The three friends look on as Reinette enters and talks with Louis, who soon exits, leaving his mistress alone to examine herself in the two-way mirror. Elsewhere on the ship Mickey discovers a security camera, which he and Rose identify as being made up of a human eye wired into the security system. He leans forward and clutches Reinette’s head, only to discover the creature has been scanning her brain. He examines it and realises that because it was offline when the link was severed it might still work. Jessica Atkins (Young Reinette), Doctor Who - Season 2: The Girl In The Fireplace - The Doctor is smitten by Madame de Pompadour, but the court at Versailles is under attack. She opens it up and, to her horror, discovers a human heart linked to the computer. He looks up to the mirror and finds there is a blank wall staring back at him. Once he has returned he speaks with her through the flames of the fireplace and tells her that she will still be able to visit the stars. The ship contained smoking pods where the crew could smoke. The voice summoning her rings out again, naming her Mademoiselle Poisson. ... out a simple picture of the front of the new script – … We’re all afraid of something. Rose - Eccleston's first episode - aired in March 2005, while The Girl in the Fireplace was filmed in October 2005. The French king recalls how Reinette always said her friend never aged – now he is disposed to agree with her. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey step outside and examine the decaying computer banks around them After Rose concludes that the ship must have been abandoned the Doctor assures his companions that there is no danger onboard, but decides he will check the ship nonetheless. The ongoing series of Doctor … He leads her back to the ship but Reinette follows. She points out the broken clock on the mantle before her and claims that soon a man will be visiting Versailles, a man who has watched over her entire life, the only other man she has ever loved. The Girl in the Fireplace (2006) Full Cast & Crew. It stands up and the Doctor follows. After a while he discovers an ornate door mounted on the wall of the ship, and realises it is the portal through which the creature boarded the ship. Rose awakens and calls out to the Doctor, and soon Mickey also regains consciousness. Back in Versailles the Doctor tells Reinette to block any thoughts or memories she doesn’t want him to access. What Could Have Been: In the original script, it was that the "mind meld" with the Doctor is what actually attracts the clockwork robots to Reinette. The masked attacker swipes at him but misses and lodges his arm in the mantle. ‘Reinette rises again!’ She wrote, tagging Moffat. This episode takes place in the 51st Century, 1721, the 1730s, the 1740s, 1753, 1758 and 1764. The official reason is In one of the court’s rooms King Louis XV warns his mistress Madame de Pompadour that they are under attack by inhuman creatures and must flee. Having anticipated the Doctor’s intervention the droids have sealed the portal shut. The voice of a small girl rings out from the room behind the fireplace, and the Doctor speaks to her, discovering she is a young human named Reinette who is living in Paris in the year 1727. With David Tennant, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, Sophia Myles. Doctor Who Girl in the Fireplace Series Two: Condition: Used. Ellen Thomas (Clockwork Woman); He threatens the creature with his Sonic Screwdriver but does not go unchallenged. 12+ Doctor Who Temporada 2 episodio 4 "The Girl in the Fireplace" (español latino) Married At First Sight Australia star almost misses reunion special after flight gets cancelled last minute, Piers Morgan admits he ‘plays up’ Good Morning Britain persona: ‘I prefer to be divisive and polarising’, ITV viewers fume at government’s handling of coronavirus as Outbreak documentary airs. She asks what the Doctor is doing in her fireplace and he tells her is conducting a routine inspection and then bids her farewell. The Doctor runs in and blasts the robot with one of the fire extinguishers, causing its mechanisms to jam. He warns her to stay still and crouches down to investigate further. MORE : Paul Hollywood Eats Japan viewers fall in love with laughing chef who survived Hiroshima nuclear attack in World War II, MORE : Nicolas Cage loves playing wild characters so he’s more than ready to take on Tiger King Joe Exotic. Gareth Wyn Griffiths (Manservant), If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you. When they are gone he turns to Reinette and places his hands on her temples, hoping to scan her mind himself and discover what the link is between her and the droids. However, as she is still not ‘complete’ they cannot take her yet. Rose claims there cannot be because the mantle is attached to the outer hull of the ship. Original star Myles tweeted out a simple picture of the front of the new script – and seemed excited to be getting back to work. After the events of "The Girl in the Fireplace", Rose and the Doctor must wrestle with their relationship and their future. Snapping back to sobriety he explains that because the ship is not functioning properly the droids weren’t able to pinpoint when Reinette was the right age, so they opened multiple time portals hoping they would stumble