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- Two minutes to curtain up, come on! - Two minutes to curtain up.

- Where's Tallulah? -Where do you think?

Hey, Tallulah, leave him alone!

It's nearly show time, Laszlo, I gotta go.

Just promise me you'll come on Sunday, okay?

My mother will kill me if she doesn't get to meet you.

What if she doesn't like me?

Tallulah, she'll love you just as much as I do.

Oh! You say the sweetest things.

But it's true. Now promise me. Sunday, you'll come?

I promise. Cross my heart.

Oh, here take this, sweetheart. Wear it on stage and think of me.

- Tallulah! -I'm coming! Quit yelling!

How do I look?

Like an angel.

- Wish me luck, Laszlo. - Break a leg, sweetheart.

Tallulah?

Who's there?

Hello?

Hello?

Who's there? Who are you?

- Where are we? -Ah! Smell that Atlantic breeze.

Nice and cold. Lovely! Martha, have you met my friend?

Is that... Oh, my God, that's the Statue of Liberty!

Gateway to the New World.

"Give me your tired, your poor

"Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

That's so brilliant. I've always wanted to go to New York.

I mean, the real New York, not the new, new, new one.

Well, there's the genuine article.

So good, they named it twice.

Mind you, it was New Amsterdam, originally.

Harder to say twice, no wonder it didn't catch on.

- New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam. -Wonder what year it is?

'Cause look, the Empire State Building's not even finished yet.

Work in progress. They've still got a couple of ?oors to go,

and if I know my history, that makes the date somewhere around...

November 1st, 1930.

You're getting good at this.

That's nearly 80 years ago.

It's funny, 'cause you see those old newsreels, all in black and white,

like it's so far away, but here we are.

It's real. It's now.

Come on, you. Where do you want go first?

I think our detour just got longer.

"Hooverville Mystery Deepens." What's Hooverville?

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the USA, came to power a year ago.

Up till then, New York was a boom town, the Roaring Twenties. And then...

The Wall Street Crash, yeah. When was that, 1929?

Yeah. The whole economy wiped out overnight.

Thousands of people unemployed.

All of a sudden, the huddled masses doubled in number with nowhere to go.

So they ended up here in Central Park.

What, they actually live in the park? In the middle of the city?

Ordinary people lost their jobs,

couldn't pay the rent, they lost everything.

There are places like this all over America. No one's helping them.

You only come to Hooverville when there's nowhere else to go.

You thieving low life!

All morning I wait in the bread line for a single loaf...

I didn't touch it.

- Somebody stole it from me... -Cut that out!

Cut it out, right now.

- He stole my bread! -That's enough!

Did you take it?

I don't know what happened, he just went crazy.

That's enough!

Now, think real careful before you lie to me.

I'm starving, Solomon.

We all starving. We all got family somewhere.

No stealing and no fighting. You know the rules.

Thirteen years ago, I fought in the Great War. A lot of us did.

And the only reason we got through because we stuck together.

No matter how bad things get, we still act like human beings.

It's all we got.

Come on.

I suppose that makes you the boss around here.

And who might you be?

- He's the Doctor, I'm Martha. -A doctor?

Well, we got stockbrokers, we've got a lawyer,

but you're the first doctor.

The neighbourhood gets classier by the day.

How many people live here?

Any one time, hundreds. No place else to go.

But I will say this about Hooverville, we a truly equal society.

Black, white, all the same, all starving.

So you're welcome, both of you.

But tell me, Doctor, you're a man of learning, right?

Explain this to me.

That there is going to be the tallest building in the world.

How come they can do that

and we got people starving in the heart of Manhattan?

Right, a little more.

Hoist!

I'm telling you the men won't stand for it.

I mean, are you out of your mind?

I got five hundred men working seven days a week.

They're flat out, and you want us to go faster?

The new masters demand it.

But we're on schedule. What's the problem?

Another month and we'll be done.

The mast on this building needs extra work completed by tonight.

Tonight? No way. It's impossible.

- That's an order. -Yeah?

Well, one word from me, and every man on this site stops work.

So go on, tell your masters that.

If that's your attitude, I think you should tell them yourself.

Yeah? Well, I ain't afraid of no man in a suit.

These new bosses, what's their names?

I think you could say they're from out of town.

- Italians? -Bit further than that.

- How much further? -Beyond your imagination.

Oh, what's that supposed to mean? Who are they?

Mr Diagoras, who are we working for?

Behold your masters.

What the hell...

I have been summoned. Explain.

Explain!

It can talk. How does it talk?

And what the hell are they? You gotta be kidding me?

