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DOCTOR: You have to be invited into my TARDIS, Conrad. To be special. But you? You're special, for all the wrong reasons. You see, I am fighting a battle on behalf of everyday people... who just want to get through their day, and feel safe, and warm, and fed. And then along comes this... Noise. All day long, this relentless noise. Cowards like you, weaponising lies, taking people's insecurities and fear, and making it currency. You are exhausting. You stamp on the truth, choke our bandwidth, and shred our patience. Because the only strategy you have is to wear us down. But the thing is, Conrad, I have energy to burn and all the time in the universe.

— The Doctor, Lucky Day

KATE: Don't you dare point a gun at her! You were right, Conrad, I didn't remember you. So I checked my notes from that interview eight years ago, and do you know what I wrote?

SHIRLEY: I’d throw in a compliment

KATE: The three words that summed you up? "Don't trust him."

CONRAD: Mm. You think you're so superior. Up in your tower, looking down on us.

KATE: Keeping you safe

CONRAD: I want a confession. On camera. Admit to the lies. Show us the monster costumes. Show us the tech that you’re hiding, that we’ve paid for.

KATE: You’re deluded

CONRAD: The grown ups are talking. Come on, Commander-in-chief. Admit. Or are you a coward, like your father was?

KATE: You should be very careful what you say about my father

CONRAD: His only legacy was a pack of lies.

KATE: He was 100 times the man you are. And that gun is UNIT issue. So where's Jordan Lang?

CONRAD: Who?

IBRAHIM: He's been shot. Ground team are rushing him to the infirmary.

KATE: You shot someone to get in here?

CONRAD: It's nothing to do with me.

KATE: A man's life is hanging in the balance and you're not even sorry.

CONRAD: Maybe you shot him. Or he was an actor. Or he never existed. So come on. Confess! All right. Let's start with your best friend. Where is the Doctor and his box of tricks?

RUBY: Oh, you're so lucky he's not here.

KATE: She's telling the truth. And, actually, I'm glad he's not here. Because he would've stopped me.

CONRAD: Oh. From what?

KATE: From showing you and your followers what we're protecting them from. The truth, Conrad. As requested.

CONRAD: We are Think Tank. Exposing the lies perpetuated by UNIT. By you. And we're live streaming, so don't get trigger-happy.

RUBY: This isn't funny.

CONRAD: (laughs) I've had to listen to your stories for weeks now. Put up with your insecurity and vanity, listen to your tedious piano solos, and get smothered in lip gloss. It has been a chore getting to know you. But now it's all worth it.

KATE: Put that phone down.

ELSA: Or what? Going to arrest me, eh? This is censorship. Touch us and we'll sue. We will bankrupt you.

SPARKY: Boo!

KATE: You've made a very big, very dangerous mistake tonight, Conrad.

CONRAD: You don't even remember me, do you? The only monsters out here are UNIT. Lying to the public. Spending our money. Hiding in your tower, and doing what? Huh? Doing what?

RUBY: Protecting people like you.

CONRAD: Oh, they can't stop lying! There are no Shreek. No Cybermen, no Sycorax, no Yetis in the Underground. Here, look! Look! They're stooges and actors, and special effects paid for using taxpayers' money, to keep us scared, to hide their real agenda!

SHIRLEY: The threat to this planet is real. If you want evidence, I've got plenty of it, so you can...

CONRAD: This one's collecting benefits, stealing our taxes while she lies to us. But the lies stop today. There are people all over the world watching this. Sharing, reposting. Demanding the truth. They're using you! All of you. For her dirty work.

RUBY: Do you think UNIT can't handle a few reject cosplayers? Because that's all you are, Conrad.

CONRAD: You've gifted me this moment, Ruby Sunday. Is that even your name, by the way? Cos it's ridiculous.