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Doctor Who IVB Episode 5"I Am A Clone"

Written by:

Daniel Harma

4H DRAFTRewrite of:

18/7/10

From the short story"I am a Clone"

2009

Daniel Harma

Doctor who, the tardis allcopyright the BBC

Story, "I am a Clone"copyright Dan Harma, 2010.

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1 INT. HOSPITAL - ROOM -- DAY

BLACK, blurry SCREEN.

Then, SLOWLY,

PERSONS P.O.V: Their eyes SLOWLY open, gradually, at firstgiving DEFOCUSSED screen, gray, smudged shapes...

Gradually they RESOLVE TO...

A PERSON, leaning down over us, staring at us, in a whiteroom, maybe a medical ward.

NURSEHello? Are you awake? Can you hearme?

CUT TO:

Normal shot.

FLORENCE, lying in the bed, A NURSE looking down over her.

NURSECan you see anything?

FLORENCEI... Yes, I...

NURSE(big woman, jolly, too

jolly...almost sinister)Good, very good, and-

FLORENCEWho am I?

NURSEI am the Nurse, and youre mypatient.

FLORENCENo, but.... who am I. Where am I.Who are you?

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2 INT. HOSPITAL - ROOM -- DAY

LATER NOW, different people in the ward, busy with otherpatients, tending to wounds, rushing round.

Sitting in the middle of it all, on her chair...

FLORENCE.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)I woke up, on a strange world. Ihad no memories, I was like a blankcanvas.

The Florence voice-over is slightly different to her currentvoice; OLDER, WISE, SADDER, very melancholy.

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3 EXT. GARDEN -- DAY

A hospital type garden, all green, fountains, flowers. Lotsof PATIENTS in HOSPITAL GOWNS wandering around, clutchingonto the arms of NURSES.

FLORENCE is sitting by a nice, wishy-washy-wishy FOUNTAIN,watching the water splash onto the little pebbles... Lovely.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)I didnt know who I was...

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4 INT. SCHOOL -- DAY

LONG ROWS OF TABLES, CHAIRS... Its an older students typeuniversity, adults, all of them...

A PROFESSOR is tapping a BLACKBOARD with his cane.

FX: When he taps it, LONG FORMULAS write themselves on it inCHALK!

All the STUDENTS take notes, the professor ASKS QUESTIONS.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)I knew what they told me, ofcourse.... That this place, was aplanet, called Nolita, an earthtype planet, and the year was twothousand, two hundred and seventy.

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All the students are sitting with HANDS in AIR, reallyeager! They know the answer! Theyre all very keen!

VOICEOVER FADE OUT.

All except for FLORENCE, who sits, with her head down,

staring at the floor.

PROFESSORFlorence? Do you know?

Beat.

FLORENCE...No sir. No, I dont.

All the other students laugh. Humiliated, Florence bendsdown, head low;

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)They sent me to a school, toeducate me. I said, I didnt wanteducating. I knew that once, onceupon a time, I knew things. I hadan identity, a life. I want itback, but they wouldnt give it tome.

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5 INT. SCIENCE ROOM -- DAY

HUGE TANKS, as wide as a car, long as a bus, are linedthrough the room.

Theyre filled with PRESERVATIVES, colored liquids, growthserums...

Floating in them are, curled up, embryonic humans.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)And then I found out. They wiped mymemory, because they knew who Iwas. Because they were scared ofme, because they knew I was theonly person who could stop whatthey were doing. Whoever I am. Costhis planet, it had a secret...

FLORENCE is being given a tour, along with some of theSTUDENTS, by an IMPORTANT SCIENTIST

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IMPORTANT SCIENTISTSo we grow clones, of everyone onthe planet, and then every personhas a donor for organs, a donor forblood, every human can live forthree hundred years!

Florence looks confused

FLORENCESo... everyone on the planet hasclones? And then they live offthem? Farm them? Suck out theirlife force?

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTSuccinctly, yes!

FLORENCEThats not fair. Thats evil. This

system is evil...

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)-And then... Then I remembered.

FLORENCENo, Im not staying. Im leaving.This is wrong!

All the students, scientists, WATCH her. Not worried. Thescientist is laughing slightly, at his own private joke.

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTAh, Florence. Problems?

FLORENCE(furious)

How can you not see!? This iscompletely sick!

IMPORTANT SCIENTIST(unconcerned)

Youre leaving us then?

FLORENCE

Yes!

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTAnd youre going...?

FLORENCEAnywhere.

Beat.

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FLORENCE (CONTD)Youre just letting me go?

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTOf course. Youll be back.

FLORENCEWouldnt bet on it, brains.

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTYou will.

And he just SMILES, sinister.

Like he knows something she doesnt.

ECU: FLORENCE! Her EYES are SO ANGRY, staring hatefullyahead!

We PAN AROUND HER, watching her, in EPIC CLOSE-UP as shestands there.

FLORENCEIm Florence. Im a fighter. Imgonna save this planet.

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6 EXT. CITY -- DAY

The city is COBBLESTONED, quiet architecturally nice, allCURVES, SWOOPING SHAPES, BRIDGES, mostly made of stonerather than metal, red brick.

FLORENCE stands there, looking round, in the street. PEOPLEare milling all around, but she stands there looking sortof... lost.

Detached from it all.

Shes still wearing the HOSPITAL GOWN, and shes huggingherself- its cold!

Then, all of a sudden, no warning...

PRAC FX: It starts to rain! Really, really, pouring,chucking it down! Its soaking!

PLITTER-PLATTER-PLITTER-PLATTER!!

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Most PEOPLE begin to run indoors, get under shelters, butFlorence doesnt.

The rain SPLASHES off the stoned floor, great big SPLOSSHES!

Beat.

Then, slowly, Florence begins to WALK away, slowly, and wesee...

CU: Shes BAREFOOT!

Hugging herself, she walks, really slowly, under a BIG ROUNDBRIDGE...

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7 EXT. BRIDGE - UNDER BRIDGE -- DAY. CONTINUOUS

Under the BRIDGE, just like under a bridge in any big city-load of trash, some graffiti. This is the future, but itlooks just like now... This isnt a great place.

FLORENCE looks around, and then...

A GREAT BIG SIGH.

She slides slowly her back down the side of the bridge,until shes HUNCHED over on the floor, with her head in herhands.

Thinking, lost, lonely. Her memories are coming back, andtheyre not good ones.

Then, all of a sudden...

In front of her is a manhole, and with a little:

RAT-AT-AT-AT-TAT-ATAT

It POPS up, and a MAN pulls himself out!!

He looks at her, bends right down, his face an inch fromhers.

She looks up, slowly. Sees him. Slowly, deliberately, she...

SLAPS him in the face!! HARD!

He steps back, gingerly, straightens up, and puts an hand onhis cheek. Feels it.

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And he starts to LAUGH!! Hard, like its the best thingever.

He TURNS back to the manhole, and SHOUTS down it!

MANHOLE MAN

Its all right, number twelve! Thisones definitely her!

Florence stands up, approaches him.

FLORENCEWhat do you mean? This ones her?How can you know who I am?

MANHOLE MANFlorence Watson.

Beat.

