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On duty, a 50 y/o bloke, STAN, Londoner. Comfy in his

booth, with a thermos and a portable TV on a shelf. All
the newspaper headlines say: LONDON DESERTED, etc.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Hi there, sorry, obvious question,
um, where's everyone gone?
STAN
Scared.
THE DOCTOR
Right, yes, scared of what?
STAN
Where've you been living? London!
At Christmas! Not safe, is it?
THE DOCTOR
But why?
STAN
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It's them!
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Up above.
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SYCORAX SPACESHIP, straplines: LONDONERS IN FESTIVE FEAR.
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Christmas before last, we had that
big bloody spaceship. Everyone
standing on the roof!
TV: 3.X RACNOSS WEBSTAR, etc; THIRD TIME UNLUCKY?
STAN (CONT'D)
Then last year, that Christmas
Star, electrocuting all over the
place, draining the Thames.
ASTRID
This place is amazing!
STAN
This year, God knows what. So
everyone's scarpered, gone to the
country. 'Cept me, and her Majesty.
On TV -
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14 INT. BACKGROUND TBC - DAY 14
ROYAL CORRESPONDENT TO CAMERA; smart background (possibly

Buckingham Palace?). News strapline: ROYAL FAMILY WILL
NOT BE MOVED.
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ROYAL CORRESPONDENT
Her Majesty the Queen has confirmed
that she will be staying in
Buckingham Palace throughout the
festive season, to show the people
of London, and the world, that
there is nothing to fear.
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15 EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT 15
STAN
God bless her. We stand vigil.
THE DOCTOR
Well, between you and me, I think
her Majesty's got it right. As
far as I know, this year, there's
nothing to worry abou-
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...then again.
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CU THE DOCTOR, outraged.
THE DOCTOR
I was in mid-sentence!
CUT WIDER, reveal all the GROUP back in original positions.
MR COPPER
Sorry about that, bit of a problem -
if I could have your bracelets -
The CHIEF STEWARD striding over -
CHIEF STEWARD
Apologies, ladies and gentlemen
and Bannakaffalatta, we seem to
have suffered a power fluctuation,
if you'd like to return to the
festivities, and on behalf of Max
Capricorn Cruiseliners, free drinks
will be provided -
ASTRID - avoiding Chief Steward - whispers to THE DOCTOR:
ASTRID
That was the best. The best.
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And she runs away, the group dispersing. The Doctor with
eyes lighting up; he loves a problem. To the Chief Steward:
THE DOCTOR
What sort of power fluctuation..?
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CAPTAIN HARDAKER at a computer panel, MIDSHIPMAN FRAME At

a second one. All calm and normal:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Seems to be power diverted to
Deck 31, sir. Flared up, then it
stopped.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Nothing to worry about, she's an
old ship. Full of aches and pains.
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portside bearing West 56 North 2.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Fairly standard for this part of
space. Miles away.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
We can probably see it, sir.
Hoists up old-fashioned BINOCULARS, looks left.
FX: BINOCULAR POV, METEOROIDS just little glimmers of light

in space, heading left to right, not towards the ship.
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FX: CROWD DUPLICATION WIDE SHOT. SINGER now starting NEW

CHRISTMAS SONG - so jolly, it's sinister. All fun, lively.
CUT TO CU SINGER, with dark Christmassy lyrics...
CUT TO MORVIN & FOON, eating trifle.
CUT TO RICKSTON SLADE, chatting up a BEAUTIFUL LADY.
CUT TO BANNAKAFFALATTA, dancing with a HANDSOME MAN.
CUT TO ASTRID, carrying her tray, a smile across the room -
- for THE DOCTOR, who half-smiles back, though he's looking

furtive, glances round -
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THE CHIEF STEWARD & STEWARDS, the HEAVENLY HOST, dotted

about the room, no one looking at him -
- and the Doctor scuttles over to a wall, finds a COMMS

PANEL, computer screen & keyboard. The screen is playing
the SC.7 Max Capricorn advert, low volume, over and over
again, on a loop. The Doctor starts to sonic it.
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MIDSHIPMAN FRAME looking at a radar-type scanner. It shows

three METEOROID BLIPS changing course.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
That's a bit odd, sir. The
meteoroids are changing course.
Still. We can put shields up to
maximum, just in case.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
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As you were, midshipman.
DW4 -
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Sir? You're magnetising the hull.
It's drawing the meteoroids in,
sir, I take it that's deliberate..?
Bit of a light-show for the guests?
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Something like that.
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THE DOCTOR's now got the comms-panel gutted, wires hanging

out. Max Capricorn off-screen, replaced by a radar image.
GRAPHIC, RADAR: 3 meteoroid blips, heading in.
The Doctor grim, now. Slides over to a nearby window.
FX: HIS POV, the METEOROIDS now visible with the naked
eye, still just glimmers of light in the distance, but...
CUT TO:
CAPTAIN HARDAKER still at working the controls, solemn,

determined, MIDSHIPMAN FRAME worried, now - as they hear
the weee-ooo piping sound of internal ship's comms -
(CONTINUED)
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THE DOCTOR OOV

Is that the Bridge? I need to
talk to the Captain -
SCENE CONTINUES, INTERCUT WITH:
THE PARTY livening up in b/g, THE DOCTOR back at the COMMS.
THE DOCTOR
- you've got a meteoroid storm
heading in, west zero by north 2.
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Who is this?
THE DOCTOR
Never mind that, your shields are
down, check your scanners - Captain,
you've got meteoroids coming in
and no shielding!
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Yeah, just look portside - !
- the Doctor's grabbed by a STEWARD, with the CHIEF STEWARD -
CHIEF STEWARD
If you could come with me, sir -
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MIDSHIPMAN FRAME checking a computer panel, panicky -
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
- but he's right sir, the shields
have been taken offline -
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
Step away from there.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
But we need to re-energise them -
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
I said step away, midshipman.
Midshipman Frame only now looking round -
To see CAPTAIN HARDAKER holding a GUN at him.
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CHIEF STEWARD & STEWARD discreetly frogmarching THE DOCTOR

across the room, towards the doors, Chief Steward muttering:
CHIEF STEWARD
Nice and quiet, shall we sir?
THE DOCTOR
- listen to me, you've got a
rockstorm heading for this ship,
and the shields are down -
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FX: ROAAAAR!! as three METEOROIDS - burning balls of fire,

trailing thick smoke - race through foreground, heading
for the TITANIC, in the distance, above the EARTH.
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I need to raise the shields, sir,
please, let me raise the shields...
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
They promised me old men.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
I'm sorry, sir?
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
On the crew. Sea dogs. Men who'd
had their time. Not boys.
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THE DOCTOR breaks free - !
- runs back into room -
CUT TO ASTRID, seeing this, puzzled -
CUT TO MORVIN & FOON, seeing this, puzzled -
CUT TO BANNAKAFFALATTA, now noticing -
- the Doctor jumps up on to the stage - pushes the SINGER

aside (BAND keep playing) - the Doctor grabs the mic -
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THE DOCTOR
Everyone! Listen to me! This is
an emergency! Get to the lifeb-
Whap! a GOLD HAND over his mouth.
A HEAVENLY HOST behind him, super-strong - CHIEF STEWARD &

STEWARD pile in, grab the Doctor, haul him off -
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MIDSHIPMAN FRAME trapped, frantic.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
I'm sorry, sir, it's my duty -
And he runs for the computer panel -
BANG! PRAC FX, CAPTAIN HARDAKER fires -
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THE DOCTOR being hauled out of the door by CHIEF STEWARD &
STEWARD - the Doctor pulls free, yells at RICKSTON SLADE -
THE DOCTOR
- look out the windows - !
- and the Doctor's gone, shoved out -
RICKSTON hangs up his vone. Curious, walks across...
ASTRID running out of the door -
MORVIN & FOON following, concerned for the Doctor -
Rickston reaches the windows. Stares out...
FX: HIS POV, THE METEOROIDS, burning, much closer now...
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THE DOCTOR being hauled out by CHIEF & STEWARD -
THE DOCTOR
- if you don't believe me, then
check the shields yourself - !
Behind them, ASTRID runs out -
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ASTRID
- sir, I can vouch for him -
MORVIN, FOON & BANNAKAFFALATTA next out of the Lounge -
MORVIN
- no, Steward, he's with us, he's
just had a bit too much to drink -
From another direction, MR COPPER to the CHIEF STEWARD -
MR COPPER
Something's gone wrong, sir, all
the teleports have gone down -
CHIEF STEWARD
Not now!
All heading towards a door at the far end -
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On the carpet, a TINY SMOKING STONE.
Rickston worried now, goes to a HEAVENLY HOST.
RICKSTON
You, there. Has anyone checked
the external shielding?
HOST
Information: you are all going to
die.
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AND AND
34 34
CAPTAIN HARDAKER is calm, grave, though trembling, as he

goes to the wheel, stands there. Captain of his ship.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME is on the floor. Shot in the side. But

alive! Gasping, props himself up on one arm...
CU GRAPHICS, RADAR: the THREE BLIPS getting closer and

closer to the centre (ie, the ship).
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36 INT. DOORS OF ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 36
RICKSTON SLADE belts out of the Ballroom, yells -
RICKSTON
- where's the Chief Steward?!
RECEPTIONIST
He went that way, sir -
- and Rickston races towards the far door -
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37 INT. SHIP CORRIDOR #1 - NIGHT 37
A metal below-decks corridor, as THE DOCTOR's hauled along

by STEWARD & CHIEF STEWARD, then ASTRID, MORVIN & FOON, MR
COPPER, then BANNAKAFFALATTA - all simultaneous, wild -
THE DOCTOR MORVIN

- the shields are We'll look after him,
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down, we're gonna
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give him to us -
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ASTRID Big noise! Much shout!
I can take him back
to his cabin -
- with RICKSTON SLADE bursting through the far end -
RICKSTON
Steward! Oy! Steward!!
CUT TO:
CAPTAIN HARDAKER at the wheel, facing front; refusing to

look left. Brave, ashamed. FRAME on the floor, in pain.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
...you're gonna kill us...
CAPTAIN HARDAKER
I'm dying already. Six months.
And they promised me so much money.
For my family.
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR held by the STEWARD; ASTRID, MORVIN, FOON,

BANNAKAFFALATTA, MR COPPER, as RICKSTON yells at the CHIEF -
(CONTINUED)
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RICKSTON THE DOCTOR

- I'm telling you, Listen to him, listen!
the shields are down!!
CUT TO:
INTERCUT ACTION WITH CU TV IMAGE, HORIZONTAL LINES, SC.7,

Max Capricorn saying 'The fastest, the furthest, the
best/The fastest, the furthest, the best,' the phrase stuck
on a loop, the FX ding! of his tooth, now becoming sinister.
THE SINGER in his element, the song wild and vicious.
CUT TO the back of the room. One POSH WOMAN calling her
POSH BOYFRIEND over, to look out of the window...
CU, they look up, out. Delighted! Bathed in red light...
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42 EXT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 42
Lit in furious red, the POSH MAN raises a glass of

champagne, saluting the OOV meteoroids.
POSH MAN
Cheers!
CUT TO:
FX: FATOOOOOOM!!! WIDE SHOT TITANIC as a MASSIVE BURNING

METEOR SLAMS INTO THE SHIP!
CUT TO:
43A INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 43A
(NB, shot facing AWAY from the central devastation.)

