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 Three thousand years later, [[the TARDIS]] arrives on a seemingly abandoned space ship. The Doctor discovers that as well as being in a state of disrepair the ship is generating extreme excesses of power even though the space ship is stationary. "Enough to punch a hole in the universe," he comments. Shortly afterwards, The Doctor, Rose and Mickey, who is on his first trip in the TARDIS, find an 18th century fireplace. Although the other side of the fireplace should be the outer hull of the ship, there appears to be another room with a little girl. The girl informs the doctor that she is in her bedroom, in [[Paris]], and that the year is [[1727]]. When Mickey comments that the Doctor said that they were supposed to be in the 51st century, the Doctor explains that due to the large excess of power that can "punch a hole in the universe" there is a "magic door" between them in the 51st century and Reinette in 1727. When Mickey asks about how he can understand French, Rose explains that the TARDIS translates languages.
-The Doctor decides to explore further and, using a switch on the fireplace, rotates the door allowing him access to Reinette's bedroom. A startled Reinette informs the Doctor that even though it has been mere seconds for him, for her it has been months since they last spoke. The Doctor then discovers that the clock in her bedroom has been broken so the ticking noise they can hear must be coming from somewhere else. He traces the noise back to Reinette's bed and has a look underneath. He is attacked by a mysterious ticking craeture in period dressing. The Doctor notes that the craeture has been scanning the girl's brain and asks it why, however, the creature only answers questions asked by Reinette.
+The Doctor decides to explore further and, using a switch on the fireplace, rotates the door allowing him access to Reinette's bedroom. A startled Reinette informs the Doctor that even though it has been mere seconds for him, for her it has been months since they last spoke. The Doctor then discovers that the clock in her bedroom has been broken so the ticking noise they can hear must be coming from somewhere else. He traces the noise back to Reinette's bed and has a look underneath. He is attacked by a mysterious ticking creature in period dressing. The Doctor notes that the creature has been scanning the girl's brain and asks it why, however, the creature only answers questions asked by Reinette.
 He manages to trick the creature into going back through the door where he freezes it with a futuristic [[fire extinguisher]]. Removing the period dress, the Doctor discovers that the creature is in fact an android made of clockwork. It [[teleport]]s away, however, before the Doctor has a chance to disassemble it. Warning Rose and Mickey not to go looking for it, he returns to Reinette's bedroom. Ignoring the Doctor, they go looking for the droid anyway.
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 Meanwhile, Mickey and Rose discover a camera with a human eye in it and a human heart wired into machinery before rejoining the Doctor and the horse at another window in history. The Doctor explains that the windows to Reinette's history are all over the ship. He also explains that Reinette plans on becoming the King's mistress as they watch her flirt with him through a mirror. Spotting a clock-work droid in the corner, the Doctor crosses through the window and freezes it again with the extinguisher. The Doctor asks Reinette to order the droid to answer his questions explaining that the droids will only do what she says. Using the droid he quickly discovers that the droids used the crew of the space ship to fix it when it broke down. This explains why Rose and Mickey saw a heart and an eye earlier. The droid then explains that they require a part of Reinette for the ship as "they are the same" however she is not ready yet. Horrified, Reinette orders the droid to leave. Obeying, it teleports away. Rose and Mickey pursue it, taking the horse with them. Using his Time Lord abilities, the Doctor examines Reinette's brain, having a look at her past experiences. It's not long before the Doctor realises that Reinette is also using this opportunity to have a look inside the Doctor's mind at his lonely childhood. When he questions Reinette about how she managed that, she explains that " a door once opened may be stepped through in either direction." She then invites the Doctor to dance with her at the ball.
