The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011): Season 3, Episode 3 - The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 1 - full transcript
In 2059 a boy named Adam discovers an elderly woman in the attic of Sarah Jane's old house. It is Rani, who recalls an incident fifty years earlier when she answered an email from her orphaned friend Sam to investigate strange goings on at a funfair at Danemouth. Central to the mystery is a red-faced girl named Eve, who was sent to Earth to escape a war on her home planet and is being cared for by Harry, a caretaker at the funfair. People have been disappearing and she tells Rani that they are lonely people whom she has taken so that they might have fun. She also shows Rani a vision of herself in fifty years time - as the madwoman in the attic discovered by Adam.
This is where Sarah Jane Smith lives.
And it's home to things
way beyond your imagination.
There's an extra-terrestrial
supercomputer in the wall,
a genetically-engineered
boy genius in the attic,
a schoolgirl investigator
across the road,
and a whole universe of adventure
right here on the doorstep.
Ready?
Always.
THUNDER RUMBLES
DOOR CREAKS
Hello?
Who's that? What do you want?
It's OK. I'm not
going to hurt you. No?
No. You just wanted to see
if the stories were true.
You wanted to meet
the mad old woman of Bannerman Road.
SHE CHUCKLES
Well, come closer, then.
Take a look.
What's your name?
My name is Rani.
Rani Chandra.
What do you want?
It's just...well, at school, there's
all these rumours about this place.
About you.
So what are you? Nosy? Inquisitive?
I remember being that.
What year is it? What?
When you're on your own,
you tend to forget things.
People, places...
I don't even know what year it is.
It's 2059, Ms Chandra.
It's Rani. Ms Chandra
makes me sound like a teacher.
So what's your name?
I'm Adam. I live across the road.
I wanted your name,
not your life story.
So what do you want, Adam?
I want to know who you are. Gah.
SHE GASPS
No! No. It's OK. I've got it.
They're all I've got.
Who are they?
They're gone.
My friends...
my mum and dad...
Gone.
All of them.
This old attic is full of ghosts.
I mean, for me.
It's full of ghosts for me.
Ghosts of the people I used to love.
My friend Luke used to live here.
He was the same age as me.
Well, sort of.
And he lived here with his mum.
Sarah Jane Smith
was mysterious and moody and, oh,
you did not want to get
on the wrong side of her.
But I thought she was wonderful.
She saved the world so many times.
She changed my life, and I never
told her how grateful I was.
Back then everything moved so fast,
and you never think
about how it might end.
The things we did.
The...people we met.
People?
In those days, it wasn't like today.
Everyone knew about them, of course.
They'd seen the Daleks
and the Cybermen.
But they didn't know everything.
THUNDER CRASHES
Monsters, aliens,
they don't scare you?
Not even a little bit?
Not even the one behind you now?
SHE LAUGHS
Yeah, funny(!)
If you had all these friends,
if you had such a great life,
how did you end up like this?
Because I made a mistake.
What do you mean?
When I was a girl,
I wanted to be a journalist.
Every morning, I'd go on
the internet looking for stories,
things that might
be worth investigating.
One morning, it was a Saturday,
I found something that
I thought could be...
Really worth investigating.
We've been talking to Maria.
Never mind that.
See what I've found.
The lights around the BT Tower -
they're saying it was lightning.
Rani...
They want us to think that...
Rani... It could have been a
spaceship...
Rani! It was lightning. Mr Smith
checked it out this morning.
It really was just lightning.
Oh. Right. Maria's been helping
the government hide aliens.
What? Haven't you heard? She's the
new Sarah Jane! Oh! Last week,
she met aliens
who look like the Fimbles.
She was winding you up.
No, she wasn't.
I've met the Zodin before.
Stripy and...they're odd...
OTHERS LAUGH
You wouldn't laugh.
You really wouldn't. That's cool.
It really wasn't cool.
Maria was this girl they knew
before me who'd moved to America.
So that morning, it just felt
like I wasn't one of the gang.
