DC 3.01 - Absent Friends

Unknown Speaker 0:25
Thank you all for coming here on such a lovely day. I know you get coming to the
press sacrificing your afternoons by listening to me. So I will endeavor to give
you something worth your while, certainly more than just the assembled news. Now, I
know there's been a little controversy over this mass from a few of the local
residents who write it said I saw, some of whom even appear to have made it here
today. Well, I'm sorry about that. I truly am. But the 21st century is just a
Around the corner, and everyone needs to be ready. For too long now the mobile
phone has been a luxury. We supervillain calm, foresee a time when everybody will
have one when they will be as ubiquitous in our homes as the television, the
microwave as well. However, we do also understand that the march of progress is not
without its casualties. And we like to think we're a conscientious company. So
we're willing to offer every village in Calcutta affected by this mask, a brand
spanking new mobile phone, absolutely free of charge.

No, my dear lady, I think we can persuade you. Try one of our phones for a week and
we truly believe it will change your mind. Change Your Life are representative
We'll be traveling to the next.

Hello.

Hello, sir. Good to hear from you. I just been watching it back now. I'm very
pleased. Everything went precisely

Oh, wonderful back in England, sweet England, your show. You can tell that quickly,
can't you? Not really? I mean, I've been here a lot, but it's not my world. If it's
green, the village pub, the church, where else could it be? It's unmistakable.
You'd be surprised. The doctor has taken me to a few English themed planets over
the years doctor tell her this is England. I'm right anti. See, I told you what
really

was hurting for Ghana for a while I found it in an English village or in completely
the wrong place.

Gallifrey Well, given

all that's happened, I wanted to keep Patrick in the loop. You know, it's been a
long time. As I've driven the TARDIS incorrectly those of you fiddling with the
console

I'm not a fiddler wouldn't know where to stop suppose

fault in the system maybe

there is it's a lovely one. I'm home. Well, sort of, you know what I mean? a kind

of a failing me at a time like this enough to give her a complete overhaul that
might be first have you kept out of the way? Live Helen How does it do in the
country Sir, do you? Wonderful.

Could be interesting. I suppose. I've done London I've done the coast might as well
do the bits in the middle Now you won't regret it. It's also peaceful and
beautiful. We used to have holidays in the Lake District when I was growing up just
after the war. It was

lovely. Well, that was the moment I took you into the pub, just in case they
usually have rooms. You never know how long these things are gonna take

Late 20th century

but after your time, Helen

service job landlord,

landlord

Good morning. Oh, is it afternoon? Good evening I suppose it's mid summer good. So
whatever time of

day it is stop talking now. Hello. Ignore him my friend Helen here and I Hello.
Yes. We're just passing through the area and we were wondering if you had any rooms
going for the night. I might have a couple the three of you is no just asked to
good. I'll check my bookings can take you anywhere. Can I

look perfect holiday companion. Oh, newspapers. Excellent. I can find out the exact
year.

Someone's have adapted same the universe really struggles with a small thing. So
you grit your teeth and wait till it's over. That's what I do with a mobile phone
mass. Now, this leaflets here, not the mobile phone last. I can imagine what a
mobile phone must be. Yeah, personal communicator. They had a few instead more I
think a masts, presumably a transmitter for relaying the signals. Let's see.
talcott I know Cal card isn't far from London

1998 on a favorite but basically tolerable.

Yep. And August you love it long days barbecues lemonade on the patio with Miss
Wimbledon fortnight, but you can't have everything. Now I think these will work as
a form of currency in this time period. Here. We are debit cards, bit primitive,
but they'll have to make their

debit card. Yes.

I've just loaded them with enough money to see you through. The pin number is 2311.
If anyone asks, mother's maiden name, well, that's a question and a half blood.

That's all you're telling us. How do they work specifically?

Oh, you're

smart. You'll figure it out right time is of the essence. If you need me, I'll be
back at the TARDIS tinkering. Have fun.

We will just as long as it doesn't turn into a desperate struggle for survival like
usual. Heaven.

And you're right.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I mean, from my time so very far off the tool space not
comparatively speaking. 35 years. blink of an eye to a time traveler future. Not
the future. My own future. People I know will still be alive. Yeah, I've got two
rooms. You're lucky. I would have been one that that archaeologists popped off
early without paying one. We only need 1011 Trust me.

Yes, just the one. Okay, okay.

