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THEME PLAYS

WHIMSICAL MUSIC TARDIS BEEPS

SIZZLING

SHE GASPS

Oh!

Doctor!

Doctor, where are you?

Doctor?!

BOTH GASP

Steven.

Vicki, is that you? Steven!

Oh! Oh, Steven!

God, am I dreaming? If you are, then I must be too.

Look at you, you look so regal.

When I left the Doctor, I did become a king, you know.

SHE LAUGHS A king?!

SHE SIGHS

Troilus and I gave it all up to grow olives in the hills.

I'm a farmer now.

You look great. Rubbish.

No, you do, Vicki.

The years have been good to us.

Oh, I've had the most marvellous life.

Children. Grandchildren!

Me too.

And now look - I've got my little sister back!

SHE LAUGHS Oh, Steven!

Will you look at this place?

I can't believe we're back in the TARDIS.

Yeah, but where's the Doctor?

I've got so much to tell him.

Troilus, my children...

All the things I never thought to have are down to him.

I need to...

I need to say thank you.

Vicki, this might not be his TARDIS.

I mean, can you imagine the Doctor wearing something like this?

Of course it's his TARDIS. I found his pocket watch.

Oh, Doctor...

Where are you?

Be careful, Vicki. We not used to this sort of thing now.

It might be some kind of trap. Don't be such a spoilsport.

I'm just be a little more cautious these days. Older and wiser.

Look!

We found this on the beach that day.

Don't you remember?

I wonder how it got here.

WHOOSHING

The same way these got here. Oh!

But, yes, I do remember that helmet.

And I remember how hard you kept on trying to prove to me

that the TARDIS was a time machine.

Oh, yes, and there we were, in Northumberland, in 1066,

and you still refused to believe it.

Well, it had been a busy week.

I mean, what with Mechanoids and Daleks... You know.

And then there were Vikings and Saxons,

a time-meddling monk...

A typical day in the TARDIS.

BOTH CHUCKLE, SHE SIGHS Such a long time ago.

But now it just seems like yesterday. Yes.

We'd been on Mechanus, remember?

And then the Doctor and I thought we were all alone...

CLOCK TICKS

I shall miss them, Doctor. Who?

Ian and Barbara.

Yes, I shall miss them, too. First Susan and now them.

Come over here, my dear, I'd like to talk to you.

What about the control panel?

Oh, that's all right, my dear. It's already set.

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.

Well, they weren't getting any younger, were they?

It's lucky for you, child, they're not here to hear you say that!

Gracious me! You think they're old? What do you think of me?

You're different, Doctor.

Anyway, we may land in their time one day

and be able to talk over old times.

Well, perhaps, Vicki. Perhaps.

Anyway, it's done now. Mm.

I wonder where the TARDIS will take us next.

Yes, it's done now, although I must admit, I'm left with a small worry.

You know, I wouldn't mind New York.

I didn't get to see a lot of it, what with the Daleks and everything.

But what I saw from the top of the Empire State Building,

I wouldn't mind going back there.

My dear Vicki, I'm trying to talk to you.

Oh, sorry. I just wanted to ask you,

are you sure you didn't want to go home too, hmm?

I didn't give you very much time to consider, now, did I?

I should hate to think that you're just staying

for the sake of an old man.

Doctor! I made my decision, I wanted to stay.

Anyway, I wouldn't have anything to go back to.

Yes, your father...

RATTLING

Did you hear that? Yes, perhaps it's something fallen down

or maybe we've changed course. Hmm?

THUD

There's someone in the living quarters.

Doctor, be careful. It's obviously a Dalek!

GASPING

Steven!

METALLIC THRUMMING

I wonder. Oh, I wonder.

Thanks. Sorry about that, Doc.

We thought you were dead. Well, I nearly was.

I just managed to climb down that cable before it burned out.

Then I came after you. You should have shouted.

Should have? I never stopped!

Say, this is quite a ship you've got here, Doc.

Never seen anything like it. Now listen to me, young man. Sit down.

Now, there are two things you can do.

One, sit there until you get your breath back

and, two, don't call me "Doc". Now, do I make myself clear?

Yes, yes, whatever you say, Doc...tor.

Apart from that, young man, I'm quite willing to accept you

at your face value.

You were lucky to find the TARDIS in all that jungle.

Yeah, we were lucky.

You know, I don't seem to remember much about it. There was a door.

When I went through it, I must have flaked out.

I remember registering that, well, it didn't look like a ship

and it was very small. I must have been delirious.

I don't suppose you were. It is very small outside.

It's just in here it's big.

Oh, come off it!

You don't believe me, do you?

Of course I do, Vicki! Every word!

This isn't an ordinary ship, you know. This is a time machine.

Time machine? Look, this ship may have a way-out design,

but time machines?

That's ridiculous.

Doctor? Mm?

He says the TARDIS isn't a time machine.

Oh, does he now? Tell him.

I don't see why I should, my child. He'll learn soon enough.

Look, Doctor, I've seen some spaceships in my time,

admittedly nothing like this, but... Well, what does this do?

That is the dematerialising control, and that over yonder

is the horizontal hold. Up there is the scanner,

those are the doors, that is a chair with a panda on it...

Sheer poetry, dear boy! Now, please, stop bothering me!

VICKI GIGGLING

Look, you gave this ship a name just now, what was it?

TARDIS. T-A-R-D-I-S.

It stands for Time and Relative Dimensions In Space.

IDBI. What? IDBI?

Mm. I-D-B-I. Yeah?

It means "I Don't Believe It".

You'll see, you'll see.

Vicki? Yes?

I've checked up on all the readings.

Now, I think our guest will need a wash and brush up.

So I think the best thing for you to do is

to go and find him some clothes and a cloak. Bring mine as well.

We'll show him whether this is a time machine or not, hmm?

Where are we? Judging by the readings, my child,

I think we've landed on the planet Earth.

Wulnoth with you? Inside.

Something's landed on the beach. I saw it from the cliff.

What is it? A large box washed ashore by the tide,

probably from a ship. I didn't go down, I came for you.

