Track 1: Rhapsody Of War (Doctor Who Time of the Doctor OST)
Track 2: Baubles 0:39 - 1:14 (Doctor Who The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe OST)
Track 3: Dressed In A Hurry (Doctor Who The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe OST)
Track 4: The Message (Doctor Who Time of the Doctor OST)
Track 5: Ghost of Christmas Future (Doctor Who A Christmas Carol OST)
Track 6: Little Amy: The Apple (Doctor Who Series 5 OST)
Track 7: Doctor Gastronomy 0:00 - 0:48 (Doctor Who Series 5 OST)
Track 8: The Mission (Doctor Who Time of the Doctor OST)
Track 9: Flying Home For Christmas (Doctor Who The Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe OST)
Scene 1: Forest
The autumnal woods are calm and peaceful. There is a low rumbling. [Track 1: Rhapsody of War] Someone suddenly darts through, disturbing the birds as they fly straight up - chasing the man is a horde of angry Vikings - armed to the teeth with swords, pitchforks and spears. The man glances behind in fear - the Doctor.
DOCTOR: This really isn't as bad as I'm making it out to be! Come on guys, we'll all have a laugh about this in a few hours!
The Doctor dodges a spear.
DOCTOR: I guess you don't want to wait for that to be funny!
He dives right. The Vikings all follow him.
DOCTOR: Ha! You didn't think I'd go this way, did you!
The Vikings all suddenly fall through leaves into a large pit. They squirm and yell. The Doctor slows down and laughs, turning around and standing over the hole.
DOCTOR: As always, you forget my traps!
VIKING: Do not forget this, wizard! When we've claimed the throne, we'll be coming for you!
DOCTOR: All the best to you, but you will never see me again! Bye!
He sprints off, giggling. The Vikings try to climb out.
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The Doctor runs towards the TARDIS.
DOCTOR: Alright, this time, can you take me to the first Brighton Festival, not the Battle of Hastings please?
He unlocks the door and walks inside, the box disappearing. [Track 1 ends]
Scene 2: Beach
A young couple walk along the beach - full of laughter, play and relaxation, from both children and adults. She looks up to the Sun.
SKYE: Come on, it's Christmas! Where's that snow?
CHARLIE: It's only the 1st of December.
SKYE: Right, I forgot you're a Grinch.
CHARLIE: I'm not a Grinch, you're just a nutter. Who puts up Christmas decorations in November?
SKYE: People who actually enjoy other people being nice to them!
CHARLIE: Right, because God forbid anyone be mean at Christmas.
[Track 2: Baubles 0:39 - 1:14] A chill runs through the air, turning everyone's blood cold.
SKYE: Ooh, that was cold!
CHARLIE: We are near the sea.
SKYE: It's not that windy though…
The Sun disappears behind the clouds, and the sky starts to darken.
SKYE: Looks like it's about to rain.
CHARLIE: Yeah?
SKYE: It's weird, though… the weather changed just like that.
CHARLIE: You're just used to normal temperatures. Here in the UK, the weather can be sunny one minute and knocking out the power with a storm the next. It's like God can't make up his mind.
SKYE: Yeah, maybe I'll go stay with my Aunt Veena up in Scotland. At least they get snow there.
CHARLIE: That pub's open, let's go get a drink.
The couple start to walk off the beach. Where the sea meets the sand, ice droplets start to form. [Track 2 ends]
ROLL TITLES
Scene 3: TARDIS
The Doctor growls at the time rotor.
DOCTOR: Come on, come on! You can do it! 1967, here we come!
The TARDIS starts to materialise.
DOCTOR: What? No, no, no, no, no, don't do that!
He runs around the console, trying to stop the landing. The TARDIS stops.
DOCTOR: Jumped a time track.
The Doctor runs to the doors.
Scene 4: Beach
[Track 3: Dressed in a Hurry] The TARDIS is stood on the beach. The Doctor pokes his head out, frowning upon seeing a frozen sea.
DOCTOR: What the…?
He approaches the sea, touching the icy surface.
DOCTOR: Frozen solid.
He sonics it, showing nothing.
DOCTOR: No readings?
He stands on it, then lies down.
Scene 5: Pub
Skye looks out the window, seeing the Doctor mess about on the ice.
SKYE: Weirdoes.
ETHAN: I dunno. Might be a PI.
SKYE: It's December and he's only wearing a blazer.
Scene 6: Beach
He knocks.
