Series 6 - The Impossible Astronaut

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(The restored Monarch and his guards charge through the building.)

CHARLES: Out of my way!

(His way is blocked by a locked door. Inside the room, a large unfinished painting shows the naked Doctor as Neptune about to be crowned by a cherub.)

CHARLES [OC]: Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!

(The irate king bursts in, sword drawn, and confronts the lady artist, who is possibly one of his many illegitimate children.)

CHARLES: Where's the Doctor?

MATILDA: Doctor who?

DOCTOR [OC]: Achoo!

(The Doctor is hiding underneath Matilda's voluminous skirts.)

DOCTOR: You know, this isn't nearly as bad as it looks.

[Kitchen]

(Amy is reading from a history book while Rory unpacks the shopping.)

AMY: At the personal intervention of the King, the unnamed Doctor was incarcerated without trial in the Tower of London.

RORY: Okay, but it doesn't have to be him.

AMY: According to contemporary accounts, two nights later, a magical sphere some twenty feet across, was seen floating away from the tower, bearing the mysterious Doctor aloft.

RORY: Okay. It's him.

AMY: There's more.

[Tunnel]

(A classic World War 2 escape is in progress.)

SIMMONS: Doctor. Doctor, what can you see?

(The Doctor's head appears from the top of the tunnel.)

DOCTOR: Is the commandant's office painted a sort of green colour with a big flag on the wall?

(A siren sounds and dogs start barking.)

DOCTOR: I think the answer's probably yes.

[Living room]

AMY: It's like he's being deliberately ridiculous, trying to attract our attention. Are you watching this again?

(A Laurel and Hardy film, most likely the Flying Deuces.)

RORY: Yeah. I've explained the jokes.

(The doorbell rings and Amy answers it. The postman hands over some letters.)

RORY: So what are you saying? Do you really think he's back there, trying to wave to us, out of history books?

(Completely missing the Doctor in a fez waving to the viewer before joining in Stan and Ollie's dance.)

AMY: Hey, it's the sort of thing he'd do. Thanks.

RORY: Yeah, but why?

AMY: Well, he said he'd be in touch.

RORY: Two months ago.

AMY: Two months is nothing. He's up to something. I know he is. I know him.

(She opens an envelope with the number 3 on the back.)

RORY: What is it? Amy?

AMY: A date, a time, a map reference. I think it's an invitation.

RORY: From who?

AMY: It's not signed. Look, Tardis blue.

[Stormcage]

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