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(DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYING)

(RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES PLAYING ON RADIO)

(BLEEPING)

(PARROT SQUAWKING)

Herr De Flores. Herr De Flores.

Wonderful news.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

- I could listen to them all afternoon. - And so we shall.

Have you seen this? Charlton have picked up three points.

This is my favourite kind of jazz, straight blowing.

I must say, I got rather upset

when it went through its audiophonic lasers phase.

Who are they?

What time is it?

Oh, 1988.

Of course. Ah, you've got a few years to go.

Make the most of them.

I complained to Louis Armstrong about the future of jazz,

but he just said...

(MIMICKING LOUIS ARMSTRONG) "Music will survive. Yeah."

(JAZZ CONTINUES)

Oh, and he was right.

He knew better than anyone

you can't play around with the basic principles of time.

- (ALARM CHIRPING) - Time will... tell.

I hate people whose alarms go off during gigs.

That's this? It's obviously a reminder.

Go on, then.

Well, then Louis Armstrong said--

No, I don't mean that.

What do you mean?

Your alarm, what's it meant to remind you of?

Well, obviously at this precise moment

to remind us to remind us to change course for another destination.

- Where's that? - I've forgotten.

- Oh, we'll have to go back and find out. - Oh, Professor.

I know.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Excuse me, would you mind signing my tape?

- No, not at all. - Thank you very much.

- Thank you. - Bye.

Bye.

Don't you find it embarrassing asking for autographs?

Not as embarrassing as forgetting what you set your alarm for?

Well, I probably arranged it centuries ago. Can't be important.

(GUNSHOTS FIRING)

- Doctor! - Get down!

- Who are they? - Couldn't see. Quick, the TARDIS!

(GUNSHOTS FIRING)

I hope my tape's all right.

Welcome home.

Gentlemen, I wonder if even you

can fully appreciate what this moment means?

You're standing now at the turning point of history.

The day of fulfilment of our mighty destiny is about to dawn.

50 years ago

I stood at the side of the Fiihrer himself,

when he ordered the first giant step to greatness,

just as now the moment approaches for the second.

And final one.

It will be decisive.

but this time...

this time we must not fail.

Gentlemen,

I give you the Fourth Reich!

ALL: The Fourth Reich!

Herr De Flores, the aircraft is ready.

We leave at once.

- DOCTOR: Ace? - Yeah?

Duck. (CHUCKLING) No.

- (DUCK QUACKING) - Duck.

(BOTH LAUGH)

- Oh, great, now I can play my tape. - I'm afraid not.

Why not? It's my tape deck. You built it for me.

Yes, I know I built it for you,

to replace the one that was destroyed by the Daleks, but...

So? It's my tape deck, and I want to play this.

This is more than just a tape deck,

and besides we've got more to worry about than listening to your tape.

Yeah.

So who were they anyway? Who'd want to kill us?

I'm afraid there's an infinite number of possibilities,

but what concerns me more is my alarm.

I've got to find out where we're supposed to be.

- Can't you remember anything about it? - I'm afraid not.

(BEEPING)

Obviously the arrangements were made in rather a hurry.

But they are important. I've given them a Terminal Rating.

Sounds nice.

It means that some planet somewhere faces imminent destruction.

- Crikey. - Quite.

That looks familiar.

Earth!

You mean the world's going to end, and you'd forgotten about it?

I've been busy.

How long have you known?

Well, in strictly linear terms, as a chronometer flies,

I've known since November 23rd 1638.

Very good, my lady.

(SIGHS)

How much longer?

- He cannot hear you, my lady. Shall I? - Leave him.

There'll be time enough to punish his impertinence when he's finished.

Put these with the others.

Are you so very feeble?

The poison cannot harm, unless the arrow's tip should break the skin.

Let who will steal my gold.

And the silver arrow, my lady?

Leave that to me.

- You're sure the potion is well mixed? - On my life, ma'am.

- I guarantee it. - Good.

We await but the calculation. Perhaps the fee will speed matters.

My lady,

there is but the final ingredient for the liquid wanting.

- For that, I was thinking... - M'lady.

Lady Peinforte, I've finished.

- You have the answer? - Yes, my lady.

Quickly then, tell me.

The comet, Nemesis, will circle the heavens once every 25 years.

Yes.

Its trajectory, however, is decaying.

- Look, this means... - When will it land?

(STUTTERS) It will circle ever closer,

until finally, it once again strikes the Earth

at the point from which it originally departed,

in the meadow outside.

- LADY PEINFORTE: When? - When? Oh, yes. Yes, of course, when?

On the 23rd day of November,

in the year of our Lord,

Nineteen hundred

and eighty-eight.

You're certain?

Oh, yes. (CHUCKLES) Of course, of course.

See for yourself, milady.

I understand these celestial mechanics.

My equations will have astounding application.

I can do anything.

I shall build a flying machine.

(CHUCKLES) Think of that, my lady, human beings flying about like birds.

Bring the cups of potion. We leave at once.

The final ingredient, my lady?

Human blood?

