The Screaming Ceiling

STRAX: So, to recap: the dead have returned to Creighton Castle, and we must kill them.

JENNY: Even you must admit that wouldn't be possible.

STRAX: I can kill anything!

JENNY: The dead.

STRAX: Anything.

CARNACKI: Impressive, is it not? See how the levers move as if it were a living thing? See how the bells register the presence of the dead amongst us?

JENNY: What is it?

CARNACKI: (sighs) One day I shall find out. I bought it at great expense from a mystic in Camden.

STRAX: I will now insert it into you so that its living levers can pummel your puny pancreas.

STRAX: You are being pursued by a child with a box. Shall I snap its neck?

VASTRA: That won't be necessary.

JENNY: Who is it? The Campbells didn't mention other visitors.

STRAX: It will have seen Madame Vastra and latched on. That is what children do. I have often had to beat away hordes of them as I walked down the street. When will the government eradicate these pests?!

VASTRA: Well – no more so than any of you. His name is Carnacki; he claims to be an expert in ghosts.

JENNY: Yeah, well, let him look elsewhere then. We found this one. (to herself:) Which is mad, but there you go.

CARNACKI: (panting) Hello. I don't suppose any of you might be able to assist you with my... (grunts with effort) Oh! Hello! What a big head you have! Oh, er, did I just say that out loud? Sorry. I'm having a rather stressful day. (chuckles nervously)

STRAX: I presume I am now allowed to kill the annoying child?