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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
To boost morale, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] has decided that the Doctor's laboratory should be repainted. He has assigned this task to the newly recruited Captain [[Mike Yates|Michael Yates]]. Unfortunately, this annoys the [[Third Doctor]], as he is using his lab for a "very important thought experiment". The aforementioned experiment concerns the fact that since regenerating the Doctor has become an expert in [[Venusian aikido|martial arts]]. The Doctor theorises that his body isn't gaining new skills, but [[The Other|remembering them]]. | To boost morale, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] has decided that the Doctor's laboratory should be repainted. He has assigned this task to the newly recruited Captain [[Mike Yates|Michael Yates]]. Unfortunately, this annoys the [[Third Doctor]], as he is using his lab for a "very important thought experiment". The aforementioned experiment concerns the fact that since regenerating the Doctor has become an expert in [[Venusian aikido|martial arts]]. The Doctor theorises that his body isn't gaining new skills, but [[The Other|remembering them]]. | ||
As the Doctor stubbornly accepts that his lab will be redecorated, [[Liz Shaw]] walks into the room with a nervous look on her face. The Doctor greets her by asking if she believes in [[reincarnation]]. Liz quietly responds that she doesn't, and begins to tell the Doctor that she has received an offer from the [[Queen Mary University of London]] to work at [[CERN]]. Liz clarifies that accepting the offer would mean leaving UNIT. The Doctor condescendingly replies, "Well, you don't want to do that, do you?", angering Liz. She tells the Doctor:{{Quote|"I was considering leaving, but now you've convinced me. I have a brilliant career in front of me, Doctor. I have to put that first.| - [[Liz Shaw]]|}} | As the Doctor stubbornly accepts that his lab will be redecorated, [[Liz Shaw]] walks into the room with a nervous look on her face. The Doctor greets her by asking if she believes in [[reincarnation]]. Liz quietly responds that she doesn't, and begins to tell the Doctor that she has received an offer from the [[Queen Mary University of London]] to work at [[CERN]]. Liz clarifies that accepting the offer would mean leaving UNIT. The Doctor condescendingly replies, "Well, you don't want to do that, do you?", angering Liz. She tells the Doctor:{{Quote|"I was considering leaving, but now you've convinced me. I have a brilliant career in front of me, Doctor. I have to put that first.| - [[Liz Shaw]]|}} | ||
