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doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]]|
companions=[[Romana II]]|
companions=[[Romana II]]|
year=outside the Universe|
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writer=[[David Agnew]]|
writer=[[David Agnew]]|
publication=[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]|
publication=[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]|

Revision as of 02:27, 20 April 2010


Summary

Relaxing in the TARDIS after their strenuous but fun day, The Doctor and Romana muse that it's not so bad where they are. They have fun every day. The details change, but perhaps it doesn't matter. At any rate, it's been fun.

Romana drifts off to sleep on a chaise longue whilst the Doctor explores a mysterious toybox. He muses on the nature of toys, the adults who bought them and the children who played with them for a while, caring for them and enjoying them until the games change, and eventually it's time to put them away. He finds an especially interesting doll resembling a Chinese Mandarin. A projector somewhere in the shadows begins showing a flickering movie, but when the Doctor tries to tell Romana about it, he discovers that he has been turned into a toy himself, a puppet hanging silently by marionette strings. Unable to move, the Doctor watches the film and drifts off to sleep himself.

Characters

References

  • The Doctor has turned the safe which once held the segments of the Key to Time into a refrigerator.
  • Romana relaxes in the TARDIS on a Louis Quinze chaise longue.

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