FLORENCEHow can you know? I only... My mindis drained, empty... I rememberonly fragments of it myself.

MANHOLE MANWe watch, we observe. We see... weknow everything in this city. Thisplanet. We have to.

FLORENCEWho are you?

As she says it, SILENTLY, stealthily, from the MANHOLE,climb SIX or SEVEN men, all in BLACK BODY SUITS, a bit likediving suits, wet suits, they have a hood, and theyrewaterproof, shiny, skintight.

The MEN stand behind the first man, manhole man, and allspeak together...

MANHOLE MENWe are the clones.

OFF FLORENCES EXPRESSION

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8 INT. SEWERS. TUNNELS -- DAY

A HUGE, CIRCULAR TUNNEL, under the CITY, with STONE WALKWAYSjutting out from either side, and below that, huge, dirty,SEWAGE, flowing, ROARING! Really LOUD!

FLORENCE is walking along the PATHWAY, in a LINE of people;MANHOLE MEN, led by MANHOLE MAN. They walk along, silently.

FLORENCEWhy am I coming with you again?

MANHOLE MANCos you feel the same way we do.Cos you feel. Cos what they do,harvesting people, is wrong. Costhe clones, we can feel, we arealive, whatever they say. And thatmakes it murder, On a massive

scale, and you can help usFlorence.

FLORENCEYou sound like-

She trails off

MANHOLE MANSound like?

CU: MANHOLE MAN. Its hard to tell, but he looks worried.Scared.

FLORENCEI dont know, I... I cant rememberbut its like... like there wassomeone else, I knew, once. Hewould have said that, he was likethat. He was.... was called....

And she trails off again, and they continue walking, insilence.

FLORENCEIts gone

CU: MANHOLE MAN. Sort of relieved, but apprehensive. Hesnot telling her something.

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9 INT. SEWERS -- DAY. LATER

MUSIC: WISH by BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

FLORENCE, the CLONES, MANHOLE MAN, all SITTING, TALKING!

FLORENCE is leaning back, on the floor, SHOES OFF.

FLORENCESo... what are you trying to do?Why do you live down here?

MANHOLE MANWe hide. Were hiding. Cos, thingis, youve seen the way they treatus, clones. We wouldnt last aminute, up there.

FLORENCE

But who are you?

MANHOLE MANWere the clones. Thats all wehave, all we know. Were defined byour genes, our parents, the realus...

FLORENCESo why do you need me?

MANHOLE MANWell, we need everyone we can get.

Were gonna have this thing, arevolution. The clone revolution,and we need people on our side,real people.

FLORENCEWhy me?

MANHOLE MAN...We know so much, watching,observing, lives led in shadows andthe gloom... Youre missingmemories, arent you?

FLORENCEYes, I... you know something, I cansee it, the way you cant look atme, please, tell me!

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MANHOLE MAN(gentle)

The brain is fragile, confusing...even the scientists up top onlyknow half of it, but... youve gotto let them come back to you in

their own time. They will, slowly.Bit by bit, a trickle. But what Ican tell you, is your special. Sospecial. Amazing, a beautifulperson, , and thats why we needyou.

FLORENCE(sadly)

Not me, Im afraid. I know, that...Im a bad person.

MANHOLE MAN

No, youre not-

FLORENCE(interrupting)

Yes, I am. Its like, when I was atschool, and we did geography, casestudies, earthquakes, volcanoes...I always hoped a big number ofpeople had died, I liked the reallybig earthquakes, the ones that were9 on the Richter scale... Wedwatch videos, and I always wantedit to be sad, and big, and bad,

and...

MANHOLE MANThats natural, you were only achild. You were young!

BCU: FLORENCE.

FLORENCEBut it was the same at the school,just now. Here. A day ago...

MANHOLE MANOhh, Florence...

FLORENCE(bit embarrassed, all comespouring out)

And my first boyfriend, Brian, wasbrilliant, and I dumped him. Ididnt love anyone, just sat in my

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FLORENCE (contd)room with sad, sad love songs, andpined after the boys on theposters, on my wall, and pretendedI was in love, knew what love was.And Brian was dumped, For that. He,

he was an amazing person. Not me.When my gran-da died, I couldntcry, I wanted to, but I couldnt,even when I went to his big oldhouse, and smelt his talcum, hispipe... Then I cried, for myself.Cried, cos I couldnt cry. Howselfish is that? How, how am I nota bad person?! Im just... Imrotten inside.

MANHOLE MANShhhh.... thats not true. You seen

nothing!! Really, if you think thatmakes you evil.... it just makesyou human.

FLORENCENo, but, I am.

MANHOLE MANIll show you, what bad really is.

MUSIC: WISH FADE OUT.

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10 INT. METRO STATION -- DAY

Like a TUBE STATION, but much more HIGH-TECH, SHINY, STEEL,SILVER. The platform is long, CONCRETE.

Standing on it are a loads of COMMUTERS, with their papers,briefcases, little polythene containers full of coffee; theworks!

Standing in the middle of them, is A MAN in a suit. He looksthe same as them, wears the same clothes, carries hispapers... hes even got a little mug of coffee. But... hesdifferent; hes a clone. And the other people know it.

The atmosphere is hostile, aggressive, provocative. Theother commuters begin to bunch around him.

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COMMUTER #1Ere, look, its a clone! Who letyou out then? Your master must be asoftie!

COMMUTER #2

Oi, you, we dont want you ere! Wedon wan you around, all right?

COMMUTER #1Hes all dressed like hes going towork... where would he be going?Hes not even allowed a job?

COMMUTER #3Yeah, the bosses see to that!

They begin to surround him, edging him away.

CU: THE CLONE. He looks scared, and sad. Like he knew it wasalways inevitable.

COMMUTER #1(gentle, quiet)

Look, thing is, we dont want youout here. Youre not even real. Youdont have a job, so stop acting.You, are just a specimen. Anexperiment. For us.

COMMUTER #2Yeah, you were born inferior-

COMMUTER #3-Created inferior... you were born,to die

COMMUTER #1So what were saying, is go away.Cos youre not proper. Youreworthless. And, um, we dont likeyou.

COMMUTER #2So go away, yeah?

They have EDGED him closer to the edge, of the platform...Hes DANGEROUSLY close now!

COMMUTER #1Scram!

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COMMUTER #2Leave here!

COMMUTER #3In other words...

COMMUTER #1Push off!

And together they PUSH him OFF the EDGE!

He doesnt try to resist, is sort of accepting of his fate.

And, slowly, he crumples.

Dead.

Then, with a....

WHAAAAHEEEESSSSHHHHH!!!!

The TRAIN arrives, smooth, silver, shaped like a bullet!

It SLIDES into the platform, FAST, then-

Suddenly STOPS dead, immediately- high technology!

And as though nothing has happened, unashamed, the commutersBOARD the TRAIN, talking, nicely, making jokes.

The doors WHAAATHHHUUUUUM shut, and the TRAIN, all of asudden...

Gone.

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11 INT. METRO STATION - HOLE -- DAY

Crouched, TIGHT, inside a little CUBBYHOLE, viewing thePLATFORM, is FLORENCE, MANHOLE MAN, and a few of his MANHOLEMEN, watching.

We can tell from their expressions they saw everything.

