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In [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] are having a rough ride. As the ship shakes and they hold onto the console, the Doctor aims the TARDIS for [[Naples]] in [[1860]]. When they land, Rose is about to rush out when the Doctor tells her that she would start a riot in her [[21st century]] clothing. Rose returns in more suitable attire: an off-the-shoulder gown. The Doctor admires her beauty, "considering" that she's [[human]]. They step into the [[snow]]-covered streets of history. The Doctor realises when he buys a [[newspaper]] that his aim was a bit off — it's [[Christmas Eve]] [[1869]], and they aren't in Naples — they're in [[Cardiff]]. | In [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] are having a rough ride. As the ship shakes and they hold onto the console, the Doctor aims the TARDIS for [[Naples]] in [[1860]]. When they land, Rose is about to rush out when the Doctor tells her that she would start a riot in her [[21st century]] clothing. Rose returns in more suitable attire: an off-the-shoulder gown. The Doctor admires her beauty, "considering" that she's [[human]]. They step into the [[snow]]-covered streets of history. The Doctor realises when he buys a [[newspaper]] that his aim was a bit off — it's [[Christmas Eve]] [[1869]], and they aren't in Naples — they're in [[Cardiff]]. | ||
In the music hall, Dickens gives a reading of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. Just as he reaches the point where Marley's face appears in Scrooge's door knocker, he stops short. In the audience, Mrs Pearce starts to glow blue. Vapour pours out of her mouth, and an ethereal [[gas]] with a vaguely [[humanoid]] shape sweeps around the hall, emitting ghastly screams and sending the audience into a panic. The screams attract Rose and the Doctor, as well as Sneed and Gwyneth. The vapour completely leaves the dead woman's body and is sucked into a gas lamp, as the body collapses. Dickens accuses the Doctor of being responsible for the illusion. Sneed and Gwyneth carry the limp body out. Rose goes in pursuit, and Sneed [[chloroform]] | In the music hall, Dickens gives a reading of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. Just as he reaches the point where Marley's face appears in Scrooge's door knocker, he stops short. In the audience, Mrs Pearce starts to glow blue. Vapour pours out of her mouth, and an ethereal [[gas]] with a vaguely [[humanoid]] shape sweeps around the hall, emitting ghastly screams and sending the audience into a panic. The screams attract Rose and the Doctor, as well as Sneed and Gwyneth. The vapour completely leaves the dead woman's body and is sucked into a gas lamp, as the body collapses. Dickens accuses the Doctor of being responsible for the illusion. Sneed and Gwyneth carry the limp body out. Rose goes in pursuit, and Sneed knocks her out with [[chloroform]], bundling her into the hearse with the dead woman. The Doctor commandeers Dickens's coach. The great writer's protests vanish when the Doctor discovers who he is and gushes over his genius. When the Doctor tells him about Rose, Dickens chivalrously joins the chase. | ||
Rose awakes in the locked viewing gallery of the funeral parlour, just as the gas takes over Redpath's body. As the Doctor and Dickens arrive at the parlour and force their way in, Mr Redpath and his grandmother climb out of their coffins to menace Rose. The house's gas lights flicker. The Doctor realises there is something living in the pipes. He hears Rose's cries and breaks the door down, pulling her away from the corpses. He asks them who they are. The corpses cry that they are dying because the [[Cardiff Rift]] is failing and these forms cannot be sustained. The screaming blue vapours stream out of the dead, and the bodies collapse again. | Rose awakes in the locked viewing gallery of the funeral parlour, just as the gas takes over Redpath's body. As the Doctor and Dickens arrive at the parlour and force their way in, Mr Redpath and his grandmother climb out of their coffins to menace Rose. The house's gas lights flicker. The Doctor realises there is something living in the pipes. He hears Rose's cries and breaks the door down, pulling her away from the corpses. He asks them who they are. The corpses cry that they are dying because the [[Cardiff Rift]] is failing and these forms cannot be sustained. The screaming blue vapours stream out of the dead, and the bodies collapse again. | ||