GUESTS, running, screaming for their lives, as -
FX: A WALL OF FIRE rolls over them!
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THE DOCTOR, CHIEF STEWARD, STEWARD, ASTRID, MORVIN & FOON,

MR COPPER, RICKSTON SLADE, BANNAKAFFALATTA thrown around
as the corridor slams about, lights flicker on and off -
PRAC FX: EXPLOSIONS, WALL PANELS bursting open - SPARKS

showering down from the light-fittings -
STEAM jetting out of broken pipes, and WATER -
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Madness, chaos, CAMERA SHAKE -
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Room shaking, ENGINEER cowering beside his FORK LIFT TRUCK -
PRAC FX: FIRE & STEAM belch out - METAL PIPES tumble down -
- but with a sch-chunk! - CU HOST, its black eyes, as it

jerks awake!
CUT TO a SECOND HOST, a THIRD, standing upright -
CUT TO:
FX: A MASSIVE HOLE in the centre of the TITANIC, where the
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first meteoroid struck - it passed right through - and now
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two SMALLER METEOROIDS punch all the way through, one!
then quickly, two! - the mighty ship rocking -
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(IE, a different Reception to Deck 22, though all receptions

look the same.) LIGHTS flickering on and off, chaos, GUESTS
& STAFF thrown everywhere as the whole room pitches about -
HIGH SHOT of RECEPTIONIST looking up, screaming -
PRAC FX/STUNT: WHAM!, huge GIRDER slams down on top of her -
CUT TO:
PRAC FX: CEILING COLLAPSES, timbers & girders and dust

falling down - and FIRE ruptures out of the broken walls -
- THE DOCTOR grabs ASTRID, both go down to the floor -
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PRAC FIRE & STREAM continuing, but -
6 HEAVENLY HOST stand in a line, regimented, impassive,

unaffected by the chaos -
CUT TO:
PRAC FX: STEAM, belches of FIRE, but...
The shaking subsides, slowly.
THE DOCTOR, holding ASTRID, lifts his head. OTHERS on the

floor, covered in rubble... but alive. Foon's screaming.
THE DOCTOR
Hush, hush, hush, shut up! Sorry!
But just - just shhhh....
Silence. Pause. All looking round. Then:
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

It's stopping...
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ship is dying.
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(NB, lights off throughout the ship now, but NOT total
darkness. Just nicely dark!) THE DOCTOR with ASTRID.
THE DOCTOR
You all right?
ASTRID
...yeah. Think so, yeah.
THE DOCTOR
Bad name for a ship. Either that,
or this suit is really unlucky.
He stands, brushing off debris. He's distracted by a quiet

tinny voice, 'My name's Max! Ding!/My name's Max! Ding!/My
name's Max! Ding!' - COMMS PANEL, sc.7 stuck on a loop.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Yeah, thanks, Max.
And he stabs the off button.
Then, action - the Doctor goes to the STEWARD, who's lying

flat out; b/g, a low babble, recovery; ASTRID going to MR
COPPER, clearing rubble off him, he's saying 'Oh dear, bit
unfortunate...', MORVIN going to FOON, 'Are you all right,
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sweetheart?' And she's crying, hugs him, RICKSTON dazed,

'My vone, where's my vone?', BANNAKAFFALATTA grunting 'Not
good, not good', the CHIEF STEWARD standing, dazed.
The Doctor clears metal pipes off the Steward, checks his
pulse. Looks across at the Chief Steward. No, he's dead.
Which triggers the Chief Steward into action:
CHIEF STEWARD
Everyone! Ladies and gentleman,
and Bannakaffalatta... I must
apologise. On behalf of Max
Capricorn Cruiseliners. Um. We
seem to have had a small collision -
Which provokes a sudden hysteria - all improvising round:
MORVIN FOON
What d'you mean, We could've been killed!
small?
RICKSTON
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Bannakaffalatta cross!
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If I could have silence. Ladies,
gentlemen, please...
(then bellows:)
Qui-et!!!
Which works, they shut up.
In b/g, during the Chief Steward's speech below, the Doctor

nips over to Astrid and Mr Copper, crouches beside them -
CHIEF STEWARD (CONT'D) ASTRID

Thank you. I'm sure It's his arm...
Max Capricorn
Cruiseliners will be MR COPPER
able to reimburse Nothing to worry about,
you for any just a scratch...
inconvenience. But
first, I would point THE DOCTOR
out that we're very Let me see...
much alive, though I
would suggest that
each and every one
of you is given the
once-over by the
ship's medic. Free
of charge. If you
could all stay here,
while I ascertain
the exact nature of
the situation -
(CONTINUED)
The Chief Steward turns to the door (the door they were
heading towards) - shunks! the handle, releasing the seal -
The Doctor tending to Copper, only just seeing this - yells -
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Don't open it - !!!
FX: the DOOR - pushed away from the Chief Steward - is

ripped off its hinges, door & Chief Steward are schwupped!
through the air, through a ragged, metal hole beyond, where
more corridor should have been, now leading into OPEN SPACE -
PRAC WIND blasts through the corridor - ferocious! -
COMMS PANEL flashing red: VACUUM BREACH
Astrid, Mr Copper, Morvin & Foon, Rickston, Bannakaffalatta

holding on for dear life, clinging to anything -
THE Doctor flings himself against the COMMS PANEL, sonics -
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CU Astrid, holding on to a pipe, blasted by wind, screaming -
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The wind stops.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Everyone all right? Astrid? Foon?
(yeahs from all)
Morvin, Mr Copper? Bannakaffalatta?
You, what's your name?
RICKSTON
Rickston Slade.
THE DOCTOR
You all right?
RICKSTON
No thanks to that idiot.
ASTRID
The steward just died!
RICKSTON
Then he's a dead idiot!
THE DOCTOR
All right, calm down - just stay
still, all of you, hold on...
He makes his way down the corridor, towards the hole.

Astrid follows him (others recovering in b/g).
They squat together at the ragged-metal edge.
(CONTINUED)
FX: THEIR POV, SPACE BEYOND full of tumbling fragments of

metal and little floating BODIES. Intercut with:
ASTRID
...what happened..? How come the
shields were down?
THE DOCTOR
I don't think it was an accident.
ASTRID
(upset)
But... how many dead?
THE DOCTOR
We're alive. Just focus on that.
I'll get you out of here, Astrid.
I promise. Look at me. I promise.
And she gives a small smile.
ASTRID
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tucked away, we can all get on
board and... Oh.
FX: HIS POV, far-off, the TARDIS in space, gently tumbling.
ASTRID
What is it, what's wrong?
THE DOCTOR
That's my ship, over there.
ASTRID
Where?
THE DOCTOR
There, that box, that little blue
box.
ASTRID
That's a spaceship?
THE DOCTOR
Oy, don't knock it.
ASTRID
Bit small.
THE DOCTOR
Bit distant.
ASTRID
Haven't you got a remote control?
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
That would be a really good idea.
One of these days.
ASTRID
But if you can manipulate the oxygen
field, can't you just loop it out?
Sort of, lasso the box back in?
THE DOCTOR
That's brilliant. Oh, that's
brilliant! You're good, you are!
ASTRID
Try my best!
THE DOCTOR
Trouble is, when it's set adrift,
it's programmed to lock on to the
nearest centre of gravity. And
that would be... the Earth.
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through frame, then falls fast, accelerating, towards the
EARTH, becomes a glowing red dot as it disappears below.
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ASTRID
Maybe not then.
THE DOCTOR
Maybe not.
CUT TO:
FX PRAC FLAMES still burning, SMOKE & STEAM, but calmer.
The ENGINEER, on the floor, backed up against the FORK

LIFT TRUCK, trapped under a GIRDER. Heaves. Can't move.
ENGINEER
Don't just stand there, get this
thing off me!
THE 6 HEAVENLY HOST - untouched by dirt - are simply

standing, unmoving, a distance away. Observing him.
ENGINEER (CONT'D)
Host! That's an order! Help me!
That's your job, isn't it?
(CONTINUED)
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HOST
Information: we now have only one
function.
ENGINEER
...and what's that?
HOST
Information: to kill.
It reaches up, unclips its HALO; it simply lifts free of

the thin struts supporting it, PRAC LIGHT Halo still glowing
ENGINEER
(panicking)
What are you doing? I'm ordering
you, stop it! Stop it, right now!
The Host aims the Halo like a Frisbee - throws -
FX: HALO whizzes towards CAMERA -
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THE DOCTOR on COMMS (b/g, ASTRID and BANAKAFFALATTA helping

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MR COPPER, MORVIN & FOON, RICKSTON searching for his vone).
THE DOCTOR
Deck 22 to the Bridge, hello?
Deck 22 to the Bridge, is there
anyone there?
SCENE CONTINUES INTERCUT WITH SC.60.
Shattered. Girders, rubble, computers smashed (wheel still

intact). PRAC FLAMES here and there.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME, in great pain, hauls himself to the COMMS.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
...this is the Bridge.
THE DOCTOR
Hello sailor! Good to hear you!
What's the situation up there?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
...we've got air... the oxygen
field is holding... But the
Captain. He's dead.
Looking across: CAPTAIN HARDAKER buried by rubble. Panicky:
(CONTINUED)
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MIDSHIPMAN FRAME (CONT'D)

He did it, oh my Vot, he took down
the shields - there was nothing I
could do, I tried, I did try -
THE DOCTOR
All right, just stay calm, tell me
your name, what's your name?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Midshipman Frame.
THE DOCTOR
Nice to meet you, sir -
Rickston interrupting, having found -
RICKSTON
My vone's not working! I paid a
fortune for this thing!
THE DOCTOR
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THE DOCTOR
What's the state of the engines?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
They're um... Hold on...
He has to pull himself to another panel, groans with pain -
THE DOCTOR
Are you injured?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
I'm all right...
(consults readout)
Ohh, Vot. They're cycling down.
Power's gone.
THE DOCTOR
That's a Nuclear Storm Drive, yes?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Yeah.
THE DOCTOR
And the moment they're gone, we
lose orbit?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
(realises)
The planet...
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
Oh yes. If we hit the planet, the
Nuclear Storm explodes. And wipes
out life on Earth.
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FX: the stricken TITANIC groaning, with THE EARTH below.
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INTERCUT WITH BRIDGE, SC.60 CONTINUED.
THE DOCTOR on COMMS to MIDSHIPMAN FRAME.
THE DOCTOR
Midshipman, you need to fire up
the Engine Containment Field and
E p X - Y e l l o w
feed it back into the Core -
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That's never gonna work - !
THE DOCTOR
Trust me, it'll keep the engines
going till I can get to the Bridge.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
But we've got an automatic SOS,
they'll be sending rescue ships,
they can stabilise the Titanic -
THE DOCTOR
Wait a minute... Rickston, did
you say your vone's not working?
RICKSTON
Oh now you're interested!
THE DOCTOR
Give it to me. Give it!
(inspects it)
But this is Solar Plus Vone. It
should work anywhere.
RICKSTON
That's what I was saying!
THE DOCTOR
Mr Frame. There's no signal.
(MORE)
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THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Someone's transmitting a blanketing
field, nothing's getting out, not
even the SOS. No one's coming, no
rescue ships. We're on our own.
Everyone's listening to this; FOON starts to cry.
FOON BANNAKAFFALATTA
We're going to die! Bad people! Bad!
MR COPPER ASTRID
Are you saying But why? We're just a
someone's done this cruise ship!
on purpose?
The Doctor hangs up the comms, faces them:
THE DOCTOR
Okay, okay, just hush! First things
first. One, we're gonna climb
through this ship. B, no, two,
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we're gonna reach the Bridge.
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why? Right then! Follow me -
He starts heading off, back the way they first came -
RICKSTON
Hold on, who put you in charge?
Who the hell are you, anyway?
THE DOCTOR
I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord.
I'm from the planet Gallifrey in
the constellation of Kasterborous,
I'm nine hundred and three years
old, and I'm the man who's going
to save your lives and all six
billion people on the planet below.
Got a problem with that?
RICKSTON
...no.
THE DOCTOR
In that case... Allons-y!
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An ordinary lower-decks stairwell, wrecked, pipes and

