New Beginnings [3]

Chapter 17 - The Day of the Doctor, part 1

The Doctor was reading a book on Advanced Quantum Mechanics. Maddie was next to him as their children were with them as well. They were for the day off from college. Then Clara came in on a motorbike. “Draught.” Clara clicked her fingers and the doors closed. “Fancy a week in ancient Mesopotamia followed by future Mars?”

“Will there be cocktails?” Clara asked back.

Amara and TJ grinned, Maddie saw that. “No.”

“We didn’t say anything.” Both of them exclaimed, Clara laughed at them. She finally meeting the children.

“No, but you were thinking it.” Maddie argued back. “But no, lets wait for a few years.”

“Okay, sorry mom.” Both of them apologised.

The Doctor looked at Clara. “On the Moon.”

“The Moon’ll do.” Clara comment, smiling.

They all laughed and embraced. “How’s the new job? Teach anything good?” Maddie asked her.

Clara looked at them. “No. Learn anything?”

“Not a thing.” The Doctor replied to her. Then they slapped palms.

Suddenly the alert went off. Tardis interference detected. Clara had her eyes widen. “What’s happening?”

The Doctor looked at the screen. “Whoa, whoa. We’re taking off, but the engines aren’t going.” Because the Tardis had been grabbed by a lifting grapple from a helicopter. Then the Doctor called Kate.

“Doctor, hello.” Kate greeted him. “We found the Tardis in a field. I’m having it brought in.”

Then the Doctor was hanging out of the door, using the external emergency telephone. “No kidding.”

“Where are you?” Kate asked confused. The Doctor held the phone up towards the helicopter as they fly up the Thames. “Oh, my God! Oh, Doctor, I’m so sorry. We had no idea you were still in there. Come on.” Then there was turn, which it sends the Doctor out of the door. Maddie managed to grab hold of his feet. “Doctor, can you hear me? I don’t think he can hear me.”

“Next time, would it kill you to knock?” The Doctor exclaimed.

“I’m having you taken directly to the scene.” Kate told him as then she asked. “Doctor, hello, are you okay?”

“Whoa! I’m just going to pop you on hold.” The Doctor changed position to hang onto the base of the Tardis with his hands.

“Doctor?” Kate asked worried.

Clara had her eyes widen. “Doctor!”

“Dad!” The children called.

“Doctor!” Maddie also called.

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“Atten – shun!” A soldier shouted.

The Doctor dropped down before the Tardis was lowered to the ground and saluted Kate, Osgood and the squad of UNIT soldiers waiting for him. “Why am I saluting?”

“Cause you are a idiot.” Maddie replied to him. “My idiot.” Making him grin.

Kate looked at him. “Doctor, as Chief Scientific Officer, may I extend the official apologies of UNIT...”

“Kate Lethbridge Stewart, a word to the wise.” The Doctor interrupted her. “As I’m sure your father would have told you, I don’t like being picked up.”

“That sounded so wrong, dad.” TJ snickered.

“Doctor!” Maddie exclaimed. “You need to say it different, not like that.”

“That probably sounded better in his head.” Clara said sarcastically.

Kate looked at them. “I’m acting on instructions direct from the throne. Sealed orders from her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the First.”

Clara frowned. “The Queen? The First? Sorry, Elizabeth the First?”

“Wow.” Amara comment.

“Her credentials are inside.” Kate replied to them. The Doctor was about to break the seal on the message when Kate pointed back to the National Gallery. “No. Inside.”

The Doctor looked at Osgood. “Nice scarf.”

Kate looked at Osgood. “What’s our cover story for this?”

“Er, Derren Brown.” Osgood replied to her.

Kate frowned. “Again?”

“Oh, we’ve sent him flowers.” Osgood shrugged.

Then the Doctor, Maddie and Kate head up the stepped to the gallery. Then the others followed. “Atten-shun!” A soldier shouted. “Right, I want a secure perimeter around the gallery.”

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Not much later, they were in the National Gallery. Clara looked at them. “Did you know her, Elizabeth the First?”

“Unified Intelligence Task Force.” The Doctor ignored her question.

Clara blinked. “Sorry?”

“This lot. UNIT.” The Doctor replied. “They investigate alien stuff. Anything alien.”

“What, like you all?” Clara asked to them.

“Oi, half human. Thank you very much.” Maddie exclaimed.