FLORENCEWhat happens to them? How are theypunished?

MANHOLE MANTheyre not.

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FLORENCEWhy, do they hide?

MANHOLE MANNo!... Dont you get it? Theyreallowed to do that! Thats legal...

they dont have to hide... cloneshave no rights! Thats why we hide,in the sewers, under the city...some try to live a normal life,like him... they all end up dead.Others, try to accept it, behave...theyre farmed for every organ intheir body. Cut up. Then theirskin. Then their blood, and water,and hair. Nothings wasted. Some ofus escape from the tanks, livehere, trying to rebel.

FLORENCELet me help. Im a warrior, Imfrom the future... And I want tohelp

MANHOLE MANI was hoping youd say that. Imsure hed want you to.

CU: FLORENCE. Remembering, all of a sudden... of course!

FLORENCE(whispering)

The Doctor...

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12 INT. TARDIS - FLASHBACK -- DAY

PRAC FX: The TARDIS is burning, in FLAMES.

PRAC FX: GIRDERS and METAL STRUTS fall, TWISTED METALCRASHING DOWN.

THE DOCTOR is desperately hammering BUTTONS, runninground...

FLORENCE is crouched on the floor, HANDS around her head-not scared, just practical

THE DOCTORIts too strong! Its... Its usdragging us in, into its jaws! Im

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THE DOCTOR (contd)sorry, Im so sorry.... youregoing to have to trust me.

Beat.

Amongst all the death, destruction, theres sort of lull,and he RUNS over to her, CUPS her face in his hands-

THE DOCTORFlorence, I cant watch you die,Im going to perform an emergencytemporal shift on you, send yousomewhere, out the way... save you

FLORENCENo, but.... but you cant, I wantto be here with you, and-

THE DOCTORTheres no point us both dying.Anyway, Ill be okay. Come get youwhen this is over.

And he gives a GREAT BIG GRIN

FLORENCEBut-

But too late, he THUMPS a button, and she..

FX: FADES AWAY

BEAT.

He stands there, looking, watching where she was...

Not grinning anymore.

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13 INT. METRO STATION - HOLE -- DAY

FLORENCE gasps, as though in pain- suddenly remembering...

FLORENCEThe Doctor, he... is he okay?

MANHOLE MANHes coming back for you, we know,trust us.

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FLORENCEBut... why? How do you know, tellme, what are you?

MANHOLE MANHelp. Were help.(OFF HER EXPRESSION)

But now, think, maybe you were senthere for a reason! Maybe it wasntan accident, that of all theplaces, in the whole universe youcould have come, youre here. Now.

FLORENCEHow do you know about the Doctor?Who... what are you?

CU: MANHOLE MAN: His face, illuminated dimly, lit from theside, an aristocratic, noble face... Mysterious. Secretive.

He CLUTCHES her hand with both of his. We suddenly realize,how big he his, how powerful.

A fighter. But gentle, and he looks at her.

MANHOLE MANIve told you, Im helping, Imhere to help. Im the only personwho can, cos youre a dead manwalking now, they know youre withus, siding with us. And you canhelp us. Please!

FLORENCEHelp you... with what?

MANHOLE MEN(sotto)

The clone revolution.

OFF FLORENCES EXPRESSION

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14 EXT. RESTAURANT -- DAY

FLORENCE and another CLONE REBEL, standing, watching, so noone could see, a bit hidden, along with MANHOLE MAN

The restaurant has SEATS out on the pavement, people sittingdrinking.

A FEW CUSTOMERS with nice drinks, and then...

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A MAN APPROACHES; a clone.

He tries to sit down, and tries to beckon THE WAITER

Theres some murmuring of voices, bits we can hear...

WAITERSir, I cant serve you... are you aclone? You are, please, not myestablishment...

The clones a man on a mission, trying to make a point, afreedom fighter, rebel.

Dead man walking.

CLONEYes, yes. Im a clone.

Another customer stands up, and then...

CUSTOMERYou... you, cloney boy. Organfarm... youre in our cafe

CUSTOMER #2We dont like it!

A TABLE is thrown!-

-Someone hurls a GLASS of DRINK-

-It smashes!-

-The clone stands, raises his hands!-

-Not fighting...-

-Hes knocked over, by some customers-

-He stumbles, on his back!!!-

-Vulnerable!!!-

-The waiter is indecisive, not wanting to commit-

Then, all of a sudden, decided-

-Rolls up his sleeves, stands over the clone-

-The clone is bleeding, raises his arms-

-refuses to defend himself!!!-

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-BLEEDING!-

And we pull back, as gradually, they sit back...

FLORENCEHow could that happen?

MANHOLE MANIt happens all the time! This isnormal... Just another jumped upcloney boy, trying to prove apoint, be a rebel, a freedomfighter... Cos being in a tombachieves a lot, doesnt it? Sostupid...

FLORENCEYou care about them... care aboutthem all.

MANHOLE MANTheyre so young... he was onlyjust birthed today, or yesterday;Probably only been given half hismemories, half his originalsmemories. Some of them dont evenget that their clones... thinktheyre the real deal. The genuinearticle... cos the clones, theyinherit the real bodies memories.Some of them really walk into thoserestaurants, sit on those buses.

They dont even realize they dontown those bodies, till...

FLORENCEWe have to do something!!

MANHOLE MANYoure going to fight with us? Helpus? Without the doctor?

FLORENCEThats what he taught me.

MANHOLE MANA bit of him rubbed off on you?

FLORENCEI hope so, I really do.

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15 EXT. STREET -- DAY

A RALLY, MARCH type thing... A demonstration, a RIGHT WINGtype party, BANNERS, bit of BLACK LEATHER.

Theyve got some kind of salute, bit sinister, they make a

clutching gesture at their chest, with a clawed hand; tosymbolize that theyre real, their heart is real

Theyre sinister, violent, militant, fascist...

Their LEADER is speaking, on a little podium, to the CROWDSin the street.

CU: THEIR FACES

Loving it. Adoration.

Hes got SHORTS, tucked in SHIRT, little COMB-OVER, not too

obvious.

LEADER(proper rant,fueled by hate)

We WILL purge the clone from oursociety! Clean ourselves, of theirpresence! They must beremoved! Like a cancerous tumor inthe body, they must be cut out!Allow the healthy! Living! Cells!To! Flourish!

The crowds SCREAM... they love him. All do the little

SALUTE.

LEADER (CONTD)We have grown weak, and soft...Given them rights! They are aresource! A body bank! Yet now, weare beginning to grant them rights!Allow them on our streets! This iswrong! We must correct themistakes, of this government!

PULL BACK TO:

HIGH SHOT, of all the crowds, jumping, screaming, banners,flags...

Now were a series of JUMPCUTS, FAST

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16 EXT. BACK ALLEYS -- NIGHT

The leader has incited violence... next few scenes are aseries of FAST CUTS though this violence;

A [CLONE] is exiting the SMALL BACK DOOR of a square

CONCRETE BUILDING, a corporate science research typefacility-

He stands in the STREET, when suddenly, A MOB, appear, highon adrenaline and drink-

-They are ALL OVER him!!!-

-Hes knocked to the GROUND!!-

-Falls, HARD!-

-And then, they start HITTING him-

-He SCREAMS-

And quickly we...

