Épisode Le dernier seigneur du temps (3/3) S03E13 - Doctor Who (2005) Saison 3

Résumé épisode 313 "Le dernier seigneur du temps

(Suite de l'épisode 312. Dernière partie)

Une année a passé depuis l’invasion de la Terre par les Toclafanes sous l'emprise du Maître, alias Harold Saxon. La planète bleue est désormais dite en « extinction terminale ».

Après avoir fait le tour du monde sans que l'on sache encore vraiment pourquoi, Martha revient en Angleterre pendant la nuit et est accueillie par Tom Milligan, un ancien pédiatre désormais dans la résistance. Sa clé du Tardis lui permet de ne pas se faire remarquer par les Toclafanes et elle demande à Tom de la conduire auprès du Professeur Alison Docherty, une des rares personnes pouvant l'aider. L’ancienne étudiante est devenue une légende vivante, seul espoir de la race humaine, car on dit qu’elle seule peut tuer le Maître.

Pendant ce temps, sur le Valiant, le Maître tout à sa victoire, chante et danse. Le Docteur, toujours vieilli par le Maître, dort dans une cage, Jack est retenu prisonnier dans la salle des machines et Francine et Tish font le service. Lucy est toujours aux côtés de son mari, mais elle semble moins enthousiaste à ses baisers et on peut voir les traces d’un coup sur son visage.

Le Maître appelle le monde de destruction qu’il a créé : le nouvel empire des Seigneurs du temps. Sur la planète des vaisseaux ont été construits pour faire la guerre au reste de l’univers. Le Docteur reste muet, autant qu’il l’a été le reste de l’année. Il a seulement parlé à l'oreille de Martha avant que cette dernière ne s’échappe.

Après une vaine tentative de révolte des prisonniers, le Maître envoie une transmission à Martha où, grâce à son tournevis laser, il ôte au Docteur sa capacité de se régénérer, le vieillissant de 900 autres années. Le Docteur ressemble désormais à une petite créature fragile mais Martha garde espoir. Il est toujours en vie.

Avec l’aide de Tom et du professeur Docherty, Martha capture un des Toclafanes. Parvenant à l'ouvrir, elle et ses compagnons l’interrogent. Mais quelle n’est pas leur surprise lorsqu’ils découvrent que les Toclafanes sont en réalité les humains de la fin de l’univers, ceux-là même qu’ils avaient voulu sauver en les envoyant sur la mythique Utopia. Seulement il n’y avait pas de planète Utopia, seulement les ténèbres. Et les êtres humains, régressant, devinrent les Toclafanes. Le Maître leur donna l’opportunité de voyager dans le temps grâce au Tardis et de tuer leurs ancêtres, la machine à remonter le temps étant devenue une machine à paradoxe.

Lorsque le professeur Docherty demande à Martha si la rumeur est vraie la concernant (elle seule peut tuer le Maître), Martha lui montre un révolver spécial, développé par Torchwood et l’URNU (UNIT dans la VO), permettant de tuer un Seigneur du temps, grâce à plusieurs produits qu'elle recherche à travers le monde. Alors que Tom et Martha partent pour Bexley, le professeur Docherty, dont le fils a été enlevé, fait son rapport au Maître.

Les personnes de l’abri où les deux jeunes gens se cachent interrogent Martha et la compagne du Docteur leur révèle qu’elle ne compte pas, seul le Docteur est important, il est leur véritable espoir, il est merveilleux et elle l’aime. Mais le Maître est là et Martha doit se rendre sous la menace des armes, après avoir assisté à l’assassinat de Tom Milligan.

De retour sur le Valiant, Martha doit s’agenouiller devant le Maître et ce dernier fait remarquer au Docteur qu’il avait autrefois des compagnes qui pouvaient maîtriser le Vortex, alors que celle-ci n’est bonne à rien.

Cependant, Martha sourit et alors que le Maître menace d’exécuter sa famille et le Docteur, elle révèle pourquoi elle a tant voyagé. Ce n’était pas à cause du révolver permettant de tuer un Seigneur du temps, il n’a jamais existé. C’était pour parler. Pour parler aux gens du Docteur et de ce qu'il avait toujours fait pour eux, pour que, l’heure venue, tout le monde pense au Docteur au même moment. Martha savait que le professeur Docherty la trahirait, ainsi, elle pourrait rejoindre le Docteur à bord du Valiant. Grâce au network de l’Archange, auquel le Docteur a pu s’habituer pendant une année entière, le Seigneur du temps combine alors son énergie psychique à celle des terriens qui scandent tous son nom au même moment, le coeur empli d'espoir. Cela permet au Docteur de retrouver son apparence, reprenant taille et force, et de vaincre le Maître. Alors que son ennemi se sait vaincu, le Docteur lui dit qu’il le pardonne.

Le Maître, utilisant le manipulateur de vortex de Jack, se téléporte sur Terre avec le Docteur, menaçant de faire exploser la Terre en même temps que ses troupes. Le Docteur sait que le Maître ne mettrait jamais sa vie en danger et ils retournent à bord du Valiant où Jack a détruit la machine à paradoxe.

Grâce à cela, l’année écoulée est effacée de tous les esprits et de la réalité et le Maître, Lucy, Jack, le Docteur, Martha, les Jones et les soldats de l’UNIT présents à bord du Valiant se retrouvent quelques minutes après la mort du président des Etats-Unis. Et ils sont les seuls à se rappeler « l'année qui n’a jamais été ».

Le Maître, désormais sans défense, est arrêté par Jack. Le Docteur annonce qu’étant un Seigneur du temps, il est sous sa responsabilité et sera emprisonné à bord du Tardis. Le Maître semble horrifié par cette perspective. Un coup de révolver retenti alors et le Maître s’effondre, tué non par Francine Jones (qui en mourait d’envie) mais par Lucy, sa femme.

Plutôt que d’être le prisonnier du Docteur, le Maître préfère mourir et stoppe sa régénération. Le Docteur est effondré et le Maître dit que d’une certaine façon, il a gagné.