I'm sorry, my lord,

but this man is refusing to complete the work.

Then we must replace him.

Is anybody gonna tell me what the hell is happening here?

Use him. Take him for the final experiment.

What's going on? Let go. Let go of me.

Let go of me. Get off of me, you freaks!

Mr Diagoras, will you tell them! Mr Diagoras...

The Empire State Building must be completed in time.

It will be, trust me.

Labour is cheap and that man can be replaced.

The plan must not fail.

We calculate the Gamma strike has accelerated.

- We need more bodies immediately! - Yes, master.

So, men going missing. Is this true?

It's true all right.

But what does missing mean?

I mean, people must come and go here all the time.

It's not like anyone's keeping a register.

Come on in.

- This is different. -In what way?

Someone takes them, at night.

We hear something, someone calls out for help.

By the time we get there, they're gone. Like they vanish into thin air.

And you're sure someone's taking them?

Doctor, when you've got next to nothing, you hold on to the little you got.

Knife, blanket, you take it with you.

You don't leave bread uneaten, a fire still burning.

Have you been to the police?

Yeah, we tried that. Another deadbeat goes missing, big deal.

So the question is who's taking them and what for?

Solomon! Solomon, Mr Diagoras is here.

I need men, volunteers. I've got a little work for you.

And you sure look like you could use the money.

- Yeah, what is the money? -A dollar a day.

- What's the work? -A little trip down the sewers.

Got a tunnel collapsed, needs clearing and fixing. Any takers?

- Uh-uh. -A dollar a day is a slave wage.

Yeah, yeah!

And men don't always come back up, do they?

Accidents happen.

What do you mean, what sort of accidents?

You don't need the work, that's fine.

Anybody else? Enough with the questions.

Oh, no, no, no. I'm volunteering. I'll go.

I'll kill you for this.

Anybody else?

Turn left, go about half a mile, follow tunnel 273,

the fall's right ahead of you. You can't miss it.

And when do we get our dollar?

- When you come back up. -And if we don't come back up?

Then I got no one to pay.

- Don't worry, we'll be back. -Let's hope so.

We gotta stick together.

It's easy to get lost. It's like a huge rabbit warren.

You could hide an army down here.

So, what about you, Frank?

You're not from around these parts, are you?

Oh, you can talk.

- No, I'm Tennessee, born and bred. -So how come you're here?

Oh, my Daddy died, Momma couldn't afford to feed us all,

so, I'm the oldest, up to me to feed myself.

So I put on my coat, hitched up here on the rail roads.

There's a whole lot of runaways in the camp, younger than me

from all over, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas.

Solomon keeps a look out for us.

So, what about you? You're a long way from home.

- Yeah, I'm just a hitcher, too. -You stick with me, you'll be all right.

So this Diagoras bloke, who is he, then?

Couple of months ago, he was just another foreman.

Now seems like he's running most of Manhattan.

- How'd he manage that, then? -These are strange times.

A man can go from being the king of the hill

to the lowest of the low overnight.

Guess for some folks, it works the other way around.

Whoa!

Is it radioactive, or something?

It's gone off, whatever it is.

And you've got to pick it up.

Shine your torch through it.

Composite organic matter. Martha, medical opinion?

- It's not human, I know that. -No. It's not.

And I'll tell you something else.

We must be at least half a mile in,

I don't see any signs of a collapse, do you?

So why did Mr Diagoras send us down here?

Where are we now? What's up above?

Well, we're right underneath Manhattan.

And here, the crowning glory of the Empire State Building,

the mast itself.

1,472 feet above New York.

It's a beautiful thing, sir.

And every single one of us is proud of it.

My wife says it's like a, like a spire reaching into heaven.

Except the gates of heaven need a little decoration.

These plates have gotta be fixed to the mast, right to the base itself.

That's okay. That's not too bad. Shouldn't take too long.

But the work has gotta be finished tonight.

- What, are you trying to kill us? -It's not safe!

We're flat out up there. Come on.

Don't argue with me!

But, sir, the men can't work up there at night.

It's freezing. Your hands go numb, you lose your grip, you fall.

You don't get it.

If you won't work, I can replace you like that.

Now take those panels and get going.

- What sort of metal is this, anyway? -Don't ask questions. just go.

I don't care how cold it is, how tired you are,

just get out there and finish the job!

The conductor must be complete for our plan to succeed.

Unemployment is such an incentive.

It'll get done, don't worry.

Daleks have no concept of Worry.

Yeah? Well, lucky you.

This day is ending.

Humankind is weak, you shelter from the dark.

And yet, you have built all this.

That's progress.

