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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | At 7:00, the broadcast of the ''[[National Television Awards]]'' can be heard at the home of [[Dermot O'Leary (National Television Awards)|Dermot O'Leary]]. Waking up, Dermot realises, to his horror, that he has slept in and has thus missed the ''National Television Awards''. However, also present in his [[bedroom]] is [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. Appearing through the partially opened [[door]]s, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] asks "can I help?" | ||
Within the [[TARDIS control room]], the Doctor is operating the [[control console]] while Dermot, now dressed in his presenter's [[suit]], observes his surroundings with awe. The TARDIS' destination is the [[26 January]] [[2011]], which the Doctor notes to be a "temporal tipping point"; "millions of people are going to be making vitally important decisions, and if they make just one tiny mistake the [[N-Space|entire universe]] will be destroyed." The Doctor announces that they are heading to the NTAs and, indeed, the TARDIS audibly lands immediately after. When Dermot asks if they have arrived, however, the Doctor answers in the negative; they have overshot and the [[TARDIS scanner]] is "on the blink". | |||
The Doctor notes that he needs to make sure that the [[atmosphere]] is breathable. He reveals to Dermot that [[miner]]s used to take [[canary|canaries]] down [[mine]]s to check that the [[air]] was safe, proceeding to push Dermot out of the TARDIS' doors. Stepping out of the TARDIS, Dermot discovers [[Ant & Dec]]. Recognising the TARDIS, Ant & Dec ask if the Doctor has come back for them. The duo explain to Dermot that only the Doctor can release from the [[invisible]] [[space]] [[handcuffs]] which have binded them together for the past [[21 (number)|21]] [[year]]s. Though Ant & Dec are clearly desperate for the Doctor's assistance, Dermot ignores their plight and returns to the TARDIS alone, leaving them behind, with Ant proceeding to the [[toilet]]. | |||
The TARDIS lands again, with the Doctor claiming that he has "definitely got it this time." Before Dermot exits the TARDIS, the Doctor alerts him that he has received a [[lifeform]] reading outside; an "ancient creature" that the Doctor worryingly notes has something familiar about it but he cannot get an accurate reading, as if there is a [[smoke]]screen. Finding himself in [[Albert Square]], Dermot encounters [[Dot Cotton]], who is [[smoking]] a [[cigarette]]. Though unfamiliar with Dermot, Dot notes that he is not the Doctor; Dot claims that the Doctor is "never out" of her laundrette since he only has one set of [[clothes]]. | |||
"Third time lucky", the Doctor once again fails, landing the TARDIS at the [[BBC Television Centre]] [[22nd century|one hundred years in the future]]. Dermot is amazed to learn that that the [[BBC]] still exists at this point in the [[future]], "in between the [[advert]]s" as the Doctor notes. Awestruck, Dermot enthusiastically exits the TARDIS, curious to know how [[TV]] is made in a hundred years' time. Imagining future programmes, Dermot suggests 4D television, "[[news]] with [[robot]]s" and "comedies with jokes". Out the doors, Dermot finds that [[Bruce Forsyth]] is "still here", backstage on ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' before being taken back into the TARDIS by the Doctor. | |||
The Doctor assures Dermot that they will get to his destination only to overshoot again, arriving [[2012|one year into the future]]. Turning on the scanner, they see [[Graham Norton]] who questions the appearance of "that [[box]]" in his studio as he is trying to present the news. "Moving on", the Doctor adjusts the scanner, whose screen changes to feature [[Amanda Holden]], who complains that it is "just the same thing again", "an appearing, disappearing [[police box|police telephone box]]. The Doctor apologises to Amanda, revealing to Dermot that she is now the [[Prime Minister]]. Reflecting on "the Holden Years", the Doctor notes that it was a "shame she was so used to pressing that big [[red]] button." Indeed, immediately after, Amanda, flanked by [[Michael McIntyre]] and [[David Hasselhoff]], presses the button as the TARDIS departs. | |||
As a result of the next attempt, [[Becky McDonald]] of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' appears on the scanner, telling the Doctor again that it is over between them. She warns him to shift his box off the cobbles before she comes in there and shoves a hotpot where "the sun don't shine." Spraying at the TARDIS, Becky enters ''The Rovers Return''. The Doctor notes the "Weatherfieldians" to be a "terrifying race". | |||
On the "last try", the Doctor laments that they are heading to "some vast and terrible arena full of insane, shrieking [[banshee]]s thirsting for [[blood]] and conquest." However, Dermot recognises from the scanner that they are infact arriving at the National Television Awards, with both his and the Doctor's expressions turning to glee as the TARDIS proceeds through the [[Time Vortex]]. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
