A CHRISTMAS CAROL
*EDITED*
Frost's POV:
As I was staying behind to help Reaper out after his regeneration as it was his first one it was always the hardest for us and I was having small pains in my stomach. I was waiting for the others as I knew that Amy and Rory had their honeymoon and the Doctor had gotten them in a little trouble but we kept in contact over the time and they had found flying sharks or something. I go into the control seeing Rory there. "So how did it go?" I ask him.
"It was okay," Rory replies. "How's Reaper doing?" he asks me.
"Okay," I tell him and suddenly get a pain in my stomach again affecting me more than before, Rory comes over checking me over.
"Frost I think it's time," Rory tells me and I shake my head in disbelief.
"But it can't be it's too soon," I argue. The Doctor and Amy come into the TARDIS as well.
"Halfway out of the dark." The Doctor mutters and I groan in pain.
"What happened?" Amy asks racing over to us and gaining the Doctor's attention, he races over to us.
"Is it time?" He asks and Rory nods.
"No, it can't be it's too early," I argue and groan.
"Frost you know it's true." The Doctor tells me and I nod and he takes me into his arms and we go into our room locking the door behind us.
"I'm scared this has never happened before," I tell him. It was nearly impossible for a time lord baby to be early and was unheard of.
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It was a couple of hours later and I was holding my little Angel in my arms and she was so cute and I hadn't felt the effects of regeneration meaning I wouldn't have to. "How are you okay?" the Doctor asks me getting worried for me.
"I feel fine it's strange," I tell him and I hand him, Angel.
"So what are we calling her?" Theta asks me.
"Her name is Angel but I was thinking of calling her Avel," I tell him. "What do you think?" I ask him.
"I like it." He agrees.
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I go outside with the Doctor with little Angel in his arms asleep and everyone was in the control room Reaper was there as well. Angel wakes up crying gaining their attention. "Whoa never thought I'd see the Doctor with a baby," Rory comments getting me to giggle.
"Well it's not the first time but still," I tell him. Reaper comes over looking at his new baby sister.
"Cool, I'm an older brother." He gushes and goes to take her calming her down.
"Well, that's new." The Doctor mutters getting annoyed as he had been trying for a while.
"So what's her name?" Amy asks us.
"Her name's Angel." The Doctor answers as Reaper coos at her.
"That's a really cute name." Amy comments. It felt nice and we talked about their adventure and what had happened there and it was very different and Reaper kept his little sister occupied.
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It got to the time where we had to put her to bed and the Doctor got to tell her a bedtime story and we sat down. "Once upon a time…" the Doctor begins.
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3RD POV:
Down below the thick cloud layer is a bustling metropolis, dominated by a domed building sending an energy beam into the sky. A scruffy boy runs through a market area, slightly alien Dickensian. "On every world, wherever people are, in the deepest part of the winter, at the exact mid-point, everybody stops and turns and hugs, as if to say, well done. Well done, everyone. We're halfway out of the dark. Back on Earth, we called this Christmas or the Winter Solstice. On this world, the first settlers called it the Crystal Feast." Sardick says. "You know what I call it? I call it expecting something for nothing." Hello, Ebenezer Scrooge. He turns from the little window and walks into a massive room with just a pieces of furniture around a large but empty fireplace. A poor family are waiting for him, a man, an old woman, and a young boy.
"Sir. Mister Sardick. We're only asking for one day. Just let her out for Christmas. She loves Christmas." Benjamin says and a cryochamber is wheeled in, containing a young woman.
"Does she? Oh, does she? I see. Hello. Wakey, wakey. It's Christmas. Do you know what? I think she's a bit cool about the whole thing. Ha, ha! That was funny." Sardick says and the servants chuckle obediently.
"She's frozen." The boy tells him.
"She's what, sorry?" Sardick asks.
"She's in the ice. She can't hear you." The boy tells him.
"Oh, what a clever little boy. You must be so irritated. How much?" Sardick asks and a servant brings an account.
"Er, it's four thousand five hundred Gideons, sir." The servant tells him.
"You took a loan of four thousand five hundred Gideons, and Little Miss Christmas is my security," Sardick says and How very Monty Python Merchant Banker. Another servant brings in a ringing candlestick telephone.
"We're not asking for her back. Just let her have one day. Let her have Christmas with us." Benjamin says.
"Sir, it's the President." The servant tells him.
"Tell him I'm busy. Now, where were we? Oh, yes. She's pretty, though, your daughter. Maybe I should keep her." Sardick says.
"She's not my daughter, sir," Benjamin tells him.
"She's my sister. She volunteered for the ice when the family were in difficulties many years ago." Isabelle tells him.
"Sorry, sir. The President says there's a galaxy class ship trapped in the cloud layer and, well, we have to let it land." The servant tells his master.
"Or?" Sardick asks.
"Well, or it'll crash, sir." The servant tells him.
"Oh. Well, it's a kind of landing, isn't it?" Sardick asks.
"It's from Earth, sir, registering over four thousand life forms on board." Servant says.
"Not if we wait a bit," Sardick says.
"You can't just let it crash, sir." Servant argues and the sound of the TARDIS arriving nearby.
"Says who? Oh, give it here." Sardick says and he takes the telephone. "Look, petal, we already have a surplus population. No more people allowed on this planet. I don't make the rules." He says and soot falls down the chimney. "Oh no, hang on, I do." And he hangs up the receiver. "Right, you lot. Poor, begging people. Off home and pray for a miracle." And the Doctor tumbles out of the fireplace in a shower of soot.
"Ah. Yes. Blimey. Sorry. Christmas Eve on a rooftop. Saw a chimney, my whole brain just went, what the hell." The Doctor says and he goes to the family. "Don't worry, fat fellow will be doing the rounds later. I'm just scoping out the general chimney-ness. Yes. Nice size, good traction. Big tick." He says.
"Fat fellow?" Benjamin asks him.
"Father Christmas, Santa Claus or, as I've always known him, Jeff." The Doctor tells him.
"There's no such person as Father Christmas." The boy tells him.
"Oh, yeah?" the Doctor asks and he produces an old photograph. "Me, my wife, my son and Father Christmas, Frank Sinatra's hunting lodge, 1952. See him at the back with the blonde? Albert Einstein. The three of us together. Brrm. Watch out. Okay? Keep the faith. Stay off the naughty list." The Doctor spots what looks like a big cinema organ. "Ooo. Now, what's this then? I love this. A big flashy lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time, and a crayon. Now, this big flashy lighty thing is connected to the spire in your dome, yeah? And it controls the sky. Well, technically it controls the clouds, which technically aren't clouds at all. Well, they're clouds of tiny particles of ice. Ice clouds. Love that. Who's she?" he asks.
