"This is it George!  Steve Martian signing off from Tokyo Japan!"  Godzilla's massive bulk appeares over the row of  buildings directly across from Steven Martian's vantage point.  The remaining reporters and security personnel begin scurrying towards the doors grabbing as much paper and files that they can save.  As he turns away from the window, Godzilla's massive bulk slams into the side of the Tokyo News Building.  With a gut retching crack, the buildings support structures give way, and the ceiling collapses.  United World News reporter Steven Martian is caught under the rubble, but he is alive.  Before this night would be over, most of Tokyo's population would not be so lucky.

         From his vantage point behind a pyramid of crates, The Doctor watches in horror as the Daleks descend on Sam's prone figure.  "Exterminate, exterminate, exterminate!"  Sam pulls herself up, gazing around wide eyed as the Dalek figures bare down on her.  "Exterminate!" Sam tucks her head down.  She had seen how the Daleks killed, knew the pain and agony that accompanied it.  All she could do was wait for it to claim her.  "Wait!" the Black Dalek grates.  Sam looks up, not wanting to believe her luck.  The two Dalek units have halted their advance, and the Black Dalek, the Dalek Supreme, slowly glids over towards her.
        "I know you." it says, slowly moving it's eye stick over her figure.  "I know you." it repeats.  Trembling, and mustering all her strength, Sam answers. "No."  It is nothing more than a whisper.  "I know you." the Black Dalek states again.  "No," Sam repeats.  "You were on Skaro," the Black Dalek states, as it slowly begins to circle Sam.  "You were present at the trial of Davros."  Sam begins to worry, how could this creature know that both she and The Doctor had been present during the last Thal/Dalek War, when Davros, one of the original scientist who created the Daleks, was defeated?  The answer to these thoughts are provided by the Dalek.  "You are a companion of the Doc-tor!"  The Doctor's name being spoken with slow, deliberate hate. Sam looks up in alarm, as the Black Dalek put the pieces of the puzzle together.  "You were on Skaro with the Doc-tor!"  The Black Dalek's voice begins to raise in pitch.  "Is this not true?  Answer!"  Sam looks up in horror as the Black figure looms over her, but says nothing.  "Answer, answer, answer!" The Black Dalek quickly becomes impatience with the lack of Sam's response.  "You are a companion of the Doc-tor!  You were with him on Skaro!"  Sam realizes that she must say something, otherwise the Daleks would learn of the Doctor's presence.  "I've never heard of Skaro," she replies, weakly.  But the Black Dalek is not fooled.  "You were on Skaro," it says again.  "You were with the Thals.  You traveled with the Doc-tor.  If you are here, then the Doc-tor must be here too!"  Sam's eyes grew wide as the remaining Daleks in the control room began gliding around in a panic.  "The Doc-tor is an enemy of the Daleks!"  "The Doc-tor can defeat our plans!"  "The Doc-tor must be exterminated!"  "The Doc-tor must be exterminated!"  "The Doc-tor must be exterminated!"
        It was the Black Dalek which restores order to the scene.  Moving towards the center of the control area, the Dalek Supreme addresses the open air.  "Doc-tor," it grates.  "We know that you are here."  The Black Dalek pauses for a moment.  "We know you intend to stop us."  Slowly it swiveles it's eye stick toward Sam, who was now standing with Dalek guards on both sides of her.  "We have your companion.  If you do not surrender she will be exterminated!"  At these words the two Dalek units glid towards their commander and swivel to face Sam.  Their gun sticks slowly take aim at the center of her body.
        As soon as The Doctor realized that the Dalek Supreme had recognized Sam he went to work.  His quickly truns the problem over and over in his mind.  He knows that the Daleks rely on static electricity for power, but he could not see how that knowledge would help him now.  However the constant shaking of the building from Godzilla's advance gives him an idea.  Although static electricity would not help in this situation, good old-fashion high voltage power might.  While he was making his way through the rubble and packing crates of the building's cellar, he had spotted a large number of gas cylinders stacked in one corner of the cellar.  They were obviously used for cutting work.  The power cables which provided the building with it's electrical power ran across the ceiling of the cellar and The Doctor had noticed that the vibrations were beginning to fray at the cable junctions; they were soon about to give way, Now if those cables came into contact with the gas cylinders, and if those cylinders were leaking, just slightly, the explosion that would result might just take out the Daleks.  ‘It's a one in a million chance,' The Doctor thinks, as he makes his way towards the stack of cylinders.  ‘And there's no guarantee Sam and I will survive.'
