Showing posts with label The Dead Zone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Dead Zone. Show all posts

Tuesday 4 January 2022

That's Why it's Been Left up to Me and Me and Me.




Well, I'll Do My Best
but I can't make any promises

In that case, you'd better consult those 
All-Powerful superiors 
of yours for their advice.

Oh, I don't think that'd 
do any good --
At The Moment They're far 
from being All-Powerful. 

That's why it's been left up 
to Me and Me and Me.




Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor - 
This time there's three of us


The Moment : 
You wanted a big red button.

(A red, rose-like button stands on 
a stalk above the Moment box.)

The Moment : 
One big bang, No More Time Lords. 
No More Daleks. Are you sure?

The Warrior : 
I was sure when I came in here. 
There is No Other Way.

The Moment : 
You've seen the men you will become.

The Warrior : 
Those men. Extraordinary.

The Moment : 
They were you.

The Warrior : 
No. They are 
The Doctor.

The Moment : 
You're The Doctor, too.

The Warrior
No. Great Men are forged in Fire. 
It is the privilege of lesser Men 
to Light The Flame, 
whatever The Cost.

(His hand hesitates over The Button as he
 recalls the sound of children's laughter.)

The Moment : 
You know the sound The TARDIS makes..?
 That wheezing, groaning
That sound brings Hope 
wherever it goes.

The Warrior : 
Yes. Yes, I like to think it does.

The Moment : 
To anyone who hears it, Doctor. 
Anyone, however lost.

VWORPP! VWORPP! 
(and, in Stereo, as well..!)
VWORPP! VWORPP! 

The Moment : 
Even you.

(Two TARDISes park themselves in The Barn. 
Enter The Doctors and Clara.)

CLARA: 
I told you -- He hasn't done it yet.

The Warrior : 
Go away now, all of you. 
This is for Me.

Perfect-10 : 
These events should be Time-locked. 
We shouldn't even be here.

The Chin : 
So something let us through.

The Moment : 
You clever boys.

The Warrior : 
Go back. Go back to Your Lives. 
Go and Be The Doctor 
that I could never be. 
Make it worthwhile.

Perfect-10 : 
All those years, burying you 
in My Memory.

The Chin : 
Pretending you didn't exist. 
Keeping you A Secret, even from myself.

Perfect-10 : 
Pretending you weren't The Doctor, 
when you were The Doctor 
more than anybody else.

The Chin : 
You were The Doctor on The Day 
it wasn't possible to get it right.

Perfect-10 : 
But this time...

The Chin : 
....You don't have to do it alone.

(They put their hands 
on The Button together.)

The Warrior : 
Thank you.

Perfect-10 : 
What We Do today is not 
out of fear or hatred. 
It is done because 
there is No Other Way.

The Chin : 
And it is done In The Name 
of the many lives we are 
failing to Save.

(He glances over at Clara, 
who shakes her head,
in the corner of his eye.)

The Chin : 
....what? 
What is it? What....?

CLARA: 
Nothing.

The Chin : 
No, it's something. Tell me.

CLARA: 
You told me you wiped out 
Your Own People. I just.... 
I never pictured you 
doing it, that's all.

The Moment :
 Take a closer look.

(It suddenly goes dark.)

CLARA: 
What's happening?

The Warrior : 
Nothing. It's a projection.

The Moment : 
It's The Reality around you.

(They are seeing Gallifrey at War.)

CLARA: 
...These are the people you're going to burn?

Perfect-10 : 
There isn't anything we can do.

The Chin : 
He's right. There isn't another way. 
There never was. Either I 
Destroy My Own People or 
let The Universe burn.

CLARA: 
Look at You. The Three of You. 
The Warrior, The Hero, and You.

The Chin : 
And What am I?

CLARA: 
Have you really forgotten?

The Chin : 
Yes. Maybe, yes.

CLARA: 
We've got enough Warriors. 
Any old idiot can Be a Hero.

The Chin :
Then What Do I Do?

CLARA: 
What you've always done. Be a Doctor. 
You told me The Name You Chose was 
A Promise -- What was The Promise?