DOCTOR: Self induced.
He sits up, walking off the beach and approaching the pub.
Scene 7: Pub
Skye sips a cup of tea as the Doctor pushes in the door. He pretends that he's in a western, walking really dramatically. He leans on the counter.
DOCTOR: ...Beer. Now.
ETHAN: You what, mate?
DOCTOR: I'm just kidding! Hello, I'm the Doctor. Nice to meet you.
ETHAN: You were right, Skye.
DOCTOR: Skye?
Skye turns to the Doctor.
SKYE: Me. Skye Whyte.
DOCTOR: Shame your last name isn't blue!
SKYE: Yeah, I never tire of hearing that joke…
DOCTOR: Nice to meet you, Skye. I'm the Doctor.
SKYE: Okay… gonna tell me what of?
DOCTOR: Right now, freak weather patterns. What's going on with the sea?
SKYE: Oh, there's been stuff like that going on every day.
DOCTOR: Every day? For how long?
SKYE: Start of the month?
DOCTOR: ...And what month is that?
SKYE: ...You're joking, right?
The Doctor notices the Christmas decoration hanging up.
DOCTOR: Oh, silly me! December, of course! But even Winter temperatures don't freeze the sea. This hasn't happened since the Ice Age.
Skye stands up, collecting her coat from the rack and putting it on.
SKYE: Okay. I'd better go, I've got…
DOCTOR: Work? But you're on holiday.
Skye turns to the Doctor.
SKYE: How can you possibly know that? You some kind of detective?
DOCTOR: No, it's 3pm on a Monday morning. And it's also Christmas. No one works this close to Christmas.
Ethan clears his throat.
DOCTOR: Okay, most people don't work this close to Christmas. Sorry.
ETHAN: No problem, mate.
He walks off.
SKYE: So I'm assuming you're not working either?
DOCTOR: Nope.
SKYE: What were you doing on the ice?
DOCTOR: Satisfying my curiosity. I'm assuming this isn't 1967.
SKYE: Obviously not. 2067.
DOCTOR: Closer than 1066.
SKYE: What?
DOCTOR: Nothing. Happy Christmas!
The Doctor walks out. Skye returns to the bar, then looks to the door, sighing. She follows him onto the beach. [Track 3 ends]
Scene 8: Beach
[Track 4: The Message] The Doctor walks along the ice. Skye watches him.
SKYE: Careful, you'll fall through.
DOCTOR: No, I won't!
He jumps up and down.
DOCTOR: This ice is as strong as steel-
He slips, balancing himself.
DOCTOR: Woah!
Skye sniggers.
DOCTOR: Strong as steel, but just as slippery as normal ice. You know what that means?
SKYE: What?
DOCTOR: This isn't real ice. It's mimicking ice. Do you have a pickaxe?
SKYE: If you're going to mine through it, you can't.
DOCTOR: No?
SKYE: There's an ice company down the road. They tried to do that, and failed.
DOCTOR: Okay. So why are you down here on holiday?
SKYE: You're asking this now?
DOCTOR: Why not?
SKYE: Because there's unbreakable ice you're investigating.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, I can multitask. You're from America, obviously.
SKYE: Obviously. Visiting an old friend over the holidays. Hoping to move here.
DOCTOR: Why?
SKYE: Don't like staying in one place for too long.
DOCTOR: I'm the same.
The sonic starts to beep.
DOCTOR: Oho, hello!
SKYE: What is it?
DOCTOR: There's something awake in the ice.
SKYE: Awake?
DOCTOR: Woah, look at those readings!
SKYE: Doctor, watch out! It's starting to melt!
The ice starts to change shape.
DOCTOR: It's not melting - it's reforming!
SKYE: Into what?
DOCTOR: I told you, there's something alive.
The ice forms a hand, which starts to reach out into the air - then an arm, and a head, and a body, before the entire creature is revealed. It is made completely out of ice, with a near humanoid form - but it keeps shifting and changing, sometimes melting but then resolidifying.
DOCTOR: Give yourself a minute, you'll stabilise.
The ice creature raises its hand, and a flurry of ice hits the Doctor, knocking him back onto the beach.
SKYE: Doctor!
The ice monster reaches up into the sky, and that same power shoots into the clouds, as the Doctor loses consciousness. [Track 4 ends]
Scene 9: Pub
[Track 5: Ghost of Christmas Future] The Doctor wakes up. It's dark outside.
DOCTOR: Ah! What?
