Plans Change

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Cleaves: “Don’t tell me you can eat at a time like this, Doctor.”

“Terra!” A voice yelled.

Turning around, I saw the Doctor along with the people from Rebel Flesh. They were all giving me curious looks.

“D-Do-Doctor?” I stuttered, feeling a little out of it.

The Doctor ran to my side, grabbing my arm. He held me up, waiting for me to get balanced before doing anything more.

“Who is she?”

“She’s Terra.” Amelia answered. “Our friend.”

I groaned, feeling like my head was in a blender. “What...What’s going on?” I asked him. My head really was rushing, but I could hold off on it.

“Yes. Okay.” The Doctor did this fumbling around thing. It was my favorite. Can’t talk without moving his arms.

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The Doctor: “You told me we were out cold for a few minutes, Cleaves, when in fact it was an hour.”

Cleaves: “Sorry, I just assumed-”

The Doctor: “Well, it’s not your fault. Like I said, they’re disoriented. Amy, when you got to the alcoves, who was in harness?

Amelia: “Jimmy and Dicken were helping Buzzer out.”

The Doctor: “Jennifer?”

Amelia: “She was standing on her own when we got to her.”

(The microwave dings. The Doctor hands the plate to Cleaves.)

The Doctor: “It’s hot.”

(Cleaves drops the plate.)

The Doctor: “Trans-matter’s still a little rubbery. Nerve endings not quite fused properly.”

Cleaves: “What are you talking about?”

The Doctor: “It’s okay.”

Cleaves: “Why didn’t I feel that?”

The Doctor: “You will. You’ll stabilize.”

Cleaves: “No, stop it. You’re playing stupid games. Stop it!”

The Doctor: “You don’t have to hide. Please, trust me. I’m the Doctor.”

(Cleaves turns around with a Ganger face. Buzzer grabs a knife and Jimmy holds him back.)

Buzzer: “Where’s the real Cleaves, you thing? What have you done with her?”

The Doctor: “That’s it. Good, you remember. This is early Flesh. The early stages of the technology. So much to learn.”

Amelia: “Doctor, what’s happened to her?”

The Doctor: “She can’t stabilize. She’s shifting between half-formed and full-formed, for now at least.”

Cleaves: “We are living.” (She runs out of the room, screaming.)

The Doctor: “Let her go.”

Amelia: “Doctor, Rory.”

The Doctor: “Rory?”

Amelia: “Rory!”

The Doctor: “Oh, Rory. Rory! Always with the Rory.”

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Jimmy: “Explosion must’ve ruptured the acid feeds. We’re going to need the acid suits.”

The Doctor: “No, no, no. We haven’t got time. Back, back, back!”

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Amelia: “Rory.”

(There is a hole punched in the wall to the outside.)

The Doctor: “Of course, Jennifer’s a Ganger too.”

Amelia: “Doctor, you said they wouldn’t be violent.”

The Doctor: “But I did say they were scared and angry.”

Jimmy: “And early technology, is what you said. You seem to know something about the Flesh.”

Amelia: “Do you? Doctor?”

Jimmy: “You’re no weatherman. Why are you really here?”

The Doctor: “I have to talk to them. I can fix this.”

Jimmy: “Wait. What’s going on? Where’s the real Jennifer?”

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The Doctor: “It is too dangerous out here with acid leaks.”

Amelia: “We have to find Rory.”

The Doctor: “Yes. I’m going back to the TARDIS. Wait for me in the dining hall. I want us to keep together, okay. No more wandering off.”

Amelia: “And what about Rory?”

The Doctor: “Well, it would be safer to look for Rory and Jennifer with the TARDIS.”

Jimmy: “Here we go. Distress flares.”

The Doctor: “Exit?”

Jimmy: “Keep going straight. Can’t miss it. But you’re never going to get your vehicle in here.”

The Doctor: “I’m a great parker.”

Jimmy: “We really need those acid suits. I’ve sent Buzzer and Dicken to get them.”

Amelia: “Fine and dandy. I’m just going to find my husband, so cheers.”

Jimmy: “Amy, I wouldn’t.”

Amelia: “Nor would I. What can you do, eh?”

Jimmy: “At least wait for an acid suit.”

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He scanned the vat with his screwdriver, and I knew it wouldn’t be much longer now.

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The Doctor: “Oh. What are you doing down there?”

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The Doctor: “Hello. How are you all getting on?”

G-Cleaves: “Why don’t you tell us?”

The Doctor: “Well, we have two choices. The first is to tear each other apart. Not my favourite. The second is to knuckle down and work together. Try to work out how best we can help you.”

