The Doctor dances- part one

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The gas-mask people are surrounding Rose, the Doctor, the Warden and Jack. Then- the Doctor stares sternly around at them. 

The Doctor: Go to your room. 

The gasmask people hesitate. Jamie hesitates. 

The Doctor: Go to your room! 

The gas-mask people cock their heads to one side. Jamie cocks his head to one side. Rose and Jack look at one another as The Warden catches on. 

The Warden: He means it! We are very, very angry with you. We are very, very cross! 

The Doctor: Go... to... your... ROOM! 

He points violently in no particular direction, and miraculously, all the gas-mask people turn meekly away. Jamie turns to leave. The patients and staff in the hospital climb back onto their beds. Jamie slowly opens the door and leaves the room. The Doctor sighs with relief. 

The Doctor): I'm really glad that worked. Those would've been TERRIBLE last words. 

 Jamie walks alone from the house into the dark night. Nancy watches him go from the window. 

Nancy: Jamie... 

She sinks to the ground with her back against the wall, and sobs. Rose is sitting by one of the beds, looking at one of the gasmask people. Jack settles down in a chair. 

Rose: Why are they all wearing gas masks? 

Jack: They're not. Those masks are flesh and bone. 

The Warden: How was your con supposed to work? 

Jack: Simple enough, really. Find some harmless piece of space-junk... let the nearest Time Agent track it back to Earth. Convince him it's valuable, name a price. When he's put 50% up front, oops! A German bomb falls on it, destroys it forever. He never gets to see what he's paid for. Never knows he's been had. I buy him a drink with his own money, and we discuss dumb luck. The perfect self-cleaning con. 

The Doctor: Yeah. Perfect. 

Jack: The London Blitz is great for self-cleaners, Pompeii's nice if you want to make a vacation of it though, but you've got to set your alarm for volcano day. 

He laughs at his own joke. The Doctor merely looks at him. Jack's laughter dies away. 

Jack: Getting a hint of disapproval. 

The Doctor: Take a look around the room. This is what your "harmless piece of space-junk" did. 

Jack: It was a burnt-out medical transporter, it was empty. 

The Doctor looks darkly at him and walks off. 

The Doctor: Rose.

 Rose: We getting out of here? 

The Doctor: We're going upstairs. Warden, watch him.

Rose follows him. Jack gets up and calls after him. 

Jack: I even programmed the flight computer so it wouldn't land on anything living, I harmed no-one! I don't know what's happening here, but believe me, I had nothing to do with it. 

The Doctor: I'll tell you what's happening. You forgot to set your alarm clock. It's volcano day. 

A siren goes off in the distance. 

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