TEXT: THE TIME MEDDLER DENNIS SPOONER 6:55pm - 7:20pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (VICKI looks pensively over the DOCTOR'S clock. The DOCTOR himself quietly operates the controls. There is an awkward silence in the ship. VICKI sighs.) VICKI: I shall miss them, Doctor. DOCTOR: Who? VICKI: Ian and Barbara. (She crosses over to the DOCTOR who seems equally pensive.) DOCTOR: Yes, I shall miss them too. First Susan and now them. Hmm. (He taps her on the arm and starts to walk over to a chair.) DOCTOR: Come over here, my dear, I'd like to talk to you. VICKI: What about the control panel? DOCTOR: Oh, that's all right, my dear. It's already set. (The DOCTOR sits down on the chair. VICKI kneels down at his feet.) DOCTOR: Their decision certainly surprised me, although it shouldn't, I know. But it was quite obvious they intended to take the first opportunity of going back home. VICKI: Well, they weren't getting any younger, were they? DOCTOR: It's lucky for you child, they're not here to hear you say that! Good gracious me! You think they're old? What do you think of me? Hmm? VICKI: You're different, Doctor. Anyway we may land in their time one day and be able to talk over old times. DOCTOR: Well, perhaps Vicki, perhaps. VICKI: Anyway, it's done now. DOCTOR: Hmm. (VICKI gets to her feet and walks a few feet away.) VICKI: I wonder where the TARDIS will take us next? DOCTOR: Yes, it's done now, although I must admit I'm left with a small worry. VICKI: (Not listening.) You know, I wouldn't mind New York. I didn't get to see a lot of it, what with the Dal
SUMMARY:
The Doctor, Vicki, and new companion Steven Taylor arrive in Saxon Northumbria on the eve of the Viking and Norman invasions. It is 1066, a pivotal moment in British history. The hand of a mysterious Monk is at work in the nearby monastery, intending that history takes a different course.