TEASER

INT. – AH.COM SHIP- MESS HALL- DAY

We see OTHNIEL and GREY WOLF. OTHNIEL is giving a bottle to GREY WOLF.

OTHNIEL
Here—try this—you’ll like it!

GREY WOLF
(looking at bottle dubiously)
I’m not sure about this…

OTHNIEL
You’re the one who said that you wanted to try new things.
Well—this should definitely be new for you!

GREY WOLF
But what if something goes wrong?

OTHNIEL
Try it—when have I ever steered you wrong?

GREY WOLF ponders this for a second, shrugs his shoulders and chugs the bottle. He immediately starts choking and gasping and coughing.

GREY WOLF
(coughing)
Oh my God! What the hell is this stuff?!

OTHNIEL
(smiling)
It’s water!

GREY WOLF
(looking at bottle in utter confusion)
(saying word like it’s some strange foreign word)
Wah-ter?
(beat)
What is this…water…good for?
Do people actually drink this crap?

OTHNIEL rolls his eyes in disgust.

INT. – AH.COM SHIP CORRIDOR- DAY

We see GBW and DOCTOR WHAT walking down a corridor.

GBW
I don’t get it—of all possible timelines,
why go back to THAT one?

DOCTOR WHAT
Dude! Dinosaurs with friggin
lasers on their heads!
Pterodactyls! Giant magic
stones! Tarzan’s grandson!
Chicks with swords!
(sighs wistfully)
It will be so cool!

GBW
Cool? Matt almost fell into a sea of lava
and you almost got your head chopped
off by a crazed warlord! How can you
possibly think that place was cool?!

DOCTOR WHAT
(looking at GBW with a pitying look)
Dude–Chicks. With. Swords.
(storms off)

GBW
Right–logic and reason….
(rolls eyes)

CUT TO OPENING CREDITS:

An Alternatehistory.com Presentation:

AH.COM: The Series

“HARBINGERS”

Written By : DOCTOR WHAT

ACT I

EXT. – AH.COM SHIP- DAY

We see a vortex open up and the AH.COM ship settle into orbit around a familiar looking planet.

INT. – AH.COM SHIP-CONTROL ROOM- DAY

DOCTOR WHAT, MATT, GBW, and KIT are sitting at various stations.

DOCTOR WHAT
(really good mood)
Alrighty! LEO—prepare a couple of shuttles for—

LEO
ALERT! I am detecting a massive discharge
of energy from the Earth below!

MATT
Uh—wha–they’re attacking us?!

LEO
Negative! It is not a weapon discharge!
I am detecting….ummmmm….actually…
I’m not sure what the hell I’m detecting…

DOCTOR WHAT
Huh? What’s going on?

LEO
As near as I can figure—the planet below
is undergoing massive alterations to the
localized time-space continuum.

MATT
Ummmm…and that means what in English?

LEO
The planet below is being….changed.
It is as if it’s being altered on the
quantum level. Reality itself is being replaced.

DOCTOR WHAT
Replaced? By what?

LEO
That’s the odd thing—I can’t seem to find any major changes
but my sensors indicate that it’s happening.

DOCTOR WHAT
What’s happening in the Hollow Earth?

LEO
Unknown—sensors can’t penetrate that far.

DOCTOR WHAT
(sotto voce)
Reality being replaced? No—it can’t be…could it?
(shakes head)
(normal voice)
LEO! Prepare two shuttles! Everyone—come with me!

The all rush out.

EXT. – NORTH POLE- DAY

We see two shuttles- Sibyl and Mímir – flying over a cloud-shrouded terrain made up mostly of ice and snow.

The clouds drift apart and we see that the shuttles are flying straight towards a large hole (several hundred feet across) in the surface of the ice. We see snow and mist swirling into the hole.

The shuttles fly into the hole at high speed.

EXT. – TUNNEL –DAY

We see the shuttles fly down the tunnel for a minute or so. We notice a bright white light at the end of the tunnel up ahead of the shuttles.

EXT. – JUNGLE- DAY

We see a very lush and brightly lit jungle. There is a large hole in the ground. We see the shuttles fly out of the hole at high speed.

We see the jungle stretch away from the shuttles—-and upwards. The horizon –instead of curving downwards—actually curves upwards. It continues upwards and actually appears to continue to meet thousands of miles above their heads. High overhead—roughly in the center—is a small bright sun.

One gets the distinct impression of being on the inner surface of an immense hollow ball.

The shuttles change course and fly towards a large fort-like structure off in the distance that has been built flush against a large mountain. Part of the structure is made from worked stone and looks quite old and has a vague monastery-like appearance to it. Directly in front of it—obviously heavily damaged—is a large wooden fort and palisade wall.