across the correct year. He realises he is not the first to enter her mind; the droids have entered there many times before. Five fears in Doctor Who Wednesday 12 February 2020. Rose tells her that when the droids appear she must keep them talking until the Doctor arrives to save her. Now alone Rose and Mickey decide to waver the Doctor’s orders. They will keep doing so until she is complete. She resolves to return to her proper time and take the slow path for the next five years – when she knows she will see the Doctor again. The Doctor’s current incarnation is that of Jodie Whittaker – the first woman to take the part. She marvels at his telepathic abilities as he tries to uncover why the droids want her, but then finds herself able to read his thoughts as well. He lifts the ornate mask and period wig from the creature’s head to reveal a globe of clockwork mechanisms ticking away beneath. He walks over to a dresser and takes out a letter Reinette has written for him, and at last the Doctor understands – Madame de Pompadour has died. Rose asks why the droids were determined to use Reinette’s brain for the computer and the Doctor concludes that they may never know the truth. Meanwhile, the Doctor continues to inspect the fireplace and activates a hidden mechanism that causes the mantle to revolve, sending him into the room beyond. LOUIS: … The monster freezes and the Doctor throws the makeshift weapon to Rose. Sure enough the Doctor is on his way. He disables the droids using a switch on a nearby computer then sets about releasing his two companions. She is doomed, Clockwork robots were also seen in the BBC Ninth Doctor novel, The Doctor talks about bananas being ‘good’ a hark back to the series one episode. There is no Torchwood reference in this episode, which is understandable since the part of the story taking part in the past predates the creation of Torchwood during the reign of Queen Victoria. … because The Girl in the Fireplace is all about the Doctor falling in love. Paul Casey (Clockwork Man), He manages to active it and as he returns to the ship he asks Reinette to wish him luck. The Time Lord tells his companions that they are in the 51st Century and then opens an observation hatch above their heads. Doctor Who (2005+) Transcripts >> 2x04 "The Girl in the Fireplace" EXT. Although initially sceptical about the situation, Rose and Mickey seem impressed by the prospect of visiting 18th Century France, and discuss the fact that the TARDIS translation circuits allow them to understand and speak French. The serial was originally broadcast in 2006, as part of the sci-fi show’s second series, and followed the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) as he encountered French socialist Madame DePompadour (Sophia Myles) at various points in her life. The Girl in the Fireplace. On a spaceship hovering amongst the stars, a member of the observation crew is taken by surprise when an ion storm erupts nearby. In the hall, Reinette refuses to go with the droids so they decide to kill her and take her brain with them instead of her whole body. As the droids lead Reinette into the hall Rose asks the Doctor why they cannot go to Versailles in the TARDIS. She hears the screams of her future self coming from the portal the Doctor has uncovered and is disturbed by what she hears. Light-years away an ornate clock sits on a mantelpiece ticking away, until suddenly its face cracks and all goes silent, In the court of Versailles the dignitary of France are running for their lives, chased by an unseen pursuer. As Reinette rushes away to look at the stars through her window the Doctor runs back to the TARDIS and greets Rose and Mickey. The masked figure from Reinette’s room is close behind but he manages to disable it by engulfing it with the fumes from a nearby fire extinguisher, which is modelled like a gun. At last the reason why the droids needed her is clear – the ship was called the SS Madame de Pompadour. Doctor Who - S 2 E 4 - The Girl İn The Fireplace. With the help of Arthur he smashes through the giant mirror and arrives in the great hall. Back on the ship, Rose and Mickey discover a large window displaying another room in the Versailles court. Rose realises they are standing behind a mirror, and watches with Mickey as a man enters the room accompanied by his aides. The Doctor reels back, severing the link between them, and Reinette ponders his name further, wondering why he would keep it hidden. He confronts one of droids and tells it the mission to take Reinette is over, he has sealed them off from the ship forever. He turns a corner and emerges in a corridor occupied by a large white horse. The Doctor turns on them and by convincing them they have no purpose any more, causes them to deactivate. The other droids reactivate and teleport away to join their counterpart. 