An Adventure in Space and Time Page #7

Presumptuous?

Hell, no, Bill.

- I was going to ask you to come in,

as it happens. - Oh, yes?

Yeah. Yeah. Things...

Things can't go on the way they are.

Exactly! Exactly, Sydney!

I'm committed to Doctor Who,

100% committed, but...

.. well, I need more time off.

Bloody schedule

would kill a man half my age.

A-ha. All those lines they give me.

The kiddies don't want

to hear all that waffle.

But perhaps it would be best

if the writers just...

sort of sketched in the story

and left me to make up the rest.

No, no.

That's probably a step too far.

But you take my meaning.

I'm the star of the show.

I'm the Doctor.

And, er, if we're to continue,

you have to take account of that.

Proper account.

We've got great plans for

Doctor Who, Bill, believe you me.

Great plans. Well, I'm, er...

We're 100% committed too.

Very glad to hear it.

But we're looking at ways

of refreshing it.

Um... regenerating it.

Well, yes. Quite right.

Spice things up a bit. Bill...

I'm glad we're on

the same wavelength anyway.

Ah, hell, Bill, there's no

easy way of saying this. Um...

We want Doctor Who to go on.

Yes.

But not with you.

Like you said,

things have got to change.

I see.

Who... who have you got in mind?

You're a hard act to follow, Bill.

No need for soft soap, Sydney.

You know me better.

Who?

You approve?

Oh, yes, yes, quite.

Patrick Troughton.

Excellent choice.

I'm so sorry, Bill.

"Fortune, good night,

smile once more, turn thy wheel. "

Huh?

King Lear.

I did it once. Carried a spear.

Long time ago.

Long, long time ago.

Everything all right, sir?

Are you okay?

You need to move along now, sir.

Sir?

You're in the way.

I'm sorry, sir, but...

'Ere, aren't you...?

I'm, er, sorry, very sorry, officer.

- You're him, aren't you?

- Very sorry, officer.

You're Doctor Who.

Wait till I tell the kids.

They bloomin' love you!

Well, it's, er, been agreed by, um...

by mutual consent that I should,

er... pack it in.

Er...

Oh, right. Give it up.

I see.

Well... I think it's for the best,

love. Truly, I do.

You can't go on like this.

And I've made my mark.

Shown everyone I can do it.

I'm sure it'll lead to lots more

interesting stuff, hm?

Yes.

Well, I'll make us

a nice cup of tea.

I... I...

I don't want to go.

I... I don't want to go.

Oh...

Oh, Bill.

Well, then. Who's Who?

I won't lie to you.

I'm scared stiff.

Oh, you'll be fine.

In fact, you'll be wonderful.

I... I told them, you know,

there's only one man in England

who can take over.

Oh? Couldn't they get him?

Red light, and bell.

Okay, positions, everyone, please.

And roll to record in 15...

'I want you to belong somewhere,

to have roots of your own.

'With David, you'll be able

to find those roots,

'live normally,

like any woman should do.

'Believe me, my dear,

your future lies with David

'and not with a silly old buffer

like me.

'One day, I shall come back.

Yes, I shall come back.

'Until then, there must be

no regrets, no tears, no anxieties.

'Just go forward in all your beliefs

'and prove to me

that I am not mistaken in mine. '

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