What sort of box? I don't know. It's just very big.

I've never seen anything like it before.

The tide will be turning. We must hurry.

You lead the way.

It's a long way to the beach and back. What about your meal?

GULLS CRY

Where did you say you found this, Vicki?

Just down there. I saw it as soon as I came out of the ship.

Yes, it's a bit rusted, but it's not as old as that.

Tenth, eleventh century?

Hmm.

England. Hmm.

Well, there you are, young man. What do you think of that now, eh?

A Viking helmet. Oh, maybe.

What do you mean, maybe? What do you think it is?

A space helmet for a cow?

Look, it could just as easily be part of a costume.

You know, a toy left here by a child. Oh, rubbish, rubbish!

No more so than your theory.

Though your ship is, to say the least, a little unusual.

Oh, I see, so you've changed your ideas now.

If it is a time machine, I'm not saying it is, mind you,

but if it is, shouldn't you know where we are?

You know, your control panel?

Yes, yes, yes, but unfortunately, we have a slight technical hitch

at the moment. Excuse me.

As a matter of fact, we never know where we're going to land next.

Oh. So assuming I believe what you tell me,

you can't take me home.

Not by any direct route.

Let's go exploring now, hmm? Yes, perhaps we should find a village

whereby we can convince this young upstart of the true facts.

Oh, great, Doctor! I'm all for that.

But there is one thing that bothers me.

Oh, yes, what is it now?

Well, how come you chose such an unusual design for your ship?

A police telephone box? Is that right?

The design is completely immaterial, young man.

The TARDIS is required to land and blend in with the surroundings.

Blend in? Yes, quite so.

For instance, if we were to land in the middle of the Indian mutiny,

well, I'm sure the ship could possibly take on the appearance of a howdah.

A how what? A howdah!

The carrier on the back of an elephant. Oh, I see!

Oh, and if it landed on the pebbles...

On the what? If it landed on the beach

against a cliff, it'd take on the appearance of a large rock?

Yes, yes, yes, yes. But you do keep on, don't you?

Do you wonder why I don't believe you? You know that large rock over there

looks exactly like a police telephone box.

That is merely another technical hitch,

and the Doctor will repair it one day.

Anyway, if we're going to do any exploring, we should do it now

cos it's going to get dark in a minute.

Now, I suggest we take a walk along the beach and try and find a spot

where the cliffs run down to sea level.

Yeah, but that could be miles! It'd be much quicker to go up here.

Yes, possibly it might, but I'm not a mountain goat

and I prefer walking to it any day, and I hate climbing!

We'll go with you, Doctor.

No, you won't. You'll stay with the ship

and wait till I've got to the top,

then you can both climb up and join me.

But, Doctor, you... I'm not going to argue, my child.

Yes, but... Oh!

You might try being a bit more tactful in future...

Don't you start as well. Come on, let's go up.

No, I think we should stay here and wait for him, like the Doctor said.

Why? We've gotta go up there sooner or later.

It might as well be sooner.

We can walk along the top and meet...

Say, that bit there looks climbable. Come on.

I'm not very good on heights! Very good on heights!

Oh, come on, you'll be all right.

WOLF HOWLING

MONKS SINGING

Yes, it was on the beach, below us here.

Are you certain? Yes, positive.

I remember the way the rocks look.

Pity, it might have been valuable.

It would have been crushed against the rocks by now, whatever it was.

MONKS SINGING

Oh, what's this? Mead.

Mead? Oh, mead! Yes, of course, yes.

Yes, how nice of you, yes. Delightful. Thank you, thank you.

Well, here's to your very good health.

Oh, delightful. Mm.

Mm. Oh!

Oh, yes! Delightful!

Tell me, is the monastery near here?

No, it's not far from here. It's just at the top of the hill.

And when the wind's in the right direction,

you can hear the monks much clearer, as though they're down in the village.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, it's quite understandable, you know.

Sounds do play funny tricks at times. I...

I hope you will forgive a woman's harsh welcome.

We do fear strangers, but we're very happy to welcome a traveller.

Not that we see many in this wild place.

I'm sure that when my husband returns,

he'll insist that you stay the night.

And then you can rejoin your friends in the morning.

Well, that's very kind, very kind indeed.

And I do hope they won't worry... Worry about me too much.

You know, I...

I hadn't intended to walk quite so far. You near the coast, hmm?

Yes. While there are fish in the sea, one need never starve.

Yes, yes!

Of course, there are bad things, too.

Oh, of course, of course, my dear. Yes, the Vikings, for example?

Mm. Not that we've seen much of them this year.

Except for that one raid that was beaten off just north of here.

Yes, I had heard about that battle, yes, yes.

The King greatly improved the position no end...

The King? Harold Godwinson?

We received no help from him.

You know, it seems like yesterday

that the good King Edward was laid to rest.

When was it?

It was the beginning of the year. Oh, of course! Yes, yes, yes.

The beginning of the year. Yes, yes, yes. How silly.

Yes, it's most refreshing. Mm. Oh, I'll get you more.

Oh, thank you. Yes, thank you, my dear.

Now, if Harold is king, and Edward was laid to rest

at the beginning of the year, then it must be 1066.

Yes.

Judging by the appearance of these leaves, late summer. Hmm.

And a balmy night, a balmy night!

Oh, thank you, my dear. Thank you, thank you.

You know, it's a bit stupid of me, but we are in Northumbria, hmm?

Yes, of course we are. Why do you ask? Oh, nothing, nothing, I...

Just that I wasn't sure whether I'd crossed the border or not.

Yes, it's a bit tedious of me, isn't it?

But you must have patience with an old man.

Please, sit down and rest before the fire.

You must be tired after your journey.

Forgive me, I have things to do before Wulnoth returns.

I will, I will, and thank you indeed. Thank you.

Yes, it's a great pity that Barbara isn't here.

Now if my memory of English history serves me right,

we're about to have a Viking invasion and very soon.

Now let me think.

Harold came north to defeat Hardrada, the Norwegian King.

Yes, now that was before he faced William the Conqueror at Hastings.