"Nobody important," Sardick tells him.
"Nobody important. Blimey, that's amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important before? Now, this console is the key to saving that ship, or I'll eat my hat. If I had a hat. I'll eat someone's hat. Not someone who's using their hat. I don't want to shock a nun or something. Sorry, rambling, because, because this isn't working!" the Doctor rambles.
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Frost's POV:
"Hey I did not!" the Doctor argues.
"You do darling," I argue. "Continue to tell your daughter her bedtime story," I tell him.
"Fine well Sardick says..."
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3RD POV:
"The controls are isomorphic. One to one. They respond only to me."
"Oh, you fibber. Isomorphic. There's no such thing." The Doctor says and Sardick reaches over and switches it off then on again. All the Doctor gets are annoyed beeps, even with the screwdriver.
"These controls are isomorphic." The Doctor says.
"The skies of this entire world are mine. My family tamed them, and now I own them." Sardick tells him.
"Tamed the sky? What does that mean?" the Doctor asks.
"It means I'm Kazran Sardick. How can you possibly not know who I am?" Sardick asks him.
"Well, just easily bored, I suppose. So, I need your help, then." The Doctor says.
"Make an appointment." Sardick snaps.
"There are four thousand and three people in a spaceship trapped in your cloud belt. Without your help, they're going to die." The Doctor tells him.
"Yes." Sardick agrees.
"You don't have to let that happen." The Doctor argues.
"I know, but I'm going to. Bye, bye. Bored now. Chuck." Sardick says and the Doctor wriggles out of the clutches of a servant and goes to Sardick, who is settling into a tall leather armchair by the fireplace. "Ooo, look at you, looking all tough now."
"There are four thousand and three people I won't allow to die tonight. Do you know where that puts you?" the Doctor asks him.
"Where?" Sardick asks him.
"Four thousand and four." The Doctor tells him.
"Was that a sort of threat-y thing?" Sardick asks him.
"Whatever happens tonight, remember you brought it on yourself." The Doctor tells him.
"Yeah, yeah, right. Get him out of here. And next time, try and find me some funny poor people." Sardick says and the boy throws a stray piece of coal at Sardick as he, his family and the Doctor are hustled out. Sardick runs over to hit the child.
"No, stop, don't." the Doctor cries out hating to see this thinking of his own children.
"Don't you dare. You leave him." Benjamin threatens.
"Get him out of here. Get that foul-smelling family out of here. Out!" Sardick shouts.
"We're going!" the boy shouts and the Doctor remains behind.
"What? What do you want?" Sardick asks the Doctor.
"A simple life. But you didn't hit the boy." The Doctor says.
"Well, I will next time." Sardick threatens.
"You see, you won't. Now, why? What am I missing?" the Doctor asks.
"Get out. Get out of this house." Sardick orders him.
"The chairs. Of course, the chairs. Stupid me, the chairs." The Doctor says.
"The chairs?" Sardick asks.
"There's a portrait on the wall behind me. Looks like you, but it's too old, so it's your father. All the chairs are angled away from it. Daddy's been dead for twenty years, but you still can't get comfortable where he can see you. There's a Christmas tree in the painting, but none in this house, on Christmas Eve. You're scared of him, and you're scared of being like him and good for you, you're not like him, not really. Do you know why?" the Doctor asks him.
"Why?" Sardick asks him.
"Because you didn't hit the boy. Merry Christmas, Mister Sardick." The Doctor says.
"I despise Christmas," Sardick says.
"You shouldn't. It's very you." The Doctor comments.
"It's what? What do you mean?" Sardick asks him.
"Halfway out of the dark." The Doctor tells him and the servants return and the Doctor leaves.
"Get her downstairs with the others. And clean up this mess." Sardick orders.
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"Everything's offline. Secondary furnace just vented." The co-pilot informs and Amy is on the phone to the Doctor.
"Have you got a plan yet?" Amy asks him.
"Yes, I do." The Doctor tells her.
"Are you lying? If you are I'm telling Frost." Amy tells him.
"Yes, I am. And don't tell Frost at the moment she's very scary." The Doctor tells her.
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Frost's POV:
"Ouch." The Doctor says as I had hit him over the head making Angel giggle. "I'm sorry."
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3RD POV:
"Don't treat me like an idiot." Amy scolds him. "And don't say that about your pregnant wife."
"Was he lying and did he call Frost scary?" Rory asks.
"No, no," Amy says.
"Okay, the good news. I've tracked the machine that unlocks the cloud belt. I could use it to clear you a flight corridor and you could land easily." The Doctor tells her.
"Oh, hey. Hey, that's great news." Amy says.
"But I can't control the machine." The Doctor tells her.
"Less great," Amy replies.
"But I've met a man who can." The Doctor tells her.
"Ah, well there you go," Amy says.
"And he hates me." The Doctor tells her.
"Were you being extra charming and clever?" Amy asks him.
"Yeah. How did you know?" the Doctor asks her.
"Lucky guess." Amy lies.
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"Sir? Sir." Benjamin calls out to the Doctor.
"Hang on." The Doctor tells Amy.
"I've never seen anybody stand up to Mister Sardick like that. Bless you, sir, and merry Christmas." Benjamin says to the Doctor.
"Merry Christmas. Lovely. Sorry, bit busy." The Doctor says.
"You'd better get inside, sir. The fog's thick tonight, and there's a fish warning." Benjamin tells him.
"All right, yeah. Sorry, fish?" the Doctor asks him.
"Yeah. You know what they're like when they get a bit hungry." Benjamin comments not making much sense to the Doctor.
"Yeah, fish, I know fish. Fish?" the Doctor asks him.
"It's all Mister Sardick's fault, I reckon. He always lets a few fish through the cloud layer when he's in a bad mood. Thank you. Bless you, once again, sir." Benjamin comments.
"Fish?" the Doctor asks him again getting ignored.
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"Doctor, the Captain says we've got less than an hour. What should we be doing?" Amy asks him and there is a shoal of tiddlers swimming around a street light.
"Fish." The Doctor says shocked.
"Sorry, what?" Amy asks hearing him.
"Fish that can swim in fog. I love new planets." The Doctor tells her.
"Doctor. Doctor, please don't get distracted." Amy says and the little fish nibble at the Doctor's outstretched fingers while a big shadow passes some way behind him.
"Now, why would people be frightened of you tiny little fellows? Look at you, sweet little fishy-wishies. Mind you, fish in the fog, so the cloud cover. Ooo. Careful up there." The Doctor says.
