(DOCTOR WHO THEME)
Of course, it's so simple.
They're shrouded.
- They're what? - Shrouded.
They don't show up,
but we must try and force them into revealing themselves.
Treble. Bass...
Please let me be right.
Is anyone listening?
Balance.
(HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING)
What are they?
Cyber warships. Thousands of them.
They were invisible.
What can we do?
I think our best move is to go into the crypt,
unarmed, with the bow.
Hurriest with you, my lady.
- I understand not. - What's to understand?
Always I have treated you badly.
I have done you no service, shown you no kindness.
And yet you risk your life to save me.
- Why so? - Should I not?
I do not live in the world of "what should".
But you're a good man, Richard.
And I am evil.
- My lady, we have no more weapons. - Oh, you're wrong.
I have one more yet that will not fail.
My knowledge.
I will have the statue of Nemesis.
Doctor.
Eh?
Look, let's be honest.
I've never really bottled out of anything before, have I?
But I'm really, really scared, Doctor.
Oh, Ace. I'm sorry, forgive me.
Why don't you go back to the Tardis? You'll be safe there, whatever happens.
No chance, Doctor.
No chance.
The Cyber-fleet are still not receiving our transmissions, Leader.
Is there any pattern to the jamming signal?
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
It is beaming us.
(SWITCHES OFF)
Transmission channels to the Cyber-fleet are clear again, Leader.
Excellent. Their arrival is imminent.
You fool. Without the bow, the statue's power is nothing.
We will shortly obtain the bow.
From the Doctor? Don't delude yourself.
He is no common adversary.
Do you think he'll simply walk in here and hand it over?
- Good afternoon. - Doctor.
Yes, here we are. I'm sorry we couldn't have been here earlier,
but we were held up on the way.
Erm, I don't believe you've met my friend, Ace.
Give me the bow.
Cyber Leader moves pawn to discover check.
Ace replies by neatly castling with the bow.
- Give me the bow. - Doctor en passant behind Cyber Leader.
Give me the bow.
Doctor supports combination gambit.
Take the bow from him.
Middle game development with Cybermen.
Kill him.
And game. Illegal move, but checkmate.
That seems to be in order. Come.
- The Tardis. - No statue?
It'll have to wait. It'll follow the bow.
(NEMESIS SCREAMING)
Fear not, Richard.
It is the Nemesis come alive.
Alive?
Why, yes.
Which means it is complete.
And now, it shall be mine.
(WHOOSHING)
Surely,
we, uh, we can negotiate this misunderstanding.
The statue is gone. You have no function.
Kill them.
(SCREAMS)
Hey, why are we here?
What's going on, Professor?
Unfinished business.
We don't want those to fall into the wrong hands,
just yet.
How's the game going?
Black's losing.
What happens to these calculations?
Bishop takes rook.
Someone steals them.
The same person who steals the bow?
I mean, the same person who steals it in 1788?
How should I know, Ace? Questions, questions.
Queen takes bishop.
Who brought validium to Earth in the first place?
But pawn takes queen.
What's really going on, Doctor?
Checkmate. Black wins.
Time to go.
Take those gold coins, we may need them.
We needs must walk, Richard. We have no carriage.
We can avail ourselves of one of these steeds, my lady.
I see the method.
The Doctor must not lead the statue back to the rocket sleds.
We will stop him.
Ah. Now, the statue should be here any moment now.
Everything depends on my final calculations.
I can't get my figures wrong this time.
It's okay, Professor. I promise not to interrupt you.
You are interrupting me.
- Sorry. - There's also another slight problem.
The Cybermen could be here at any moment.
Don't worry, Doctor. I'll look after you.
Aim at the chest panel.
All will be mine.
Where are you folks headed?
To Windsor. And to please you, ma'am.
It surely does, honey. Jump right in.
Now what? Ah, yes, the bow, the bow.
The bow is essential.
You shall have the bow.
Go you far, ma'am?
Far? Oh, I just came over from London.
Two days ride.
Well, no. Actually, the traffic was pretty reasonable.
I left about, let's see, um,
40 minutes ago.
Forty minutes?
Folks from the South are never in a hurry.
As a matter of fact, I'm here on a visit, checking out my roots.
'Tis wise with crops this time of year, ma'am.
Oh.
STATUE: I am beautiful, am I not?
Yes, you're very beautiful.
It is only my present form.
I have had others which would horrify you.
I shall have both again.
You are surprised I speak?
I know you're living metal.
I am whatever I am made to be.
This time Lady Peinforte called me Nemesis.
So I am retribution.
Catch you later.
Well, my family came from around here.
I traced them all the way back to the 1600s.
All things will soon be mine.
I guess they will, honey.
Time, past, present and future.
Power invincible.
Destroy the human female.
Find and destroy her.
The secret of the heavens.
Virginia is heaven, if you ask me.
My family owns a little land there.
They used to own a little land around here, too.
The Remingtons of Remington Grange.
I know them. Thieves and swindlers, all.
