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Doctor Who Redacted

Episode Eight

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Written by

Doris V. Sutherland

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RECAP FROM LAST WEEK

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Redaction effect builds. Requiem鈥檚 voice is glitchy, hard to understand.

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REQUIEM

Shawna, Cleo you鈥檙e in danger. You have

to listen to me.

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CLEO

Why? We don鈥檛 even know who you are.

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REQUIEM

It鈥檚 coming. It鈥檚 coming for you.

It鈥檚 coming for all of us.

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SHAWNA

What is?

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CLEO

Are you the Doctor?

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REQUIEM

The Doctor can鈥檛 help you now.

(Beat)

滨鈥檓 coming for you.

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Redacted Distortion builds.

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CLEO & SHAWNA

(Scream)

SFX: Explosion sound and the laptop clatters to the ground, hot chocolate spills, mugs break.

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Intense double bass plays a series of four notes in quick succession, emulating Cleo and Shawna鈥檚 fear and confusion.

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CLEO

Oh my god! What the?!

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SHAWNA

What the hell was that? She鈥檚 coming

for us?

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SFX: Buffering, glitching sound

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RADIO PRESENTER #1

听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听 And now it鈥檚 time for Sounds of the 70s鈥�

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SFX: Buffering, glitching sound

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RADIO PRESENTER #2

N鈥檌mport quel probl猫me, peu importe l鈥檈nvergure, appelez juste鈥�

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SFX: Buffering, glitching sound

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THE DOCTOR

(Distant)

滨鈥檓 looking for Cleo Proctor.

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Hopeful music lightly plays, as Cleo hears the Doctor鈥檚 voice. At the same time, the intense music builds.

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CLEO

Hello?

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THE DOCTOR

My name is The Doctor, time is running out...

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CLEO

Doctor?

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THE DOCTOR

The ghosts.

(Beat)

Whatever you do, don鈥檛 touch the ghosts.

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The intense music suddenly stops.

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This is quickly followed by gentle music as the credits are read.

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DR WHO REDACTED: EPISODE EIGHT. BY DORIS V. SUTHERLAND.

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SCENE 1

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INT. CLEO鈥橲 FLAT

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE BLEEPS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY DISTORTED, INCOHERENT VOICEMAIL FROM MONICA.

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VOICEMAIL AUTOMATED MESSAGE

You have one new message.

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MONICA

(Over telephone) You are coming (WILD DISTORTION), aren鈥檛 you? You鈥檙e not (WILD DISTORTION) all day?

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SHAWNA

What the hell?

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CLEO

It鈥檚 a voicemail, from my mum. Shawna,

it鈥檚 that weird sound again. This is

exactly what happened with Jordan. What

if it鈥檚 got her? What if it鈥檚 got my Mum?

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SHAWNA

Alright have you tried calling her?

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CLEO

Three times, no reply. I have to go back

to the Powell Estate. Right now.

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Cleo getting her stuff.

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SHAWNA

Um, historically, surprising your Mum hasn鈥檛 gone down so well. Are you sure about this?

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CLEO

(Sounding incongruously jaunty, confident)

Not one bit.

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SHAWNA

You don鈥檛 have to do it alone, Cleo. 滨鈥檓 coming with you.

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Gentle music faded into next scene:

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SCENE 2

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INT. TRAIN

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FX: TRAIN NOISES AND CARRIAGE JOSTLING

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SHAWNA

Cleo鈥�What your Mum did 鈥� it wasn鈥檛 ok. You know that, right?

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CLEO

Everyone leaves home at some point don鈥檛 they babe.

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SHAWNA

There鈥檚 a difference between moving out and being disowned.

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CLEO

Yeah, I had an unhappy childhood, but look around. At least half the people on this train could say the same thing.

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SHAWNA

What your mum did isn鈥檛 normal. Didn鈥檛 you have any friends to tell you that?

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CLEO

Shawna my friends ditched me when I came out too.

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SHAWNA

Cleo, that鈥檚--

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CLEO

That鈥檚 part of growing up. People move on. Then I found you and Abby, so it all turned out OK, didn鈥檛 it?

