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[Marcus turns around]

Marcus: Er, nice to see you again. Splendid funeral they gave you wasn't it?
Mr Brownlow: Ah, a new arrival.
Marcus: Oh, I'm not staying.
Mr Brownlow: Oh, I think you are staying. I think you're staying for a
             very long time indeed.

[Camera zooms in on Marcus's shocked face]

[Theme tune plays and fades out]

Marcus: You mis-understand me. I always get my way.
Mr Brownlow: Oh no, I understand you implicitly.
[Stephen creeps up behind Brownlow with a large jar of Jellybabies]
Mr Brownlow: But you won't get your way.
Marcus: Oh, I don't think so somehow.. NOW!

[Stephen hits Brownlow over the head with the jar and Marcus and Stephen
 make a hasty exit. Meanwhile back in the main Motel office Tina is
 sitting at her desk, Alden enters]

Alden: I'm still bored. I need a hobby.
Tina [dis-interested]: Indeed.
Alden: What do you do in your spare time?
Tina: I try and get away from this place.
Alden: Be serious.
Tina: Go and drown yourself, I've got work to do!
Alden: That's an idea.

[Alden walks out of the office and into reception. Marcus and Stephen enter
 through the main doors]

Alden: So you found Stephen then.
Marcus: Yes, and a load of other people as well.
Alden: Such as who?
Marcus: Well old Arthur Brownlow for a start. He's been kidnapping cast
        members and holding them prisoner.

[Stephen walks off]

Alden: Really?
Marcus: So don't let anyone near the village shop!
Alden: OK. Say, how do you get hold of a boat?
Marcus: Um, with a winch?
Alden: No, I mean where do you buy a boat?
Marcus: What kind of boat?
Alden: You mean they have different kinds?
Marcus: What are you up to?
Alden: I want a big boat. You see, I've got plans. I'm bored of the Motel, 
       my so-called wife has taken over my home and I've got nothing to do.
Marcus: And money to burn?
Alden: Well yes actually. I've got my eyes on a new home. A home about 2
       miles out to sea.
Marcus: So you need a boat to get to the mainland?
Alden: Yes.
Marcus: There's a company just outside of Kings Oak. I'll draw you a map.
Alden: Excellent.

[In Dave's office]

Dave: So it's agreed, we dig tonight.
Dai: Dig for what?
Dave: The Kings Oak treasure!
Dai: Oh, that. Why are we digging for it tonight boyo?
Dave: Because it's a full moon!
Dai: Oh, I knew that.
Dave: No you didn't because if you did you wouldn't have asked me in
      the first place.
Dai: Er, yes.
Dave: Look, just remember, tonight's the night.

[In the office. Marcus enters]

Marcus: That's 10% commission you owe me.
Tina: What?
Marcus: Alden needs a boat. I've sent him down to a certain little
        company a few miles down the road.
Tina: You don't mean?
Marcus: Yes.
Tina: But I own that showroom.
Marcus: I know, but Alden doesn't know that. He's got money to burn 
        so I don't see why you couldn't con him out of some of it.
Tina: Why are you interested?
Marcus: As I said, a 10% commission.
Tina: I'll phone the manager.
Marcus: And that's not all. Can you think of any desirable residences
        that are 2 miles out to sea?
Tina: Why?
Marcus: Because Alden is about to move into one.
Tina: 2 miles out to sea? It couldn't be that old sea fort could it?
Marcus: That's what I reckon. And just imagine if Alden was accidentally
        stranded out there with no means of transport and no electricity.
Tina: But that couldn't happen.
Marcus: It could be..arranged.
Tina: We'd get him out of the way once and for all...

[pause]

Tina: Have you seen Mother?
Marcus: I saw her in the restaurant this morning.
Tina: She's due to go back home in a few days. But not before she's sorted
      a few things out. I'd appreciate you keeping Alden out of the way.
Marcus: I'll lend Alden a hand with his plans. That way I can assist him
        towards his own ultimate destruction!

[It is lunchtime. In the restaurant Lorrill is eating. Soldeed, the Brigadier
 and Father Rob are all sitting at the same table]

Chuck: So, that's the roast beef, with red wine to drink.
Father Rob: DRINK!
Chuck: Yes you've ordered the drink.
Soldeed: Excuse me, it is I, Soldeed.
Chuck: Yes?
Soldeed: I think Father Rob wants something stronger.
Father Rob: DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!
Chuck: I think you're right. I'll see if Pete has some of his special brew.
Brigadier: During the war..
Chuck: Oh, dear God!
Brigadier: Pardon?
Chuck: Oh, nothing. Do carry on.
Brigadier: Carry on what?
Chuck: What you were saying.
Brigadier: Who are you?