girders & rubble everywhere; the door at the bottom is
pushed open, debris falls away, and THE DOCTOR leads ASTRID,
RICKSTON, MR COPPER, MORVIN, FOON & BANNAKAFFALATTA through.
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THE DOCTOR
Careful, now. Follow me.
He heads up, stepping over debris. As they ascend:
MR COPPER
It's rather ironic, but this is
very much in the Christmas Spirit.
It's a festival of violence!
Humans, they say, only survive the
season, depending on whether they've
been good or bad. It's barbaric!
THE DOCTOR
Actually, that's not true, Christmas
is a time of peace and thanksgiving
and, oh what am I on about? My
Christmases are always like this!
Towards the top of the first staircase, he's found a

deactivated, broken HOST, sprouting wires and cables.
E p X - Y e l l o w
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
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ten! If we can mend it, we can
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We can do robotics! Both of us!
FOON
We work in the Milk Market, back
on Sto, it's all robot staff.
THE DOCTOR
See if you can get it working.
(moves on)
Now, let's have a look...
He & Astrid carry on up, reach the first landing, look up:
A TANGLE of METAL GIRDERS & STRUTS has fallen, blocking

the top of staircase 2, before the landing. The tangle is
deep, but with a gap, a small tunnel, centre.
ASTRID
It's blocked.
THE DOCTOR
So what do we do?
ASTRID
We shift it.
THE DOCTOR
That's the attitude! Rickston!
Mr Copper! And you, Bannakaffalatta -
look, can I call you Banna? It's
gonna save a lot of time.
(CONTINUED)
BANNAKAFFALATTA
No! Bannakaffalatta!
THE DOCTOR
All right then, Bannakaffalatta,
there's a gap, in the middle - see
if you can get through -
Bannakaffalatta heads up staircase 2, towards the

gap/tunnel, the Doctor, Astrid, Mr Copper, Rickston follow -
On staircase 1, Morvin & Foon sit, to work on the Host.

The blank gold face staring up. (NB, it's lost its Halo.)
CUT TO Bannakaffalatta, crawling through the jagged gap.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Easy! Good!
CAMERA SHAKE: the whole ship lurches -
PRAC dust, bits of rubble, tumble down, everyone tense...
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It stops. But the Tangle is creaking, ominously.
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This whole thing could come crashing
down, any minute.
THE DOCTOR
Oh, Rickston, I forgot, did you
get that message?
RICKSTON
No, what message?
THE DOCTOR
Shut up.
CUT TO Bannakaffalatta - he's climbed through, reaching

the top landing, which is relatively clear.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Bannakaffalatta made it!
ASTRID
I'm small enough, I can get
through...
And she heads through the gap, it creaks:
THE DOCTOR
Careful.
ASTRID
No, I'm fine...
(CONTINUED)
RICKSTON
Thing is, how are we gonna get Mr
and Mrs Fatso through that gap?
THE DOCTOR
We make the gap bigger. So start!
As they get to work on the staircase 2, clearing metal,

CUT BACK TO Morvin & Foon on staircase 1, clipping the
Host's wires together, by hand. But Foon heard Rickston,
and she starts to cry:
MORVIN
Heyyy, come on, sweetheart. Don't
listen to him.
FOON
No, but it's all my fault, though.
The tickets.
MORVIN
We won them, fair and square.
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thousand credits, we might as well
have paid for the tickets. I've
been hiding the vone bill for months
now.
MORVIN
Five thousand credits..? You spent
five thousand credits?
FOON
Don't hate me.
And Morvin starts to laugh. Really laugh.
FOON (CONT'D)
What's so funny?
MORVIN
Five thousand!
FOON
But we'll never pay that off.
MORVIN
I know! We'll have to work for
twenty years! You mad bloody woman!
FOON
(starts to smile)
You're not cross..?
(CONTINUED)
MORVIN
Does it matter? Look at us! Who
cares about money?! Oh, you drive
me barmy! I don't half love you,
Mrs Van Hoff, c'mere -
And he gives her a big hug, both laughing.
CUT TO staircase 2, Morvin & Foon's laughter echoing up,

the Doctor, Rickston & Mr Copper clearing the gap:
RICKSTON
What happened, did they find a
doughnut?
CUT TO the top landing on the far side of the tangle, Astrid
now there, hauling out a plank of metal, calling through:
ASTRID
I can clear it from this side,
just tell me if it starts moving...
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Putting the plank down, she sees Bannakaffalatta, behind
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Bannakaffalatta, what's wrong?
But Bannakaffalatta puts a finger to his lips; ssssh.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
(hushed)
What is it?
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Can't say.
ASTRID
Are you hurt?
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Ashamed.
ASTRID
Of what..? If you tell me, I can
help.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Poor Bannakaffalatta.
And he opens his shirt.
Underneath, his torso is METAL, with blinking lights.
ASTRID
...you're a cyborg!
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Had accident. Long ago. Secret.
(CONTINUED)
ASTRID
No, but everything's changed, now!
Cyborgs are getting equal rights.
They passed a law, back on Sto,
you can even get married.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
(cheeky)
Marry you!
ASTRID
Well, you can buy me a drink, first.
But it's different, these days,
you don't have to hide any more.
Come on, let's recharge you.
She presses buttons, his lights blink, he breathes deep.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
There you go. Just sit there for
a bit.
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I promise.
She gets back to work, pulling out another sheet of metal.
THE DOCTOR OOV

What's going on up there?
ASTRID
Oh, I think Bannakaffalatta and I
just got engaged.
She gives him a big smile, Bannakafalatta's chuckling away!
CUT TO:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME's now stripped off his jacket, opened his

shirt, has just patched up his bullet wound, using a first
aid kit. In great pain. Then, the weee-ooo of comms -
He scrambles to the comms-panel, wincing.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
This is the Bridge.
CONTINUES INTERCUT WITH -
CUT TO:
65 INT. KITCHEN CORRIDOR - NIGHT 65
INTERCUT WITH SC.64, BRIDGE & MIDSHIPMAN FRAME.
(CONTINUED)
65 CONTINUED: 65
Same as Ship Corridor #1, only with pots and pans in the
debris, PRAC FLAMES here and there. A KITCHENHAND - 18
y/o lad - is on COMMS (the comms screen playing sc.7 on a
loop), with five other dazed KITCHEN STAFF in b/g.
KITCHENHAND
...this is Kitchen Number Five.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
How many of you are there?
KITCHENHAND
Six of us. Just about. Are we
the only ones left alive, sir?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
No, there's more on Deck 19 - hold
on, if I reverse the scanner...
He presses buttons. On screen, GRAPHICS: a grid-layout of

the Titanic, with a good few dozen BLIPS all over the ship.
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sixty people, still alive, all
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GRAPHICS: grid zooms in, 6 BLIPS in KITCHEN 5.

I can see you! Kitchen Five, there
you are! Listen, everyone's heading
for the Bridge, don't go portside,
there's no air, can you make your
way starboard?
KITCHENHAND
We're stuck, the doors have sealed.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Can you force them open?
KITCHENHAND
We've tried, they must be jammed
or something, we can't get out -
no, wait a minute -
Clank! the Kitchenhand and the 5 survivors turn, look -
The handle on the door is turning, the seal hissing open.
KITCHENHAND (CONT'D)
It's opening, there's someone on
the other side!
Door swings open -
FIVE HEAVENLY HOST standing there, impassive.
(CONTINUED)
Kitchenhand - big smile!
KITCHENHAND (CONT'D)
Ohh thank Vot for that, we've got
Host! The Host are still working!
Now stay on the Bridge, Kitchen corridor remains OOV:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
That's brilliant, tell them to
clear a path to the Bridge.
(silence)
Yeah? Did you get that? Kitchen
Five, report. Hello, Kitchen Five?
And then, suddenly, OOV: screaming! Blood-curdling.

Kitchen Five, what's happening?
Kitchen Five?! Report!
KITCHENHAND OOV
E p X - Y e l l o w
It's the Host!! It's the Ho-
DW4 -
Comms are abruptly cut off.
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Midshipman Frame looks back at the scanner.
GRAPHICS: Only 4 blips of light remaining in Kitchen Five.

Which then go out, one by one.
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR & RICKSTON on the staircase 2 side of the tangle

as MR COPPER heads through the widened gap, but the COMMS
gives a weee-ooo. The COMMS PANEL (playing sc.7) is back
down on the first landing, the Doctor goes down; MORVIN &
FOON are mending the damaged HOST on staircase 1 below.
MORVIN
Almost done!
THE DOCTOR
Good good good!
(on comms)
Mr Frame, how's things?
67 EXT. BRIDGE - NIGHT 67
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME on COMMS, urgent, looking at:
GRAPHICS: the Titanic grid, with more and more BLIPS going
out, all over the ship.
(CONTINUED)
67 CONTINUED: 67
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Doctor, I've got life-signs, all
over the ship... But they're going
out, one by one.
THE DOCTOR
What is it, are they losing air?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
No, one of them said it was the
Host, it's something to do with
the Host -
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR turns round in horror as -
MORVIN
It's working!
X - Y e l l o
And the damaged HOST jerks awake!
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And grabs MORVIN by the neck, throttling him!
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FOON screaming, ripping out wires, as the Doctor runs down -
THE DOCTOR FOON

Turn it off, turn it I can't!! Let him go!
off!
Morvin choking, the Doctor sonicking the Host's hand, but -
THE DOCTOR
Won't work - double deadlock!
Gaaaah!, he prises the Host's hand off - Morvin falls back -
FX (PRAC?) SPARKS on the Host's body - still broken,

trailing wires - juddering and jerking, it tries to stand -
HOST
Information: kill/kill/kill -
THE DOCTOR
Go! Quickly, get upstairs -
- said, shoving Morvin & Foon up the stairs - and yelling

up to Rickston, who's looking down from staircase 2 -
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Rickston! Get them through!
RICKSTON
No chance!
- and he dives through the gap -
(CONTINUED)
68 CONTINUED: 68
The Host lashes out with its metal hand, karate-style -
PRAC FX: bannister splinters into pieces -
The Doctor runs back up to the first-landing COMMS -
THE DOCTOR
- it's the Host, they've gone
berserk, are you safe up there?
CUT TO:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME heads for the door - ahhhh!, he's racked

with pain, sinks to his knees - from the floor, he looks -
There's a plain, narrow metal corridor leading to the