You gotta move with the times or you get left behind.

My planet is gone.

Destroyed in a great war.

Yet, versions of this city stand throughout history.

The human race always continues.

We've had wars. I've been a soldier myself.

And I swore then I'd survive, no matter what.

You have rare ambition.

I want to run this city, whatever it takes. By any means necessary.

You think like a Dalek

I'll take that as a compliment.

This human is our best option. Bring him to me.

Your loyalty will be rewarded. Come with me.

Prepare the laboratory. The final experiment will begin!

We obey.

- Where are we going? -You have been summoned by our leader.

Oh, and about time, too.

I bring you the human.

- I take it you're in charge? -Correct.

I am Dalek Sec. Leader of the Cult of Skaro.

Then, my Lord Sec, I am honoured to meet you.

Ever since you first made contact with me,

transmitting your thoughts into the corners of my mind,

tempting me with such images, such ideas,

oh, sir, I'd always dreamt that together...

Cease talking.

I just wanna let you know how grateful I am...

I said cease!

Slaves! Secure the human.

But you don't need to do that, I'm on your side.

I'm working with you. I'm your partner! I'm your friend!

We're way beyond half a mile. There's no collapse, nothing.

- That Diagoras bloke, was he lying? -Looks like it.

So Why'd he want people to come down here?

Solomon, I think it's time you took these two back.

I'll be much quicker on my own.

- What the hell was that? -Hello?

- Shh! - Frank!

What if it's one of the folk gone missing?

You'd be scared, half mad down here on your own.

You think they're still alive?

Heck, we ain't seen no bodies down here. Maybe they just got lost.

I never heard nobody make a sound like that.

Where's it coming from?

Sounds like there's more than one of them.

- This way? -No, that way.

Doctor.

Who are you?

Are you lost?

Can you understand me?

I've been thinking about folk lost down here.

It's all right, Frank, just stay back. Let me have a look.

He's got a point, though, my mate Frank.

I'd hate to be stuck down here on my own.

We know the way out. Daylight. If you come with us.

Oh, but what are you?

Is that some kind of carnival mask?

No, it's real.

I'm sorry.

But listen to me. I promise I can help.

Who did this to you?

Doctor, I think you'd better get back here.

- Doctor! -Actually, good point.

- They're following you. -Yeah, I noticed that, thanks.

Right, then, Martha, Frank, Solomon.

- What? - I think, um, basically,

Tun!

- Where are we going? -This way!

There's a ladder. Come on!

Frank!

- Come on, Frank. -Come on.

I got you.

Come on! Come on!

- Come on! -Frank!

- Frank! -No!

- We can't go after him. -I've got to go back down!

- We can't just leave him. -No, I'm not losing anybody else!

Those creatures were from hell! From hell itself!

If we go after him, they'll take us all! There's nothing we can do.

I'm sorry.

All right then, put 'em up!

Hands in the air and no funny business.

Now, tell me, you shmucks,

what have you done with Laszlo?

- Who's Laszlo? -Laszlo's my boyfriend.

Was my boyfriend until he disappeared two weeks ago.

No letter, no goodbye, no nothing.

And I'm not stupid. I know some guys are just pigs, but not my Laszlo.

I mean, what kind of guy asks you to meet his mom before he vamooses?

Might...might just help if you put that down.

Huh?

Oh, sure.

Oh, come on, it's not real. It's just a prop.

- It was either that or a spear. -What do you think happened to Laszlo?

I wish I knew. One minute he's there, the next, zip, vanished.

- Listen, what was your name? -Tallulah.

- Tallulah. -Three "L's" and an "H".

Right. We can try and find Laszlo, but he's not the only one.

There are people disappearing every night.

And there are creatures. Such creatures...

- What do you mean, creatures? -Look, listen, just trust me.

Everyone is in danger. I need to find out exactly what this is.

Because then I'll know exactly what we're fighting.

Yeuch!

- How about this? I found it backstage. -Perfect.

It's the capacitors I need.

I'm just rigging up a crude, little DNA scan for this beastie.

If I can get a chromosomal reading, I can find out where it's from.

How about you, Doctor? Where are you from?

I been all over, I never heard anybody talk like you.

Just exactly who are you?

- Oh, I'm just sort of passing by. -I'm not a fool, Doctor.

No. Sorry.

I was scared, Doctor.

I let 'em take Frank 'cause I was just so scared.

I got to get back to Hooverville.

With these creatures on the loose, we gotta protect ourselves.

- And no one else gonna help us. -Good luck.

I hope you find what you're looking for, for all our sakes.

Laszlo, he'd wait for me after the show.

