THE LADY IN UTOPIA ( 3 x 11 ).
( SCENE 01 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
DR. VIDA CONNER wakes up in PROFESSOR YANA’S lab after having a “ nightmare ”. CHANTHO turns to her & asks if she is okay.
the flashes of her dream still linger for a moment ; dreams of another life ——— a red skyline and sand & holding a baby girl & the sound of the TARDIS.
( SCENE 02 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
CHANTHO , YANA , & VIDA are working in the lab , trying to get the footprint for the rocket up & running.
they notice there is movement on the surface ——— the FUTUREKIND are hunting a human as he tries to reach the SILO.
ATTILO comes over the PA system , asking about the progress. CHANTHO & VIDA answer as YANA seems to get caught up in his head. VIDA asks if he’s okay , & he shrugs her off.
( SCENE 03 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
over the PA system , ATTILO announces the arrival of 4 new humans ( including JACK HARKNESS , MARTHA JONES , & the DOCTOR ). YANA goes to greet them after hearing one is named “ the DOCTOR ” , a scientist.
VIDA stays back with CHANTHO , unfocused after hearing the name “ DOCTOR ”.
CHANTHO again asks if she’s okay , & VIDA merely nods , remarking that she’s just tired and hoping they can fix the rocket soon.
( SCENE 04 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
YANA returns to the lab with the DOCTOR , MARTHA , & JACK in tow. he’s very excited , rambling about the equipment , what it is & what it’s supposed to do. VIDA begins to chime in , gaining the DOCTOR’S attention.
the two then explain what isn’t working & why the rocket won’t fly. they ask for the DOCTOR’S opinion , & he says he has no clue. YANA’S excitement deflates —––— but rises again when the DOCTOR fixes the machine.
YANA is very impressed , but VIDA is skeptical of this DOCTOR & doesn’t appreciate how it seems like this is all a game , an adventure to him.
( SCENE 05 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
as preparations are made for the passengers to board & leave the SILO via the rocket , YANA & the DOCTOR discuss how YANA built the machine , stating that he’s a genius. YANA remarks that he can’t take all the credit ——— VIDA had helped , even if she was much more skilled as a physician.
over the PA system , ATTILO mentions they’ve found the blue box , the TARDIS. at this news , VIDA seems to stiffen , especially at the description of a blue box. she gets lost in her head again , images of a blurry but familiar blue ship & console room from her dream coming to mind. she shakes her head & goes back to help with the last-minute adjustments.
( SCENE 06 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
as the trio ( DOCTOR , YANA , & VIDA ) try to get all the systems up. running to leave , they learn that the FUTUREKIND have managed to tamper with the system ——— & now the room in which they need to lower the levels , is unreachable due to the radiation / heat. JACK tries to fix a pair of wires in the lab , & he falls down , dead.
both VIDA & MARTHA rush over to help him , but the DOCTOR pulls them back. he glances over at YANA & remarks that they need a man who can’t die to get into that room. as he finishes his sentence , JACK comes back to life , after being undoubtedly dead a min ago.
VIDA frowns , disturbed by the sight. a flash of what resembles a man regenerating appears in her mind , accompanied by a voice ——— “ no , don’t cry. while there’s life , there’s ——— ”. it fades , & VIDA is brought out of her thoughts when the DOCTOR touches her shoulder , asking if she is okay. he points out that JACK is fine , thinking that is why she is so upset. she replies somewhat stoically that “ death isn’t always as definite as one might believe ” before walking away to help CHANTHO. this leaves the DOCTOR staring curiously at her.
( SCENE 07 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
the DOCTOR & JACK have left the lab to go fix the machine’s levels , but the duo can be heard over the PA system in the lab ; MARTHA tells YANA & VIDA about the TARDIS , how it can travel in space & time and take them away after the rocket leaves. they seem both intrigued & disturbed at the idea.
as they continue to work on their end , they catch part of the DOCTOR & JACK’S conversation. the phrases “ time war ” , “ daleks ” , & “ regeneration ” stick out in their minds. VIDA walks away , deep in thought & begins to flip through some old notes & journals, seemingly looking for something to connect to these words , to find why they sound familiar , but she finds nothing.
as she looks , she continues to listen to MARTHA & YANA talk. MARTHA notices YANA’S watch & asks how he got it. he tells her he & VIDA were found as children with it.
“ both of you had a watch ? ” MARTHA asks , but VIDA is no longer paying attention , absorbed in her reading again. she doesn’t catch YANA’S response : “ no , just me. we were found together , assumed to be siblings ——— although , VIDA never seemed to buy that bit. looked too different , she says——— but it was just the one watch , my watch. ”
He asks why———but MARTHA tells him to forget it.
( SCENE 08 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
YANA is now paying his watch a great deal of attention, & he keeps glancing back & forth from it to VIDA. CHANTHO asks him to rest as she is worried about his behavior.
at this comment , VIDA glances up at YANA & discards her reading as she watches him open his watch , gold light coming out of it. VIDA reaches into her pocket , as if looking for her own watch but the lab coat pocket is “ empty ”.
after a moment , “ YANA ” locks the door , keeping the DOCTOR , JACK , & MARTHA out of the lab. YANA , CHANTHO , & VIDA begin to argue over YANA’S actions , & VIDA goes to unlock the door , but YANA traps her in his grasp. he reveals himself to be the MASTER. he thrusts some wires at CHANTHO & “ kills ” her , causing VIDA to scream out for “ help ”.
( SCENE 09 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
without letting go of VIDA , YANA ——— the MASTER ——— begins to sabotage the navigation system. the DOCTOR , JACK , & MARTHA re still locked out of the lab. the DOCTOR is begging to be let inside. VIDA screams out for help again , & the MASTER goes to silent her , but CHANTHO , still alive , shoots him , before dying. the MASTER manages to keep his grip on VIDA , however , & after grabbing the jar containing the DOCTOR’S hand , he drags her into the DOCTOR’S TARDIS.
JACK gets the lab door open , but the MASTER closes the TARDIS door on the DOCTOR’S face & deadlocks the TARDIS , so he can’t get in.
( SCENE 10 ) YEAR 100 TRILLION, YANA’S LAB.
inside the TARDIS , the DOCTOR can be heard banging on the door , begging to be let in , explaining how they’re the only two TIME LORDS left.
THE MASTER shoves VIDA to the side , but not before patting her pockets down & pulling out a nearly identical watch. confused & scared , VIDA is left on the side of the console room as the MASTER regenerates.
after regenerating , the MASTER strikes up a conversation with the DOCTOR. the DOCTOR begs him to stop , to think , to let VIDA go. the MASTER refuses & tells him to use his name. complying , the DOCTOR begs , but the MASTER still refuses. the DOCTOR again says they’re the only two left , & the MASTER replies ——— “ not the only two ” ——— before glancing at VIDA. he forces the watch back into her hand & using CHANTHO’S gun , threatens her to open it.
“ ——— did you not recognize her , doc ? sure , she got old , couple wrinkles here & there , but surely that would never stop you from recognizing your wife ? ”
with her life on the line , VIDA opens the watch & is returned to her TIME LORD state as “ the LADY ”.
the MASTER hears the DOCTOR activate his sonic screwdriver , & in reaction , the MASTER starts up the TARDIS & takes off , leaving the DOCTOR , MARTHA , & JACK behind , but the DOCTOR has fused the coordinates , & the LADY & the MASTER end up on EARTH in 2007.