The Time Fracture
Written By Iris Prindel
INT: Kaitlyn’s Bedroom
It opens in Kaitlyns bedroom. We see a shot of her phone. There is an alarm going off and the time is 8:30am. She wakes up and touches the stop button. She then sits up and picks up her phone. She has a text on her phone asking if she’s going to the splash center to train, she replies ‘yes, let me get ready’ and gets ready for the day. She then gets out of bed. She walks over to her bedroom door and opens it then goes out.
INT: Kaitlyn’s Bathroom
She walks up to the mirror and picks up her toothbrush putting some toothpaste on it. She then starts brushing her teeth. It cuts to her spitting the toothpaste out. Then cuts to her gargling some water. Then cuts to her smiling.
INT: Kaitlyn’s Bedroom
We see an open wardrobe door and clothes being thrown out from it. She then steps out from behind the door wearing her clothing. She closes the wardrobe door. She puts her foot up on her bed and toes her shoelace. She puts a bag on her bed and stuffs her togs and goggles into it. She then puts the bag on her back and walks out of her bedroom door.
EXT: Sidewalk.
Kaitlyn’s walking down a sidewalk quite fast and looking happy. The camera is panning around her walking until a black silhouette of glitcy a figure runs past her nudging her.
Kaitlyn
Oi!
She looks around to see nothing. She looks quite confused and shrugs it off while walking. We see a shot behind her of her walking off and the screen gets engulfed by glitchy static.
Intro.
INT: UNIT
When it returns The Doctor is back at UNIT. The Doctor walks through the Door of Brigadier Turner's office.
Ethan Turner
Hey Doctor, welcome back. How was your walk?
The Doctor (taking off coat)
Good! Didn’t detect any negative energy so that's always good! Anyway, before I head off, do you have any cases you need me to sortout?
Ethan Turner
We have quite a few low risk cases for you. We don’t have any world ending invasions. Well, not yet anyway.
The Doctor
Really? A bit boring but let me see.
Ethan turner hands the doctor some files and he flips through them.
The Doctor
Hmm… Gnomes in a small mysterious town… Zygons won't pay their taxes… stopping a terrible sitcom from happening… yeah none of these are in my pay grade.
Ethan Turner
Well it’s not like something big will just barge through the door and give you the excitement you seek.
The Doctor
Bet you 10 bucks it will.
Ethan Turner
Deal. The odds are against you. As it has to explicitly be someone barging through the door giving a new mission-
James Shaw barges through the door
James Shaw
Brigadier, we have a situation…
The Doctor smiles smugly and looks to ethan, ethan looks at the doctor annoyed
Ethan
*sigh* of course the one time I bet on something.
The Doctor
What’s the situation?
EXT: Sidewalk.
It cuts to James Shaw, Ethan Turner, and The Doctor showing up to the sidewalk Kaitlyn was on. Kaitlyn is glitching in and out of reality and has fallen to her knees in pain.
James Shaw
We were getting massive amounts of energy coming from this spot so I investigated and found her like this.
Kaitlyn
*glitchy* P...please someone help me!
The Doctor
Oh, good find, uh...whoever you are…
James Shaw
Sargent James Shaw, sir.
The Doctor
Ok James Shaw… groovy name, I’ll take it from here. You can go.
James turns to leave.
Ethan Turner
No, stay here, get us supplies if we need anything.
James Shaw
Yes sir.
James Shaw stands aside.
Kaitlyn
*glitchy* My name is Kaitlyn Lambert, who are you?
Doctor
You can just call me the Doctor.
Kaitlyn
*glitchy* C… can you please help me.
James Shaw
Don’t worry Kaitlyn, I’m sure the Doctor will do what he can to help you.
The Doctor gets out his sonic screwdriver. He leans over and scans Kaitlyn. He then stands up and puts it up to his ear.
The Doctor
This isn’t good…
Ethan Turner
What isn’t?
The Doctor
Somehow, she’s fallen into a fracture. A crack, if that helps you imagine it. One that’s woven throughout time. I thought I fixed this.
Ethan
If she’s in a fracture why can’t we just pull her out?
The Doctor
Too dangerous. We’ll either get stuck in there too, or she’ll get ripped in half.
Kaitlyn
*glitchy* Then how can you help!
The Doctor
I’m...not sure… but something about this is concerning me.
James
What is it?
The Doctor
The more she’s zapped back and forth, the sonic shows she gets more and more chaos energy.
Ethan
Chaos energy?
