Recap 311 "Utopia".
The quiet of an alleyway is disturbed as the time vortex opens and the Doctor, Martha and Jack appear groaning.
MARTHA: Oh, my head!
DOCTOR: Time travel without a capsule. That's a killer.
Jack cracks his neck before they leave the alley. They walk along a main street taking in their surroundings.
JACK: Still, at least we made it. Earth, 21st century by the looks of it. Ha, ha, talk about lucky.
DOCTOR: That wasn't luck, that was me.
Back on Malcassairo, the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver on Jack's vortex manipulator as he and Martha try and keep the Futurekind out.
DOCTOR: Hold still! Don't move! Hold it still!
JACK: I'm telling you, it's broken! It hasn't worked for years!
DOCTOR: That's because you didn't have me. Martha, grab hold! (Takes Martha's hand and places it on top of the manipulator). Now!
They disappear. The Doctor, Martha and Jack are sitting in an area in the middle of a pedestrian-only road.
JACK: The moral is, if you're gonna get stuck at the end of the universe, get stuck with an ex-Time Agent and his vortex manipulator.
MARTHA: But this Master bloke, he's got the TARDIS. He could be anywhere in time and space.
DOCTOR: No, he's here. Trust me.
Looks around and sees Saxon campaign posters plastered everywhere.
MARTHA: Who is he, anyway? And that voice at the end, that wasn't the professor.
JACK: If the Master's a Time Lord, he must have regenerated.
MARTHA: What does that mean?
JACK: Means he's changed his face, voice, body, everything. New man.
The Doctor notices a homeless man tapping a repeating rhythm on an enamel mug.
MARTHA: Then how are we gonna find him?
The tapping echoes.
DOCTOR: I'll know him, the moment I see him. Time Lords always do.
MARTHA: But hold on. (Notices posters). If he could be anyone... We missed the election. But it can't be...
The Doctor stands slowly, as does Jack. They walk towards a giant screen showing the news. Martha follows.
NEWSCASTER: Mr Saxon has returned from the Palace and is greeting the crowd inside Saxon Headquarters.
The screen shows Saxon walking downstairs with an entourage, Lucy, his wife, at his side.
MARTHA: I said I knew that voice. When he spoke inside the TARDIS. I've heard that voice hundreds of times. I've seen him. We all have. That was the voice of Harold Saxon.
DOCTOR: That's him. He's Prime Minister.
PHOTOGRAPHER (on screen): Mr Saxon, this way, sir. Come on, kiss for the lady, sir.
DOCTOR: The Master is Prime Minister of Great Britain. (Saxon kisses the woman at his side). The Master and his wife.
SAXON (steps forward to speak to the press): This country has been sick. This country needs healing. This country needs medicine. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that, what this country really needs, right now... is a doctor.
Smiles into the camera.
OPENING CREDITS
Saxon is walking down a hall in Number Ten, Lucy beside him, clerks handing him files as he passes.
CLERK 1: Finance report, sir.
CLERK 2: Military protocol, sir.
CLERK 3: EC directive, sir.
CLERK 4: Annual budget, sir.
CLERK 5 : ... recommendations.
Saxon stops outside the door to the Cabinet Room.
LUCY: I'm so proud of you, Harry.
As they kiss, we see Tish Jones walk up.
SAXON: Bless.
TISH: Uh, sir... If you don't mind me asking... I'm sorry, but it's all a bit new. What exactly do you want me to do?
SAXON: Oh yes, what was it, uh...?
TISH: Tish. Letitia Jones.
SAXON: Tish. Well then, Tish... You just stand there and look gorgeous. (Enters the Cabinet Room). A glorious day. Downing Street rebuilt, the Cabinet in session. Let the work of government begin. (Throws files into the air and the contents scatter). Oh, go on. Crack a smile. It's funny, isn't it? Albert, funny? No? Little bit?
ALBERT DUMFIRES: Very funny, sir, hm. But... but if we could get down to business, there is the matter of policy, of which we have very little...
SAXON: No, no, no, no. Before we start all that, I just want to say... thank you. Thank you one and all, you ugly, fat-faced bunch of wet, snivelling traitors.
DUMFRIES: Yes, quite. Very funny. But I thi...
SAXON: No, no. That wasn't funny. (Stands). Hm, you see, I'm not making myself very clear. Funny is like this. (Exaggerates smile). Not funny is like this. (Exaggerates frown). And right now, I'm not like this... (smiles), I'm like this... (frowns), because you are traitors. Oh yes, you are! As soon as you saw the vote swinging my way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon. So... (sits) this is your reward.
Takes a gas mask from under the table and slips it on.
DUMFRIES: Excuse me, Prime Minister, do you mind my asking... what is that?
SAXON (muffled): It's a gas mask.
DUMFRIES: I beg your pardon?
SAXON (lifts mask): It's a gas mask.
Puts mask back on.
DUMFRIES: Yes, but, uh, why are you wearing it?
SAXON (muffled): Well, because of the gas.
DUMFRIES: I'm sorry?
SAXON (lifts mask): Because of the gas.
Replaces mask.
DUMFRIES: What gas?
SAXON (leans back): This gas.
The speakerphones in the centre of the table pop up and emit a white gas. The Ministers start coughing and choking. They have no means of escape.
DUMFRIES (points): You're insane!
Saxon merely raises both thumbs. Dumfries collapses dead onto the table. Saxon, with the mask still on, begins tapping out a rhythm on the table with his fingers.
Martha takes the Doctor and Jack to her flat.
MARTHA: Home.
DOCTOR: What have you got? Computer, laptop, anything? (Jack tries to make a call on his mobile). Jack, who are you phoning? You can't tell anyone, we're here!
JACK: Just some friends of mine, but there's no reply...
MARTHA: (hands Doctor the laptop) : Here you go. Any good?
JACK (takes the laptop): I can show you the Saxon websites. He's been around for ages.
Sits at desk.
MARTHA: That's so weird though. It's the day after the election. That's only four days after I met you.
DOCTOR: We went flying all around the universe while he was here the whole time.
MARTHA: You gonna tell us who he is?
DOCTOR: He's a Time Lord.
MARTHA: What about the rest of it? I mean, who'd call himself the Master?
DOCTOR: That's all you need to know. (To Jack) : Come on, show me Harold Saxon.
Martha checks her answering machine. There's one from Tish.
TISH: Martha, where are you? I've got this new job. You won't believe it. It's weird, they just phoned me up out of the blue. I'm working for...
MARTHA (shuts off machine): Oh, like it matters.
Tish is following a reporter, Vivien Rook, through the office, trying unsuccessfully to turn her away.
TISH: I'm sorry, but you're not allowed in...
VIVIEN: Harold Saxon: A Modern Churchill. It's the definitive think piece on the man himself. (Hands a copy of the article in question to Tish). Oh, come on, sweetheart, you must've read it!
TISH: Um, not really, sorry. I'm new.
VIVIEN: Mr Saxon does like a pretty face. But I'm here to see Mrs Saxon.
TISH: You can't just go barging in!
Vivien enters the sitting room where Lucy is alone, massaging her feet.
VIVIEN: Mrs Saxon, Vivien Rook, Sunday Mirror. (Holds up press card). You've heard of me.
LUCY: Oh, can't I just have an hour to myself? It's been a hell of a day.
VIVIEN: Oh, strike while the iron's hot, that's what I say, Lucy. I can call you Lucy, can't I? Now, everyone's talking about Harold Saxon, but I thought "What about the wife?" All I need is twenty minutes.
LUCY: Oh, I think maybe we should wait.
Looks nervously to connecting door.
VIVIEN: The headline's waiting to print: The Power Behind the Throne.
LUCY (intrigued): Really?
VIVIEN: Britain's First Lady.
LUCY: Gosh.
VIVIEN: Front page.
LUCY: Oh, well, I suppose... Oh, go on then. Twenty minutes.
VIVIEN: Excellent! Thank you! Oh, oh, what was it? Oh, Tish. Now you can leave us alone. Hands Tish her coat.
TISH: No, but I'm supposed to sit in.
Looks to Lucy.
VIVIEN: No, no. It's... it's only a profile piece. You know, hair and clothes and nonsense. There's a good girl. Out you go. That's it. (Pushes Tish out the door and closes it). Mrs Saxon, I have reason to believe... that you're in very great danger. All of us, in fact. Not just the country, but the whole world. (Lucy scoffs). I beg of you, hear me out.
LUCY: What are you talking about?
VIVIEN: Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry, but it's a lie. Everything's a lie.
A campaign commercial for Saxon plays with noteworthy supporters.
SHARON OSBOURNE: I'm voting Saxon. He can tick my box any day.
