Aliens/Enemies: The Clockwork Droids
New Characters: Reinette
Gadgets Used: The TARDIS, fire extinguisher
Episode Objective: To find out why there are portals to 18th century France on a spaceship, and to try and save Reinette from the Clockwork Droids.
Bullet-point Plot
- A woman looks into a fireplace
- And calls for The Doctor
- The TARDIS materializes
- In a spaceship in the 51st century
- The Doctor, Rose and Mickey exit
- And find a fireplace
- The Doctor looks into the fire
- And sees a young girl
- The girl tells him she is Reinette
- And she lives in Paris 1727
- The Doctor deduces a 'time window'
- Pokes around the fireplace
- Causes it to rotate
- And end up in France
- He gets worried by a broken clock
- As he can hear ticking
- He looks under Reinette's bed
- And is swiped at by a Clockwork Droid
- The Droid has been scanning Reinette's brain
- But claims she is 'not complete'
- The Doctor draws it to the fireplace
- And takes it back to the spaceship
- But it teleports away
- The Doctor goes back through the fire
- And Rose and Mickey wander off
- In France, everything has changed
- Reinette enters but she is now a young woman
- The Doctor is surprised
- Even more so when she kisses him
- He returns to the spaceship
- To find Rose and Mickey gone
- He ventures off to look for them
- And runs into a horse
- Rose and Mickey explore
- They find a camera with a human eye
- A heart wired into the ship
- And another time window
- After briefly stopping off in France 1744
- The Doctor finds Rose and Mickey
- Looking through the time window
- They see Reinette and a Droid
- They rush through
- And begin to question the Droid
- They learn that:
- The ship was damaged
- The Droids didn't have the parts
- So used the crew
- They need one more part
- And can only use Reinette
- As they 'are the same'
- The Droid then teleports away
- Rose and Mickey follow
- But are caught
- The Doctor reads Reinette's mind
- And discovers the Droids want her a certain age
- Reinette reads his mind
- And disovers how lonely he is
- She takes him away to dance
- Rose and Mickey are tied to tables
- And about to be dissected
- When The Doctor appears
- Dissables the Droids
- And frees the others
- But the Droids power up
- Discover that Reinette is 'complete'
- And teleport away
- Rose warns Reinette in 1753
- About what will happen in 5 years time
- In 1758 the Droids have Reinette
- They are about to execute her
- When The Doctor appears on the horse
- And smashes the last time window
- As the Droids can't return
- They have no purpose
- And cease to work
- The Doctor believes he is trapped
- But Reinette shows him the fireplace
- Which was off line
- So still has the link
- The Doctor goes through
- And tells Reinette he will be back
- He meets up with Rose and Mickey
- Before returning to France
- But he is to late
- As Reinette has died
- He returns to the TARDIS
- Reads a letter Reinette wrote him
- Severs the final time link
- And travels on
- Never realizing the ship was named after Reinette
Best Bits
- The first meeting of the Clockwork Droid
- Arthur the horse
- The Doctor acting drunk
- Jumping through the mirror
- The letter
Favorite Quotes
The Doctor: Nah, nothing here. Well, nothing dangerous. Well, not that dangerous. Know what, I'll just have a quick scan... case there's anything dangerous.
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The Doctor: Must be a spatio-temporal hyperlink.
Mickey: What's that?
The Doctor: No idea. Just made it up. Didn't want to say 'magic door'.
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The Doctor: Don't worry Reinette, just a nightmare. Everyone had nightmares... even monsters.
Reinette: What do monsters have nightmares about?
The Doctor: Me!
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Rose: Oh, here's trouble. What you been up to?
The Doctor: Oh, this and that. Became the imaginary friend of a future French aristocrat, picked a fight with a clockwork man...
[A whinny is heard from off screen]
The Doctor: Oh, and I met a horse.
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Mickey: What's a horse doing on a spaceship?
The Doctor: Mickey, what's pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective.
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The Doctor: Oh, brilliant! It's you! You're my favorite, you are! You are the best! Know why? 'Cause you're so...thick! You're Mr Thick-Thick-Thickety-Thickface from Thicktown, Thickania! [pause] And so's your dad!
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Reinette: One may tolerate a world of deamons for the sake of an angel
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Reinette: Oh, this is my lover, the King of France.
The Doctor: [dismissive] Yeah? Well I'm the Lord of Time.
