The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story): Difference between revisions

Meanwhile, Mickey and Rose discover a camera with a human eye in it and a human heart wired into machinery before rejoining the Doctor and the horse at another window in history. The Doctor explains that the windows to Reinette's history are all over the ship. He also explains that Reinette plans on becoming the King's mistress as they watch her flirt with him through a mirror. Spotting a clock-work droid in the corner, the Doctor crosses through the window and freezes it again with the extinguisher. The Doctor asks Reinette to order the droid to answer his questions explaining that the droids will only do what she says. Using the droid he quickly discovers that the droids used the crew of the space ship to fix it when it broke down. This explains why Rose and Mickey saw a heart and an eye earlier. The droid then explains that they require a part of Reinette for the ship as "they are the same" however she is not ready yet. Horrified, Reinette orders the droid to leave. Obeying, it teleports away. Rose and Mickey pursue it, taking the horse with them. Using his Time Lord abilities, the Doctor examines Reinette's brain, having a look at her past experiences. It's not long before the Doctor realizes that Reinette is also using this opportunity to have a look inside the Doctor's mind at his lonely childhood. When he questions Reinette about how she managed that, she explains that " a door once opened may be stepped through in either direction." She then invites the Doctor to dance with her at the ball.

Meanwhile, back on the ship, Mickey is taunting Rose about how many women the Doctor knows. Suddenly, Rose spots a Clockwork Droid coming up behind Mickey. She tries to warn him, but he is seized by the neck by the Driod, who injects a liquid into him, knocking him out. Rose attempts to aim her gun at the Droid, but another one apears behind her, grabbing hold of her from behind and pulling her down backwards. Rose struggles but it will not let her up. The droid injects her with the sleep liquid, and she falls unconscious in the droids clutches.

Rose awakens to find herself flat on her back on an operating table. To her alarm, she finds that she is strapped in place so that she cannot get up. Mickey, lying on a table next to Rose, has recieved the same treatment. The Droids, looming over them, threaten to dissect them, and Rose and Mickey try in vain to reason with the droids. They wrestle in their bonds, but to no avail. Luckily, the Doctor appears pretending to be drunk. He explains to his captive friends that the droids are waiting for Reinette to turn 37 as this is the age of the space ship and that they also need her brain to replace the broken command circuit of the ship. He then pours [[Anti-Oil]] over one of the droids which causes it to stop moving. He stops the other droids from moving by using a lever from a nearby console. Finally he deactivates the tables, allowing Rose and Mickey to sit up. All three of them escape.