HE CHUCKLES It's all very interesting!

Yes, that's very, very, very, very interesting!

It's going to put that young man in his place.

MONKS SINGING

TAPPING

SINGING BECOMES DISTORTED

Woman! Woman! Where are you, hmm?

What? What is it? The monastery. Where is it did you say?

Well, at the top of the hill. Why? What's the matter?

The monks, have they been here long? No.

The monastery itself has been deserted for years and years

and then, several weeks ago, a few monks must have moved back in.

And you haven't seen them? No-one in the village has?

One's been seen, but never spoken to. How does he know that?

Oh, you've been very kind and a great help, yes!

I'm sorry, but I must take your... My leave of you.

Are you going to the monastery? I most certainly am.

HE CHUCKLES

Look, are you coming? Can't we rest a minute?

We just did! Oh! Well, I'm tired.

VICKI SIGHS

Oh, we'll... We'll wait a little while.

But we're lost. We can't stay here all night.

TWIG SNAPPING

Shh! What's the matter?

I think somebody's coming.

Why are we hiding? We can ask him the way.

No! Because I think we should follow him

until we find out whether it's safe or not.

Oh.

Supposing you do what I say for once!

He's found something. What is it?

I can't see. Did you drop something?

Hey! You!

Hey! Come back! Steven!

Steven, I...

Leave him alone! Stop it! Stop it! Steven!

You all right? Hmm? Yes, I think so.

I got it. What was it?

You still say this is 10th century England?

MONKS SINGING

SINGING STOPS

LAUGHING

LAUGHING

Oh! Ah!

Breakfast! Breakfast!

Come along. Early to bed, early to rise!

Come on, do you want the eggs to get cold?

Go away! I'll come out when I'm ready.

HE GROANS

Steven?

Steven?

TWIG SNAPS

Oh, Steven! Morning! What are you looking so jittery about?

I thought I heard somebody moving about in the bushes.

That was me, I was looking for some food.

Did you find anything? That's a matter of opinion.

Want some breakfast? Oh, yes, please.

Well, you can either have some blackberries or...

..or some blackberries.

I don't think it matters, thanks.

Oh, I'm freezing. Mm. We'd better get moving, then.

Oh, what, back to the TARDIS? Yes.

If the Doctor's not there, we'll have to think again.

I wonder what time it is.

20 past five.

I wonder if the Doctor did drop that...

You said he didn't have a watch. I said I didn't think he had.

Oh, why don't you admit all this tenth century stuff's just...?

TWIG SNAPS

There's somebody there!

Steven! Steven!

Ah!

What shall we do with them?

Take them to the village.

Good morning, Father.

Ah... Ah, good morning, my children, good morning.

Oh! So deep was I in my meditations, I failed to see you arrive.

You must forgive me. Oh, no.

It is we who should ask forgiveness of you, disturbing you like this.

No, please, please. You're always welcome here.

We, erm... We thought you might need some food.

Ah, how very charitable of you, my dear.

Oh, I'm sorry, Father. It's poor fare for the likes of you.

Yes, but don't distress yourself, my child.

We must all be prepared to make sacrifices when they're asked of us.

Well, I would like to stop and talk and pass the time of day with you,

but this morning, solitude and study are uppermost in my mind.

We understand, Father.

Thank you again, my child. Good morning. Morning, Father.

Open this door! BANGING

Open this door, will you?! Open it!

At last! At last!

You all right?

I've felt better. I dare say I'll get over it.

It's pretty authentic Saxon, isn't it?

Don't tell me you've actually started to believe us?

They'd hardly go to all this trouble for a fancy dress ball, would they?

We've got to get out of here.

It looks as though they want us to stay.

Yes. We must be more popular than we thought.

Wulnoth, we can't just let them go!

Their clothes are strange. If they're travellers...

Travellers? With no provisions or belongings?!

And travelled from where?

Well, we can ask them. Why listen to their lies?!

They've been put ashore on the coast to spy for the Vikings.

You've got no proof of that! Nor do we have proof of what you say!

Maybe not, but I'm the headman! You may be headman now,

but when the people hear how you treated their enemies...

..those two will be killed! Eldred! Eldred!

Are you looking for an old man with long white hair?

You've seen him? Of which old man do you speak, woman?

He came here last night, wore clothes like these people.

Do you know where he is now? Did you question him? A little.

He said he was a traveller. Then he lied. Oh, for goodness' sake!

Wulnoth, I do not trust them! Well, I'm not mad about you either.

I think these people are what they say they are, innocent travellers.

I do not trust them.

Sooner or later, you will regret that you didn't listen to me.

Are you going to stand here arguing all day?

Either let us go or... do whatever you're going to do,

but make up your minds.

You can go.

Edith, take the girl inside and get some food for their journey.

And the Doctor, the old man, what happened to him?

Oh, he was going to stay,

and then he suddenly decided to visit the monastery.

That's quite near here, isn't it? I heard the singing.

It's not far. It's just at the top of the hill behind the forest.

I can take you.

Oh, um, well...

..it's all right, thanks.

Oh. Here.

Steven?

Thanks.

Thank you. Thank you.

God be with you! God be with you.

God be with you.

Time we were working in the fields.

Any sign of life? No.

Tell the others to wait below.

Sven, you, with Ulf and Gunnar, go south.

Radnor will take a similar group to the north.

I understand. And remember, Sven, when you rejoin the force,

we shall want to know the lie of the land,

where there is food and fresh water available

and the strength of the villages.

And if we're seen?

Then you'll have no choice but to fight.

But keep in your minds, this is no ordinary raid.

You are the eyes of the King!

We'll need provisions ourselves.

The first village we find will provide those.

Yes, but be careful.

If your presence here can be kept secret,

Harald Hardrada will have surprise on his side.

Now, go.

Gunnar.

Send Radnor and the others up.

Then we can rejoin the fleet.

It's very beautiful here, isn't it? They could use a gardener.

Good day, my children, good day. Good day. We're looking for...

Indeed, we're all searching for something.

