ARC OF INFINITY

BY: JOHNNY BYRNE

Part Four

First Air Date: 12 January 1983
Running time: 24:28

DOCTOR: We know who you are.

OMEGA (on monitor): That changes nothing. Transfer will take place as planned.

BORUSA: But you are anti-matter.

DOCTOR: You seriously believe you can reverse what happened?

OMEGA (on monitor): Oh yes, Doctor.

BORUSA: Not without Hedin's help. Your friend is d*ad.

DOCTOR: Omega, listen!

BORUSA: Omega must be found and stopped.

DOCTOR: We know he's on Earth.

NYSSA: He has a friend of ours c*ptive. Tegan, an Earthwoman.

BORUSA: Would she know their precise location?

DOCTOR: Perhaps, but I would have to enter the Matrix to find out.

NYSSA: No. Omega's mad. He'll k*ll her.

DOCTOR: Please, Nyssa

NYSSA: You know that

DOCTOR: Wait in the TARDIS! Please.

DOCTOR: Even if we know where Omega is, can the TARDIS leave Gallifrey?

BORUSA: We will contrive a way for you to leave.

DOCTOR: Well, Omega, you've won. We can't stop you now.

OMEGA: It cost Hedin's life to convince you.

DOCTOR: That was an accident. Is Tegan safe?

OMEGA: She is.

DOCTOR: Prove it. Let me speak to her.

TEGAN: Help us, Doctor. My cousin, he's sick. We're in an underground crypt behind a fountain

OMEGA: Silence, girl!

DOCTOR: I told you, you've won. Even if we know where you are, we can't leave Gallifrey. You know that.

TEGAN: Holland, Doctor. Amsterdam.

OMEGA: Tell him the precise location and you will die.

TEGAN: JHC!

OMEGA: Silence!

DOCTOR: She's unharmed?

OMEGA: Of course. And so long as you do not work against me, she will remain so.

BORUSA: Amsterdam? Do you know the precise location of this Earth city?

DOCTOR: Yes.

BORUSA: Prepare your TARDIS. Be ready to leave as soon as I communicate with you. Trust me.

TEGAN: The Doctor will find us. If anyone can, he will.

BORUSA: Damon, the Doctor's TARDIS must leave undetected. Isn't there any way of distracting Omega?

DAMON: I've already tested the bypass procedures. Omega has cut us off.

THALIA: A pulse loop, Lord President?

BORUSA: Of course! Fetch it, Damon. Thalia, prepare the Matrix terminal.

ZORAC: A pulse loop?

BORUSA: Oh, a simple device to trace faults on the master circuits.

THALIA: It has a photon pulse. Omega will have to track it down to confirm that we're not trying to bypass the matrix control.

BORUSA: And in the confusion it will allow the Doctor's TARDIS to leave undetected.

NYSSA: Well?

DOCTOR: Don't worry, Tegan's unharmed.

BORUSA: Are you ready to leave, Doctor?

DOCTOR: As soon as you give the word.

BORUSA: Right.

DAMON: Now.

BORUSA: Now. Go, Doctor.

BORUSA: Doctor? 

DOCTOR: We're clear. Come on, Nyssa.

NYSSA: Now what?

DOCTOR: One or two things I've got to get together.

DAMON: It's working, sir. Omega is confused.

NYSSA: We're almost ready to materialise.

DOCTOR: Good.

NYSSA: What's that for?

DOCTOR: Omega's using a fusion booster to build up energy to transfer. If we can attach this, it should knock it out of phase.

NYSSA: Isn't that dangerous?

DOCTOR: Hopefully it'll feed the power back through his own equipment.

NYSSA: A kind of short circuit.

DOCTOR: Exactly. How's the meter?

NYSSA: Now calibrated to detect any change in anti-matter.

DAMON: Omega's destroyed the loop.

BORUSA: Let's hope it gave the Doctor all the time he needed.

DOCTOR: I don't believe it.

NYSSA: What?

DOCTOR: I think we made it. Come on.

STUART: It sounds like a power house in there.

