Once more, another piece of TTR product endorsement. --DBK ***** Another Word from our Sponsor by Douglas B. Killings A This Time Round fanfiction ------------------------------ SCENE: EXT, The front door of This Time Round (TTR), early morning. 001 MELANIE emerges from the door. She is dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, and is wearing running shoes. She starts to stretch her legs, then run in place. Finally, after a few seconds of this, she is off. 002 EXT, The TTR Parking lot. MEL is jogging across the parking lot toward a park beyond. 003 CUT TO: EXT, a campsite. The ADF is bivouaced on the grounds of the park. DOUG and DIANE are already up. DOUG can be seen in front of his tent, making coffee over a camp fire. MEL jogs through the campsite. MEL Morning, Doug! Morning, Di! DOUG and DIANE wave at her as she passes through. DOUG 'Morning, Mel! DIANE 'Morning, Mel! 004 CUT TO: EXT, a flower garden. The flower garden looks suspiciously like the one from The Five Doctors. FIRST DOCTOR steps into view from camera left. He takes a deep breath of fresh, morning air. He bends to pick up and smell a flower. MEL passes behind him. MEL Good morning, Doctor! FIRST DOCTOR looks up from his flower, sees MEL, and calmly waves at her. FIRST DOCTOR Eh? Oh, Good morning, Susan! MEL passes through the flower garden. 005 CUT TO: EXT, a pathway. On the grass beside the pathway, PSYCHO NYSSA is busy with a choke-hold on ADRIC. ADRIC is struggling to pry her arm away from his neck and to breath more precious air. MEL passes them. MEL Good morning, Adric! Good morning, Nyssa! Both stop what they are doing, look up, and wave at MEL as she passes them. ADRIC 'Morning, Mel! PSYCHO NYSSA 'Morning, Mel! Once MEL has passed, PSYCHO NYSSA resumes her choke hold on ADRIC, although both of them also appear to be keeping an eye on MEL as she continues into the distance... 006 CUT TO: EXT, close-up of a Dalek. Suddenly, the Dalek explodes. Several more appear behind him on the same pathway, firing. The sounds of gunfire can be heard. 007 CUT TO: EXT, a stone wall. Several UNIT troopers, including MIKE YATES, BENTON, and the BRIGADIER, are all crouched behind the wall. All have weapons out. They are desperately exchanging fire with the Daleks on the other side of the pathway. MEL starts to jog between them, oblivious to the battle. The sounds of gunfire die down. MEL Good morning, everyone! Good morning, Brigadier! ALL start to wave at MEL (the Daleks wave their plunger stalks). YATES, BENTON, BRIGADIER (simultaneously) 'Morning, Mel! DALEKS (simultaneously) GOOD MOR-NING MEL!!! MEL passes between them. After she passes, the battle begins anew. 008 CUT TO: EXT, the pathway. THE MASTER is using his Tissue Compression Eliminator on someone. We just see the outline of a large, muscle-bound man with a sword being shrunk to death. Once the man's screams stop, THE MASTER looks down at the ground. 009 CUT TO: EXT, close-up of the pathway. A small, doll-like figure of a muscle-bound barbarian can be seen. 010 CUT TO: EXT, close-up, THE MASTER THE MASTER (snickering, to himself) And he thought he was the Master of the Universe... MEL passes him by. MEL Good morning, Master! THE MASTER looks up as she passes. THE MASTER Hmm? (Waving hand absently) Oh, good morning, Mel. 011 CUT TO: EXT, the pathway. Side-view, camera wide. MEL emerges from camera-left. From camera-right emerges FOURTH DOCTOR and SARAH-JANE, running. MEL greets them as they run toward her. The sound of gigantic footsteps can be heard. MEL Good morning, Doctor. Good morning, Sarah! FOURTH DOCTOR and SARAH merely wave as they pass her, still running. MEL continues her jog. Just as she is about to exit camera-right, the gigantic foot of ROBOT K-1 steps into view. 012 CUT TO: EXT, the pathway. MEL jogs along the path. As she does so she passes a pair of lumbering Yeti being led by a silver ball, RANI with a huge syringe and chasing a rather frightened TURLOUGH, a pretty girl in a Lynerd Skynerd t-shirt smoking a cigarette and field-stripping an AK-47, ANJI sitting on a park bench and reading the Financial Times, THIRD DOCTOR and the TARDIS console (_just_ the console) popping in and out of view, and SECOND DOCTOR urgently telling JAMIE and ZOE "When I say run, run!" MEL passes all of them issuing the usual assortment of quick salutations and greetings. 012 CUT TO: EXT, the pathway. Side-view, camera wide. In the background can be seen a big, huge, saucer-like spaceship with a blue beam shining directly below it. Also visible is a giant, tentacled, Kroll-like monster. A mobile suit flies into view above, and begins firing at a passing TIE fighter. In the distance are explosions and buildings being blown apart. In the foreground, the VALEYARD is laughing maniacally. MEL jogs through the picture from left to right, without once missing a beat. MEL Good morning, err, Doctor! VALEYARD Good morning, Mel! 013 CUT TO: EXT, an intersection. The pathway terminates at a street. There is a red light facing Mel. On the street an army of Cybermen are passing. In the distance can be heard the rumbling of gunfire, explosions, sirens, and other chaos. MEL stops at the intersection and starts to run in place. Another figure, CHARLEY, jogs into view from camera right. She is also dressed in running clothes (although her sweats cover a little more area than MEL's). CHARLEY 'Morning, Mel. Up bright and early today, I see! MEL (nodding) Of course! The light facing MEL and CHARLEY turns green. The Cyber- army has passed, and a zebra crossing is revealed on the street in front of them. Both start to jog across. 014 CUT TO: EXT, a road. MEL and CHARLEY are jogging off into the distance. Around them smoke, fire, confusion, debris. As the camera pulls back for a wide-view, the following things can be seen: DAVROS crying for help as his life support chair is tipped on its side by a Mechanoid; a Menoptera flying in a death- duel with a Gargoyle; Sontarrans, Rutans, and Terileptles galore; and SEVENTH DOCTOR with his umbrella under his arm and looking very concerned. Both women continue to jog through the middle of the mayhem, untouched. 015 FADE TO BLACK. Pause, then a title card appears along with a boomerang-like symbol. TITLE CARD Nike. Just do it. 016 END --DBK 6 March 2001