Lost in Time

Part One

[Outside Smalley & Co Antiques]

(A massive three story corner store. Sarah Jane is reading from a newspaper article headed - Alien Sighted At Local Shop?)

SARAH JANE: (reading) The shop's owner, Mister Smalley, who refused to give his age, said he saw a creature twelve feet tall, with huge fangs and red eyes.
CLYDE: What are we up against, the Gruffalo?
RANI: Well, there's only one way to find out.

[Shop]

(They enter an emporium of eclectic contents. The door makes a bell ring.)

SARAH JANE: Hello?

(A Red and Green Macaw squawks, and shuffles slightly on its very elegant perch.)

CAPTAIN: Hello. Hello.
RANI: Hello.

(Sarah scans the objects with her wristwatch computer.)

RANI: What is it we're looking for?
SARAH JANE: Haven't the foggiest. But I'll know it when I see it.
CLYDE: That's what my mum says when she's dragging me round Primark.

(Rani spots a small musical box.)

RANI: Ooo, I always wanted one of these when I was little.

(She opens the lid and it plays. It has a tiny, brightly coloured, imitation bird inside. Clyde picks up an arrow.)

CLYDE: Is that a blood stain?
SHOPKEEPER: But whose blood?

(A dark-skinned man in velvet smoking jacket and cap, carrying a tea cup, comes out from behind a curtain near the macaw's perch.)

SHOPKEEPER: That is the question.
SARAH JANE: Oh, I'm sorry, Mister Smalley. Or Co?
SHOPKEEPER: Some say that arrow was pulled from the eye of King Harold himself after the Battle of Hastings.
RANI: And some say he wasn't shot in the eye at all. Read that online.
SHOPKEEPER: The tapestry of time is a fragile thing. Apply the slightest pressure, and the threads of history can unravel. But you understand that, don't you, Sarah Jane?
SARAH JANE: How do you know my name?
SHOPKEEPER: Oh, I know a great many things.
SARAH JANE: The newspaper cutting. That was for our benefit, wasn't it? Look, I don't like being tricked. Who are you and what do you want?
SHOPKEEPER: I need your help to save the world. Time itself is under threat.
SARAH JANE: From what?
SHOPKEEPER: Chronosteen. A metal forged within the time vortex, with the power to re-shape destiny. Three pieces of it, moulded into different objects, are lodged at key points in the Earth's history. They must be recovered.
RANI: What objects? Where in history?
SHOPKEEPER: They could be anything, anywhere.
SARAH JANE: Well, good luck with that.
SHOPKEEPER: But you are the only ones who can do this. You're the Earth's last hope.
SARAH JANE: Even if I believe you, how can we possibly find this Chronosteen?

(A silver wormhole appears next to the Shopkeeper.)

SHOPKEEPER: This is a Time Window, Sarah Jane. It will take you close to the objects.
CLYDE: If you can create that, why can't you go yourself?
SHOPKEEPER: It is forbidden for me to travel through time. But you can. All of you have passed through it before.
SARAH JANE: Look, if we go, and I'm not saying we will, then how do we get back?
SHOPKEEPER: Find the objects, and they will bring you home. And I'm afraid, Sarah Jane, there is no choice in the matter.

(The Shopkeeper snaps his fingers several times, and the wormhole envelopes Sarah Jane, Rani and Clyde.)

SHOPKEEPER: And be careful. History can be a dangerous place.

(The macaw squawks. The Shopkeeper picks up an hourglass.)

SHOPKEEPER: That's right, Captain. They have until the sands run out, or this world is doomed.

[Field]

(Clyde sits up.)

CLYDE: Sarah Jane? Rani? Where are you? More to the point, where am I?

(The sound of surf on a beach is nearby.)

[Cupboard]

(Sarah Jane wakes up in a confined space with a sloping roof, with holes punched in patterns in the doors for ventilation.)

SARAH JANE: Hello? Clyde? Rani? Can anyone hear me? Can anyone hear me?

(There are footsteps outside.)

[1553 Chamber]

(Rani wakes up on a rug on a wooden floor. She is still holding the musical box. Light is provided by candles on tall sconces. A woman in mid-Tudor costume enters as she gets up.)

ELLEN: Oh, heavens, you gave me a fair fright. Creeping up like that. You are not expected till the morrow.
RANI: Where am I? Where is this?
ELLEN: I beg your pardon, my lady, but are you quite well? I am sure it has been a long journey from the East, but
RANI: Did you say you were expecting me?
ELLEN: Well, of course. Twas the Queen's personal request that you came.
RANI: Seriously? Is this Buckingham Palace?
ELLEN: Tis the Tower of London, the royal chambers, and Queen Jane is eager to meet you.
RANI: Jane.
ELLEN: My, you are tired from the journey. I am Mistress Ellen, head of Her Majesty's household. I've been with her since she was a babe. Lady Jane, she was then.
RANI: Lady Jane Grey? I've certainly heard of her.
ELLEN: She was made Queen, nine days ago.
RANI: Of course. The Nine Days' Queen.
ELLEN: Now, we had best find more suitable attire for the Queen's new lady in waiting.