Bridge. And 3 HOST are walking calmly towards him!
CUT TO:
70
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INT. STAIRWELL - NIGHT
E p e l l o w 70
DW4 -
On the top landing, ASTRID and MR COPPER are pulling FOON,
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squealing, through the gap - BANNAKAFFALATTA still helpless,
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RICKSTON just standing back - all fast, panicky -
ASTRID
Come on! You can do it - !
MR COPPER
It's gonna collapse -
Mr Copper's Herculean, holds up the tangle, which is

creaking ominously, PRAC FX DUST & RUBBLE trickling down -
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
Rickston, Vot damn it, help me!
RICKSTON
No way!
CUT TO THE DOCTOR, now backing up staircase 2, MORVIN behind

him at the tangle, the HOST spasming and advancing -
THE DOCTOR
Morvin! Get through!
CUT TO:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME, in agony, lurches to his feet, throws

himself at a lever in the wall, pulls it halfway down -
The metal door schwups! across, cutting off THE 3 HOST -
(CONTINUED)
71 CONTINUED: 71
But clang! - a HOST HAND stops the door from closing -
CUT TO:
THE HOST, still lurching up staircase 2 -
THE DOCTOR stuck, with MORVIN struggling through the gap -
THE DOCTOR
Mr Van Hoff, I know we've only
just met but you'll have to excuse
me -
And he gives Morvin's arse a good shove -
- Morvin's shoved through to the other side -
ASTRID
Doctor, come on! Get through!
X - Y e l l o w
But the Doctor turns back to the Host -
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Information override! You will
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tell me the point of origin of
your command structure.
HOST
Information: Deck 31.
THE DOCTOR
Thank you!
And he dives through the gap -
Astrid & Morvin pulling him through - Mr Copper holding on -
MR COPPER
- can't hold it - !
THE DOCTOR
Let go - !
All throw themselves back on to the landing -
The Host is in the gap/tunnel, its HAND reaching out -
PRAC FX: huge chunk of GIRDER slams down through the centre
of the gap/tunnel - smashing the HOST'S HEAD into pieces!
CUT TO:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME heaves at the lever, all the way down -
The METAL DOOR closes, cutting off the HOST'S HAND -
(CONTINUED)
73 CONTINUED: 73
The hand clangs on to the floor.
Midshipman Frame hauls himself round, to look - the door

has a central porthole, now filled with an impassive
unmoving HOST's face. Staring at him.
CUT TO:
Corridor as others: wrecked, rubble, PRAC FLAMES here and

there. RICKSTON, MORVIN & FOON, BANNAKAFFALATTA (now
recovered), MR COPPER then THE DOCTOR & ASTRID hurry through
a BIG METAL DOOR - the Doctor sonics, it slides shut.
Foon's spotted a shattered metal hostess-style-trolley -
FOON
Morvin, look! Food!
RICKSTON
Oh great, someone's happy.
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Don't have any, then.
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But Rickston's starving, joins them - Astrid takes charge -
ASTRID
All right, that's my job, share it
out, careful with the water, we
might need that...
All except the Doctor gather round the trolley, settle,

eating, a moment's rest. The Doctor goes to the COMMS; a
distance away, back by the door, so this can be sotto.
The comms screen is playing sc.7 on a loop, 'My name's
Max!', ding! the Doctor impersonates it:
THE DOCTOR
Ding!
(then on comms)
Mr Frame? Still there?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME back on COMMS.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Yes, sir. But I've got Host
outside, I've sealed the door.
THE DOCTOR
They've been programmed to kill,
why would anyone do that?
(CONTINUED)
75 CONTINUED: 75
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
That's not the only problem, Doctor.
I had to use a maximum deadlock on
the door. Which means... No one
can get in. I'm sealed off. Even
if you can fix the Titanic, you
can't get to the Bridge.
THE DOCTOR
Okay. Right. Fine! One problem
at a time. What's on Deck 31?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
That's down below, it's nothing...
He brings up the TITANIC GRAPHICS GRID, which also pops up

on the Doctor's comms panel. Both study it.

Just the Host Storage Deck, that's
where we keep the robots.
E p X - Y e l l o w
THE DOCTOR
DW4 - But what's that..?
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On DECK 31 GRAPHIC, a small rectangle of absolute black.
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D'you see? That panel of black,
it's registering... nothing. No
power, no light, no heat.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Never seen it before.
THE DOCTOR
100% shielded, what's down there..?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
I'll try intensifying the scanner.
THE DOCTOR
Let me know if you find anything.
And keep those engines going!
Hanging up, as Astrid brings the Doctor some food, and

both hunker down, to eat.
ASTRID
Saved you some. You might be a
Time King from Gaddabee, but you
still need food.
THE DOCTOR
Yeah. Thanks.
ASTRID
Although, you're looking good for
nine hundred and three.
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
You should see me in the mornings.
ASTRID
Okay.
Little smile between them, cheeky.
Mr Copper's heading over to them.
MR COPPER
Doctor! Must be well past midnight,
Earth time. Christmas Day.
THE DOCTOR
So it is. Merry Christmas.
ASTRID
This Christmas thing, what's it
all about?
THE DOCTOR
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Long story. I should know, I was
DW4 - there. I got the last room.
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MR COPPER
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But if the planet's waking up,
can't we signal them? They could
send up a rocket or something.
THE DOCTOR
They haven't got spaceships.
MR COPPER
No, I've read about it, they've
got shuffles. Space shuffles.
THE DOCTOR
Mr Copper, this degree in
Earthonomics, where's it from?
MR COPPER
...honestly?
THE DOCTOR
Just between us.
MR COPPER
Mrs Golightly's Happy Travelling
University and Dry Cleaner's.
ASTRID
But d'you mean you lied to the
company? To get the job?
MR COPPER
Wasted my life on Sto.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
I was a travelling salesman, selling
this and that, just junk and tat,
always on the road. I reached
retirement with nothing to show
for myself. Not even a home. And
Earth sounded so... exotic.
THE DOCTOR
S'pose it is, yeah.
ASTRID
How come you know it so well?
THE DOCTOR
I was sort of, um... few years
ago, I was sort of made, well...
sort of homeless, and... There
was the Earth.
Pause.
E p X - Y e l l
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years in jail. I'm an old man, I
won't survive ten years!
Whunk! a blow to the metal door, from the other side -
THE DOCTOR
We've got Host! Move! Come on!
- instant panic! They're all up and on their feet, moving,

hopping and hauling themselves over debris -
PRAC FX: whunk! the centre of the metal door buckles -
CUT TO:
As other corridors, wrecked. The little gang of THE DOCTOR,

ASTRID, MR COPPER, RICKSTON, MORVIN, FOON & BANNAKAFFALATTA
hurry over debris - behind them, the echo of the whunk!
They reach a BIG DOOR & ARCHWAY, the Doctor sonics it, the
door slides back -
CUT TO:
77 INT. CANYON - NIGHT 77
Door slides back, THE DOCTOR stops dead - !
(CONTINUED)
77 CONTINUED: 77
FX: it's a huge Death Star-style CANYON, except the walls

aren't smooth, they're all jagged metal, where many floors
have fallen through as a result of the collision.
THE DOCTOR, ASTRID, MR COPPER, RICKSTON, MORVIN, FOON &

BANNAKAFFALATTA are safe on a wide LEDGE, with a railing,
in front of the DOOR ARCHWAY. And in front of them:
FX: THE STRUT. (In fact, a BRIDGE - only called the Strut
here to differentiate it from the Ship's Bridge.) Like a
huge, long, thick, horizontal piece of metal has fallen,
and stuck, lodging across the gap, from their ARCHWAY to
an identical ARCHWAY, on the opposite side. The Strut's
jagged & broken, about 3 feet wide, 6 feet deep; like a
tree across a river. (NB, STRUT is PRAC BUILD in most
shots, its surroundings seen in FX shots; for non-FX shots,
the canyon walls around it could be a pitch-black void..?)
RICKSTON
Is that the only way across..?
THE DOCTOR
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On the other hand: it is a way
DW4 - across.
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Look, the engines are open.
Peering down:
FX: at the bottom of the drop, half a mile down: a huge

glowing ball, a CORE OF ENERGY, slowly rotating.
THE DOCTOR
Nuclear Storm Drive. Soon as it
stops, the Titanic falls.
MORVIN
But that thing, it's never gonna
take our weight.
RICKSTON
You're going last, mate.
THE DOCTOR
It's nitrofine metal. Stronger
than it looks.
MORVIN
All the same, Rickston's got a
point, me and Foon should go la-
- no warning - the railing in front of Morvin snaps, and

he drops like a stone -
FX: MORVIN falls down into the canyon, towards the glowing
Core, screaming all the way!
(CONTINUED)
FOON
Morvin! Morvin!!
She drops to her knees, screaming over the edge - others

shocked, step back - Astrid & the Doctor grabbing Foon -
RICKSTON
I told you!
MR COPPER
Shut up, just shut up, shut up!
FOON
Bring him back! Can't you bring
him back? Doctor, bring him back!
THE DOCTOR
I can't, I'm sorry, I can't -
FOON
You promised me!
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Behind them, from the corridor, louder whunks! and a crash -
MR COPPER
Doctor, I rather think those things
have got our scent.
RICKSTON
Well I'm not waiting -
And he starts across the Bridge - scrambling -
THE DOCTOR
Careful - ! Take it slowly!
A few feet across, the Bridge shudders, creaks, Rickston

stops, drops to all-fours, terrified -
FX: HIGH SHOT, RICKSTON frozen on the STRUT, the CORE below.
RICKSTON
Oh my Vot, ohh my Vot...
The Doctor leaves Foon, to stand and call across -
THE DOCTOR
You're okay! Step at a time.
Come on. You can do it.
Rickston stands. Wobbles. Balances. A step at time...
In the Archway, louder crashes from the corridor beyond -
(CONTINUED)
MR COPPER
They're getting closer.
THE DOCTOR
I've got to seal us off...
He sonics the door, it slides shut.
MR COPPER
Leaving us trapped, wouldn't you
say?
THE DOCTOR
Never say trapped. Just...
inconveniently circumstanced.
CUT TO Rickston. Careful steps over the uneven surface...
His foot slips, dislodging METAL SLATES -
FX: WIDE SHOT, Rickston all-fours, SLATES falling down...
E p X - Y e l
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CUT TO Foon & Astrid, on the floor of the Archway.
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He might be all right, maybe there's
a gravity curve down there, I dunno,
he might be unconscious...
ASTRID
I'm sorry, Foon. He's gone.
FOON
What am I gonna do without him?
And she hugs Astrid, crying.
CUT TO Rickston - deep breath, he runs the last length -
- reaching the OPPOSITE ARCHWAY, hugs the wall. (It has a

similar surrounding ledge; its door closed.)
RICKSTON
Yes! Oh yes! Who's good?!
MR COPPER
Luck of the devil.
THE DOCTOR
Bannakaffalatta, you go next.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Bannakaffalatta small!
And he scampers across the Bridge...
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
Slowly!
FX: WIDE SHOT, Bannakaffalatta now edging slowly across...
PRAC FX - whunk! - the Archway door behind them buckles -
MR COPPER
They've found us!
THE DOCTOR
Astrid, get across, right now -
ASTRID
What about you?
THE DOCTOR
Just do it, go on!
Astrid starts across, one careful step at a time -
The whunks! get louder, PRAC BUCKLING of the metal -
E p X - Y e l l o w
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Mr Copper. I don't think we can
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And Mr Copper starts across...
FX: WIDE SHOT, Bannakaffalatta halfway over, Astrid

