SOPHIE has a coat on. SOPHIE: And your Mum. (looks at newspaper) Which I have. Not staying. CRAIG: But a teleport? With a scream, the DOCTOR uses the sonic on the machinery sending them back to the lift just as the Cyberman was about to reach them. Let's go and investigate... VAL: Well... It's a Cybermat! The DOCTOR and CRAIG get up as soon as GEORGE passes by. The DOCTOR runs off and CRAIG follows, putting ALFIE in the papoose as he does so. MOVE! VAL arrives. OWENS HOUSE, KITCHEN, DAY
CRAIG has changed and has dressed ALFIE for outside. CYBERSHIP, DAY
The DOCTOR explores the ship and soon finds the conversion room. The CYBERMEN begin to force CRAIG into the chamber. He can hear Alfie! A baby is crying. As another CYBERMAN'S head explodes, the DOCTOR and CRAIG run to the teleport. KOVARIAN: And this is where it begins. LAKE SILENCIO
RIVER slowly opens her eyes and she is in the astronaut suit underwater.
Plan: A: Nearly 200 years; Q: How long has it been since the Doctor last visited Craig Owens? A: the Doctor; Q: Who is nearly 200 years from his death? A: his death; Q: What is the Doctor nearing at Lake Silencio? A: his friend; Q: Who is Craig Owens? A: Craig Owens; Q: Who does the Doctor visit as he nears his death? A: Sophie; Q: Who is Craig Owens' girlfriend? A: their baby son; Q: What is Alfie? A: The Doctor; Q: Who is captured by the Cybermen? A: a holiday; Q: Why does Sophie leave Craig's house? A: strange electrical disturbances; Q: What is the Doctor investigating in the area? A: a teleporter; Q: What does the department store contain that leads to a Cyberman spacecraft? A: a Cyberman; Q: What is Craig nearly converted to? A: Cybermat; Q: What is the name of the Cyberman spacecraft that the Doctor and Craig find in a department store? A: the ship; Q: What does the Doctor find underneath the building? A: the strength; Q: What does Craig recover to reverse the conversion? A: the conversion; Q: What does Craig Owens reverse when he hears Alfie crying? A: the astronaut suit; Q: What does River get strapped into? Summary: Nearly 200 years have passed for the Doctor, and as he nears his death at Lake Silencio he decides to visit his friend Craig Owens. Craig has moved in with his girlfriend Sophie and the two are raising their baby son, Alfie. The Doctor arrives just as Sophie has departed for a holiday and is compelled to stay and investigate strange electrical disturbances in the area. He traces this back to a department store, which the Doctor and Craig discover contains a teleporter to a Cyberman spacecraft as well as a Cybermat . The Doctor finds the ship underneath the building and is captured by the Cybermen; Craig follows and is nearly converted to a Cyberman, but he hears Alfie crying and recovers the strength to reverse the conversion. Elsewhere, Kovarian and the Silence strap River into the astronaut suit.