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SHAWNA

Yeah but...

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CLEO

Look, my dad could鈥檝e lived and been a deadbeat. My mum could鈥檝e given us up. I could鈥檝e been born in a warzone.

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SHAWNA

Ok. Sorry.

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CLEO

It鈥檚 fine. 滨鈥檓 sorry. 滨鈥檓 just nervous. I mean, first I lose my dad, then my brother vanishes and now this. Sometimes I feel like you鈥檙e actually cursed?

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE

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CLEO

Hold on, just got a voicemail.

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MAN鈥橲 VOICE

(Over telephone) Hey there, remember to check the orange juice, alright?

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CLEO

Okay, I have no clue who that was.

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SHAWNA

Wrong number?

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CLEO

I guess.

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TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENT

We will shortly be arriving at Peckham Rye.

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CLEO

Alright babes this is us.

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SHAWNA

You ready for this, my sis-who-ain鈥檛-cis?

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CLEO

Mmm gonna put a hard no on you ever saying that again. But yeah, we鈥檝e come this far, let鈥檚 do it.

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FX: Train door beeps open then fades into traffic noise:

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SCENE 3

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EXT. POWELL ESTATE

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS GETTING CLOSER

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SHAWNA

So this is the famous Powell Estate? Is

it classist of me to say this place feels mega dodgy?

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Ominous tune starts to play, as they walk around the completely empty estate.

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颁尝贰翱鈥�

No 鈥� you鈥檙e right. Something鈥檚 off.

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SHAWNA

Cleo, are you ok?

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CLEO

I thought I saw someone.

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SHAWNA

It鈥檚 like a ghost town.

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CLEO

驰别补丑鈥�

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SHAWNA

So, whereabouts does your mum live?

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CLEO

The block on the left. That鈥檚 the one I grew up in. But I used to wish I lived in that one.

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SHAWNA

Why?

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CLEO

This cool trans woman lived there.

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SHAWNA

Really?

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CLEO

Yeah. Her name was Sally Salter. She was in a band called No Hot Ashes, so she was a bit of a local celebrity. Well, if you listened to that sort of stuff anyway.

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SHAWNA

Did you know her?

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CLEO

Not really. I was a little kid, not even old enough to be a teenage groupie. But I remember my classmates sniggering about how Sally Salter used to be a man.

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SHAWNA

Must have been rough for you, surrounded by all that.

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CLEO

No, that鈥檚 the thing. Everyone else was laughing, but I was fascinated. It was like the first time I鈥檇 heard any trans talk outside of a few gags in sitcoms. I thought maybe someday I could be like Sally. 鈥楥ourse, then my Mum found out about her.

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SHAWNA

And 滨鈥檓 guessing she didn鈥檛 think it was cool having a musician next door?

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CLEO

As far as she was concerned Sally was just the crazy boy in make-up and ladies underwear. But the way she talked about her, it was like she found her repulsive on a gut level.

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SHAWNA

What happened to her in the end?

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CLEO

No idea. I like to think she鈥檚 performing under a stage name somewhere, though.

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SHAWNA

You never know, perhaps there鈥檚 a girl around here who鈥檇 see you as a role model.

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CLEO

Yeah scary thought, I can鈥檛 imagine anyone looking at me and thinking (trails off)

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FX: GHOSTLY FOOTSTEPS.

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SHAWNA

What鈥檚 the matter?

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CLEO

I thought I heard footsteps, this is getting weird.

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厂贬础奥狈础鈥�

滨鈥檓 not used to you being all paranoid like this. Is this what I normally sound like? Must be exhausting.

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE

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CLEO

(Nervous yelp)

Oh my god sorry.

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SHAWNA

You literally just got scared by your own ringtone?

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CLEO

Girl 滨鈥檓 on edge, OK!? Oh god, it鈥檚 my mum again! 听A voicemail. Hold on.

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MONICA

(Over telephone)

You are coming home at some point, aren鈥檛 you? You鈥檙e not going to be staying out all day?

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CLEO

That鈥檚 so weird.

