Wednesday, 1 September 2021

That Much Should be Clear, Even to An Idiot.







PANNA
A Man! 

KARUNA
He was with her. 

PANNA
Impossible. 
Was he present when you opened The Box? 

DOCTOR
Yes. Most enlightening. 

PANNA
What's he babbling about? 

No male can open 
The Box of Jhana 
without being 
driven out of his mind
It is well known

Unless — 
Is he an idiot

KARUNA
ARE you an idiot? 

DOCTOR
….well, I suppose I must be…. 
I have been CALLED one many  —

PANNA
Keep silent, idiot. 

DOCTOR
Yes. 

(Panna leads them into her cave.)

PANNA
It is all beginning again. 

DOCTOR
What is? 

PANNA
What is? What is
HISTORY is, you male fool. 
History is. TIME is. 

The Great Wheel will begin to roll down the hill 
gathering speed through the centuries, 
crushing everything in its path. 
Unstoppable until once again —

TODD
Until? 

PANNA
I must show you. 
That is why you have been brought here. 
Then perhaps when you understand, 
you will go away and leave us in peace. 
If it is not already too late.

DOCTOR
You said “once again”. 

PANNA
Of course —

Wheel turns, 
civilisations ARISE, 

Wheel turns, 
civilisations FALL. 

DOCTOR
And I suppose this happens many times. 

PANNA
Of course. 
Whenever The Wheel turns, 
There is Suffering, Delusion and Death. 

That much should be clear, 
even to an idiot. 

Now stop babbling and get ready.


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