Original subtitles

We sent message to the village.

We thought no one was coming.

But you're not the midwife.

My name is Frau Rani.

Am I too late?

No. Just in time.

We thought we needed help.

Violett was in an awful lot of pain, but then a miracle. We were so lucky.

But you were born lucky, isn't that what they say?

Herr Zufall, the seventh son of a seventh son.

With seven sons of your own.

One, two, three, four, five, six...

And lucky number seven.

We thought Jonas would be a wonderful name.

I think it's absolutely terrible.

Let me see.

That's it.

Hello.

I think he needs a stronger name like Sturm-und-Drang, ja?

I'm sorry, but I don't think his name is up to you.

I'm afraid it is because I will be taking little baby.

Danke schön.

You've done a very good job, but now he's all mine.

Excuse me, I don't think so.

Give me my child back right now.

Violett, isn't it?

Such a pretty name.

Your wife is violets.

Mama! No, Mama! No!

Witchcraft.

It's older than that, darling.

Your child is the fountainhead of a power from beyond this universe.

Boys, get out.

All of you, children, get out now!

- Run! - That's right.

Waddle away!

And you.

The seventh son of a seventh son.

Such great wisdom.

Like a wise old owl.

Hoot, hoot.

Quack, quack.

Bye-bye.

Now then, mein Liebchen, let's get to work.

We have things to do in 160 years' time with one very special wish.

Morning, darling.

Morning, sweetheart.

This is nice.

You and me.

I could stay here forever.

Don't go to work.

Stay, stay, stay.

I wish.

But I've got to earn a living so that we can have a lovely life together.

Meow.

- Hello. - Hi. Meow.

- Meow. - Meow.

- Did you see a cat? - Meow.

Is that you wanting a cat?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Meow.

- Meow. - Meow.

And the weather's going to be nice

all across England and the whole of Great Britain.

It's nice in France and Africa,

and Venezuela and Missouri and New Zealand.

That's my promise.

Really nice weather all over the world.

Happy morning, everyone.

Happy morning, Conrad.

Now, it's time for today's story.

Doctor Who and the Deadly Wish.

Once upon a time...

The Time Lords were really clever people from the planet Gallifrey,

but one of the Time Lords ran away.

What's Uncle Connie saying, Poppy?

I've got so much to do.

There's the laundry and shopping

and amma's coming round 'cause we've got to make plans.

Do you know why, Poppy?

Come here, jam face.

Do you know what day tomorrow is, Poppy?

It's May Day.

It's May the 24th.

May the 24th, the big day.

We're gonna celebrate with balloons and songs.

Mummy will cook a big pot of biryani.

- Is that nice? - No.

I've got it. I've got it.

- You head off, darling. - Okay.

Maybe you shouldn't doubt things so much, Poppy?

- You need to be careful, okay? - Okay.

Okay.

Thank you, darling.

Hi.

Hello.

Yeah, um...

Sorry about this.

- Do I know you? - I don't think so.

- Who are you? - I've got to ask...

Are you the Doctor?

- Do you need a doctor? Is everything okay? - No, no, um...

Are you called the Doctor?

My name is John Smith.

Okay.

Okay, but it's not. I don't know why, it's just not.

- What's going on? - It's...

It's nothing, darling. It's, um, it's just someone.

Listen, is this some sort of a game because I don't really appreciate it

- on my doorstep. - And you're John Smith's wife.

I certainly am.

Who are you?

- That's your daughter. - Of course it is.

- That's Poppy. - But she's not...

I-I-I'm sorry, but you don't have a daughter.

My God.

I beg your pardon.

- That is the most outrageous thing to say. - Yeah.

- Why don't you watch Uncle Conrad? - No, please. I'm so sorry.

My name's Ruby, I swear.

I'm just trying to help.

No, please. I didn't mean to just...

Did you... Did you say...

Ruby?

Yes, hello.

I have someone expressing doubt.

The address is 11 Calico Avenue.

I'd be grateful if you could come at once.

- But... - No, no, no, no, no.

Don't speak to her, Melanie.

You're called Mel?

I'm sorry, do I know you?

N-No.

What was all that about, Mr Smith?

Never mind.

Best forgotten, hey?

One more day till May the 24th.

Any plans?

You know, I'm single, no parents, no children.

So I will sit in silent contemplation and be jolly glad.

Aren't they beautiful?

I ask you, how can anyone doubt this glorious world that we live in?