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The Doctor: “Now, I know its hard for you to hold your fully human form. That’s why you keep shifting between the Flesh stages, but do try. It’ll make the others less scared of you.”

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AMELIA + The Doctor: “Until the Doctor gets here. Hello.”

(The Gangers look fully human. This is going to get confusing.)

Jimmy: “This is-”

G-Jimmy: “You’re telling me.”

G-Cleaves: “All right, Doctor, you’ve brought us together. Now what?”

The Doctor: “Before we do anything, I have one very important question. Has anybody got a pair of shoes I could borrow? Size ten. Although I should warn you, I have very wide feet.”

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The Doctor: “The Flesh was never merely moss. These are not copies. The storm has hardwired them. They are becoming people.”

Jimmy: “With souls?”

DICKEN: “Rubbish! Achoo.”

The Doctor: “Bless you. We were all jelly once. Little jelly eggs sitting in goop.”

Amelia: “Yeah, thanks. Too much information.”

The Doctor: “We are not talking about an accident that needs to be mopped up. We are talking about sacred life. Do you understand? Good. Now, the TARDIS is trapped in an acid pool. Once I can reach her, I can get you all off this island, humans and Gangers, eh? How does that sound?”

Jimmy: “Can I make it home for Adam’s birthday?”

G-Jimmy: “What about me? He’s my son too.”

Jimmy: “You? You really think that?”

G-Jimmy: “I feel it.”

Jimmy: “Oh, so you were there when he was born, were you?”

G-Jimmy: “Yeah. I drank about eight pints of tea, then they told me I had a wee boy and I just burst out laughing. No idea why. I miss home, as much as you.”

The Doctor: “Look, I’m not going to lie to you. It’s a right old mess, this. But as you might say up North, oh well, I’ll just go to’t foot of stairs. Eee by by gum. Or not. Good. Right. First step is we get everyone together, then get everyone safe. Then, get everyone out of here.”

Amelia: “But we’re still missing Jennifer and Cleaves.”

Jimmy: “I’ll go and look for them.”

G-Jimmy: “I’ll give you a hand, if you like. Cover more ground.”

Jimmy: “Yeah, okay. Thanks.”

Cleaves: “This circus has gone on long enough.”

G-Cleaves: “Oh, great. You see, that is just so typically me.”

Cleaves: “Doctor, tell it to shut up!”

The Doctor: “Cleaves, no. No, no.”

Cleaves: “Circuit probe. Fires about ooo, forty thousand volts? Would kill any one of us, so I guess she’ll work on Gangers just the same.”

The Doctor: “It’s interesting you refer to them as it, but you call a glorified cattle prod a she.”

Cleaves: “When the real people are safely off this island, then I’ll happily talk philosophy over a pint with you, Doctor.”

Amelia: “What are you going to do to them?”

Cleaves: “Sorry. They’re monsters. Mistakes. They have to be destroyed.”

The Doctor: “Give me the probe, Cleaves.”

Cleaves: “We always have to take charge, don’t we, Miranda. Even when we don’t really know what the hell is going on.”

(Ganger Buzzer tries to rush her. Cleaves zaps him.)

The Doctor: “Argh! He’s dead!”

Cleaves: “We call it decommissioned.”

The Doctor: “You stopped his heart. He had a heart. Aorta, valves, a real human heart. And you stopped it.”

Rory: “Jen?”

G-JENNIFER: “What happened to Buzzer will happen to all of us if we trust you.”

The Doctor: “Wait, wait, just wait.”

Rory: “No!”

(Rory jumps Cleaves and disconnects the power from the probe. The Gangers run away.)

Amelia: “You idiot!”

The Doctor: “Wait! Look at what you have done, Cleaves.”

Cleaves: “If it’s war, then it’s war. You don’t get it, Doctor. How can you? It’s us and them now. Us and them.”

DICKEN: “Us and them.”

Jimmy: “(sighs) Us and them.”

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Rory: “Look, I just wanted to help her.”

Amelia: “Well, we all do, okay?”

Rory: “Don’t be like that. Listen, she’s-”

Amelia: “I said I agree with you. Drop it.”

The Doctor: “The most fortified and defendable room in the monastery. Cleaves, the most fortified and defendable room in the monastery.”

Cleaves: “The chapel.”

The Doctor: “Thank you.”

Cleaves: “Only one way in. Stone walls two feet thick.”

The Doctor: “You’ve crossed one hell of a line, Cleaves. You’ve killed one of them. They’re coming back, in a big way.”

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Jimmy: “What about the flares?”

