Doctor Who

What in the name of the saints? But what is it you are saving them from?

The Flux. What's the Flux?

This is Serving Commander Inston-Vee Vinder leaving his post.

So, we still on for Halloween drinks?

Eight o'clock. Don't keep me waiting, you.

Diane. Come on in.

Four...

Hello again, Doctor. Who are you?

..three...

Explain Mouri. Explain Atropos.

Before Atropos, time ran wild.

All time passes through the Mouri.

If the Mouri are broken, time shall run unstoppable.

..two...

The Temple of Atropos is broken...

You know how to fix this?

..so I made a short term repair. Yaz!

Tell me what you want. ..one.

All in good time.

HE CLICKS FINGERS

What I learned in the immediate aftermath of the Flux

seems obvious now.

But it's only obvious once you've lived it.

The biggest changes to our lives start small.

Catastrophes creep in quietly.

And by the time you realise,

the life you once had is already behind you.

The Dalek Sector is growing.

I thought I'd made it out,

but they just keep spreading.

Because since what some people keep calling

the Beginning of the End,

who is there left to stop them?

Of course, I call it the Dalek Sector,

I don't know for certain.

But it helps me understand,

because the maps definitely don't make any sense any more.

Or the days.

Everything is disrupted.

But this isn't about Daleks.

For once, they're not what worries me.

At least we understand them,

you and me, my love. We've fought them.

It's the other things...

..whatever they are.

Appearing from nowhere.

Feasting on the wreckage.

Coming for survivors of the Flux.

I must admit, some days I feel like...

..they want to stop me from getting to you.

But nothing is going to stop me getting to you.

I spend my life walking into new places

and weighing things up fast.

Who's who? Who has the power? Who's in danger?

How fast danger is coming?

Also, how likely my friends are to die.

I've got good at figuring all of that out at speed.

Three...

Right now, big danger. No obvious solutions.

Well, one solution, one massive risk.

All in good time. You don't mess with time.

You don't put yourself and your friends

in the midst of a time storm unless there's no alternative.

John Burroughs once said to me, "Leap and the net will appear."

He was talking metaphorically,

whereas right now...

TENSE MUSIC PLAYS

THE DOCTOR SCREAMS

I'm sorry.

I had to buy us time. Literally.

We're in the heart of the time storm,

sheltering in broken time.

No! Yaz...

Dan!

Time is pulling you back. I'm coming to get you.

No!

How did you get in here?

Broken and disrupted time.

Everything is corrupted.

I have to rescue them.

No. Not me as well, I have too much to do...

SCREAMS

What's the update, boss?

Trubial Monument is down. Only the central temple left.

Where are the hostages? We don't know. No traces.

The only information we have is five Passenger forms in main temple.

Where are we on aerial? Aerial shelling now complete.

Should've weakened primary defences to give us a way in.

Just give the word.

Enough equipment remaining to breach the entrance?

You said come prepared.

We also have temporal erasure options,

should we require them.

Where is this?

Why...?

What are you wearing?

Temporal hazing?

Happens to the best of us.

When is this?

Ow! What did you do that for?

She loves doing that. She so loves doing that.

I do love doing that. Should block the temporal hazing.

You back with us?

We need to get this job done and end the siege of Atropos.

Atropos.

That's where I found you.

Tell psy-ops to alert the Mouri skeins, they should be on standby,

and tell the fleet to ramp up second wave of aerial shelling.

We all know why we're here.

We rescue those hostages, end the siege, reset time

so the universe can function again.

The only way in's through the front,

risking our lives to save others'.

The usual.

On my command.

The universe is relying on us.

What are you doing here?

I seem to have two coffees

and one of them's a skinny latte with an extra shot.

Weird. That's the way I have it.

Is it?

That's lucky...

You all right?

Yeah, sorry.

Just lost me bearings.

So how was your date? It wasn't a date.

All right, so, how was your thing that wasn't a date?

I fell asleep in front of him.

I thought you were going for pizza.

I fell asleep, in me pizza, in front of him.

No!

He was so boring. I woke up with him picking bits of mozzarella

off me cheek and asking the waiter to call an ambulance.

I had to lie and tell him I was narcoleptic.

I mean, I obviously am, in reaction to him.

Am I boring you?

No. Just thought I saw...

Doesn't matter.

Why aren't you married?

You're taking no prisoners tonight, are you?

You're not a kid and you're not the ugliest fella in this city,

so what's wrong with you?

Why aren't you married with triplets?

It nearly happened, once.

15 years ago?

Lost count now.

I was engaged to get married.

Two days before, she changed her mind.

Ouch.

Said she'd been thinking about it,

properly couldn't bear spending the rest of her life with me.

So, thought she could do better.

Oh, my God. Brutal.

That's life, innit?

Nobody gets by without some bruises.

God, I loved her.

When is this?

What?

Did we move?

Have we done this before?

Why am I here?

I was waiting.

You didn't come.

Where were you, Dan?

Where were you, Dan?

Found you...

Doctor, what are you doing?

I can't hold on to everything...

Er...

But if you go three doors down, they've got them half the price.

So I was like, "Have you not seen what they're charging there?"

And they were like "No, we don't care". So I said, "Well, why would I buy them here for this price

"when they're half the price three doors down?" And she said, and she was so snotty,

"It's up to you, isn't it?" And I said, "Yes, it is" and I've never stepped inside that shop since,

and who's the loser now? It's not even like I'm that bothered about satsumas.

Doctor?

You all right?

Yeah.

What is that?

Oh, you've got a bit of salad dressing.

Yaz, I'm trying to break through to your time stream,

but there's a barrier, like something's trying to keep me out...

There we are. All gone now.

Qualified highest in all streams.

Exceptional honours award

and a commendation for saving the life of three colleagues

on your most recent mission.

Any pilot would have done the same.

No. Because they didn't.

You were the only one to fly into the blaze.

Your training craft received fatal damage.

You were lucky to escape with your life.

Yes and no. Yes, the damage to the craft was bad.

No, I don't believe I was lucky. I made a judgment call

and it came off.

That's what we train for.

I remember this.

But it wasn't you.

You weren't here.

Commander.