Scene 10 - Countdown

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Time passes. The Dalek saucer still hovers around in space, as the Dalek commander hurries down the corridor where the six Dalek controls the ship, the three on each side. Some other bronze Daleks pass through again, avoiding the other Daleks in the cluster.

Dalek 1:

WE WILL WAIT NO LONGER FOR THE TIME DISTURBANCE!

Dalek 2:

WE OBEY!

Dalek 3:

THE TIME DISTURBANCE HAS NOT YET RECOVERED! FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY, THE TIME FIELD MUST BE FULLY STABLE!

Dalek 1:

DALEK HIGH COMMAND ORDERS IMMEDIATE DEMATERIALISATION!

Dalek 3:

TIME DISTURBANCE WILL RECOVER SATISFACTORILY IN TWO HUNDRED RELS!

Dalek 1:

WILL THIS BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE JUMP!

Dalek 3:

AFFIRMATIVE!

Dalek 1:

THEN COMMENCE THE OPERATION! THE TIME LORD TECHNOLOGY WILL SOON BE IN THE CONTROL OF THE DALEKS!

Dalek 2:

IDENTIFY LIFE FORMS ON THE PLANET DIDO!

Dalek 4:

PRIMITIVE CARNIVORES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED! COMPUTERS SUGGEST DESIGNATED LIFE POSE NO THREAT TO DALEK LIFE FORMS AND OR OPERATIONS! HOWEVER DIDOAN LIFE FORMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED!

Dalek 1:

EXPLAIN!

Dalek 4:

DIDOAN COLONISTS ESTABLISHED ON NORTHERN HEMISPHERE!

The Dalek then returns to the computer monitor to collect the data.

Dalek 1:

CONTINUE!

Dalek 4:

TIME LORD TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OF THE PLANET – WHERE FURTHER DIDOANS ARE REGISTERED!

Dalek 3:

COUNTDOWN COMMENCING IN TWENTY RELS! NINETEEN! EIGHTEEN!

Dalek 1:

DALEK HIGH COMMAND ORDERS FOR THE TIME LORD TECHNOLOGY TO BE CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO SKARO FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS!

Dalek 3:

THIRTEEN! TWELVE! ELEVEN!

Dalek 2:

THEN THE HUMANS ARE IRRELEVANT!

Dalek 1:

NEGATIVE! THE PLANET IS TO BE EXTERMINATED! AS ALREADY ARRANGED, ONCE THE CAPTURE HAS BEEN FULFILLED, OUR FIREPOWER WILL ELIMINATE THE PLANET, AND BLAST DIDO TO EXTERMINATION!

Dalek 3:

TIME JUMP COMMENCING IN FOUR RELS! THREE! TWO! ONE!

The Dalek places its plunger on a switch, as the ship then blasts suddenly in space, rocketing through and charging within seconds for Dido! The first Dalek rapidly turns its eye stalk around so it looms under it as it points just a few degrees from our view.

Dalek 1:

ALL DALEKS ARE TO BE LAUNCHED ONTO THE PLANET ON ARRIVAL! STAND BY FOR EXTERMINATION!

The hundreds and hundreds of Daleks rise upwards and begin flying around the saucer, ready to be unleashed to cause destruction, chanting their war cries, preparing to exterminate!

Daleks:

WE OBEY! DALEKS CONQUER AND DESTROY! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

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