And I was annoyed with Sarah Jane
because it was like she
hadn't taken me seriously.
Then...I got an e-mail.
E-MAIL PINGS
They weren't the only ones
with friends from before we met.
Samuel Lloyd.
Was he your boyfriend?
No, nothing like that. We were
best friends back in Danemouth.
That was where we lived
before we moved to London.
We stayed in touch,
for a while at least.
Then he went quiet.
He'd stopped e-mailing,
stopped texting. He just stopped.
But that Saturday, out of
the blue, he e-mailed me.
He'd found something suspicious
which he wanted me to investigate.
Sam!
Sam!
Hi, Rani. It's so good to see you.
What happened?
You disappeared off Facebook
and everything. Come on.
So, why haven't you
come to visit me yet?
I told you, London's brilliant.
I don't remember it
being so dead here.
Are you all right?
I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?
It's just...
Why did you start ignoring me?
I didn't.
It doesn't matter. But we said.
When I moved away,
we said we'd stay friends.
I missed you. You were my best mate.
I was busy, OK?
Anyway, you had London and
Sarah Jane Smith and the aliens.
I told you that was a secret.
You haven't told anyone, have you?
You deal with that stuff -
deal with it.
Wow. Even the
Pleasure Park's closed down.
Over the past three months,
four people have disappeared.
They were homeless, so no-one cared.
This kid came down
one night and broke in.
Said he saw a demon in the
Haunted Mine. A what? A red demon.
He said it was like fire, you know?
Living fire. What about you?
Have you seen anything?
I haven't been in there.
That's why I e-mailed you.
You do this kind of thing.
You think what this kid saw
had something to do
with the missing people?
Sam! You investigate the mystery.
That's what you do, isn't it?
GATES RATTLE
Who needs a sonic lipstick?
TAPE RECORDER BEEPS
This is Rani Chandra, investigating
the Danemouth Pleasure Park.
It's deserted, empty,
and if Sam says there's
a demon here, I'll find it.
'There's something moving.'
RUNNING FOOTSTEPS ON TAPE
PANTING ON TAPE
'Hello?'
I can see you, you know.
Sorry.
A kid threw my rucksack in here.
I had to climb over the fence.
Well, now you've got it,
you'd best be on your way.
I think I've twisted my ankle.
Oh. Well, you should, um...
Is there somewhere I could sit down?
Please, it really hurts.
This is, er, my office. Right.
What's your name? Rani.
Rani Chandra.
Well, Rani, I'm Harry Sowersby.
Now, you really
shouldn't be here, you know.
It's not safe. You're here.
Well, I'm the caretaker,
I'm meant to be here.
How's your ankle?
It still hurts.
Is that you?
Er, yes.
Look, do you want
me to call someone?
You were so good-looking.
And really... Young? Yeah.
I suppose I was, really. Yeah,
that was just out there, you know.
Ooh, 50 years ago now.
This land, this...town,
it's meant so much
to so many children.
But it's all gone now.
What happened?
The credit crunch.
People can't afford
to have fun any more.
So now it's just you?
Until they sell the land,
that's right.
Just you...
..here...alone.
(Yeah.)
You know, it's just I heard
there might be something else here.
In the Haunted Mine?
No. Sorry?
There's nothing here.
I think you should go.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...
Just go.
Don't look back. Please.
TANNOY: 'Playtime is beginning.'
What's that?
'Playtime is beginning.'
Yeah, right, it's just you here!
'Playtime is beginning.'
Playtime must begin.
Hello?
Hi!
Well, this is weird.
Four people on the rides.
How did they get in?
And what's happened to their eyes?
FAIRGROUND MUSIC PLAYS
The way they were just smiling...
Then what?
Sarah Jane Smith, of course.
Either of you heard from Rani?
Not since she came round earlier.
Gita just phoned. Rani told her
she was spending the day with us.
Why would she lie to her mum?
I don't know.
I hope she wasn't upset about
earlier. What are you on about?
Well, I was maybe a bit...
dismissive about the lightning
at the BT Tower.