"Oh great, thanks, Doctor, because there was a real danger we were all going to nod off. We've got less than an hour!" Amy shouts at him. The town clock shows 11 o'clock.
"I know." The Doctor says.
"Ding dong merrily on high…" the tannoy says.
"Doctor? How are you getting us off here?" Amy asks him.
"Oh, just give me a minute. Can't use the TARDIS, because it can't lock on. So, that ship needs to land. But it can't land unless a very bad man suddenly decides to turn nice just in time for Christmas Day." The Doctor informs her.
"Doctor, I can't hear you. What is that? Is that singing?" Amy asks.
"A Christmas carol." The Doctor answers.
"A what?" Amy asks him confused.
"A Christmas carol." The Doctor repeats.
"A what?" Amy asks again.
"A Christmas Carol!" the Doctor shouts.
"Hosanna in excelsis." The tannoy announces.
"Doctor?" Amy asks.
"Gloria…" the tannoy says.
"Kazran Sardick." The Doctor mutters.
"Doctor!" Amy shouts.
"Merry Christmas, Kazran Sardick." The Doctor says.
"Hosanna in Excelsis." The tannoy announces.
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The old Kazran Sardick is sleeping in his big leather chair when we are shown a video recording of a young boy in his pajamas. The lad is making a video diary on his computer. "Hello, my name is Kazran Sardick. I'm twelve and a half, and this is my bedroom." Kazran says.
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"Top secret special project," Sardick says.
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"This is my top secret special project. For my eyes only. Merry Christmas." Kazran says.
"Kazran!" Elliot shouts.
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Old Sardick wakes at the shout from his father. The scene with his young self is being projected on the far wall where the main door is. "Kazran! Kazran, what are you doing? What are you doing? I've warned you before about this, you stupid, ignorant, ridiculous child." Elliot shouts at him.
"I was just going to make a film of the fish," Kazran replies.
"The fish are dangerous," Elliot warns him.
"I just want to see them." Kazran pleads.
"Don't be stupid. You're far too young." Elliot scolds him.
"Everyone at school's seen the fish," Kazran argues.
"That's enough. You'll be singing to them next, like gypsies." Elliot scolds.
"The singing works. I've seen it. The fish like the singing." Kazran argues with him.
"What does it matter what fish like?" Elliot asks him.
"People say we don't have to be afraid of the fish. They're not really interested in us." Kazran says.
"You don't listen to people. You listen to me." Elliot tells him and he hits Kazran, the boy, who is now an old man. Sardick flinches as if he had been hit.
"Ow! I'm sorry, Father." Kazran cries.
"This is my house. While you're under my roof, you'll obey my instructions. I don't care what you…" Elliot shouts at his son and The Doctor touches Sardick on the shoulder.
"It's okay, it's okay." The Doctor comforts him.
"What have you done? What is this?" Sardick asks him.
"Found it on an old drive. Sorry about the picture quality. Had to recover the data using quantum enfolding and a paperclip. Oh, I wouldn't bother calling your servants. They quit. Apparently, they won the lottery at exactly the same time, which is a bit lucky when you think about it." The Doctor tells him.
"There isn't a lottery," Sardick argues.
"Yeah, as I say, lucky." The Doctor says.
"There's a fog warning tonight. You keep these windows closed, understand? Closed." Elliott says to his son.
"Who are you?" Sardick asks the Doctor.
"Tonight, I'm a Ghost Of Christmas Past." The Doctor tells him.
"Mrs. Mantovani will be looking after you tonight. You stay here till she comes. Do you understand? Do you understand?" Elliot asks.
"Did you ever get to see a fish, back then, when you were a kid?" the Doctor asks.
"What does that matter to you?" Sardick asks him.
"Look how it mattered to you." The Doctor argues.
"I cried all night, and I learned life's most invaluable lesson," Sardick says.
"Ah. Which is?" the Doctor asks him.
"Nobody comes. Get out! Get out of my house!" Sardick snaps at him.
"Okay. Okay, but I'll be back. Way back. Way, way back." The Doctor replies cryptically and he goes through the door and into the TARDIS, which dematerialises in the now and rematerializes outside Kazran's window.
"See? Back." The Doctor tells him.
"Who are you?" Kazran asks him.
"Hi. I'm the Doctor. I'm your new babysitter." The Doctor tells him.
"Where's Mrs. Mantovani?" kazran asks him.
"Oh, you'll never guess. Clever old Mrs. Manters, she only went and won the lottery." The Doctor tells him.
"There isn't any lottery," Sardick mutters.
"There isn't any lottery," Kazran tells him.
"I know. What a woman." The Doctor comments.
"If you're my babysitter, why are you climbing in the window?" Kazran asks him.
"Because if I was climbing out of the window, I'd be going in the wrong direction. Pay attention." The Doctor tells him.
"But Mrs. Mantovani's always my babysitter," Kazran argues.
"Times change. Wouldn't you say? You see? Christmas Past." The Doctor tells him.
"Who are you talking to?" Kazran asks him confused.
"You. Now, your past is going to change. That means your memories will too. Bit scary, but you'll get the hang of it." The Doctor informs him.
"I don't understand," Kazran tells him.
"I'll bet you don't. I wish I could see your face." The Doctor comments.
"But that never happened. But it did." Sardick argues with himself.
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"Right then, your bedroom. Great. Let's see. You're twelve years old, so we'll stay away from under the bed. Cupboard! Big cupboard. I love a cupboard. Do you know, there's a thing called a face spider. It's just like a tiny baby's head with spider legs, and it's specifically evolved to scuttle up the backs of bedroom cupboards which, yeah, I probably shouldn't have mentioned. Right. So. What are we going to do? Eat crisps and talk about girls? I've never actually done that, but I bet it's easy. Girls? Yeah? I have a wife anyway." The Doctor rambles.
"Are you really a babysitter?" Kazran asks him.
"I think you'll find I'm universally recognized as a mature and responsible adult." The Doctor lies and he shows Kazran the psychic paper.
"It's just a lot of wavy lines," Kazran tells him.
"Yeah, it's shorted out. Finally, a lie too big. Okay, no, not really a babysitter, but it's Christmas Eve. You don't want a real one. You want me." The Doctor tells him.
"Why? What's so special about you?" Kazran asks him.
"Have you ever seen Mary Poppins?" the Doctor asks him.
"No." Kazran answers.
"Good. Because that comparison would've been rubbish. Fish in the fog. Fish in the clouds. How do people ever get bored? How did boredom even get invented?" the Doctor asks.
