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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
The day before [[Halloween]], and the eve of [[Day of the Dead]] celebration by Mexicans, [[Gabby Gonzalez|Gabby]] is working late at | The day before [[Halloween]], and the eve of [[Day of the Dead]] celebration by Mexicans, [[Gabby Gonzalez|Gabby]] is working late at the [[Laundromat (Revolutions of Terror)|laundromat]] of her father, [[Miguel Gonzalez]]. Her friend [[Cindy Wu|Cindy]] is visiting her, when the washing machines simultaneously go into the spin cycle and the wet laundry explodes onto the floor. Gabby sees a sort of a monster-like shadow coming out of the machines, but it evaporates just as [[Hector (Revolutions of Terror)|Hector]] walks in stunned by the sight of wet clothes and water everywhere. | ||
Later that day, while Gabby is having an argument with her family and Hector, her sister's fiancé, in the kitchen of their restaurant, "[[The Castillo Mexicano]]". At the same time, the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] orders some food from her [[Blanca Gonzalez| | Later that day, while Gabby is having an argument with her family and Hector, her sister's fiancé, in the kitchen of their restaurant, "[[The Castillo Mexicano]]". At the same time, the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] orders some food from her sister [[Blanca Gonzalez|Blanca]]. Before he can eat it, he dashes out of the restaurant after receiving a signal on a device of his. Shortly afterwards, Gabby's maternal grandmother, [[Fernanda (Revolutions of Terror)|Fernanda]] claims to have seen the soul of her deceased husband [[Juan (Revolutions of Terror)|Juan]] writhing in agony in a photograph of him. Hector also sees it for a moment and later, in the laundromat, is accosted by a monstrous figure he describes as "the [[Satan|Devil]]". | ||
In the city, while following the signal, the Doctor sees people running away screaming in horror for no apparent reason. He sees [[Carlos (Revolutions of Terror)| | In the city, while following the signal, the Doctor sees people running away screaming in horror for no apparent reason. He sees a baby named [[Carlos (Revolutions of Terror)|Carlos]] become suddenly disfigured in front of his [[Carlos' mother|mother]] and her friends, before abruptly reverting to normal when the Doctor's device registers a strong signal. The Doctor advises the mother to lock herself and the baby in their apartment for several days. | ||
As the Gonzalez family watches an interview with the local councillor [[Ricardo Mendoza]] on [[NY1]] news, the man himself walks into their restaurant and implores them to attend the celebration of the eve of [[Day of the Dead]] tomorrow at the [[Green-Wood Cemetery]]. He is worried of the low attendance of the first event celebrating Mexican culture, which he worked so hard to organise. | As the Gonzalez family watches a [[NY1 journalist|journalist]] take an interview with the local councillor [[Ricardo Mendoza]] on [[NY1]] news, the man himself walks into their restaurant and implores them to attend the celebration of the eve of [[Day of the Dead]] tomorrow at the [[Green-Wood Cemetery]]. He is worried of the low attendance of the first event celebrating Mexican culture, which he worked so hard to organise. | ||
Having found Hector, back from the laundromat and cowering in the corner in horror, Gabby's father, [[Miguel Gonzalez]] goes to check if Hector locked the doors while Gabby takes the [[R train|subway]] to her | Having found Hector, back from the laundromat and cowering in the corner in horror, Gabby's father, [[Miguel Gonzalez]] goes to check if Hector locked the doors while Gabby takes the [[R train|subway]] to her night accountancy class taught by an extremely boring [[Lecturer (Revolutions of Terror)|lecturer]]. | ||
When taking the subway back from the class near midnight, she hears an ominous announcement. Other passengers run past her screaming, and a monstrous creature walks into the car. It sees Gabby and turns into a horror version of her. Now Gabby is running herself and shouts to attract attention of a seemingly oblivious passenger reading a newspaper. It is the Doctor, who takes her hand and pulls out his [[sonic screwdriver]]. | When taking the subway back from the class near midnight, she hears an ominous announcement. Other passengers run past her screaming, and a monstrous creature walks into the car. It sees Gabby and turns into a horror version of her. Now Gabby is running herself and shouts to attract attention of a seemingly oblivious passenger reading a newspaper. It is the Doctor, who takes her hand and pulls out his [[sonic screwdriver]]. | ||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