Le Docteur, désormais officiellement dernier Seigneur du temps, incinère le corps de son ennemi sur un bûcher et s'en va, le coeur lourd.

Quelques instants plus tard, alors qu’il ne reste plus que cendres et poussières, une main féminine ramasse la bague du Maître.

De retour à Cardiff, Jack fait ses adieux au Docteur et à Martha. Il a eu le temps de réfléchir pendant l’année qui n’a jamais été, et son équipe (Ianto, Gwen, Tosh, Owen) lui a manqué. Le Docteur bloque le manipulateur de vortex de Jack et lui dit qu’il ne peut malheureusement rien faire par rapport à son immortalité. Comprenant qu’il va sans doute vivre pendant des millions d’années, Jack demande si son apparence physique va changer. Il est un peu vaniteux et se rappelle l'époque où, premier agent du Temps de la péninsule de Boeshane, d'où il est originaire, on l’appelait Face de Boe.

Le Docteur et Martha sont sous le choc alors que Jack s’éloigne.

Plus tard, une fois le Tardis réparé, le Docteur est prêt à repartir, cependant Martha décide de rester. Elle veut désormais s’occuper de sa famille, passer ses examens, et surtout tourner la page de son amour à sens unique pour lui. De plus, elle a vu que ceux qu'elle aime peuvent être mis en danger et n'ont aucun moyen de se défendre, alors elle veut rester à leurs côtés.

Le Docteur comprend et Martha lui donne son GSM­. Ce n’est pas un adieu, juste un au revoir. Ils se reverront.

Alors que le Tardis démarre, la machine à remonter le temps commence à trembler et à se déchirer. Le Docteur est effaré en constatant qu’un bateau spatial est venu s’y encastré. Le Seigneur du temps ramasse une bouée de sauvetage et, incrédule, lit le nom du bateau : « TITANIC ».

 

FIN

 

Écrit par owhar pour Doctor Who HypnoSeries.

Script VO épisode 313 "The last of the Time Lords"

(Recap of 312 "The sound of drums").

OPENING CREDITS

We see a computer screen showing the solar system with a concentration on the Earth. To the right it reads "EXTINCTION".

COMPUTER : Space lane traffic is advised to stay away from Sol 3, also known as Earth. Pilots are warned that Sol 3 is now entering terminal extinction. Planet Earth is closed. Planet Earth is closed. Planet Earth is closed.

Over a shot of the Earth spinning in space, we see the caption "ONE YEAR LATER". We then see an old fashioned lantern before the camera pans out and we see it is held by a man somewhere in his late twenties with a scruffy beard. A boat offshore answers with a light of its own. A figure dressed in black wades ashore and strides up the beach. As it gets closer, we see it's Martha.

MARTHA : What's your name, then ?

TOM : Tom Milligan. No need to ask who you are, the famous Martha Jones. How long since you were last in Britain ?

MARTHA : 365 days. It's been a long year.

Martha and Tom walk up the beach.

TOM : So what's the plan ?

MARTHA : This Professor Docherty. I need to see her. Can you get me there ?

TOM : She works in a repair shed, Nuclear Plant 7. I can get you inside. What's all this for ? What's so important about her ?

MARTHA : Sorry, the more you know, the more you're at risk.

TOM : There's a lot of people depending on you. You're a bit of a legend.

MARTHA : What does the legend say ?

TOM : That you sailed the Atlantic, walked across America. That you're the only person to get out of Japan alive. Martha Jones, they say : She's gonna save the world. Bit late for that.

MARTHA (on seeing his truck) : How come you can drive ? Don't you get stopped ?

TOM : Medical staff. Used to be in paediatrics back in the old days. But that gives me a license to travel so I can help out at the labour camps.

MARTHA : Great. I'm travelling with a doctor.

They both get into the truck.

TOM : Story goes, that you're the only person on Earth who can kill him. That you, and you alone, can kill the Master stone dead.

MARTHA : Let's just drive.

The Valiant sails above the clouds.

MASTER (voice over) : Citizens rejoice. Your lord and master stands on high playing Track 3.

The door to the conference room / bridge opens and the Master spins. "I Can't Decide", by Scissor Sisters plays and the Master sings along.

# I can't decide whether you should live or die...

The Master struts in then slides to Lucy who is wearing a red gown.

# Though you'll probably go to Heaven. Please don't hang your head and cry...

He gives Lucy a long kiss.

# No wonder why my heart feels dead inside. It's cold and hard and petrified. Lock the doors and close the blinds, we're goin' for a ride...

The Master sits in one of the chairs at the table and spins as Francine, in a maid's uniform, serves him tea.

# Oh, I could throw you in a lake or feed you poisoned birthday cake. I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone...

The Master runs up onto the bridge and begins ringing an old-fashioned ship's bell. The Doctor crawls out of a tent that has straw on the floor. Beside the tent is a bowl that reads "DOG".

# Oh, I could bury you alive but you might crawl out with a knife and kill me when I'm sleeping, that's why...

The Master goes down to the Doctorand forces him into a wheelchair.

# I can't decide whether you should live or die though you'll probably go to Heaven. Please don't hang your head and cry. No wonder why my heart feels dead inside. It's cold and hard and petrified. Lock the doors and close the blinds, we're goin' for a ride... #.

The Master pushes the Doctor around the room in the wheelchair ending up by one of the windows.

MASTER : It's ready to rise, Doctor. The new Time Lord Empire. (Some Toclafane spheres float by). It's good, isn't it ? Isn't it good ? Anything ? No ? Anything ? (Waves his hand in front of the Doctor's face). Oh, but they broke your hearts, didn't they ? Those Toclafane, ever since you worked out what they really are. They say Martha Jones... has come back home. Now why would she do that ?

DOCTOR : Leave her alone.

MASTER : But you said something to her, didn't you ? On the day I took control. (Kneeling on the floor, the Doctor whispers in Martha's ear). What did you tell her ?

DOCTOR : I have one thing to say to you. You know what it is.