She isn't answering her phone. You
think that's where she's gone?
I told her we'd looked into it.
She lied to her mum.
She's up to something.
I guess we'd better find out what.
HE GASPS
Oh, no.
I seem to have left a "really
important book" at Rani's house.
You're not going to ask what book?
There isn't one. It's a trick to
see if there's a clue over there.
Lukey-boy, you're learning!
Hello?
Can you hear me?
TANNOY: 'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
PHONE RINGS
Not now, Luke.
'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
HE PANTS
She got an e-mail. From an old mate.
Sam Lloyd...
Danemouth...missing people.
So many stairs!
Danemouth?
Isn't that where Rani used to live?
I thought I could trust her.
Mum? Rani's been telling this
boy about everything we do!
Mr Smith, I need you.
FANFARE PLAYS
What can I do for you, Sarah Jane?
Sam Lloyd, 15. Living in a town
called Danemouth. Can you find him?
Searching...Samuel Lloyd.
Born 23rd June, 1994.
Currently resides in the
Saint Anthony's Children's Home.
He's in care? His parents died
in 2001 in a car accident.
Poor kid.
Right, come on. Where are we going?
Danemouth, of course.
They were so worried. Why?
You weren't a kid. Did you tell
anyone where you were going tonight?
So nobody knows where you are?
I am the mad old woman of
Bannerman Road.
I could eat children,
for all you know.
Mr Smith, I think I need you.
He stopped working years ago.
He died.
'They're definitely
possessed by something.
'They've got red eyes and they're
just sitting on the rides.'
It's alien. It's definitely alien.
And that means
there's an alien here.
Your ankle seems to have got
better quickly. Are you an alien?
I've met them before.
I'm not scared of you.
Oh, sweetheart, you wouldn't
understand. You should just go.
These people,
you're keeping them prisoner.
It's not like that. They're happy.
'Prepare for playtime'. What are
you doing? They came from in there.
Rani, where are you going?
To find out what's in there.
'Playtime must begin.'
Rani, please, go home.
Not till I know
what's going on here.
There's nothing going on.
Everything's fine.
I'll do the talking.
Thanks, Mrs Chang.
We shouldn't be long.
KNOCK AT DOOR
It's open.
Clyde Langer,
Luke Smith and...Sarah Jane Smith.
All right, Sammy? How's things?
My name is Sam.
Yeah, Rani told us about you.
Said you were good mates. We were.
I know about your parents.
It's not easy, is it?
I was just a kid. I'm fine.
My parents died when I was young.
I know that it's never fine.
I'll tell you where Rani is.
You don't have to be nice to me.
She's with her.
Who? Who was she? The demon.
It's not what you think.
She's not a bad girl.
Hello?
I'm Rani.
Who is she?
She's my little girl. She's my Eve.
She just wants to play.
Harry? What's going on?
Hello?
Are you all right?
'Are you my new friend?'
A demon? It must be an alien.
We've got to get to
the park and find Rani.
Someone should stay
here and talk to Sam.
He knows more than he's telling.
I'll stay.
I think I can get through to him.
Come on, Ms Smith. I still need you.
My name's Rani.
Rani Chandra. It's OK,
I've met aliens before.
'I know'. Right.
So you can read my mind?
'You don't need to
keep proving yourself'.
What? 'You're worried that your
'parents are disappointed in you,
especially your dad.
'You hide it behind jokes and
laughter, but it's there, deep down.
'And you worry about a girl called
Maria. You worry that Sarah Jane
'Smith doesn't think
you're as good as her'.
OK, can you not read my mind?
'You shouldn't worry.
'I can see how they look at you.
'Just glimpses. They love you...
'They're proud of you.
You should be happy'.
I am happy.
You're amazing.
I know.
Are you sure you know
where we're going?
I knew I should have brought Luke.
He moans less than you.
I run faster, though.
Hey, I was holding back
so you could keep up.
Ha ha! Yeah.
Yeah, right, yeah.