Way off in the distance behind the temple, however, is a wall of energy that bisects the entire Hollow Earth literally from Pole to Pole.

It is a wall of energy almost 8000 miles high.

And it is moving rapidly towards the temple.

INT. – SHUTTLE ‘MIMIR’ –DAY

We see DOCTOR WHAT, MATT, GBW and DIAMOND staring open-jawed at this spectacle.

DIAMOND
You have GOT to be FUCKING kidding me!

DOCTOR WHAT
Faster! Get to the temple faster, Matt!

We see the two shuttles kick into overdrive and fly towards the temple.

EXT- TEMPLE OF SHAMBALLA- DAY

We see literally dozens of people running in terror. Some of them stop and point up. We see the two shuttles come in for a landing. The ah.commers come out.

DOCTOR WHAT
Get as many people on board as you can!

MATT
I don’t think we have enough room to fit that many!

DOCTOR WHAT
Then rip out the fucking seats if you have to!
Pack them in like sardines if necessary!

DOCTOR WHAT rushes off towards the entrance to the Temple.

MATT
Where the fuck are you going?!?

DOCTOR WHAT
There might be some people inside! I’ll be right back!

We see DOCTOR WHAT run off.

INT. –SHAKTI STONE OUTER CHAMBER- DAY

The doors have been left open here, allowing the giant crystal’s glow to illuminate the entire chamber. We hear DOCTOR WHAT’s voice.

DOCTOR WHAT (OV)
Hello?! Anyone here!? Hello?!

We see DOCTOR WHAT run into the chamber.

DOCTOR WHAT
Hello! Anyone in here-

We see DOCTOR WHAT stop and stare at the Stone.

TIGHT ON – DOCTOR WHAT’s eye.

Flash of light F/X

We are looking at what is clearly a flashback that DOCTOR WHAT is having.

DOCTOR WHAT is staring at the giant white crystalline Stone with a shocked look on his face. LORD GREYSTROKE is nearby.

DOCTOR WHAT
That stone…it must hold…it must harness…

LORD GREYSTROKE
…massive amounts of energy, yes. According to
the monks, the Stone can heal. Or destroy. It can
even give you visions of the future.
(beat)
Depending on the actions and
minds of those who possess it.

Flash of light F/X

Another flashback

DEMOS and DOCTOR WHAT are fighting with their swords. DOCTOR WHAT is jumping around evading Demos’ attacks, much to his obvious frustration.

DEMOS
Die already, you bastard! Stop jumping
around and accept your fate!

DOCTOR WHAT
(through clenched teeth as he parries several blows)
Not…going…to make it…easy…for…you…

DEMOS
I’ve waited my whole life to take over this world
and I WILL not allow some useless newcomer
stop me from my destiny!

DOCTOR WHAT
We newcomers seem to be doing a good job
in destroying your army, asshat!

DEMOS screams and launches a massive barrage of attacks on DOCTOR WHAT. DOCTOR WHAT is slowly being pushed towards the Stone by the attacks.

We see DOCTOR WHAT’s hand brush the Stone. There’s a spark of light.

TIGHT ON: DOCTOR WHAT’s eyes. For just a split second, they glow white.

We see just a quick flash of images—almost completely imperceptible.

Almost.

Flames. Dark shapes. Screams.

DOCTOR WHAT’s eyes turn back to normal.

DOCTOR WHAT trips and falls backwards onto the ground, dropping his sword in the process.

DOCTOR WHAT looks up to see DEMOS bringing the sword towards his neck…

Flash of light F/X

TIGHT ON – DOCTOR WHAT’s eye.

We are back in the present with DOCTOR WHAT still staring at the Stone, shaking his head in confusion.

FEMALE VOICE (o.v.)
You came back!

DOCTOR WHAT turns to face the voice.

DOCTOR WHAT
ANNA PYM!

We see a young woman standing by the doorway.

DOCTOR WHAT
What the hell is happening here, Anna?!

ANNA PYM
(depressed voice)
Our world…is being destroyed.

DOCTOR WHAT
Who did this? How? WHY?!

ANNA PYM
(shaking head)
I don’t know…
(beat)
You are here with a shuttle?

DOCTOR WHAT
Two of them—my crew are rescuing
survivors as we speak.
We should be going too!

ANNA PYM
NO! We have to save the Stone!

DOCTOR WHAT
Are you nuts?!
We don’t have time!
We have to go NOW!

ANNA PYM
(shaking head defiantly)
No! Much power in the Stone!
It can help our people—many
OTHER people too! We can’t
allow it to be destroyed!

She rushes towards the Stone and grabs one of the handles of the metal ‘basket’ the Stone is resting in. Very slowly she starts moving it—but it’s obviously almost too heavy for her alone.