This close to my own time. My own place. I can go and see what's changed. I can see
what's happened to my family. Oh, now Are you sure that's a good idea? I doubt the
doctor would approve. The doctor doesn't have to know if these cards can be for a
pub room they can pay for attending on the train. Somehow we don't even know how
they work. I'll ask someone. Come on. I'll be there about before he notices Oh, no.
You might meet future you you know if you've already come back. I won't have done
on the run from the police. I just want to have a look. See Harry and George. Maybe
my mother and father have this sit around. I won't try and talk to them or
anything. Please. Live I have to do this. You can cover for me, can't you? You're
not gonna let me say no. Are you? Wonderful. Thank you. You're a good friend. Yes,
for me. I'll be back before you know it. I hope I don't regret that

Hello, is some money in there

being in such a deep

because you're a man.

afternoon.

Good afternoon. What a lovely one it is to How'd you do? I'm the Dr. Philip cook.
Pleasure to meet you.
So they finally brought someone in a police telephone box. I wasn't expecting
anyone to call the police. That seems a trifle extreme. It's still you installing
it a bit overqualified to do that. If you're a doctor,

you could say that, but in a competitive job market, you got to take what you can.
I haven't seen one of these in years.

Finally bringing them back.

No, you know how it is. Everyone's into retro these days. Was that last year?

Oh no. Don't have to tell me. I'm in the antiques tray. I run the shop over there

and see it lovely. People are always coming to me after vintage stuff and all that
gang rushed off my feet. So I can quite understand the appeal of these things. And
if it gets the job done job or job you hear about the nuisance call.

No. I don't know anything about that.

People have been getting lots of since the new mass went up means

nothing to me, but I believe that sort of thing does happen. You don't work for the
police usually.

Super Phil calm then. You work for Subaru.

No, I don't work for anyone. Generally, I'm a free agent.

So what are you doing with that, please? If you don't work?

Well, I'm supposed to be repairing it. nominally

repairing it already, and you just arrived

but I want a full diagnostic check. And I've discovered something very worried.
very worried indeed. There's absolutely nothing wrong with her.

Isn't that good?

But I'm afraid not because if she's working perfectly means there's something very
wrong somewhere else. And I have no idea what to wear. Tell me Mr. Cook. Has
anything unusual happen in this village recently?
This the nuisance telephone

numbers from that strange lights in the sky. Odd happenings around a stately home
city. I know where I'm at those

if you don't know what you're looking

for where you going to the pub? Yeah, that's usually what I do to go to find my
friends, engineers. I'm a paramedic and a language scholar. What do you ask? Oh,
just wondering.

Are they particularly good at phone repairs? Not remotely. Good day. Good day.

Strange chat.

thought I might just head out wrong with you. You're sick. Do you know that? Sick?
You are not my son. My son is dead. All right.

Well, I'm glad you find that funny because I don't. Goodbye.

It's something that matter.

Sorry, what?

You're upset.

I thought I might be able to help you. It's none of your business, is it? Maybe
not. But when someone's Look, you're right. It was a mistake. I shouldn't have
interfered.

No way.

I'm sorry. I'm the one that should apologize if this is not your fault. It was just

someone keeps mucking around on my phone, calling me up, pretending to be well, it
doesn't matter who they're pretending to be. And it's kids probably.

They just touched a nerve.

I never wanted to think in the first place. Bam the mobile phone mast those
leaflets over there. Oh, oh they still out. Should have got rid of them ages ago.
Waste of time may work Oh, as you can see my phone Brian for everyone in town and
we all bought in. People are always very keen to protest right up until someone
swings by offering them a bargain self interest always outweighs conviction in my
experience. Oh you'd be surprised. Would I?

Look I'm heading out now but I'll be around you know the next few days. If you want
to talk. I'll be fine. Thank you about anything. I set up you're fine. Yes, well,
if you show

I am

take care

Coming to find you,

really, you figured out what's the matter with the TARDIS?

There's nothing wrong, which is very much the problem. The TARDIS is in perfect
working order we should have arrived precisely where I wanted us to. But we didn't.
We landed here. That can only be because some outside influence or phenomenon
brought us here.

Great. We can never just have a quiet day off in the country can wait,

we might be trouble, but it might not. It could be natural. But regardless, I
should have both of you with me until I'm sure.

Oh, she was tired. She wanted a lie down.

It's not like her. Suppose we have been on the go of it. But even so I should fetch
not be useful.

Maybe later if we need her. I mean, she was exhausted. And you know what she's
like. When she gets up in the morning,

good point. Hell hath no fury like a woman you're like, come on back to the TARDIS.
What are we going to do that no idea but it's as good a place as any to start.

better off out of it anyway. Who knows what we're up against? Don't get into any
trouble where she is.

I'm so sorry. I thought the cover of work.
I don't have any cash first

252

What? What seven shillings, time wasters.

Sorry. Well,

flats

Excuse me, I used to live here when I was growing up, you couldn't happen to tell
me who owns this building now, could you? I should I know.

