Previously on THE DOCTOR'S GIRL:
"Martha, have you met my friend?" the Doctor asked her and I smiled as we looked up to see the Statue of Liberty.
"I've always wanted to go to New York. November 1, 1930." Martha said and I looked confused for a moment.
"You only come to Hovvervile when there's nowhere else to go." The Doctor told her. "Men going missing, is this true?" he asked the man.
"Lazlo?" she asked and he nodded.
The Children of Skaro must walk again." It said. The black Dalek's shell powered down and the casing opened once again to reveal a human-dalek hybrid. The clothing was unmistakably that of Diagoras. The head was similar to a Dalek body with mouth, one eye, and tentacles. The hands are almost claw-like.
"What is it?" Martha asked.
"I am a human Dalek. I am your future." Dalek Sec said slowly.
"These…humans will become like me" I watched the Doctor slip behind some machinery before looking back to the Daleks. "Prepare them for hybridization." The pig slaves closed in on Martha, Frank, and the other prisoners and I moved away from them towards the Doctor to see him holding a radio.
"Leave me alone! Don't you dare!" Martha shouted at them before the Doctor turned on the radio to play "Happy Days are Here Again" making everyone stop, wondering where it's coming from.
"What is that sound?" Dalek Sec asked looking around and the Doctor and I stepped out. I had my gun trained on them slightly in front of the Doctor, guarding him.
"That would be me." The Doctor told them setting the radio down. "Hello. Surprise. Boo. Et cetera."
"Doctor. Hunter." Dalek Sec said.
"The enemy of the Daleks." The Dalek said.
"Exterminate." A second Dalek said and I readied my gun for a fight.
"Wait." Dalek Sec commanded and they backed off us.
"Well, then. A new form of Dalek." The Doctor said walking forward. "Fascinating and very clever."
"The Cult of Skaro escaped your slaughter." Dalek Sec told us.
"How did you end up in 1930?" the Doctor asked him.
"Emergency Temporal Shift." Dalek Sec said and the Doctor scoffed.
"Oh, that must have roasted up your power cells, yeah?" the Doctor asked striding away while looking about. "Time was, four Daleks could have conquered the world but instead your skulking away, hidden in the dark, experimenting. All of which results in you."
"I am Dalek in human form." He said.
"What does it feel like? You can talk to me, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn't it? That's your name? You've got a name and a mind of your own. Tell me what you're thinking right now." The Doctor told him.
"I…feel…humanity." He said slowly felling for the first time since before he was put into the armor.
"Good. That's good." The Doctor told him.
"I…feel…everything we wanted from mankind, which is ambition, hatred, aggression and war. Such…a genius for war." Dalek Sec said.
"Wrong." I said bringing their attention to me. "That's not what humanity is, especially in the 30's."
"I think it does. At heart, this species is so very…Dalek." Dalek Sec said.
"All right, so what have you achieved hen? With this Final Experiment, eh? Nothing! 'Cause I can show you what you're missing with this thing." The Doctor told him pointing at the radio next to me. "Simple little radio." He told him walking back to me and patting the small box.
"What is the purpose of that device?" one of the other Daleks asked.
"Well, exactly. It plays music. What's the point of that? Oh, with music, you can dance to it, sing with it, fall in love to it." He told them placing his arm around my waist. "Unless you're a Dalek of course. Then it's just noise." The Doctor aimed his screwdriver at the radio and a high pitch wail emanated from it. Sec held his head in pain while the other Daleks acted erratically and the Doctor and I turned to the prisoners.
"Run!" he shouted and we all escaped from the Daleks as the protected the Hybrid with Martha in the lead and the Doctor and I following. Martha finally stopped, unsure which way to go and we rushed past her.
"Come on! Move, move, move, move, move!" the Doctor called to her and we continued to run only to run into Tallulah. "And you, Tallulah! Run!"
"What's happened to Lazlo?" she asked us as she joined us running from the Pig slaves.
"C'mon! Everyone up!" the Doctor said when we found a ladder. We forced them to climb the ladder before we followed.
We all made our way to Hooverville and by the time we'd arrived night had fallen around us. The people who'd once been prisoners of the Daleks gathered around a fire.
"These Daleks, they sound like the stuff of nightmares. And they wanna breed?" Solomon asked us.
"They're splicing themselves into human bodies. If I'm right, they've got a farm of breeding stock right here in Hooverville. We've got to get everyone out." The Doctor told him.
"Hooverville's the lowest place a man can fall. There's nowhere else to go." Solomon reminded him.
"I'm sorry, Solomon. You've got to scatter. Go anywhere. Down to the railroads, travel across state, just get out of New York."
