- [shade slides open] - [motor whirring]
- Dot. - [Dot chirps]
And, Bubble.
[beeps]
[people chattering]
Hi there, Lindy.
Such a super day.
You look so good, baby!
Aw, Cooper, you're so kind.
Kindness all day long.
Good morning to you. Another day.
Don't lie in bed, Lindy girl.
Hup, hup, hup! Today is toasty.
[groans] This day is already too much.
I'm so tired of this, babes.
I heard from Lucien. He said he's so sorry.
He said he made a mistake, and it turns out that woman was her sister!
- [shrieks] - [all laugh]
I was laughing so hard!
Hey, where's Jimbo?
He always wakes up first.
Jimbo? Jimbo Fennell? Jim?
Come on, Jimbo. Wake up.
Have you heard from Mabel and Neve?
It's like they've disappeared.
I tried to link, but they're gone.
Lindy babes, you lie there much longer, and your blood is going to pool.
I said get up!
[Dot] Stand up.
Turn left. Forward.
Forward.
Turn left.
Forward.
Turn right.
Forward.
Stop.
Do I need to pee?
Urine content is zero for the third day in a row.
Well done, Lindy.
Remember, don't waste the day with daily waste.
[toothlight whirring]
- Oh, my days. Have you seen? - Can't breathe. Cannot breathe.
- Have you seen? He's made a new post. - He is amazing!
Oh, Lindy, Ricky September is so beautiful.
- If I ever met him, I would simply die. - He chose me. He loves me, Lindy!
Oh, wow.
Open Ricky September.
[pop music playing]
Oh, my goodness.
♪ Go on, girl Go on, go on, go on, girl ♪
♪ Ah, yeah ♪
You don't know me, but my name is the Doctor,
and your life is in danger, okay?
There are creatures out there in the real world.
There are monsters, and they are coming to get you.
No. No, Lindy, don't--
[Lindy] Blocked.
- [mouthing words] - ♪ It was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny ♪
♪ Yellow polka dot bikini ♪
♪ That she wore for the first time today ♪
♪ Ah, yeah ♪
♪ An itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny Yellow polka dot bikini ♪
♪ So, in the locker, she wanted to stay ♪
[theme song playing]
[weatherman] Finetime News, where everything's fine all of the time.
Leave those Homeworld blues behind.
And the weather report says it's another glorious day in Finetime,
in theory.
Not gonna lie. We've got a little bit of trouble with the weather satellite.
But we'll get that fixed as soon as we can.
Have a fine time in Finetime.
[Lindy] So, my socks are a cotton derivative, and my shoes are retrobuffed.
- I love them so much. - [Dot] Forward.
The T-shirt is a classic design from the year Five-5.
- I adore it. - [Dot] Forward.
Oh, you look so beautiful, Lindy!
And the thread is sourced from refurb,
so I'm not depleting any of Finetime's resources.
I'm so careful about that.
Oh, I wish I could look like you.
And I have the same in teal, lilac, and summer green. It's so soft.
I'm gonna buy that. I'm gonna buy 100.
I know I probably shouldn't say this, but I look so cute.
- You are influencing me hard, girl! - [Dot] Turn right. Turn right.
- [trumpet blasts] - Turn left.
- Forward. - [creature growling]
- [victim screaming] - [Dot] Forward.
[Lindy] Hey, guys.
If you haven't seen my new outfit I posted today, I thought it was so cute.
- [follower] That's great. - Do you think so?
[scoffs] It's so unfair. Now we have to work.
Finetime never told us how boring it would be.
- [friends] Boring. - I like it.
Oh, you're so well behaved, Alan.
No.
We are helping the community
to make Finetime the number one centre for substack processing.
Who am I kidding?
- Boring! - [giggles]
All this work, it chaps my hands. Like, I get really bad hand-chapping.
Isn't chapping a funny word?
[friend] Oh, crazy days. It so is!
I love that word!
- Chap, chap! - I get chapping everywhere.
I'm serious, Lindy.
Now there's no sign of Zackary. Like, he's disappeared.
So I went to ask Rooster, but he's gone--
[scoffs] You're no fun.
- [alert chimes] - Hi there, Lindy.
I'm just doing a system check on behalf of Finetime Enterprises.
Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
Who are you?
My name's Ruby Sunday. Hi! [chuckles]
You're not on my friends list.
I know, but please? Everyone keeps turning me down.
Superplease, Lindy?
Oh, I love that top.
Okay.
What do you want to know?
