The TARDIS materializes in a very tight space. The Doctor and Jennifer stepped out of the TARDIS. "I don't know what's wrong though. She's sort of queasy. Indigestion, like she didn't want to land," The Doctor said. "If you think there's going to be trouble, we could always get back inside and go somewhere else," Jennifer said. Then they both started to laugh. They stopped and looked around. "I think we've landed inside a cupboard. Here we go," The Doctor said.
'Open door 15,' A voice said. "Some sort of base. Moon base, sea base, space base. They build these things out of kits," The Doctor said. 'Close door 15,' The voice said. "Glad we're indoors. It's sounds like a storm out there," Jennifer said. The Doctor opened a door. 'Open door 16.'
The Doctor and Jennifer walked in a corridor. "Human design. You've got a thing about kits. This place was put together like a flat pack wardrobe, only bigger. And easier," The Doctor said. The Doctor opened a door.
Open door 17
They walked in a room with tables and chairs. "Oh, it's a sanctuary base," The Doctor said. Jennifer closed the door. "Deep Space exploration. We've gone way out," The Doctor said. Jennifer walked over to him. "And listen to that, underneath. Someone's drilling," The Doctor said. Jennifer looked up and read something on the wall. "Welcome to hell."
"Oh, it's not that bad," The Doctor said. "No, over there," Jennifer said with a little giggle, pointed at the wall. The Doctor looked. The words were painted on the wall in big block letters, and a vertical alien script underneath. The Doctor frowned. "Hold on, what does that say?" The Doctor asked as he walked over to the wall. Jennifer followed. "That's weird, it won't translate," The Doctor said.
"But I thought the TARDIS translated everything, writing as well. We should see English," Jennifer pointed out. "Exactly. If that's not working, then it means this writing is old. Very old. Impossibly old. We should find out who's in charge," The Doctor said. He started to spin the wheel on another bulkhead door. "We've gone beyond the reach of the TARDIS' knowledge. Not a good move. And if someone's lucky enough -" The Doctor said. 'Open door 19.'
Aliens with tentacles were standing outside the door. They all have a tube going in behind the tentacles, and carry a white globe in their right hands which they use for communication. "Oh! Right. Hello. Sorry. I was just saying, er, nice base," The Doctor said. "We must feed," They all said. "You've got to what?" The Doctor asked. "We must feed," They repeated. "I think they mean us," Jennifer said. The Aliens entered and Jennifer and The Doctor back away.
"We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed," They repeated. More entered from other doors. The Doctor pulled out his Sonic Screwdriver while Jennifer picked up a chair. "We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed. We must feed," They repeated. "We must feed," A alien said and then it taps the globe. "You, if you are hungry."
"Sorry?" The Doctor asked. "We apologise. Electromagnetics have interfered with speech systems. Would you like some refreshment?" It said. 'Open door 18.' Three people entered. "What the hell? How did?" A man asked. The Aliens make way for the newcomers. The lead man uses a wrist-comm. "Captain, you're not going to believe this. We've got people. Out of nowhere. I mean, real people. I mean two living people, just standing here right in front of me."
"Don't be stupid, that's impossible," A man's voice said. "I suggest telling them that," The man said. "But you're a sort of space base. You must have visitors now and then. It can't be that impossible," Jennifer said. "You're telling me you don't know where you are?" The man asked. "No idea. More fun that way," The Doctor said with a grin. "Stand by, everyone. Buckle down. We have incoming. And it's a big one. Quake point five on its way," A woman's voice said. The man ran to a door and opened it. "Through here, now. Quickly, come on! Move!" The man said. They all ran to the door.
"Move it! Come on! Keep moving. Come on! Quickly! Move it!" The man said. They got to a control room, full of people working at control panels. "Oh, my God. You meant it," A second man said. "People. Look at that, real people," A young woman said. "That's us. Hooray!" The Doctor said. "Yeah. My name's Jennifer. Jennifer Tyler. And this is The Doctor," Jennifer said.
"Come on the oxygen must be offline. We're hallucinating. They can't be. No, they're real," A young man said. "Come on, we're in the middle of an alert! Danny, strap up. The quake's coming in! Impact in thirty seconds! Sorry you two, whoever you are. Just hold on, tight," The second man said. "Ood, are we fixed?"
