“The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”
In this episode: Eleventh Doctor (5), Madge (3)
[Madge and the Doctor have arrived in front of a police box]
I just need to find the key.
Do you want me to do it with a pin? I'm good with a pin.
Multidimensional, triple-encoded temporal interface. Not really susceptible to pointy things.
[Unlocks the police box doors with a pin] Got it.
Okay. Suddenly the last nine hundred years of time travel seem a bit less secure.
Are you the new caretaker?
Usually called "The Doctor." Or "The Caretaker." Or "Get off this planet." Though, strictly speaking, that probably isn't a name.
Why are you doing all this?
I'm just... trying to take care of things. I'm the caretaker.
That's not what caretakers do.
Then why are they called caretakers?
[Pauses, caught, then:] Their father's dead.
[Pause] I'm sorry.
Lily and Cyril's father, my husband, is dead, and they don't know yet because if I tell them now, then Christmas will always be what took their father away from them and no one should have to live like that. Of course, when the Christmas period is over, I shall... [she pauses] I don't know why I keep shouting at them.
Because every time you see them happy, you remember how sad they're going to be... and it breaks your heart. Because what's the point in them being happy now if they're going to be sad later? The answer is, of course, because they are going to be sad later.
But why would you bring us to this place?
It was supposed to be a treat, this is one of the safest planets I know. There's never anything dangerous here.
[A loud thud sounds in the distance, causing the ground to shake.]
There are sentences I should just keep away from.
What's happening?
No idea. Just do what I do: hold tight and pretend it's a plan.
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