Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith -
Anakin transforms into Darth Vader
[Hotel reception]
RANI: So we've been kept behind in this second.
K9: Affirmative Mistress Rani.
RANI: But The Rest of The World, Mum and Dad and everyone else, they've moved on from here, forwards in time.
Why has The Trickster trapped us here?
Perfect-10 : Oh, come on, Rani. You know The Answer to that.
RANI: We're Sarah Jane's friends, all of us. Her best friends.
Perfect-10 : Yeah. Which means?
RANI: Hostages. He can use us to get at her.
CLYDE: We've met The Trickster before,
but we've never found out who he is.
Perfect-10 : The Trickster is a creature from beyond The Universe. Forever trying to break in to Our Reality, manifest himself. He's one of The Pantheon of Discord.
CLYDE: That's a good name for A Band.
Perfect-10 : (frowns, approvingly) Yeah, actually, not bad.
He's an eternal exile, who exists to wreak havoc.
But we can fight him, the five of us. And We can win.
(His sonic screwdriver starts beeping.)
Perfect-10 : Oh! Ha, that's it. A time trace.
Just a hint of Sarah Jane. Ooo, she's close.
[Wedding room]
SJS : The Moment you put that
ring on my finger, I was your puppet.
PETER: It isn't like that.
It was in case something went wrong.
The Angel said that people would try
and stop us being happy. Listen, I'll explain.
SJS : 'The Angel'? Of course.
I saw him. The Trickster!
PETER: Sarah Jane?
[Hotel reception]
SJS: Doctor, where are you?
(Sarah Jane walks through what is to her an empty area. Rani shivers.)
RANI: What was that? Felt like someone just walked over my grave.
Perfect-10 : Oh, oh, oh, she's here. She's here! Sarah!
RANI: Sarah Jane. She doesn't like being called ‘Sarah’.
Perfect-10 : She does by me. K9?
K9: Scanning, Master.
SARAH JANE: Doctor! Doctor!
LUKE: Mum. That was her.
Perfect-10 : K9, isolate the time trace.
K9: Affirmative, Master.
Perfect-10 : K9?
K9: Temporal schism divided in two, Master.
Perfect-10 : Yes, of course. We're trapped here in 3:23:23
and Sarah Jane's trapped too, just in another second.
CLYDE: Hold on. You said you'd
explain later. Well, it's later. Please explain.
Perfect-10 : The Trickster doesn't want us helping Sarah,
so he's separated us, trapped us in two different seconds.
(In the other second.)
PETER: Sarah Jane. I want to tell you about the Angel.
SARAH JANE: Doctor! A time trap.
(She runs up the stairs.)
SJS [OC]: Doctor.
Perfect-10 : Oh, oh, she's upstairs. Come on.
Luke, K9, watch for the TARDIS, you see it
coming back, shout the place down.
K9: Orders accepted, Master.
Perfect-10 : You two with me. Spit spot.
[Wedding room]
(Sarah Jane goes through a door labelled 2nd floor 201-230 and into -)
SARAH JANE: It's not possible.
PETER: We can't run away, Sarah Jane.
SARAH JANE: The one time I fall in love, the one time everything goes right, and it's a trap. I thought I loved you, but you aren't even real.
PETER: You do love me. I'm here, flesh and blood.
SARAH JANE: Are you? And I was worried about my secrets.
Well, it turned out you were hiding something pretty big, weren't you?
PETER: I only kept one secret.
I knew you wouldn't believe me.
You'd think I was mad. That's why
I never told you about The Angel.
SJS : “The Angel”? That's what you call him,
but he, it, it's a creature, an alien being.
PETER: Please, listen, I'll tell you everything. Please.
A few months ago I was working from home. Had a stupid accident,
fell down the stairs. I thought I was going to die, then he appeared.
TRICKSTER [memory]: Peter. I can give you life,
and the true love you've always longed for. All you have to do is give me your agreement. Do I have Your agreement?
PETER [memory]: Yes.
SARAH JANE: Then you are real. Oh Peter, he tricked you.
PETER: No. He found you for me. He wanted us to be happy.
SJS : Then why The Ring? Why hypnotise me?
PETER: He said it would protect you.
You accepted my proposal before The Ring went on.
You said you loved me before The Ring went on.
Didn't you love me? Didn't you mean it?