"Your kindness in this emergency is much appreciated," Ood said. "What's this planet called, anyway?" The Doctor asked. "Now, don't be stupid. It hasn't got a name. How could it have a name? You really don't know, do you?" The second woman asked. "And impact!" The second man said. The whole place shook for a few seconds. "Oh, well, that wasn't so bad," The Doctor said and then again, much worse. Consoles burst into flames.
"Okay, that's it. Everyone all right? Speak to me, Ida," The second man said. "Yeah, yeah!" The second woman, Ida said. "Danny?" He asked. "Fine," The young man, Danny said. "Toby?" He asked. "Yeah, fine," Toby replied. "Scooti?" He asked. "No damage," The young woman, Scooti replied. "Jefferson?" He asked. "Check!" The first man, Jefferson replied.
"We're fine, thanks, fine. Yeah, don't worry about us," The Doctor said. "The surface caved in," The man said. He looked up at a schematic of the base. "I deflected it onto storage five through eight. We've lost them completely. Toby, go and check the rocket link," He said. "That's not my department," Toby said. "Just do as I say, yeah?" The man said. Toby left. "Oxygen holding. Internal gravity fifty six point six. We should be okay," Ida said.
"Never mind the earthquake, that's, that's one hell of a storm. What is that, a hurricane?" Jennifer asked. "You'd need an atmosphere for a hurricane. There's no air out there. It's a complete vacuum," Scooti said. "Then what's shaking the roof?" Jennifer asked. "You're not joking. You really don't know. Well introductions. F Y I, as they said in the olden days. I'm Ida Scott, science officer. Zachary Cross Flane, acting Captain, sir. You've met Mister Jefferson, he's Head of Security. Danny Bartock, Ethics committee," Ida said.
"Not as boring as it sounds," Danny said. Jennifer smiled. "And that man who just left, that was Toby Zed, Archaeology, and this is Scooti Manista, Trainee maintenance. And this? This is home," Ida said and she pulled down a lever. "Brace yourselves. The sight of it sends some people mad," Zach said.
The shutters overhead pulled back to reveal a white hot, angry, disc with a black centre and black dots falling into it. Jennifer and The Doctor got up from the stairs, looking at the black hole, shocked. "That's a black hole," Jennifer said. "But that's impossible," The Doctor said. "I did warn you," Zach said. "We're standing under a black hole," The Doctor said.
"In orbit," Ida said. "But we can't be -" The Doctor said. "You can see for yourself. We're in orbit," Ida said. "But we can't be," The Doctor said. "This lump of rock is suspended in perpetual geostationary orbit around that black hole without falling in. Discuss," Ida said. "That's bad, yeah?" Jennifer asked. "Bad doesn't cover it. A black hole's a dead star. It collapses in on itself, in and in and in until the matter's so dense and tight it starts to pull everything else in too. Nothing in the universe can escape it. Light, gravity, time. Everything just gets pulled inside and crushed," The Doctor said.
"So, they can't be in orbit. We should be pulled right in," Jennifer said. "We should be dead," The Doctor said. "And yet here we are, beyond the laws of physics. Welcome on board," Ida said. "But if there's no atmosphere out there, what's that?" Jennifer asked. "Stars breaking up. Gas clouds. We have whole solar systems being ripped apart above our heads, before falling into that thing," Ida replied. "So, a bit worse than a storm," Jennifer said. "Just a bit," Iad said and Jennifer nodded. There was another small shake.
'Close door 1.' Toby walked in with maps in his arm. "The rocket link's fine," He said. Zach call up a hologram over the central console. The Doctor put on his glasses. "That's the black hole, officially designated K three seven Gen five," Zach said. "In the scriptures of the Falltino, this planet is called Kroptor, the bitter pill. And the black hole is supposed to be a mighty demon. It was tricked into devouring the planet, only to spit it out, because it was poison," Ida said. "We are so far out. Lost in the drifts of the universe. How did you even get here?" The Doctor asked.
"We flew in. You see, this planet's generating a gravity field. We don't know how. We've no idea. But it's kept in constant balance against the black hole. And the field extends out there as a funnel. A distinct gravity funnel, reaching out into clear space. That was our way in," Zach said. "You flew down that thing?" Jennifer asked. Zach nodded. "By rights, the ship should have been torn apart. We lost the Captain, which is what put me in charge," He said. "You're doing a good job," Ida said.