"My dad's invented a machine to control the cloud belt. Tame the sky, he says. The fish'll be able to come down, but only when we let them. We can charge whatever we like." Kazran answers.
"Yeah. I've seen your dad's machine." The Doctor tells him and a shark glides past behind the Doctor's back. The window is still open.
"What? You can't have." Kazran argues.
"Tame the sky. Human beings. You always manage to find the boring alternative, don't you? You want to see one? A fish. We can do that. We can see a fish." The Doctor comments.
"Aren't you going to tell me it's dangerous?" Kazran asks him.
"Dangerous? Come on, we're boys. And you know what boys say in the face of danger." The Doctor tells him.
"What?" Kazran asks.
"Mummy. Or in my case Frost." The Doctor tells him, later, the sonic screwdriver is dangling from a string passed through a lamp fitting in the ceiling and leading into the cupboard.
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Where the other end is tied to the Doctor's finger. "Are there any face spiders in here?" Kazran asks him.
"Nah, not at this time of night. They'll all be sleeping in your mattress. So, why are you so interested in fish?" the Doctor asks him.
"Because they're scary," Kazran answers honestly.
"Good answer." The Doctor praises him like he would Reaper.
"What kind of tie is that?" Kazran asks.
"A cool one." The Doctor answers.
"Why is it cool?" Kazran asks him.
"Why are you really interested in fish?" the Doctor asks him.
"My school. During the last fog belt, the nets broke and there was an attack. Loads of them. A whole shoal. No one was hurt, but it was the most fish ever seen below the mountains." Kazran answers.
"Were you scared?" the Doctor asks him.
"I wasn't there. I was off sick." Kazran answers seeming upset about the fact.
"Ooo, lucky you. Not lucky." The Doctor says.
"It's all anyone ever talks about now. The day the fish came. Everyone's got a story." Kazran tells him.
"But you don't." the Doctor sums up.
"I see." The Doctor says.
"Why are you recording this?" Kazran asks him.
"Do you pay attention at school, Kazran?" the Doctor asks him.
"Sorry, what?" Kazran asks him.
"Because you're not paying attention now." The Doctor tells him and something is tugging at the string. "Shush." The Doctor tells him.
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"Now I remember. No, Doctor, you mustn't!" Sardick screams at the screen.
"Doctor, are you sure?" Kazran asks him.
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"Trust me." The Doctor tells him.
"Okay." Kazran agrees.
"Oi. Eyes on the tie. Look at me. I wear it and I don't care. Trust me." The Doctor says to him.
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"Yes," Sardick says.
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"Yes," Kazran says.
"That's why it's cool." The Doctor tells him.
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A fish is investigating the flashing sonic screwdriver. "Hello, fishy. Let's see. Interesting. Crystalline fog, eh? Maybe carrying a tiny electrical charge. Is that how you fly, little fishy?" the Doctor asks it.
"What is it? What kind? Can I see?" Kazran asks.
"Just stay there a moment." The Doctor tells him.
"Is it big?" Kazran asks.
"Nah, just a little one. So, little fellow, what do you eat?" the Doctor asks and then a shark swoops in and devours the little fish and the sonic screwdriver in one big toothy bite.
"How little?" Kazran asks unaware of what was happening in his room.
"Er." The Doctor stutters out.
"Can I come out?" Kazran asks.
"No, no. Maybe just wait there for a moment." The Doctor tells him well more like warns.
"What colour is it?" Kazran asks him.
"Big. Big colour." The Doctor answers vaguely.
"What's happening?" Kazran asks.
"Well, concentrating on the plusses, you've definitely got a story of your own now. Also, I got a good look at the fish, and I think I understand how the fog works, which is going to help me land a spaceship in the future and save a lot of lives. And I bet I get some very interesting readings off my sonic screwdriver when I get it back from the shark in your bedroom." The Doctor tells him.
"There's a shark in my bedroom?" kazran asks him.
"Oh fine, focus on that part." The Doctor groans and Bang! against the door, then quiet.
"Has it gone? What's it doing?" Kazran asks.
"What do you call it if you don't have any feet, and you're taking a run-up?" the Doctor asks him.
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The screen image dissolves into static. "No! It's going to eat us." Sardick shouts.
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"It's going to eat us. It's going to eat us. It's going to eat us. Is it going to eat us?" Kazran asks and the shark is stuck in the cupboard door.
"Well, maybe we're going to eat it, but I don't like the odds. It's stuck, though. Let's see. Tiny shark brain. If I had my screwdriver, I could probably send a pulse and stun it." The Doctor tells him.
"Well, where's your screwdriver?" Kazran asks him.
"Well, concentrating on the plusses, within reach. You know, there's a real chance the way it's wedged in the doorway is keeping its mouth open." The Doctor says.
"There is?" Kazran asks.
"Just agree with me, because I've only got two goes, and then it's your turn." The Doctor tells him.
"Two goes?" Kazran asks.
"Two arms. Right, then. Okay. Geronimo. Open wide." The Doctor tells him.
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Outside Kazran's bedroom window, the shark is lying stunned at the Doctor's feet. The dome is still under construction behind them. "What's the big fishy done to you? Swallowed half of you, that's what. Half a screwdriver, what use is that? Bad, big fishy." The Doctor says.
"Doctor? I think she's dying." Kazran tells him.
"Half my screwdriver's still inside, but yeah, I think so. I doubt they can survive long outside the cloud belt. Just quick raiding trips on a foggy night." The Doctor tells him.
"Can't we get it back up there? We were just going to stun it. I didn't want to kill it." Kazran tells him.
"She was trying to eat you." The Doctor argues.
"She was hungry," Kazran argues back.
"I'm sorry, Kazran. I can't save her. I could take her back up there, but she'd never survive the trip. We need a fully functioning life-support." The Doctor tells him.
"You mean like an icebox?" Kazran asks. "Okay." Kazran and the Doctor run down the stairs. There is a decorated Christmas tree in the room.
"Ooo, a tree." The Doctor says and Kazran gets a lamp and they go downstairs.
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"What is this?" the Doctor asks.
"The surplus population. That's what my Dad calls it." Kazran tells him. They try to open the door. "Oh, it's not turning. Oh, why won't it turn?" he asks and there is a keypad nearby.
"Ah, what's the number?" the Doctor asks him.
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"Seven two five eight," Sardick answers even though the Doctor couldn't hear him.
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"I don't know." Kazran answers.
"This place is full of alarms. It's not just the door. I need the number." The Doctor tells him.
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"Seven two five eight." Sardick answers again.
