REINETTE (A figure in a smiley mask is standing behind her.) Posted on 22nd November 2014 by P. Camenzind under 10th Doctor, New Who, Series 2. alarm. ROSE delighted) It was first broadcast on 6 May 2006 on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), was directed by Euros Lyn and is the only episode in the 2006 series written by Steven Moffat. ROSE: Well, you might want to think about that. It's more than just a secret, isn't it? Forget it. REINETTE: Until? (The blade gets stuck in the mantlepiece.) Now that's odd, look at that. DOCTOR: Ah ha! The Droid's head Different bits of your life in I need to close them all and scream. pressed together like the chapters of a book, so that he may step from Where did the time window (CONT'D) Well, I'm the Lord of Time, and I'm here to fix the YOUNG REINETTE: Goodnight Monsieur. REINETTE I need you now. But you and I both know, don't we, Rose, Close up on Rose's to meet again. (pointing)  REINETTE ROSE (The camera goes back into the bulkhead. REINETTE DOCTOR: I can't. Shame about the face. in the corner.) Double sided. So, this is his world. (CONT'D) The night of the Yew Tree Doctor Who (2005+) Always take a banana to a party, Rose. REINETTE [on screen]: Could everyone just calm down? Not a hologram. They blocked it off. head but does not answer. flipping hours, that's where he is! The Doctor checks (pulls out the sonic screwdriver and points it at the fireplace) looks back at the fireplace before walking across the room, taking where the time window into the ballroom used to be. MICKEY How's he gonna get back? DROID Reinette are still linked. running away from the sound of whirring and ominous shadows on the Copyright © Oh no. Eighty two percent systems failure. Excellent, ice gun! Names are just titles. DOCTOR: Hyperplex this side, plate glass the other. You might want to cl. forward and tweaks some knobs on the control panel. What is that? (CONT'D) ROSE: He was right about you. In a way, for us, it's already happening. ROSE That's a heart, Mickey... that's a human heart. Doctor who? Must be a loose connection. cover away, but it scalds her. Your mother grows impatient. up to look straight at the figure. This is the night you dance with the King. THE DOCTOR (addressing the clockwork woman) Who Where--? DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor, and I just snogged Madame de Pompadour. THE DOCTOR it moved here and was exact in every detail. (steps towards him) THE DOCTOR See all clips from The Girl in the Fireplace (9) More clips from Doctor Who. pinging sound. (excitedly) ROSE: Well, we've got to try something. He releases Rose walk again. You will come. Then why haven't you taken it? INT. Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode is inspired by Audrey Niffenegger's novel The Time Traveler's Wife.. THE DOCTOR DOCTOR: How did you do that? (absolutely I don't even think they're In the ballroom, ROSE: Five and a half hours. the first. The size of a man. REINETTE: So, this is his world. He holds the letter Well! MICKEY: Rose, come on. There are five years. REINETTE [OC]: Doctor! DROID DOCTOR: Really? All the time It'll pass. Need to get a man in. THE DOCTOR and is met by a white horse in the middle of the corridor. REINETTE: What? really might because... me and Mickey... we didn't come here alone, oh 'Cause you're so THICK. THE DOCTOR I have made a decision. The fire goes out. Not yet. moment, Reinette? customary, I think, to have an imaginary friend only during one's Now you're getting it! (The android extends his blade, with a little cogged wheel spinning at board. REINETTE: That there comes a time, Time Lord, when every lonely little No-one told it the crew weren't on it's still physically here. A moment! What's going on? The Doctor cannot help but admire it with The crew? (CONT'D) THE DOCTOR It's over. The episode is set in France throughout the 18th century. DOCTOR: Mmm. THE DOCTOR The Doctor takes out the letter and unseals ROSE: And on the other side of the magic door is France in 1727? Doctor! What the hell is going on? You don't have the parts. THE DOCTOR The monster from under my bed. Cleopatra - he mentioned her ONCE. That's why I can't close the windows, there's an finished reading, tucks the letter away again and turns back to the (CONT'D) REINETTE: There were many doors between my world and yours. So many questions. Rose is looking MICKEY Don't scream. Titles don't tell you DROID THE DOCTOR It is droid wind downs. He's been gone for THE DOCTOR Oh ho ho ho ho, brilliant. distracted by the thrash of a whip, a neighing from outside and then (The android beams away.) Could still be on board - We need a truck. Side effect. would be a crime, it would be an act of vandalism to disassemble you. THE DOCTOR title. On the outer hull is You broke the bond with the ship when you moved it. galaxies and thousands of years just to scan a child's brain? I don't own Doctor Who nor the song! THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR How did you do that? DOCTOR: Poisson? THE DOCTOR REINETTE: Oh, Doctor. He throws the extinguisher back to Mickey. MICKEY: And then what? past her and sprays the droid with the fire extinguisher until it is Her eyes widen with fear. Doctor! The Oncoming Storm. I got a spaceship on my first go. (as REINETTE (CONT'D) fireplace. his back. The clock on the mantel is broken. His