Maybe if I speak to the agent

do you actually have a plan is a plan such more general notion really like point of
direction, same as usual then we're going to go through the local history records
look for anything else with the ordinary scan for temporal anomalies, or I could
search for a needle in a haystack if you think that helped me summarize, I know I'm
clutching at straws, but something drew the TARDIS here. something odd. There has
to be a way of finding it, whatever

it is. Nothing seems odd. Everything's perfectly normal. One weird, famous
conversation but that there

seems that a lot of those

weird how weird weird In what way?

Oh, it was just a prank. I think that's what will tell me

weird is what we're looking for

the landlady. Sure. It sounded like, like she'd lost a son. Was it died? Yes. She
was

very young. That's what I thought. When you say this phone call was a joke.

The impression I got was that someone was pretending to be him.

Why would anyone do that? No
idea. But that's what it sounded like. Doctor, what is it? You're thinking? I can
tell you're making that face. coincidences. Are you making that face? Is it
coincidental? I

met a chap earlier. He'd had troubles with weird phone calls himself. He said a lot
of people had ever since the new master.

Oh, yes, the landlady said something about that two, mobile phone master. Everyone
in the village got a free phone as compensation.

That's interesting.

You think these phone calls The problem

can't hurt to look fancy investigating semantics

gone on as quick as I can so fast I can move

yes

hello George.

My goodness

just strange thing it at all.

I should have phoned. I know I should have found thing is I didn't think I'd
actually ring the bell. Whew, I know this must be a bit of a shock.

I don't know what you're doing but it's wrong. That please. I'm an old man. What
are you doing?

I can explain. What are you doing? Please? I can explore get out. I'm Ruth. Helens
daughter, dude.

Yes. Yo,

yo, my uncle. Uncle George.

Come in.

Yo, hello. finished work. Have you could say that

live djenka Philip cook for the cook live chinko

Hello. Hello. Is this the medic or the scholar? Actually, I'm not a medic.

I'm a med tech.

Yeah, right. That makes all the difference that

we want you to talk to you about these phone calls you've been getting.

I thought you weren't interested in them.

I wasn't there. I am now

Well, yeah, it's been happening ever since I got the phone Really? every few days
someone calls up pretending to be Colin Colin, my ex died a little over 10 years
ago. car crash. I'm sorry. So am I. But it's been a while. Doesn't really hurt that
he's dead. Not so much

here till someone breaks up the embers by impersonating him.

And it is a good impression. It does sound like him. Like he used to be back when
we met in the forces. When was that? 30 years ago?

He didn't sound older than that. No,

he's voice cracked a bit as he got older happens to all of us. This fellow didn't
sound like that

at all. If it's a prank, how would whoever has been doing it know what somebody
sounded like? Not long ago.

I can think of a few ideas. Not all of them pleasant.

Time Travelers. memory access sort of thing. Yes.

What are you talking about?

Well, don't worry, doesn't matter. Now these calls, they're always on your mobile.
Nothing else. home phone. I don't recall getting on at home. See, I thought that
might be the case.

The landlady of the pub, I think she's called Kate. Did she lose a son? Kate?

is that relevant? We think so.

Well, then, yes, she did a few years back. It was on the level crossing. Tragic
little things. Any hate

that Yeah.

She wants to be tormented like this. And again on the mobile phone, Mr. Cook,
everyone in Calcutta has one of these phones. Yes, yes. They handed them out to
make up for the most perhaps that's just what they wanted you to think.

If everyone in the village has one of these phones, how many of them have been
getting nuisance calls? Pretty much

all of us as far as I could tell. I mean, I haven't spoken to the entire have

expected it seems a reasonable enough guess. Yes. Doctor, you wanted something
strange happening in the vicinity? Well, I think we found it must be why the TARDIS
brought us here?

Probably yes. We never forget losing a loved one and there's someone's using those
losses as some kind of weapon. obscene,

but why?

what end? That's the question we need to look into this phone company. You
mentioned that name earlier. I'm sorry, I forgot. Can you tell me again?

Yes, supervillain calm.

Super bill. Well, that hardly sounds like an evil organization.

They've got an office at the mast itself if you're wanting to speak to

someone so very much THINK WE ARE

YOU GO cup of tea.

Thank you. Lovely.

I hope you don't expect me to be happy to see you. Because I'm not. Well, that's a
welcome. Well, I'm just being honest. I mean, it's not you Not as such. I've never
met you. It's your mother

night. Yes, my

right. Are you look just like her, you know that. She must have been about your age
when she went

when she left London. I think roughly probably maybe a couple of months difference,
but

are you remind me of her? That's not good. Not

Am I missing something here? I never got the impression you two are best friends or
anything but I thought he got on

the robbery, you know, the biggest theft of antiquities in the history of the
National Museum. That one.

