THE INVASION OF TIME
BY "DAVID AGNEW" GRAHAM WILLIAMS AND ANTHONY READ
Part Three
Running time: 25:00
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BORUSA: He's mad! Guard!
DOCTOR: Resistance is useless. The Vardans have more power than we have dreamed of and more knowledge than we can hope for. You must submit the way I did when I first met them.
BORUSA: And when was that?
DOCTOR: A long time ago.
BORUSA: So you knew about this all the time. You knew about this before your induction.
DOCTOR: Yes, before that, yes.
BORUSA: And all you know is in the Matrix.
DOCTOR: And all I know is in the Matrix.
BORUSA: You really disappoint me, Doctor. I expected better of you.
DOCTOR: Did you really? Thank you.
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RODAN: The invaders are in control.
LEELA: Good. Now we can fight them.
RODAN: Didn't you hear the Lord President's announcement? We must submit.
LEELA: You keep your Lord President, I'll keep my Doctor. He has a plan.
RODAN: What plan?
LEELA: I don't know.
RODAN: Then how can you say?
LEELA: He always has a plan.
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DOCTOR: You will now disperse until my next summons.
BORUSA: You have no right!
DOCTOR: Borusa. Have you carried out my instructions?
BORUSA: Regarding what, Supremacy?
DOCTOR: The redecoration of my office.
BORUSA: The matter is in hand.
DOCTOR: Ah. (quietly) But is it finished?
BORUSA: I believe so.
DOCTOR: Confirm it, and meet me there within the hour.
LEADER: Congratulations, Doctor. You show great promise in the application of power. You could be a first grade dictator.
DOCTOR: Thank you. You're very kind. That's very kind of you. (sotto, walking away) K9.
LEADER: What did you say?
DOCTOR: Nothing.
LEADER: Doctor?
DOCTOR: Yes?
LEADER: How long will it take you to find the Great Key?
DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, it's just a matter of time.
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LEELA: There's no point in further discussion. The discussion is for the wise or the helpless, and I am neither. RODAN; Then what are you going to do?
LEELA: Well, if the Doctor wished me banished, I'll be banished.
RODAN: You will surrender?
LEELA: No! You talk always of surrender. Are all your tribe like this?
RODAN: We are rational.
LEELA: You are cowards. No, if the Doctor wished me banished, it was for a reason.
RODAN: Reason dictates the Doctor is a traitor.
LEELA: Never!
RODAN: Reason dictates
LEELA: Then reason is a liar!
RODAN: And if I am right?
LEELA: Then I am wrong, and I will face the consequence. Are you coming?
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DOCTOR: Nice. Yes, really nice. Bit rococo for a purist like me. What are you doing here, Borusa?
BORUSA: You wished to see me, your Excellence.
DOCTOR: Did I? Did I really? Oh yes, yes. Are the decorations complete?
BORUSA: As you can see.
DOCTOR: Completely complete.
BORUSA: To the last detail.
DOCTOR: No substitutes, no forgeries, no penny-pinching.
BORUSA: They are the finest to be had in the whole Thessorian Empire.
DOCTOR: And this exquisite relief work, in pure lead?
BORUSA: As you can see?
DOCTOR: Good. Now at last we can talk.
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ANDRED: Stop!
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BORUSA: But the strain must have been intolerable.
DOCTOR: Nearly. I owe you a great deal, Lord Borusa. Especially apologies for the indignities and insults I threw at you.
BORUSA: The President need apologise to no one.
DOCTOR: Thank you.
BORUSA: The President
DOCTOR: Need thank no one. True, very true. It's a habit I picked up.
BORUSA: How accurate is your data?
DOCTOR: Absolutely accurate, but not yet complete.
BORUSA: The Vardans can travel along wavelengths of any sort?
DOCTOR: Yes.
BORUSA: In the sense that any electro-temporal field aids communication, are they telepathic?
DOCTOR: Hmm, yes. They can read thoughts.
BORUSA: But a lead-lined room would shield you from them.
DOCTOR: True.