"There's got to be a way to reason with these things." Solomon said.
"There's not a chance." Martha told him.
"You ain't seen 'em, boss." Frank told him.
"Daleks are bad enough at anytime, but right now they're vulnerable and that makes them more dangerous than ever." The Doctor told him when we heard a whistle coming closer.
"They're coming! They're coming!" the sentry called out.
"A sentry. Must have seen something." Solomon told us.
"They're here! I seen 'em! Monsters! They're monsters!" the sentry called out.
"It's started." The Doctor said.
"We're under attack! Everyone to arms!" Solomon ordered and the men started passing out the guns and other weapons they had collected over time.
"I'm ready, boss, but al o' you! Find a weapon! Use anything!" Frank called out but some of the resident run off into the park.
"Come back! We gotta stick together! It's not safe out there! Come back!" Solomon called to them and we soon heard the screams of men being taken by the Pig men.
"We need to get out of the park." Martha said as everyone around us was firing their guns at the Pig men.
"We can't! They're on all sides. They're driving people back towards us." The Doctor told her.
"Corralling us like sheep." I said firing at the Pig men careful not to hit the humans.
"We're trapped." Tallulah cried out.
"Then we stand together. Gather 'round. Everybody come to me. You there, Jethro, Harry, Seamus, stay together." Solomon called out as the Pig slaves forced everyone into a tight circle by the fire. "They can't take all of us." He said and everyone tried to keep the Pig slaves off us.
"If we can just hold them off till daylight." Martha said holding a branch she'd picked up.
"Oh, Martha, they're just the foot soldiers." The Doctor said. We followed his gaze to see a Dalek flying above coming towards us.
"Oh, my God." Martha said in shocke.
"What in this world—" Solomon asked.
"It's the devil. A devil in the sky. God save us all. It's damnation." One of the men called out.
"Close. It's a Dalek." I told them. Frank fired at the Dalek but the bullets did no damage and the Doctor immediately pushed the rifle down.
"That's not gonna work." He warned him.
"There's more than one of them." Martha told us and sure enough another Dalek came flying to us and they both began their attack, firing upon the settlement causing explosions and starting fires all around us.
"The humans will surrender." The first Dalek ordered making everyone stop firing and Solomon stepped forward to them until the Doctor grabbed him by the arm.
"No, Solomon. Stay back." The Doctor told him.
"I'm told that I'm addressin' the Daleks, is that right?" Solomon asked them. "From what I hear, you're outcasts, too."
"Solomon, don't." the Doctor tried again.
"Doctor, this is my township, you will respect my authority." Solomon told him. "Just let me try." Solomon pushed the Doctor away from him and he stepped back shaking his head at the man.
"Just think Doctor. If Dalek Sec is watching then this could cause him to feel more than just hatred." I told him and he gritted his teeth.
"Daleks…ain't we all the same? Underneath, ain't we all kin?" Solomon asked setting the rifle on the ground. "'Cause, see, I've just discovered this past day God's universe is a thousand times the size I thought it was. And that scares me. Oh, yeah. Terrifies me. Right down to the bone. But it's got to give me hope…hope that maybe together we can make a better tomorrow. So I…I beg you now if you have any compassion in your hearts then you'll meet with us and stop this fight. Well…what do you say?"
"Exterminate!" the second Dalek fired on Solomon, killing him.
"Oh, no!" Frank called out before rushing to Solomon's side as the inhabitants of Hooverville scremed. "No! Solomon!"
"They killed him. They just shot him on the spot." Martha said in disbelief.
"Daleks!" the Doctor called out pissed at them. He moved forward, arms out to his side. "All right, so it's my turn! Then kill me! Kill me if it'll stop you attacking these people!"
"Doctor!" I called out to him moving towards him.
"I will be the destroyer of our greatest enemies." The first Dalek said.
"Then do it! Do it! Just do it!" the Doctor said before beating his chest. "Do it!"
"Extermin—" the Dalek stopped mid attack and my eyes widened in shock. "I do not understand. It is the Doctor. I…obey." It said after a moment.
"What's going on?" the Doctor called up to them.
"You will follow." The Dalek told us.
"No! You can't go!" Martha called to us moving forward.
"We've got to go. The Daleks just changed their minds. Daleks never change their minds." The Doctor told her.
"But what about us?" Martha asked him. The Doctor and I looked at the people behind her to see the people of Hooverville before turning to the Daleks in the air.
"One condition! If I come with you, you spare the lives of everyone here! Do you hear me?" the Doctor ordered.
"The humans will be spared. Doctor…Hunter…follow." The Dalek told us.
