Doctor who the end of the world Page #6

Season #1 Episode #2

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[Observation gallery]

MOXX:
Indubitably, this is the Bad Wolf scenario. I find the inherent laxity of the on-going multiverse

(The Doctor and Rose enter.)

DOCTOR:
That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that. What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines. They've pitched up about thirty Hertz. That dodgy or what?

JABE:
It's the sound of metal. It doesn't make any sense to me.

DOCTOR:
Where's the engine room?

JABE:
I don't know, but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest suite, I could show you and your wife.

DOCTOR:
She's not my wife.

JABE:
Partner?

DOCTOR:
No.

JABE:
Concubine?

DOCTOR:
Nope.

JABE:
Prostitute?

ROSE:
Whatever I am, it must be invisible. Do you mind? Tell you what, you two go and pollinate. I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson.

(Rose goes to talk to Cassandra.)

DOCTOR:
Don't start a fight.

(He offers Jabe his arm.)

DOCTOR:
I'm all yours.

ROSE:
And I want you home by midnight.

COMPUTER:
Earth Death in fifteen minutes. Earth Death in fifteen minutes.

[Maintenance duct]

(A multitude of spiders scuttle out of sight behind the swags of wiring and piping.)

DOCTOR:
Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a Captain or what?

JABE:
There's just the Steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal mind.

DOCTOR:
You mean the computer? But who controls that?

JABE:
The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another.

DOCTOR:
But there's no one from the Corporation on board.

JABE:
They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha class. Nothing can go wrong.

DOCTOR:
Unsinkable?

JABE:
If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate.

DOCTOR:
You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold. So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?

JABE:
I'm afraid not.

DOCTOR:
Fantastic.

JABE:
I don't understand. In what way is that fantastic?

[Observation gallery]

CASSANDRA:
Soon, the sun will blossom into a red giant, and my home will die. That's where I used to live, when I was a little boy, down there. Mummy and Daddy had a little house built into the side of the Los Angeles Crevice. I'd have such fun.

ROSE:
What happened to everyone else? The human race, where did it go?

CASSANDRA:
They say mankind has touched every star in the sky.

ROSE:
So, you're not the last human.

CASSANDRA:
I am the last pure human. The others mingled.

CASSANDRA:
Oh, they call themselves New humans and Proto-humans and Digi-humans, even 'Humanish, but you know what I call them? Mongrels.

ROSE:
Right. And you stayed behind.

CASSANDRA:
I kept myself pure.

ROSE:
How many operations have you had?

CASSANDRA:
Seven hundred and eight. Next week, it's seven hundred and nine. I'm having my blood bleached. Is that why you wanted a word? You could be flatter, Rose. You've got a little bit of a chin poking out.

ROSE:
I'd rather die.

CASSANDRA:
Honestly, it doesn't hurt.

ROSE:
No, I mean it. I would rather die. It's better to die than live like you, a bitchy trampoline.

CASSANDRA:
Oh, well. What do you know.

ROSE:
I was born on that planet, and so was my mum, and so was my dad, and that makes me officially the last human being in this room, 'cos you're not human. You've had it all nipped and tucked and flattened till there's nothing left. Anything human got chucked in the bin. You're just skin, Cassandra. Lipstick and skin. Nice talking.

(The Adherants watch Rose leave.)

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