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'''''Fungus''''' was a short story from the [[Doctor Who Annual 1984|1984 ''Doctor Who'' annual]]. It unusually featured a [[companion]]-less [[Fifth Doctor]] meeting up with a previously-unseen "old friend" called [[Professor]] [[Lloyd (Fungus)|Lloyd]] and having an adventure that was almost exclusively [[laboratory]]-bound. | '''''Fungus''''' was a short story from the [[Doctor Who Annual 1984|1984 ''Doctor Who'' annual]]. It unusually featured a [[companion]]-less [[Fifth Doctor]] meeting up with a previously-unseen "old friend" called [[Professor]] [[Lloyd (Fungus)|Lloyd]] and having an adventure that was almost exclusively [[laboratory]]-bound. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Somewhere in the [[United Kingdom]], a young woman called [[Edith Stevens]] is attacked by her [[cat]], [[Boris (Fungus)|Boris]]. Elsewhere in the country, [[Professor]] [[Lloyd (Fungus)|Lloyd]] informs the [[Fifth Doctor]] of the epidemic of similar cat attacks that are sweeping the nation. | Somewhere in the [[United Kingdom]], a young woman called [[Edith Stevens]] is attacked by her [[cat]], [[Boris (Fungus)|Boris]]. Elsewhere in the country, [[Professor]] [[Lloyd (Fungus)|Lloyd]] informs the [[Fifth Doctor]] of the epidemic of similar cat attacks that are sweeping the nation. | ||
The Doctor immediately begins investigating his old friend's problem. He uses his heightened olfactory senses to determine that something about the [[milk]] in his [[tea]] is "off". Lloyd's [[human]] senses aren't keen enough to detect anything, so the Doctor is forced to prove it through careful examination of the milk. He discovers a [[fungus (Fungus)|fungus]] that he enigmatically says that he's seen before. When asked why the milk isn't affecting other animals, like humans, the Doctor surmises that cats are simply particularly susceptible. | The Doctor immediately begins investigating his old friend's problem. He uses his heightened olfactory senses to determine that something about the [[milk]] in his [[tea]] is "off". Lloyd's [[human]] senses aren't keen enough to detect anything, so the Doctor is forced to prove it through careful examination of the milk. He discovers a [[fungus (Fungus)|fungus]] that he enigmatically says that he's seen before. When asked why the milk isn't affecting other animals, like humans, the Doctor surmises that cats are simply particularly susceptible. | ||
The time traveller then begins to question Lloyd about the current origin of [[Britain]]'s milk. The [[Time Lord]] is surprised to discover that the tanks in which the milk is being stored comes from [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. Somehow, the fungus has spread from outer space to the Houston-made milk vats to the cats of Britain. | The time traveller then begins to question Lloyd about the current origin of [[Britain]]'s milk. The [[Time Lord]] is surprised to discover that the tanks in which the milk is being stored comes from [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. Somehow, the fungus has spread from outer space to the Houston-made milk vats to the cats of Britain. | ||