She didn't do that.

Really? Well. She acted like she did running away

because the police were going to arrest her.

Why was she scared of being arrested if she didn't do it? Because she was it was

complicated in what way You'll just have to take my word for it what Heather she

stole the more she didn't. And she didn't. Alright.

I'm telling you she didn't.

Okay, then she didn't, if you say so. But the world thinks she did, which in terms
of the family name amounts to the same thing so she might as well have done at
least at that case, someone would have profited by

family name

with hardly did wonders for our reputation.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize

she abandoned us to face the music then. Not a word. Not only that, a lot of phone
call. She couldn't care less what happened to us.

Maybe it wasn't that simple.

Or she never even told us about you know, that. Never even said the letter. A
mother would have laughed at granddaughter. You turning up here is the first I've
ever heard about you. She had her reasons. Yes, I'm sure she did.

The Where is she? No,

I'd rather not say

Oh, of course not. She'd been gone so long. I don't know why I expected any
different. I was just like, Helen. I'm still hiding out there somewhere. Still
evading her responsibilities.

This wasn't a good idea. Perhaps I should go.

Bears. Perhaps you should.

No, no wait. Whatever she did whatever she caused, you will not hurt her. It's hard
to remember that because? Because you look so alike.

Right?

I shouldn't take it out on you. I'm sorry.

That's fine. I understand. But I should still probably

no, no, no, no, don't. you've traveled all this way made the effort. So should I.
I'm the only one of your family you've ever met. I'm not going to let her ruin
everything again.

Stay

All right. Good. Look, we can't he can't have any idea what your grandparents look
like. Oh, I don't think Helen took any photos with her. I've got some albums
upstairs. I'll bring them down.
Wonderful.

It's good of you to find the time to see us Mr. sellin?

Oh, not at all. Not at all. was happy to speak with representatives of the press.
We're just fortunate I had some time clear this afternoon. Which paper Did you say
we're working for? Again?

We didn't we're freelance. When you're looking for a

story very industrious of you. I can hardly object to that.

If you follow me out here.

You saw the master on your way up

horse. We could hardly miss it.

Well, now you get to be all up close and personal. Feel free to take some snaps
mischenko Oh,

yes, yes, because I'm a photographer. There's a row.

Impressive, quite an advanced design for this century. What can

I say? One doesn't dominate the world without pushing the boat out

to dominate? Yes. You've got a new company launching only founded about a year ago.
That's right. And you're leaping straight into telecommunications. Of that was an
overly competitive field for a new concern. Aim high.

That's what my superiors believe you'll be surprised with can be achieved by
thinking outside of the box. We're done.

Yes, I think I've got everything we'll need,

then my office is right this way.

This is where the bulk of the work gets done.

through here, I know.

I prefer it if you didn't go there. If it's all the same to you. That office
contains some rather sensitive information.

Wow. If it's sensitive, what can

I say? One doesn't take over the world without generating a little paperwork. This
is me

Take a seat. Take a seat.

I can have Margaret bring in some refreshments if you'd like. Tea, coffee, water.

I think we'll be fine. Miss kids.

I'm always partial to what happened. Oh, sure That won't be necessary. Excellent.
So, what can I help you with? You haven't told me your angle yet.

We're interested in the cow caught mobile phone giveaway.

Really? I have to warn you. We did get quite a lot of publicity about that at the
time. rather an effective stunt if I say so myself. If you are intending to flog
that around the broadsheets, I'm not sure you'll get much interest. We're

doing a follow up piece. We wanted to find out if it swayed the residents to your
side or not.

Well, did you see any protests on your way in any placards? Any banners? No. Then
there's your answer.

you've not heard about the nuisance calls then.

I really think we can be held responsible For those

who see you have

the odd person has made a complaint. we've replaced their devices for free. I
should mention

why, why give them new phones if you don't feel responsible?

Because it's good public relations. I would have thought someone involved in
journalism would have been aware of the concept. We offer a product, Miss Janka how
people choose to use that product is entirely up to them. And I would emphasize
that these are incoming calls. There's absolutely no evidence to suggest any one of
using our devices to make them.

Yeah, that's really convenient, isn't it?

Every single person in Calgary has received one of these calls. That's strange,
wouldn't you say? One or two I can understand but every single one who would have
access to all those numbers? I don't know perhaps the person who manufactured those
phones in the first place.

I don't think

and I like what you're suggesting.

I don't think I like it either.

You seem very keen to make a name for yourselves? Fairview, I'd advise you against
causing any trouble. my superiors are very powerful people.

We're not interested in causing trouble. We're only interested in the truth Really?