We see DOCTOR WHAT looking back and forth between ANNA and the doorway, obviously torn by indecision for a few seconds. Seemingly making up his mind, he takes a step or two away from her and towards the doorway…

…and stops.

DOCTOR WHAT
Ah—fuck it!

He turns around and rushes back towards the Stone and starts helping ANNA move it.

EXT. – COURTYARD- DAY

We see the ah.commers moving people into the shuttles. MATT looks up at the sky.

We see the wall of energy is very close to the temple.

MATT
Doc—where the fuck are you?….

INT. TEMPLE CORRIDOR- DAY

We see ANNA PYM and DOCTOR WHAT moving the Stone down the corridor as fast as they can.

EXT. – COURTYARD- DAY

We see the wall of energy come into contact with the Inner Sun. For one brief instant it looks like the Inner Sun might survive.

But it doesn’t.

The Inner Sun suddenly vanishes before our eyes instantly—like it was simply erased.

The entire Hollow Earth is now plunged into Darkness for the first time in its existence. The entire Hollow Earth suddenly starts shaking as if the entire world is undergoing a massive earthquake. The only illumination comes from the giant wall of energy sweeping across the land.

It’s very close to the Temple now.

MATT and some of the AH.commers and survivors get thrown to the ground by the shaking.

INT. TEMPLE CORRIDOR- DAY

We see the entire Temple shaking violently. Both DOCTOR WHAT and ANNA PYM fall to the ground. The Stone wobbles for a second—and then falls as well.

Right on top of DOCTOR WHAT!

We see DOCTOR WHAT instinctively stretch out his hands to protect himself.

TIGHT ON—DOCTOR WHAT’s hands coming into contact with the Stone’s surface.

TIGHT ON- DOCTOR WHAT’s eyes. They glow for an instant.

Flash of light F/X

We see rapid flashes of images. And over the flashes of images—the sound of someone laughing maniacally.

Flames. Buildings on fire. Strange looking black spaceships firing lasers. Explosions. People running in panic through a crowded street.

The laughing sound gets louder.

The Hub. Pristine condition one instant—in complete ruins in the next. More strange looking black spaceships firing—five ships, now ten ships, now thirty ships, now over a hundred ships. Children screaming.

The laughing sound is almost deafening now.

The planet Earth—seen from high orbit– being consumed by flames. Now another Earth with slightly different looking continents being consumed as well. Now a third Earth being consumed. And a fourth…and a fifth…and a sixth. The flames glow brighter and brighter. It suddenly glows so bright that it hurts the eyes. The glow dissipates slightly to reveal….

Ian the Bartender.

Laughing maniacally.

Flash of light F/X

We are now back in the ‘present’.

We see that the Stone has fallen to one side of DOCTOR WHAT. But he’s not conscious. In fact—he undergoes violent convulsions for a few seconds—then it stops.

We see ANNA PYM shaking her head in confusion. The earthquakes are getting worse and clouds of dust and debris are falling all around her. It’s obvious that the Temple won’t survive very long. She’s looking frantically between the Stone and DOCTOR WHAT. Making her decision, she grabs DOCTOR WHAT and half carries/half drags him down the corridor.

EXT. – COURTYARD- DAY

The wall of energy is almost on top of the Temple. The ground has stopped shaking for the moment. We see MATT practically jumping from foot to foot.

We see ANNA PYM come out of the Temple entrance carrying DOCTOR WHAT. Matt rushes towards to ANNA PYM and helps her carry the semi-conscious DOCTOR WHAT into the very crowded shuttle.

The two shuttles practically leap off the ground and fly off. Behind them, we see the wall of energy sweep over the Temple.

EXT. JUNGLE- DAY

We see the two shuttles flying at maximum speed over the jungle. Below them, we see a panicked herd of T-Rexes running and growling. The wall of energy sweeps over them…

The two shuttles reach the Tunnel exit and do a loop the loop and fly into the tunnel.

EXT. –NORTH POLE TUNNEL- DAY

We see the two shuttles hurtling through the tunnel. Up ahead, we can see daylight.

Behind the shuttles–we see a wall of energy practically shooting up the tunnel after them.

EXT. -EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE – DAY

We see the two shuttles flying at high speed away from the Earth. The strange wall of energy is now sweeping across the surface of the Earth.

EXT. – SHUTTLES SIBYL AND MIMIR – DAY

We see the terrified faces of the Hollow Earth survivors and the ah.commers staring out of various portholes.

INT. – SHUTTLE ‘SIBYL’ – DAY

The shuttle is jam packed with people. DOCTOR WHAT and ANNA PYM are near the back. DOCTOR WHAT is conscious again—but he’s muttering incoherently and shaking his head in confusion.

