Doctor Who‘The Broken Iris’Written by Deio Withers

15/10/14

1.Int., Laboratory

The scene shows a white, gloomy laboratory. Rain is heard from outside, and a middle-aged man is seen making some kind of experiment. He stops to write something down, then exits the room.

Int., Corridor

He walks down a long corridor, before turning at a corner. Another middle-aged man is seen walking the opposite way.

Professor: Ah, Charles,you wouldn’t happento have any moreAlkaline pallets,would you? I’ve

ran out.

Charles: No, sorryHarvey, those werethe last ones. We’regetting new ones innext week sometime.

Professor: It’s fine,no problem. I’ll just

see how the testworks on an acid pallet.

Charles: Won’t youtell us what you’veput in your solution?

If it works, this couldsave millions of lives.

Professor: I’ll tell

you as soon as I’msure, don’t worry.

Int., Laboratory

The scene cuts back to the laboratory, where the Professor is entering the room once more. He reaches for his protective glasses, then takes a pallet out of the open cupboard, and places it on the tabletop.

The scene then shows the experiment at its beginning, with a dish under a microscope, and a bowl of liquid next to the Professor’s hand. For just a moment, something moves in the liquid, then stops. The Professor turns to the liquid, takes a sample and drops it into the dish. He watches for a few seconds, then turns to the counter behind him for a moment.

Suddenly, the dish begins to sizzle, and the Professor turns back to his experiment. He stares for a while, unable to comprehend what’s happening. The liquid fizzles and spats into the air, and manages to splash near his eye. The Professor screams in agony, holding his eye, then falls to the ground with a thud. The liquid starts to calm itself in the dish, then stops completely.

The Professor’s face is shown. He is on the ground, eyes closed. One eyelid burns red, affected by the solution he was using. Then, his eyes open suddenly, with one eye very badly infected, but both pupils shining with a demonic, yellow glow.

Opening title sequence.

2.Ext., Tern Island

The laboratory is shown from the outside, with the

sound of a materialising TARDIS in the background. The TARDIS is shown as soon as it’s fully materialised.

The Doctor steps out of the TARDIS and takes a few steps into the rain. He stops suddenly and looks down. Jess is shown in the TARDIS doorway, looking at the sky.

Jess: Doctor, whereare we, why are wehere and can we

please go? I haterainy days.

Doctor: The HawaiianGreen Sea Turtle!

Jess: Okay, I don’tknow which of thosequestions you wereanswering, but myresponse is stillcan we go please?

The Doctor bends down and picks up a small green turtle.

Doctor: Look at thislittle guy! Nearlystood on him. Always

had a thing forturtles.

Jess: Doctor, canyou please answer

at least one ofmy questions?

Doctor: Oh hush,I’m getting there.

The Doctor looks around a little more, still holding the turtle. Jess is no longer in the TARDIS doorway.

Doctor:... Takenby the big monsterof the sea, huh...Sorry buddy, goingto have to leavethat for another

day.

He walks towards the sea, and puts the little turtle down near the waterside. He watches as the creature makes its way back into the water.As the turtle makes his way into the water, something catches the Doctor’s eye. He crouches down to inspect a dark, yellow scorch mark in the ground near the water.

Jess has now left the TARDIS, in a bright yellow raincoat.

Jess: Okay, I’mout here, in therain, now can Iplease get some

answers?

The Doctor sighs loudly and turns to his companion.

Doctor: Tern Island, Hawaii. 2069.

Jess: Hawaii?Really?

She looks around.

Jess: Can’t sayI’m pleasantly

surprised... Seemsmore like Portsmouthwithout the land.

Doctor: Former NavalBase for the Americans,

World War Two andall that. Then itbecame a breedingpatch for nestingbirds, Monk Sealsand turtles likethe one I wasjust holding.

Jess: Nice, allvery interesting...

Doctor: May be someother mysterious

goings on under waterhere, but I’m goingto have to give thata rain check for

now.

Jess turns suddenly.

Jess: You said other.

Doctor: Exactly.

Jess: So what’sthe original

mysterious going-on thing then?

The Doctor turns back and looks at the scorch marks on the floor. Jess bends down and takes a closer look.

Doctor: Not a clueyet, but it’s gotsomething to do

with an old friendof mine. CharlesDavenport, you’veheard the name

I’m sure?

Jess: The scientist?

Doctor: Chemist,yes. Hate it whenpeople don’t botherwith the correct

terminology.

Jess: Wait, he’shere?

Doctor: Yes, heworks in this lab.Has done for abouttwenty years now,I should think.

Jess: You said

2069, right? Sothat would makehim about 55?

The Doctor looks confusingly at his companion.

Doctor: How doyou know when

Charles Davenportwas born?

Jess: They madea day for him atmy University.That was a good

night. Any reasonto party, that’show we all usedto be back in

the day.

Doctor: Don’t sayback in the day,you’re 25. Waitanother 40 years

or so.

Jess: Hey, I’m24.

Doctor: And 8 months,I was close enough.

Jess pauses, then sighs.

Doctor: Anyway, Charlesis a good friend ofmine, met him a fewhundred years ago.

He’s just phonedme.

Jess: How do peoplephone you?

Doctor: I give themmy number, just

like anyone else.

Jess: You’re atime traveller.

Doctor: Yes, and?

Jess: Two things.First, you have

a phone?

Doctor: What’s wrongwith me having a

phone?

Jess: I dunno, Ijust find it weird.

Doctor: It may bea spaceship onthe inside, butit’s still aPolice Box.

Jess: I’ve beenmeaning to ask

about that, remindme later. Oh, andsecond, how dopeople phone a

time machine? How

does the timealternation work?And what if you’renot on Earth? Howdoes the signal

work?

Doctor: Someone’sall questions today,

isn’t she?

Jess: I’m justcurious, doesn’tanyone else wantto know aboutthese kind of

things?