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"I need the number." The Doctor mutters.
"I'm not allowed to know until I'm older," Kazran tells him.
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"Seven two five eight." Sardick answers.
"Just what I was after. Thank you." The Doctor says.
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"Seven two five eight. Seven two five eight." The Doctor repeats.
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"Ah, there's fish down here, too." The Doctor comments.
"Yeah, but only tiny ones. The house is built on a fog lake, that's how Dad freezes the people. They're all full, but we could borrow one. Yeah, this one." Kazran says and the young woman, Isabella's sister.
"Hello again." The Doctor greets.
"You know her?" Kazran asks him.
"Why her? Important, is she?" the Doctor asks him.
"She won't mind. She loves the fish." Kazran tells him and he starts a recording.
"My name is Abigail Pettigrew, and I'm very grateful for Mister Sardick's kindness. My father…" Abigail says and Kazran fast forwards it.
"She starts to talk about the fish in a minute," Kazran tells him,
"But I would not allow it. I could not have chosen this path were it not for the compassion and generosity of the great philanthropist and patron of the poor, Mister Elliot Sardick. But I'm also surrounded by the fish, the beautiful, iridescent, magical fish." Abigail says.
"Why are these people here?" the Doctor asks him.
"they dash beneath the light as they dart through the fog." Abigail continues.
"What's all this for?" the Doctor asks.
"My dad lends money. He always takes a family member as he calls it security." Kazran answers and there are hundreds of them.
"Hard man to love, your dad. But I suppose you know that." The Doctor says.
"Nature. I am not alone, and I am at peace." Abigail says and the recording ends.
"What's wrong?" Kazran asks.
"Just my half a screwdriver trying to repair itself. It's signaling the other half." The Doctor says.
"The other half's inside the shark." Kazran comments.
"Yeah? Sounds like she's woken up. Okay, so it's homing on the screwdriver." The Doctor says and then the shark attacks them again.
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"Run! Run!" Sardick shouts at the screen.
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Kazran finds a place to hide, and Jaws cruises behind him. Then Abigail comes out of her cryochamber and begins to sing.
"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow. In the bleak midwinter long ago." Abigail sings and the shark is calm beneath her hand.
"It's not really the singing, of course." The Doctor says.
"Yes, it is," Kazran argues,
"Nah." The Doctor argues back.
"The fish love the singing. It's true." Kazran snaps.
"Nah. The notes resonate in the ice crystals, causing a delta wave pattern in the fog. Ow. A fish bit me." The Doctor mutters the last part.
"Shut up, then." Kazran snaps at him.
"Heaven and earth shall flee away…" Abigail sings.
"Of course. That's how the machine controls the cloud belt. The clouds are ice crystals. If you vibrate the crystals at exactly the right frequency, you could align them into ow! Why do they keep biting me?" the Doctor asks.
"Look, the fish like the singing, okay? Now shut up." Kazran tells him.
"Okay." The Doctor says.
"In the bleak midwinter, falling down before, the ox and ass and camel which adore." Abigail sings.
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The portrait behind Sardick's chair is now of Abigail, not his father. "It's bigger on…" Sardick begins.
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Abigail and Kazran are looking inside the TARDIS. "The inside." Kazran finishes.
"Yeah, it's the colour. Really knocks the walls back." The Doctor lies and the shark is in Abigail's cryochamber. "Shark in a box, to go."
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"Abigail," Sardick mutters.
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"This is amazing." Abigail gushes.
"Nah, this is transport. I keep amazing out here." The Doctor says and the Doctor opens the doors. They are in the clouds, amongst the fish. "Come on, then. Let's get this shark out." The young Kazran takes a photograph which old Sardick digs out of his memory box. The shark is released.
"Hey, look at her go," Kazran says and the Doctor closes Abigail's cryochamber and sees a set of dials on the front - 000 008.
"Abigail, this number. What does it mean?" the Doctor asks her.
"It pertains to me, sir, not the fish." Abigail answers.
"Yeah, but how?" the Doctor asks her.
"You are a doctor, you say? Are you one of mine?" Abigail asks.
"Do you need a doctor?" the Doctor asks and the microwave goes ding! "Ah. Sorry. Time's up, kids." He tells them.
"Why?" Kazran asks.
"It's nearly Christmas Day." The Doctor says.
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They put Abigail back in her cryochamber. "If you should ever wish to visit again," Abigail says.
"Well, you know, if I'm ever in the neighbourhood." The Doctor says vaguely.
"He comes every Christmas Eve," Kazran tells her.
"What?" the Doctor asks not agreeing to it at all.
"Yeah, he does. Every time. He promises." Kazran tells her.
"No, I don't." the Doctor disagrees. Kazran shuts Abigail's cryochamber. Then it opens again, with the Doctor and Kazran wearing red fur-trimmed hats.
"Merry Christmas!" the Doctor and Kazran cheer.
"Doctor! What are we going to do?" Abigail asks.
"The Doctor's got a great plan. Wait till you hear." Kazran tells her and they run out of the vault. The dials on Abigail's chamber click down to 000 007.
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"You are out of your mind. This will never work." Abigail says. They have a carriage with nothing to pull it. The Doctor points his half a sonic screwdriver into the sky.
"Oh, don't think shark, think dolphin." The Doctor tells her.
"A shark isn't a dolphin," Abigail argues.
"It's nearly a dolphin." The Doctor retorts.
"No, it isn't," Abigail argues.
"That's where you're wrong, because. Shut up." The Doctor says.
"It could be anywhere. Will it really come?" Kazran asks.
"No chance. Completely impossible. Except at Christmas." The Doctor says and so the three go on a shark powered sleigh ride through the skies.
"How are we going to get back?" Kazran asks.
"I don't know." The Doctor answers honestly.
"Do you have a plan?" Abigail asks him.
"I don't know." The Doctor repeats and they buzz the rooftops, causing delight to the viewers.
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"Best Christmas Eve ever," Abigail says.
"Till the next one," Kazran tells her.
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Sardick has an array of photographs spread before him. "New memories. How can I have new memories?" Sardick asks himself.
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"Merry Christmas!" the Doctor and Kazran cheer.
"Doctor. Where to this time?" Abigail asks him.
"Did I mention, at any point, all of time and space?" the Doctor asks and it goes to the next time.
"Merry Christmas!" the Doctor and Kazran cheer again,
"Doctor." Abigail greets and according to the photographs, Egypt.
"Merry Christmas!" the Doctor cheers and Kazran is a shy teenager. They are both wearing very long, striped scarves.
"Doctor." Abigail greets and her counter clicks down to 4. They visit somewhere mountainous.