EXT. – EARTH – DAY

We see the wall of energy completely envelop the Earth. For a few seconds it’s hidden from view. Then it reappears—seemingly unchanged.

The energy wave begins to expand away from the Earth into deep space—and towards the shuttles.

INT. – SHUTTLE ‘SIBYL’ –DAY

MATT
LEO! What the hell just happened to that world?

LEO (ov)
Nothing has happened to the surface of
the planet as near as I can ascertain but….
(trails off)

MATT
But what?! What else has happened?

LEO (ov)
As near as I can ascertain—this Earth now has
a solid core. It is now like every other Earth.
(beat)
The Hollow Earth interior has vanished completely.
(beat)
Uh…would both shuttles please hurry back to the ship
as soon as possible. The…energy wave… is expanding
away from the planet and will be reaching our position
is less than 3 minutes at current speeds. I have no desire
to find out what effects that wave will have on us.

MATT
(screaming into communicator)
You heard him guys! Double time! LEO—
prepare to Shift the moment we’re on board!

LEO
Already have the Shift engines on stand-by.
We’ll be Shifting just a few seconds after
the shuttles are safely aboard.

MATT
ETA 2 minutes.
(shuts off communicator)
(turns around)
Doc! ANNA! What the hell happened here?
What happened to Doc in the temple?
What’s going on here?

DOCTOR WHAT is still just shaking his head and mumbling.

ANNA PYM
(nearly in tears)
Robot thing arrived. Said the world was impossible.
An abomination. Began firing upon it.
Weep–all we’ve ever loved is gone.
(starts crying)

EXT. – AH.COM SHIP- DAY

We see the two shuttles enter the shuttle bay of the ship. A few seconds later, the AH.COM Shifts away, seconds just before the energy wave sweeps over its location.

LATER

INT. –AH.COM SHIP CORRIDOR- DAY

We see DOCTOR WHAT walking through various corridors. He looks deep in thought, shaking his head every now and then and occasionally mumbling. It’s almost as if he is arguing with himself.

DOCTOR WHAT
Fire…chaos…pain…much pain…treachery.
(beat)
Why? How? Impossible! It can’t be!…
but that would be perfect plan, no?
(shakes head violently)
No! Impossible! Refuse to believe!
(beat)
But so much destruction…so much pain and
anguish…one world destroyed already…
can’t have another…
(beat)
But what if I’m wrong?
(beat)
And if I do nothing and proved right?
(shakes head again)
No! NO! I will not allow it to happen! Must stop it!
(beat)
But how? Must know for sure! Must find a way!
(beat)
(deep in thought)
(nodding head)
Yes—perhaps that might work…

FEMALE VOICE
Doctor What?

DOCTOR WHAT turns to see ANNA PYM.

DOCTOR WHAT
(embarrassed voice)
Ummmm…hello Anna. Your people—are they ok?

ANNA PYM
Yes—physically at any rate. This…Hub?…you are taking us too—
you say that it has connections to many other worlds?

DOCTOR WHAT
Literally millions—you and your people can find
a quiet corner somewhere in some quiet world
somewhere and start over. It’s the best we can do.

ANNA PYM moves closer to DOCTOR WHAT. She rests her hand on his shoulder.

ANNA PYM
I know about the Vision you saw. I had a very
brief one myself when the Stone fell.
(beat)
Your Vision appears to be much more
detailed than mine, though.

DOCTOR WHAT
Maybe because I was in contact
with the Stone longer than you?

ANNA PYM
Perhaps so.
(beat)
I will help you fight whoever did this to my world.

DOCTOR WHAT
Thank you.
(looks at her bleakly)
I think I have a plan…..

INT. – OUROBOROS – DAY

This particular section of the Ouroboros is dark and badly lit. The tables are old, wooden, and well marked with scratches and stains. Many, if not all, of the people sitting at the tables (those whose faces can be seen) look like the type of people one would be disinclined to turn your back on.

We see MATT and GBW walk in. They look around dubiously.

GBW
Are you sure he told us to meet him here?

MATT
Quite sure.

GBW
(looking warily around)
I’m not entirely sure if some of these people are even human.
(looks at Matt)
Can I have one of your guns for protection?

MATT
(shaking his head)
I’ll advise against using a gun on these guys.

GBW
Why—worried that I don’t know how to use it?

MATT
(looking at the customers around them)
Not that—I think shooting them will just piss them off….

They look around and spot—off in the distance—DOCTOR WHAT.

DOCTOR WHAT is sitting across the table from a seedy STRANGER who is covered from head to toe in a grungy grey robe and hood. Only his eyes—which appear to be glowing red—can be seen.

MATT and GBW walk towards the duo. As they get close to them, they pick up the last bit of their conversation.

