Kate Oswald always loved Space. She would sit outside and watch the stars. She would read every book and watch every tv show and movie that had anything to do with space.
So when a strange man, in a blue police box wearing a bow tie, asks whether o...
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sᴛᴀʀsʜɪᴘ U.K has secrets that the Doctor and Kate haven't been able to figure out, but they have been able to find Amy in the midst of all the mystery. Well, actually, they've been able to find Mandy sitting on a metal bench outside of a locked room, but she's just told them that Amy's in the locked room and it's because she's got to vote now.
It's then that the locked door slides open and the Doctor and Kate bounce forward to show themselves to Amy, but Kate falls short when she sees her best friend. She looks like she's been crying. But she also looks confused, as if she doesn't realise why she's been crying.
"Amy?" she questions, as the Amy on the small television screen says something about finding the Doctor. "What have you done?"
As Amy explains to them that she doesn't know, Kate and the Doctor make their way into the room she had been locked in. The Doctor sonics the light that had been swinging above Amy's head as Kate comforts her best friend, soothing her tears.
"Yeah, your basic memory wipe job," confirms the Doctor, "must have erased about twenty minutes."
"But why would I choose to forget?" Amy asks, clutching onto Kate's arm. Kate can't stop thinking about the video. Would she choose to forget too? What could have been so bad that Amy would choose to forget and she'd be reduced to tears? Amy's always been the stronger out of the pair, the braver. She took the lead, always. Kate has always been the sheep to her wolf.
Kate never wants to watch the video.
"'Cause everyone does!" pipes in Mandy from the hallway. The three spin around to face her. "Everyone chooses the forget button." Kate looks down at the two buttons sitting in front of her. FORGET and PROTEST flash in her face. She wonders what happens to the people who protest.
"Did you?" asks the Doctor.
"I'm not eligible to vote yet," explains Mandy, "I'm twelve. Anytime after your sixteen, you're allowed to see the film and make your choice. And then, once every five years."
"And once every five years, everyone chooses to forget what they've learned. Democracy in action."
"How do you not know about this?" Mandy asks the trio in the room with the televisions. "Are you Scottish, too?"
