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Vastra says to River that Clarence told her one word that connected to the Doctor: [[Trenzalore]]. River asks her to describe what the old man told her, and Vastra plays back Clarence's prophesy in the floating dust. River claims they misunderstood what he was saying. Jenny suddenly says she forgot to lock the door in their house, a factor Vastra dismisses, until Jenny tells them that someone has broken in. She discovers, to her own dismay, that she has in fact already been killed. Her form flickers and fades away. River informs Vastra that she is under attack and must wake up, and then slaps her to shock her awake. Vastra awakens surrounded by the Whisper Men and demands they tell her who they are. River wakes up Strax by throwing her champagne in his face, and he finds himself also surrounded by the Whisper Men upon waking. The Whisper Men then enter the trance with River and Clara, and order Clara to tell the Doctor something: The face of [[Walter Simeon|Dr Simeon]] appears in the dust, to say, "His friends are lost forever more, unless he goes to Trenzalore." River protests against this, and Clara wakes up. | Vastra says to River that Clarence told her one word that connected to the Doctor: [[Trenzalore]]. River asks her to describe what the old man told her, and Vastra plays back Clarence's prophesy in the floating dust. River claims they misunderstood what he was saying. Jenny suddenly says she forgot to lock the door in their house, a factor Vastra dismisses, until Jenny tells them that someone has broken in. She discovers, to her own dismay, that she has in fact already been killed. Her form flickers and fades away. River informs Vastra that she is under attack and must wake up, and then slaps her to shock her awake. Vastra awakens surrounded by the Whisper Men and demands they tell her who they are. River wakes up Strax by throwing her champagne in his face, and he finds himself also surrounded by the Whisper Men upon waking. The Whisper Men then enter the trance with River and Clara, and order Clara to tell the Doctor something: The face of [[Walter Simeon|Dr Simeon]] appears in the dust, to say, "His friends are lost forever more, unless he goes to Trenzalore." River protests against this, and Clara wakes up. | ||
Clara goes downstairs, finding the Doctor walking around the Maitland house blindfolded and calling for the children. The kids have tricked him into playing [[blind man's buff]] so that they could sneak out to the cinema. Learning this, the Doctor can only | Clara goes downstairs, finding the Doctor walking around the Maitland house blindfolded and calling for the children. The kids have tricked him into playing [[blind man's buff]] so that they could sneak out to the cinema. Learning this, the Doctor can only call them "the little... [[Dalek]]s" in annoyance. Clara asks the Doctor about River. He calls her his ex before changing the subject to Vastra's message. As Clara repeats it a visibly distraught Doctor asks her if it really was Trenzalore. Brought to free-flowing tears, he abruptly snaps out of it and runs off to [[the TARDIS]]. | ||
Clara finds him below the console. The Doctor mentions [[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)#Plot|he heard the name Trenzalore before]], from [[Dorium Maldovar]] and a few others, and that River surely knew as she always did. He links Clara to the TARDIS' [[telepathic circuits]], then cryptically remarks, "When you are a time traveller, there is one place you must never go. One place in all of [[space]] and [[time]] you must never - ever - find yourself". He tells Clara that she misunderstood the message. It was not the ''secret'' the Doctor will take to his grave which was discovered, but the grave itself. The final resting place of the Doctor has been found and it is the one place he must never go. Despite this, he has to save Vastra, Strax and Jenny - if the latter is still alive - as they were there for him during his dark times. | Clara finds him below the console. The Doctor mentions [[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)#Plot|he heard the name Trenzalore before]], from [[Dorium Maldovar]] and a few others, and that River surely knew as she always did. He links Clara to the TARDIS' [[telepathic circuits]], then cryptically remarks, "When you are a time traveller, there is one place you must never go. One place in all of [[space]] and [[time]] you must never - ever - find yourself". He tells Clara that she misunderstood the message. It was not the ''secret'' the Doctor will take to his grave which was discovered, but the grave itself. The final resting place of the Doctor has been found and it is the one place he must never go. Despite this, he has to save Vastra, Strax and Jenny - if the latter is still alive - as they were there for him during his dark times. | ||
As the Doctor sets course for Trenzalore, the TARDIS realises what he is about to do and protests by fighting the coordinates while the Doctor forces her onwards. Explosions shake the [[console room]], and the TARDIS powers down to stop him. Coming to a stop in Trenzalore's orbit, they open the door to look at the planet below. Clara asks him if they are going to jump, which he dismisses as silly. The TARDIS has powered down everything, aside from the [[anti-gravity|anti-gravs]]. Declaring "guess what I'm turning off", he sends the TARDIS plunging down through Trenzalore's atmosphere to the surface. | As the Doctor sets course for Trenzalore, the TARDIS realises what he is about to do and protests by fighting the coordinates while the Doctor forces her onwards. Explosions shake the [[console room]], and the TARDIS powers down to stop him. Coming to a stop in Trenzalore's orbit, they open the door to look at the planet below. Clara asks him if they are going to jump, which he dismisses as silly. He proclaims that they're going to fall. The TARDIS has powered down everything, aside from the [[anti-gravity|anti-gravs]]. Declaring "guess what I'm turning off", he sends the TARDIS plunging down through Trenzalore's atmosphere to the surface. | ||
[[File:GiganTARDIS.jpg|thumb|left|[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The Doctor's "gravestone"]] on Trenzalore.]] | [[File:GiganTARDIS.jpg|thumb|left|[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The Doctor's "gravestone"]] on Trenzalore.]] | ||
They land in a graveyard hastily assembled during battle. The rough landing cracks one of the windows in the TARDIS exterior, which upsets the Doctor. Clara asks why the graves have headstones of unequal size. The Doctor explains that the more important the warrior, the bigger the tombstone. A giant TARDIS shell looms on the horizon — but it's ''his'' [[police box]] TARDIS. The Doctor confirms what can be seen with one's eyes: it's the real deal. He explains that sometimes when a TARDIS is dying, its "bigger on the inside" qualities begin to leak out. A psychic echo of River Song appears to Clara, saying that only she can see or hear her and to not mention her presence to the Doctor. On River's words, Clara directs the Doctor's attention to a grave that shouldn't be there, marked "River Song". Realising that his wife's grave would only be there to cover up something like a secret entrance to the tomb, they enter, just as the Whisper Men are closing in on them. | They land in a graveyard hastily assembled during battle. The rough landing cracks one of the windows in the TARDIS exterior, which upsets the Doctor. Clara asks why the graves have headstones of unequal size. The Doctor explains that the more important the warrior, the bigger the tombstone. A giant TARDIS shell looms on the horizon — but it's ''his'' [[police box]] TARDIS. The Doctor confirms what can be seen with one's eyes: it's the real deal. He explains that sometimes when a TARDIS is dying, its "bigger on the inside" qualities begin to leak out. A psychic echo of River Song appears to Clara, saying that only she can see or hear her and to not mention her presence to the Doctor. On River's words, Clara directs the Doctor's attention to a grave that shouldn't be there, marked "River Song". Realising that his wife's grave would only be there to cover up something like a secret entrance to the tomb, they enter, just as the Whisper Men are closing in on them. | ||