The Doctor
It’s an energy that occurs when you’re forcefully taken from your time frame. Get enough in you and you’ll be traveling in time at a rapid pace until your brain turns to mush.
Kaitlyn
*Scared, glitchy* s..so I’m gonna die?!
The Doctor
No, this seems more controlled. Like someone is pushing you in and out themselves...almost like they’re cooking you.
James
Who’s “they”?
The Doctor
...I don’t know.
Kaitlyn
*In pain, glitchy* Ahhh, something is happening. It feels like I’m being pulled into something.
We hear her scream and glitch as she’s zapped.
Kaitlyn
Y...you…
The Forgotten twitches and glitches towards her.
The Forgotten
You aren’t ready...you will be soon…
Kaitlyn
No! Get away from me! stop!
Kaitlyn grabs the Doctors leg.
The Doctor’s leg starts to Glitch
The Doctor
I can help you but let go you’re going to drag me in!
Kaitlyn
*Glitchy* Please, it's gonna kill me!
The Doctor’s body gets glitchy
The Doctor
*Glitchy* Let go!
James
Doctor!
James grabs the doctor’s arm to try to pull him.
Ethan
James let go!
Kaitlyn moves her hand and grabs onto James’s leg.
James
Ah! GET OFF
James picks up the UNIT bag and starts waking Kaitlyn with it, before getting zapped away.
[The Fracture]
It cuts into the fracture
James
Where are we?
Kaitlyn
I think we got stucked into the fracture.
Kaitlyn gets a pain and falls to her knees
James
Kaitlyn, are you ok?
He helps her up and we hear the glitchy Laughter of the forgotten.
The Forgotten V/O
You are both lost...you are both mine…
James
Show yourself!
The forgotten shows himself to them.
Kaitlyn
Who are you?
The Forgotten
I am...so many things…
The Forgotten
I could be the Doctor…
It morphs into the doctor.
We see the Doctor standing infront of them.
It morphs into Ethan
The Forgotten as Ethan Turner
I could be Ethan Turner.
It morphs into Kaitlyns friend Claire
The Forgotten as Claire
I could even be your friend Claire.
It morphs into its normal form
The Forgotten
But I was forgotten. Forgotten by society, by reality, by time.
Kaitlyn
How can you imitate people just like that?
The Forgotten
I watch reality. I have seen everything flood to my brain and out again. I am the first to be trapped here, and I have fed on the others.
Kaitlyn
...how many others?
The Forgotten
So...many others…
We hear the echoes and cries of those the forgotten has fed on and everyone looks at him in terror.
James
So you’re going to eat us then? Huh?
The Forgotten
Yeah maybe. But the girl...I have other plans…
Kaitlyn
What are you gonna do to me?
The Forgotten
I will change you...make the world forget you just like they have with me...and make you my everlasting companion.
Kaitlyn
Yeah, not gonna happen.
The Forgotten
Says who?
Kaitlyn
Says me.
The Forgotten does a maniacal laugh
The Forgotten
You are powerless here! You have no way of stopping me.
James
Not entirely.
James shoots at the forgotten but the bullets go right through him
The Forgotten
‘Tis but a scratch.
The forgotten grabs James and pins him to a timeframe
The Forgotten
I will feed on you and torture you for eternity you fool!
Kaitlyn
Let him go!
James
Kaitlyn, quick, the bag. Gahh
James’s eyes start to go black as Kaitlyn kneels down to unzip the bag. She pulls out a laser sword.
Kaitlyn
A frickin lightsaber? Eh, this’ll work.
Kaitlyn swings the laser sword at the forgotten, causing him to scream and drop James.
James
Wait, why did that work but the gun didn’t? (face of realization) Wait! She’s full of this thing the Doctor calls “chaos” energy, while I don’t have much. It must transfer to the laser sword enough to cause damage.
We see the forgotten and Kaitlyn fight
Kaitlyn
You wanna actually do something instead of just watching us?
James
Right! Yes! Let me just look through this bag.
James looks through the UNIT bag and pulls out a weird box. He also pulls out an old sonic screwdriver.
Kaitlyn gets the forgotten to his knees.
The Forgotten
No! Enough of this!
Kaitlyn
Are you done yet?!
James walks upto Kaitlyn and is now standing beside her. They’re both looking down at the forgotten.
James
Just about…
Kaitlyn
What is that thing?
James
Its called a vortex box.
Kaitlyn
How does it work?
James
You’ll see. Now I just need to program this…
James sonics the box.
Kaitlyn
You have one of those devices too?
