THE INVASION OF TIME

BY "DAVID AGNEW" GRAHAM WILLIAMS AND ANTHONY READ

Part Three

Original Air Date: 18 February 1978
Running time: 25:00

BORUSA: He's mad! Guard!

DOCTOR: Resistance is useless. The Vardans have more power than we have dreamed of and more knowledge than we can hope for. You must submit the way I did when I first met them.

BORUSA: And when was that?

DOCTOR: A long time ago.

BORUSA: So you knew about this all the time. You knew about this before your induction.

DOCTOR: Yes, before that, yes.

BORUSA: And all you know is in the Matrix.

DOCTOR: And all I know is in the Matrix.

BORUSA: You really disappoint me, Doctor. I expected better of you.

DOCTOR: Did you really? Thank you.

RODAN: The inv*de are in control.

LEELA: Good. Now we can fight them.

RODAN: Didn't you hear the Lord President's announcement? We must submit.

LEELA: You keep your Lord President, I'll keep my Doctor. He has a plan.

RODAN: What plan?

LEELA: I don't know.

RODAN: Then how can you say?

LEELA: He always has a plan.

DOCTOR: You will now disperse until my next summons.

BORUSA: You have no right!

DOCTOR: Borusa. Have you carried out my instructions?

BORUSA: Regarding what, Supremacy?

DOCTOR: The redecoration of my office.

BORUSA: The matter is in hand.

DOCTOR: Ah. (quietly) But is it finished?

BORUSA: I believe so.

DOCTOR: Confirm it, and meet me there within the hour.

LEADER: Congratulations, Doctor. You show great promise in the application of power. You could be a first grade dictator.

DOCTOR: Thank you. You're very kind. That's very kind of you. (sotto, walking away) K9.

LEADER: What did you say?

DOCTOR: Nothing.

LEADER: Doctor?

DOCTOR: Yes?

LEADER: How long will it take you to find the Great Key?

DOCTOR: Oh. Oh, it's just a matter of time.

LEELA: There's no point in further discussion. The discussion is for the wise or the helpless, and I am neither.

RODAN; Then what are you going to do?

LEELA: Well, if the Doctor wished me banished, I'll be banished.

RODAN: You will surrender?

LEELA: No! You talk always of surrender. Are all your tribe like this?

RODAN: We are rational.

LEELA: You are cowards. No, if the Doctor wished me banished, it was for a reason.

RODAN: Reason dictates the Doctor is a traitor.

LEELA: Never!

RODAN: Reason dictates

LEELA: Then reason is a liar!

RODAN: And if I am right?

LEELA: Then I am wrong, and I will face the consequence. Are you coming?

DOCTOR: Nice. Yes, really nice. Bit rococo for a purist like me. What are you doing here, Borusa?

BORUSA: You wished to see me, your Excellence.

DOCTOR: Did I? Did I really? Oh yes, yes. Are the decorations complete?

BORUSA: As you can see.

DOCTOR: Completely complete.

BORUSA: To the last detail.

DOCTOR: No substitutes, no forgeries, no penny-pinching.

BORUSA: They are the finest to be had in the whole Thessorian Empire.

DOCTOR: And this exquisite relief work, in pure lead?

BORUSA: As you can see?

DOCTOR: Good. Now at last we can talk.

ANDRED: Stop!

BORUSA: But the strain must have been intolerable.

DOCTOR: Nearly. I owe you a great deal, Lord Borusa. Especially apologies for the indignities and insults I threw at you.

BORUSA: The President need apologise to no one.

DOCTOR: Thank you.

BORUSA: The President

DOCTOR: Need thank no one. True, very true. It's a habit I picked up.

BORUSA: How accurate is your data?

DOCTOR: Absolutely accurate, but not yet complete.

BORUSA: The Vardans can travel along wavelengths of any sort?

DOCTOR: Yes.

BORUSA: In the sense that any electro-temporal field aids communication, are they telepathic?

DOCTOR: Hmm, yes. They can read thoughts.