“I work for them.” The Doctor told her.

Clara looked at him in disbelief. “You have a job?”

“He has.” Maddie replied to her.

The Doctor frowned. “Why shouldn’t I have a job? I’d be brilliant at having a job.”

“You don’t have a job.” Clara comment sarcastically.

“Dad has a job.” TJ told her seriously.

The Doctor nodded. “I do. This is my job. I’m doing it now.”

“You never have a job.” Clara comment in disbelief.

“I do. I do.” The Doctor comment seriously.

A painting was unveiled of an alien Citadel on fire and under attack. “Elizabeth’s credentials, Doctor.” Kate told them as they looked in shock.

Clara blinked. “But, but that’s not possible.”

“It can’t be.” Maddie breathed it out. The children were in shock.

“No more.” The Doctor comment darkly.

Kate nodded. “That’s the title.”

The Doctor glanced at her. “I know the title.”

“Also known as Gallifrey Falls.” Kate added.

The Doctor sighed. “This painting doesn’t belong here, not in this time or place.”

“No, it doesn’t.” Maddie agreed with him.

“Obviously.” Clara remarked.

“It’s the fall of Arcadia, Gallifrey’s second city.” The Doctor explained it to them.

“But how is it doing that? How is that possible? It’s an oil painting in 3D.” Clara stepped forward, looking at it.

“Time Lord art.” Amara breathed it out. “Bigger on the inside.”

“A slice of real time, frozen.” TJ added.

“A planet that we never knew.” Maddie told her children sadly.

Kate looked at them. “Elizabeth told us where to find it, and its significance.”

The Doctor took Maddie’s hand. Clara looked at them worried. “You okay?”

“He was there.” The Doctor replied.

Clara looked at them. “Who was?”

“Him.” Maddie replied to her seriously.

The Doctor sighed. “Me. The other me. The one I don’t talk about.”

Clara was confused. “I don’t understand.”

“I’ve had many faces, many lives.” The Doctor explained. “I don’t admit to all of them. There’s one life I’ve tried very hard to forget. He was the Doctor who fought in the Time War, and that was the day he did it. The day I did it. The day he killed them all. The last day of the Time War. The war to end all wars between my people and the Daleks. And in that battle there was a man with more blood on his hands than any other, a man who would commit a crime that would silence the universe. And that man was me.”

Then Clara looked at Kate. “But the Time War’s over. Why have you brought us here to look at a painting?”

“The painting only serves as Elizabeth’s credentials, proof that the letter is from her. It’s not why you’re here.” Kate pointed at the letter.

The Doctor broke the wax seal and unfolded the paper. Maddie looked at the letter. ‘My dearest love, I hope the painting known as Gallifrey Falls will serve as proof that it is your Elizabeth who writes to you now. You will recall that you pledged yourself to the safety of my kingdom. In this capacity I have appointed you as curator of the Under Gallery, where deadly danger to England is locked away. Should any disturbance occur within its walls, it is my wish that you be summoned. God speed, gently husband.’

“Before my time.” Maddie muttered.

The Doctor heard her and nodded as then he looked at Kate. “What happened?"

“Easier to show you.” Kate replied to them.

The Doctor, Maddie, Clara and the children leave with Kate. The man with Osgood answered his phone. “McGillop. But that’s not possible. I was just. Understood, sir. But why would I take it there?”

Meanwhile, a metal shutter came down behind the Doctor, Maddie, Clara and the children as they stood in front of a painting on wood of Elizabeth the First and the 10th Doctor. “Elizabeth the First. You knew her, then?” Clara asked.

“A long time ago.” The Doctor replied to her.

The portrait of the 10th Doctor and Elizabeth was concealing a door. “This way.” Kate told them.

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Kate first in the Under Gallery. “Welcome to the Under Gallery. This is where Elizabeth the First kept all art deemed too dangerous for public consumption.”

Then the Doctor scooped up a handful of the sand on the floor in between two rows of statues covered with dust sheets. “Stone dust.”

Kate frowned. “Is it important?”

“In twelve hundred years I’ve never stepped in anything that wasn’t.” The Doctor replied to her. Then Osgood make a noise. “Oi, you. Are you science-y?”

Osgood nodded. “Oh, er, well, er, yes.”

“Got a name?” The Doctor asked to her.

“Yes.” Osgood replied, nodding.