BORUSA: Yet you maintained a partial shielding unaided.
DOCTOR: Well, I had the benefit of your training.
BORUSA: And you did not think that I could shield myself?
DOCTOR: Well, Lord Borusa, you and the other Time Lords are singularly logical, hmm? You're also short on humour and imagination. You can't offer distractions as I can. What's for tea?
BORUSA: Tea?
DOCTOR: Tea.
BORUSA: Tea is camillia in dried form
DOCTOR: I know what tea is.
BORUSA: Well, what's that got to do with the threat from the Vardans?
DOCTOR: See, you're too single-minded. You're as transparent as good, old fashioned glass.
BORUSA: You're right. I wouldn't last a moment. My mind is too easy to read. The master learns from the student, eh, Doctor?
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RODAN: So, what are you going to do?
ANDRED: That depends. How much is she involved with the invaders?
LEELA: I am not involved with them. I am against them.
RODAN: She doesn't even know who they are.
ANDRED: But she's the President's friend.
LEELA: Yes, I am. I want to save him.
ANDRED: And that's why you destroyed the transduction barrier.
LEELA: I destroyed the?
RODAN: She couldn't have. She was with me.
ANDRED: Who did, then?
RODAN: I have no idea. Oh look, we must get out of the Citadel.
ANDRED: What for?
RODAN: Well, it's safer than staying in here.
ANDRED: All right. But be careful. There's a total curfew on. If any of my men see you, they'll shoot.
RODAN: What?
ANDRED: Kelner's orders.
RODAN: Oh, come with us, Andred.
ANDRED: Somebody's got to try and balance Castellan Kelner. He's having a lovely time, settling old scores, locking people up. Besides, you never know, there might be a chance to have a go at the invaders.
LEELA: Come on.
ANDRED: Or even the President.
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BORUSA: But why banish your friend Leela?
DOCTOR: Because she could be the biggest danger of all.
BORUSA: Oh, yes. If I'm as transparent as good, old-fashioned glass.
DOCTOR: Until she gets to outer Gallifrey.
BORUSA: That barbarian garden? How can she be safe there?
DOCTOR: Well, that barbarian garden's her natural habitat. She's a huntress, a creature of instinct. The power out there
BORUSA: I know. Awful. Can she survive?
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RODAN: Oh, I'm so tired. I must rest.
LEELA: We haven't come far enough.
RODAN: I never thought it'd be like this.
LEELA: What, you've never been outside the Citadel before?
RODAN: No, why should I have? There's everything we need inside.
LEELA: This is much better than inside.
RODAN: It's frightening.
LEELA: Why are you scared?
RODAN: It's all so ... natural.
LEELA: We must go on. They can still see us here from the Citadel.
RODAN: How much further?
LEELA: Just over there, then you can rest.
RODAN: All right.
LEELA: Come on.
RODAN: Now can we rest?
LEELA: Yes. Yes, rest here.
RODAN: Whose stupid idea was it to leave the Citadel?
LEELA: Oh, you'd rather be with the invaders?
RODAN: No, you're quite right. It's got to be safer here.
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KELNER: You will stay with the President at all times. You will be his personal bodyguard, do you understand?
BODYGUARD: Yes, Castellan.
KELNER: You will take your orders only from me, and you will report to me everything the President says and does. Understood?
BODYGUARD: Of course, Castellan.
KELNER: You see, there may be those who wish to dispose of the President, but you will protect him against every threat until I tell you otherwise.
BODYGUARD: Nothing will happen to him while I'm guarding him, Castellan.
KELNER: Good. Because if anything does happen, I would have to take over as President, and I have no wish to expose myself to the dangers of that position (pause) for the moment.
BODYGUARD: I understand perfectly, sir.
KELNER: Good. You will be suitably rewarded when the time comes. Now go about your business.
BODYGUARD: Yes, sir. And thank you.
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NESBIN: What's this?
ABLIF: We found them, Nesbin.
NESBIN: Found them?
ABLIF: Thought they were game at first. Jasko nearly put a spear through them.
NESBIN: Were they armed.