Why, I can change the world.

(CHUCKLING)

Ah, yes.

Close the door, Richard.

(WHOOSHING)

Hello. (SCREAMS)

Look at all this stuff.

Yes, exactly what we've got to do. Look at all this stuff.

You take that aisle.

- What's it all for? - Presents.

Oh, nobody gets this many presents.

Well, if you were a lady who travelled...

- I am! - Yes, but not always invited,

but if you were, you'd get presents,

and then you need somewhere to store them.

Well, who does it all belong to? I mean, where are we?

- Windsor. - Windsor?

- We're in the castle? - This is new.

(CHUCKLES) I thought it'd be a lot posher than this.

It probably is, upstairs, but we're in the vault.

And we're looking for a silver bow that we want to borrow.

- We can't go nicking stuff in here! - It's only temporary.

It's probably treason. I'm too young to go to the Tower.

Listen, Ace, do I have to remind you,

that the safety of the world is at stake?

It might make a difference

if you'd let me know what was going on, Professor.

- But I suppose there's no time. - Precisely.

Perhaps even less time than I thought.

Please, let's hurry.

- Afraid? - Yes, my lady.

When I employed you, you led me to believe

you were a hardened criminal.

As my lady knows, before I entered your service

I was found guilty of a large number of offences.

Then have the courage of your convictions. Drink.

Drink!

What is happening, my lady?

We are leaving, Richard.

Destiny beckons.

We ride the back of time!

No. No!

Wait, you fool, you'll break the aura!

I can't! Please, my lady, I must stay!

It's too late!

(BOTH SCREAMING)

(DISTORTED WARBLING)

- (SCREAMING AND WARBLING FADES) - Oh...

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Where are we, my lady?

Why, the very place we left, of course.

My house in Windsor.

Much improved, too.

Nemesis.

She arrives.

- Was that a bomb? - No.

That was the return to Earth of a comet called Nemesis,

that has been in orbit for exactly 350 years.

You're amazing, Professor.

Being able to tell all that just from the noise.

It wasn't difficult, really.

It was me who launched it into space in the first place.

(SIGHS)

This may qualify as the worst miscalculation

since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet.

Well, nobody's perfect.

Hey, is this the bow?

We're almost in Windsor, Herr De Flores.

Shall I let the men walk around a little?

No, Karl.

We must not keep history waiting.

The bow was in the case.

"This case contained the Bow of Nemesis,

"property of The Crown, which disappeared mysteriously in 1788.

"Legend has it that unless a place is kept for the bow in the castle,

"the entire silver statue will return to destroy the world."

For once, legend is absolutely correct. It has just returned.

- Oh, now this. - It's just the electricity.

It does that sometimes, even in the 1980s.

What I want to know is, how can a statue destroy the world?

I'll tell you, 350 years ago.

(WIND BLOWING)

(WHOOSHING)

- (ACE SNEEZING) - (SHUSHING)

(WHISPERING) I'm sorry.

" (WHISPERING) We don't know if there's anyone at home.

Okay, Professor. So where are we now?

DOCTOR: Windsor, of course.

A few hundred yards from the castle.

ACE: And is it really 1638?

DOCTOR: It certainly is. (GASPS) And furthermore, don't move.

- What? - Stay where you are.

- What is it? - Something you really don't want to see.

Who does this house belong to anyway?

A lady.

She's got funny ideas about home furnishings.

Lady Peinforte is nothing, if not original,

but I'm afraid this poor man was employed for his useful,

rather than his ornamental qualities.

He's a scholar.

And he's done remarkably well.

In a matter of months since I was last here,

he's calculated the exact time and date

when a comet called Nemesis will land on this planet.

- The 23rd of November. - 1988?

And Lady Peinforte's rewarded him with her usual generosity.

So the bow belonged to her?

Hmm? No, no, not to her. To a statue of her.

She made the statue from a silver metal that fell out of the sky

into that meadow out there.

Hmm, this game's going rather badly.

Doctor...

Don't worry, there's no one here now, apart from our late friend.

Lady Peinforte's around, all right, in Windsor, but 350 years in the future.

(SIREN WAILING)

My lady, what carriage is that?

Hurry, the rogues will have the Nemesis!

I have not seen the like of it before.

Am I to remain a prisoner in my own house

while world dominion waits beyond the door?

I would have married if I wanted that.

- We must take care! - (SIGHS)

Fie!

OFFICER: Hey, look, there's something inside!

- What means yon fellow? - 318 to Base.

- Why he speaks he to his hand? - He summons guards.

- Oh, this cannot be! - Why so upset, my lady?

Because, fool, they will protect the Nemesis,

and we know not their strength and weapons.

But, my lady, they know not what the comet is?

Without the arrow, it is nothing.

We must but watch, and wait our chance to seize it.

Thou art not in all wise so useless, Richard.

My lady is too kind.

We shall withdraw and conceal ourselves.

How can she get to 1988?

She used the silver arrow, of course.

And she had some basic, rudimentary knowledge about time travel.

(POT OF POTION BUBBLING)

- Black magic, mostly. - Black magic?