Some, like myself, seek it in the peace and solitude

repose behind these monastery... We are looking for a friend of ours.

Oh, and you think I can help?

Well, he left word in the village that he was coming up here.

Would that we could all realise our ambitions.

Be they a lifelong wish

or a stated intention of journeying for self...

Look, are you trying to tell us that he didn't come here?

My son, no stranger has knocked on this door for many a day,

welcome though they be.

Are you sure you haven't seen anyone around the place?

I'm afraid not. What about the others?

Others? The other...monks.

Ah, the other monks, yes.

I'm sure they would have mentioned it to me had they seen him.

However, if you will wait here,

I shall go inside and inquire just to make sure.

Looks as though the Doctor didn't come up here.

Didn't he?

You know, I don't believe a word of it.

It's just as if he expected us! And if the Doctor didn't come here,

well, where else could he go except back to the village?

I don't know. Well, I'm not convinced.

I'll tell you what.

When he comes out again, I'm going to try something,

so whatever happens, don't say a word. Nothing! OK?

OK.

I apologise for keeping you waiting. That's quite all right.

I'm afraid the answer is not the one you'd wish to hear.

They haven't seen him?

I'm sorry.

Oh, well, perhaps you'd keep a lookout for him?

Oh, I certainly will, yes.

Are you sure you'll remember his description?

Description? Let me see...

Long white hair, a black cloak

and rather strange checked trousers...

That's it, You've got it. Fine, thanks.

Not at all. Thanks very much indeed. You're very welcome, my son.

I'm sorry I couldn't have done more. Good day. Good day.

We didn't give him a description of the Doctor!

I know we didn't.

That means he must have seen him, doesn't it?

He's keeping him prisoner in there - I'll stake my life on that, Vicki.

Well, he was pretty stupid to give himself away like that.

It's easily done. Too easy.

I don't think we've been as clever as we think we have.

Oh, now, what does that mean?

Well, look, say he's the one who's tricked us.

Say he gave himself away deliberately like that

in order to make us think we'd fooled him.

Vicki, there's only one way we can find out what's going on in there.

That's to break in. That's exactly what he wants us to do.

Well, possibly, but we've no other choice.

We'll wait till it's dark. Come on.

I think the best idea is to go and try around the other side. OK?

They're leaving a good trail.

We'll find them all the quicker. Come on!

THEY LAUGH

Well, Ulf, do you like the provisions we found? Yeah, yeah.

SHOUTING

Saxons! Here!

Here!

Leave him, Ulf. Gunnar's dead. Come on!

How is it? It's bleeding badly.

I think... I can walk back to the village.

No, no. The monastery's much nearer. Come on.

Put your arm round me. This way.

Follow me. Follow me.

PLAINSONG PLAYS

KNOCKING ON DOOR

It's the Doctor! I think he's asleep! Oh!

Hurry!

Yes. What is it?

I have a wounded man here, Father. He needs help.

Oh, I see. By all means, bring him in.

Doctor! Doctor, wake up. We're here.

Doctor?

He's... He's gone.

He's gone!

Make him comfortable here, my son.

I'll return soon and tend his wounds.

Oh, thank you, Father.

Well, this is definitely his cloak.

Yes, he was in here all right, Vicki. What's happened to him?

The door was locked, wasn't it? Of course it was.

You saw me open it myself.

The Monk thought he was in here, too.

What, because the clothes on the bed hadn't been moved?

Well, it makes sense, doesn't it?

How did he get out?

There's only one possible answer.

What? A secret passage.

A secret... Oh, no!

Listen, they always have them in castles and monasteries and things

in case of siege or fire, or something.

Well, don't just sit there. Help me look!

Hey, Steven. Come and look at this.

Steven? A loose stone!

What did I say?

Who's a clever girl, then?

Oh!

Father? Father, where are you?

Coming, my son! Coming!

Oh.

OH!

How much longer does this thing go on?

It must go on for quite a way, Vicki,

if only to get clear of the monastery up there.

It's so damp. Yes, well, we'd better get out of here quickly.

You know, we could find the Doctor at the end of this.

If I know the Doctor, it's not going to be as simple as that.

Well, from what you've just said, you've saved me quite a journey.

To meet your friends, you mean? Indeed so.

I told them quite specifically to meet me outside the Tar...

The pre-arranged place.

I was going along to tell them that I'd come to no harm

whilst I was making investigations, as we might say.

But, well now, now you tell me they came here

and they've gone on to the monastery.

I can't think how you missed them.

Oh, it's all perfectly simple. I left through the rear entrance.

That reminds me, I really think I ought to be wending my way. Hmm.

It's a good thing I saw the smoke rising from your fire.

I'm becoming quite a regular visitor, I think.

You'll be my only visitor tonight.

Hmm.

But you don't know.

My husband and the men from the village have gone after the Vikings.

You've seen them and their fleet?

Oh, no, no, not a fleet, this was just a small band of men.

They must have come from one ship.

Yes, I see. Yes, I see. Hmm.

You speak of a fleet as though you knew it existed?

What? What was that?

I've already told you, my dear, that I've learned of varied plans

from all the places that I've visited before.

Plans of a Viking invasion? Yes, yes, I'm afraid so.

So that's why Harold Godwinson's struck on forming an army.

Our men have travelled south already to join it.

I thought it was William of Normandy's invasion

across the Channel, not a Viking invasion he feared.

Mm. The Monk in this situation just can't be a coincidence.

The Monk? Did you say the Monk?

Yes, I must face him.

I realise that I've got far shorter time than I thought I had.

I'm always leaving you in a hurry, I'm afraid,

but the matter has some urgency.

Well, won't you stay and have some venison?

Oh, no, thank you, thank you indeed. It's very kind of you.

I must go. Yes, goodbye. Oh, and don't worry, don't worry.

The Vikings will land south of here, in the Humber.

And King Harold will defeat them.

Yes.

And then in a few weeks' time, he loses the battle of Hastings

to William the Conqueror.

Well, at least that's what the history books said happened.

Doctor!

Doctor!

No, you were right, Vicki.

The Doctor wouldn't wait for us here.