The Doctor: “We’ll worry about the flares when we’re locked inside. Rory, Pond.”

(There is a scream.)

Amelia: “Rory, come on.”

Rory: “Jen’s out there. She’s out there and she’s on her own.”

The Doctor: “Well, if she’s got any sense, then she’s hiding. Rory!”

Rory: “I can’t leave her out there!”

The Doctor: “Rory.”

Rory: “I know you understand that.”

Amelia: “Get in here. Get in here!”

(The Gangers approach. Rory ducks down a side corridor.)

G-Cleaves: “There they are.”

The Doctor: “Amy.”

Amelia: “Rory!”

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The Doctor: “Amy, they are not after him, they’re after us.”

VOICE: “Why? Why?”

The Doctor: “Show yourself. Show yourself!”

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Amelia: “Doctor!”

Cleaves: “Pass me the barrel.”

DICKEN: “We need something heavy. Anything you can find.”

(They barricade the door.)

Jimmy: “This is insane. We’re fighting ourselves.”

The Doctor: “Yes. Yes, it’s insane, and it’s about to get even more insanerer. Is that a word? Show yourself, right now!”

Amelia: “Doctor, we are trapped in here and Rory’s out there with them. Hello? We can’t get to the TARDIS and we can’t even leave the island.”

G-The Doctor: “Correct in every respect, Pond. It’s frightening, unexpected, frankly a total, utter splattering mess on the carpet, but I am certain, one hundred percent certain, that we can work this out. Trust me. I’m the Doctor.”

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I groaned. “I had enough problems with one Doctor.”

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BOTH: “Hello. Sorry, but we had to establish a few ground rules.”

The Doctor: “Formulate a protocol.”

G-The Doctor: “Protocol? Very posh.”

The Doctor: “A protocol between us. Otherwise-”

G-Doctor: “It gets horribly embarrassing.”

The Doctor: “And potentially confusing.”

Amelia: “I’m glad you’ve solved the problem of confusing.”

G-Doctor: “That’s sarcasm.”

The Doctor: “She’s very good at sarcasm.”

BOTH: “Breathe.”

Amelia: “What?”

The Doctor: “We have to get you off this island. And the Gangers too.”

Cleaves: “Sorry, would you like a memo from the last meeting? They are trying to kill us!”

The Doctor: “They’re scared.”

Amelia: “Doctor, we’re trapped in here.”

The Doctor: “Right, See, I don’t think so. The Flesh Bowl is fed by cabling from above.”

G-Doctor: “But where are the earthing conduits?”

The Doctor: “All this piping must go down into a tunnel or a shaft or something, yes? With us?”

(He finds a grating in the wall.)

The Doctor: “Yowza. An escape route.”

Amelia: “Yowza?”

The Doctor: “You know, I’m starting to get a sense of just how impressive it is to hang out with me.”

G-Doctor: “Do we tend to say yowza?”

The Doctor: “That’s enough, let it go, okay? We’re under stress.”

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Buzzer: “The army will send a recon team our.”

Cleaves: “We need to find a way to contact the mainland.”

Amelia: “What about Rory and Jen? They are both out there.”

The Doctor: “No, this place is a maze. Takes a long time to find someone in a maze. I bet you lot have got a computer map, haven’t you?”

Cleaves: “If we can get power running, we can scan for them. Be a lot quicker.”

(They start coughing.)

Amelia: “Doctor, you said earlier to breathe.”

The Doctor: “Very important, Pond. Breathe.”

Amelia: “Yeah, well, I’m struggling to.”

The Doctor: “Acid interacting with the stone.”

G-Doctor: “Creating an asphyxiant miasma.”

Cleaves: “A what?”

The Doctor: “Choking gas. Extra heavy. If we can get above it.”

Cleaves: “The evac tower. It’s this way.”

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Amelia: “Oh. I think I coughed so hard, I pulled a muscle or something. It’s okay, it’s better. It’s easing off.”

(The church bell starts ringing.)

Jimmy: “It’s midnight. It’s Adam’s birthday. My son’s five. Happy birthday, bud.”

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Cleaves: “Can you really get the power back?”

G-Doctor: “Oh, there’s always some power floating around.”

The Doctor: “Sticking to the wires, like bits of lint.”

Amelia: “Can you stop finishing each other’s-”

The Doctor: “Sentences? No probs.”

G-Doctor: “Yes.”

Amelia: “No, hang on. You said that the TARDIS was stuck in acid, so won’t she be damaged?”

The Doctor: “Nah, she’s a tough old thing. Tough, old, sexy.”

G-Doctor: “Tough, dependable, sexy.”