Thank you.
Can you tell me what are you doing right now?
[scoffs] My life, you're stupid.
[Ruby] Yes, let's say I'm stupid.
I know nothing.
So what are you doing?
- This is work. - And work is?
Oh, my gasp. Child.
Work is data processing.
We clean up substack information and deliver it back to the Homeworld.
Do you approve?
That's great. And everyone does this? The whole city?
[scoffs] How stupid can you--
We all work two hours a day.
Two long hours.
And then we get the rest of the day free. Isn't it obvious?
- [Ruby] And you work in an office of six? - That is correct.
- Who are the six? - [scoffs] Come on.
Okay. There's Danny and Vista Jay-- they're brother and sister--
plus Molly Champion, Sandy Brook and Bertie Lester.
And where are they?
They're at work.
It's work time.
- So they're in the same room as you? - [scoffs] Yes.
Danny and Vista Jay sit at the front.
Next row back, in front of them, Molly Champion and Sandy Brook.
Bertie and I are at the back.
- [Ruby] And are they there? - Are they where?
- [Ruby] At their desks? - How should I know?
[Ruby] You're in the same room.
What am I supposed to do? Look?
Well, yes.
You are so ridiculous.
If you want to talk to Danny Jay, you can talk to him on here. Danny?
Danny. Are you there?
So where is he?
Danny? Danny Jay? Hello?
[Ruby] Well, technically, he's in the same room.
He's sitting two rows in front of you, isn't he?
He must be.
You could always see if he's there with your own eyes.
I mean, you could lower your Bubble.
Lower it?
You mean turn it off?
For a second.
[Lindy] That's not what we do in Finetime.
[scoffs] You are so offensive.
[Gothic Paul] I'm not kidding.
Olive has disappeared, and Kipper, and no one's heard from Alannah--
I slid you!
I promise I will leave you alone
if you could just look at the four desks in front of you.
I am not lowering my Bubble.
Okay, can you stay inside and look beyond it? Can you do that?
I can do whatever I want.
- Then could you try? - [Lindy sighs]
[Ruby] What can you see?
[Lindy] There's no one there.
[Ruby] Okay! That's fine. Thank you.
Where are they?
That's why I asked.
They can't not be here.
We all have to work. It's what we do.
We work, and then we play.
Okay. [sighs]
Now this is going to be tough, but I am here with you, Lindy,
because according to the chart,
Bertie Lester sits next to you, to your right.
- Bertie sits about ten feet away. - Yes.
- Is he there? - [groans] Who cares!
Lindy, I want you to be very careful, and look to your right.
[crunching]
[warbling]
[snarling]
[slobbering, crunching]
[growling]
[creature crunching]
I'd like to get back to work now.
What did you see?
I need to get back to work.
- Lindy, what did you see? - [creature crunching]
I-- I don't know.
Okay, but I'm stuck outside Finetime. I can't see in.
If you could just lower your Bubble, turn off the Dot and look.
Just for a second.
Then come back inside, and tell me what's out there.
I-I'd rather get back to work.
I know, and I'm sorry, but we really need to know what you're sitting next to.
[whimpers]
- [creature snarls] - [pants]
- Bubble, down. Dot, off. - [Bubble beeps]
[Dot clatters]
[creature snarling]
[growls, crunching]
[snarls]
[Lindy gasping]
[creature snarling]
[growls, crunching]
[gasps]
[creature snarls]
[gasps]
- Dot, Bubble. - [alert chimes]
Lindy, it's okay. I'm here.
Can you tell me what you saw?
I'm sorry, but your need to urinate has skyrocketed.
[trumpet blasts]
So, here's a plan.
After work, we can all plug into Aqua Marina?
[creature growls, crunching]
What is that noise?
[Lindy] Play Ricky September.
["Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" playing]
♪ Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny Yellow polka dot bikini ♪
♪ That she wore for the first time today ♪
♪ Ah, yeah ♪
♪ An itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny ♪
♪ Yellow polka dot bikini ♪
Lindy.
Lindy, I'm sorry, but if I'm right, I think you saw some kind of thing.
But I've got a friend. He knows how to deal with it. I promise.
Here he is. [chuckles]
[groans] Just leave me alone, will you?
This is just getting so ridiculous.
No, I know. I know. But come on, babes.
We need to get you out of there.
Is that thing-- Is it something to do with you?
No. I'm trying to find out what it is,
but first things first, I'm here to save you.
Okay? So I want you to stand up and walk out,
but without the Bubble.