Hmm, and what you might call,

a nose for secrets.

(SNIFFING) Oh, dear.

So, it wasn't just silver, this stuff that fell from the sky.

Unfortunately, Lady Peinforte discovered it was something rather more unusual.

A living metal. Validium

A living metal?

Yes, with just one purpose, destruction.

But if you launched it into space,

how come it's capable of destruction?

Later, Ace.

(CYBERMAT BEEPING)

(OFFICER COUGHING)

Hello? Hello? Hello?

(COUGHING)

(WARBLING)

(WHOOSHING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

- I've been here before. - Déja vu?

- No, with the school. - Oh, very droll.

I haven't been here since they were building the place.

You remember the way around?

Not really. Windsor Castle's a big place.

Quite right. What we need is a guide. Come on.

GUIDE: ...and also further over there, is the Mary Tudor Tower.

Those gargoyles have been there for about 500 years.

They were built in 1509, originally,

and the castle was already 400 years then.

Now we're coming to the sentry.

Now many of you may like to take a photograph...

I really don't think we should be doing this.

- This way? What do you think? - I don't know.

I might be able to tell if I actually knew where we were going?

We didn't actually cover the Royal residential areas on the school trip.

(DOG BARKING)

There's someone coming.

- Act as if you own the place. - Do what?

- It always works. We own the place. - Doctor!

Come on. Come on.

How annoying! I can't place that woman for the life of me.

Doctor!

It's all right, Ace. I know that woman from somewhere.

- (GRUNTS) - ACE: It's the Queen.

DOCTOR: What? Why didn't you say something?

ACE: You wouldn't let me.

She's just the woman we need. Quick, after her.

Ah-ha!

ACE: We can't go in there!

It would be very useful to have the armed forces and the police on our side.

And can you suggest a better person to ask?

- Hang on! - There is no alternative.

I am in a nightmare or mad!

This is no madness. 'Tis England.

But the noise, Lady. The foul air.

(SIGHS)

Yes, my lady.

What will my lady do when you possess the Nemesis?

Why first, have revenge on that predictable, little man.

He will soon arrive, Richard. Oh, yes.

I expect him.

This time there will be a reckoning with the nameless Doctor,

whose power is so secret.

For I have found his secret out.

In good time, I will speak it.

I shall be his downfall.

I've got to speak to her.

Keep quiet. We'll have a doctor here soon.

- But I am the Doctor! - Don't get excited.

How did you get in here?

I could tell you, but you won't believe me.

GUARD: Try me.

I travelled through time and space.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear!

Listen.

The fate of every living creature on this planet

hangs in the balance.

I don't believe you.

You will believe me.

You will let us go.

You will not move.

You will move.

Herr De Flores, I don't understand how the police have already been overcome.

That is of no importance. All that matters is the Nemesis is safe.

- What now? - Back to the TARDIS.

We're obviously not gonna get any help here.

Professor,

that's me.

DOCTOR: What?

My gosh, it is. My goodness, what a good likeness. (CHUCKLES)

But how come I'm hanging up here?

Well, it hasn't happened yet.

- But it's two hundred years ago. - I know, but you haven't done it,

that's why you can't remember it.

- That doesn't make sense. - Well, it did to Louis Armstrong.

But then, he really understood time.

There they are. Come on.

Oh, look, a van Dyck.

Not now, Doctor.

(ALL CLAMOURING)

(WARBLING)

DE FLORES: Your strength returns.

Soon you will be completely restored.

But where is the arrow? The arrow!

(WHOOSHING)

Find it! Find it!

I do hope we're not too late.

Um, don't be afraid. We won't harm you.

How did you get here?

I searched that section, there was no one there.

Never mind, Karl.

We'll see many signs and wonders in the days to come.

Give me the arrow of Nemesis.

Fortunately, I haven't seen it since 1638,

when it disappeared along with the good Lady Peinforte.

Rubbish!

You!

This is your only chance to save yourself.

Where is the arrow?

- I don't know anything about it. - She really doesn't.

Allow me to explain, Ace.

For validium to become active,

it must have a sufficient quantity, a critical mass.

Now the statue alone is no good without the bow...

- I have the bow. - ...and the arrow.

Now if someone could put the bow and arrow into the statue's hands...

They'd have the power of life and death,

not only over this Earth, but over any planet in existence.

You seem remarkably well informed for someone who claims to know nothing.

I simply notice what is obvious. You apparently don't.

KARL: What do you mean?

You see those policemen there?

They've been attacked by a technology

more advanced and more terrible than you could imagine.

What technology?

And you might also have observed,

the electricity supply being drained over the last few days.

- Like at the castle. - DOCTOR: Yes.

Tell me where the arrow is.

I want you to tell me where to find the arrow!

I'm glad to say I can't.

Then we will shoot her.

Doctor.

(ENGINE RUMBLING)

Wait.

DOCTOR: Don't move.

- They saved my life. - Don't thank them yet.

You might live to regret it.

What are they?

Cybermen.

(DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYING)