1

DOCTOR WHO

THE GLASS HEART

BY

GAVIN PAUL CARTER

FADE IN

INT. ROBERT’S BEDROOM - 1894

Piles of bound books are stacked upon a bedside cabinet.

The titles are obscured in the dim light. A candle stands
in a holder, and it burns slowly, the wax dripping down
onto the books.

A man’s hand reaches across and picks up a bloodied

handkerchief resting beside the books, and coughing and
wheezing ROBERT places it across his mouth. Robert is
frail, and his skin is ashen, sweat is running from his
brow. He is dressed in a white nightshirt that is
speckled with droplets of blood. His hair is thick and
matted, and as he lowers his handkerchief the sweet hangs
upon his moustache in beads.

Moonlight shines in from the window, and a man stands in

front of it in silhouette. He appears in shadow, a long
coat hanging down to his ankles.

Robert squints through the darkness, he can see the man’s

shape through his failing vision.

ROBERT
It’s you…
(Scottish accent)
You’re always in my dreams.

The shadowy figure steps forward, it is the Doctor, he

does not smile, his expression is grim, empty.

THE DOCTOR
Robert.

ROBERT
Still questioning your
choice? Won’t leave a sick
man in peace?…

THE DOCTOR
It’s about life and death…
 2

ROBERT
About…
(Coughs and draws up blood)
About my life Doctor?

Robert lowers the handkerchief and the blood has stained

the material more deeply.

THE DOCTOR
(Coldly)
A decision had to made.

ROBERT
(Sternly)
Were you right Doctor?

THE DOCTOR
Was I right? What do
you think Robert?

ROBERT
Only you can answer that…
It’s so long ago Doctor…
Only you know really…

THE DOCTOR
(Sadly)
It’s yesterday to me
Robert… That’s the
trouble… Sometimes
it’s only yesterday.

INT. THE TARDIS – 1861

A flashing purple light blazes inside the Tardis. An

alarm is also sounding. The Doctor stands at the
controls. He is pressing buttons and pulling levers. His
Assistant is holding on to the control panel, she looks
very worried.

THE DOCTOR
It’s a purple alert.

ASSISTANT
Purple… That’s not red
right?

THE DOCTOR
Red? Red’s nothing…
Purple is three times
as bad as red.
 3

ASSISTANT
Purples a nice colour.

THE DOCTOR
We’re making planet fall.

EXT – THE DEAD PLANET – LATER

The Tardis materialises on the dead planet, where the sky

is rolling with red and yellow fire.

The door of the blue box swings open and the Doctor steps
out. He is wearing a pair of tinted goggles. His
Assistant follows behind, and she is fumbling with her
own pair of goggles. She steps forward and fails to shut
the Tardis door, and it remains ajar.

ASSISTANT
Do I have to wear these?

The Doctor ignores her, and gazes out over the endless
plains of sand. In the distance he can see a Grandfather
Clock sticking sideways out of the sand.

The Doctor slides a silver box from his overcoat and a

purple light flashes upon it.

THE DOCTOR
Follow me and stay close.

EXT. THE DEAD PLANET -LATER

The Doctor’s Assistant looks down at her arm and she can
see that it is going red.

The Doctor stares at the Grandfather Clock, its hands

stopped at one second to twelve. He feels something solid
beneath his trainers, and bends down and brushes away the
sand.

ASSISTANT
My arms burning.

The Doctor lifts a glass cylinder from the sand, and

stands up. He gazes inside at the swirling black mist. He
reads a name inscribed in silver letters at its base.
‘JAN LOUDEN’.
 4

THE DOCTOR
That’s because the planet
is falling into the sun.

ASSISTANT
That’s not good…
Should’ve brought
some suntan lotion.
What’s that?

Gazing at the glass container…

THE DOCTOR
Our purple alert.

In the distance a strange black mass is rolling across

the sand towards the Tardis.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

Still contained, so
the warning came in
time… But…

ASSISTANT
But what?

The Doctor crouches down and finds more containers

buried in the sand. He lifts out another, but it has a
hole at its centre, and the dark energy is no longer
contained inside. The name at its base reads ‘VERON
SKAR’. The Doctor’s expression drops.

THE DOCTOR
Veron Skar… This is not
good news…

The Assistant taps the Doctor on the shoulder…

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

What?

The dark entity has consumed the Tardis, a black snaking

cloud has rolled around it and the machine is beginning
to shudder, the Doctor drops the container and runs back
to the blue box, his assistant follows swiftly behind
him. They are too late and the Tardis vanishes from the
surface of the dying planet.

The Doctor falls to his knees, and clutches at the sand,

raising it up it slips through his fingers.
 5

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

What have I done?

ASSISTANT
It’s gone Doctor… The
Tardis has gone.

THE DOCTOR
Worse than that… It’s
in the hands of Skar.

ASSISTANT
Who is Skar?

THE DOCTOR
A prisoner, but now
Free… Free to kill
again…

INT. THE FOREST – SCOTLAND - 1861 – NIGHT

The Tardis materialises in a forest clearing, and the

door creaks open, and the dark mass of energy seeps
through the door. It drifts passed tall skeletal trees
and moves purposely through the night.

INT. THE CEMETERY – LATER

Moonlight passes shadows across the vast plains of stone.

A shovel digs deep into the soil behind a gravestone, and
the dirt is lifted from its place, and scattered to one
side. The spade makes another hole and the digging
continues.

The moon passes behind a cloud and darkness sweeps

rapidly across the cemetery.

In the distance there is a glowing lamplight moving

amongst the graves, and JACK MURPHY a stocky man dressed
in a long grey military coat slumps down behind the
tombstone. His battered black boots scrape away at the
dirt, as he pulls his knees to his chest and drags a
large sack to his side. The man’s face is scarred and
burned and one eye is white and sightless. His skin is
unshaven and his long black hair is dirty and matted. He
remains silent, and closes his eyes.
 6

INT. THE CEMETARY – LATER

The lantern passes from left to right, throwing shadows

over the graves. JIM THE NIGHT WATCHMAN continues his
search of the grounds. He is a young man, not far past
twenty, he is tall, pale and somewhat malnourished, and
he wears a long cape around his shoulders.

The moon moves from behind the clouds, and the black
shape oozes across the ground towards him. Jim spins
around and shines his lantern. He can see a shadowy
torso, its head and shoulders cast over a nearby
tombstone, but the carved inscription has faded.

JIM
Anyone there?

The moon falls behind the clouds once again, and Jim
spins around, the boy is sweating. He can sense a
presence.