Hey, Rani's going to be OK.
Easy to say, and if she isn't,
I brought you all into this.
Like you had a choice. What?
Well, we chose you, you didn't
choose us. No, I don't think so.
You are getting old, you know.
Your memory's going.
Oh! Come on.
Oh, you're not going
to take an old lady's hand?
I might fall if you don't.
It's all right.
I've got my mobile phone, so I can
call the ambulance if your hip goes.
Zac Efron? OK, stop it now!
He is fit. Stop it!
Your mind is so full of such...
There's so much in there.
The things you're going to see,
the things you've seen. Me?
You're from up there,
you must have seen loads!
I mean, what's your planet like?
I don't know.
What is it?
There was a war...
It was a long time ago.
You know about my life.
There were these two races,
and they had a war.
My people weren't involved, but
because we could read the timelines,
they attacked us.
So many were exterminated.
My parents put me in a ship
and sent me out into space.
Like an evacuee?
I was so young.
I can see into your mind.
I can see what your mum
and dad look like.
I can't remember my mum's face.
I could have climbed over.
My way's more stylish.
So is Harry keeping you prisoner?
He says it's dangerous outside.
He sounds like my dad.
Adults are boring.
They should just let us play.
What about those people outside?
The ones on the rides?
They're my friends.
What have you done to them?
They were lonely.
Sad.
Now they're having fun.
Hello? Are you all right?
Stupid question. Hello?
Can you see me?
Hello!
Hello? My name's Harry.
I'm the caretaker here.
Can I help you?
Why are you still here, Luke?
I want to get to know you.
You're Rani's friend and so are we.
She's not my friend.
Not any more. What do you mean?
You never had someone leave you?
Someone you thought was
your best friend for ever?
I had a friend called Maria.
She moved to America.
Yeah, but you've got your mum.
And Clyde.
Don't you have any other friends?
No.
But there are kids here.
Kids you could be friends with.
You don't have to be alone.
I'm not alone.
Why would anybody come here?
I mean, we've shut down.
What about the zombies out there?
They're just messing about.
They didn't seem to be having fun.
Look, I haven't seen this girl.
I mean, why would
she come here anyway?
Rani's interested in
the history of Danemouth.
Yeah. Cos she's...
I don't even know what that is. It's
not like she'd find anything, anyway.
You know what she's like.
She's stupid.
Oi. That's rather rude, young man.
You've never met her, mate.
She's thick and stupid.
That's a horrible thing to say.
True, though.
Well, I thought she seemed all...
Gotcha!
She's safe.
You've got to believe me.
Eve, you have to
let those people go,
and then I can help you get home.
But you won't tell
your mum about me.
What? You find it so difficult.
GCSEs and Judoon.
Your parents, and Sarah Jane Smith.
Sometimes it's hard, yeah.
Trying to do it all. Having to
keep this sort of thing secret.
What are you doing?
I told you, I'm sensitive to time.
I can see your past.
Sometimes you feel left out.
It was lightning. Mr Smith
checked it out this morning.
Maria's been helping aliens
hide from the government.
She's the new Sarah Jane!
It's not like that... Not really.
It's OK, I can see how it could
have made you feel.
I can see how it would
have hurt you.
It was a one-off. I overreacted.
Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde have
been trying to contact you,
but you want to punish them.
You need them, Rani.
You're lost without them.
I'm not. I don't need them.
PHONE RINGS
I wish they'd just leave me alone.
Where is she, Harry?
I...I can't say.
Fine. I'll just call the police.
'Sarah Jane Smith.'
What is that? 'Harry,
bring her to me.'
What is that?
Sarah Jane?
'I wish to know who
Sarah Jane Smith is.
'And I wish to know
who Luke Smith is'.
Do you want to see your future?
I don't think we should. Why?
What harm can it do?
But...it's wrong.
Is that what Sarah Jane tells you?
Let's do it.
Are you sure you want to see?
It'll make everything clearer.
Do it!
'See your future.'
I can see it!
