Thursday 7 September 2017

Listening to Judy






[Present Day - The Devil's Cairn, Scotland]

BROTHER: 
Judy! Judy what are you doing? Come on! 

(The little girl runs up the slope to the old stones, including a pair of uprights with a lintel.

JUDY: 
I want to hear the music. 

(She puts her ear to the ground.

BROTHER: 
You're going to get me in trouble. Everyone knows there are ghosts in the hill. 

JUDY: 
Wait! You'll hear it in a minute. 

(He pulls her to her feet.

BROTHER:
 That's ghosts. If you stay out here listening to ghosts, they will come out of the hill and eat you. 

JUDY: 
They won't. 

BROTHER: 
They will. And I'll get the blame. Now, come on. 

(She starts back down the hill to the village, but turns as she reaches a standing stone with carvings on it. Early Scottish-style music plays.

JUDY: 
I can hear it. 

(She runs back up the hill.

BROTHER: 
Judy, no! 

BAN [OC]: 
I'll put The Story in The Stone. 

BROTHER: 
Judy! 

BAN [OC]: Put Your Name there.

(A crow lands on the stone.

CROW:
 Doc-tor! Doc-tor! Doc-tor! Doc-tor! 

(The stone's story includes a carving of the Tardis.)






DOCTOR: 
Well, they're not trapped and they're more than just fighting. And there's music. Always music. 

MISSY: 
Well, team, who's going to help me hide his gee-tar? 

DOCTOR: 
See, that's what I'm trying to teach you, Missy. 
You understand The Universe, you see it and you grasp it, but you've never learned to hear The Music. 


(The TARDIS dematerialises. A rainbow appears. Back in the now, little Judy runs up to the remains of the Cairn, which we now know is just the doorway as distant Pictish music plays. Later, the music is also playing in the TARDIS, and a tear is rolling down Missy's face. The music stops. The Doctor and Missy are alone.

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