TEXT: THE ROMANS DENNIS SPOONER 5:40pm - 6:05pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS materialises on a wooded cliffside. Against the sound of birdsong, it immediately begins to rock precariously on its base.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2: INT. TARDIS. CONSOLE ROOM (The DOCTOR switches off controls whilst IAN is the first to notice that not all is quite right with the TARDIS's new landing site.) DOCTOR: There we are! Safely down. IAN: What's that movement, Doctor? DOCTOR: Mmm? IAN: Well, surely you can feel it? DOCTOR: What movement? (BARBARA and VICKI rush to the console, as the rocking movement grows greater.) BARBARA: Doctor! What's happening? DOCTOR: Oh! IAN: Take off again Doctor! DOCTOR: Hold on! VICKI: We're falling! (The room suddenly lurches to one side.) DOCTOR: Hold on, Hold on, Hold on! (The companions are all thrown to one side and onto the floor.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3: EXT. HILLSIDE (The TARDIS falls off the cliffside and down into the valley.) [SCENE_BREAK] 4: EXT. VALLEY (The TARDIS lies at an angle at the bottom of the hill. Plants have grown over it...as if it has been there for some time.) [SCENE_BREAK] 5: INT. VILLA (IAN lies with his eyes closed...but suddenly puts a bunch of grapes to his mouth. He is lying on a Roman couch dressed in a toga. Nearby the DOCTOR, also dressed in a toga, stops watering a pot plant to glance at the teacher.) DOCTOR: (Laughs.) So, you're awake at last, young man? (IAN looks across at him but remains lying down.) IAN: No need to say it like
SUMMARY:
Landing in Rome, A.D. 64 the travellers take a rare holiday. While Ian and Barbara are happy to relax, the Doctor and Vicki set off to pursue adventure. However, adventure soon finds Ian and Barbara too as they are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...