... blue light swirls about AMY's body.

TV Firstly, I emailed 2Entertain, the main retail publishing company for new BBC television product to ask if the third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures which is due out on dvd soon would also be appearing on blu-ray (it was the first series shot for High Definition). The 2Entertain DVD Enquiry teams says:

"I am sorry to have to disappoint you but upon investigation I can confirm that we have no immediate plans to clear and release this title on Blu Ray."

I have emailed a reply asking for an explanation.

Secondly, here is one of those bonkers predictions for what may happen with the much discussed "game changing" cliffhanger in the upcoming, sixth series of Doctor Who.

There's been some speculation that Karen Gillan will not be appearing in the whole of the next series and yet Amy Pond somehow is. How about:

INT. THE GEMINI PLATFORM. NIGHT.

... blue light swirls about AMY's body. Even further into the distance a silhouetted female figure is stalking away as though the weather doesn't even exist.

RORY:
What's happening to her? (beat) Doctor?

The platform continues the shake, the wind and rain buffeting the sides and the three figures.

THE DOCTOR:
I don't know. I don't know! Something, something, something. Something I've forgotten. Oh, I, no no no. Aaah. Oh. No not that either. Oh. [SHOUTING!] Oh noooo ... Amy Pond. Your name is Amy Pond. Amelia Jessica Pond. Amy! (to Rory) She can't hear us. (SHOUTING AGAIN!) You have to hear us. You were born in Scotland! In 1989. You're married to Rory. Your parents are Augustus and Taba ... oh of course they are! Grrrr. Amy! Amy!

The blue light stops. AMY drops to the floor like a rag doll.

THE DOCTOR and RORY try to approach her, but the weather continues to hold them back as they barely keep themselves standing, holding on to the guard rail for dear life.

RORY:
Doctor?

THE DOCTOR:
Amy?

Suddenly, Amy sits bolt upright, her eyes as certain as they've ever been. She looks at the ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS. She stands, her body rigid against the false forces of nature that whip against her body. THE DOCTOR and RORY watch her figure from a distance as it seems to walk with superhuman strength.

THE DOCTOR:
Amy don't! The controls are live. They're only low levels shocks but cumulatively the radiation ... let me ...

RORY:
Amy! Please!

THE DOCTOR:
There's nothing ... aaah ...

AMY, her face determined but wincing with pain, makes the necessary adjustments to the environmental controls. The rain stops. Then the wind. The fog lifts. Already THE DOCTOR and RORY are approaching their travelling companion who turns and curiously gives them a broad grin.

AMY:
I'll be with you in a minute ... ooh I'm going to miss this accent ...

Suddenly the peace is shattered again as AMY's body VOLCANOES!!! Golden energy blasting out of her head, her arms - beautiful, ferocious she snaps upright, ENERGY BURNING AWAY, fast, gone! And there she is. Blinking. Dazed. The New woman.

It's RIVER SONG!

RIVER:
Hello sweetie!

Fade Out.

Pause.

Fade In.

INT. THE GEMINI PLATFORM. NIGHT.

A tiny shuttle is lifting off, its thrusters finally able sustain flight, now that the environmental conditions are back to normal.

INT. SHUTTLE BRIDGE. NIGHT.

Familiar hands expertly work the controls of the shuttle. A small display flashes Autopilot in red LED lettering.

A hand, its fingernails a rouge red, reaches into a handbag. Next to a squareness gun and sits a small pocket watch, which looks infinitely old. The hand clicks it open. There's noting unusual about it, apart from the pretty swirls on the case.

As the interior of the GEMINI STATION is replaced with the dark void of space on the outside of the ship, we see a familiar face reflected in the viewscreen.

It's the older RIVER SONG!

RIVER:
Bye Amy.

FADE OUT.

TO BE CONTINUED!

4 comments:

Isobelle said...

Aren't The Sarah Jane Adventures aimed even more towards small children than Dr Who itself ?

Stuart Ian Burns said...

To a point, though that series featured the Doctor and his story was essentially one of the 2009 "specials" pointing the way towards The End of Time.

Isobelle said...

To point ? So not in the same way as Shaun the Sheep, Dick and Dom and the rest of CBBC's output are ?

Stuart Ian Burns said...

No.