Doctor Who “Smith and Jones” STOKER: I Weep for Future Generations
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Doctor Who “Smith and Jones” STOKER: I weep for future generations. Are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones? MARTHA: Er, I don't know. Stomach cramps? STOKER: That is a symptom, not a diagnosis. And you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart. (Stoker gets an electric shock from the metal clip.) MARTHA: That happened to me this morning. MORGENSTERN: I had the same thing on the door handle. SWALES: And me, on the lift. STOKER: That's only to be expected. There's a thunderstorm moving in and lightning is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by. Anyone? DOCTOR: Benjamin Franklin. STOKER: Correct. DOCTOR: My mate, Ben. That was a day and a half. I got rope burns off that kite, and then I got soaked.. STOKER: Quite. DOCTOR: And then I got electrocuted. STOKER: Moving on. I think perhaps a visit from psychiatric. ======================================== MARTHA: I promise you, Mister Smith, we will find a way out. If we can travel to the moon, then we can travel back. There's got to be a way. DOCTOR: It's not Smith. That's not my real name. MARTHA: Who are you, then? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. MARTHA: Me too, if I can pass my exams. What is it then, Doctor Smith? DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. MARTHA: How do you mean, just the Doctor? DOCTOR: Just the Doctor. MARTHA: What, people call you the Doctor? DOCTOR: Yeah. MARTHA: Well, I'm not. As far as I'm concerned, you've got to earn that title. DOCTOR: Well, I'd better make a start, then. ======================================== MARTHA: What are Judoon? DOCTOR: They're like police. Well, police for hire. They're more like interplanetary thugs. MARTHA: And they brought us to the moon? DOCTOR: Neutral territory. According to galactic law, they've got no jurisdiction over the Earth, and they isolated it. That rain, lightning? That was them, using an H2O scoop. MARTHA: What are you on about, galactic law? Where'd you get that from? If they're police, are we under arrest? Are we trespassing on the moon or something? DOCTOR: No, but I like that. Good thinking. No, I wish it were that simple. They're making a catalogue. That means they're after something non-human, which is very bad news for me. MARTHA: Why? Oh, you're kidding me. Don't be ridiculous. Stop looking at me like that. ======================================== DOCTOR: That's the thing about Slabs. They always travel in pairs. MARTHA: What about you? DOCTOR: What about me what? MARTHA: Haven't you got back-up? You must have a partner or something? DOCTOR: Oh. Humans. We're stuck on the moon running out of air with Judoon and a bloodsucking criminal, you're asking personal questions? Come on. MARTHA: I like that. Humans. I'm still not convinced you're an alien. (They walk into a Judoon and the Doctor gets scanned.) JUDOON: Non-human. MARTHA: Oh my God, you really are. ======================================== DOCTOR: Right then, let's get going. MARTHA: But is there a crew, like a navigator and stuff? Where is everyone? 1 DOCTOR: Just me. MARTHA: All on your own? DOCTOR: Well, sometimes I have guests. I mean some friends, travelling alongside. I had. There was recently, a friend of mine. Rose, her name was. Rose. And we were together. Anyway. MARTHA: Where is she now? DOCTOR: With her family. Happy. She's fine. She's. Not that you're replacing her. MARTHA: Never said I was. DOCTOR: Just one trip to say thanks. You get one trip, then back home. I'd rather be on my own. MARTHA: You're the one that kissed me. DOCTOR: That was a genetic transfer. MARTHA: And if you will wear a tight suit. DOCTOR: Now, don't! MARTHA: And then travel all the way across the universe just to ask me on a date. DOCTOR: Stop it. 2.