THE STRANGER
…the one to meet. If he can’t help, then nobody else can.

DOCTOR WHAT nods.

DOCTOR WHAT
Thanks for the info.

THE STRANGER
(nearly growling)
Now—my payment!

DOCTOR WHAT reaches into a large satchel at his feet and pulls out a small black velvet bag and puts it onto the table. We hear an audible ‘clinking’ sound as he does so. THE STRANGER snatches up the bag with clawed hand and hides it in a pocket in his robe.

THE STRANGER
(angrily)
The rest of it!

DOCTOR WHAT nods again and pulls out a large box wrapped in nondescript brown paper and slides it over to THE STRANGER. THE STRANGER looks at the package greedily.

THE STRANGER
(licking lips)
Is it…is it…?…

DOCTOR WHAT
Yes— ‘Asian Lesbian Ninjas in Leather’,
the complete works of ‘Pandora Peaks’ and
‘The Erotic Rituals of the Latex Nun Society’.
(beat)
The director’s cut.

THE STRANGER holds the package to his chest and rushes out past MATT and GBW, who have been quietly watching all this.

DOCTOR WHAT gets up from the table.

DOCTOR WHAT
Gentlemen—we have business to attend to.

DOC walks away towards one of the exits. MATT and GBW stare at each other for a few seconds, shrug their shoulders and follow DOCTOR WHAT.

END ACT I

ACT II

SOMEWHERE IN HUB CITY

EXT- STOREFRONT DOOR – DAY

We see a nondescript wooden door on a small building on an equally small street. Above the door can be seen a small sign on which is written simply ‘MrP’. There is an inscription written in Latin under it- Intra, qui scientiam quaerit. DOCTOR WHAT, MATT and GBW are standing by it. With a slightly confused look on his face, DOCTOR WHAT opens the door and walks in, followed by MATT and GBW.

INT. –LARGE ROOM- DAY

We see a large room. The four walls are completely covered with huge bookcases that stretch all the way to the top of the 20 foot high ceiling. Piles of books are scattered here and there on the floor. Sitting on one pile of books is a man in a 19th century Victorian style suit—complete with a frock coat and a scarf (wrapped loosely around his neck). The man is reading from a large book titled ‘Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan’. This man is MrP.

MRP
Alright! Stop skulking around!

DOCTOR WHAT
Huh—uh—we weren’t skulking. I just didn’t know…

MR.P
Common enough disease not knowing.
Sit down on those piles of books there.
(indicates several large piles about three feet high)

The three ah.commers sit down.

MR.P
Now—what can I do for you?

DOCTOR WHAT
Ummm…I’m not sure if I’m in the right place….

MR.P
Of course you’re in the right place—you want what I got.

DOCTOR WHAT
Uh—what have you got?

MR. P
Ointments. Salves. Powders. Sovereign remedies.
Nectars. Lotus blossoms. Toxics. Tonics.
Anti-toxins. Deductions. Concoctions.
And potions.
(beat)
All guaranteed.

DOCTOR WHAT
Uh—sorry man—I guess I’ve made a mistake.
I’m not here for any of that stuff—I’m here for
–uh—ah forget about it—it’s nothing…
(gets up to leave)

MR.P
Nothing I don’t supply. Something is my specialty.
Anything is what you can get here.

DOCTOR WHAT looks at MR.P dubiously for a few seconds—then reluctantly sits down.

DOCTOR WHAT
I’m looking for….information. I have many questions.

MR.P
Questions are a burden to others.
Answers are prison for oneself.

DOCTOR WHAT
Do you always speak so cryptically?

MR.P
I speak only the truth—from a certain
point of view. You will learn that at some point.

DOCTOR WHAT
When will THAT be?

MR.P
One learns only when the mind wants to and not at set times.

DOCTOR WHAT, GBW and MATT exchange glances. DOCTOR WHAT rolls his eyes theatrically and turns his attention back at MR.P.

DOCTOR WHAT
Alrighty. I need information.

MR.P
On what topic or item in particular?

DOCTOR WHAT
Remember a little while back with
the Denial of Service unpleasantness here?

MR.P
How can one forget?

DOCTOR WHAT
Rumour has it that you know where
I can get a device that can do that.

MATT and GBW look at each other in shock.

GBW
Uh—Doc—why the heck do you need something like that…?

DOCTOR WHAT
(angrily)
Shut up GBW! I’m talking here!
(turning back to MR.P)
Well?

MR.P just smiles.

MR.P
Now, now—that would be rather dangerous…

DOCTOR WHAT
I’m prepared to pay any price!

MR.P
Indeed. But I’m not prepared
to accept that price just yet.

DOCTOR WHAT
(angry tone)
Do you know where I can find one?

