The McGann audition script
Mar. 10th, 2011 12:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerFor those who are interested, I've transcribed the script of the three scenes from the McGann audition that appears on the TVM DVD extras. (Yay for subtitles!) I also sent it over to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
dw_straybunnies. Can't wait to see if some insane person takes this on and tries to make a fic out of it!
[My notes are in bolded brackets, like this.]
Scene 1:
Doctor: I came to say goodbye. [Because the Doctor always says goodbye.]
Time Lord: You have sealed your fate.
Doctor: I am so sorry to have caused you so much trouble. You gave me a home when no one else would have me. This is not the way I should've repaid you.
TL: I have never seen a Time Lord arrive quite that way. You never cease to surprise me. I shouldn't have urged you into politics. [Politics? Sorry, but I can't imagine anyone urging the Doctor into politics.] Maybe one day you'll find out what you're looking for.
Doctor: But I already have. (Holds up scrolls.)
TL: The Scrolls of Rassilon. Show me. [Of course they're the Scrolls of Rassilon. One day, I want the Scrolls of Runcible to show up. Just for a change.]
Doctor: They seem to foretell the future. [And as we all know, only people who can travel in time could possibly know the future. Good thing those scrolls exist!]
TL: Why didn't you tell the Time Lords? It is written that the finder of the lost Scrolls . . .[Written where? In a not-so-lost scroll?]
Doctor: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Will lead his people out of darkness, I know. But it also says that the finder will be descended from Rassilon. The finder will be descended from Rassilon, like you, like your son Ulysses, like his son, the Master. [The Master's descended from Rassilon? Wouldn't this have come up by now, say in "Deadly Assassin" or something? Never mind, I'm still stuck on how the Master's father's name is Ulysses.]
TL: I have a confession to make. Until we perfected time travel, many of our early explorers were lost. My own son Ulysses never returned.
Doctor: A great explorer. He will always be a legend among us.
TL: Ulysses had a second child while exploring the blue planet, Earth, by a woman of that world.
Doctor: Well then, is he not the rightful inheritor to the Sash, not the Master? [Sash? What Sash? How did a Sash get into it?]
TL: You are that blue-eyed child. [Except for the times when your eyes are brown.] When your mother died, your father sent you back to Gallifrey to be raised among his own people. [So although Ulysses was "lost," he was able to send his son home? I do not think that word means what you think it means.]
Doctor: My brother? The Master? Why didn't you tell me? [New father, new mother, new grandfather, new Sash, plus you've just found out you're half-human, but it's your sudden relationship to the Master that you focus on? Okay, that's in character, never mind.]
TL: I've held our family together with this secret. [Well, except for your lost son. And the fact that the Master's a villainous psychopath. But other than that, well done!] Because your mother was from Earth, you were of mixed race and would have never been allowed to be a Time Lord. Everything you have to offer Gallifrey would have been lost. Without a clan to protect you, you would've been sent to the wilderness to live among the outsiders. [Wow, some actual continuity with "Invasion of Time." Given the craziness of the rest of this, I'm not sure what to do with continuity.]
Doctor: I have to look for my father.
TL: And face your brother. Only then will you take your rightful place. [In the TARDIS?]
Scene 2:
Woman: Why do you stare like that?
Doctor: I'm sorry, it's your face . . . See, where I come from, your face would be considered strange. Strange. I find you beautiful. [What about her face could be strange to Time Lords, but not to humans?]
Woman: Gee, thanks. Who are you?
Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
Woman: What . . . what, doctor of what?
Doctor: Of many things. Temporal engineering, quantum physics, astrology, archeology, medicine, things one must know.
Woman: I have a Ph.D. in physics, and I have never heard of temporal engineering.
Doctor: It hasn't been invented here yet.
Woman: Temporal. You mean you can engineer time?
Doctor: Just call me a tinkerer.
Woman: You know what's going to happen tonight, don't you?