I-I can't do that.
[Doctor] You need to lower the Bubble, because there are more of them.
- More? - I think so.
It's not just your office,
and I don't think your Dot-system can see them.
If you walk using those arrows,
you could stroll right into one of those things and get swallowed alive.
- Doctor. - The truth.
- Okay, but, Lindy, trust him. - [gasps]
I learnt that a while back, and it's saved my life so many times. [chuckles]
- [Doctor] Bubble down. Dot off. Walk out. - [gasps]
You can do it.
Bubble down.
[crying] Bubble, down.
[Bubble beeps]
- Dot, off. - [Dot clatters]
- [system powers down] - [gasps]
[creature snarls, growling]
[crunching]
- [scrapes] - [Lindy pants]
[growls, crunches]
- [scrapes] - Oh, God. I'm so stupid! [gasps]
[panting]
- D-D-Dot and Bubble. - [Bubble beeps]
[Ruby] Did you do it? Are you out?
- I don't know how to walk. - What do you mean?
I don't know how to walk without the arrows.
- You don't know how to walk? - Without the arrows.
You don't know how to walk without the arrows?
[cries] That's what I just said.
Now shut up! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! [crying]
[creature snarling, crunching]
[breathing heavily]
Exit, please.
[Dot] Forward.
Turn right.
Forward.
Turn left.
Forward.
Turn left.
Forward.
Stop.
[breathing heavily]
Elevator, down to ground floor.
[lift bell dings]
- You see? The arrows work. - Yeah, okay.
That's good. You're amazing, Lindy.
I swear to the sky, you are doing really, really well.
Oh, condescending much?
[Dot] Forward.
Forward.
[gasps, panting]
- [Ruby] Lindy, Lindy! Stop, stop! No. - [Dot] Forward.
- Run, run, run, run! No, no! - [Dot] Forward.
[Doctor] Not forward! Go back!
- Move! Don't follow the arrows! - Move. Move. Get outta the way!
- It's right there. - Do not follow the arrows.
- Just keep going back! - [Ruby] Move back!
- Back! - Back, Lindy! Move back!
- [Ruby] Not forward! Not forward! - [Dot] Forward.
- [Ruby] Back! Back! - Move back!
- The monster is in front of you. - [Ruby] Don't move.
- No, no, no! - [Dot] Forward.
- [Doctor] Do not follow the arrows! - [Ruby] No, no, no, no, no!
[Dot] Forward.
Forward.
- Forward. - [creature growls]
- It ignored you. - [Dot] Forward.
Why did it do that? What did you do?
There's-- That's two of them now, just letting you go.
Lindy, get in the lift!
- [Dot] Forward. - [Doctor] Yes. Yeah, yeah. Lift, lift.
- [Dot] Forward. - [beeps]
Stop and turn.
[Doctor] Lindy.
Lindy, just think. Is there anything different about you?
It might be, uh, a perfume, or your blood type,
or just something different to Bertie Lester.
[Lindy] Police.
[operator] All lines are busy. We regret we cannot help you at this time.
But I really need the police.
[operator] All lines are busy. We regret we cannot help you at this time.
But I really need the police!
There-There-There's a murder.
There was a murder ten feet to my right.
All lines are busy. We regret we cannot help you at this time.
Please, will someone help me?
That's why we're here, and we're gonna get you out. I promise.
[Dot] Foyer.
[Ruby] Careful. Careful. Careful. [chuckles]
What do I do now?
[Ruby] Let's go out to the street.
Is that okay?
One step at a time.
- [Dot] Forward. - [Bubble beeping]
[Dot] Forward.
Turn right.
Forward.
- [Lindy sighs] - [Dot] Turn left.
Forward.
- Forward. - [breathing heavily]
- Forward. - [Ruby] And could you stop there?
[Doctor] Now, Lindy.
I know that you don't like lowering the Bubble, and I get that.
I know. I understand.
But we need to find out what it's like outside-- full 360--
and you're the only one who can tell us.
Could you just lower the Bubble, just for ten teeny-tiny seconds?
I'm not a child.
Uh, sorry, sorry!
But could you, please?
[inhales deeply]
- Bubble, down. Dot, off. - [Bubble beeps]
[victim whimpering]
[creature snarls]
[victim screams]
Yeah, it's fine. [chattering]
- Hey! Be careful. Watch out! [gasps] - [people screaming]
[creature growls]
[victim screaming]
Help! Help me!
[screaming]
Help! Help me!