My name is Rani... Rani Chandra.
Oh, God, make it stop!
Please! No. I can't become that!
I'm so lost, so alone...
The mad old woman of Bannerman Road!
'The things she's seen...'
How's my little darling?
'He is returning.
He is coming back.'
We need the darkness,
it is our future.
She must stop playing.
She will die. Rani!
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
And it's home to things
way beyond your imagination.
There's an extra-terrestrial
supercomputer in the wall,
a genetically-engineered
boy genius in the attic,
a schoolgirl investigator
across the road,
and a whole universe of adventure
right here on the doorstep.
Ready?
Always.
THUNDER RUMBLES
DOOR CREAKS
Hello?
Who's that? What do you want?
It's OK. I'm not
going to hurt you. No?
No. You just wanted to see
if the stories were true.
You wanted to meet
the mad old woman of Bannerman Road.
SHE CHUCKLES
Well, come closer, then.
Take a look.
What's your name?
My name is Rani.
Rani Chandra.
What do you want?
It's just...well, at school, there's
all these rumours about this place.
About you.
So what are you? Nosy? Inquisitive?
I remember being that.
What year is it? What?
When you're on your own,
you tend to forget things.
People, places...
I don't even know what year it is.
It's 2059, Ms Chandra.
It's Rani. Ms Chandra
makes me sound like a teacher.
So what's your name?
I'm Adam. I live across the road.
I wanted your name,
not your life story.
So what do you want, Adam?
I want to know who you are. Gah.
SHE GASPS
No! No. It's OK. I've got it.
They're all I've got.
Who are they?
They're gone.
My friends...
my mum and dad...
Gone.
All of them.
This old attic is full of ghosts.
I mean, for me.
It's full of ghosts for me.
Ghosts of the people I used to love.
My friend Luke used to live here.
He was the same age as me.
Well, sort of.
And he lived here with his mum.
Sarah Jane Smith
was mysterious and moody and, oh,
you did not want to get
on the wrong side of her.
But I thought she was wonderful.
She saved the world so many times.
She changed my life, and I never
told her how grateful I was.
Back then everything moved so fast,
and you never think
about how it might end.
The things we did.
The...people we met.
People?
In those days, it wasn't like today.
Everyone knew about them, of course.
They'd seen the Daleks
and the Cybermen.
But they didn't know everything.
THUNDER CRASHES
Monsters, aliens,
they don't scare you?
Not even a little bit?
Not even the one behind you now?
SHE LAUGHS
Yeah, funny(!)
If you had all these friends,
if you had such a great life,
how did you end up like this?
Because I made a mistake.
What do you mean?
When I was a girl,
I wanted to be a journalist.
Every morning, I'd go on
the internet looking for stories,
things that might
be worth investigating.
One morning, it was a Saturday,
I found something that
I thought could be...
Really worth investigating.
We've been talking to Maria.
Never mind that.
See what I've found.
The lights around the BT Tower -
they're saying it was lightning.
Rani...
They want us to think that...
Rani... It could have been a
spaceship...
Rani! It was lightning. Mr Smith
checked it out this morning.
It really was just lightning.
Oh. Right. Maria's been helping
the government hide aliens.
What? Haven't you heard? She's the
new Sarah Jane! Oh! Last week,
she met aliens
who look like the Fimbles.
She was winding you up.
No, she wasn't.
I've met the Zodin before.
Stripy and...they're odd...
OTHERS LAUGH
You wouldn't laugh.
You really wouldn't. That's cool.
It really wasn't cool.
Maria was this girl they knew
before me who'd moved to America.
So that morning, it just felt
like I wasn't one of the gang.
And I was annoyed with Sarah Jane
because it was like she
hadn't taken me seriously.
Then...I got an e-mail.
E-MAIL PINGS
They weren't the only ones
with friends from before we met.
Samuel Lloyd.
Was he your boyfriend?
No, nothing like that. We were
best friends back in Danemouth.
That was where we lived
before we moved to London.
We stayed in touch,
for a while at least.
