Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Harriet Jones (Doctor Who Series Four)

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Four: "Aliens of London"

Played By: Penelope Wilton

Formally a back bench British Politician for the Constituency of Flydale North, Harriet Jones later became Prime Minister after she helped the Doctor and Rose uncover and stop a Slitheen plot within Downing Street. 

Her term in office was ended by the Doctor's strategic whispering of the six words- "don't you think she looks tired"- after she had ordered the Torchwood Institute to shoot down the Sycorax spaceship as it was leaving on Christmas Day. 

Since then she continued with her goal in saving the world from the shadows, developing technology such as the Subwave Network which was created by the Mr. Copper Foundation. 


"The Stolen Earth"

After deciding that the time was right and the Earth looked like it had no hope left, Harriet Jones contacted Torchwood, Sarah Jane Smith (via Mr. Smith), Rose Tyler- although unable to hear her without webcam at the Noble Household- and Martha Jones at her mother's house. 

She calls out to those she contacted, asking if anyone could hear her as the signal began transmitting. She continues trying to reach out calling this message "the utmost importance", which Captain Jack ignores as just being someone else from the "world crying out". However she berates him and orders him to "stand to attention." Getting his attention, he asks who was speaking and the introduces herself with the fact that she was "former Prime Minister" and flashes her passport- although he tells her he "knows who you are." 

Rose tries to speak to Harriet, but is unable to and watches as Sarah Jane replies. Harriet uses the sub-wave to allow those connected so far to contact each other. She comments that the "fourth contact seems to be having trouble getting through" boosting the signal so that Martha joins the conversation (again introducing herself) and said it seemed an appropriate time, introducing Sarah Jane to the Torchwood team. She has to tell Jack to stop flirting as he comments that Sarah Jane is "looking good." She then goes onto introduce Martha Jones to Sarah Jane, before going on to explain that due to the "sentient software" being programmed to seek out anyone who had worked with the Doctor Subwave network she was able to locate them all. She goes on reassure Martha that the Subwave was completely hidden from the Dalek's radar and that she had developed it with the aid of the Copper Foundation. 

Harriet warns Martha not to use the Osterhagen Key when Jack asks about it and orders them to forget about it, claiming that "all we need is the Doctor." Sarah Jane questions this and asks whether it was the Doctor who had "deposed her". Harriet replies sadly that "he did" and goes on to say that although doubting herself about the desission she had made on Christmas at first. However she justifies her reasoning as the Doctor couldn't be there to save the world every time there was an invasion. When Martha tells her that she failed to get through to the Doctor on her own, Harriet concludes this is why they all need to work together and act as "the Doctor's secret army." 

During the plan to use the rift to call the Doctor's number- via Mr. Smith's hacking of the phone network- Ianto Jones comments that the transmitting signal would become open and visable to the Dalek fleet. Harriet admits that she was aware of this fact and that she also knew the Dalek's would track  her down and kill her. She states that "my life doesn't matter. Not if it saves the Earth." 

She thanks Jack for his solute, but tells them that "is enough with words" and that they they start as "there are people dying on the streets." 

Wilfred Mott commends her and voices that he "voted for her" to be Prime Minister, although Sylivia Noble tells him that he never did. 

She opens the Subwave to "maximum" allowing the signal to mask the transmission to contact the Doctor, which attracts the attention of a Dalek Saucer. The Daleks use their exterminators to smash the window, whilst she transfers the Subwave network to the Torchwood facility in Cardiff, putting Jack in charge and requesting that he tell the Doctor that "he chose his companions well." She states that it "had been an honor", before moving into the center of the room as three Dalek's enter her house via the blown out window. She introduces herself to them and retorts that although they knew who she was, they "knew nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall." She exhales and stands taller as the Dalek sentences her to death, dying along with her screen on the collected subwave monitor. 


"Journey's End"

During Davros' goading of the Doctor- while he was being held in the vault- he boasts that he had "already seen them (The Doctor's allies) sacrificed today for their beloved Doctor" and addresses Harriet Jones as "the Earth Woman who fell opening the Subwave Network." The Doctor had been unaware of her death or the fact that she had been involved in bringing him to Earth until Rose tells him and he remembers her along with all the others he had lost over his travels. 