ABLIF: This one was. It took all of us to get it off her.
NESBIN: She is very strange.
LEELA: Then don't touch me!
NESBIN: Well, it speaks.
LEELA: I am not an it. I am Leela. This is Rodan. Who are you and what do you want with us?
NESBIN: I am Nesbin.
LEELA: The leader?
NESBIN: Yes. This is Presta.
NESBIN: And this is Ablif. But what is more to the point, what do you want with us?
RODAN: We don't want anything with you.
PRESTA: It's a trick. They've come here to trap us.
ABLIF: Yes, send them back to the city before they bring their guards on us.
RODAN: No, we're escaping from the city.
NESBIN: Well, then you do want something from us.
RODAN: What?
NESBIN: Protection. Help. You can't survive out here without.
LEELA: I can survive anywhere.
NESBIN: I believe that. What are you?
LEELA: I am a warrior of the Sevateem.
PRESTA: An alien! That's dangerous. Surely they'll come hunting for her?
NESBIN: We'll consider that in a moment. Well, warrior, I don't doubt that you can survive, but what about your friend here?
RODAN: What about me?
NESBIN: Well, you're no alien. I doubt if you've ever set foot outside the Citadel in your life before, have you?
RODAN: No.
NESBIN: Well, out here it's different. You have to fend for yourself.
RODAN: Fend?
NESBIN: That's right. What are you going to eat, for instance?
RODAN: I have some supplies. Look.
NESBIN: They won't last long. When they've gone, what will you do?
RODAN: I, I don't know.
NESBIN: I thought not. You wouldn't even know what you could eat, would you? Have you ever eaten flesh or fruit?
RODAN: No.
NESBIN: And shelter. Do you understand the need for shelter? No, of course you don't. You wouldn't last three days out here.
RODAN: I didn't realise. I'm so tired and cold.
NESBIN: Better get her inside.
PRESTA: Are we going to let them stay, then?
NESBIN: We'll decide about that when we've heard their story. This one'll need rest and shelter before she can tell us anything.
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BORUSA: How much have you told me?
DOCTOR: Well, as much as I dare.
BORUSA: Just so I know how much I am liable to give away.
DOCTOR: You'll be all right. Do you think you can do it?
BORUSA: Yes.
DOCTOR: You're a brave man, Borusa.
BORUSA: I am a Cardinal.
DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, well, this shielding'll make them suspicious if we stay out of sight too long. Let's go.
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DOCTOR: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
KELNER: It is I who should apologise
DOCTOR: I wasn't talking to you. Move over. Shall we start? Chancellor, these are our new masters. I order you to acknowledge their absolute authority.
BORUSA: You have no authority under the Constitution to order the Chancellor to do anything.
DOCTOR: The Constitution is suspended as of now.
BORUSA: This is monstrous, President.
DOCTOR: Yes, but it is so. Do it.
BORUSA: Never. I will not submit to these creatures. I am a Time Lord, a
DOCTOR: Don't destroy him. He might be useful to us.
LEADER: You will be responsible for him.
DOCTOR: Yes, of course. Yes, of course.
DOCTOR: Get up, you stiff-necked old Chancellor. Get up. Castellan, have the Chancellor removed to his quarters.
KELNER: Guards, escort the Chancellor to his rooms. Remain on guard.
DOCTOR: And don't let anyone in or out. He's under house arrest.
DOCTOR: You have to admire him. He has courage.
LEADER: He is foolish. If he causes trouble, we shall destroy him, and you also.
DOCTOR: I've kept my part of the bargain. What more do you want?
LEADER: More? We haven't begun yet. When we are certain that we have complete dominance over your people, then we shall reveal our requirements to you.
DOCTOR: And yourselves, I hope. I find it disconcerting talking to shimmering shapes.
LEADER: The time is not right. First you must complete the arrangements for the subjugation of your people.
DOCTOR: Naturally, naturally. Well, Castellan, the Chancellor doesn't seem too keen to help. How about you?
KELNER: It is my duty, sir, to serve the President at all times. I will do whatever you wish.