MASTER : Oh, no you don't!

Gets up and pushes the Doctor away until he hits a wall.

PA : Valiant now entering Zone One airspace. Citizens rejoice.

MASTER (claps hands) : Come on, people ! What are we doing ? Launch Day in 24 hours !

The Doctor presses three fingers against his thigh. Francine walks by and out into a corridor past Clive, who is now a janitor. She holds up three fingers and keeps walking. When Tish, also a maid, passes Clive, he signals her with three fingers. Tish approaches a gated area and a guard lets her in.

JACK (cheerful) : Morning, Tish. (His wrists are manacled, arms outstretched, the chains attached to the wall on either side). Ah, smell that sea air. Makes me long for good old fish and chips. (Laughs). Yeah. What do I get ? Cold mashed swede. Some hotel. Last time I book over the Internet.

Tish feeds him a spoonful then holds three fingers against the tray where he can see it. Jack winks. In a rocky valley, there is a monumental stature of the Master carved in rock.

MARTHA : All over the Earth, those things. He's even carved himself into Mount Rushmore.

TOM : Best to keep down. Here we go. (They peer over rocks). The entire south coast of England... converted into shipyards. They bring in slave labour every morning. (The ships in question are rocket ships, silos as far as the eye can see). Break up cars, houses, anything, just for the metal. Building a fleet out of scrap.

MARTHA : You should see Russia. That's Shipyard Number One. All the way from the Black Sea to the Bering Strait. There's 100,000 rockets ready for war.

TOM : War ? With who ?

MARTHA : The rest of the universe. I've been out there, Tom. In space. Before all this happened. And there's a thousand different civilizations all around us with no idea of what's happening here. The Master can build weapons big enough to devastate them all.

TOM : You've been in space ?

MARTHA : Problem with that ?

TOM : No. No, just uh... Wow. Anything else I should know ?

MARTHA : I've met Shakespeare.

Two Toclafane come up behind them. Tom turns and faces them. Martha stays still.

TOCLAFANE 1 : Identify, little man.

TOM : I... I've got a license. Thomas Milligan, Peripatetic Medical Squad. I'm allowed to travel. (Holds up licence). I was just checking f...

TOCLAFANE 2 : Soon the rockets will fly and everyone will need medicine. You'll be so busy.

They laugh and fly away.

TOM : But, they didn't see you.

MARTHA (takes out TARDIS key) : How do you think I travelled the world ?

They walk back to the truck.

MARTHA : 'Cause the Master set up Archangel, that mobile network, 15 satellites around the planet, but really it's transmitting a low-level psychic field. That's how everyone got hypnotised into thinking he was Harold Saxon.

TOM : Saxon. Feels like years ago.

MARTHA : But they key's tuned in to the same frequency. Makes me sort of... not invisible, just unnoticeable.

TOM : But I can see you.

MARTHA : That's 'cause you wanted to.

Laughs.

TOM : Yeah, I suppose I did.

MARTHA : Is there a Mrs Milligan ?

TOM : No. No. What about you ?

MARTHA : There used to be someone.

Scene from "Smith and Jones" when the Doctor kisses her in the hallway followed by the last time she saw him on the Valiant.

MARTHA : A long time ago. Come on. I've got to find this Docherty woman.

Gets into truck.

TOM : We'll have to wait until the next work shift. What time is it now ?

MARTHA : Nearly 3:00.

A clock on the bridge reads 14:58. The Doctor looks over at Francine and Tish. Clive and Jack can both see the time. Jack begins to pull on his chains. The Master walks into the room followed by Lucy.

MASTER : Time for my massage. Who shall I have today ? Tanya. Come on, sweetheart. Lucy, have you met Tanya ? She's gorgeous. (Takes off jacket and throws it onto the table). Tanya, when we get to the stars, I'm gonna take you to Katria Nova. Whirlpools of gold.

The bolts holding Jack's chains are slowly coming free of the wall.

MASTER (sitting down) : You two should get to know each other. That might be fun.

Tanya begins to massage his shoulders. Jack groans as he pulls the chains free. He then pulls out a steam hose and turns it on his guard. At the same time, Clive throws water on some exposed wiring, starting a fire.

PA : Condition red !

MASTER : What the hell ?

Goes up the stairs to the bridge.

PA : Repeat : condition red.

Francine grabs the Master's jacket and throws it to Tish who hands it to the Doctor. The Doctor takes out the laser screwdriver and aims it at the Master.

MASTER : Oh, I see.

Puts hands up.

DOCTOR : I told you. I have one thing to say.

The screwdriver doesn't work and the Master laughs. Clive is caught and armed guards stop Jack.

JACK : Oh, here we go again.

Puts out arms and men fire. The Doctor keeps trying the screwdriver.

MASTER (leans over) : Isomorphic controls. (Takes screwdriver then backhands the Doctor sending him to the floor). Which means they only work for me. Like this. (Shoots the wall beside Francine). Say sorry !

FRANCINE : Sorry. Sorry. Sorry !

TISH : Mum !

Runs to her.

MASTER : Didn't you learn anything from the blessed Saint Martha ? (Lucy runs over, picks up his jacket, and helps put it on). Siding with the Doctor is a very dangerous thing to do. Take them away.

GUARD : Move ! Come on.

Forces Francine and Tish out.

MASTER : Okay. Gotcha. (Lifts the Doctor into a chair). There you go, Gramps. (Sits on the edge of the table). Oh, do you know, I remember the days when the Doctor, oh, that famous Doctor, was waging a time war. Battling Sea Devils and Axons. He sealed the rift at the Medusa Cascade single-handed. Ooh. And look at him now. Stealing screwdrivers. How did he ever come to this ? Oh yeah. Me !

Laughs.

DOCTOR : I just need you to listen.

MASTER : No, it's my turn. Revenge ! Best served hot. And this time... It's a message for Miss Jones.

Tom cuts a hole in a chain-link fence large enough for both the two of them to squeeze through. They then run across an open area of the compound before reaching their destination. Professor Docherty an older woman, is hitting an old monitor when they find her.