"Merry Christmas!" the Doctor and Kazran cheer and Kazran is now a strapping young man.
"Kazran." Abigail greets and her counter clicks down to 3.
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"You've grown." Abigail comments.
"Yes," Kazran answers shortly.
"And now you're blushing." Abigail notices.
"I'm sorry." Kazran apologizes.
"That's okay," Abigail tells him.
"So, Doctor, where this time?" Kazran asks him.
"Pick a Christmas Eve. I've got them all right here." The Doctor tells them.
"Might I make a request?" Abigail asks.
"Of course." The Doctor tells her.
"This one." Abigail picks out.
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Inside, the family are preparing for Christmas. Abigail stands outside the door, whilst the Doctor and Kazran are a little way off. "Thank you, darling," Eric says from inside.
"Who are they?" Kazran asks the Doctor.
"Her family. The lady's her sister. I met her once when she was older." The Doctor tells him.
"Abigail's crying." Kazran comments.
"Yes." The Doctor agrees.
"When girls are crying, are you supposed to talk to them?" Kazran asks him.
"I have absolutely no idea. Frost always gives me mixed signals when I do." The Doctor tells him.
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Frost's POV:
"Okay, I'm sorry." The Doctor apologizes as I kept hitting him getting our little girl giggling up a storm.
"Good. Now continue with the story." I tell him.
"Okay well, Kazran goes over to Abigail. And Abigail says to Kazran…" the Doctor continues with the story.
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"My sister's family. They're so happy."
"They look very poor." The Doctor comments.
"They are very poor. Doesn't mean you can't be happy." Abigail argues.
"Close the curtains," Eric says and their view is shut off.
"And then why aren't you?" Kazran asks her.
"Because this is the life I can never have," Abigail tells him.
"Why not?" Kazran asks her and she squeezes his hand.
"I think you're blushing again." Abigail comments and the Doctor opens the curtains from the inside.
"Come in." the Doctor tells them.
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The Doctor tries a card trick on the youngest boy. "Pick a card. Any card at all." The Doctor tells him.
"Every Christmas Eve? I don't understand." Isabelle says to Abigail.
"I'm not sure I do," Abigail tells her.
"You memorize the card, you put it back in the deck. Don't let me see it." The Doctor tells him.
"Is this what it looked like last year?" Eric asks.
"It doesn't have to be exactly the same," Isabelle tells him.
"I'm starting again. Come on, Kazran, we're starting again." Eric says.
"That's Sardick's boy, isn't it?" Isabella asks her.
"He's not like his father," Abigail argues.
"His father treats everyone like cattle. One day that boy will do the same." Isabella tells her.
"No. He's different." Abigail argues.
"The three of clubs." The Doctor guesses.
"No," Ben tells him.
"You sure? Because I'm very good at card tricks." The Doctor says.
"It wasn't the three of clubs," Ben tells him.
"Well, of course, it wasn't because it was the seven of diamonds." The Doctor says.
"No," Ben says.
"Oi, stop it, you're doing it wrong." The Doctor mock scolds him.
"I see him around the town sometimes. Never any friends." Isabella comments.
"He's got me." Abigail defends him.
"All those Christmas Eves, you never once came to see us," Isabella tells her making Abigail feel guilty.
"I'm here now," Abigail tells her.
"Then stay. Stay for tomorrow. Have Christmas dinner with us." Isabella pleads with her.
"I can't," Abigail tells her.
"Well, then. Tomorrow's Christmas dinner is canceled, as my sister refuses to attend." Isabella says.
"Isabella" Abigail starts.
"Instead, we'll have it tonight." Isabella finishes and they sit around the dinner table, crackers are pulled.
"Three, two, one, pull!" The Doctor cheers and Ben's has a playing card in it.
"How did you do that?" Ben asks him.
"Your card, I believe." The Doctor says his ego getting higher, the card was the eight of hearts.
"No," Ben tells him.
"Oh, shut up." The Doctor says his ego getting shattered and Kazran proposes a toast.
"Er, Merry Christmas," Kazran says.
"Merry Christmas." Everyone joins in and under the table, Abigail and Kazran are holding hands.
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"Best Christmas Eve ever," Abigail says.
"Ah. Till the next one." The Doctor tells her.
"I look forward to it. Now I'd like to say good night to Kazran." Abigail tells the Doctor.
"Of course, yes. Well, on you go. Oh. Oh. Yes. Right. Sorry. I'll, er, I'll go, then. Good night. (to Kazran) Good luck. Night. Good night." The Doctor stutters and backs into another cryochamber. "Sorry." Kazran goes after him.
"Doctor. I, er, I think she's going to kiss me." Kazran tells him.
"Yeah, I think you're right." The Doctor agrees.
"I've never kissed anyone before. What do I do?" Kazran asks him. Worst mistake ever.
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Frost's POV:
"Hey!" the Doctor shouts in protest upsetting Angel and he tries to calm her down. Thankfully he does and continues his story.
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3RD POV:
"Well, try and be all nervous and rubbish and a bit shaky." The Doctor tells him.
"Why?" Kazran asks him.
"Because you're going to be like that anyway. Might as well make it part of the plan, then it'll feel on purpose. Off you go, then." The Doctor tells him.
"What, now? I kiss her now?" Kazran asks.
"Kazran, trust me. It's this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes. Now, go." The Doctor tells him reminded of his first chance to kiss his now wife Frost. Kazran returns to Abigail, who pulls him to her and kisses him. In the future, Sardick looks at pictures of them both in front of the Statue of Liberty, Uluru Sydney Opera House, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower. One says California 1952 on the back. The three are in front of the Hollywood sign.
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A party is going on out of sight. Kazran comes to find his love, who is alone by the swimming pool. "Abigail, are you coming back? The Doctor is going to do a duet with Frank. Abigail? What's wrong?" Kazran asks her.
"I have something to tell you," Abigail tells him.
"A bad thing?" Kazran asks her.
"A very bad thing," Abigail says.
"What is it?" Kazran asks her.
"The truth," Abigail tells him and the Doctor appears from behind a tree as Abigail and Kazran are kissing. His has lipstick on his face.
"Guys, we've really got to go quite quickly. I just accidentally got engaged to Marilyn Monroe. And Frost is not going to be happy about this. How do you keep going like that? Do you breathe out your ears? Hello? Sorry. Hello? Guys, she's phoned a chapel. There's a car outside. This is happening now." The Doctor tells them.
"Yoo-hoo!" Marilyn calls.
