3. Lost
Do you remember the Doctor? Ten-part drama starring Charlie Craggs, with Jodie Whittaker.
Description: Things are getting worse across the country as Abby identifies a series of disappearances. Graham O鈥橞rien, Ryan Sinclair, the Khan family, the Chandras鈥 But people aren鈥檛 just disappearing 鈥 they鈥檙e being forgotten. And, side note, what on earth has happened to Queen Victoria?!
Credits:
Cleo Proctor - Charlie Craggs
Abby McPhail - Lois Chimimba
Shawna Thompson - Holly Quin-Ankrah
Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
Jordan Proctor - Jacob Hawley
Nana Thompson - Clare Perkins
Monica Proctor - Sarah Thom
Jill - Natasha Hodgson
The Ravulox - Juno Dawson
Additional Voices - Pip Gladwin, Alasdair Beckett-King and Natasha Hodgson.
Written by Juno Dawson
Produced and Directed by Ella Watts
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Sound Engineer: Paul Clark
Studio Assistant: Jacob Tombling
Sound Design: David Thomas
Additional Sound Design: Arlie Adlington
Original Composition: David Devereux
Production Co-ordinators: Sarah Sharpe and Sarah Nicholls
Recorded at Sonica Studios, Clapham.
A 麻豆约拍 Studios Production for 麻豆约拍 Sounds.
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3. LOST
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DOCTOR WHO: REDACTED
EPISODE 3
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Written by
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Scene 1A: INT. HOTEL ONYX. DAY
FX: 麻豆约拍 SOUNDS STING
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We pick up from Episode 2 with a loud blast. We hear explosions and people screaming in the background.听
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ROBOT VOICE
(Louder this time)
SURRENDER, HUMAN.
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RANI
(Shouts)
Everybody get down 鈥
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FX 鈥 a crash and explosion, people screaming in the distance.
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CLEO
What the hell? Rani! Rani!
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JORDAN
Where鈥檚 she gone?
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CLEO
Oh my god, Jord what was
that?
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ROBOT VOICE
HUMANS, DETECTED.
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JORDAN
Can that see us..?
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CLEO
滨迟鈥檚 a hologram isn鈥檛 it鈥
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ROBOT VOICE
CONNECTION ESTABLISHED.
TRIANGLULATING LOCATION.
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CLEO
(Nervous)
闯辞谤诲补苍鈥
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ROBOT VOICE
LONDON, ENGLAND. TARGET FIXED.
TELEPORT IMMINENT.
ALL HUMANS MUST DIE.
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Suspenseful synth music starts and we can still hear screams
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JORDAN
(Shouting desperately)
Cleo, come on!
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CLEO
But what about Rani?
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JORDAN
Are you kidding? Cleo run!
Come on!
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The pair charge down the corridor and slam hotel room door shut.
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CREDITS
Doctor Who Redacted: Episode Two. By Juno Dawson.
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SCENE 1B: EXT. HOTEL ONYX. DAY
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FX: We hear traffic, bird song etc.
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CLEO and JORDAN are out of breath.
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JORDAN
(panting)
I鈥檓 getting the hell out of here.
That was not fun.
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CLEO
What was that thing?
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JORDAN
I don鈥檛 wanna find out if
that鈥檚 OK.
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CLEO
Nah 闯辞谤诲补苍鈥
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JORDAN
What?
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CLEO
I need to go back. What if Rani..?
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JORDAN
Rani? What? What if that super soliderthing kills you too?
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CLEO
It was just a hologram.
JORDAN
Was it?!
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CLEO
What if she needs help Jordan?
I鈥檓 going back.
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CLEO starts to head back to the hotel.
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JORDAN
Cleo!
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CLEO
No I gotta 鈥
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Only then she stops.
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CLEO (CONT鈥橠)
What the hell?
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JORDAN
What?
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CLEO
Jordan. Where did the hotel go?
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There鈥檚 a pause. She walks up and down the street.
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CLEO (CONT鈥橠)
Wait, no. How..?
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JORDAN
OK. Yeah that鈥檚 weird.
That does not make sense.
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CLEO
(Confused)
I need to talk to the girls.
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The scene ends with purposeful music, as Cleo runs to tell the girls what she鈥檚 just seen.