He turns once more and gazes down at his feet, something

black and twisted is rolling around them, and he steps
backwards.

The dark entity begins to rise in front of him, and Jim

stands motionless, in awe. Head and shoulders black as
pitch form before him, and the being stands tall, a giant
in the dark. The Night Watchman raises his lantern
towards a featureless face.

Two white eyes open wide in front of him, and a large

mouth lined with blood red teeth tears open. Jim drops
his lantern as the entity surges toward him. The glass
shatters and the gaslight goes out.

INT. THE CEMETARY – LATER

A bloodcurdling scream echoes across the graveyard,

Murphy hugs his knees and bows his head. Silence falls
all is quiet. He raises his head and gazes over the top
of the tombstone.

The moon passes through the clouds once more, and bathes
the cemetery in eerie light.

The man stands up slowly and picking up his sack and

shovel, he moves carefully through the sea of stone.
 7

EXT. THE DEAD PLANET – LATER

The Assistant gazes at her arm, it is starting to

blister, and the Doctor is nowhere in sight. She is
standing in front of the Grandfather Clock. She looks at
her own watch, and shakes her head.

ASSISTANT
Doctor? You in there?

The hands on the clock move to twelve and it begins to

chime. The Assistant steps back.

ASSISTANT (Cont’d)
It’s still the wrong
time.

The Doctor steps out from inside the clock.

THE DOCTOR
Fixed.

ASSISTANT
Needs adjusting.

The Doctor runs his Sonic Screwdriver over the hands of

the clock.

THE DOCTOR
(Ignoring her)
Yes. I’m sure it does.

ASSISTANT
So the clock works.

THE DOCTOR
(Irritated)
Think ahead, if you can.

ASSISTANT
It’s a clock.

THE DOCTOR
No, it’s not just a clock.
It’s a time travel machine,
once broken and now repaired.

ASSISTANT
So we can leave? Go home?
 8

THE DOCTOR
If home is 1861.

ASSISTANT
Not really, but at least we
can leave this dust bowl.

THE DOCTOR
And I can chase down the
enemy.

ASSISTANT
Who’s the enemy?

THE DOCTOR
Veron Skar… A mass murderer,
a Time Lord, taken to the
furthest point of regeneration
and trapped in mind, inside
a time cell, and blasted out
into the furthest reaches of
space.

ASSISTANT
(Confused)
Oh. I see… So lets go,
I’m not working on my
tan you know.

THE DOCTOR
The clock will only carry
one.

ASSISTANT
Oh, so that means what?

THE DOCTOR
That means… That means
simply that I have to come
back for you.

ASSISTANT
How long will I have?

THE DOCTOR
Estimated time, before this
planet falls into the sun,
roughly put, at a guess,
four or five days at most.
 9

ASSISTANT
Oh, that’s not looking
very good for me is it?

The Doctor shrugs his shoulders, and frowns. The

Assistant rubs the blister on her arm.

THE DOCTOR
Well, let’s not worry too
much, I will come back.

ASSISTANT
Can I have a hug?

THE DOCTOR
Yes… If it helps…

The Doctor looks uncomfortable, and gives the young woman

a hug.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY – LATER

The walls are lined with shelves, jars of medicine and

brightly coloured liquids. Books on anatomy are stacked
upon the wooden panels of a high cabinet. Jars containing
fungi, and mould stand separately on another shelf, and
human organs in sterile liquid are hidden away from the
gaslight. A large plinth stands in one corner, inside the
glass container that is resting upon it is a GLASS HEART,
intricately designed, sculpted with the deepest knowledge
of how the organ functions, there are valves, arteries
and veins that are interwoven in a maze of twisting
vessels.

The body of Jim the Night Watchman is laid out upon a

slab, he has been stripped to the waist, and the man’s
eyes are closed.

Murphy stands in the background, his head bowed, his

hands crossed in front of him.

DR BALTHUS CRAWLEY is a young man, late thirties and he

has deep blue eyes, and long blond hair. A stethoscope
hangs around his neck. He is dressed in a white high
collared shirt, a black cravat, with a diamond pin
pressed into the material and a dark waistcoat, and grey
pin striped trousers.

Dr Crawley raises the dead man’s eyelids, and sighs.

 10

DR CRAWLEY
(Sadly)
What happened Jack?

MURPHY
Don’t know Dr Crawley…
He cried out… Died.

DR CRAWLEY
A young man, like this?
His heart must’ve failed
him, I need to know why…

MURPHY
You going to butcher him?

DR CRAWLEY
Dissect Mr Murphy,
I’m not a butcher.

MURPHY
What did him in?

Dr Crawley looks sad, and lifts a handkerchief from his

waistcoat, and wipes his eyes.

MURPHY (Cont’d)
He’s got no next of kin.

DR CRAWLEY
That does not devalue him.
I don’t enter into a body
without respect for who
they are…

MURPHY
You’re near to family. He’s
yours near enough.

DR CRAWLEY
He’s a young man… In a few
years time I could’ve saved
him… Life is cruel…
(Frowning)
Jim is not a sacrifice Jack…

MURPHY
Never said he were.
But you’re the local
butcher, you do them
autopsy things.
 11

DR CRAWLEY
Those autopsy things
Jack… Please…
(Lowers his eyes)
I look for the meaning
Of death… I don’t cut
and scar the flesh for
pleasure.

MURPHY
Death is death… Seen it,
lived in them trenches
with it, used to it by now…

DR CRAWLEY
The war ways heavy on you…

MURPHY
Soldiers serve their leaders,
we trust them, no matter,
that’s duty… You’re educated,
you know best.

DR CRAWLEY
You’re a good man Jack Murphy.
We’ll let him rest tonight,
we all deserve a rest.

INT. THE FOREST – DAWN - LATER

The Grandfather Clock materialises in the forest, and

penetrates the ground, the dust rises and falls, and the
door swings open.

The Doctor steps out through the door, and walks slowly
through the towering skeletal trees. He approaches a
clearing, and he can see the vast cemetery sweeping out
in front of him.

INT. THE CEMETERY – LATER

ROBERT is eleven years old, and he is seated upon a

gravestone, he is dressed in grey shorts and a jumper,
and he is sketching in a book. The initials on the front
of the book are ‘R L B S’. The boy is drawing a pirate
ship, in the background he has already sketched a large
lighthouse.

The Doctor strolls casually into the graveyard, and

ignores the boy. He sees pieces of broken glass at the
base of a tombstone and crouches down to examine it.
 12

The boy colours in the Jolly Roger on the flag of his

pirate ship, leaving the skull and crossbones white, and
the flag behind it black.

The Doctor looks up at the boy.

THE DOCTOR
(Smiling broadly)
Strange place for a young
boy to be. A graveyard?

ROBERT
(Scottish accent)
Is it? I look out of place?
Looking at your shoes. You
don’t look right either.

The Doctor smiles and gazes down at his trainers.

THE DOCTOR
You’ve got a sharp eye.

The Doctor stands up, and walks over to the young boy and
stands behind him.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

And a sharp imagination.

ROBERT
Just drawing stuff.
(Pauses)
It’s very early morning…
What’re you doing here?

THE DOCTOR
Pirates and lighthouses?

ROBERT
Two sides of the same coin…
One good, one bad, but
all connected by the sea.
Didn’t answer my question.

THE DOCTOR
I’m passing through, I’m
looking for someone. You?
 13

ROBERT
Jim, he’s the Night
Watchman, I was supposed
to meet up with him. I’m
Robert who are you?

The Doctor walks back to the tombstone where the broken

glass has fallen. He crouches down again.

THE DOCTOR
Broken glass? Someone’s
been here… Did Jim carry a
lantern?

ROBERT
He watches over the
Dead… He always does.

THE DOCTOR
Grave robbers?

ROBERT
We’re near Edinburgh, yes…
But not since 1832, that
don’t happen no more.

THE DOCTOR
Burke and Hare?

ROBERT
Long time ago that.

THE DOCTOR
I know… Long before the
broken glass.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY – LATER

The body upon the slab begins to sprout white hairs. It

grows out from Jim’s lifeless flesh, and starts to
envelope him. Bursting upwards in silken strands it falls
down upon his body and crawls like wire across his
lifeless flesh.
 14

EXT. THE OPEN GROUNDS - LATER

The Doctor and Robert stroll across a wide open plain, in

the distance is a large country mansion.

THE DOCTOR
So tell me more about
Jim.

ROBERT
He has no family. He
stays with Dr Balthus
Crawley most of the time.

THE DOCTOR
Dr Balthus Crawley?…

ROBERT
Creepy Crawley the villagers
call him, he’s odd. Think
he’s from London, if not God
knows where? No one likes him
that much. He’s rich though,
and he’s always been kind to me.

THE DOCTOR
Why is he odd?

ROBERT
He’s different. He doesn’t
belong somehow…

Robert looks the Doctor up and down, and his eyes are
strongly focused on the Doctor’s trainers.

ROBERT (Cont’d)
Where did you get those
Shoes from?
(Stares unblinking at the Doctor)
Are you looking for something?

THE DOCTOR
Something odd is a good
start Robert, and I’m
always somewhere amidst
things that don’t belong.
(Grins oddly)
I normally fit right in…
 15

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY - LATER

Crawley descends the staircase and Murphy follows behind

carrying a gas lantern. Once they have reached the bottom
of the stairs their expressions change to shock and awe.

Crawley walks towards the slab on which the body of young

Jim has been placed. Murphy follows slowly behind, his
eyes fixed and unblinking.

The corpse is encased in a silk like substance and it has

woven itself around the body over and over again.

Murphy looks into the face of Dr Crawley and his

expression is vague, and confused.

Crawley gazes down at the wrapped corpse and slides a

stethoscope from his jacket. He leans forward and places
it against the chest of the dead man and listens.

MURPHY
What’s going on?

DR CRAWLEY
I don’t know, but
he’s alive again…

MURPHY
But Jim’s dead.

Murphy steps nervously back, and Dr Crawley stares up at

his colleague his blue eyes are watering.

DR CRAWLEY
His heart’s beating.

MURPHY
He’s dead though…

DR CRAWLEY
He was… Yes… He was…
But not now…

MURPHY
You’re the doctor…
You got the answers.

DR CRAWLEY
I’m sure I’ll find
the answer… It just
needs thinking about.
 16

The doorbell begins to ring. Dr Crawley looks up his

companion, and Murphy nods his head.

EXT, DR CRAWLEY’S MANSION – DAY – LATER

Robert and the Doctor are standing upon the doorstep of

Dr Crawley’s mansion. Robert pulls the rope once more,
and the bell rings again.

The door opens and Murphy appears in the archway.

MURPHY
Morning Robert.

Murphy looks the Doctor up and down suspiciously, but the

Doctor simply smiles goofily at the man.

ROBERT
I’m looking for Jim…
You seen him?

MURPHY
Who’s your friend?

The Doctor reaches forward and shakes Murphy’s hand.

THE DOCTOR
I’m the Doctor.

MURPHY
Doctor of what?

THE DOCTOR
(Grinning)
Just the Doctor.

MURPHY
(Mumbles)
Jim’s not well.

ROBERT
Where is he?

THE DOCTOR
Can we come in? Have a cup
of tea?

MURPHY
We’re busy…
 17

THE DOCTOR
Busy doing what?

MURPHY
(Aggressively)
That’s none of your
business.

Dr Crawley calls out from behind Murphy.

DR CRAWLEY
Jack, let them in,
and send them to my
study…

Murphy looks annoyed, and glares at the Doctor.

MURPHY
(Grumpily)
Looks like he’ll see
you after all.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S STUDY – LATER

A large oak desk stands at the centre of the room.

Bookcases line the walls, a vast library of medical
science, and literature. Gas lamps bathe the room with a
subtle light.

The Doctor stands with his hands behind his back, his
eyes scanning the many different titles.

Robert is seated in front of the desk, and he is drawing

in his book. The Doctor slides out a book on human
anatomy, and flicks quickly through the pages.

THE DOCTOR
It seems our host
is quite a scholar.

The door opens and Dr Crawley walks into the room. He

smiles at the Doctor, and the Doctor returns the smiles,
and then slips the book back onto the shelf.

Dr Crawley sits down behind his desk, and Robert closes

his initialled sketchbook and looks up at the man seated
opposite.

DR CRAWLEY
Good day to you both… Now
is there a problem?
 18

The Doctor remains gazing up at the books upon the shelf,

his hands held behind his back.

THE DOCTOR
What’s your field? If you
don’t mind me asking.

DR CRAWLEY
I’m an anatomist,
a virologist, and
you’re the Doctor?
You don’t have a name?

Robert looks over at the Doctor, who has his back to both
Dr Crawley and the boy.

THE DOCTOR
None to speak of…

DR CRAWLEY
What brings you here Doctor?
Where are you from?

THE DOCTOR
(Flippantly)
Oh, from here and there.
(Frowns)
You live here alone? No
Housekeeper? Wife?

DR CRAWLEY
Murphy assists me… Wife?
(Chuckles)
Good Lord no… Who would
have me?

THE DOCTOR
What makes you say that?

DR CRAWLEY
My time is dedicated to
my journey, my cause. I’m
on a path of discovery Doctor…
not easily explained and
Not easily accepted by
others… Hence my isolation
here, away from the world.
(Sighs)
Excuse me for sounding
melancholy, I’m not at all.
I’m just a seeker that’s all…
 19

THE DOCTOR
Oh… That’s all is it?…

ROBERT
(Interrupting)
I’m looking for Jim…
Murphy said he was sick.

DR CRAWLEY
Sorry Robert… Very sick.

THE DOCTOR
What’s his symptoms?

DR CRAWLEY
Hard to say…

THE DOCTOR
Do you need a second
opinion?

DR CRAWLEY
My opinion is enough…
Would you like some tea?

The Doctor turns around quickly and glares at Dr Crawley.

THE DOCTOR
No thank you…

DR CRAWLEY
He’s isolated, to avoid
contagion…
(Sighs)
Murphy found him lying in
the graveyard, naturally he
brought him to me…

THE DOCTOR
Why was Murphy in
the graveyard?

DR CRAWLEY
Why all these questions
Doctor? Are you a policeman?

THE DOCTOR
Is this a police matter?

Robert bites his lip, and looks nervous.

 20

DR CRAWLEY
I’m a very busy man Doctor.
I came to this isolated place
to avoid prying eyes.

THE DOCTOR
What’re you researching?

DR CRAWLEY
Anthrax and Tuberculosis Bassilus.
Connection between cattle hair and milk
temperature for transmission of the
Viruses. I’m also working on enzymes and
the curative components of mould. I’m
isolating bacterium that can be adapted to
cure all number of ailments.

THE DOCTOR
Extraordinary. It sounds like you’re
ahead of your time. Dr Balthus
Crawley? I’ve not heard of you…

DR CRAWLEY
My findings have not yet been
released to the world Doctor, and
that is only a fragment of my
research. I’m also experimenting
with artificial hearts and
electricity… I can say no more.

THE DOCTOR
In 1861? What do you know
about the human heart?

DR CRAWLEY
It’s a very delicate, but
complex organ. I believe
that I’m constructing a device
that may replace, or even could
be implanted into a failing heart…
Stimulating it by electricity, thus
helping to keep the organ pumping.

THE DOCTOR
(Sincerely)
It’s a brilliant idea… I
am genuinely impressed by
your scientific knowledge…

DR CRAWLEY
Thank you Doctor…
 21

THE DOCTOR
(Smiles uneasily)
Then logically you should
have a place in history?

DR CRAWLEY
(Sighs heavily)
Outside interference does not
help me Doctor. Your presence
for example, slows me down. I
need to be alone… I’m unknown
at present and wish to work in
peace… When my findings are
confirmed then please do ask me
questions, but only then…

ROBERT
What about Jim?

DR CRAWLEY
(Softly)
As soon as there is any
change in his condition
I will inform you. Now,
please allow Mr Murphy to
escort you to the door.

Dr Crawley stares into the Doctor’s wide bulging eyes,

but no smiles are exchanged between the two men.

EXT. DR CRAWLEY’S MANISON - LATER

The door is slammed shut, and the Doctor and Robert

stroll away from the building. The sun has fallen behind
black rain clouds, and the sky has darkened.

ROBERT
Storms coming…

THE DOCTOR
Something bad will
happen here… It has to.

ROBERT
What do you think is
wrong with Jim?

THE DOCTOR
(To himself)
There might be a connection…
I just have to find out.
 22

ROBERT
Connection to what?

THE DOCTOR
Dr Balthus Crawley appears
to be a genius. His ideas
are way beyond his time…

ROBERT
(Confused)
But this is his time…

THE DOCTOR
I need to get back inside…
I think he’s in danger…

ROBERT
(Grins)
I can help you with that.

EXT. THE MANSION’S WOODEN CELLAR DOOR - LATER

There are two panelled wooden doors at the back of the

mansion and they are set horizontally above ground and
are blocking the entrance to the cellar.

A large padlock fastens the cellars two doors together at

its centre. Leaning against the wall beside the cellar
door is Murphy’s shovel, and Jim’s broken glass gas lamp.
The Doctor narrows his eyes, and gazes at the dried mud
and grass hanging from the shovel.

THE DOCTOR
Someone’s been digging,
and Murphy was in the
graveyard when he found
young Jim.

The Doctor slides his Sonic Screwdriver from inside his

overcoat, and passes it over the padlock.

ROBERT
Do you think that they’re
grave robbing?

Robert gazes down at the strange device, he looks

fascinated.

ROBERT (Cont’d)
What’s that?
 23

THE DOCTOR
A Sonic Screwdriver.

ROBERT
Oh…
(Vaguely)
What’s sonic mean?

The lock clicks open, and the Doctor slides the

screwdriver back into his coat.

THE DOCTOR
Eureka.

The Doctor lifts open the doors, and gazes down into the
darkness. He looks back at Robert and smiles.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

Wait here Robert…
If I don’t return
within an hour go
to the police.

ROBERT
(Enthusiastically)
I’ll come and look
for you…

THE DOCTOR
No…
(Angrily)
Do as I say, go for
help… Otherwise we
might both be lost.
(Firmly)
Shut the doors behind me.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S CELLAR - LATER

A stepladder leads downwards, and the Doctor descends

each wooden rung extremely cautiously.

He finds himself standing in a small room. A large wine

rack stands in the corner, filled with vintage red. He
approaches the rack and slides out a bottle. The Doctor
blows the dust from the label.
 24

THE DOCTOR
French Vintage… 1814…
(Smiles)
Very good year… I think I
shared a glass of this with
Napoleon… Or was that
Wellington?

The Doctor slides the wine back onto the rack, and looks
down at his feet. There is a large wooden box resting
against the wall.

The Doctor bends down and removes the lid. His eyes
flicker uneasily as he lifts a human skull from inside
it.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S STUDY - LATER

Dr Crawley is leaning back in his chair and he is resting

his polished shoes upon the desk. The man is drinking
from a large brandy glass. Murphy is standing in front
of him, his back to Dr Crawley, leaning against the desk
his arms folded.

MURPHY
That Doctor was trouble.

DR CRAWLEY
We’ve done nothing wrong.

MURPHY
Only dug up a body or two
when it suited you.

DR CRAWLEY
The discoveries I’m
making justify that.

MURPHY
If you say so… All a bit
ghoulish though…

DR CRAWLEY
It has to be done… I need
those bodies for my work…
I will save lives Jack, mend
broken hearts, cure diseases.

MURPHY
Hope I’m there to see it… If
it’s not for fame and fortune…
 25

DR CRAWLEY
Saving life is worth more
than money Jack… But we all
need money, without it I
can’t continue my research…
(Smiles)
Can you go and check our
patient please?

Murphy opens his overcoat and two pistols are sticking

out of his trousers.

DR CRAWLEY (Cont’d)
Guns Jack?

MURPHY
I’m an old soldier,
always known when
it’s time to carry
a weapon or two…

DR CRAWLEY
I don’t approve of guns…
(Harshly)
You know that…

MURPHY
Only use them in defence…
Even you can’t be against
that…

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY - LATER

The Doctor pushes open a side door, and walks into the
dimly lit laboratory. His eyes scan the contents of the
room. He observes the Glass Heart, and the body lying
wrapped in silk upon the slab.

He takes a deep breath and approaches the mummified

corpse.

THE DOCTOR
I was right… I knew
I was right…

The Doctor is struck over the back of the head with the
handle of a gun, and he collapses twitching to the floor.
 26

EXT. THE MANSION’S WOODEN CELLAR DOOR – LATER

Robert is seated beside the door. He looks at his watch,

and hugs his knees to his chest.

ROBERT
(Whispers)
It’s been an hour.

He stands up and lifts the doors of the cellar and looks

down into the dark.

ROBERT (Cont’d)
(Nervously)
Doctor? You there?

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY – LATER

The body inside the silk like woven hair begins to

wriggle slowly like a maggot, and two splits form at its
shoulders.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S SPARE ROOM – LATER

The Doctor wakes up and discovers that he is tied to a

chair. His ankles bound to each leg, and his wrists
fastened to the chair’s arms.

Dr Crawley is standing in front of him, and Murphy is

leaning against the wall behind him polishing his pistol
with an old rag.

DR CRAWLEY
Breaking into someone’s
house is against the
law Doctor.

THE DOCTOR
(Grimaces)
Did you have to hit
me quite so hard?

Murphy shrugs his shoulders and grins.

DR CRAWLEY
So you’ve seen young Jim?

THE DOCTOR
That thing in your cellar
isn’t Jim. You need to untie
me and allow me to dispose of it.
 27

DR CRAWLEY
Certainly not. I’m more
likely to turn you over
to the police. Why shouldn’t
I?

THE DOCTOR
Because you’re still
digging up bodies.
A pretty grim hobby
don’t you think?

Murphy stops polishing his pistol, and briefly points it

at the Doctor.

DR CRAWLEY
I’ve never approved of
grave robbing… The dead
should be left in peace.

THE DOCTOR
But you’re still doing it…

DR CRAWLEY
What about you Doctor?
Breaking into my house,
hardly honourable behaviour.
Are you seeking to steal
my work?

THE DOCTOR
(Dismissively)
Oh don’t be so naïve.

DR CRAWLEY
Then tell us the truth…

THE DOCTOR
Are you familiar with
the works of H G Wells?…
(Firmly)
The Time Machine? The War
Of the Worlds?

DR CRAWLEY
No Doctor… I’ve never heard
of any of that… So what can
you tell me that I don’t
already know?
 28

THE DOCTOR
You’re an educated man?…
(Puzzled)
Of course it’s 1861…
H G wells won’t be born
for another five years…

Dr Crawley looks back at Murphy, and the old soldier

looks baffled and shakes his head. Dr Crawley looks back
at the Doctor.

DR CRAWLEY
You’re a strange man Doctor…
Possibly a lunatic, but I’ve been
called that myself… So I’m no judge.

THE DOCTOR
What you have in your cellar is
an alien life form.

DR CRAWLEY
Alien? Alien in what way?

THE DOCTOR
If you prefer, it’s a large and
highly dangerous bacteria. What’s
growing inside that cocoon is more
dangerous than Anthrax, or any other
virus you can think of…

DR CRAWLEY
I see.

THE DOCTOR
(Angrily)
No you don’t see. You
won’t have your place in
history Dr Crawley if
you don’t let me destroy it.

DR CRAWLEY
You could be trying to
trick me Doctor. If
Jim is carrying a new
plague I would like to be
the one who discovers it.

THE DOCTOR
(Angrily)
You’re thinking backwards
rather than forwards.
 29

DR CRAWLEY
Perhaps I know too much… But
I still have more to learn
Doctor.

EXT. THE OPEN FIELDS – EVENING - LATER

The sun is beginning to descend. Robert and CONSTABLE

BILL JACKSON are moving quickly down a country lane lined
with tall trees on either side.

Bill Jackson is a large framed man, with a big bushy

black moustache and a round belly. His uniform is
immaculate, and the Silver Star on his helmet is highly
polished.

CONSTABLE JACKSON
(Wheezing)
Why he wants to live
so far out, I just
don’t know. Some mad
scientist… I’d of used
my bicycle, but you
wouldn’t of kept up.

ROBERT
You don’t know the way.

CONSTABLE JACKSON
No, that might’ve posed
a problem. My wife knows the
way, and it’s stew tonight… So
this Doctor broke into Crawley’s
house?

ROBERT
He said he had good reason.
I’m worried about Jim,
something isn’t right.

CONSTABLE JACKSON
Never good reason for that
lad, a man’s house is his
own private kingdom. No man
has a right to enter there
without permission. No woman
neither… Although my wife would
thinking about it…
 30

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S SPARE ROOM - LATER

The Doctor is leaning back and looking up at the ceiling.

He lowers his head and looks across the room.

Murphy is eating an apple and his one good eye is staring

at the prisoner.

MURPHY
You like fruit?

Murphy offers the Doctor his half eaten apple.

THE DOCTOR
Not especially.

MURPHY
Fruit is good.

Murphy continues to eat the apple.

THE DOCTOR
Aren’t you worried that
what I’m saying might
be true?

MURPHY
I’m just an old soldier.
(Smiles)
Never argue with your
superiors Doctor. I just
do as I’m told.

THE DOCTOR
You fought in the Crimean
War?

MURPHY
Back in fifty four. Got
through it… The leaders
always know best.

THE DOCTOR
Oh, so you’re not familiar
with the Charge of the Light
Brigade?