Doctor: You’ll findout as soon as I’mnot busy, okay?

Promise. Right now,I’ve got a bigger

problem on my hands,and I can’t wastetime thinking about

other things.

3.Int., Reception

The Doctor walks up to the reception, only to be greeted by a surprised receptionist and another girl.

Sandy: Who thedevil are you?

How did you gethere?

Doctor: The Doctor.I was called by

Doctor Davenport.

Sandy: And howam I supposed

to believe that?

Doctor: Call himon the phone. I’ll

wait.

Jess: Doctor, Idon’t think there

is a phone.

Doctor: There mustbe, Charles phoned

me himself.

Jess: I mean, thereisn’t one behindthe desk here.

Sandy looks at him like he’s an idiot.

Doctor: Not yournormal receptionthen, I see.

Sandy: I’m gonnaneed to see yourcredentials.

Doctor Davenport’shealth has beenfine recently,

I don’t see anyreason why he’dcall for medical

care. And he’d havetold me first, Iknow first aid.

Doctor: Well then, that puts me ina bit of a toughsituation, yousee. Because I’mnot your normaldoctor, I knownothing’s wrongwith Charles’health, and I’mpretty sure he

phoned me to takea look at problemsconcerning someoneelse at this verylaboratory. Any ofthat sound likeit could be trueto you, Sandy?

Sandy is quiet for a while, then stutters when she replies.

Sandy: How...How did you know

my name?

Doctor: List ofall personnel,

on the wall,over there.

The Doctor points to his right, at the far end of the reception.

Sandy: Right...Yes. Go through tohis office, it’s-

Doctor: On the righthand side at the

end of the corridortwo left turns andanother right turnaway, yes, I know.

The Doctor barges in through the door, and Jess follows after a moment where she and Sandy look at each other, slightly bewildered.

Jess: Doctor, shelooked-

Doctor: Scared, yes,I’m starting tothink maybe sheshould be too.

Jess: Okay, stopit with the

interrupting, it’sgetting annoying.

Doctor: Fine. Butyou really should

talk faster.

Jess: So, why

should she bescared? She alsoseemed like sheknew you wereright about itbeing someone

else. Which bringsme to the question,

if so, how didyou know?

Doctor: Because Charlestold me so. One of

his fellow workers, aProfessor, isn’t

acting like himselfat all.

Jess: So what?People act weirdly

all the time.

Doctor: Not like thisthey don’t.

Jess: How do youknow that?

Doctor: Because Itrust Charles Davenport,

and I know him wellenough to know hewouldn’t phone mefor any reason ifhe didn’t have to.

They continue to walk, and reach the end of the first

corridor.

4.Int., Charles’ Office

Charles Davenport is resting on his desk, his head positioned on his arms on the surface of the desk.A knock on the door startles him, and he blinks heavily.

Charles: Come in.

The Doctor and Jess walk in through the door.

Charles: Hello...?

Doctor: It’s me,Charles.

Charles looks him up and down, in a bit of a shock.

Charles: Really? Whathappened to the other

two?

Doctor: Why, what’swrong with this

body?

Charles: I don’tknow, it’s just allsort of... Blonde.

Doctor: What’s wrongwith blonde?

Jess laughs.

Jess: Hi, I’mJessica Edwards,

I’ve heard allabout you in thepapers and on the

telly.

Charles: Nice tomeet you, Jessica.

Doctor: So, youwanted my helpwith something,

I believe.

Charles’ smile fades, and his head lowers.

Charles: Yes.

Int., Harvey’s Office

The scene shows another middle-aged man, sitting upright by his desk. He is seen from the right side of his head. Charles, the Doctor and Jess are all heard talking as normal.

Charles: It’s theProfessor. He isn’t

how he’s alwaysbeen. Professor

Harvey. He’s beenacting strangely

for many days now.

Jess: In what waydoes he seem different?

Charles: He’s beenvery... Quiet.It all started a

few days back,when he was workingon an experiment.He was using anacid pallet tomeasure the timeit took to burnLeukaemia cells,using his ownsolution he’ddevised on hisown. We think

it may have beensuccessful...

Doctor: If...

Int., Charles’ Office

The scene switches back to the TARDIS team with Charles.

Charles: If theexperiment hadn’t...

Malfunctioned.

Jess: What do youmean?

Charles: Somethingwent wrong in the

procedure. Somethingexploded in the

pallet.

Doctor: How doyou know?

5.Int., Camera Room

The Doctor, Jess and Charles are all seen watching footage of the terrible accident the Professor had in his laboratory days earlier. Charles stops the footage once the Professor hits the ground, and turns to the other two.

Jess: What happened?

Charles: We don’tknow.

Doctor: What kind ofsolution had he

devised? What didit include?

Charles: Again, I’mafraid I can’t providean answer. He nevertold us. He’s always

been a secretiveman, always workingalone. He never tellsus what he’s made

until he knows whetherit’s successful or

not.

Jess: That’s weird.

Charles: Whateverit was, it worked.

(pause)

Doctor: What?

Charles: Whateverhis solution was,it was a success.The acid palletwas empty, thecells were all

cleared.

Silence.

Jess: Okay, so,an experimentgoes wrong andthis Professorguy doesn’t actlike himself.

Seems quite normalto me, he’s clearly

in pain.

Charles: It’s notlike that.

Doctor: Then whatis it like?

Charles is silent for a moment, then sighs.

Charles: Darker.

Jess and the Doctor look at each other, then back at Charles.

Doctor: Charles-

Charles: I knowwhat you’re aboutto say, and all Ihave to say is

good luck, Doctor.

Doctor: ThanksCharles. I’ll be

back soon.

The Doctor leaves the room, and Jess follows, leaving Charles alone in the room.

Int., Corridor

The Doctor begins pacing through the corridor, with Jess having to jog to keep up with him.