And why don't you try one of our phones yourselves? I'm sure after a week's
exposure, you'll see all hearts

are in the right place. Yeah, no, no, I'm not sure that's a good idea.

It's an excellent idea. Yes, thank you very much.

I hope you'll get much joy out of it. Thank you.

Sure. We will.

Excuse me. Time marches along and my free hour begins to work. It really was
delightful meeting you. Now we must get a good day to you both. As a pleasure.

I'm sure we'll meet again. No, I don't. Dante's you. Bye.

Give me the boss which is

taking the phone is that really wise? We don't know what it does yet
exactly why I took it gives me the chance to examine it properly. What did you make
of Mr. Solon? He's a bit creepy.

Creepy, very creepy indeed. Anything that troubled you in particular?

His skin was just that little bit too shiny. And a bit, too. One thing

that was a little too neat. There was a kind of manufactured quality

to the user. Yes. Is it something

artificial and it wasn't just him. When everyone in there looked like everyone at
the desks everyone in the corridors, do you thinking? Not sure I've got my
suspicions. That office he wouldn't allow us and all that stuff about taking over
the world dominating it. But he was being terribly clever hidden in plain sight.

occasions nursed very good at transmitting but could easily be used to receive.
Come on.

And that's the reef. Beautiful, isn't it? Mother would have loved the orchids. Yes.
I know this must be a bit upsetting a bit of a shock. It is. They died a good few
years apart. But for you, seeing all the photos crammed together must be like
losing both grandparents on the same day.

I mean, I knew they'd be dead in all probability.

I suppose part of me hope they wouldn't be deep down. But in my heart how new

and Terry How is Harry,

who he's gone to? Only a few years back?

Harry stead

Harry is dead to how?

Oh, he was just getting on. He was a bit older than your mother and me was just his
time. You know? He had a son. Don't see him much anymore.

This is proven quite an afternoon.

Of course, you wouldn't have known that we couldn't speak to your mother so she
couldn't have told you. I don't think she liked him much. Anyway,

I did think she found him a little difficult and a little patronizing, but she
didn't dislike him. Not really,

really? Well, that's good to her. Maybe she could have shown that a bit.

You you will, right. You look upset. I shouldn't have sprung this on you. Fine,
really. It's just that

I would have liked it. You know,

Uncle Harry, really

could have done a good job.

Sorry. I can see

why your mother wouldn't have visited. But you could have come here anytime I

wasn't that easy.

Like with her

All right.

It really wasn't.

Well, I believe you thousands wouldn't. She

cared about you all

the best and even our father.

But the rest of you, if she cared about us, she had a funny way of showing it. We
all felt the effects, you know, of what she did. The whispers behind our backs. I
was engaged. When it happened

engaged.

We had told anyone It was early days but after your mother with a family name, not
exactly a desired commodity.

With something of a traditionalist for bad the match never met anyone else who was
up to scratch. Sorry.

I didn't think

I'm sorry. Oh, it's not your fault. Is there

water under the bridge now?

You'd like to people did if your damn Mother, mother had

to do what she did. She had no choice so she chose

to abandon us ruinous. She must have guessed what would happen. She could have
stopped it at any time. And she did. She had no idea she was born selfish and she
stayed self no valued her freedom above her family.

She wouldn't have wanted to have any

of you. She loved you all, except as we agreed our father.

That's why she did it. revenge on him. He bullied her. He was very cruel to Oh, he
got what he deserved. Is that what you're saying?

No. No I'm just saying that he was not a good person, even though I knew enough,

read again to listen to your mother on this. She's hard It proved herself a model
of virtue.

He was cruel and unkind. The things he put her through that the things he put your
mother through. You never saw it because you're a boy but it happened while he's
dead.

I was there. She wanted revenge. she succeeded. The strategy put him through she
drove father into an early grave good.

No, I think you did.

I didn't mean that.
I wouldn't want him dead. I wasn't thinking. Please. This was a mistake. It was all
a mistake. Just let me talk this through. I said get hard.

What is worth? I am

very sorry.

Goodbye.

water under the bridge.

Who do you think you're fooling hold man?

You know, you've probably invalidated the warranty.

Put the money bill.

that's troubling. You found something nothing. No strange components. No one knows
the technology. Nothing I expect to be wrong Israel today. It's pretty
disconcerting.

So it's not the phones causing the cause.

It's rather suggests if the transmitter

good is new.

No one has this number. So it's going to be one of the courts. We're very lucky.
We'll answer it. Why? Because if I do, I know who it will be. And I don't want to

find out if they're impersonating these people, or if they're recreating themselves
by drawing the information from your mind, please, I don't

want to do this. It would be most helpful. Hello, hello.

Hello, dad.