The sonic has no effect on the monster, and as the train approaches a station, the Doctor and Gabby run along the train until they reach its end. Another passenger is already standing there. As the monster approaches, the passenger jumps off the train to his death despite the Doctor's pleading. The Doctor locks the outer door of the [[3 train]] with the sonic screwdriver right in front of the monster's face, asks Gabby's name and tells her to jump onto the platform not waiting for the train to stop completely. The monster follows them onto the platform when the regular doors open and chases them up the stairs to the turnstile exit from the station. The turnstile is jammed, and the emergency exit is nowhere to be seen. As the Doctor busies himself with his device and the sonic screwdriver, instructing Gabby not to look at the monster, she pulls out a mirror and shows the monster its own reflection. This shorts out the [[psychic field]]. The monster turns back into the [[Train guard (Revolutions of Terror)|train guard]], who falls down unconscious but breathing. In addition, the turnstile is not jammed anymore and the emergency exist is clearly visible. The Doctor explains that a [[perception filter|perceptual filter]] prevented them from seeing it before. They leave the 45th Street station before | The sonic has no effect on the monster, and as the train approaches a station, the Doctor and Gabby run along the train until they reach its end. Another passenger is already standing there. As the monster approaches, the passenger jumps off the train to his death despite the Doctor's pleading. The Doctor locks the outer door of the [[3 train]] with the sonic screwdriver right in front of the monster's face, asks Gabby's name and tells her to jump onto the platform not waiting for the train to stop completely. The monster follows them onto the platform when the regular doors open and chases them up the stairs to the turnstile exit from the station. The turnstile is jammed, and the emergency exit is nowhere to be seen. As the Doctor busies himself with his device and the sonic screwdriver, instructing Gabby not to look at the monster, she pulls out a mirror and shows the monster its own reflection. This shorts out the [[psychic field]]. The monster turns back into the [[Train guard (Revolutions of Terror)|train guard]], who falls down unconscious but breathing. In addition, the turnstile is not jammed anymore and the emergency exist is clearly visible. The Doctor explains that a [[perception filter|perceptual filter]] prevented them from seeing it before. They leave the 45th Street station before an [[MTA employee (Revolutions of Terror)|MTA employee]] can question them. Gabby is intrigued by who the Doctor is, however he leaves for his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] parked in Sunset Park, telling her to lock herself at home for a couple of days and to forget about him. | ||
The next day, on Halloween, Gabby is sent to the laundromat to cover the shift of Hector, who is still reeling from his encounter with the Devil. The streets are eerily empty. On her way to the laundromat, she passes by the TARDIS, tries to knock on the door but gets no answer. She finds the laundromat unlocked, picks up a baseball bat, and tries to find the intruders. The Doctor emerges from the backroom wearing some strange headgear. Not recognising him, Gabby whacks him on the head, damaging the headgear. Apologetic, she still confronts him for breaking in thinking he is a policeman because of the signs on the TARDIS. As he heads to the TARDIS to get replacement parts for the damaged headgear, she follows and, feeling he knows more than he says, Gabby continues her inquires until he admits that he works alone, has nothing to do with the police and introduces himself as the Doctor. In the park, he passes Gabby the headgear with still working ocular circuit, and she sees non-corporeal [[psi-form]] natives of Earth who evolved alongside humans, exist in a [[psychosphere]] surrounding Earth and feed off human empathy. The Doctor calls them [[Pranavore]]s. Then she sees other lizard-like shapes attacking Pranavores. The Doctor dashes to the TARDIS to get a replacement psychic comms booster for the headgear instead of the one broken by Gabby. When he returns, he challenges these interlopers, the [[Cerebravore]]s, by the articles of the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. The defiant Cerebravores say that they have already consumed the [[Fleshkind (Revolutions of Terror)|Fleshkind]] from their own [[Planet (Revolutions of Terror)|planet]] who tried to interfere with their silent hunt, that Earth is now their second hunting grounds and that all flesh beings and all psi-forms are their prey. Then they use worst fears of a group of park workers to take over their bodies and use them as hosts, just like they did earlier with the train guard in the subway. Outnumbered, Gabby and the Doctor run and hide behind the bushes until the monstrous shapes pass. The Doctor deduces that Cerebravores first use a person's fear against the person to get control over the body, and then project fears of others onto this body, simultaneously depleting the