Amelia: “Come on. Okay, how can how can you both be real?”

G-Doctor: “Well, because we are. I’m the Doctor.”

The Doctor: “Yeah and so am I. We both contain the knowledge of over nine hundred years of memory and experience.”

The Doctor: “We both wear the same bow tie, which is cool.”

G-Doctor: “Because bow ties are-”

The Doctor: “And always will be.”

Amelia: “But how did the Flesh read you? Because you weren’t linked up to the it.”

The Doctor: “Well, it must’ve been after I examined it. Thus, a new, genuine Doctor was created.”

G-Doctor: “Ta-da.”

Amelia: “No getting away from it. One of you was here first.”

The Doctor: “Well, okay. After the Flesh scanned me, I had an accident with a puddle of acid. Now, new shoes. A situation which did not confront me learned self here.”

G-Doctor: “That satisfy you, Pond?”

“Terra, you can tell the difference.” Amy pleaded. “You can always tell the difference. You know the Doctor better than anyone.”

Gulping, I turned to the two Doctors. One in boots, and one in not-boots. I don’t know how, but I could feel it. The not-boots one was the Doctor. I could see it in his eyes. I could feel it in my soul.

The Doctors smirked back at me. The Ganger Doctor had this strange feeling about him, like he was remembering something important but trying not to. The...I don’t want to say real...The Other Doctor had this heartbroken look deep in his eyes.

But, in the end, they were the same. The Ganger was a slightly more confused Doctor, no other changes.

I shrugged, nervously rubbing my arms over my chest. “I don’t know! They’re identical!”

Amelia blinked. “But...he isn’t the Doctor.”

The Ganger Doctor came up to me, wrapping an arm around me. “Oh, come on Pond. Of course I’m me.”

“Don’t call me Pond, please. What?”

G-Doctor: “Interesting. You definitely feel more affection for him than me.”

Amelia: “No, no, I. Look, you’re fine and everything, but he’s the Doctor. No offence. Being almost the Doctor is pretty damn impressive.

G-Doctor: “Being almost the Doctor’s like being no Doctor at all.”

Amelia: “Don’t overreact.”

G-Doctor: “You might as well call me Smith.”

Amelia: “Smith?”

G-Doctor: “John Smith.”

“Amy Williams, don’t be so rude!” I snapped.

The ginger woman turned to me with a shocked look. “You only call me that when you’re cross.”

“Well I am mad at you!” I argued. “Stop being so racist!”

“They aren’t real.” Amy argued.

“I have so many in my family that weren’t born the normal way, Amy. Why would I treat anyone else any different?” I asked then laughed. “Oh wow! Now that I think about it, who in my family wasn’t made like that?”

“You actually think they’re real.” Amelia commented.

“Pretty bad first impression, Pondecai.” I said. “Well, I’ve already met you, but this is a bad second impression.”

The Doctor: “Yes! Communication a go-go.”

(Cleaves rushes to the console.)

Amelia: “Find Rory! Show me the scanning tracking screen. Come on, Rory, let’s be having you.”

Cleaves: “There’s no sign of him anywhere.”

Amelia: “Come on. Come on, baby, show yourself.”

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Cleaves: “Saint John’s calling. Emergency Alpha. Saint John’s calling the mainland. Are you receiving me, Captain? Come in. We’ll never get a signal through this storm. Saint John’s calling the mainland. Come in, this is urgent.”

CAPTAIN: “We’re just about reading you, Saint John’s. How are you doing? We’ve had all kinds of trouble here.”

Cleaves: “Request immediate evacuation. We’re under attack. The storm’s affected our Gangers. They’re running amok.”

CAPTAIN: “Your Gangers?”

Cleaves: “Yes, our Gangers are attacking us. We need you to take us off the island immediately and wipe them out.”

CAPTAIN: “Copy that, Saint John’s. Shuttle’s despatched. Hang on.”

Cleaves: “You’ll need to airlift us off the roof of the evac tower.” “And Captain, any further transmission sent by me must come with the following codeword. I’m typing it, in case they’re listening in.”

CAPTAIN: “Got it. We’ll swing in, get you out and decommission the Flesh.”

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The Ganger Doctor kept an arm wrapped around me. It was oddly calming.

Buzzer: “We’ve got to get out of here. We are, we’re going to get out.”

Amelia: “We’re not leaving without them.”

Buzzer: “I want them found too, but it’s about casualties, innit? Can’t be helped.”

Amelia: “What are you doing?”

The Doctor: “Making a phone call.”

Amelia: “Who to?”