- Dot and Bubble. - [screaming]
[Bubble beeps]
Hiding place, please.
[Dot] Turn left. Turn left.
Turn left. Turn left.
- [Lindy panting] - [people screaming]
- [Bubble beeps] - Hi there.
Hello.
- [people clamouring] - [breathes shakily]
Sorry.
I know this is terrible.
I really know. Believe me. I've seen some things.
But we just can't reach you, Lindy.
We're trying but we can't.
And we might not have much time.
Can you tell us, what is it like on the street?
What did you see?
[gasps] They're everywhere. Those things.
But there was this one girl, she walked right past, and it ignored her.
But then this other girl, she got eaten alive.
It's some of you.
Some of you get eaten, and some of you don't.
Maybe it's your diet, or your height, or something in your DNA.
And why can't the Dot see those things?
- They must be from the Wild Woods. - What do you mean?
We're told, from day one, "Never touch the Wild Woods."
The whole of Finetime is surrounded by this woodland-forest thing.
It's, like, really natural.
But we have force fields.
We're shielded off.
How did they get inside?
Your security is crazy tight. It's blocked me.
I'm stuck on the outside of the city.
So how would those great big bugs sneak in?
Lindy, do you mind if I ask, what is Finetime?
How d-- How does it work?
[Lindy] Jiminy, you're stupid.
We come here from the Homeworld.
No stinky old folk.
Just people ages 17 to 27.
I mean, no. Not just anyone.
If you can afford it, obviously.
Ah, so you're the rich kids?
[Lindy] Uh, I should hope so.
I thought you were, like, office drones,
but that's why you only work two hours a day.
So the rest of the time--
We party.
- It's like Love Island: The Planet. - [chuckles]
- Mummy paid for it all. - [alert chimes]
We miss you so much, darling.
But I'd pay for the whole moon to make you happy.
Just look up at the sky, and wave to us on the Homeworld.
Happy Finetime, Lindy-Loo.
And don't forget, you're only a Bubble away.
Who is that?
I told you. It's Mummy.
[Ruby] Hold on. I've seen her before.
Yeah, she's like-- She's the face of the ambulance on Kastarion 3.
No, no, no. I've seen her somewhere else.
Are you two in the same room?
- No. No. - No.
- Uh, sorry. We'll save that for later. - [the sonic whirs]
You are. You're in the same room. You're together.
[Doctor] Oh, what the hell. Yes.
- Mm-hmm. - [Lindy] You-- You lied to me.
This is like a conspiracy. Who are you?
We're just trying to help.
You. I blocked you.
Didn't I block you? I knew it. I did.
I thought that you just looked the same, but you're-- How did you do that?
- [the sonic whirs] - Unblocked, babes.
You can't unblock.
There is no such thing as unblocking. That's breaking all the rules.
Oh, my hazy days. Why am I even talking to you two?
You're criminals.
I-- I actually have proper friends. Guys? Guys.
Close Friends, Priority One. Initiate group chat now!
- You did not just Priority One us. - You can't Priority One.
- Not funny. Seriously. - You're gonna be disciplined for this.
- [Alan] We could be given extra hours. - [Gothic Paul] We need Priority One.
- I'm so glad you did that, Lindy. - Mute!
Guys, guys! Sorry not sorry, but this is much more important.
I have evidence.
Just look at my Close Friends.
Look how many are missing.
Jimbo and Bobbie.
Oh, my God. Where's Cooper Mercy?
She-- She was here five minutes ago.
Cooper? Can you hear me? Cooper Mercy?
Cooper Mercy was my best friend.
And-And Valerie? Ha-Has she gone?
Calling Valerie Nook!
Unmute Gothic Paul.
Guys, I've been trying to say, people have been disappearing.
Stewie Bloom, when was the last time you saw him?
Rooster Jacket? Joseph and Lucy.
And I've not seen Kirstie Bookkeeper since last week.
This is the weird thing.
Some of us get eaten, and some of us don't.
- I'm sorry. Some of us get what? - Eaten.
What do you mean, eaten?
Eaten alive!
There are things out there, in the real world,
and I swear, they are eating us alive.
[chuckles] Oh, for land's sake, Lindy. Don't be so silly.
Not even I would say something like that.
Just because someone goes off--
- [creature snarls] - [screams]
[Lindy] Mute!
[gasps] Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[whimpers]
No, no, no, no, no.
I told you! I told you!
Why didn't you listen to me? I told you!
Lindy. Lindy, it's okay.