(Welcome to July 1553.)

[1941 Dunes]

CLYDE: No network. I don't think we're in Ealing any more, Clydey.
GEORGE [OC]: Psst. Psst.

(A boy sticks his head up from the marram grass. He is wearing grey shorts and has his sleeves rolled up. He also has a good pair of binoculars.)

GEORGE: Quick, or they'll see you. Get down.

(Clyde joins him.)

CLYDE: Well, wherever I am, they haven't invented style yet. I'm Clyde. Who are you?
GEORGE: My name's George. George Woods. And you can hardly talk. Now, keep your voice down.
CLYDE: Why, what you looking at?
GEORGE: Germans. I'm sure of it.

(Three figures coming ashore from a small rubber dinghy.)

CLYDE: What, nabbing all the sun loungers?
GEORGE: Mum warned me when I was evacuated that the country folk was a bit thick.
CLYDE: Evacuated? Right, I get it. So this is like 1939 or something?
GEORGE: But she didn't say how thick. It's the 7th of June, 1941.
CLYDE: Really? That's seriously cool. So when you said Germans, you actually meant Nazis.

[1889 Hallway]

(A young woman opens the under-stairs cupboard Sarah is in, and shines a lamp in her face.)

EMILY: At last, I have you trapped. Now, speak your name, spirit.

(Sarah gets out of the cupboard. The young woman is in late Victorian clothes. There is a long case clock at the end of the corridor.)

SARAH JANE: I'm not a spirit, I'm Sarah Jane Smith.
EMILY: Why are you haunting this house?
SARAH JANE: Look, if I was a ghost, and by the way, there's no such thing, you wouldn't be able to touch me, would you? Come on.

(Emily reluctantly touches Sarah Jane's outstretched hands.)

SARAH JANE: See? Just as solid as you are. Pleased to meet you.
EMILY: Emily Morris.
SARAH JANE: Do you live here?
EMILY: Nobody lives here. I'm just investigating. But there are ghosts in this house. Everybody says so.
SARAH JANE: Well, just because everybody says something doesn't make it true.
EMILY: That door was locked, so if you're not a ghost, then how did you get in here?
SARAH JANE: Yes, well, that's a little tricky to explain. What year is this?
EMILY: 1889.

(Strange echoing sounds come from upstairs.)

EMILY: No such thing as ghosts, you say. What was that, then?

[1941 Dunes]

CLYDE: Come on, let me have a go.

(Clyde takes the binoculars for a closer look at the men and their dinghy.)

CLYDE: They could be Brits, it's hard to tell. Are you sure they're Nazis, George?

(One of the men unfastens his overcoat to reveal a German uniform.)

CLYDE: Yeah, I see it. You're right. Time travel's awesome, isn't it? I've got to do it more often.
GEORGE: They must have come in on a U-Boat. An invasion.
CLYDE: We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them on the, the other places. But, hang on, what are going to do?
GEORGE: We're going to call the Home Guard, of course.
CLYDE: Good thinking, '40s boy.

[1553 Chamber]

(Mistress Ellen is fascinated by the zip on Rani's jacket, whilst she is changing into more suitable attire behind a screen.)

RANI: Ready. Ta-da. What do you think?

(Rani adjusts the corset slightly on her simple yet elegant brocade dress and coat ensemble. She also wears a large pendant necklace.)

ELLEN: Most becoming, my lady.

[1553 Royal apartment]

ELLEN: Tis only me, Your Majesty, and your new lady. May we enter?

(A young woman is seated beyond a lace curtain.)

JANE: Lady Matilda, my crown, please. Thank you.

(Another woman puts the crown on her head.)

JANE: We are ready to receive you now.

(Ellen leads Rani through the curtain into the royal presence.)

ELLEN: Your Majesty, may I present, Lady er, oh.
RANI: Lady Rani. From the court of the Taj Mahal.
JANE: I know it not. But you have clearly travelled far, Lady Rani. I am most grateful. You may leave us, Ellen. You too, Lady Matilda.
MATILDA: Forgive me, but I thought the request was for an elderly companion. And I heard the Countess of Arundel was already on her way. Your Majesty, can we trust this foreigner?
RANI: I hope the Queen will judge me on my own character, just as she might judge you on yours.
JANE: Well said. Matilda, where are your manners? I say again, leave us.

(Matilda curtseys and leaves, with a daggers look at Rani as she goes.)

JANE: And what is this you bring?
RANI: It's a music box. Go on, open it.
JANE: How is this possible?
RANI: They're dead clever where I come from.
JANE: Thank you, Lady Rani. I will treasure this forever. It must be hard for you, being so far from home.
RANI: Especially if you knew how far away home really is.
JANE: I too am alone. Even those I thought most loyal now call for Lady Mary to be crowned in my place. Oh, it is all too distressing to discuss.
RANI: No, tell me. It's important.
JANE: When the King died without an heir, we thought his sister Mary, would take the throne. But they made me Queen, and I never wanted to be. My father in law saw it as a way to gain power for himself.
RANI: Father in law? You're married?
JANE: My mother forced me to marry Lord Dudley. But the man is an ass. He talks of nothing but himself, fails to compliment me if I wear a new gown. Oh, and he never washes.
RANI: Yeah, I know guys like that.
JANE: I like you, Lady Rani. You speak to me as a person, not a queen. Tell me of yourself.
RANI: There's not much to tell, really.
JANE: Are you married?
RANI: Shut up. (laughs) Sorry. I mean, no, your Majesty. Well, you know, I'm only seventeen.
JANE: I am but sixteen and wed. Do you not have a sweetheart? There must be one gentleman who occupies your thoughts.
RANI: There is someone I spend a lot of time with. Wouldn't exactly call him a gentleman, though.