"Then I'm coming with you." Martha said as she started to follow us.
"Martha, stay here. Do what you do best. People are hurt. You can help them. Let me go." The Doctor told her. Martha looked at the Doctor as he looked at the Daleks. He started to stride off to follow them with Martha looking hurt and alone before he paused and turned back to her. "Oh, and can I just say, thank you very much." The Doctor gripped her hand with both of his and winked at her before the two of us walked off.
When the Doctor and I arrived in the Dalek lab he immediately started in on Dalek Sec.
"Those people were defenceless! You only wanted me, but no, that wasn't enough for you! You had to start killing 'cause that's the only thing a Dalek's good for!" the Doctor shouted at him as he almost ran up to him.
"The deaths…were wrong." Dalek Sec said slowly, as though he was testing the words as he spoke them.
"I'm sorry?" the Doctor asked him, wanting to hear what Dalek Sec had to say.
"That man, their leader Solomon, he showed courage." Dalek Sec told us.
"And that's good?" the Doctor asked him.
"That's excellent." Dalek Sec told us.
"Is it me or are you just becoming a little bit more human?" the Doctor asked him.
"You are the last of your kind and now I am the first of mine." Dalek Sec told us.
"What do you want us for?" the Doctor asked him.
"We tried everything to survive when we found ourselves stranded in this ignorant age. First we tried growing new Dalek embryos but their flesh was too weak." Dalek Sec explained before showing us one of their experiments.
"Yeah, we found one of your experiments. Just left to die out there in the dark." The Doctor said and my mind flashed to the green blob we'd found.
"It forced us to conclude what is the greatest resource of this planet—its people." Dalek Sec lifted a giant switch on the wall and the ceiling above us lit up to show hundreds of human bodies lying suspended. Dalek Sec lifted another switch and one of the bodies was lowered for us to see it was shrouded. "We stole them. We stole human beings for our purpose. Look…inside." The Doctor opened the shroud to reveal a man who looked like he was sleeping. "This…is the extent of the Final Experiment."
"Is he dead?" the Doctor asked him as we looked him over.
"Near death with his mind wiped ready to be filled with new ideas." Dalek Sec told him.
"Dalek ideas." The Doctor corrected.
"The Human-Dalek race." Dalek Sec told him.
"All of these people. How many?" the Doctor asked looking up at the people above us.
"We have caverns beyond this storing more than a thousand." Dalek Sec told us.
"Is there any way to make them human again?" I asked him.
"Everything they were has been lost." He told us.
"So they're like shells. You've got empty human beings ready to be converted. That's going to take a hell of a lot of power. This planet hasn't even split the atom yet. How're you gonna do it?" the Doctor asked him.
"Open the conductor plan." He ordered and we walked closer to see an animated graphic of their plan.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Empire State Building. We're right underneath that. I worked that out already, thanks. But what, you hijacked the whole building?" the Doctor asked him.
"We needed an energy conductor." Dalek Sec told us.
"What for?" the Doctor asked.
"I…am the genetic template. My altered DNA was to be administered to each human body. A strong enough blast of gamma radiation can splice the Dalek and human genetic codes and wake each body from its sleep." Dalek Sec explained.
"Gamma radiation? What are- Oh, the sun. You're using the sun." the Doctor said as we watched the sun on the screen.
"Soon…the greatest solar flare for a thousand years will hit the Earth. Gamma radiation will be drawn to the energy conductor and when it strikes—" Dalek Sec told us.
"The army wakes. I still don't know what you need me for." The Doctor told him.
"Your genius. Consider a pure Dalek; intelligent but emotionless." Dalek Sec said.
"Removing the emotions makes you stronger. That's what your creator thought all those years ago." The Doctor reminded him.
"He was wrong." Dalek Sec told us and I widened at his words.
"I'm sorry?" I asked him. "He was what?"
"It makes us lesser than our enemies. We must return to the flesh. And also…the heart." Dalek Sec told us.
"You wouldn't be the supreme beings anymore." The Doctor said reminding him of what they'd always believed.
"And that is good." Dalek sec said.
"That is incorrect." A Dalek said.
"Daleks are supreme." The second Dalek told him.
"No, not anymore." Dalek Sec told them.
"But that is our purpose." The second Dalek told him.
"Then our purpose is wrong! Where has our quest for supremacy led us? To this. Hiding in the sewers on a primitive world. Just four of us left. If we do not change now then we deserve extinction." Dalek Sec told him.
"So you want to change everything that makes a Dalek a Dalek." The Doctor said, making sure we understood what he wanted.