You study history?
Dorothea Remington did bribe away my cook.
Oh.
Now, let me see. Yes, there was a Dorothea.
She died in 16...
Twenty-one.
It was a slow poison.
This is unbelievable.
PEINFORTE: Many found it so.
Here I am, driving around,
and I pick up someone who's researched my family tree.
We ride to destiny.
We surely do, honey.
We surely do.
(SCREAMING)
And now, we'll set the rockets for the correct projection.
And then you'll be on course for the Cyber-fleet.
Still.
Why? You're going to kill me anyway.
We detect only one more piece of gold.
Correct.
So who'll be next? And who'll be lucky?
Kill her.
Ah. The rockets are now locked in to your destination.
Now, let's see how the Cyber-fleet is progressing.
Right on course.
STATUE: And I am to destroy the entire Cyber-fleet?
- Forever. - And then?
- Reform. - You will need me in the future, then.
- I hope not. - That is what you said before.
Enough.
And after this, will I have my freedom?
Not yet.
- When? - I told you when.
Things are still imperfect.
DOCTOR: Stop.
Harm her in the slightest and I will destroy this bow.
Give us the bow, Doctor.
No.
We shall simply take it and kill you both.
Ah.
In any case, your threat was meaningless.
How could you have destroyed the bow?
Well, actually, I would have arranged to have the bow
neatly placed in front of the rocket sled.
Then I would've arranged for the rockets to test fire at a prearranged time.
By the way, Ace, what is the time?
Well, it's almost... (GASPS)
(SCREAMING)
ACE: Is that it, Doctor?
Oh, no. Not you again.
The bow.
The bow succeeded in deceiving the Cybermen.
They made the mistake of assuming
all human beings to be weak, corruptible.
We, however, are loyal to the death.
The long journey is over.
You'll be worshipped forever.
- Doesn't she speak? - Not to the likes of you.
She will.
Well, Doctor, we must part.
And thank you for removing the Cybermen.
And now,
the Nemesis is finally mine.
I'm sorry, Doctor. I thought I got him.
Give me the bow or I will kill her.
All things.
All power.
Time, space,
the world.
She is mad.
Speak not of my lady so.
See.
I am here.
What do you want?
My Nemesis.
You're too late. The Doctor's got it.
It is incomplete until it holds the bow.
That may be given over to anyone.
It will now be given to me.
No. To us.
You are nothing.
Only the Doctor matters, and he is but a pawn in a game of my making.
- Listen, you old bag... - Enough.
The Doctor's not just gonna give you the bow.
Tell her, Doctor.
Tell her.
Doctor Who.
Have you never wondered where he came from?
Who he is?
Nobody knows who the Doctor is.
Except me.
ACE: How?
PEINFORTE: The statue told me.
All right. So what does it matter? He's a Time Lord, I know that.
(CHUCKLES) Well, Doctor?
If I give you the bow...
Your power becomes mine, but your secrets remain your own.
It's all over, Ace.
My battle. All my battles.
I've lost.
- I can only surrender. - Yes.
But not to you.
The Cybermen will have the Nemesis.
This is most rational, Doctor.
But I know your secrets.
Very well, tell them.
I shall tell them of Gallifrey.
Tell them of the Old Time, the Time of Chaos.
Be my guest.
Your secrets...
The secrets of the Time Lords mean nothing to us.
Exactly.
Thank you for coming to the 20th century and giving me assistance.
Thank you for bringing the arrow. You may go now.
(SOFTLY) What?
You had the right game, but the wrong pawn. Check.
Enough, Doctor.
Cancel the statue's destructive capability.
Thank you.
Do you understand the Cyber Leader's instructions?
Perfectly.
Prepare it for launching to liaise with our fleet.
The Earth will be transformed into our base planet,
the new Mondas.
Launch the Nemesis.
Let them kill me, Doctor. Don't surrender.
Stand back. She's ready for launching.
(SCREAMING HYSTERICALLY)
(SCREAMING)
Nice rocket technology, Doctor.
We will watch its progress.
Certainly.
This is impossible.
You gave my instructions to the statue.
Yes, I gave your instructions to the Nemesis and it understood them.
Understood them and disobeyed them and destroyed the Cyber-fleet.
Then you will join them.
DOCTOR: Worth it.
(CYBERMAN SCREAMING)
That seems to be that.
Thank you.
It was nothing, Doctor.
I wish I could have saved my lady, too.
But she was one with your statue.
How shall I live now?
Stranded. A stranger in this time.
I know how you feel. However...
We'll give you a lift.
Back to 1638.
So you sent the Nemesis off into space to draw the Cybermen
so you could finish them off.
I suppose I did. How clever of me.
Just like you nailed the Daleks.
As I said, Ace, unfinished business.
There's still one question you haven't answered.
We have none of this jazz whereof you speak, Doctor.
But I think you will like this.
(PLAYING 1600s MUSIC)
Professor?
Doctor, (SOFTLY) who are you?