The Story of a mad Man with a box series 6 (Doctor Who)

The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe Pt 4

[Dome]

DOCTOR: Doing?
CYRIL: Evacuating. They're evacuating.
DOCTOR: Why?
CYRIL: They're frightened of the rain. The rain that burns.

[Platform control]

LILY [OC]: Caretaker, please explain. I'm frightened.
DOCTOR [OC]: Those stars.

[Dome]

DOCTOR: They're pure life force. Souls, if you like. And they're trying to escape because they think their home is going to burn.
LILY: Why can't they just float up into the sky?
DOCTOR: They need to travel inside a living thing. Inside Cyril. You see, this, it's not a crown, it's a relay. They're turning your brother into a lifeboat. That's what this place is for, then. It's an escape plan, is that it? Don't you harm him. Do not touch that child!
(The wooden Queen puts her hand on Cyril's shoulder, and he speaks with her voice.)
CYRIL/QUEEN: Your coming was foretold.
LILY: Oh my God, what is that? Why did he sound like that?
DOCTOR: Oh, hello. Are we lip synching now?
CYRIL/QUEEN: We had faith. Your coming was foretold.
DOCTOR: There's no such thing as foretelling. Trust a time traveller.
CYRIL/QUEEN: We waited, and you came.
DOCTOR: So, you've got an escape plan. Why aren't you escaping?
CYRIL/QUEEN: The child is weak.
DOCTOR: You mean he's a child.
CYRIL/QUEEN: No, he is weak. The forest cannot live in him. But there are others.
DOCTOR: There certainly are. And, the good thing is I look great in a hat. So, let's get this thing off, eh?
CYRIL/QUEEN: You are also weak.
DOCTOR: I'm really not. Let's save a forest, eh, Cyril?
CYRIL/QUEEN: You are not the one. You are weak.
DOCTOR: I'm really not.
(The Doctor takes the circlet from Cyril's head. It hurts him.)
DOCTOR: Argh!
LILY: Let go! Just let go! Drop it! Let it go! Please, just drop it.
DOCTOR: I can't!
(Lily snatches it from him. It doesn't hurt her at all.)
LILY: Oh, it's funny, isn't it. It's sort of tingly.
DOCTOR: Tingly?
(The Queen touches Lily.)
LILY/QUEEN: She is strong, but she is young.
(Lily pulls away and drops the circlet.)
DOCTOR: She's strong, I'm weak. Interesting.
CYRIL: Mummy?
LILY: Cyril, it's all right. It's me. Mummy isn't here but, we're going home to her right now, aren't we, Caretaker?
(A thunder storm begins.)
DOCTOR: No. I don't think we are. The rain that burns. Acid rain.

[Platform control]

DOCTOR [OC]: We have to get out of this forest. We're in terrible danger. This tower won't protect us for long.
CYRIL [OC]: Where's Mummy?
LILY [OC]: She's coming. You know she's coming, because

[Dome]

LILY: Because she always comes, doesn't she.
DOCTOR: Cyril. The way we came here. That door won't stay open for ever. Now, I'm not even sure if I can get us through the forest safely, but if we're going to have any chance at all, we have to go now.
CYRIL: No. We wait for Mummy. Mummy always comes.
DOCTOR: Not this time, Cyril. I'm sorry, but not this time.
(Here comes the platform, clomping through the forest and swaying a bit too much.)
LILY: What's that?
DOCTOR: It's an Androzani Harvester, but
LILY: You recognise that thing?
DOCTOR: More to the point, I think I recognise the driving. Ha ha! Madge has entered the forest!

[Platform control]

DOCTOR [OC]: Come on, Madge.

[Dome]

DOCTOR: You can do it. You go, girl.

[Platform control]

MADGE: Oh, shut up, you ridiculous oaf!
DOCTOR [OC]: Come on. This way, girl. You can do it, you can do it! Excellent driving! Hello!
MADGE: Caretaker?
DOCTOR [OC]: Yes?
MADGE: You're fired!

[Dome]

(But just before she reaches the window, the harvester topples sideways.)
DOCTOR: It's okay, she's fine. Don't worry. Stay here. Just stay here.

[Tower]

DOCTOR: Madge! Madge!
(Madge runs in with burn holes in her coat.)
DOCTOR: You okay?
MADGE: Stay inside. The rain is frightful. Lily? Cyril?