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SHAWNA

Thought she didn鈥檛 know you were coming?

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CLEO

At least she鈥檚 alright, I guess. It鈥檚 what she always used to say to me when I was out. She鈥檚 鈥� she鈥檚 acting as though nothing鈥檚 changed since I was a kid.

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SHAWNA

Are you going to call back?

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CLEO

No. I need to see her, face to face. For me.

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SHAWNA

You know what, how about we grab a coffee or something?

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CLEO

Alright, there used to be a sandwich bar in the estate.

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SHAWNA

Great, let鈥檚 see if it鈥檚 still around.

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS FADE INTO DISTANCE

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SCENE 4

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INT. SANDWICH BAR

Aside from Cleo and Shawna, the building is empty: there is no background chatter.

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA ENTER THROUGH DOOR.

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SHAWNA

Weird. Nobody around.

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CLEO

Yeah, this place was never known for good service. Pretty sure half the drinks in that fridge have been discontinued. Very much a 鈥済et what you pay for鈥� deal here. Don鈥檛 worry, someone鈥檒l be along soon.

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA PULL UP CHAIRS AND SIT DOWN

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CLEO

(Whispering)

Shawna, did you see that?

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SHAWNA

What?

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CLEO

Out the window, just now. Weird. Like, a person all in black.

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SHAWNA

Like a Goth? Or a funeral director?

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CLEO

Just, I couldn鈥檛 see a face.

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SHAWNA

Didn鈥檛 notice.

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CLEO

They鈥檝e gone now.

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SHAWNA

I think we鈥檒l get you a chamomile. Don鈥檛 want to add caffeine to this general vibe. 听

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE

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SHAWNA

Who is it this time?

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CLEO

It鈥檚- Oh my God, it鈥檚 Jordan.

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JORDAN

(Over telephone)

Hey, how about we kick back and play some video games?

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CLEO

Wait, let me call him back.

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CLEO dialling Jordan鈥檚 number. It rings then goes to voicemail.

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JORDAN

Hi! I don鈥檛 pick up the phone so you鈥檙e probably a spam bot. Have fun with the answer machine!

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Sound of a voicemail beep.

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CLEO

Jordan! How old are you, twelve? Call me back as soon as you get this. As SOON as you get this, ok?

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A sudden high pitch noise followed by more ominous music.

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SHAWNA

Not picking up?

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CLEO

滨鈥檓 going to send him a text. If this whole time he鈥檚 just been out on a bender 滨鈥檓 gonna kill him Shawna.

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SHAWNA

You need cake. Does this place do cakes?

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CLEO

It certainly doesn鈥檛 smell of cakes.

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SHAWNA

Yeah, if that smell鈥檚 coming off a cake, it鈥檚 not good cake鈥� probably still try a slice though.

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CLEO

I鈥檒l see if I can find someone.

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FX: CLEO GETS OUT OF CHAIR, HER FOOTSTEPS FADE

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SHAWNA

(Under breath) Not surprised there鈥檚 no customers with this stink. Ugh.

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FX: WE STAY WITH CLEO AS SHE WALKS THROUGH TO THE KITCHEN. BREATHING NERVOUSLY. TENSE MUSIC.

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CLEO

Oh my God.

Sound of flies buzzing around.

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CLEO

Oh my god, what the hell is that?

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS AS SHE RETURNS

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CLEO

(Agitated) There鈥檚 no-one out there鈥� I don鈥檛 think anyone鈥檚 been in this place for days. Babe I looked in the kitchen and the food鈥檚 been left to rot, that鈥檚 the stink.

(BEAT)

What is it?

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SHAWNA

Cleo, I just saw something out the window.

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS AS SHE WALKS UP TO SHAWNA. MUSIC BECOMES MORE INTENSE.

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CLEO

What?

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SHAWNA

It looked like a couple of people but 鈥� but fuzzy.

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CLEO

What do you mean fuzzy?

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SHAWNA

Like a photo that didn鈥檛 come out right. I could see right through them. Then they just faded away.

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CLEO

(UNDERSTANDING)

Like the Requiem Group. But wait, why do you remember now? 鈥� ARGH

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(Cleo stops, clutching her head)

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SHAWNA

What? What is it?