SJS : Oh, Peter.
(They embrace. Meanwhile, back in the 23rd second, the Doctor, Clyde and Rani run in.)
RANI: How did we end up here again?
CLYDE: It's a spatial loop
mixed up with a temporal loop.
RANI: How did you work that one out?
CLYDE: Well, we've been doing this
for a while now. I have taken notes.
Perfect-10 : Come on, come on,
come on, Sarah. Let me find you.
(And in Sarah Jane's moment -)
SJS : And now for the things I never told you.
I've fought him before. I fight creatures like him.
That is my life. And he's used my past, my parents,
against me, and now he's using you.
PETER: He saved me.
He brought us together.
SJS : I'll show you what he is.
Trickster? Trickster!
TRICKSTER: Sarah Jane Smith.
SJS : Why have you done this? What do you want?
TRICKSTER: I want you to be happy.
(Whilst -)
RANI: Hang on, though. This is mad.
The Trickster, he's this all-powerful immortal
who wants to cause chaos throughout the stars, and
he wants Sarah Jane to get married.
What does he get out of that?
SJS : You want us to
get married. And then what?
TRICKSTER: You will forget all
that has happened here as though
it has never been, and then here is
the life you will lead —
(A vision of the possible future.)
HARESH: Mister and Mrs Dalton.
(Cheers and throwing confetti.)
(Cleaning the attic.)
SARAH JANE: All done?
PETER: I've finally got all the junk cleared out.
SARAH JANE: Right, decorator's due
on Monday. Turn this into a proper little office.
(And back to The Moment.)
TRICKSTER: I will bring you happiness.
SJS : But what's The Price?
There's got to be a catch.
With you there always is.
PETER: Sarah Jane, all
you have to say is “I Do.”
TRICKSTER: And if you don't,
you will remain here forever.
SJS : Then so be it.
TRICKSTER: So will Peter. And so
will your son and your friends.
You'll condemn them to remain here.
This place is nowhere. And it's forever.
(The Trickster vanishes.)
SJS : Now do you see?
Now do you see what he is.
PETER: It doesn't matter.
You can save them, Luke and the others.
(He holds up the wedding ring. Meanwhile -)
Perfect-10 : She's here. If I can narrow the link ratio.
TRICKSTER:
Doctor. (Back in its black robe.)
Perfect-10 :
Ah. You look better in black.
Or is white the new black?
TRICKSTER:
At last. Doctor.
I could feel this Moment
reverberating back through
the ages. The meeting of
The Pantheon of Discord and
The Last of The Time Lords.
Perfect-10 :
I've known The Legends
of The Pantheon since
I was a little boy —
I've fought your shadows
and your changelings.
I never thought
we'd actually meet.
TRICKSTER:
And I know The Legends
of The Doctor : The man
of Ice and Fire, who walked
among GODS, who once held
The Key to Time in his hands….
— Now, he is surrounded by children.
Perfect-10 :
They're my friends(!)
Which reminds me,
you're looking a bit lonely
for a Pantheon —
TRICKSTER:
I embody multitudes.
And who are you, the man
who has lost everybody, to talk
to Me of loneliness, when
The Gate is waiting for you?
Perfect-10 :
What do you mean?
TRICKSTER:
Sarah Jane Smith is My Prize.
Even you, Doctor, didn't realise
how wonderful she is.
Perfect-10 :
What do you want with her?
TRICKSTER:
What I always want from
any of those I visit :
Her agreement.
Goodbye, Doctor.
(The Trickster vanishes.)
Perfect-10 :
Her agreement….
The Power of Words….
She says “I Do”, and —
Yes, that's it!
CLYDE: That's what?
Perfect-10 : She promises
to Love and Honour her husband,
the wedding ring goes on and
then she's agreed to it.
She's totally under
The Trickster's Power.
Marital bliss, but
she forgets all about this.
She starts living a new life.
RANI: Forgetting about
her old life protecting The Earth.
CLYDE: And The Planet's wide
open, so aliens can just barge in?
Perfect-10 :
Without Sarah, without
you-lot saving The World
from your attic in Ealing,
there'll be chaos and destruction.
Meat and drink to The Trickster.
CLYDE:
As if she's gonna say “Yes”.
Perfect-10 :
But she will, won't she.
Because We’re here —
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