following, then Mr Copper, all slow, slipping, wobbling...
The Doctor kneels by Foon, whunks! in b/g...
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Foon, you've got to get across.
FOON
What for? What am I going to do
without him?
THE DOCTOR
Just think, what would he want?
He'd want you safe, wouldn't he?
FOON
He doesn't want anything, he's dead!
CUT TO Rickston, in the opposite Archway, yelling across -
RICKSTON
Doctor! I can't open the door!
It's locked, we need that...
whirring key thing of yours -
THE DOCTOR
I can't leave her!
(CONTINUED)
RICKSTON
You'll get us all killed if we
can't get out!
The Doctor trapped - argh! - whunk!, whunk!, whunk! -
THE DOCTOR
Mrs Van Hoff. I'm coming back for
you. All right?
She doesn't even look at him, just crying.
And he's got no choice, he starts across the Strut...
Bannakaffalatta, just over halfway, calls back:
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Too many people!
THE DOCTOR
Oy. Don't get spiky with me.
Just keep going!
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then the Doctor, all edging across the creaking Strut -
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CUT TO Foon, shuffling back into the corner of the Archway,
curling into a ball, crying, the whunks! above her.
CAMERA SHAKE, the Strut jolts! - they drop to all fours -
ASTRID
It's gonna fall - !
THE DOCTOR
No, it's just settling. Keep going.
Astrid gets to her feet, continues taking careful steps...
CUT TO the Doctor, edging along on all fours, and then...
He stops. Stands. Looking round. Because...
The whunks have stopped.
Ominous silence. Hushed:
ASTRID
...they've stopped.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Gone away.
THE DOCTOR
But why would they give up..?
RICKSTON
Never mind that, keep going!
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
But where've they gone?
MR COPPER
Ohh, I'm afraid we forgot the
traditions of Christmas. That
angels have wings.
And he's looking up.... The others look up, in dread...
FX: A HOST descending, serene, METAL WINGS UNFURLED.
FX: WIDE SHOT, REVEAL FIVE FLYING HOST descending upright

from above, around the Strut, wings unfurled, glorious.
They stop mid-air, suspended, forming a circle a good few
feet above the Strut, removing and holding their Haloes...
CU HOST, Halo in hand.
HOST
Information: kill.
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Astrid does the same - and Mr Copper, and Bannakaffalatta -
CU HOST, it throws its Halo -
FX: WIDE SHOT [FX SHOT 77/11 CONTINUED], all FIVE HOST
throw HALOES - the Haloes swoop and glide through the air,
deadly frisbees -
FX: the Doctor swings his stick like a bat, SPARKS FLY as
he hits a Halo, sends it zinging away -
FX: ASTRID swings, hits a Halo, spins round to hit a second -
FX: Mr Copper swings, awkward, but hits a Halo -
FX: WIDE SHOT, the Haloes not stopping, programmed to keep

attacking, swooping up and round the canyon to attack again -
CU Doctor, swinging, hitting -
CU Astrid, swinging, hitting -
CUT TO Rickston, cowering back in his Archway -
CUT TO Foon, curled up but watching, crying, in her Archway -
FX: Bannakaffalatta swings, hits a Halo -
FX: the Doctor misses, a Halo slices across his arm - rips
the sleeve, wounds him - aaah! -
(CONTINUED)
FX: Mr Copper on his knees, lashes out - misses, a Halo

slices across his shoulder, cuts him -
INTERCUT all this with CU Host, staring down, impassive -
CU Astrid, swinging, but desperate -
ASTRID
I can't...
But Bannakafalatta throws down his stick -
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Bannakaffalatta stop!
- rips open his shirt, metal torso -
BANNAKAFFALATTA (CONT'D)
Bannakaffalatta proud!
- he stabs his buttons - his lights flash like crazy -
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No, don't - !
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Bannakaffalatta cyborg!
FX: Bannakaffalatta stands proud as whuppp!, a pulse of

energy - a blue circular ripple - blasts out of his body -
FX: WIDE SHOT; the transparent blue circle ripples out

from Bannakaffalatta, across the canyon, over the Host -
CU Host - PRAC SPARKS, it jerks, shudders, malfunctioning -
FX: WIDE SHOT, Host & Haloes deactivated, drop like stones -
One Host slams down flat, dead as a dummy, on to the Strut,

along with a Halo, between the Doctor and the first Archway -
But Bannkaffalatta's now lying on the Strut. Dying. Astrid

scrambles over - steps to the far side of him - Mr Copper
& the Doctor following.
THE DOCTOR
Electromagnetic pulse. Knocked
out the robotics, Bannakaffalatta,
that was brilliant!
ASTRID
But he used all his power.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
...did good..?
ASTRID
You saved our lives.
(CONTINUED)
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Bannakaffalatta happy.
ASTRID
We can recharge you, we can get
you to a powerpoint, all we need
to do is plug you in.
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Too late.
ASTRID
No, but you've got to buy me that
drink, remember?
BANNAKAFFALATTA
Pretty girl.
He smiles.
Closes his eyes.
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And Bannakaffalatta dies.
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Astrid crying a little, pulls his shirt across the metal,
out of respect.
Then Mr Copper gently reaches down to Bannakaffalatta's

torso, starts to unclip a metal baton from the main panel.
MR COPPER
I'm sorry, forgive me, but...
ASTRID
Leave him alone.
MR COPPER
No, but it's the E.M.P. transmitter,
he'd want us to use it. I used to
sell these things, they'd always
give me a bed for the night, in
the Cyborg Caravans. Good people.
Pulls it free; the baton is a bit like a gun.
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
If we can recharge this, we can
use it against the rest of the
Host. A weapon! Bannakaffalatta
might have saved us all.
RICKSTON
D'you think? Try telling him that.
Rickston means, behind them -
(CONTINUED)
The HOST which fell on to the Strut is lurching, but getting

to its feet (wings folded now), picking up its Halo -
HOST
Information: reboot.
RICKSTON
Use the E.M.P.!!
Mr Copper & Astrid frantic, with the baton, clicking buttons -
MR COPPER RICKSTON
There's no power, Doctor! Give me that
it's dead - key! Throw it! Doctor,
throw it to me!
ASTRID
It's gotta have
emergency!
The Host now upright, calm, lifts its arm to throw...
The Doctor faces it, Astrid & Mr Copper cower behind him.
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No! But! Hold on! Override!
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Loophole! Security Protocol...
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ten! Um, 666? Uhh, 21? 45678?
I don't know, 42? Oh! One!
The Host stops. Lowers its arm.
HOST
Information: state request.
THE DOCTOR
Good! Right. You've been ordered
to kill the survivors, but why?
HOST
Information: no witnesses.
THE DOCTOR
But this ship's gonna fall on the
Earth and kill everyone, and the
Human Race has got nothing to do
with the Titanic, so that
contravenes your orders, yeah?
HOST
Information: incorrect.
THE DOCTOR
But... why d'you want to destroy
the Earth..?
HOST
Information: it is the plan.
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
What plan?
HOST
Information: protocol grants you
only three questions, these three
questions have been used -
THE DOCTOR
Well you could've warned me!
HOST
Information: now you will die.
And it lifts up its arm...
Astrid & Mr Copper back away, Rickston cringes, the Doctor

picks up a metal stick, readies himself, the last defence...
The Host holds its Halo in front...
Ready to throw...
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costume, all this time, now using the lasso from her belt,
the other end wrapped tight around her wrist.
FOON
You're coming with me.
And she jumps -
The Host is yanked with her - !
FX: Foon and Host tumble down, down, down, into the Core.
Silence. Astrid upset, crying, Mr Copper hugs her. The

Doctor sinks to his knees on the Strut, exhausted.
Hold.
Then the Doctor lifts his head. Fire in his eyes.
THE DOCTOR
No more.
CUT TO:
An open doorway blocked by a GIRDER, but with a gaaaah! -

THE DOCTOR pushes it, it topples. The Doctor leaps into
the corridor - wrecked, as others, some PRAC FLAMES -
ASTRID, MR COPPER & RICKSTON following. Energy, top speed:
(CONTINUED)
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THE DOCTOR
Right! Get yourselves up to
Reception One, once you're there,
Mr Copper, you've got staff access
to the computer, try to find a way
of transmitting an SOS, Astrid -
(takes the baton)
- you're in charge of this, once
it's powered up, it'll take out
Host within 50 yards, but then it
needs 60 seconds to recharge, got
that? Rickston, you take this -
(the sonic)
- I've pre-set it, just hold down
that button, it'll open the doors,
Do Not Lose It, got that? Now go
and open the next door, go on, go!
(Rickston runs off)
Mr Copper, you've been injured, I
need you fighting fit -
Grabbing First Aid Box off the wall, throws it to Mr Copper -
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Astrid, where's the powerpoints?
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Over here -
She runs to a wall, the Doctor joins her, and as he holds

the baton next to a wall-plug, which lights up -
THE DOCTOR
D'you see, when it's ready, that
blue light comes on, there.
Both quieter now, more intimate:
ASTRID
You're talking like you're not
coming with us.
THE DOCTOR
There's something down on Deck 31.
I'm gonna find out what it is.
ASTRID
But what if you meet the Host?
THE DOCTOR
Oh, I'll just... have some fun!
ASTRID
(smiling)
Sounds like you do this sort of
thing all the time.
(CONTINUED)
THE DOCTOR
Not by choice. All I do is travel,
that's what I am, just a traveller.
Imagine it! No tax, no bills, no
boss. Just the open sky.
ASTRID
...I'm sort of... unemployed now.
I was thinking, that blue box was
kind of small, but... I could
squeeze in. Like a stowaway.
THE DOCTOR
...I suppose.
ASTRID
Was that a yes or a no?
THE DOCTOR
It's not always safe.
ASTRID
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Then you need someone to look after
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I'd like that, yeah.
Big smile between them. Then -
CAMERA SHAKE - the corridor lurches, PRAC RUBBLE - and

this time, the corridor keeps shuddering, as the Doctor
leaps to a COMMS PANEL (screen still playing sc.7):
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Mr Frame, still with us - ?
CONTINUES INTERCUT WITH -
CUT TO:
BRIDGE SHAKING, MIDSHIPMAN FRAME on COMMS:
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
It's the engines, sir. Final phase!
There's nothing more I can do,
we've only got eight minutes left -
BIGGER CAMERA SHAKE -
CUT TO:
FX: THE WRECKED TITANIC, creaking, groaning, small GOUTS