"If…you can help me." Dalek Sec told him. "Your knowledge of genetic engineering is even greater than ours. The new race must be ready by the time the solar flare erupts."
"But you're the template. I thought they were getting a dose of you." The Doctor said.
"I want to change the gene sequence." Dalek Sec said.
"To make them even more human?" the Doctor asked.
"Humans are the great survivors. We need that ability." Dalek Sec said.
"Hold on a minute. There's no way this lot are gonna let you do it." The Doctor told him pointing his thumb at the Daleks still in the metal casing next to us.
"I am their leader." Dalek Sec told us.
"Oh, and that's enough for you, is it?" the Doctor asked the other Daleks.
"Daleks must follow orders." One of the Daleks told us.
"Dalek Sec commands, we obey." One of the others said.
"If you don't help me…nothing will change." Dalek Sec told us.
"There's no room on Earth for another race of people." The Doctor told him.
"Not right now at least." I added.
"You have your TARDIS. Take us across the stars. Find us a new home and allow the new Daleks to start again." Dalek Sex said.
"When's that solar flare?" the Doctor asked.
"Eleven minutes." Dalek Sec answered.
"Right then. Better get to work." The Doctor said starting his work. "There's no point in chromosomal grafting. It's too erratic. You need to split the genome and force the Dalek-human sequence right into the cortex."
"We need more chromatin solution." Dalek Sec told the Daleks.
"The pig slaves have it." One of the Daleks told us. I watched the Pig slaves and Lazlo walk into the room carrying a large crate.
"What's going to happen to the pig slaves after all this?" I asked him.
"Nothing. They're just simple beasts. Their lifespan is limited. None survive beyond a few weeks. Power up the engine feeds." He ordered as the Doctor walked to Lazlo.
"Lazlo, I can't undo what they've done to you, but they won't do it to anyone else." The Doctor told him.
"Do you trust him?" Lazlo asked him.
"I know that one man can change the course of history. Right idea in the right place at the right time is all it takes. I've got to believe it's possible." The Doctor told him looking at Dalek Sec.
"The line feeds are ready." One of the Daleks called out and the Doctor rushed up to a bunch of tubes and extracted the solution inside with a syringe.
"Then it's all systems go." The Doctor said and we waited for the solar flare.
"The solar flare is imminent. The radiation…will reach Earth in a matter of minutes." Dalek Sec said reading out what he was seeing.
"We'll be ready for it." The Doctor told him while inserting the syringe into one of the main feeding tubes and injected the solution. "That compound will allow the gene bonds to reconfigure in a brand new pattern. Power up!" one of the Pig slaves turned on a power switch along with Lazlo.
"Start…the line feeds." Dalek Sec ordered and one of the Daleks started the machinery and we saw the solution start to move through the tubes.
"There goes the gene solution." The Doctor said.
"The life blood." Dalek Sec said as the solution started coursing up to the bodies before a klaxon sound and red warning lights flashed all around us.
"What's that?" I asked.
"What's happening? Is there a malfunction? Answer me!" Dalek Sec ordered
"No, no, no. The gene feed! They're overriding the gene feed!" the Doctor shouted before rushing to the controls in an attempt to fix it.
"Impossible. They cannot disobey orders." Dalek Sec told us.
"The Doctor will step away from the controls." One of the Daleks said and the Doctor backed away towards me.
"Stop! You will not fire." Dalek Sec ordered.
"He is an enemy of the Daleks." The other Dalek said.
"And so are you." The other said to Dalek Sec pointing their weapons at the three of us.
"I am your commander. I am Dalek Sec." Dalek Sec reminded them.
"You have lost your authority." The third Dalek said.
"You are no longer a Dalek." The second told him.
"What have you done with the gene feed?" the Doctor asked them.
"The new bodies will be 100% Dalek." The third told us.
"No. You can't do this!" Dalek Sec said.
"Pig slaves, restrain Dalek Sec and the Doctor and the Hunter." The Dalek ordered. The Pig slaves grabbed us but one of the ones who grabbed both the Doctor and myself was Lazlo.
"Release me. I created you. I am your master." Dalek Sec ordered.
"Solar flare approaching." One of the Daleks said ignoring Dalek Sec.
"Prepare to intercept." A third Dalek said before turning towards the machinery and the lift bell pinged behind us.
"There's the lift." Lazlo said quietly.
"After you." The Doctor told him.
"What happened to Ladies first?" I asked the two of them before we pushed our way clear of the Pig slaves and headed for the lift.
"The Doctor is escaping! Stop him! Stop him!" one of the Daleks ordered and the Pig slaves tried to follow us but the doors closed before they could reach us. I saw Lazlo leaning against the side of the lift, panting heavily.