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A DIFFERENT STREET

The MOB is LOOTING SHOP FRONTS,

PRAC FX: SMASHES GLASS!!

SCREAMING PEOPLE are crawling away, pulling themselves,FACES BLOODY!

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18 INT. LIVING ROOM -- DAY.

ESTABLISHING. Quite prim, 50s-ish, suburban type of place,boring little LAMPSHADES, heavy BROWN ARMCHAIRS.

A HOUSEWIFE busies herself, running around- APRON,FLOWER-PRINT DRESS, big old fashioned SANDALS, hair all upin a BUN.

She walks into the middle of the room, slows down, stops.Bends down, picking up some stuff, cleaning up.

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CU: HOUSEWIFE. Her EYES are strange, sinister- BRIGHT VIOLETIRISES.

If the audience are particularly observant, might here alittle-

SOUND FX: WHIRRING, BUZZING- robotic sounds, not all is asit seems.

Then, with a CLUNK, CLUNK- metallic?- sound she walks on.With a BANG the front door can be shutting, and ENTERHUSBAND. WALKS in, WALKS up to her- big, gruff,quick-to-temper man- in CONTROL.

HOUSEWIFEGood day at work, husband?

HUSBANDNot bad, housewife. Had a new liver

fitted, the lifestyle was catchingup with me a bit.

HOUSEWIFEOo, goodness husband, thats yourthird this week?... who did thatcome from?

HUSBANDRight, it came from 002-538, one ofmy first clones from way back.

HOUSEWIFE

(bit nervous, bit fretting)How did he take it husband?

HUSBANDVery well, housewife. He was one ofthe good ones, the best. Shamereally, Id been saving him forbest, for a special occasion.

HOUSEWIFEMake another one then?

HUSBANDI could make a thousand more withthe click of one thumb, but you cannever quite predict how theyllcome out. The way theyre broughtup, I suppose, or just in theirgenes? Slight variation?

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HOUSEWIFEWas he down the mines?

HUSBANDRight! Id had him down the minesworking, thought Id get best use

out of the cloney-boys. Look!

ECU: ROLLS up his shirt. Used to be quite TRIM, gone to seeda bit. A THIN, NARROW INCISION, where the OPERATION was.Little bit of DRIED BLOOD, not gruesome though.

HOUSEWIFEThat-

Interrupted by-

BCU: RADIO in the CORNER- again, RETRO STYLING, all of asudden, begins to SPEAK.

As it speaks-

-Husband and housewife move towards center of room-

-He puts his ARM around her waste-

-They stand there, listening-

-The CREEPY COUPLE-

-CRANE SHOT: HIGH-

RADIO VOICE (O.O.V)The presidential candidate DavidTwelvetrees has been elected as thenew president. Amongst his manydeclarations is hisdisenfranchisement of the clones,which he claims will revolotionisethe economy of the planet.

FADE TO:

19 INT. LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT.

The SAME LIVING ROOM, later, much later, maybe a few weeks.HUSBAND and HOUSEWIFE are still there-

Husband, sat in his ARMCHAIR, puffing away on his PIPE, withthe PAPERS. NB: emphasise the weird, strangeness of thesepeople, theyre so creepy; all their MOVEMENTS are ROBOTIC,slow, deliberate, emphasised.

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Gone.

PULL BACK TO:


Standing, looking at them- watching this, out the WINDOW.

HUSBAND. COMPLETELY impassive, PUFFING AWAY on that PIPE.

Coughs a bit, then TURNS AWAY- cos thats it, thats all itmeans to him. Unaffected.

HUSBANDClones arent as good as they usedto be.

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22 INT. SEWERS -- DAY

Theyre sat, with their legs DANGLING over the great bigCHANNEL of SEWAGE.

MUSIC: DREAMS by BUCKCHERRY

FLORENCE is sitting round with some MANHOLE MEN, lookingpuzzled, confused; thinking. Theres something sheswondering...

FLORENCEWhy am I here? Why hasnt theDoctor come back for me?

The manhole men are POLISHING bits of steel, rods; theirweapons. Slowly they stop, look up.

Beat.

MANHOLE MAN looks up, cautiously, guarded.

MANHOLE MANYou know why... cos hes in danger.Hes gonna be back for you, dontworry. Just a few more days

CU: FLORENCE . Somethings wrong.

FLORENCENo, cos, hes got a time machine!Everyone knows that, everyone who

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FLORENCE (contd)knows him, knows that. So, why hashe taken weeks to get here? Heshould have been here at the sametime as me.

CU: MANHOLE MAN, bit worried, bit confused. Sympathetic,feels sorry for her.

MANHOLE MAN(smiles, but wrong; doesntreach his eyes)

Now, come on.... This is the doctorwere talking about. He wont letyou down.

Florence SHRUGS him off, angry

FLORENCE

Get off me! How do you know abouthim? How do you know him, his name?What are you, tell me, I deserveanswers.

They look at each other.

FLORENCE (CONTD)Please. Please, I need... tell mewhat Im thinking, tell me what Imthinking is wrong.

Beat.

She knows, inside. Begins to cry.

In denial, big time!

FLORENCE (CONTD)(furious, sad)

Lie to me. Please, make up a story,to shut me up. To shut up, stupidme. Tell me a lie!

Pause.

MANHOLE MANOne day, we were out. And then, allof a sudden, like magic... you werejust here. A gift. And then....there was this voice. Wasnt there?

To his lads. One of them looks up, nice, spotty YOUTH CLONE.

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YOUTH CLONEYeah. Yeah, thats right boss. Wesaw you, and you looked so sad,just lying there. And then therewas this voice, this man, calledthe Doctor, a good man, the best

man. He said, hes sent you there,he was gonna come back for you. Andyoud have some memory loss, butitd be okay, we should take careof ya. We took ya in, to the bighospital.

CU: FLORENCE . Thinking. Eyes red, from crying, still lookssad.

FLORENCEThanks.

YOUTH CLONE(grinning, relived)

No problem, any time, eh boys?

MANHOLE MENYeah, course!

ON FLORENCE. Thinking, sort of laughing. Cos theyve got itwrong, got it really wrong.

FLORENCENo, but thank you. Really, thankyou. Thanks, for lying.

Shes sincere.

The others look WORRIED, looking round.

CU: MANHOLE MAN. Knew this would happen, but still, so sad.

FLORENCEJust one thing though, the Doctor.How did you know his name.

Beat.

MANHOLE MAN(gently)

We didnt. You said it, first. Theyalways do. Start crying out, forthe one they love, the one theyneed. It was you who gave us thename.

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FLORENCE, now, she knows. She gets it, and shes so, so sad.Just desperately wishing it wasnt true.

MUSIC SOARS into a big, tragic piece.

FLORENCEPlease. god, no, please, please,

no. Why? Why, why did this happen?

Manhole man pulls her into a great big hug, so sad. Justholding her.

FLORENCEPlease, it cant be, cos, cos,...cos... But I remember! Rememberhim, in the TARDIS, telling me,telling me that he was sending meaway. And that...

She cant go on.