[1941 Path]

(Clyde and George are running.)

CLYDE: Where are we going?
GEORGE: St Michael's. They've got a telephone.

(They cut across a field towards a lovely flint-built church.)

[Shop]

(Their progress is being monitored on a large crystal ball.)

SHOPKEEPER: Clyde is doing well. But you're right, Captain, he must be quicker. We cannot keep the Time Window open much longer. Now, what of Sarah Jane?

[1889 Hallway]

(Sarah Jane is scanning her surroundings.)

SARAH JANE: Odd. So much chronon energy.

(Emily comes down the staircase.)

EMILY: I've checked upstairs. There's nobody there, so it's got to be ghosts.
SARAH JANE: Not according to this, it isn't.
EMILY: What is that? And where are you from exactly?
SARAH JANE: A long way away. And this measures energy fields, amongst other things. The readings are very unusual. Who owns this house?
EMILY: The Tillotsons. But they couldn't bear all the ghastly noises, so they moved and locked the place up. I'm rather handy with locks.
SARAH JANE: Oh, yeah. You and me both.
EMILY: Funny thing is, it was sixty degrees Fahrenheit outside, but it's forty one in here. Classic sign of ghosts.
SARAH JANE: What is it with you and ghosts?
EMILY: Just curious.
SARAH JANE: No, there's more to it than that.
EMILY: Nine weeks ago, my mother, she, she passed over.
SARAH JANE: I'm sorry to hear that.
EMILY: She disappeared from my life. Father says she's gone. But she can't have gone. Not forever.

(The clock begins to chime the hours.)

EMILY: Eight o'clock. That's it. That's when they say it starts.
SARAH JANE: When what starts?
EMILY: The haunting. It's supposed to happen each night at eight.

(The sound of the front door opening, although it doesn't. A breeze blows.)

EMILY: What was that?
SARAH JANE: Shush. Listen.
GIRL [OC]: So sorry I'm late, Mrs Bruce. I know. Well, have a great evening. See you about half eleven?

(The door closes and footsteps pass them, running up the staircase.)

EMILY: The stories are true. There is something strange in this house.
SARAH JANE: Yes. And it went that way.

(They run up the staircase.)

[1553 Royal apartment]

JANE: The melody is so very pretty. I shall never tire of hearing it.

(Rani puts down one goblet and picks up another.)

JANE: Lady Rani, what are you doing? Are you looking for something?
RANI: Sorry, your Majesty. I'm meant to be. It's complicated.
JANE: You can tell me. We're friends now, are we not?
RANI: Of course we are.

(Ellen and Matilda enter.)

JANE: What is it, Mistress Ellen?
ELLEN: It is ill tidings. They say Mary and her army have reached London.
MATILDA: This was nailed to the door of St Paul's.
JANE: I fear to read it.

(Jane nods for Rani to take the scroll.)

RANI: (reads) On this the nineteenth day of July, 1553, Lady Mary makes just claim to the Crown of England. And she calls upon all of her subjects to reject any unlawful claimants.

(Jane removes her crown.)

JANE: Then I have no need of this, for I am no longer Queen. And if I am not Queen, then I made false claim to the throne. That makes me a traitor. The punishment for traitors is death.

[1941 Church]

CLYDE: Right. Phone, Georgie-boy?
GEORGE: This way.

(Behind a curtain to the side of the altar. George winds the handle to power it.)

GEORGE: Operator? Hello, operator? It's dead. The phone's completely dead. That's strange.
CLYDE: So what now? Is there any other way of getting help?
GEORGE: I remember Mister Porter saying something about ringing the church bell. But that was only in a real emergency.
CLYDE: And what's this when it's at home?

(The Nazi's are coming through the gate.)

GEORGE: That's them. Quick!

(The boys hide under a pew just in time. They watch three pairs of shiny jackboots enter. The men talk in German as they take rifles from a large duffle bag. One carries a box past them, then a second one stops. They have been found.)

KOENIG: Good morning. I am Lieutenant Koenig. And you are my prisoners.

[1889 Upstairs drawing room]

SARAH JANE: I'm getting the same readings here.

(Children's laughter upstairs.)