“Good.” The Doctor clapped with his hands. “I’ve always wanted to meet someone called Yes. Now, I want this stone dust analysed. And I want a report in triplicate, with lots of graphs and diagrams and complicated sums on my desk, tomorrow morning, ASAP, pronto, L O L.” Then he turned to look at Clara. “See? Job.”

Then Maddie turned to look at Osgood. “What’s your name, sweetie?”

“Osgood.” Osgood replied to her.

Maddie smiled. “Beautiful name.”

“Thank you.” Osgood comment.

Then the Doctor looked at Kate. “Do I have a desk?”

“No.” Kate replied.

“And I want a desk.” The Doctor comment loudly.

“Oh, sweet.” Amara jumped.

Kate ordered to Osgood. “Get a team. Analyse the stone dust. Inhaler!”
Then they walked further.

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Further into the under gallery, the Doctor spotted the red fez in a display case. He took it out and puts it on. “Someday, you could just walk past a fez.” Clara exclaimed.

“Never gonna happen.” The Doctor comment.

“Of course not.” Maddie comment sarcastically.

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Then into another room with broken glass on the floor and alien ‘paintings’ along the wall. Scientist looked at Kate. “As you instructed, nothing has been touched.”

“This is why we called you in.” Kate told them.

Clara looked at the paintings. “3D again.”

“Yeah.” Maddie comment, nodding.

Then the Doctor picked up a piece from the broken glass. “Interesting.”

“The broken glass?” Clara asked confused.

The Doctor shook with his head. “No, where it’s broken from. Look at the shatter pattern. The glass on all these paintings has been broken from the inside.”

Kate looked at them. “As you can see, all the paintings are landscapes. No figures of any kind.”

Maddie shrugged. “So?”

“There used to be.” Kate handed her a pad with the original image on it. Then they looked at it and then at the paintings.

“What?!” The children exclaimed.
Clara looked at it. “Something’s got out the paintings.”

“Lots of somethings. Dangerous.” The Doctor added.

“This whole place has been searched. There’s nothing here that shouldn’t be, and nothing’s got out.” Kate told them seriously.

They all spun around, hearing something from behind them, then they saw it was a fissure in time. “Oh no, not now.” The Doctor groaned.

“Doctor, Maddie, what is it?” Clara asked them confused.

“A time fissure.” Maddie replied to her. “But I don’t know what for.” Then she frowned.

The Doctor sighed. “No, not now. I’m busy.”

“Is it to do with the paintings?” Kate asked worried.

“No, no.” The Doctor shook with his head. “This is different. I remember this. Almost remember. Oh, of course. This is where I come in.” Then he throws the fez into the fissure. “Geronimo!” And leaped into it himself as TJ followed him.

“Doctor you idiot! And TJ, you know better than that!” Maddie called after them worried.

“Dad! TJ!” Amara called.

“Doctor!” Clara called after him.

Kate held her back. “Wait!”

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The Doctor landed heavily and TJ landed on top of him. “Oof!”

“Sorry, dad.” TJ muttered to him as then he stood up and helped his father up.

“It’s okay, my boy.” The Doctor patted his shoulder. 

Then 10th Doctor put on the fez as then Elizabeth looked confused. “Who are these men?”

“That’s just what I was wondering.” 10 replied to her.

11 looked at himself. “Oh, that is skinny. That is proper skinny. I’ve never seen it from the outside. It’s like a special effect. Oi!” Then he knocked the fez to the ground. “Ha! Matchstick man.”

10 frowned. “You’re not.” Then they both get out their sonic screwdrivers. 11’s was bigger and better.

TJ looked amused and pulled out his pen, it’s a sonic pen. “I have something different.”

11 looked at his son. “Really?”

“Yep.” TJ grinned.

Then 10 spoke up. “Compensating.”

“For what?” 11 asked, frowning.

10 pulled his sonic away. “Regeneration. It’s a lottery.”

11 did the same. “Oh, he’s cool. Isn’t he cool? I’m the Doctor and I’m all cool.” Then he pointed at the shoes. “Oops, I’m wearing sandshoes.”

“What are you doing here?” 10 asked to them. “I’m busy.”

“Oh, busy. I see. Is that what we’re calling it, eh? Eh?” 11 put on his fez and turned to the two Elizabeth’s. “Hello, ladies.”

“Mom wouldn’t like that.” TJ snickered.

