INT. INFIRMARY - MARLOWE-1

Dr. Wainwright runs a portable handheld CT scanner over Newt's skull. The scan appears instantly on a nearby wall monitor. She points to a darkened section and shows the Doctor. Newt, meanwhile, is sedated with a mask over her face and an IV tube in her arm.

WAINWRIGHT
There. You see it?

DOCTOR
I see it.

WAINWRIGHT
We need to relieve the pressure on her brain immediately and stop the hemorrhage or she'll die.

DOCTOR
How can I assist?

WAINWRIGHT
First, I need you to tell me if you've ever done anything like this before.

DOCTOR
Actually, yes, but with very different equipment than you've got here.

WAINWRIGHT
The crux of the point I'm trying to make here, Doctor, is that I have never done this before. I've only observed this type of surgery in the past.

DOCTOR
Ah. Wow. Okay.

WAINWRIGHT
Ordinarily, we'd fly in a specialist from Anchorage or, if there was time, one of the Canadian cities. But there isn't. Are you able to take point?

The Doctor picks up the bone laser saw on the medical tray near Newt's bed and turns it on. He jumps a little at the whirring sound it makes.

DOCTOR
Oh, my.

WAINWRIGHT
Not exactly filling me with confidence.

DOCTOR
Right. Shouldn't be any problem. Let's get to work.

The Doctor scrubs up.

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INT. INFIRMARY OBSERVATION - MARLOWE-1

A short time later, Newt's surgery is already in progress. Tarin observes through the window, periodically chewing on his right thumbnail. Desmond enters and approaches him from the side.

DESMOND
How's she doing?

TARIN
They just started.

DESMOND
I finally got someone over to talk to Sticky.

TARIN
And?

DESMOND
It's not good. They had to shutdown the main reactor to put out a chemical fire. Now, they can't get it back on due to structural damage it took when a support beam from the ceiling fell on it and severed some of the output cabling.

TARIN
Bottom line me.

DESMOND
We're running on generators until we can get a repair crew up here with parts. Sticky's running a skeleton crew going forward in case another fire breaks out, but he ordered the rest of his team to the emergency shelters. On the positive side, Carolyn was able to get one of the computers to boot up. Connecting it to the network is proving a bit trickier.

Tarin soft-punches the wall with a closed fist. He hasn't the energy for more.

TARIN
I wonder if it even matter. You were right. I don't know who to call. I've been thinking more about the drone. Not a lot of time passed between when Newt ran the facial ident on the Doctor and when Yuri took off. There aren't any rebs up here, no terrorist cells. We're in the middle of nowhere for god's sake. There wasn't enough time for them to redirect a drone, or launch a new one.

DESMOND
What are you saying? You think it was already here?

TARIN
(nods)
Watching us.

DESMOND
The General?

TARIN
Who else? He's had his nose in our business from day one. You have no idea what I had to go through to keep him from setting up a permanent presence here from the get go. He wanted to put the barracks on site instead of in Horrace. That means we have less than an hour before they get here. They knew that damn thing was under the ice.

DESMOND
The ship you were talking about earlier?

TARIN
(nods)
I'm starting to think this entire operation was a smoke screen for something much bigger.

DESMOND
But there really is oil down there. We really have been pumping it.

TARIN
That's probably how they were able to get away with sending civilian contractors. It's the perfect cover. If the United States military all of a sudden decides to setup shop in the middle of the Arctic, people are going to be suspicious. They send us, the only people they piss off are the environmentalists, and no one gives a crap about them. They were looking for that ship. They wanted us to find it, and now that we have, there's a good bet they don't want us telling anyon else about it. The only question now is...

Desmond waits for Tarin to finish his sentence. When the man doesn't...

DESMOND
What?

TARIN
... Whether or not my father-in-law knew about it.

Desmond and Tarin share a concerned glance.

TARIN
All right. Back to work. Let's see if we can go help Carolyn.

They leave.