Jess: Doctor, whereare we going?

Doctor: We’re goingto see Professor

Harvey.

Jess stops.

Jess: We are?

The Doctor turns to Jess.

Doctor: Yes, why?Is that a problem?

Jess: Well, thisthing that happenedto him, his woundas it were. How

do we know it won’tspread?

Doctor: We don’t.That’s all part of

the fun of it, don’tyou think?

The Doctor walks ahead, and Jess follows after a moment of hesitation.

6.Int., Harvey’s Office

The Professor is seen sitting by his desk, just as he was earlier on. There’s a knock at the door, and the Doctor and Jess walk in slowly.

Doctor: ProfessorHarvey?

The Professor pays no attention to either of them.

Doctor: Professor,we’re here to help. You’ve been injured,and I’m the Doctor.

Professor: I needno medicalassistance.

Doctor: Let me seeyou, Harvey.

Silence.

Jess: Harvey...

She and the Doctor look at each other, then the Professor seems to realise they’re talking to him.He turns his head slowly. He is revealed to be wearing a bandage over his wounded eye.

Doctor: May I?

He signals at the bandage. The Professor does not

make any sort of response. The Doctor leans over to remove the bandage, and does so slowly and gently.

The bandage lifts, and what is beneath it is a terrible sight, making Jess cover her mouth in shock and turn away. His eye seems to have shrunk significantly, and the Iris is disfigured. The Tear Duct is now covering the rest of where the eyeball should be, glowing red.

Doctor: Looks likeit could be Uveitis,

but the Iris isbroken, so it’snot your usual

symptoms.

(pause)

Tell me Professor,can you see out

of the eye at all?

Professor: Yes.

Doctor: How well?

Professor: Betterthan I have everbeen able to

see in my entirelife.

Jess is still turned away from the sight. The Doctor slowly replaces the bandage exactly as it was.

Doctor: It’s okayJess, I’ve putit back on.

Jess turns back and faces the other two.

Jess: Sorry, I’msorry, I just

couldn’t really-

Doctor: It’s fineJess, just leave

it.

He turns to the Professor.

Doctor: Professor,what was in thatsolution you madefor the experimentthat caused this?

Professor: Thesolution is

insignificant.

Doctor: Why?

Professor: It isinsignificant.

The Doctor stares at the Professor for a while, and the Professor stares back at him, right into his soul.

Doctor: Tell meabout yourself,

Harvey.

He remains silent.

Doctor: Tell me

about ProfessorHarvey of theTern IslandLaboratory.

Professor: I...Am Professor

Harvey.

Doctor: Yes, itseems you are.Come on Jess,we need to talk

to Doctor Davenportright now. Thankyou for your

time, Professor.

The Doctor and Jess start to leave, and the Professor stays put.

Jess: But Doctor,why do we need

to-

Doctor: Just comewith me, Jess.

She doesn’t argue back. They leave and head back the way they came from. Moments later, the Professor appears at the door, watches them, then turns the other way.

7.Int., Corridor

The Doctor and Jess walk around another corner, not far from Charles’ office.

Jess: Doctor, whatare you thinking?

Doctor: Three things.One, I think whateverthe Professor putin that solutionhad nothing to dowith the reactionthat caused his

impairment.

Jess: So whatcaused it?

Doctor: Two, Ithink there wasanother mater in

that solution thatreally shouldn’thave been there.And three...

Jess:... Three?

Doctor: I thinkProfessor Harveyis dead, and hasbeen ever sincehe collapsed inthat security

footage we watched.

Jess: What? Howcan he be dead?Doctor, we justspoke to him.

Doctor: No, wedidn’t. Somethingis controllinghim, either from

the inside or fromsomewhere else.And I’m going tofind out what.

Jess stares at the Doctor for a while.

Doctor: Okay, Ilied, I thinkfour things.

They turn a final corner, then start to walk up to the far end of the corridor.

Int., Charles’ Office

The shot shows an empty office. The Doctor and Jess walk in, and realise that Charles isn’t there. The Doctor picks up a note from the desk.

Doctor: He’s gone tothe laboratory wherethe damage was done.

He starts to walk out.

Jess: Ugh, why can’tyou just call itan accident?

Doctor: Have youbeen listeningto me? It wasn’t

an accident, Jess.

They leave the room.

8.Int., Secondary Corridor

Professor Harvey is seen walking down a dark corridor. His walk is slow, creepy and unpredictable.He reaches the end of the corridor, where he comes to a halt. He stares at the automatic door. He takes a few steps to his right, where he uses DNA identification on a scanner. He stands there for a moment, like he’s thinking or waiting for something to come back to his mind, then presses four keys. The door opens, and he steps back to where he was.

Int., Laboratory

Charles is shown wearing a pair of protective gloves and safety glasses. He’s investigating the equipment used by Doctor Harvey in his experiments.

The Doctor and Jess barge in, making the poor chemist jump with shock.

Charles: Oh, Doctor,Jess! You frightened

me.

Doctor: Charles,tell me, whathappened afterthe Professorfell to theground?

Charles: What?

Doctor: In thefootage we saw,

you paused itafter ProfessorHarvey collapsed

to the ground. Whathappened after that?

Charles: Well, Ihaven’t looked

much further thana few seconds after

he fell, therewasn’t much point,he’d just collapsed.

Doctor: Except hedidn’t collapse.Professor Harvey

died in that procedure, and you know I’mright. The Prof’smind is no longerhis own. I think

he’s being controlledby another intelligence.

Jess: What, youmean you think he’s

possessed?

Doctor: Or controlled,yes, I’m almost certain

of it.

Charles: Doctor, thismust be a big

misunderstanding,

you’re mistaken,Professor Harv-

Doctor: No. Nomisunderstanding,no error, no senior

moments, and definitelyno mistake has been made.