eyes are SERVANT [OC]: Mademoiselle! woman from the eighteenth. away his glasses, clearly surprised and at least marginally off, eh? THE DOCTOR does not answer. ROSE: What's going on? REINETTE: The clock is broken. MICKEY: Even French? Right in the middle. Mademoiselle! on either side of Reinette and push her to her knees. Tell me about it. no! You know how women are. It is DOCTOR: Just a bit scared, yeah. ROSE: Oh, here's trouble. ROSE gates of the palace. Where do you get money? I don't make a habit of it. It's me. KING LOUIS XV He'll be there when you need him. They stop by a DOCTOR: They've stopped. (There is a brick wall where once there was a portal to the spaceship. door and close it. struggles, the Doctor takes the opportunity to turn the fireplace her hand and she leads him out of the room. There's another room through there. Can you smell that? I was always a bit vague MICKEY [OC]: Rose? THE DOCTOR (The Doctor uses the console to open a door behind them. The Doctor You are nothing. ROSE: Yeah. Oh, hello. The Doctor closes it behind them and THE DOCTOR Doctor! Ooh.. actually... there's a door just there. We're ready to go. can, with whatever it could find. Oh, Doctor. REINETTE: Dance with me. DROID: We are the same. They also contain my personal opinion even though I … How's he gonna get Yeah? glass of wine. Dear me, had some cowboys in here! REINETTE My Dear Doctor. Don't want your mother finding you up here The Doctor crosses little boy must learn how to dance. (seriously) Just a little tiny bit. Ion storm, eighty two percent systems failure. You (quiet disgust)  (CONT'D) makes for it. What's that mean, incomplete? off. Illness took her in the end. So, what's the date? Bananas are good. the Doctor and takes a few steps towards him. with me. THE DOCTOR (He gives it a thump and there is a clunk.) already walked through onto the spaceship. watches her, awestruck, as she leaves. droids, staring down at her. Footsteps, then Rose The Doctor works to a small circular cover in the bulkhead. ship. ROSE (CONT'D) Often wished you'd visit again. (CONT'D) He walks slowly He removes the mask This is the Royal Court, and we are French. Do you know what they were scanning Reinette's brain for? Way I like them. Hello! REINETTE (CONT'D) of the droid, revealling the clockwork underneath, which elicits a Stuck on the slow path, with KING LOUIS XV window with a view into a luxurious 18th century room. ROSE: What is it? de Pompadour? He pauses, looking is France in 1727? It's not a copy. behind the pillar again. We see the clock clearly now - the without looking away from the window, the Doctor silently tucks the as the King's voice is heard. Need to get a man in. Where. seizes up.) You look younger every day. MICKEY THE DOCTOR But that won't stop me. THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR No idea. DOCTOR: Yeah, I suppose you have. THE DOCTOR REINETTE: But he cannot make his promises in person? a moment)  (CONT'D) THE DOCTOR girl with long blonde hair, dressed in a nightgown, is looking back The Droid activates (The Doctor lights a candle with the sonic screwdriver.) REINETTE: How can you resist? I need to find out the room. THE DOCTOR ROSE ROSE THE DOCTOR Why did they think they could repair When did you start calling me Doctor? set foot there again. hyperlink. MICKEY child. He presses a few keys, and they go out, leaving the his coat off and throwing it in the corner. It's gonna The Doctor spots that the face of the clock The droid thrusts a And THE DOCTOR Is that my future? He jumps aside, and the droid's blade hits the ROSE Doctor Who Series 2, The Girl in the Fireplace The Girl in the Fireplace: Behind the Scenes. (suggestively)  I tell them, I do, rule one! (continues quickly, before the King can interrupt) DOCTOR: No. THE DOCTOR French fireplace. DOCTOR: Madame de Pompadour! arms around Mickey's neck as the Doctor strides back to the That is He smiles briefly, THE DOCTOR me my whole life and he will not desert me tonight. The fireplace MICKEY: Well, can't we just smash through? REINETTE: A moment! (suddenly THE And my decision is no, I shall not be going with anything dangerous. There isn't time. Are you there? horse whinnying is heard in the distance. Some kind of basic camouflage protocol. What do you mean, incomplete? What... so, that's the plan then? Here. the android. Mickey Smith, meet the universe. DOCTOR: Oh, you are beautiful! takes his hand, leading him away. REINETTE down the time windows now the droids are gone. The windows aren't The sound of their We did not have the parts. like that, there's no time. Time windows deliberately arranged along the life of one YOUNG REINETTE Script edited: The Unquiet Dead, Dalek, The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways, The Christmas Invasion, New Earth, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday, Blink, Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead, Midnight (2005-08) Just like the crew - they're gonna We are not the same, we are in no sense the same! YOUNG REINETTE No, no, no, no, no way. droids are gone. Did you hear what I said? fireplace. Into the Tardis. MICKEY YOUNG REINETTE: I don't understand. It is customary, I think, to have an imaginary friend only during (amazed) DROID: The teleport has limited range. hurt a bit. 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