"Yeah, well, needs must," Zach said. "But if that gravity funnel closes, there's no way out," Danny said. "We had fun speculating about that," Scooti said. "Oh, yeah. That's the word. Fun," Danny said sarcastically. "But that field would take phenomenal amounts of power. I mean not just big, but off the scale. Can I?" The Doctor asked. "Sure. Help yourself," Ida said.
An Ood gave Jennifer a plastic cup of drink. "Your refreshment," Ood said. "Thanks. Thank you. I'm sorry, what was your name?" Jennifer asked. "We have no titles. We are as one," The Ood said. "What are they called?" Jennifer asked Danny. "They're the Ood," Danny replied. "The Ood? Well that's ood," Jennifer said. "Very ood, but handy. They work the mine shafts. All the drilling and stuff. Supervision and maintenance. They're born for it. Basic slave race," Danny said.
"You've got slaves?" Jennifer asked. "Don't start. She's like one of that lot. Friends of the Ood," Scooti said. "Maybe I am, yeah. Since when do humans need slaves?" Jennifer asked. "But the Ood offer themselves. If you don't give them orders, they just pine away and die," Danny said. "You like being ordered about?" Jennifer asked the Ood. "It is all we crave," It said. Jennifer frowned. "Why's that?" She asked. "We have nothing else in life," It replied. "Yeah, I used to think like that a long time ago," Jennifer mumbled.
"There we go. Do you see? To generate that gravity field, and the funnel, you'd need a power source with an inverted self extrapolating reflex of six to the power of six every six seconds," The Doctor said. "That's a lot of sixes," Jennifer said. "And it's impossible," The Doctor said. "It took us two years to work that out-" Zach said. "I'm very good," The Doctor said. "But that's why we're here. This power source is ten miles below through solid rock. Point Zero. We're drilling down to try and find it," Ida said. "It's giving off readings of over ninety stats on the Blazon scale," Zach said.
"It could revolutionise modern science," Ida said. "We could use it to fuel the Empire," Jefferson said. "Or start a war," The Doctor said. "It's buried beneath us, in the darkness, waiting. Whatever it is down there is not a natural phenomena. And this, er, planet once supported life eons ago, before the human race had even learned to walk," Toby said. "I saw that lettering written on the wall. Did you do that?" The Doctor asked. "I copied it from fragments we found unearthed by the drilling, but I can't translate it," Toby replied. "No, neither can I. And that's saying something," The Doctor said.
"There was some form of civilisation. They buried something. Now it's reaching out, calling us in," Toby said. "And you came," The Doctor said. "Well, how could we not?" Ida asked. "So, when it comes right down to it, why did you come here? Why did you do that? Why? I'll tell you why. Because it was there. Brilliant. Excuse me, er, Zach, wasn't it?" The Doctor asked. "That's me," Zach said. "Just stand there, because I'm going to hug you. Is that all right?" The Doctor asked.
"I suppose so," Zach said. "Here we go. Come on, then," The Doctor said with a smile. He hugged Zach. "Oh, human beings. You are amazing! Ha! Thank you," The Doctor said. "Not at all," Zach said as they let go. "But apart from that, you're completely mad. You should pack your bags, get back in that ship and fly for your lives," The Doctor said. "You can talk. And how the hell did you get here?" Ida asked. "Oh, I've got this er, this ship. It's hard to explain. It just sort of appears," The Doctor said. "We can show you, we parked down the corridor from er. What's it called? Habitation area-" Jennifer said. "Three," The Doctor said. "Yeah," Jennifer said. "Do you mean storage six?" Zach asked. "It was a bit of a cupboard, yeah. Storage six. But you said. You said. You said storage five to eight," The Doctor said and then he ran out. Jennifer followed.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Jennifer asked. 'Open door 19. Close door 19.' "Open the door! Come on!" The Doctor said. 'Open door 17.'
'Open door 15. Door 16 out of commission.' "It can't be. It can't be!" The Doctor said. "What's wrong? What is it? Doctor, the TARDIS is in there. What's happened?" Jennifer asked. The Doctor looked through the porthole in the bulkhead door. "The TARDIS is gone," The Doctor said. 'Door 16 out of commission.' The Doctor looked slowly at Jennifer. "The earthquake. This section collapsed," The Doctor said. "But it's got to be out there somewhere," Jennifer said and then she looked through the porthole in the bulkhead door. "Look down," The Doctor said and she did. She saw a big hole.
