BBC _ Short Trips by Stephen Cole

Author:Stephen Cole [Cole, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-08-03T05:18:52+00:00

never enjoyed the rituals of discipline.

'Ah, captain,' the Doctor said. 'I'm sorry if we've caused you any

inconvenience...'

Basic courtesy. Korzen knew better than to answer. 'You don't seem

too well,' she commented as she slid into her seat and started the attack

on her food. She had never shaken off the need to eat fast and

furiously against starvation.

'So, Doctor,' she asked at last, 'what exactly had been going on

when we found you?'

The Doctor, who was hardly touching his meal, looked up, his face a

mask of discomfort and surprised guilt.

'Ah, well,' he said, 'that may be -'

'We're travellers,' Nyssa cut across him bluntly, 'from another

planet. The TARDIS, our ship, was -' she paused - 'brought down into

the sea.'

Korzen was finding, to her surprise, that the girl was the voice of

the couple. She hadn't worked out what the Doctor was yet. Maybe the

heart?

The Doctor seemed mortified, embarrassment outstripping his pain.

He exchanged soft words with his companion, too soft for Korzen to

pick up.

'But, Doctor,' Nyssa said, 'you've always told me that...'

'Enough,' Korzen said firmly. 'We must look rustic, but we know

what goes on up there -' She jabbed a hard brown finger towards the

ceiling, towards the sky.

'Good, good,' the Doctor said, his voice slipping as his brow creased

with renewed pain.

'I think you're suffering...' Brunner made to begin a dreadful-

warning diagnosis.

'You need to lie down,' Korzen interjected, rising. She helped the

Doctor up, leading him out and through the cramped passages towards

the cabin she had set aside for him.

'This is very kind of you,' he murmured, almost an apology. Korzen

watched as he sank into a peaceful stupor. His body wasn't still. So, her

guess had been right. He wasn't remotely human.

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