Walk me home, like I was a lady.

He'd leave a flower for me on my dressing table.

Every day, just a single rosebud.

Haven't you reported him missing?

Sure, but he's just a stagehand, who cares?

- The management certainly don't. -Can't you kick up a fuss or something?

Okay, so then they fire me.

But they'd listen to you, you're one of the stars.

Oh, honey, I got one song in a back-street revue,

and that's only 'cause Heidi Chicane broke her ankle,

which had nothing to do with me whatever anybody says.

I can't afford to make a fuss.

If I don't make this month's rent,

then before you know it, I'm in Hooverville.

Okay, I get it.

It's the Depression, sweetie.

Your heart might break, but the show goes on,

'cause if it stops, you starve.

Every night I have to go out there,

sing, dance, keep going, hoping he's gonna come back.

I'm sorry.

Hey, you're lucky, though. You got yourself a forward-thinking guy

-with that hot potato in the sharp suit. -Oh, he's not... We're not together.

Oh, sure you are. I've seen the way you look at him. It's obvious.

Not to him.

Oh, I should have realised. He's into musical theatre, huh?

What a waste. Still, you gotta live in hope.

It's the only thing that's kept me going, 'cause, well, look.

On my dressing table every day still.

- Do you think it's Laszlo? -I don't know.

If he's still around, why is he being all secret,

like he doesn't want me to see him?

The stories are true. People are being taken.

We lost Frank today.

He was stolen from right in front of me, but no more. I swear to you, no more!

Now, I made a pledge that this place would be a peaceful place,

but now it's time to take up arms.

Yeah!

We need weapons. We need sentries on duty.

We need men prepared to fight.

We got to protect ourselves, 'cause you know no one else will. Now get moving!

Arm yourselves, come on!

Yeah!

I can't feel my fingers.

We can't stay here for much longer. We'll fall.

Come on, we're nearly done.

The chromatin solution is ready.

Then our preparations are complete.

What are you doing? Preparations for what?

This is the final experiment.

What do you mean? Do you mean like those pig-men things?

You're not gonna turn me into one of those. Oh, God, please don't!

The Pig Slaves are primitive.

The final experiment is greater by far.

But how does that involve me?

We need your flesh. Bring him to me.

Halt! This action contradicts the Dalek imperative.

Daleks are supreme. Humans are weak.

But there are millions of humans and only four of us.

If we are supreme, why are we not victorious?

The Cult of Skaro was created by the Emperor for this very purpose,

to imagine new ways of survival.

But we must remain pure.

No, Dalek Thay! Our purity has brought us to extinction!

We must adapt to survive.

You have all made sacrifices.

And now! will sacrifice myself for the greater cause,

for the future of Dalek-kind. Now bring me the human!

But I don't understand. What do you mean? Get off of me.

Behold the true Dalek form.

Now join with me.

No! Get off me! I did everything you asked of me! No!

That's it, just need to heat you up.

Girls, it's show time!

Lois, you spoil my sashay tonight,

- I'm gonna punch you. -Quit complaining, Myrna.

- Go buy yourself some glasses. -Come on, honey, take a look.

- Ever been on stage before? -Oh, little bit, you know, Shakespeare.

How dull is that? Come and see a real show!

This is artificial!

Ladies and gentlemen...

They genetically engineered it.

Whoever this is, oh, you're clever.

With Heaven and Hell.

# You lured me in with your cold grey eyes

# Your simple smile your bewitching lies

# One and one and one is three

# My bad, bad angel

# The devil and me

# You put the devil in me

# You put the devil in me

# You put the devil in me

# My bad, bad angel

# You put the devil in me #

What are you doing?

- What are you doing? -You're on my tail. Get off my tail!

Fundamental DNA type 467-989.

989. Hold on, now that means planet of origin...

Skaro.

- Get off the stage, you're spoiling it. -But look, over there!

Hey!

Wait!

But you're different to the others. just wait.

It was like something out of a movie show.

Oh, that face. I ain't never gonna sleep.

- Where is she? Where's Martha? -I don't know. She ran off the stage.

Martha!

- Oh, where are you going? -They've taken her.

Who's taken her? What are you doing?

I said what the hell are you doing?

Crazy guy...

No, no, no, no way. You're not coming.

- Tell me what's going on. -There's nothing you can do, go back.

Look, whoever's taken Martha they could have taken Laszlo, couldn't they?

- Tallulah, you're not safe down here. -Then that's my problem.

Come on. Which way?

This way.

Let me go!

- Martha. -You're alive.

Oh, I thought we'd lost you. All right, all right, we're moving!