Sorry, I was just quite a bit busy with a patient. Oh,

find
you. What about you you find

great. Yes.

Brilliant. Thanks.

Can I ask you a question?

I mean, I was wanting to ask you something in a bit. Maybe.

Dad. You remember When we were climbing the mountains on Cal Do

you remember me asking why you weren't afraid of falling? Do you remember that
call?

What did you tell me?

Are you okay? Let's just answer the question.

All right, all right. If it matches that, I said, I wasn't afraid of falling,
because I was too busy being afraid you would.

Is that what you want to do here? Is

that I've got a guy, but I haven't told you

don't have to wait. That patient I told you about. He's getting a bit tricky.
Sorry. We'll talk later. Bye, dad. Did you

get it? What is he impersonation limit?

memory. All right. got it from my memory happy now.

There's something that matters live.

Okay,

you just don't understand people at all.

I try to. I'm never gonna get it if you don't explain.
It was my dad. All right. They use my dad.

I got that impression is he did Yes. How did he die? Does it really

matter how he died? I suppose not. I'm sorry. I'm sure he was a wonderful man. He
was

happened very quickly. I wasn't there. I was out, working the space lanes. He was
always sick. He had a

chronic condition and one day, he visited a medtech to check up on this new thing
he'd been worried about and the med tech says is alright, it's just an occasional
symptom of his chronic condition, but it's not. It is a symptom of that. Yes, but
it's also the symptom of something far worse. And that is what he's got. That's
what they missed.

I could have saved him. I could have diagnosed him correctly, but I wasn't there. I
didn't get to say goodbye.

We're going to stop them, aren't we doctor? This thing they're doing

is not right. And we will vary this when you see me. Going back in there tonight,
we're going to break into that office. Find out what

stopped.

Ladies first,

the security

level of technology is so much higher than the rest of this planet that they only
protect themselves from low level attacks. Instead a very advanced sub routine into
the computer systems.

The money on it if I was a betting man who had actual money could be 100% sure the
species but there's a couple of obvious candidates.

Let's see what we're up against, shall we?

Seems pretty standard. appearances can be deceptive.

You check the filing cabinets, I'll see what I can find on a computer. Gotcha.
I'm still surprised about health issues. wasn't interested. She just didn't seem
keen or does she ill or something. She's acting strangely

if she was sick, I'd no

medical training. Suppose

I'm not getting much here doctor just accounts and personal files. You really think
they're gonna write this stuff

down but never underestimate the arrogance of someone who doesn't expect to be
caught. I've just created a deleted file within the deleted file triple encrypted
and password protected to death.

Sounds more promising?

Yes, but it would require a genius to get into it.

Let's see what they try to hide.

This all looks like stuff about insider trading does the code

can you crack it? Trying? It's tricky too. They wanted to make it look very
natural.

And guess what?

Don't say Oh dear. I don't like it. When you say

going on here.

All right, so when Don't try anything. You can't kill us. People know we're here.
kill you.

Why would I kill you say,

because we know what you're up to

move. What? You know how I said nothing I expected to be wrong has been today? Yes.
Well, I think it's three for three I think they're not doing anything at all
that What?

Don't play the innocent with me I saw you break in security coffee. They've been
watching you ever since you got into the outer compound

talk to your advanced computer thing

only works on advanced computer systems that come in a garden security or a regular
human company on earth in 1998 probably wouldn't be affected

the oily skin the so neat hair I might. I'm describing a businessman on time.

They are quite heavily groomed in this period. I moisturize. I take care of myself
what's wrong with a man wanting to look good And of course I'm human. What else
would I be?

Right? You're gonna laugh?

I sincerely doubt that we thought you were an alien.

You're mad. You can see how it happened. The mysterious Roman name,

supervillain as in supervillain,

Mr. supervillain is French. Well, let's talk about taking over the world

as a metaphor. If what I was talking literally, if I was planning on taking over
the world, I wouldn't tell that to a journalist. We thought you were trying to be
clever. I can see how you might find that a foreign concept, right? I'm calling
security. Actually, I don't think you

you said they've been following us since we went to the outer compound. So why
didn't you bring them here with you?

I don't know what you're talking about.

But I do. It's those files. Isn't there the insider trading

bang on the money live? He didn't want to risk anyone else seeing it before you had
a chance to close down the computer. I think Mr. It hasn't been strictly legal in
his business affairs

can't prove anything.

I'm not sure I'll need to that's the police's job once I draw attention to it, I'm
sure they'll send in the very best people. And I can draw an awful lot of
attention. You show you've covered your tracks.

You want money

passing the mundane. Now we're not like you, Mr. Sell. We don't sell out
consequences to the mighty dollar. We just like to go home

free

if that's what we're saying to you.

