The girl in the fireplace- part four

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Close up on Rose's eyes. She's beginning to stir. Her eyes open and she becomes aware of a loud ticking. She slowly focuses on one of the clockwork droids, staring down at her. 

Rose: What's going on? Doctor? 

The Doctor: Hello!

She has been manacled onto some sort of operating table which has been tilted at a sharp angle. Mickey and The Doctor are manacled onto others at the other side of the room. 

Mickey: Rose? They're gonna chop us up. Just like the crew, they're gonna chop us up and stick us all over their stupid spaceship. And where's the Warden? Where's the precious Warden now? He's been gone for flipping hours, that's where he is! 

Droid: You are compatible. 

Rose: Well... you... you might wanna think about that. You really, really might because... me and Mickey... we didn't come here alone, oh no! And trust me, you wouldn't wanna mess with our designated drivers. 

The droid thrusts a sharp and lethal looking tool in front of Rose's face. Rose stares at it apprehensively. 

The Doctor: Don't touch her!

Rose: Ever heard of the Daleks? Remember them? They had a name for our friend. They had myths about him, and a name. They called him the... In the distance, there is a loud banging and the sound of someone singing drunkenly. 

The Warden: I could've danced all night, I could've danced all night... 

Rose: They called him the... they called him the... the... 

The Warden staggers into the room, dancing with an imaginary partner, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a tie around his head. 

The Warden: And still have begged for moooore... I could've spread my wings and done a thou- have you met the French? 

Mickey looks bemused. 

The Warden: My... god! They know how to party. 

Rose: Oh, look at what the cat dragged in. The Final Lightning.

The Warden: Oh, you sound just like your mother. 

Rose: What've you been doing? Where've you been?! 

The Warden: Well... among other things, I think just invented the banana daiquiri a few centuries early. 

Rose lies back, exasperated. 

The Warden: Do you know, they've never even seen a banana before! 

He leans over her. 

The Warden: Always take a banana to a party, Rose. Bananas are good. 

He spots the droids. 

The Warden: Oh ho ho ho ho, brilliant. It's you! You're my favourite, you are, you are the best! Do you know why? 'Cause you're so thick. You're Mister Thick Thick Thickity Thick Face from Thicktown, Thickania... and so's your dad. 

He strolls away. 

The Warden: Do you know what they were scanning Reinette's brain for? Her milometer. They wanna know how old she is. Know why? 'Cause this ship is thirty-seven years old. And they think that when Reinette is thirty-seven, when she's "complete", then her brain will be compatible. So, that's what you're missing, isn't it? 

He stares one of the droids mockingly in the face. 

The Warden: Hmm? Command circuit. Your computer. Your ship needs a brain. And for some reason, God knows what, only the brain of Madame de Pompadour will do. 

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