Doctor Who: Happy Endings by Paul Cornell

Author:Paul Cornell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426204701
Publisher: Doctor Who Books
Published: 1996-06-15T10:00:00+00:00

As his team mates closed in on Peter with applause, and Benton, a wry smile on his face, turned towards the pavilion, the Doctor put a thoughtful finger up to his chin.

‘I can bat a bit,’ said Watson. ‘I’m sure that the Professor and I could form a useful partnership.’

‘In your dreams,’ muttered Jason, who’d been sulking on the steps since getting out.

‘I think not.’ The Doctor turned to the interior of the pavilion. Assuming, quite reasonably, that they wouldn’t be two for six in the second over, nobody had yet padded up. ‘Hamlet, you’re on. Time to take arms against outrageous fortune.’

‘Thank you, Doctor!’ a voice boomed from inside, and the sounds of frantic buckle-fastening and box-affixing followed. A few moments later, Hamlet Macbeth positively ran from the pavilion, whirling his bat about his shoulder, which elicited a cheer from the crowd. He bowed to them. ‘Delighted, my dears!’

The Doctor allowed himself a smile.

‘Are you a better cricketer than a torturer?’ Benny asked Macbeth as he headed for the opposite wicket. He saw that she was full of anger, that it was spilling out at everyone. And, of course, they had unfinished business.

‘My dear, that was research, not torture.’

‘That’s what they all say.’

‘I considered the Doctor to be –’

‘An alien? So you could do what you liked?’

Macbeth strode to his wicket, stood to his full height and affected a straight bat. ‘That is an accurate representation of my attitude then. And either way, the answer to your question is yes.’

Jason, the Doctor saw out of the corner of his eye, was wiping something from his collar. The young man glanced up. ‘Carrie’s idea of a joke,’ he muttered, as if unsure that anybody was listening.

The Doctor turned to him and confirmed to himself that the comment had been for his ears. ‘What?’

‘We’ve become friends. She makes me lunch, she kissed my lapel. To make Benny jealous, she said.’

‘You don’t have to explain to me.’

‘I know, but –’

‘They’re doing well, aren’t they?’ The Doctor’s eyes had shot back to the field. After another over, Miller had had Cooke replaced, obviously saving his best bowler’s remaining five overs for the end of the match. If they ever got 124

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