Jennifer and The Doctor were back in the control room. "The ground gave way. My TARDIS must've fallen down right into the heart of the planet. But you've got robot drills heading the same way," The Doctor said. "We can't divert the drilling," Zach said. "But I need my ship. It's all I've got. Literally the only thing," The Doctor said. "Doctor, we've only got the resources to drill one central shaft down to the power source, and that's it. No diversions, no distractions, no exceptions. Your machine is lost. All I can do is offer you a lift if we ever get to leave this place, and that is the end of it," Zach said.
"I'll er, put you on the duty roster. We need someone in the laundry," Ida said. The Doctor and Jennifer were left alone, except for an Ood. 'Open door 1. Close door 1.' The Doctor walked over to Jennifer. "I've trapped you here," The Doctor said. "Don't worry about me," Jennifer said. There were another shaking. "Okay, we're on a planet that shouldn't exist, under a black hole and no way out. I've changed my mind. Start worrying about me," Jennifer said wit a little smile. The Doctor gave her a little smile and pulled her to a hug.
In the Habitation 3, The Doctor was examining the alien script and Jennifer sat next to him looking around. "Danny, check the temperature in Ood Habitation. It seems to be rising," Zach's voice said. Jennifer got to get something to eat. "Help yourself. Just don't have the green. Or the blue," Scotti said. Jennifer smiled. She took her tray to the serving window. "Er, bit of that, thanks," Jennifer said. "Would you like sauce with that?" Ood asked. "Yeah, thanks," Jennifer said with a smile. "The Beast and his Armies shall rise from the Pit to make war against God," Ood said. Jennifer frowned. "I'm sorry?" She asked. "Apologies. I said, I hope you enjoy your meal," Ood said. Jennifer nodded slowly and walked away.
The lights flickered. The Doctor and Jennifer sat together at a table. "Zach? Have we got a problem?" Ida asked. "No more than usual. Got the Scarlet System burning up. Might be worth a look," Zach's voice said. "You might want to see this. Moment in history," Ida said and she opened the shutters. "There. On the edge. That red cloud. That used to be the Scarlet System. Home to the Peluchi, a mighty civilisation spanning a billion years, disappearing forever. Their planets and suns consumed. Ladies and gentlemen, we have witnessed its passing," Ida said.
She was about to close the shutters. "No, could you leave it open? Just for a bit. I won't go mad, I promise," The Doctor said. "How would you know?" Ida joked. The Doctor smiled. "Scooti, check the lockdown. Jefferson, sign off the airlock seals for me," Ida said. Jefferson and Scooti left by door 17 or 19. Ida uses door 18.
"I've seen films and things. They say black holes are like gateways to another universe," Jennifer said. "Not that one. It just eats," The Doctor said. "Long way from home," Jennifer said sadly. "Go that way, turn right, keep going for er, about, er, five hundred years, and you'll reach the Earth," The Doctor said. Jennifer turned her phone on. "No signal. That's the first time we've gone out of range. And even if I could. What would I tell them? Can you build another TARDIS?" Jennifer asked.
"They were grown, not built. And with my own planet gone, we're kind of stuck," The Doctor said. "Well, it could be worse. This lot said they'd give us a lift," Jennifer said. "And then what?" The Doctor asked. "I don't know. Find a planet, get a job, live a life, same as the rest of the universe," Jennifer said. "I'd have to settle down. Get a house or something. A proper house with, with doors and things. Carpets. Me, living in a house. Now that, that is terrifying," The Doctor said and Jennifer giggled a little.
"You'd have to get a mortgage," Jennifer said with a smirk. "No," The Doctor said. "Yes," Jennifer said. "I'm dying. That's it. I'm dying. It is all over," The Doctor said. Jennifer giggled again. "What about me? I'd have to get one, too," Jennifer said. The Doctor looked at her. "Well, maybe we'll share," He said. Jennifer looked at him. "Maybe," She said and then she smiled. The Doctor smiled. "We'll see," Jennifer said and she giggled. They both looked up again.
"I promised Jackie and Rose I'd always take you back home," The Doctor said. "Everyone leaves home in the end," Jennifer said. "Not to end up stuck here," The Doctor said. "But stuck with you, that's not so bad," Jennifer said. The Doctor looked at her again. "Yeah?" He asked. Jennifer looked at him. "Yes," She said with a smile. The Doctor smiled a little. Jennifer's phone rang. Jennifer frowned and answered it. "He is awake," A voice said. Jennifer throw her phone on the floor.