Doctor: Mmm-hmm. Of course. Of course. You see, where I come from, every schoolboy knows about Britain's first long-range rocket launch. [Because 20th century British history is a required course at the Time Lord Academy. That makes sense.]
Woman: You picked up a radio signal sent from this museum, you're very familiar with coded languages, and you know about the V2 rockets tonight. How do you explain this?
Doctor: I'm from a different planet.
Woman: Look, I don't know how you got in here, wiseguy, but you are not getting out.
Doctor: It's been fantastic to meet you. I must go.
Woman: I have never had the pleasure of shooting a Nazi, so if you try anything, you get to be my first. [Nazis! What do you want to bet some real Nazis make an appearance later on in this script, and the Doctor foils them?]
Scene 3:
Doctor: It's incredibly blue.
Woman: It's just floating there. I'm the first human being to ever see it like this. [I wouldn't count on that.] Just a blue ball alone in all this black space.
Doctor: What can you tell me about my father?
Woman: He seemed like a good man.
Doctor: Every single detail. Every detail, don't leave anything out.
Woman: I watched him change from an old man into a raw-boned Kansas farmer. Strong hands and weathered face. [I . . . have no words.]
Doctor: What did he say?
Woman: He said, "No matter how far you travel in your life, you can always go home. And I'll be there, waiting for you." ["Except for Gallifrey. I won't be there. Oh, and I won't be waiting for you on Earth either, because you have to search for me. On second thought, never mind."]
Doctor: That sounds like something he would say. [How would you know?]
Woman: Yeah.
Doctor: See, when I search for him again, I need to know what he looks like. [Better hope he hasn't regenerated again.]
Woman: Well, I'll point him out.
Doctor: We may not be together, you see, when the time comes.
Woman: Oh, yes, of course. I hadn't thought of that.
Doctor: I may never find him.
Also, so you can see it for yourselves, here's a link to a video I found of the audition. It has all of scene 1, and most of scene 3: http://io9.com/#!5758458/original-audition-video-proves-doctor-whos-1996-comeback-could-have-been-way-worse
dw_straybunnies. Can't wait to see if some insane person takes this on and tries to make a fic out of it![My notes are in bolded brackets, like this.]
Scene 1:
Doctor: I came to say goodbye. [Because the Doctor always says goodbye.]
Time Lord: You have sealed your fate.
Doctor: I am so sorry to have caused you so much trouble. You gave me a home when no one else would have me. This is not the way I should've repaid you.
TL: I have never seen a Time Lord arrive quite that way. You never cease to surprise me. I shouldn't have urged you into politics. [Politics? Sorry, but I can't imagine anyone urging the Doctor into politics.] Maybe one day you'll find out what you're looking for.
Doctor: But I already have. (Holds up scrolls.)
TL: The Scrolls of Rassilon. Show me. [Of course they're the Scrolls of Rassilon. One day, I want the Scrolls of Runcible to show up. Just for a change.]
Doctor: They seem to foretell the future. [And as we all know, only people who can travel in time could possibly know the future. Good thing those scrolls exist!]
TL: Why didn't you tell the Time Lords? It is written that the finder of the lost Scrolls . . .[Written where? In a not-so-lost scroll?]
Doctor: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Will lead his people out of darkness, I know. But it also says that the finder will be descended from Rassilon. The finder will be descended from Rassilon, like you, like your son Ulysses, like his son, the Master. [The Master's descended from Rassilon? Wouldn't this have come up by now, say in "Deadly Assassin" or something? Never mind, I'm still stuck on how the Master's father's name is Ulysses.]
TL: I have a confession to make. Until we perfected time travel, many of our early explorers were lost. My own son Ulysses never returned.
Doctor: A great explorer. He will always be a legend among us.
TL: Ulysses had a second child while exploring the blue planet, Earth, by a woman of that world.