Monday, 17 August 2015

Jamie (Doctor Who Series One)


First Mentioned: Doctor Who Series One Episode Nine: "The Empty Child"

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Ten: "The Doctor Dances"

Played By: Albert Valentine

Born in London in the year of 1937 to a young woman called Nancy, Jamie never knew that she was his mother, who out of shame for giving birth to him as a teenager told him that she was his sister. 

Scared of the bombs and being on his own, Jamie followed Nancy one evening of the London Blitz during 1941 and was crushed by the Chula Ambulance (that had been thrown away by Captain Jack Harkness). His injuries included a "massive head trauma in his left side, a partial collapse in the chest cavity and a scar on the back of his right hand". Being the Blitz Jamie wore his gas mask for fear of a gas attack. He had been resurrected by nanogenes, who took him to be a model example of a human and created a virus that would infect  humans to make them look like he did. The last thing he wished for before his death was his mother.

He was later cured by Nancy and the nanogenes, which recognised her parental DNA and restored his body to what it had been before he had been "killed".


"The Doctor Dances"

When the nanogenes disperse from both Nancy and "The Empty Child", the Doctor runs over to him and expresses his desire to "give me a day like this". He reaches forward and laughs as he finds he can detach the gas mask from Jamie's face to reveal that he is alive and well. The Doctor picks him up and tells him that he will love the future in "twenty years" for the "pop music". Nancy asked what happened and the Doctor tells her that the DNA was registered and identified as having a similar match, joking that "mother knows best" and giving Jamie to his mother, who cries and hugs him tightly to her. 

Jamie has his back to the falling bomb and is oblivious to the space ship flying above them and catching the bomb whilst it is hurtling towards them. 

Later the Doctor comments to Rose in the Tardis that Nancy and Jamie would go to Doctor Constantine for "help."

Mrs. Harcourt (Doctor Who Series One)

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Ten: "The Doctor Dances"

Played By: Vilma Hollingbery

Living during the 1941 London Blitz, Mrs. Harcourt was an elderly woman who had at some point lost her leg. She was transferred to the Albion Hospital under the care of Doctor Constantine, where she had come into contact with an infected individual and became one of the gas mask zombies. The transformation also managed to grow her leg back due to the nanogenes that were part of the virus.

She was cured at the abandoned rail way line along with the other zombies, by the Doctor and nanogenes that understood what humans were supposed to look like (unlike the ones that were infecting people).


"The Doctor Dances"

After the Doctor compliments Doctor Constantine for his dedication to his patience and explains that "whatever was wrong with them in the past, you will probably gonna find they are cured", Mrs. Harcourt hobbles over to him and addresses him warmly. Constantine comments that she is looking much better. Mrs. Harcourt expresses her surprise to find that her "leg's grown back" since she had only gone to the hospital with "one leg". He asks her if she had "possibly miscounted" due to all the confusion of the war. 

She watches the Doctor as he prepares the Chula Ambulance for self destruction and clears the area with all the other cured victims. 

Mr and Mrs Pakoo (Doctor Who Series One)

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Two: "The End of the World"

Played By: ??

A married couple of bird-like aliens born years before 5,000,000,000 (the date of planet Earth's destruction), Mr. and Mrs. Pakoo had built up a vast wealth and bought tickets to observe "Earth Death" aboard Platform One.


"The End of the World"

Mr. and Mrs. Pakoo were welcomed into the "Maximum Hospitality Zone" by the Steward along with the other guests. They stand and listen to Cassandra's speech and the presentation of her gifts: a jute box and an Ostrich egg. 

They both were talking to each other by the door when Cassandra calls all the guests to "come gather" due to their being only "10 minutes till Earth Death." 

They witness the Doctor's revelation that Cassandra had used robotic spiders and androids in the guise of the Adherence of the Repeated Meme to sabotage Platform One and the plan to use the destruction of Earth to kill them all and gain the shares of their "rival companies." 

They watch in horror as the sun's heat cracks the glass of the Hospitality Sweet, but survive the attempt on their life. They mourn with the remaining survivors for all those who had died, before leaving Platform One after the "death" of Cassandra.

Death of Cassandra Script (Doctor Who Series Two)

(This is exactly taken from Doctor Who Series Two Episode Two: "New Earth", so contains spoilers from the episode if you haven't seen it- Spoiler Warning)

"New Earth: Final Scene"

The T.A.R.D.I.S doors creak open. The Doctor walks out of time machine into a highly decorated side chamber, just near the main body of the party. It is the party from the recording (see the Psychograph Scene... coming soon)- held in the honor of the Ambassador of Thrace. 