MR.P
(defiantly)
Yes.

There is a very long pause.

DOCTOR WHAT
(barely held fury)
Well?

MR.P
Not going to tell you. You really don’t know
what the price is if you do this…

We see DOCTOR WHAT staring at MR.P for a long moment. He suddenly takes a deep breath and turns and walks towards MATT.

DOCTOR WHAT
MATT—a moment of your time…

MATT
(confused look)
Uh…sure…what?…

DOCTOR WHAT suddenly pulls MATT’s pistol from his belt and turns around and thrusts the pistol into MR.P’s face.

DOCTOR WHAT
(screaming)
TELL ME!!

Reaction shot: MATT and GBW in shock at this.

GBW
(terrified voice)
Holy crap! Doc! Calm down! It’s –

DOCTOR WHAT
(angrily)
For the last time dude—
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!
(turns back to MR.P)
Tell me!

MR.P is staring at DOCTOR WHAT—almost the same way that a scientist would look at a strange and unusual bug. There is no fear on his face— curiosity, maybe even mild amusement—but no fear at all.

MR.P
Oh do put the gun away, Doctor What—you and
I both know this act you’re putting on isn’t real.
You don’t have it in you to actually shoot someone
in cold blood—especially someone who’s unarmed.
Now do put the gun away before someone really gets hurt.

DOCTOR WHAT
(sticking gun closer to MR.P’s face)
Do I LOOK like I’m bluffing?

MR.P stares at DOCTOR WHAT for a few seconds—and suddenly lets out a gasp of shock.

MR.P
You…you really would, would you?

DOCTOR WHAT
(smiling in a very unwholesome manner)
You’re the information broker—you tell me.
(beat)
Now…about that item……

EXT. – EARTH ORBIT – DAY

We see a vortex open up and the AH.COM ship appear. It settles into orbit around the planet.

INT. – AH.COM SHIP-CONTROL ROOM –DAY

We see various ah.commers at their stations. DOCTOR WHAT is at his captain’s chair.

DOCTOR WHAT
LEO! Commence scans—look for a large T-shaped
stone fortress. It should be located in the area that
corresponds to the OTL Rocky Mountains near Denver.

LEO
Scanning….scanning….scanning….found it! It’s located
approximately 20 miles from a large crater that corresponds
to the location of OTL Denver.

DOCTOR WHAT
Great! GBW, MATT, WEAPON M and IRONYUPPIE—come with me.
(hits comm. button on chair)
G.BONE! You better have those teleporters working THIS time.

G.BONE (o.v.)
They’re working! But there’s some weird scattering field
around that fortress—I can’t beam you guys in directly
but only about 200 yards away or so at best.

DOCTOR WHAT
Best we can. We’ll be down there in a minute.

G.BONE
(o.v.)
Hey Doc—what is all this about anyway?
What’s so important down there?

DOCTOR WHAT
I’ll explain everything later—just trust me on this okay?
(flicks comm button off)
(addressing crew)
Shall we?

He walks out the control room, followed by WEAPON M, and IRONYUPPIE. GBW glances at MATT, who just gives a helpless shrug and follows. GBW shakes his head and after a moment also follows.

INT. – AH.COM CORRIDOR- DAY

We see the ah.commers walking down the corridor. GBW turns to MATT.

GBW
(sotto voce to MATT)
Dude—what the hell is all this about?

MATT
(sotto voce to GBW)
Don’t know but we’ll find out soon.

GBW
Look—I’m really worried about the DOC—
I never saw him lose it with someone like that before….

MATT
Neither have I. But look—a whole fucking world got zapped
by something that looked like one of those crosstime explosions
we’ve seen. We only managed to save a few dozen people out
of who knows how many millions of people that lived on that
Hollow Earth. I don’t blame the DOC for acting a bit weird—
truth be told, I’m still in shock over what happened myself.

GBW
But DOC pulled a gun on an unarmed guy!

MATT
On a guy who was fucking us around and who had info
on a device that DOC thinks could help us fight whoever
did that. Truth be told, I was tempted myself.
(beat)
Never thought the DOC had that in him to be honest though….
(concerned look crosses MATT’s face)

GBW
Who do you think did this?

MATT
We’ve only seen that kind of shit a few times, remember—
most had either the ASBs or the Fallen involved.

GBW
(shakes head)
This is not good at all. Not good at all.
We are going to get so fucked.
(beat)
And not in a good way.

MATT
Did I ever mention I really hate it
when you use logic and reason?

They walk to the Teleporter Room. ANN PYM is waiting for them there.

DOCTOR WHAT
ANN! What are you doing here?

ANN PYM
I’m coming down with you.