- Where are they taking us? -I don't know.

But we can find out what's going on down here.

When you say they've taken her, who's they, exactly?

And who are you, anyway? I never asked.

- Shh. -Okay, okay.

Shh!

I mean, you're a handsome enough...

No, no, no.

They survive. They always survive, while I lose everything.

That metal thing, what was it?

It's called a Dalek.

- And it's not just metal, it's alive. -You're kidding me.

Do I look like I'm kidding?

Inside that shell there's a creature born to hate,

who's only thought is to destroy everything

and everyone that isn't a Dalek too.

They won't stop until it's killed every human being alive.

But if that's not a human being,

that kind of implies it's from outer space.

Yet again, that's a no with the kidding. Oy!

Well, what's it doing here in New York?

Stop the process. Dalek Sec is failing!

No! The experiment must continue.

Administer the solution!

We must evolve.

Evolve! Evolve!

Every second you're down here, you're in danger. I'm taking you back right now.

Where's Martha? What have you done with her?

- What have you clone with Martha? -I didn't take her.

- Can you remember your name? -Don't look at me.

- Do you know where she is? -Stay back! Don't look at me.

- What happened to you? -They made me a monster.

- Who did? -The masters.

The Daleks. Why?

They needed slaves.

They needed slaves to steal more people,

so they created us, part animal, part human.

I escaped before they got my mind but it was still too late.

Do you know what happened to Martha?

They took her. It's my fault, she was following me.

Were you in the theatre?

I never...

- Yes. -Why? Why were you there?

I never wanted you to see me like this.

Why me? What I got to do with this?

Were you following me? Is that why you were there?

Yes.

- Who are you? -I was lonely.

- Who are you? -I needed to see you.

Who are you?

- I'm sorry. -No, wait.

Let me look at you.

Laszlo?

My Laszlo?

What have they done to you?

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

- Laszlo, can you show me where they are? -But they'll kill you.

If I don't stop them, they'll kill everyone.

Then follow me.

- What are they keeping us here for? -I don't know.

Got a nasty feeling we're being kept in the larder.

What are they doing? What's wrong? What's wrong?

Silence! Silence!

What the hell is that?

You will form a line! Move! Move!

Just do what it says, everyone, okay? just obey.

The female is wise. Obey!

- Report! -These are strong specimens.

They will help the Dalek cause.

Dalek.

What is the status of the final experiment?

The Dalekenium is in place. The energy conductor is now complete.

Then I will extract prisoners for selection.

Intelligence scan - initiate.

Reading brain waves. Low intelligence.

- You calling me stupid? -Silence!

This one will become a Pig Slave. Next.

No, let go of me! I'm not becoming one of them.

No, let me go!

Intelligence scan - initiate.

high intelligence and low intelligence.

The low intelligence are taken to become Pig Slaves, like me.

- But that's not fair! -Shh!

You're the smartest guy I ever dated.

- And the others? -They' re taken to the laboratory.

- Why? What for? -I don't know.

The masters only call it the final experiment.

Superior intelligence.

Intelligence scan - initiate.

Superior intelligence.

This one will become pan' of the final experiment.

You can't just experiment on people. It's insane! It's inhuman!

We are not human.

Prisoners of high intelligence will be taken to the Transgenic Laboratory.

Look out, they're moving.

Doctor. Doctor, quickly!

I'm not coming. I've got an idea. You go.

- Laszlo, come on. -Can you remember the way?

- Yeah, I think so. -Then go, please.

But, Laszlo, you've got to come with me.

Where would I go?

Tallulah, I'm begging you. just save yourself, just run. just go!

Go.

- Keep walking. -I am so glad to see you.

Yeah, well, you can kiss me later. You, too, Frank, if you want.

Report!

Dalek Sec is entering the final stage of evolution.

Scan him. Prepare for birth.

Evolution?

What's wrong with old Charlie Boy over there?

- Ask them. - What, me? Don't be daft.

I don't exactly want to get noticed. Ask them what's going on.

Daleks, I demand to be told.

What is this final experiment?

Report!

- You will bear witness. -To what?

This is the dawn of a new age.

What does that mean?

We are the only four Daleks in existence.

So the species must evolve.

A life outside the shell.

The children of Skaro must walk again.

What is it?

I am a human Dalek.

I am your future.

Move, move, move, move, move!

Come on, everyone up, come on!

Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now they're vulnerable.

That makes them more dangerous than ever.

Monsters! They're monsters!

It's started.

Got to get everyone out.

Hooverville's the lowest place a man can fall,

there's no where else to go.

- Oh, my God. -Take aim.

Exterminate.