TOM : Professor Docherty ?

DOCHERTY : Busy.

TOM : They, uh, they sent word ahead. I'm Tom Milligan. This is Martha Jones.

DOCHERTY : She can be the Queen of Sheba for all I care. I'm still busy.

MARTHA : Televisions don't work anymore.

DOCHERTY : Oh, God, I miss Countdown. Hasn't been the same since Des took over. Both Deses. What's the plural of Des ? Desii ? Deseen ? But we've been told there's gonna be a transmission. (Bangs the monitor). From the man himself. (Static appears onscreen). There !

A grainy black and white shot of the Master appears.

MASTER (looking into the camera) : My people. Salutations on this, the eve of war. (The Jones family watching, cuffed in a cell). Lovely woman. But I know there's all sorts of whispers down there. (Jack, back in chains, watches). Stories of a child, walking the Earth, giving you hope. (Walks to stand beside the Doctor). But I ask you... how much hope has this man got ? Say hello, Gandalf. Except he's not that old but he's an alien with a much greater lifespan than you stunted, little apes. What if it showed ? What if I suspend your capacity to regenerate ? All 900 years of your life, Doctor. What if we could see them ? (Uses screwdriver on him again). Older and older and older. (Everyone watches as the Doctor writhes in agony). Down you go, Doctor. (the Doctor falls to the floor). Down, down, down you go. (Stops and there is silence). Doctor. (Bends down to see the Doctor's clothes lying on the floor, empty. Up by the neck, a large domed head peers out with huge, blinking eyes. The Master walks back to the camera). Received and understood, Miss Jones ? Ends transmission.

TOM : I'm sorry.

MARTHA (smiles) : The Doctor's still alive.

DOCHERTY : Obviously the Archangel Network would seem to be... the Master's greatest weakness. 15 satellites all around Earth, still transmitting. That's why there's so little resistance. It's broadcasting a telepathic signal that keeps people scared.

TOM : We could just take them out.

DOCHERTY : We could. 15 ground-to-air missiles. You got any on you ? Besides, any military action, the Toclafane descend.

MARTHA : They're not called Toclafane. That's a name the Master made up.

DOCHERTY : Then what are they, then ?

MARTHA : That's why I came to find you. Know your enemy. I've got this. (Pulls out a computer CD). No one's been able to look at a sphere close up. They can't even be damaged. Except once. The lightening strike in South Africa brought one of them down. Just by chance. I've got the readings on this.

Dochertyputs the disc into the computer. She bangs it a few times before it works.

DOCHERTY : Oh, whoever thought we'd miss Bill Gates.

TOM : So is that why you travelled the world ? To find a disc ?

MARTHA : No. Just got lucky.

DOCHERTY : I heard stories that you walked the Earth to find a way to build a weapon. (Martha remembers the Doctor whispering to her). There ! A current of 58.5 kilo amperes transferred charge of 510 megajoules precisely.

TOM : Can you recreate that ?

DOCHERTY : I think so. Easily, yes.

MARTHA : All right then, Dr Milligan, we're gonna get us a sphere.

Tom is outside the plant, gun in hand, waiting. He fires three times then takes off running, a sphere following. Martha is watching for him while Docherty makes the final preparations.

MARTHA : He's coming ! You ready ?!

DOCHERTY : You do your job, I'll do mine !

TOM : Now !

Docherty turns on the power and the sphere is caught in an electrical field. It drops to the ground. The three approach, Tom has his gun aimed at it.

DOCHERTY : That's only half the job. Let's find out what's inside.

A shot of the empty bridge except for the now gnome-like Doctor in a large birdcage.

FRANCINE (voice-over) : I'm gonna kill him. If I have to wait 100 years, I'm going to kill the Master. (Shot of Jack). One day he'll let his guard down. One day. (The Jones family in their cell). And I'll be there.

CLIVE : No, that's my job. I'll swear to you. I'd shoot that man stone dead.

Kisses Francine.

TISH : I'll get him. Even if it kills me.

FRANCINE : Don't say that.

TISH : I mean it. That man made us stand on deck and watch Japan burning. Millions of people. I swear to you, he's dead.

The Master takes a somewhat timid Lucy into the Valiant's conference room.

MASTER : Tomorrow, they launch. (Walks into the room, Lucy clinging to his arm). We're opening up a rift in the Braccatolian space. They won't see us coming. Kinda scary.

DOCTOR : Then stop.

MASTER : Once the empire is established and there's a new Gallifrey in the heavens, maybe then... it stops. (Looks at the Doctor through the bars). The drumming. The never-ending drumbeat.

Shot from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS" of the Master as a child in front of the Untempered Schism

MASTER : Ever since I was a child. I looked into the vortex. That's when it chose me. The drumming, the call to war. Can't you hear it ? Listen, it's there now. Right now. Tell me you can hear it, Doctor. Tell me.

DOCTOR : It's only you.

MASTER : Good.

The door opens and a sphere enters.

SPHERE : Tomorrow, the war. Tomorrow we rise. Never to fall.

MASTER : You see ? I'm doing it for them ! You should be grateful ! After all, you love them. So very, very much.

Docherty is working on opening the sphere.

DOCHERTY : There's some sort of magnetic clamp. Hold on, I'll just trip the... (The clamp opens and Docherty opens the sides like petals). Oh my God !

Martha and Tom peer inside. There is a wizened human head attached to machinery. Lights come on and it opens its eyes. The three jump back, startled.

DOCHERTY : It's alive.

SPHERE : Martha. Martha Jones.

TOM : It knows you.

SPHERE : Sweet, kind Martha Jones. You helped us to fly.

MARTHA : What do you mean ?

SPHERE : You led us to salvation.

MARTHA : Who are you ?

SPHERE : The skies are made of diamonds.

MARTHA : No. (Backs away). You can't be him.

Clip from "UTOPIA".

CREET : The skies are made of diamonds.