McFLY: Vote Saxon! Go Harry!
ANN WIDDECOMBE: I think Mr Saxon is exactly what this country needs. He's a very fine man. And he's handsome too.
Jack stops the commercial on the website.
JACK: Former Minister of Defence. First came to prominence when he shot down the Racnoss on Christmas Eve. (Turns to Doctor) : Nice work, by the way.
DOCTOR: (sitting on couch arm) : Oh, thanks.
MARTHA: He goes back years. He's famous. Everyone knows his story. Look. Cambridge University, Rugby blue, won the Athletics thing, wrote a novel, went into business, marriage, everything. He's got a whole life.
VIVIEN: All of it. The school days, his degree, even his mother and father. It's all invented. (Holds up photo). Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge. There was no Harold Saxon. The thing is, it's obvious. The forgery is screaming out and yet no one can see it. It's as if he's mesmerized the entire world.
LUCY: I think perhaps you should leave now.
VIVIEN: 18 months ago he became real. This is his first, honest-to-God appearance, just after the downfall of Harriet Jones. And at the exact same time, they launched the Archangel Network.
LUCY: Mrs Rook, now stop it.
VIVIEN: Even now they say that the... the Cabinet has gone into seclusion. I mean, what does that mean, "seclusion"?
LUCY: How should I know?
VIVIEN: But I've got plenty of research on you. Yes, good family, Roedean, not especially bright but essentially harmless. (Sits beside Lucy). And that's why I'm asking you, Lucy. I'm begging you. If you have seen anything, heard anything, even the slightest thing that would give you cause to doubt him...
LUCY: I think...
VIVIEN: Yes?
LUCY: There was a time when we first met, I wondered... But he was so good to my father. And he said...
VIVIEN: What? Just tell me, sweetheart.
LUCY: The thing is... I made my choice.
VIVIEN: I'm sorry?
LUCY: For better or for worse. Isn't that right, Harry?
Saxon has joined them, leaning on the connecting door.
SAXON: My faithful companion.
VIVIEN: Mr Saxon. Prime Minister, I-I-I was just having a little joke with poor little Lucy. I, I didn't mean...
SAXON (walks to centre of room): Oh, but you're absolutely right. Harold Saxon doesn't exist.
VIVIEN: Then tell me... who are you?
SAXON: I'm the Master and these (holds out his hands) are my friends.
Four small metal spheres appear and float about him.
VIVIEN: I'm sorry?
SAXON: Can't you hear it, Mrs Rook?
VIVIEN: What do you mean?
SAXON: The drumbeat. The drums coming closer and closer.
The spheres head towards Vivien spikes now sticking out from their lower halves.
SPHERE 1 (female voice): The lady doesn't like us.
The spheres advance on Vivien, the spikes spinning.
SPHERE 2 (male voice): Silly lady.
SPHERE 3 (male voice): Dead lady.
Vivien screams. Lucy and Saxon exit the room and shut the door, deadening the screams. Saxon takes a breath and opens the door. The screams continue. Saxon winces and closes the door. He opens and closes the door again quickly, putting a fist to his mouth.
LUCY (sighs): But she knew. Harry, she knew everything. You promised. You said Archangel was 100%.
SAXON: Um, 99, 98?
LUCY: But if she's asking questions, then who else? How much time have we got?
Saxon holds his arms out and pulls her into a hug.
SAXON: Tomorrow morning, I promise. That's when everything ends.
Jack is making tea in the kitchen.
JACK: But he's got a TARDIS. Maybe the Master went back in time and has been living here for decades.
The Doctor is sitting at the desk.
DOCTOR: No.
JACK: Why not? Worked for me.
DOCTOR: When he was stealing the TARDIS, the only thing I could do was fuse the coordinates. I locked them permanently.
From Utopia. The Doctor is holding out the sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS console sparks.
DOCTOR: He can only travel between the year 100 trillion and the last place the TARDIS landed. Which is right here, right now.
JACK: Yeah, but a little leeway?
DOCTOR: Well... 18 months, tops. The most he could have been here is 18 months. So how has he managed all this? The Master was always sort of... hypnotic but this is on a massive scale.
MARTHA: I was gonna vote for him.
DOCTOR: Really?
MARTHA: Well, it was before I even met you. And I liked him.
JACK: Me too.
DOCTOR: Why do you say that? What was his policy? What did he stand for?
MARTHA (dreamy): I dunno. He always sounded... good. (Fingers start tapping). Like you could trust him. Just nice. He spoke about... I can't really remember, but it was good. Just the sound of his voice.
DOCTOR: What's that?
MARTHA (startled): What?
DOCTOR: That! That tapping, that rhythm! What are you doing?
MARTHA: I dunno. It's nothing. It's j... I dunno!
A tune plays from the website. "SAXON BROADCAST ALL CHANNELS" appears onscreen.
DOCTOR: (turns on the TV) : Our lord and master is speaking to his kingdom.
Onscreen Saxon is sitting in front of the ornate fireplace in the Cabinet Room.
SAXON: Britain, Britain, Britain. What extraordinary times we've had. Just a few years ago, this world was so small. And then they came, out of the unknown, falling from the skies. Clip from ALIENS OF LONDON. You've seen it happen... Big Ben destroyed, a spaceship over London. Clip from ARMY OF GHOSTS. All those ghosts and metal men. Clip from RUNAWAY BRIDE. The Christmas star that came to kill. Time and time again the government told you nothing. Well not me. Not Harold Saxon. Because my purpose here today is to tell you this... citizens of Great Britain... I have been contacted. A message, for humanity, from beyond the stars.
Nods to someone off camera. A video plays of one of the spheres delivering the message.
SPHERE (female voice): People of the Earth, we come in peace. We bring great gifts. We bring technology and wisdom and protection. And all we ask in return is your friendship.
SAXON: Ooh, sweet. And this species has identified itself. They're called the Toclafane.
DOCTOR: What?!
SAXON: And tomorrow morning they will appear. Not in secret, but to all of you. Diplomatic relations with a new species will begin. Tomorrow, we take our place in the universe. Every man, woman and child. Every teacher and chemist and lorry driver and farmer. And every... oh, I don't know... medical student?
The DOCTOR whips around to look at Martha before turning the TV around to find a bomb ready to go off. The Doctor grabs the laptop as they rush out into the street just as the front window of her flat explodes.
DOCTOR: All right?
JACK: Fine, yeah, fine.
DOCTOR: Martha? (Martha is using her mobile). What are you doing?
MARTHA: He knows about me. What about my family?
DOCTOR: Don't tell them anything!
MARTHA: I'll do what I like! Mum? Oh my God, you're there.
FRANCINE: Course I'm here, sweetheart. You all right?
MARTHA: I'm fine. I'm fine. Mum, has there been anyone asking about me?
We see Francine is not alone. The same blonde woman from "42" is there listening in on the conversation.
FRANCINE: Martha, I think perhaps you should come 'round.
MARTHA: I can't! Not now!
FRANCINE: No, but it's your father. We've been talking and we thought we might give it another go.
MARTHA: Don't be so daft! Since when?
FRANCINE: Just come 'round. Come to the house, we can celebrate.
MARTHA: You said you'd never get back with him in a million years.
FRANCINE: Ask him yourself.
Hands phone to Clive.
CLIVE: Martha, it's me.
MARTHA: Dad? What are you doing there?
CLIVE: Like your mother said, come 'round. We can explain everything.
MARTHA: Dad? Just say yes or now. Is there someone else there?
CLIVE (pause) : Yes! Just run!
Gets up and heads for the door.
FRANCINE: Clive!
CLIVE: Listen to me! Just run! (Is grabbed by two men). I don't know who they are!
FRANCINE: We're trying to help her! Martha, don't listen to him!
MARTHA: Dad! What's going on? Dad?
Francine and Clive yell at each other as he is taken out of the house.
MARTHA: I gotta help them!
Runs to her car.
DOCTOR: That's exactly what they want! It's a trap!
MARTHA: I don't care!
The Doctor gets into the front passenger seat while Jack takes the back. Clive is fighting as he's being taken to the waiting van.
CLIVE: Get off! (Neighbours look to see what's going on). It's your fault, all of you! You voted Saxon! You did this!
Francine watches from the front door. Martha drives recklessly down the road.
DOCTOR: Corner!
Martha takes the corner tightly, tyres squealing.
SINISTER WOMAN: Mr Saxon, we have Condition Red on the Jones plan. We're taking them in. All of them.
A man grabs Francine by the arms.
FRANCINE: But I was helping you!
Martha is waiting for a call to connect on her mobile.
MARTHA: C'mon, Tish. Pick up.
Tish is walking downstairs at Number 10.
