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 '''''Suspension and Disbelief''''' was the thirteenth short story in the [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] anthology ''[[Short Trips: Destination Prague]]''. It was written by [[Mary Robinette]]. It featured the [[Fifth Doctor]].
 == Summary ==
-A man's death turns into a race to restrain time from reaching out of control.
+In [[Prague]], the Doctor meets [[Kája]], a puppeteer whose fiancé, [[Dusan]], is due to be executed by [[defenestration]] because he cut down a tree to make a puppet. Kája throws a life-size marionette off a bridge to get herself used to the idea of seeing him die. The Doctor, however, has an idea.
+Kája dresses the marionette up to look like Dusan, while the Doctor uses the [[sonic screwdriver]] to set up a sympathetic vibration between the marionette and a small puppet. He takes the TARDIS to where Dusan is being held and switches the marionette for Dusan.
+The marionette, controlled by the Doctor to seem life-like, is duly thrown out of a window the next day, while the Doctor, Kája and a disguised Dusan watch. Kája and Dusan will leave Prague.
 == Characters ==