“Don’t start.” 10 told them, he wasn’t happy.

11 looked at 10. “Listen, what you get up to in the privacy of your own regeneration is your business.”

“One of them is a Zygon.” 10 told them.

Both 11 and TJ made a face, exact the same. 10 frowned as then 11 opened his mouth and the next words came out. “Urgh. I’m not judging you.”

Then the time fissure reappeared. They both put on their glasses, then noticed each other. “Oh, lovely.”

Then 11 turned to look at the Elizabeth’s. “Your Majesties. Probably a good time to run.”

Both of then frowned. “But what about the creature?”

Then 10 pointed in the opposite direction. “Elizabeth, whichever one of you is the real one, turn and run in the opposite direction to the other one.”

“Of course, my love.” Both of them comment.

“Stay alive, my love. I am not done with you yet.” Then 1 kissed 10 and leaves.

10 make a face. “Thanks. Lovely.”

“I understand. Live for me, my darling. We shall be together again.” Another kissed and ran.

“Well, won’t that be nice?” 10 muttered.

“One of those was a Zygon.” TJ began.

10 nodded. “Yeah.”

“Big red rubbery thing covered in suckers.” 11 added.

“Yeah.” 10 comment.

“Venom sacs in the tongue.” TJ snickered.

10 made a face. “Yeah, I’m getting the point, thank you.”

11 grinned. “Nice.”

“Doctor, TJ is that you two?” Maddie asked worried.

“Ah, hello, sweetheart.” 11 grinned widely. “Can you hear me?”

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Maddie grinned. “Yeah, it’s me, sweetie.” Then she glanced at the others. “We can hear you. Where are you?”

“Where are we?” 11 asked to 10.

“England, 1562.” 10 replied to him.

“Who are you talking to?” Clara asked confused.

“Myself.” Both of them replied.

“Can you come back through?” Kate asked to him.

“Physical passage may not be possible in both directions.” 11 replied. “It’s… Ah!” Then he did something. “Hang on. Fez incoming!” 

“Nothing here.” Maddie comment.

“So where did it go?” 10 asked confused.

Clara looked at Maddie and the others. “Who’s he talking to?”

“He said himself.” Kate replied to her. “Keep him talking.” Then she used her mobile as she leaves.

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10 looked at 11. “Okay, you used to be me, you’ve done all this before. What happens next?”

“I don’t remember.” 11 replied, shrugging.

“He can’t everything.” TJ added.

“How can you forget this?” 10 asked a bit angry.

“Hey, hang on.” 11 looked at 10. “It’s not my fault. You’re obviously not paying enough attention. Reverse the polarity!” They both aimed their sonic screwdrivers at the fissure. “It’s not working.”

“Of course not, you both are reversing the polarity.” TJ exclaimed, 10 nodded as he wanted to say the same thing.

11 sighed. “Yes, I know that.”

“There’s two of us. I’m reversing it, you’re reversing it back again. We’re confusing the polarity.” 10 argued.

Then the Warrior dropped through the time fissure. “Anyone lose a fez?”

10 and 11 had their jaw clenched. 11 put TJ behind him. “You. How can you be here? More to the point, why are you here?”

Warrior looked at them “Good afternoon. I’m looking for the Doctor.”

“Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place.” 10 comment awkwardly.

“Good.” Warrior nodded. “Right. Well, who are you boys? Oh, of course. Are you his companions?”

11 had his eyes widen. “His companions?”

“They get younger all the time.” Warrior exclaimed. “Well, if you could point me in the general direction of the Doctor?” They both demonstrate their sonic screwdrivers.

TJ let see his sonic pen. “Isn’t that cool.”

“Yep.” 11 grinned.

Warrior looked in disbelief. He thought that TJ was him as well. “Really?”

11 nodded. “Yeah.”

“Really.” 10 added, he glanced at TJ.

“You’re me?” Warrior asked confused. “All of you?”

“Yep.” 10 popped with the ‘p’.

TJ shrugged. “Why not?”

Warrior looked at 11. “Even that one?”

11 had his mouth open. “Yes!” He exclaimed as then he glanced at his son. As to why he would say that he was him as well.

Warrior looked in disbelief. “You’re my future selves?”

“Yes!” 10 and 11 both exclaimed.

