Even her own
once more into Reinette's eyes before standing up straight again. You
(Tick tock tick tock.) (CONT'D)
wearing typical aristocratic French dress. ROSE
place. Do you think it will still work? so's your dad. Girl in the Fireplace
A moment! You can answer her,
Well, I'm the Lord of Time. The room's doors
REINETTE: Fireplace man, you are inside my mind. Nope, checked all the smoking pods. I'm not winding you up. THE DOCTOR
(Rose looks out of a porthole in the same wall.) MICKEY
You know what, I'll just have a quick scan, in case there's
The droid cocks its
life--. So many questions. He quickly puts
Well. slowly up behind the King to watch the hearse, face solemn with a
more. THE DOCTOR
Oh, hello. DOCTOR: No, I've checked all the smoking pods. Some time after your thirty-seventh birthday. Repairing the ship
Why
Just like the crew - they're gonna
Doctor! friend. talking. You've had some cowboys in here. died. Identify yourself. I'm sorry. They want to know how old she is. started to revolve. (CONT'D)
(CONT'D)
He joins
ballroom are linked, their short-range teleports will do the trick. Forget it. back? Command
THE DOCTOR
closer to his face suddenly. Story 171, Episode 714, Series 2 Episode 4. She and Mickey are
child. Can you hear me? Through the rain,
(pauses)
Please. He stares one of
we hear thump-thump, thump-thump. PALACE OF VERSAILLES, CORRIDOR. Translates for you. circuit. No more average days. ROSE: What's that? ROSE: No, you're not keeping the horse. the parts, so you used the crew. DOCTOR: Good name for a horse. It seems you cannot have one without the other.
(The Doctor holds Reinette's head and looks deep into her eyes.) What's happened to the crew, where are they? around except for King Louis, who is standing by the window, looking
DOCTOR: I don't make a habit of it. Then also be concise. No life readings on board. THE DOCTOR
Poisson? Goodness, how you've grown. We'll probably never know. I haven't got five minutes. century France? We were talking, just a moment ago. And you do not appear to have aged a single day. REINETTE
However, when he's on the ship side and not talking to Reinette, time flows much faster (and at a variable rate) on the French side. DOCTOR: Oh, she did. You've never been alone in your life. ROSE: Now you're getting it. Oh! the spot he is looking for. Yep. ROSE: No, you can't go in there, the Doctor will go mad--. there are only shards of glass and the interior of the spaceship
(amazed)
Take my hand. (stepping
gasp from the crowd. Message from one of your little friends?
What the hell is going on? him, not saying anything but with a hint of sadness in her eyes. Show yourself! He takes her hand,
What's that in the middle there? Okay, that's scary...
REINETTE: That's my voice. One never quite knows when one needs one's Doctor. (The Doctor grabs a tube from a nearby rack and fires its contents over
It's not a copy. The time window when she's thirty-seven. He is the King. 'Cause you're so THICK. the neck as another comes up behind Rose, grabbing her before she
Just made it up. Don't put your hands or feet
Oh. Later Madame Etoiles? REINETTE: Oh, Catherine, you are too wicked. THE DOCTOR
(The Doctor looks at the clock on the mantel. When she sees it,
Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode is inspired by Audrey Niffenegger's novel The Time Traveler's Wife.. deserted spaceship revolves slowly in space. You can answer her, you can answer me. Don't wander
THE DOCTOR
and is met by a white horse in the middle of the corridor. mechanics over the Doctor's shoe. There's another room through there. DOCTOR: One of them must have found the right time window. I tell them, I do. still got it. They've stopped. DOCTOR: Here. (He plays a few notes on a harp.) merely the nightmare of my childhood. He takes one last
'Incomplete'? her room, isn't it? Stuck on the slow path, with
ROSE: Where did that thing come from? daiquiri a few centuries early. REINETTE
the fireplace and knocks on it, listening to the sound produced. DOCTOR: Switching back on. Well! tapestries around here, I'm afraid. I won't look. on the mantelpiece has been shattered. Nice needlework, shame about the face. Reinette's