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CLEO

This happened before. 滨鈥檓 sure it happened before.

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SHAWNA

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 Cleo! Cleo, are you ok?

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE

CLEO

Hold on.

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MONICA

(Over telephone)

You are coming home at some point, aren鈥檛 you? You鈥檙e not going to be staying out all day?

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SHAWNA

We鈥檝e already heard that.

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CLEO

But it鈥檚 new. She sent it again. Like, just now.

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE

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SHAWNA

Who鈥檚 that?

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STEVE

(Over telephone)

Hey there, remember to check the orange juice, alright?

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SHAWNA

That鈥檚 the one you got on the train.

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CLEO

I don鈥檛 鈥� wait.

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SHAWNA

What?

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CLEO

I remember him, his name鈥檚 Steve. He was one of our neighbours when I lived here. He used to get a carton of orange juice with his milk, and I鈥檇 check it on the way home from school to make sure it鈥檇 been delivered.

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SHAWNA

How the hell did he know you were coming back?

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 PHONE NOTIFICATION NOISE听

SHAWNA

Who is it this time?

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GIRL

(Over telephone)

Hey there, do you know when No Hot Ashes

are playing?

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CLEO

I know that girl, I went to school with

that girl.

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SHAWNA

No Hot Ashes? Isn鈥檛 that-

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CLEO

Yeah, Sally Salter鈥檚 old band that doesn鈥檛 exist anymore. Shawna, these messages are coming from the past.

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SHAWNA

What?

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CLEO

That Steve guy, the girl from school, probably Jordan and my mum too. They鈥檙e all saying things they used to say when I lived here years ago.

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SHAWNA

Cleo, look!

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CLEO

What?

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SHAWNA

There, out the window!

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CLEO

Oh my God.

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SHAWNA

(Trembling and scared)

Cleo?

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FX: CLEO OPENS THE DOOR. WE HEAR GHOSTLY FOOTSTEPS

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CLEO

(UNDER HER BREATH, FRIGHTENED)

Ghosts

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FX: CLEO GETS OUT HER PHONE AND BEEPS TO RECORD.

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SHAWNA

What are you doing?

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CLEO

Evidence.

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CLEO

(To phone) Ok, I don鈥檛 know if you鈥檙e getting this, but we are looking at a load of transparent people walking around the estate. God I knew I should have got an upgrade, this camera makes everything look yellow. Shawna what now?

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SHAWNA

Stick it online?

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CLEO

滨鈥檓 calling the police

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SHAWNA

Yeah. Good idea.

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Sound of Cleo鈥檚 phone ringing.

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CLEO

滨鈥檓 not losing anyone else to 鈥� whatever this is.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Hello, what鈥檚 your emergency?

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CLEO

Yeah, hi, police? We鈥檙e at the Powell Estate in Peckham and there鈥檚 all these鈥� (she hesitates) I think someone鈥檚 trying to kill us.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Ok, just stay calm. We鈥檙e sending someone out to you now.听 What鈥檚 your name?

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CLEO

Cleo. Cleo Proctor.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Alright Cleo. My name鈥檚 Lesley. I want you to take a deep breath. Are you in immediate danger?

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FX: A ghost whooshes past them.

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SHAWNA

Get back!

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CLEO

Sort of, yeah.

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FX: Their footsteps as they move away. Creepy, high pitched music builds the tension.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Is there someone with you?

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CLEO

Yeah, my friend, Shawna

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PHONE OPERATOR

Is it just the two of you?

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CLEO

Yeah, yes, it鈥檚 just us

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PHONE OPERATOR

Ok, where鈥檚 your attacker now?

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CLEO

It鈥檚 鈥� it鈥檚 not just one person, there鈥檚 loads of them.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Are they armed?

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CLEO

I don鈥檛 know. I don鈥檛 think so.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Is there anywhere you and Shawna can hide? Any kind of door you can lock?

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CLEO

Yeah 鈥� we鈥檙e in a cafe. Shawna, lock the door.