He must have gone back to the TARDIS.

Yes, probably. You know...

You know, there's something very peculiar going on.

I've got to accept something,

so, all right, I accept you've got a time machine...

Ha! Hooray! But the watch,

the gramophone, the Saxons, it doesn't add up.

It must be something to do with that monk.

I think we should go back to the monastery.

Oh, no.

Because the Doctor will want to investigate just as much as you,

probably more.

Let's find him and all three do it together, hmm?

OK. Go on, you lead the way.

Eldred, you need to swallow these.

What are those, Father? Oh, it's just some penicillin.

It's a... it's a sort of herb.

Wulnoth, I wish you'd take that outside.

This is a monastery. Can't you see I'm trying to tend a sick man?

Oh, I'm sorry, Father.

Eldred? Eldred?

Eldred? Eldred?

Listen. The Vikings you met, now if they were a scouting party,

how soon would it be before the other ships arrived?

If they... If they were part of the main fleet...

..two or three days, Father.

Thank you, thank you, my son.

Two or three days. I'm on schedule. I'm on schedule.

He'll have to stay here for a while, Father. He's very weak.

Yes, of course he's weak. He's lost a lot of blood.

I'd like to give him a blood transfusion, but...

Blood trans...?

My son, all we can do now for Eldred

is to wait and pray. But, Father...

Now, listen to what I have to say now, my son.

This is what I want to say. Take your friend home

and give thanks that within these sacred walls...

He'll have to stay for a day or two, Father. He's very weak.

Stay here? Oh, don't worry, Father.

My wife, Edith, will call regularly

and attend to any additional work

and I will come, too, if work permits.

Now, look here, my son, I... Yes, Father?

No, nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing.

Oh, goodbye and thank you, Father.

Goodbye, my son.

As soon as it's light,

every Saxon for miles around will be looking for us.

We'll rest here a while, then travel south.

Why go south?

If we put enough distance between the Saxons and ourselves,

we can still complete our task.

Sven, we have failed!

Leave it to Radnor. Let us think of our own safety.

We were landed here for a reason. What good can the two of us do now?

If we meet up with the Saxons again, they will kill us easily.

And what would you have us do?

We could hide.

Coward! Kill me!

Go on, kill me! If you don't, the Saxons will.

And you'll be dead, too, if you don't listen to what I say.

Nothing has changed. Our army will still land.

Then think what will happen when we come before the King.

We can meet up with him once he is inland.

Say we were attacked and held.

Don't pretend that it is only me.

I'm saying what we both think.

Our army will still land,

even if we'd all been killed back in the forest.

I suppose you've already thought of a place to hide.

Yes. The monastery.

And ask for what? Sanctuary? They can't refuse us.

And even if they do, you'd rather do battle

with a band of monks than with Saxons? They'll hide us.

Once inside, we can take hostages.

If you thought as much of our task as you did of your own safety...

And yours, Sven. And yours.

Sight Vikings, ah, we're up-to-date, we're up-to-date.

Now, then, light beacon fires.

I can get the villagers to help me with that.

Everything's going on marvellously.

According to plan!

Now to convert this ridiculous thing into miles.

Ah.

Absurd measurement, miles, kilometres...

I don't know where they are.

There.

BANG AT DOOR

Oh. Oh, no more visitors.

It's getting so you can't call a monastery your own!

BANGING CONTINUES

Oh.

BANGING CONTINUES All right! All right! I'm coming!

BANGING AT DOOR

BANGING AT DOOR

Uh-uh!

I have a Winchester '73 right in the middle of your spinal cord.

Proceed.

Wait.

I thought I'd seen the last of you, Doctor.

Oh, did you now?

Well, as it happens, I happen to be a very curious fellow.

Yes, very curious. Now, then, I have some questions for you

and I want them answered. Continue, hmm?

It was somewhere about here.

I can't tell for certain, but I think this is an easy way down.

The tide. Steven, the tide's come in. Yes, well, it usually does.

Yes, but the TARDIS was down there.

Oh, no, the tide. Nobody thought of that.

It's a bit late to think of it now. Yes, but what shall we do?

Look, if the Doctor came back here, he'd have moved it.

He wouldn't have left it on the beach.

The only way the Doctor could move the TARDIS

would be to dematerialise.

So?

If the Doctor left here in the TARDIS,

he couldn't get back.

Oh, it can't be that, it can't be.

Look, there's no point in us sitting here.

I think we should go back to the monastery.

The monastery. What's the point of that now?

At least we'd be doing something practical.

Whatever's happened down there, has happened.

There's no point in moping about it. I'm not moping!

You don't know what the TARDIS meant.

Come on.

What's this?

Vicki, come and take a look at this. What?

Just come and look!

What do you make of that? It's a...

It's a gun of sorts.

Trained out to sea, hidden by the bushes.

Look, in Saxon times, they used swords and bows and arrows,

not things like this, didn't they?

Yes, you're right.

The Monk, it must be.

You still say there's no point in going back to the monastery?

Come on.

All right. That will do.

You know, I believe we've come through this corridor twice already.

It's no use you playing for time, you know. I want some answers.

Uh-uh. Now, I wouldn't do that if I were you.

This may not be a gun,

but I can still do you a considerable amount of harm.

Oh, a man of violence. I'm surprised at you.

Never mind about all that.

What is it you're doing here? What are you up to?

BANG AT DOOR The door. I must go.

Just leave that, shall we? Hmm?

If I don't go, they'll get suspicious. Then we'll both go.

I'll open the door, then I can keep an eye on you, hmm?

You open the door? No, Doctor, that's not a very good idea.

Oh, isn't it? Why not?

Because you're not wearing the right sort of clothes.

Oh, yes, I see, I see.

First, you want to open the door, then you want the chance

to reverse the position with the help of whoever it is outside.

Secondly, you want to get me into a monk's habit,

so that whoever that is, would recognise me as an impostor.

Dear me, dear me, what an untrusting nature you have, my son.

Yes, and you can drop the Monk's act.

I'm only trying to help.