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SCENE 1C: INT. PODCAST RECORDING
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The girls meet on Zoom.
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Abby
Sorry, Cleo. One more time?
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CLEO
For crying out loud! OK鈥
(beat)
So we went to this hotel and
Rani was a hologram from like
Antarctica but she didn鈥檛 actually
say but it was snowing and stuff,
and she was all like
鈥渄on鈥檛 forget the Doctor鈥 and told
me to tattoo his own name on myself,
although sometimes she鈥檚 a woman,
because he (or she) is gonna come
in the blue box, that鈥檚 it the
TARDIS, and they鈥檙e gonna save us -
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SHAWNA
(Interrupting)
Cleo, take a breath. That is
Literally all the pronouns.
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CLEO
That鈥檚 not the point.
We gotta find the Doctor.
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ABBY
Who?
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CLEO
The Doctor. I swear to God, I鈥檝e
said it like five times now girls.
Keep up! Remember! From the news?
We thought he was a gang leader
or something? Don鈥檛 you remember?
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ABBY
颁濒别辞鈥
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SHAWNA
This makes no sense. She didn鈥檛
say anything else? Like anything
that doesn鈥檛 sound psychotic?
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CLEO
No because then this big transformer
thing came in and I just don鈥檛
know what happened! It just went
dead. I don鈥檛 even know if she鈥檚 OK 鈥
I could hear guns and stuff girls.
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SHAWNA
So the transformer-looking-thing?
Guns? Cleo was this some kind of
weird dream?
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CLEO
No! Although the hotel did
disappear after we ran out.
I don鈥檛 understand.
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SHAWNA and ABBY both laugh in disbelief.
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SHAWNA
The hotel did what?
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CLEO
The robot thing could see us,
So we legged it, but then the
hotel was gone. I swear! Abby,
tell her.
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ABBY
(Hesitant)
I鈥鈥檓 sorry Cleo, it does sound
like a lot. But hotel鈥檚 don鈥檛
disappear my love.
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SHAWNA
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CLEO
Abs, are you actually kidding
me babe? All the insane stuff
you鈥檝e told us on the podcast
and now you won鈥檛 believe things
I saw with my own two eyes?!
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We hear ABBY typing as she talks.
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ABBY
T.A.R.D.I.S?
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CLEO
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ABBY
Nothing comes up when I
google it.
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CLEO
What about the Doctor?
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SHAWNA
The what?
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CLEO
OK, are you two drunk? I keep
telling you鈥
(beat)
Wait a sec, look鈥
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We hear CLEO roll up her sleeve.
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ABBY
What?
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CLEO
Rani said I鈥檇 forget. That鈥檚
why I had to get the tattoo鈥
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ABBY
Cleo you didn鈥檛鈥
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ABBY
No! Girl I got a Sharpie don鈥檛 I?
See? I just keep writing it on my hand.
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ABBY and SHAWNA laugh slightly in relief.
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ABBY
Writing what?
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CLEO
THE DOCTOR! Oh my god!
(Beat)
Forget the Doctor. Again.
Let鈥檚 focus on the fact people
Are going missing. Rani said a
bunch of people had disappeared.
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ABBY
Yes OK 鈥 that does make sense.
People are vanishing. Erm sorry one
蝉别肠辞苍诲鈥
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We hear ABBY typing
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(Sighs)
This is a mess. I鈥檓 a mess.
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SHAWNA
Are you alright?
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ABBY
Aye. No. Mum鈥檚 not feeling too good and...I鈥檓 in trouble with Craig.
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SHAWNA
What? Why now?
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ABBY
I cancelled another date when
I couldn鈥檛 get hold of Cleo
last night.
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CLEO
Oh no Abz I鈥檓 sorry!
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ABBY
No it鈥檚 not your fault.
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SHAWNA
Amen. 滨迟鈥檚 not her fault that
Craig鈥檚 a -
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ABBY
Shawna. Don鈥檛.
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Awkward pause. Silence.
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SHAWNA
I鈥檓 sorry.
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CLEO
OK girls, that was weirdly tense.
Look how about we just focus on the
impossible mysterious听paranormal
stuff to distract听ourselves from the
train wrecks that are our lives yeah!