INT. INFIRMARY - MARLOWE-1

The Doctor and Dr. Wainwright operate on Newt.

WAINWRIGHT
So, rumor has it you're the cause of all this.

DOCTOR
I have been working out.

WAINWRIGHT
(confused)
What?

DOCTOR
There was an earthquake. I've been working out... Implying that I moved everything with my bulging muscles. Too many steps to the punchline?

WAINWRIGHT
(nods)
By about ten.

DOCTOR
Suction.

WAINWRIGHT
Got it.

DOCTOR
I'm not your enemy, if that's what's worrying you.

WAINWRIGHT
Would you tell me, if you were?

The Doctor smiles.

WAINWRIGHT
I'm only here because of the money. Would you believe that? I'm a doctor. I could make money anywhere. Mass General offered me a position in their emergency department right out of medical school, but Mr. Tirazawa offered me triple what they were offering to come to this mold-infested igloo. I guess now I know why.

DOCTOR
Why?

WAINWRIGHT
You're asking me?

DOCTOR
You have a different perspective than I do.

WAINWRIGHT
You mean that of a helpless lab rat in an experiment that's about to get shutdown?

The Doctor shrugs.

DOCTOR
Would knowing there was a good chance you could die have altered your earlier decision-making process?

WAINWRIGHT
Obviously. You can't take it with you when you die.

DOCTOR
I have heard that.

The Doctor peels back a piece of shaved skin atop Newt's head and exposes the skull bone. He then starts up the bone saw.

DOCTOR
All right, here comes the hard part.

WAINWRIGHT
Her vitals are stable. Hang in there, Newt.

DOCTOR
You know, if this were around two hundred years from now, I could perform this whole surgery with a tiny little robot in about seven minutes. Insert it right through the nasal cavity. But two hundred years ago, she'd have no hope whatsoever. They wouldn't even know how to diagnose her.

WAINWRIGHT
(sarcastic)
Yeah, we're right in that awesome sweet spot of where we know what's wrong, there's maybe something we can do about it, but also she could die.

DOCTOR
Forgive me. I understand she's your friend. I don't mean to be insensitive to that. I only meant to observe that this is only a problem because we are here now. Years ago, there would be nothing we could do for her. Years from now, her survival would be as elementary as we would be obsolete. As physicians, you and I can only really affect change on those caught in between, in that perilous middle.

WAINWRIGHT
Do you always pontificate during surgery?

DOCTOR
Only when I'm hoping to avoid lobotomizing someone.

WAINWRIGHT
I'll prepare the cautery.

DOCTOR
I'm almost ready for you.

The Doctor concentrates. The bone saw sounds a little like a belt sander as it slices through Newt's skull.

WAINWRIGHT
You know what I just realized?

DOCTOR
What?

WAINWRIGHT
You're criticizing me, aren't you?

DOCTOR
I thought I was performing brain surgery.

WAINWRIGHT
You are. You're criticizing my decision to go after the money. I'm still a doctor. I didn't come here because it was some cake job. If I can do some good here or there, why shouldn't I pick the one that offers more money?

DOCTOR
I don't judge. I'm congratulating you.

WAINWRIGHT
Don't be condescending.

DOCTOR
I'm not. Despite all your efforts to the contrary, you've managed to be right where you're needed when history called, and you're hardly complaining about it at all.

He glances up at her ever so quickly and winks. She rolls her eyes at him and readies the cautery.

INT. COIL CORRIDOR - BRYGOSAN SHIP

A monochrome corridor shaped like a coil, ten feet in diameter, wraps around a corner to the right. The floor hums with energy that snakes its way from left to right in electric bands visible through a translucent but rough surface. Between the coiled support structure, the walls are made up of horizontal compartments perpendicular to the corridor. Inside each compartment is a Brygosan, suspended in a teal liquid in perfect hibernation.