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Five years later, in the time portal the droids have invaded, the dignitary of France are running for their lives, chased by the masked droids. He tells Reinette that it must have smashed the real clock so that it would not be detected, then traces the noise to underneath her bed. The Doctor realises whom he has just kissed and returns to the alien ship, astounded that he has just met Madame de Pompadour. In Reinette’s room the Doctor inspects the landscape outside the window as the young girl stirs from her sleep. Realising the clockwork creature could still be onboard the Doctor warns Rose and Mickey not to wander off. In particular, the room with the fireplace was adapted from the observation deck set. A mixture of rare and familiar shots from the making of this 2006 episode. Suddenly a bell begins ringing and the Doctor realises one of the robots is still in one of the time portals, and has found Reinette when she is thirty-seven. Rose asks why Reinette was chosen for this task and the droid claims she is the same as the service robots. The Doctor is astounded that so much time has passed, and she congratulates him on his persistence – claiming imaginary friends are only supposed to exist during childhood. Suddenly a metallic arm springs out from the darkness and he reels back. The Time Lord returns to the TARDIS again. Seconds later the Doctor appears alongside his companions and tells them that the man in the room is Louis XV, King of France. The Doctor Who Transcripts - 10th Doctor Episode Listings: Doctor Who Home: Star Trek Home: Tenth (or eleventh and twelfth) Doctor - David Tennant She explains what the droids are doing and reveals that the ship from which they originate is filled with portals into Reinette’s life, which she reacts to with some distress – she asks why the Doctor may walk through her life as and when he wishes whilst she must travel along the slow path of existence. However, his courtesan does not listen. He inspects the mantle and determines the accelerated time space to be the fault of a loose connection. Close to tears Reinette takes him to her room in the palace and shows him the fireplace that once sat in her room in Paris – she had it moved when she came to live as the King’s mistress. Now worried for the young woman’s safety, the Doctor decides it is time he spoke with Reinette and tells Rose, Mickey and Arthur (the name he has given his horse) to go in search of the droid. She tells the French courtesan that the robots will arrive to take her in five years time, on the night of her thirty-seventh birthday. However, her relief turns to horror as she realises it is not there to save her. This set also features a clockwork droid which hides in Reinette's room. Back on the ship Mickey realises that as the Doctor is the only one who can fly the TARDIS they are now stranded. The Doctor gazes into the flames and discovers there is another room beyond. “The Girl In The Fireplace” is a fantastic episode of Doctor Who, and it’s a definite contender for the best single-episode standalone of David Tennant’s tenure. I have some homework to do… #Clockdown ⁦@StevenWMoffat⁩ ⁦@Emily_Rosina⁩ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/EULpcC9bTi. Browse more videos. Doctor Who. Meanwhile, the Doctor continues searching for his friends, the horse following close behind. She turns to the fireplace and calls out to the man she claims promised to return and save her – the Doctor. Reinette joins him and the two talk about visiting the distant stars. For their first trip with Mickey, the Tenth Doctor and Rose end up on a spaceship in the future that contains several portals to pre-Revolutionary France. Drama. She refuses. When he steps through one of these portals, shaped like a fireplace, the Doctor discovers the even greater mystery of actual, romantic love. ... "The Girl in the Fireplace" certainly would not stand up well against the scrutiny of Trekkies and midi-chlorian haters around the … She announces that it is time for the Doctor to arrive and save her, as Rose promised he would. Directed by Euros Lyn. Details about Doctor Who Girl in the Fireplace Series Two See original listing. He mounts the fireplace and returns to Reinette’s room. Doctor Who is available to stream vis Netflix and BBC iPlayer. The Doctor calls her name and after a few moments a young woman arrives. Rose then hears a rhythmic beating emanating from within one of the control panels. The Doctor folds up the letter and puts it in his jacket pocket, before resuming his place at the TARDIS controls and setting the ship in motion. Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is re-visiting his iconic series 2 story The Girl In The Fireplace with a prequel. He uses the ship to close the time portals forever and then, as Rose leaves to show Mickey the rest of the ship, he reads Reinette’s letter. The last survivor calls for help and is greeted by a mysterious ticking sound, which she is initially comforted by. "The Girl in the Fireplace" won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. In a royal bedroom is an ornate clock with a smashed glass face. Suddenly they are ambushed by two of the droids, which grab them and threaten them with the weapons mounted on their arms. After Rose and Mickey recount their findings onboard the ship the Doctor realises the droids could not find the parts they needed to repair the ship and so cannibalised the bodies of the crew instead – the cooking scent they detected earlier was the human body parts being warmed by the computer. The scene where the Doctor plays Reinette's harp is a reference back to, The Doctor's comment about monsters having nightmares about him was mentioned again in. 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