Then he went quiet.
He'd stopped e-mailing,
stopped texting. He just stopped.
But that Saturday, out of
the blue, he e-mailed me.
He'd found something suspicious
which he wanted me to investigate.
Sam!
Sam!
Hi, Rani. It's so good to see you.
What happened?
You disappeared off Facebook
and everything. Come on.
So, why haven't you
come to visit me yet?
I told you, London's brilliant.
I don't remember it
being so dead here.
Are you all right?
I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?
It's just...
Why did you start ignoring me?
I didn't.
It doesn't matter. But we said.
When I moved away,
we said we'd stay friends.
I missed you. You were my best mate.
I was busy, OK?
Anyway, you had London and
Sarah Jane Smith and the aliens.
I told you that was a secret.
You haven't told anyone, have you?
You deal with that stuff -
deal with it.
Wow. Even the
Pleasure Park's closed down.
Over the past three months,
four people have disappeared.
They were homeless, so no-one cared.
This kid came down
one night and broke in.
Said he saw a demon in the
Haunted Mine. A what? A red demon.
He said it was like fire, you know?
Living fire. What about you?
Have you seen anything?
I haven't been in there.
That's why I e-mailed you.
You do this kind of thing.
You think what this kid saw
had something to do
with the missing people?
Sam! You investigate the mystery.
That's what you do, isn't it?
GATES RATTLE
Who needs a sonic lipstick?
TAPE RECORDER BEEPS
This is Rani Chandra, investigating
the Danemouth Pleasure Park.
It's deserted, empty,
and if Sam says there's
a demon here, I'll find it.
'There's something moving.'
RUNNING FOOTSTEPS ON TAPE
PANTING ON TAPE
'Hello?'
I can see you, you know.
Sorry.
A kid threw my rucksack in here.
I had to climb over the fence.
Well, now you've got it,
you'd best be on your way.
I think I've twisted my ankle.
Oh. Well, you should, um...
Is there somewhere I could sit down?
Please, it really hurts.
This is, er, my office. Right.
What's your name? Rani.
Rani Chandra.
Well, Rani, I'm Harry Sowersby.
Now, you really
shouldn't be here, you know.
It's not safe. You're here.
Well, I'm the caretaker,
I'm meant to be here.
How's your ankle?
It still hurts.
Is that you?
Er, yes.
Look, do you want
me to call someone?
You were so good-looking.
And really... Young? Yeah.
I suppose I was, really. Yeah,
that was just out there, you know.
Ooh, 50 years ago now.
This land, this...town,
it's meant so much
to so many children.
But it's all gone now.
What happened?
The credit crunch.
People can't afford
to have fun any more.
So now it's just you?
Until they sell the land,
that's right.
Just you...
..here...alone.
(Yeah.)
You know, it's just I heard
there might be something else here.
In the Haunted Mine?
No. Sorry?
There's nothing here.
I think you should go.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...
Just go.
Don't look back. Please.
TANNOY: 'Playtime is beginning.'
What's that?
'Playtime is beginning.'
Yeah, right, it's just you here!
'Playtime is beginning.'
Playtime must begin.
Hello?
Hi!
Well, this is weird.
Four people on the rides.
How did they get in?
And what's happened to their eyes?
FAIRGROUND MUSIC PLAYS
The way they were just smiling...
Then what?
Sarah Jane Smith, of course.
Either of you heard from Rani?
Not since she came round earlier.
Gita just phoned. Rani told her
she was spending the day with us.
Why would she lie to her mum?
I don't know.
I hope she wasn't upset about
earlier. What are you on about?
Well, I was maybe a bit...
dismissive about the lightning
at the BT Tower.
She isn't answering her phone. You
think that's where she's gone?
I told her we'd looked into it.
She lied to her mum.
She's up to something.
I guess we'd better find out what.
HE GASPS
Oh, no.
I seem to have left a "really
important book" at Rani's house.
You're not going to ask what book?
There isn't one. It's a trick to
see if there's a clue over there.