"We've only got minutes before the gamma radiation reaches the Earth. We need to get to the top of the building." The Doctor told us before following my gaze at Lazlo. "Lazlo, what's wrong?"
"Out of breath. It's nothing. We've escaped them, Doctor. That's all that matters." Lazlo told us.
"It's not always all that matters." I told him before the lift doors open and we saw Martha, Frank, and Tallulah.
"Doctor! Hunter!" Martha said happily.
"First floor, perfumery." The Doctor said as we got out of the lift.
"I never thought I'd see you again." Tallulah said rushing over to Lazlo who met her half way and they hugged each other close.
"No stopping me." He told her as Martha led the Doctor and I to the building plans.
"We worked it out. We know what they've done. There's Dalekanium on the mast. And it's good to see you too, by thy way." Martha said looking up at the Doctor.
"Oh, come here." He said grabbing her in a big hug and twirling her about before dropping her abruptly as the bell dinged and the lift doors closed. We quickly ran to try and stop the lift from going down but it was no use. "No, no, no. See, never waste time with a hug." He told her while trying to use the sonic on the panel. "It's a deadlock seal. I can't stop it."
"Where's it going?" Martha asked him.
"Right down to the Daleks. And they're not going to leave us alone up here. What's the time?" the Doctor asked.
"11:15." Frank answered.
"Six minutes to go. I've got to remove the Dalekanium before the gamma radiation hits." The Doctor explained.
"Gammon radiation? What the heck is that?" Tallulah asked as Martha led us outside, her and Lazlo following us.
"Gamma radiation." I corrected the young singer.
"Oh, that's high. That's very- Blimey, that's high." The Doctor said looking out into the city.
"And we've got to go even higher. That's the mast up there, look. There's three pieces of Dalekanium at the base. We've got to get 'em off." Martha explained to him.
"That's not "we". That's just me." The Doctor told her.
"What?!" I asked him angrily. "This regeneration is afraid of heights, give me the sonic and I'll do it." I told him.
"I won't just stand here and watch you." Martha told him.
"No, you two are gonna have your hands full, anyway. I'm sorry, Martha, but you've got to fight." The Doctor told us before climbing higher up on the scaffolding as the rest of us readied our weapons and faced the lift.
"The lift's coming up." Martha said.
"Do you know you always point out the obvious or are you just special?" I asked her and she gave me a look before looking back at the lift.
"I shoulda brought that gun." Frank said.
"Tallulah, stay back. You too, Martha, Hunter. If they send pig slaves, they're trained to kill." Lazlo told us.
"They aren't the only ones." I told him drawing the attention to me for just a moment.
"The Doctor needs me to fight. I'm not going anywhere!" Martha said stubbornly.
"They're savages. I should know. They're trained to slit your throat with their bare teeth." Lazlo said before he collapsed to the floor.
"Lazlo? What is it?" Tallulah asked him worriedly as he struggled to stand.
"No, it's nothing. I'm fine. Just leave me." Lazlo told her before falling back to the floor and leaned against the wall. Tallulah knelt beside him and put her hand to his forehead.
"Oh, honey, you're burnin' up. What's wrong with you? Tell me." She told him.
"One man down and we ain't even started yet." Frank said to both Martha and I.
"It's not looking good, Frank." Martha said.
"Nope." Frank agreed. I straightened up hearing the storm through the open end of the room and turned to stare out of it at the open sky.
"Martha." I said staring out at the sky. She looked at me and followed my gaze to where the Doctor had been.
"Lightening." She said getting what plan I was forming in my mind.
"There's hope for you yet." I said smirking at her. We got Frank to help us arrange the long metal rods from the outside of the building to the lift, making sure not to touch anything else metal.
"Aw, you'll be all right, sweetheart. Don't you worry." Tallulah said to Lazlo before turning her harsh voice to us. "What the hell are you two clowns doin'?"
"Even when the Doctor stops the Dalekanium, this place is still gonna get hit." I told her.
"Great big bolt of lightening, electricity all down this building." Martha added.
"Connect this to the lift and the Pig slaves get zapped inside their metal coffin." I said.
"Oh my God, that could work." Tallulah said cheering up.
"Then give us a hand." Frank told him as the three of us finished our handiwork.
"Is that gonna work?" Tallulah asked us.
"It's got to." Martha said.
"I've got it all piped up to the scaffolding outside." Frank told us.
