Bakhti Yoga : Odining

Who is Number One....?

Odin Has Many Names. 

He is The All-Father, 

The Lord of The Slain, The Gallows God. 

He is The God of Cargoes and of Prisoners. 

He is called Grimnir and Third. 

He has different names in every country 

(for he is worshipped in different forms and in many tongues, but it is always Odin that they worship).

He travels from place to place in disguise, 

to see The World as people see it. 

When He Walks Among Us, 

He Does So as a Tall Man, 

Wearing a Cloak and Hat.

CLARA: 

Okay, plan. 

DOCTOR: 

We meet The Boss Man and we do The Usual. 

CLARA: 

Which is? 

DOCTOR: 

Replace him. 

CLARA: (sotto) 

How? 

DOCTOR: 

To The Primitive Mind, advanced technology can seem like magic. 

CLARA: 

It's going to be the yo-yo again, isn't it? 

DOCTOR: 

Yeah. It's in my pocket somewhere. 

(The Doctor holds up his manacles, that are no longer securing him, and the yellow yo-yo.)

CLARA: 

How did you do that?! 

DOCTOR: 

Magic. 

(The Doctor throws his manacles in the air, and they hit the old man in the chest. Swords and axes are drawn.)

NOLLARR: 

How dare you attack our Chieftain! 

DOCTOR: 

•I• am very, very cross with you...! 

I am very disappointed. 

I have taken human form to walk among you. 

NOLLARR: 

Who are you, Old Man? 

DOCTOR: 

Do you not recognise The Sign.... of Odin.!?

(He unleashes his yo-yo.)

NOLLARR: 

You are not Odin, 

and that is not Odin's sign. 

DOCTOR: 

Oh, and you would know that how, exactly? 

Have you met Odin? 

Do you know what Odin looks like? 

(There is a thunderclap and the sound of a horn. A giant face appears in the clouds in the sky wearing a winged helmet and a Virtual Reality eyepiece.)

ODIN: 

Oh, My People. 

I — AM ODIN. 

And now your day of reward has finally dawned.

DOCTOR: 

Do not believe this foolish trickery! 

(His yo-yo fails to reel itself back up its string.)

DOCTOR: 

It's supposed to do that. 

ODIN: 

Your mightiest warriors will feast with me tonight in the Halls of Valhalla. 

(Rays of light teleport down five large beings covered in armour, They have alien guns. The Doctor and Clara back away quietly while the Vikings move forward, and the aliens stomp to meet them.)

DOCTOR: 

Stay still. 

Stay very, very still. 

CLARA: 

That's not really Odin, is it? 

DOCTOR: 

He hasn't even got a yo-yo.