EMILY: What was that if it wasn't a ghost?
SARAH JANE: Old houses, they sometimes retain an echo of the past, trapped within the very fabric of the building.
GIRL [OC]: Yeah, but I can't come out, Joe, not tonight, it's impossible.
EMILY: It's the same voice as in the hallway.
SARAH JANE: Shush.
GIRL [OC]: You know I've got to look after Ben and Katy. Yes, I know, but. Yeah, all right, just chill out.
SARAH JANE: Chill out? She said chill out?
EMILY: What does it mean?
SARAH JANE: Ghosts are supposedly an echo of the past, but this person is from the future.

[1941 Church]

(The box is placed on the altar.)

CLYDE: This doesn't happen. You lot shouldn't even be in this country.
KOENIG: Quite a statement, from a negro.
CLYDE: Reduced to name calling, are you? You're just a gang of bullies, picking on others for what they look like, and that is why you'll lose this war. Underestimating the enemy through blind, stupid prejudice.
KOENIG: Kirsch, open the case. This is what will guarantee certain victory for Germany. Our technology is so far in advance of your pathetic efforts.
GEORGE: Oddest looking radio I've ever seen.
KOENIG: That's because it is so much more than a radio.
CLYDE: A transmitter then, maybe?

(Koenig takes a dull metal artefact from a smaller box.)

CLYDE: What is that?
KOENIG: It was discovered beneath the Rhineland. The Fuhrer himself believes it to be Thor's Hammer. Our scientists have found it to be a great source of power.

(Energy plays over the surface of the artefact before Koenig puts it in its place in the box.)

CLYDE: Did you see that?
GEORGE: See what?
CLYDE: It must be what that junk shop bloke's after, something that can change history. You've got to give that to me.

(The three Nazis aim their weapons at Clyde.)

KOENIG: Get back. I've got work to do here, and you are getting in my way. Bagar, tie them up and lock them in the vestry.
BAGAR: Los. Los.

[1553 Chamber]

RANI: They're going to execute her. But she is only sixteen and she hasn't done anything wrong.
ELLEN: We could all face the axe, my lady.
RANI: There must be something we can do.
ELLEN: Not tonight there isn't. We shall see what the morning brings. Good night, Lady Rani.

(Ellen leaves as Rani watches Matilda talking to a guard, then heading down some steps to call out of a window.)

MATILDA: Trent. Trent, are you there?
TRENT [OC]: My lady.
MATILDA: I hear you bring word from Sir Thomas.
TRENT [OC]: I have a letter.
MATILDA: If this is what I think it is, then I will not have to hide my true purpose for much longer.

(Matilda opens the letter.)

[1889 Staircase]

(Sarah Jane and Emily carry on up the stairs.)

SARAH JANE: Something's causing this time and the future to cross over, which means there must be a trigger somewhere in the house. You see, I was sent here to find an object.
EMILY: What object?
SARAH JANE: Well, all I was told was it's made of metal and it's interfering with the course of history, which is a very dangerous thing.
EMILY: So have you come to help? Are you from the future?
SARAH JANE: Yes, I am.

(Sarah shows Emily the newspaper cutting.)

EMILY: 2010. That's over a hundred years from now. That's impossible.

(Children's laughter.)

EMILY: It's coming from in there.

[1941 Vestry]

(Clyde and George are sitting on chairs, tied back to back.)

CLYDE: That machine's dangerous, I know it is. And the hammer, that's what I'm here for. It's got to be.
GEORGE: Then we need to escape then, don't we.
CLYDE: If you hadn't noticed, we're both tied up and locked in.
GEORGE: Just reach into my pocket. I've got a penknife.
CLYDE: Way to go, Georgie-boy.

[1889 Bedroom]

EMILY: There's nothing here.
SARAH JANE: Nothing we can see.
KATY [OC]: Ben, don't. You mustn't. You know what Mum told us.
BEN [OC]: Shut up, Katy. It's only a candle. Mum does it all the time.
KATY [OC]: But you mustn't. Please, don't.
EMILY: Sarah Jane, look. It was forty one degrees downstairs, but it's seventy five in here.
SARAH JANE: That's because this room, in the future, is on fire.

[1553 Chamber]

(Matilda returns the letter to the unseen messenger.)

MATILDA: Tell Sir Thomas the deed will be done by daybreak.
TRENT [OC]: God speed, my lady.

(Matilda unsheathes an ornate dagger.)

MATILDA: It is time to bid Lady Jane Grey farewell, for she dies tonight.

[1941 Vestry]

CLYDE: Good news. Ta da!

(Clyde has cut them free with George's penknife.)

GEORGE: And in more good news, I know a way out that they don't. There are benefits to being an altar boy.

(George pulls open the curtain in front of a stable-style door, and something falls to the floor with a crash.)

NAZI [OC]: Was ist das?
CLYDE: I think they might have heard that.
GEORGE: Clyde, quick.

(The Nazis burst in.)

[1889 Bedroom]

KATY [OC]: Ben, it's locked.
BEN [OC]: Let me try.
KATY [OC]: Ben, we're trapped!
EMILY: I can't stand it. It's just like, like that night. Can't we save them?

(The sounds of crackling flames and a fire engine approaching.)

SARAH JANE: Somehow, we have to find a way.

[Shop]

SHOPKEEPER: They're taking too long, Captain. We need the Chronosteen now. And the sands have almost run through. If Sarah Jane and her friends do not return soon, they'll be trapped in the past forever.

