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In [[2023]], the [[Fourteenth Doctor]], [[Donna Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott]] traverse the streets of [[21st century London|London]] as it is plagued by chaotic anarchy. A man annoyed by cars driving in his way tells the Doctor that everybody on Earth believes themselves to be right all the time and that arguing drives them into a rage. As the shop owner from 1925, now dressed a gentleman speaking with a French accent, pulls the Doctor into a dance, [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] arrives on the scene and takes the Doctor and Donna to [[UNIT HQ, City of London|UNIT HQ]], while also taking Wilf to a safer location. | In [[2023]], the [[Fourteenth Doctor]], [[Donna Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott]] traverse the streets of [[21st century London|London]] as it is plagued by chaotic anarchy. A man annoyed by cars driving in his way tells the Doctor that everybody on Earth believes themselves to be right all the time and that arguing drives them into a rage. As the shop owner from 1925, now dressed a gentleman speaking with a French accent, pulls the Doctor into a dance, [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] arrives on the scene and takes the Doctor and Donna to [[UNIT HQ, City of London|UNIT HQ]], while also taking Wilf to a safer location. | ||
[[Shirley Bingham]] and [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] greet the Doctor and Donna at UNIT's new [[skyscraper]] headquarters, both inoculated to the chaos thanks to an armband called a [[Zeedex]]. The Doctor deduces that he and [[the Vlinx]], a robot work for UNIT, are immune due to being extra-terrestrials, as are Donna and [[Mel Bush]], who recently joined UNIT, benefitting from the effects of long-term TARDIS travel. Kate orders her Zeedex be briefly deactivated to demonstrate the consequences to the Doctor, and she quickly turns paranoid and vengeful due to a a distorted brainwave. Analysing the waveform and playing it as a sound, the group discovers it corresponds to the giggle accompanying the Stooky Bill recording. The recording has been hidden in every screen since 1925, only triggered when the launch of the [[KOSAT 5]] satellite finally connected all of humanity to the internet. | [[Shirley Anne Bingham]] and [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]] greet the Doctor and Donna at UNIT's new [[skyscraper]] headquarters, both inoculated to the chaos thanks to an armband called a [[Zeedex]]. The Doctor deduces that he and [[the Vlinx]], a robot work for UNIT, are immune due to being extra-terrestrials, as are Donna and [[Mel Bush]], who recently joined UNIT, benefitting from the effects of long-term TARDIS travel. Kate orders her Zeedex be briefly deactivated to demonstrate the consequences to the Doctor, and she quickly turns paranoid and vengeful due to a a distorted brainwave. Analysing the waveform and playing it as a sound, the group discovers it corresponds to the giggle accompanying the Stooky Bill recording. The recording has been hidden in every screen since 1925, only triggered when the launch of the [[KOSAT 5]] satellite finally connected all of humanity to the internet. | ||
The Doctor and Donna trek back to 1925, searching for the cause of the giggle, and trace Stooky Bill to Mr Emporium. Entering, the Doctor and Donna are greeted by the owner, whom the Doctor recognises as [[the Toymaker]], who talks about the oldest game, [[Catch (game)|catch]], while [[The Toymaker's juggling balls|juggling balls]] until he retreats further into his shop in a game of [[hide and seek]]. The Doctor chases the Toymaker, followed by Donna despite telling her to return to the TARDIS. Donna insists on staying with him, and the two become trapped in the Toymaker's funhouse labyrinth, which the Doctor realises is the [[Celestial Toyroom]], stumbling around and eventually becoming separated. The Doctor encounters Banerjee, turned into a marionette who dances on the Toymaker's command after losing a game to remove the giggle in his head. Donna encounters Stooky Bill's doll family and breaks apart [[Stooky Sue]] as the Stooky children try to eat her. | The Doctor and Donna trek back to 1925, searching for the cause of the giggle, and trace Stooky Bill to Mr Emporium. Entering, the Doctor and Donna are greeted by the owner, whom the Doctor recognises as [[the Toymaker]], who talks about the oldest game, [[Catch (game)|catch]], while [[The Toymaker's juggling balls|juggling balls]] until he retreats further into his shop in a game of [[hide and seek]]. The Doctor chases the Toymaker, followed by Donna despite telling her to return to the TARDIS. Donna insists on staying with him, and the two become trapped in the Toymaker's funhouse labyrinth, which the Doctor realises is the [[Celestial Toyroom]], stumbling around and eventually becoming separated. The Doctor encounters Banerjee, turned into a marionette who dances on the Toymaker's command after losing a game to remove the giggle in his head. Donna encounters Stooky Bill's doll family and breaks apart [[Stooky Sue]] as the Stooky children try to eat her. | ||