The people who lived on the Earth were called humans.

Doctor Who had lots and lots of human friends.

They loved him and travelled with him.

But sometimes they'd leave him so they could go and fall in love,

and marry and have babies.

And then the Doctor was all alone,

but he travelled on with bravery in his heart,

- looking for his next best friend. - Anything, mate? Anything?

Happy morning.

Happy morning.

Cutting it fine.

Another two minutes and you'd have been late.

I did work late last night.

Time carries no favours.

- Happy morning. - Happy morning.

Now, milk, no sugar, Mr Smith.

I've got digestives, Bourbons and nice vanilla wafers.

Just give us a shout if you need anything.

I don't think anyone will be shouting, thank you very much.

It might be a public holiday on May the 24th, but that's tomorrow.

But then a sad day came along...

All the Time Lords were killed, and Doctor Who was the only one left.

Psst.

He ran back home, but he was too late

I've heard she likes Chinese food.

Deborah in accounts said Kate swears by it. Loves it.

But what am I going to say?

"Can we go out to dinner? Just you and me."

If you two got together, she wouldn't have to work.

It's undignified. You'd be saving her.

But she's way out of my league.

She's not. You're a beautiful man.

What's that supposed to mean?

No. No.

- No, no, no. I'm just saying... - You're a man.

How can you find another man beautiful?

Sorry, that was... that was the slip.

Yeah, sorry. Sorry. That was the slip.

- I've got it. Don't worry. - Okay.

"Many a slip, 'twixt cup and lip", as they say.

9:00 a.m. We have begun.

Get to work.

Happy morning. Unified National Insurance Team, how can I help?

And Doctor Who wished it was like the old days

when he had a faithful companion

companion... companion at his side.

But sadly, those days were gone.

Knock, knock.

It's only us.

Mwah. Mwah.

- Make way. Make way. - Hello, Amma.

You look well, Auntie.

I was just saying to Devika, May the 24th is a lovely day,

except for your father singing.

Hello, Poppy-loo.

And it's May the 24th tomorrow.

Won't that be fun?

No!

She is getting cheeky.

Don't worry. Plenty of time to drum that out of her.

You know her path in life.

It's all very clear.

Good little girl, then good little wife, then good little mother.

And as Conrad says,

that's what we're here for.

And Conrad is never wrong.

Mind you, Belinda.

I thought you were destined to be trouble.

Twenty-four hours lab our. Do you remember?

I thought she'd never arrive.

How long were you with Poppy?

- How long was I what? - In lab our.

Um.

I must have been there.

Was I?

I can't remember.

The birth of your only child.

Every mother remembers.

Yes, I know.

I-It must have been...

What was it, Amma?

I-It's funny, but I can't remember.

What was it like, Pops?

Do you remember?

The day of your birth.

When was it?

Ooh. That was quite a slip.

Don't worry. It's only natural.

Easily done, darling, easily fixed.

You see? That's what happens when you doubt something.

Here we go.

Out the way, sweetheart.

There we go.

It turned out Doctor Who wasn't the only one left.

A Time Lady had survived.

There she is!

It's her.

It is really her! There she is.

You're supposed to be working.

Come on, it's her.

Wow.

It is an honour to get a sighting.

- It must be for May the 24th. - There she goes.

Come on. Come, come, come on.

Come on!

She's so beautiful.

I wonder who she is.

- My gosh. - What is wrong with you today?

- Do you wonder who she is? - No.

No, no, I, she just...

She just is.

She just is. She...

She is who she is and that... and that is all.

Mortadella from Italy.

It's dead, pink fat, but humans seem to like it.

Let's keep the boy happy.

Is that a salad or a sandwich?

How are we doing?

Better than ever.

Very strong doubts.

We're even getting nines this time of the day.

- Nine, three, three, nine, four. - Listen.

Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine.

Six, nine, nine, nine, six, five, five, five, five, nine, nine.

Nine, six, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven.

Six, six, six, six, six, six, six...

Nine, nine, nine, nine, eight, nine.

Excellent.

Seek and ye shall find.

Sandwich, obviously.

Right.

Do this, do that.

Yes, ma'am. No, ma'am.

Can I cut your toenails, ma'am?

Snip, bloody snip.

Let's pause there.

Now have a look at some pictures of India.

Hello there.

Hi. It's been ages.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

You know the mistress, she has a lot of demands.

But she thought you'd like this.