DOCTOR: I thought you would. You can start by making sure that no one organises any resistance. That's the last thing I want.
KELNER: Of course, sir. Peaceful cooperation is a much more fruitful course.
DOCTOR: Good. Listen, why don't you regard yourself as Acting Vice-President?
KELNER: Oh, thank you, sir.
DOCTOR: And you'd better make me a list of all Time Lords holding official positions, and let me know which ones you think are reliable.
KELNER: Yes, of course, sir. And perhaps you'd like a list of all known trouble makers at the same time?
DOCTOR: That's the stuff. Off you go.
DOCTOR: I knew we could rely on him. Well, now that you're safely here, why don't you, er, make yourselves comfortable, hmm?
KELNER: Is there anything else I can get for you, sir?
DOCTOR: Yes. A jelly baby. My right hand pocket.
KELNER: What colour would you prefer, sir?
DOCTOR: Orange.
KELNER: There doesn't appear to be an orange one.
DOCTOR: One grows tired of jelly babies, Castellan.
KELNER: Oh, indeed one does, sir.
DOCTOR: One grows tired of almost everything, Castellan.
KELNER: Indeed, sir.
DOCTOR: Except power.
KELNER: Yes.
DOCTOR: Is the curfew effective?
KELNER: No incidents have been reported, sir.
DOCTOR: What a splendidly subservient Citadel you do run, Castellan.
KELNER: You are too generous, sir.
DOCTOR: Have you brought the list?
KELNER: Sir.
DOCTOR: So these Time Lords are the only potential rebels to our new regime, hmm?
KELNER: Yes, sir. I have checked all the bio-data extracts personally.
DOCTOR: You have?
KELNER: Well, er, with one or two exceptions, such as your good self.
DOCTOR: Hmm. I should thing so, too. Well, if these are the only threats to our new regime, we'd better do something about them.
LEADER: Unreliable elements must be destroyed.
DOCTOR: Oh, I hardly think so. They may be persuaded to see reason and some of them might be useful to us.
LEADER: There is no choice.
DOCTOR: Oh, but there is.
KELNER: There is, sir?
DOCTOR: Yes. Expulsion.
LEADER: Expulsion?
KELNER: Yes, that's an excellent idea, sir.
DOCTOR: None of them can survive out there without help, and there's no help out there.
KELNER: Oh yes, sir, that's an admirable detail. Once people realise that they'll liable to expulsion, they will quickly come to heel.
LEADER: Very well, we approve. But leaders such as Chancellor Borusa shall be kept here in confinement.
DOCTOR: Naturally. Well, see to it, Castellan. Oh, and Castellan, if I were you, I'd put them out one by one.
KELNER: Yes, sir. I will start at once.
DOCTOR: Good.
DOCTOR: Well, that's a good morning's work, wouldn't you say?
LEADER: Your progress so far has been quite satisfactory.
DOCTOR: Isn't it time we shared a bit of trust? I mean, couldn't you materialise and have a jelly baby?
LEADER: We are not ready yet.
DOCTOR: Oh.
LEADER: Your next task will be to dismantle the quantum force field around Gallifrey.
DOCTOR: Dismantle it? That's not possible.
LEADER: It has to be possible.
DOCTOR: But if we tamper with that, the whole planet could be vaporised.
LEADER: You will find a way.
DOCTOR: I can't.
LEADER: You will!
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NESBIN: Gallifrey invaded? Nonsense. That's impossible.
LEELA: How do you know? You're not a Time Lord.
NESBIN: Oh, but we are, or rather, we were until we decided to drop out.
LEELA: What is drop out? You fell?
NESBIN: All that peace and eternal tranquillity. We decided to get back to nature out here.
LEELA: Is this true?
RODAN: Well, I've heard it rumoured, but it's a subject that's never mentioned.
NESBIN: Well no, it wouldn't be. Might upset their cosy little world.
LEELA: Then you like fighting. Good.
NESBIN: Oh, now wait a minute, listen.
LEELA: No, you listen to me, before it's too late.
