Doctor Who: Season 27
The Coyotes(or, if you prefer the typical Doctor Who adventure title, The Coyotes of Death)
By Alex Stockwell
Episode 2
Cast of Characters:
The Doctor (Paul McGann)
Bruce McCleod, a twenty year old suburban student/stoner/intellectual
Computer 1
Computer 2
Woman
Cop
Mikey, another cop
Scene 1
A little bit before the end of part one, The Doctor and Bruce have just been talking to
Mr. Serino about his missing cat. And now, we continue.
The Doctor: Well, Bruce, it seems there are still some questions to be asked.
Bruce McCleod: You mean like, if it is the coyotes who are responsible for all these cats
vanishing, why hasn't anyone found any carcasses?
Doctor: Very good, Bruce. Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Coyotes are primal
creatures, they don't do anything with the part of the carcass they don't use, they just
leave it there. Mr. Serino should've found his cat's remains right over there, where the
cat was hissing at.
Point of view shot, from the bushes. Some kind of animal is watching them, growling.
Bruce: So, basically, you're saying that whatever got those cats took them somewhere
else and has a use for them?
Doctor: Apparently. And I intend to find out who, where, and why.
Coyote: Grrr!
Bruce: Yeah, but how...
Doctor: (puts back of hand against Bruce's chest) Sh! (put finger in front of mouth,
looks in direction of bushes)
Bruce: (whispering) What is it?
Doctor: (also whispering) Did you hear that?
Bruce: (still whispering) Hear what?
Doctor: (you get the idea) It sounded like a growl.
Bruce: Coyotes?
Doctor: Could be. Wait a second. (pulls out SS, points it at the bushes, turns it on;
something large and dark runs out of the bushes and away, back into the darkness)
Coyote: YIP! YIP!
Doctor: (turning off SS) Ah, just as I thought. Well, it's gonna be a while before his
ears stop ringing and he picks up our trail again. Let's go.
Bruce: So that was a coyote?
Doctor: Or something like it. Though, I'd assume coyote since that's what we're looking
out for.
Bruce: Well, shouldn't we have gone after him?
Doctor: No, too dangerous. Remember, these things can smell us better that than we can
smell them. Besides, it was going too fast, we never would've caught up with it. And
anyway, there's another, safer way to find out where they're coming from.
Bruce: What's that?
Doctor: Vibration detector. I'm sure I've got one in the TARDIS somewhere. You see,
after I heard the growl, when we were being silent, I also heard a faint humming sound,
unlike anything on this planet at this time, definitely from the future, or from a more
advanced civilisation out in space. Now, if that sound is the thing that's bringing all
the coyotes here, and it must be, then all we have to do is find the detector, go up and
down Essex Street with it, during the day of course, it'll be safer, and the device will
take us directly to it.
Bruce: Great plan, Doctor. Now, could we get out of here, before more of them come?
Doctor: Yes, I think we'd better.
Scene 2
Meanwhile, the coyote comes to a large, silver object. It approaches the object and
presses its nose against a small, white circle on the side, and a door slides open. The
coyote goes inside, and comes to another elevator, and presses its nose against another
white circle, this one with a down arrow on it. The door opens, and it goes inside.
It presses a numbered white circle, and the elevator goes down, then opens again when it
gets to the bottom. It goes down a winding hallway, and comes to a room with two large
supercomputers and several other coyotes milling around.
Computer: What have you to report?
The coyote growls, and a reciever around his neck carries the growling to a speaker,
which translates the growling into English.
Coyote: Unknown man, asking about cats.
Computer 1: Did you take care of him?
Coyote: No. Man took out loud stick. Hurt ears.
Computer 2: Loud stick?
Coyote: Yes. Small, gray, shiny.
Computer 1: Is there nowhere we can go that we won't run into him again?
Coyote: Who is man?
Computer 2: Just someone who many times we've had the misfortune of crossing paths with.
Coyote: Is man bad?
Computer 1: Oh, yes. Very bad and very meddlesome.
Scene 3
The next day, In the TARDIS, the Doctor is rifling through a large, gray plastic box full
of miscellaneous gadgets.
Bruce: Can I help, Doctor?