NYSSA: How do you know where to look?

DOCTOR: When I spoke to Tegan, she mentioned her cousin and the JHC.

NYSSA: So?

DOCTOR: She risked her life to give us that piece of information. If we find out what the JHC is, it might lead us to where she is.

NYSSA: How will you find out?

DOCTOR: We'll start with the telephone directory.

NYSSA: You're dealing with a Time Lord, Doctor. You won't find answers in there.

DOCTOR: Won't we? JHC, JHC, JHC, JHC, JHC Jeugdherberg Central Youth Hostels. Must be where Tegan was staying.

NYSSA: So?

DOCTOR: Well, there's not many of them. We'll give them a ring. Ah. Nyssa, money?

NYSSA: You must have a coin somewhere. Is that it?

DOCTOR: Afraid so. Anti-matter present but steady. Omega hasn't transferred yet, but it can't be much longer.

NYSSA: Can you find him using that?

DOCTOR: If only it were that easy.

NYSSA: What now?

DOCTOR: No other choice. We must check every hostel on foot.

NYSSA: Can't we use the TARDIS?

DOCTOR: Can't risk it. Might alert Omega. This way.

BORUSA: Ah, Castellan.

CASTELLAN: You wanted to see me, Lord President?

BORUSA: You wish to resign.

CASTELLAN: I had no right, without evidence, to accuse the Doctor of treason.

BORUSA: True, you made a foolish mistake, but ultimately we are judged by how much we profit from our mistakes. Will you?

CASTELLAN: Who can say, Lord President?

BORUSA: Your offer to resign is refused, Castellan. You will return to duty forthwith.

DAMON: Lord President, Omega's transfer is imminent.

NYSSA: This could take forever.

DOCTOR: Well, there's no other way.

NYSSA: That receptionist wasn't very friendly. What if he was being difficult, chose not to remember Tegan.

DOCTOR: We go on, Nyssa.

NYSSA: Can't the Time Lords help?

DOCTOR: No, they've done all they can, and now it's up to us.

DOCTOR: We'll try one more hostel, then we'll split up. Divide our effort.

NYSSA: How much time do we have?

DOCTOR: Well, it can't be long. I fear Omega is about to transfer.

MAN: We have no record of a Miss Jovanka.

DOCTOR: And what about her cousin?

MAN: How would I know that, sir?

DOCTOR: Yes. Sorry. Well, thank you.

MAN: Excuse me? You said your friend was from Australia?

DOCTOR: Yes.

MAN: Well, I wasn't on duty yesterday, but there was an Australian. Colin Frazer. One moment, please.

NYSSA: Isn't there anything at all we can do?

DOCTOR: No. Tegan is our only link.

RECEPTIONIST: Excuse me. You wish to know about Miss Jovanka?

DOCTOR: Yes.

RECEPTIONIST: Well, Mister Stuart, a friend of Mister Frazer, left something for her. I was to give this to her if he missed her at the airport.

DOCTOR: May I see?

RECEPTIONIST: Well, I'm not supposed to

NYSSA: It's very important we find her.

DOCTOR: Frankendael. Where is that?

RECEPTIONIST: Frankendael? Not far.

DOCTOR: Could you show me?

RECEPTIONIST: Of course.

RECEPTIONIST: Er, there.

DOCTOR: Thank you.

DOCTOR: Thank you.

NYSSA: Where is it?

DOCTOR: Er, it's very near.

DOCTOR: Oh, sorry.

NYSSA: Oh, I'm so sorry.

DOCTOR: Sorry, sorry.

DAMON: Come on, Doctor. Come on.

DOCTOR: Frankendael!

NYSSA: I can't see a crypt. It must be behind the house.

DOCTOR: It's only a matter of minutes. The fountain! Tegan said behind the fountain.

NYSSA: Where could they be?

DOCTOR: Well, that depends on the form Omega's given his TARDIS. Listen.

DOCTOR: Yes, perfect.

NYSSA: Doctor?

DOCTOR: Of course. I've been so silly. Amsterdam is located on the curve of the Arc, below sea level to maintain pressure for fusion conversion.