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The girls laugh lightly.
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ABBY
Yeah. Have a listen.
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FX - various news clips follow.
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Tense music slowly builds as they take in the news clips.
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YORKSHIRE NEWSCASTER
...we investigate reports of human trafficking in Sheffield amidst a disturbing rise in people being
reported missing...
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POLICE REP
The Metropolitan Police Force are concerned about their whereabouts
and would urge anyone with information
to come forward at this time...
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WELSH NEWSCASTER
South Wales Police deny there鈥檚
a Missing Persons Crisis in Cardiff
as reports reach an all time high...
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ABBY
For whatever reason, people are going missing. And the authorities are
starting to notice.
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SHAWNA
You know the police were at the
Kahn鈥檚? Sonya went missing last week.
Now her mum鈥檚 gone too.
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ABBY
Normally, when people go missing,
there鈥檚 a rational explanation,
which is why it doesn鈥檛 usually
make the news...
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SHAWNA
Girl! The reason it doesn鈥檛 make the
news is because they鈥檙e people of colour...
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CLEO
Yeah or trans. Or, you know,
鈥榓dult service providers鈥
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ABBY
You know someone is reported
missing in the UK every 90 seconds,
but the vast majority are found
within 24 hours of a report being made.
At the moment, though, people are going missing...and not turning up.
CLEO
Where do you think they are?
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ABBY
I mean no-one knows. I鈥檝e found this
girl on Twitter. She鈥檚 called Tanya.
She鈥檚 appealing for information
about her friend Ryan Sinclair
who went missing last week with
his granddad.
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SHAWNA
They were on the news too.
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ABBY
And they鈥檙e from Sheffield. Shawna,
Would you mind going to meet this
Tanya woman? I鈥檝e been DMing her.
She鈥檚 super worried.
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SHAWNA
Yeah, I can go between
seminars or something.
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CLEO
Wait girls, what about The
Doctor?
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SHAWNA
Who?
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CLEO
(Exasperated)
Oh my god I swear, what -
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ABBY
(Interrupting)
Seriously. Doctor who?
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Tense music builds as CLEO struggles to explain who The Doctor is.
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SCENE 2: INT. CLEO鈥橲 FLAT
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CLEO is talking to JORDAN.
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FX: Cleo pours a cup of tea.
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CLEO
You alright babe? More tea?
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JORDAN
What are you doing, Cleo? This
stuff is nuts. You鈥檙e gonna get
hurt.
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CLEO
I鈥檒l be fine. And anyway, I don鈥檛
know if you know him, but I鈥檝e got
this little brother and he鈥檚 proper
hench. He used to smack anyone who
messed with me at school.
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JORDAN
I think that was a bit different.
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CLEO
Nah, you could鈥檝e taken that thing.
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JORDAN
Not a chance, I was too busy
soiling myself. But I鈥檒l smack
up a robot if you tell me to.
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CLEO
Love you.
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JORDAN
(Mimics her)
Love you.
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CLEO
I gotta find out why people
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JORDAN
What people?
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CLEO
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JORDAN
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CLEO
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(She puts her cup of tea down)
What if something weird
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CLEO
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Every week on the podcast we talk
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JORDAN
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CLEO
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 You saw that thing, Jord. That
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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 happened to Dad too?
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SCENE 3 INT. COFFEE SHOP.
FX: A coffee machine hisses loudly.
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NANA
They didn鈥檛 have almond milk so
it鈥檚 oat.
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SHAWNA
Cool, thanks. Oooh that toastie
looks fit. What is it? Mozzarella?
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NANA slaps her hand away.
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NANA
Hands off!
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SHAWNA
Ow!
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NANA
I asked if you wanted
anything to eat. What you doing
in town anyway?
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SHAWNA
I鈥檓 meeting some girl for the
podcast.
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NANA
Are you still doing that?
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SHAWNA
Yes! Dear God, is nobody
listening?
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NANA
Shawna! I have never listened to
a podcast in my life and won鈥檛 be
starting now.
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SHAWNA
You love a good murder, you do.
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NANA
Is it with that Abby girl?
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SHAWNA
(Cagey)
Yes. And our friend Cleo from uni
actually.