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: For Bodeley's sake, don't do that. He'll be livid. 

The Doctor passes under the half tied curtain into the main room, followed by Chip (Cassandra's soul sharing his body) and Rose. Chip is wearing a black shall over old hospital clothes and covering up his many of his tattoos. 

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: Oh no, don't! Stop it! (She giggles) 

As Chip moves forward his eyes brighten and a smile begins to slowly appear on his face. 

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: That's simply not true. Tiny! Egypt was so dismal. 


Cassandra is surrounded by a fairly large crowd- mostly men- who are all laughing at what she is saying. 

Chip looks back to the Doctor.

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: And the mosquitoes, I can't tell you....

Chip: Thank you.

The Doctor: Just go and don't look back.

Rose: (In Chip's ear) Good luck.

Chip smiles at her and gives her a polite nod, slowly making his was across the quieter side of  room (most are gathered near the end). B/G- Two guests mingle with each other. A waiter passes with a loaded tray of champagne. The wall on his right has a water feature that resembles a Waterfall. He smiles as he is only a few paces away from his younger self, who is wrapping up her conversation. 

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: And if you actually see them, you're shocked. 

Cassandra (Younger): (Wags her finger at the closest guy) But don't quote me on that. 

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: Oh you naughty people! 

Cassandra (Younger): A Bientot!

She grandly begins to walk away, flourishing her hand.

Chip: Excuse me, the Lady Cassandra?

Cassandra (Younger): I'm sorry, I don't need anything right now, I'm fine, thank you. 

Chip: (As Cassandra slowly turns) No, I just wanted to say. You look beautiful. 

Cassandra (Younger): (He smiles. Pause, thinking how to react) Well, that's very kind, you strange little thing. (Looks him up and down) Thank you very much.

Chip: (Slightly taken aback, but ignores "her" own judgement) I mean it. (Steps closer to her) You look... (almost whisper) so beautiful. 

Her face changes, looking as though she was terribly moved by this (as though it was a long time since anyone had truly complimented her).

Cassandra (Younger): (Voice is softer) Thank you.

Chip exhales. His eyes close. He falls forwards as though he has lost all ability to stand. 

Cassandra (Younger): Oh, my Lord! (She goes down to her knees, catching him before he hits the floor) Are you alright? What is it, what's wrong? (To a guest that moves around her with a drink still in hand) Someone get some help. Call a medic or something (Other guests disperse) quickly! 

Female Guest- O.S: Who is he?


Cassandra (Younger): (Pulls back his hood slightly to take his pulse, revealing a few of the tattoos) I don't know, he just came up to me. Don't even know his name. He just collapsed. I think he's dying. (More people are turning their backs and walking away) Someone do something. I've got you, sweetheart (begins to cradle him, rocking him gently on her knee). It's all right. 

The Doctor and Rose watch on silently.

Cassandra (Younger)- O.S: There you are. There you are. I've got you.

Cassandra (Younger): (Almost completely alone in the middle of the room, keeping Chip company. Everyone else has ever turned their back or gone) It'll be alright. There, there. You poor little thing.

The Doctor nudges Rose and they slowly walk away, Rose looks back before disappearing behind the curtain. The Doctor then looks back, his glance long.

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Cassandra- Younger Self (Doctor Who Series Two)

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Two: "The End of the World"

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series Two Episode Two: "New Earth" (Younger Self)

Played By: Zoë Wanamaker

Formally born male to a father from Texas and a mother originating from the Arctic Dessert, the Lady Cassandra O'brien.Δ17 (Dot Delta Seventeen) was a human originating from Earth many years in the far distant future. Over the years he had a sex change from male to female and had seven hundred and eight different medical procedures to preserve and alter her form until she took on the appearance of "a trampoline." As well as that she had been married at least five times in her life.

At some point she had been invited to a party being held for the Ambassador of Thrace, where it was the last time anyone told her that she had looked beautiful- starting her descent into her Platform One look.


"New Earth"

During Rose's investigation of the lower level of the New Earth Hospital, she follows Chip to a room at the far end of the corridor where a projector is playing an old recording of the Ambassador's party. After a moment Rose realises that the woman on the screen, who is talking animatedly to a group of guests.

