Doctor Who: Future (season five)

1.3 - The Rani's Muderous Masquerade Ball

A woman stands in front of a mirror, she puts makeup on. A man enters the room.
Brazi: Princess Inar, are you coming?
Inar: In just a few moments, Brazi.
Brazi: The crowd awaits you m'lady.
Inar: Have patience, Brazi.
He leaves the room.
Orchestral music plays.
On a corridor:
Inar walks up a corridor, she is holding a knife.
Hanya: No! Please!
A woman's laughter is heard, Inar scrapes her knife along the wall.
Inar: You are the first of many.
Hanya: What do you want from me?!
Inar: A breakthrough!
Inar raises the knife as Hanya screams.
In the TARDIS:
The Doctor: So, Becca Hayton, hows about we see the universe?
Becca: Hell yeah!
The Doctor: I was thinking that we could to to a space party of some kind?
Becca: Space party?
She laughs.
-Your barmy!
The Doctor: I'm serious!
Becca: Er yeah, go on then.
The Doctor: Looking for a high serotonin level nearby-
He smiles.
-Bingo!
Becca: What?
The Doctor: A masquerade ball. On a spaceship!
Becca: A masquerade ball in space?!
The Doctor: Yeah!
Becca laughs as The Doctor pulls a lever.
DANNY MAC
TATIANA MASLANY
SIOBHAN REDMOND
DOCTOR WHO
THE RANI'S MASQUERADE BALL
WRITTEN BY RB WILSON
On the space liner:
The TARDIS materialises.
In the TARDIS:
Becca comes out wearing a dress.
Becca: Will this suffice m'lord?
Becca puts her mask over her face.
The Doctor: Why yes, M'lady.
They laugh.
-Shall we?
They link arms.
Becca: Just to be clear, this is all a front so we don't get questioned.
The Doctor: Oh I know.
Becca: Good.
The Doctor: I'm married so-
Becca: River would rip your bol-
The Doctor: Yeah.
Becca: Thought so.
They leave the TARDIS.
In the ballroom:
The Doctor opens the doors, he & Becca waltz in.
Becca: What the hell?! This is so fancy!
A masked woman watches The Doctor & Becca.
The Doctor: Yeah!
Becca: Music is a bit dull though, would maybe play a bit of Avril Lavigne or Slipknot or Greenday or Linkin Park to get the mood swinging.
The Doctor: Becca. It's a masquerade ball. Not a death-metal post-grunge festival.
Becca: Right, you make yourself useful & get me a drink.
The Doctor: What'd you want?
Becca: I'll have a Cherry Sourz & a Cosmopolitan!
The Doctor: Ok.
He walks up to the bar.
Castinette: What can I get you my lord?
Becca dances.
The Doctor: One Thymeball Berry juice & a mad elf essence.
Castinette: And for you sir?
The Doctor: A glass of fermented granberry juice please
Castinette: Coming up, m'lord.
The orchestral music glitches & suddenly Ready To Go by Republica plays.
Becca: That's more like it!
Castinette: Danio!
Danio: Nathanial! What are you playing at boy?!
Nathanial: My deadbeat father & I would love to welcome you to The Masquerade Ball of Kasterborous!
Danio: I mean it boy!
Brazi: Will someone get that fool down from there?!
Danio pulls Nathanial down from a table.
Nathaniel: Get of off me!
Nathanial accidentally knocks over a statue, the crowd gasps.
Danio: Get out of my site you stupid boy!
Nathaniel walks off, Republica stops playing, orchestral music continues to play.
The Doctor: One space cosmopolitan.
Becca: I'll be back in a minute or so.
She runs off.
The Doctor: Becca! Becca!
He sighs.
On the corridors:
Becca: Republica huh? Good taste.
Nathanial: Who asked you?
Becca: I used to be like you, a teen tearaway, angry at the world, getting blackout drunk, causing a scene, making a fool of myself.
Nathanial: You don't know anything about me.
Becca: I was your age once.
Nathanial: & how old were you then?
Becca: 13, I was born in the year 2000, it'd be 2023 for me now.
