The Battle That Has Lasted Longer Than Time

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In Caliburn House a man walked in smiling "How are we looking" "Oh, about ready, I think" palmer said smiling "Any thoughts on the interference" "Er, a stray FM broadcast, possibly. I've fitted some ferrite suppressors and some RF chokes, just in case. Are you sure you want to go through with this? I mean, the last time, it was very" he said as she nods "But she's so lonely""Excellent, then. Excellent. Caliburn House, night four, November 25th, 1974. 11.04 pm" he said as he record what they doing "I'm talking to the spirit that inhabits this house. Are you there? Can you hear me? I'm speaking to the lost soul that abides in this place.Come to me. Speak to me. Let me show you the way home. Let me show you the way home" "Emma" palmer said as she faints into the chair "She's so" "So what" he wonder "Dead""Boo! Hello, I'm looking for a ghost." the doctor said smiling"And you are""Ghostbusters" Charlotte said smiling as it goes into the theam tune.

The tardis fly through the vortex and it introduces the cast of the show. And the title and then we arrive back in the house " I'm the Doctor""Doctor what" palmer wonder looking at him "If you like. And this is Clara, Charlotte, Rebecca, raven, rose, Beth, merlin and Andrew Ah, but you are very different. You are Major Alec Palmer. Member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Specialised in espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance behind enemy lines. You're a talented watercolourist, professor of psychology and ghost hunter. Total pleasure. Massive" the doctor said as he shakes his hand "Actually, you're wrong. Professor Palmer spent most of the war as a POW""Actually, that's a like told by a very brave man involved in very secret operations. The type of man who keeps a Victoria Cross in a box in the attic, eh? But you know that, because you're Emma Grayling, the Professor's companion"he said as he looked at Emma "Assistant" "It's 1974. You're the assistant and non-objective equipment. Meaning psychic"he said smiling"Getting that. Bless you, though""this place is creepy "merlin said looking round"Relax, Emma. He's Military Intelligence. So, what is all this in aid of" "Health and safety. Yeah, the Ministry got wind of what's going on down here. Sent me to check that everything's in order" andrew said smiling "They don't have the right""Don't worry, guv'nor, I'll be out of your hair in five minutes. Oh! Oh, look. Oh, lovely. The ACR 99821. Oh, bliss. Nice action on the toggle switches. You know, I do love a toggle switch. Actually, I like the word toggle. Nice noun. Excellent verb. Oi, don't mess with the settings" the doctor said as he gets excited "What's that" "Gadget. Health and safety. Classified, I'm afraid. You know, while the back room boffins work out a few kinks"Beth said as the doctor scan with his sonic" What's it telling you""It's telling me that you haven't been exposed to any life-threatening transmundane emanations. So, where's the ghost? Show me the ghost. It's ghost time" the doctor smiled ashe gets a candle "I will not have this stolen out from under me, do you understand""Er, no, not really, sorry" raven said frowning " I will not have my work stolen, then be fobbed off with a pat on the back and a letter from the Queen. Never again. This is my house, Doctor, and it belongs to me" "is actually your house" merlin wonder looking at him " It is""sorry. You went to the bank and said, you know that gigantic old haunted house on the moors? The one the dossers are too scared to doss in? The one the birds are too scared to fly over? And then you said, I'd like to buy it, please, with my money"merlin frowned "Yes, I did, actually""That's incredibly brave" clone Rebecca said"Listen, Major, we just need to know what's going on here""For the Ministry" palmer said looking at him " You know I can't answer that""Very well, follow me" he said as the doctor follows him "So, what's an empathic psychic" "Sometimes I sense feelings, the way a telepath can sense thoughts. Sometimes, though. Not always" Emma said as she smiled at them"The most compassionate people you'll ever meet, empathics. And the loneliest. I mean, exposing themselves to all those hidden feelings, all that guilt, pain and sorrow and "" Doctor" Andrew said looking at him "Yes" "Shush" Beth said frowning "Would you care to have a look? Caliburn House is over four hundred years old, but she has been here much longer. The Caliburn Ghast She's mentioned in local Saxon poetry and parish folk tales. The Wraith of the Lady, the Maiden in the Dark, the Witch of the Well""Is she real? As in, actually real" clone Rebecca wonder if she real " Oh, she's real. In the seventeenth century, a local clergyman saw her. He wrote that her presence was accompanied by a dreadful knocking, as if the Devil himself demanded entry. During the war, American airmen stationed here left offerings of tinned