(A man comes down the stairs of Deffry Vale High School and walks to the Headmaster's office. A girl is sitting on a chair nearby.)
FINCH: What do you want?
NINA: The nurse sent me, sir. I was in English and I got a headache.
FINCH: Then don't bother me, go home.
NINA: I can't.
FINCH: Why, is your mother at work?
NINA: I live in Ambrose Hall. The children's home.
FINCH: No parents. No one to miss you. I see why the nurse sent you. You poor child. Poor thin, child. Come inside.
(He opens the door and the girl walks through.)
FINCH: It's nearly time for lunch.
(The door closes behind them. There is a screech and flapping of wings, and a scream.)
[Physics laboratory]
(Up on the first floor, there is a change of class. The teachers enter, wearing a brown suit and white sneakers and a brown dress with white flats and Y/N is wearing the same as her mom.)
DOCTOR: Good morning, class. Are we sitting comfortably?
(The Doctor writes on the board.)
MADDIE: So, physics. Physics, eh? Physics. Physics. Physics! Physics. Physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics. I hope one of you is getting all this down. Okay let's see what you know. Two identical strips of nylon are charged with static electricity and hung from a string so they can swing freely. What would happen if they were brought near each other?
(A young boy with spectacles puts his hand up.)
Y/N: Yes, er, what's your name?
MILO: Milo.
DOCTOR: Milo! Off you go.
MILO: They'd repel each other because they have the same charge.
MADDIE: Correctamundo! A word I have never used before and hopefully never will again. Question two. I coil up a thin piece of microwire and place it in a glass of water. Then I turn on the electricity and measure to see if the water's temperature is affected. My question is this. How do I measure the electrical power going into the coil?
(Just one hand goes up. Everyone else looks totally bored.)
Y/N: Someone else. No? Okay, Milo, go for it.
MILO: Measure the current and PDs in an ammeter and a voltmeter.
DOCTOR: Two to Milo. Right then, Milo, tell me this. True or false. The greater the dampening of the system, the quicker it loses energy to its surroundings.
MILO: False.
MADDIE: What is non-coding DNA?
MILO: DNA that doesn't code for a protein.
Y/N: Sixty five thousand nine hundred and eighty three times five?
MILO: Three hundred and twenty nine thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
DOCTOR: How do you travel faster than light?
MILO: By opening a quantum tunnel with an FTL factor of thirty six point seven recurring.
(The Doctor's, Maddie's, and Y/N's jaw drops.)
[Canteen]
(Chips are still on the menu here. A young blonde slops mash into the Doctor's, Maddie's, and Y/N's trays. They walk away with a grin. A little later she goes over to wipe their table.)
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