"Come here, Frank and sit in the middle and don't touch anything metal." Martha told him and the five of us huddled in the former of the room away from the lift and the long range electrocution device we'd made. We heard the ding of the lift and we watched as the doors slid open revealing the Pig slaves inside. The lightning struck the building and passed along the pipes to the lift, striking the Pig slaves who then began to fall. Once the lightning did its job we all stood up and Martha ran over to them followed by Frank who put his arm over her shoulders.
"You did it." Tallulah said congratulating the two of us on the perfectly executed plan.
"They used to be like Lazlo. They were people and I killed 'em." Martha said looking down at them.
"No, the Daleks killed them. Long ago." Lazlo told her.
"People or not, this is the price of war." I told them.
"War? Who's war?" Tallulah asked me and I ran to climb the scaffolding to find the Doctor. I climbed up to the mast to find the Doctor lying on his back unconscious.
"Doctor! Doctor!" Martha called out from behind me as we knelt on either side of him. "Look what we found halfway down." She said holding the sonic we'd discovered.
"You're getting careless. Time to wake up now." I told him watching him carefully as he started to wake up.
"Oh my head." He groaned.
"Hiya." Martha said releaved.
"Hi. You survived then." He said with a small smile on his face.
"As if there was a doubt." I told him.
"So did you. Just about. I can't help noticing….there's Dalekanium still attached." Martha said to him and I turned to see the mast still completely covered in the metal from the Daleks and remembered the missing pieces from the other Daleks. The four of us left the scaffolding and tried to come up with a plan.
"The Daleks will have gone straight to a war footing. They'll be using the sewers, spreading their soldiers out underneath Manhattan." The Doctor said.
"So the sewers for travel are out." I said.
"How do we stop them?" Lazlo asked.
"There's only one chance. I got in the way. That gamma strike went zapping though me first." The Doctor told us and my eyes widened.
"But what does that mean?" Martha asked.
"That means…!" I said but the Doctor cut me off.
"We need to draw fire. Before they can attack New York, I need to face them. Think, think, think, think. We need some sort of space, somewhere safe, somewhere out of the way. Tallulah!" the Doctor said turning to her.
"That's me. Three Ls and an H." she said holding up one of her fingers.
"The theatre!" I said catching onto his thought pattern.
"It's right above them, and, what, it's gone midnight? Can you get us inside?" he asked her.
"Don't see why not." She said.
"Is there another lift?" the Doctor asked looking at the dead Pig slaves.
"We came up in the service elevator." Martha told him.
"That'll do. Allons-y!" he called out and we all ran to the service elevator.
We ran into an empty theatre and looked around making sure no one was with us.
"This should do it. Here we go." The Doctor said switching on the sonic screwdriver.
"There ain't nothin' more creepy than a theatre in the dark. Listen, Doctor, I know you got a thing for showtunes, but there's a time and place, hunh?" Tallulah asked him and I gave her a confused look.
"What are you talking about?" I asked her before Lazlo fell into one of the chairs beside her.
"Lazlo, what's wrong?" she asked him while sitting next to him.
"Nothing. It's just so hot." He told her.
"But…it's freezing in here. Doctor, what's happening to him?" Tallulah asked him as he checked the frequency of his screwdriver.
"Not now, Tallulah. Sorry." The Doctor told her.
"What are you doing?" Martha asked him.
"If the Daleks are going to war, they'll wanna find their number one enemies. I'm just telling them where I am." He told her holding up the sonic and turning it on.
"And knowing where he is means they know where I am. They know I'd never leave him." I told her. "Martha," she turned to look at me. "You and Frank should leave. Take Tallulah and Lazlo back to Hooverville until we come for you."
"What? No way!" she defied.
"We're telling you to go." The Doctor told her after turning off his sonic.
"And I'm telling you I'm not going." She told him.
"Martha, that's an order." He told her sternly.
"Who are you, then? Some sort of Dalek?" she asked him and I glared at her. Before I could say anything the doors to the theatre burst open and the human Daleks arrive flanking us.
"Oh, my God! Well I guess that's them then, hunh?" Tallulah asked.
"Humans…with Dalek DNA." Martha said. Frank moved to attack them but the Doctor and I pulled him back to us.
"It's all right. Just stay calm. Don't antagonize them." The Doctor told him.
"But what about the Dalek masters? Where are they?" Lazlo asked us. Suddenly there was an explosion on stage and we quickly ducked behind the seats for cover. The Doctor and I peered over the seats and as the smoke cleared we saw two of the three Daleks with Dalek Sec chained and walking on all fours. We stood up slowly as the others peered over the chairs.