Listen to me, thereare no mistakes in life.There are only decisions.

You can’t just thinkof a bad decision

as a mistake, because tosomeone out there, it’snot. We wouldn’t know

what decisions are mistakeswithout making those

decisions in the firstplace. Not every bad

decision is a mistake,and not every goodone is a success.

Now look, Charlie boy,you’ve known me a

long time, more thanone face, and there’sone thing I’d havehoped you’d havelearned by now.

Never, ever doubtme.

The lights of the room suddenly turn off. Shots are shown of the same happening all around the entire

building. The Doctor, Jess and Charles stare around in surprise and shock.

Jess: Doctor, whoturned out the

lights?

Doctor: My money’son Harvey.

Int., Storage Cupboard

Harvey is shown in the room at the end of the corridor he was standing in previously. In front of him is an electrical generator, with the lever switch still turned on. Harvey is shown holding two pieces of a thick cable, clearly having been torn from one another.

Int., Laboratory

The Doctor paces around nervously, Charles sits down and Jess stands against the wall, obviously deep in thought.

Doctor: Electricalcharge... What

sort of possessionneeds an electricalcharge? Why would

it need it?

Charles: It can’tbe Harvey, he can’thave changed thatmuch. I’m sure

it’s just a temporaryproblem with the lights.

The Doctor continues to pace around, ignoring Charles’ comment.

Doctor: The Iris doesn’tjust break, somethinggot in there and tookthe function away from

it.

Jess: To be fairDoctor, it does

happen inchemical

explosions fromtime to time.

Doctor: Jess, don’tbother pointing outthe obvious when I’mbusy, you may as wellbe a part of that

wall you won’t stop leaning against. Now

shut up and dosomething useful.

Jess remains silent, and there’s a long and awkward pause from all three of them.

Doctor: Couldn’t bevolcanic dust, no

volcanoes erupt nearhere for hundreds ofyears, plus we’d know

if the Pyrovile werehere by now.

Charles: Doctor,for argument’ssake, let’s saythere is somecreature livinginside Harvey.

Doctor: Or takingcontrol of him

from somewhere else.We can’t know forsure that there’ssomething on the

inside yet.

Charles: Okay,let’s say you’reright. What kindof creature wouldneed electricityto come alive?

The Doctor pauses for a second, in a state of realisation.

Jess: Doctor...

Doctor: The markings.

Jess: What?

Doctor: The markingswe saw outside, on

the shoreline.Those weren’t

burns, those werelanding patterns!

No, wait. Notlanding patterns.

The Doctor runs to a nearby computer, and takes out his sonic screwdriver. He points the device at the computer and activates it, which causes the computer to show images from cameras all around the outside of the building. He zooms in on one, which shows the scorch marks he’d seen before.

Doctor: That’s anOsari symbol, whichmeans it’s from theRutax system. Which

means – Oh, ofcourse!

Charles: What is it?What does it mean?

Doctor: I’ve beensaying it all along.You said electricity,I said electricalcharge. What hasan electricalcharge? Atoms.

Atoms need electrons.The Osari symbolisn’t a word ora name. It’s anumber. Not just

any number, that’san atomic number.

The explosion wasn’t

caused by anythingfrom the original

solution, Harvey saidit didn’t matter.There was something

hidden in thesolution that hehadn’t seen. Thething possessing

him isn’t aproper creature.It’s a chemical!

Int., Storage Cupboard

Harvey, or the chemical possessing him, is still holding one of the halves of the cable. He rips the bandage from his head in one easy tear. He’s now pulled one of the smaller wires from the cable and twisted it around his wrist. He places his other hand on the cable and grasps it tightly, like he’s about to tug on it. The anguish on his face portrays the human still inside.

Harvey:...No...

His eyes close for a moment, then they open again, both eyes are now disfigured, with the pupils shining in a devilish yellow glow. When he speaks, his voice no longer sounds like Harvey. He gives a big, wide grin and chuckles the word out.

Turon-Harvey: Yes.

He rips the chord from the wire, and an electrical charge is seen bulleting its way through his arm. He lets out a painful scream, which soon enough develops into an evil bellow.

9.Int., Reception

Sandy is seen sitting by her desk, her feet up on the chair, looking up and around the roof at the lights. They soon turn on, and sighs with relief.

Sandy: And there’sthe back-up power.

Thank god forthat.

She turns to the back of the reception and yells.

Sandy: Hazel? Thepower’s back on,could you make me

a cuppa? I’m gaspingfor one.

Silence. Sandy turns all the way around.

Sandy: Hazel!

Hazel appears in an open reception window.

Hazel: Sorry, I’msorry, I was...

Sandy: Hazel, what’swrong?

Hazel: Didn’t youhear that?

Sandy: Hear what?

Hazel: There wasa scream, a

piercing scream,and then...

Sandy: Then?

Hazel: Someonelaughing.

Sandy: Oh hush girl,I’m sure it wasnothing. You’rejust imaginingthings again.

Hazel: No, Sandy,I’m sure of it.

Sandy tuts and sits back as she was.

Hazel: Maybe it wasProfessor Harvey.

Sandy stops every movement she might have made before that comment, and freezes for a second.

Sandy: Oh don’t beso stupid girl, thatsounded nothing like

the Professor.

Hazel: You heard thescream then?...

Sandy remains silent, then turns to her co-worker, both looking frightened.

10. Int., Laboratory

Charles sits up, looking startled.

Charles: What thehell was that?

Jess looks at the Doctor, who is watching Charles, then she looks back at the panicking Professor. Charles stands up and starts walking towards the door.

Charles: Maybe thatwas Harvey, maybehe’s in trouble.

Charles begins to open the door, but the Doctor arrives at his side, and slams the door shut.

Charles: What areyou doing, man?

Doctor: Sit backdown, Professor.Neither of you

leaves this room,is that clear?