Cassandra comments that she remembered that evening well.

As a final act of mercy to Cassandra, the Doctor and Rose took Chip (who was sharing a body with her) back to that night. He watches her mingling with a group about her travels to Egypt (commenting on it being "tiny"- in her eyes) and complaints about the "mosquitoes." He thanks the Doctor, who tells her to "go and not look back" while Rose wishes them both "good luck." 

Chip makes his way towards her younger self as she tells the laughing group not to quote her on an unknown topic, calling them "naughty people" and calling to them "A Bientot" as she leaves. She stops as Chip addresses her, but mistakes him for a waiter at the party and tells him that she is "fine." He tells her that "she is beautiful", which she shrugs off with a feigned air of politeness, calling him a "strange little thing" and thanking him. However she is both moved and flattered (almost to tears) when he reveals that he truly meant it. Her tone changes when she sees Chip collapse before her and she holds him close, begging the guests to help him and call "a medic." She tries to ask if he is alright, while another guest asks who he was. Cassandra tells her that she didn't know and that they had just met, She shouts for someone to help, comforting her future self and her own creation as they pass away in her arms. Till their last breath, she tells them that they "will be alright... you poor little thing." 

Chip- Possessed by Cassandra (Doctor Who Series Two)

First Appearance: Doctor Who Series One Episode Two: "The End of the World" (Cassandra)

Doctor Who Series Two Episode Two: "New Earth" (Chip)

Played By: Sean Gallsgher

The force grown clone of the Lady Cassandra O'Brien to work for her as her personal servant, Chip was willing host for the psychografted soul of Cassandra after she released Rose Tyler's body.


"New Earth"

Upon the: defeat of "The Flesh", the arrest of the remaining Sisters of Plenitude and the teleportation of the Face of Boe, the Doctor demands that Cassandra leaves Rose's body. However she begins to cry stating that she "doesn't want to die" and asks for his help.

She is excited to see that Chip had survived, who tells her that "he had kept himself clean for you." Realising what he had said, the Doctor orders Cassandra not to use Chip as "a volunteer" as he "has a life of his own." Chip counters this with the fact that he "worships" her and that he would gladly "welcome her." She relinquishes her control of Rose and passes into Chip's body.

Examining himself, Cassandra comments that she looked like "a walking doodle." The Doctor tells him that "you can't stay in there", proposing to take her to New New York and "build a skin tank" in order to "stand trial for what you've done." He jokes that this request sounded dramatic, calling it "my finest hour" and that he was wearing "his finest hat." He continuous to tell them that they have little time due to the stress put on Chip, having read his mind and feel his vitals, "being a half life" and notes that his heart was "failing". She begins to wonder if Chip will last much longer when he suddenly collapses. The Doctor and Rose catches him and Cassandra understands that both herself and Chip are "dying", but calmly accepts the fate. The Doctor tries to persuade him to go with them to "the city", but she comments everything on the planet is "new" and that "there is no place for Chip and me anymore." He tells the Doctor that he is "right" and that it was "time to die." The Doctor says he can do one final thing for her.

The Doctor takes Cassandra back to the night of a party for the Ambassador of Thrace, where he sees her former self conversing with a throng of laughing guests enjoying her complaints about "Egypt... and the Mosquitoes." Overwhelmed, he thanks the Doctor who tells her to "just go and not look back." Rose wishes him good luck and he gives her a kind nod, before making his way towards the younger Cassandra. 

As she leaves calling them "naughty people" and grandly wishing them "A biantot", Chip addresses her (herself), who thinks he is part of the staff at the party and tells him that she didn't "need anything right now, I'm fine, thank you." Stopping her, he tells her that "you look beautiful". The younger Cassandra thinks little of this comment, but thanks him by saying that was "very kind, you strange little thing." He goes on that he meant it, taking a step towards her and sincerely tells her that "you look... so beautiful." Moved she thanks him before he suddenly collapses right in front of her. She asks him if he is alright, holding onto him and demanding that someone can help him and call a "medic." Another guest asks who "he" was and Cassandra reveals that she didn't know and that she didn't "even know his name". She brushes his head gently, whispering that it "was alight. I've got you." She comforts him as her older self dies along with him, rocking him slightly on her knees and soothingly calling him "a poor little thing."