Part Two

[1941 Vestry]

KOENIG: Get after them. Los! Los!

[1941 Outside the church]

(The little door led to a small lean-to. George shuts the door and bolts it.)

CLYDE: Nazis are right behind me. Right, nice one. Let's get help.

(They run across the churchyard and vault the wall as a Nazi comes out of the church door.)

[1889 Bedroom]

KATY [OC]: Ben, it's locked.
BEN [OC]: Let me try.
KATY [OC]: Ben, we're trapped!
EMILY: It's horrible. It's exactly how my mother died.

(Sudden silence.)

SARAH JANE: It's over now. It's all over.
EMILY: But why did it stop so suddenly?
SARAH JANE: I guess because that's where it ends for those children.

[1553 Chamber]

RANI: Matilda, no!

[1553 Bedchamber]

(Matilda runs in and barricades the door with a small chest. Jane wakes up.)

JANE: Lady Matilda? No!

(Matilda lunges at Jane, and misses. Rani forces her way in.)

RANI: Get away from her.
JANE: Lady Rani, be careful.

(Rani tackles Matilda, hitting her wrist against a post of the bed. Matilda drops the dagger and Jane picks it up.)

JANE: Hold still. I will not hesitate to use this.
RANI: Are you all right?
JANE: I am fine, thank you. And you have just saved my life.
ELLEN: What is all this commotion?
RANI: Matilda just tried to kill Lady Jane.
ELLEN: A treacherous Catholic?
MATILDA: I am no Catholic. I am a Protestant.
JANE: One of my own? Then why?
MATILDA: Your death would have inspired thousands to rise up against Mary. And now she will simply lock you up. Then, one day, she will have you quietly executed, when you could have died a martyr.

(Energy plays over the dagger.)

RANI: That's it. The object that's changing history. But you weren't supposed to die tonight. I saved you. That's what I was sent here to do.
MATILDA: Lady Jane has not been saved. You have condemned her to die, like a common traitor. Forgotten and alone.

[1889 Staircase]

EMILY: It brought it all back to me, hearing those children. It must have been like that for Mother.
SARAH JANE: I know what you went through, Emily, I know what you're going through. I lost both my parents when I was very young.
EMILY: You understand then, that if I'd found ghosts here, I'd know also that Mother was out there somewhere.
SARAH JANE: Yes, but you have to live in the here and now. Oh, you're lucky, because there's someone here and now, who loves you. Your father.
EMILY: I know. The here and now. But we must help those children. I couldn't save Mother, but there's got to some way we can save them.
SARAH JANE: Trouble is, it's all over now.
EMILY: But remember, it happens every night at eight o'clock. We'll have to come back tomorrow.
SARAH JANE: Not necessarily. Think about this house, Emily. It's empty.

(So who is winding the clock?)

EMILY: The clock. So we can make it happen?
SARAH JANE: Let's see, shall we?

(Sarah Jane moves the clock hands back to just before eight. It starts to chime.)

EMILY: It's going to begin again, isn't it?
SARAH JANE: It has to. We can't help those children unless we understand.

(This time the image of the babysitter comes through the front door.)

GEMMA: I'm so sorry I'm late, Mrs Bruce.
EMILY: Look, Sarah Jane. You did it. We can see her now.
GEMMA: See you about half eleven?
SARAH JANE: The echoes of the future must be getting stronger.
EMILY: Hello? Can you hear me?

(The girl walks up the staircase, and they follow.)

[1941 Path]

CLYDE: I've really got to get back to the church. I need that hammer.
GEORGE: Why is that thing so important? Anyway, you can get it when the Home Guard nobble the Jerries.

(They run out onto the path, and nearly knock over a lady on a bicycle.)

WYCKHAM: Good golly, young man. Look where you're going. George?
GEORGE: Well, am I glad to see you, Miss. Three Germans. At the church.
CLYDE: Who's this?
GEORGE: Miss Wyckham, our school teacher. They held us hostage but we escaped. We've got to inform the Home Guard.
WYCKHAM: They've been captured too, and the whole of Little Malding.
CLYDE: Really? Everyone in the village? How many Germans are there, then?
WYCKHAM: Dozens. The place is surrounded, but I managed to slip through. We can't go anywhere near the village.
GEORGE: Then what now?
WYCKHAM: We must all go back to Saint Michael's.
CLYDE: She's right. We're the only ones who can stop the Nazis now and their radio thingy.
GEORGE: But they're all armed, remember?
WYCKHAM: Yes, George, and so are we.

(Miss Wyckham reveals a revolver amongst the packages in her basket. A plane roars overhead.)

[1553 Bedchamber]

JANE: I am afraid of what the morning may bring. I fear I do not have long for this world. Forgive me, but I feel so alone.
RANI: You're not alone, Lady Jane, remember. You have me.

(Ellen enters.)