Charles: I amDoctor Charles

Davenport, how dareyou make my decis-

Doctor: You’re bothmuch safer in here,

now stay put.

Jess pushes herself from the wall and looks at the Doctor.

Jess: And whereare you going?

Doctor: TARDIS.I need to check

the data banks andtry to find outas much as Ican about thischemical being,whatever it is.I need to findout what it is,how it got here,how it killed

the Professor andhow to fight against

it.

Jess: Then let mecome with you.

Doctor: I can’t dothat.

Jess: Why not?I can help you,I can keep watch

or-

Doctor: Look Jess,I’m sorry to say

this, but all you’dbe doing is

slowing me down.

(pause)

You’re much saferhere, I promise.

Here.

The Doctor gives her the sonic screwdriver.

Doctor: For yourprotection.

Jess: How am Igonna know whatto do with this?I don’t even

understand whatit is.

Doctor: It’s mysonic screwdriver,it’s a scientificinstrument that Icarry around withme on nearly all

occasions, and it’sbeen vitally helpfulover the time I’vehad it, so don’t

break it.

Jess: What does itdo? What do I doto make it do

whatever it does?

The Doctor snatches it back from her.

Doctor: Oh, forgod sakes, just

let him try then.

He hands the sonic to Charles, then turns to him.

Doctor: You keepher safe, you

understand me?

Charles: Of course,Doctor, by all

means.

Doctor: Good. Nowthen, I’ll beback, probably,see you in a

bit.

The Doctor opens the door, looks back at the two of them, and leaves. Jess looks upset and scared when he leaves, then turns to Charles, who’s watching her.

Charles: You’re newto him, aren’t

you?

Jess: Yeah.

Charles: He doesthat. He’s a bitrude sometimes,but you get used

to it.

11. Int., Corridor

The Doctor closes the door behind him, looks around, and walks quickly through the gloomy corridors.

Int., Reception

Sandy and Hazel both sit in their chairs behind the reception desk, both looking terrified. They watch the front door as rain falls down on the windows.

Hazel: Sandy?

Sandy: Yes my dear?

Hazel: What do youthink happened tothe Professor?

Sandy: I don’t knowHazel. I wish I did.

They both jump at the alarming sound of a bang behind them.

Hazel: Oh god,Sandy, it’s here.

It’s here!

Sandy: It’s alrightgirl, it’s alright.

How about I...I go check the back,

yeah?

Hazel: Be careful,Sandy.

Sandy: I’ll be fineI’m sure, dear.

Sandy walks to the back of the reception through an open door, as Hazel watches. The young girl listens out for any sign of anything at all. All is silent.

A blistering scream is heard from the back of the reception, and Hazel jumps out of her chair.

Hazel: Sandy?

Silence. After a few seconds, Hazel stands up and slowly makes her way towards the door. She turns

around to make sure nothing’s behind her, then reaches the doorway. She look down to the ground, only to see Sandy’s body slowly burning, her ashes floating around and falling to the ground.

Hazel is stunned by the sight, and is unable to make a sound. She begins to back away, then turns and jumps over the reception desk. She lands in a crouched position on the ground, then stands up and looks to her right. She turns her body to the left.

The unfamiliar yet recognisable face of what used to be Professor Harvey looms over her, and she screams.

Professor: Hazel...

Int., Corridor

The Doctor hides behind the corner of a corridor, checking it’s clear before he walks down it. He continues to walk until he makes a right turn into the reception room.

Int., Reception

The Doctor looks around the room, making sure no one’s around. He notices a sizzling sound coming from the room, and begins to move with precaution.

The Doctor glimpses the disintegrating body of Hazel, and rushes towards her and kneels by her side. He watches as she slowly but surely disappears, and he closes her eyes before her face begins to fade. He looks around, and sees Sandy’s burning corpse. He then stands up and leaves through the main door.

Ext., Tern Island

The rain pours down over the Doctor’s up-facing head.

He closes his coat a little tighter and starts to run towards the TARDIS.

12. Int., Laboratory

Jess sits against the wall, slouched down on the floor, her knees up. Charles is sitting in a chair near the worktop, looking half asleep. There’s silence for some time.

Charles: So whatmadness has he

rid you of, Jessica?

Jess: Oh, nothingmuch. Unemployed,middle of London,

on my own.

Charles: No dear,I’m sorry, Ishould’ve beenclearer. Whattime zone?

Jess: Oh right.2123, so thatwould be...

54 years in thefuture.

Charles chuckles.

Charles: I’d be nearenough twice myage by then. Notthat I’ll makeit that long.

Jess remains silent.

Charles: I neverknow where youlot come from,

you know.

Jess: Us lot?

Charles: The Doctor’sfriends. Companions.

Jess: He’s hadothers before me

then?

Charles: Haveyou met the man?He’s an agelessfellow, that

Doctor. He’s metmore people thanyou’d ever even

imagine possible.

Silence.

Charles: Last timeI met him, he waswith some otherdoctor, a woman.American girl,kind. Only a

few years back.He himself looked

completely different.

Jess: How do you

mean?

Charles: Has henot enlightenedyou on the topicof regeneration

yet?

Jess: He’s mentionedthe word before,but he doesn’t

really explain much.Not to me anyway.

Charles: Give himtime, Jessica. He’lltell you everything.

Jess: Has he toldyou everything?

Charles: Nearenough I should

hope.

Jess: His name?

Charles: No, he saysit’s not important.

He says even heforgets it sometimes.

Jess: Who forgetstheir own name?

Charles sits up and turns to Jess.

Charles: Imagineyou were alone,

in the desert,for many years.No one to keepyou company, noone to speak to.How long do youthink it wouldtake for you to

forget your name?

Jess stares into the distance for a moment, watching the rain fall on the window on the opposite end of the room.

