The Doctor and The Warden ( Male time lord reader ) Season 2

Rise of the Cybermen- part three

As Lumic's zeppelin arrives at the air slip, a car pulls up and the President and two other men get out. Pete, who is already there, approaches the President. 

President: Mr Tyler. What, the matter couldn't wait until tonight? 

Pete: Mr President. Honoured. I'm on the fast-track program. Cybus Industries have pulled up my company, so I'm part of the firm now. 

President: Some people say they've bought my Government. 

Pete: I've never heard anybody say that. Never. You can trust me on this. 

President: I tried your drink. That Vitex stuff. It tastes like Pop.

Pete: Well, it is Pop. 

President: You made money by selling a health-food drink into a sick world. Not quite the ordinary Joe you appear to be, are you? 

Pete looks like he doesn't quite know what to say. The President sighs. 

President: He does like to keep us waiting. 

He walks off. Pete follows. They stop at the foot of the steps descending from the zeppelin.

President: But tell me- you've had a chance to observe John Lumic more than most. What's your opinion? 

Pete: He's very sharp, I'd say. Sharp as ever. Very clever man. Brilliant, in fact.

President: Then, you don't think he's insane? 

Pete: That's not the word I would've used, no. 

President: I see. 

He begins to climb the steps into the zeppelin. Pete follows. Mickey is walking alongside a Cybus Industries factory with The Warden. The military are barring the road ahead. The soldier approaches them. 

Mickey: Are we all right to get past? 

Soldier: Yeah. No bother. Curfew doesn't start 'til ten. 

The Warden: There's a curfew? 

Soldier: Course there is. Where've you been living, mate? Up there with the toffs? 

He looks up at the zeppelins in the sky. Mickey follows his gaze. 

Mickey: I wish. 

The Warden: See ya. 

One of the soldiers lifts the barrier for them and they go on their way. Rose and the Doctor are walking down a street. 

Rose: Mickey's mum just couldn't cope. His dad hung around for a while, but then he just sort of wandered off. He was brought up by his gran. She was such a great woman. God, she used to slap him! And then she died. She tripped and fell down the stairs. It's about five years ago, now. I was still in school. 

The Doctor: I never knew. 

Rose: Well, you never asked. 

The Doctor: You never said! 

Rose: That's Mickey. I s'pose I... we just... take him for granted. Do you think she's still alive, his gran? 

The Doctor: Could be. Like I said, parallel world, gingerbread house. We need to get out of here as fast as we can. 

A short alarm sounds and everyone around them suddenly freezes. The Doctor and Rose look around at them, confused. 

Rose: What're they all doing?

The Doctor: They've stopped... 

Everyone is wearing earpieces, which flash and beep quietly. The Doctor pauses beside one man and squints at his earpiece.