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|number = 3 | |number = 3 | ||
|doctor = Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Molly O'Sullivan]] | |companions = [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s, [[Straxus|Kotris]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Ireland]], [[1893]]| | |setting = {{il|[[Ireland]], [[1893]]|[[Skaro]]}} | ||
|writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |writer = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Something happened when [[Molly O'Sullivan]] was just two years old, and | Something happened when [[Molly O'Sullivan]] was just two years old, and [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] thinks it's high time they found out exactly what it was. | ||
Meanwhile, the [[Dalek]]s are fully activating their [[Temporal Chamber]]. And while the Doctor and Molly get closer and closer to the terrible truth, the nature of reality itself seems to be in question. | Meanwhile, the [[Dalek]]s are fully activating their [[Temporal Chamber]]. And while the Doctor and Molly get closer and closer to the terrible truth, the nature of reality itself seems to be in question. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
In 1893, [[Molly O'Sullivan]] has gone missing on her second birthday. She is returned, deeply asleep, to her parents by [[Kotris]], who talks to himself about her destiny to free the Universe from tyranny. | In [[1893]], [[Molly O'Sullivan]] has gone missing on her second [[birthday]]. She is returned, deeply asleep, to her parents by [[Kotris]], who talks to himself about her destiny to free the Universe from tyranny. | ||
In the TARDIS, the Doctor marvels at Molly's textbook operation of the dematerialisation controls. He cancels her coordinates, suspicious that since Molly arrived the Daleks seem to know where they will be. Through hypnosis, he helps Molly remember being taken on her second birthday into a TARDIS - but it wasn't the Doctor's. | In [[the TARDIS]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] marvels at [[Molly O'Sullivan|Molly]]'s textbook operation of the dematerialisation controls. He cancels her coordinates, suspicious that since Molly arrived the Daleks seem to know where they will be. Through [[hypnosis]], he helps Molly remember being taken on her second birthday into a TARDIS - but it wasn't the Doctor's. | ||
On [[Srangor]], Kotris reports to the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. He has constructed a "[[relativity map]]", technology which belongs to the [[Time Lord]]s - who used to be Kotris' own people. He uses the map to track [[Straxus]]' movements, and confirm that his temporal drone is following the Time Lord to prevent interference. An alarm sounds, alerting them that the Doctor's course in the vortex has changed. | On [[Srangor]], Kotris reports to the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. He has constructed a "[[relativity map]]", technology which belongs to the [[Time Lord]]s - who used to be Kotris' own people. He uses the map to track [[Straxus]]' movements, and confirm that his temporal drone is following the Time Lord to prevent interference. An alarm sounds, alerting them that the Doctor's course in the vortex has changed. | ||
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Kotris reviews footage of the same event and realises he was observed by the Doctor, which threatens their plans. He contacts a "third party" for assistance. | Kotris reviews footage of the same event and realises he was observed by the Doctor, which threatens their plans. He contacts a "third party" for assistance. | ||
The TARDIS shuts down mid-flight; it's been "time-clamped" and is trapped in the [[Time vortex|vortex]]. As they discuss pain, hope and Molly's conviction that she must return to World War I, the Doctor hears a strange noise, calls out Lucie's name and collapses. When he comes to, Molly has brought him out of the TARDIS into an alien world - something that should be impossible while it is clamped. More worryingly, the doors have closed and locked themselves. They hear Daleks approaching, but the Doctor can't open the TARDIS doors even with the key, and they run. | The TARDIS shuts down mid-flight; it's been "time-clamped" and is trapped in the [[Time vortex|vortex]]. As they discuss pain, hope and Molly's conviction that she must return to [[World War I]], the Doctor hears a strange noise, calls out [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]]'s name and collapses. When he comes to, Molly has brought him out of the TARDIS into an alien world - something that should be impossible while it is clamped. More worryingly, the doors have closed and locked themselves. They hear Daleks approaching, but the Doctor can't open the TARDIS doors even with the key, and they run. | ||