DOCTOR WHAT
(shaking head)
No! It’s very dangerous! Your people need you—

ANN PYM
My people don’t need me! They’ve found a place and
started a new life. But they need justice more than they
need one more person! I’m going down to the planet and
there’s nothing that you can say or do to convince me otherwise!

ANN pulls out a BFG and storms into the Teleporter room.

DOCTOR WHAT, GBW and MATT exchange glances.

MATT
Lady knows what she wants.

DOCTOR WHAT
Indeed.

GBW
Chicks with guns beats out chicks
with swords, huh Doc?

DOCTOR WHAT
(nodding head)
We should have more chicks with guns on board.

GBW
We have IRONYUPPIE.

Both DOCTOR WHAT and MATT look at GBW with disdainful looks on their faces.

GBW
(shaking head)
Right. Logic and reason….

They walk into the Teleporter Room.

EXT. –MOUNTAIN FOREST- NIGHT

We see DOCTOR WHAT, WEAPON M, MATT, GBW, IRONYUPPIE and ANN PYM appear in a blaze of light. They fan out and crawl towards a large outcropping of rock. They look cautiously above it.

We see a large fortress built into the side of a hill. We see two guards near a large entrance.

MATT
What is this place?

DOCTOR WHAT
Believe it or not, it’s a monastery. Run by a
group called the Holy Order of the Crimson Shield.

WEAPON M
Monks? You brought us down to
fight a bunch of wussy monks?

IRONYUPPIE
Really annoyed here, Bruno—
I was expecting a challenge….

DOCTOR WHAT
Did I mention that the monks
nuked Denver in this timeline?
Or did you forget that LEO said that
there’s a crater where Denver used to be?

The rest of the ah.commers glance at one another and then look back at the fortress.

MATT
Damn!

GBW
I, for one, am very impressed.

WEAPON M
Wussy monks with nukes! Wow!

IRONYUPPIE
I find that strangely arousing.

DOCTOR WHAT
Move out!

INT. – MONASTERY CORRIDOR – DAY

We see a corridor. There’s a few flickering torches here and there on various walls. The whole place has a definite medieval feel to it. Shadows appear at the far end of the corridor. We suddenly see WEAPON M and IRONYUPPIE appear around the corner and head towards us. Following right behind them are DOCTOR WHAT and ANN PYM. Behind them, bringing up the rear, is GBW and MATT.

They rush towards the camera and stop, catching their breath.

GBW
That was close.

IRONYUPPIE
How many of these guys are there?

DOCTOR WHAT
More than ‘many’, less than ‘a lot’.

MATT
Monks! On Mechs! With laser guns!

WEAPON M
You gotta admit—monks in mechs
with laser guns are pretty fucking cool….

DOCTOR WHAT
Come on—this way!

They rush down the corridor.

INT. – ANOTHER CORRIDOR – DAY

We see the ah.commers appear in front of two large imposing metal doors.

DOCTOR WHAT
(indicating doors)
MATT—you may…indulge yourself.

IRONYUPPIE
What? In public?

MATT grins and walks towards the doors. He reaches into his shirt and pulls out a brick size beige colored object.

DOCTOR WHAT
Uh—MATT—isn’t that a bit big for our purposes?

MATT
There are very few problems in this universe that
can’t be solved by the judicious use of explosives.

DOCTOR WHAT
Wasn’t there suppose to be a
‘patience and logic‘ part in that line?

MATT gives DOCTOR WHAT a dirty look.

DOCTOR WHAT
Oh yeah. Right. Sorry about that….

MATT places the plastic explosives against the doors and sets the fuse.

MATT
Run!

They all rush down the corridor and duck behind various alcoves.

TIGHT ON – Doors.

The doors suddenly explode with a devastating explosion, sending debris and flames and smoke in every direction.

The ah.commers rush into the chamber.

INT. – CHAMBER – DAY

We see a large pentagon shaped stone chamber. On a small raise dais in the center is a three foot high pedestal. On it is a large red object about the size of a person’s head. It looks like a four side pyramid but the eyes get blurry when they look at the object and one sees six or seven or even eight sides to the pyramid, depending on the angle you look at it.

It’s glowing a bright red color.

MATT
Yup—that’s a weird
Artifact of Power™
if I ever saw one!

GBW
You know, I could point out that that thing is breaking about
two or three laws of physics just by the way it’s acting just
sitting there but I’m getting tired of being the logical one here…

IRONYUPPIE
So now what?

DOCTOR WHAT
Simple-
(walks over to the Artifact)
We grab it.
(picks it up)
And we run like hell before
the intruder alarms kick in!

WEAPON M
When will that be?

Alarms suddenly start going off throughout the entire fortress.

DOCTOR WHAT
Right about now would be my guess.

They all rush down the corridor.