JANE: Has Lady Matilda been secured?
ELLEN: Yes, Jane, but so have we. The palace is surrounded by Mary's guards.
JANE: Then I was right. The end is not far off.
RANI: This is so unfair. Can't we tell them, tell Mary that you were used? You didn't want to be Queen.
ELLEN: I fear Mary still sees Jane as a threat. If she is to restore the Catholic faith, she will not want Jane fuelling the Protestant cause.
JANE: You may go now, and try to get to safety.

(Ellen leaves.)

JANE: Somehow I knew, when Father brought me here to be crowned, that I would not leave. This castle was my palace, but now it is my prison. As I am no longer Queen, you may return home if you wish.
RANI: You're right, I could go home so easily. I'm not going to. Not yet. Not while you still need a friend.

[Shop]

SHOPKEEPER: No! She must not delay.

(The macaw squawks.)

SHOPKEEPER: The Sands of Time have run out, Captain. They have failed in their missions. All is lost. But the Time Window should have closed. The Chronosteen must be holding it open. And unless it is found, the whole planet will be sucked in and destroyed. Come on, Sarah Jane.

[1889 Upstairs drawing room]

(The babysitter is on her mobile phone.)

GEMMA: Yes, but I can't come out, Joe, not tonight. It's impossible. You know I've got to look after Ben and Katy. Yeah, I know but. Yeah, all right, just chill out. Okay, I'll slip out. Where shall we meet you?
SARAH JANE: She must be the babysitter. And not a very trustworthy one it seems.
EMILY: So she's from the future? Goodness. She's got funny clothes, just like you.
GEMMA: But remember, I'll need to be back by eleven.
EMILY: And what's that she's talking into?
SARAH JANE: It's a mobile telephone.
EMILY: I knew Mister Bell's invention would catch on, but a wireless telephone? The future must be very exciting.
GEMMA: No, those two will be fine. I've locked their bedroom door. Keep them out of trouble. Anyway, they'll be asleep soon.

(The children are laughing upstairs as she finishes her call.)

GEMMA: You two. Go to sleep.

(The girl disappears.)

SARAH JANE: Oh no. It's still not here.
EMILY: What's not here?
SARAH JANE: This object I'm looking for.
EMILY: There's still upstairs.
SARAH JANE: Then it's got to be there, otherwise Earth's future is in serious trouble.

[1941 Outside the Church]

WYCKHAM: Listen to me. When the Jerries have their backs to the door, give me a signal. I'll burst in, you two bring up the rear. Understood?

(Clyde salutes her.)

GEORGE: Good luck, Miss.

(They take up their positions.)

CLYDE: This is our chance.
GEORGE: Now.

(Miss Wyckham runs inside the Church.)

WYCKHAM [OC]: Right you lot, put your hands up.

[1941 Church]

GEORGE: Good going, Miss.
CLYDE: What a star.
WYCKHAM Quite right. The star of the Fuhrer's conquering army.

(Miss Wyckham turns her revolver on George and Clyde.)

KOENIG: Welcome back, schwein.

[1553 Bedchamber]

RANI: I was sent here, on a mission.
JANE: On a mission to save me?
RANI: I only wish that I could really save you from what's to come. But I can't, can I?
JANE: We each have a path that we must tread, and this is mine. All I hope is that I will be remembered even though I was Queen just nine days.
RANI: Of course you're remembered. I mean, will be remembered. For hundreds of years to come.
JANE: You say that with such strange certainty, Lady Rani.
RANI: That's because it's true.
JANE: How is it you seem so wise? Is there something you are not telling me? Are you truly of this world?
RANI: Don't be daft. Course I am.
JANE: Whoever you are, wherever you are from, I would not wish to spend these last hours of freedom with anyone else.

[1941 Church]

WYCKHAM: Koenig, you had one thing to do. What is the matter with you? How could you let them escape?
KOENIG: I'm sorry
GEORGE: She was lying about everything. About the village being taken, the Home Guard.
CLYDE: Definitely what that shop bloke's after. So perhaps I can kill two birds with one stone. WYCKHAM: If you're planning another escape, don't bother. Within the hour the German invasion will be underway.
CLYDE: Invasion? What are you talking about?
WYCKHAM: I wasn't posted to this dreary village at random. Little Malding's coastline is dotted with early warning radar. They have proved irritatingly successful at alerting the enemy to our aircraft and ships.
KOENIG: But we can render the entire system useless, with our Sieg Transmitter.
CLYDE: So that thing blocks British radar?
WYCKHAM: Right now the glorious German fleet is preparing to depart harbours all along the Dutch and Belgian coast.
KOENIG: And your so-called British Intelligence will not suspect until it is far too late.
GEORGE: We know. Clyde and me.
WYCKHAM: And what can two schoolboys do?
CLYDE: You'd be surprised. I've taken on bigger loonies than you lot. I've fought hideous bug eyed monsters, and I've defeated them all with this.

(He holds out his mobile phone, playing electromusic.)

KOENIG: What is that?
CLYDE: Oh, this? This is a bomb. A very small bomb, but powerful enough to blast this entire church.

(George sneaks to the transmitter and removes Thor's Hammer.)

KOENIG: He's bluffing. It can't be.
CLYDE: Do you really want to take that chance? Here you go, catch.