So if it's not a phone company doing it who is

perhaps no one. That's the problem but then apparently obvious enemy means you
don't look for other solutions and if it did scan the local area for time
distortion

and distortion way You think this might be natural? It's

looking very likely.

Well, if it is, who did I speak to?

in all probability? I suspect it really was your father.

Something in this area is out of kilter, chronologically speaking, it's interfering
with the mobile phone transmitted and meaning people are receiving calls from their
own purse. So

not a memory. Not an impression. He's phoning me from when he was alive. I think
so. Yes.

So rude to him. I got the chance to speak to my father again, and I couldn't get
off the line quick enough.

You want to know it's not sure.

What's the matter to you? You've got to take me back. Please. You've got to take me
back home.
I can't believe that you could be so stupid

campaign if she didn't know I'd go to see him. No, he's right. I should have been
more careful. Sure.

Shoot, what possessed you to speak to your brother? I

was curious. I saw the house was rented out. I wanted to know what had happened.

I didn't expect it to go so wrong. Yes.

You'd have guessed lying to people usually bring it now.

Don't be hypocritical doctor, you lie all the time.

But when I do I know what I'm doing. Usually. Sometimes, but that's not important.

It's fine. It's not a problem. I can go back to 1963 and fix it.

You can't? Don't you understand? That's just it. you've interacted with your own
future. you've locked down what takes place. Your family never sees you again. Not
from the day you left London until the moment you turned up again. today.

George said they hadn't seen me Yes, but we can change that. No,

we can. We always do because we don't know what happens. establish your own future
what becomes of you and it's fixed in all trouble. I wish I could do something but
I can't.

So we can save the universe but not my family. I'm

sorry. I don't make the rules make up rules everything, not the important ones. I
told you not to get in touch with them back instead more. I don't say these things
for no reason.

I'm saying no, give it

give me. I said no.

If that's my dad again,
I need to speak you can't stop what happened to your father live? You can't keep
him alive. Because it's not what happened. You change history cause a massive
paradox.

Tell me why that's bad.

It could tear apart the whole of creation. The past is the past live, change one
thing and you never know where the ripples will spread, please. We have to be
careful during this traveling in time. We have responsibilities. You can see what
acting recklessly is done to Helen Please don't tell him what happens.

I don't understand what's going on.

Give it to me. Hello.

Feel free to tell now.

See, always What did you want to know?

Well, we wanted to know if you were going to come around for your mother's
birthday. She'd like, it's been a while. I mean, I know you get busy, but it'd be
nice.

Well, I don't know, dad. I can't say for certain.

I don't know where you'll be

not exactly. Just a busy schedule. You know how it is. Sometimes it's like, I don't
even know what year it is.

Right? I say well, if you could tell us as soon as you know, well, that

live don't

do love you so much. You know that, don't you?

course. I just

don't think I say it often enough. When you're there. It's just Really easy to take
you for granted.

As far as understood, yeah, parents always lose their children. They've got to have
their own lives.

I know. I should have said it more.

You said it, but

there's never plenty enough. You mean everything to me? Even if we fought even if
we argue deep deep down deep down in my heart that never stopped. I never stopped
loving you and I never will.

Thank you.

I'm fine. I'm just never forget that. Okay.

I'm gonna go dinner's ready. This is just meant to be a quick call.

It's never quite enough time is that

the chat lower another day.

You take care of yourself. See you soon.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

what's just happened?

Oh, you're right.

Go see. Tech bank has Second Opinion. Don't stop until they tell you there's a
problem because there is bare bare wrong. Don't listen to them until they tell you
that.

Man get it fixed. Just get it fixed. I just want another 10 years. That's all 10
years, please. Just so you're here now. Please, please.

Should I follow her?

She needs time.

Everybody does.

Not we should head back to the TARDIS give us some space. She has a room here after
all. Bring the phone if you didn't break it. We can continue our investigations in
the morning.

I'm sorry, I was angry earlier. Hello. Sometimes I forget the draw of a family. All
right.

Sometimes I should listen to you sometimes.

Good morning.

Hello. Another one. Scala. That's right.

Any luck with those

calls? Yes, I believe we're very close to a solution. Quite literally.

And I think I found it. Clock

did you learn by now this is from More than just a clock. Mr. Cook, can you tell me
anything about this piece set? Not much.

Sort of baffled the expert. No one knows where it's

a unique design. grotesquerie. nicely put but it's more than

that. There are attachments that don't go anywhere cogs that don't connect almost
as if,

as if it's part of an even larger clock itself. Quite what it is also due to time
machine.

It's a clock. That's what they do all the time.

But what time is the question?

How much does it cost?

Have you had a good day? Thank you.