Padra and his family are in a queue heading for the rocket. The Futurekind watch as the rocket lifts off and howl.

SPHERE : We share each other's memories. You sent him to Utopia.

MARTHA : Oh my God !

TOM : What's it talking about ? What's it mean ?

DOCHERTY : What are they ?

TOM : Martha. Martha, tell us. What are they ?

MARTHA : They're us. They're humans. The human race from the future.

The Master is sitting down at the table.

MASTER : I took Lucy to Utopia. A Time Lord and his human companion. I took her to see the stars. Isn't that right, sweetheart ?

LUCY : Trillions of years into the future. To the end of the universe.

MASTER : Tell him what you saw.

LUCY : Dying. Everything dying. The whole of creation was falling apart. And I thought... there's no point. No point to anything. Not ever.

MASTER : And it's all your fault.

MARTHA : I'd sort of worked it out, with the paradox machine. Because the Doctor said, on the day before the Master came to power, he said...

Scene from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS".

DOCTOR : When he was stealing the TARDIS, the only thing I could do was fuse the coordinates. I locked them permanently.

From "UTOPIA". The Doctor is holding out the sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS console sparks.

DOCTOR : He can only travel between the year 100 trillion and the last place the TARDIS landed. Which is right here, right now.

MARTHA : The Master had the TARDIS, this time machine, but the only other place he could go was the end of the universe. So he found Utopia.

MASTER : You should have seen it, Doctor. Furnaces, burning. The last of humanity screaming at the dark.

MARTHA : The Utopia Project was the last hope. Trying to find a way to escape the end of everything.

SPHERE : There was no solution, no diamonds. Just the dark and the cold.

MASTER : All that human invention that had sustained them across the eons. It all turned inwards. They cannibalised themselves.

SPHERE : We made ourselves so pretty.

MASTER : Regressing into children. But it didn't work. The universe was collapsing around them.

SPHERE : But then the Master came with his wonderful time machine to bring us back home.

DOCHERTY : But that's a paradox. If you're the future of the human race, and you've come back to murder your ancestors, you should cancel yourselves out. You shouldn't exist.

MARTHA : And that's the paradox machine.

Shot of the Master inside the TARDIS turning it into the paradox machine.

MASTER : My masterpiece, Doctor. A living TARDIS, strong enough to hold the paradox in place, allowing the past and the future to collide in infinite majesty.

DOCTOR : But you're changing history. Not just Earth, the entire universe.

MASTER : I'm a Time Lord. I have that right.

DOCTOR : But even then, why come all this way just to destroy ?

SPHERE : We've come backwards in time to build a brand new empire lasting 100 trillion years.

MASTER : With me as their master. Time Lord and humans combined. Haven't you always dreamt of that, Doctor ?

TOM : What about us ?

SPHERE : Because it's fun!

Laughs madly. Tom shoots it.

MASTER (walks to Doctor) : Human race. Greatest monster of them all. Night-night.

Walks out, arm around Lucy. The sphere follows.

Martha, Tom and Docherty are in her living quarters.

DOCHERTY : I think it's time we had the truth, Miss Jones. The legend says you've travelled the world to find a way of killing the Master. Tell us, is it true ?

MARTHA : Just before I escaped, the Doctor told me...

Clip from "THE SOUND OF DRUMS" of the Doctor whispering in her ear.

MARTHA : The Doctor and the Master, they've been coming to Earth for years. And they've been watched. (Takes a case from her pack). There's UNIT and Torchwood, all studying Time Lords in secret. And they made this. The ultimate defence.

Opens the case to reveal a special gun.

TOM : All you need to do is get close. I can shoot the Master dead with this.

Shows his gun.

DOCHERTY : Actually, you can put that down now, thank you very much.

MARTHA : Point is, it's not so easy to kill a Time Lord. They can regenerate; literally bring themselves back to life.

DOCHERTY : Ah, the Master's immortal. Wonderful.

MARTHA : Except for this. (Picks up gun). Four chemicals, slotted into the gun, inject him... kills a Time Lord permanently.

TOM : Four chemicals ? You've only got three.

MARTHA : Still need the last one 'cause the components of this gun were kept safe, scattered across the world. And I found them. San Diego, Beijing, Budapest and London.

TOM : Then where is it ?

MARTHA : There's an old UNIT base, north London. I've found the access codes. Tom, you've got to get me there.

Tom and Martha take their leave.

TOM : We can't go across London in the dark. It's full of wild dogs; we'd get eaten alive. We can wait till the morning, then go with the medical convoy.

DOCHERTY : You can spend the night here, if you like.

TOM : No, we can get halfway, stay at the slave quarters in Bexley. Professor, thank you.

Shakes her hand.

DOCHERTY : Good luck.

MARTHA : Thanks.

Kisses Docherty on the cheek.

DOCHERTY : Martha, could you do it ? Could you actually kill him ?

MARTHA : Got no choice.

DOCHERTY : You might be many things, but you don't look like a killer to me.

Martha and Tom creep down a dark street of row houses. They sneak past the guards and up to one of the houses.

TOM (knocks) : Let me in. It's Milligan.

The door opens and he and Martha rush in. The house is crowded with people, barely room to move.

WOMAN : Did you bring food ?

TOM : Couldn't get any. And I'm starving.

WOMAN : All we've got is water.

MARTHA : I'm sorry.

TOM : It's cheaper than building barracks. Pack them in, 100 in each house, ferry them off to the shipyards every morning.

BOY : Are you Martha Jones ?

MARTHA : Yeah, that's me.

BOY : Can you do it ? Can you kill him ? They said you can kill the Master, can you ? Tell us you can do it. Please tell us you can do it.

WOMAN : Who is the Master ?

Everyone starts talking at once.

TOM : Come on, just leave her alone. She's exhausted.

MARTHA : No, it's all right. They want me to talk and I will.

Docherty approaches a curtained-off room and opens a false high voltage panel behind which is hiding a working computer. The Archangel logo rotates onscreen.

