[Palace of Versailles]
(18th Century France, and the guests at a masked ball are running along corridors and screaming in terror. In a royal bedroom is an ornate clock with a smashed glass face. A woman stands in front of the fireplace.)
LOUIS: We are under attack! There are creatures I don't even think they're human. We can't stop them.
REINETTE: The clock is broken. She's coming.
LOUIS: Did you hear what I said?
REINETTE: Listen to me. There is a woman coming to Versailles. She has watched over me my whole life and she will not desert me tonight.
LOUIS: What are you talking about? What woman?
REINETTE: The only woman, save you, I have ever loved. No, don't look like that, there's no time. You have your duties. I am your mistress. Go to your queen.
(Reinette calls into the fireplace.)
REINETTE: Are you there? Can you hear me? I need you now. You promised. The clock on the mantel is broken. It is time. Maddie! Maddie!
[Spaceship]
(Three thousand years later, the Tardis materialises on a spaceship with a long central hub and two rotating sections, one larger than the other.)
MICKEY: It's a spaceship. Brilliant! I got a spaceship on my first go.
(There are lots of bits and pieces of equipment scattered around.)
ROSE: It looks kind of abandoned. Anyone on board?
DOCTOR: Nah, nothing here. Well, nothing dangerous. Well, not that dangerous. You know what, I'll just have a quick scan, in case there's anything dangerous.
ROSE: So, what's the date? How far we gone?
MADDIE: About three thousand years into your future, give or take.
(He finds the light switch on a console. Part of the ceiling shows the stars.)
Y/N: Fifty first century. Diagmar Cluster, you're a long way from home, Mickey. Two and a half galaxies.
ROSE: Mickey Smith, meet the universe. See anything you like?
MICKEY: It's so realistic!
DOCTOR: Dear me, had some cowboys in here. Got a ton of repair work going on. Now that's odd. Look at that. All the warp engines are going. Full capacity. There's enough power running through this ship to punch a hole in the universe, but we're not moving. So where's all that power going?
ROSE: Where'd all the crew go?
MADDIE: Good question. No life readings on board.
ROSE: Well, we're in deep space. They didn't just nip out for a quick fag.
Y/N: No, I've checked all the smoking pods. Can you smell that?
ROSE: Yeah, someone's cooking.
MICKEY: Sunday roast, definitely.
(The Doctor, Maddie, and Y/N use the console to open a door behind them.)
[Fireplace room]
(The far wall is panelled, and contains a blazing fire in an ornate fireplace, with an ormolu clock on the mantlepiece. Exactly like the bedroom at Versailles.)
DOCTOR: Well, there's something you don't see in your average spaceship. Eighteenth century. French. Nice mantle. Not a hologram. It's not even a reproduction. This actually is an eighteenth century French fireplace. Double sided. There's another room through there.
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