The Doctor: “No one yet. It’s on delay.”

Amelia: “Right. Not getting it. Why exactly are you making a phone call?”

The Doctor: “Because, Amy, I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams. The wheels are in motion. Done.”

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I nearly jumped out of my skin. “Okay. That’s good. That’s enough.”

The Ganger Doctor gave me a confused look. He looked at the Doctor as if asking a question. Then he turned to me. There was an almost physical change on him.

Amelia: “You know really there can be only one.”

The Doctor: “Hmm?”

Amelia: “Oh, nothing. Carry on. Be amazing.”

(Amy is drawn to the far wall. A hatch opens and she sees the Eye Patch Lady again.)

The Doctor: “Amy? What happened?”

Amelia: “It’s her again.”

The Doctor: “It’s who again?”

Amelia: “There’s a woman I keep seeing. A woman with an eyepatch, and she has this habit of sliding walls open and staring at me. Doctor?”

The Doctor: “It’s nothing.”

Amelia: “Doesn’t seem like nothing.”

The Doctor: “It’s a time memory. Like a mirage. It’s nothing to worry about.”

G-Doctor: “It’s in my head.”

(The Ganger Doctor leaves.)

Jimmy: “Hey, hold on.”

Cleaves: “Don’t let him go.”

Amelia: “No, leave it to me.”

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“It’s my early days.” I grumbled. “As you so eloquently put it.”

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The Doctor: “Why?”

Amelia: “Keep him away from me.”

G-Doctor: “Did you sense it?”

The Doctor: “Briefly. Not as strong as you.”

G-Doctor: “Amy, I’m sorry.”

Amelia: “No, you keep away. We can’t trust you.”

G-Doctor: “It would appear I can connect to the Flesh.”

Amelia: “You are Flesh.”

G-Doctor: “I’m beginning to understand what it’s been through, what it needs.”

Amelia: “What you want. You are it.”

G-Doctor: “It’s much more powerful than we thought. The Flesh can grow, correct?”

Cleaves: “Its cells can divide.”

G-Doctor: “Well, now it wants to do that at will. It wants revenge. It’s in pain, angry. It wants revenge.”

Amelia: “I was right. You’re not the Doctor. You can’t ever be. You’re just a copy.”

Cleaves: “Doctor, it might be best if you stayed over there for now, hmm?”

The Doctor: “Hold on a minute, hold your horses. I thought I’d explained this. I’m him, he’s me.”

Cleaves: “Doctor, we have no issue with you, but when it comes to your Ganger-”

The Doctor: “Don’t be so absurd.”

Cleaves: “Buzzer.”

Buzzer: “Sure, boss.”

(Buzzer puts out a barrel for the Ganger Doctor to sit on.)

Buzzer: “Take a seat, mate.”

G-Doctor: “Nice barrel, very comfy. Why not? Is this really what you want?”

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“But Doctor, why is she acting like that?” Amelia asked me. “Terra always loved you, never done anything else.”

I looked at Terra. She was looking at the Doctor, the real Doctor, with such understanding. That was just how she was. Even in her early days, she still saw me as I was. She could see right through me. She always did. She turned to look at me, then it changed to heartbreak.

I leaned over towards Amelia Pond. “She told me once that one day everything changed. That she couldn’t fight her feelings anymore than I could. This is before that day.”

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PILOT: “This is the shuttle. We’re right above you, but we can’t get low enough. Gamma static could fry our nav-controls. Sit tight. We’ll get to you. Just-”

(The Doctor scans Cleaves with his sonic screwdriver.)

Jimmy: “Hello? Can you hear me?”

Amelia: “I can’t find Rory. I’m going out there.”

The Doctor: “We could use the sonic to track him. Humans and Gangers give off slightly different signals. The sonic needs to tell the difference.”

Amelia: “Oh, so the sonic knows Gangers are different. The other Doctor is different.”

The Doctor: “He is the Doctor.”

Amelia: “Not to me. I can tell.”

The Doctor: “Sure you’re not prejudiced?”

Amelia: “Nice try, but I know, okay? We’ve been through too much. You’re my Doctor. End of.”

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Buzzer: “Hey, there’s a camera up. We’ve got a visual.”

Amelia: “That’s Rory and Jennifer.”

Cleaves: “They’re heading for the thermostatic room.”

Amelia: “Let’s go get them.”

(The Doctor throws the sonic screwdriver to his counterpart.)

Amelia: “Hang on.”

Cleaves: “We can’t let him go. Are you crazy?”

The Doctor: “Am I crazy, Doctor?”