Whoever it is, it's probably a traveller knocking for shelter.

Who else could it be? Doctor, I must remind you

this is a monastery, a place of refuge, sanctuary.

Yes. Very well, if you have another cloak with the same type of cowl?

Proceed, hmm? Of course.

And remember, no more monkery.

BANGING AT DOOR

Wait there and be quiet.

Doctor?

It suits you.

What is the meaning of this, sir? What...

Silence, you old fool. What...

This is no way to treat a man in my position.

Quiet, old man.

This cell will do. Lock him in here.

Hmm!

There's no key. You guard him.

I'll give our terms to the rest of the monks.

Hide us or he dies.

It all looks so different in daylight.

Aha! Here it is.

Oh, don't tell me we have to crawl down that thing again.

Well, we can hardly go and knock on the front door now, can we?

I suppose not. Come on.

Ulf? Ulf?

My dear man, you had me quite worried.

I thought you were never coming in.

Wulnoth? Wulnoth, are you there?

Oh, it's you, Father.

I'm sorry to call so early, my child,

but I must speak to your husband. Yes.

Is anything wrong with Eldred? No, no. No, Eldred is splendid.

No, Wulnoth, I've come here to ask for your help

and that of the men of the village. Oh, we'll help if we can, Father.

Oh, you can, Wulnoth, you most certainly can.

I'd have come here a bit later,

but it seems I'm going to be rather busy up at the monastery.

What is it you want us to do?

Prepare beacon fires on the cliff tops.

Beacon fires?

Oh, don't worry, don't worry, Wulnoth.

I'm expecting some building materials

for reconstructing the monastery.

They're coming by sea

and I promised I'd give the ship our exact location.

Well, when are you expecting the ship?

It'll take a little while to prepare a beacon.

In a day or two, maybe three.

Now, Wulnoth, you will light the fires when I ask, won't you,

and keep them burning?

If you say so, Father.

Splendid. Splendid.

Now I must go back to the monastery.

Eldred needs rather special care. Good day, my children.

Good day, Father. Good day, Father.

What did the old man say of the Vikings?

He spoke of a planned invasion

of many hundred ships.

Beacon fires on the cliff tops...

A Viking?

Well, whoever he is, he's lost an argument with somebody.

Anyway, we can't bother about it. Let's go and have a look around.

What are we looking for anyway?

Oh, we'll know when we find it, won't we?

Oh.

You're still here, are you? Good.

All I've got to do now is to take care of you,

your friend and the Doctor.

Oh, by the way, you'll be pleased to know

I've arranged the fires for your colleagues.

There you are, my dear fellow. I knew you'd come back.

Now which fires? What are they for? Hmm?

It's going to take us hours to search this place properly.

Hey, Steven. Look at this. I think it's a cable.

It is.

Well, that's strange. What's it doing coming out of here?

A door! Let me have a look.

We can get inside!

It's a TARDIS! The Monk's got a TARDIS.

I repeat my question. Which fires and what are they for, hmm?

All right, then.

They're a signal for King Hardrada and the Viking fleet.

I see.

They'll think it's a landing place. They'll come in unsuspecting!

And then... Well? Out with it!

I'm going to destroy them!

Hey, Vicki. Come and take a look at this.

He's got a sort of fantastic private collection.

He's got something from every period and every place.

Hey, come and take a look at this.

Looks like some kind of neutron bomb, I think.

Pretty unpleasant-looking things, whatever they are.

Hey, these could be fired by that weapon we saw up on the cliff top.

I wonder what he wants to do, sink a ship?

He could sink a whole navy with that lot, I should think.

Yes, but the point is why would he want to?

Why has he done a lot of things? Listen to this.

Why? What have you got there? A logbook, a sort of diary.

Listen, "Met Leonardo da Vinci..." Who?

Da Vinci! Listen!

"Met Leonardo da Vinci and discussed with him

"the principles of powered flight." What?!

Da Vinci lived in the Middle Ages.

I know he tried to build a flying machine, a sort of aeroplane.

I know! And according to this, it was the Monk who put him up to it.

And listen to this.

"Put £200 in a London bank in 1968.

"Nipped forward 200 years

"and collected a fortune in compound interest."

So that's it! You're a time meddler!

No wonder you wanted to get rid of me.

And what are you trying to get up to this time, hmm?

I'm sure you'll approve, Doctor. Are you quite mad?

You know as well as I do

the golden rule about space and time travelling.

"Never, never interfere with the course of history."

And who says so? Doctor, it's more fun my way.

I can make things happen ahead of their time!

Is that so? Yes, indeed.

For instance,

do you really believe the ancient Britons could have built Stonehenge

without the aid of my anti-gravitational lift?

And what mischief are you up to now, hmm?

Mischief? No, no. A master plan.

A master plan to end all master plans!

Oh, is that so?

The whole course of history changed in one single swoop.

By wiping out the Viking fleet?

Exactly, Doctor, exactly!

Of course, obviously, I don't have to remind you

that the main reason William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings

was because King Harold had to march

to Stamford Bridge and defeat the Vikings first.

So you plan to save him the journey?

That's right, precisely! A fresh army, no desertions.

King Harold will kick William back to Normandy before he knows what happened.

It's quite a plan, eh? Oh, yes. It's quite a plan.

It's quite a plan, yes.

I count myself a very fortunate person indeed

to be here in time

to prevent this disgusting exhibition!

You haven't prevented it yet, Doctor.

Haven't I? Where is this machine?

I don't allow anybody in there. Where is it, hmm?

This way, Doctor. Hmm!

Ulf?

Ulf, where are you? Ulf?

Viking!

Where have you been?

The Monk tricked me into a cell then knocked me out.

Can't you even guard one old man?

You haven't done much better yourself.

Come on. We should get back to the forest.

No, we'll stay here.

Here? Safer than being outside,

unless you prefer to meet the Saxons again.

They wouldn't take us so easily this time.

Nor would we be hampered by the mead.

Maybe not. But I'll choose the monks

and whatever treasure may be stored inside these walls.

Treasure...

Oh.

Well, here we are. That's my time ship.