MANHOLE MAN(whispering)

Like I said... the brain, itsclever. Brilliant. We onlyunderstand half of it. But its,the scientists, part of the waythey grow you... your brain inventsmemories, fills the gaps, makes uplittle stories..

MUSIC: DREAMS FADE OUT

FADE TO SOUNDLESS, just watching them standing there, hercrying so much.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)And then, I remembered. And nothingreally mattered any more, it wasokay. Because... I am a clone.

WIDE SHOT: And we PULL AWAY to reveal the full SCALE ofthese sewers (huge) as Florence walks away, sadly...

CUT TO:

23 EXT. BRIDGE - UNDER BRIDGE -- NIGHT

MUSIC: LEARNING TO FALL by CHICKENFOOT.

STREETLIGHTS cast a yellow, ARTIFICIAL GLOW.

PRAC FX: Its still RAINING. Its always raining.

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FLORENCE is just standing there; so still, she could be astatue. Her hands are holding her head, like she cant standup, cant go on. Like she thinks she might collapse.

Theres a little RATTLING behind her, and she KNOWS what itmeans, tries to WALK AWAY, out into the rain, but-

MANHOLE MAN grabs her wrist, holds her- rattling was himleaving manhole. He SPINS her round, to face him. Looks ather.

Florence AVOIDS his eyes, looks everywhere else, down,above, to the sides...

He just holds her, not unkindly, not rough.

FLORENCEIm not real. Im... pretend.

She PINCHES herself, HARD!!

Bring tears to her eyes!!

FLORENCE(crying)

That hurt, that shouldnt hurt,Jesus Christ, why does that hurt?

MANHOLE MANIt... I dont know, because....youre a real person, just... notthe one you thought you were...

FLORENCEHow does that work? How stupid, howthick, are you? Who I thought I am,is who I am... my whole identity,my actions, they were all cos Ithought my name was FlorenceWatson, that... now Im nothing!!

She, CRYING, DESPERATE, starts HITTING HIM, SLAPPING him,not really angry at him, just sad.

He GRABS her, holds her as close, as tight as he can, hugsher.

MANHOLE MAN(whispers)

Im sorry, I should have told you.

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FLORENCENo you shouldnt, really youshouldnt, you were just lookingafter me, trying to make it better.Its just... its like I dont knowwhats right or wrong anymore, justwhats allowed, and whats not. Im

not even sure if theyre the samething. But you shouldnt have toldme, you were protecting me.

MANHOLE MANNo, but you had a right to know...

FLORENCEYou were trying to help me though,trying to...(REALIZING)You dont care at all, do you? Tellme you care.

MANHOLE MANIts complicated-

FLORENCE(hurt, quiet)

Theres nothing complicated aboutit, is there?

MANHOLE MANPlease, I just-

FLORENCEJust want soldiers, for your clonerevolution. Volunteers. So youpicked on me. Ah, but Im not thefirst. How many more? Why me? Youshowed me all those clones, dying,how many people have you taken tosee them? Why not use them instead,if so many die?

MANHOLE MANYour an offworlder.

FLORENCEAnd? What does that mean?

MANHOLE MANDoes it make any difference if Itell you?

Beat.

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FLORENCENo. No, it doesnt. Ill hate youanyway.

MANHOLE MANWhen visitors come, to the planet,

they get scanned. Geneticallymodeled. Cloned. Not like theothers, theyre educated, givenfreedom. Theyre given the identityof their parent.

FLORENCEWhat for?

MANHOLE MANWho knows? Because they can?Political prisoners? Spare organs?For power?

FLORENCEAnd all the offworlder clonesthat come here... you do this tothem. Tell them theyre special,theyre beautiful people. So whathappened?... I... no, Florence. Thereal Florence, and the Doctor, theycame here. And she got cloned. Mademe. And now, Im useless, Imnothing. Ive got nothing.

MANHOLE MAN

No, thats not true. Weve got theclone revolution.

Florence SPINS round; NOW shes angry.

FLORENCEDo you never stop!? Youve tricked,me, lied to me... and now you wantme to fight for you? Join your...revolution? Its never happening isit?

MANHOLE MANJust a few more people....

FLORENCEAnd how long have you been sayingthat for? How many people havejoined since you first said that?How many have you lied to like me?Cos all you ever do, is take me to

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FLORENCE (contd)see clones dying, being murdered!All you do is sit in the sewers,polishing your weapons? How manyclones have died while youve satthere?

MANHOLE MAN(wonder)You still do care! Even after allthis, I lied to you and still youcare, about those people! No wonderthe Doctor likes you... youreamazing.

FLORENCEThe Doctor doesnt like me. TheDoctor has never even met me.

Beat.

FLORENCE (CONTD)Just go away.

Sadly, he nods, turns.

RAT-AT-ATTLE

Gone.

MUSIC: LEARNING TO FALL... FADE OUT

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24 EXT. NIGHT SKY - HIGH SHOT OVER CITY -- NIGHT

HELI-SHOT:

Were floating, HIGH in the NIGHT SKY.

Its so peaceful, so quiet.

Everywhere is BLACK, DARK, SILENT.

PRAC FX: The CITY below is LIT by LINES of WARM YELLOWSTREET-LAMPS.

A SWARM of FIREFLIES dance and twinkle across the screen.

Its beautiful.

FADE IN: MUSIC: HUMAN by KILLERS

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FLORENCE (O.O.V)If I just lie here, and forgetmyself, will the world still turn?Why dont I just pretend that allthe lights in the sky are stars,and lets wish the night away on

them... if all these streetlights,and car lights, and candles werestars, and I wished a wish on allof them, would my dreams come true?

During this, we TUNNEL in towards the city, PUSHING DOWN...

PUSH IN TO:

25 EXT. BRIDGE - UNDER BRIDGE -- NIGHT

FLORENCE is lying on her back, a bit calmer, thinking.

Her arms are FOLDED behind her head, and shes staring up atthe night sky.

BCU: FLORENCE. Her eyes are a bit wet, sad, but shescomposed now.

FLORENCEIf a dandelion seed fell in amongstthe sunflowers, would it grow talland pregnant and wide, and callitself a sunflower? If a boy israised by a wolfmother, and drinks

her milk, and runs with her, andhunts with her, is he still a boy,or is he wolf? If the world wasturned upside down, would the seacall itself sky, and become fat,and rain? If I was not bornFlorence Watson- I am not!- wouldmy heart still hurt, and my headstill spin? If I was a wheat in afield, a fowl on a farm, would Inot have these aches in my soul? IfI were a bird, could I just flyaway, from everything?

MUSIC HUMAN FADE OUT.

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26 EXT. BRIDGE - UNDER BRIDGE -- DAY

MORNING.

MUSIC: LORELEI by SCORPIONS FADE IN

BCU: FLORENCE, lying on her SIDE, on the HARD FLOOR underthe bridge, on top of a load of JUNK. Shes pale, cold.

Beat.

And then, slowly, her EYES open. Slowly, and she just liesthere.

Remembering.

PIT-A-PAT-A-PATT-A-PAT

Still raining. She sighs, looking so sad.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)And then, there was the mostimportant moment of my life. As Ilay there, I could have taken myown life. Could have killed myself.But I didnt...

Beat.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)I still regret it.