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NANA
The one who was a boy?
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SHAWNA
Nana! She鈥檚 trans. Big difference!
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NANA
I thought Abby had a fella in
Scotland?
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SHAWNA
Unfortunately, yes.
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FX: We hear NANA stirring her tea.
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SHAWNA听(CONT'D)
What?
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NANA
I didn鈥檛 say anything.
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SHAWNA
Your stirring is judgmental.
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NANA
I just think you鈥檙e barking up
the wrong tree with that one.
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SHAWNA
She鈥檚 bi!
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NANA
She鈥檚 not single though, is she?
And she鈥檚 three hundred miles away.
Look, there鈥檚 this girl, Megan, works
at our place and she鈥檚 fully lesbian.
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SHAWNA
Oh right so we鈥檙e bound to be compatible?
I鈥檒l book a moving van and sort a
cat out.
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NANA
Well you won鈥檛 know unless you get
out there and do some courting
will you?听
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SHAWNA
Some courting? I鈥檒l just hop in my
time machine.
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NANA
That鈥檚 right. Make fun of your old nan, why don鈥檛 you?
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There鈥檚 a sigh from Shawna.
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SHAWNA
The thing is with Abby...I just wish...
I wish...she could be with someone
who sees her. Abby is the most
amazing woman. If things were different
蝉丑别鈥檇 be running the world in a couple
of years.
Instead she鈥檚 stuck in a council flat in Glasgow caring for her mum with an absolute wang of a boyfriend.
(Beat)
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Warm music starts to build as Shawna and Nana speak
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I鈥檓 not saying it has to be me, but
that Craig guy...he doesn鈥檛 see her.
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NANA
Hmm...I just want to see you happy. That鈥檚 all I鈥檝e ever wanted for you.
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SHAWNA
I am.
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(Pause)
I am.
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CLEO calls ABBY.
FX: COFFEE SHOP BACKGROUND NOISE, PEOPLE CHATTING ETC.
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ABBY
(Whispers)
Hiya.
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CLEO
Why you whispering?
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ABBY
Mum鈥檚 asleep on the settee and
I don鈥檛 want to wake her.
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CLEO
(Whispers)
Oh OK.
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ABBY
Cleo you don鈥檛 have to whisper,
I do.
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CLEO
Oh. Yeah.
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They both let out a little laugh.
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ABBY
What鈥檚 up? Where are you?
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CLEO
Coffee shop. Doing some research.
It takes ages. 滨迟鈥檚 well hard innit.
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ABBY
Yes, Cleo, thanks for noticing.
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CLEO
You know you said people was going
missing in London?
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ABBY
Uh-huh.
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CLEO
Well add the whole Chandra family
to your list: Haresh and Gita.
Both related to Rani Chandra,
both reported missing in the last
two weeks.
ABBY
Dozens of people vanishing - not
all of them in her family. What
connects them?
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CLEO
Babe, what if...
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ABBY
What if what?
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CLEO
You don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 the blue box,
do you? This TARDIS?
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ABBY
What? All of them? They鈥檙e all
somehow connected to the blue box?
滨迟鈥檚 a lot of people.
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CLEO
Yeah but there are a lot of sightings aren鈥檛 there?
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ABBY
Hmm yeah. I mean you might be onto
something with this. OK I鈥檒l start
matching the names of the missing
to stories about the blue box. If
there鈥檚 a link, I鈥檒l find it. Cleo,
you鈥檙e a genius.
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CLEO
Half an AS Level in Drama finally
paid off.
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Abby laughs quietly.
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EXT. WEST END. LONDON. DAY
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CLEO emerges from the tube. We dimly hear a tube announcement, traffic noise. Cleo hurries to get to work on time.
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CLEO
Excuse me, sorry, sorry I鈥檓 late
for work sorry. Oh god Jill鈥檚 going
to kill me. Oh god, oh god.
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CLEO pauses outside the theatre.
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CLEO
Wait what the..?
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SCENE 5: INT. THEATRE. LONDON. DAY
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CLEO heads into the theatre and finds her boss, JILL.
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CLEO
Er Jill, what鈥檚 going on with
the sign outside?
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JILL
You鈥檙e late.
