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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
In an underwater mining facility based in [[Scotland]], [[2119]] designated [[the Drum]], the [[captain]], [[Jonathan Moran|Moran]], is recording a log in his journal. Moran states that the team has discovered a small craft located on the bank, and, as they are unable to analyse it from within the base, they have brought it inside, where he and the crew will investigate. | In an underwater mining facility based in [[Scotland]], [[2119]], designated [[the Drum]], the [[captain]], [[Jonathan Moran|Moran]], is recording a log in his journal. Moran states that the team has discovered a small craft located on the bank, and, as they are unable to analyse it from within the base, they have brought it inside, where he and the crew will investigate. | ||
A crew member named [[Tim Lunn|Lunn]] interprets the sign language of another crew member, [[Cass (Under the Lake)|Cass]], saying that the reason for its sudden appearance is due to underwater movement and shifts on the floor of the lake. Another crew member named [[Richard Pritchard|Pritchard]] recommends they discuss ownership the spaceship, prompting Moran to tell everybody to stop calling it a spaceship, as they don't know what it is. Bennett, another of the crew, is adamant that it's not technology that could have existed back in the 1980s. | A crew member named [[Tim Lunn|Lunn]] interprets the sign language of another crew member, [[Cass (Under the Lake)|Cass]], saying that the reason for its sudden appearance is due to underwater movement and shifts on the floor of the lake. Another crew member named [[Richard Pritchard|Pritchard]] recommends they discuss ownership of the spaceship, prompting Moran to tell everybody to stop calling it a spaceship, as they don't know what it is. Bennett, another of the crew, is adamant that it's not technology that could have existed back in the 1980s. | ||
The crew enter, and Moran notices something inside the craft, asking Lunn to hand him a torch. Lunn does so, but glimpses [[Albar Prentis|a ghostly figure]] reflected in the glass. He reluctantly hands Moran the torch. Moran investigates four strange markings on the wall, whilst Lunn asks Cass why he shouldn't go inside. Whilst they bicker, Pritchard cries out as he glimpses the ghost, accidentally starting the engines. Moran pushes Cass out of the way of the boosters' range but is struck by the blast, forcing the crew to retreat, leaving him behind. | The crew enter, and Moran notices something inside the craft, asking Lunn to hand him a torch. Lunn does so, but glimpses [[Albar Prentis|a ghostly figure]] reflected in the glass. He reluctantly hands Moran the torch. Moran investigates four strange markings on the wall, whilst Lunn asks Cass why he shouldn't go inside. Whilst they bicker, Pritchard cries out as he glimpses the ghost, accidentally starting the engines. Moran pushes Cass out of the way of the boosters' range but is struck by the blast, forcing the crew to retreat, leaving him behind. | ||
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The plan is simple, use Lunn, Bennett and Clara as bait to lure the ghosts to the Faraday cage; the Doctor, Cass and O'Donnell will monitor things from the control room (being deaf, Cass cannot help with being bait as she cannot be prompted over the radio). Bennett finds the ghosts in the galley, yelling for their attention; they give chase as the Doctor tells him where to go over the radio. As soon as Bennett turns a corner opposite of Lunn, Lunn runs out and becomes the ghost's target. However, when it comes time to pass the ghosts off to Clara, only Moran and the Tivolian follow her; Pritchard is still following Lunn. | The plan is simple, use Lunn, Bennett and Clara as bait to lure the ghosts to the Faraday cage; the Doctor, Cass and O'Donnell will monitor things from the control room (being deaf, Cass cannot help with being bait as she cannot be prompted over the radio). Bennett finds the ghosts in the galley, yelling for their attention; they give chase as the Doctor tells him where to go over the radio. As soon as Bennett turns a corner opposite of Lunn, Lunn runs out and becomes the ghost's target. However, when it comes time to pass the ghosts off to Clara, only Moran and the Tivolian follow her; Pritchard is still following Lunn. | ||
[[File:Pritchard Ghost.jpg|left|thumb|190x190px|Pritchard's ghost.]] | [[File:Pritchard Ghost.jpg|left|thumb|190x190px|Pritchard's ghost.]] | ||
The Doctor attempts to get Lunn away to an area he can seal off, but Pritchard catches sight of him just as the door seals. The ghosts enter much to | The Doctor attempts to get Lunn away to an area he can seal off, but Pritchard catches sight of him just as the door seals. The ghosts enter much to Lunn's horror; he cowers in a corner as the ghost leans in. However, it senses something off and leaves. Lunn tells the Doctor the oddity over the radio. Pritchard rejoins the other ghosts chasing Clara, as she passes them off to Bennett. Bennett makes it to the Faraday cage, where Clara is inside; however, when the ghosts go to attack, they pass right through her. It's a hologram of Clara, not the real thing. | ||
The cage is sealed behind the ghosts by the Doctor, who tells them they need to talk. He sends what he's seeing through the [[sonic sunglasses]] back to the monitor in the control room; however, Cass cannot read the lips of the ghosts because of the glare of the window. Despite the protests of everyone, the Doctor enters the cage to give Cass a better look at the ghosts. Moran sticks his hand through the Doctor, who says it's cold before jovially asking if the ghost agrees. Without access to the controls or anything metal, the ghosts are no longer a threat. Cass now has a good view of the ghosts and finds they are repeating the same four words: the dark, the sword, the forsaken, the temple. The Doctor is confused for a moment but then has an epiphany. | The cage is sealed behind the ghosts by the Doctor, who tells them they need to talk. He sends what he's seeing through the [[sonic sunglasses]] back to the monitor in the control room; however, Cass cannot read the lips of the ghosts because of the glare of the window. Despite the protests of everyone, the Doctor enters the cage to give Cass a better look at the ghosts. Moran sticks his hand through the Doctor, who says it's cold before jovially asking if the ghost agrees. Without access to the controls or anything metal, the ghosts are no longer a threat. Cass now has a good view of the ghosts and finds they are repeating the same four words: the dark, the sword, the forsaken, the temple. The Doctor is confused for a moment but then has an epiphany. | ||
[[File:Device underwater.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Bennett searches the flooded town.]] | [[File:Device underwater.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Bennett searches the flooded town.]] | ||
Back in the control room, the Doctor explains that these words are coordinates that are leading to the flooded town outside the base. The meaning of the message is something he hasn't figured out; is it a call for help or an invasion signal. The Doctor then asks everyone if something is still bothering them; after a moment, Cass says it's the temple part of the message. The Doctor uses a map to reveal this message is pointing to an old church, where something commanding the ghosts is in waiting. | Back in the control room, the Doctor explains that these words are coordinates that are leading to the flooded town outside the base. The meaning of the message is something he hasn't figured out; is it a call for help or an invasion signal. The Doctor then asks everyone if something is still bothering them; after a moment, Cass says it's the temple part of the message. The Doctor uses a map to reveal this message is pointing to an old church, where something commanding the ghosts is in waiting. | ||
