Wild Blue Yonder (TV story): Difference between revisions

The TARDIS then lands in [[Spaceship (Wild Blue Yonder)|an unknown spaceship]], heavily damaged; the Doctor and Donna narrowly avoid a fire blast from the TARDIS incinerating them as they jump out. The Doctor places [[Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] into the latch in order to prime the TARDIS to regenerate and heal itself from the damage it has sustained. As the Doctor works, Donna wonders why the TARDIS played "[[Wild Blue Yonder (song)|Wild Blue Yonder]]", recalling how [[Wilfred Mott|her granddad]] hated it because it reminded him about [[World War II|the war]]. The Doctor eventually triggers the TARDIS's self-repair and they leave the room to take a look around the ship. However, they quickly race back after hearing the TARDIS dematerializing as a result of the [[Hostile Action Displacement System]]. The two of them at first despair, until the Doctor explains to Donna that there's a good chance the TARDIS will return to them if they resolve whatever hostile action they have encountered. The two set off into the ship with renewed determination, marching down a long corridor. As they walk, the environment shifts around them and a loudspeaker blares "[[10 (number)|fenslaw]]". Because the TARDIS isn't present to translate the word, and because the Doctor doesn't speak the language, neither he nor Donna knows what "fenslaw" means.  

The intercom blares "[[9 (number)|coliss]]" and the ship shifts again. The two wander into a room filled with drawers of [[baseplate repetition filament]]s. The Doctor asks Donna to move all the ones in a lower drawer to to a higher one, as the ship is on idle and needs to be powered back up. The Doctor finds another room with a [[spindle]] and works on adjusting it. As Donna moves the plates, it grows colder, which she murmurs about. The Doctor enters to acknowledge the change in temperature to her. As the two talk, the Doctor grows quiet, letting Donna lament on what her family would do if she failed to return to them, especially noting how, while [[Rose Noble|her daughter]] would have to move on, [[Shaun Temple|her husband]] and grandfather would wait for her return every day. The Doctor then mumbles that his arms are too long. However, the Doctor is actually still back in the room with the spindle, and still working on adjusting it, as it grows cold and Donna appears to enter. The Doctor begins to ponder what would happen to the TARDIS if he never saw it again, fiddling with the panels as he fantasises it outlasting numerous civilisations while Donna uncharacteristically remains silent. Eventually, Donna mentions that her arms are too long. The Doctor turns to look at her and sees her arm to be stretched beyond all proportion, realizing that this isn't Donna.

The plan revealed, the not-things turn to leave the bridge to reach the robot, but the Doctor uses the bridge's controls to stop them. However, it is only a matter of time before they use his copied intelligence to break out. With no other way to prevent the not-things from stopping the countdown, the Doctor speeds the countdown up and the not-things break free. All four run after the robot as the intercom blares "[[3 (number)|Blinss]]." The Not-Donna tries to keep the pair away as the Not-Doctor races towards the robot to stop it; she fails to stop the Doctor, who manages to push her away as he rushes past, but the not-thing does tackle Donna down. As the intercom blares "[[2 (number)|Sensill]]", the Doctor nearly reaches his not-thing copy, but it becomes quadrupedal in order to out speed him. The Doctor stops running, knowing he can't possibly catch up now. Although, he realises that, as the hostile action is resolved from his efforts to delay the not-things and speeding up the countdown, the TARDIS should know the threat is basically over. As if on cue, the TARDIS begins to rematerialize, still playing "Wild Blue Yonder" from within as the intercom blares out "[[One]]." The Doctor enters the TARDIS and pilots it to the pair of Donnas; he tries to determine which Donna is real, and pulls in the one that answers his questions to his satisfaction.

As he leaves, the other Donna cries, insisting that he got the wrong one, and that she's real. To her horror, the intercom blares out "[[O (number)|Tacsladia]]", which she recognises as "[[Zero]]". The robot pushes the button and the explosion begins, destroying the Not-Doctor and rushing to meet Donna. On the TARDIS, the Doctor turns to face the Donna on board, having scanned her - her arms are ever so slightly too long. He ejects her and the real Donna rushes in, the pair hugging as the TARDIS dematerializes, flying away from the exploding ship.  

* The Doctor admits that he wonders "where the TARDIS goes at random", imagining that it would "[land] on some outcrop by the sea", similar to its appearance in {{cs|The Ghost Monument (TV story)}}. He further imagines an alien civilization worshipping the TARDIS and flourishing around it before eventually collapsing while the TARDIS remains standing, as had previously occurred in {{cs|Rise and Fall (audio story)}}.