In Ood habitation, Danny was checking in a computer. The Doctor and Jennifer walked over. "Evening," The Doctor said. "Only us," Jennifer said. "The mysterious couple. How are you, then? Settling in?" Danny asked. "Yeah. Sorry, straight to business, the Ood how do they communicate? I mean, with each other," The Doctor asked. "Oh, just empaths. There's a low level telepathic field connecting them. Not that that does them much good. They're basically a herd race. Like cattle," Danny said. The Ood were sitting on benches down below Danny's catwalk.
"This telepathic field. Can it pick up messages?" The Doctor asked. "Because I was having dinner, and one of the Ood said something strange and then I got something else on my er, communicator thing," Jennifer said. "We've got whole star systems burning up around us. There's all sorts of stray transmissions. Probably nothing. Look, if there was something wrong, it would show. We monitor the telepathic field. It's the only way to look after them. They're so stupid, they don't even tell us when they're ill," Danny said. "Monitor the field. That's this thing?" The Doctor asked about the computer. It's said reading basic 5.
"Yeah. But like I said, it's low level telepathy. They only register basic five," Danny said. It's said reading basic 7, 8, 9. "Well, that's not basic five. Ten, twenty. They've gone up to basic thirty," The Doctor said. Jennifer saw the Ood lift their heads. "But they can't," Danny said as he walked to the computer. "Doctor, the Ood," Jennifer said. The Doctor and Deanny looked at them. "What does basic thirty mean?" Jennifer asked. "Well, it means that they're shouting, screaming inside their heads," Danny replied.
"Or something's shouting at them," The Doctor said. "But where is it coming from? What is it saying? What did it say to you?" Danny asked Jennifer. "Something about the beast in the pit," Jennifer said. "What about your communicator? What did that say?" Danny asked. "He is awake," Jennifer replied. "And you will worship him," All Ood said. "What the hell?" Danny asked. "He is awake," The Doctor said. "And you will worship him," They all said again. "Worship who?" The Doctor asked. The Ood didn't answered. "Who's talking to you? Who is it?" The Doctor asked.
The base shacked. 'Emergency hull breach. Emergency hull breach.' "Which section?" Danny asked. "Everyone, evacuate eleven to thirteen. We've got a breach. The base is open. Repeat, the base is open!" Zach's voice said. Jennifer, The Doctor and Danny ran to the corridor. The crew are converging from different directions. 'Breach sealed. Breach sealed.'
"Everyone all right? What happened? What was it?" The Doctor asked. 'Oxygen levels normal.' "Hull breach. We were open to the elements. Another couple of minutes and we'd have been inspecting that black hole at close quarters," Jefferson said. Jennifer kneeled down to Toby, who looked scared. She put her arms around his shoulders. "That wasn't a quake. What caused it?" The Doctor asked. "We've lost sections eleven to thirteen Everyone all right?" Zach's voice asked. "We've got everyone here except Scooti. Scooti, report. Scooti Manista? That's an order. Report," Jefferson said.
"She's all right. I've picked up her biochip. She's in Habitation three. Better go and check if she's not responding. She might be unconscious. How about that, eh? We survived," Zach's voice said. "Habitation three. Come on. I don't often say this, but I think we could all do with a drink. Come on," Jefferson said. They all started to walk away, except The Doctor, Jennifer and Toby. The Doctor kneeled in front of Jennifer and Toby. "What happened?" The Doctor asked Toby. "I don't. I don't know. I was working and then I can't remember. All that noise. The room was falling apart. There was no air," Toby said. "Come on," Jennifer said softly and she helped Toby up.
They all were in Habitation 3. "I've checked Habitation four. Can you hear me?" Ida asked. "There's no sign of her. The biochip says she's in the area. Have any of you seen Scooti?" Jefferson asked. "No, no, no, I don't think so," Toby said. "Scooti, please respond. If you can hear this, please respond. Habitation six," Ida said. "Nowhere here. Zach? We've got a problem. Scooti's still missing," Jefferson said.
