Before she can investigate further, the Dalek appears. She finds several rooms filled respectively with taxidermy animals, stolen holiday goods and thousands of tins of 'Beef'n'Beans'. On the 5th floor, Sarah is dismayed to find Jeff has stored his stuff across half the floor, rather than one unit as they had agreed. The Dalek corners him again and he is exterminated. Nick returns to the lobby, finding it empty save for the painful force-field. She heads to the 5th floor to see if the unreliable Jeff has any weapons hidden in his storage unit. Sarah, meanwhile, discovers a force-field in place around the building, meaning that they cannot escape. Nick has realised what is happening and has run down stairs to save Sarah. Remembering Nick's dead body, they run to the first floor to avert his death but arrive to find nothing there. They similarly experience déja vu, and the TARDIS cracks behind them like before. The TARDIS arrives in the basement, and Yaz asks where the beach is. Nevertheless, Nick heads off to his storage unit. They both try to carry on but are shocked when they find themselves remembering Nick joke that he would see her next year.
Sarah and Nick are discussing the Monopoly board when they both realise something they is odd. This fails, as the Dalek has upgraded to a rapid-fire energy weapon, which exterminates the trio. The Doctor, Yaz and Dan arrive in the lobby where the Doctor attempts to use her sonic to jam it's weapons systems. The Dalek states that 'I am not Nick', before killing her. Sarah tells her to call her back later, when she hears movement behind her, thinking it's Nick. In the lobby, Sarah receives a phone call from her mother, who is worried the lines will be busy at the bongs. His body is soon found by the Doctor and friends. He exits to find a Dalek, which promptly exterminates him. On the 1st floor, Nick puts a label in front of the Monopoly box in his storage unit when suddenly the lights go out. However, her face turns when she discovers a time disturbance two floors up. Dan is not too pleased with their location, but the Doctor is hopeful that they will find a good party. The Doctor performs a scan, finding that they are in Manchester on New Year's Eve. They turn to see that the TARDIS is covered in glowing orange cracks. The Doctor starts the reboot and the trio flee as the console room collapses behind them, emerging into the basement of ELF storage. Therefore, they plan to take a holiday on an alien beach, where it seems the Doctor has promised to tell Yaz about her past.
Unfortunately, they cannot be inside the ship when it does so, or they would die. In the TARDIS, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan are about to initiate a reboot which will clear out all the Flux debris. She asks if he has been practising saying that. Sarah reassures him and he heads off to his unit, joking that he will see her next year. Nick pulls out a Monopoly board, worried the paper might count as hazardous. When asked to clarify the meaning of hazardous, Sarah says 'if I were to set this on fire, would it potentially have explosive or devastating consequences?'. This includes: stolen or illegal goods, food, humans or animals (dead or alive in either case), and anything that could be considered hazardous, toxic or radioactive. A regular customer, Nick, arrives asking to access his storage unit, asking Sarah to run through the list of items that cannot be stored. What has gone wrong with time? What do the Daleks want? As New Year's Day ticks ever closer, the Doctor's tactics will be pushed to the limit to break the loop and dodge extermination on a night where auld acquaintance can't be forgot.Īt ELF storage, the owner Sarah is leaving a message for her business partner Jeff, who has once again failed to show up to help on New Year's Eve. However, Dalek Executioners are on the hunt and a time loop forces the trapped allies to keep reliving the dying minutes of 2021. With the Doctor's TARDIS out of action, the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan are forced to wait in an ordinary self-storage facility with only one customer.
Ten minutes until midnight and the dawning of 2022.