Nice, thanks.

But...

Is it okay out there? Is it working?

I think so, Conrad.

Very much so.

It's such a lot of hard work.

All the thinking.

Sometimes I forget about the weather and-and-and South Africa gets flooded.

Darling, you're worn out.

I am a bit.

You work so hard.

And you're doing a very, very good job.

Would I lie?

Yes, I would.

But not this time, darling.

That's why we found you and saved you.

And that's why the mistress chose you.

The boy who wants the world to be better.

A wish from the heart.

Yeah.

How's the little one?

You know, same as ever.

Smiling.

Look at him.

He's so tiny.

But he sustains this entire world.

- And he never cries. - No.

No, all he does is chuckle.

He's amazing.

Isn't he?

He's terrifying.

He's absolutely terrifying.

And we have a temporal fix.

Counting down.

Vindicator now powered up to 99% and rising.

When you've got time...

You said make him a sandwich.

Is the trap ready?

Just waiting to be primed, ma'am.

Good, good, good.

Careful, ma'am.

Gets a bit slippy with ice.

Ooh. And ever so cold.

I'm not a child.

Well, you're my child in a manner of speaking.

It could be said that you sprang from my loins.

That's the most disgusting thing I've ever heard.

How's the Doctor?

Getting there.

Doubts at 30%.

But it's sunset at 20:58, and that's when his thinking intensifies.

It's a shame these little people have to die.

I was getting rather fond of them.

But tonight we will find him.

The One Who is Lost.

And then the great work begins.

Many years ago when Gallifrey was young,

the Doctor and the Time Lady had been terrible enemies.

They had fought over all sorts of irrelevant things.

But the Time Lady knew they could be great friends.

If only Doctor Who knew how clever she was.

So one day

- she stepped out of the shadows. - It's weird, innit?

- Like they're there but not there. - She said, "Doctor Who, remember me?"

- How is that even possible? - And he did.

He said her name out loud.

And he said, "We shouldn't be enemies anymore."

- Sorry. - We're the only ones left.

I don't suppose you could spare us a couple of quid, could you?

- All the Time Lords are dead... - No, no.

I shouldn't be talking to you. This isn't right.

Sorry, but is your name Shirley?

Ruby.

This is how we live.

The disabled, the dispossessed, the ones who don't fit in.

I swear I've never seen this place before.

Yes, you have. You walk past it every day, and you ignore us.

But how do I know you, 'cause I swear we've never met.

Can you please just tell me what the hell is going on?

We get ignored.

We're poor and forgotten and irrelevant,

and that is the way the world is.

Except... sometimes all of us in the camp get these glimpses.

It's like a glimpse in the corner of my eye,

like I can remember something.

Then... it's gone.

A glimpse of a better world.

Yeah, but you're different from us lot.

Pardon me if I don't frisk you, but you seem very non-disabled to me.

Well, I could be taller, but yeah.

Yeah, but despite that, you're the same as us.

You keep having doubts about the world, but why?

Um...

Well, there's this man called the Doctor,

and he's connected somehow.

'Cause it feels like I've lived through this before.

I've seen 2025 and it was different.

And I tried telling my mum and my gran, and they said...

You can't say things like that.

A foster child can't listen to doubts!

There is something wrong with you, my girl.

Somebody put guzum upon you.

It's my daughter. She's been expressing doubts.

I think you need to come and take her away.

My own mother.

Get her another one, Pete.

Val says you were lucky.

She says we're all lucky.

We live outside the world, so we can see it better.

- We can see when things don't make sense... - Thank you.

But here we are.

We haven't got a penny, but I've got this wheelchair.

State of the art.

And God knows, with my spin a bifida I need medicine, and I've got nothing.

But I'm okay.

Val says we're suspended.

For me, I think these things are like fossils or relics,

like they're bleeding through from a life that's been lost.

Brian, tell 'em your theory.

It all comes down to Conrad Clark.

Yeah, well... I keep having thoughts about him too.

Ruby Sunday.

I don't trust him for a second.

My God, you too.

You can get arrested for saying things like that.

Yeah, well, I don't know why or how.

But Conrad Clark is a monster.

That's exactly what I say.

Everything that's wrong revolves around Conrad.

And that man's hiding something.

But what? Can you tell from, like, the sound of his voice?

Yes, because being blind gives you magical powers.

All right.

Give me a break.

No, it's obvious.

It's perception bias.