Straxus reports to the President that Kotris is acting as predicted, and Kotris's temporal drone is following him - but the Doctor has disappeared. The President orders Straxus to find the Doctor by any means and make sure he "arrives on cue". | Straxus reports to [[Lord President (The Great War)|the President]] that Kotris is acting as predicted, and Kotris's temporal drone is following him - but the Doctor has disappeared. The President orders Straxus to find the Doctor by any means and make sure he "arrives on cue". | ||
The Daleks corner Molly and the Doctor in a cave, but ask them politely to come out. They claim that they have seen the error of their ways and wish to welcome them. The Doctor hears the noise and collapses again; when he wakes he and Molly are being taken to a Dalek city being rebuilt. Within, Daleks play with children among beautiful ceramic | The Daleks corner Molly and the Doctor in a cave, but ask them politely to come out. They claim that they have seen the error of their ways and wish to welcome them. The Doctor hears the noise and collapses again; when he wakes he and Molly are being taken to a Dalek city being rebuilt. Within, Daleks play with children among beautiful [[ceramic]] [[tower]]s decorated with [[flower]]s, and the Daleks offer to care for the Doctor in their hospital. Molly tries to convince the Doctor to accept the Daleks new reality, reasoning that they could become sick of [[war]], just as he has. A small squid-like creature, [[Thelus]], arrives to treat the Doctor, but he hears the noise and collapses again. | ||
After a week of convalescing, Molly and Thelus explain to the Doctor that they are on [[Skaro]], which has been transformed after a thousand years of peace. The Daleks are changing too, genetically retro-engineering themselves: Thelus is an intermediate phase, able to exist outside a "shell", and the children are basically [[Kaled]]s. This society is all that's left after a | After a week of convalescing, Molly and Thelus explain to the Doctor that they are on [[Skaro]], which has been transformed after a thousand years of peace. The Daleks are changing too, genetically retro-engineering themselves: Thelus is an intermediate phase, able to exist outside a "shell", and the children are basically [[Kaled]]s. This society is all that's left after a great war nearly wiped out the Daleks - and destroyed the Time Lords. The Doctor admits he has always hoped the Daleks would change, but despite Molly's attempts to persuade him he can't believe what's happened. He suddenly remembers the TARDIS and runs to it, but still can't open the doors. As he hears the noise again, he realises he has electrodes in his head and manages to remove them. | ||
The Skaro reality melts away - it was a fantasy engineered by the [[Mezcoranis]], robots who believe the Doctor is a dangerous patient with a persecution complex and delusions of saving the Universe. Their therapy having failed, they threaten to use mind-altering surgery on the Doctor, who is trapped in a glass cell with Molly. He removes her electrodes and asks her to tell him who she is and what she can remember about being in Kotris's TARDIS. All this is part of Kotris's plan; he is watching and activates a psionic link. Molly realises he has always been with them, watching, and under Kotris' influence tells the Doctor "I will be the death of all Time Lords." Kotris assures the Dalek Time Controller that this revelation will drive the Doctor to act exactly as they wish. | The Skaro reality melts away - it was a fantasy engineered by the [[Mezcoranis]], robots who believe the Doctor is a dangerous patient with a persecution complex and delusions of saving the Universe. Their therapy having failed, they threaten to use mind-altering surgery on the Doctor, who is trapped in a glass cell with Molly. He removes her electrodes and asks her to tell him who she is and what she can remember about being in Kotris's TARDIS. All this is part of Kotris's plan; he is watching and activates a psionic link. Molly realises he has always been with them, watching, and under Kotris' influence tells the Doctor "I will be the death of all Time Lords." Kotris assures the Dalek Time Controller that this revelation will drive the Doctor to act exactly as they wish. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* On her second birthday in [[1893]], Molly went missing for several hours. She was eventually returned to her parents by [[ | * On her second [[birthday]] in [[1893]], Molly went missing for several hours. She was eventually returned to her parents by [[Kotris]]. | ||
* Kotris is a former [[Time Lord]] who has been genetically altered by the [[Dalek]]s. | * Kotris is a former [[Time Lord]] who has been genetically altered by the [[Dalek]]s. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[1 June (production)|1]], [[18 June (production)|18]], [[19 June (production)|19]] and [[20 June (production)|20 June]] 2012. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[1 June (production)|1]], [[18 June (production)|18]], [[19 June (production)|19]] and [[20 June (production)|20 June]] [[2012 (production)|2012]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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