Episode 3.7
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"Can this be Paradise?" "No". "Thank God for it is an awful place"- Sir William de Mornay's take on the modern world.
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| Series 3 Episode 7 | |
| Creatures: | Dracorex |
| Broadcast: | May 9, 2009 |
| Series: | 3 |
| Episode: | 7 |
| Setting: | Junkyard Medieval Church London |
| Preceded by: | Episode 3.6 |
| Followed by: | Episode 3.8 |
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[edit] Synopsis
An anomaly opens in the middle of a huge car breaker’s yard and a Dracorex comes through.
The Cretaceous era dinosaur is wounded which only makes it more dangerous as it tries to protect itself.
The team try to force it back when suddenly a medieval knight gallops through the anomaly on horseback, chasing what he thinks is a dragon.
He decides the modern world must be hell and his only chance to make it to heaven is by slaying the creature – this is his quest.
The team must deal with not only with a dinosaur on the loose but also a deranged medieval knight who is convinced he is a latter day St. George.
Meanwhile, Connor finds Rex for sale and Jack is in big trouble...
[edit] Plot
In a church in medieval England, the local villagers hide in fear, as a loud roaring echoes from outside. The priest blesses a knight, Sir William de Mornay and a lady gives him her favour in preperation for his slaying of the 'beast'. Outside, Mornay sees a dragon-like creature drinking from a small stream. He lowers his lance and kicks his horse onto the charge...
Back in the present day, Abby is furious to discover that her brother has loaned Rex to a friend (in truth he lost him in a poker game). At the ARC, Sarah spots a web page advertising Rex for sale. While Connor assures her it means nothing, in private, he orders Jack to get Rex back or face the consequences. Meanwhile, at a nearby junkyard, a worker is surpised to discover an anomaly in the middle of the junkyard. As he investigates, a startled Dracorex bursts through and charges him. After outrunning the dinosaur, the worker gets to a nearby crane and tries to fend the dinosaur off: fortunately, the team arrive and stop him before he can do much damage. The Dracorex is frightened and wounded: a long wooden spar is protruding from its shoulder. Unable to remove it, the team tries to get it back through the anomaly, but the dinosaur refuses to go back. Suddenly, a knight on horseback, clad in medieval armour, rides through the anomaly, speaks a Latin quotation (I am in Hell. I ride on to glory) at the team and exits from the junkyard. Danny deduces that the anomaly is linked not to the Late Cretaceous but to Medieval England: he orders Captain Becker and Abby to catch the Dracorex, while he and Connor give chase after the knight. Sarah, meanwhile, does some research and comes up with a plan....
After a short chase, Abby and Becker corner the dinosaur in a strawberry farm. Before it can hurt them, its infected wound overcomes it and it collapses: the pair then transport it back to the anomaly site. Danny and Connor pursue the knight into London: unfortunately, the presence of a large carnival cause them to lose him several times. When they finally catch up with him, the pair try to convince him to come with them, but the knight, under the belief he is in Hell, refuses and smashes them aside. Meanwhile, Sarah, who has kitted herself in medieval garb, goes through the anomaly. She comes to a small village (the same that the knight left), where she encounters a village boy. After bribing him with a piece of chocolate, he tells her the knight's story: his name is Sir William de Mornay, and he is a mercenary who is seeking redemption for his soul for the many warriors he has killed in battle by slaying 'the dragon', in the hope doing so will earn him the right to get to Heaven. Back in the present day, Sir William wreaks havoc in a modern-day pub (on the site of a medieval tavern he frequented in the village), beating several members of a biker gang and Danny in a fistfight before escaping into the countryside. He eventually comes to the church from which he set forth on his quest, only to find it in ruins and his grave within its walls. Now utterly convinced he has died and gone to Hell, a despondent William re-encounters Danny who offers to help him get home: however, William says his only way home is to kill the dragon and, believing Danny is a demon sent to torment him, attacks, and the pair engage in a fast and vicious sword fight. William defeats Danny, but before he can kill him, Sarah (who has come back through the anomaly and reached the church) begs him to stop. She has something to show him...
Sarah tells William that he is not dead and in Hell, but he is still alive: she points out that the grave beside his own is that of his wife, Lady Elizabeth Langley (the lady who gave him her favour before he set off on the quest). William, who is at present unmarried, is confused, but Sarah explains that he has a long life of peace and happiness with a family, free of war and death, still to come if he gives up his quest and goes back home. William, still determined to complete his quest and realising Sarah knows where the Dracorex is, abducts her and orders her to take him to it. Back at the anomaly site, Abby removes the spar of wood from the Dracorex's shoulder (which turns out to be the end of William's lance), but William arrives and orders her aside. She refuses and fights him off: as he is about to kill her, the team arrive and Becker takes aim. While Connor and Becker are ready to shoot, Sarah holds them back, warning them that if they kill William, history could be rewritten for the worse. Turning to William, Sarah begs him to give up his quest, promising him that the Dracorex will never again harm the village and the peace he wants can still be his if he gives up trying to slay the dinosaur. Confused, upset and overwhelmed, William finally throws aside his sword and breaks down in tears. The team console him and convince him all is not lost.
Once William has recovered himself, the team lead him back to the anomaly. Heartened that he is in neither Heaven nor Hell, he thanks the team for all they have done for him, and after giving Sarah a medieval gold coin and a farewell message in Latin (I depart in peace), goes back through the anomaly. With Willliam returned home and the Dracorex safe, Connor leaves with Becker and a number of soldiers and recovers Rex from Jack's unscrupulous friend.
Back in medieval England, William returns to the church and proclaims the dragon to be vanquished. The villagers hail him as a hero and he receives a kiss from his wife-to-be.
[edit] Cast
- Danny Quinn - Jason Flemyng
- Connor Temple — Andrew-Lee Potts
- Abby Maitland — Hannah Spearritt
- James Lester — Ben Miller
- Captain Becker - Ben Mansfield
- Jack Maitland - Robert Lowe
- Sarah Page - Laila Rouass
- Sir William de Mornay - Tony Curran (Only Appearance)
[edit] Errors
- The first time the team see the Dracorex, Connor identifies it and says it as 'Dray-corex' Throughout the rest of the episode, the team call it as 'Drack-orex'.
[edit] Reviews and Ratings
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This was my least favourite episode. I would give it a 2/10. --SuperHLK 14:54, September 17, 2009 (UTC)
I rather enjoyed this episode. It was an interesting premise, having a human from a past age interact with the team, and quite a honest depiction of how a 14th century knight would view the modern world. I only hope they do more of the same. 7/10.--Arthur88 12:00, October 30, 2009.
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