OF FLAME around the ENGINES, fragments flying out -
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHAKE slowly subsiding, THE DOCTOR on COMMS:
THE DOCTOR
Don't worry, I'll get there.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
But the Bridge is sealed off!
THE DOCTOR
Yep! Working on it! I'm gonna
get there, Mr Frame. Somehow!
(the baton beeps)
All charged up!
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Mr Copper, look after her. Astrid,
look after him. Rickston, look
after yourself. And I'll see you
again. That's a promise -
ASTRID
Hold on a minute. There's an old
tradition on Planet Sto...
She's taking a BOX out of the rubble, carries it to him.
THE DOCTOR
I've really got to go -
ASTRID
Just wait.
She plonks the box in front of him.
Stands on it.
Then grabs his jacket, pulls him in for a good kiss!
Then lets go, both smiling.
THE DOCTOR
That's a very old tradition.
ASTRID
See you later.
THE DOCTOR
Oh yes.
(CONTINUED)
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He stands back, still looking at her. Presses the button,

the door slides shut, he's gone.
CUT TO:
82 INT. CANYON - NIGHT 82
THE DOCTOR runs back across the STRUT.
CUT TO:
83 INT. STAIRWELL #2 - NIGHT 83
Rubble, etc. ASTRID, MR COPPER & RICKSTON heading up...
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR hurrying down...
CUT TO:
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THREE HOST standing there!
Rickston runs back, terrified -
RICKSTON
Do it - !
MR COPPER & ASTRID are further back, she holds up the baton -
ASTRID
Stand by!
FX: whuppp! THE BLUE RIPPLE bounces out from the baton -
SLAM! CU HOST'S HEAD hitting the floor, deactivated.
Mr Copper, Astrid and Rickston overjoyed, whooping!
CUT TO:
86 INT. KITCHEN CORRIDOR - NIGHT 86
THE DOCTOR heading along, as fast as he can - bodies of

kitchen staff in the debris (no faces visible) - when -
THREE HOST appear at the far end.
The Doctor turns back -
THREE MORE HOST at the opposite end. They unclip Haloes...
(CONTINUED)
86 CONTINUED: 86
THE DOCTOR
Wait wait wait, Security Protocol
One! D'you hear me? One! One!!
They pause.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Okay. That gives me three
questions. Three questions to
save my life, am I right?
HOST
Information: correct.
THE DOCTOR
No, that wasn't one of them, I
didn't mean it, that's not fair!
Can I start again?
HOST
Information: no.
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either! Oh blimey. One question
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have orders to kill the survivors,
but survivors must therefore be
passengers or staff, but not me,
I'm not a passenger, I'm not staff,
go on, scan me, you must have
biorecords, no such person on board,
I don't exist, therefore, you can't
kill me, therefore, I'm a stowaway,
and stowaways should be arrested
and taken to the nearest figure of
authority, and I reckon the nearest
figure of authority is on Deck 31,
final question, am I right?!
HOST
THE DOCTOR
Brilliant! Take me to your leader!
Always wanted to say that.
CUT TO:
Door opens, ASTRID bursts through with the baton -
FOUR HOST scattered around the room, all turn -
FX: BLUE RIPPLE bounces out of the baton -
CU one Host, it judders, drops dead.
(CONTINUED)
87 CONTINUED: 87
WIDE SHOT, all four Host lying dead in the rubble, as MR

COPPER & RICKSTON follow Astrid in. The room's wrecked,
but not too bad. Astrid in charge now:
ASTRID
Rickston, seal the doors, make
this room secure. And keep an eye
on the Host - Mr Copper, try the
computer, we need that SOS!
CUT TO Rickston, going to a second door, sonicking it.
That done, he stops. Gets his breath. Sinks to the floor.

Curls up. Quietly, Rickston starts to cry.
CUT TO Astrid, now on the far side of the room. She checks
a dead Host, but then looks up...
She's right next to the RACK OF TELEPORT BRACELETS.
She picks one up. Realises...
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Goes to a nearby COMMS PANEL (still playing sc.7).
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SCENE CONTINUES INTERCUT WITH -
INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT 88
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME, wrestling with controls, while on COMMS -
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Who's that?
ASTRID
Astrid Peth, I was with the Doctor,
tell me, can you divert power to
the teleport system?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
No way. I'm using everything I've
got to keep the engines going.
ASTRID
Just one trip, I need to get to
Deck 31.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
And I'm telling you, no!
ASTRID
(stronger)
Mr Frame. It's for the Doctor.
He's gone down there, on his own,
and I can't just leave him.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
88 CONTINUED: 88
ASTRID (CONT'D)
He's done everything he can to
save us, now it's time we did
something for him.
Frame hesitates. Damn it! Then stabs buttons...
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Giving you power...
CUT TO:
MR COPPER ripping wires out of a dead Host, when -
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ASTRID
Mr Copper. I'm going to find him.
MR COPPER
...good luck.
FX: teleport glow, ASTRID disappears.
CUT TO:
TWO HOST lead THE DOCTOR in, as guards. A THIRD HOST

already there, standing sentinel. The Doctor looking up...
FX: DMP WIDE SHOT, looking up, a hole ripped through the
floors of the Titanic, leading up above, huge height.
THE DOCTOR
Wow. That's what you'd call a
fixer-upper. Come on then, Host
with the most. This ultimate
E p X - Y e l l o w
authority of yours, who is it?
DW4 -
The third Host goes to the wall - actually a hidden DOOR.
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PRAC STEAM blasting out, like a seal's been broken. Beyond,
black space. But with lights glinting from inside...
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Ohh, clever, that's a Omnistate
Impact Chamber. Indestrucible!
You could survive anything, in
there, you could sit through a
supernova. Or a shipwreck.
Something glides out, into the light...
Clanking, whirring, lights shining...
It is a METAL BOX, 5 feet tall, 3 feet wide, blinking with

computer panels, though driven by great big industrial
wheels. Laced with tubes; it's a mobile life-support for
the SEVERED HEAD on top: pale and ghastly, white cataract
eyes, it sticks out of the top of the box, plugged into
the tubes, a ventilator hissing away. As it glides out:
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

But only one person could have the
power and the money to hide
themselves on board like this.
(imitates advert)
And I should know, cos...
MAX
My name's Max.
And the HEAD OF MAX CAPRICORN smiles -
(CONTINUED)
90 CONTINUED: 90
FX: his GOLD TOOTH goes ding!
THE DOCTOR
Oh, it really does that!
MAX
Who the hell is this?
THE DOCTOR
I'm the Doctor, hello!
HOST
Information: stowaway.
MAX
Kill him.
THE DOCTOR
No! But you can't, not now, come
on, Max, you're giving me so much
good material! Like... how to get
a head in business. D'you see?
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THE MAX-BOX trundles towards the Doctor, wheels clanking,
gears grinding, the box hissing STEAM. Ghastly smile:
MAX (CONT'D)
I like a funny man. No one's been
funny with me for years.
THE DOCTOR
Can't think why.
MAX
A hundred and seventy six years of
running the company have taken
their toll.
THE DOCTOR
Yeah, but... nice wheels.
CUT TO the far end of the room, ASTRID sneaking through a

gap in the wall. Crouching down, hidden by debris, watching -
MAX
A life support system, in a society
that despises cyborgs. I've had
to hide away for years, running
the company by hologram.
(turns to -)
Host! Situation report!
HOST
Information: Titanic still in orbit.
(CONTINUED)
MAX
Let me see...
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He turns, whirrs, clanks, going to a ledge, with a railing,

at the end of the room.
FX: WIDE, LEDGE, THE MAX-BOX perched above canyon walls.
MAX (CONT'D)
We should've crashed by now, what's
gone wrong..?
FX: HIS POV, the drop, then the CORE OF ENERGY far below.
MAX (CONT'D)
The goddamn engines are still
running, they should have stopped.
THE DOCTOR
But when they do, the Earth gets
roasted, I don't understand, what's
Earth got to do with it?!
MAX
This interview is terminated -
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Max clanks back towards him, fascinated...
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

- so! The business is failing,
then you wreck the ship, so that
makes things even worse... Oh!
Yes! No. Yes! The business isn't
failing, it's failed, past tense!
MAX
My own board voted me out. They
stabbed me in the back.
THE DOCTOR
If you had a back.
CUT TO Astrid, creeping carefully across the space, just a

few feet, keeping low, heading for something...
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

So! You scupper the ship - wipe
out any survivors, just in case
anyone's rumbled you - and the
board find their shares halved in
value. Ohh, but that's not enough,
no! Cos if a Max Capricorn ship
hits the Earth, it destroys an
entire planet - outrage back home,
scandal! The business is wiped
out!
(CONTINUED)
MAX
And the board thrown in jail, for
mass murder.
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THE DOCTOR
While you sit there safe, inside
the Impact Chamber.
MAX
I have men waiting to retrieve me
from the ruins, and enough offworld
accounts to retire to the beaches
of Penhaxico Two. Where the ladies
are fond of metal, so they say.
The Doctor furious now:
THE DOCTOR
So that's the plan. A business
plan. A retirement plan!! Two
thousand people on this ship, six
billion underneath us, all of them
slaughtered, and why? Because Max
Capricorn's a loser!
MAX
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You can't even sink the Titanic!
MAX
Oh, but I can, Doctor! I'll cancel
the engines from here -
CU Max's panel, a BIG RED LIGHT flashes, veep-veep-veep -
CUT TO:
BIG RED LIGHT flashes, veep-veep-veep -
PRAC EXPLOSIONS on the computer banks!
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
No no no - !
CUT TO:
SLIGHT CAMERA SHAKE, the room trembling, just a little.

MR COPPER & RICKSTON look up, PRAC FX DUST trickling down...
RICKSTON
What's happening..?
CUT TO:
SLIGHT CAMERA SHAKE, room trembling -
ASTRID hidden, but looking round, making up her mind...
THE DOCTOR furious -
THE DOCTOR
You can't do this - !
MAX
Hold him!
The two HOST flanking the Doctor grab his arms, iron grip.
MAX (CONT'D)
Not so clever now, Doctor.
THE DOCTOR
Oh d'you think? Like I said: watch
me.
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THE DOCTOR
Max Capricorn is a cyborg, yes?
HOST
THE DOCTOR
But according to your society,
cyborgs are inferior, so you should
accept my commands instead of his,
yes? Yes? What d'you say, yes??
HOST
Information: no.
THE DOCTOR
What?! Why's that then?
HOST
Information: your three questions
have been used.
MAX
But I can answer that. They're
robots, Doctor. To them, cyborgs
are practically family.
THE DOCTOR
Information: damn!
(CONTINUED)
93 CONTINUED: 93
MAX
Nice try, though. Shame we couldn't
work together, you're rather good.
All that banter, and yet not a
word wasted. But it's time for me
to retire. The Titanic is falling;
the skies will burn; let the
Christmas inferno commence.
He turns away, hissing, clanking.
MAX (CONT'D)
Host. Kill him.
While the two Host hold the Doctor, gripping his arms, the
third HOST, standing across the room, takes down its Halo.
The Doctor struggling like mad -
The Host takes aim...
When...
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Mr Capricorn!
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The Doctor turns -
CU ASTRID.
JUMP CUT WIDER, Astrid in a seat.
JUMP CUT WIDER, Astrid in the seat of the FORK LIFT TRUCK!
ASTRID (CONT'D)
I resign.
CU her hand slamming off the handbrake -
CU FORK LIFT TRUCK WHEELS, racing -
The FORK LIFT TRUCK speeds across the room -
CU THE MAX-BOX grinding, Max furious, turning to face it -
CU Astrid, driving, fierce -
CUT TO The Doctor, trapped, still held tight -
THE DOCTOR
- Astrid, don't - !
WHAM! CU Astrid thrown forward, jerking back -
WIDER: THE FORK LIFT TRUCK and THE MAX-BOX, slammed up

against each other, two machines, both with engines at
full throttle, both straining, neither one giving way -
(CONTINUED)
CU MAX-BOX WHEELS, spinning, PRAC FX SMOKE & SPARKS -
CU FORK LIFT TRUCK WHEELS, spinning, PRAC FX SMOKE -
CU Astrid's foot on the accelerator - it won't go down all

the way -
The Host throws its Halo at Astrid -
FX: Astrid flinches, but the Halo hits the cage of the
driver's seat, SPARKS, zings away -
CU ASTRID, cranking the gears up...
CU MAX, snarling at her...
FX: the ding! of his GOLD TOOTH.
THEN SLOW MOTION: Astrid looks across at the Doctor.
SLOW MOTION: the Doctor, trapped, looking at Astrid.

