Doctor Who

Once upon a time.

Once upon a Time Lord…

I had a best friend.

And her name was Donna Noble.

A Time Lord and a human.

We travelled the stars together.

Sometimes I have dreams about impossible things.

- - I dream of creatures

and adventures and faraway skies.

But none of it's true.

Donna saved the entire universe

by taking the power of the Time Lords into her mind at a terrible cost.

Binary, binary, binary, binary.

She had to forget everything she ever knew.

-Goodbye. -No. No. No.

- She had to forget me. -Please. Please. No! No!

Because if Donna ever remembers me, she will die.

And now I've got a nice life with a nice fella and a nice house

and the most beautiful daughter in the world.

But I just think something's missing.

I can never see Donna again.

Now the days are drawing in.

I keep having more and more dreams.

- -

Like something's getting closer.

But now this face has come back.

Why?

It's like a storm in the air…

about to break.

I think the story hasn't ended yet.

Oi! Watch it, love.

Oh. Hold on.

Hold on! Let me help.

Thank you very much.

Oi! Do you mind?

If you're finished playing games, mister. This stuff's not mine. It's hers.

Oh, where's she gone?

Rose!

What?

-Rose! -What?

-Rose! - Coming.

Sorry, Mum, I had to pop back. Wanted to buy a bagful of eyes.

Mum? And a bagful of eyes.

She's got this business online.

You should spend your evenings doing homework,

not fiddling about posting things to Dubai.

Hold on. Who are you?

-Oh, yeah. Sorry. -He's not stacked this right.

-My name's-- -

- I took one look at him. -

I said, "Never trust a man with a goatee."

He looked like he'd been suckin' a drain pipe.

-I said to him-- -Look at this!

He was like, "I know better." I said--

Mum! There's a plane crashing.

But watch me stack correctly.

I don't think that's a plane. It's a spaceship in trouble.

-Mum, look. It's a spaceship. - Yes.

There's a spaceship crashing over London right now.

You are worse than your great-grandad.

-Oh! Grandad. - It's gonna crash!

- -

There you go. Perfectly stacked.

That's better.

Mum, how do you always manage to miss everything?

Because I've got better things to do.

Nice to meet you, skinny man.

Oh. Word of advice.

You can wear a suit that tight up to the age of 35 and no further.

Come on, Rosie.

- Rose! -What?

-Rose! -What?

- Rose! -Oh, I give up.

- -Oh, sorry, mate.

That's my daughter over there and my missus.

Good. But I need to get north. That explosion just now.

Something crashed. Can you get me there?

Oh, satnav says they're closing all the roads.

Oh, I know some roads even taxi drivers don't. Trust me.

Grand Master of the Knowledge.

That says, "Grand Mistress."

Oh. Catch up.

And let's-- Allons-y.

Oui, monsieur.

So you're Shaun Temple.

Which means that woman-- Your wife, that-that's Donna. Is that right?

Yeah. How'd you know that?

Oh, I know that friend of yours. Nerys.

Oh, Nerys. How is she?

She's fine.

-After the accident. -She's not fine.

-Well, it was her fault. -She's been fine.

But she was saying about you and Donna.

So, she's Donna Temple now?

No. Still Donna Noble. She refused to be Noble-Temple.

-She says, "It sounds like an old ruin." -"Sounds like an old ruin."

That's her.

And Rose Noble too. I was never gonna win that battle.

What do I care?

I've got the best two girls in the world, mate.

But Nerys said-- I thought-- I mean--

Didn't you win the lottery?

Nerys and her big mouth. That's supposed to be a secret.

You know what happened.

Donna gave it all away to charity, every single penny.

Well, we bought the house. That's the one thing we did do.

Now we can't afford to run it.

Do I complain? No, I do not.

That's the great love story, mate. Me putting up with that.

She gave all her money away?

Triple rollover. 166 million quid. Gone.

Why did she do that?

Oh! Next left!

I'm here at Millson Wagner Steelworks,

where residents have described an object falling from the sky.

Some calling it a UFO-- Wha-- What are you doing?

Get off me. Here, I'm a member of the Crown.

- -Take him away!

I want a red perimeter. Access to the south-east only. Now move.

Confirm red perimeter. Engage protocols five and 15!

Go! Let's move! That side! Go! Let's go!

Now I think we're making a fundamental mistake.

'Cause maybe that spaceship was on a collision course to start with,

but look.

At the last minute, it pulls up, then settles.

What I'm saying is, that ship didn't crash.

It parked.

-No signs of life? -Not yet.

But we don't know what kind of life we're looking for.

- -Oi, Jason, you all right?

Looking good, Jason!

-Oi, give us a kiss, Jay Boy. -

I'll get them. Is that Josie Wingate's boy?

Just leave it.

Well, I'm gonna tell her.

'Cause I remember she had lots of names at school.

And I should know. I invented 'em.

-Oh, more trouble. -I've made you a nice curry.

We've still got that giant sausage roll from Thursday.

I don't need my own personal food bank.

It is not my fault I lost my job.

All right, it is my fault. But still.

If you'd kept some of that money--

-Oh, don't start. -Gran, did you see that spaceship?

Was it on the news?

No, I didn't. And I won't. And I couldn't.

How many more times? There's no such thing as spaceships.

You didn't see anything, did you?

You know me. Dumbo. I miss everything.

Well, good.

You look absolutely gorgeous.

I'm just gonna put these in the shed.

Listen, you.

I would burn down the world for you, darling.

Anyone has a go, I will be there, and I will descend.

- -

Is she all right?

Boys from school.

I never know.

When I say she looks gorgeous, is that right?

I mean, is it sexist? I never said it to him when he was--

Oh. Oh, sorry.

Does she look gorgeous? Yes. Well, stop worrying.

I just get so clumsy.

I know. So do I.

It's what happens. You have a kid.

You think, "Good. I've got it. That's mine."

And then she grows up into this extraordinary beautiful thing,

and you think, "Where the hell did she come from?"

"How lucky am I?"

Don't you, Mum?

Oh! Yes, definitely.

Yeah, I wish.

Funny about that spaceship thing.

Remember Gramps used to talk about flying saucers?

Did I tell you? I saw Susie Mair.

She's looking a lot better. Uh, shorter, obviously.

And then he stopped.

He used to talk about aliens and UFO's and little green men.

Then he never mentioned them again.

Round about the time… I forgot everything.

It's a long time ago, darling. Fifteen years.

There's just this… gap.

It's no great mystery.

You had a bit of a breakdown, sweetheart.

And then you got better.

Sometimes I think there's something missing.

Like I had something lovely. And it's gone.

And I-- I kinda-- I kinda look to the side, like--

Like something should be there, but it's not.

And I know I've got Rose and Shaun and you.

And the biggest sausage roll I've ever seen, frankly. I should be happy.

I should be really happy.

But some nights, I lie in bed, thinking…

"What have I lost?"

Rose! Have you seen? On the flatwood! A spaceship landed!

Fudge, that was miles away.

No, but a bit fell off! Like an escape pod! With aliens inside!

Oh, my God. It's empty, Rose. That means it got out.