BORUSA: But a lead-lined room would shield you from them.

DOCTOR: True.

BORUSA: Yet you maintained a partial shielding unaided.

DOCTOR: Well, I had the benefit of your training.

BORUSA: And you did not think that I could shield myself?

DOCTOR: Well, Lord Borusa, you and the other Time Lords are singularly logical, hmm? You're also short on humour and imagination. You can't offer distractions as I can. What's for tea?

BORUSA: Tea?

DOCTOR: Tea.

BORUSA: Tea is camillia in dried form

DOCTOR: I know what tea is.

BORUSA: Well, what's that got to do with the thr*at from the Vardans?

DOCTOR: See, you're too single-minded. You're as transparent as good, old fashioned glass.

BORUSA: You're right. I wouldn't last a moment. My mind is too easy to read. The master learns from the student, eh, Doctor?

RODAN: So, what are you going to do?

ANDRED: That depends. How much is she involved with the inv*de?

LEELA: I am not involved with them. I am against them.

RODAN: She doesn't even know who they are.

ANDRED: But she's the President's friend.

LEELA: Yes, I am. I want to save him.

ANDRED: And that's why you destroyed the transduction barrier.

LEELA: I destroyed the?

RODAN: She couldn't have. She was with me.

ANDRED: Who did, then?

RODAN: I have no idea. Oh look, we must get out of the Citadel.

ANDRED: What for?

RODAN: Well, it's safer than staying in here.

ANDRED: All right. But be careful. There's a total curfew on. If any of my men see you, they'll sh**t.

RODAN: What?

ANDRED: Kelner's orders.

RODAN: Oh, come with us, Andred.

ANDRED: Somebody's got to try and balance Castellan Kelner. He's having a lovely time, settling old scores, locking people up. Besides, you never know, there might be a chance to have a go at the inv*de.

LEELA: Come on.

ANDRED: Or even the President.

BORUSA: But why banish your friend Leela?

DOCTOR: Because she could be the biggest danger of all.

BORUSA: Oh, yes. If I'm as transparent as good, old-fashioned glass.

DOCTOR: Until she gets to outer Gallifrey.

BORUSA: That barbarian garden? How can she be safe there?

DOCTOR: Well, that barbarian garden's her natural habitat. She's a huntress, a creature of instinct. The power out there

BORUSA: I know. Awful. Can she survive?

RODAN: Oh, I'm so tired. I must rest.

LEELA: We haven't come far enough.

RODAN: I never thought it'd be like this.

LEELA: What, you've never been outside the Citadel before?

RODAN: No, why should I have? There's everything we need inside.

LEELA: This is much better than inside.

RODAN: It's frightening.

LEELA: Why are you scared?

RODAN: It's all so ... natural.

LEELA: We must go on. They can still see us here from the Citadel.

RODAN: How much further?

LEELA: Just over there, then you can rest.

RODAN: All right.

LEELA: Come on.

RODAN: Now can we rest?

LEELA: Yes. Yes, rest here.

RODAN: Whose stupid idea was it to leave the Citadel?

LEELA: Oh, you'd rather be with the inv*de?

RODAN: No, you're quite right. It's got to be safer here.

KELNER: You will stay with the President at all times. You will be his personal bodyguard, do you understand?

BODYGUARD: Yes, Castellan.

KELNER: You will take your orders only from me, and you will report to me everything the President says and does. Understood?

BODYGUARD: Of course, Castellan.

KELNER: You see, there may be those who wish to dispose of the President, but you will protect him against every thr*at until I tell you otherwise.

BODYGUARD: Nothing will happen to him while I'm guarding him, Castellan.

KELNER: Good. Because if anything does happen, I would have to take over as President, and I have no wish to expose myself to the dangers of that position (pause) for the moment.

BODYGUARD: I understand perfectly, sir.

KELNER: Good. You will be suitably rewarded when the time comes. Now go about your business.

BODYGUARD: Yes, sir. And thank you.

NESBIN: What's this?

ABLIF: We found them, Nesbin.