SKYE: Oh, thank god. I thought the thing had killed you.
DOCTOR: It's dark. How long have I been asleep?
SKYE: An hour.
DOCTOR: An hour? But it was broad daylight!
SKYE: It's December.
DOCTOR: Not just December. It's the Winter Solstice tomorrow, isn't it? The shortest day of the year.
SKYE: Yeah.
The Doctor looks outside the window. Snow has flooded the streets.
DOCTOR: I might have been out an hour, but that much snow can't have filled the streets already.
SKYE: I think the whole town's come to a halt.
DOCTOR: Not good. Not good at all.
He returns to the bar.
SKYE: That thing from the ice did this, didn't it?
DOCTOR: I think so.
SKYE: What is it?
DOCTOR: I don't know.
SKYE: I don't know how the police are going to deal with that.
DOCTOR: The police?
SKYE: Yeah, I called the police.
DOCTOR: Bad idea, very bad idea!
SKYE: What?
The Doctor runs to the window.
DOCTOR: We can't let anyone near that thing until I know what it is and what it's capable of.
SKYE: It's made of ice!
DOCTOR: Ice as strong as steel. And it's clever. You saw it was melting, right?
SKYE: A little, yeah.
DOCTOR: That's because the temperature was too much for it. So they adapted the weather. That's what it's doing. It's trying to hospitise itself into our environment. I need a computer.
SKYE: What for, though? And where did it come from?
DOCTOR: Obviously not Earth.
SKYE: Not Earth?
DOCTOR: Nope.
SKYE: So you think this is some alien trying to invade our planet by turning it cold?
DOCTOR: Correct. I think it's going to get colder and colder until it's the optimum conditions for it to thrive. And by that point…
SKYE: We'll all have frozen to death.
DOCTOR: If the police try to stop it, who knows what they'll do? The weather will slow them down for now, but we're running out of time.
SKYE: I'll see if Ethan's got a computer in the back.
DOCTOR: Thanks, Skye.
Skye runs out.
Scene 10: Street
Cars are stuck in the snow. People are wrapped up in big coats and scarves, frowning at their vehicles.
CHARLIE: I don't get it. Where did all this snow come from?
There's a scream. Charlie looks over as someone tries to move, but can't.
HARRI: Help! Help! I can't move! The snow's got me!
Charlie runs over in his big boots, along with a few other civilians, trying to pull him out of the snow.
HARRI: There's something moving in the snow! It's got my leg!
CHARLIE: We've got you! Come on!
He starts to sink in the snow.
HARRI: I can't feel my legs!
The civilians yell, trying to help him. A woman screams as a pair of legs reach out from under the snow - yet they're covered in ice. The group looks over.
HARRI: They're… they're my legs! They're my legs! How is this happening?!
He screams as he's fully dragged into the snow. The legs are joined by a pair of arms, climbing out of the snow to see Harri - but he's made of ice. They shriek, running off. Other people are pulled into the snow and are replaced by ice counterparts. [Track 5 ends]
Scene 11: Back Room
The Doctor sits at a laptop. He opens the internet.
DOCTOR: Thought so. The internet's down. It's eliminating all possible threats.
SKYE: How far?
DOCTOR: Right now, I think it's contained to Brighton. But it won't be long before it spreads to the rest of the country - then the world.
SKY
SKYE: What other threats could there be?
DOCTOR: You said you were visiting a friend.
SKYE: Yeah.
DOCTOR: Call him, make sure he's alright.
SKYE: Oh, yeah.
Skye takes out her phone. [Track 6: Little Amy: The Apple]
SKYE: Do you have any friends or family you want to talk to?
DOCTOR: Uh… no. Lost my family a long time ago. And my friends… they died recently.
SKYE: Oh, I'm sorry.
DOCTOR: Thanks. I'm getting over it though. Nothing lasts forever, eh?
SKYE: Suppose not. That's weird.
Skye checks her phone.
SKYE: No phone signal.
DOCTOR: That's the next target.
SKYE: No way you actually believe this.
Skye slumps on an armchair.
SKYE: You actually think aliens are invading?
DOCTOR: Aliens come to your planet all the time. Sometimes they're peaceful, sometimes they're not.
SKYE: How many aliens have you seen then?
DOCTOR: On this planet or in total?
SKYE: ...You've been to other planets?
DOCTOR: Hundreds. Different planets, different times. I've been so far, I've seen the end of everything.