G-Doctor: “Well, you did want to plumb your brain into the core of an entire planet just to halt its orbit and win a bet.”

Amelia: “He can’t go rescue them. I’m going.”

The Doctor: “Do you know, I want him to go. And I’m rather adamant.”

Buzzer: “Well then, he’ll need company. Right, boss? It’s fine. I’ll handle it.”

G-Doctor: “Thank you, Buzzer. It’ll be alright. I’ll find him.”

The Doctor: “Can’t explain it to you now, but I need you to trust him. Can you do that for me, Amy?”

Amelia: “And what if you’re wrong?”

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Cleaves: “These temperature gauges are rising. Jennifer and Rory must have shut off the underground cooling vents.”

DICKEN: “Why do that? They’ll kill us.”

Cleaves: “There’s a million gallons of boiling acid under our feet.”

The Doctor: “And now it’s heating up the whole island. How long till it blows?”

(Rumble.)

DICKEN: “Gangers or no Gangers, we need to get the hell out of here.”

Cleaves: “Shuttle, we need evac. Where are you? Can you hear me? Can you-”

(Cleaves is struck by a stabbing headache.)

The Doctor: “Cleaves? Cleaves? Cleaves, sit down.”

Cleaves: “I’m fine.”

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Cleaves: “I’m waiting for results, so let it go.”

The Doctor: “It’s a very deep parietal clot.”

Cleaves: “How can you possibly? Inoperable?”

The Doctor: “On Earth, yes.”

Cleaves: “Well, seeing as Earth’s all that’s on offer. Hmm. I’m no healthy spring chicken, and you’re no weatherman. Right?”

(Big rumble.)

Amelia: “Something just cracked. I heard it.”

The Doctor: “Yeah, we can’t stay here. Let’s go.”

Jimmy: “He’s right. Let’s shift.”

Cleaves: “Cleaves to Shuttle. Respond. We need to move, and we can’t be collected from the Evac tower.”

PILOT: “Give us the codeword.”

Cleaves: “The codeword is-”

(Rumble. Bang. Alarms.)

The Doctor: “Cleaves? Cleaves, it’s dead. It’s dead. We need to get out of here. We need to get back downstairs and get those vents back on. Come on.”

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The Doctor: “Ah. The eyes have it.”

Amelia: “Why are they here?”

The Doctor: “To accuse us.”

Cleaves: “Ignore them. It’s not far.”

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The Doctor: “It’s a chemical chain reaction now. I can’t stop it. This place is going to blow sky high.”

Cleaves: “Exactly how long have we got?”

The Doctor: “An hour? Five seconds? Er, somewhere in between.”

(A klaxon wails.)

The Doctor: “Out!”

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Rory: “Thank God. All right?”

Amelia: “Oh, Rory. Oh, Rory.”

Rory: “There’s a way out. Jennifer found it. A secret tunnel under the crypt.”

Cleaves: “From the crypt? It’s not on the schematics.”

Rory: “It runs right out of the monastery. Maybe even under the TARDIS, Doctor. Follow me.”

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Jimmy: “We can’t leave without Buzzer.”

Cleaves: “I’ll go back for him.”

Rory: “Er, Doctor, look. I’d better tell you. I haven’t been quite straight with you.”

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The Doctor: “Rory!”

Rory: “Hang on, Jen. We don’t need to lock them up. We should just show them what we’ve found.”

G-JENNIFER: “I don’t think so.”

The Doctor: “Rory Pond, Roranicus Pondicus!”

Amelia: “Rory, What the hell are you playing at?”

Rory: “They’ve been throwing away old Flesh and leaving it to rot. Alive. I think the world should see that.”

The Doctor: “Rory, there is no time. The factory’s about to explode.”

Rory: “Are you sure about this? Because I’m not. Let them out.”

G-JENNIFER: “The little girl got strong.”

Rory: “What?”

G-JENNIFER: “The little girl lost on the moors in her red wellies, looking for a way home? Well, she got strong, Rory. I told you, remember?”

Rory: “But that wasn’t. It was the other Jennifer that told me about being a little girl.”

G-JENNIFER: “Oh? What other Jennifer?”

Rory: “Well, the, the er. Wait, you tricked me? Let me go. I’m opening the door. Let me. I’m sorry!”

(Ganger Jennifer drags Rory away.)

Amelia: “No!”

G-Cleaves: “We have to be free.”

Cleaves: “I’m sorry too, Miranda. Of all the humans in the world, you had to pick the one with the clot. But hey, them’s the breaks. Welcome to the human race.”

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“OF COURSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!” I screamed. “I can see the differences in them like two sides of a coin! I always have!”