"Yoo-hoo. Right. Fine. Thank you. I'll just go and get married then, shall I? Oh, I can't do it. I know Marilyn? Get your coat!" the Doctor tells her and the Doctor leaves. Kazran and Abigail end their kiss.
"What are we going to do?" Kazran asks her.
"There is nothing to be done," Abigail tells him.
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"Good night, Abigail," Kazran says his goodbyes.
"Good night, Kazran," Abigail says her goodbyes and Kazran seals Abigail in her cryochamber.
"There we go. Another day, another Christmas Eve. I'll see you in a minute, eh? I mean, a year." The Doctor says.
"Doctor? Listen, why don't we leave it?" Kazran asks him.
"Sorry, leave what?" the Doctor asks him.
"Oh, you know, this. Every Christmas Eve. It's getting a bit old." Kazran tells him.
"Old?" the Doctor asks.
"Well, Christmas is for kids, isn't it? I've got some work with my dad now. I'm going to focus on that. Get that cloud belt under control." Kazran tells him.
"Sorry, I didn't realize I was boring you." The Doctor says.
"Not your fault. Times change." Kazran says.
"Not as much as I'd hoped. Kazran. I'll be needing a new one, anyway. What the hell." The Doctor says and he gives Kazran his half a screwdriver. "Merry Christmas. And if you ever need me, just activate it. I'll hear you."
"I won't need you," Kazran tells him.
"What's happened? What are you not telling me? What about Abigail?" the Doctor asks him.
"I know where to find her," Kazran argues.
"Yeah." The Doctor mutters and the counter on the cryochamber is down to 000 001.
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Sardick looks around. His father's portrait is back. Meanwhile, in the past, the Wurlitzer is ready. "Another Christmas Eve, Kazran. But a very special one. It's complete. Look at it. Sound waves. As simple as that. We can control the clouds, the fog, the fish." Elliot tells his son.
"Why do we want to control the fish?" Kazran asks his father.
"People are cattle. If you want to control cattle, you need to control their predators. What's the face for? Look what I'm giving you. The sky, and everything beneath it. Only you and I can control this. This planet is ours." Elliot tells him.
"Excuse me, Father." Kazran excuses himself and he returns to his room and takes the screwdriver from his desk drawer. The Doctor is standing outside the window. Kazran draws the curtains on him and puts the screwdriver back. Time passes and old Sardick takes it out again. Shortly after, the telephone rings. Sardick answers it.
"Yes, what? Oh, Mister President, we've been through this. It's not going to crash on my house, so what's it got to do with me? Yes, I know. four thousand and three. As a very old friend of mine once took a very long time to explain, life isn't fair." Sardick tells him and a hologram of Amy appears.
"Hello." Amy greets.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Sardick asks her.
"You didn't think this was over, did you? I'm the Ghost of Christmas Present." Amy tells him.
"A ghost? Dressed like that?" Sardick asks her and Amy is replaced by Rory.
"Eyes off the skirt," Rory warns him and Amy pushes him out of the way.
"You turned into a Roman." Sardick comments.
"Yeah. Yeah, I do that. I also do this." Amy tells him.
"Do what? What are you talking about?" Sardick asks.
"Silent night, holy night." Voices sing.
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"All is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild. Christ the Saviour is born. Christ the Saviour is born." People sing.
"They're holograms. Projections, like me." Amy tells him.
"Who are they?" Sardick asks her.
"The people on the ship up there. The ones that you're going to let die tonight." Amy tells him.
"Why are they singing?" Sardick asks her.
"For their lives. Which one's Abigail? The Doctor told me." Amy tells him.
"Did he now?" Sardick says.
"AH, he doesn't hold back. You know the Doctor." Amy says.
"How do I? I never met him before tonight. Now I seem to have known him all my life. How? Why?" Sardick asks her.
"You're the only person who can let that ship land. He was trying to turn you into a nicer person. And he was trying to do it nicely." Amy tells him.
"He's changed my past, my whole life," Sardick argues.
"Time can be rewritten," Amy tells him.
"You tell the Doctor. Tell him from me, people can't." Sardick argues and he walks through the holograms, which vanish, to a particular cryochamber.
"That's Abigail?" Amy asks.
"I would never have known her if the Doctor hadn't changed the course of my whole life to suit himself." Sardick snaps.
"Well, that's good, isn't it?" Amy asks.
"No." Sardick answers.
"Why is she still in there? You could let her out any time." Amy tells him.
"Oh, yes. Any time at all. Any time I choose." Sardick says.
"Then why don't you?" Amy asks him.
"This is what the Doctor did to me. Abigail was ill when she went into the ice. On the point of death. I suppose the rest in the ice helped her. But she's used up her time. All those Christmas Eves with me. I could release her anytime I want, and she would live a single day. So tell me, Ghost of Christmas Present, how do I choose which day?" Sardick tells her.
"I'm sorry. I really am. I'm very, very sorry. But you know what? She's got more time left than I have. More than anyone on this ship." Amy retorts.
"Good." Sardick snaps.
"Rory, widen the beam." Amy orders.
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"How did I get here?" Sardick asks as he appeared on the starliner.
"You didn't. It's your turn to be the hologram. Since you're going to let a lot of people die, I thought you might like to see where it's all going to happen." Amy tells him.
"The singing. What is it? I don't understand." Sardick asks.
"It's the Doctor's idea. The harmonies resonate in the ice crystals, that's why the fish like it. He thought maybe it would stabilize the ship. But it isn't working. It's not powerful enough." Rory tells him.
"Why are they still singing, then?" Sardick asks.
"Because we haven't told them. Sir, I understand you have a machine that controls this cloud layer. If you can release us from it, we still have time to make a landing. Nobody has to die." The Captain tells him.
"Everybody has to die." Sardick snaps.
"Not tonight," Amy argues.
"Tonight's as good as any other. How do you choose?" Sardick asks.
"Doctor?" Amy asks.
"Yeah?" the Doctor asks.
"Are you hearing this?" Amy asks.
"I can hear." The Doctor tells her.
"He's here? Where is he? Doctor?" Sardick asks.
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"Doctor!" Sardick shouts.
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize." The Doctor apologizes.
"All my life, I've been called heartless. My other life, my real life, the one you rewrote. Now, look at me." Sardick says angrily at him.
"Better a broken heart than no heart at all." The Doctor tells him.
"Oh, try it. You try it. Why are you here?" Sardick asks him.
"Because I'm not finished with you yet. You've seen the past, the present, and now you need to see the future." The Doctor tells him.