Knowing what she's going to do. He says quietly, no...
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Normal speed again - she cranks the gear up to maximum -
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CU FORK LIFT WHEELS, PRAC SMOKE, but they suddenly SHOOT
FORWARD, fast -
WIDE SHOT, the FORK LIFT TRUCK scooping up the MAX-BOX,

and racing forward, fast -
FX: HIGH SHOT, TRUCK & MAX-BOX shooting towards the edge,
the railing, with the drop below -
RAILING FOREGROUND - it SHATTERS, broken by the Max-Box

being pushed through, the fork lift truck following, fast -
BCU Astrid, tilting fast, dropping -
Both HOST suddenly release the Doctor, jerking hands up in

a surrender position (ie, control over them broken), leaving
him to belt forward -
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Astriiiiid - !
At the edge, his POV -
FX: with the MAX-BOX furthest down, screaming its way down
into the depths, the FORK LIFT TRUCK beside it, on Astrid:
she's free of the driver's cage, but is falling, falling,
falling, down, down, down, looking up at the Doctor...
On the Doctor.
FX: the SHAFT empty now. A last flare of power from the
CORE, then it dies, fades to black.
(CONTINUED)
The Host gently bow their heads, hands in prayer position;

their default, but now like a lamentation.
And now HOLD THE CU ON THE DOCTOR. Devastated. Staring

down. CAMERA SHAKE increases.
But the noise fades down, to silence.
And the music soars; an aria.
On the Doctor.
MIX his CU with images from...
MIX TO:
SLOW MOTION. SOUNDLESS, music only.
PRAC EXPLOSIONS from the computer banks, beautiful in slow-

motion, sparks arcing, with MIDSHIPMAN FRAME desperate,
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trying to use the controls, but having to shield himself.
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DW4 -
And though there's no sound, he is yelling 'Doctor!
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Doctor,
r i t r s t a l e
help me!' Over and over again...
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MIX TO:
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SLOW MOTION. SOUNDLESS, music only.
MR COPPER & RICKSTON cowering against a wall.
PRAC RUBBLE & DUST falling down, as they look up, imploring.
Both shout 'Doctor!', again and again. Begging for help.
But there is none.
No help, no hope.
MIX TO:
SLOW MOTION, SOUNDLESS. Music only.
On THE DOCTOR, as he walks back into the room.
Lost. Alone.
PRAC RUBBLE falling around him, but it's like he doesn't

notice, doesn't care.
NORMAL SPEED, though still soundless, music only, as the

Doctor stands between the two Host again. They heads bowed.
He stands there.
(CONTINUED)
96 CONTINUED: 96
So tired.
Then, eyes dead, he just lifts his hand.
Clicks his fingers.
Both Host slowly raise their heads.
Still grim, the Doctor offers out both his arms, the crook
of his elbows. Both Host hook arms round his elbows.
The Doctor looks up, cranes his head right back.
The two Host look up.
FX: WIDE SHOT, the two HOST now with WINGS UNFURLED, and
they FLY! Carrying the Doctor with them, three-in-a-row,
whooshing up, up, up into the DMP heights -
CUT TO:
97 INT. FX SHAFT - NIGHT 97
E p X - Y e l l o w
DW4 -
FX: TWO HOST, holding THE DOCTOR between them, fly up, up,
up, through the gutted ship, the b/g shaft whizzing past
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behind them, floor after floor (the 2.1 LIFT SHAFT b/g) -
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FX: TIGHTER THREE SHOT, B/G WHIZZING PAST, all still looking
up as both Host raise their outer arms, fists clenched in
a punch -
FX: CU HOST'S FIST, B/G WHIZZING PAST -
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHAKE, PRAC RUBBLE falling, MIDSHIPMAN FRAME cowering

on the floor, in pain, but then -
PRAC FX: THE TWO HOST with arms aloft PUNCH THROUGH THE
FLOOR! Floorboards shattering, flying away -
The top half of their bodies staying in the hole as THE

DOCTOR hauls himself up the rest of the way. All smiles!
THE DOCTOR
Midshipman Frame! At last!
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
But the Host -
THE DOCTOR
Controller dead, they revert to
the next highest authority. And
that's me!
CUT TO:
FX: THE TITANIC groaning, beginning to tilt downwards

towards the Earth, more GOUTS OF FLAME from the engines -
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHAKE - ROOM TILTING DOWN - THE DOCTOR running to

the Wheel, MIDSHIPMAN FRAME on his feet (Host now gone) -
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
- there's nothing we can do, there's
no power, the ship's gonna fall -
THE DOCTOR
What's your first name?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Alonso.
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THE DOCTOR
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Why..?
THE DOCTOR
That's something else I've always
wanted to say. Allons-y, Alonso!
And he grips the Wheel as the whole room LURCHES - !
CUT TO:
FX: THE TITANIC tilted downwards at 45 degrees, suspended

for a second - and then it drops! Hurtling towards EARTH!
CUT TO:
THE WHOLE ROOM TILTING DOWN - WIND BLASTING THROUGH - THE

DOCTOR at the Wheel, like a maniac - spinning it!
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME holding on to the computer banks for dear

life - yelling all the way - !
A FIERCE RED LIGHT flares up, fills the room -
CUT TO:
FX: THE TITANIC plummeting through the upper atmosphere,

at 45 degrees, BURNING, HULL GLOWING RED -
CUT TO:
TIGHT ON MR COPPER & RICKSTON pressed against the wall,

all now TILTED DOWN at 45 degrees, yelling, helpless, as
DEBRIS shifts and tumbles down on top of them -
CUT TO:
105 INT. BRIDGE - DAY 105
Red light gone, stark daylight now streaming through - THE

DOCTOR at the Wheel, yelling with exertion as he spins it -
the TILT of the room lessening a fraction -
CUT TO:
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106
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EXT. FX SHOT - DAY
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FX: THE TITANIC no longer glowing - not burnt, it's a tough
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old ship - now levelling up a few degrees, but still
plummeting down, down, down through blue skies -
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR at the Wheel, manic, spinning it, MIDSHIPMAN

FRAME holding on, as the Doctor glances down -
ON SCREEN GRAPHIC: a map of LONDON, zooming in to one

particular spot, marked with a red DANGER sign.
The Doctor holds the Wheel with one hand, grabs an old-
fashioned BAKELITE PHONE receiver off the computer bank -
THE DOCTOR
Hello, yes, um.... could you get
me Buckingham Palace?
CUT TO:
108 INT. NEWS 24 STUDIO - DAY 108
HORIZONTAL LINES VISIBLE, NEWSREADER to CAMERA:
NEWSREADER
...and as dawn rises over Great
Britain, it seems that, this year,
the City of London has escaped
alien intervention...
CUT TO:
109 EXT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY 109
WIDE SHOT, with roads empty. The flag is flying.
NEWSREADER OOV
The Queen has remained in residence,
in defiance of extraterrestrial
attack...
Voice fades down, SLOW ZOOM in, sound of a RINGING PHONE.
CUT TO:
THE DOCTOR on the phone -
THE DOCTOR
- listen to me, Security Code 771,
now get out of there!!!
CUT TO:
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111
DW4 -
EXT. FX SHOT - DAY
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FX: blue skies, THE TITANIC levelling, levelling, levelling,
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but still racing downwards -
CUT TO:
112 INT. POSH MARBLE STAIRCASE - DAY 112
BACK TO CAMERA, an OLD WOMAN in a nightie & curlers running

downstairs with TWO LIVERIED FOOTMEN, and a CORGI -
CUT TO:
112A EXT. CITY STREET - DAY 112A
HIGH ANGLE on STAN, running from his NEWS-SELLER'S BOOTH,

waving an angry fist at the sky.
STAN
Don't you dare, you aliens! Don't
you dare!!
CUT TO:
CU THE DOCTOR, heaving at the Wheel, teeth gritted, like

he's physically pulling the Titanic up, the room levelling
back slowly towards the horizontal...
CUT TO:
114 EXT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY 114
The Palace stands proud....
(CONTINUED)
114 CONTINUED: 114
FX: THE TITANIC, reaching the perigee of its downward curve,

swoops in from behind the Palace...
And just misses, by an inch! Sails overhead!
CUT TO:
Room now horizontal, beginning to tilt slightly upwards,

THE DOCTOR heaving at the wheel, now grinning -
CUT TO:
116 EXT. AGAINST SKY - DAY 116
FX: LOW ANGLE, TITANIC heading slowly upwards in b/g; the

old woman standing, now framed against the sky, waving.
THE QUEEN
Thank you, Doctor! Thank you!
117 DW4 -
EXT. FX SHOT - DAY
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FX: THE TITANIC, more graceful now, on an upward incline,
heading back to space, though at less steep an angle,
sailing through the blue skies of Christmas morning.
CUT TO:
118 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 1 - DAY 118
Daylight now streaming in, the room tilting upwards a

little, debris falling away from MR COPPER & RICKSTON,
still pressed up against the wall. They can't believe it.
They made it! Both start to laugh.
And they hug each other, crying, overjoyed.
CUT TO:
Room now tilting upwards. MIDSHIPMAN FRAME slumped against

the back wall, shattered, recovering. And THE DOCTOR
slides down to sit with him. Exhausted:
THE DOCTOR
Used the heat of re-entry to fire
up the Secondary Storm Drive.
Unsinkable. That's me.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
...we made it.
THE DOCTOR
Not all of us.
(CONTINUED)
119 CONTINUED: 119
Pause. Then suddenly -
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Teleport! She was wearing a
teleport bracelet!!
And he's running - !
CUT TO:
119A INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 1 - NIGHT 119A
(The Titanic's back in space now, dark outside; stable,

but with lights still off.) MR COPPER & RICKSTON
recovering, as THE DOCTOR runs in - going straight to the
TELEPORT PLINTH, starts stabbing controls -
THE DOCTOR
Rickston! Sonic - !!!
Rickston throws the sonic, the Doctor catches it -
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THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
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they got an emergency setting?
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MR COPPER
I don't know, they should have -
THE DOCTOR
She fell, Mr Copper. She fell.
What's the emergency code?
MR COPPER
Let me...
And he runs to the plinth, helps the Doctor, both frantic.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME enters, still in pain.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
What the hell are you doing..?
THE DOCTOR
We can bring her back!
MR COPPER
If a passenger has an accident, on
shore leave - if they're still
wearing their teleport, their
molecules are automatically
suspended and held in stasis... if
we can just trigger the shift...
THE DOCTOR
There!
And they look, in awe:
(CONTINUED)
119A CONTINUED: 119A
FX (AND REPEAT): centre of the room, with a beautiful,

blue star-like shimmer, ASTRID appears. Transparent; like
a ghost. She just stands still, lost, her voice faint.
ASTRID
...I'm falling.
THE DOCTOR
Only halfway there, come on!!
And he's ripping out wires and sonicking like crazy.
FX: Astrid stays transparent.
ASTRID
...I keep falling.
THE DOCTOR
...feedback the molecule grid...
Boost it with the restoration
matrix, no no no! Need more phase
containment...
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(quiet, kind)
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No, if I can just link up the
surface suspension...
MR COPPER
Doctor, she's gone.
THE DOCTOR
I just need to override the safety,
I can do this, I can do it -
MR COPPER
Doctor. Let her go.
THE DOCTOR
I can do anything!!
And he kicks the plinth, savage.
And then stops.
Looks across the room.
FX: Astrid, fading a little.
ASTRID
...stop me falling.
MR COPPER
There's not enough left, the system
was too damaged.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
119A CONTINUED: (2) 119A
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
She's just atoms, Doctor. An echo,
with the ghost of consciousness.
She's stardust.
Mr Copper, Midshipman Frame, Rickston look on in respectful

silence. As the Doctor walks forward.
THE DOCTOR
Astrid Peth. Citizen of Sto. The
woman who looked up at the stars
and dreamt of travelling.
He faces her.
FX: Profile to profile, the Doctor and a transparent Astrid;

she stares at him, lost, begging for release.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