NESBIN: Found them?

ABLIF: Thought they were game at first. Jasko nearly put a spear through them.

NESBIN: Were they armed.

ABLIF: This one was. It took all of us to get it off her.

NESBIN: She is very strange.

LEELA: Then don't touch me!

NESBIN: Well, it speaks.

LEELA: I am not an it. I am Leela. This is Rodan. Who are you and what do you want with us?

NESBIN: I am Nesbin.

LEELA: The leader?

NESBIN: Yes. This is Presta.

NESBIN: And this is Ablif. But what is more to the point, what do you want with us?

RODAN: We don't want anything with you.

PRESTA: It's a trick. They've come here to trap us.

ABLIF: Yes, send them back to the city before they bring their guards on us.

RODAN: No, we're escaping from the city.

NESBIN: Well, then you do want something from us.

RODAN: What?

NESBIN: Protection. Help. You can't survive out here without.

LEELA: I can survive anywhere.

NESBIN: I believe that. What are you?

LEELA: I am a warrior of the Sevateem.

PRESTA: An alien! That's dangerous. Surely they'll come hunting for her?

NESBIN: We'll consider that in a moment. Well, warrior, I don't doubt that you can survive, but what about your friend here?

RODAN: What about me?

NESBIN: Well, you're no alien. I doubt if you've ever set foot outside the Citadel in your life before, have you?

RODAN: No.

NESBIN: Well, out here it's different. You have to fend for yourself.

RODAN: Fend?

NESBIN: That's right. What are you going to eat, for instance?

RODAN: I have some supplies. Look.

NESBIN: They won't last long. When they've gone, what will you do?

RODAN: I, I don't know.

NESBIN: I thought not. You wouldn't even know what you could eat, would you? Have you ever eaten flesh or fruit?

RODAN: No.

NESBIN: And shelter. Do you understand the need for shelter? No, of course you don't. You wouldn't last three days out here.

RODAN: I didn't realise. I'm so tired and cold.

NESBIN: Better get her inside.

PRESTA: Are we going to let them stay, then?

NESBIN: We'll decide about that when we've heard their story. This one'll need rest and shelter before she can tell us anything.

BORUSA: How much have you told me?

DOCTOR: Well, as much as I dare.

BORUSA: Just so I know how much I am liable to give away.

DOCTOR: You'll be all right. Do you think you can do it?

BORUSA: Yes.

DOCTOR: You're a brave man, Borusa.

BORUSA: I am a Cardinal.

DOCTOR: Yes. Yes, well, this shielding'll make them suspicious if we stay out of sight too long. Let's go.

DOCTOR: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

KELNER: It is I who should apologise

DOCTOR: I wasn't talking to you. Move over. Shall we start? Chancellor, these are our new masters. I order you to acknowledge their absolute authority.

BORUSA: You have no authority under the Constitution to order the Chancellor to do anything.

DOCTOR: The Constitution is suspended as of now.

BORUSA: This is monstrous, President.

DOCTOR: Yes, but it is so. Do it.

BORUSA: Never. I will not submit to these creatures. I am a Time Lord, a

DOCTOR: Don't destroy him. He might be useful to us.

LEADER: You will be responsible for him.

DOCTOR: Yes, of course. Yes, of course.

DOCTOR: Get up, you stiff-necked old Chancellor. Get up. Castellan, have the Chancellor removed to his quarters.

KELNER: Guards, escort the Chancellor to his rooms. Remain on guard.

DOCTOR: And don't let anyone in or out. He's under house arrest.

DOCTOR: You have to admire him. He has courage.

LEADER: He is foolish. If he causes trouble, we shall destroy him, and you also.

DOCTOR: I've kept my part of the bargain. What more do you want?

LEADER: More? We haven't g*n yet. When we are certain that we have complete dominance over your people, then we shall reveal our requirements to you.

DOCTOR: And yourselves, I hope. I find it disconcerting talking to shimmering shapes.

LEADER: The time is not right. First you must complete the arrangements for the subjugation of your people.