Nathanial: Wow.
Becca: What?
Nathaniel: It's the year 50681.
Becca: I'm dead. That's a funny one to think about.
Nathaniel: You think death is funny?
Becca: Best way to approach it, My brother he's constantly going on about how times running out. I'd rather face death head on than fear it.
Nathanial: I need some air.
Becca: I'll come with you?
Nathaniel: Alright.
In Nightingale court:
Inar places Hanya's corpse on a flowerbed.
Inar: What have I done?! I must run!
She runs, The doors open, Becca & Nathaniel stand in the doorway, Nathaniel screams.
In the ballroom:
The doors swing open, Nathaniel runs in.
Nathanial: A body has been found in Nightingale Court!
The scene cuts to Danio sat down.
Danio: Hanya.
The Doctor: You were close?
Danio: She was a friend.
Nathaniel: Oh come on!
Becca: What?
Nathaniel: We all knew she was your concubine!
Becca turns & giggles.
The Doctor: Becca, compose yourself.
Becca: Sorry.
Nathaniel: Wouldn't surprise me if you killed her to keep your dignity intact.
Danio: What exactly were you doing in Nightingale Court?
Nathaniel: Getting some air.
Becca: It's true. He was with me.
Danio: & how can I trust you? Your just a stranger!
Becca: Oh? You wanna start throwing accusations around do you? Well listen here, old man. Your son has just seen the unthinkable & instead of consoling him & asking him if he's ok, you accuse him of murder!
Danio: & who do you think you are you talking to, girl?
Becca: Firstly, my name is Becca, Becca Greenwood & I'm 23. Not 8 so unless you want a kick in the shins with my steel capped ballet shoes think twice about how you wanna speak to me because so help me god I will not hold back.
The Doctor swallows.
The Doctor: That's him told.
Becca: Clear?
Danio: Crystal,
Becca: Brilliant.
Becca walks away.
Danio: Are you going to do anything about that feral child?
The Doctor: Nope.
Nathaniel: You know, that's the first time I've ever seen someone leave him speechless.
Becca: I thought so. Sexist pig.
Brazi: Have either of you seen Princess Inar?
Becca: I don't know who that is.
Nathaniel: No, why?
The Doctor: Becca!
Becca walks over to The Doctor.
The Doctor: Somethings wrong here, Becca.
Becca: What kind of wrong.
The Doctor: I think one of my own is nearby.
Becca: You mean a Timelord?
The Doctor: Yeah.
Becca: That's cool! I get to meet a Timelord!
The Doctor: Trouble is, I can never tell which one. TARDIS. Come on.
In the TARDIS:
Becca: What are you looking for?
The Doctor: Timelord technology or DNA.
Becca: Are you hoping it's one of the good ones?
The Doctor: Hopefully it's Romana. A Masquerade ball is right up her st-
He frowns.
-Oh. That's worrying. That is very worrying.
Becca: What is? Doctor, what is it?
The Doctor: A chameleon arch was used here.
Becca: What's a chameleon arch?
The Doctor: It's a fob watch, kind of, it gets into the body of a Timelord & tricks their mind into believing they're human & one of their hearts are temporarily disabled, it's like being undercover, but you'd never know.
Becca: Two hearts?
The Doctor slaps his chest twice.
The Doctor: Yep.
Becca sighs.
Becca: Are you able to track it.
The Doctor: No. But I can run a DNA trace.
He squints at the TARDIS monitor.
-Oh. Now that is a name I haven't seen in a very long time.
Becca: How long?
The Doctor: Um, more than 15 faces at least.
Becca: 15 faces?
The Doctor: Regenerationx
Becca: Right. Can we pause for a moment.
The Doctor: I guess.
Becca: Regeneration?
The Doctor: When a Timelord's body gets old & is dying, or even when a Timelord is killed, their body undergoes a transformation & reforms into someone else, new body, new face, new hands, new kidneys, although the colour of the kidneys is potluck unfortunately, but it's a way of prolonging life.
Becca: Colour of your kidneys? Hang on, so when I get old & grey, you'll be completely different?