(Clyde tosses his phone at them.)

GEORGE: I've got it.

(Miss Wyckham stamps on the phone.)

WYCKHAM: It was a trick.
KOENIG: Give that to me.
CLYDE: Get back, or we'll smash it. People like you disgust me. You hate and you fear anyone who isn't the same as you. But we're British, and we will fight you every step of the way. And in the end, though it'll cost lives, lots of lives, we'll crush you lot.
WYCKHAM: You don't stand a chance.
CLYDE: Really? But remember, you've lost this battle, and you'll lose the war. I know. I've seen it.

(George and Clyde run to the back of the church.)

KOENIG: Los!

[1941 Belfry]

KOENIG [OC]: Open the door, now!
CLYDE: Make like it's Sunday, Georgie.

(George pulls on the bell rope sally, and the chimes ring out.)

WYCKHAM: It's over, Koenig. Come on.

[1889 Outside the bedroom]

(The door is now painted white, with Ben and Katy, a green dinosaur and a pink butterfly on it.)

EMILY: The children's room, but that door's different.

(Energy plays over the key, which is in the lock. Sarah Jane reaches for it, but her hand passes through it.)

SARAH JANE: It's got to be what the shopkeeper was after. So he must have sent me to the wrong time. But why?
EMILY: Maybe you came to meet me.
SARAH JANE: Well, I'm certainly glad I did.
EMILY: So that key is in the future and the door is still open in our time.
SARAH JANE: Precisely. Which means we can walk straight through it.

(And they do.)

[1889 Bedroom]

EMILY: Amazing.

(They can see the children playing.)

KATY: Ben, don't. You mustn't. You know what Mum told us.
BEN: Shut up, Katy. It's only a candle.
KATY: Please don't.
EMILY: So he starts the fire, and they've been locked in here. How can we help them?
SARAH JANE: I'm thinking. I'm racking my brain.
KATY: Ben, you'll start a fire.
EMILY: I can't stand it.

(The children turn and look at them.)

EMILY: They heard me.
SARAH JANE: But how? They're at a completely different point in time.

(Ben strikes a match, lights the candle and then throws the match away.)

KATY: I'm telling Gemma.
EMILY: I was thinking about the night Mother died, and then I felt it, just for a moment. I'm sure I crossed over into their time.
SARAH JANE: Your fear, it must be connecting to theirs.
KATY: Ben, it's locked.
BEN: Let me try.

(Ben gets up, knocking over the candle and starting the fire.)

SARAH JANE: Oh, if you can cross over, you can turn your fear into a force for good. Come on.
KATY: Ben, we're trapped!

[1889 Outside the bedroom]

KATY [OC]: Ben, we're trapped!

(The key is glowing.)

SARAH JANE: Concentrate on that terrible night. It'll save them. Come on, Emily. Remember your mum, Emily. Your fear will connect you. You can do this.

(Emily is finally able to grasp the key and unlock the future door.)

EMILY: Yes, it worked!

(The painted door opens and the children run out, down the staircase, where they vanish.)

EMILY: We did it. We saved them!
SARAH JANE: No, Emily, you saved them. And your mother would be very, very proud of you.

[1553 Royal apartment]

(Jane is dressed.)

JANE: How do I look?
ELLEN: Most becoming, my lady.
JANE: I wish to be prepared. But promise me you will leave soon. It's too dangerous here.
RANI: I said I'd stay by your side, and I meant it.
JANE: But they will arrest you too.
RANI: Don't worry about me. I can look after myself.
ELLEN: I'm so sorry, Jane. Queen Mary has ordered that you be taken to the Keep, to await trial. You must come now.
JANE: Do not fret, Ellen. I have done my living. Now I am ready for something far more important. I may go to my death, but it will not be in vain. Tell me again I am not forgotten.
RANI: I promise you. Not by your people, and not by history, and never by me.
JANE: Goodbye, Rani. My friend. It is time for me to leave you now.
RANI: And me to leave you. Goodbye, Jane.

(Jane goes to Ellen. Rani picks up the dagger and vanishes in a flash of light.)

ELLEN: Tis witchcraft.
JANE: Lady Rani is not of this world, but she is no witch, Ellen. She is an angel. I have always suspected so. And as angels speak only the truth, I know I do not die in vain.

[1941 Church]

CLYDE: They'll probably be back at the beach by now. I hope they don't get away after all we've done.
GEORGE: The Home Guard will catch 'em, you can bet your life on that. And you're right, Clyde, what you said to them Jerries. We will crush 'em. I'm going to join up and help do it myself.
CLYDE: That's not what I meant, George. I don't want you to fight. It's dangerous out there.
GEORGE: It's my duty, for King and Country.
CLYDE: At least leave it a few years. Er, 1945, to be precise.
GEORGE: Not likely. I'm going to get stuck in soon as they let me. Just you wait and see.
CLYDE: Right, you wait for the Home Guard. Keep the door locked though, in case the Jerries come back.
GEORGE: And where are you going?
CLYDE: Back to where I came from, I hope.
GEORGE: London? But what about the bombing?
CLYDE: It's not the London you're thinking of. Look, I can't explain. Good luck though, Georgie-boy. And if you do sign up, please, be careful.

