Right first I'm amazingly sorry for the huge wait between this chapter on the last, it's been a rough couple of weeks and I haven't been in the right mood to write this...I still don't think I'm in the right mood but we'll see how this chapter goes.
The party is coming up quickly (though judging by my mood it will be a while off) so that means the end lol
And I've been thinking about a sequel to 'Safety Net' though it may not happen as it's been debated in my head so much but again it depends as my emotions sort of fuel that type of story but now I'm rambling on.
So yes sorry about the wait...But enjoy this xxx

I'm Garth Marenghi

The half man half spider was progressing towards us, we were frozen on the spot with nothing available at hand to defend ourselves with. What we needed was a large glass and a novelty sized sheet of cardboard with which to trap the creature in. But this was a hospital not a pest control centre.
Luckily Thornton Reed, the hospital's administrator, appeared in time with a tranquilliser gun to hand.

"Sleep tight." Thornton Reed mumbled as he clicked the tranquilliser releasing a dart into the back of the half man half spider, it slumped to the floor obediently and Reed lowered the gun and after a long pause spoke "That was close. Now what we gonna do about him?" He nodded once at the creature on the floor "He's out cold and probably will be for the next ten minutes." He spoke quickly and in a slight mono-tone voice.
"We need to get him, it, she, whatever away from the ward and patients." Sanchez stated in a loud booming voice while Dagless nodded. A long pause hung in the air between the three men.
"Good idea. Take him to a side room and keep him monitored." Thornton Reed slung the gun over his shoulder and walked away down the corridor leaving Sanchez and Dagless to take care of the creature.

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Garth Marenghi: Now we didn't want to show Dagless and Sanchez taking the spider man to a side room as it took too much time up and the budget was limited. Though I don't think the audience needs to see that to be perfectly honest. They just don't need it. I didn't and don't see the point in showing two men pick up a half man half spider and carry him into a room.

Dean Learner: Yes I quite agree.

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Myself and Sanchez hid the creature away in a side room and hurriedly left making sure the door was locked behind us, I then remembered my duty as a Doctor and quickly headed off to retrieve the medication I promised the girly looking man.

"Sorry I was a while." Dagless announced pulling back the curtain to where Vince was sat still yelling, Claire was looking flustered and annoyed and Nathan was busily pressing keys on his mobile phone "Here's the medication. It should stop any pain but I'm not sure how long the ringing will last."
"What did you say?" Vince yelled making them all jump around the bed in alarm, Dagless ignored him and didn't raise his voice.
"There was a slight predicament with a patient myself and Sanchez had to attend to." Suddenly an alarm sounded from within the hospital making the patients fall silent and emerge from their cubicles or rooms to see what all the fuss was about "Stay here." Dagless informed as he left to investigate.

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Learner: The alarm was something Rivers suggested wasn't it?

Marenghi: Yes it was actually. He said to me, he said Garth…We need an alarm in this episode. And I replied with…Yes, you genius. We do. And we did, we put it in. It created a good effect I'd say.

Learner: Yes but I got many comments from fans asking what the alarm was for. You're a bit of an idiot to be honest if you don't know. It signalled the spider creature had escaped. Anyone could understand that but no not these idiots.

Marenghi: Yes I don't understand why people were confused by the alarm. It's a simple noise that rings throughout a building giving a headache to everyone near it.

Learner: (Nodding) Yes, quite a simple device.

Marenghi: Worked well though.

Learner: Oh yeah.

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"Dagless, Sanchez we've got a problem. The spider man has escaped and is somewhere in the building. We need to find it and contain it, possibly even kill it before it bites people." Reed spoke in a fast pace and stared at Sanchez before him.
"We can't kill it." Dagless announced while standing and gazing out the window.
"And why not?"
"We could cure it. There might be a cure. We might know someone with a cure."
"And who would that be?"
"A great man…"
"Who, Dagless?" Sanchez chipped in looking from his boss to his friend and colleague. Dagless turned round slowly and looked at them both then in a quiet and hushed voice he replied.
"The Doctor."

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Marenghi: Now I wasn't going to include Doctor Who at first because it's nothing compared to Darkplace. Doctor Who is a kitten with a ball of yarn compared to Darkplace but the producers insisted I wrote it in.

Learner: And paid extra.

Marenghi: And paid extra yes. So I did but only briefly. I'm not entirely happy about it but what can you do? That's writing for you isn't it.

Learner: Bloody Doctor Who. (Shakes his head disapprovingly)

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I knew how to contact the Doctor. I had been a companion of his for a while and had travelled around, even saved the world with him and before I left to come back to the hospital I gave him a mobile phone insisting I'd call him if I ever really needed him. And right now, I needed him.

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Marenghi: Many people thought I'd copied the end of season three finale of Doctor Who where the companion, don't know her name, what was it? (Looks at Learner)

Learner: Martha Jones.

Marenghi: Yes Martha Jones, where she gives him a mobile. It's in no way connected and isn't copied I can assure you.

Learner: Really?

Marenghi: (Pauses) Yes.

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"And who is this Doctor?" Sanchez asked clearly interested straight away.
"I travelled with him once. He can help us, I believe in him."
"Then contact him. Straight away." Reed ordered while sitting down calmly in his chair behind his desk.
"Ok, I will." Dagless pulled a phone from his inside pocket and dialled a number then straight away spoke "Hello, Doctor?" He paused for a second "Yeah, we need you at the hospital." Dagless nodded and mumbled 'ok' and 'yeah' then cut the call "He said he'll be with us once he's parked the Tardis suitably."

Now he was coming I knew we'd be okay.