The Doctor: Yeah.
Becca: But that's not fair.
The Doctor: I know.
Becca: Do you?
The Doctor: I do! I was THE Timelord! The original! My DNA was leeched of off & an entirely new species was introduced into creation. I have lived thousands of lives. Thousand of faces, met thousands of people, lost thousands of people, seen a thousand worlds, but I can only remember s small portion.
Becca: Why?
The Doctor: Because The Timelords made me forget.
Becca: Why?
The Doctor: I don't know.
Becca: But would you not wanna find out?
The Doctor: I have access to them. But wether I want them back or not is debatable.
Becca: Restore them.
The Doctor: Why?
Becca: Because their your memories, you deserve to have them, you could even discover where your truly from. Just think! You could have it all
The Doctor: Fine.
He presses a button on the TARDIS console, a go watch appears on a flat surface on the console.
Becca: A fob watch? Like the chameleon arch.
The Doctor: Yeah. Stand back.
Becca stands against the wall. The TARDIS doors open.
Inar: Open that fob watch & your mind will implode.
The Doctor: Who are you?
Becca: Princess Inar?
Inar: I have a fob watch too.
Becca: Doctor, is this?
The Doctor: The Timelord? Yes. Yes it is.
Inar takes a fob watch from her pocket.
Inar: Time for the truth.
She opens it, The Doctor puts his fob watch on the TARDIS console, it fades away.
The Doctor: Back into the TARDIS you go.
Suddenly gold energy floods the room as Inar's face fades into another.
Becca: Doctor?
The Doctor: That's a face I haven't seen for a very long time.
Inar: Woohoo! Now, where was I? Oh yes, that's it.
The Doctor: Well well well, it's been a while.
The Rani: Doctor. How surprising to see you.
The Doctor: Rani.
Becca: Who is she?
The Rani: I'll take it that this is your latest pet ape. Which one are you? Not Peri Brown or Melanie Bush or Constance Clarke, speak girl!
Becca: Becca.
The Rani: Becca What?
Becca: What's it to you?
The Rani: Now now, we're all friends here.
The Doctor: Are we? What are you doing here?
The Rani: I lured you here of course.
The Doctor: I don't understand.
The Rani: Whilst I was locked away in that chameleon arch, I still had some kind of presence locked away in the mind of Princess Inar.
The Doctor: Where is Princess Inar?
The Rani: Princess Inar never existed.
The Doctor: Oh.
The Rani: That simpleton, Brazi still thinks he's getting married. He's like a lovesick puppy.
She laughs.
-It's pathetic, really it is.
The Doctor: But what about her family?! Her mother, her father! They think that they have a daughter!
The Rani: Oh well.
The Rani pulls out a knife, The Doctor & Becca run.
On the corridors:
The Doctor: Guards!
Guard 1: Sir?
They see the Rani wielding a knife.
Guard 2: Princess Inar!
The Doctor: That's not princess Inar!
Becca: She never existed! She is the murderer! The Rani murdered them all!
The Doctor: Arrest her at once!
They run & restrain the Rani, she screams as she is dragged away.
Becca: You ok?
The Doctor: Yeah.
Becca: Do you wanna go?
The Doctor: Yeah.
The Doctor enters the TARDIS.
Nathaniel: Becca!
Becca: Nathaniel.
Nathaniel: Thank you, I thought about what you said earlier & thank you.
Becca smiles, she enters the TARDIS, it dematerialises.
-Wow!

NEXT TIME:
The Doctor: Becca Greenwood, I present to you 1 Hiroshima!
Becca: The city that got nuked?
Sakura: The world is on the edge of war.
Becca: What are you talking about?
Sakura: The world war.
Becca: Hiroshima. Of course.
The Doctor: Have you seen a girl with black hair, black eye makeup & a leather jacket?
Becca: 1945.
The Doctor: This is the day the world changed forever.

THE DOCTOR - DANNY MAC
BECCA GREENWOOD - TATIANA MASLANY
THE RANI - SIOBHAN REDMOND