WILF
We came from London. Then – and this is really weird – one day we won the lottery. Thing is, the winning ticket was posted through our letterbox on March 26th. Never forget that date. Well, poor Geoff, my son-in-law, had just passed on so we thought we’d start again. Fresh go of things in the country. Maybe the person who sent the ticket knew about this…! Oh, no, I’m just being stupid aren’t I?

DOCTOR
Why would you think they knew?

WILF
The writing on the back – the person who posted it wrote ‘I’m sorry’ on the back. Never knew why!




Transcript taken from the only surviving signal from Deta Mina V12 on the day of its destruction. The voices heard are unknown.

Voice 1: Hello? Hello? Can anyone here me?! This is … on Deta Mina V12 calling all emergency ships. We are under attack. There’s nothing we can do. There’re … hundreds of them. The President … no! Please, this is imperative code red – absolute code red – everything. We need … They’re tracing my signal. They’ll be here any – no!...

Voice 2: EXTERMINATE!

Here a strange noise occurs alongside a scream