Chapter 8

(In the house the Doctor, Jess, Gwen and Mickey walk in tentatively to find what looks to be a perfectly normal suburban Victorian House)

Jess: Nothing seems odd here

Doctor: Looks can be deceiving Jess, don't believe what you see, not at first anyway

(Then a shadow comes from the top of the stairs)

Doctor: Hello there, sorry to intrude but I ...

Voice: You could never intrude in this house Doctor

Doctor: Sorry, do I know you?

Voice: Oh yes, you know me well

(The shadow walks down the stairs into the light - its Madame Vastra and Jess, Gwen and Mickey look shocked at her)

Doctor: Vastra!

Vastra: Hello old friend

(Then Jenny and Strax come running out of the kitchen carrying weapons as they think they're home is under attack).

Jenny: Doctor!

Strax: I apologise, I thought that you were an intruder

Doctor: No need to apologise Strax, anyway these are my friends, Jess, Gwen and Mickey, guys meet Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax

(They all exchange pleasantries and the Doctor fills them in on the problem with the Graske)

Vastra: Those little devils, I never like them.

Jenny: What are Graske?

Vastra: They are 4ft creatures who like to cause mischief wherever they can find it

Jenny: The Queen is getting married tomorrow, we can't let anything happen

Doctor: Yes Jenny I know that, we need to get thinking

(In the kitchen)

Doctor: Vastra, I don't understand something, can you tell me why the signal I detected led me here.

Vastra: Because I made sure that all the alien signals were diverted here so that we could better monitor alien activity in the city.

Doctor: That'll help me then, have you detected anything at all the last few days?

Strax: We investigated a signal not 3 days past, a few streets away but nothing came of it.

Doctor: Did you calculate for the possibility of a cloaking device?

Strax: We did not

Doctor: Well then, let's go check again.

End of Chapter