“Am I having a midlife crisis?” Warrior asked as then 10 and 11 had their screwdrivers out and pointing at him. “Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that? They’re scientific instruments, not water pistols. Look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

“Still, loving the posh gravelly thing. It’s very convincing.” 10 comment as he put the sonic away.

“Brave words, Dick van Dyke.” 11 added, putting his away.

Just then a troop of soldiers ran up, lead by a nobleman. “Encircle them. Which of you is the Doctor? The Queen of England is bewitched. I would have the Doctor’s head.”

“Oh, lovely.” TJ muttered. 11 put his son behind him.

“Well, this has all the makings of your lucky day.” Warrior comment sarcastically.

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Just then Kate returned. Clara glanced at her. “I think there’s three of them now.”

“Yeah, one of the dangerous of them.” Maddie told them.

“The one dad doesn’t talk about.” Amara added.

Then Maddie side hugged her daughter. “I know, it hurts him to much.”

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The men heard Kate saying. “There’s a precedent for that.”

“What is that?” The nobleman asked confused.

10 and 11 pointed their sonic screwdrivers at the men. Warrior groaned. “Oh, the pointing again. They’re screwdrivers! What are you going to do, assemble a cabinet at them?” He asked rudely.

“Rude.” TJ muttered.

“That thing, what witchcraft is it?” The nobleman asked, looking at the time fissure.

“Ah, yes.” 11 clapped with his hands. “Now that you mention it, that is witchcraft. Yes, yes, yes. Witchy witchcraft. Hello? Hello in there. Excuse me. Hello!”

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“Am I talking to the wicked witch of the well?”

Kate looked at Clara. “He means you.”

“Why am I the witch?” Clara grumbled.

“Clara?” 11 asked.

Clara spoke up. “Hello?”

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“Clara, hi, hello. Hello. Would you mind telling these prattling mortals to get themselves begone?” 11 asked to her.

“What he said.” Clara replied.

“Mom can do better.” Amara comment sarcastically.

“Yes, tiny bit more colour.” 11 comment, making a face.

“Let me, Clara.” Maddie cleared her throat. “Prattling mortals, off you pop, or I’ll turn you all into frogs. Or snakes, the slimy ones.”

11 pointed at the noblemen. “Ooo, frogs. Nice. You heard her.”

“Doctor, what’s going on?” Clara asked confused.

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“It’s a timey-wimey thing.” 11 replied to her.

“Why would you say that?!” Maddie exclaimed. “It’s not that!”

Warrior looked at the other men. “Timey what? Timey-wimey?”

10 looked at him. “I’ve no idea where he picks that stuff up.”

Just Elizabeth the first came to them. The soldiers fell to their knee. “The Queen. The Queen.”

“You don’t seem to be kneeling. How tremendously brave of you.” Elizabeth told them.

“Of course not.” TJ snickered. “Why would we?”

10 frowned. “Which one are you? What happened to the other one?”

“Indisposed. Long live the Queen.” Elizabeth replied to him.

“Long live the Queen.” Soldiers comment.

“Arrest these men. Take them to the Tower.” Elizabeth ordered them.

10 pointed at her. “That is not the Queen of England, that’s an alien duplicate.”

“And you can take it from him, cos he’s really checked.” 11 comment sarcastically. TJ snickered.

“Oh, shut up.” 10 grumbled.

“Venom sacs in the tongue.” 11 and TJ said it on the same time.

“Seriously, stop it.” 10 grumbled even more.

Both 11 and TJ realised. “No, hang on. The Tower.” 11 clapped with his hands. “Did you say the Tower? Ah, yes, briljant. Love the Tower. Breakfast at eight, please. Will there be Wi-Fi?”

“Love the Wi-Fi.” TJ grinned.

Warrior looked at 11. “Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?”

“Yes.” 11 clapped with his hands. “No. I demand to be incarcerated in the Tower immediately with my co-conspirators Sandshoes, pretty boy and Granddad.”

“Granddad?” Warrior exclaimed.

“They’re not sandshoes.” 10 even more exclaimed.

Warrior looked down. “Yes, they are.”

“Silence.” Elizabeth called. “The Tower is not to be taken lightly.”

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“Very few emerge again.” Elizabeth continued.

Kate blinked. “Dear God, that man’s clever. Come on.”

“That’s my husband with my son.” Maddie grinned.

Clara was confused. “Where are we going?”

“My office, otherwise known as the Tower of London.” Kate replied to her.

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“Come on, you lot, get in there.” The warner throws them in.

