Disgusted, Flip interrupts the proceedings by taking Lucien's scissors, but the Doctor appears and tells her they cannot interfere, however much they may want to. He he has seen strange lights in the sky lately with no clear relation to the rest of the war's aerial activity, taking the form of fire seemingly able to jump from aircraft to aircraft at its own convenience.Įlsewhere, Flip and Constance witness a local hero named Lucien lead the public head-shaving of a woman named Clementine, on the charges of collaborating with the enemy. Walter reveals to the Doctor that he suspects the forest fire was no natural occurrence or accident. They were found in the nearby woods which burned down the previous night.
Jorgen and Klaus, in their scorched uniforms, are marched through the village as prisoners of war. The two along with Flip speak with Corporal Walter Curtis and Private Stan Harris, soldiers from a British battalion passing through, allowing the Doctor to determine the date as 5 July 1944.
Constance in particular is swept up in the joyful atmosphere, knowing the war is nearing its end, but the Doctor is more concerned about the potential consequences of her knowing about important events in her immediate future. The next morning, in the village of Vestille, near Rouen, the TARDIS lands amidst the celebrations of the villagers, jubilant to be free of Nazi occupation after four years. The fire burns all 600 acres of the forest to ash. They think it to be a demon that has come to punish the Germans for their actions during the war. While hiding in the French woods on the night of 4 June 1944, German soldiers Jorgen, Klaus and Max are flushed out by a sudden inferno. The local community is used to the fires of battle, but a new type of blaze is burning – leaping from aircraft to aircraft, man to man – and this fire seems to be just as eager for revenge as the village mob. While Constance and Flip find themselves on opposite sides of a war beyond a war, the Doctor has other concerns. A joyful France is in the midst of liberation as the local population welcome a battalion of Allied soldiers – along with a colourfully dressed Doctor and his two rather excited friends.īut there are screams amidst the celebrations as an angry crowd dish out their brand of justice to one of their own that they have branded a traitor. The TARDIS materialises in a small village near Rouen, where celebrations are in full swing.
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