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Sound of Shawna hurriedly sliding a bolt across the door.

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CLEO

I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 going to stand up to much.

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PHONE OPERATOR

That鈥檚 alright, Cleo, help is on the way. I need you to give me your exact location.

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CLEO

We鈥檙e, we鈥檙e in the sandwich shop on the Powell estate in Peckham.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Ok, we鈥檝e got four officers literally around the corner. You鈥檙e going to be alright, Cleo.

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Ghostly noises and breathing intensifies followed by the sound of two police car sirens approaching and screeching into the estate.

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SHAWNA

Cleo!

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CLEO

Oh god.

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SHAWNA

Get away from the window!

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CLEO

I gotta see this.

Ok 鈥� there鈥檚 two squad cars out there. They鈥檙e facing off against the鈥� ghosts.

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SHAWNA

What happened?

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CLEO

Oh my god 鈥� Shawna that car. The driver, it just disintegrated!

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POLICE OFFICERS

(DISTANT SCREAMING, which dissolves into a roar of the REDACTED sound effect)

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CLEO drops her phone.

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SHAWNA

Those people. They just 鈥� it was like they got ripped apart by white noise.

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Electronic style beat begins as CLEO and SHAWNA try to escape.

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CLEO

Ok, don鈥檛 touch the ghosts. Don鈥檛 touch the ghosts. Shawna, we鈥檝e got to go. NOW.

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Cleo grabs Shawna鈥檚 hand and picks up her phone.

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PHONE OPERATOR

Cleo? Cleo, are you still there?

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CLEO

Sorry Lesley, I don鈥檛 think rubber bullets are gonna help with this one babe.

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FX: CLEO HANGS UP, OPENS THE DOOR AND RUNS OUT, DRAGGING SHAWNA WITH HER. THE MUSIC IMMEDIATELY BUILDS INTO A DRUM AND BASS STYLE AS THEY RUN AND CONTINUES INTO THE NEXT SCENE.

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SCENE 5

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EXT. POWELL ESTATE

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS AS THEY SPRINT AS FAST AS THEY CAN PURSUED BY TERRIFYING GHOSTS, THE REDACTION ROARING LIKE A HURRICANE

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SHAWNA

(Running) Cleo, wait! We need to LEAVE. Where are you going?

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CLEO

(Running)I NEED TO FIND MY MUM!

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FX: CLEO AND SHAWNA SLAM OPEN THE DOOR TO THE BLOCK OF FLATS AND RUN INSIDE.

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FX: CLEO FRANTICALLY PRESSING THE LIFT BUTTON

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SHAWNA

Why are we taking the lift?!

I thought in an emergency you鈥檙e

supposed to take the stairs. Or is that just a

fire? Ghosts are kind of like a fire, right?

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CLEO

Shawna babe I live on the tenth floor.

Unless you鈥檙e secretly Jessica

Ennis we need this.

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FX: THUNDEROUS RATTLING OF THE DOORS AND REDACTED ACID HISSING AS THE GHOSTS DISSOLVE THE DOORS

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SHAWNA

Cleo- they鈥檙e coming through the doors!

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FX: CLEO RATTLING THE BUTTON HARDER

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CLEO

Come on come on come on

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FX: MASSIVE CLATTER AS THE DOORS COLLAPSE. TERRIBLE ABRASIVE HISS OF STATIC AS THE GHOSTS COME INSIDE.

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FX: INCONGRUOUSLY CHEERFUL BEEP OF THE LIFT ARRIVING, DOORS OPENING

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CLEO

Yes! In, now. Quick! DON鈥橳 LET THEM TOUCH YOU!

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FX: VERY CLOSE, VERY LOUD STATIC HISS AS ONE OF THE GHOSTS NEARLY GETS SHAWNA. CLEO SHOVES HER BACK

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CLEO (CONT鈥橠)

SHAWNA!

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FX: GHOSTS CLAWING AT THE DOOR, HISSING THROUGH THEM

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CLEO (cont鈥檇)

Ah yes! Sorry Casper. This lift鈥檚 at capacity.

