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Before Kerenskaya can tell Markus something very personal, Markus spots something standing on the frozen river. It appears to be a London Police Box. | Before Kerenskaya can tell Markus something very personal, Markus spots something standing on the frozen river. It appears to be a London Police Box. | ||
In the café, Ace asks | In the café, Ace asks Yevgeni if someone is following him, but the Doctor assures Yevgeni that no one is behind him. Yevgeni shows the Doctor and Ace what looks like a large jeweled egg known as a Fabergé, but the Doctor notices that its applique is quite different from a regular Fabergé. Ace notices that the object has diamonds embedded in it and the clusters are linked. On top of that, it also appears to have some sort of electrical properties to it, making Ace ask Yevgeni if it's a weapon. The Doctor asks Yevgeni if it's dangerous to walk around Moscow with the object, to which Yevgeni explains that the object is part of a trove of objects that the defense group has been studying for months. | ||
Yevgeni also explains that he is working for the defense group and he believes that it is part of what the Doctor and Ace are here to steal, so he couldn't help but take it for himself. He says that the sooner the Doctor, Ace and Kreevy get it away from them, the better. The Doctor asks what else is in the trove and what the group is developing, but before Yevgeni can answer, the object suddenly becomes primed. Yevgeni commands the Doctor to tell Kreevy that he is sorry before running out of the café with the object. | |||
The Doctor and Ace follow | The Doctor and Ace follow Yevgeni into an alley where he attempts to get rid of the object which is actually a sonic grenade. They cover their ears just as the grenade goes off, killing Yevgeni. When Ace asks where the grenade came from, the Doctor tells her that it was from Mars and that something else came with it. Then someone wearing a strange helmet shows up on a motorbike to hem them into the alley. As the Doctor tells the person about the death of Yevgeni, Ace notices the helmet he is wearing which the Doctor explains is from Mars' third epoch. | ||
Ace tells the person that if he wants trouble, she will be happy to oblige, but the Doctor tells her that there has been enough violence. Just then, a Russian soldier shows up and, ignoring Ace's inquiries about the dead man, orders the Doctor and Ace to come with him in the car that he arrived in. | |||
As the sun sets, the Doctor and Ace are being driven to the KGB headquarters, also known as the Lubyanka, which is the tallest building in Moscow according to the Doctor who has questions that need to be answered. He wonders if Mars' influence is spreading to Earth, but Ace doesn't believe that it has happened as she would have seen it on the news, to which the Doctor replies that time can change its course just like a river. | |||
As Ace rummages in her pocket for a pencil to give to the Doctor she finds a bank note for 10 rubles which was apparently planted on her by Yevgeni. On the back of the bank note is a sequence of figures which is assumed to be a code that was supposed to be passed onto Markus Kreevy. As they arrive at their destination, the Doctor asks for a cell with a view. It turns out that they have arrived at the Interest Hotel. The Russian tells them that the reception for visiting guests has already started and that they cannot go on any expeditions alone. | |||
On the way into the hotel, Ace calls the Russian soldiers dumbos for thinking that she and the Doctor are guests, but the Doctor thinks that they have been expected at the hotel. | |||
Kerenskaya calls Markus over to tell him that Yevgeni is dead after talking with his brother. She explains that Yevgeni took an object from the vault and the Secret Police began to pursue him. Markus asks for a way out so he doesn't end up dead or working in a salt mine, but Kerenskaya tells him that the police likely think Yevgeni was acting for himself and that they still need to find the Doctor and Ace, to which Markus replies that her nose pucker is right up when she's taking charge, which he really likes. | |||
=== Part two === | === Part two === | ||