13. Int., TARDIS

The Doctor rushes in through the TARDIS door and shakes himself to rid of the water droplets that cover his coat. He hangs his coat on a barrier, and brushes his shirt down.

The Doctor runs down towards the main console and positions himself directly in front of the computer.

Doctor: Right...

He starts inserting information into the computer, and information about the Rutax system starts to pop up on the screen.

Int., Laboratory

Jess: I feel useless.

Jess stands up and places her hands on her hips.

Charles: What’re youon about?

Jess: There mustbe something Ican do to help.

Charles: Well thereisn’t much we cando, Jessica. We’rejust going to haveto wait until theDoctor returns.

Jess turns to Charles.

Jess: How manyother scientists

work here?

Charles: Well, otherthan Harvey andmyself, threeothers come andgo every few

days. Harvey andI were the only

ones working herefull time.

Jess: How manyof you work inthis laboratoryin particular?

Charles: That wouldbe two. Harvey hadthat side, and Ihad this one.

Jess: So all of

his work wouldbe on the

other side ofthe room, yeah?

Charles: Intheory, yes, I

suppose.

Jess: Okay, let’sget to work then.

Charles: Workingon what exactly?

Jess: Clues.Anything thatcould give usany insight ofhow to stop it.The Doctor said

this thing,whatever it is,is a chemical.No idea how that

could be possible,but I won’t doubthim. So, let’slook at hislatest work.

Jess starts to walk around to the other side of the room, with Charles watching her, with an unsure look on his face.

Int., Computer Room

Harvey’s body, now possessed by the chemical creature, strolls into the computer room and looks around. It breathes in through its nose heavily, and stares out of the window. It walks towards the windowsill, and stops a yard or so away, just watching the rain.

A shot is shown of another island, a bigger one, far off in the distance. The creature watches it, grins with a sinister slant, then walks back towards the door.

Int., TARDIS

The computer screen shows random shots of different creatures. The image finally sets on a microscopic shot, named The Turon Cluster. Information on the chemical being shows up next to the image.

Doctor: Globaldominance...Habitat...

Travel format...

He switches the screen off a few seconds later, then walks towards the barrier he left his coat on.

Doctor: Okay then,Turon being,let’s have ago at you.

He swings his coat around his shoulders and opens the TARDIS door. He stands there for a second, then starts to run.

Ext., Tern Island

The Doctor runs through the rain, heavier than before. The skies are clearly mistier than before too. He runs until he reaches the front doors of the building. He stands under the shelter for just a second, turns back towards his TARDIS, and snaps his fingers. In the distance, the doors are seen snapping shut. He once again rubs his coat down, then takes a deep breath and walks in through the doors.

14. Int., Laboratory

Jess is seen inspecting the equipment seen on Harvey’s desk, with Charles next to her doing the same.

Charles: I stillcan’t reallybelieve thishappened.

Jess stops and looks at Charles.

Jess: Were youtwo close?

Charles: What, meand Harvey? No,he wasn’t closewith anyone.He was a very

isolated person,hardly spoke tome unless itwas necessary.

He pauses for a moment, as though remembering the man he used to work with.

Charles: But whenyou work withanother personfor a prolongedperiod of time,you start toget used to their routine,you know. You

know how they’regoing to respondto a certain

remark, you knowwhat kind of

nonsense you’relikely to hearwhile you sitdown quietly,you know whatto expect when

they walk throughthe door in the

morning.

(pause)

If I’m perfectlyhonest, I won’tmiss him for theman he was, butI’ll miss himfor the things

he did.

Jess remains silent, and Charles doesn’t say another

word. Charles silences for a moment too. Jess looks around her.

Jess: Wait aminute....

Charles: What isit?

Jess: You saidthat the

Professor hadbeen using acidpallets, right?

Not that Iunderstand

what that is,but that is

what you said,wasn’t it?

Charles: Well,for his lastexperiment,yes. Acidpallets arelike small

lunch boxes,only layeredin acid and-

Jess holds up a pallet.

Jess: So likethis?

Charles: Yes.But as I say,

Harvey onlyused the acidpallets once.

Every other time,he used Alkaline

pallets.

Jess: So untilhe changedpallets, it

was all good.Then he changesto Alkaline, andhe’s involvedin an accidentwithin seconds.

Charles: That’sa valid point.The Doctor said

it was a chemical,so technically,it should’vespread through

the entire solution.

Jess: So, whywould it only

pounce onHarvey whenit wasn’t

soaked in acid?

Before Charles gets a chance to answer, the Doctor enters the room with a bang, startling the other two.

Doctor: I knewsomething was

wrong. Ever sinceI realised it wasa chemical being,

I knew.

The Doctor starts to walk around the room.

Doctor: The thingis with creaturesfrom the Rutaxsystem, they

travel in clusters.The species isn’t

called Turon, that’sjust the chemical

itself. The creaturesthemselves are knownas the Turon Cluster.Same goes for otherchemical beings.Take the Uralite

for example, or theIquitone, or the

Hajhin.

He stops, leaning against a table.

Doctor: The pointis, they don’t

travel alone. So,two options -either the rest

were killedsomehow, or thissingle being, in

some way, managedto travel by

itself, there’sa few ways it

could’ve made itthrough the

atmosphere byitself. The first

is-

Jess: Doctor, Ithink your firsttheory was right.

Doctor: What makesyou think that?

Jess: The Professor,he didn’t use

the acid palletsthe whole time.Charles says heonly used theacid pallet for

the lastexperiment, theothers were all

Alkaline pallets.So, if they came

here in a cluster,presumably havingmade that symbolthing when they

arrived, then theywere all in thesame solution

Harvey had made.What if these

creatures couldn’tsurvive in

Alkaline? What ifit’s a weakness

to them?

Doctor: JessicaEdwards, you areon fine formtoday! That isa very strong

possibility, somechemical beingscan be harmed byfluids such asAlkaline and

Acid.