         His plan is simple, rupture the pressure valve in a presice location, cause a leak in one of the cylinders, fill a part of the room with gas, and hope that the vibrations from Godzilla's advances causes a power cable to fray, setting off an explosion.  His only problem is how to cause the leak, how to insure the gas escapes in the right direction, and how to get himself and Sam to safety so as not to be caught by the blast.  ‘Oh dear,' The Doctor thinks.  The cylinders had a sealed valve fitting, so he was not going to be able to just open the valve and let the gas escape.  Shifting through his pockets The Doctor produces his sonic screwdriver.  It would be a long process, but the heat caused by the vibrations from the screwdriver might just loosen the valve fitting.  The Doctor sets to work, the low hum of the sonic screwdriver causing the air around the valve to heat up.  Slowly, painstakingly so, a small red glowing spot begins to appear on the valve fitting.  Suddenly, The Doctor hears the Black Dalek address him directly, and threaten Sam's life.
         "You have 20 rels to show yourself, Doc-tor" the Black Dalek states, standing in the middle of the control area.  "At that time your companion will be exterminated!"  The two Dalek guards slowly advance on Sam, who once again finds herself facing death.  But Sam is determined that the Daleks not learn of the Doctor's presence, and tries to bluff her way out.  "I don't know what you're talking about!" Sam screams.  "I don't know any Doctor.  Please let me go."  The Black Dalek did not move.  "10 rels," it grates.  Sam tries one last time as the Dalek guards take their final position to fire.  "I don't know any Doctor.  I'm just visiting here, why won't you believe me!"  The Black Dalek finishes the countdown.  Turning towards Sam it's dome lights glow.  "Exterminate her!"  Sam closes her eyes.
         "That will not be necessary."   Leaving the sonic screwdriver in place to finish the job, The Doctor slowly climbs out from behind  the packing creates.  The Black Dalek turns towards the Time Lord.  "Doc-tor!"  it says slowly.  The Doctor slowly makes his way across the control area towards Sam.  "Are you all right?" he asks her.  Although trembling, Sam shakes her head, glad to see The Doctor.  "You shouldn't have given in," she says, "there's too much at stake."  The Doctor smiled at her, "Nonsense, what could be more important that my best friend," and with a wink, he turns towards the Daleks.  "This is all pretty elaborate just to steal one primitive device."  He knew that he needed to play for time, and hopes that the sonic screwdriver finishes it's work.  "I must say," The Doctor continues, slowly walking around the control center, "that this is one of your more original plans.  Too bad it won't work."  The Black Dalek stands allowing The Doctor to ramble on.  It knew The Doctor's ways, knew that he was trying to provoke them.  As The Doctor continues to faine interest in the Dalek machinery, the Dalek guard units follow him.  Slowly he makes his was towards the section of the control area where the gas cylinders are stored.   "I mean all this to steal one device which does not even work."  The Black Dalek slowly moves towards The Doctor.  "The device works," it says slowly.  "It will make the Daleks invincible."  "Oh I've heard that before," The Doctor says mockingly.  "This time," the Black Dalek continues, "the Dalek plans will not fail.  We will control the Oxygen Destroyer.  We will destroy countless worlds. We will become the masters of the universe!"  The Doctor, of course, had heard this all before.  But the next words the Dalek speaks are spoken slow and deliberate.  "You will not be here to stop us, Doc-tor."  "We'll see," the Doctor responds.
        Suddenly there is another low thud from outside, and the building shakes violently.  Looking at the junction box mounted where the ceiling and wall meet, The Doctor notices the cable fitting give way.  "Get down Sam!" The Doctor shouted, running across the control center and throwing himself onto Sam, as the electrical cable brakes free from it's hitching. Better than he could have planned it, the cable comes swinging though the air.  All three Dalek units follow the sparking cable with their eye stalks as the cable comes in contact with the gas tanks.  The sonic screwdriver, having heated the valve fitting just enough, caused a small gas leak.  The tanks explode, and the Daleks, who are  directly in the line of fire, bear the full brunt of the force.

