EXT. ISLAND, NEAR THE TARDIS – NIGHT

RONNIE walks over to the TARDIS, running a hand appreciatively up and down the wooden sides.

CUT TO over her shoulder, where THE DOCTOR is visible, leaning against a tree, hands in his pockets.

DOCTOR
Pretty, isn’t she?

RONNIE
(startled, turning to face him)
It’s… er… It’s a police box.

DOCTOR
(indignant)
It’s a disguise!

RONNIE
(sarcastically trying to cover up her appreciation)
It’s a police box… in the jungle… on an island.

DOCTOR
What’s wrong with that?!?

RONNIE
Oh, nothing…
(pause as she turns away)
… if you want to proclaim to everyone that you’re an alien time-traveler.

The DOCTOR is taken aback. He flips his glasses out of his pocket and puts them on, taking a closer look at RONNIE.

DOCTOR
Who are you?

RONNIE
I told you earlier. I’m Ronnie. I’m a friend of Jack and Jen’s.

DOCTOR
(to himself)
I still can’t get over the fact that she’s still alive…
(to Ronnie)
Yeah, you’re a friend of Jack’s.
Jack has a lot of friends.
But most of Jack’s friends don’t know who I am.

RONNIE
Oh, it’s not that hard.

DOCTOR
Do tell.

RONNIE
(ticks off points on her fingers)
Well, you’ve got a TARDIS, first off.
Second, you’ve got a Sonic Screwdriver.
How many people in 1678 have a Sonic?

DOCTOR
(interrupts, whipping out his Sonic Screwdriver)
I like my screwdriver…

RONNIE
Yeah, whatever.
Third, all of my people know about the Time Lords.
(pause)
Oops.

DOCTOR
(raises eyebrows)
-Your- people?

RONNIE
(upset that she let it slip)
Fine. Yeah.
My people.

DOCTOR
(slowly)
You’re not from Earth.

RONNIE
Give the man a prize.

DOCTOR
(examining and deducting, pointing occasionally)
You’ve got a humanoid form, so you can blend in…
unless you’re a shape-shifter, but not that many shape-shifters…
or shape-borrowers, for that matter…
knew about the Time Lords…
(points his Screwdriver at her face)
You’ve got yellow eyes.
Red hair… that’s not common on most planets…
For that matter, it’s not even possible on most planets.
Yellow eyes, red hair…
And a tickle in the back of my mind…
(shouts happily)
You’re telepathic!
(normal tone, begins to pace)
Telepathy, strange features…

RONNIE
And I have feelings.
And I’m standing right in front of you.

DOCTOR
(waves hand dismissively)
That narrows it down to three planets…
(sniffs)
A faint smell about you that reminds me of something…
I wish I could place it…

RONNIE
Do you want me to just tell you?

DOCTOR
No. I can figure this out.

RONNIE
(rolls eyes)
You Time Lords are all the same.

DOCTOR
We are n-
(realizes the implications of what she just said)
WHAT?
(pacing, thinking reeeaaaly hard)
You knew the Time Lords before the war.

RONNIE
(arms folded, waiting for it to come)
Yeah.

DOCTOR
That only allows for one race.

RONNIE
(sarcastic)
Wow, took you that long, did it?

DOCTOR
(shouts)
You’re Avinrae!

RONNIE
(sarcastic)
And he wins the big money, folks!

DOCTOR
What is an Avinrae doing on Earth?
And in 1678?

RONNIE
(annoyed, explaining quickly)
Get the adjective right.
It’s Avinraen.
Our people were sent to Earth in the mid 13th century.
We’ve made do where we could.
I’m one of the survivors.
Remember the witch hunts of the 1400’s?
Most of my family was eradicated.

DOCTOR
(sympathetic)
Oh… I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

RONNIE
(sad)
Yeah, me too.
(back to normal self)
But that was over 6 centuries ago, for me.
Your daughter managed to bring a Vortex Manipulator around Jack.
Now I’m stuck in the 17th century.

DOCTOR
Not that it matters for you.
You Avinrae are as long lived as the Time Lords.

RONNIE
Avinraens.
And yeah, but we can’t regenerate.

DOCTOR
That might have been a good thing

RONNIE
(getting angry)
Oh?

DOCTOR
You Avinrae manage to get into the worst scrapes.
You didn’t take the vow.

RONNIE
(angry now)
AVINRAENS.
We didn’t need to.
My people didn’t go MAD looking into a Time Vortex.

DOCTOR
What?
Mad?
Do I look mad to you?

RONNIE is silent, looking him up and down.

DOCTOR
Stop it.
Yes, some of the Time Lords went mad, but they were dealt with.

RONNIE
The Master tried to take over the Earth.

DOCTOR
(indignant)
I stopped him!

RONNIE
But not without help from a human.

DOCTOR
(defensive)
What’s wrong with humans?
They’re a great race.

RONNIE
They survive, I’ll give them that.
Unlike the Time Lords.

DOCTOR
Oi! Watch it, Avinrae!

RONNIE
Oi! YOU watch it, Gallifrey!
I’m the one who travelled with your daughter –
A Time Lord – or do you call them Time Ladies? –
Across time to this world.

DOCTOR
Your people got involved in fixed events.
You ‘predict’ the future, and make it happen.
It goes against all that the Time Lords believe in.

RONNIE
Like saving the Earth is any different?
You might not predict it, but I’ve heard rumors that you manage
to get yourself involved in all of the big events in this planet’s history.
Tell me about the Leaning Tower of Pisa-
Was that your doing?
I know that you had something to do with Pompeii.
Don’t deny it.

DOCTOR
(quiet)
I don’t.
(animated)
But that’s beside the point.
The Point is…

RONNIE
(interrupts angrily)
No. I’ll tell YOU what the point is.
The point is that we’re pretty much stuck here with a load of pirates.
There is an alien artifact in that cave, and we have no way of transporting it.
You have a TARDIS, and, by default, you have the best way out.
I’m willing to compromise –
For the time being –
And ask that you help us get it out of the hands of Scarlett.