TEXT: THE MIND ROBBER BY PETER LING 5:20pm - 5:40pm [SCENE_BREAK] FOREST (Against a black background, a unicorn rushes towards the companions, shaking its head, whinnying.) JAMIE: (Poised to run away, to escape.) It's coming straight for us. Run! (He and Zoe start to take a step away from the Doctor to escape, but the Doctor grabs them each by the arm in an unshakeable grip.) DOCTOR: No! JAMIE: We haven't got a chance! Don't you see, it's my dream all over again. ZOE: It's real DOCTOR: (Shouting.) No, it's not real, it's a legend. You mustn't believe in it, you mustn't. Say it "doesn't exist", say it. (The unicorn continues to approach.) JAMIE AND ZOE: (Together OOV.) It doesn't exist. (The unicorn freezes. They all stare with open mouths.) JAMIE: What happened? (The Doctor sighs with relief. They approach the unicorn, which has transformed into a cardboard statue cut-out.) DOCTOR: Another test. JAMIE: But, it was alive, we all saw it. ZOE: It was terrifying. (She looks up at the unicorns face.) DOCTOR: He challenged us to believe it. JAMIE: Who? The Master? DOCTOR: Whoever it is who's setting up all these conjuring tricks. ZOE: But I don't understand. DOCTOR: The unicorn appeared to be real until you said it wasn't, then we were safe. ZOE: But we believe in it, Jamie and I. DOCTOR: Yes, but that was just the danger. Your belief was affecting me. JAMIE: Who would think up a crazy notion like this? DOCTOR: I don't know. A fantastic mind. [SCENE_BREAK] UNKNOWN PLACE 2 (The figure of The Master is sitting behind a console with his back
SUMMARY:
The Doctor realises that the travelers are trapped in a world where fiction is real and where creatures are a threat if people believe in them.