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She tells him her story- about meeting Reggie who was suffering from [[Post-traumatic stress|shell shock]], and about the pretty Nathaniel, and the injections given in 'the Forge' as part of the war effort that made them become vampires. The Doctor apologises, admitting that he's probably only scared because they're different to him. Reggie interrupts Evelyn as she tries to take Cassie to the TARDIS, telling her that Evelyn needs her down in the lab. Cassie begs her not to leave her with Reggie. | She tells him her story- about meeting Reggie who was suffering from [[Post-traumatic stress|shell shock]], and about the pretty Nathaniel, and the injections given in 'the Forge' as part of the war effort that made them become vampires. The Doctor apologises, admitting that he's probably only scared because they're different to him. Reggie interrupts Evelyn as she tries to take Cassie to the TARDIS, telling her that Evelyn needs her down in the lab. Cassie begs her not to leave her with Reggie. | ||
Reggie comes on to Cassie, hurting her and threatening to break her other arm. He describes the way he and the other soldiers tortured a German soldier. | |||
The Doctor explains that he can reprogramme the nanobots to fix the mutations to the vampire's DNA, potentially curing them. Evelyn arrives, and upon realising that the Doctor didn't send for her, the trio rush to stop Reggie from hurting Cassie. They're too late; Cassie has been tortured, and her face has been broken. Amelia turns against the Doctor, revealing that she plans to further develop the Twilight Virus using the Doctor's breakthrough, not curing vampirism but spreading it. The Doctor admits to Evelyn that Reggie and Amelia are vampires, and the Doctor- Amelia too curious about his two hearts to kill him- is locked up by Reggie. The Doctor tells Reggie that Amelia soon won't have any use for him. | |||
Evelyn and Cassie have been taken to the lab, where Amelia explains that injecting them with the virus with a syringe will turn people into vampires, and that they are not weakened by crucifixes, garlic, cannot reproduce by biting, or anything else from human vampire lore. The Doctor, unable to escape, despairs. | |||
=== Part Four === | |||
Cassie is turning into a vampire with the use of the virus and nanobots, screaming in pain. The Doctor paces his cell, wishing he'd listened to [[Harry Houdini|Houdini]]. He realises he still has the journal Evelyn and Cassie found, and starts decoding Abberton's notes contained inside. Meanwhile, Amelia proclaims Cassie to be "the first", now a vampire, while Evelyn begs Cassie to remember who she is. The Doctor's cell is unlocked by Nimrod, who asks for his help to find "something down here", threatening him with a crossbow. | |||
Cassie is strong, hearing Amelia's thoughts, hearing blood, and then being encouraged to feed on Evelyn. Nimrod asks the Doctor if being a morality crusader washes away his own guilt, then electrocutes the door with many locks, finding the room to contain a bloodfarm- over a hundred cages containing humans, kept alive but constantly providing blood for the vampires. There's a door at the other end that leads into the sewer tunnels. Nimrod says he'll use explosives to blow up this place, but the Doctor tells him not to, because that will blow up the humans. The humans seem to be completely unable to respond and escape, even when the Doctor opens their cages. | |||
Meanwhile, Reggie has brought the Doctor breakfast, and becomes enraged upon finding him escaped. Evelyn tries to convince Amelia not to turn her into a vampire. Reggie comes in, and Amelia goes to the bloodfarm whilst Reggie stays with Cassie and Evelyn. The humans in the bloodfarm have only ever known those cages, so don't know to leave. Amelia arrives, explaining that they used to just kidnap people for food, but then the disappearances were noticed, so they started to breed their own humans. Extra blood was sold to other Forge victims in return for DNA to continue Amelia's experiments. Amelia tells the Doctor that Nimrod is actually Dr. William Abberton. | |||
Reggie frees Cassie to allow her to feed on Evelyn, but she turns around, attacking Reggie instead. Abberton explains that he injected himself with the Twilight Virus as he was bleeding out, so he could survive to destroy his creations. Amelia picks up the crossbow, and she leaves with the virus. Cassie starts to laugh as she stabs Reggie with one of Nimrod's arrows, and he explodes like Nathaniel did. Nimrod has been injured, and the Doctor pursues Amelia out through the sewer tunnels. Cassie sobs and runs off, telling Evelyn she isn't safe to be around. | |||
Nimrod/Abberton primes the explosives as the Doctor catches up to Amelia, who explains that each vampire has a different weakness, in case they needed to be taken down. Amelia has never figured out what her weakness is, but claims the Doctor's is self sacrifice. The Doctor implores Amelia not to do this- all she has to do is crush the vial in her hand and the virus will spread- while the countdown reaches zero. The explosion takes out the Dusk Casino, and everything underneath it, leading the Doctor to believe Evelyn dead. Amelia and the Doctor struggle, falling into the Thames. The vial is gone, and London is safe. | |||
Evelyn is alive, having been shut into the sewer tunnels by Nimrod- his last act was saving her as he destroyed the Project. She fishes the Doctor out of the river, who thinks that it is possible Amelia drowned. They find Cassie, and Evelyn and the Doctor convince her that her conscience gives her hope to survive without being monstrous. Cassie decides to find her own way to beat the virus, staying isolated in Norway while she deals with her condition, promising to take responsibility for her life. Evelyn gives her her handkerchief, and the Doctor promises to come back for Cassie. The pair leave in the TARDIS, and the Doctor apologises for shouting at Evelyn earlier, and letting his prejudice come before her life. He goes to make cocoa. | |||
Somewhere, someone contacts Nimrod, still alive, who declares that although they don't know what happened to Amelia, he will find Cassie. | |||
== Cast == | |||
* [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] | ||
* [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]] | * [[Evelyn Smythe]] - [[Maggie Stables]] |
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