He's not disabled, so he literally can't see us.

And if he can't see us, well then we don't get seen.

Yeah, he's like king and ruler and emperor and god.

I mean, how did Conrad become god of the earth?

So what do you think, Ruby?

About what?

We don't just sit here all day complaining.

We've got plans.

We're gonna bring down God.

You with us?

I'm in.

I am in.

But the Time Lady had an idea.

She said, it's not over... not over, because I know a secret hidden away.

And the secret came from the depths of Time Lord history.

A secret so old and so terrible, everyone had forgotten,

but the secret was beginning to wake.

And the Doctor said, "Tell me the secret."

But the mysterious Time Lady was clever and wise,

and she knew that Doctor Who was weak.

Doctor?

Doctor, can you hear me?

I haven't got much time. They're coming.

And this hell dimension is sliding into the pit.

I don't know if I'm gonna survive.

Thank you for that, you know.

But I have to warn you, I can only send you one warning

and this is gonna sound strange, but listen to me.

Tables don't do that.

Remember, tables don't do that.

I gotta go.

I miss you.

Well,

more than that,

I love you.

I warn you, Doctor, this secret will change reality forever.

John,

what are you doing?

Come on, look.

Look, look, look, look. Look.

- It's been a very long day. - No.

- Why don't you come to bed? - No. Wait.

Wait, wait.

Do you see?

So?

- That's a slip. That's what happens. - No.

- Things slip. - No, no.

But how?

- How do they slip? - It's just the way of the world, John.

They always have, and they always will. Now, stop it.

'Cause he said... he said, tables don't do that.

And I thought he's right.

He's right. That is not what tables are supposed to do.

Who said?

There was a man on the TV.

And I really liked him.

Hello?

I'm sorry.

It's my husband.

He's having doubts.

- He's in there. - No, I wasn't.

I wasn't doubting anything. I just asked.

I had a question. I had a good question. That's all.

- I am sorry. - I had to think of Poppy.

- I got this thought. - I couldn't have doubts in the house.

- Not with her upstairs. - I couldn't stop it.

I am sorry, Bel.

I couldn't stop it.

We have the unit secure.

I'm really very sorry, Mrs Smith, but I have a job to do.

Amma?

What are you doing here?

There's a child asleep upstairs, and she's going to need someone with her

in the morning.

- Take her. - What are you doing?

Get off me! Leave me alone.

- Amma! - I'm sorry, Belinda!

I'm so sorry.

You recognised your husband's doubt

because you've been expressing doubt yourself.

That's what it does, Mrs Smith.

It contaminates, it breeds, it festers, and it's my job to cut it out.

My job and my very great pleasure.

- Hurry up. - All right. All right.

We're not exactly the best bunch of spies, are we?

- Oy, ya ableist. - Well, come on.

If we're caught outside after the curfew,

then we'll be locked up for doubting the system.

Stop worrying, you.

This is the perfect vantage point. Look.

And I've got this.

Well, what does it do?

It's one of the relics from the other world.

And

it's got power.

- Like magic. - But it's not.

- Why does it feel so familiar? - I know.

Like I've seen it before.

But whatever it is,

we think this can help us with Conrad Clark.

Do you see the way the picture links up?

I think that means that Conrad is broadcasting from up there.

And if this thing can trace the signal, what if we can block it?

What if we can cut him off?

Then he'd have to find us.

The plan is for Conrad to leave the Bone Palace,

- and then once he's outside... - That's all I need.

If I can just meet Conrad,

if I can look him in the eye, then I'll remember.

I just feel like I'll remember.

And if I can remember everything,

then I can remember the Doctor and the world that was.

You will step over the threshold.

- I don't know what you mean. - What are these things?

The male will step over first.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay.

- Now, the female. - Okay.

It's fine.

- It's fine. It's good. - I'm sorry I reported you.

It's my fault.

I have my doubts, okay?

But I never doubt you, Belinda.

Whatever this place is, we'll find out together.

What the hell?

Doctor.

Yes, Doctor.

Remember?

Come on, we go way back.

Open up that memory.

What about this?

It's called the Seal of Rassilon.

Rassilon was the President Eternal of the Time Lords.

Anything? No? Nothing?

And these things, clone-type-classiforms.

Basic Seeker-function animals.

No?

Is any of this making sense?

Don't you ever wonder deep down in both your hearts,

where your TARDIS is?

Who are you?

I want to ask.

