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Ted recalls when the rainbow landed, around ten minutes prior to the Doctor arriving. The schoolgirls say that when they touched the rainbow it felt “fizzy” and “fuzzy”. The Doctor asks if everyone has turned the colour of the part of the rainbow they touched, and everyone says they have. He then notices that the rainbow is changing the colours of living things – [[people]] and fruits – but not objects. He also observes that people’s [[Clothing|clothes]] have changed colour with them. | Ted recalls when the rainbow landed, around ten minutes prior to the Doctor arriving. The schoolgirls say that when they touched the rainbow it felt “fizzy” and “fuzzy”. The Doctor asks if everyone has turned the colour of the part of the rainbow they touched, and everyone says they have. He then notices that the rainbow is changing the colours of living things – [[people]] and fruits – but not objects. He also observes that people’s [[Clothing|clothes]] have changed colour with them. | ||
Suddenly the old lady and the policeman collapse to the floor. The Doctor checks their [[ | Suddenly the old lady and the policeman collapse to the floor. The Doctor checks their [[Heart|pulses]], and confirms they are still alive. There is a shriek outside the shop, and the Doctor runs out to see what’s happening. The rainbow colours are spreading out across the ground in a puddle-like manner, and one man in the fleeing crowd is turned blue. The grocer shuts the shop door, but the colours seep in underneath it. He then opens a storeroom at the back of the shop and ushers everyone inside. The Doctor carries the collapsed lady to the storeroom. When he goes back for the policeman he finds that red from the rainbow has already made contact with the collapsed man, but his violet colour is not changing. As the Doctor lifts the policeman he finds that he’s unexpectedly light in weight. Then, without a sound, the policeman simply disappears. In the storeroom, the old lady has vanished too. The Doctor gets in and shuts the door, and a pool of red begins to seep under it. | ||
The Doctor climbs onto a [[crate]], to prevent himself from touching the pooling red. One of the schoolgirls hypothesises that the colours are like [[acid]], which dissolves you from the inside until you disappear, but the Doctor reassures everyone in the storeroom that this is probably not the case. As the red begins to creep up the crate the Doctor climbs onto a [[chair]]. One of the schoolgirls tells Mr Cousins, the greengrocer, that he will be next, since people are disappearing in the reverse order of the colours of the rainbow. Cousins begins to get flustered, asking for a [[Telephone|phone]] so he can call Mary. The Doctor has an idea – he asks for a [[watch]], and confirms that roughly [[10 (number)|ten]] [[Minute|minutes]] passed between the rainbow touching the old lady and her disappearing. Mr Cousins then collapses to the floor. The Doctor announces that ten [[Second|seconds]] pass between one colour disappearing and the people with the next colour collapsing. Ted accuses the Doctor of wasting time, and the Doctor admits that he doesn’t know enough about what’s happening to have saved Mr Cousins. He assures everyone that he will work it out, and estimates that he has about half an hour to save everyone. He then jumps onto the floor and sprints out of the room. | The Doctor climbs onto a [[crate]], to prevent himself from touching the pooling red. One of the schoolgirls hypothesises that the colours are like [[acid]], which dissolves you from the inside until you disappear, but the Doctor reassures everyone in the storeroom that this is probably not the case. As the red begins to creep up the crate the Doctor climbs onto a [[chair]]. One of the schoolgirls tells Mr Cousins, the greengrocer, that he will be next, since people are disappearing in the reverse order of the colours of the rainbow. Cousins begins to get flustered, asking for a [[Telephone|phone]] so he can call Mary. The Doctor has an idea – he asks for a [[watch]], and confirms that roughly [[10 (number)|ten]] [[Minute|minutes]] passed between the rainbow touching the old lady and her disappearing. Mr Cousins then collapses to the floor. The Doctor announces that ten [[Second|seconds]] pass between one colour disappearing and the people with the next colour collapsing. Ted accuses the Doctor of wasting time, and the Doctor admits that he doesn’t know enough about what’s happening to have saved Mr Cousins. He assures everyone that he will work it out, and estimates that he has about half an hour to save everyone. He then jumps onto the floor and sprints out of the room. | ||