Good. All right. I'm as good as I'm going to be.
Yes. I'm glad well might help you feel better. We found out what's been causing the
phone calls. Yeah, it's this

is that o'clock not according to the doctor.

It's an incredibly sophisticated piece of temporal technology. It's old, and it
shouldn't really be working but someone's given it a concentrated dose of ultra
energy boosting it.

What do the TARDIS the car got

in the first place? It's warping local space time ever so slightly resonating with
the air but this close to the mast, that's all it needed to bend the transmissions.
Hence, people getting phone messages from their own pasts.

The calls are just a byproduct.

Think of it as an allergic reaction. Nothing malicious, nothing sinister. Just an
unfortunate side effect.

Fortunate depending on your point of view, fortunate. Well, when you explained it
to me, people don't just get phone calls from the past from people they've lost.
They get phone calls from people that didn't get to say goodbye to this way they
can

That's got to be a good thing, hasn't it?

I suppose regardless, it's a terribly dangerous piece of technology. We need to get
it hidden away before anyone else find it. And if this is how powerful one piece
is, the next thing we need to do is find the others others

other pieces. It's part of a bigger Park.

There's a last property of this I know of and the underground, the man working
there. As a friend of mine, he'll keep this thing secure

as the safest place you can think of,

if you will, looking for advanced temporal technology on earth in the late 20th
century as a London Transport lost property of is somewhere you'd search

fairpoint

besides my friend there isn't exactly human. He has his own methods of protection,
it won't go anywhere come up, the sooner the better.

One second.

Look, we don't have time we

got lots we've got

a time machine which would be dangerous to use whilst we have this. We're going by
good old fashioned British Rail.

Give me a second

You're going to want to know, what's the point? I know number, right? Like I know
who it's going to be. But when they're pretending to be, I'm not going to give them
the satisfaction. What if you're wrong wrong? Look, I know it's hard to believe but
what if it really is your son? No, no, it's just, I got a call to yesterday from my
dad or someone pretending to be your dad. Trust me. That's not possible. It was my
dad. He died a while back and I have missed him so much. He was the best man I ever
knew. I never told him and I never said goodbye. Not until yesterday. Then I told
him everything. I'm sorry about your father but someone is playing a horrible prime
really not just believe me. This one's a miracle can happen.

Talk to him, ask him things no one else would know just to check. Whatever you
need. This is ridiculous. Please, for me, you've got a chance no one else ever Take
it

Hello.

Might be a while. We're getting on like a house on fire. Right?

I don't think you're going to need a mobile phone where we're going. I just

wanted to keep hold of it really. Just in case. In case what

I destroyed my family live

shame them. ruined my father. I thought you didn't like it. I didn't. was a bully
proved to me to my mother. He only considers men important in this world. So I
wanted to prove him wrong. Show him what I could do.

The fools have vanished. He must have felt everything he believed was true that I
proved him right.
I never got to tell him what I thought of him. So you're hoping he'll ring? And you
can? No. I want it to be her. My mother because now with him gone, I've had it. I
really care what he thinks. I thought he's just ashes now. He got what he deserved.
That

she didn't she should have had better

if I could just apologize. make peace with her. Hello, you can't fix what's
happened to him fix now. You can't make peace with your mother. But there's one
other member of your family left alive and you can say sorry to him. I'm not sure I
can is the only relative you've got in the world. When He's gone. There'll be no
one else. Don't lose him to ease your family. When your family is gone, they're
gone. And you never get those days back. Maybe you can't do it. You've got to try
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done. The energy should drain out a bit completely before too long. It'd be safe

to take that receipt and know what your pockets are like

when you losing it earlier. Come along. We've got a train ticket. Yes. Go on.

I need to go somewhere else first.

There's somebody I should talk to. Oh, yes, it

is this going to be a regular call? Not this close to the component. It will still
be interfering.

Sorry, I've caught on to this.

Hello.

Hello, this is George Sinclair speaking. I thought it was

how did you get this number?

I'm sorry. What are you talking about?

No copy you. The costs are only from people who are

Who is this? mean after I left you?

Look, I think I might have got the wrong number.
Yes.

Yes. I think you might have done it. I'm very sorry.

It's not a problem. It's not your fault. I really am. I really truly

I hope you understand that. Very well. Well, I'm sorry to trouble you. Have a good
day you too.

I'm really sorry. I'm missing something you probably.

Well, you wanted to go and see salon. Shall we do it that much?

You really weren't.

I didn't this much point anymore. I don't think there'll be anyone there. Who
didn't have the phone back and won't be needing it? No, no, this is train Hold on.
Hold on.

Understand humans nothing no

No, no, I'm not doing it.

You can ring all day for like you know

Hello

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