[Tardis]
DOCTOR: Why were you smiling?
Isabella : Was I? No, I wasn't.
DOCTOR: You were smiling at nothing. I'd almost say you were in love, but to be honest
Isabella : Honest?
DOCTOR: You're not a young woman any more.
Isabella : Yes, I am.
(Isabella takes the coffees and puts them on the console.)
DOCTOR: Well, you don't look it.
Isabella : I do look it.
DOCTOR: Oh, that's right, keep your spirits up, Clara, Isabella , Clara, Isabella, Clara, Isabella . Clara, Isabella . I need something from you. I need the truth.
CLARA: Okay. Right, what is it? What's
(They sit on the console steps.)
Isabella : You're scared.
DOCTOR: I'm terrified.
CLARA: Of what?
DOCTOR: The answer to my next question, which must be honest and cold and considered, without kindness or restraint. Clara Isabella be my pal and tell me, am I a good man?
Isabella : I don't know.
DOCTOR: Neither do I.
(He gets up and goes to the console.)
Isabella : Er, hey, no offence, but I've got plans.
DOCTOR: I need you.
CLARA: Right. Where are we going?
(He starts the Tardis flying.)
DOCTOR: Into darkness.
[Rusty's room]
RUSTY: Doctor.
DOCTOR: How do you know who I am?
MORGAN: He doesn't. We promised him medical assistance.
RUSTY: Are you my doctor?
JOURNEY: We found it floating in space.
MORGAN: We thought it was deactivated, so we tried to disassemble it.
DOCTOR: You didn't realise there was a living creature inside.
JOURNEY: Not till it started screaming.
RUSTY: Help me.
DOCTOR: Why would I do that? Why would any living creature help you?
RUSTY: Daleks will die.
DOCTOR: Die all you like. Not my problem.
RUSTY: Daleks must be destroyed.
DOCTOR: Daleks must be de. What did you just say?
RUSTY: All Daleks must die. I will destroy the Daleks. Destroy the Daleks. Destroy the Daleks!
[Tardis]
(Drinking her coffee.)
CLARA: A good Dalek?
DOCTOR: There's no such thing.
Isabella : That's a bit inflexible. Not like you. I'd almost say prejudiced.
DOCTOR: (sigh) Do I pay you? I should give you a raise.
(The Tardis lands.)
CLARA: You're not my boss, you're one of my hobbies.
DOCTOR: Come on.
[Lab 01]
JOURNEY: That was quick.
DOCTOR: This is gun girl. She's got a gun, and she's a girl. This is a sort of boss one. Are you the same one as before?
MORGAN: Yes.
DOCTOR: I think he's probably her uncle, but I may have made that up to pass the time while they were talking. This is Clara,and Isabella not my assistant. She's, er, some other word.
Isabella : we're his carer.
DOCTOR: Yeah, my carer. She cares so I don't have to.
[Rusty's room]
RUSTY: Doctor.
DOCTOR: Hello again.
RUSTY: Will you help me?
CLARA: Will you?
DOCTOR: A Dalek so damaged, it's turned good. Morality as malfunction. How do I resist?
RUSTY: Daleks must die. Daleks must die.
Isabella : So, what do we do with a moral Dalek, then?
DOCTOR: We get into its head.
CLARA: Mmm. How do you get into a Dalek's head?
DOCTOR: That wasn't a metaphor.
[Lab 01]
(They go to the moleculon nanoscaler.)
JOURNEY: These are nanocontrollers. Once we're miniaturised, they take over the molecular compression. When the mission's over, hit the button.
(Journey puts the bracelet on Clara's wrist.)
JOURNEY: Are you sure you understand?
CLARA: Why wouldn't I?
JOURNEY: Because this is a dangerous mission and you look like a school teacher.
Isabella : I am a school teacher. Still didn't catch your name.
JOURNEY: Journey Blue.
CLARA: Blue?
JOURNEY: Blue, yes. Problem?
CLARA: No. Er, I just met a soldier called Pink.
JOURNEY: Lucky fella.
CLARA: Lucky?
JOURNEY: From the way you smile.
CLARA: So, er, who makes you smile or is nobody up to the job?
JOURNEY: My brother. But he burned to death a couple of hours ago, so he's really letting me down today. Excuse me.
DOCTOR: What are those ones for? I don't need armed baby-sitters.
GRETCHEN: We're not baby-sitters.
ROSS: We're here to shoot you dead if you turn out to be a Dalek spy.
DOCTOR: Well, that's a relief. I hate baby-sitters.
JOURNEY: Okay, listen up. Now, remember, do not hold your breath when the nanoscaler engages. You'll feel like you want to, but you must keep breathing normally during the miniaturisation process.
Isabella : Why?
DOCTOR: Ever microwaved a lasagne without pricking the film on top?
CLARA: It explodes.
DOCTOR: Don't be lasagne.
MORGAN: Nanoscaler engaging in five four three two. Nanoscaler engaging now.
COMPUTER: Nanoscaling in progress.
(A crossbeam passes back and forth over chamber id AR-O13-AR-F74 until it shrinks with a bump.)
COMPUTER: Nanoscaling complete.
MORGAN: Nanoscaling successful. Everyone okay in there?
(The chamber is carefully picked up with a pair of tweezers.)
JOURNEY [OC]: We made it.
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The Story of an Idiot with a Box (Series 8) Doctor Who
ActionThe series is the first to star Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. It also stars Jenna Coleman Zoë Lewis as his companio...