Oh, so that's it, eh? This horrible block of stone.

This horrible block of stone, as you call it,

is a perfect Saxon sarcophagus.

A Saxon what? Sarcophagus. Yes, quite so.

And more in keeping with the period,

I would say, than a modern police box.

What's the matter, Doctor?

Can't you repair your camouflage unit?

Now, now, now, don't try and bamboozle me.

It so happens that your machine fits into this monastery,

but it's sheer luck.

Luck? Luck? Oh, no, there's no luck about it.

I couldn't have picked a better place for my headquarters than this.

A deserted monastery right on the coast,

gullible peasants who believe everything I say to them.

No, Doctor.

No, I planned to materialise my ship on this very spot

disguised as a sarcophagus, and here it is.

I see, and all this is part of your master plan, hmm?

Precisely.

There's nothing hit-or-miss about my machine.

Oh, isn't there now?

Well, let's have a look at this great wonder, hmm?

Yes, well, tell me, how does one exactly

get into this sarcophagus, hmm?

Hammer and chisel?

This way, Doctor.

Oh, mind your head.

"Destroy Viking fleet, Norman landing,

"Battle of Hastings, meet King Harold"?

Well, it seems to tell the whole story. But why, Steven?

Why is he planning to do it? What's his reason?

That's a very good point, my child. Indeed, a very good point.

I must ask him that myself.

Doctor! You're safe! Safe? Of course I am safe!

Boy, are we glad to see you, Doctor!

Good gracious me. I see you found the machine.

Keep your eye on that, young man.

I thought I'd told you to wait outside the TARDIS.

Oh, we... Yes. Well, we...

You know, all this is very surprising. That's a Mark IV!

Yes, yes, indeed.

Is that later than yours, Doctor? Hmm?

Oh! I forgot all about it.

Oh? Forgot? Forgot what, child? Hmm? Doctor...

Doctor... Hmm?

..we haven't got a time machine any more.

Haven't we now? Oh, I say.

Well, I wonder what that's supposed to mean, hmm?

Well, you know... you know we left it on the beach?

Yes, I remember very well, yes.

It so happens that I was there at the time.

My dear, I may appear a little half-witted at times, but I...

Doctor! Oh!

The tide came in. Oh! Is that all, my child?

Well, isn't that enough?! The water cannot affect the TARDIS.

It won't wash away. It'll still be there when the tide goes down.

Now stop fretting, my dear.

Well, I must confess, I do congratulate you.

It's a splendid machine, although I do note there's been a few changes.

Oh, yes, indeed, Doctor.

In fact, this one is fitted with the automatic drift control.

Oh, I see. Yes, of course,

and thereby you can suspend yourself in space with absolute safety.

Precisely, Doctor.

By the way, I tried to get into your police box, but the door was locked.

What type's yours, Doctor? Mind your own business.

Look, I take it you both come from the same place, Doctor.

Yes, I regret that we do,

but I would say that I am 50 years earlier.

Now, when are you going to answer my questions, hmm?

Which questions?

The reason for this deliberate destruction.

I... I want to improve things. Improve things?

Huh! Improve things, yes, that's good!

Very good.

Improve what, for instance? Well, for instance,

Harold, King Harold, I know he'd be a good king.

There wouldn't be all those wars in Europe.

Those claims over France went on for years and years.

With peace, the people'd be able to better themselves.

With a few hints and tips from me,

they'd be able to have jet airliners by 1320.

Shakespeare'd be able to put Hamlet on television.

He'd do what? The play Hamlet on television.

Oh, yes, quite so. Yes, of course, I do know the medium.

Yeah. Were you going to kill the Vikings?

Yes. Yes, I was. You see, if I didn't, then King Harold...

What are we going to do with this fellow, hmm?

What can we do with this man? He's utterly irresponsible.

Hmm!

He wants to destroy the whole pattern of world history.

Hmm!

Steven! Doctor! Hmm?

Oh, quick, quick!

Ah-ha!

Long live King Hardrada!

Those are your enemies. There! Quick!

The old man who journeyed here spoke

of a Viking invasion descending on us. Viking invasion?

And the Monk asked us to light beacon fires on the cliff tops.

The old man spoke the truth! He had no reason to lie.

Fires on the cliff tops would guide the ships in to land. Viking ships!

We know and respect the monastery as a place of worship.

But what of a Viking spy who passes himself off as a monk?!

Look!

Eldred. Eldred. Oh...

The monastery... What of it? What have you seen?

Vikings! Vikings?!

There are Vikings hiding there. Is that enough?

Do you need more proof? No, no.

Arm yourselves! We know how to treat the raiders!

Come along, come along. If we want to send signals to your ships,

we mustn't delay like this, you know. What are these things?

They are... They're charms, my son,

to guide your ships to sheltered waters.

Come along.

I know you don't understand,

but believe me, your ships will know they're there.

I can't find a sharp enough stone anywhere.

Those Vikings sure know how to tie knots.

It looks as though that Monk's going to get away with it after all.

Yes, but he can't, can he? I mean, I don't know much about history,

but I know William the Conqueror did win the Battle of Hastings.

Up till now he did.

If the Monk changes it, I suppose our memories will change as well.

What about the history books?

That's all right. They're not written yet.

They'll just write and print the new version.

But that means that the exact minute,

the exact second that he does it,

every history book, every...

Well, the whole future of every year and time on Earth

will change just like that, and nobody'll know that it has?

I suppose that's what I'm trying to say.

There's more to this time travelling than meets the eye.

What's the matter with the Doctor? He's not gone to sleep, has he?

Doctor, are you awake?

Wide awake, my dear.

As a matter of fact, I was just turning over in my mind

what we're going to do with this Monk fellow.

He won't listen. He's determined to have his own way.

He's got to be stopped. He must be stopped!

Come along, come along, come on.

Yes, yes, they are rather heavy, aren't they?

But they're a sort of special charm, you understand.

And where are we taking them? To the cliff top.

Now come along. I won't be stopped. Hurry, I'll open the door for you.

There. Come.

Ha-ha!

