LEELA:
Doctor! Doctor!
(Leela runs forward and tries to remove the circlet.)
BORUSA:
The Matrix rejects The Candidate.
Guards, seize him!
GOLD USHER:
No! No one may lay hands on The President.
BORUSA:
The Matrix has rejected him.
GOLD USHER:
He is The Matrix now.
It cannot reject him.
Surgeon General.
(Gomer goes to the Doctor.)
LEELA:
Will he be all right?
BORUSA:
This is unheard of.
For a candidate to be attacked by The Matrix.
GOLD USHER:
There's no longer a candidate.
There's only The President.
After his official induction,
The Matrix can only be worn by The President.
Therefore This is The President.
GOMER:
If you continue to argue legal niceties,
we may well have to go through
this whole boring business again
in the very near future.
LEELA:
Is he going to die?
GOMER:
He has retreated.
LEELA:
Never! The Doctor is no coward.
GOMER:
A self-induced cataleptic.
A simple defense reaction brought about
by a sudden unexpected attack upon his consciousness.
BORUSA:
There! Do you hear?
An Attack.
GOMER:
Have the kindness to be quiet, Borusa.
The President needs peace, rest and medical attention
which I shall supervise myself.
BORUSA:
Take him to the Chancellory.
GOMER:
Indeed, that would be perfect.
Guards half-carry the Doctor away.
GOMER:
And Borusa, I suggest you
cut off your communications, prohibit visitors
and keep all your tedious bureaucratic problems
to yourself.
Gomer leaves.
BORUSA:
Impertinent!
KELNER:
He is Young yet, Chancellor.
Impetuous, I know, but I still believe
his hearts are in the right places.
[Vardan spacecruiser]
LEADER:
Very close. He has little strength.
VARDAN:
It will take a long time to replace him.
LEADER:
Too long.
Signal all commanders to increase speed
and evaluate implementation Plan Three.
[Panopticon]
BORUSA:
High Lords, we have taken the President to the Chancellory.
Please remain calm. Bring the girl.
Leela touches Borusa's arm.
BORUSA:
What?
LEELA:
I didn't hurt him. I saved him.
BORUSA:
The enquiry can determine that. Bring her.
ANDRED:
Sir.
Leela pulls her knife on Andred,
and another guard puts his gun to her head.
She puts the knife away.
[Chancellory]
BORUSA:
Well, Lord Gomer?
GOMER:
He has suffered a severe sub-mental shock.
I've given him a massive deranger dose,
but even that will take hours to
--
(The Doctor opens his eyes.)
GOMER:
Incredible.
LEELA:
Are you all right?
BORUSA:
Quietly, now.
DOCTOR:
Lord Chancellor, What Happened?
BORUSA:
Your alien friend almost killed you.
She openly attacked you.
LEELA:
No, it was The Crown!
The Crown almost killed him!
DOCTOR:
What's she doing here?
LEELA:
Well, you brought me.
DOCTOR:
Impossible. No aliens are allowed in here.
Get rid of her.
LEELA:
Doctor, What's Happened to You?
BORUSA:
Put her out, Commander.
ANDRED:
Where, sir?
DOCTOR:
Outside The Citadel, of course.
ANDRED:
In The Outer World?
DOCTOR:
Yes, expel her.
LEELA:
No! I will not go!
BORUSA:
Take her!
Leela pushes Andred aside, kicks another guard below the belt and runs out.
BORUSA:
Stop her, before she does any more damage!