“Then why did you lie?” Amy snapped. “You said you couldn’t.”

“Because there wasn’t!” I shot back. “The Doctors were both so similar. But one knew so much about me, and couldn’t tell me anything. The other was confused, and scared. He wanted to know why I wasn’t what he remembered. It was messing his head up.”

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The Doctor: “This is going to overheat and fill the room with acid, just as a point of interest.

Cleaves: “And we can’t stop it?”

The Doctor: “Just as a point of interest? No.”

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Jimmy: “It’ll never hold her.”

The Doctor: “If you have a better plan, I’m all ears. In fact, if you have a better plan, I’ll take you to a planet where everyone is all ears.”

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Cleaves: “The acid’s eating through.”

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Jimmy: “Argh.”

G-Jimmy: “Let me through.”

The Doctor: “There’s nothing we can do. The acid’s reached his heart.”

G-Jimmy: “Hang in there, mate.”

Jimmy: “I’m quite handsome from this angle.”

G-Jimmy: “I’m sorry. I’m the fake. Adam deserves his real dad.”

Jimmy: “Shut up.”

G-Jimmy: “What do you want me to do? Anything. Just say.”

Jimmy: “The way things are, mate, it’s up to you now. Be a dad. You remember how.”

(Jimmy hands over his wedding ring then dies.)

The Doctor: “Jimmy Wicks, you’re a dad.”

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(The rescued group enters. Amy and Rory hug. The two Cleaves stare at each other.)

Adam: “Daddy, it’s me.”

G-Jimmy: “Hey, sunshine. What are you up to?”

Adam: “Opening all my presents.”

G-Jimmy: “Ha ha, good lad. You have fun today. And remember your dad, he loves you very, very much.”

Adam: “When are you coming home?”

The Doctor: “Daddy’s coming home today, Adam.”

Adam: “Yay.”

The Doctor: “Now we need to move.”

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The Doctor: “Run. Run. Run! Ooo, roof’s going to give.”

(They get to a security door marked No Humans.)

G-DICKEN: “We have to stop her. This door doesn’t lock.”

DICKEN: “No, but the far one does.”

(Dicken runs back along the passage and struggles with the jammed door as the monster approaches. He finally gets it shut with himself on the wrong side.)

DICKEN: “Argh.”

G-DICKEN: “No!”

G-Doctor: “Here she comes.”

(The TARDIS crashes through.)

The Doctor: “Oh, she does like to make an entrance.”

(He opens the door.)

The Doctor: “Everyone move.”

G-Doctor: “Go. Go, go, go.”

G-Cleaves: “Get on board. Go.”

Cleaves: “I’m not leaving.”

G-Cleaves: “Go.”

Amelia: “Hey, hey. Now’s our chance.”

G-Doctor: “I have to stay. Hold this door closed. Give you time to dematerialize.”

Amelia: “Oh, don’t be crazy. Okay, what happens to you?”

The Doctor: “Well, this place is just about to explode. But I can stop her.”

Amelia: “Both of you can survive this, okay? There has to be a way.”

The Doctor: “Or perhaps you think I should stay instead? Mister Smith.”

Amelia: “No, of course not. But look, this man, I’ve flown with him, you know? And you are amazing and yeah, I misjudged you, but you’re not him. I’m sorry.”

G-Doctor: “Amy, we swapped shoes.”

The Doctor: “I’m the Doctor.”

G-Doctor: “And I’m the Flesh.”

Amelia: “You can’t be. You’re the real him.”

G-Doctor: “No, I’m not, and I haven’t been all along.”

Amelia: “What?”

The Doctor: “I’m the original Doctor, Amy. We had to know if we were truly the same. It was important, vital we learn about The Flesh, and we could only do that through your eyes.”

“Goodbye, Doctor.” I said, hugging the Ganger.

“I wasn’t the Doctor.” He murmured.

“You are to me.” I whispered.

Amelia: “I never thought it possible.”

G-Doctor: “What?”

Amelia: “You’re twice the man I thought you were.”

G-Doctor: “Push, Amy. But only when she tells you to.”

Rory: “Amy, come on!”

G-Doctor: “Well, my death arrives, I suppose.”

The Doctor: “But this one, we’re not invited to.”

G-Doctor: “Pardon?”

The Doctor: “Nothing. Your molecular memory can survive this, you know. It may not be the end.”

(The Doctor throws a sonic screwdriver to his Ganger.)

G-Doctor: “Yeah, well, if I turn up to nick all your biscuits, then you’ll know you were right, won’t you.”

Amelia: “Doctor! No, please.”