[Dome]

MADGE: Cyril.
CYRIL: Mum!
MADGE: Lily. Oh, what are you doing? How dare you leave the house? Cyril, what have I told you about opening your presents early?
CYRIL: Sorry, mummy.
MADGE: Something like this was bound to happen. What are those?
LILY: Stay away from it. You have to stay back.
MADGE: That's beautiful, isn't it?
CYRIL: Mummy?
MADGE: See how it shines.
(The Queen puts the coronet on Madge.)

[Tower]

(The Doctor scans the remains of the platform.)
DOCTOR: Nice one, Madge. A complete write off.
(The stars from the forest are converging on the Tower room.)

[Dome]

LILY: The stars are going inside her. She's taking the whole forest.
MADGE: Oh, this is marvellous. Oh, this is really quite wonderful.
(Then it ends.)
DOCTOR: Madge? Are you all right? Talk to me. Madge, can you hear me?
MADGE: Yes, I can hear you. I'm perfectly fine, thank you.
DOCTOR: Fine? You've got a whole world inside your head.
MADGE: I know! It's funny, isn't it? One can't imagine being a forest, then suddenly one can. How remarkable.
DOCTOR: You're okay. She's okay.
MADGE/QUEEN: She is strong.
MADGE: Ooo. That wasn't me. This is all really rather clever, isn't it?
DOCTOR: She's strong. She's strong. Ooo, stupid me. Stupid old Doctor. Do you get it, Cyril?
CYRIL: No.
DOCTOR: Lily, you do, don't you?
LILY: No.
DOCTOR: Course you do. Think about it. Weak and strong. It's a translation. Translated from the base code of nature itself. You and I, Cyril, we're weak. But she's female. More than female, she's mum. How else does life ever travel? The Mother ship.
(The dome detaches itself from the tower and rises into the air.)
LILY: What's happening?
DOCTOR: No idea. Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it's a plan.
(The dome zooms off into space and down a familiar corridor.)
DOCTOR: This is amazing.
CYRIL: Where are we?
DOCTOR: Technically, we're not anywhere. We've flown into the Time Vortex. You've what you wanted. Those idiots down there can burn your old home and you'll be safe out here. But these people helped you, and they're in my protection. Now help them. How do we get home?
MADGE/QUEEN: Think.
DOCTOR: Sorry? What?
MADGE/QUEEN: She must only think.
DOCTOR: Madge, did you hear that? You said it, but did you hear it? You've got to think.
MADGE: Think what?
DOCTOR: Think of home. Just picture it, feel it! You have to really feel it. Can you do that? Your mind is controlling this vessel. You can fly us all back for Christmas.
MADGE: My head is full of trees, Caretaker. Can't you fly us home?
DOCTOR: I don't have a home to think of. And between you and me, I'm older than I look and I can't feel the way you do. Not any more. And you really need to feel it, Madge. Everything about home that you miss until you can't bear it. Until you almost burst.
MADGE: Till it hurts. Is that what you mean, Caretaker? Till it hurts.
DOCTOR: Yes. Yes.
(Madge takes the telegram from her coat pocket.)
MADGE: Well then, home in time for Christmas!
(Not the smoothest ride.)
LILY: What's happening? Where are we going?
DOCTOR: Show them! Show them! Ha! The Time Vortex. Your mother is flying a forest through the Time Vortex. Be a little impressed. What are you going home for? What's pulling you there? Please, try. Please, think.
(An image of Reg holding a baby, of him in his uniform waving goodbye.)
MADGE: Reg!
CYRIL: Daddy!
MADGE: My Reg!
(Playing in the garden, birthdays.)
DOCTOR: That's it, focus on Reg. Be careful, but focus on him.
MADGE: Oh, I don't know.
DOCTOR: How did you meet? You and Reg. Tell me how you met.
MADGE: He followed me home. I worked in the dairy. He always used to follow me home.
LILY: Look at Father. He looks so young.
MADGE: He said he'd keep on following me till I married him. Didn't like to make a scene.
DOCTOR: Just stay focused. Think of home. This thing, it works psychically. It'll find a signal and lock on.
(The bomber appears.)
MADGE: No. No, please. Don't show me that. Please don't show me that!
CYRIL: Is that Daddy's plane?
MADGE: Please, I don't want to see that! Please!
(Smoke is pouring from the bomber as it goes down.)
DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, Madge. Don't break the signal now. We can't break it now. I'm sorry, Madge.
MADGE: Not the night he died. I don't want to see him die!
LILY: What do you mean, the night he died?
MADGE: Oh please don't make me watch him die!
CYRIL: Mummy? Is Daddy dead? Mummy!