INT. –LARGE ROOM –DAY

We see the ah.commers rush into the room from a side corridor, GBW and MATT frantically providing covering fire to their rear. WEAPON M and IRONYUPPIE are in front and DOCTOR WHAT and ANN PYM are in the center. DOCTOR WHAT is holding the artifact in one hand and awkwardly holding a BFG in the other.

We suddenly see three large Mechas (about ten feet high or so) appear around the corner of another corridor and advance towards the ah.commers.

LEAD MECHA
(booming voice)
YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE RELIQUARY AND
DEFILED THE MONASTERY WITH YOUR PRESENCE!
YOU MUST BE PURIFIED!

They open fire.

MATT
SCATTER!

GBW
Why the fuck do religious types always
think purifying folk is killing folk?

MATT
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND RUN!

All the ah.commers hit the ground and roll out of the way of the weapon fire, finding a few places of cover. A barrage of bullets hit the wall and ceiling of the area near the ah.commers and within seconds the entire area is obscured by massive clouds of dust and debris.

WEAPON M
Grenade launchers—fire!

IRONYUPPIE, WEAPON M and MATT poke their heads out for a brief instant and open fire on the Mechas with their grenades. The three Mechas explode, sending their riders sprawling to the ground in an unmoving heap.

MATT
Move everyone! We have to get to the
transporter coordinates before more
reinforcements arrive!

They start moving towards the the front doors.

CLOSE-UP- Fallen soldier.

We see one of the soldiers that was in the Mecha lying on the ground in a bloody heap. He twitches his arm and slowly opens his eyes. He hesitantly pulls out a handgun and aims at the ah.commers.

POV-HANDGUN

We see the gun is aimed directly at DOCTOR WHAT’s head.

CLOSE-UP – Finger slowly squeezing on trigger.

ANN PYM
LOOK OUT!
(pushes DOCTOR WHAT out of the way just as the gun fires)

ANN PYM and DOCTOR WHAT fall in a heap on the ground as the other ah.commers open fire on the soldier, killing him instantly.

DOCTOR WHAT
Thanks for the help ANN.
(beat)
ANN?

CLOSE-UP—we see that ANN PYM has been shot. She’s clearly dead and beyond help.

DOCTOR WHAT
ANN!!!

We see six more Mechas come charging into the chamber from several side corridors, firing at will. The entire chamber becomes a free for all, with everyone firing in every direction. In all the chaos and confusion, the ah.commers manage to slowly make their way to the doors, dragging a very reluctant DOCTOR WHAT with them.

WEAPON M
(physically carrying DOCTOR WHAT)
COME ON! We have to move!
There’s nothing we can do for her!

The ah.commers rush out of the fortress, followed close behind by several Mechas.

END ACT II

TAG

INT. –AH.COM SHIP- CONTROL ROOM –DAY

We see about a dozen or so of the ah.commers either at various stations or standing around. DOCTOR WHAT is sitting in the control chair with his head his arms.

GBW
Shift completed—we’re in another timeline.

DOCTOR WHAT
(semi-dazed voice)
Right. Good job.

DOCTOR WHAT takes a deep breath and slowly stands up and walks towards the front of the Control Room. He lets out a deep sigh. He turns around and addresses the group.

DOCTOR WHAT
Ok people—it’s time that I fill you in what’s been happening.
I know that I’ve done some…questionable…things lately. But
there’s a good reason for everything. I want to state that I am
glad that most of you were willing to accept my orders without
comment. But now it’s time to fill you in on what’s going on.
(beat)
It took me a while to figure everything out and there’s still
a few details I’m fuzzy on but this is what’s going on.
(takes a deep breath)
When we were on the Hollow Earth,
I touched the Stone. The Stone gave me a—

LEO
ALERT! Wormhole opening up less than 1000 kilometers away!

DOCTOR WHAT
(looking up at LEO’s ‘eye’)
What the hell?! A Shift wormhole?!

LEO
Affirmative! On screen now!

The viewscreen switches on to show a large multicolored worm appearing nearby. Out of the wormhole appears a ship of strange design, but still oddly familiar…

We see that it has a black hull and a symbol of a red sun with a white hand in the center.

It flies out of the Wormhole. Seconds later we see—

The CF.NET ship.

Both ships are blasting furiously away at one another with their lasers. Both ships can be seen to be damaged in several places from weapons fire. They continue firing at each other.

The first ship suddenly changes course.

Straight towards the AH.COM ship!

The CF.NET ship alters course as well—straight towards the AH.COM ship as well.

FLOCCULENCIO
Oh crap!

GBW
Oh—this is SO not good!

MATT
We are so fucked.

DOCTOR WHAT
So fucking fucked.

FADE TO BLACK

ROLL END CREDITSHAR