DOCHERTY : Access Priority One. This is Professor Alison Docherty.

COMPUTER : State your intent.

DOCHERTY : First of all, I need to know about my son.

COMPUTER : State your intent.

DOCHERTY : Is my son still alive ?

COMPUTER : State your intent.

DOCHERTY : I have some information for the Master... concerning Martha Jones.

The Doctor is sleeping, curled up at the bottom of his cage. The door slides open and the Master enters on tiptoe and turns on the lights. He is in a dark silk robe and his hair is mussed.

MASTER (smiles) : Guess what ?

Martha is sitting on the staircase surrounded by everyone in the house.

MARTHA : I travelled across the world. From the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe. And everywhere I went, I saw people just like you, living as slaves. But if Martha Jones became a legend, then that's wrong because my name isn't important. There's someone else. The man who sent me out there. The man who told me to walk the Earth. His name is the Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times, and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked. But I've seen him. I know him. I love him. And I know what he can do.

The woman who greeted them at the door pushes her way forward.

WOMAN : It's him ! It's him ! Oh my God, it's him ! It's the Master ! He's here !

MARTHA stands.

BOY : But he never comes to Earth ! He never walks upon the ground !

WOMAN : Hide her !

TOM : Use this !

Throws what looks to be a blanket or tarp. The Master walks down the street outside, flanked by armed guards. There are also spheres present. Inside, Tomcocks his gun and squats by the mail slot to look outside.

BOY : He walks among us, out lord and master.

MASTER : Martha. Martha Jo-hones. (High-pitched). I can see you ! (Normal). Out you come, little girl. Come and meet your master. Anybody ? Nobody ? No ? Nothing ? Positions ! I'll give the order unless you surrender. Ask yourself... what would the Doctor do ?

Martha removes her TARDIS key and shakes off the cover.  Everyone looks in her direction. Outside, the MASTER is still waiting. Martha stands by Tom at the door and puts her hand on the gun. He slowly stands. With a little smile for everyone inside, Martha opens the door and steps out.

MASTER : Oh, yes ! (Claps). Oh, very well done ! Good girl ! He trained you well. (Martha walks into the street) Bag. Give me the bag. No, stay there. Just throw it. (Martha takes off her pack and throws it onto the ground. The Master fires his laser at it, destroying everything inside). And now, good companion, your work his done.

Holds out laser.

TOM (runs into the street, gun aimed at the Master) : No !

The Master shoots Tom instead and he falls to the ground. Martha can only glare as the Master chuckles.

MASTER : But you... when you die, the Doctor should be witness, hm ? (Inhales deeply). Almost dawn, Martha. And planet Earth marches to war.

Shot of the Valiant

MASTER (voice-over) : Citizens of Earth, rejoice and observe.

The door to the conference room opens and two guards escort in Martha. She walks forward alone. To one side she sees her family and to the other side is Jack. At the base of the stairs to her right is the Doctor in his cage. She smiles softly. Jack moves to go to her but stops when his guard motioned with his gun.

MASTER : Your teleport device. In case your thought I'd forgotten. (Martha reaches into a pocket in her pants and throws him the manipulator). And now... kneel. (Martha does). Down below, the fleet is ready to launch. Two hundred thousand ships set to burn across the universe. (Goes to comm. Link). Are we ready ?

MAN (on link) : The fleet awaits your signal. Rejoice !

MASTER : Three minutes to align the black hole converters. Counting down ! (A clock on the wall counts down the seconds). I never could resist a ticking clock. My children, are you ready ?

There are billions of spheres waiting above the Earth.

SPHERES : We will fly and blaze and slice ! We will fly and blaze and slice !

MASTER : At zero, to mark this day, the child, Martha Jones, will die. Ha, my first blood. Ha, any last words ? No ? (Looks at the Doctor). Such a disappointment, this one. Days of old, Doctor, you had companions who could absorb the time vortex. This one's useless ! (To Martha) : Bow your head. And so it falls to me, the Master of all, to establish from this day, a new order of Time Lords ! From this day forward... (Martha chuckles). What ? What's so funny ?

MARTHA : A gun ?

MASTER : What about it ?

MARTHA : A gun in four parts ?

MASTER : Yes, and I destroyed it.

MARTHA : A gun in four parts scattered across the world ? I mean, come on. Did you really believe that ?

MASTER : What do you mean ?

DOCTOR : As if I would ask her to kill.

MASTER : Oh, well, it doesn't matter. I've got her exactly where I want her.

MARTHA : But I knew what Professor Docherty would do. The Resistance knew about her son.

MASTER :That's why I came to find you. Know your enemy.

MARTHA : I told her about the gun, so she'd get me here. At the right time.

MASTER : Oh, but you're still gonna die !

MARTHA : Don't you wanna know what I was doing ? Travelling the world ?

MASTER : Tell me.

MARTHA : I told a story, that's all. No weapons, just words. I did just what the Doctor said. I went across the continents all on my own. And everywhere I went, I found the people, and I told them my story.

MARTHA : He has saved your lives so many times, and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked. But I've seen him. I know him.

MARTHA (voice-over) : I told them about the Doctor.

MARTHA : I love him. And I told them to pass it on, to spread the word so that everyone would know about the Doctor.

MASTER : Faith and hope ? Is that all ?

MARTHA : No, 'cause I gave them an instruction. Just as the Doctor said.

Stands. The Doctor ‘s final conversation that day aboard the Valiant.

DOCTOR : Use the countdown.

MARTHA : I told them that if everyone thinks of one word, at one specific time...

MASTER : Nothing will happen ! Is that your weapon? ! Prayer ?!

MARTHA : Right across the world. One word, just one thought, at one moment... but with 15 satellites !

MASTER : What ?

JACK : The Archangel Network.

MARTHA : A telepathic field binding the whole human race together, with all of them, every single person on Earth, thinking the same thing at the same time. And that word... is Doctor.

The countdown reaches zero and a glowing field rings around the Doctor.

MASTER : Stop it. No, no, no, no, you don't !