I think that I can get you out.
- I muted you. - Unmuted, honey.
I was so right to hate you.
[Doctor] Okay, but I need to talk to everyone.
- Let me just-- Let me just squeeze in. - [the sonic whirs]
- [Lindy] You can't do that. - Yeah, well, I just did.
Okay, if you all could just listen...
Guys, I-- I know this is wrong,
and when this is over, he is gonna be so disciplined-- I can't wait--
but just give him a shot, okay?
- I think he's not as stupid as he looks. - [Doctor] You don't have to like me.
The only important thing is to get you out, and I've found it.
I've got access to the plans of the city.
There is a river running underground, underneath the town.
If you can get to the river,
there is help, there is safety, there is an escape.
Okay, there are conduits throughout the city, like tunnels. Vertical tunnels.
The river was generating electricity back in the old days,
and the conduits still stand.
- I'm sending you all locations. - [the sonic whirs]
You all live within a half a mile of a conduit, so get there.
The conduits are locked,
so once you find them, I can send you a code.
But you've got to be careful
because it means going out onto the streets with those things.
I'm sorry, guys. It's true.
But we can't work out why they eat some of you and not all of you.
You lot, is there something you've all got in common?
Is there something you drink that other people don't?
Or something that you don't drink that other people do?
[alert beeping]
Or maybe something you touched that Gothic Paul didn't? Or Cooper?
- Why were they eaten? - [Dot] Your power is low.
- Oh, no. No, no. Not now. - [Dot] Please charge your Dot.
- [Ruby] Lindy, what's happening? - I'm out of power.
- You are kidding me! - You still have battery problems?
We charge up at work, and you stopped me from working!
You took me away from my desk!
This is your fault!
Uh, okay. Everyone, everyone.
Head to your conduits. Follow my instructions.
Go! Now!
Lindy, listen to me.
Your conduit has an access point on Plaza 55.
[signal breaking up] It's inside building number 7-- Z.
What? Building number what?
Which way? Which way do I go?
Which plaza? What-What-What was it? Fifty-five?
Wh-Wh-Wh-Where do I go? What?
Oh, G-- Oh, come on, Lindy. Okay.
[breathing heavily]
Okay. Come on, Lindy. It's this way.
Yes. No. Yes.
Forward.
F-- [grunts]
[grunts] Lindy!
Forward.
[breathing shakily]
[creatures snarling]
[breathing heavily] Plaza 55 is forward.
Forward.
[panting]
Oh. No, no, no, no!
- [whimpers, panting] - [creature snarling]
Forward.
No, no, no, no! [shrieks]
[panting] Oh, God!
I'm so stupid! [panting]
[passer-by] Turn left. Take two steps forward.
Wh-What?
[passer-by] Turn left. Take two steps forward.
[pants] Who's that?
[passer-by] Just follow my voice.
Turn left, and then take two steps forward.
[panting, whimpering]
[creature snarls]
[passer-by] Stop! Turn right.
[panting]
Is this for real?
I know. It's me.
Just listen to my voice.
All you have to do is walk forward. Use me like the arrows.
But--
I'm not on-screen. I'm over here.
But you look like Ricky September.
I am Ricky September.
Oh, my gosh.
[Ricky] But we do need to get out. This whole city's going mad.
You just have to do what I say, and walk forwards.
- What's your name? - Lindy Pepper-Bean.
- You're one of my followers. - How do you know that?
Well, okay. Everybody is.
Follow my voice.
Walk forward.
[whimpers]
Forward.
- Forward. - [snarls]
Forward.
Forward. That's it. That's it.
- [chuckles] - [Ricky grunts]
- Well done, Lindy. You did it. - Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Just-- That's the first time I've ever done that.
Oh, no. Well, it's not every day we walk past monsters.
No, I mean the hug.
- That was your first hug? - Yeah.
- I'm so sorry. I should have asked. - No!
No, I made you. It was my fault. I shouldn't have.
Uh, it was nice.
It was great.
You're Ricky September.
Yep, every day. But we do have to get moving.
I tried to warn people in my videos, but they kept getting deleted.
'Cause it's weird, these things, they eat some people but not everyone,
and I can't help but think that they're saving us till last.
I know, but there's this conduit, like, an escape.
It's like a-- like a tunnel sort of thing on Plaza 55.
Building number 7Z2.
No way. How did you know that?
Come on. It's almost night cycle.
We've got about ten minutes till the sun clicks off.
- Oh. Is that okay? - It's fine.