"The Doctor and the Hunter will stand before the Daleks." One of the Daleks told us. The Doctor and I stepped over the chairs in front of us and walked forward on the backs of the rows until we reached the front row. "You will die, Doctor, Hunter. It is the beginning of a new age."
"Planet Earth will become New Skaro." The second Dalek said.
"Oh, and what a world. With anything just the slightest bit different ground into the dirt. That's Dalek Sec. Don't you remember? The cleverest Dalek ever and look what you've done to him. Is that your new empire? Hmm? Is that the foundation for a whole new civilization?" the Doctor asked them.
"My Daleks…just understand this. If you choose death and destruction, then death and destruction will choose you." Dalek Sec told him.
"Incorrect. We will always survive." The first Dalek said.
"Now we will destroy our greatest enemies, the Doctor and the Hunter." The second Dalek said.
"But they can help you." Dalek Sec tried again.
"The Doctor and the Hunter must die." The Dalek said.
"No, I beg you, don't." Dalek Sec begged them.
"Exterminate!" the second Dalek said. I watched as Dalek Sec stood just as the first Dalek fired and died instantly.
"Your own leader." The Doctor said disgusted at them. "The only creature who might have led you out of the darkness and you destroyed him. Do you see what they did? Huh? You see what a Dalek really is?" the Doctor asked the human Daleks around us. "If we're gonna die, let's give the new boys a shot. What do you think, eh? The Dalek-Humans. Their first blood. Go on, baptize them." The Doctor and I joined hands and waited for the Daleks to give the command.
"Dalek-Humans, take aim." The first Dalek said and we braced for the attack.
"What are you waiting for? Give the command!" the Doctor told them.
"Exterminate!" the second Dalek ordered. We closed our eyes and our hands tightened around each other's as we waited, but nothing happened. "Exterminate!" still nothing happened.
"Obey. Dalek-Humans will obey." The first Dalek ordered.
"Not firing. What have you done?" Martha asked him and I opened my eyes to watch them.
"You will obey. Exterminate." The second Dalek ordered.
"Why?" we looked at the human Dalek Dalek Sec had shown us when he was still empty.
"Daleks do not question orders." The first Dalek told him.
"But why?" the Human Dalek asked.
"You will stop this." The Dalek ordered.
"But…why?" the Human Dalek asked again.
"You must not question." The first Dalek ordered.
"But you are not our master. And we…we are not Daleks." The Human Dalek told it.
"No, you're not, and you never will be." The Doctor told him before turning to the Daleks. "Sorry, I got in the way of the lightening strike. Time Lord DNA got all mixed up. Just that little bit of freedom."
"If they will not obey, then they must die." The Dalek said before shooting the Human Dalek.
"Get down!" the Doctor pulled our joined hands for the two of us to duck behind the seats as both factions fired on each other.
"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" we heard on of the Daleks blow up "Extermin—" the second one exploded. The human Daleks stopped firing and we all stood before the Doctor moved over to one of the Hybrids.
"It's all right. It's all right. It's all right. You did it. You're free." The Doctor told them before they suddenly they all gripped their heads and screamed in pain. "No!" the Doctor shouted before they crumbled to the ground dead as the Doctor followed them. "They can't! They can't! They can't!" he said as Martha and I joined him.
"What happened? What was that?" Martha asked him.
"Genocide." I told her.
"They killed 'em. Rather than let them live. An entire species." The Doctor said staring down at them.
"Only two of the Daleks have been destroyed. One of the Dalek masters must still be alive." Lazlo said as the Doctor stood.
"Oh, yes. In the whole universe, just one." The Doctor said.
"And two of us." I said.
The Doctor and I entered the lab to see the last Dalek connected to a battle computer.
"Now what?" the Doctor asked it.
"You will be exterminated." The Dalek told us.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just think about it, Dalek- What was your name?" the Doctor asked him.
"Dalek Caan." The Dalek answered.
"Dalek Caan. Your entire species has been wiped out. And now the Cult of Skaro has been eradicated. Leaving only you. Right now you're facing the only man in the universe who might show you some compassion. 'Cause I've just seen one genocide. I won't cause another. Caan…let me help you. What do you say?" the Doctor asked him as I secretly got my gun prepared for an attack.
"Emergency Temporal Shift!" I fired at it but it was too late. Dalek Caan disappeared leaving wires hanging behind him. The computer behind where it had been had the proof that I'd fired at it at least once.
"Doctor! Doctor! He's sick." We turned to see Martha and Tallulah supporting Lazlo who was breathing heavily, wheezing. I watched them lower him to the floor as Tallulah cradled him on her lap. "It's okay. You're all right." Martha told him and the Doctor and I approached him and my husband knelt next to the dying man. "It's his heart. It's racing like mad. I've never seen anything like it."