G-Doctor: “You too, Cleaves. Off you pop.”

G-Cleaves: “I’m staying.”

G-Doctor: “This is not the time for grand gestures.”

G-Cleaves: “Says the king of grand gestures. This is my factory. I’m not going anywhere.”

G-Doctor: “Foreman Miranda Cleaves, marvellous. Beware of imitations.”

G-Cleaves: “Clear off out of here, the lot of you.”

(The Doctor, Amy and Rory run into the TARDIS to join the others. It dematerializes.)

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The Doctor: “The energy from the TARDIS will stabilize the Gangers for good. They’re people now.”

Cleaves: “And what happens to me? I still have this.”

The Doctor: “Ah, that’s not a problem. I have something for that. It’s small and red and tastes like burnt onions. Ha. But it’ll get rid of your blood clot.”

(The Doctor throws a small vial to Cleaves, then plucks a red balloon from somewhere.)

The Doctor: “Happy endings.”

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G-Jimmy: “Hey! Hello, bud.”

Adam: “Daddy, you’re back.”

G-Jimmy: “Hello, my boy. How are you doing?”

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Cleaves: “You really want us to do this?”

The Doctor: “Your company’s telling the world that the situation is over. You need to get in there and tell them that the situation’s only just begun. Make them understand what they’re doing to the Flesh. Make them stop. Dicken, remember, people are good. In their bones, truly good. Don’t hate them, will you?”

G-DICKEN: “How can I hate them? I’m one of them now.”

The Doctor: “Yeah. And just remember, people died. Don’t let that be in vain. Make what you say in that room count.”

Cleaves: “Ready? Side by side.”

G-DICKEN: “You got it, boss.”

(They open the door on the press conference.)

REPORTER: “Have the army dealt with the imposters, sir?”

WOMAN: “What sort of threat is there to the public?”

Amelia: “You okay?”

The Doctor: “I said breathe, Pond. Remember? Well, breathe.”

Amelia: “Why?”

The Doctor: “Breathe.”

(Amy doubles over in pain.) Amelia: “Oh!”

Rory: “Whoa.”

Amelia: “Oh.”

Rory: “What’s wrong with her?”

The Doctor: “Get her into the TARDIS.”

Amelia: “Oh.”

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Rory: “Doctor! What is happening to her?”

The Doctor: “Contractions.”

Rory: “Contractions?”

“I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, but Amelia Pond you’re going into labor.” I said.

Amelia: “Did he say? No. No, no. Of course he didn’t. Rory, I don’t like this. Ow.”

Rory: “You’re going to have to start explaining some of this to me, Doctor.”

The Doctor: “What, the birds and the bees? She’s having a baby. I needed to see the Flesh in its early days. That’s why I scanned it. That’s why we were there in the first place. I was going to drop you off for fish and chips first, but things happened and there was stuff and shenanigans. Beautiful word, shenanigans.”

Amelia: “It hurts.”

Rory: “But you’re okay?”

The Doctor: “Breathe. I needed enough information to block the signal to the Flesh.”

Amelia: “What signal?”

The Doctor: “The signal to you.”

Amelia: “Doctor. Doctor.”

The Doctor: “Stand away from her, Rory.”

Rory: “Why? No. And why?”

The Doctor: “Given what we’ve learned, I’ll be as humane as I can, but I need to do this and you need to stand away!”

Amelia: “No. No. Doctor, I am frightened. I’m properly, properly scared.”

The Doctor: “Don’t be. Hold on. We’re coming for you. I swear it. Whatever happens, however hard, however far, we will find you.”

Amelia: “I’m right here.”

The Doctor: “No, you’re not. You haven’t been here for a long, long time.”

Amelia: “Oh, no.”

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I bit my lip. “Doctor, whatever happens, just promise me you won’t get mad.”

The Doctor looked away from the Flesh puddle. He already looked like a kicked puppy. “What?”

“I’m not Flesh.” I said, trying to think of the best way to say this. “You had me tested for that. Just, please, don’t do anything stupid.”

“Why?” The Doctor asked, coming up to me. “Why?”

“Because...” I reminded myself to hold back. “Because if you’re not, then you might do something you don’t want to.”

The Doctor took a gentle grip on my arm. “Terra, what’s wrong?”

I shook my head. “Doc, manboy, I won’t be there to help you save Amelia.” His eyes widened. “I am sorry, but things have to happen this way.”

He gave me the saddest look I have ever seen on him. “Terra, please tell me you aren’t there.” He pleaded. “Tell me you aren’t with Amelia.”

The manipulator activated.