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KELNER: Your record shows, Gomer, that you are politically unreliable.
GOMER: Unreliable? How dare you, Kelner. There's not a more loyal Time Lord in all Gallifrey.
KELNER: Exactly. Loyal to the old ways.
GOMER: What other ways are there?
KELNER: You are considered to be dangerous, a threat to the new regime.
GOMER: I consider that to be a compliment, Kelner. Thank you. I may be getting old, but if I had a weapon to use against these invaders, I'd
KELNER: You'd use it. Yes. Yes, you would. I think we'd be a lot safer with you out of the way.
GOMER: What are you going to do with me?
KELNER: By order of the President, you are to be expelled from the Citadel.
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GOMER: I'm sorry I can't go any faster. By the time you're my age, I'm in my tenth regeneration, you know
ANDRED: Yes, sir, I know. I don't mind how slowly we go.
GOMER: In my younger days I was considered to be lively enough.
ANDRED: That's why you're being put out now.
GOMER: Oh, yes, it would be. Kelner and his sort never let bygones be bygones. We never got on, never saw eye to eye. To tell you the truth, I can't stand the fellow.
ANDRED: You're not alone in that.
GOMER: Watch your step, young man, or you'll be following me out there.
ANDRED: Oh, I don't think so. Some of us intend to do something about all this. It's all right, they're with me.
GOMER: Are they indeed?
ANDRED: There are plenty of us, more than Kelner and the President bargained for, and we're gaining strength every hour.
GOMER: Good for you, young Andred. Good for you. Now, can I stay and help?
ANDRED: Thank you, but I must put you out, sir. If I don't, Castellan Kelner will get suspicious.
GOMER: Yes, I understand.
ANDRED: But you may find help outside.
GOMER: Help? Out there?
ANDRED: Rodan and the alien girl Leela are already out there. Others are following.
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NESBIN: But you can't even take care of yourselves!
LEELA: Try me!
NESBIN: When I'm not busy.
ABLIF: Now that's the language I do understand.
LEELA: Then we are agreed? We shall fight!
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BODYGUARD: Where are we going, sir?
DOCTOR: I'm not at liberty to say.
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ANDRED: You came. Good. Now, listen to me. Before we can do anything against the invaders, we have to dispose of the President. I know it's against every law of the land, and it'll mean breaking my oath, but I believe he's forfeited the right to protection. He's a traitor who's brought these creatures in, and he must die. Are you with me?
MAN 1: Yes.
MAN 2: Yes.
ANDRED: Right. We must get him away from his invader friends and away from Kelner's tame bodyguard, then we can strike.
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DOCTOR: No, no, no. You stay here.
BODYGUARD: But sir, I can't. I must stay with you. Castellan's orders.
DOCTOR: Rescinded.
BODYGUARD: Beg pardon, sir?
DOCTOR: Do you know what this is?
BODYGUARD: Yes, Excellence.
DOCTOR: Will you disobey me?
BODYGUARD: The Castellan will have me shot, sir.
DOCTOR: Well, that's all right. I'll have him shot. You stay there.
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DOCTOR: How's it going, K9?
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ANDRED: Now, look. I'll go in first.
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DOCTOR: K9?
DOCTOR: K9, this is no time to be enjoying yourself, all right?
K9: Absorption of data most satisfactory, master.
DOCTOR: Good. Take this. I could try it myself, but they'd be sure to find out.
DOCTOR: Come on, K9. Come on. Easy, easy, easy. Steady now.
K9: Primary circuits locked in.
DOCTOR: Good.
K9: Commencing secondary feed.
DOCTOR: Excellent. Ah, Andred. I've got something for you. A surprise.
ANDRED: In the name of liberty and honour, I sentence you to death, traitor.
DOCTOR: Oh, but.
Plan: A: The Doctor; Q: Who allows the Vardans to occupy Gallifrey? A: the wasteland; Q: Where do Leela and Rodan go to search for help? Summary: The Doctor allows the Vardans to occupy Gallifrey while Leela and Rodan head out into the wasteland to search for help.