        In the streets, the screams of the dying can be heard over the sirens of the military and police trying to administer to the wounded.  There are no more attempts to stop Godzilla.  All military and rescue personal have been destroyed.  The few remaining civilians cower in doorways or hide in basements, hoping against hope that this nighmarist terror would pass them by.  Godzilla continues its rampage through the city, leaving a wake of death wherever he goes.  As fire engines desperately try to reach the wounded and put out the fires, no one notices the domed shaped figures which glided silently through the streets, completely unaffected by the human horror.

       Three burnt out shells, the remains of the Daleks, sit smoldering at the end of the control area.  The Doctor picks himself up off of Sam, whom he pushed towards the safety of the shipping crates.  Both look at the destruction in front of them.  "Quickly!" The Doctor suddenly shouts, running over to the massive Dalek battle computer which occupies one side of the warehouse's wall.  "It's not badly damaged," he states, and begins fiddling with the controls, much to Sam's amazement.  "What are you doing!?"  Sam hated the habit The Doctor had of leaving her out of his plans.  The Doctor continues to fiddle with the controls of the battle computer, studying the position of the Dalek task force which showed on it's display screen.  Suddenly there is another earth shattering explosion off in the distance, and the entire warehouse shakes again.  Crates and plaster shower down onto the equipment.  Pulling at his arm Sam frantically pleads with The Doctor to leave.  "Please Doctor we must hurry!  Godzilla will be here in a second!" "Just a few more adjustments Sam, please!"  The Doctor continues to manipulate the controls on the device, carefully studying the position of the Daleks on the computer's display screen.  "There!" he says. "That's gone and done it!"  Sam gave The Doctor an accusing look.  "Done what?" Sam asks.  The Doctor just smiled and winks at her.

        In the rubble of Tokyo the cries of the dying could just be heard over the screams of sirens and explosions.  Completely un-noticed, the Dalek task force glides through the streets on their final mission to kill Doctor Serizawa and seize the Oxygen Destroyer.  They are unaffected by the carnage which surrounds them.  Unaffected by the magnitude of the loss of human life.  As they round the remains of what once had been an apartment building a message comes through their internal communication devices.  "Battle computer to all units.  Re-deploy at section 0064.  Re-deploy at section 0064."  The line of killing machines stop, and the unit commander answers.  "We obey."  As if starring in a well choreographed stage production, the Daleks turn in unison and head off in the opposite direction.

        The Doctor groups around the inside panel of the battle computer.  "Got it!" he shouts.  A slow, rhythmic hum begins to fill the room, followed by a constant whistling beep.  "Come on," The Doctor grabs at Sam's arm and pulls her into the corridor.  As the two figures race to the staircase, the rhythmic whistling grows louder and faster. "Get down," The Doctor shouts, pulling Sam into an alcove just at the tip of the stairs.  The explosion which follows throws Sam on her back, as the heat blast swims over her.  A second later she feels The Doctor's gentle touch helping her up from the floor.  "Self distract," he says to her.  All Sam could muster was a condescending smile.

        The Daleks head down the deserted streets of Tokyo turning the corner which would lead them into section 0064.  None of them question the change in orders.  None of them question where this new course was taking them.  Their only duty was to carry out their orders and obey the commands of the Dalek Supreme.  If they did not, they would be exterminated.  But had just one ounce of human emotion remained within their mutated and twisted brains, they might, just might have considered questioning the contradiction in orders they had just received.  They might have even saved themselves.  Finally the line of Daleks enter section 0064  and move straight into the path of Godzilla.  Finally realizing the horror they were in, and realizing that their mission had failed, all twelve units raise their gun sticks and fire at the great beast.  The energy release is but a minor annoyance to Godzilla, and with a mighty roar, Godzilla unleashes his atomic breath.  The Dalek explode in unison, and the Dalek threat is over.

        The Doctor and Sam head back towards the TARDIS.  Godzilla had destroyed all the Dalek units on the streets, and The Doctor had eradicate the remains of the Dalek base.  "You've stopped them again," Sam said to a somber Doctor.  "Perhaps," the Doctor sighs.  "But we failed to prevent the deaths of two scientist.  Professor Oto played a vital role in discovering the origins of Godzilla.  Now who knows what will happen."  As both walked silently through the streets, the simple and quite sound of crying catches Sam's ear.  "Doctor look," she says pointing towards the side of one of the buildings.  Huddled against a corner, clutching her two children close to her body, a mother waits the death which is sure to come this night.  "What's she saying?" Sam asks the Doctor.  "She's telling her children that they are going to be with their father soon."  The Doctor and Sam just stand there.  In the background, the sounds of explosions grow  louder, Godzilla was quickly approaching.  "Can't we do something?" Sam asks.  The Doctor looks down at her with a slight smile on his lips.  "Why not," he says.  "There's been enough killing for one night."

        Godzilla continues to slowly makes his way down the streets of the industrial district, the night sky a soft red glow.  As it continues, the vibrations caused by his massive bulk cause the buildings around him to crumble.  In the cellar of one unassuming warehouse, a lone body, the remains of five Dalek casings, and some highly advanced technological equipment, disappear in a series of explosions and debris.  On a lone street corner, where a mother and her two children once stood, now empty space waits.  In the distance, a lone blue Police Box, with a flashing blue light on its top, slowly de-materializes.

Doctor Who - Paul McGann
Steve Martian - Raymond Burr
Dalek models by Product Enterprises
Sets and staging by Thomas Gangone
Daleks created by Terry Nation
Dalek design by Raymond Cusick
Special thanks to Robert Moore for the video captures from "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" and "Doctor Who: The Enemy Within."