You're so good at walking.
Don't tell anyone, but I open the Bubble, drop my songs and then...
I turn the Dot off for the rest of the day.
- [gasps] Oh, my eyes. You're wild. - I know.
I just stay in my apartment and read. That kind of thing.
Oh, you're crazy.
That's how I know about the conduits.
I read, like, um, history.
And during the Great Abrogation, this whole city was sealed off,
but there's a river running underground, underneath the city, and I think--
- [creature growls] - [gasps]
[stammers] Whoa, whoa. Um, don't look at that.
Look at me. Look at me.
- Don't look at that. Look at me. - [breathing heavily]
Lindy Pepper-Bean, I will get you out of here. I promise.
I thought this was the worst day of my life,
but maybe it's the best.
There's still thousands of people being eaten alive.
Yeah, but--
[both panting]
Oh! I can charge up. Yahoo.
[Ricky] Yes, and they've got a planet-link. I can call the Homeworld.
- Do you think they can help us? - Oh, it's gonna be massive.
Up there, in the sky,
is a planet full of our mums and dads, and they're gonna be so cross.
They're gonna be righteous,
and they'll come down here with rocket ships and flamethrowers
and weedkillers.
[system powers up, beeps]
[Lindy] There was this man, and he said there was a code.
He was horrible. He was so rude.
- He said the conduit has a code. - [Ricky] Yeah?
[Lindy] Did you get through? What are they saying?
Can I speak to Mummy?
- [system powers down] - [Ricky] Link's busy.
They're probably getting millions of calls, but they're coming.
They're on their way.
Just might, you know, take a little while.
And we need to find that conduit.
We can sit and wait.
We'll be safe.
[Dot] Completed.
Okay. Charged up.
- Sixty seconds till night cycle. - [system powers down]
- Come on. - Let's go.
- [keypad beeps] - [Ricky grunts]
This way!
Oh, mind your head!
Down here!
Yeah, this way.
Oh, my gosh.
This is so manual.
Yeah, people used to work like this, back in the old days.
Got paid in money.
I've read about it.
That life was tough.
My job's not easy. I get chapping.
Hey! I think this is it.
This is the conduit to the river.
- And you've got the code? - Yes, I certainly have.
- Dot and Bubble. - [alert chimes]
- [Doctor] Lindy! You are still with us. - [Ruby] You're alive! That's brilliant.
Don't be so surprised. I found it. I'm at the conduit.
But guess what.
I'm with Ricky September.
- [gasps] What? Ricky the singer? - That's him.
- Oh, nice one. - He is hot.
[both] Hands off!
Yo. Hi. Hi, guys. Um, yeah, the code? So we can get out of here.
Sorry. Yeah. Hi, Ricky. Wow.
- Hi. - [Doctor] Uh-- [chuckles]
So, uh, that door is mono-sealed,
'cause they closed it off when they disinfected the city.
I can send you the pulse numbers one at a time.
You get the numbers for five seconds.
Type it in like a combination, but you've gotta be fast. Eh?
Don't miss a number.
They only stay live for five seconds, and there's a hundred numbers in total.
Yeah, it's okay. You don't--
I've studied pulse codes, so I kind of know how they work.
Oh, you're clever as well.
[scoffs]
- Okay, heart-stopper. - [chuckles]
- Uh, sending you the numbers now. - [the sonic whirs]
[system powers up]
- [beeps] - [automated voice] Thirty-three.
- My friends, are they still alive? - [automated voice] Forty-five.
They are, but-- I'm sorry. They're still at their desks.
I told them, and they all saw Gothic Paul being eaten.
[Ruby] One of them went on the run. The one with the trumpet?
- Hoochy Pie. - [Ruby] Hoochy Pie!
We lost her signal, but she's still running.
Good thing is, none of them have been eaten so far.
- Why? - Well, Ricky says--
my friend Ricky September--
he says they're saving us to eat last.
Maybe we're the most tasty.
- Well, Ricky is. - Steady.
If only it was that simple. That would imply that they've got a list.
- No. - [automated voice] Zero, two.
No.
- Wait a minute. - What is it?
- No, can't be. - What?
[Doctor] No way. No. No, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
- Doctor, stop it. Tell us. - No. No.
Lindy. Lindy, your friend Gothic Paul.
Is he a Paul who's gothic, or is Paul his surname?
It's his surname. Alexander Paul.
Gothic's just a nickname.
- Which means-- No, no, no, no, no, no. - [automated voice] Thirty-three.