Charles: Wait, sothere’s only a

chance that she’sright?

Doctor: No, holdon. I’m missing

something.

(pause)

Oh of course!

Jess: What isit?

Doctor: Thatyoung one, the

reception girl,very young.

Charles: Hazel?

Doctor: I saw herearlier, the Turon-Harvey had attacked

her.

Charles: Oh my god,is she okay?

Doctor: No, I’mafraid she’s dead.I’m sorry. But,

staying on topic,she wasn’t stabbed

or bitten orwounded, she wasdisintegrating.Her body was

fizzling, slowlyphasing out. Likeshe was vanishingfrom existence.

Charles pushes himself towards the Doctor excitedly.

Charles: TheHendrick-Olson

theory!

Jess: I’m sorry,I never likedchemistry inschool, the

who-what theory?

Charles: TheHendrick-Olsontheory is basedon the age oldconcept of abio-molecularstructure beco-

Doctor: Charles,I’m sorry, but wedon’t have timeto explain in

that much detail.

Charles: Right, ofcourse.

Charles turns back to Jess.

Charles: It’sbasically thetheory that ifsomething that

dissolves organismswould have a

solid structure,then it too

could be dissolved.By other liquidsand such, of

course.

Jess: Wait, sothat’s howwe’re goingto beat it?Dissolve it?

Doctor: No, notquite. I always

give the monstersa chance first.Oh, and for therecord, Mandy?

The otherreceptionist? Sheburnt. Don’t knowhow, but that’show she died.

Sorry, but we’vegot a lot to do

in a short amountof time.

The Doctor moves closer to the other two.

Doctor: Okay, firstthing’s first, butnot in that order.Charles, where do

you stand onradiation booths?

15. Int., Corridor

The Turon-Harvey creature roams about the corridors, and reaches a corner. The Doctor appears on the opposite end of the corridor.

Doctor: Hello.

The creature turns around and lets out a vicious roar.

Doctor: I understandyou. I know who

you are and whyyou’re here.

Turon-Harvey: Youknow nothing of

us.

Doctor: I know thatyou are a threatto this world,and, judging

by the fact thatI’m still alive,I’m assuming thatyou understand

that I’m a threatto you too.

Turon-Harvey: Youare nothing.

Doctor: Maybe. ButI can’t help butrealise that you

are alone.

Turon-Harvey: Youwill discover thetrue meaning of

silence.

Doctor: Of course,you want to killme. So come on

then. Come get me.

The creature lets out another roar and starts to chase the Doctor. The Doctor starts to run too, running down the dark corridors.

Int., Laboratory

Charles is waiting in the laboratory, pressed anxiously up against a cabinet. After a few seconds, Jess enters.

Charles: Finished?

Jess: Yeah. Youtaken the radiationout of the room?

Charles: Yes.

Jess: Good. Nowwe wait.

Int., Corridor

The Doctor is still being chased by the creature, still raging behind him. The Doctor turns another corner, then opens a door halfway down the next corridor.

Int., Radiation Booth

The Doctor enters a small room, split in two by a window and a door, both framing themselves into the wall across the middle of the room. He opens the inside door turns around. The creature has followed him in, and the Doctor sonics the first door, locking it. He then closes his own door, sonicing that to lock it too.

Doctor: Locked.

The creature growls, then both he and the Doctor walk up to their side of the window, facing each other.

Doctor: I’m glad

you made it. You’re probablywondering what

we’re doing here.I’m the Doctor.

Turon-Harvey: Namesare irrelevant.

Doctor: I’m hereto make you an

offer.

Turon-Harvey: Yourbargains are useless.You can’t survive

this.

Doctor: You know,I used to tellmy enemies toleave, or I’dscare them off.Well I’m sorry,but that’s nothow I do thingsanymore. Thatpart of me dieda long time ago.So here’s youroffer – leaveand let us alllive, or I’mgoing to killyou myself.

Turon-Harvey: One

touch. That’s allI need, Doctor.

Doctor: See, that,right there. Youcontradict yourstatements. You

evil beasts, you’reall the same atthe end of theday. Names are

important.

Turon-Harvey: Youlie.

Doctor: What?

Turon-Harvey: Youhave failed togive me a name.You only gave a

title.

Doctor: Wellthat’s what

everyone callsme, so I thinkof it to benearer to a

name. Now then,you came herewith some pals,

I assume. So whathappened, eh?Only one left?

The beast lets out a ferocious roar.

Turon-Harvey: Myaccomplices allperished in thisbody’s formula.

Doctor: You realisethat you’ve justcaused hundreds

more deaths, don’tyou? Leukaemia isa threat on thisworld, and youjust set theirresearch backanother 30 odd

years.

(pause)

Turon-Harvey: Good.

The Doctor stares at the creature in disgust.

16. Int., Corridor

Charles and Jess are seen poking their heads around the door, then starting to run. Charles is holding a flask in his hands.

They turn a corner and Jess inserts a key into the lock. They enter the room quickly.

Int., Electrics and Water Storage

They close the door behind them.

Jess: Okay, so

water supply,right?

Charles: Yes,over there.

Jess opens a lid on a massive basin full of water, and Charles pours liquid into the water supply.

Charles: GodI hope this

works.

Int., Radiation Booth

The Doctor paces around the room, with the creature watching him.

Doctor: Mandy, thewoman behind thereception, sheburnt. How doyou cause that?

Turon-Harvey: Whyask questions when

your death isimminent?

Doctor: BecauseI’m not the onedying today.

Besides, you’reover there, soyou have no way

of killing me. Soanswer the

question, thenshut up.

(pause)

Turon-Harvey: Ihave the ability

of throwingthe burningorange lightthat causescombustion.

Doctor: Anatural flame-thrower. Nice,

don’t comeacross thoseoften. Just

make sure youdon’t throw iton anything thatcould burn thisbuilding down,you’ll endangeryourself too.