"Fine. Do it. Show me. I'll die cold, alone and afraid. Of course, I will. We all do. What difference does showing me make? Do you know why I'm going to let those people die? It's not a plan. I don't get anything from it. It's just that I don't care. I'm not like you. I don't even want to be like you. I don't and never, ever will care." Sardick says to him.
"And I don't believe that." The Doctor tells him.
"Then show me the future. Prove me wrong." Sardick argues.
"I am showing it to you. I'm showing it to you right now. So what do you think? Is this who you want to become, Kazran?" the Doctor asks and Sardick turns around to see little boy Kazran standing there in his dressing gown.
"Dad?" Kazran asks and Sardick is about to hit his younger self when he remembers.
"This planet is ours," Elliot tells him. And the time he nearly hit Benjamin's son, and kissed Abigail and put her back to live forever. He cries. Kazran cries. They hug each other.
"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. It's okay, don't be frightened. I'm, I'm so, so, so…" Sardick apologizes.
"Kazran. We don't have much time." The Doctor tells him.
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"Hello? Hello? Ah, hello, everyone. Prepare to lock on to my signal." The Doctor says on a view screen.
"Doctor, what's happening?" Amy asks.
"I just saved Christmas. Don't go away." The Doctor tells her.
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Sardick is at the controls of his father's mighty Wurlitzer. "We good to go, then?" the Doctor asks him.
"The controls, they won't respond," Sardick informs him.
"Of course they will. They're isomorphic. They're tuned to your brainwaves. They'll only respond to you." The Doctor argues.
"They won't respond," Sardick tells him.
"That doesn't make sense. That's ridiculous. Why wouldn't? Oh. Oh, of course. Stupid, stupid Doctor." The Doctor says.
"What's wrong? Tell me, what is it?" Sardick asks.
"It's you. It's you. I've changed you too much. The machine doesn't recognize you." The Doctor Says.
"But my father programmed it," Sardick argues.
"No, your father would never have programmed it for the man you are now." The Doctor tells him.
"Then what do we do?" Sardick asks him.
"Er, er, I don't know. I don't know." The Doctor says not having a clue what to do.
"There must be something," Kazran argues.
"This. You can use this. I kept it, see?" Sardick says.
"What, half a screwdriver? With the other half up in the sky in a big old shark, right in the heart of the cloud layer. If we use your aerial to boost the signal, set up a resonation pattern between the two halves. Ooo, come on, that would work. My screwdriver, coolest bit of kit on this planet. Coolest two bits. It could do it." The Doctor rambles.
"Do what?" Sardick asks.
"Well, my screwdriver is still trying to repair. It's signaling itself. We use the signal, but we send something else." The Doctor tells him.
"Send what?" Kazran asks.
"Well, what? What?" Sardick asks.
"I'm sorry, Kazran. I truly am." The Doctor tells him.
"I don't understand," Sardick says.
"We need to transmit something into the cloud belt. Something we know works. We need her to sing." The Doctor tells him.
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"Her voice resonates perfectly with the ice crystals. It calmed the shark. It will calm the sky, too." The Doctor reasons.
"Could you do it? Could you do this? Think about it, Doctor. One last day with your beloved. Which day would you choose?" Sardick asks him knowing about Frost.
"Christmas. Christmas Day. Look at you. You're so old now. I think you waited a bit too long, didn't you?" Abigail asks.
"I'm sorry." Sardick apologizes.
"Hoarding my days, like an old misery." Abigail comments.
"But if you leave the ice now…" Sardick tries arguing.
"We've had so many Christmas Eves, Kazran. I think it's time for Christmas Day." Abigail tells him.
"Yes." Sardick agrees and the Doctor has hooked up the screwdriver to the beam transmitter in the dome, and Abigail is using it as a microphone.
"When you're alone, silence is all you know." Abigail sings.
"Well? Well?" Sardick asks.
"Well, the singing resonates in the crystals. It's feeding back and forth between the two halves of the screwdriver. Now, one song, filling the sky. The crystals will align and I'll feed in a controlled phase loop, and the clouds will unlock." The Doctor tells him.
"What does that mean, unlock? What happens when a cloud unlocks?" Kazran asks.
"Something that hasn't happened in this town for a very long time now." The Doctor comments.
"When you're alone, silence is all you see. When you're alone, silence is all you'll be." Abigail sings. "Give me your hand and come to me." And it begins to snow. "When you are here, music is all around. When you are near, music is all around. Open your eyes, don't make a sound." She sings and the shark glides overhead.
"Hello, my old friend." Sardick comments.
"Let in the shadow." Abigail sings.
"Let's go." The Doctor says and young Kazran goes into the TARDIS.
"Let in the shadow, let in the light of your bright shadow. Let in the shadow, let in the shadow." Abigail sings and the Doctor goes into the TARDIS and it dematerialises, leaving a clear square in inch or so of fresh snow. "Let in the light of your bright shadow." Later, the Doctor is rubbing noses with a snowman.
"You know, that could almost be mistaken for a real person. The snowman isn't bad, either." Amy says to him.
"Ah, yes, you two. About time. Why are you dressed like that?" the Doctor asks them.
"Er, kind of lost our luggage. Kind of crash landed?" Rory asks.
"Yeah, but why are you dressed like that at all?" the Doctor asks.
"Yeah, they really love their snowmen around here, don't they? I've counted about twenty." Amy says.
"Yeah, I've been busy." The Doctor says.
"Yeah. Yeah, you have. Thank you." Amy says.
"Pleasure. Right, come on then, let's go." The Doctor says.
"Got any more honeymoon ideas?" Rory asks.
"Well, there's a moon that's made of actual honey. Well, not actual honey, and it's not actually a moon, and technically it's alive, and a bit carnivorous, but there are some lovely views." The Doctor says.
"Yeah. Great. Thanks." Rory says and goes inside the TARDIS.
"Are you, are you okay?" Amy asks the Doctor.
"Of course I'm okay. You?" the Doctor asks her.
"Of course. It'll be their last day together, won't it?" Amy asks.
"Everything has got to end sometime, otherwise nothing would ever get started." The Doctor argues.
"Where are they? Kazran and Abigail." Amy asks.
"Off on a little trip, I should think." The Doctor answers.
"Where?" Amy asks.
"Christmas." The Doctor answers.
"Christmas?" Amy asks.
"Yeah, Christmas." The Doctor says and Amy joins Rory in the TARDIS.
"Halfway out of the dark." The Doctor mutters and Sardick and Abigail fly past in their carriage pulled by the shark.
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Frost's POV:
"And that is when Mummy had you our little Angel." The Doctor says quietly as she had finally fallen asleep.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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