TISH: Martha, I can't talk right now. We just made first contact. Did you see... (Two men take her by the arms and carry her backwards up the stairs). What are you doing?! (Drops phone). Get off! Linda, tell them!
Martha, Jack and the Doctor hear it all.
MARTHA: What's happening?! Tish! (Glances at the Doctor). It's your fault! It's all your fault!
FRANCINE: I was helping you! Get off me! (Martha comes around the corner and stops the car). Martha, get out of here! Get out!
SINISTER WOMAN: Target identified.
The police take position.
DOCTOR: Martha, reverse.
SINISTER WOMAN! Take aim...
The police aim their weapons at the car.
DOCTOR: Get out, now!
Martha reverses into a 3-Point turn.
SINISTER WOMAN: Fire!
The police open fire.
JACK: Move it!
As they take off down the road, bullets shatter the rear window.
SINISTER WOMAN: Take them away.
Francine and Clive are locked away in the van. Francine watches her daughter escape.
MARTHA (upset and sarcastic): The only place we can go... planet Earth. Great.
DOCTOR: Careful!
JACK: Now, Martha, listen to me. Do as I say. We've gotta ditch this car. Pull over. Right now!
They leave the car and head off on foot.
DOCTOR: Martha, come on!
MARTHA (on mobile): Leo! Oh, thank God! Leo, you gotta listen to me. Where are you?
Leo is walking along a promenade with his girlfriend and their son.
LEO: I'm in Brighton. We came down with Boxer. Did you see that Saxon thing on telly?
MARTHA: Leo, just listen to me. Don't go home, I'm telling you. Don't phone Mum or Dad or Tish. You've gotta hide.
LEO (unbelieving): Shut up.
MARTHA: On my life. You've gotta trust me. Go to Boxer's. Stay with him. (We see SAXON listening in from the Cabinet Room). Don't tell anyone! Just hide!
SAXON: Ooh, a nice little game of hide-and-seek. I love that. But I'll find you, Martha Jones. Been a long time since we saw each other. Must be, what, one hundred trillion years?
MARTHA: Let them go, Saxon. (The Doctor wheels about). Do you hear me?! Let them go! Saxon only smiles.
DOCTOR (takes the phone from Martha) : I'm here. SAXON (serious, takes phone off speaker) : Doctor.
DOCTOR: Master.
SAXON: I like it when you use my name.
DOCTOR: You chose it. Psychiatrist's field day.
SAXON: As you chose yours. The man who makes people better. How sanctimonious is that?
DOCTOR: So... Prime Minister.
SAXON: I know. It's good, isn't it?
DOCTOR: Who are those creatures? 'Cause there's no such thing as the Toclafane. It's just a made-up name like the Bogeyman.
SAXON: Do you remember all those fairy tales about the Toclafane when we were kids? Back home. Where is it, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Gone.
SAXON: How can Gallifrey be gone?
DOCTOR: It burnt.
SAXON: And the Time Lords?
DOCTOR: Dead. And the Daleks... more or less. What happened to you?
SAXON: The Time Lords only resurrected me because they knew I'd be the perfect warrior for a Time War. I was there when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Cruciform. I saw it. I ran. I ran so far. Made myself human so they would never find me because... I was so scared.
DOCTOR: I know.
SAXON: All of them? But now you, which must mean...
DOCTOR: I was the only one who could end it. And I tried. I did. I tried everything.
SAXON: What did it feel like, though? Two almighty civilizations burning. Oh, tell me, how did it feel?
DOCTOR: Stop it!
SAXON: You must have been like God.
DOCTOR: I've been alone ever since. But not anymore. Don't you see, all we've got is each other.
SAXON: Are you asking me out on a date?
DOCTOR: You could stop this right now. We could leave this planet. We could fight across the constellations if that's what you want. But not on Earth.
SAXON: Too late.
DOCTOR: Why do you say that?
SAXON:: The drumming. (Drums fingers on table). I thought it would stop but it never does. Never ever stops. Inside my head, the drumming, Doctor. The constant drumming.
DOCTOR: I could help you. Please, let me help.
SAXON: It's everywhere. Listen, listen, listen. (Taps table). Here come the drums. Here come the drums.
A man leaning on a building by the Doctor begins tapping his hands against his legs.
DOCTOR: What have you done? Tell me how you've done this. What are those creatures? Tell me!
SAXON (sitting in front of his laptop) : Ooh, look. You're on TV.
DOCTOR: Stop it! Answer me!
SAXON: No, really. You're on telly! (Clicks on BBC newscast). You and your little band, which, by the way, is ticking every demographic box. So, congratulations on that. Look, there you are! Ha!
The Doctor sees a TV in a shop window.
BBC NEWSCASTER: They are known to be armed and extremely dangerous.
SAXON: You're public enemies number one, two and three. Oh, and you can tell handsome Jack that I've sent his little gang off on a wild goose chase to the Himalayas so he won't be getting any help from them. (Switches on CCTV outside the shop in time to see Martha and Jack join the Doctor). Now, go on, off you go. Why not start by turning to the right?
DOCTOR (turns and notices the camera) : He can see us.
Uses the sonic screwdriver on the camera.
SAXON: Ooh, you public menace. Better start running. Go on. Run!
DOCTOR: He's got control of everything.
MARTHA: What do we do?
JACK: We've got nowhere to go.
MARTHA: Doctor, what do we do?
SAXON: Run for your life, Doctor!
DOCTOR: We run.
The Doctor, Martha and Jack run through a shopping arcade.
SAXON: I said, run!
BBC NEWS: Tomorrow morning, Britain will be welcoming an extraterrestrial species...
AMERICAN NEWS: The President is said to be furious that Great Britain has taken unilateral action.
Chinese news comes on next before the channel changes to Teletubbies. Saxon is watching on his laptop in the Cabinet Room. One of the Toclafane appears.
SAXON: Have you seen these things? This planet's amazing. Television in their stomach. Now that is evolution.
TOCLAFANE (female voice): Is the machine ready?
SAXON: Tomorrow morning. It reaches critical at 8:02 precisely.
TOCLAFANE: We have to escape. Because it's coming, sir. The darkness, the never-ending darkness. The terrible, terrible cold. We have to run and run and run!
SAXON: 8:00 tomorrow morning. Tell your people. The world is waiting.
The Toclafane disappears and Saxon looks out through the window blinds. Martha walks into a disused warehouse, a carrier bag of takeaway in her hand. The Doctor is still at the laptop while Jack uses his manipulator.
JACK: Ho was it?
MARTHA: I don't think anyone saw me. Anything new?
JACK: I've got this tuned into the government wavelength so we can follow what Saxon's doing.
MARTHA: Yeah, I meant about my family.
DOCTOR: It still says the Jones family taken in for questioning. Tell you what, though, no mention of Leo.
MARTHA: He's not as daft as he looks. I'm talking about my brother on the run. How did this happen?
JACK (sits): Nice chips.
DOCTOR: Actually, they're not bad.
Pops one into his mouth. Martha sits. She and Jack exchange looks and she nods her head in the Doctor's direction.
JACK: So, Doctor, who is he? How come the ancient society of Time Lords created a psychopath?
MARTHA: And what is he to you? Like a colleague...
DOCTOR: A friend, at first.
MARTHA: I thought you were gonna say he was your secret brother or something.
The Doctor and Jack stare at her.
DOCTOR: You've been watching too much TV.
Martha chuckles half-heartedly.
JACK: But all the legends of Gallifrey made it sound so perfect.
DOCTOR: Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. (Leans back). They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the Continent of Wild Endeavour, in the Mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords... (We see a brilliant orange and yellow sky over snow-capped mountains and a large domed city). The oldest and most mighty race in the universe... looking down on the galaxies below... sworn never to interfere... only to watch... (A lone Time Lord stands in ceremonial robes and collar). Children of Gallifrey, taken from their families at the age of eight to enter the Academy. And some say that's when it all began. When he was a child... that's when the Master saw eternity. As a novice, he was taken for initiation, it's a gap in the fabric of reality through which could be seen the whole of the vortex. (A young boy is escorted to the schism). You stand there, eight years old... staring at the raw power of time and space, just a child. Some would be inspired... some would run away... and some would go mad. Close-up of the boy's eye reflecting the schism.
MARTHA: What about you?
DOCTOR (mouth full): Oh, the ones that ran away. I never stopped.
Jack's manipulator beeps.
JACK: Encrypted channel with files attached. Don't recognize it.
DOCTOR: Patch it through to the laptop.
JACK: Um, since we're telling stories, um, there's something I haven't told you.
The Torchwood logo appears onscreen.
DOCTOR: You work for Torchwood.
JACK: I swear to you, it's different. It's changed. There's only half a dozen of us now.