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FX: LIFT DOORS SWING SHUT. LIFT RISES.

INT. LIFT

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FX: SHAWNA AND CLEO CATCH THEIR BREATH. LONG PAUSE AS THE LIFT RISES.

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SHAWNA

Powell Estate is WAY scarier than you made it out to be! 鈥ㄢ��

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颁尝贰翱鈥�

The ghosts are new. 鈥ㄢ��

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SHAWNA

What the hell just happened? What were those things 鈥� what happened to those people - Oh my god, do you think Abby鈥檚 alright?

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CLEO

Shawna, we can worry about Abby when we鈥檙e not running for our lives, yeah?

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FX: LIFT DOORS OPEN, SHAWNA AND CLEO RUN THROUGH

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INT. TOWER BLOCK CORRIDOR

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FX: CLEO鈥橲 FOOTSTEPS AS SHE RUNS DOWN CORRIDOR, FOLLOWED BY SHAWNA

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CLEO

(breathless from rush) This is my mum鈥檚 flat.

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FX: CLEO RINGS DOORBELL

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Silent beat.

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SHAWNA

(also breathless) Is nobody there?

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FX: CLEO BANGS ON DOOR.

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Silent beat.

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FX: CLEO DIALS NUMBER ON PHONE.

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FX: DIALLING NOISE PLAYS IN BACKGROUND OF FOLLOWING CONVERSATION.

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CLEO

Oh god. Come on, pick up.

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SHAWNA

(Whisper) Cleo! I think I saw a black shape in the next hallway!

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CLEO

Hold on.

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FX: CLEO OPENS DOOR.

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CLEO

Shawna it鈥檚 not locked.

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INT. CLEO鈥橲 PARENTS FLAT

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CLEO

Hello? Hello? (Beat) This is all wrong. She鈥檇 never leave without locking up. She always said you never know what could come through the door.

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FX: THE LANDLINE TELEPHONE BEEPS.

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CLEO

The phone, there鈥檚 a message on it.

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FX: TELEPHONE BLEEPING. CLEO PRESSES PLAY.

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MONICA

(Over phone) Is anyone there? Can anyone hear me? Something鈥檚 happened, I don鈥檛 know what, but I鈥檝e been taken away, 滨鈥檓 trapped 鈥� trapped 鈥� somewhere, I don鈥檛 know where!

Are you there? Can you hear me cuh-cuh-Cleo? Cleo, can you hear-

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FX: CLEO PICKS UP THE PHONE

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CLEO

Hello? Hello, mum?

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MONICA

Oh thank god, can you hear me?

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CLEO

(emotional)

YES! Mum, 滨鈥檓 here, I can hear you. Where are you?

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SHAWNA

Cleo?

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CLEO

Where are you?? What happened?

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VERY SPOOKY MUSIC FADES INTO THE BACKGROUND.

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SHAWNA

(Warning) Cleo-

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MONICA

What are you talking about? Cleo, 滨鈥檓 right behind you

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FX: REDACTED SOUND EFFECT GETTING LOUDER.

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CLEO

What? 滨鈥檓 at the flat. There鈥檚 no one here, the door was unlocked, there鈥檚-

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MONICA

Just turn around!

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FX: REDACTED SOUND EFFECT REACHES A CRESCENDO AS CLEO TURNS AROUND

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SHAWNA

Oh my god!

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CLEO

(frightened)

Mum?

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MONICA

(DISTORTED) I can鈥檛 believe you came

home. Give me a hug.

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FX: CLEO STEPS FORWARD. SHAWNA GRABS HER

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SHAWNA

Cleo, no! What are you doing?

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CLEO

Didn鈥檛 you hear her? That鈥檚 my Mum! (voice breaking) I haven鈥檛 hugged her in five years.

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SHAWNA

Cleo, whatever that is, it鈥檚 not your Mum any more

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MONICA

Come on Cleo. Hasn鈥檛 it been long enough?

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CLEO

You鈥檝e never called me Cleo before.

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SHAWNA

Cleo you can鈥檛 touch her! You saw what happened back there!

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CLEO

She needs me!