MURPHY
(Irritated)
I’ll go check on the patient.
 31

THE DOCTOR
You do that, but be careful
Murphy. If Jim wakes up, get
out and lock up that cellar.

MURPHY
I’ll do that, and I’ll be first
to the front door.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S CELLAR – LATER

Murphy descends the staircase, and raising his gas lamp,

he passes the Glass Heart on the plinth, and cautiously
approaches the wrapped body upon the slab.

The body starts to wriggle once more, and the white

substance starts to tear away from the corpse.

Murphy draws a pistol from his belt, and steps back.

Jim’s gaunt body is revealed through the dim light. Jim’s
skin is covered in blisters his sunken face is
pockmarked, and his entire body is tinged with shades of
yellow and black.

Jim turns his head slowly towards Murphy and opens his
eyes, and they have turned completely white. Jim opens
his mouth and smiles unnaturally. The man’s teeth are
dark and discoloured.

Murphy points his gun at Jim.

MURPHY
In God’s name… What’s
become of you?

Jim leaps forward his arms outstretched. Murphy fires his

pistol.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S STUDY

A second gunshot echoes through the study door. Dr

Crawley, gulps down his brandy and stands up slowly. He
slides open the desk drawer and slides out a small silver
pistol, and quickly loads the weapon.
 32

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY – LATER

Murphy staggers up the staircase into the open arms of Dr

Crawley.

MURPHY
(Breathlessly)
Jim… It’s not him
no more… I killed
it… Got to get out…

He pushes past Dr Crawley, and flees up the stairs. Dr

Crawley draws his silver pistol and strolls down the
steps.

He finds Jim’s corpse lying face down upon the floor, and
he gives it a gentle shove with the tip of his shoe.

Dr Crawley is unaware of the dark entity rising from the

floor behind him. The being’s eyes flick open, lifeless
and marble white.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S SPARE ROOM

The door flies open, and Murphy rushes inside. In the

distance Dr Crawley screams out in pain…

The Doctor is still tied to the chair, and he looks up

into Murphy’s frightened face.

Murphy draws a large knife from his coat and holds it up

in front of the Doctor. The old soldier bends down and
starts to cut through the ropes that have bound the
Doctor’s ankles to the chair legs.

MURPHY
We have to get out…

He slices free one of the Doctor’s legs.

MURPHY (Cont’d)
The Devil’s come for us.

The Doctor gazes up over Murphy’s head.

THE DOCTOR
Murphy, I think he’s
behind you…

Murphy stands up and turns around. Dr Crawley is standing

in the door arch. He looks very pale and the man’s eyes
 33

are closed. Dr Crawley smiles oddly, and his eyes flick

open. They are completely white.

MURPHY
Dr Crawley… Are you ill?

Dr Crawley draws a black leather gloved hand from behind

his back. He is holding a black cane with a bulbous
silver handle.

Dr Crawley starts to giggle, and laugh in a rather

demented way. He screams hideously. Mad eyed, he charges
forward with the cane held high.

The Doctor looks away, but he hears a sickening thud, and

when he opens his eyes again, he observes Murphy lying
face down upon the floor, eyes bulging, the man is dead.

EXT. DR CRAWLEY’S MANSION – NIGHT - LATER

Robert and Constable Jackson have arrived at the door to

Dr Crawley’s mansion. The policeman rings the doorbell,
and steps back gazing up at the buildings high windows.

CONSTABLE JACKSON
Nobody in… I’m hungry now…

ROBERT
There must be. Ring again…

Constable Jackson pulls the chain a second time.

ROBERT (Cont’d)
The cellar door is
still open…

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S SPARE ROOM – LATER

The bell outside rings again. The Doctor remains tied to

the chair, he looks down at Murphy’s body, and then gazes
up at Dr Crawley who has his back to him and is gazing
out through the window at the moonlight.

THE DOCTOR
Didn’t take much time for
you to go back to your old
ways did it Skar?

DR CRAWLEY - SKAR
(His voice changed)
Time is never an issue.
 34

THE DOCTOR
The man your controlling
is not an insect… He’s greater
than the people you like to
crush…

DR CRAWLEY - SKAR
But nothing to me?… He means
nothing to me…

THE DOCTOR
You’re intelligent Skar…
Brilliant even… But you’re
right, you and he, are nothing
like each other.

DR CRAWLEY - SKAR
I’ve been imprisoned for
centuries… Now I have the
Tardis, I can travel through
time and select my victims
anywhere I choose…

THE DOCTOR
No wonder the Time Lords took
away your body.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
But I have another one,
and allies for my cause…
I shall return to the
dead planet and release
the other captives…

THE DOCTOR
Your cause?…
(Disgusted)
Why Veron? What do you gain
from murder?…

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
That’s fairly simple
Doctor…

Dr Crawley - Skar turns around, and his white eyes glare

at the Doctor. He smiles grotesquely.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
I enjoy it… Destroying
simplistic organisms…
It’s mere sport to me…
 35

THE DOCTOR
Humanity is a valuable
species, far greater in
mind than you’ll ever be.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
So I make sport of them?
They’re nothing Doctor. I
don’t understand why you
always took such interest
in them.

THE DOCTOR
You’re not an individual
who has a desire to understand
anything Skar. Do you intend
to kill me?

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
Oh no… You and your assistant
will play host to the other
entites. We can be one big
happy family, and Share our
lives together… How human…

EXT. THE MANSION’S WOODEN CELLAR DOOR - LATER

Robert and Constable Jackson walk towards the cellar

door. As they approach, the wooden panels lift up, and Dr
Dr Crawley – Skar ascends the ladder. He is wearing a
large top hat, and a black cape hangs around his suited
shoulders. He is carrying his black silver handled cane.

Dr Crawley – Skar stands motionless beside the cellar

door. His expression is odd and his skin looks even paler
in the moonlight. His white eyes glare at Robert and the
policeman.

Constable Jackson pats the boy on the stomach with the

palm of his hand.

CONSTABLE JACKSON
Wait here Robert, I’ll
address the gentleman.

Constable Jackson strides forward and stands face to face

with Dr Crawley – Skar.

CONSTABLE JACKSON (Cont’d)

This lad has concerns about
two friends of his…
 36

Constable Jackson stares into the man’s ghastly white

eyes.

CONSTABLE JACKSON (Cont’d)

What’s wrong with your eyes?

Dr Crawley – Skar looks across at Robert, and he begins

to giggle and chuckle. Robert steps back.