JACK (closes eyes) : Doctor.

FRANCINE (eyes closed) : Doctor.

MASTER : Do...

Large plasma screens on the walls show crowds of people across the world gathered in public places all saying "Doctor".

MASTER : Stop this right now ! Stop it !

LUCY (closes eyes) : Doctor.

JACK : Doctor.

MARTHA : Doctor.

Still with an energy field about him, the Doctor has broken from the cage and is now an old man.

DOCTOR : I've had a whole year to tune myself into the psychic network and integrate with its matrices.

MASTER : I order you to stop !

More shots of people around the world saying "Doctor" including the people who sheltered Martha and Tom.

LUCY : Doctor.

The Doctor returns to his normal self.

DOCTOR : The one thing you can't do. Stop them thinking.

Martha and Jack laugh. The Master is shocked. Using the telepathic field, the Doctor levitates.

DOCTOR : Tell me the human race is degenerate now when they can do this.

Martha runs to her family and hugs Francine. Tish hugs them both.

MASTER : No !

Fires laser at the Doctor but the field deflects it.

DOCTOR : I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

MASTER : Then I'll kill them ! (Aims laser at Martha and her family but the Doctor throws it across the room telekinetically. Unarmed, the Master panics). You can't do this ! You can't do... It's not fair !

DOCTOR : And you know what happens now.

MASTER : No ! (The Doctor floats to the Master who backs away down the stairs). No ! (Grovels). No ! No !

DOCTOR : You wouldn't listen.

MASTER : No !

DOCTOR : Because you know what I'm going to say.

MASTER : No !

Curls into foetal position. The Doctor lands, walks over to the whimpering Master and wraps his arms about him.

DOCTOR : I forgive you.

MASTER : My children !

SPHERES : Protect the paradox ! Protect the paradox ! Protect the paradox !

DOCTOR : Captain ! The paradox machine !

JACK : You men ! With me ! You stay here !

The MASTER pulls out the manipulator and activates it.

DOCTOR : No !

Puts his hands on it and they both disappear. The Master and the Doctor materialise on a rocky cliff.

MASTER (spreads arms) : Now it ends, Doctor. (Thunder rolls). Now it ends.

Alarms sound at the nearby shipyard. Jack races through the corridors of the Valiant, guards with him.

MARTHA (on the bridge) : We've all 6 billion spheres heading straight for us !

DOCTOR : We've got control of the Valiant. You can't launch.

MASTER : Oh, but I've got this. (Holds up small device). Black hole converter inside every ship. If I can't have this world, Doctor, then neither can you. We shall stand upon this Earth, together, as it burns !

Jack reaches the TARDIS but there are three spheres guarding it. The other spheres race back to the Valiant. Jack and the guards fire at the spheres.

GUARD : Can't get in. We'd get slaughtered !

JACK : Yeah. Happens to me a lot.

Goes in firing. Martha and Tish watch on the bridge as the spheres get closer.

DOCTOR : Weapon after weapon after weapon. All you do is talk and talk and talk. But over all these years... and all these disasters, I've always had the greatest secret of them all. I know you. Explode those ships, you kill yourself. That's the one thing you can never do. (Holds out hand). Give that to me.

The Master slaps the device into his hand. Jack makes it inside the TARDIS. He fires at the casing, causing sparks and destroying the paradox machine. The Doctor and the Master fall to the ground as the Earth shakes. They fight for control of the manipulator. The Doctor takes them back to the Valiant. Just as they're about the reach the ship, the spheres disappear. The ship rocks as the paradox is destroyed and Martha is thrown back only to be caught by the Doctor who smiles.

DOCTOR : Everyone down ! Time is reversing !

He falls to the floor, lies face-to-face with Martha and laughs. Francine spots a gun on the floor that must have fallen unnoticed from one of the guards. She looks over at the Master as he clings to the railings. Time rolls back and on Earth, people are screaming, not knowing what is going on. They then disappear as does the statue of the Master and the shipyards. Time slows and the Valiant stills. The major cities on Earth are all back to normal.

DOCTOR (stands and checks controls) : The paradox is broken. We've reverted back, one year and one day. Two minutes past 8:00 in the morning.

Turns on comms.

MALE VOICE (over comms) : This is UNIT Central. What's happened up there ? We just saw the President assassinated !

DOCTOR : You see ? Just after the President was killed, but just before the spheres arrived. Everything back to normal. Planet Earth restored. None of it happened. The rockets, the terror. It never was.

MARTHA : What about the spheres ?

DOCTOR : Trapped at the end of the universe.

FRANCINE : But I remember it.

DOCTOR : We're at the eye of the storm. The only ones who'll ever know. (Sees Clive). Oh, hello ! You must be Mr Jones ! We haven't actually met.

The Master makes a break for it but is stopped by Jack as he returns.

JACK : Whoa, big fella ! You don't want to miss the party. (To guard) : Cuffs. (Cuffs the Master's hands behind his back). So, what do we do with this one ?

CLIVE : We kill him.

TISH : We execute him.

DOCTOR : No, that's not the solution.

FRANCINE (aims gun at the Master) : Oh, I think so. 'Cause all those... things, they still happened because of him. I saw them.

MASTER : Go on ! Do it !

DOCTOR : Francine, you're better than him.

Reaches out and takes her hand. She drops the gun and he takes her in a hug. Martha then takes her.

MASTER : You still haven't answered the question. What happens to me ?

DOCTOR : You're my responsibility from now on. The only Time Lord left in existence.

JACK (goes to Doctor) : Yeah, but you can't trust him.

DOCTOR : No. The only safe place for him is the TARDIS.

MASTER : You mean you're just gonna... keep me ?

DOCTOR : Hmm. If that's what I have to do. (Looks to Jack.) It's time to change. Maybe I've been wandering for too long. Now I'll have someone to care for.

A gunshot rings out and the Master staggers backwards. Lucy is holding the gun. Jack takes the gun from Lucy as the Doctor runs to the Master.

JACK : Put it down.