Lukey-boy, you're learning!
Hello?
Can you hear me?
TANNOY: 'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
PHONE RINGS
Not now, Luke.
'Playtime is over.'
'Playtime is over.'
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
HE PANTS
She got an e-mail. From an old mate.
Sam Lloyd...
Danemouth...missing people.
So many stairs!
Danemouth?
Isn't that where Rani used to live?
I thought I could trust her.
Mum? Rani's been telling this
boy about everything we do!
Mr Smith, I need you.
FANFARE PLAYS
What can I do for you, Sarah Jane?
Sam Lloyd, 15. Living in a town
called Danemouth. Can you find him?
Searching...Samuel Lloyd.
Born 23rd June, 1994.
Currently resides in the
Saint Anthony's Children's Home.
He's in care? His parents died
in 2001 in a car accident.
Poor kid.
Right, come on. Where are we going?
Danemouth, of course.
They were so worried. Why?
You weren't a kid. Did you tell
anyone where you were going tonight?
So nobody knows where you are?
I am the mad old woman of
Bannerman Road.
I could eat children,
for all you know.
Mr Smith, I think I need you.
He stopped working years ago.
He died.
'They're definitely
possessed by something.
'They've got red eyes and they're
just sitting on the rides.'
It's alien. It's definitely alien.
And that means
there's an alien here.
Your ankle seems to have got
better quickly. Are you an alien?
I've met them before.
I'm not scared of you.
Oh, sweetheart, you wouldn't
understand. You should just go.
These people,
you're keeping them prisoner.
It's not like that. They're happy.
'Prepare for playtime'. What are
you doing? They came from in there.
Rani, where are you going?
To find out what's in there.
'Playtime must begin.'
Rani, please, go home.
Not till I know
what's going on here.
There's nothing going on.
Everything's fine.
I'll do the talking.
Thanks, Mrs Chang.
We shouldn't be long.
KNOCK AT DOOR
It's open.
Clyde Langer,
Luke Smith and...Sarah Jane Smith.
All right, Sammy? How's things?
My name is Sam.
Yeah, Rani told us about you.
Said you were good mates. We were.
I know about your parents.
It's not easy, is it?
I was just a kid. I'm fine.
My parents died when I was young.
I know that it's never fine.
I'll tell you where Rani is.
You don't have to be nice to me.
She's with her.
Who? Who was she? The demon.
It's not what you think.
She's not a bad girl.
Hello?
I'm Rani.
Who is she?
She's my little girl. She's my Eve.
She just wants to play.
Harry? What's going on?
Hello?
Are you all right?
'Are you my new friend?'
A demon? It must be an alien.
We've got to get to
the park and find Rani.
Someone should stay
here and talk to Sam.
He knows more than he's telling.
I'll stay.
I think I can get through to him.
Come on, Ms Smith. I still need you.
My name's Rani.
Rani Chandra. It's OK,
I've met aliens before.
'I know'. Right.
So you can read my mind?
'You don't need to
keep proving yourself'.
What? 'You're worried that your
'parents are disappointed in you,
especially your dad.
'You hide it behind jokes and
laughter, but it's there, deep down.
'And you worry about a girl called
Maria. You worry that Sarah Jane
'Smith doesn't think
you're as good as her'.
OK, can you not read my mind?
'You shouldn't worry.
'I can see how they look at you.
'Just glimpses. They love you...
'They're proud of you.
You should be happy'.
I am happy.
You're amazing.
I know.
Are you sure you know
where we're going?
I knew I should have brought Luke.
He moans less than you.
I run faster, though.
Hey, I was holding back
so you could keep up.
Ha ha! Yeah.
Yeah, right, yeah.
Hey, Rani's going to be OK.
Easy to say, and if she isn't,
I brought you all into this.
Like you had a choice. What?
Well, we chose you, you didn't
choose us. No, I don't think so.
You are getting old, you know.
Your memory's going.
Oh! Come on.
Oh, you're not going
to take an old lady's hand?