SKYE: You're an alien too, aren't you?
DOCTOR: I'm from the planet Gallifrey. I'm a Time Lord. I'm the only Time Lord.
SKYE: Time Lord? You control time?
DOCTOR: No, we just make sure everything happens in the right order.
SKYE: Heh… wow.
DOCTOR: You wanna see one?
SKYE: What?
DOCTOR: A different planet. You said you didn't want to stay in the same place. I think travelling through time and space is different.
Skye laughs.
SKYE: I'll think about it.
He grins. [Track 6 ends] The lights switch off.
SKYE: What's that?
DOCTOR: The power. Brighton's been switched off.
SKYE: We've lost heating. We'll freeze even faster now.
DOCTOR: Better wrap up warm.
[Track 7: Doctor Gastronomy 0:00 - 0:48]
SKYE: Come with me a second. Ethan!
Skye grabs the Doctor's hand.
Scene 12: Store Room
Ethan opens a walk-in wardrobe.
DOCTOR: That's a lot of clothes.
ETHAN: This used to be a clothes store a couple of months back. There was a bunch of stock that never got sold - especially Winter stuff. Take your pick, mate.
DOCTOR: Thanks!
He runs inside. Skye pulls him back.
SKYE: Have you seen your clothes? I'm choosing.
Skye walks in.
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The Doctor walks out, wearing ear muffs, a black fur coat and a wooly jumper. He shakes his head and walks back in.
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The Doctor comes out wearing a long scarf. He beams, but Skye yanks it off him and pushes him inside.
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The Doctor is wearing a Christmas jumper. He looks down at it, grimacing, then looks up to Skye.
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The Doctor steps out, wearing a women's coat. He nods excitedly, whilst Skye pulls an awkward expression.
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The Doctor wears a tight dinner jacket - obviously too small for him. Skye sighs.
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The Doctor tries to take off the Christmas jumper, but Skye tries to stop him, smiling.
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Skye stares at the small beige shorts and Hawaiian shirt the Doctor is buttoning up.
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Skye looks up to see the Doctor's new outfit, raising an eyebrow. [Track 7 ends] The Doctor is wearing a long, velvet jacket with fur lapels. He has matching trousers and vest. His shirt is white with red pinstripes, and of course he's wearing a bowtie.
SKYE: You're going with… that?
DOCTOR: I love it! I might wear this more often!
SKYE: Bit… Victorian.
DOCTOR: I can always find a more summery one.
He rubs his hands together.
Scene 13: Street
[Track 8: The Mission] Charlie dashes down the street with other people, trying to help those being sucked into the snow.
Scene 14: Pub
The three approach the window. They see a few ice monsters about the place.
ETHAN: You're going to go out there?
DOCTOR: I have to. I need a list of everything we know about them. Even if it's the smallest detail - write it down.
Ethan picks up a notepad from behind the bar.
SKYE: But look.
Skye points to the beach - a massive snowstorm is surrounding the creature.
SKYE: How are you going to get to it?
DOCTOR: I don't know. I'll need a torch to see.
SKYE: Okay. What do you want me to do?
DOCTOR: Try and keep everyone inside. How long until the police get here?
SKYE: I don't know - 10 minutes?
DOCTOR: Ethan, you need to hurry that list up.
ETHAN: Alright, alright!
SKYE: I'll get going.
DOCTOR: Be careful.
SKYE: You too - Don't die.
Skye runs out into the hurricane. Ethan scribbles away viciously at the notepad.
ETHAN: There might be a torch in lost property.
DOCTOR: Where's that?
ETHAN: Just under the counter.
The Doctor jumps over the bar and rummages through the box. He takes out a torch.
DOCTOR: Gotcha!
He returns to the table where Ethan is writing.
Scene 15: Street
The ice monsters are parading down the street.
Scene 16: Pub
Ethan hands the Doctor the note. He skims through it, then grins, standing triumphantly, before running out of the pub. [Track 8 ends]
Scene 17: Beach
[Track 9: Flying Home For Christmas] The Doctor shines the torch through the snowstorm, barely being able to navigate through.
DOCTOR: Stop this! I'm here to talk!
He struggles.
Scene 18: Street
Skye darts through the street. She sees a garage, and runs inside.
Scene 19: Beach
The ice monster is still changing the weather. It sees the Doctor.
DOCTOR: Identify your planet of origin!
It fires an ice blast.