FADE TO BLACK:

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27 EXT. BRIDGE - UNDER BRIDGE -- DAY

FLORENCE stands up, LATER.

SLOWLY, SADLY. Like shes so down, so depressed!

Slowly, she leaves...

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28 EXT. STREET -- DAY. CONTINUOU

FLORENCE walks out from under the BRIDGE, into the street-

Its NOT raining!!; its after-a-storm weather, bit ofBRIGHT, CHILLY SUNLIGHT shining through, glinting off theGREAT BIG PUDDLES. Everyones cautiously coming out again-

SPLISH-SPLOSH-SPLISH....

-Through the great big puddles!! OLD PEOPLE out in thestreet catching up on all the gossip.

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)Then over a massive mountain, acloud grew dark and heavy.Somewhere two Spring lambs, met anddanced, and lived, and loved, andthen drifted apart. Somewhere areverend took two youthful lovers

and joined their hands, yet withina year they walked separate paths,and the scheming monk knew soon hewould bring them together withadjacent graves. Somewhere in acave of gold, a group of smugglerscouldnt work it out, and so thetreasure grew stale, and wasforgotten, and in a darkened room acandle burned, and its wick grewshort.

Florence ENTERS a LARGE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS TYPE BUILDING: theSCHOOL from SCENE 4.

MUSIC: LORELEI FADE OUT

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29 EXT. RESTAURANT -- DAY

MUSIC: ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN by SIXX AM

The SAME RESTAURANT as EARLIER. Its quite MODERN, STEEL

FRAMED CHAIRS outside, and TABLES.

FLORENCE enters, walks over to a chair, BRUSHES OFF some ofthe WATER, sits down; SLUMPS down- so sad, so down.

Its BRIGHT SUNLIGHT, but COLD, like it is after it STOPSRAINING.

Beat.

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Then, with a...

SPLISH-SPLOSH-SPLISH-SPLOSH through the PUDDLES...

An ELDERLY WOMAN arrives, with her HANDBAG, and SITS DOWN...

Shes wise, kind, clever; not like the others here.

OLD WOMANMind if I sit here?

FLORENCE...Sure. Yeah, go ahead.

Beat.

OLD WOMANYou look sad.

FLORENCE

Yeah. Yeah, you could say that.

OLD WOMAN(mischevious)

Well, this is it you see... happensto every young woman... A nightout, a crazy night... you wake upthe next morning, aching,bruised... in a gutter somewhere.

FLORENCENo! No, really, not like that.

OLD WOMANDont worry, this it it, we all doit, youre with a friend. Weve allbeen there... I did it, once ortwice.

Shes REALLY OLD looking, healthy, kept alive, by clones,but shes ANCIENT!!

FLORENCEWhat, but, I said.... Ah, um,riiiiiight. Wow.

OLD WOMANMaybe not just once or twicethen...

FLORENCEWhat makes you real? Or makes mefake? What is it, that makes aperson?

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OLD WOMANYou are sad... you ask sadquestions, hard questions,like youwant me to give you sad answers,answers to make you feel guilty...Like you want to hurt.

FLORENCE(angry)I just want you to answer.

OLD WOMANThen... what makes a person real,is so many things. Our memories.Our thoughts, our experiences. Ithink, that... that its not whatgod gives you, what qualities whenyoure born, that define you...its your choices.

FLORENCEHow? I dont get it.

OLD WOMANThe way you respond to situations,the way you face your fears... whenyou stare down your own soul, andweaknesses.... thats what makesyou who you are.

FLORENCEBut its fighting more than fears,its fighting yourself, your genes,

your soul... you cant changethat?!

OLD WOMAN(mischievous))

No. Like I told him, its not whatyouve got, its what you do withit. Each choice, every crossroadsyou come to, shows who you are.Sometimes it surprises you. Insideyou, all your experiences, choices,pile up- your soul, thats you.And if youve been good and kind,youre strong, and mighty, but ifyouve run, and hidden, youreweak. And thats bad people.

FLORENCEBut its not... you can be bornevil. A bad person.

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OLD WOMANNo you cant.

FLORENCEBut, you-


FLORENCEBut-


FLORENCEBut then the clones.... were....theyre born bad, arent they?

Shes TESTING HER!

OLD WOMANNo, no theyre not. In fact, theword clones... how are they clones.Theyre clones genetically, yes,scientifically, maybe, butinside... theyre just as real asany of us, as me, or... you(PERCEPTIVE)They live, love, they hurt, andcry, and die. How can somethingthat does that not be a real

person?

FLORENCE(bit reassured)

But... I saw, in this cafe.... aman died, a clone; killed!

OLD WOMANIt was a clone... that happens.

FLORENCEIt shouldnt though!

OLD WOMANMaybe... Its like the rain. Itcant last forever. All it everseems to do here is rain, and rain,and we cant stop it. But look, nowits stopped raining. The sunscoming out.

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FLORENCEIts so wrong though...

OLD WOMANIts wicked, but were still humanremember... weve always done it,always will. To different people,

sure, but... Jews, or women, orblacks, or psychics, blue skins orgreen, or gingers...

FLORENCEExactly! Nothing ever changes, forso many years, and all you... wecan do, is find more people toabuse, misuse.

OLD WOMANIt wont last forever... one day,the clones will say... enough! And

then theyll refuse, and stamptheir feet, and the stamp willspread, and grow, and become anearthquake, and it will shake ourwhole society.... towers willtopple, courts will collapse,empires will... end! Its alwaysthe way.

FLORENCEAnd then, well move onto a new setof victims. New people to work,until they break.

OLD WOMANMaybe. Does that mean it isntworth it? Will that make thevictory taste less sweet? Thefreedom less clean? Youre still afreedom fighter.

CU: THE OLD WOMAN. Like she KNOWS.

Somehow, she just knows, who Florence is.

What shes got to do.

Beat.

OLD WOMANGo. Go, make the sun come out. Stopthe rain.

CU: FLORENCE. Determined. This stops, here!!

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Cos she knows, whats got to happen.

She STANDS UP, and LEAVES...

MUSIC: ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN FADE OUT.

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30 INT. SCHOOL -- DAY

FLORENCE STORMS in!!

The SAME CLASSROOM, all the STUDENTS sitting in the samedesks, and the PROFESSOR tapping the BLACKBOARD.

Like nothings changed.

Theres ONE EMPTY CHAIR AND DESK:

Hers.

EVERYONE has turned to face her;

PROFESSORYour back.

And thats it... so smug, so self-satisfied.

PROFESSORSit down!

Beat.

FLORENCENo. No, Im not coming back forschool.

PROFESSORReally?

FLORENCEI wanna know more about the clones.Whose in charge of the clones?

PROFESSORIf you mean who overseesproduction, then... everyone willbe able to direct you there.

He looks at her, raises an eyebrow.

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PROFESSORI wouldnt recommend it.

Florence ignores him, turns to the clones.

FLORENCE

Oh, by the way. Your all clones.All of you. Clones of famouspeople, important people, fromother planets. Theyve got hundredsof clones of you, and theyretraining you up to be useful.

Pause.

PAN ALONG desks; theyre horrified. Some disbelieving, mostjust stunned, and scared.