[Tina enters and sits down at Lorrills table]

Lorrill: I've been meaning to ask you, how did you ever manage to get the
         Motel rated as 5 stars?
Tina: It was simple. Alden fooled the inspectors with a matter inducer. It
      lasted long enough for the inspectors to pass us as the best equipped
      Motel in the country. If Alden does have a good point then it's his
      technology.
Lorrill: Not so. You know Aldens so called "domain"?
Tina: Yes, it's supposed to be a secret, but go on.
Lorrill: Alden's study was once my study. Alden's domain is actually
         my old TARDIS. 
Tina: What! You mean Bates has been let loose on some severely advanced
      technology, not least the ability to time travel?
Lorrill: Oh don't worry, he's to stupid to do any real damage. He's to
         busy playing around with peripheral items such as the matter
         inducer. Besides that my TARDIS won't be doing any time travelling.
         I removed the time circuits back in 1981. No, apart from a few
         items that TARDIS is useless without it.
Tina: Does Alden realise what he's meddling with?
Lorrill: He's an idiot, most humans are.
Tina: And what about Aidan?
Lorrill: A solid holographic projection.
Tina: What?
Lorrill: You didn't think I would leave this Motel without it being under some
         sort of supervision?
Tina: A hologram?
Lorrill: A very good one. Took me the best part of a week. You can't even
         destroy it, look what happened when that bomb went off.
         My TARDIS just reconstituted him using electrical power
         from a thunderstorm.
Tina: A clever idea.
Lorrill: And one you must never reveal, not even to Aidan. The entire
         projection relies on the fact that it does not know it's identity.

[Meanwhile, a few miles down the coast at the Speedcruise Powerboat
 company Alden is looking at boats. In the corner of the boatyard
 there is a boat that is being held upside down. Alden walks over to it.
 The boat appears to have mysterious marks on it. Alden examines them,
 they appear to be scorch marks and what appear to be deep long scratches.
 A salesman walks over to Alden.]

Alden: What's up with this boat?
Salesman: Oh, it's just a small repair job. The boat simply hit some rocks.
Alden: Oh. Well anyway, what kind of boats do you have for sale.
Salesman: I'll show you our range inside the showroom.
Alden: I'm not bothered. I just need something quite flash and quite fast.
Salesman: This will be a quick sale then.
Alden: Indeed. I intend to pay in cash.

[Time passes. Back in the Motel reception Davros trundles up to the
 reception desk]

Davros: I have an appointment with Mr Bates.
Alison: Er, I'm afraid Mr Bates has gone out on urgent business. However,
        you can speak to the managing director, Miss Tina Perrett.
Davros: I was on the understanding that Mr Bates was the managing Director.
Alison: He was, but is no longer. 
Davros: I see. When can I see Miss Perrett.
Alison: She'll be back from lunch in half an hour.
Davros: Excellent.

[At the Speedcruise Powerboat showrooms Alden is completing his deal]

Alden: So that will be ready in 2 days time?
Salesman: Yes. And may I say you got a real bargain at only £120,000.
Alden: Yes, I'd thought it would have been cheaper. You've got the
       same boat in there with a pricetag of only £30,000.
Salesman: Ah, but that's the old model.
Alden: Looks the same to me.
Salesman: No, that model is completely unsuitable for you.
Alden: Oh, OK then. See you in two days.

[Alden walks out of the showroom and onto the mainroad. A red sportscar
 pulls up. The window winds down]

Alden: Ah, hello my dear. Everything is going to plan.

[Alden gets into the car, but the camera remains outside. The woman
 cannot be seen by the camera]

Woman: And the Bates Motel?
Alden: I'm going to sell my remaining shares. 
Woman: And then you can come into business with me.
Alden: Have you sorted the old sea fort out?
Woman: Yes, as far as anybody else is concerned, you will be living on it.
Alden: And when they've brought my shares, I'll put them out of business.
Woman: What are we calling our new venture.
Alden: Fairlawns... The Fairlawns Motel.

[Theme tune fades in]

Marcus Durham
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