After watching Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, two thoughts are foremost in my mind:
First, that Moffat meant it when he said Series 7 was more a series of disconnected episodes than a multi-part story.*
Second, that we are seeing a darker Doctor.
09 September 2012
transcript : Doctor Who, Series 7, Episode 2 : Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
(I thank Tardisblue.net for hosting the streams of this episode I watched to prepare this
transcript. Cheers, Michele, and cheers, fellow Whovians. I hope you find these transcripts useful.)
(We see a wall, dimly lit, inscribed with hieroglyphs.
The screen shows “Egypt, 1334 B.C.”
As the camera pans, we see into a room; it is dark, its walls are likewise of stone.)
The screen shows “Egypt, 1334 B.C.”
As the camera pans, we see into a room; it is dark, its walls are likewise of stone.)
DOCTOR (stepping around a corner, towards the door of the TARDIS):
Bye then! Lovely meeting you, sorry
about the mess.
(A woman is following him, covered in a flowing, translucent white robe, with a tall blue crown on her head.
She pushes him against the door of the TARDIS like Amy did in her bedroom.)
WOMAN (NEFERTITI):
You think I'll let you leave without
me? After what we've just been through?
(She presses close to him, moving her face to his, closing her eyes and inhaling.)
DOCTOR (his voice growing progressively higher):
You've got the Egyptian people to rule,
Queen Nefertiti!
They'll need reassuring after that
weapon-bearing giant alien locust attack we just stopped rather
brilliantly.
(A toy horn
sounds from his pocket.)
DOCTOR:
Oh, dear; sorry! Got it set to temporal
news-feed...
(He takes something out of his pocket
and reads his message.) Oh, that's interesting!
NEFERTITI (breathing heavily, taking an interest in what he is looking at):
Oh, what is?
DOCTOR (to her):
Nothing! Nothing interesting. Not at...
(As he continues reading) Ooh-hoo! Never
been there, (as she runs her hands over his body and pushes him into the TARDIS) exciting!
(The DOCTOR seems to protest “no,
no, not me; coming” as we look up, from the
TARDIS, into the darkness.
[cut] The darkness becomes space. We see a ship in space, many
rocky brown pods are connected by spindly lines to a central hub.
04 September 2012
transcript : Doctor Who, Series 7, Episode 1 : Asylum of the Daleks
(Inspired by jpgr, who posted excellent transcripts of series 4, series 5 and series 6, I've decided to transcribe the first episode of the seventh series. I was fortunate to find the episode online; I watched it five times to make this transcript, after watching it twice for fun. That took a lot of time, so I don't know if I'll transcribe the second episode which is soon to air...
[Brackets with slashes/slashes in brackets] are places I wasn't sure of.)
(A WOMAN'S voice begins the story as the camera moves across a rust-red landscape, barren, as what seems like acid rain falls. We see a Dalek—it is massive, a monument, or is the camera merely very close, playing tricks we perspective? The clouds above are red; the Dalek is corroded. Lightning sounds in the distance. The sun is behind the red haze.)
VOICEOVER:
First, there were the Daleks. And then, there was a man who fought them. And then, in time, he died. There are a few, of course, who believe this man somehow survived, and that one day, he will return.
(We see a ball of fire roll across a floor littered with debris. Someone walks into the scene, but we see only the pair of ankle boots. The (FIRST) WOMAN continues to narrate.)
VOICEOVER:
For both our sakes, dearest Hannah, we must hope these stories are true.
(We see the profile of the figure who is walking in as a shadow—the recognisable profile of the Eleventh Doctor. We then see a hooded figure standing before a circular window, overlooking the red landscape. We see her Gothic high heels, and then part of her face as she turns; she has short hair.)
DOCTOR:
I got your message. Not many people can do that—send me messages.
FIRST WOMAN, DARLA(?):
I have a daughter. Hannah. She's in a Dalek prison camp. They say you can help.
DOCTOR:
Do they? I wish they'd stop.
Hell of a choice of meeting place.
DARLA:
They said I'd have to intrigue you.
DOCTOR:
Skaro. The original planet of the Daleks. Look at the state of it. (He surveys it.)
[Brackets with slashes/slashes in brackets] are places I wasn't sure of.)
(A WOMAN'S voice begins the story as the camera moves across a rust-red landscape, barren, as what seems like acid rain falls. We see a Dalek—it is massive, a monument, or is the camera merely very close, playing tricks we perspective? The clouds above are red; the Dalek is corroded. Lightning sounds in the distance. The sun is behind the red haze.)
VOICEOVER:
First, there were the Daleks. And then, there was a man who fought them. And then, in time, he died. There are a few, of course, who believe this man somehow survived, and that one day, he will return.
(We see a ball of fire roll across a floor littered with debris. Someone walks into the scene, but we see only the pair of ankle boots. The (FIRST) WOMAN continues to narrate.)
VOICEOVER:
For both our sakes, dearest Hannah, we must hope these stories are true.
(We see the profile of the figure who is walking in as a shadow—the recognisable profile of the Eleventh Doctor. We then see a hooded figure standing before a circular window, overlooking the red landscape. We see her Gothic high heels, and then part of her face as she turns; she has short hair.)
DOCTOR:
I got your message. Not many people can do that—send me messages.
FIRST WOMAN, DARLA(?):
I have a daughter. Hannah. She's in a Dalek prison camp. They say you can help.
DOCTOR:
Do they? I wish they'd stop.
Hell of a choice of meeting place.
DARLA:
They said I'd have to intrigue you.
DOCTOR:
Skaro. The original planet of the Daleks. Look at the state of it. (He surveys it.)
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