"It says Habitation three," Zach's voice said. "Yeah, well, that's where I am, and I'm telling you she's not here," Jefferson said. The Doctor looked up. "I've found her," He said sadly. They all looked up through the open shutters. "Oh, my God," Jennifer said as she put her hand on her mouth. Scooti was drifting away, towards the black hole. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," The Doctor said sadly. "Captain. Report Officer Scootori Manista PKD, deceased. Forty three K two point one," Jefferson said.
"She was twenty. Twenty years old," Ida said sadly. She closed the shutters. "For how should man die better than facing fearful odds? For the ashes of his father and the temples of his Gods," Jefferson quotes Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. "It's stopped," Ida said. The base fell silent. "What was it?" Jennifer asked The Doctor. "The drill," The Doctor replied. "We've stopped drilling. We've made it. Point Zero," Ida said.
In the Drilling area. "All non essential Oods to be confined," Zach said. "Capsule established. All systems functioning. The mineshaft is go. Bring systems online now," Ida said, dressed in spacesuits. The Doctor walked over in spacesuits as well. "Reporting as a volunteer for the expeditionary force," The Doctor said to Zach. "Doctor, this is breaking every single protocol. We don't even know who you are," Zach said. "Yeah, but you trust me, don't you? And you can't let Ida go down there on her own. Go on. Look me in the eye. Yes you do, I can see it. Trust," The Doctor said.
"I should be going down," Zach said. "The Captain doesn't lead the mission. He stays here, in charge," The Doctor said. "Not much good at it, am I?" Zach said but then sighed. "Positions! We're going down in two. Everyone, positions! Mister Jefferson! I want maximum system enhancement," Zach said as he walked away. Jennifer walked over to The Doctor. "Oxygen, nitro balance, gravity. It's ages since I wore one of these," The Doctor said with a smile. Jennifer smiled a little. "I want that spacesuit back in one piece, you got that?" Jennifer said. "Yes, ma'am," The Doctor said with a smile.
"It's funny, because people back home think that space travel's going to be all whizzing about and teleports and anti gravity, but it's not, is it? It's tough," Jennifer said sadly. "I'll see you later," The Doctor said. "Not if I see you first," Jennifer joked. She gave him a kiss on the lips and then The Doctor put on his helmet.
"Eight, seven, six -" Zach said. The Doctor and Ida got into the capsule. Jefferson closed the door. "- Five, four, three, two, one. Release."
The capsule is lowered on its cable. Toby keeps checking his palms. Jennifer checked their progress on the screen while holding the microphone. "You've gone beyond the oxygen field. You're on your own," Zach's voice said.
The capsule shudders even more than usual then suddenly drops. "Doctor? Doctor, are you all right?" Jennifer asked. "Ida, report to me. Doctor?" Zach's voice asked. "It's all right. We've made it. Getting out of the capsule now," The Doctor's voice said. Jennifer sighed in relief. "What's it like down there?" Jennifer asked. "It's hard to tell. Some sort of cave. Cavern. It's massive," The Doctor's voice said. "Well, this should help. Gravity globe. That's, that's. My God, that's beautiful," Ida's voice said. "JJ, you can tell Toby we've found his civilisation," The Doctor's voice said.
"Toby. Sounds like you've got plenty of work," Jennifer said with a little smile. "Good, good. Good," Toby said. "Concentrate now, people. Keep on the mission. Ida, what about the power source?" Zach's voice asked. "We're close. Energy signature indicates north north west. Are you getting pictures up there?" Ida's voice asked. "There's too much interference. We're in your hands," Zach's voice said.
"Well, we've come this far. There's no turning back," Ida's voice said. "Oh, did you have to? No turning back? That's almost as bad as nothing can possible go wrong, or this is going to be the best Christmas Walford's ever had," The Doctor's voice said. Jennifer smiled and rolled her eyes. "Are you finished?" Ida's voice asked. "Yeah. Finished," The Doctor's voice said.
"Captain, sir. There's something happening with the Ood," Danny's voice said. "What are they doing?" Zach's voice asked. "They're staring at me. I've told them to stop, but they won't," Danny's voice said. "Danny, you're a big boy. I think you can take being stared at," Zach's voice said. "But the telepathic field, sir. It's at basic one hundred. I've checked. there isn't any fault. It's definitely one hundred," Danny's voice said. Jennifer frowned. "But that's impossible," Zach's voice said. "What's basic one hundred mean?" Jennifer asked.