DOCTOR: Everything Torchwood did and you're part of it?!
JACK: The old regime was destroyed at Canary Wharf. I rebuilt it, I changed it. And when I did that, I did it for you, in your honour.
The Doctor only glares at him before opening the file. It is a video of Vivien Rook..
VIVIEN: If I haven't returned to my desk by 2200 hours, this file will be emailed to Torchwood. Which means, if you're watching this, then I'm... Anyway, the Saxon files are attached. But take a look at the Archangel document. That's when it all started. When Harry Saxon became Minister in charge of launching the Archangel Network.
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The screen changes to show a graphic of a spinning Earth with satellites.
DOCTOR: What's the Archangel Network?
MARTHA (pulls out mobile) : I've got Archangel. Everyone's got it.
JACK: It's the mobile phone network. 'Cause, look, it's gone worldwide. They've got 15 satellites in orbit. Even the other networks, they're all carried by Archangel.
The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver on Martha's phone.
DOCTOR: It's in the phones! Oh, I said he was a hypnotist! Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. (Taps phone against the table and it begins to beep in the same rhythm). There it is. That rhythm, it's everywhere. Ticking away in the subconscious.
MARTHA: What is it, mind control?
DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. Subtler than that. Any stronger and people would question it. But contained in that rhythm, in layers of code... Vote Saxon. Believe in me. Whispering to the world. Oh, yes! That's how he hid himself from me. 'Cause I should have sensed there was another Time Lord on Earth. I should have known way back. The signal cancelled him out.
JACK: Any way you can stop it?
DOCTOR: Not from down here. But now we know how he's doing it.
MARTHA: And we can fight back.
DOCTOR: Oh, yes!
The Doctor takes apart the mobile and the laptop. He then takes Martha and Jack's TARDIS keys. He uses the sonic screwdriver to weld circuitry to the keys. He then ties them to string so they can be worn around the neck.
DOCTOR: Three TARDIS keys, three pieces of the TARDIS with low-level perception properties because the TARDIS is designed to blend in. Well, sort of, but... Now! The Archangel Network's got a second low-level signal. Weld the key to the network and... Martha, (steps back) look at me. You can see me, yes?
MARTHA: Yep!
DOCTOR: What about now?
Slips the key over his neck. Martha's vision veers off and she blinks. Jack chuckles.
DOCTOR (echoing): No, I'm here. Look at me.
MARTHA: It's like... I know you're there but I don't want to know.
DOCTOR: And back again. (Takes off key). See? It just shifts your perception a tiny little bit. Doesn't make us invisible, just unnoticed. Oh, I know what it's like. It's like... it's like when you fancy someone and they don't even know you exist. That's what it's like. Come on!
Martha looks at Jack.
JACK: You too, hunh?
They walk out onto the streets.
DOCTOR: Don't run. Don't shout. Just keep your voice down. Draw attention to yourself and the spell is broken. Just keep to the shadows.
JACK: Like ghosts.
DOCTOR: Yeah, that's what we are. Ghosts.
They each place a key around their necks before heading into the city.
BBC NEWS: And as they eyes of the world turn towards Great Britain, sources indicate that Air Force One has landed on British soil tonight.
Saxon and Lucyarrive with escort to greet President Winters on the tarmac.
SAXON (salutes) : Mr President, sir!
WINTERS: Mr Saxon. The British Army will stand down. From now on, UNIT has control of this operation.
SAXON: You make it sound like an invasion.
WINTERS: First contact policy was decided by the Security Council in 1968. And you've just gone and ignored it.
SAXON: Well, you know what it's like. New job, all that paperwork. I think it's down the back of the settee. I did have a quick look. I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket and uh... have you met the wife?
WINTERS: Mr Saxon, I'm not sure what your game is but there are provisions at the United Nations to have you removed from office unless you are very, very careful. Is that understood? (Saxon mimes zipping his lips). Are you taking this seriously? (Saxon nods). To business. We've accessed your files on these...Toclafane. (We see the Doctor, Martha and Jack, standing in the background). First contact cannot take place on any sovereign soil. For that purpose, the aircraft carrier Valiant is en route. The rendezvous will take place there at 8:00 am. (Saxon tries to talk through zipped lips). You're trying my patience, sir.
SAXON (unzips lips) : So America is completely in charge?
WINTERS: Since Britain elected an ass, yes. I'll see you onboard the Valiant.
Turns to leave.
SAXON: It still will be televised, though, won't it? Because I promised, and the whole world is watching.
WINTERS: Since it's too late to pull out, the world will be watching. Me.
Walks to waiting car.
SAXON (to Lucy): The last President of America. We have a private plane ready and waiting. We should reach the Valiant within the hour. (Motions for Lucy to go first). My darling.
Saxon turns to watch Winters drive away. Turning back he looks at the area with the Doctor, Martha and Jack are standing. We hear a siren and a police van pulls up. The Jones family are taken out. Saxon runs over like greeting old friends.
SAXON (laughs): Hi, guys! All will be revealed!
MARTHA: Oh my God.
DOCTOR: Don't move.
MARTHA: But...
DOCTOR: Don't.
The Jones family is transferred to a Land Rover.
MARTHA: I'm gonna kill him.
JACK: Say I use this perception filter to walk up behind him and break his neck?
DOCTOR: Now that sounds like Torchwood.
JACK: Still a good plan.
DOCTOR: He's a Time Lord, which makes him my responsibility. I'm not here to kill him. I'm here to save him.
JACK (using manipulator) : Aircraft carrier Valiant. It's a UNIT ship at 28.2N and 10.02E.
MARTHA: How do we get onboard?
DOCTOR (to Jack): Does that thing work as a teleport?
JACK: Since you revamped it, yeah. Coordinates set.
The Doctormakes sure they're all touching the manipulator before activating it. They arrive in one of the Valiant's engine rooms. Martha and Jack groan.
MARTHA: Oh, that thing is rough.
JACK: I've has worse nights. (Cracks neck). Welcome to the Valiant.
MARTHA: It's dawn. (Walks to porthole). Hold on, I thought this was a ship. Where's the sea?
JACK: A ship for the 21st century. Protecting the skies of planet Earth.
They look out the porthole. The Valiant is a massive aircraft carrier in the sky with three landing strips. Saxon and Lucy arrive at the bridge/conference room of the Valiant. There are secret service agents, various military personnel as well as camera crews preparing for the event.
WINTERS: I want the whole thing branded in my sort of honest, not the United Nations. Got that?
SAXON (walks up to Winters) : Anything I can do? I could make tea or isn't that American enough? I don't know, I could make grits. What are grits, anyway?
WINTERS: It you could just sit. SAXON (turns and makes a face) : Misery guts. What do you think? It's good, isn't it?
Pulls out a chair for Lucy.
LUCY: It's beautiful.
SAXON: Some of my best work. (Whispers). Ministry of Defence. I helped design this place. (Sits beside her). Every detail.
The Doctor, Martha and Jack run through the maintenance corridors. The Doctor stops.
JACK: We've no time for sightseeing!
DOCTOR: No, no. Wait. Shh, shh, shh. Can't you hear it?
JACK: Hear what?
MARTHA: Doctor, my family's on board.
Strides past.
DOCTOR: Brilliant! This way!
They change direction and run through more corridors. The Doctor opens a set of doors to reveal the TARDIS.
DOCTOR: Oh, at last!
MARTHA: Oh, yes!
[i]Laughs.[/i]
JACK: What's it doing on the Valiant ?
They open the doors to the TARDIS to see a very different interior bathed in red.
JACK: What the hell's he done?
DOCTOR: Don't touch it.
JACK: I'm not going to.
MARTHA: What's he done though? Sounds like it's... sick.
The console has been stripped of certain parts and caged off.
DOCTOR: It can't be. No, no, no, no, no, no, it can't be.
MARTHA: Doctor, what is it?
DOCTOR: He's cannibalised the TARDIS.
JACK: Is that what I think it is?
DOCTOR: It's a paradox machine.
WINTERS: Two minutes, everyone! (Climbs steps). According to the treaty, all armed personnel are requested to leave the flight deck immediately. Thank you.
Saxon and Lucy are watching like it's all entertainment.
SAXON (to Lucy): Jelly baby?
WINTERS: Broadcasting at 7:58 with the arrival timed at 08:00 precisely. And, uh, good luck to all of us.
DOCTOR: As soon as this hits red, it activates. At this speed, it'll trigger (looks at Jack's watch) at two minutes past 8:00.
JACK: First contact is at 8:00 and then two minutes later...
MARTHA: What's it for? What's a paradox machine do?
JACK: More importantly, can you stop it?
