Rocket's Return Rocket's Island

-I was like you once.

-I didn't have a mum or dad.

Where's that picture of me and my foster mum gone?

Bethany Summer just sent me a love letter.

Everyone, say hello to Archie Beckles.

Great, another weird kid.

-Where did you get that?

-Mum got it for me when I was little.

She reckons it's magic.

It's freezing.

If we don't find something soon, I'm off in.

-DOG WHINES

-Me too. I like stars,

but I like my toes more.

I don't believe it.

-What?

-I think...

I think I've discovered... a new planet!

I'll get to pick what it's called.

For so long, people have looked up at the moon, but now,

and for the rest of history,

they're going to look up at...

"The Dibber".

That isn't a new planet, that's a mark on the telescope, Dibbs!

I'm off.

But we haven't worked out where it is yet!

Constellation of Taurus...

..show yourself.

Whoa!

What?!

Something just...totally flew across the sky!

Check the telescope. Probably a mark.

It wasn't a mark, it was moving, Dibbs!

It was like an asteroid.

A flying saucer.

Come on, get a move on, matey.

These are supposed to be fresh, you know?

Go on.

BANG

REPETITIVE BANGING

ELECTRICAL SPARKS

BANG

BEEPING

2014.

It works!

I don't believe it.

Fear not, little man,

I come in peace.

Is this the village of Ballabungie...

..on the Isle of Dirgelmor?

Then, this is it, isn't it?

This is my chance

to put things right.

ELECTRICAL SPARKS SOUND INSIDE

Come on, Archie, focus!

-You won't believe what I just saw.

-Rocket.

What is it?

It's, um...

It's my birth mum. She's...

..passed away.

I'll come across to the mainland with you for the memorial service.

There's no need.

I'm not going.

You have to, it's your mum!

No.

No, that's my mum.

My foster mum - the woman who brought me up,

not the woman who gave me up.

So, there's no need to start

tiptoeing around, looking all sad.

Haven't even seen her in years.

Yeah, but you should still go.

I'll come, too.

You never even met her.

I wouldn't bother.

She is family.

No. No, this lot are my family.

And...that's all the family I need.

It might not have been a UFO. It could have been a shooting star.

People see them all the time.

Yeah, but "people" didn't. You did.

It's always...you.

Is this from the library?

Cos Archie's going to get well done.

He's circled words in it.

He's trying to tell us something.

"Last"..."night"...

"I"..."saw"...

What? What did he see?

"a"..." man"..."from"...

"from the"..."future"!

Is that him?!

It wasn't a shooting star I saw

or a UFO.

It was a time machine!

You're OK, he's not even looking.

Mum?

-Mum?

-Hm?

You all right?

Yeah, why wouldn't I be?

The last time Archie told you a story, you ended up searching

for a skeleton that never existed.

So, why do you believe him now?

Are you telling the truth, little man?

It's easy enough to find out.

If he's right and a time machine

really did crash-land in there,

there'd be a hole in the roof.

Leave it to me!

I don't really think we should be climbing on roofs.

Especially ones that aren't ours!

Archie reckons the man said he came back in time to put something right.

Just imagine how bad it would have to be to do that.

What if someone on the island's in danger?

RIPPING

I think we all are...

of seeing Dibber's backside!

THEY LAUGH

I told my mum I needed a new pair...

Shut up, you lot! I'm trying to find the hole!

We can see it from here!

Oi!

Scatter!

Hey, guys, help me down! Guys!

Who's that up there?

Daniel Sparks, PC Beddoe.

You really need some new trousers.

Why did you do it, Daniel?

Bethany Summer.

Women, eh?

Tell me about it.

I'm going to have to speak to your mother.

So, maybe that's why the man came back.

Maybe, the first time round, Dibber fell off,

and in years to come, when time travel's, like,

say as common as texting,

someone decides to stop it from happening.

Yeah, but that wasn't the man from the future, though, was it?

That was Officer Beddoe.

But Dibber getting stuck in a roof with a hole in his kecks

is hardly going to go down in history.

What is it, Archie?

HE STAMPS

ANIMALS BLEAT Stamping, I don't get it.

I do.

Walk back slowly.

What's happened?

Oh, nothing.

I just bumped into Daniel,

and thought I'd come over here with him because...

I wondered if you might...

..fancy a drink one evening.

-Or maybe a meal?

-Huh?!

Go on, then. Why not?

What?!

AGGRESSIVE MOOING

No sudden movements.

HE WHISTLES

-HE SHOUTS:

-Ole! Huh-huh!