"They should be dead," Danny's voice said. "Basic one hundred's brain death," Jefferson said. "But they're safe. They're not actually moving?" Zach's voice asked. "No, sir," Danny's voice said. "Keep watching them. And you, Jefferson? Keep a guard on the Ood," Zach's voice said. "Officer at arms!" Jefferson said. "Yes, sir," A man said. "You can't fire a gun in here. What if you hit a wall?" Jennifer asked. "I'm firing stock fifteen. It only impacts upon organics," Jefferson replied. "Keep watch. Guard them," Jefferson said to a woman. There were at least three Ood there.
"Yes, sir," The woman said. "Is everything all right up there?" The Doctor's voice asked. "Yeah, yeah," Jennifer said. "It's fine," Zach's voice said. "Great," Danny's voice said. "We've found something. It looks like metal. Like some sort of seal. I've got a nasty feeling the word might be trapdoor. Not a good word, trapdoor. Never met a trapdoor I liked," The Doctor's voice said. "The edge is covered with those symbols," Ida's voice said. "Do you think it opens?" Zach's voice asked. "That's what trapdoors tend to do," The Doctor's voice said.
"Trapdoor doesn't do it justice. It's massive, Zach. About thirty feet in diameter," Ida's voice said. "Any way of opening it?" Zach's voice asked. "I don't know. I can't see any sort of mechanism," Ida's voice said. "I suppose that's the writing. It'll tell us what to do. The letters that defy translation," The Doctor's voice said. "Toby, did you get anywhere with decoding it?" Zach's voice asked.
Jennifer looked over at Toby. "Toby, they need to know that lettering. Does it make any sort of sense?" Jennifer asked. "I know what it says," Toby said. "When did you work that out?" Jefferson asked. "It doesn't matter, just tell them," Jennifer said. Then Toby was covered in the symbols. HIs eyes were red. "These are the words of the Beast. And he has woken. He is the heart that beats in the darkness. He is the blood that will never cease. And now he will rise," He said. Jefferson and the woman aiming their rifles at Toby. "Officer, stand down. Stand down," Jefferson said.
"What is it? What's he done? What's happening? JJ, what's going on?" The Doctor's voice asked. "Jefferson? Report. Report!" Zach's voice said. "Officer, as Commander of Security, I order you to stand down and be confined. Immediately!" Jefferson said. "He's come out in those symbols all over his face. They're all over him," Jennifer said. "Mister Jefferson. Tell me, sir. Did your wife ever forgive you?" Toby asked. Jefferson's eyes grow wide. "I don't know what you mean," He said.
"Let me tell you a secret. She never did," Toby said. "Officer, you stand down and be confined," Jefferson said. "Or what?" Toby asked. "Or under the strictures of Condition Red, I am authorised to shoot you," Jefferson said. "But how many can you kill?" Toby asked. He opened his mouth. The symbols left him and float over to the Ood, who jerk to attention. Toby collapsed. Jefferson pulled Jennifer behind him as he and the woman aiming their rifles at the Ood.
"We are the Legion of the Beast," The three Ood said. "JJ? What is it, JJ? I'm going back up," The Doctor's voice said. "Report. Report! Jefferson, report. Someone, report!" Zach's voice said. "The Legion shall be many, and the Legion shall be few," The Ood said. "It's the Ood," Jennifer said. "Sir, we have contamination in the livestock," Jefferson said. "Doctor, I don't know what it is. It's like they're possessed," Jennifer said. "They won't listen to us," Jefferson said.
"He has woven himself in the fabric of your life since the dawn of time. Some may call him Abaddon. Some may call him Kroptor. Some may call him Satan or Lucifer," The Ood said. "Captain, it's the Ood. They're out of control!" Danny's voice said. "Or the Bringer of Despair, the Deathless Prince, the Bringer of Night. These are the words that shall set him free," The Ood said.
"Back up to the door!" Jefferson said. Jennifer left the microphone. "I shall become manifest. I shall walk in might. My Legions shall swarm across the worlds," The Ood said. Jennifer and the woman tryied to open the door. Jefferson was pointing the rifle at the Ood.
"I am the sin and the temptation and the desire. I am the pain and the loss and the -" The Ood said. "Get that door open!" Jefferson said. "I have been imprisoned for eternity. But no more," The Ood said. 'Door sealed.' "Come on!" Jennifer said. 'Door sealed.'