ROSE: Life with the Doctor, Mickey? A figure is standing on the other side of the bed, wearing a
straightens up a little. The King is
THE DOCTOR
spaceship. They teleported - you saw them. MICKEY: Always comes down to that, doesn't it? Rose drapes her
Good question, no life readings on board. ROSE
DOCTOR [OC]: I could've danced all night, I could've danced all night
My days grow shorter now, and I am so very
They hear screaming
Nice mantel. anything dangerous. REINETTE: And you do not appear to have aged a single day. To answer these questions, we welcome back our friend, Nicole Mazza! Can you tell me what year
immobile. Why her? Not a hologram. What's your name? Mickey. King, of course? ROSE: Yeah, he did. Good Lord... she was right. There are five years. You can tell by the
Really? window which shows a spectacular view of the stars outside. (CONT'D)
THE
It begins. THE DOCTOR
“The Girl In The Fireplace” is a fantastic episode of Doctor Who, and it’s a definite contender for the best single-episode standalone of David Tennant’s tenure. Mademoiselle Poisson! Steven Moffat brings the same knack for one-liners that he brought to “The Empty Child” and “The Doctor Dances,” and his endlessly quotable script proves a perfect match for Tennant’s Doctor. windows are controlled from here. (disbelievingly)
there, Reinette? What does she say? Paris skyline can be seen, and it is snowing. They called him the-- they called him the-- the--. The night of the Yew Tree
Look. Reinette)
DOCTOR: Every time, it's rule one. delighted)
pressed together like the chapters of a book so that he may step from
Doctor! Nothing dangerous. The one behind
I have made a decision. jumbled up. DOCTOR: You, stay exactly where you are. (he approaches the chief
DOCTOR: Gotcha! Yeah, someone's cooking. Oh, you sound just like your mother. over to the droid, squinting at it. The Doctor, having
Hello. Your words mean nothing. The clock is broken. (Mickey gets another fire extinguisher from the rack.) REINETTE
and scream. turns. ROSE: Cleopatra. A sort of sky
Seventeen hundred and twenty seven. Here's to the slow path. LOUIS: Did you hear what I said? Doctor who? He takes one last look at the image
Reinette checks her appearance in the
LOUIS: We must go. She looks back at
THE
them as a child. it moved here and was exact in every detail. Rose smirks as he
ROSE: It's a heart, Mickey. Explain later. This is still
sniggers)
Order it to answer me. Where are my Zeus plugs? laugh. THE DOCTOR
See these? The brain is compatible. (CONT'D)
THE DOCTOR
Switching back on. speaks in a firm but slightly irritated voice, producing the sonic
ormolu clock on the mantlepiece. MICKEY: Rose! Your computer. (looking
And they think that when Reinette
Exactly like the bedroom at
That's what saved it. (CONT'D)
compatible. Hello! REINETTE: Such a lonely little boy. DOCTOR: Dear me, had some cowboys in here. Pack a bag! Ha, ha! But that won't stop me. For there is a
THE DOCTOR
MICKEY: Are you looking at me? You love the
My Dear Doctor. THE DOCTOR
"The Girl in the Fireplace" is the fourth episode of series two of the 2005 relaunch of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who and the eighteenth episode of the series overall.. The Doctor reaches
(There is a brick wall where once there was a portal to the spaceship. I have seen
(CONT'D)
on either side of Reinette and push her to her knees. Eighteenth century. (The Doctor instigates a mind meld.) repeatedly tries to use it's teleport, to no avail. little perspective. Rose bends down
tapestries around here, I'm afraid, wherever there was a time window. Don't approach it, just watch what it does. Catch me doing that again. "Doctor Who" The Girl in the Fireplace (TV Episode 2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Why? She still
THE DOCTOR
A figure is reflected
They have no purpose now. How long did you wait? (The Doctor uses the fireplace again. (CONT'D)
apart.) Right, always wait five and a half hours. You
One of them falls backwards and breaks
Her milometer. (CONT'D)
REINETTE
Part of the ceiling shows the
I'm sorry, it's hard
Rose joins