DOCTOR: Okay, you don't wanna talk, I get that! Or you can't talk! Either way I'm gonna talk and you're gonna listen! Just stop this! I can help you find a new world where you don't have to hurt anyone else!
It turns to the snow, and starts controlling it so it traps the Doctor's legs. He keels over, and the snow starts to settle on him, so he can't move his limbs or his torso, barely being able to breathe.
DOCTOR: Aah! You really don't like me, do you?! No-one here has to be hurt! Aaah!
The Doctor drops the torch, sinking into the snow. The ice monster starts firing beams of light into the sky.
DOCTOR: Oh, that's clever! You use your environment to adapt! But if you can do that, why are you adapting Earth to your climate? Why are you so fixated on Earth? Unless… you're not adapting Earth… you're reverting it! You're from the Ice Age!
The snow starts to cover his face.
DOCTOR: A time when you were able to thrive, but the change in temperature meant you couldn't survive! You've spent millions of years trying to evolve into what you are now, and that's brilliant, but you can't do it like this, you've got to stop this and let me go!
He tries to free his hands from the snow, but fails. He screams, before a bucket of ice hits the ice monster. It slides back onto the ice, reforming, allowing the Doctor to stand back up and see Skye.
DOCTOR: Haha! See, that's why you can't have this world. The human race are indomitable. They will find ways to defeat you, like how salt can lower the melting point of ice!
The Doctor turns to Skye.
DOCTOR: It's adapting. I'm going to call it a Metamorpho.
SKYE: Does it not have a real name?
DOCTOR: Yes, but I don't know it.
SKYE: Incoming!
The public charge down the beach, armed with snowballs. They pelt it at the Metamorpho, sticking to it.
DOCTOR: Using your own powers against you! You've programmed the snow to pull in the victims and convert them to ice! It'll have a different effect on you, but it'll slow you down for sure!
He turns to the public.
DOCTOR: Nice work! You've got to go before it's recovered. Go, go on! Into the pub!
The public start to run off the beach.
DOCTOR: You too, Skye, go on!
SKYE: Not without you!
DOCTOR: Skye, you've got family and friends to live for. This is what I live for!
SKYE: Killing ice monsters?
DOCTOR: No - saving people. I can't always do that, but I have to try.
SKYE: I can't let you kill yourself! You might have lost your friends, and you might be grieving, but I can't let you do this to yourself! I won't let you give up!
DOCTOR: I won't die, I promise! Now, get into the pub!
Skye looks at the Metamorpho, which fires an ice blast again.
SKYE: No!
She pushes the Doctor out of the way and is hit herself. She collapses onto the snow.
DOCTOR: Skye!
CHARLIE: Noooo!
Charlie charges at the creature, throwing a lighter at it. It smashes into the monster, causing it to start melting.
CHARLIE: Skye! Skye, can you hear me?
DOCTOR: I'm sorry… she's…
Charlie cries.
ETHAN: Look!
The Metamorpho tries to regrow its arm, but fails to.
DOCTOR: It's losing its integrity! It can't handle all these attacks!
The creature drops a shard of ice. The Doctor picks it up.
DOCTOR: I'm sorry.
CHARLIE: Sorry?! That killed Skye!
DOCTOR: It's a wounded creature. It wants to survive.
He turns back to the melting ice.
DOCTOR: I'll find somewhere for you to live safely. An uninhabited planet. But there are people here now. You can't kill 5 billion people so you can live in peace.
ETHAN: The ice! It's melting!
The frozen sea is disintegrating.
CHARLIE: She's gone!
The Doctor runs over to Skye.
DOCTOR: Every time… Every time…
He drops his head.
Scene 20: Graveyard
People stand around a grave, sobbing. On the gravestone is inscribed:
SKYE GRAY
13th October 2042-21st December 2067
The Doctor grumbles, before walking away towards the TARDIS, which is now parked beside the church.
ETHAN: Doctor!
Ethan hurries after the Doctor.
ETHAN: Are you okay?
DOCTOR: Every time I think I can show someone the stars, the Universe has other plans. Sara, Adric, Lucie, Amy, Rory, all of them. All my friends are gone. I can't let this happen to anyone else. No more.
He storms into the TARDIS. It disappears.
Scene 21: TARDIS
He solemnly flies the TARDIS, before looking at his clothes, and inputting a location - London, 1892. He looks down, in defeat. [Track 9 ends]
ROLL CREDITS
THE DOCTOR AND CLARA WILL DEBUT: July 2014