host's body of energy due to extreme physical stress. Gabby and Doctor think that the alien Cerebravores can easily push out the native Pranavores and then devastate the whole planet. | The next day, on Halloween, Gabby is sent to the laundromat to cover the shift of Hector, who is still reeling from his encounter with the Devil. The streets are eerily empty. On her way to the laundromat, she passes by the TARDIS, tries to knock on the door but gets no answer. She finds the laundromat unlocked, picks up a baseball bat, and tries to find the intruders. The Doctor emerges from the backroom wearing some strange headgear. Not recognising him, Gabby whacks him on the head, damaging the headgear. Apologetic, she still confronts him for breaking in thinking he is a policeman because of the signs on the TARDIS. As he heads to the TARDIS to get replacement parts for the damaged headgear, she follows and, feeling he knows more than he says, Gabby continues her inquires until he admits that he works alone, has nothing to do with the police and introduces himself as the Doctor. In the park, he passes Gabby the headgear with still working ocular circuit, and she sees non-corporeal [[psi-form]] natives of Earth who evolved alongside humans, exist in a [[psychosphere]] surrounding Earth and feed off human empathy. The Doctor calls them [[Pranavore]]s. Then she sees other lizard-like shapes attacking Pranavores. The Doctor dashes to the TARDIS to get a replacement psychic comms booster for the headgear instead of the one broken by Gabby. When he returns, he challenges these interlopers, the [[Cerebravore]]s, by the articles of the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. The defiant Cerebravores say that they have already consumed the [[Fleshkind (Revolutions of Terror)|Fleshkind]] from their own [[Planet (Revolutions of Terror)|planet]] who tried to interfere with their silent hunt, that Earth is now their second hunting grounds and that all flesh beings and all psi-forms are their prey. Then they use worst fears of a group of park workers to take over their bodies and use them as hosts, just like they did earlier with the train guard in the subway. Outnumbered, Gabby and the Doctor run and hide behind the bushes until the monstrous shapes pass. The Doctor deduces that Cerebravores first use a person's fear against the person to get control over the body, and then project fears of others onto this body, simultaneously depleting the host's body of energy due to extreme physical stress. Gabby and Doctor think that the alien Cerebravores can easily push out the native Pranavores and then devastate the whole planet. | ||
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The Doctor needs to destroy the bridge, but it was designed to be self-sustaining in case Fleshkind are wiped out. The Doctor figures that Gabby's mirror can be used to reflect the recursive inflow helix back on itself. The scientist agrees to help him reprogram the holographic mainframe functions. | The Doctor needs to destroy the bridge, but it was designed to be self-sustaining in case Fleshkind are wiped out. The Doctor figures that Gabby's mirror can be used to reflect the recursive inflow helix back on itself. The scientist agrees to help him reprogram the holographic mainframe functions. | ||
On Earth, Gabby's family is | On Earth, Gabby's family is watching TV anchors [[Ruschell (Revolutions of Terror)|Ruschell]] and [[Cheryl (Revolutions of Terror)|Cheryl]] discussing that Sunset Park is mysteriously deserted despite the planned celebrations at the Green-Wood Cemetery and parade along [[5th Avenue (Brooklyn)|5th Avenue]]. Miguel's wife [[Maria Gonzalez|Maria]] dresses [[Gabby Gonzalez's brother|their son]] to go to the celebrations, as they had promised to Mendoza but Miguel is spooked by the empty streets and strange roaming people. In the end, Miguel, Maria, their son and Blanca leave for the celebrations, taking back streets just in case. They live Maria's mother, Fernanda asleep and sedated at home and expect Gabby to show up at the cemetery too. | ||
Meanwhile, Gabby, still protected from psychic attacks by the headgear, continues feeding quarters to the washing machines to keep the bridge open. She sings to herself to keep her spirits up and barricades the front of the laundromat with whatever furniture she can move, while monsters surround the laundromat trying to get in. | Meanwhile, Gabby, still protected from psychic attacks by the headgear, continues feeding quarters to the washing machines to keep the bridge open. She sings to herself to keep her spirits up and barricades the front of the laundromat with whatever furniture she can move, while monsters surround the laundromat trying to get in. | ||