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SHAWNA

(getting emotional)

I need you! So does Abby. So does Jordan. We all need you Cleo. You鈥檙e our family, you know. Please don鈥檛 do this. Please.

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CLEO

Oh Shawna -

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FX: DOOR SLAMS OPEN AS REQUIEM APPEARS.

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REQUIEM

BACK! YOU FOUL BEASTS OF DEATH!

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FX: REQUIEM HURLS AN EMP GRENADE AT THE GHOSTS WHICH EXPLODES WITH A STATIC WHIRR AND A LOUD ZAP. SOUND CUTS INTO ONE LONG HIGH PITCHED DRONE, THEN SILENCE.

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BEAT.

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FX: SOUND RETURNS, MUFFLED AND WATERLOGGED, SLOWLY SHARPENING TO CLARITY AS CLEO REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS.

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SHAWNA

Cleo? Are you ok? Are you awake?

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CLEO

(Waking) Was that a grenade?!

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REQUIEM

Have the two of you quite finished making fools of yourselves?

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CLEO

Who鈥檚 she?

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REQUIEM

Did you take me for one of those spectres?

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CLEO

It鈥檚 you! You鈥檙e Requiem!

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REQUIEM

You should thank the stars you attended my meeting because it meant I could locate you. Are you companions of - him?

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SHAWNA

Companions of who?

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REQUIEM

I shall take that as a negative answer.

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CLEO

What the hell did you do to my mum?!

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REQUIEM

Nothing that has not already been done.

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SHAWNA

Sorry, WHAT is going on?

REQUIEM

There is no time for explanations. They are here.

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FX: GHOSTLY ROAR OF SOUND, APPROACHING HURRICANE OF DISSOLVING STATIC. CONCRETE CRUMBLING AND CRASHING TO THE GROUND LIKE THUNDER.

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SHAWNA

Oh no, oh God...

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FX: REQUIEM SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT

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CLEO

Will the door hold them?

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REQUIEM

For a short time, but I have no doubt they鈥檒l find a way around every law of reality that confronts them.

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SHAWNA

So we鈥檙e trapped until they get in?

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REQUIEM

No. Hand me that chair.

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CLEO

Is now really the best time for a sit down?

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REQUIEM

Do you want to escape?

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FX: CLEO PICKS UP CHAIR: WOOD SCRAPING ON FLOOR, CLEO STRAINING.

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CLEO

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REQUIEM

Allow me. (Yells as she throws chair)

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FX: CHAIR SMASHING WINDOW

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CLEO

My mum is going to kill you.

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REQUIEM

I鈥檒l admit that the drop is severe, but if you want to escape then you鈥檙e going to have to trust me with your lives.

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SHAWNA

Trust you? 听We still can鈥檛 even see your face!

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REQUIEM

I have my reasons for this veil. Your kind tend to recoil from my visage.

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CLEO

Who the hell are you?

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REQUIEM WHIPS OFF THE VEIL. SHAWNA AND CLEO GASP

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VASTRA

My name is Madame Vastra

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CLEO

That is a green face!

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VASTRA

Astutely observed. The world is much bigger than your tiny mammalian brain has ever imagined. Now JUMP!

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END OF EPISODE.

The low bassy surge of the Redacted Main Theme comes in, with its distinctive siren-like synths, rushing into a sudden glitch that dips into a slow, soft piano tune.

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听The piano tune keeps going for a moment before picking up the pass with a big beat of drums, strings and synths that turns into the Main Theme tune, a symphony of synths and strings revelling in alien weirdness.

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听听听听听听听听听 Starring: Charlie Craggs, Lois Chimimba, Holly 听听听听听听听听听听听听 Quin-Ankrah, Sarah Thom and Doon Mackichan.

听听听听听听听听听听 Directed and produced by Ella Watts.

Sound design by David Thomas and Arlie Adlington. Original composition by David Devereux.

A 麻豆社 Studios production.

听With a rush like the TARDIS, the main theme music gets even bigger and louder, turning into a big, bright, fast paced melody that plays to the end of the episode, when it stops abruptly with a sharp glitch which ends with a beep.

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