Doctor: Yes, there are ten more of these boxes in the store room, you can start looking
through those.
Bruce: Okay. (goes into store room) Do you have any idea who's doing this?
Doctor: Well, I do have one idea, but last time I saw him, he was falling headlong into
the Eye of Harmony. I mean, I've seen him trapped and destroyed many times, but even he
couldn't escape the Eye of Harmony. The Daleks are never this subtle, and the Cybermen
only assimilate humans. I can't picture them taking coyotes. Or cats.
Bruce: Okaaay, sooo, what does this thing look like?
Doctor: Oh, well, it's sort of a yellow rod with three ends, kind of looks like a
divining rod.
Bruce: (comes out with object) You mean this?
Doctor: Ah, yes, that's it. Thank you.
Bruce: Do you run into this sort of thing often?
Doctor: Well, it's actually been awhile since I've had any excitement. I told you about
that. But I've fought against things that you wouldn't believe!
Bruce: Like these Daleks. What are they?
Doctor: Ah. Yes, well, basically, they're these creatures that are so weak and helpless,
they have to ride around in these traveling machines. The creatures themselves couldn't
do a thing to you, but the machines are equipped with these powerful heat rays. Though,
until recently they couldn't climb stairs.
Bruce: Why's that?
Doctor: Because, the machines didn't have legs. Believe me, if you ever saw one, you'd
know what I'm talking about. But, at one point in my last incarnation, I saw one in a
cellar. I ran up the stairs to escape him, and to my surprise he started floating up the
stairs after me.
Bruce: Wow, it must be dangerous being an intergalactic superhero.
Doctor: You have no idea! Not only have I regenerated seven times, but I've lost a
couple of companions along the way, too!
Bruce: Really? So, how many companions have you had?
Doctor: Oh, I forget. I have been doing this for nearly a millenium, you know. Well,
let's get this gizmo out there and start looking for this device or whatever it is that's
doing this.
They leave the TARDIS, and the Doctor turns on the device. It starts buzzing.
Bruce: Wow, must be nearby!
Doctor: Uh, no, I just forgot this also picks up the TARDIS. Sorry. We'll wait until we
get onto Essex Street.
Bruce: Please tell me you're not always this absent-minded.
Doctor: No, of course not. (sticks hand in pocket) Now, if I can just find the key.
Bruce: I think you left it in the TARDIS.
Doctor: I know that! (goes back inside, comes out, locks TARDIS) I'm not a total idiot!
Scene 4
Meanwhile, a woman is calling the police.
Woman: Hello, police?
Cop: (over the phone) Yes? This is the police. How may I help you?
Woman: My husband never came home last night! He went walking in the woods, up on Essex
Street, last night, and he hasn't come home yet!
Cop: Well, could you describe him?
Woman: Yes. He's five foot ten, twenty nine years old, kind of muscular, with short
black hair and blue eyes, and he was wearing a green jacket, blue jeans and a red
sweater.
Cop: Okay, ma'am, we'll look for him.
Woman: Oh, thank you!
Cop: Okay, Can I have your name, please?
Woman: Lorraine Morse. Oh, please find my husband!
Cop: We'll do our best, ma'am. (hangs up) Hey, Mikey? What was the description on that
"Unarmed John Doe"?
Mikey: Uh, five-ten, late-twenties/early-thirties, mesomorphic, short black hair, blue
eyes, green jacket, blue jeans, red sweater, sans arms. Why?
Cop: I think that was his wife I was just talking to.
Mikey: So, why didn't you tell her?
Cop: Well, I didn't want to break it to her right away, you know?
Scene 5
The Doctor and Bruce are on Essex Street. The Doctor turns on the device, and
immediately it begins to buzz.
Doctor: Whatever it is, it's really close! (he points into a nearby wooded area) That
way!
They run into the woods, and the thing starts buzzing even louder.
Doctor: (turning) This way!
After a running a while, they come to a clearing. In the middle of it, they see a large
silver object.
Doctor: That must be it!
Bruce: Cool!
Suddenly, they hear several howls behind them. They spin around, and see a pack of
coyotes, snarling at them.
Bruce: I thought these things only came out at night.
Doctor: So did I.
End of Episode 2. Got that sound ready?
