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"Impact in eleven fifteen. Heat shield failing. At ten percent."

The Doctor opens the outer airlock door and the unfiltered sunlight streams in. Gritting his teeth, he climbs outside and reaches for a row of four buttons on the ship's hull. He has to hold on to the edge of the airlock because there is no safety line.

"Come on! Go on, my son!", He presses two buttons then stretches for the box just beyond them.

"Doctor, how're you doing?", Scannell asks, with Juliet and Thea anxiously standing with him.

"I can't, I can't reach! I don't know how much longer I can last."

"Come on. Don't give up now.", Juliet suddenly butts in.

He rips off the cover of the box, and with a big shout pulls the lever down.
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There is a big jolt. The computer screen says remagnetising.

"We're being pulled back!", Riley says, excitedly.

"I told you! It's Juliet! And the Doctor!", Martha cries, happily.

The Doctor gets back into the airlock as the escape pod returns to its dock. He looks at the sun.

"It's alive. It's alive. It's alive!", He keeps repeating.
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"Doctor, close the airlock now! That pod's going to smash into him."

"Stay here.", McDonnell gives Scannell the clamp and runs back.

"Impact in eight fifty seven.", The computer announces.
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"Airlock recompression completed."

The Doctor has his eyes closed tight as he takes off his helmet and crawls out of the airlock. The pod docks.

"Doctor! Doctor! Are you okay?", Martha asks him, but Juliet pulls her back.

The Doctor opens his eyes briefly. A white light shines from them.

"Stay away from me!"

"What's happened?", McDonnell asks.

"It's your fault, Captain McDonnell!"

"Riley, get down to area ten and help Scannell with the doors. Go!", Riley runs off.

"You mined that sun. Stripped its surface for cheap fuel. You should have scanned for life!"

Juliet and Thea's eyes both wide as the news. 

"I don't understand."

"Doctor, what are you talking about?", Martha asks, not understanding him.

"That sun is alive. A living organism. They scooped out its heart, used it for fuel, and now it's screaming!", Juliet sneers at McDonnell. 

"What do you mean? How can a sun be alive? Why is he saying that?"

"Because it's living in me.", The Doctor reveals.