"What is it, Doctor? What's the matter with him? He says he can't breathe? What is it?" Tallulah asked him.
"It's time, sweetheart." Lazlo told her.
"What do you mean "time"? What are you talking about?" Tallulah asked.
"None of the slaves …survive for long. Most of them only live a few weeks. I was lucky. I held on 'cause I had you. But now…I'm dyin', Tallulah." Lazlo explained to her.
"No you're not. Not now, after all this. Doctor, can't you do somethin'?" she asked him.
"Oh, Tallulah with three Ls and an H…just you watch me." The Doctor said standing and throwing off his coat. "What do I need? Oh, I don't know. How about a great big genetic laboratory? Oh look, I've got one. Lazlo, just you hold on." The Doctor ran about the lab, mixing up a solution talking all the while. "There's been too many deaths today. Way too many people have died. Brand new creatures and wise old men and age-old enemies. And I'm tellin' you, I'm tellin' you right now, I am not having one more death! Got that? Not one! Tallulah, out of the way." the Doctor took out his stethoscope from his pocket and put it on. "The Doctor is in."
Back in Central Park we waited by a park bench for Frank to return from Hooverville. Lazlo still looked like he did when we met him so he was bundled up in an overcoat and hat with Tallulah at his side and Martha at ours.
"Well I talked to 'em and I told 'em what Solomon would've said and I reckon I shamed one or two of 'em." Frank said running up to us.
"What did they say?" The Doctor asked him.
"They said yes." Frank said and Tallulah hugged Lazlo gratefully. "They'll give you a home, Lazlo. I mean, uh, don't imagine people ain't gonna stare. I can't promise you'll be at peace but, in the end, that is what Hooverville is for, people who ain't got nowhere else."
"Thank you. I—I can't thank you enough." Lazlo said looking at all of us. The Doctor and I linked arms before we left for the TARDIS.
Back on Liberty Island, the three of us looked out at the Manhattan skyline as we had when we'd first arrived.
"Do you reckon it's gonna work, those two?" Martha asked.
"I don't know. Anywhere else in the universe, I might worry about them, but New York, that's what this city's good at. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and maybe the odd pig-slave-Dalek-mutant-hybrid too." The Doctor said and we all shared a gentle laugh.
"The pig and the showgirl." Martha said thinking of Lazlo and Tallulah.
"The pig and the showgirl." He repeated.
"Just proves it, I suppose. There's someone for everyone." Martha said and I looked to the ground before looking up at the Doctor.
"Maybe." He said before he walked to the TARDIS with Martha and I beside him.
"Meant to say…sorry." Martha said.
"What for?" the Doctor asked her confused.
"Just 'cause that Dalek got away. I know what that means to you. Think you'll ever see it again?" Martha asked as the Doctor unlocked the TARDIS.
"Oh yes." The Doctor said looking out at the skyline as Martha entered the TARDIS. "One day." The two of us entered the TARDIS and I walked to Martha.
"That reminds me." I said before slapping the young human. Both she and the Doctor looked at me shocked before he remember what she had said and he went to the console.
"What did you do that for?" she asked me shocked.
"Don't ever compare us to Daleks again, little girl. There are things about us you don't understand, that you will never understand. So don't you dare pretend you do!" I told her angrily.
"Hunter." I turned to the Doctor before turning back to her.
"I'm his wife. I'm his protector. I'm his friend. You think you love him but I have centuries on you and a past with him you will never understand." I told her before going to the console and helping him set up our next destination. "I won't be so gentle next time."
Next Time on The Doctor's Girl:
"Tonight I'm going to perform a miracle." He said standing in front of the machine. They then begin to rotate around the cabinet, going faster and faster.
"Something's wrong." The Doctor said. We watched with wide eyes as a man reached out looking much younger than when he entered.
"I am 76 years old and I am reborn!" he held his arms up in triumph as everyone around us cheered.
"These are some friends of mine." Martha introduced us.
"Lovely to meet you, Mrs. Jones." The Doctor said smiling.
"Tish!" Martha said hugging her sister tightly. The creature followed after us as we ran from the roof.
"Listen to me! Your people are in serious danger! You need to get out of here right now!" he warned them before he came down to the large crowd and stared at one woman. "No! Get away from her!" the woman screamed as he moved in one her.
"Martha!" I called to her, grabbing her hand and pulling her into the device with me. "Just need one more!" I said messing with the wires under us. We ran into the Doctor as we ran through the halls looking for him.
"I'm not leaving him!" Martha told her family and we ran off to find him.
"Martha!"