Doctor: Well then, is he not the rightful inheritor to the Sash, not the Master? [Sash? What Sash? How did a Sash get into it?]
TL: You are that blue-eyed child. [Except for the times when your eyes are brown.] When your mother died, your father sent you back to Gallifrey to be raised among his own people. [So although Ulysses was "lost," he was able to send his son home? I do not think that word means what you think it means.]
Doctor: My brother? The Master? Why didn't you tell me? [New father, new mother, new grandfather, new Sash, plus you've just found out you're half-human, but it's your sudden relationship to the Master that you focus on? Okay, that's in character, never mind.]
TL: I've held our family together with this secret. [Well, except for your lost son. And the fact that the Master's a villainous psychopath. But other than that, well done!] Because your mother was from Earth, you were of mixed race and would have never been allowed to be a Time Lord. Everything you have to offer Gallifrey would have been lost. Without a clan to protect you, you would've been sent to the wilderness to live among the outsiders. [Wow, some actual continuity with "Invasion of Time." Given the craziness of the rest of this, I'm not sure what to do with continuity.]
Doctor: I have to look for my father.
TL: And face your brother. Only then will you take your rightful place. [In the TARDIS?]
Scene 2:
Woman: Why do you stare like that?
Doctor: I'm sorry, it's your face . . . See, where I come from, your face would be considered strange. Strange. I find you beautiful. [What about her face could be strange to Time Lords, but not to humans?]
Woman: Gee, thanks. Who are you?
Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
Woman: What . . . what, doctor of what?
Doctor: Of many things. Temporal engineering, quantum physics, astrology, archeology, medicine, things one must know.
Woman: I have a Ph.D. in physics, and I have never heard of temporal engineering.
Doctor: It hasn't been invented here yet.
Woman: Temporal. You mean you can engineer time?
Doctor: Just call me a tinkerer.
Woman: You know what's going to happen tonight, don't you?
Doctor: Mmm-hmm. Of course. Of course. You see, where I come from, every schoolboy knows about Britain's first long-range rocket launch. [Because 20th century British history is a required course at the Time Lord Academy. That makes sense.]
Woman: You picked up a radio signal sent from this museum, you're very familiar with coded languages, and you know about the V2 rockets tonight. How do you explain this?
Doctor: I'm from a different planet.
Woman: Look, I don't know how you got in here, wiseguy, but you are not getting out.
Doctor: It's been fantastic to meet you. I must go.
Woman: I have never had the pleasure of shooting a Nazi, so if you try anything, you get to be my first. [Nazis! What do you want to bet some real Nazis make an appearance later on in this script, and the Doctor foils them?]
Scene 3:
Doctor: It's incredibly blue.
Woman: It's just floating there. I'm the first human being to ever see it like this. [I wouldn't count on that.] Just a blue ball alone in all this black space.
Doctor: What can you tell me about my father?
Woman: He seemed like a good man.
Doctor: Every single detail. Every detail, don't leave anything out.
Woman: I watched him change from an old man into a raw-boned Kansas farmer. Strong hands and weathered face. [I . . . have no words.]
Doctor: What did he say?
Woman: He said, "No matter how far you travel in your life, you can always go home. And I'll be there, waiting for you." ["Except for Gallifrey. I won't be there. Oh, and I won't be waiting for you on Earth either, because you have to search for me. On second thought, never mind."]
Doctor: That sounds like something he would say. [How would you know?]
Woman: Yeah.
Doctor: See, when I search for him again, I need to know what he looks like. [Better hope he hasn't regenerated again.]
Woman: Well, I'll point him out.
Doctor: We may not be together, you see, when the time comes.
Woman: Oh, yes, of course. I hadn't thought of that.
Doctor: I may never find him.
Also, so you can see it for yourselves, here's a link to a video I found of the audition. It has all of scene 1, and most of scene 3: http://io9.com/#!5758458/original-audition-video-proves-doctor-whos-1996-comeback-could-have-been-way-worse
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