SHOUTING

Oh!

Ah, yes, thank you. Thank you indeed.

Oh, it's a good thing for us that you decided to make a search, hmm?

Wyour help, we'd never have known

the Monk was a Viking spy, would we?

Ah, yes, the Monk. Now, was he caught, hmm?

Now, Wulnoth and the others will not let him escape,

nor the two Vikings that are with him.

Hmm, yes, no doubt they'll catch up with him and the rest of them.

But that Monk, you know, still worries me.

I think he's got some tricks left up his sleeve.

Where are you going to now? Oh, we shall continue with our travels.

Well, you must come back to the village with us before you go,

so we can bid you farewell. Oh, yes, certainly, certainly,

but we have one or two things to do here at the monastery first.

But we don't want to delay you. We will follow on, hmm?

What a charming woman. Mmm, charming.

Well now, you two, come along. We've got a lot to do.

Such as what? Shall we go back to the TARDIS?

Oh, you know we can't do that, my child,

not until we stop this time meddler.

Have either of you got a pencil and paper on you, hmm?

No. No, afraid not.

Well, be a good fellow and go into the machine and try and find one.

Yes, OK, Doc. Hmm? ..tor.

Who are you going to write to? To the Monk, of course.

Who else?

Here, this way.

Ah, yes. Behind that tree there, there's an old well.

We can hide there. Quick!

There's no well there! Where's he gone?

SHOUTING

Ooh!

Mr Taylor! Where are you with that string, dear boy?

Here you are, Doctor. I found some. Gracious me, come along.

What's that thing under there, Doctor?

Now keep your nose out, child. Never mind.

Did you hear what I said? Keep your nose away.

Do you want to get a shock? This is a very dangerous business.

Now keep still, all of you.

Tie this in a knot.

Now...the vibrations.

Ticklish. Get back, get back!

Now, you two, go outside. I'll follow in a minute.

But, Doctor, what exactly are you doing?

Don't, please, ask me questions! Go, child! Outside!

Well, what are you trying to do?

Is he coming out yet?

Yes, yes, here he is.

Now, back. Elbow room, please.

Now keep still.

We're not out of the woods yet.

Ah! There it is!

Ha-ha! I've done it, I've done it, I've done it!

Well, nothing's happened, Doctor. Hasn't it? Hasn't it, my dear boy?

Aren't you going to tell us? Yes, sometime, my dear, sometime.

Here, put that in your pocket. Quite safe.

Ah, now. Oh, is that the letter you wrote to the Monk? Yes.

Do keep hands off it, young lady.

I don't want you nosing into people's personal

and private correspondence. Gracious me!

Well, I think we've finished here. Now let's go. Back to the TARDIS?

Yes, certainly, back to the TARDIS. Yes, come along.

HE COUGHS

GULLS CRY

There it is, my dear. There's the TARDIS.

Safe and sound. Didn't I tell you so?

Oh, am I glad to see that old police box again!

Oh, glad indeed.

Well, we must start climbing down and get aboard as soon as we can.

There's going to be an invasion shortly.

What? You mean any minute now

the Viking fleet's going to sail past here?

Yes, my boy, and history will be allowed

to take its natural course! Allowed to take its natural course!

You know, I'm beginning to like the idea of being a crewmember on a time machine.

A crewmember? You'll be lucky! He's the crew, we're just the passengers.

Yes, and both very welcome ones, my dear.

Come along, come along. Come on, come on!

It's a heck of a way down. Wish we had a pair of wings!

HE COUGHS

Oh. Oh, I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. It's ridiculous.

Yes, I was right. They've gone.

Well, I suppose I'd better be on my way again, too.

The Doctor.

"My dear fellow,

"I'm sure you will excuse me, but I didn't want to say goodbye,

"as you are obviously going to be very busy for some time."

He's right there.

"Just in case you still have ideas about your master plan,

"I've taken precautions to stop your time meddling."

How could he stop a Mark IV?

"Possibly one day in the future, when you've learnt your lesson,

"I shall return and release you." Release me? Ha! Me?

Oh, the old fool! Oh...

I wonder what he meant by...release me.

Well, I'll be going.

Ah!

What's he done?

Ah, he's... he's taken my dimensional control.

He's ruined my time machine! I'm... I'm marooned.

Marooned! In 1066.

Oh, Doctor.

Doctor!

Doctor!

Doctor...!

You now, looking at the size of the TARDIS now,

I think the Doctor must have lost his own dimensional control.

Oh, be careful, Vicki.

You know the Doc won't want you looking through his stuff.

Well...would you look at that?

This proves it's the Doctor's TARDIS.

I bet the Monk is still looking for it!

No, he isn't.

He escaped.

We ran into him again.

He wasn't happy how the Doctor left him stranded.

I'm so jealous.

Jealous? Of what?

You had other adventures with the Doctor after I left.

You were in love with Troilus, you wanted to stay.

Oh, I don't regret one single minute of that.

But the Doctor was so...special.

There's no-one else like him. Oh, you can say that again.

He rescued me.

I was an orphan, and he became my family.

I became the granddaughter he'd lost.

He was very fond of you.

He talked of you for all the time I knew him.

He never came back to visit me.

He thought you'd found your life in Troy and were happy.

Maybe he thought turning up again in a police box

might complicate things for you.

And maybe he did stop by and you never saw him.

He's a wily old character.

I bet he's watching us on a monitor somewhere.

Doctor? Doctor?

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

The Doctor has got to be here somewhere.

He's as much a part of the TARDIS as this is.

He's more than that, Steven.

He's part of us.

From the very first moment we each met him, don't you feel it?

I did.

The day I left him,

when we said goodbye,

something in his eyes said...

..this was never goodbye.

Oh, he's got to be here. It's why we're here!

So we can all be together again. You're right.

ifYou know, maybe if I close my eyes...

You know, I think of him every day, I always have.

If I could have one wish in all the universe at this moment,

it would be to see him again. Yeah.

Where else could a wish be more powerful?

Than in the TARDIS!

Oh, Vicki!

Let's make that wish.

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