-CASTANETS SOUND

-Come on, you lily-livered scallywag.

-SNORTING

-Oh-ho-ho!

APPLAUSE

Thank you!

Who's he?

That's the man from the future.

This is what he came back for!

To save us.

If it wasn't bad enough having a headteacher for a mum,

now I'm going to have a local police officer for a stepdad.

What?!

Parents, eh?

Why does she have to go out with anyone?

I mean, what if my dad came back?

It's just a date.

They might not even get on.

He isn't going to, though.

He didn't even send me a birthday card this year.

I never used to get a card off my birth mum, either.

You don't have to pretend like you're not bothered, though, Mrs B.

I know you are.

Even when you do your best to lock someone out of your head...

..they always find a way in.

Where were you from?

Oh, a completely different world.

How did you get HERE?

You wouldn't believe it if I told you, Bucko.

He probably would.

Rocket believes most things.

I'm, kind of, on my holidays.

Staying at the store in the village.

Billy be the name.

I was just hiking through the fields.

Hey, guys, what Billy did

was very dangerous, OK?

I don't want any of you trying it.

(Although, obviously I'm very glad you showed up when you did.)

I just wish there was some way we could say thank you.

KNOCKING

Archie reckons there is.

I came by Timejet.

Bzzzz.

Powww.

That's a Wishing Wheel.

And...Archie reckons we should make a wish for you.

-Who are they?

-All the foster kids who've ever been to stay.

Where did you get that?

That's the same one as mine!

Oh, they're probably very common.

I haven't seen another.

I think I've had enough wishes come true for one day.

I'd best be going home.

HE LAUGHS

Plain sailing, one and all!

I'll show you the way.

-I know who he is.

-Who?

He's not just any man from the future, Rocket.

He's you.

That's how he was in the yard and knew about the bull.

Not because it went down in history,

but because he was there the first time round.

Rocket...

..has returned.

Mum, there's this man staying at the village store and...

Yeah, your dad's told me all about it.

I reckon I owe him more of a thanks than anyone, really.

Why don't you invite him over for tea tomorrow?

Perfect, I will.

Oh, eh, sorry about the bull.

It's all right. Where were you?

Talking to Daniel.

Turns out,

I'm not the only one who's all over the place at the moment.

Reckon he needs you as much as I do.

-Why did you have to tell him?

-He did absolutely the right thing.

At no point, whatsoever, has Officer Beddoe even hinted

at wanting your hand in marriage.

It's a date!

DOOR KNOCKS

Bet that's him.

He'll be around all the time now.

This is not what I pay my taxes for!

-What...

-Is Daniel in?

Bethany Summer?

Would you like to come out with me sometime?

-You don't have to say...

-Yes!

-Well, I'll check my diary, but it should be doable!

-Great!

It can't really be you. There's got to be another explanation.

It fits, Brandon. It all fits.

Don't you ever wonder what a future you will be like?

Whether you'll get married and have kids?

Or whether you'll change the world?

-No, I don't. Not ever.

-Well, I do.

And when he comes around for tea tomorrow, maybe I'll find out!

COCKEREL CROWS

-I was thinking of moving on today.

-You can't!

I'd have invited you over to our Wendy's for tea,

but ever since she's got this new fancy man...

You've got to come. My mum will be upset if you don't.

And she's upset enough at the moment.

Go on, then!

Godspeed, my hearties.

Well?

Ears - fleshy.

Eyes - greeny-blue.

Birthmark on the back of your neck.

Totally there!

It's definitely you, Rocket!

We need to tell Alli...

Do you know what Billy's name is?

I mean, like, his proper name. Not just the one he's told us.

Suppose I could find out.

Be on the cheque he used to pay for the room. Why do you want to know?

I need to know whether it's Rocket Boulsworth or not.

Psst. Did you ask him out, then?

Course! Anything for you, Rocket.

Thanks, I bet that made him feel a million times better(!)

SHE LAUGHS

All right?

Do you want to come round mine tonight, Bethany Summer?

Try and stop me, Daniel.

You must think I'm an idiot.

-No, I thought you'd be pleased.

-Pleased?!

Bet that's why you made up the time machine stuff, too,

so you could leave me on the roof with my undies out

-and move in on my girl!

-As if!

-Well, it didn't work.

Now, me and Bethany are an item,

I'm basically one of the cool kids round here.

So, goodbye, Rocket,

and...good luck.

Alli! There's stuff you need to know about Billy.

Tell me later, yeah?

He's Rocket!

No, he isn't.