[Doctor] Really?
Gothic Paul got eaten. Before that, Valerie Nook.
Before that, Cooper Mercy. Before that, Bertie Lester.
Don't you see? It's--
It's been a week since anyone has heard from Kirstie Bookkeeper.
[gasps] No, it can't be!
I don't understand.
[automated voice] Fifty-six.
Oh, my poor friends.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But look.
Yeah, what's the difference?
Those are the names in alphabetical order.
- So? - They are in alphabetical order.
Yes, I can see that. So?
[automated voice] Ninety-eight.
They died in alphabetical order.
I don't understand.
[Doctor groans] It was right in front of me!
Those things are eating people in alphabetical order right across the city.
But that's impossible.
Lindy, your surname, Pepper-Bean. Is that P for Pepper or B for Bean?
It's P for Pepper, which comes after Gothic Paul, but I'm still alive.
We ran past those things outside, and they didn't even look at me.
Yeah, there's a lot of people beginning with P.
Maybe they're still eating the ones that came before you. [breathes deeply]
[automated voice] One, eight.
[Doctor] All the Pauls have gone.
- Alison Partner, dead. - [automated voice] Sixty-four.
Pattersons. There are 25 Pattersons. All of them dead.
Pavilions, dead. Pavings, dead.
[Lindy] Oh, my God.
It's working its way towards me.
Peach, dead.
Pebble, dead. Pelican, dead.
Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. There's someone-- Suzie Pentecost.
She's still here-- Here she is!
Oh, hi there, Lindy. You look like fun. Hello! Happy day!
Hi, Suzie.
I guess I need some new friends. It's all gone so quiet out there.
Have they declared a holiday or something?
But it's really, really nice to meet you!
You are so pretty-- [screaming]
But I'm next! Pepper's next!
- Hurry up with those numbers. - I get eaten next!
Oh, my God. It's me. They're coming for me!
- Okay, ha-- hang on. Listen! - [gasps] They're going to eat me!
- Lindy! - [pants]
[Ricky] No, they're not. Listen to me.
You might be next, but we're safe. In this room.
- [automated voice] Forty-five. - [keypad beeps]
Those things, they aren't down here.
And even if they do chase after you, they're slow.
And all I've gotta do is punch in 30 more numbers into this keypad,
and then we're gone.
[keypad beeps]
I've got this.
Lindy, I'm getting you out of here.
- [automated voice] Sixty-five. - Oh, Ricky, babes.
[Ruby] Oh, he's a keeper. [chuckles]
[computer beeping]
[sighs]
Oh, my hopscotch. That's a relief.
I just-- I keep getting lucky, don't I?
- [Doctor] Except... I hate to say this... - [automated voice] Ninety-eight.
...but if those things are eating in alphabetical order,
they're not bugs from the outside. They have been created.
They're grown. They are designed.
And I keep saying why can't the Dot see them?
- And? - [Doctor] Well, what if it can?
What if it wants you to walk right into them?
Why would it do that?
Imagine. If that Dot has achieved sentience,
and then it has to spend all day hovering and listening to you lot chattering away.
I'm-- [chuckles] I'm not being rude, but I think it's learnt to hate you.
- [automated voice] Sixty-four. - Lindy, turn off your Dot.
- But it's just a Dot. - [Ruby] Turn it off right now.
That is a powerful antigrav psycho-combination device.
If it wants you dead, it can kill you itself.
- [Ruby] Dot off! Dot off! Dot off. - Dot off! Dot off! Dot off!
Bubble, down. Dot, off.
[whirring]
I said, Dot, off!
Lindy, what's it doing?
- Y-You-You will obey me! Dot, off! - [Dot whirring]
[screams]
[Dot whirring]
- [groans] - Lindy, do the numbers!
- Come here! Take my place! - [panting]
- Lindy, come here and do the numbers! - [yelps]
- [Dot whirs] - [yelps] Help me!
[automated voice] Zero, four.
[grunts]
- [steam hisses] - [automated voice] Seventy-three.
Okay. Every five seconds, a new number.
[automated voice] Forty-five.
- [grunts] - [automated voice] Fifty-seven.
[grunts]
- [steam hisses] - I'll fight it off. Do the numbers.
[automated voice] Fifty-six.
Come on. [pants]
- [grunts] - [automated voice] Seventy.
[sighs] Come on.
[automated voice] Forty-five.
- [Dot whirs] - [grunts]
- [pants] - [automated voice] Twenty-one.