Turon-Harvey: Iam of the TuronCluster. I amunaffected byburning. Turonis my mind, andnow Turon is my

body.

The Doctor backs away nervously.

Doctor: Ah...

Well I probablyshouldn’t havementioned that

then... Ifyou could justforget thathappened-

The beast tears a part of clothing from his possessed body.

Int., Corridor

Jess and Charles are seen outside when the Doctor speaks.

Doctor: No, wait,what are you

doing?

Int., Radiation Booth

Turon-Harvey: Acombination of aTuron touch andthe combustionwill turn the

structure of thisplace into asheswithin minutes.

Doctor: Last chance,Harvey. Leave or I

will kill you.

Turon-Harvey: Thereis no Harvey. Andnow, there willbe no Doctor.

The creature breathes fire at the window, then sets the crumpled piece of clothing on fire. It sets a flame immediately, and the creature drops it on the floor.

Turon-Harvey: Ibid you farewell,hopeless primitive.

This world willsoon be mine, and

now you haveno chance ofsaving this

pathetic planet.

The Doctor suddenly laughs quietly. The beast laughs after him.

Turon-Harvey: Onlya fool laughs athis own demise.

Doctor: If youknow that, then whyare you laughing?

Turon-Harvey: Idon’t understand.

Doctor: An exothermicchemical process ofcombustion, caused byrapid oxidation. I

mean, come on.You’re from theRutax system, of

course you’re goingto have flammable

abilities.

(pause)

Of course I knewyou could make

a fire. First thingyou need to knowabout me is thatI’m the biggest

liar out there. Ilie even to thoseclosest to me, allthe time. I knewif I gave youthe idea, you’dtry to burn thisplace down. Of

course you would,you’re one of

the bad ones, it’swhat you do. Turnthings into dust.

Turon-Harvey: Idon’t understandthe meaning of

this.

Doctor: You arefrom the TuronCluster. An evilrace of chemicalbeings that try

to take on physicalform. You foundthe human race,

and the firstthing you do is

use their weaknessagainst them. Youbroke into a humanmind and killedit, and you’ve

killed two others.The thing is, youdon’t realise howphenomenal thehuman brain canbe. You have one

now, and you stilldon’t get it. Youwere offered achance, but youdidn’t take it.No more. Human

beings are clever.They can figure

out your weaknesstoo, you know.

And another greatthing they came

up with. Sprinklers.In the cause of

a fire, water comesfrom the ceilingand drowns out

the fire. Very handyin the event of

flames. And nowadays,they take about, what,ten seconds to activate

once the alarm goesoff?

A loud siren goes off in the room. The beast stares around hopelessly.

Doctor: Nothing hadaffected Harvey

until he switchedto an acid pallet.It’s not me whofigured out thatyou had a problemwith Alkaline.

A short pause is made while the beast looks helplessly at the man behind the glass.

Doctor: They did.

The sprinkler goes off, and starts to fall on the creatures head. It screams in agony, and the Doctor sonics his door. He opens it, and watches in the doorway. The creature turns to him, filled with pain and anguish.

Turon-Harvey: Please...Have mercy...

The Doctor stares at him for a moment.

Doctor: Do you wantto know what kindof man I’ve becomethis time around?

His gaze suddenly turns cold and his tone turns heartless.

Doctor: Mercy isn’t in my dictionary

anymore.

The Doctor points his sonic at the sprinkler, and activates his device. The water begins to fall heavier on him, as the fire begins to die out. He sonics the other door, walks out and closes the door behind him. The creature, slowly beginning to show some signs of disintegration, screams as the door slowly pulls back, before he is no longer in view.

Int., Corridor

The Doctor turns to find his friends outside the door, waiting for him. They watch him, and he in return gazes at them, before turning his stare away from them and walks away. Jess and Charles watch him as he does.

17. Int., Charles’ Office

The three of them are in Charles’ office. Doctor Davenport stands behind his desk, and the Doctor and Jess stand opposite him. The Doctor and Charles shake hands.

Charles: I don’tknow how to thankyou, Doctor. It’sbeen wonderful,terrifying andexciting to seeyou once more.

Doctor: Same asalways then.

Charles: You knowwhere I am if

you ever need meagain.

Doctor: You know, Imight need to popback around soon,there might be sometrouble underwater...I’ll need to lookinto it at somepoint anyway.

Charles turns to a distant Jess for a second, then back to the Doctor.

Charles: Doctor, would you mind ifI had a quick wordwith Jessica for

a second?

Doctor: Not aproblem. I’ll bein the TARDIS.

The Doctor and Charles exchange a final glance and a wave, then the Doctor leaves. Charles sits down and looks up at Jess.

Charles: Tell me.

Jess: Tell youwhat?

Charles: It’s botheredyou, hasn’t it?That he killed

that thing thattook the oldProfessor?

Jess: It’s notthat he killedit... It’s just

that...

Charles: That?

Jess: It’s scaredme, I guess. He

just did it so...Emotionless.

Charles: My dear,I wish I could

tell you otherwise,but from time totime, that’s justwho the Doctor is.

He saves thosewho do good, and

sometimes that meansthat he’s goingto need to usethe option lesstaken. He’s an

old man, he’s seenenough to make anyman go insane. Justremember that he

can’t save everyone.Just like Harvey,Hazel or Mandy.

I wish he could,of course I

do. But sometimessacrifices need

to be made.

Jess: I guess.

Charles: TheDoctor isn’t fromaround here. He

isn’t like us, andhe doesn’t seem

to see things thesame way as we

do. Remember that.

Jess: I’m notsure if this iswhat I want.

Travelling aroundwith a man Ican’t predict.

Charles: Wellmaybe you needto think about

that then.

Jess looks worried towards Doctor Davenport, giving off a sheepishly unsure look.

Closing titles.