DOCTOR: Not until I know what it's doing. Touch the wrong bit and blow up the solar system.
MARTHA: Then we've got to get to the Master.
JACK: Yeah. How do we stop him?
DOCTOR: Oh, I've got a way. Sorry, didn't I tell you?
Grins.
BBC NEWS: And in just 30 seconds' time, we'll be going live for first contact. (Scenes of different people watching the broadcast are intercut). It has been announced that Harold Saxon has invited President Winters to take the address.
AMERICAN NEWS: It's 3:00 in the morning on the eastern seaboard and President Winters has been chosen to lead the world into a new age.
WINTERS: My fellow Americans, patriots, people of the world... I stand before you today as ambassador for humanity, a role I will undertake with utmost solemnity. Perhaps our Toclafane cousins can offer us much, but that is important is not that we gain material benefits, but that we learn to see ourselves anew. (The Doctor, Jack and Martha enter the room. Saxon's smile disappears). For as long as man has looked to the stars, he has wondered what mysteries they hold. Now we know we are not alone...
JACK: This plan, you gonna tell us?
DOCTOR: If I can get this (holds key) around the Master's neck... cancel out his perception, they'll see him for real. It's just hard to go unnoticed with everyone on red alert. If they stop me... you've got a key.
JACK: Yes, sir.
MARTHA: I'll get him.
WINTERS: And I ask you now, I ask of the human race, to join with me in welcoming our friends. I give you the Toclafane. (The spheres appear around him). My name is Arthur Coleman Winters, President-Elect of the United States of America and designated representative of the United Nations. I welcome you to the planet Earth and its associated moon.
TOCLAFANE 1 (male voice): You're not the Master.
TOCLAFANE 2 (female voice): We like the Mr Master.
TOCLAFANE 3 (male voice): We don't like you.
WINTERS: I... can be Master, if you so wish. I will accept mastery over you if that is God's will.
TOCLAFANE 3: Man is stupid.
TOCLAFANE 1: Master is our friend.
TOCLAFANE 2: Where's my Master, pretty please?
SAXON: Oh, all right then. It's me. (Stands). Ta-da! (Laughs). Sorry. Sorry, I have this effect. People just get obsessed. Is it the smile? Is it the aftershave? Is it the capacity to laugh at myself? I don't know. It's crazy!
WINTERS: Saxon, what are you talkin' about?
SAXON (serious, faces Winters) : I'm taking control, Uncle Sam. Starting with you. (To Toclafane): Kill him.
One of the Toclafane shoots Winters with a laser and he disintegrates. Chaos erupts as everyone tries to leave the room. Saxon's people pull out their weapons.
SAXON (laughs): Guards!
GUARD: Nobody move! Nobody move!
SAXON (into camera): Now then, peoples of the Earth, please attend carefully.
The Doctor rushes forward.
GUARD: Stop him!
Two guards grab the Doctor and force him to kneel on the floor.
SAXON: We meet at last, Doctor. Oh, ho! I love saying that!
DOCTOR: Stop this! Stop it now!
SAXON: As if a perception filter's gonna work on me. Oh, and look, it's the girlie and the freak. Although, I'm not sure which one's which. (Jack rushes him and Saxon fires a laser and Jack falls to the floor). Laser screwdriver, who'd have sonic? And the good thing is, he's not dead for long. I get to kill him again!
Martha goes to Jack.
DOCTOR: Master, just calm down. Just look at what you're doing. Just stop. If you could see yourself...
SAXON (sighs, to camera) : Oh, do excuse me, little bit of personal business. Back in a minute. (To guards) : Let him go.
The guards push the Doctor to the floor.
DOCTOR: It's that sound, the sound in your head. What if I could help?
SAXON: Oh, how to shut him up? I know. Memory Lane! (Sits on steps facing Doctor). Professor Lazarus. Remember him? And his genetic manipulation device? Scenes from "Lazarus Experiment". Did you think that little Tish got that job merely by coincidence? I've been laying traps for you all this time. And if I can concentrate all that Lazarus technology into one little screwdriver... But, ooh, if I only had the Doctor's biological code. Oh, wait a minute, I do! (Runs to silver case and opens it). I've got his hand! And if Lazarus made himself younger, what if I reverse it? Another hundred years?
Saxon aims the screwdriver at the Doctor who screams as he goes into convulsions as his genetic makeup is altered. Jack revives.
JACK: Teleport.
Hands Martha the manipulator.
MARTHA: I can't.
JACK: We can't stop him. Get out of here. Get out.
Saxon stops and the Doctor now has the body of a very old man. Martha crawls to his side.
MARTHA: Doctor, I've got you.
SAXON: Aw, she's a would-be doctor. But tonight, Martha Jones, we've flown 'em in all the way from prison.
The door slides open and guards escort in Francine, Clive and Tish.
MARTHA: Mum.
FRANCINE (crying): I'm sorry.
DOCTOR (breathing heavily): The Toclafane, who are they? Who are they?
SAXON: Doctor, if I told you the truth, your hearts would break.
TOCLAFANE 1: Is it time?
TOCLAFANE 3: Is it ready?
TOCLAFANE 2: Is the machine singing?
SAXON(checks watch): Two minutes past. (Mounts steps and stands by Lucy). So! Earthings. Basically, um, end of the world. (Holds up screwdriver). Here... come... the drums!
Rogue Trader's "Voodoo Child": # Here come the drums. Here come the drums...
The paradox machine activates. # Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child... Saxon looks out the window. # Don't say maybe, maybe. It's supernatural. I'm comin' undone... Above the Valiant, a rift rears open in the sky. # Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child... Toclafane by the thousands exit the rift. # Don't say maybe, maybe. It's supernatural. I'm comin' undone. Baby, baby, baby. You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child...#.
Saxon and Lucy watch from the bridge.
SAXON: How many do you think?
LUCY: I don't know.
SAXON: Six billion. (Switches on outside speaker). Down you go, kids!
The Toclafane swarm down to Earth, zeroing in on Manhattan, Tokyo, (?), and London. People go into the streets to see and the Toclafane begin firing indiscriminately.
SAXON (to Lucy): Shall we decimate them? That sounds good. Nice word, decimate. (To Toclafane): Remove one-tenth of the population!
The Toclafane burst into people's homes. Martha can only cry as she listens to the messages coming in from the surface.
MESSAGE 1: Valiant, this is Geneva! We're getting slaughtered down here!
Martha stands, leaving the Doctor.
MESSAGE 2: Help us, for God's sake! Help us! They're everywhere!
MESSAGE 3: This is London, Valiant ! This is London calling! What do we do?!
Martha looks at her family.
MESSAGE 4: They're killing us! The Toclafane are killing us!
With a last look at the Doctor, Martha activates the teleporter. The Doctor and Jack exchange a look before the Doctor turns to look at Saxon. Martha arrives in a field (Hampstead Heath?) overlooking the destruction of London.
MARTHA: I'm coming back.
She runs off. Saxon forces the Doctor to watch the fall of Earth from a window.
SAXON: And so it came to pass... that the human race fell and the Earth was no more. And I looked down upon my new dominion as master of all and I thought it... good.
Close-up of the Doctor, helplessness evident on his face.
To be continued...


(Camera focuses on the water. Faces can be seen in the background, Derek looking into the tub, Cristina poking out from around her locker, Bailey in the ambulance bay, George at the crash scene, Alex with Jane Doe, Izzie with Rick, Ellis in her hospital bed, and Lisa walking away from the dock)
MVO: Like I said disappearances happen. Pains go phantom, blood stops running, and people fade away.
(Meredith is swimming and fighting. She emerges from the water and is trying to surface.)
MVO: There's more I have to say. So much more. But I've disappeared.
(Meredith sinks into the water and the water calms as bubbles appear)
(Cristina is at a nurse's station.)
Nurse Kate: Did you check on Kramer in 2309 because his x-rays are done and I don't know what to do?
Tyler: Higgins in 2312 needs diet orders before...
Cristina: Done and done. I need you to monitor Collins in 2323. Page me if his systolic drops below 90. I gave him a low dose of dig to lower his heart rate. And have either of you seen Dr. Grey?
Kate: Uh, I checked on her earlier but she's a little sedate today.
Cristina: Not Dr. Ellis Grey. Dr. Meredith Grey.
Kate: No.
Tyler: Not since this morning.
Cristina: Fine. Um, if there's anything emergent page me in the pit.
(Carly's OR)
Carly: George, did you find him? Is Chris ok? Is he awake? Is he...?
Bailey: Answer Mrs. Height, O'Malley.
George: Chris is fine. He's glad you're ok and he'll be waiting for you after surgery. He's being very brave
Carly: That's my Chris. That's my boy. Thank you, Dr. O'Malley. Thank you so much.
