[Castle]
(Lightning flashes around The Tower and
battlements of a empty building nearby,
with boarded up windows.
Played by Wolthorpe Towers,
Stamford, Lincolnshire.)
MORDRED:
Here is The Convocation.
This we make the meeting place.
The point between two worlds.
(Two globes either side
of Mordred light up.)
MORDRED:
Two universes.
Two realities.
[Gore Crow Hotel]
(Night has fallen. The scabbard is quivering on the wall
as The Doctor looks out of the curtains in the bar.)
Time's Champion :
No one's to go outside.
ELIZABETH:
I heard gunshots earlier.
Time's Champion :
Exactly.
PAT:
Why not?
Time's Champion :
There are things out there
in The Dark you wouldn't
want to meet. (Bang!)
WARMSLY:
What was that?
(Bambera brings Ancelyn in
from the grounds, handcuffed.)
Bdr. BAMBERA:
Come on, move it, will you.
Get in. Brigadier Bambera.
Time's Champion :
What happened to you?
Sir ANCELYN:
….She vanquished me, and
I threw myself on her mercy.
Bdr. BAMBERA:
(flashes creds) As of now, I'm in charge.
Everyone remain calm. We'll soon
have everything under control.
(The Doctor notices the scabbard, rattling)
Time's Champion :
I doubt that.
[Castle]
MORDRED:
By this sword, Brother to Excalibur,
I part the curtain of night —
[Gore Crow Hotel]
WARMSLY:
What's that noise?
PAT:
What noise?
(The scabbard flies across the room and
sticks point first into the upright timber
by Warmsly. Glasses fall off the
shelves behind the bar.)
WARMSLY:
That noise!
Time's Champion :
Which way does that wall face?
WARMSLY:
Excuse me, but three
inches to the left —
PAT:
North, towards
The Lake.
[Helicopter]
(The Brigadier is taking a nap.)
ATC [OC]:
Docklands ATC to
Uniform November niner zero.
Clear for final approach. Over.
LAVEL:
Roger, Docklands ATC.
Commencing approach now.
We'll be landing in
London shortly, sir.
[Castle]
MORDRED:
Across The Abyss, Life calls to Life,
biomass to biomass, energy to energy.
To Avallion I summon thee from
beyond the confines of this universe.
(Mordred stabs his sword into the floor. There is a small explosion.
The Brigadier suddenly wakes. Mordred laughs. A Lot.)
[Gore Crow Hotel]
(More glasses fall and the lights flicker.)
Bar. BAMBERA :
Another storm.
Just what we need.
Time's Champion :
Stay where you are —
(The chandelier is swinging in
a circle. A few more glasses fall.)
WARMSLY:
An earthquake?
(Ace and Shou run in.)
SHOU:
Doctor!
BAMBERA:
What's going on, Doctor?
Time's Champion :
I don't know, but I've got
some nasty suspicions.
(The Doctor pulls the scabbard from the post and tries to hold on to it.
Mordred finishes his long laugh and walks out of the circle of light.)
SHOU:
An earthquake? In England?
Time's Champion :
No. Someone is creating a rip in
the fabric of Time and space.
Sir ANCELYN:
She is coming.
BAMBERA:
What are you talking about?
Who's coming?
ACE! :
You can feel it?
Time's Champion :
Yes. I'm uniquely
sensitive. Argh! Gah!
(The Doctor falls to his knees, still
clutching the scabbard for dear life.)
ACE! :
Doctor! What is it?
[Castle]
(Morgaine appears in the circle
vacated by Mordred.)
MODRED:
Immortal Morgaine,
ageless and deathless.
MORGAINE:
Mordred.
MORDRED:
Mother, Merlin is here.
MORGAINE:
Yes, I can feel his presence.
MORDRED:
He has a new countenance.
MORGAINE:
He has worn many faces.
Merlin -- Hear Me.
[Gore Crow Hotel]
Time's Champion :
(through gritted teeth)
I hear you.
[Castle]
MORGAINE:
Do not stand against me this time,
for your soul's sake.
[Gore Crow Hotel]
Time's Champion :
I cannot allow
your interference.
[Castle]
MORGAINE:
Then, Merlin, let this
be our last battlefield.
(She raises her arms, the lightning flashes, and over
in the hotel the lights go out and people scream.)
