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 In [[1913]] [[Ostend]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] falls asleep reading ''[[À la recherche du temps perdu]]'' on the [[beach]] and is awoken by [[Alice Bultitude|Miss Bultitude]], but their one-sided conversation is interrupted when the Doctor has to save the life of the drowning [[Alphonse Chardalot|Inspector Chardalot]]. [[Peri Brown|Peri]], who has been shopping for a [[postcard]] to send to [[H. G. Wells]], returns and gives Chardalot mouth-to-mouth, after which she and the Doctor head back to their room at the [[Hotel Palace Thermae]] with a stuffed [[rhesus macaque]] in [[bride|bridal]] gear anonymously left for Peri with a note of thanks at reception. They soon receive a dinner invitation from Chardalot.
-At dinner, Miss Bultitude says that she recognised the rhesus macaque as one from a [[shop]] run by [[James Ensor]]'s [[Maria Catherina Haegheman|mother]] and takes Peri to the [[terrace]] when Chardalot lights a [[cigar]]. In their absence, Chardalot asks the Doctor about [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], which Peri has been seen entering and leaving, and claims that he has come to investigate a [[murder]] that is yet to happen. Miss Bultitude knows that some of his stories of solving [[crime]]s are untrue and believes that he is a [[con artist]] as she saw him leaving the macaque at reception prior to his supposed near-drowning. She is also suspicious as his visit coincides with that of another guest whom she intends to introduce Peri to.
+At dinner, Miss Bultitude says that she recognised the rhesus macaque as one from a [[shop]] run by [[James Ensor]]'s [[Maria Catherina Haegheman|mother]] and takes Peri to the [[terrace]] when Chardalot lights a [[cigar]]. In their absence, Chardalot asks the Doctor about [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], which Peri has been seen entering and leaving, and claims that he has come to investigate a [[murder]] that is yet to happen. Miss Bultitude claims to know that some of his stories of solving [[crime]]s are untrue and believes that he is a [[con artist]] as she saw him leaving the macaque at reception prior to his supposed near-drowning. She is also suspicious as his visit coincides with that of another guest whom she intends to introduce Peri to.
-Peri declines Chardalot's invitation for her and the Doctor to join him in a walk on the [[promenade]] and they help Miss Bultitude get to her room when she claims to be feeling ill, but she admits once upstairs that she is not staying at the [[hotel]] and leads them to the room of [[Toby the Sapient Pig]], a former star of the [[freakshow]] whom she has been following around [[Europe]] in the hopes of meeting him and confirming his existence. Toby is afraid of the Doctor and has [[Albertine|Nurse Albertine]] stun his three visitors with a [[weapon]] similar to a [[cattle prod]]. He keeps the Doctor and Miss Bultitude in his room whilst Nurse Albertine claims to have found Peri at the bottom of the linen chute, leading Chardalot to begin a search for the missing pair.
+Peri declines Chardalot's invitation for her and the Doctor to join him in a walk on the [[promenade]] and they help Miss Bultitude get to her room when she claims to be feeling ill, but she admits once upstairs that she is not staying at the [[hotel]] and leads them to the room of [[Toby the Sapient Pig]], a former star of the [[freakshow]] whom she has been following around [[Europe]] in the hopes of meeting him as part of her research for a [[book]] she is writing. Toby is afraid of the Doctor and has [[Albertine|Nurse Albertine]] stun his three visitors with a [[memory]]-wiping [[weapon]] similar to a [[cattle prod]]. He keeps the Doctor and Miss Bultitude in his room whilst Nurse Albertine claims to have found Peri at the bottom of the linen chute, leading Chardalot to begin a search for the missing pair.
+Chardalot confesses to Peri that the drowning rescue was a ruse inspired by ''[[The Woman in White]]'' to engender trust and claims that he is on the trail of a criminal with a memory weapon which he has used against him several times and which he correctly deduces has been used on her and the Doctor. Peri joins him in searching Miss Bultitude's room as he believes her to be an accomplice and they find a note apparently from Toby inviting Miss Bultitude to meet with him in the [[hammam]], one which they believe to have been forged. They find Albertine listening at the door and Peri agrees to go for a walk with her on the promenade, but the [[sky]] is suddenly filled with exploding [[cow]]s.
+Toby [[apology|apologises]] to the Doctor for mistaking him for an enemy and for his new security measure which means he cannot leave until Albertine returns. He claims that he is indeed a [[pig]] from [[England]], although he does not offer any detail.
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 * Miss Bultitude has spoken to [[Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]], the [[Lobster-Claw Lady]], [[Krao the Missing Link]] and [[Chang Wu Gow]], the [[China|Chinese]] giant.
 * Chang Wu Gow retired to [[Bournemouth]] where he opened a [[tea room]].
+* In the opening chapter of ''[[The Woman in White]]'', an [[Italy|Italian]] [[professor]] is saved from drowning.
+* [[Norman (Year of the Pig)|Mr Norman]] was Toby's first manager. He smoked cheap [[cigar]]s.
+* Toby says that his terms with Mr Norman meant that he earnt a larger split of the profits than [[Lillie Langtry]].
+* [[Julia Pastrana]] was known as the Baboon Lady. She could dance the [[Highland Fling]].
+* Miss Bultitude has researched [[Equus the Calculating Horse]] and [[Simia the Missing Link]].
 * The Doctor once visited Brussels to buy an engagement [[ring]].
 * Peri and Albertine sight [[Manneken Pis|a statue of a little boy peeing]].