(The Fighting seems to have stopped on Gallifrey.)

Perfect-10 : 
Never Cruel or Cowardly.

The Warrior
Never give upnever give in.
(The images vanish.)

Perfect-10 : 
You're not actually suggesting that we 
change Our Own Personal History?

The Chin : 
We change History all the time. 
I'm suggesting far worse.

The Warrior : 
What, exactly?

The Chin : 
Gentlemen, I have had 
four hundred years to think about 
this -- I've changed My Mind.

(He sonics The Big Red Button 
back into The Moment Box.)

The Warrior : 
There's still a billion billion Daleks 
up there, attacking.

The Chin : 
Yeah, there is. There is.

Perfect-10 : 
But there's something those billion 
billion Daleks don't know.

The Chin : 
Because if they did, they'd probably 
send for reinforcements.

CLARA: 
What? What don't they know?

The Chin : 
This time, there's Three of Us.

The Warrior : 
Oh! Oh, yes, that is good
That is brilliant!

Perfect-10 : 
Oh, oh, oh, I'm getting that too
That is brilliant!

The Chin : 
Ha, ha, ha! I've been thinking 
about it for centuries.

The Warrior : 
She didn't just show me any old future, 
she showed me exactly 
The Future I needed to see.

The Moment : 
Now you're getting it.

The Chin : 
Eh? Who did?

The Warrior : 
Oh, Bad Wolf girl, 
I could kiss you.

The Moment : 
Yup, that's going to Happen.

Perfect-10 : 
Sorry, did you just say 'Bad Wolf'?

CLARA: 
So what are we doing? 
What's The Plan?

The Warrior : 
The Dalek fleets are surrounding Gallifrey, firing on it constantly.

Perfect-10 :
 The SkyTrench is holding, 
but What if the whole planet 
just disappeared?

CLARA: 
Tiny bit of an ask.

Perfect-10 : 
The Daleks would be 
firing on each other
They'd destroy themselves 
in their own crossfire.

The Warrior : 
Gallifrey would be gone, 
The Daleks would be destroyed, 
and it would look to 
The Rest of The Universe 
as if they'd annihilated each other.


CLARA: 
But where would Gallifrey be?

Perfect-10 : 
Frozen. Frozen in an instant of time, 
safe and hidden away.

The Chin : 
Exactly.

The Warrior : 
Like Painting.



Jack Parsons/Captain Marvel/ Jor-El :
Could be A Warning -- 
To show Us What's 
Going to Happen.
A sort of... remote camera 
view of The Future....
So that We can 
CHANGE it.

Someone Has FINALLY
Shown-up to Tell Us :
I Think it's Time We Stood-up 
for What We ARE.




Monday 7 May 2018

This is Why I Can't Go Out




Dr. Sam Weizak :
Hello, John. May I come in? 

John The Dreamer :
How did you find me? My father? 

Sam :
Stopped off to see him. 
He said you moved to a new town.
He's worried about you. 
And so am I. 

John the Dreamer :
Don't worry. I'm taking care of myself. It's about time. 

I'm still your doctor. You're still under my care. We have to... well, stay in touch. Well-- How's the, uh-- All healed up now? 

John the Dreamer :
The bullet... went right through me. - 
[ Like he wasn't even there. ]
It's nothing.

Sam
Good. Nice place you have here. 

John the Dreamer :
It's home. 

Those headaches are getting worse, aren't they? 

John the Dreamer :
Three, four times a day sometimes. I brought you some new medication. 

John the Dreamer :
No! No more pills. 

It takes time to recover. The healing process is slow. 

John the Dreamer :
I'm not getting better. I'm getting worse. Isn't that right? 

Sam :
All right. Now listen. I've done some research into the area of psychic phenomena. Several cases, such as yours, have been documented. I was surprised to discover. And the pattern is always the same. As the spells, the visions, grow stronger and more powerful, the body weakens. I don't need any research or documentation to see this thing is sucking the life out of you. One look tells me that. 

John the Dreamer :
You mean I'm going to die? How long? 

Sam :
I think we can arrest the process, reverse it even. 

