The Long Game

Episode Location: Satellite Five, the year 200,000
Aliens/Enemies: The mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe, The Editor
New Characters: Adam, Cathica, Suki
Gadgets Used: The TARDIS, Psychic Paper
Episode Objective: To explore, find out what is behind Satellite Five, and stop the Jagrafess


Bullet-point Plot

• The Doctor, Rose and Adam arrive on Satellite Five
• Adam is shocked and faints...
• The Doctor is confused
• The satellite does not fit with what he knows of this period's history
• He decides to investigate...
• The Doctor meets Cathica and Suki
• He uses his psychic paper to pose as management
• Cathica sees this a way to get promoted 'Floor 500'
• She answers The Doctor's questions...
• On floor 500, the Editor orders a security check on them
• The Doctor, Rose and Adam enter a bare room
• Cathica opens a port in the center of her forehead
• She streams information directly into her brain...
• Adam is amazed
  
• The Doctor says that it's wrong...
• The Editor's security check turns up nothing
• He is unconvinced...
• Suki is promoted to Floor 500
• She points a gun at The Editor
• He introduces the Editor-in-Chief, up above
• Suki screams...
• The Doctor continues investigating
• Adam gets a hole in his head...
• The Editor allows The Doctor and Rose to gain access to Floor 500
• The Editor's men grab hold of the Doctor and Rose
• He introduces The Mighty Jagrafess...
• The Editor explains that the Empire is not really human
• It is just where humans are allowed to live
• By manipulating the news the economy is controlled
• The human race doesn't know it's been enslaved...
• Cathica sneaks up to Floor 500
• The Doctor loudly comments that:
• The Jagrafess's metabolism generates a lot of heat
• Which is why it needs to be vented...
• Adam opens the port in his head
• And streams information...
• The Editor is now able to read his mind
• He learns about the TARDIS...
• Cathica goes to the newsroom on Floor 500
• She overrides the safety protocols
• She severing Adam's connection
• And reverses the systems, heating up the floor...
• Rose gets free
• She uses the sonic screwdriver to release the Doctor
• The Jagrafess starts to overheat
• The Editor tries to get away
• He fails
• The Jagrafess explodes...
• The Doctor is pissed at Adam
• He drops him off home...

Best Bits
- When Adam faints
- The holes in the heads
- Rose and The Doctor vs The Editor

Favorite Quotes
The Doctor: The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Planet Earth at its height. Covered with megacities, five moons, population 96 billion. The centre of a galactic domain that stretches across a million planets, a million species. With humanity right in the middle.
[Adam faints.]
The Doctor: He's your boyfriend.
Rose: Not any more.
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The Doctor: What's Satellite Five?
Cathica: Oh, come on. How could you get on board without knowing where you are?
The Doctor: Look at me, I'm stupid!
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The Doctor: The thing is, Adam, time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers... or is that just me?
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The Editor: "That thing", as you put it, is in charge of the human race...my superior, your master, and humanity's guiding light: the Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe. I call him Max.
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The Editor: Now, there's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave if he doesn't know he's been enslaved?
The Doctor: Yes.
The Editor: Oh, I was hoping for a philosophical debate. Is that all I'm gonna get? "Yes"?
The Doctor: Yes.
The Editor: [chuckles] You're no fun.
The Doctor: Let me out of these manacles. Then you'll find out how much fun I am.