HPHooded Priest
Greetings, sinner. [quoting] Only in darkness are we revealed.
HPHooded Priest
[continuing] Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour. In the deepest pit. Without hope. Without witness. Without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis. This is what he believes. And this is the reason, above all, I love him. My husband. My madman in a box. My Doctor.
[The priest is shown to be reading from River Song's diary, which he closes. He pulls back his hood to reveal himself as Nardole.]
Your missus wouldn't approve.
[shocked, angry] How the hell did you get here?
Followed you from Darillium. On the explicit orders of your late wife, River Song. Warning: I have full permission to kick your arse.
So, you're blind and you don't want your enemies to know. I get it. But why does it have to be a secret from Bill?
Because I don't like being worried about. Around me, people should be worried about themselves.
Yeah. Shall I tell you the real reason?
Because the moment you tell Bill, it becomes real, and then you might actually have to deal with it.
Good point. Well made. Definitely not telling her now.
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
Funny. I don't believe much. I'm not sure I believe anything. But right now, belief is all I am. "Virtue is only virtue in extremis"... I take it that your intention is to invade the Earth?
The simulations have been run. Earth will be ours.
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
Well, consider this... a warning, on the eve of war. I am the Doctor! I am what stands between you and them!
You are not the Doctor. You are not real.
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
You don't have to be real to be the Doctor, as long as you never give up! Long... as you always trick the bad guys into their own traps! And here's the trap you fell into -- your simulation is far too good!
[He picks up the Sonic Suglasses and presents them to the Monk.]
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
D'you see these? They're set to record. I'm blind, you see. So I'm psychically wired into these, so my memory print of the last few hours will still be intact on here! Information about you.
You are not real. There is nothing you can do.
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
There's always one thing you can do from inside a computer! Even if you're a jumped up little subroutine, you can do it! You can always... e-mail!
[He pushes them up to his face -- a display on the real Doctor's sunglasses shows that a memory file is uploading.]
DSThe Doctor's Simulation
I'm doing what everybody does when the world is in danger -- I'm calling the Doctor! Pressing "send"!