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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
While the [[Twelfth Doctor]] recovers on [[Floor 0507|Floor 507]] of the [[Mondas]] [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Colony Ship]], | While the [[Twelfth Doctor]] recovers on [[Floor 0507|Floor 507]] of the [[Mondas]] [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Colony Ship]], [[Missy]] and {{Simm}} hunt for their way out - with a [[Alit|stowaway]] in tow. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
One night on [[Floor 0507]] of the [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]], sometime after [[Nardole]]'s [[SL-16|shuttlecraft]] from [[Floor 1056]] crashed on the [[solar farm]], [[Alit]] sneaks out of the [[farmhouse]] to follow {{Simm}} and | One night on [[Floor 0507]] of the [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|Mondasian colony ship]], sometime after [[Nardole]]'s [[SL-16|shuttlecraft]] from [[Floor 1056]] crashed on the [[solar farm]], [[Alit]] sneaks out of the [[farmhouse]] to follow {{Simm}} and [[Missy]], who, despite Nardole and [[Hazran]]'s protests, are travelling to [[Floor 0508]] to stop the [[Patient (World Enough and Time)|patients]] and find a way to escape the colony ship. Alit follows the duo to the crashed shuttle and hides behind it while the Master and Missy use the shuttle's rope ladder to climb down into the [[Superstructure walkway|walkways]] between Floor 0507 and Floor 0508. Alit decides to return to the farmhouse, only to run straight into one of the patients. She escapes down the ladder and is confronted by the Master and Missy, who decide to let her join them on their journey. | ||
In the walkways, the Master speculates that a service lift is nearby that will take the group to Floor 0508. Alit thinks the patient she ran from earlier - who Missy has begun to call "[[Topknot]]" - is still following them, and the group speeds up after hearing it. Eventually, Missy detects a nearby service-cradle, and the Master quickly burns through its seals with his laser screwdriver. Suddenly, Topknot emerges from the darkness and tries to grab Missy, who defends against it with her sonic umbrella, while the Master rips off Topknot's chest cloth and burns a small incision into the patient's [[Chest unit|chest]] with his laser screwdriver; it stops, allowing the Master to alter its [[voice box]] settings so that Topknot recognises his vocal commands. The Master then changes the patient's root command so that it no longer recognises beings with two [[heart]]s as [[human]], allowing him and Missy to use Topknot however they wish. Alit climbs through a small gap in the hatch‘s bars and unlocks the door. The Master and Missy enter as well, and Topknot operates a control, causing the service-cradle to descend into Floor 0508. Missy questions the Master about his real plan, knowing that he isn’t really going to stop the Cybermen or find an escape; the Master states that he intends to alter the Cybermen’s definition of humanity so they no longer recognise beings with two hearts as human, allowing him to regain control over them and use them to conquer the galaxy. | In the walkways, the Master speculates that a service lift is nearby that will take the group to Floor 0508. Alit thinks the patient she ran from earlier - who Missy has begun to call "[[Topknot]]" - is still following them, and the group speeds up after hearing it. Eventually, Missy detects a nearby service-cradle, and the Master quickly burns through its seals with his laser screwdriver. Suddenly, Topknot emerges from the darkness and tries to grab Missy, who defends against it with her sonic umbrella, while the Master rips off Topknot's chest cloth and burns a small incision into the patient's [[Chest unit|chest]] with his laser screwdriver; it stops, allowing the Master to alter its [[voice box]] settings so that Topknot recognises his vocal commands. The Master then changes the patient's root command so that it no longer recognises beings with two [[heart]]s as [[human]], allowing him and Missy to use Topknot however they wish. Alit climbs through a small gap in the hatch‘s bars and unlocks the door. The Master and Missy enter as well, and Topknot operates a control, causing the service-cradle to descend into Floor 0508. Missy questions the Master about his real plan, knowing that he isn’t really going to stop the Cybermen or find an escape; the Master states that he intends to alter the Cybermen’s definition of humanity so they no longer recognise beings with two hearts as human, allowing him to regain control over them and use them to conquer the galaxy. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Missy]] | ||
* {{Simm|c}} | * {{Simm|c}} | ||
* [[Alit]] | * [[Alit]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story is set during [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'', during the two weeks after the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]], [[Nardole]], | * The story is set during [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'', during the two weeks after the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]], [[Nardole]], [[Missy]] and {{Simm}} arrived on [[Floor 0507]]. Thus, this is the last story, chronologically, to feature Missy before the episode depicting her death, forming a bookend with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dismemberment (short story)|Dismemberment]]'', which opened ''[[The Missy Chronicles]]'' as her earliest story. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] is still recovering from being [[Electrocution|electrocuted]] by a [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | * [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] is still recovering from being [[Electrocution|electrocuted]] by a [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
* [[Alit]] thinks the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] are [[scarecrow]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | * [[Alit]] thinks the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] are [[scarecrow]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
* The Master tells | * The Master tells [[Missy]] her [[sonic umbrella]] and hat are reminiscent of [[Mary Poppins]] and she tells him they've always enjoyed children's viewing. The Master then reminisces about the sun from the ''[[Teletubbies]]'' and how he thought it would look the same on the [[Mondasian]] [[Colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') He then compares ''Teletubbies'' to ''[[Clangers]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
* Missy says she recently watched ''[[Frozen (film)|Frozen]]'' with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'') | * Missy says she recently watched ''[[Frozen (film)|Frozen]]'' with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empress of Mars (TV story)|Empress of Mars]]'') | ||
* Missy calls the Master out on not wanting to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] into a woman and the Master says women always stab people in the back. In their near future, Missy will literally stab the Master in the back and he, in turn, will shoot her in the back. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | * Missy calls the Master out on not wanting to [[Regeneration|regenerate]] into a woman and the Master says women always stab people in the back. In their near future, Missy will literally stab the Master in the back and he, in turn, will shoot her in the back. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