DOCTOR : There you go. I've got you. I've got you.

Lowers him gently to the floor.

MASTER : Always the women.

DOCTOR : I didn't see her.

MASTER : Dying in your arms. Happy now ?

DOCTOR : You're not dying, don't be stupid. It's only a bullet. Just regenerate.

MASTER : No.

DOCTOR : One little bullet. Come on.

MASTER : I guess you don't know me so well. I refuse.

DOCTOR (breaking) : Regenerate. Just regenerate. Please ! Please ! Just regenerate ! Come on !

MASTER : And spend the rest of my life imprisoned with you ?

DOCTOR : You've got to. Come on. It can't end like this. You and me, all the things we've done. Axons ? Remember the Axons ? And the Daleks ? We're the only two left, there's no one else. Regenerate !

MASTER : How about that ? I win. (Pause). Will it stop, Doctor ? The drumming. Will it stop ? Dies. The Doctor holds the Master close, rocking back and forth as he cries. He screams in despair and loss as the others simply look on.

That night on Earth (?), the Doctor lights the Master's funeral pyre. He watches for a bit before walking away, no emotion on his face.

Professor Alison Docherty is walking through a park when Martha runs up and gives her a bouquet of flowers.

MARTHA : Just to say I don't blame you.

Walks away.

DOCHERTY : But who are you ?

Back in Cardiff, the Doctor, Martha and jack are standing at the rails by the Pierhead Building looked out over the bay.

MARTHA : Time was, every single one of these people knew your name. Now they've all forgotten you.

DOCTOR : Good.

JACK : Back to work.

DOCTOR : I really don't mind, though. Come with me.

JACK : I had plenty of time to think that past year, the Year That Never Was. And I kept thinking about that team of mine. Like you said, Doctor, responsibility.

DOCTOR : Defending the Earth. Can't argue with that.

Makes to shake Jack's hand but exposes the manipulator.

JACK : Hey, I need that !

DOCTOR : I can't have you walking around with a time-travelling teleport. (Uses sonic screwdriver). You could go anywhere, twice. The second time to apologise.

JACK : And what about me ? Can you fix that ? Will I ever be able to die ?

DOCTOR : Nothing I can do. You're an impossible thing, Jack.

JACK (laughs) : Been called that before. (Starts to leave then turns back and salutes). Sir. Ma'am. (Turns to leave again and stops). But I keep wondering... what about aging ? 'Cause I can't die but I keep getting older. The odd little grey hair, you know ? What happens if I live for a million years ?

DOCTOR : I really don't know.

JACK (chuckles) : Okay, vanity. Sorry. Yeah, can't help it. Used to be a poster boy when I was a kid back on the Boeshane Pennisula. Tiny little place. I was the first one ever to be signed up for the Time Agency. They were so proud of me. They Face of Boe they called me. (The Doctor and Martha are stunned). Hmm, I'll see you.

Runs across the Plas towards the water tower.

MARTHA : Can't be.

DOCTOR : No, definitely not. No. (Martha laughs). No.

Laughs.

The Jones family is back home and together. The Doctor watches form outside as he leans against the TARDIS. Francine looks out at him before he goes inside. The TARDIS is back to normal. The canister containing his hand rests on the floor by the console. He reclines on the jump seat and puts his feet up on the console as he waits for Martha.

MARTHA (walks out of house talking on her mobile) : Yeah. Could you put me through ? Hi, I'm looking for a Dr Thomas Milligan.

TOM (at hospital A&E) : Yeah, hello. (Martha opens her mouth to speak but doesn't). Hello ?

Martha closes phone and smiles. In the hospital, Tom hangs up and walks away. Martha enters the TARDIS and the Doctor peers around the central column.

DOCTOR : Right then ! (Gets up). Off we go ! The open road ! There is a burst of starfire right now over the coast of Meta Sigmafolio. Oh, the sky is like oil on water. Fancy a look ? Or... back in time. We could... I don't know, Charles II ? Henry VIII ? I know ! What about Agatha Christie ? I'd love to meet Agatha Christie ! I bet she's brilliant ! (Realises Martha isn't smiling and immediately sobers). Okay.

MARTHA : I just can't.

DOCTOR : Yeah.

MARTHA : Spent all these years training to be a doctor. Now I've got people to look after. They saw half the planet slaughtered and they're devastated. I can't leave them.

DOCTOR : Of course not. (Smiles). Thank you. (Hugs her). Martha Jones, you saved the world.

MARTHA : Yes, I did. I spent a lot of time with you thinking I was second best. But you know what ? I am good. You gonna be all right ?

DOCTOR : Always. Yeah.

MARTHA : Right, then. (Kisses him on the cheek then walks out. She starts off then turns and goes back inside the TARDIS). 'Cause the thing is, it's like my friend Vicky, she lived with this bloke, student housing, there were five of them, all packed in, and this bloke was called Sean. And she loved him, she did. She completely adored him. Spent all day long talking about him.

DOCTOR : Is this going anywhere ?

MARTHA : Yes ! (The DOCTOR crosses his arms). 'Cause he never looked at her twice. I mean, he liked her, but that was it. And she wasted years pining after him, years of her life, 'cause while he was around, she never looked at anyone else. And I told her, I always said to her, time and time again, I said: Get out. So this is me, getting out. (Reaches into her pocket and tosses her mobile to him). Keep that. 'Cause I'm not having you disappear. If that rings, when that rings, you better come running. Got it ?

DOCTOR : Got it.

MARTHA : I'll see you again, mister.

Smiles and leaves. The Doctor starts up the TARDIS. The Master's pyre burns down. A well-manicured hand with red nail polish lifts the Master's ring from the ashes. A woman's evil laugh echoes. The Doctor is working a few of the controls when a ship's horn is heard and something crashes into the TARDIS throwing the Doctor to the floor. He looks up to see the bow of an ocean liner has broken through the wall.

DOCTOR : What ?! (Coughs). What ?! (Finds a life preserver that reads "TITANIC"). What ?!

 

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