We hear the ethereal gears turn and suddenly the Tardis appears, camouflaged as a blue police box. The doors open and Theelia steps out first, hands bound behind her back. Her eyes light up at the sight of familiar surroundings.

THEELIA
It's an ark ship. You were telling the truth.

Doctor Two pushes her out the door, holding a Turoksa Annihilator which he points at her back to keep her honest.

DOCTOR TWO
It has been known to happen.

Doctor Two exits the Tardis, followed by Rose. He looks back at the Tardis, confused.

DOCTOR TWO
That doesn't look right. The camouflage matrix must be broken.

He raises an eyebrow in Theelia's direction to scold her.

DOCTOR TWO
See what happens when you're rough?

Rose picks up her feet when she walks and looks at the ground.

ROSE
The ground feels strange.

DOCTOR TWO
It's a density floor. The artificial gravity unit compresses suspended hyperon molecules in the field matrix to create a surface capable of supporting weight. The drop-off of excess energy particles into the stream means they only need a minimal power source to support the rest of the ship.

Theelia turns.

THEELIA
You're very familiar with our technology.

DOCTOR TWO
That's right, I am, which is how I know that this ship is currently in the process of waking up from its hibernation cycle. I need you to stop that process. In exchange, I agree to find you a nice empty hibernation pod and put you in it, so when the ship eventually does come out of its hibernation, many years from now, you'll be reunited with your people.

THEELIA
You think I'm blindly going to follow the orders of a Time Lord psychopath?

DOCTOR TWO
That's what the gun is for, dear. If you don't, I shoot you.

He shows her the gun like Vanna White turning over a vowel.

Defiantly holding back tears, Theelia stands tall, her chin in the air.

THEELIA
I am Theelia, yissess of the Brygosan Honored, bequeathed with the greatest of all sacred duties; the preservation and prosperity of a once proud race, decimated by the evil Time Lord Empire.

Doctor Two rolls his eyes.

DOCTOR TWO
Here we go.

THEELIA
When my ark ship was raided and destroyed by the Cybermen, I thought I had lost everything. Only a precious few of us managed to survive their onslaught, but like brave warriors we persevered, albeit in captivity. Then, you came along, and I watched as the last of my family were swept away in your fight... YOUR FIGHT! I am the only one left! My world is gone, my family is gone, and now you, a Time Lord, a member of the very race who has taken everything from me, ask me to lay down and sleep while simultaneously resting the fate of my entire race in your hands?

ROSE
Please, if the Doctor says-

THEELIA
No! I will not help a murderer. This ship is alive. As long as it is alive, my people are alive. I will not put it back to sleep and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I will stand tall before my people and bare witness to their revolution, in defiance of you, Doctor! Your armageddon is coming! By their hands!

Theelia lets loose a maniacal, "mad scientist" belly laugh that seems to go on forever... until she runs out of breath.

Doctor Two and Rose stare at her.

Theelia catches her breath.

Doctor Two waits.

DOCTOR TWO
So, you're not going to help?

THEELIA
I would sooner die.

DOCTOR TWO
Right. That works for me, too.

Doctor Two shoots Theelia in the face. Her head dissolves first, then the rest of her body.

Rose covers her mouth with both hands, mortified.

ROSE
You... you killed her.

DOCTOR TWO
Many more people are going to die if we don't get this ship back in hibernation mode, and I don't have time to babysit a vengeful sadist. Now, come with me. We need to find the bridge.

She stares at him in horror.

When she doesn't follow, he reaches his hand out to her.

DOCTOR TWO
Come on, I said.

She looks at his hand, then turns and bolts in the opposite direction.

DOCTOR TWO
Dammit... Rose!

He takes a step to chase after her, but stops when he notices the teal liquid start to drain from a nearby hibernation pod. Inside the pod, the Brygosan's eyes slowly open.

DOCTOR TWO
May have cut this a little close.

Doctor Two takes another look in the direction to where Rose ran off, shakes his head, and runs the opposite way.

-To be Continued...-