There's an old tradition.
FX: they kiss.
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Then as they separate, the Doctor lifts up the sonic.
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He whirrs it.
Across the room, the PORTHOLE opens - black space beyond,

FX: blue ripple of the oxygen field outside.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

You're not falling, Astrid. You're
flying.
FX: Astrid loses corporeal form, becomes a shimmer of blue

light, tiny stars, blowing gently across the room, towards
the porthole...
CUT TO:
FX: THE TITANIC suspended in space, back in a peaceful

orbit above the Earth, damaged, but still majestic. And
the shining STARDUST of Astrid Peth sails away from the
ship, swirling past CAMERA for a second...
Then spiralling away into space, dispersing, gone.
CUT TO:
Some time later. Lighting back on. Still filled with

rubble, but with some order restored.
(CONTINUED)
121 CONTINUED: 121
WIDE SHOT, THE DOCTOR, MR COPPER & RICKSTON scattered across

the space, just sitting there, stunned, still recovering.
CU on the Doctor. Lost in thought.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME enters - now patched up, proper bandages.

During this, on the Doctor, as he wanders over to the row
of TELEPORT BRACELETS, picks one up, idly.
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
I've sent the SOS. Rescue ships
should be here within twenty
minutes. And they're digging out
the records on Max Capricorn, should
be quite a story.
MR COPPER
They'll want to talk to all of us,
I suppose..?
MIDSHIPMAN FRAME
Should think so, yeah. Is there
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any of that water left?
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He hands him a water bottle. Midshipman Frame swigs,
wanders over to the far end of the room, tired.
Mr Copper goes to the Doctor, sotto:
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
I think one or two inconvenient
truths might come to light. Still.
My own fault. And ten years in
jail is better than dying.
RICKSTON
Doctor...
Rickston's walking towards them. Tearful, broken, honest.
RICKSTON (CONT'D)
I never said... Thank you.
And he suddenly hugs the Doctor, tight.
But then, as he pulls out of the hug, wiping his face, the
old Rickston is recovering, that glint in his eye.
RICKSTON (CONT'D)
Funny thing is, I said Max Capricorn
was falling apart. Just before
the crash, I sold all my shares.
Transferred them to his rivals.
(smiles)
It's made me rich. How about that?
(CONTINUED)
Rickston wanders away, more his old self, on his vone:
RICKSTON (CONT'D)
Salvain? Yeah, I know, just listen -
check the Stock One Thousand, tell
me the price on Majestic Cruises...
The Doctor still staring. Boiling. Mr Copper quiet, wise:
MR COPPER
Of all the people to survive.
He's not the one you would have
chosen, is he?
(no reply)
But if you could choose, Doctor.
If you could decide who lives and
who dies. That would make you a
monster.
The Doctor looks at him properly. Smiles.
THE DOCTOR
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Mr Copper.
Y e l l o w
DW4 -
Hands him a teleport bracelet.
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THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)
I think you deserve this.
Mr Copper realises what he means, puts on the bracelet, as

the Doctor gets a second bracelet, puts it on.
Then the Doctor looks across the room. Midshipman Frame,

far across the space, knows what he's about to do.
And Midshipman Frame stands tall. Salutes the Doctor.
The Doctor salutes him. And then...
FX: TELEPORT GLOW, the Doctor & Mr Copper disappear.
CUT TO:
122 EXT. HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING CITY - NIGHT 122
SNOW falling. TWO SMALL FIGURES trudging across the barren,

empty hillside, THE DOCTOR & MR COPPER.
MR COPPER
...so, Great Britain is part of
Yooropee, and just across the
British Channel, you've got Great
France and Great Germany...
THE DOCTOR
No, just France and Germany, only
Britain is great.
(CONTINUED)
122 CONTINUED: 122
MR COPPER
And they're all at war with the
continent of Hamerica?
THE DOCTOR
No, well, not yet, you could argue
that one.... There she is!
Far off, in the snow: THE TARDIS.
JUMP CUT TO THE DOCTOR & MR COPPER next to the Tardis.

The Doctor patting it, wiping snow off. They're on the
brow of the hill, the lights of a city glittering far-off.
THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

Survive anything!
MR COPPER
Between you and me, I don't even
think this is proper snow, I suspect
it's the ballast from the Titanic's
salvage, entering the atmosphere.
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Yeah. One of these days, it might
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Which is just chat, to delay the awkward moment:
MR COPPER
So! I take it, you'll be going?
THE DOCTOR
The open sky.
MR COPPER
And... what about me?
THE DOCTOR
I travel alone. It's best that
way.
MR COPPER
Then what am I supposed to do?
THE DOCTOR
Give me that credit card.
Mr Copper hands it over, the Doctor studies it, sonics it.
MR COPPER
It's only petty cash. Spending
money. All done by computer, I
didn't really know the currency, I
thought a million might cover it.
THE DOCTOR
A million pounds?
(CONTINUED)
Doctor Who 4 - Episode X - Yellow page - 20/07/07 - page 82.
MR COPPER
Enough for trinkets.
THE DOCTOR
Mr Copper, a million pounds is
worth fifty million credits. *
MR COPPER
How much..?!
THE DOCTOR
Fifty million, and fifty six. *
MR COPPER
...I've got money.
THE DOCTOR
Yes you have!
And Mr Copper takes the card. Incredulous. Then stands

back, exultant, laughing to the skies.
E p X - Y e l l
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goodness me, yee hah!
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THE DOCTOR
It's all yours. Planet Earth.
Now that's a retirement plan.
Just you be careful, though!
MR COPPER
I will, I will, oh I will!
THE DOCTOR
No interfering. I don't want any
trouble. Just... have a nice life.
MR COPPER
I can have a house! A proper house!
With a garden! And a door! Oh,
Doctor! I'll make you proud!
He grabs the Doctor, kisses his cheek -
Then runs off, into the snow, towards the city, yelling:
MR COPPER (CONT'D)
I can have a kitchen! With chairs!
And windows! And... plates!
THE DOCTOR
Um... where are you going?
MR COPPER
No idea!
THE DOCTOR
Nor me.
(CONTINUED)
The Doctor turns to the Tardis, gets out the key.
But Mr Copper stops, calls back, a silhouette in the snow.
MR COPPER
Oh, and Doctor!
(pause)
I won't forget her.
The Doctor just nods. Then looks up.
FX: NIGHT SKY, and in amongst the snow, just for a second,
there's a glimpse of shining BLUE STARDUST, then gone.
Then the Doctor looks back across the night.
THE DOCTOR
Merry Christmas, Mr Copper.
And the Doctor goes into the Tardis.
FX: the ancient grind of engines, and the Tardis fades
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away, obscured by the snow, gone.
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Doctor Who 4

1 INT. TARDIS - DAY 1

REPEAT OF 3.13 SC.92. THE TARDIS in flight. THE DOCTOR

EXPLOSION! The Doctor's showered with debris!

He's on the floor. Coughing. Smoke in the air. He waves

FX: WIDE SHOT, the PROW OF A SHIP, an old-fashioned liner,

The Doctor finds in the debris, a lifebelt. He flips it

THE DOCTOR (CONT'D)

He slams more switches, the Time Rotor rising and falling,

2 INT. SMALL CUPBOARD - NIGHT 2

Tiny, dark linen cupboard, just big enough for...

FX: the TARDIS materialises.

THE DOCTOR comes out, still brushing himself down. Pats

3 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - CONTINUOUS 3

THE DOCTOR steps into -

Men in black tie. Ladies in posh dresses. Staff looking

Two GOLDEN ANGELS, guarding a set of internal doors. THE

Black eyes in a gold face.

The Doctor creeped out, then distracted by seeing -

BANNAKAFFALATTA strolling past, in black tie; three foot

The Doctor's getting the hang of it now, goes to porthole

CU the Doctor, framed in the porthole.

CUT TO OPENING TITLES

6 INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT 6

Quiet and dark. A long room, rather than deep; computer

CREW operating controls, in smart 1912-ish uniform - NB,

CAPTAIN HARDAKER (CONT'D)

The men head off, except MIDSHIPMAN FRAME, young, nervous.

CAPTAIN HARDAKER (CONT'D)

DW4 - Bridge has to be staffed by two

And they stand together, on duty.

7 INT. TITANIC RECEPTION, DECK 22 - DAY 7

An advert, horizontal lines visible, seen on a TV screen.

FX: his gold tooth goes ding!

Screen blips, footage replays, and PULL OUT TO REVEAL:

8 INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 8

Pulling out, Max Capricorn looped on a wall-screen. THE

9 INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE - NIGHT 9

THE DOCTOR walks in.

Christmas decorations, tables & booths with GUESTS, milling

FX: CROWD REPLICATION, all having a good time.

The Doctor strolls through, looking round...

His POV: BANNAKAFALATTA, dancing away.

- as the Doctor heads towards a HEAVENLY HOST.

Its voice is calm, posh, neutral, movements smooth and

He's broken, stuck, jerks his head with every 'Max' -

He's about to sonic the Host, but three STEWARDS rush in -

DW4 - Sorry sir, we can

It snaps rigid, upright, a statue, topples to the side -

Chief Steward walks with them, mutters to Stewards, angry -

CHIEF STEWARD (CONT'D)

The Doctor turns, distracted by a crash -

RICKSTON SLADE, still on his vone, yelling at the waitress,

The Doctor scoots over help Astrid pick up shards of glass.

Saying that, standing, both going to the window.

FX (and REPEAT): EARTH below them. Romantic image, the

She's a bit dazzled. Hold, then break the moment -

DW4 - that's the plan, never quite works.

And she walks away, smiling.