(George goes to leave and Bailey walks with him)
Bailey: Dr. O'Malley. Hold up a second. What happens when the happy mother in there wakes up and her son isn't there to greet her? What then? How you gonna explain that? O'Malley?
George: If she wakes up after surgery because of my lie, I'm ok with that Dr. Bailey.
Bailey: Find that child.
George: Yes, ma'am.
(Jane Doe's room)
Richard: Her echo's showed cardiac tamponade.
Burke: So out first priority is stabilize the traumatic pericardial infusion.
Addison: Keeping mom alive means keeping baby alive. I'll monitor the surgery while he operates.
Burke: I'll notify the OR.
(Burke leaves as Alex enters)
Alex: Chief, we've got a mob scene in the clinic of people looking for missing family members and nothing but a two hour old list of patients.
Richard: No one has any more information than you do. The police are asking us questions. Search and rescue can't track it. Well have to do it ourselves.
Alex: Is there some kind of system that...?
Richard: You're the system, Karev. Figure it out.
(Richard leaves)
Alex: How's she doing?
Addison: Well, we won't know until we get her up to the OR. She's still a Jane Doe?
Alex: Yeah.
Addison: To be in that condition and have no one that even knows.
Alex: What?
Addison: She's all-alone. It makes you think. I mean, if I went missing would anyone even know I was gone.
(The accident scene)
Friend: Do something.
Izzie: He's still seizing, there's nothing more I can do.
Vince: You're supposed to put something in his mouth so he can't bite his tongue. Aren't ya?
Izzie: Nobody's putting anything in his mouth. We just have to just him ride it out.
Vince: What are you gonna do? You can't just let him die.
Izzie: They're gonna come soon, in a little while, and they'll get him out.
Vince: You said we don't get much time.
Greg: What if they don't get him out from there before he...
Izzie: I don't know. I don't know, ok? I don't know.
Vince: Please, you can't quit on us now. You just...you just gotta try something else.
Izzie: I'm out of practice. I've been watching. For weeks, I've just been watching. And I...I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Vince: You stopped the bleeding, that was good. Come on please. I...I know this guy. I believe in him. I believe he can make it. You gotta believe in it too. You gotta believe you can do this, please. Don't stop now.
Izzie: Who's got a cell phone?
(All three of them hand their cell phones to Izzie)
(Derek is walking through the trauma scene)
Derek: You guys good? You ok? Yeah, what do you got?
Paramedic: Severely severed leg but he's got his artery tied off so...something.
Derek: Yeah, who tied off the artery? (He looks at the coat on the business man and sees Meredith's name badge) Dr. Grey? This is her jacket.
Paramedic: We found him like this. She must have moved on.
Derek: Yeah, ok.
(Derek looks up and sees Lisa standing there all-alone.)
Doctor: Doc?
Derek: Yeah. What is it? Just stabilize the fracture and get him to the hospital as soon as possible. (He makes his way over to Lisa) Hi. You ok? Did a doctor bring you here? Huh, Meredith? Meredith ok?
(Lisa shakes her head no and the scene changes to Meredith under water. She is no longer swimming or struggling in any way. She is merely sinking.)
(George is in the clinic with the picture of Chris. He is walking around looking at the boys in the room. He stops at one little boy)
George: Hi, my name's George. Is your name Chris?
Boy: No.
George: (To the man nearby) Is he...? Thank you. (To the boy) Thank you, very much.
(George leaves the clinic as Alex enters. The people see Alex entering and flock to him.)
Man: Do you have a new list?
Alex: Uh, not yet.
Man: Nothing? How can there be no new information?
Angry Lady: Isn't there someone you can call? Someone who knows something.
Alex: Uh, nobody knows anything right now. (The crowd begins yelling at Alex) Quiet! All right, that list is all I have for you and it sucks but that's it.
(The crowd is yelling again)
Angry Lady: I can't believe you don't have some kind of a system. I mean...
Alex: Give me a minute to think, I'll come up with a damn system.
(The crowd disperses with the attitude that Alex should be more understanding)
Sydney: I just want you to know that I understand you're under a lot of pressure. If you...if you just need to sit for a minute, or if you need a hand, or a hug.
(Alex sees a Polaroid camera on the counter. He takes it and walks off. Sydney looks like she feels very useless)
(Richard is in the gallery above Jane Doe's surgery when his cell phone rings)
Richard: Chief Webber.
Izzie: Oh, chief, I gotta guy here and we can't extricate him...
Richard: Hold on, who is this?
Izzie: ...and I've tried everything...
Richard: Hold on. Who is this?
Izzie: It's Izzie Stevens. I'm at the dock. I've got a patient with a depressed skull fracture and probably an inter-cranial bleed.
Richard: Is he showing signs of increased pressure?
Izzie: Yes, his left pupil is blown, he's gone limp, he's seizing and now his right pupil is dilating.
Richard: He could be herniating. What's your ETA to the hospital.
(Richard is now in the hallway)
Izzie: That's what I'm saying, we can't get him out. He's stuck under a car and we can't get him out.
Richard: Ok, first you've got to stay calm.
Izzie: I can't stay calm. Calm was over minutes ago, calm is gone, calm is an impossibility. I've got his best friends here and I can't let him die. So, please just tell me what I need to do.
Richard: You need to do some burr holes.
Izzie: Burr holes? I can't do burr holes out here.
Richard: Do you want to save his life, Stevens?
Izzie: Yes.
Richard: All right, I need a minute to check something out in the book and then I'll talk you through it.
Izzie: You're looking it up in a book?
Richard: I'm not a neurosurgeon, Stevens. And I want to make sure we get this right. (Loudly to the people around him) Somebody find me a copy of Boardman's Neurosurgery.
(Mark walks up)
Mark: Everything ok?
Richard: You know anything about making burr holes?
Mark: Done it a couple times.
Richard: Good, don't go anywhere. Stevens, listen to me.
Izzie: (To Vince and his friends) I'm gonna need a drill.
Vince: There's one in my truck.
Friend: What do you need a drill for?
Izzie: I've gotta drill holes in your friend's head.
(Vince and his friends all look at Izzie like she is insane. Izzie looks rather nauseous.)
(George is in the ER looking for Chris. He is looking over, under and behind everything. He looks behind the curtain that is near Cristina.)
Cristina: Hello, I'm suturing here.
George: Sorry.
Cristina: You just get back?
George: Yeah. Um, I'm looking...have you, uh, seen any lost children down here?
Cristina: Is Meredith back too? Cause I need her it's really important. This kids missing, his mom's in surgery.
Cristina: What kind of surgery?
George: This kids lost. You didn't see it today, Cristina. You weren't out there.
Cristina: I know.
George: Have you seen any lost kids down here, or not?
Cristina: Not.
George: Ok.
Cristina: Do you know where Meredith is?
George: I'm leaving.
Cristina: Yeah, I know.
(Alex is in the clinic tacking polaroids of the injured to the bulletin board)
Alex: All right, if you can identify the patient, please write their name on their picture.
Sydney: I've got markers.
Alex: These patients are in surgery and these patients are in the ICU.
Man 2: This is Patina. Is she ok?
Alex: Uh, yeah. She's in the OR, stable. Ok, all these people have been transferred from other hospitals.
Sydney: And I have the details.
Alex: (To Sydney) If it's ok, I've gotta a case I need to check on.
(Alex starts to leave and is stopped by Angry Lady)
Angry Lady: My husband's not on that board.
Man: Kelly Winters, she's not either.
Angry Lady: What does that mean?
Alex: It's...it's...they could be in shock or walked away from the site or...
Angry Lady: Just say it. A lot of people died. They're dead.
Alex: We don't know that.
Man: So, how can we know?
Man 3: My wife? She wasn't in these photos either but she's pregnant. Is it possible you just didn't see her?
Alex: She's pregnant?
(Lisa and Derek are at the scene. She looks very frightened and is trying to look around for some familiar landmark or person. Derek is holding her hand.)
Derek: What? It's ok. Just think. Where is she? Which way did she go? It's ok. Take your time. Take all the time you need, you're doing great. What is it?
(Lisa spots a red cross sign and walks toward it)
Derek: Good.
(They stop on the dock. Lisa stares out into the water.)
Derek: Ok, use your words. Where exactly is Meredith.
(She points into the water and Derek looks terrified)
(Meredith is still sinking and then the scene changes to Jane Doe's surgery)
Burke: The leak in the heart is coming from the right atrium.
Addison: Are you gonna put her on bypass cause that could compromise the baby.
Burke: No, I can fix her heart while it's still beating. Push 40 milligrams of abizonole.