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The Doctor and the scientist finish their preparations. A push of a button can now destroy the bridge within thirty seconds. The Doctor implores the Fleshkind to come to Earth with him, but as she is ready to agree, she becomes possessed by a Cerebravore again. Resisting its psychic attack, the Doctor presses the button and jumps through the bridge. He makes it not a second too late, pursued by two Cerebravores, just as Gabby feeds her last quarter and a mere second before the the bridge is destroyed. Gabby quickly passes the headgear to the Doctor shielding him from the psychic attack. | The Doctor and the scientist finish their preparations. A push of a button can now destroy the bridge within thirty seconds. The Doctor implores the Fleshkind to come to Earth with him, but as she is ready to agree, she becomes possessed by a Cerebravore again. Resisting its psychic attack, the Doctor presses the button and jumps through the bridge. He makes it not a second too late, pursued by two Cerebravores, just as Gabby feeds her last quarter and a mere second before the the bridge is destroyed. Gabby quickly passes the headgear to the Doctor shielding him from the psychic attack. | ||
They | At the same time, people possessed by Cerebravores, among them Cindy, finally manage to break through the front. Gabby suggests the only remaining escape route, through the roof, and closes a steel door behind them. They use the fire escape to get down from the roof and head to the TARDIS: the Doctor needs another gadget, which still may turn out useless without some important ingredient. With the Doctor protected by the headgear and Gabby seemingly protecting herself with her singing, they safely make to to the TARDIS. While clearly impressed by the TARDIS's interior, Gabby does not lose her wits. It's time for her to get some answers. She asks the Doctor if he is an alien, which he confirms. He also dispels her worry that he is not what he looks like. However, he ignores her question about his home planet, all the while working on turning the headgear into an [[empathic field amplifier]]. The only thing he needs now is good vibes to magnify and project at the Cerebravores. Gabby proposes to go to Green-Wood Cemetery where everyone brave enough to be out would be. As they set out through the deserted Sunset Park, the Doctor tells Gabby to continue singing the pop song she's been singing earlier. | ||
[[Trinity Wells]] warns [[New York City|New York]] residents to avoid the [[Brooklyn]] area, particularly [[Sunset Park]], with public transport and communications shut-off. The Doctor tells Gabby she needs to keep singing. | |||
Evading Cerebravores, they are able to locate her family celebrating the Day of the Dead ceremony in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]]. She introduces the Doctor to her family, but the festivities are soon interrupted by the approaching Cerebravores. Creating an orchestra of song, the Cerebravores are contained within the cemetery and by punching the button on the Empathetic Field Amplifier, it amplifies the song, destroying the laundromat and removing the spirits of the Cerebravores across the city. Gabby is scared to face up to her father, however he is proud of her and tells her to follow her dreams. The Doctor speculates that the Pranavores may have made him kinder. Having accepted a meal with the family, Gabby has worked out that the TARDIS can travel through space and wants to travel with him, seeing him as a better teacher than any college. However, the Doctor is wary as "friends of mine have been hurt" recently and they agree to part ways, telling her to have a "brilliant life" and to "keep singing". However, when she says a saying of her grandmother's, [[The End of Time (TV story)|"no song should end too soon"]], resembling [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]]'s prophecy, he agrees to one trip. | Evading Cerebravores, they are able to locate her family celebrating the Day of the Dead ceremony in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]]. She introduces the Doctor to her family, but the festivities are soon interrupted by the approaching Cerebravores. Creating an orchestra of song, the Cerebravores are contained within the cemetery and by punching the button on the Empathetic Field Amplifier, it amplifies the song, destroying the laundromat and removing the spirits of the Cerebravores across the city. Gabby is scared to face up to her father, however he is proud of her and tells her to follow her dreams. The Doctor speculates that the Pranavores may have made him kinder. Having accepted a meal with the family, Gabby has worked out that the TARDIS can travel through space and wants to travel with him, seeing him as a better teacher than any college. However, the Doctor is wary as "friends of mine have been hurt" recently and they agree to part ways, telling her to have a "brilliant life" and to "keep singing". However, when she says a saying of her grandmother's, [[The End of Time (TV story)|"no song should end too soon"]], resembling [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]]'s prophecy, he agrees to one trip. | ||
