Doctor Who BBC N07 - The Stone Rose by Doctor Who

Author:Doctor Who [Who, Doctor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-25T06:00:50.676000+00:00

made it at last, pushing their way through a crowd of schoolboys who were enjoying the holiday. The Doctor, realising he was still carrying a sword, handed it to a surprised youth, with instructions not to hurt anybody.

Finally they made it. The Doctor entered the temple at a run, shocking a young man who was preparing to present an offering.

‘Hello?’ the Doctor called, ignoring the man’s presence. ‘Anybody there?’

He went right up to the statue of ‘Fortuna, standing in its alcove at the back. He peered behind it, but there was no one there. Whoever it had been, had he really expected them to hang around for a whole day?

‘Hello?’ he tried again, but with less conviction.

He turned away. One thing had gone – please let the other still be there. He retraced his steps from the day before. This was where he was standing when the armed men had grabbed him. This was where he’d been hit. This was where he’d dropped the phial. . .

There was no phial there. He dropped to his hands and knees, searching frantically.

‘What is the matter, Doctor?’ asked Gracilis, concerned.

‘Someone – I mean, Fortuna gave me something she said would bring Rose back,’ said the Doctor. ‘And Optatus too.’

Gracilis’s eyes shone. ‘Do you mean this?’ he asked, producing a glass phial of sparkling green liquid. ‘Will this return my son to me?’

The Doctor jumped up, his face joyous. ‘That’s it!’ he cried. ‘Oh, thank you thank you thank you!’ He took the phial and kissed it, and only just stopped himself from kissing Gracilis too.

‘I found it on the floor here after your capture,’ Gracilis explained,

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