FLORENCE

Sorry, but you really shouldnthave laughed at me.

And shes gone.

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HUSBAND and HOUSEWIFE are both there; HOUSEWIFE bustling inand out of the KITCHEN-AREA, HUSBAND strolling around.

Then, all of a sudden;

KNOCK-KNOCK

At the door! Husbands head SNAPS up, fast, faster thanseems possible. He STARES at the DOOR, and we PUSH THROUGHto a:

CU: HUSBAND. His EYES are VIOLET, strikingly bright, notjust the irises, but the PUPILS as well.

His JAW trembles, and A VEIN in his forehead stands up, likehes really stressed. Or angry!

HUSBANDHousewife. The door.

She BUSTLES to get it, HOISTING up her DRESS to let her RUNfaster.

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THE DOOR.

Housewife SLAMS it OPEN, revealing, framed in the LIGHT.

FLORENCE!!!

FLORENCE

(entering)Hey, lovely to meet you, ImFlorence, Im a clone, so Improbably not real-

CUT TO: HUSBAND. Looks angry, hateful even.

FLORENCE (CONTD)Buuuuuuuut before you kill me, cosI dont actually count as a realperson, one thing, one tiny thing!

Beat.

She walks up to husband, so confidently.

FLORENCESlap me. Go on, hit me!! Hurt me!Im only a clone, so its okay!

Beat.

He ignores her, just STARES ahead, but we can see, shesgetting to him- blinking fast, CLENCHING his FISTS.

She GRABS HIM by the JUMPER- nice, sleeveless, mustardcolored- and pulls him close to her!!

FLORENCEHit me!!!

Housewife gasps, turns away a bit.

FLORENCEAre you a man?! A coward? Im justa pathetic, fake, pretend clone ofa person!

All of a sudden-

-his HANDS comes up-

-Hes lost control!-

-SLAPPP!!!-

-In the face!!-

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Really hard, nasty slap- painful!

-She FALLS to the FLOOR-

She LIES on her back, BREATHING HARD, her CHEEK a bright REDCOLOR!!

She starts to speak- shes a bit shocked, breathing hard, inpain, eyes a bit teary, weepy.

FLORENCERight. Wow. That hurt. Look at me!!That hurt. Real pain, real blood,real skin, and bones, and thathurt!!

She looks at the fretting, mousy, timid housewife.

FLORENCE

Nice style, very retro, and I adorewhat youve done with the carpet,would be such a shame to get bloodon it. So, um, killing me wouldntbe a great idea.

HUSBAND(breathing hard)

Youre lucky to be alive.

FLORENCENa, that would get blood on thecarpet, like I said.... and anyway,

Im alive, cos you need me. Want toget to the Doctor through me, isthat it? Did he visit you? Yourehoping hell come back, and you cansend me in, find out the secrets oftime travel? Sorry, not happening.

HUSBANDIt... It will.

FLORENCEBut, hey, youve got loads ofcopies of me, somewhere, Imguessing. So go on!

HUSBANDYou are... still useful to us.

FLORENCEAww, thanks, thats sweet, but Ireally dont think so. Anyway,

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FLORENCE (contd)cheers for that, got to be off, seeya around!

Little wave, and shes GONE.

Beat.

Husband just STANDS there, rubbing HIS HANDS, STARING outthe WINDOW.

Pause

CUT TO:

32 INT. SEWERS -- DAY

ALL the MANHOLE MEN still sitting there, POLISHING UP their

WEAPONS, TALKING a bit, doing not much;

FLORENCE(entering)

Shall we go?

EVERYONE looks up-SHOCKED!!

FLORENCE stands there, looking at them.

MANHOLE MANYoure back!!

FLORENCEYep. This thing, its bigger thanany of us, bigger than your lies,or my tears, I know Im not thereal Florence Watson, but damn it,I am! Im as real as her, Ive gother memories, so Im going to usethem, and maybe put this life,which they call worthless, to someuse! What makes me any less real,what makes her, her in the tardisreal? Ive lived, and Ivesuffered, Ive hurt...

Manhole man GRINS!

MANHOLE MANWelcome back! Were almost ready,just a few more men and-

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FLORENCENo. Now. Cos, I dunno about you,sitting in the sewers waiting forthe days that will never come anddreaming, and wishing on the stars,thats not doing it for me. I mean,

we fight, now, and if we die, atleast well have meant something!

YOUTH CLONEShes right you know, boss, I wannado something.

Others start chipping in, with comments-

CLONE #2Come on boss, this way, we get somehonor, bit of cred. We startcounting again.

MANHOLE MANDont ever say that! Of course youcount, dont believe what they tellyou, you count just as much as themup top! But Florence... youreright. Lets do this.

PAN ALONG the MANHOLE MEN and Florence. Angry, determined.

CUT TO:


The MOB is marching to war!

MUSIC: ROCK ME by GREAT WHITE.

MANHOLE MAN, MANHOLE MAN, YOUTH CLONE, FLORENCE, and LOADSmore CLONES, marching through the streets, angry, ready tomake war!

Theyve got WEAPONS, METAL SHARDS, IMPROVISED TOOLS....

MANHOLE MAN falls into step next to FLORENCE, and speaks toher.

Quiet, reflective.

MANHOLE MANWhat was he like?

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FLORENCEHe was... hes just like you said,the best man. So special, andamazing. Ill never see himagain... it hurts.

MANHOLE MANCan he really travel in time?

FLORENCEYeah. Yeah, he can... I go withhim. I used to be... used to be sosad, and he made me better, stoppedme hurting.

MANHOLE MANNo he didnt.

FLORENCE

What the- I mean, how-?!(BEAT)Yeah, youre right. I forgot for abit, laughed, had some fun, greattimes, but soon the hurt came back.I used to be so depressed, andtravelling with him stopped it fora bit, but not for ever.

MANHOLE MANAre you unhappy?

FLORENCE

What kind of question is that? Ofcourse I am, you know that...

She gets what hes saying.

FLORENCEYeah, even with the doctor, I gotsad again. There was so much death,so much hurt. And I think... Imnot good enough for him, dontdeserve it... The whole time withhim, Im scared, one day hellrealise what a loser I am, hellget bored with me, or meet someonenew, or move on, and...

She cant go on.

CU: FLORENCE.

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FLORENCECome on, lets go make war.

MUSIC: ROCK ME FADE OUT...

CUT TO:


MUSIC: ENSLAVED, by MOTLEY CRUE

Its all quiet, a few COMPUTERS beeping, and a FEWSCIENTISTS moving round, with CLIPBOARD.

Meanwhile, the HUGE TANKS just sit there, BUBBLING AWAY.

Beat.

Then, in walks FLORENCE! Right down the CORRIDOR between theTANKS. Smiling a bit. Not scared.

FLORENCEYou were right, you know.

And, from behind a COMPUTER STATION, out WALKS the IMPORTANTSCIENTIST

FLORENCE (CONTD)I came back.

IMPORTANT SCIENTIST

Good.... Never doubted you would.

He doesnt say much, leaves great big silences, makesconversation awkward.

FLORENCEYep, Im sure. Well, you wereright. I am back. But, I brought afew friends. Hope you dont mind.

