TEXT: EXT. SPACE A spaceship that looks like a city flies through the stars, a Union Flag painted on its side. Some of the buildings have lit letters on them designating counties. INT. SCHOOLROOM Young boys and girls are in line while one young boy remains at his desk. They are being praised by their as yet unseen teacher. COMPUTERISED MALE VOICE: Well done, Mabel. Well done, Alfie. Good girl, Tabitha. (one of the girls faces the boy and jerks her head) Very well done, Ranjit. Good girl, Chloe. (the boy picks up his book and gets in line) Well done, Ben. Well done, Mandy. (We see the 'teacher' is actually a figure inside a booth. MANDY hurries off) 'Bad boy, Timmy. (the head spins to reveal a frowning face) Zero. INT. CORRIDOR MANDY is waiting outside. MANDY: You got a zero, didn't you? TIMMY: Yeah. So? MANDY: You'll have to walk home, then. TIMMY: Walk to London? That's 20 decks! MANDY: You can't ride a Vator with a zero. You know what happens. You'll get sent below. (steps into lift) TIMMY tries to get on the lift but the operator, a hooded man wearing an old-fashioned clock key on a chain, glares down at him and he backs away. MANDY: I'll wait for you. The lift doors close. There is another book in the hall and its head swivels to show a frown as well. The second lift opens and TIMMY steps inside. There is a smaller version of the booth set into the wall of the lift. XOMPUTERISED MALE VOICE Welcome to Vator Verse, sponsored by McLintock's Candy Burgers. TIMMY: L-London, please. There is a small computer screen on the wall behind TIMMY. On it
SUMMARY:
The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where they explore the Starship UK : a spaceship holding the population of the United Kingdom (with the exception of Scotland) after they fled Earth due to dangerous solar flares. They discover that the ship is guided by a Star Whale , who is being tortured out of the fear that when left to make its own decisions it will abandon them. Believing that the future cannot go on this way, the Doctor prepares to render the Star Whale brain-dead so it will continue to operate the ship but not feel pain. Amy discovers that it is willing to serve the ship, since it could not stand the children crying because of the solar flares.