I might fall if you don't.
It's all right.
I've got my mobile phone, so I can
call the ambulance if your hip goes.
Zac Efron? OK, stop it now!
He is fit. Stop it!
Your mind is so full of such...
There's so much in there.
The things you're going to see,
the things you've seen. Me?
You're from up there,
you must have seen loads!
I mean, what's your planet like?
I don't know.
What is it?
There was a war...
It was a long time ago.
You know about my life.
There were these two races,
and they had a war.
My people weren't involved, but
because we could read the timelines,
they attacked us.
So many were exterminated.
My parents put me in a ship
and sent me out into space.
Like an evacuee?
I was so young.
I can see into your mind.
I can see what your mum
and dad look like.
I can't remember my mum's face.
I could have climbed over.
My way's more stylish.
So is Harry keeping you prisoner?
He says it's dangerous outside.
He sounds like my dad.
Adults are boring.
They should just let us play.
What about those people outside?
The ones on the rides?
They're my friends.
What have you done to them?
They were lonely.
Sad.
Now they're having fun.
Hello? Are you all right?
Stupid question. Hello?
Can you see me?
Hello!
Hello? My name's Harry.
I'm the caretaker here.
Can I help you?
Why are you still here, Luke?
I want to get to know you.
You're Rani's friend and so are we.
She's not my friend.
Not any more. What do you mean?
You never had someone leave you?
Someone you thought was
your best friend for ever?
I had a friend called Maria.
She moved to America.
Yeah, but you've got your mum.
And Clyde.
Don't you have any other friends?
No.
But there are kids here.
Kids you could be friends with.
You don't have to be alone.
I'm not alone.
Why would anybody come here?
I mean, we've shut down.
What about the zombies out there?
They're just messing about.
They didn't seem to be having fun.
Look, I haven't seen this girl.
I mean, why would
she come here anyway?
Rani's interested in
the history of Danemouth.
Yeah. Cos she's...
I don't even know what that is. It's
not like she'd find anything, anyway.
You know what she's like.
She's stupid.
Oi. That's rather rude, young man.
You've never met her, mate.
She's thick and stupid.
That's a horrible thing to say.
True, though.
Well, I thought she seemed all...
Gotcha!
She's safe.
You've got to believe me.
Eve, you have to
let those people go,
and then I can help you get home.
But you won't tell
your mum about me.
What? You find it so difficult.
GCSEs and Judoon.
Your parents, and Sarah Jane Smith.
Sometimes it's hard, yeah.
Trying to do it all. Having to
keep this sort of thing secret.
What are you doing?
I told you, I'm sensitive to time.
I can see your past.
Sometimes you feel left out.
It was lightning. Mr Smith
checked it out this morning.
Maria's been helping aliens
hide from the government.
She's the new Sarah Jane!
It's not like that... Not really.
It's OK, I can see how it could
have made you feel.
I can see how it would
have hurt you.
It was a one-off. I overreacted.
Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde have
been trying to contact you,
but you want to punish them.
You need them, Rani.
You're lost without them.
I'm not. I don't need them.
PHONE RINGS
I wish they'd just leave me alone.
Where is she, Harry?
I...I can't say.
Fine. I'll just call the police.
'Sarah Jane Smith.'
What is that? 'Harry,
bring her to me.'
What is that?
Sarah Jane?
'I wish to know who
Sarah Jane Smith is.
'And I wish to know
who Luke Smith is'.
Do you want to see your future?
I don't think we should. Why?
What harm can it do?
But...it's wrong.
Is that what Sarah Jane tells you?
Let's do it.
Are you sure you want to see?
It'll make everything clearer.
Do it!
'See your future.'
I can see it!
My name is Rani... Rani Chandra.
Oh, God, make it stop!
Please! No. I can't become that!
I'm so lost, so alone...
The mad old woman of Bannerman Road!
'The things she's seen...'
How's my little darling?
'He is returning.
He is coming back.'
We need the darkness,
it is our future.
She must stop playing.
She will die. Rani!
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