Spam. The tins were found in 1965, bricked up in the servants' pantry, along with a number of handwritten notes. Appeals to the Ghast. For the love of God, stop screaming""She never changes. The angle's different, the framing, but she's always in exactly the same position. Why is that" Charlotte wonder why she stands in the same place "We don't know. She's an objective phenomenon, but objective recording equipment can't detect her" "Without the presence of a powerful psychic"merlin said looking at Emma"Absolutely. Very well done"" She knows I'm here. I can feel her calling out to me" Emma said feeling her "What's she saying" "Help me"she said as it echoes" The Witch of the Well. So where's the well""A copy of the oldest plan that we could find. There is no well on the property. None that we could find, anyway.You coming" the doctor wonder " Where" "To find the ghost" he said as Charlotte frowned "Why would I want to do that" "Because you want to. Come on" he said wanting them to come "Well, I dispute that assertion"" Eh? I'm giving you a face. Can you see me? Look at my face"he said as they all sigh " Fine""Dare me" Charlotte said grining "I dare you. No takesies backsies""The music room is the heart of the house" Emma said looking at them "Say we actually find her. What do we say" "We ask her how she came to be whatever she is" clone Rebecca smiled "Why" "Because I don't know, and ignorance is, what's the opposite of bliss" the doctor said as they walk " Carlisle""Yes. Yes, Carlisle. Ignorance is Carlisle" raven said smiling "Is he really from the Ministry" "Er, I don't know. He's certainly got the right demeanour. Capricious, brilliant" palmer said wondering if the doctor and his friends where who they say they are "Deceitful""Yes. Ha. He's a liar. But, you know, that's often the way that it is when someone's seen a thing or two. Experience makes liars of us all. We lie about who we are, about what we've done" he said as Emma walked close "And how we feel" "Yes. Always. Always that. You know, I have to, have to be getting on with things. The er, the equipment and so forth" he said walking off " Of course" "Ah, the music room. The heart of the house. Do you feel anything" raven said wondering if they could feel anything "No"" Your pants are so on fire"beth said gigged "Do you feel like you're being watched" "What does being watched feel like? Is it that funny tickly feeling on the back of your neck" Andrew wonder "That's the chap" "Then yes, a bit. Well, quite a big bit" he said as they hear a noise "I think she's here."" Cold spot. Spooky. Cold. Warm. Cold. Warm. Cold. Warm. Cold. Warm. Cold" Charlotte said as she draw a circle "Doctor? Doctor" "What" the doctor wonder " I'm not happy""No" merlin said as they walk off "Hey!" "What was that" clone Rebecca wonder "Does it seem colder" "She's coming" Emma said as she could feel it "Okay, what is that" "It's a very loud noise. It's a very loud, very angry noise" Andrew said as they hear a noise "What's making it" "I don't know. Are you making it" Beth wonder if she making it "Doctor" "Yes" he nods "I may be a teeny, tiny bit terrified""Yes" he said as they stood near each other "But I'm still a grown-up""Mainly, yes, and" Charlotte smiled "There's no need to actually hold my hand""Clara" merlin said as they not holding hands "Yeah" "I'm not holding your hand Has this happened before" the doctor wonder if they happened before " Never""Camera. Camera" Charlotte said as they pass it her "Charlotte""Help me" said a women "honey" "Urgh. I'd rather have a nice cup of tea" Emma said as they have a cup of tea "Me too. Whisky is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented" "I had a little peek at your records, back at the Ministry. You've certainly seen a thing or two in your time. Disrupting U-boat operations across the North Sea, sabotaging railway lines across Europe. Operation Gibbon. The one with the carrier pigeons, brilliant. I do love a carrier pigeon" the doctor said as he with palmer "I did my duty, but then so did thousands of others. Millions of others. I was just lucky enough to come back""Yes, but how does that man, that war hero, end up here in a lonely old house, looking for ghosts" he wonder looking at him "Because I killed, and I caused to have killed. I sent young men and women to their deaths, but here I am, still alive and it does tend to haunt you. Living, after so much of the other thing" "So, you and Professor Palmer, have you ever, you know" raven wonder looking at her "No""Why not? You do know how he feels about you, don't you? You, of all people" Charlotte smiled knowing they in love "I don't know. People like me, sometimes we get our signals mixed up. We think people are feeling the way we want them to feel, you know, when they are special to us, when really there's nothing there""Oh, this is there" Beth said smiling "How do you know" "Because it's obvious. It sticks out like a big chin" clara said looking at her as they drink their tea.