DOCTOR: Naturally, naturally. Well, Castellan, the Chancellor doesn't seem too keen to help. How about you?

KELNER: It is my duty, sir, to serve the President at all times. I will do whatever you wish.

DOCTOR: I thought you would. You can start by making sure that no one organises any resistance. That's the last thing I want.

KELNER: Of course, sir. Peaceful cooperation is a much more fruitful course.

DOCTOR: Good. Listen, why don't you regard yourself as Acting Vice-President?

KELNER: Oh, thank you, sir.

DOCTOR: And you'd better make me a list of all Time Lords holding official positions, and let me know which ones you think are reliable.

KELNER: Yes, of course, sir. And perhaps you'd like a list of all known trouble makers at the same time?

DOCTOR: That's the stuff. Off you go.

DOCTOR: I knew we could rely on him. Well, now that you're safely here, why don't you, er, make yourselves comfortable, hmm?

KELNER: Is there anything else I can get for you, sir?

DOCTOR: Yes. A jelly baby. My right hand pocket.

KELNER: What colour would you prefer, sir?

DOCTOR: Orange.

KELNER: There doesn't appear to be an orange one.

DOCTOR: One grows tired of jelly babies, Castellan.

KELNER: Oh, indeed one does, sir.

DOCTOR: One grows tired of almost everything, Castellan.

KELNER: Indeed, sir.

DOCTOR: Except power.

KELNER: Yes.

DOCTOR: Is the curfew effective?

KELNER: No incidents have been reported, sir.

DOCTOR: What a splendidly subservient Citadel you do run, Castellan.

KELNER: You are too generous, sir.

DOCTOR: Have you brought the list?

KELNER: Sir.

DOCTOR: So these Time Lords are the only potential rebels to our new regime, hmm?

KELNER: Yes, sir. I have checked all the bio-data extracts personally.

DOCTOR: You have?

KELNER: Well, er, with one or two exceptions, such as your good self.

DOCTOR: Hmm. I should thing so, too. Well, if these are the only thr*at to our new regime, we'd better do something about them.

LEADER: Unreliable elements must be destroyed.

DOCTOR: Oh, I hardly think so. They may be persuaded to see reason and some of them might be useful to us.

LEADER: There is no choice.

DOCTOR: Oh, but there is.

KELNER: There is, sir?

DOCTOR: Yes. Expulsion.

LEADER: Expulsion?

KELNER: Yes, that's an excellent idea, sir.

DOCTOR: None of them can survive out there without help, and there's no help out there.

KELNER: Oh yes, sir, that's an admirable detail. Once people realise that they'll liable to expulsion, they will quickly come to heel.

LEADER: Very well, we approve. But leaders such as Chancellor Borusa shall be kept here in confinement.

DOCTOR: Naturally. Well, see to it, Castellan. Oh, and Castellan, if I were you, I'd put them out one by one.

KELNER: Yes, sir. I will start at once.

DOCTOR: Good.

DOCTOR: Well, that's a good morning's work, wouldn't you say?

LEADER: Your progress so far has been quite satisfactory.

DOCTOR: Isn't it time we shared a bit of trust? I mean, couldn't you materialise and have a jelly baby?

LEADER: We are not ready yet.

DOCTOR: Oh.

LEADER: Your next task will be to dismantle the quantum force field around Gallifrey.

DOCTOR: Dismantle it? That's not possible.

LEADER: It has to be possible.

DOCTOR: But if we tamper with that, the whole planet could be vaporised.

LEADER: You will find a way.

DOCTOR: I can't.

LEADER: You will!

NESBIN: Gallifrey inv*de? Nonsense. That's impossible.

LEELA: How do you know? You're not a Time Lord.

NESBIN: Oh, but we are, or rather, we were until we decided to drop out.

LEELA: What is drop out? You fell?

NESBIN: All that peace and eternal tranquillity. We decided to get back to nature out here.

LEELA: Is this true?

RODAN: Well, I've heard it rumoured, but it's a subject that's never mentioned.