(Alex enters)
Alex: Found her husband. I found him. She's not a Jane Doe. Her name's Casey. Casey Clarke. (Addison gives him a look) What?
Addison: How do you know?
Alex: What?
Addison: How do you know it's Casey Clarke?
Alex: Well she's pregnant and...
Addison: There were hundreds of people on that ferry, Alex. Hundreds. And chances are that more than one were pregnant. Now, do not give that man hope unless you are certain. Do not give him hope until you've checked every last body in the morgue.
Alex: Dr. Burke can I, uh...(He holds up the camera)
Burke: Yes, make it fast.
(Alex leaves)
Addison: I gotta tell ya, this group of interns...
Burke: Emotional.
Addison: Head strong.
Burke: Hot headed, stubborn, they think they know everything. And you can only give them so much rope before they hang themselves with it. It's like they lose all rationality. They won't listen to reason.
Addison: Geez Preston, don't hold back.
(The monitor starts beeping)
Addison: It's getting hypotensive. All right, I'm seeing some late decels in the fetal heart monitor. Baby is not getting enough blood.
Burke: Almost...just got one...more stitch. Got it, turn on the Echo.
Addison: Baby's heart rate stabilized.
Burke: Hmm, think we've seen the worst of it.
(Alex enters the stairwell where George is squatting and looking at a map of the hospital)
Alex: What's the deal?
George: Do you know how massive this hospital is? How many people, not just sick people, not to mention, if I'm a little kid, how many places can I hide. He's little. A little kid could hide anywhere.
Alex: What you're looking for a kid?
George: Yeah. His mom's in surgery and I um...if I don't find him Bailey will...well to start she'll change her son's middle name to Elvis or Tupperware or...I'm not kidding, anything will be better than George.
Alex: I know a place a kid might be.
George: Really.
(George and Alex are in the morgue. Alex is taking pictures)
George: You could have warned me.
Alex: You didn't check down here, right?
George: No.
Alex: So, stop whining and tell me if you find a pregnant chick. You know, you're not the only one with a detail that sucks. You know, I'm supposed to deal with these freaked out families. I'm not good with people; they should just let me stick to patients.
George: Patients are people, especially kids.
Alex: You know what I mean.
George: He's face down. How does that...? Come here and help me turn his body right.
Alex: Dude.
George: Don't tell me it doesn't matter. God, I swear to...
Alex: Dramatic much?
George: This doesn't bother you? Any of this? All this death, it doesn't mean anything to you?
Alex: I'm working, why would it?
George: Yeah but I was working when...Caucasian female about 30 years old. She's...she's pretty. She looks about 7 months pregnant.
(Alex takes a picture)
(The scenes, Greg is holding the phone up)
Richard: Now remember Stevens that drill just isn't going to stop like a neurosurgical drill. So, as soon as you feel the release in pressure, stop the drill or you'll pierce his brain.
Izzie: Even if I don't see blood?
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(Mark and Richard are in an x-ray room)
Mark: Trust your instincts Stevens, trust the feel of it.
Izzie: I'm ready. No, wait, I need to clean the drill off, one more time.
Richard: You've cleaned it a dozen times Stevens, it's as clean as it's gonna get. You ready?
Izzie: Yes.
Richard: Ok, place three fingers above the ear and two or three fingers in front of that on the side where the first pupil blew.
Izzie: Got it.
Richard: All right, now use the scalpel to make a vertical scalp incision down to the skull.
Friend: Jeez.
Izzie: I see a lot of blood, a lot.
Mark: Superficial bleeders, nothing to worry about.
Richard: Are you at the skull?
Izzie: Yes.
Richard: Drill a hole in the middle of the incision.
(Friend hands her a power drill)
Vince: Oh, god.
Izzie: Ok, that can't happen. Do you understand me? Sounds can't happen. Freaking out can't happen. Because if you freak out, I'm gonna freak out. And I'm the one holding a power drill to your friend's brain. So, if you're gonna vomit, if you're gonna make sounds, step away. If you're gonna stay here you have to pull it together, ok?
Vince: I'm good, doc.
Izzie: Ok, I'm ready.
Mark: The temporal bones only gonna be a couple millimeters thick.
Izzie: Ok, I'm in. But the dura looks fine.
Richard: You're gonna have to go in again.
Izzie: Frontal lobe, right?
Richard: That's right. Just behind the hairline, a few centimeters off the midline.
Mark: This bone will be thicker, about five times as think as the temporal bone.
Izzie: Ok, got it. Second hole down.
Mark: What do you see?
Izzie: I think I see...blood. I see blood.
Richard: Ok, now this is important. Drill around the hole to expand the opening. You have to try and relieve the pressure.
Izzie: Ok. Ok. The hole is about 2 centimeters around now. I see blood, I definitely see blood.
Richard: Try to evacuate as much of the clot as you can.
Izzie: With what? I don't have suction.
Mark: Use your finger, gauze, anything.
Izzie: I see clotted blood.
Richard: No arterial?
Izzie: No.
Richard: Good, now how does the dura look? Is it bulging or does it look lax?
(Mark and Richard both look proud of Izzie)
Izzie: Looks like it's pulsating regularly with the heartbeat. That's another good, right?
Richard: That's great, Stevens. If it's pulsating that means blood and oxygen are entering the brain. Now, pack it with gauze so you can minimize the bleeding.
Izzie: Ok, get the rescue rig in here.
Richard: Nicely done, Stevens.
Vince: Is that it, is he gonna be ok?
Izzie: We've relieved the pressure on his brain but he's still got a lot of other injuries.
Friend: Hey, his eyes are open.
(They all have a moment of relief)
(Lisa is standing on the dock staring into the water when a coast guard officer walks up)
Coast Guard: Hey kid! Kid! You ok? You need to come with me. Kid?
(He picks Lisa up and starts to carry her away. As he is walking you hear coughing and then Derek walks onto the dock with a very blue and very, very lifeless Meredith in his arms)
(Derek is in the ambulance performing CPR on Meredith)
Derek: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Paramedic: ETA's five minutes.
Derek: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
(Derek continues CPR with no response from Meredith)
(George enters Carly's OR)
George: How is she doing?
Bailey: Good, no intestinal damage. Missed all her vital organs, she's almost done here. You find her son?
George: I've looked everywhere. I've been in contact with the scene, with Mercy West, with Seattle Presbyterian, I've checked in the...he's lost. Or...Or, uh.
Bailey: He's in the water. So, when she wakes up I get to inform her that she's not going to die, she's just gonna want to die.
George: I'm sorry, I'll...I'm gonna keep looking.
Bailey: Yeah, you do that.
(Izzie arrives at the hospital with Rick in the ambulance. Richard rushes out to greet her.)
Izzie: His right pupils not dilating anymore. He's normal tensive but his pulse is still up in the 130's.
Richard: Ok, what's his neurological status?
Izzie: GCS is eight. I'm sorry, I ran out of sterile drapes, I had to use some guys t-shirt. It wasn't sweaty or anything, he was a clean guy but...
Richard: Ok, call the OR, tell them we're coming up.
Izzie: I also dropped the scalpel in the field and by that time I had used all the alcohol swabs on the drill bit. So, I think we should load him up on antibiotics. Lots and lots of antibiotics.
Richard: Stevens, you put a drill through a man's skull and didn't hit his brain. You saved his life. Get cleaned up and get to the OR, you've got work to do.
Izzie: The OR?
Richard: Yes, the OR, you're officially off of probation.
(Izzie passes Cristina in the hall)
Izzie: Oh, Cristina! Oh my god, you are not gonna believe what I just did. I'm gonna tell you but you are not gonna believe it. You're gonna think I made the whole thing up.
Cristina: You're back? Wait, is Meredith back?
Izzie: I drilled a hole into this guy's skull.
Cristina: What?
Izzie: Several holes actually, with a drill I borrowed from a guy named Vince. Packed the whole with freaking tissue then brought him back here and now I get to scrub in on his craniotomy.
Cristina: So, you haven't seen Meredith.
Izzie: It was like a ride, this crazy roller coaster ride with like adrenaline shooting out of my ears. You think that my hands would be shaking but they weren't, there was no shaking. Did I mention the drill?
Cristina: Ok, Izzie, I get it. You are a hero, I am jealous. But I need to know where the hell Meredith is.
Izzie: Ok...I don't know where the hell Meredith is but...she should be back here. I didn't see her at the scene. The scene where I was a rockstar, by the way. Did I mention I'm off probation?
(Izzie starts to walk away and Cristina gives her a look)
Izzie: Rockstar!
(Alex is in the clinic and has the pictures of the dead people from the ferry accident)
Alex: These photos are fatalities. I know it's difficult but please try to ID who you can.