James
Yep! Well thats only because the Doctor left his old one in the Brigadiers office a while ago. Don’t tell the Doctor that though because he’ll definitely want it back.
James pushes a button on the box and it rips a portal wide open, causing everyone, including the forgotten to be ripped out back to the normal world.
[SideWalk]
Kaitlyn
Are...we back?
Kaitlyn smiles ecstatically.
James
We are! We’re back! We did it!
Ethan
Well, now that that's over with: James, You're an idiot! You could have gotten killed!
James looks ashamed.
Ethan
Next time I say don't, then for the love of god DON'T! (Breaths out to calm down) Anyway, come on everyone, back to UNIT.
The forgotten is screaming in pain as his shadow form turns into a normal human (wearing a suit).
The Forgotten
*Glitchy* n-no! I just...wanted...to be...remembered…
He collapsed on the floor, and we see him die.
INT: UNIT
Kaitlyn
So I need to sign here? For what?
Ethan
Well it’s to assure you don’t speak of this to anyone. We can’t afford this getting out to the public.
Kaitlyn
Why?
Ethan
It would cause a panic.
Kaitlyn
And if I don't?
Ethan
Well then we’ll lock you up for the rest of your life with no communication to your family.
Kaitlyn
I’ll...sign the papers
Ethan
Good.
Ethan has a big smile on his face.
Kaitlyn signs
Kaitlyn
*sighs* anything else?
Ethan
Nope, you’re free to go.
Kaitlyn rushes out the door where the doctor meets up with her
INT: UNIT Hallway
They are walking down the UNIT Hallway.
The Doctor
How’d it go? Did he do that same trick about locking you up? Hate when he jokes like that.
Kaitlyn
Wait- that was a joke?!
The Doctor
Yep
Kaitlyn
*groan* but he made me sign by saying that
The Doctor
I know, I don’t like it either. Care to walk with me?
Kaitlyn
Uh, sure? Where?
The Doctor
Around the same area we found you all glitched out.
EXT: Field
He walks to the tardis
Kaitlyn
A blue box?
The Doctor
Well, a brilliant blue box if I say so myself. Mind coming in?
Kaitlyn
Yeah, no.
The Doctor
Really? Why not?
Kaitlyn
We wouldn’t exactly fit well in there.
The Doctor
Wanna bet?
Kaitlyn
Woah, woah, woah Doctor, uh...I don't know how to put this...um...I mean...I like you...Just not in that way.
Doctor
Huh, wait what? Ah No no no NO! You’ll see. Come on.
The Doctor goes into the TARDIS.
INT: TARDIS
We see Kaitlyns face. She gives an expression of giving in. Kaitlyn walks into the tardis. Kaitlyn gasps.
Kaitlyn
What- the…
The Doctor
See! Told you!
Kaitlyn
How… is this possible? This should be impossible...I must be dreaming…
The Doctor
You were phased in and out of time periods and this is where you draw the line?
Kaitlyn
I- fair point.
The Doctor
Welcome to the Tardis. Time and Relative Dimension in Space. My spaceship.
Kaitlyn
Spaceship?
The Doctor
Yes, well also a time machine but I doubt you’d want to see time travel after what happened today.
Kaitlyn
A time machine?
The Doctor
Yes, are you ok? You keep repeating I just said.
Kaitlyn
Yeah...just trying to process this...why show me?
The Doctor fiddles with the console a bit
The Doctor
Because...I want you to come with me.
Kaitlyn
Come with you? Why?
The Doctor
Well you were a big help during that. Way more than UNIT who just kind of watched and gave me a sandwich.
Kaitlyn
That’s fair…
The Doctor
So, do you want to come with me and see the universe?
Kaitlyn
I’m not sure...after what happened today I’m not sure if I could take much more.
The Doctor
It’s not always like what happened today. A Lot of the time it’s beautiful. Give me a chance.
Kaitlyn thinks.
Kaitlyn
Oh what the heck. Where to first?
The Doctor
Well let’s see where the Tardis decides to take us.
He messes with the console and it activates, dematerializing. It cuts to James trying to find the doctor
EXT: Field
James
Doctor, hey are you here? Oh.
He sees the tardis fully dematerialize and Ethan Turner walks behind him.
Ethan
Yeah he does that… he’ll be back soon though. Come on, we have another situation to take care of ourselves.
James
What is it?
Ethan
Oh you know the usual. Abzorbaloff at Mcdonalds.
James
Again?
Ethan
Yep. come on.
They walk away and the camera pans to the sky where we see the tardis fly over and cut to the credits.
The end.