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CLEO
Babe 滨迟鈥檚 two minutes past. Damien
didn鈥檛 show up for two shifts and you
didn鈥檛 say a word.
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JILL
That鈥檚 different.
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CLEO
Yes Jill, because he鈥檚 your nephew.
Seriously though, what鈥檚 going on
with the sign?
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JILL
Cleo, I haven鈥檛 got a clue what
you鈥檙e talking about.
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CLEO
What on earth is the 鈥楲ost Queen
罢丑别补迟谤别?鈥
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JILL
滨迟鈥檚 the name of the theatre
you鈥檝e worked at - although I use
the term 听work very loosely in your
case - for the last two years.
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CLEO
This is the Queen Victoria Theatre.
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Jill laughs.
JILL
(sarcastic)
Everyone stop what you鈥檙e doing,
Cleo thinks she鈥檚 finally solved
the mystery of the lost queen.
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Ominous music builds as CLEO takes in what JILL has just said.
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Hey
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You aren鈥檛 gonna believe this...
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ABBY
What鈥檚 up? I鈥檓 just with Craig
in the park...
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SHAWNA
Oh. OK.
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ABBY
No go on, he鈥檚 just grabbing us some
coffees.
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SHAWNA
I don鈥檛 wanna spoil your hot date.
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ABBY
Shawna don鈥檛 be weird, tell me,
it鈥檚 fine.
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SHAWNA
OK. I just called in to see that
Tanya woman. You know, Ryan
Sinclair鈥檚 friend?
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ABBY
Yeah.
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SHAWNA
Twist! She doesn鈥檛 know anyone called
Ryan Sinclair.
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ABBY
What? Her Twitter feed...
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SHAWNA
Check it. Go on.
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ABBY
OK...hold on...
(Pause)
Oh my god.
SHAWNA
Yep. Every single tweet is gone.
And do you know what else is gone?
The news reports about Ryan and
his granddad.
(MORE)
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ABBY
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Abz, it鈥檚 like they never
existed.
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SCENE 7: INT. THEATRE. LONDON. LATER SAME DAY
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CLEO
(Beat)
Who is the lost queen?
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JILL
Is this a wind up?
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CLEO
No like...who was she?
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JILL
Did you just not bother with school
or something? Everyone knows!
(Pause)
After the Great English Succession
Crisis, the queen went into hiding
because so many people wanted her
dead. She was...a recluse. No-one
knows who she was. Hence, the Lost
Queen.
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CLEO
It was Queen Victoria? This
is the Queen Victoria Theatre.
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JILL
The only Queen Victoria I know is
Posh Spice, now get on with your
work please.
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CLEO
I鈥檝e gotta go.
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JILL
Excuse me?
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CLEO
I need to do the school run.
I鈥檒l be back sorry!
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Off she runs!
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JILL
Cleo!
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SCENE 8: EXT. ST JAMES PARK. DAY
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FX 鈥 Street noise and an ambulance driving past, highlighting the hustle and bustle of London.
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ABBY
Cleo? I鈥檓 on a call with Shawna,
let me add her in...
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SHAWNA
Hey, Cleo? What鈥檚 up?
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CLEO
I鈥檓 in St James鈥 Park.
(Aside to passer-by)
Sorry excuse me.
One sec.
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We hear bird song in the background as Cleo walks through the park.
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ABBY
Are you OK?
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CLEO
Not really actually no. First a
hotel somehow vanishes and now
this!
(beat)
Guys. It makes no sense. Guys Queen Victoria has gone.
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SHAWNA
What?
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ABBY
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CLEO
First of all I just got 鈥楾he
Southern Line鈥 to 鈥楤elgravia Tube
Stop鈥. What the hell is The
Southern Line?
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SHAWNA
Er the blue one isn鈥檛 it?
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ABBY
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CLEO
And wait there鈥檚 not even a Belgravia station! I don鈥檛 understand. Wait I鈥檓 looking at where there used to be a
statue of Queen Victoria and it鈥檚
just an empty throne.
Where the hell鈥檚 Victoria gone?
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ABBY
Cleo this doesn鈥檛 make sense.
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CLEO
You鈥檙e telling me! That statue must
weigh fifty tons at least!