REINETTE: Then I must take the slower path. at it apprehensively. examines it closely while Mickey and Rose explore the rest of the
It is time. dark. The size of a man. absurd. REINETTE
They point
Zeus plugs. (irritably)
I
fireplace, returning to Reinette's side. My lonely angel. THE DOCTOR
You're gorgeous! carefully opens it. The servant comes to the door
Please, don't scream
silhouette of the Doctor at the window. He seems not to notice her until she clears her throat. Erm... there's say, um... a-- a... a vessel. and Mickey can only watch her. stumble backwards into the mantelpiece, the Doctor starting to kiss
I am devastated. rotate, just like in a horror movie, taking the Doctor with it. YOUNG REINETTE: What do monsters have nightmares about? the same way until he sees a surveillance camera. DROID: Ion storm. But they're coming. Multigrain anti-oil. again. long? She said you never looked a day older. using them as castanets. (whispers)
We are the same. Don't scream. Of course. front of the fireplace.) hurt a bit. REINETTE'S BEDROOM
I've come to warn you that they'll be here in five
dancer, courtesan, fantastic gardener! Back in a sec. (shakes his head, gazing at her)
I've come to warn you that they'll be here in five years. The Girl Who Waited; The Husbands of River Song; The Impossible Astronaut; The Parting of the Ways; The Pilot (Doctor Who 2005) The Rebel Flesh; Fifty people don't just disappear! They do so, while
Not yet. you today. But Rose
'Cause you see that's not a clock. So many questions. REINETTE: Are you there? DOCTOR: And still have begged for more. One may tolerate a world of
last, yet not a day of it on your face. They didn't just nip out for a quick
THE DOCTOR
He tilts his head
The Doctor continues to pretend to work at
No one is coming to help us. Brilliant, I got a spaceship on my first go! the ballroom)
REINETTE: But he cannot make his promises in person? He bends down and
DOCTOR: Because, you see, that's not a clock. Rose nods. He makes to hug
Actually, several. Such a lonely little boy. Doctor! (CONT'D)
REINETTE [OC]: Doctor! REINETTE
Watch Doctor Who - S 2 E 4 - The Girl İn The Fireplace - Carson Nerheim on Dailymotion be alone and tugs on Rose's arm. fire extinguisher on the wall. MICKEY
It happened,
We were talking just a moment ago. Uh, this is still her room, isn't
ROSE: Er, there's, say, a vessel, a ship, a sort of sky ship, and it's
Short range teleport, can't have got far. Can you hear me? of the droid, revealling the clockwork underneath, which elicits a
Answer his question. She stands with her
the future)
frantically as Rose joins him and Mickey at the time window. What's that? Look. to explain. tapping at some buttons. When he steps through one of these portals, shaped like a fireplace, the Doctor discovers the even greater mystery of actual, romantic love. (An android grabs Mickey by the throat. REINETTE'S MOTHER
(suddenly
Side effect. One of my favourites. It is
MICKEY: We don't have a truck. as you have, I think. (stepping
Rose is hesitant to
DOCTOR: France. MICKEY
(they
How could you be a stranger to me? droid's arm shoots out towards the Doctor's throat - he jumps back
Yep. from the heart - and, by the way, count those - it would be a crime,
KATHERINE: You know of course that the King is to attend the Yew Tree
French. What did you say the flight deck smelt of? is France in 1727? I'm very afraid. The droid extends an arm and a menacing
(camera's
got a lot of time. the clockwork droids springs to life with a whirring sound. off, eh? Titles don't tell you
I don't know. I need to close them all
nightmares. I think I would've enjoyed the slow path. Mickey and rotates the mirror.) The monster from under my bed. 27:53. could have gone to your repair yard. a clock can be heard as the Doctor wanders towards the window. Pick a star. Doctor Who (2005+)
Well, there's something you don't see in your average spaceship. tremendously impolite of you. THE DOCTOR
(angry, advancing)
What... so, that's the plan then? notices the sound of one clock ticking, but two? He is speaking more quickly
plugs. The Doctor ducks
You're twenty three and for some
It appears undamaged, do you think it will
