The girl in the fireplace- part one

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The view of a starry night sky drifts down to that of a lavish estate,the Palace of Versailles. Inside are a crowd of panicked 18th century French aristocrats, dressed for a masked ball. They are screaming and running away from the sound of whirring and ominous shadows on the wall. We focus momentarily on a mantelpiece clock, the face smashed, as the King's voice is heard. He walks into a bedroom, where Reinette is standing and staring at the fireplace. 

King Louis XV: We are under attack! There are creatures... I don't even think they're human. We can't stop them. 

Reinette: The clock is broken. He's coming. 

The King moves towards her, concerned that she is still looking at the fireplace and not trying to flee. 

King Louis XV: Did you hear what I said? 

He takes her hand, pulling her away from the fireplace. She stops and looks insistently at him. 

Reinette: Listen to me. There is a man coming to Versailles. He has watched over me my whole life and he will not desert me tonight. 

King Louis XV: What are you talking about? What man? 

Reinette: The only man, save you, I have ever loved. No, don't look like that, there's no time. You have your duties. I am your mistress. Go to your queen. 

She goes back to the fireplace, this time crouching down and speaking into the flames with a sense of urgency.

Reinette: Are you there? Can you hear me? I need you now, you promised. The clock on the mantle is broken. It is time. Warden! Warden! 

3000 years later. A starry sky. The view moves upwards to reveal a stationary spaceship. The TARDIS can be heard materialising inside. The Doctor and The Warden emerge from the TARDIS, closely followed by Rose and Mickey. All four proceed to look around a dark, apparently disused room of the spaceship.

Mickey: It's a spaceship! Brilliant, I got a spaceship on my first go! 

Rose: Looks kind of abandoned... Anyone on board? 

The Doctor: Nah, nothing here. 

The Warden: Well! Nothing dangerous. 

The Doctor: Well! Not that dangerous...

The Warden: You know what, I'll just have a quick scan... in case there's anything dangerous. 

Rose smirks as he walks over to a control panel in the centre of the room and starts tapping at some buttons. 

Rose: So, what's the date? How far we gone? 

The Doctor: About three thousand years into your future, give or take. 

The Warden pulls on a switch and the lights turn on, the roof gradually opening into a window which shows a spectacular view of the stars outside. 

The Warden: Fifty-first century. Diagmar Cluster, you're a long way from home, Mickey! Two and a half galaxies! 

Mickey has moved to a porthole, gazing out in awe. Rose walks over and places her hands on his shoulders, smiling, as the Doctor rummages around the control panel, picking up bits and pieces of presumably broken technology and looking unimpressed. 

Rose: Mickey Smith meet the universe. See anything you like? 

Mickey: It's so realistic! 

The Doctor: Dear me, had some cowboys in here! Got a ton of repair work going on. 

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