-Meanwhile, back on the ship, Mickey is taunting Rose about how many women the Doctor knows  shortly before they are captured by the droids. They are strapped to operating tables where they are nearly cut up by the droids. Luckily, the Doctor appears just in time pretending to be drunk. He explains that the droids are waiting for Reinette to turn 37 as this is the age of the space ship and that they also need her brain to replace the broken command circuit of the ship. The Doctor then pours [[Anti-Oil]] over one of the droids which causes it to stop moving. He then stops the other droids from moving by using a lever from a nearby console. When the Doctor tries to close the gateways, he discovers he can't because one of the droids is still in France. This droid sends a message to the droids on the ship which spring back to life and teleport.
+Meanwhile, back on the ship, Mickey is taunting Rose about how many women the Doctor knows shortly before they are captured by the droids. They are strapped to operating tables where they are nearly cut up by the droids. Luckily, the Doctor appears just in time pretending to be drunk. He explains that the droids are waiting for Reinette to turn 37 as this is the age of the space ship and that they also need her brain to replace the broken command circuit of the ship. The Doctor then pours [[Anti-Oil]] over one of the droids which causes it to stop moving. He then stops the other droids from moving by using a lever from a nearby console. When the Doctor tries to close the gateways, he discovers he can't because one of the droids is still in France. This droid sends a message to the droids on the ship which spring back to life and teleport.
 The Doctor sends Rose to warn Reinette that the droids will return to her sometime after her 37th birthday. Reinette then comments that it seems that wherever the Doctor is, monsters are too. Mickey then comes to inform Rose that the Doctor has found the correct time window. Reinette rushes through the time window and hears her own screams from the future as the Doctor fixes an audio link to the window. Reinette decides to take the "slower path" and returns to France.
-Rose and Mickey return to the Doctor, who has discovered that the droids have sealed off the time window to prevent him from following them. The Doctor then uses the horse to break through the seal ultimatly breaking the connection between France and the ship. The Doctor then explains to the droids that they are no longer needed and, seeing that the Doctor is correct, they cease functioning and collapse to the floor and shatter.
+Rose and Mickey return to the Doctor, who has discovered that the droids have sealed off the time window to prevent him from following them. The Doctor then uses the horse to break through the seal ultimately breaking the connection between France and the ship. The Doctor then explains to the droids that they are no longer needed and, seeing that the Doctor is correct, they cease functioning and collapse to the floor and shatter.
 Just when the Doctor thinks he is trapped in France, Reinette shows him the fireplace where they first met. She explains that she had the fireplace moved there. Because she moved the fireplace, the window was offline when the link broke so there is still a connection. Using his [[sonic screwdriver]], the Doctor reactivates the link. Before rushing back to the TARDIS, the Doctor promises Reinette through the fireplace that he will come back for her and take her somewhere in the universe.
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 * Reinette asks the Doctor to 'dance', a word often used as a euphemism for sexual activity. It is not clear how far the implication is carried.
-* In the commentary for this episode, David Tennant remarked on the 'intimacy' of the mind-reading scene, and the ambiguity of the scene where Reinette and the Doctor part, the bed in the foreground hinting at a possible seduction.
+* In the commentary for this episode, David Tennant remarked on the 'intimacy' of the mind-reading scene and the ambiguity of the scene where Reinette and the Doctor part, the bed in the foreground hinting at a possible seduction.
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 ===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
 * The inside of the space ship can be seen before the doctor fixes the link that is "still basically physical" in Reinette's old bedroom.
-* In the beginning of the episode shown 18th century French but after that, there were shown scene of space ship and appear title saying 3000 years later. So infact, story setting should the 48th century, not 51st century (although this is clarified when The Doctor mentions to Rose that it is about "3000 years into your future, give or take").
+* In the beginning of the episode shown 18th century French but after that, there were shown scene of space ship and appear title saying 3000 years later. So in fact, story setting should the 48th century, not 51st century (although this is clarified when The Doctor mentions to Rose that it is about "3000 years into your future, give or take").
 * When the Doctor was reading Madame de Pompadour's mind, and she was talking about his childhood, in one scene, he had his index and middle fingers in front of her ears, but in the next shot of them, his index, middle, and ring fingers are there.