Billy's name isn't Rocket, or Boulsworth...

..it's William Neville.

And when he says he's from "a different world",

he doesn't mean the future, he means Essex. And I don't trust him.

-What?

-That's my real name - William Neville Boulsworth -

and I'm from Essex.

-You've all totally lost the plot.

-What?

Do you think this is all some big coincidence, then?

-So, what, then?

-I don't know.

But he does.

And as soon as he comes round... he's going to tell us.

Please, sit, Bethany Summer.

We're over here.

We tossed for it. I lost.

We're here.

For starters, we're having crisps.

Cheese single butties for main.

And a chocolate mousse dessert.

I've done lamb crispy pancakes,

followed by...

chicken chasseur.

Thanks, Daniel. All my favourites!

I'm, uh, vegetarian actually, Wendy.

Crisps?

We know your secret, Bucko!

You came here for a reason, didn't you?

You travelled through time.

What?! You're actually saying you're from the future?

No.

From the past.

I was in the Merchant Navy for most of my days.

And before I first went away...

..I gave my girlfriend...that.

And she gave me this.

We made a vow that we would never forget each other.

But...

one ship led to another...

..and I stayed a little longer than planned.

My dad says I'm a child prodigy. Do you know what prodigy means?

Means like mega-good.

That's why they've asked me to be the Daughter of Dirgelmor

at the Village Parade. Mozart composed his first music at five,

but I started making stuff up on my recorder at four.

So, it's, like, "In your face, Amadeus!"

Didn't have any contact with her for about 40 years,

until the last two weeks,

when her husband finally tracked me down.

He said she wasn't very well...

..and that she had something...

..that she wanted me to know.

She had a baby.

All those years before, when I was on the waves.

And when I didn't come back...

..she gave the baby away.

You see, I'm not you, Rocket.

I'm your grandad.

Slight delay on tea, guys, while Mum chips off the black bits.

-Um, Mum...

-Hm?

-..where did you get my badge from?

-Hm?

My birth mum.

When I went into care,

all I had in the world was that badge

and the clothes I was wearing.

Where did she get it from, though?

My dad, apparently.

He left her that and...

and me. And then off he went, to sail the seven seas.

A proper adventurer.

A dreamer.

Which is about right, because you were named after him.

Mum, come on. It's waited long enough.

What?!

SHE GIGGLES

RECORDER PLAYS

Mum, meet Billy.

"Had to go"?!

Cheek of it!

Dinner wasn't that burnt, was it?

Archie's right.

We have to stop him.

Come on!

OUT-OF-TUNE MUSIC

It's been so great having someone who actually listens.

You can come round mine tomorrow, if you want.

I don't think so.

I've decided to stay single.

But all the best with everything, though.

You can't dump me!

I'm the Daughter of Dirgelmor! I only asked you out as a favour!

-Eh?

-Rocket said you were upset about Officer Beddoe

becoming your stepdad and he wanted to cheer you up.

Well, it didn't work.

SHE GROANS

It's over.

I'm back on the market.

Where's Billy?!

Just gone. And I don't fancy your chances of catching him,

he's got a motorbike.

Is everything OK?

BANG

1831.

I've missed the ferry.

I suppose it's amazing

that you actually got me here in the first place.

Grandad!

How could you try and leave without telling Mum the truth?

Why would she want anything to do with me?

I was going to ask her to come back to the mainland,

so we could pay our respects together.

But she's practically

the best mum in the world.

And I'm pretty much the worst dad.

Only if you go now.

You might not be able to change the past,

but the future you,

you can be whatever you want him to be.

I've really enjoyed tonight.

You know, if you want, we could...

I don't think so, Gerald.

Now isn't the right time.

Daniel needs me.

Oh.

Well, if you change your mind,

all you have to do is walk into that station, and...

I'll still feel the same,

whether it's next week or next year.

I'll be there.

Looks like it's just you and me again, then.

Fancy a movie night?

Sorry, no can do.

I've got to go out.

I know you don't like me hanging out at The Knot,

but I don't want to learn about recorders,

I want to search for time machines.

I'm going to go get my best mate back.

Dad, where's Mum?

Why?

-SHE WHISPERS:

-There's Dad.

SHE CRIES

(Yes.)

So, your middle name's Neville?!

Get lost!

-You have to bow.

-Why?

-The goblin.

-They say he travels by shadow.

-And if you don't bow, you'll be cursed.

Wahey! There you go, Goblin!

BANGING

"Goblin curse, there's nothing worse.

"All around you, face the hearse."