From: doctor@infopls.chi.il.us (david lucas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: shada script
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 17:12:14 CDT
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

 What follows is the script of shada's missings scenes. I do not know who 
originally typed it in,but here it goes.

        

      ---   Episode 1

 

      The Doctor receives a message from an old friend and heads the 

      TARDIS for Earth.

       

      ---

        

           Returning to his laboratory, Chris Parsons finds one of the 

      books borrowed his not what  he  wanted.  Examining closer, he is

      puzzled to find the  alphabet is  unknown  to him.  Also, the 
texture

      of the paper feels very odd.  

        

      ---

       

           In  his  lab, Chris tries to analyze the book, but he cannot 

      cut it with a razor blade. Astonished, he puts it under a 
Spectographic

      Analyzer. After humming for a few seconds, it emits a loud bang and

      belches smoke. Horrified, Chris rips the plug out.

       

      ---

       

        Undaunted, Chris has the book under an old X-Ray machine.  

      Watching from behind the shield window, he is appalled to see the 
book 

      begin to glow. Hastily, he switches it off. He reaches out to touch 
the

      book, but thinks better of it and  withdraws his hand.

       

      ---

       

        The car screeches to a halt as Skagra unleashes the sphere.

      Afterwards, with the body concealed in the back, Skagra takes 

      the wheel and drives on.

       

      ---

       

           Unable  to contain his excitement any longer, Chris rings a 

      fellow student, Clare Keightley and tells her to come to the lab 

      straight away.

       

      ---

       

           Now  inside  his ship, Skagra is fed and refreshed by the 
craft 

      itself. He even converses  with its feminine persona and asks for 

      information on the Doctor. The ship supplies the data on its screen 
at

      a bewildering pace.......

       

      ---

          "He has no more power than the others.  Only one has the power 

      I seek, and when I have the book, that power shall be mine. Get me 
the

      carrier ship." As Skagra speaks, the screen begins to resolve into 
a

      new image. "All goes well. I shall be with you very soon, and then 
let 

      the universe prepare itself for me!"  "Everything is ready, my 
Lord."

      The picture clears.

       

      ---   Episode 2

         

         Chris  Parsons is examining the book when Clare Keightley 
arrives at

      his laboratory. At first she is skeptical, but after seeing the 
results

      of his attempts at an analysis she begins to believe."Its pages are 
not

      paper, plastic or metal," Clare muses, then snaps her fingers. 
"What

      about a single crystal?" Chris rubs his chin in thought.  "No, it 
can't

      be. Half of it's stable all of the time, half of it's none of the 

      time....there's absolutely no way of knowing what it's made of."

      "Spectographic analysis?" Clare ventures.

      "Ah, yes, I got a positive result from the spectograph."  "What?"

      "It blew up!"

       

      ---

       

         As the Doctor leaves to find him, Chris decides to return to 

      the Professor's rooms  and get an explanation.

      He leaves Clare examining the book in the laboratory.

       

        The inside of Skagra's ship is spartan but sleek and 

      comfortable. He enters the control room, having changed into the 

      motorist's clothes, checks that the ship has disposed of the body, 
and 

      leaves with the sphere.

         

      ---

         

           The Doctor arrives at Chris's lab to find Clare clearing up 
the 

      mess.  They introduce themselves and the Doctor examines both the 
book

      and now useless spectograph.

       

           Romana enters the console room carrying a bottle of milk.

      After informing him that it has been in the stasis preserver for 
only

      thirty years and is perfectly fresh, K9 leaves with his 
mistress.....

       

      ---

       

         The Doctor is examining the damaged spectograph.

      "The  book must have stored up vast amounts of sub-atomic energy 
and

      suddenly released is when the machine was activated." Clare stares 

      blankly. "But what does that tell us?"  "Nothing. So obviously is 
was

      meant to tell us nothing. Exactly the opposite function of a book. 

      Therefore, it isn't a book." Before Clare can reply, a teletext 

      chatters into life across the room. She goes over and tears off the

      printout. "It's the results of a carbon dating test we ran. Doctor! 
 

      This says it's  minus twenty thousand years old!  What does it 
mean?"

      The Doctor's face pales. "Not only is this book not a book, but 
time is

      running backwards over it. I think I'd better return is as soon as 

      possible, don't you??"

         

            Skagra, having returned to his ship, places the sphere on a 
cone 

     similar to that in the Think Tank. He commands it and the 
ship."Playback."

             ...

     "Farther back." ...

     Angered by the lack of definition, Skagra again commands the ship.

     "Trace memories of the book!"

     ...

     "He had great mind control.  Find any trace of the book at all."