The cane is raised and Constable Jackson has no time to

react as he is struck heavily against the side of the
head.

Robert watches the man fall, and gazes fearfully at the

smiling murderer. The boy shakes his head and runs away.

EXT. THE CEMETARY - LATER

Robert flees into the graveyard and crouches down behind

a tombstone, he is breathing heavily, and the sweat is
pouring from his forehead, he tucks his knees into his
chest and hugs them tightly.

Dr Crawley – Skar strolls into the graveyard. His pale

skin and white eyes glow in the moonlight. He grins
evilly and gazes about himself.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
Robert? Where are you
my boy?

Dr Crawley - Skar continues to search the graveyard.

Robert presses his lips together and tries to stop his

body from shaking.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR (Cont’d)

Don’t be shy… It’s
your turn to die
Robert…

Robert closes his eyes tightly, as the moon passes behind

a cloud and the graveyard falls into darkness.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR (Cont’d)

I’ll be in your dreams boy…
I’ll be back for you.

Robert remains as still as he can be, and slowly he opens

his eyes, and the tears run down his cheeks.
 37

Nervously he pushes himself back on to his feet, and

keeping his body low, he runs back through the graveyard.

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S SPARE ROOM – LATER

The Doctor is still seated in the chair. His wrists

remain bound and he looks down at Murphy’s knife, and
tries to avoid gazing into Murphy’s lifeless face.

THE DOCTOR
This isn’t going well.

The door bursts open, and Robert runs into the room. He
is sweating and tearful. He shakes his head in horror
when he sees Murphy’s body.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

Robert, thank goodness.

Robert picks up the knife and begins to cut through the

ropes.

ROBERT
He’s killed Constable
Jackson too, and Jim
I should reckon.

He slices the Doctor free of his bonds.

ROBERT (Cont’d)
Why didn’t he kill you?

The Doctor stands up and shakes his arms and legs in an

attempt to regain his circulation.

THE DOCTOR
Do you know where he is?

The Doctor bends down and rolls Murphy onto his back, and
slides a pistol out of his belt.

ROBERT
He chased me across
the cemetery.

THE DOCTOR
He’s going back to the
dead planet. I need
to mix up a little
cocktail before I go.
 38

EXT. THE FOREST – TARDIS - LATER

Dr Crawley – Skar opens the Tardis door and smiles, he

steps inside.

The blue box begins to vanish from sight…

INT. DR CRAWLEY’S LABORATORY – LATER

The Doctor mixes two colourful liquids together inside a

test tube. He then tilts the tube sideways and slides the
needle of a syringe into the substance and draws it
inside the cylinder.

Robert is standing beside the Doctor, and he watches the

process carefully.

ROBERT
What’s that?

THE DOCTOR
It’ll force that demon
out of Dr Crawley… If
I can inject it.

ROBERT
It isn’t poison then?…

THE DOCTOR
A chemical drug… Some
drugs are very powerful
Robert… You remember that…

EXT. THE DEAD PLANET – LATER

The Tardis appears gradually upon the surface of the dead

planet.

The Doctor’s Assistant is seated upon the sand next to

the glass cylinders. Her head is bowed and her arms are
covered in small red blisters. She hears the Tardis
arriving and looks up. Her lips are dry and her face is
bright red.

ASSISTANT
Doctor.

She stands up and watches as the door swings open, and a

rather strange Victorian gentleman wearing a black top
hat, black suit and cape steps out onto the steaming
sand.
 39

ASSISTANT (Cont’d)
Doctor have you regenerated?

Dr Crawley – Skar strides forward, sliding his cane from

behind his back, he starts to walk towards the young
woman.

As the man gets closer she can see him smiling coldly,
and the oddness of his eyes. She bends down and begins to
pick up the remaining cylinders and starts to run with
them across the desert.

EXT. THE FOREST – THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK – LATER

The Doctor opens the door to the Grandfather Clock and

begins to slide inside. Robert watches as the man slips
in through the panel. The Doctor smiles and looks back at
the boy.

THE DOCTOR
There’s only room for
one Robert… Don’t try
to follow…

The Doctor slides his whole body inside, and Robert

watches as the clock hands begin to rotate rapidly.

Robert watches as the clock begins to disappear.

ROBERT
No you don’t…

Robert grabs the handle of the virtually transparent

wooden door and pulls it open, and literally dives inside
the clock.

The Grandfather clock vanishes from the forest clearing…

EXT. THE DEAD PLANET - LATER

The Assistant slips on the sand and the glass cylinders

tumble into the dust. She attempts to gather them up once
more, but a dark shadow falls over her.

She gazes back over her shoulder into the shadowed face
of Dr Crawley – Skar. He smiles at her, his cold white
eyes glaring down at her.

The man raises his cane and brings it crashing down. It

cracks the container marked with the name ‘JAN LOUDEN’ He
 40

raises his cane again and shatters the cylinder

completely.

The dark entity rises from inside, and hovers like a

cloud of rippling darkness behind Dr Crawley – Skar…
It gradually merges together and begins to take on a
human shape…

The young woman drags her body backwards through the

sand.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
Take off the glasses
so she may enter…

The dark entities eyes open wide, they are white, and
lifeless, cold and unwelcoming.

The Grandfather Clock begins to materialise behind Dr

Crawley – Skar and the dark entity. So they turn their
attention away from the helpless young woman.

Smoke is rising from the Grandfather Clock, and the hands

are still spinning around rapidly. The Doctor climbs out
through the panel, smoke billowing around him, he reaches
inside and drags Robert to safety.

They run clear and dive face down into the sand, behind
them the Grandfather Clock explodes into a billion
pieces.

The Doctor looks up, he can see Dr Crawley – Skar, the

dark entity and his Assistant a short distance away.
Sliding his hand inside his overcoat he slips out his
goggles and places them over his eyes.

The Doctor stands up and lifts Robert from the sand, the
young boy looks around. He looks completely bewildered by
his new surroundings.

THE DOCTOR
I told you it could only
carry one…

The Doctor slips his syringe from his coat, and slides
out the gun from his belt.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

Now it’s a matter of
life or death.
 41

Robert looks back at the Tardis, and the Doctor slips out
a key and hands it to the boy. Robert looks baffled.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

It’s a key to the blue
box, now go…

The boy breaks into a run…

Dr Crawley – Skar and the dark entity observe the boy,

and forgetting the Doctor’s Assistant, they surge forward
towards the Doctor.

The Doctor grips the syringe tightly, and stands his

ground.