John the Dreamer :
- How? - 

Sam :
Come back with me. 

John the Dreamer :
- Where? - 

To the clinic. 

John the Dreamer :
No. Absolutely no. 

John, please. You must! 

John the Dreamer :
So you can study me? 

Sam :
No. So I can protect you. 
You need to be in a controlled environment, John. 

John the Dreamer :
I want to show you something.
 Come with me. 

Cards and letters keep pouring in. 

Sam :
What is all this? 

John the Dreamer :
It's People 

People, with lost dogs, lost children, lost lives. 

Sam :
You haven't even opened them. 

John the Dreamer :
I don't have to. 
They all want reassurance, help, love... things I can't give them. 
Father sends it. I let it pile up. 

Why do you keep it? 

John the Dreamer :
This is why I can't go out... 
live my life, why I stay locked up here. 
I'm already living in a controlled environment, Sam. 

Nothing can touch me here. 
I'm alone. 
I'm safe. 





Sorry about that. 

Well, let's go see 
Chris. 
Chris. This is Johnny. 
Remember I said he was coming? 

I'll leave you alone to get acquainted. 

He Leaves - Johnny takes in his surroundings.

The kid continues to draw quietly, without looking up.

Johnny crosses over to the room and begins examining a particularly large, unused Train Set - as he does, he speaks softly in an almost off-hand manner.

John the Dreamer :
Your father wants me to bring you out of your shell. 
I don't know what to do. 

Chris :
You don't have to do anything. 
My dad lives in a shell, not me. 




Sunday 6 May 2018

Let's NOT Kill Hitler


The JUDGE :
If you could go Back in Time, to Germany
before Hitler came to Power
knowing what you know now
Would You Kill Him

The PROPHET :
Is that why you sent for me, John, to--
to ask me this, uh... This Question

The JUDGE :
I have to talk to you, Sam, 
because -- I've had another episode. 

The PROPHET :
Oh, yes? Go on. 

The JUDGE :
I've been tutoring this boy named Stuart. 
In The Vision, I saw him drown

But That's Not The Point

In The Vision, something 
was missing. 

The PROPHET :
How -- How do you mean? 

The JUDGE :
It was like...A Blank Spot
A Dead Zone. 


The PROPHET :
First of all, Tell Me --
Did The Boy in 
fact drown? 

The JUDGE :
His Father wanted him to play hockey --
I talked him out of it. 
The Boy's Alive. 


The PROPHET :
Ah. Yes. Don't you see --
How clear it is? 
Not only can you see The Future, you can -- 

The JUDGE :
...I can change it. 

The PROPHET :
You can change it, exactly. Here. 
Yes, John. That is your -- 
Your Dead Zone. 

The possibility of... 
of altering the outcome 
of Your Premonitions... 
It's fascinating. Let me make a note. 

The JUDGE :
What about My Question

The PROPHET :
Huh? Oh, you mean the one a
bout....about Hitler

The JUDGE :
What would you do?

The PROPHET :
Err -- I don't like this, John. 
What are you getting at? 

The JUDGE :
What would you do? 
Would you kill him

The PROPHET :
All right. All right --
I'll give you An Answer

I'm a Man of Medicine --
 I'm expected to Save Lives 
and ease Suffering....
and I love People. 

Therefore, I would have No Choice --
But to Kill the son of a bitch. 

The JUDGE :
[ whispering under his breath ]
You'd never get away alive. 

The PROPHET :
It doesn't matter -- 
[cheerful]
I would kill him

Nasdro via. Skol. 


"Dear Sarah, 

It is a hard letter to write, so I'll make it short. 

I can't go on hiding anymore. 
That's what I've been doing -- running and hiding. 

I had this figured out all wrong. I always thought my power was a curse, but now I can see it 's a gift. 

By the time you get this letter, it'll be all over. 

You never will understand why. 

Nobody ever will, but I know what I'm doing. 
And I know I'm right

Just remember there's never been anyone for me except you. 

Just wasn't in the cards for us, I guess. 

I'll always love you, Sarah. 

Johnny."