The Coyotes(or, if you prefer the typical Doctor Who adventure title, The Coyotes of Death)
By Alex Stockwell
Episode 2
Cast of Characters:
The Doctor (Paul McGann)
Bruce McCleod, a twenty year old suburban student/stoner/intellectual
Computer 1
Computer 2
Woman
Cop
Mikey, another cop
Scene 1
A little bit before the end of part one, The Doctor and Bruce have just been talking to
Mr. Serino about his missing cat. And now, we continue.
The Doctor: Well, Bruce, it seems there are still some questions to be asked.
Bruce McCleod: You mean like, if it is the coyotes who are responsible for all these cats
vanishing, why hasn't anyone found any carcasses?
Doctor: Very good, Bruce. Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Coyotes are primal
creatures, they don't do anything with the part of the carcass they don't use, they just
leave it there. Mr. Serino should've found his cat's remains right over there, where the
cat was hissing at.
Point of view shot, from the bushes. Some kind of animal is watching them, growling.
Bruce: So, basically, you're saying that whatever got those cats took them somewhere
else and has a use for them?
Doctor: Apparently. And I intend to find out who, where, and why.
Coyote: Grrr!
Bruce: Yeah, but how...
Doctor: (puts back of hand against Bruce's chest) Sh! (put finger in front of mouth,
looks in direction of bushes)
Bruce: (whispering) What is it?
Doctor: (also whispering) Did you hear that?
Bruce: (still whispering) Hear what?
Doctor: (you get the idea) It sounded like a growl.
Bruce: Coyotes?
Doctor: Could be. Wait a second. (pulls out SS, points it at the bushes, turns it on;
something large and dark runs out of the bushes and away, back into the darkness)
Coyote: YIP! YIP!
Doctor: (turning off SS) Ah, just as I thought. Well, it's gonna be a while before his
ears stop ringing and he picks up our trail again. Let's go.
Bruce: So that was a coyote?
Doctor: Or something like it. Though, I'd assume coyote since that's what we're looking
out for.
Bruce: Well, shouldn't we have gone after him?
Doctor: No, too dangerous. Remember, these things can smell us better that than we can
smell them. Besides, it was going too fast, we never would've caught up with it. And
anyway, there's another, safer way to find out where they're coming from.
Bruce: What's that?
Doctor: Vibration detector. I'm sure I've got one in the TARDIS somewhere. You see,
after I heard the growl, when we were being silent, I also heard a faint humming sound,
unlike anything on this planet at this time, definitely from the future, or from a more
advanced civilisation out in space. Now, if that sound is the thing that's bringing all
the coyotes here, and it must be, then all we have to do is find the detector, go up and
down Essex Street with it, during the day of course, it'll be safer, and the device will
take us directly to it.
Bruce: Great plan, Doctor. Now, could we get out of here, before more of them come?
Doctor: Yes, I think we'd better.
Scene 2
Meanwhile, the coyote comes to a large, silver object. It approaches the object and
presses its nose against a small, white circle on the side, and a door slides open. The
coyote goes inside, and comes to another elevator, and presses its nose against another
white circle, this one with a down arrow on it. The door opens, and it goes inside.
It presses a numbered white circle, and the elevator goes down, then opens again when it
gets to the bottom. It goes down a winding hallway, and comes to a room with two large
supercomputers and several other coyotes milling around.
Computer: What have you to report?
The coyote growls, and a reciever around his neck carries the growling to a speaker,
which translates the growling into English.
Coyote: Unknown man, asking about cats.
Computer 1: Did you take care of him?
Coyote: No. Man took out loud stick. Hurt ears.
Computer 2: Loud stick?
Coyote: Yes. Small, gray, shiny.
Computer 1: Is there nowhere we can go that we won't run into him again?
Coyote: Who is man?
Computer 2: Just someone who many times we've had the misfortune of crossing paths with.
Coyote: Is man bad?
Computer 1: Oh, yes. Very bad and very meddlesome.
Scene 3
The next day, In the TARDIS, the Doctor is rifling through a large, gray plastic box full
of miscellaneous gadgets.
Bruce: Can I help, Doctor?