- Access granted. - I've got it!
Go through! Don't worry about me!
- [Lindy grunts, strains] - [Dot whirring]
[beeps]
[Lindy grunts]
[grunts]
[strains]
- [groans] Lindy. - [Lindy grunts]
- Watch out. - [Lindy pants]
His surname is Coombes! [pants]
[hums, beeps]
[Lindy] He was born Richard Coombes. 'Cause I know everything about him.
He changed his name to Ricky September when he reached 50,000 followers, but--
Ch-Check your files! He was born Coombes.
C comes before P! [pants]
- [Dot beeps] - [Lindy whimpers]
Lindy.
[Dot whirs]
[grunts]
[grunts, whimpers]
[grunts]
[clacking]
[breathes heavily, panting]
[sighs]
[evacuee] Everyone make sure they have their provisions for the journey
before we depart.
[people chattering]
- Hoochy Pie! [sighs] - Whoo-hoo! [chuckles]
- Blazing days, sweetie! [giggles] - Um. [giggles]
Oh! Is that what we do now?
We do. We hug.
I was taught that by a very wonderful man. [chuckles]
Aw. [chuckles]
Hey, uh, where's Ricky? Is he with ya?
He went back.
He said he had other people to save.
I couldn't stop him.
He was so brave.
And-- [inhales deeply]
Well, gosh.
You two. This is strange.
Suppose I should say thank you.
It's okay. [chuckles]
No need.
It was, um, nice of you.
You got here just in time.
We're going, Lindy. We're leaving. [sighs]
- Going where? - [bystander] Outside.
The Great Beyond. The world outside Finetime.
You must be Lindy Pepper-Bean. I've heard a lot about you.
Mmm. [chuckles]
Brewster Cavendish. We haven't got titles yet,
but if the role of leader is up for grabs, I guess I'd put myself forward.
- What do you mean, the Great Beyond? - [Hoochy Pie] The Wild Woods.
And further than that. The river leads down to the sea.
And there's a whole world out there. Untamed.
But I thought the Homeworld would just come and save us.
That may take a while, hon.
They're not coming, Lindy. There's only us.
But what about Mummy?
She's not there, darling pie.
You mean she--
She's gone? To the sky?
That's right.
[chuckles]
- Well, lucky Mummy. That's so lucky. - [Hoochy Pie] That's what I said. [laughs]
[Brewster] And we can go out there to this planet.
And we can fight it and tame it and own it.
- We'll be pioneers. - [giggles]
- Just like our ancestors. - [chuckles]
Or... you could come with us.
We could what?
Come with us.
- [laughs] - Yeah. We helped you escape, didn't we?
So we could get you out of here.
In the blink of an eye. [chuckles]
[stammers] I have a ship.
It's called the TARDIS. That blue box.
It harnesses technology that makes it bigger on the inside than on the outside.
I could take you all.
Yeah, I could carry you to the stars.
I... [inhales deeply] ...could find you a home that is safe
and clean and everything you want.
But is it-- We couldn't travel with you.
What? Why not?
Because you, sir, are not one of us.
I mean, s-- You were kind.
Although it was your duty to save me. Obviously. [chuckles]
I mean screen-to-screen contact is just about acceptable, but in person?
That's impossible.
[Hoochy Pie chuckles] Like, you have a magic box?
- Seriously? - Bigger on the inside?
- [Lindy laughs] - [Hoochy Pie] Excuse me, sir.
[chuckles] That's voodoo.
And it doesn't matter where we end up living.
Because it is our God-given duty to maintain the standards of Finetime.
Forever.
Now, thank you.
And goodbye. [laughs]
[Ruby] Ugh, I can't even--
I don't care what you think.
Okay? You can say whatever you want.
You can think... [chuckles] ...absolutely anything.
I will do anything...
if you just allow me
to save your lives.
If you'll turn away, ladies. Before you're contaminated.
Look, you will die!
Out there! And I can save your lives!
Now let me!
- [laughs] - [inhales sharply]
[cackling]
[shouts]
[shouts, pants]
- [sniffles, pants] - [Ruby sniffles, sobs]
[sniffles]
[chattering]
- [sniffles] - [motor running]
[theme song playing]
- [Ruby] Oh, this is so Bridgerton. - [duchess] Lord Barton approaches.
[Ruby] Ooh, that's a tall glass of heartbreak.
[bounty hunter] There's a Chuldur at work on this planet,
and I've been paid good money to find you.
What could be better than a wedding?
[song continues]