The Assistant gathers up the remaining cylinders and

starts to arc around, her intention also to reach the
Tardis.

Dr Crawley – Skar screams at the Doctor, and raises his

cane striking the Doctor across the right shoulder and
knocking him to the floor. The Doctor drops his syringe
and loses his grip upon his pistol as he falls clumsily
into the sand.

Robert is fumbling with the Tardis key and attempting to

unlock the door. In his haste to get inside, he drops it
into the sand.

The Doctor sits up and reaches for the syringe. He can

see that Dr Crawley – Skar and the dark entity are almost
upon the boy.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

Robert cover your eyes
and don’t look at them!

Dr Crawley – Skar looks back at the Doctor and smiles

horribly. Robert is on his knees the palms of his hands
held tightly over his eyes. The dark entity is rolling
around the boy.

DR CRAWLEY – SKAR
Caring… That was always
your weakness Doctor.

Dr Crawley – Skar raises his cane high above Robert’s

head.
 42

The Doctor grabs his pistol, and standing up he fires,

striking Dr Crawley – Skar squarely in the back. The man
drops his cane and falls to his knees.

The Doctor tosses the gun into the sand with a look of
disgust on his face.

The entity possessing Dr Crawley, escapes through the

man’s eyes. On leaving the mortally wounded man Dr
Crawley falls sideways into the sand.

The two dark entities surge towards the Doctor and they
both swirl angrily around him. The Doctor is simply
staring at Dr Crawley’s lifeless body lying in the dust.

The Doctor opens his palm and drops the syringe by his
feet.

Robert scrambles for the Tardis key and slips it into the
keyhole. The Doctor’s Assistant reaches Robert’s side,
and as the door is opened she bundles the boy through.

She looks back at the Doctor. The entities are still

swirling around him, but he appears to be in a trance.

ASSISTANT
Doctor run!

The Doctor snaps out of his trance and breaks into a run.
The entities move swiftly behind him, but he seems to be
keeping ahead of them.

The Doctor dives over Dr Crawley’s body, and through the

open Tardis doors.

The Assistant slams the doors shut, only seconds before

the entities have reached it.

INT. THE TARDIS

The Doctor scrambles to his feet and moves swiftly to the

control panel, he pulls several levers to activate the
machine.

Robert is crouched in the corner, and the Doctor’s

Assistant drapes a jacket around the shaking boy’s
shoulders.

THE DOCTOR
Brace yourselves… We’re
going forward in time.
 43

The Assistant sits down beside the boy and wraps her arms
around him.

EXT. THE DEAD PLANET – LATER

The Tardis begins to vanish and the entities swirling

around the blue box begin to fall away. The sky begins to
blaze with churning flame, and the desert sand seems to
roll with flaming embers, the dark entities and Dr
Crawley’s body disintegrate, as a sea of molten fire
consumes the dead planet.

EXT. THE TARDIS – THE SUN’S ORBIT

The Tardis spins through belching jets of churning fire,

as the dead planet becomes a ball of burning light and
evaporates into the Sun.

INT. THE TARDIS – LATER

The Doctor bows his head over the controls, and looks
back at Robert and his Assistant. The Doctor’s expression
is uncomfortably grim.

ASSISTANT
Are they dead?

THE DOCTOR
(Slowly)
No… Although it may take
them a few thousand years
to break free of the Sun.

ASSISTANT
Well that’s OK then…

THE DOCTOR
(Angrily)
A few thousand years is
nothing in my time.

ASSISTANT
Still I saved a few cylinders
from the planet.

THE DOCTOR
But no one saved Dr Crawley.

The Doctor looks down at Robert, the boy looks

uncomfortable in his new surroundings.
 44

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

He couldn’t regenerate.
Humans have glass hearts.
So fragile… I’ve never killed
a good man before…

ASSISTANT
He didn’t look good to me…

THE DOCTOR
(Angrily)
What do you know? You
didn’t know who he was
and you never will. I
sacrificed him to save
you Robert…

ROBERT
(Trembling)
I’m sorry Doctor.

THE DOCTOR
This story goes no further…
Keep me secret… Promise me
that…

ROBERT
I promise Doctor.

The Doctor jabs his finger towards Robert…

THE DOCTOR
You make something of
yourself Robert… You
owe it to me and you
owe it to Dr Balthus
Crawley…

EXT. THE CEMETARY – NIGHT – LATER

The Tardis materialises in the graveyard. The door is

opened and Robert steps out. The Doctor leans through the
door, and looks glumly at the boy.

THE DOCTOR
I’ll be watching you Robert…
Take care… Go home… Leave
everything to the authorities.
 45

The Doctor shuts the door and the Tardis begins to vanish
into the ether.
Robert is left standing alone in the silent graveyard.

INT. ROBERT’S BEDROOM - 1894

The candle flame has burned down, and the wax has formed
solid patches on the back of the stacked books.

The Doctor stands at the foot of the sick man’s bed, and
smiles sadly at his friend.

ROBERT
(Coughing)
I did my best Doctor…
Although, had Crawley
lived he might have cured
my Tuberculosis.

THE DOCTOR
He would’ve done so much
more than that…

ROBERT
You seem so sad.

THE DOCTOR
I saved you Robert, but
maybe I changed history…
If I’d never gone to that
dead planet, then Dr Balthus
Crawley would’ve lived.

ROBERT
If you hadn’t shot him… He
would’ve killed me…

THE DOCTOR
I know… It’s been on my mind.

ROBERT
My death wasn’t meant to be…

THE DOCTOR
If I could’ve injected
him with the serum… I
could’ve released him
from Skar’s control…
Saved his life…
 46

ROBERT
(Breathing heavily)
Have I disappointed
you Doctor? I promise to
do more…

THE DOCTOR
Of course not Robert… How
could you?

ROBERT
(Smiles)
I’m only forty four Doctor…
(Wheezing)
When I get better… You’ll
see my best work is yet to
come… So much more to do…
(Breathing laboured)
So little time perhaps?…

THE DOCTOR
Dr Crawley never completed
his best work…
(Lowers his eyes)
But your name will live
forever Robert…

The Doctor walks slowly to the bedside cabinet, and gazes

down at the stacked books.

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

But no one will ever
know who I am… Or who
Dr Balthus Crawley was…
He’s simply forgotten.

He reaches down and lifts one of the books from the pile
and turns it around and reads the title.

‘THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE’

THE DOCTOR (Cont’d)

But you Robert Louis Stevenson…
(Smiles)
Your name will live forever…

FADE OUT

END
47