(Clyde and Thor's Hammer disappear just like Rani did.)

GEORGE: Well, stone me.

[Shop]

SHOPKEEPER: Come on. Come on!

(Rani and Clyde appear. The world is shaking. The Shopkeeper grabs a suitcase and large birdcage.)

CLYDE: Yep, all in one piece.
SHOPKEEPER: Please, let me have the Chronosteen.
CLYDE: And I'm loving the new look.
RANI: What is happening here? And where's Sarah Jane?

(The Shopkeeper puts Thor's Hammer into its slot in the suitcase. There are spaces for the dagger and key, too.)

SHOPKEEPER: She's still in the past. And without her the Earth is doomed.

(The Time Window is fluctuating. He fits the dagger into its slot.)

[1889 Outside the bedroom]

EMILY: Do you think my father will believe that I've travelled in time?
SARAH JANE: Not everyone's as open to new ideas as us. But at least you two, you'll be talking, sharing things, and not dwelling on what's gone and can't come back.
EMILY: Yes, it's the here and now that counts. You were right. Though the future does sound exciting.
SARAH JANE: Well the future's got its problems, too. Talking of which. Emily, I need that key. Thank you.

(Sarah Jane starts to disappear slowly.)

EMILY: What's happening?
SARAH JANE: I'm going back, to my own time. I'm sorry, but this is goodbye.
EMILY: But I don't want you to go. I want you here. I want to learn more.
SARAH JANE: You will, all by yourself. Please, let go.

(Emily holds on to the key as Sarah Jane finally vanishes.)

EMILY: Oh, Sarah Jane, I'm sorry.

[Shop]

SARAH JANE: Rani, Clyde, you're okay. You're okay.
SHOPKEEPER: Where is the Chronosteen, Miss Smith? The key. I need the third object.
SARAH JANE: I'm sorry, but I lost it.
CLYDE: Send me, I'll get it back.
SHOPKEEPER: The Time Window is too dangerous now. Only the key can close it. And it must be closed.
RANI: There must be something we can do.
SHOPKEEPER: It's too late. The Earth is about to be sucked into the Time Vortex.
RANI: We've got to stop it!

(The shop bell jangles. A silver-haired woman enters. She is wearing Emily's brooch.)

ANGELA: Are you Sarah Jane Smith? I've been asked to give you this.

(The key. The Shopkeeper takes it and puts it in its slot, then closes the case. The Time Window closes.)

RANI: Oh, we did it! The Time Window's shut!
SHOPKEEPER: Indeed you did. How marvellous.

(The macaw steps onto his arm.)

CLYDE: Where are you going?
SHOPKEEPER: Now, that would be telling. The Captain's work is done here, which is all you need to know. I'd love to stay and chat, but, well, duty calls.

(The shopkeeper and the macaw vanish.)

CLYDE: The Captain's work? We've been working for a flippin' parrot?
RANI: Who were they, anyway?
SARAH JANE: I don't think they wanted us to know.
CLYDE: Can't stick these enigmatic types.
ANGELA: Well, I was warned to expect some strange things, and I must say, Miss Smith, you do not disappoint.
SARAH JANE: Well, welcome to my world. And thank you, Miss Morris?
ANGELA: Angela Pryce. Emily Morris was my grandmother.
SARAH JANE: Oh, good on Emily. She came through in the end.
ANGELA: When I was a little girl, Granny gave me that key. Said she'd made a terrible mistake by taking it, and told me to bring it to the place in this article, on this very day. She said I'd meet a woman called Sarah Jane Smith. It's been quite a wait. A lifetime or two, in fact.
RANI: You and your granny have just saved the world.
ANGELA: Oh.
SARAH JANE: So, what happened to Emily?
ANGELA: She became a doctor, then she founded a hospital for children. She inspired so many people to follow in her footsteps, including my mother and me. We loved her very much.
SARAH JANE: Let's get a cuppa, shall we, Angela? I want to hear lots more about your grandmother, and you.
CLYDE: That's a nice dress.
RANI: Oi.

(The doorbell rings as they leave, and a distant squawk is heard.)

[Attic]

(A headline on the BBC website on Mister Smith's screen says Knighthood For Boy Hero, with a photograph of the capture of the Nazis in 1941.)

CLYDE: Following his triumph as an evacuee in Norfolk, George Woods joined the Army, aged just sixteen, and fought in the Battle of Ardennes. But it's for his work in the field of radar development that George, now eighty three, has been honoured this week by Her Majesty the Queen.

[Rani's room]

(With her Tudor dress hanging on the back of the door, Rani is doing some historical research on her computer.)

RANI: And in the final hours before her execution, Lady Jane wrote to her sister, Katherine, I am touching my death, but rejoice, good sister. I shall be delivered of corruption. And though I lose my mortal life, I am assured that I win immortality.

Transcript originally provided by Chrissie. Adapted by TARDIS.guide. The transcripts are for educational and entertainment purposes only. All other copyrights property of their respective holders.

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