TEXT: [ In a forest ] ( rustling ) ( she pants ) Maebh: I'm lost. Please, can you help me? The Doctor: It's that way. Are those trees? Maebh: I need the Doctor. Are you the Doctor? The Doctor: Yes. Do you have an appointment? You need an appointment to see the Doctor. Maebh: Please. Something's chasing me. [SCENE_BREAK] [ TARDIS ] ( she gasps in wonder ) The Doctor: When you drink a glass of Coke, it's only this big, but it's actually got this much sugar in it. It works a bit like that. Maebh: What does? The Doctor: The TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside than the outside, or did you not notice? Maebh: I just thought it was supposed to be bigger on the inside, so I didn't say anything. The Doctor: Well, of course it's supposed to be bigger. Most people are confused by that. Maebh: I find everything confusing, nearly. So, I don't say anything. That's how come I'm in the woods. I thought Miss Oswald told me to find the Doctor. But it wasn't her. It was just in my head. The Doctor: Miss Oswald? Dark hair? Highly unpredictable? Surprisingly round face? Maebh: Everyone says she's in love with Mister Pink. The Doctor: The PE teacher. Maebh: Maths. I really like him. I was in his group. The Doctor: Mister Pink was looking after you? Well, that explains why you're lost. It doesn't surprise you that I know all about your school? Maebh: Everyone seems to know everything about everything, apart from me. The Doctor: That's not quite true. I, for instance, have no idea why, when the terrestrial navigation... The terrestrial navigation starts up, it closes down all the other systems. Maebh: You should ask somebody who knows. The Doctor: Hmm. That's another of the drawbacks of being the last of your species. No one to ask when your
SUMMARY:
Clara's student Maebh knocks on the TARDIS after hearing a thought from Clara to find the Doctor. The Doctor answers, and realises that a forest has grown over the world. Clara and Danny lead a group of students out into the new forest after a museum sleepover. They regroup in Trafalgar Square to recover Maebh. The Doctor realises Maebh is missing, and he and Clara set out to find her. They find Maebh. Some bug-like creatures talk through Maebh, telling them they had grown the forest and previous big forests. The Doctor believes a giant solar flare Maebh predicted in her notebook is heading towards Earth. Heading back to the TARDIS, the Doctor offers an escape route. Clara refuses to become the last of her kind, and Danny decides to stay with the students. The Doctor realises the trees have grown to protect Earth. Maebh reads off a message prepared by the other students to send a message to the world to not destroy the trees. Danny tells Clara he wants to know the truth about her travels with the Doctor, and asks her to think about it first. The solar flare passes by harmlessly and the excess trees disappear.