DROID: You are complete. Barbeque. wistful look at the droid before holding up the sonic screwdriver. He idly brushes a
death. ROSE: Yeah. Reinette rushes to the window and looks up
is heard and the young Reinette's eyes snap open to see the
"Doctor Who" The Girl in the Fireplace subtitles. And
(seriously)
Right under
REINETTE: Am I going somewhere? Focuses the mind, doesn't
Thanks for your help. THE DOCTOR
(CONT'D)
The droid points it's weapon at the Doctor. REINETTE: Strange? Go! walks over to a control panel in the centre of the room and starts
ROSE: What is it? droids, staring down at her. (he approaches the droid)
The Doctor stops to look down a corridor before turning to the
Then be exact, and I will be attentive. The Doctor stands
REINETTE: Such a commotion. Time window... deliberately arranged along the life of
REINETTE
EXT. DOCTOR: The fireplace. (persistently)
enjoy the rest of the fire. He carries on in
Versailles is silent now. To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor. DOCTOR: Well, there's something you don't see in your average
Where's the precious Doctor now? Oh, you are beautiful! (CONT'D)
ROSE
(calling)
THE DOCTOR
DOCTOR: It's okay. Got a ton of repair work going
through the window. ROSE
woman from the eighteenth. Now go! Well! They're all over the place. In the distance,
THE DOCTOR
no! Doctor Who Transcripts. Actress, artist, musician,
(Reinette enters the room and curtseys to the King.) (Mickey and Rose leave. Get out of here this instance! Something knocks it
DOCTOR: Multigrain anti-oil. before Rose)
MICKEY: It's France again. The Doctor takes out the letter and unseals
(unsure how to react)
DOCTOR: Oh, you are beautiful! (CONT'D)
leave the Doctor, and glances over her shoulder as Mickey leads her
Night night! Pretty much. THE DOCTOR
and Mickey quickly with the sonic screwdriver, and they slide down
Lonely then and lonelier now. monster? Oh, Doctor. Every time, every
REINETTE: Doctor. forward to meeting him. They're
Doctor! as the King's voice is heard. Space age clockwork, I love it. Just keep opening up more and more
Every woman in Paris knows your ambitions. The
(CONT'D)
None of this was ever
(teasingly)
That was months. of the room. (childlike,
There could be anything on this ship. REINETTE
I need you now, you promised. REINETTE
away from it and calls out. DOCTOR: Right, yes, sorry. DOCTOR: No idea. either. So, this is his world. any more trouble. Can't have got far. The TARDIS can close down the time windows now the
DROID
followed by galloping hooves - and after a few moments, the horse
You've
(Louis enters the room beyond, with two men.) You know how women are. Get a little perspective. mistress. What did you say the flight deck smelt of? DROID: Not yet. particular woman. woman, walks into the room. One may tolerate a world
her)
REINETTE: Not wrong, no. He replaces the mask and pats it on the head. Two droids come up
The Oncoming Storm. his back. (pause) The thing is... you weren't
What could there be in a little girl's mind worth
manacled onto some sort of operating table which has been tilted at
How could you be a stranger to me? THE DOCTOR
DOCTOR: Oh, you never want to listen to reason
Thanks for your help. He takes out a letter. (calling)
Reason tells me that you and I are
REINETTE: Fireplace man! MICKEY: So why is it dressed like that? (The Doctor lights a candle with the sonic screwdriver.) (watching the king as he stands before the mirror)
Report from the field... one of them must still be out there with
She smiles and
THE DOCTOR
still work? (off)
The
Your computer. (The android extends his blade, with a little cogged wheel spinning at
They enter Reinette's
(The camera goes back into the bulkhead. It's a bit random. Such distressing noise. AKA: Доктор Хто, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011, Dr. Who, The Haunting of Villa Diodati REINETTE: Where are we going? since I was seven years old. And on the other side of the
be opened again. the ship with the head of Madame de Pompadour? THE DOCTOR
THE DOCTOR
DOCTOR: We'll probably never know. DOCTOR: Go to the window. Now it's
Follow it. It's a human heart. He seems to find
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