HATFIELD HOUSE - AFTERNOON
Kind Teacher MISS DOLLY MEADOWS is arguing with rude doctor DR STANLEY THOMAS. DOLLY tries to hug STANLEY but he shakes her off.
DOLLY
Please, Stanley, don't leave me.
STANLEY
I'm sorry Dolly, but I'm looking for somebody a bit braver. Somebody who faces her fears head on, instead of running away.
DOLLY
I am such a person!
STANLEY frowns.
STANLEY
I'm sorry, Dolly. I just don't feel excited by this relationship anymore.
STANLEY leaves.
DOLLY sits down, looking defeated.
Moments later, kind teacher PROF HAROLD BARLOW barges in looking flustered.
DOLLY
Goodness, Harold! Is everything okay?
HAROLD
I'm afraid not.
DOLLY
What is it? Don't keep me in suspense...
HAROLD
It's ... a ghost ... I saw an evil ghost kill a bunch of Children!
DOLLY
Defenceless Children?
HAROLD
Yes, defenceless Children!
DOLLY
Bloomin' heck, Harold! We've got to do something.
HAROLD
I agree, but I wouldn't know where to start.
DOLLY
You can start by telling me where this happened.
HAROLD
I was...
HAROLD fans himself and begins to wheeze.
DOLLY
Focus Harold, focus! Where did it happen?
HAROLD
Vasquez Rocks! That's right - Vasquez Rocks!
DOLLY springs up and begins to run.
EXT. A ROAD - CONTINUOUS
DOLLY rushes along the street, followed by HAROLD. They take a short cut through some back gardens, jumping fences along the way.
EXT. VASQUEZ ROCKS - SHORTLY AFTER
SOPHIA GUMP a rude ghost terrorises two Children.
DOLLY, closely followed by HAROLD, rushes towards SOPHIA, but suddenly stops in her tracks.
HAROLD
What is is? What's the matter?
DOLLY
That's not just any old ghost, that's Sophia Gump!
HAROLD
Who's Sophia Gump?
DOLLY
Who's Sophia Gump? Who's Sophia Gump? Only the rudest ghost in the universe!
HAROLD
Blinkin' knickers, Dolly! We're going to need some help if we're going to stop the rudest ghost in the universe!