     For the first time there is a sense of respect in Skagra's voice.

     ...

     "A brave man.  The effort will almost certainly prove fatal."

         

     ---   Episode 3

       

          The Doctor thanks Romana profusely for rescuing him. She 
explains 

     that K9 traced the sphere after it had attacked the Professor--and 
killed 

     him. Visibly shaken, the Doctor reveals the fact that he has also 
lost the

     book-- they must get it back!

         

     Clare, meanwhile, has fallen asleep over the lab bench.

         

    ---

         

          Early  morning light pours in through the window over Clare's 

    face. She is still fast asleep. The teletext chatters into life 
again, 

    waking her with a start. She goes over and tears off the print. 
Galvanized

    by the information is contains, she grabs a coat for rushes out.

         

    ---

         

          K9 registers the sphere's activity, and the Doctor prepares to 

    dematerialize.

         

    ---

         

         The sphere as returned to Skagra in his ship. Breaking off from  


    examining the book, he orders it to "Report."...

    "What is that machine?"

    The ship provides the information in a kaleidoscope of color.

    ...

    "My Lord, it displays the characteristics of a Gallifreyan time 
capsule.

    Type 39. Possible Type 40."

    skagra leans forward. "Present whereabouts?" "In close proximity, my 
Lord.

    There are intruders approaching the ship."  "Show me!"

         

    ---

         

    Skagra watches on the ship's screen. "Admit them."  "My Lord."

         

    ---

         

       The  corridor  inside  Skagra's ship is long and hexagonally 
shaped. The

    walls pulsate with brilliant white light.  As Chris enters, he is 
clearly 

    impressed. "Better than an old Police Box." Finding no sign of the 
sphere,

    but worried about a trap, the Doctor tries to send  Romana back. 
Suddenly,

    a cube of light engulfs his companions and they disappear.

       Turning back down the corridor, he is faced by Skagra.

    "They will not be harmed, Doctor, for the moment."

    "I'm not very impressed with the party tricks, Skagra--that is 

    your name, isn't it?"

       "These party tricks, Doctor, are purely functional; their 

    purpose is precisely defined, as is mine."

    The Doctor changes tack.  "Where have you taken my companions?"

    "Come with me, Doctor."

 

    

    ---

         

         Skagra leads the Doctor down the corridor.

    "Skagra, what have you done with the Professor's mind?"

    "It will be put to a more useful purpose."  Skagra's tone seems 
almost 

    dismissive. "I would argue that it was serving a very useful purpose 
where 

    is was."

    "Not to me."

    Shocked, the Doctor halts in his tracks.  "You realise he died?"

    "Only his mind was of use to me, not his life."

    "You take a very proprietorial attitude to other people's friends."

    Spinning  round,  Skagra jabs a finger at the Doctor.  "It 

    seems to me that Time Lords take a very proprietorial view of the 
universe"

    The Doctor breathes deeply.  "Just who exactly are you, Skagra?"

    "The knowledge will be of no use to you."

    "Then I think you may as well tell me." "And I think I may as well 
not. We

    have more important matters to discuss."

        Turning back, Skagra strides on down the corridor, the Doctor 

    trailing in his wake.

         

    ---

         

         Skagra  enters his control room followed by the Doctor.  

    Picking up the  book,  he 

    weighs is thoughtfully in his hand.

    "This book, Doctor--"

    "Which  book, this book?" he takes it and looks at a couple of pages. 
"I've

     read it.  It's rubbish."

    "Then perhaps you would read it?"

    "I have a very boring reading voice. By the time I'd gotten to the 
bottom 

    of the first page you'd be asleep, I'd escape, and then where would 

    you be?"

    "Read it to me!"

        "I presume you can't read Gallifreyan, then?"

    "Like a native.  Read it to me."

    "Alright, alright.  Are you standing comfortably?"

    "I am, Doctor."

    "Then I'll sit down."

        Forestalling any objections, he quickly sits--right next to the 
sphere.

    Hastily, he chooses another seat.

    "Begin, Doctor."

    "Grrrr wdd thrrr hurhurgh dud dudud wwwwllll.  I'm 

    paraphrasing, of course."

    "Doctor--" Skagra says warningly.

    "Shh, this is a good bit...jjjjdddrrrr gr gr gr hummmmm...."  

    A sudden look of mock worry comes over his face. "Do you realise, 
Skagra, 

    this book doesn't make one bit of sense?"

        Sighing, Skagra searches for patience. "Doctor, a fool would 
realise it

    was written in code."

    The Doctor stares.  "Skagra!!"

    "What?"

    "This thing's written in code.  How am I doing?"

    "I believe you know the code."

    "Yes."
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