NESBIN: Well no, it wouldn't be. Might upset their cosy little world.

LEELA: Then you like fighting. Good.

NESBIN: Oh, now wait a minute, listen.

LEELA: No, you listen to me, before it's too late.

KELNER: Your record shows, Gomer, that you are politically unreliable.

GOMER: Unreliable? How dare you, Kelner. There's not a more loyal Time Lord in all Gallifrey.

KELNER: Exactly. Loyal to the old ways.

GOMER: What other ways are there?

KELNER: You are considered to be dangerous, a thr*at to the new regime.

GOMER: I consider that to be a compliment, Kelner. Thank you. I may be getting old, but if I had a w*apon to use against these inv*de, I'd

KELNER: You'd use it. Yes. Yes, you would. I think we'd be a lot safer with you out of the way.

GOMER: What are you going to do with me?

KELNER: By order of the President, you are to be expelled from the Citadel.

GOMER: I'm sorry I can't go any faster. By the time you're my age, I'm in my tenth regeneration, you know

ANDRED: Yes, sir, I know. I don't mind how slowly we go.

GOMER: In my younger days I was considered to be lively enough.

ANDRED: That's why you're being put out now.

GOMER: Oh, yes, it would be. Kelner and his sort never let bygones be bygones. We never got on, never saw eye to eye. To tell you the truth, I can't stand the fellow.

ANDRED: You're not alone in that.

GOMER: Watch your step, young man, or you'll be following me out there.

ANDRED: Oh, I don't think so. Some of us intend to do something about all this. It's all right, they're with me.

GOMER: Are they indeed?

ANDRED: There are plenty of us, more than Kelner and the President bargained for, and we're gaining strength every hour.

GOMER: Good for you, young Andred. Good for you. Now, can I stay and help?

ANDRED: Thank you, but I must put you out, sir. If I don't, Castellan Kelner will get suspicious.

GOMER: Yes, I understand.

ANDRED: But you may find help outside.

GOMER: Help? Out there?

ANDRED: Rodan and the alien girl Leela are already out there. Others are following.

NESBIN: But you can't even take care of yourselves!

LEELA: Try me!

NESBIN: When I'm not busy.

ABLIF: Now that's the language I do understand.

LEELA: Then we are agreed? We shall fight!

BODYGUARD: Where are we going, sir?

DOCTOR: I'm not at liberty to say.

ANDRED: You came. Good. Now, listen to me. Before we can do anything against the inv*de, we have to dispose of the President. I know it's against every law of the land, and it'll mean breaking my oath, but I believe he's forfeited the right to protection. He's a traitor who's brought these creatures in, and he must die. Are you with me?

MAN 1: Yes.

MAN 2: Yes.

ANDRED: Right. We must get him away from his inv*de friends and away from Kelner's tame bodyguard, then we can strike.

DOCTOR: No, no, no. You stay here.

BODYGUARD: But sir, I can't. I must stay with you. Castellan's orders.

DOCTOR: Rescinded.

BODYGUARD: Beg pardon, sir?

DOCTOR: Do you know what this is?

BODYGUARD: Yes, Excellence.

DOCTOR: Will you disobey me?

BODYGUARD: The Castellan will have me sh*t, sir.

DOCTOR: Well, that's all right. I'll have him sh*t. You stay there.

DOCTOR: How's it going, K9?

ANDRED: Now, look. I'll go in first.

DOCTOR: K9?

DOCTOR: K9, this is no time to be enjoying yourself, all right?

K9: Absorption of data most satisfactory, master.

DOCTOR: Good. Take this. I could try it myself, but they'd be sure to find out.

DOCTOR: Come on, K9. Come on. Easy, easy, easy. Steady now.

K9: Primary circuits locked in.

DOCTOR: Good.

K9: Commencing secondary feed.

DOCTOR: Excellent. Ah, Andred. I've got something for you. A surprise.

ANDRED: In the name of liberty and honour, I sentence you to death, traitor.

DOCTOR: Oh, but.
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