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The Taking of Planet 5

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COMPASSION: Maybe you're a Great Old One on your mother's side. Either that or a lucky guess.

DOCTOR: No, I think it's what I was warning you against. The power of the scenario: It's trying to turn me into an expert narrative voice.

COMPASSION: Obviously, Doctor. I was employing irony.

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'I suppose that fit communicated itself to his colleague who was, er, working on you. Nigh-identical cortical structures you see - almost bound to cause psychic feedback in a confined space.'

'Obvious really,' Fitz said, ironically.

'Oh, was it? I thought it was rather clever!' The Doctor looked downhearted, and Fitz felt he had kicked a puppy before the Doctor winked at him to show it was all a joke.

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'That isn't very inconspicuous. What sort of TARDIS doesn't even have a working chameleon circuit?'

'A crap one,' snapped Fitz.

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He let his eyes open, and touched his palm against the TARDIS with relief.

'This, old girl,' he told it, 'has been one hell of a day.'

'I thought you said it wasn't a person?' muttered Holsred petulantly.

'It isn't,' said Fitz firmly. 'But I tend to go all sentimental when I've just spent most of the day being chased and tortured. I'm odd like that.'

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