Doctor: Yes, there are ten more of these boxes in the store room, you can start looking
through those.
Bruce: Okay. (goes into store room) Do you have any idea who's doing this?
Doctor: Well, I do have one idea, but last time I saw him, he was falling headlong into
the Eye of Harmony. I mean, I've seen him trapped and destroyed many times, but even he
couldn't escape the Eye of Harmony. The Daleks are never this subtle, and the Cybermen
only assimilate humans. I can't picture them taking coyotes. Or cats.
Bruce: Okaaay, sooo, what does this thing look like?
Doctor: Oh, well, it's sort of a yellow rod with three ends, kind of looks like a
divining rod.
Bruce: (comes out with object) You mean this?
Doctor: Ah, yes, that's it. Thank you.
Bruce: Do you run into this sort of thing often?
Doctor: Well, it's actually been awhile since I've had any excitement. I told you about
that. But I've fought against things that you wouldn't believe!
Bruce: Like these Daleks. What are they?
Doctor: Ah. Yes, well, basically, they're these creatures that are so weak and helpless,
they have to ride around in these traveling machines. The creatures themselves couldn't
do a thing to you, but the machines are equipped with these powerful heat rays. Though,
until recently they couldn't climb stairs.
Bruce: Why's that?
Doctor: Because, the machines didn't have legs. Believe me, if you ever saw one, you'd
know what I'm talking about. But, at one point in my last incarnation, I saw one in a
cellar. I ran up the stairs to escape him, and to my surprise he started floating up the
stairs after me.
Bruce: Wow, it must be dangerous being an intergalactic superhero.
Doctor: You have no idea! Not only have I regenerated seven times, but I've lost a
couple of companions along the way, too!
Bruce: Really? So, how many companions have you had?
Doctor: Oh, I forget. I have been doing this for nearly a millenium, you know. Well,
let's get this gizmo out there and start looking for this device or whatever it is that's
doing this.
They leave the TARDIS, and the Doctor turns on the device. It starts buzzing.
Bruce: Wow, must be nearby!
Doctor: Uh, no, I just forgot this also picks up the TARDIS. Sorry. We'll wait until we
get onto Essex Street.
Bruce: Please tell me you're not always this absent-minded.
Doctor: No, of course not. (sticks hand in pocket) Now, if I can just find the key.
Bruce: I think you left it in the TARDIS.
Doctor: I know that! (goes back inside, comes out, locks TARDIS) I'm not a total idiot!
Scene 4
Meanwhile, a woman is calling the police.
Woman: Hello, police?
Cop: (over the phone) Yes? This is the police. How may I help you?
Woman: My husband never came home last night! He went walking in the woods, up on Essex
Street, last night, and he hasn't come home yet!
Cop: Well, could you describe him?
Woman: Yes. He's five foot ten, twenty nine years old, kind of muscular, with short
black hair and blue eyes, and he was wearing a green jacket, blue jeans and a red
sweater.
Cop: Okay, ma'am, we'll look for him.
Woman: Oh, thank you!
Cop: Okay, Can I have your name, please?
Woman: Lorraine Morse. Oh, please find my husband!
Cop: We'll do our best, ma'am. (hangs up) Hey, Mikey? What was the description on that
"Unarmed John Doe"?
Mikey: Uh, five-ten, late-twenties/early-thirties, mesomorphic, short black hair, blue
eyes, green jacket, blue jeans, red sweater, sans arms. Why?
Cop: I think that was his wife I was just talking to.
Mikey: So, why didn't you tell her?
Cop: Well, I didn't want to break it to her right away, you know?
Scene 5
The Doctor and Bruce are on Essex Street. The Doctor turns on the device, and
immediately it begins to buzz.
Doctor: Whatever it is, it's really close! (he points into a nearby wooded area) That
way!
They run into the woods, and the thing starts buzzing even louder.
Doctor: (turning) This way!
After a running a while, they come to a clearing. In the middle of it, they see a large
silver object.
Doctor: That must be it!
Bruce: Cool!
Suddenly, they hear several howls behind them. They spin around, and see a pack of
coyotes, snarling at them.
Bruce: I thought these things only came out at night.
Doctor: So did I.
End of Episode 2. Got that sound ready?