(The people go to the board and slowly take the pictures of their loved ones. Alex is finally touched by the situation)
(Rick's OR)
Mark: We've agreed to let you do the honors. A few more burr holes to start the craniotomy.
Izzie: Really?
Mark: You saved his life, you might as well help finish what you started. After I strip off the periosteom you can see what a high-speed neurosurgical drill feels like.
Izzie: Drill, please.
(Izzie holds the drill smiling)
(Alex is in the clinic and sees the devestation of the crowd. He looks around and understands all of it finally. He walks up to the husband of the pregnant woman)
Man 3: I have...we have two pregnant women. One of them is...she's in bad shape. She's pretty beat up. She might be hard to recognize.
Man 3: That...I don't know. What color's her hair?
Alex: Brown, reddish.
Man 3: My wife is blonde, brownish but blonde.
Alex: Well sometimes the blood makes it look darker like that, red. I know you can't tell from the photo but her eyes their pretty distinctive.
Man 3: Casey's eyes are very distinctive.
Alex: Brown but not that really dark, dark brown but golden and really warm.
Man 3: It's not her. Casey's are blue, very, very blue.
Alex: I'm sorry.
Man 3: I thought you said you...had two pregnant women.
Alex: Yeah, we um...the other one is um...she's...
Man 3: Oh, god...oh no...Casey. Oh, Casey.
(Alex sees the loss around the room)
(The ambulance with Derek and Meredith arrive and Bailey is in the ambulance bay to get it)
Bailey: What do we got?
Paramedic: Jane Doe, hypothermic, drowning.
Derek: She's not Jane Doe, it's Meredith Grey. It's Meredith.
Bailey: Derek! Derek, Derek, how long she been down?
Derek: I don't know. She's alive, she's alive.
Bailey: Derek!
Derek: She's alive.
Bailey: Ok, look. I need you to help me get her inside. (Loudly) Clear a trauma bay, stat! Move it!
(Burke walks up to Cristina who is in the ER still doing sutures)
Cristina: How was your surgery Dr. Burke?
Burke: Well, the patient is out of the woods now, Dr. Yang. Thanks for asking.
(Cristina yanks the stitch she is doing)
Patient: Ow!
Cristina: You're numbed.
Patient: Whatever. It looked harsh.
Cristina: (To Nurse) Here, finish this please.
(Cristina walks into an empty room and Burke follows her)
Burke: What is your problem?
Cristina: You know, everyone's back. Everyone's back except here. And I listened to her, everyday about her McLove life and McDreamy and McCrap. And on the one day, the one day I have a thing...she's disappears.
Burke: Meredith? This is about Meredith.
Cristina: She doesn't know yet.
Burke: Meredith?
Cristina: She's my person!
Burke: Right. And if Meredith doesn't approve, then what?
Cristina: No, no, no. This is not about getting her approval. It's about...
Burke: What?
Cristina: Telling her...makes it...makes it...if I murdered someone, she's the person I'd call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor.
Burke: Ok, see now, you're likening someone here to a corpse. I'm done.
Cristina: She's my person.
(Burke leaves and Cristina's pager goes off)
(Rick's OR)
Doctor: Removing the bone flap.
Izzie: Ready with suction.
Mark: Looking good.
Izzie: Yes, yes it is.
(Izzie's pager goes off)
Nurse: Dr. Stevens, it's your pager.
Izzie: That's ok. It can wait.
Nurse: I think you wanna take this page.
(Alex is looking in on Jane Doe, Addison is in the room)
Alex: How's she doing?
Addison: She's holding steady for now. Anybody claim her yet?
Alex: No, she's still a Jane Doe. I'd notice.
Addison: What?
Alex: If you went missing, I'd notice.
(Alex goes to leave and his pager goes off)
(George is sitting on the steps near the OR board looking at Chris' picture. He stands up and looks at the board noticing there is a seven year old boy in surgery)
(Callie's OR)
Callie: All right, I need a little more suction here, please.
(George enters)
George: Callie?
Callie: O'Malley, I'm working. What do you want?
George: I read on the board you're doing an internal fixation of the lumber spine on a John Doe from the ferry crash, age 7.
Callie: That's right.
George: Can I see his face?
Callie: I'm in the middle of surgery.
George: I know.
(He walks over and holds a picture up)
George: Is this boy you're patient? (Callie scoffs) I know the pictures half smeared and hard to see. Please tell me it's him, tell me he's been right here under my nose, open on your table all day and not drifting along the bottom of the ocean. Please tell me that.
Callie: Hold the picture under my light so I can get a better look. Oh yeah, oh yeah. I could spot those goofy ears anywhere.
George: Really?
Callie: Really.
George: Callie O'Malley, I can't kiss you right now cause you're scrubbed in but tonight when you get home, I am going to...
Callie: All right, ok, all right. People lets focus here, George I'm working.
George: Yeah.
Callie: I'm...I'm working.
George: Ok.
Callie: So, yeah. Bye.
(George's pager goes off and he leaves)
(Lisa is standing in the clinic alone when a lady rushes up to her)
Lady: Oh my god! Oh my god! You're safe, you're safe! Oh honey, mommy's so sorry she got lost. Lisa!
(Meredith's trauma room)
Derek: They put a 20 gauge IV in but I think it blew.
Bailey: I'll start a central line but you have to get out of the way.
Derek: We put 3 milligrams of epi down the ET tube...
Bailey: Derek!
Derek: ...this was three minutes ago we should push...
(Richard enters)
Richard: Shepherd, get out!
Derek: I think we should push just one atropine...I think I saw some reactivity in the pupils before the atropine and I think...she might have actually had some cardiac...
Richard: Shepherd, get out!
Derek: We need to put an external pacer on just to be sure.
Richard: We need to save her life. You can't do this, we need to do this. Now go! Go.
(Derek goes in the hall)
Bailey: Ok, she has a new 18 gauge in her left AC push 1 of epi through it.
(Burke walks into the hall and peeks in Meredith's room. Derek is sitting in the hall looking devastated and lost)
Burke: The chief is working on her, man.
Derek: He threw me out.
Burke: What do you need?
Derek: I need you to go in there.
(Burke enters the room)
Richard: Give me a new warm blanket her temps still only at 80 degrees.
Burke: What can I do?
Richard: She needs an ABG.
(Monitors start beeping)
Richard: Whoa, was that V-fib. Charge to 300. Lets go, lets go, lets go. Clear.
(Addison enters)
Richard: Back to asystole. Keep compressions going.
Addison: Oh, my god.
Burke: She's hypothermic.
Addison: Uh, have you tried a warm peritoneal lavage? Or even, a continuous bladder lavage with warm fluids? Could do a thoracotomy.
Richard: Get back to the ABG. Come on, lets go people.
(Derek is sitting in the hall, Mark walks up and looks down at him. Derek nods and Mark sits down next to him. Mark puts his hand on Derek's arm)
(Meredith's room. She is still blue)
Bailey: How's her temp?
Richard: Only up to 81 now.
Addison: Come on, Meredith. Don't do this.
(A nurse leaves the room and Addison glances out the door to see Mark and Derek sitting in the hall)
(Izzie, Alex and George are standing on the other side of a door, looking down the hall at Derek. Cristina walks up)
Cristina: It's Meredith?
Alex: Yeah.
Cristina: Are you sure? Did you see her? Because it could be...
(Alex grabs her arm)
Alex: It's Meredith.
Cristina: Oh. Oh. Oh.
Izzie: She will come through this.
George: You don't know that.
Izzie: She will come through this.
George: People die.
Izzie: I know people die. People die in front of us everyday. But I believe Meredith will survive this. I believe...I believe...I...I believe in the good. I believe that it's been a hell of year and in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary we will all be ok. I believe a lot of things. I believe that...I believe that Denny is always with me. And I believe that if I eat a tub of butter and no one sees me the calories don't count. And I believe that surgeons who prefer staples over stitches are just lazy. And I believe that you are a man who made a terrible mistake marrying Callie. And I believe that because I am your best friend I can tell you this and we will be ok. I believe even though you made this mistake you will be ok. I believe we survive, George. I believe that believing we survive is what makes us survive.
(She's hugs Cristina)
Izzie: She's gonna be ok.
(Meredith's room)
Richard: Push another epi. How many is that?
Bailey: This is our fourth room, sir.
Burke: We've been here 20 minutes.
Addison: Still in asystole.
Richard: We're losing her.
(Meredith flatlines)
(Meredith appears to wake up, coughing and sputtering. She sits up and next to her is Dylan)
Dylan: Hi.
Meredith: Hey. Am I...? Dead?
(She turns her head and there is Denny)
Denny: Damn right you are.
Meredith: Holy...