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SHAWNA
No, babe, I mean, who鈥檚 Queen
Victoria?
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Eerie music starts to build.
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CLEO
Oh please don鈥檛, it鈥檚 not funny. I鈥檓
freaking out.
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ABBY
Cleo...there isn鈥檛 a Queen
Victoria. There never has been.
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CLEO
Oh my god.
(Beat)
滨迟鈥檚 you too.
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ABBY
What?
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CLEO
Why am I different? People aren鈥檛
just going missing. People are
forgetting people.
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ABBY
Cleo...
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SHAWNA
No. She鈥檚 right. Tanya couldn鈥檛
remember the dude 蝉丑别鈥檇
reporting missing.
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ABBY
(Despairing)
But why isn鈥檛 anyone talking about
this?
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CLEO
How can they, if they鈥檝e forgotten
they need to be talking about it?
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All three take this in.
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ABBY
OK so, what we鈥檙e dealing with is
people who first go missing, and
then everyone forgets them? How...
how is that even possible?
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How is any of it possible?
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in the things we talk about on the pod. You just think everything is
the FBI or CIA or Rupert Murdoch.
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SHAWNA
You鈥檙e right, I don鈥檛 think
it鈥檚 aliens, but something really,
really messed-up is happening here.
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How could anyone forget you?
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Matching tattoos just in case
please?
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ABBY and SHAWNA let out a scared laugh as the eerie music music fades.
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CLEO, with a sigh, gets back to work.
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FX: We hear the door open to the theatre and the buzz of people moving to their seats.
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CLEO
Sorry about that Jill!
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JILL
You can consider yourself ON MEASURES. Curtain up in fifteen minutes and
you鈥檙e in the Royal Circle.
(Beat)
And I don鈥檛 know who that woman
is, but she hasn鈥檛 got a ticket,
get rid of her.
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CLEO
What? What woman...
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She looks.
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COCKNEY VOICE
All right?
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CLEO
Oh my god.
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CLEO has an aside with her mother outside on the street
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CLEO
Mum, you can鈥檛 just show up at
my work!
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MONICA is a has a very strong south London accent and sounds like she smokes 50 a day.
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MONICA
Well what do you expect, Jay? You
won鈥檛 answer your phone and I dunno
where you鈥檙e livin鈥 these days.
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CLEO
My name is not Jayden. It hasn鈥檛
been for five years, Mum.
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MONICA
Damn, sorry. Force of habit, innit.
Sorry! I ain鈥檛 here to start
trouble.
Pause
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CLEO
Jord says you had a stroke.
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MONICA
What? It was a migraine. He worries
too much.
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CLEO
What do you want then?
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MONICA
Your brother...
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CLEO
What about him?
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MONICA
Have you seen him?
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CLEO
I鈥檓 staying at his for a bit.
I鈥檓 saving up for some surgery
and...
MONICA
You saw him today?
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CLEO
Yes! He said you wanted to see me.
And I told him I would after you鈥檝e apologized for basically chucking me
out when I was 16.
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MONICA
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CLEO
Is that was this is? Is that what
you want? Are you stalking me at
work to say sorry?
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MONICA
I didn鈥檛 throw you out, you stropped
off. You always was a drama queen.
You wanna be on that stage, never mind selling ice creams.
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CLEO
You know what, sling your hook, I鈥檝e
got work to do...
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Cleo walks away. Monica calls after her.
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MONICA
I can鈥檛 find Jordan!
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Pause.
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CLEO
What?
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MONICA
He was meant to meet me for dinner
and he never showed up.
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CLEO
Oh he鈥檒l have forgotten or he鈥檒l have
met some girl or something鈥
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MONICA
His phone鈥檚 off. When has he ever
turned his phone off?
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CLEO
(Uncertain)
You know what he鈥檚 like. He gets on
the wrong side of people and then
has to lay low for a bit.
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MONICA
No. Not this time. He鈥檚 a good boy.
He always texts his mother. Cleo,
I鈥檓 worried sick. I鈥檓 not messin鈥
around.
(Beat)
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Soft piano tune begins to play.
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Doctor Who: Redacted
The return of the audio drama series, set in the worlds of Doctor Who.