Please, I have a child at home.

Her name is Poppy.

And I promise we won't mention any of this, ever,

if you just let us go home and look after her.

No, you haven't.

- What? - Got a child.

I beg your pardon?

You haven't got a child.

Don't you dare say that.

- That girl, she said... - Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, that's it. You remember.

What was her name?

Ruby.

He's getting there. That's it.

May the 24th, it's on its way.

Nine minutes, close down, lock all externals.

What's it doing?

It-It's telling us the time,

but I don't understand why that's so important.

What's going on up there?

Music!

We danced once upon a time, you and I.

At the siege of Persephone, with the city burning around us.

People said we were lovers.

Can you remember if that's true?

Far away in time and space.

Were we?

Yes, I had a different face.

So did you a long time ago,

because the tragedy is we were never enemies.

Every villain you ever fought wanted death.

I only wanted life.

Remember?

My name is the Rani.

No.

No.

- You remember. - No.

- I am the Rani. - No.

No, no, no, no.

And I am the Rani.

We bi-generated.

We are both the Rani.

What the hell are you saying?

The two of you? It sounds like one of Conrad's stories.

I love saying this bit.

Your husband is an alien and so am I.

We are the last Time Lord and the last Time Lady

from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous.

- No, no, no, no, no. - But this planet is a lie.

This whole world is a wish.

What are you even talking about?

Darling, darling.

I know this is hard.

- Come. Come. - Leave him alone!

But he made so much of this happen.

He stirred the gods, Belinda.

He woke the most ancient of powers.

Come and see.

I can't let you in. I don't trust you for a single second.

But look.

What?

Conrad?

Doctor.

Why does everyone keep calling me that?

The last time we met, you told me I was nothing.

So what do you think of me now?

It's the child, Doctor.

You woke the Pantheon.

And the most powerful god of all was born, Desidirium, the God of Wishes.

And he's mine.

All the world below is a world I have wished.

We needed one more thing.

Come on.

No God of Wishes could have infinite power,

or we'd be drowning in a universe of breast milk.

So, I needed to boost his powers which led to the Vindicator.

Hidden in plain sight, do you remember?

- No. No. - Gotta say, great bit of tech.

It criss-crossed the universe,

creating a web of power to bring you back here.

Look at that.

Voystet-bladen energy to the power of five,

- roughly the equivalent of... - A billion supernovas.

There.

He's remembering.

So the Vindicator created a web of titanic power ready for me to use.

Power great enough to amplify the wishes of a god,

allowing Conrad to create an entire world.

You cannot wish a whole world into existence.

Exactly.

It's full of mistakes and it cannot sustain itself

because you have doubts.

Doubts... Doubts are not allowed.

All right, yes, we have doubts.

So what if we do?

Everybody has doubts.

She's got it.

She's very good.

Because the truth is...

The doubts are not the problem.

The doubts are the whole point.

Doubt is such a beautiful thing.

If you question hard enough, then doubt can crack open the world.

On cue!

It shook.

The whole palace shook.

What is happening?

That's why I needed you trapped inside the wish.

Because this isn't just exposition, Doctor.

I need to tell you everything so that your doubt becomes all-consuming.

If ordinary doubt cracks open the world,

then a Time Lord's doubt rips open the structure of reality itself.

Come and see.

Quickly. Out we go!

So much fun.

Look at the city.

Farewell to London.

That is not real. It can't be.

That is not... That is not real.

The palace exists as a fixed point. It's safe.

But you wished this world into existence, and then you kill it.

Why are you doing this?

Because once reality is broken on a scale as vast as this,

- I can see underneath. - See what?

Deep within the Underverse, he is hidden.

The One Who is Lost.

Who?

There she blows!

Tell me. Tell me.

Tell me who you are looking for.

Omega.

The first Time Lord.

The creator of the Time Lords.

The greatest and most terrifying Time Lord of all.

Long live Omega.

Omega shall be free!

I remember.

I remember.

The Doctor is me.

And the Rani...

You can't do this!

I remember! All right?

I am the Doctor!

My God. Belinda.

Get rid of the wife.

Take her across the threshold.

What are you doing?

Where's John? Where is he?

There is no John.

You married a ghost.

Nice of you to join us, Doctor, but I remember you too.

And I know that you'll try everything to stop me, so I can't take that risk.

Rani!

But don't you understand?

I have a daughter!

Poppy is real!

Don't you know what that means?