DOCTOR: The fusion booster from Gallifrey.

DOCTOR: Nyssa!

DOCTOR: Nyssa! f*re, Nyssa!

NYSSA: What was it?

DOCTOR: An Ergon. One of Omega's less successful attempts at psychosynthesis. Quickly.

OMEGA: Drop the w*apon, Doctor. Drop it, or the Earthwoman dies.

NYSSA: Tegan!

DOCTOR: It's too late, Omega. You can't transfer now.

OMEGA: I have all the energy I need.

OMEGA: What have you done?

DOCTOR: The Arc of Infinity is shifting. Go, Omega, please, while you still have a chance.

OMEGA: I must transfer. Cease to be anti-matter.

DOCTOR: Down!

OMEGA: Yes, Doctor. I live.

DOCTOR: No. The bond is not complete.

OMEGA: Isn't it?

DOCTOR: It's not permanent. It will fail, revert to anti-matter.

OMEGA: You're wrong, Doctor. I have life again. You destroyed my TARDIS, but I shall build another. Expect me on Gallifrey soon.

NYSSA: Doctor, quickly.

DOCTOR: I must find the matter converter. I can't destroy Omega without it. Tegan, help me!

TEGAN: I must help Colin.

DOCTOR: Tegan, hurry!

DAMON: The Doctor has failed. Anti-matter, and building up fast.

TEGAN: Doctor!

TEGAN: Omega k*lled him?

DOCTOR: Yes. He'd want to hide himself in the crowd. Well, at least we have some idea of what he's wearing.

TEGAN: What happens if we don't find him?

DOCTOR: The biggest expl*si*n this part of the universe is ever likely to witness.

DOCTOR: He can't be far ahead.

TEGAN: How much time do we have?

DOCTOR: I don't know. The magnetic shield is in accelerated decay now.

NYSSA: What'll happen?

DOCTOR: He'll revert to anti-matter.

TEGAN: Doctor!

ZORAC: The Doctor's not going to be able to contain it.

CASTELLAN: I've found it unwise to predict what the Doctor can or cannot do.

TEGAN: We've lost him.

DOCTOR: I see you, Omega.

NYSSA: Doctor!

DOCTOR: This way.

DOCTOR: He'll be all right.

TEGAN: Are you okay?

DOCTOR: He'll be all right.

DAMON: The shielding is going fast.

TEGAN: He's disappeared.

NYSSA: He can't have.

DOCTOR: I warned you this would happen, Omega.

OMEGA: Things could have been different. Power, and the greatness of Omega, could have been yours. But no, your hatred of me

DOCTOR: We didn't hate you, Omega. Why couldn't you be content to survive as you were? Why?

OMEGA: Time to come home, Doctor. Time for rest, to find peace. But it's over now. All must die.

OMEGA: You'll never have the courage to use it, Doctor.

DOCTOR: I can expel or destroy you, Omega. It's your choice.

OMEGA: Too late, Doctor. What you offer is worse than death. If I am denied life, then all must perish.

TEGAN: What's he trying to do?

DOCTOR: Willing his own destruction. Don't force me, Omega.

OMEGA: Farewell, Doctor.

TEGAN: Stop him!

DOCTOR: It's over.

DAMON: The anti-matter source is gone. Omega has been destroyed.

BORUSA: Unfortunate, wretched creature. My hope is that he has found peace at last.

NYSSA: Is Omega d*ad?

DOCTOR: Well, he seemed to die before, yet he returned to confound us all.

TEGAN: Well, you'll be pleased to hear Colin will be out of hospital in a couple of days and on his way home to Brisbane.

DOCTOR: Excellent.

NYSSA: And what about you?

TEGAN: Oh, indestructible. I'm fine.

DOCTOR: It's been marvellous to see you again.

NYSSA: Indeed. I've missed you. I wish you didn't have to go back to your job.

TEGAN: What job? Didn't I tell you? I got the sack. So you're stuck with me, aren't you.

DOCTOR: So it seems.
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