And then-

-PRAC FX: GREAT BIG EXPLOSION!!!-

-The WINDOWS SHATTER!!!-

-MANHOLE MEN come VAULTING IN!!-

-They RUN AROUND, SMASHING COMPUTERS!-

-HACKING at the CLONING TANKS with AXES, METAL RODS-

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CU: IMPORTANT SCIENTIST. Eyes wide, scared, ANGRY.

IMPORTANT SCIENTISTWhat have you done? What is this?!

FLORENCE

What he said. The clonerevoloution.

And the DESTRUCTION CONTINUES!!!

SCIENTISTS FLEEING, ATTACKED- some WOUNDED.

MANHOLE MAN(loosing it in battle)(attacking a scientist,violent!)

Can you feel this? Does this hurt?Do you really feel pain? Bet you

dont! Cos youre not real, areyou! You dont really count!

FLORENCEStop! Stop now!

Everyone IGNORES her; theyre just a mob, lawless, now...

The cracked CLONING TANKS spew and spill liquids andEMBRYONIC FORMS onto the TILED FLOOR...

CUT TO:


HUSBAND and WIFE standing there.

LOOKING out the window, listening to, in the distance...

THE SCREAMS!!

HOUSEWIFETheyre screaming! Crying out!

HUSBANDThe whole city is screaming. Thewhole planet!

HOUSEWIFEThen what...-?

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HUSBANDWeve failed our task. The planethas fallen.

HOUSEWIFEThen what are we now?

HUSBANDWe were our task, our task was us.Now we have failed it, werefailed. Pointless.

Hes so QUIET, not angry, just knowing its over- CALM,RATIONAL.

HOUSEWIFESome will survive?

HUSBAND

It will never be the same. Thegolden days... theyre over.

And then he RESTS his HAND on his CHEST....

HUSBANDShame, I never got to try out thisliver. It felt a good one.

And then,

HOUSEWIFEWhat happens to us, husband?

She CLINGS to him, his LARGE FRAME, like she can hold offdeath.

HUSBANDWere finished. Were useless.Theyll shut us down.

HOUSEWIFEThe end?!

HUSBANDThe end.

He sounds maybe SATISFIED, HAPPY.

Settles down in his BIG ARMCHAIR.

Puts his feet up on a FOOTSTOOL.

Waits.

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CUT TO:

36 EXT. HOUSE -- DAY.

And slowly, gently...

FX: the HOUSE just FADES AWAY....

Like it was never there.

Beat.

CUT TO:


They SPILL OUT into the streets, FLORENCE, MANHOLE MAN,

MANHOLE MEN...

MUSIC ENSLAVED FADE OUT

Theres a proper STREET BRAWL, people FIGHTING

Some lying BLEEDING!

Florence watching, PROTESTING, trying to stop the death....

OLDER FLORENCE (V/O)And standing there, on that day, Iknew Id started something.

Something big, made a difference.Now, we were all somebodies. All ofus clones, but... but if that wasgood or bad.... Well just have towait and see.

CUT TO:

Florence, standing, watching. Helpless.

FLORENCEStop it! All this death,violence... Please, theres anotherway! Its not what the Doctor wouldwant!

She RUNS to MANHOLE MAN, GRABS HIM-

FLORENCEWhat are you doing?!

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MANHOLE MANYou were right, Ive done nothingfor too long. This is the clonerevolution, like you said... thisis for all them clones that died!

BEHIND HER [shes unaware] a:

PRAC FX: EXPLOSION!! is destroying, in SLOWMO, a LARGERED-BRICK BUILDING.

SLO-SLOW: CRANE SHOT: The building TUMBLES DOWN...

-Florence TURNS-

-SEES it!-

-CU: FLORENCE: terrified...-

-TRIES to move out the way, but, too slow...-

-BAMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!-

Beat; we dont see the DEATH.

FADE TO BLACK:


Sometime in the FUTURE- its been REBUILT.

The CLONING TANKS havent been REPLACED, instead its JUSTCOMPUTERS.

Quiet, DARK.

Theres no-one about.

Empty.

PUSH THRU TO:

FADE TO:

39 INT. BACKROOM - SCIENCE BUILDING -- DAY

Its VERY DARK, we can barely SEE anything...

MUSIC (CONTD TILL END):

LOVING THE ALIEN by VELVET REVOLVER

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There a LOT OF NOISE, of SHUFFLING OF FEET, HEAVY BREATHING.

Then, all of a sudden-

PRAC: THE LIGHTS come on, BRIGHT, HARSH.

And, reveal...

CROWD MULTIPLICATION FX: Lines and lines of FLORENCE-CLONES.Literally, HUNDREDS of them!!!

ONE OF THEM, at the front, STEPS forward; this is OLDERFLORENCE, whose been narrating the STORY.

OLDER FLORENCEOur primary clone, with all thememories could have saved us. Shedid change things, brought down thesystem, started the fightback. But

when the system fell, there wasnothing to take its place. No newsociety. And so, it just...stopped. People started dying. Theold people, whod been kept alive,and the sick, and injured. Theeconomy collapsed, we couldnttrade. Now its just scavangers outthere. But we, we survived.Florences clones. Cos they reallywanted the secret of time travel,they made a lot of her clones.Clones dont need much food or

drink, to make us cheap, so we justsurvive. Just carry on living. Sowere here... just hoping. Waiting.

Beat.

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40 EXT. BACK ALLEYS -- NIGHT

Outside; older Florence wasnt exaggerating... its a mess.BROKEN GLASS, SMASHED BUILDINGS, OVERGROWN.

Then, all of a sudden...

With a,

SOUND FX: WHEEZING, GROANING...

FX: THE TARDIS MATERIALISES!!

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Beat.

Sits there.

Then....

THE DOCTOR steps out, shrugging on his BIG COAT. He stops,looks around.

THE DOCTOROooh, bit odd, wonder what happenedhere?

FLORENCE emerges.

FLORENCEWhere is this Doctor?

THE DOCTOR

This is Nolita, the planet, youremember...?

FLORENCEOh, what, the planet we went toages ago? Nice place?

THE DOCTORYeah that one, didnt stay long,nice place, bit dull, but lovelycoffee shops, and the sewagesystems are incredible-

FLORENCEIm sure. So what happened?

THE DOCTORDunno, looks like some-ones broughtdown the government! Oy, thats notfair, thats my job, I normally dothat, Im cross now.

Beat.

THE DOCTORMind you, I wouldnt bother...nothing happens here. Come on,Florence, lets go take a lookaround, just for a bit.

FLORENCEOh, youre such a geek, I thoughtyou said it was boring.

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THE DOCTORYep, it is.

FLORENCECant we go somewhere interesting?

THE DOCTORNaaa, come on, nothing like a bitof Mad Max to make your interestingholidays feel more interesting!

And they WANDER OFF...

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41 INT. BACKROOM - SCIENCE BUILDING -- DAY

THE CLONES all of a sudden, all AS ONE....

LOOK UP!

Cos, they can hear...

SOUND FX: The WHEEZING, GROANING of the TARDIS.

CU: OLDER FLORENCE. A small smile.

OLDER FLORENCEBut eventually, we had waited longenough. And we were vindicated.

END OF EPISODE 5

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