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The Doctor is getting some strange readings from the TARDIS. One reading says there will be a temporal anomaly on Earth on [[1 January]] [[2100]], and the other reading says there won't be any anomaly. He and Peri go to [[Prague]] on [[31 December]] to investigate. | The Doctor is getting some strange readings from the TARDIS. One reading says there will be a temporal anomaly on Earth on [[1 January]] [[2100]], and the other reading says there won't be any anomaly. He and Peri go to [[Prague]] on [[31 December]] to investigate. | ||
While there, the Doctor attends a lecture on the imminent adding of a leap second to Earth's calendar. The second will be added in a staggered fashion all over the world. | While there, the Doctor attends a lecture on the imminent adding of a leap second to Earth's calendar. The second will be added in a staggered fashion all over the world. | ||
As the Doctor goes to meet with Peri for [[coffee]], he notices someone hiding nearby. After a bit of questioning, the man reveals he is [[Techu]], a Time Lord who knew the Doctor on Gallifrey. Techu is concerned that the adding of the leap second will be a disaster for Earth. | As the Doctor goes to meet with Peri for [[coffee]], he notices someone hiding nearby. After a bit of questioning, the man reveals he is [[Techu]], a Time Lord who knew the Doctor on Gallifrey. Techu is concerned that the adding of the leap second will be a disaster for Earth. | ||
He takes them into the laboratory in Prague that will add the leap second. He plans to add the second now, as it would be better than doing it at midnight, but the Doctor is not completely convinced. Before Techu can add the second, however, a security guard appears, holding a weapon. | He takes them into the laboratory in Prague that will add the leap second. He plans to add the second now, as it would be better than doing it at midnight, but the Doctor is not completely convinced. Before Techu can add the second, however, a security guard appears, holding a weapon. | ||
The three are imprisoned and are visited by [[Theodore Hoffman]], whom Techu introduces as a professor from the [[University of Utrecht]]. The Doctor, however, realises that Hoffman is an alien. Hoffman admits that his people's plan is to take advantage of the chaos that will occur on Earth after the adding of the second. | The three are imprisoned and are visited by [[Theodore Hoffman]], whom Techu introduces as a professor from the [[University of Utrecht]]. The Doctor, however, realises that Hoffman is an alien. Hoffman admits that his people's plan is to take advantage of the chaos that will occur on Earth after the adding of the second. | ||