“Ow.” Warrior exclaimed.

The warder leaves, shutting the door behind him. The Doctor found a piece of metal bar and started scratching on a stone pillar. “Four of us in one cell? That’s going to cause some nasty anomalies if we don’t get out soon.”

“What are you doing?” 10 asked to 11 as then TJ walked to his dad.

“Getting us out.” 11 replied.

The Warrior was using his sonic screwdriver on the wooden door. 10 noticed it. “The sonic won’t work on that, it’s too primitive.” He told him.

“Shall we ask for a better quality of door so we can escape?” 11 asked sarcastically.

“Good one.” TJ snickered.

Then 10 started walking around. “Okay, so the Queen of England is now a Zygon. But never mind that. Why are we all together? Why are we all here?” 10 looked at the warrior. “Well, me, pretty boy and Chinny, we were surprised, but you came looking for us. You knew it was going to happen. Who told you?”

Then 11 looked at him. “Oi, Chinny?”

“Yeah, you do have a chin.” 10 replied to him.

TJ nodded. “Yeah, dad. You do have that.”

11 shrugged. “Your mom love me anyway.”

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“The Doctor will be trying to send us a message.” Kate told them. We’re looking for a string of numerals from around 1550, approximately. Priority One. I’m going to need access to the Black Archive.”

“The Doctor already knows about that as he told me as well.” Maddie told her seriously.

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Then they arrived in the Black Archive. “The Black Archive.” Kate told them. “Highest security rating on the planet. The entire staff have their memories wiped at the end of every shift. Automated memory filters in the ceiling. Access, please.”

“Ma’am.” Atkins greeted her.

Kate handed him her key. “Atkins, isn’t it?”

Atkins nodded. “Yes, ma’am. First day here.”

Kate muttered to the others. “Been here ten years.”

“Brain wiping’s isn’t good for humans, you know.” Maddie comment seriously. “It can do seriously damage.”

The Archive opened as Clara blinked. “Lock and key? Bit basic, isn’t it?”

“Can’t afford electronic security down here.” Kate replied. “Got to keep the Doctor out. The whole of the Tower is Tardis-proofed. He really wouldn’t approve of the collection.”

“Me neither.” Maddie muttered.

“Or me.” Amara muttered to her mother.

“But you let us in.” Clara comment frowning.

Kate looked at Clara. “You have a top level security rating from your last visit.”

“Sorry, my what?” Clara asked confused.

“Apologies. We have to screen all his known associates. We can’t have information about the Doctor and the Tardis falling into the wrong hands. The consequences could be disastrous.” Kate walked up to a vortex manipulator.

“What is that?” Clara asked. 

“A vortex manipulator.” Maddie replied to her.

Kate looked at it. “Time travel. A vortex manipulator bequeathed to the UNIT archive by Captain Jack Harkness on the occasion of his death. Well, one of them. No one can know we have this, not even our allies.”

Clara frowned. “Why not?”

Maddie held Amara behind her as then Kate replied. “Think about it. Americans with the ability to rewrite history? You’ve seen their movies.”

“Okay, so this is how we’re going to rescue the Doctor.” Clara comment confused.

“I’m not sure there’s enough power for a two-way trip.” Kate told them. Maddie frowned to her. “In any event, we don’t have the activation code. The Doctor knows we have this, so he’s always kept the code from us. Let’s hope he changes his mind.” Then her phone ringing, she picked it up. “Yes? Well, if you’ve found it, photograph it and send it to my phone.”

Clara, Maddie and Amara spotted Osgood and McGillop. “Er, Kate? Should they be here? Why have they followed us?”

“Oh, they’ve probably just finished disposing of the humans a bit early.” Kate replied to her.

Clara blinked. “The humans?”

“She isn’t human, Clara.” Maddie replied to her. “The human is somewhere else.”

“Dear me. I really do get into character, don’t I?” Kate spit some venom at Clara, then transformed into a Zygon.

“The Under Gallery is secured.” Osgood-Z told her.

The numbers on the photograph on Kate’s phone included 231163. Maddie grabbed the vortex manipulator, put it on and copied them into it. “Put your hands on me.” She looked at Amara and Clara.

“Prepare to dispose of one more human. We have acquired the device.” The Zygon smirked.

Clara looked at it. “Activation code, right?” Maddie pressed the button and they disappeared.