The Doctor And I

Flesh and Stone - The Oxygen Factory

Bailee's POV-

"Turn!" The Doctor shouts at me, and I obey, hearing the door start to open.

"Doctor, it's opening. It's working." I call to him, and we manage to get the bulkhead to open just to the point of being able to squeeze through.

"Fall back!" The Doctor shouts at everyone, and we all run through the door into the secondary flight deck, The Doctor at the rear, sprinting towards the door.

"Doctor, quickly." River shout, as we all wait for him on the other side, the door slowly closing shut.

"Doctor!" I cry. He dodges inside at the last second, as the door closes, and runs to the controls. The Angels bang on the door and the wheel starts turning, the way to open the door again.

"Doctor! What are you doing?" Amy shouts, as Father Octavian strides towards the door, placing a device on it, stopping the wheel turning.

"Magnetised the door. Nothing could turn that wheel now." He explains.

"Yeah?" The Doctor comments, pointing at the door, it's where turning once more.

"Dear me!" Father Octavian cries in astonishment.

"Ah, now you're getting it. You've bought us time though. That's good. I am good with time." The Doctor says thoughtfully. But then I notice the wheel on a second door to our right starting to turn.

"Doctor." I say, pointing at the door.

"Seal that door. Seal it now." Father Octavian commands, and one of his soldiers magnetises the other door. River looks around, and we see another door beginning to open.

"We're surrounded."

"Seal it. Seal that door. Doctor, how long have we got?" Father Octavian asks.

"Five minutes, max." The Doctor replies, looking around, looking for any possible way out. But then he turns back to me, looking worried. "Five." He repeats. I'm puzzled, why does he need to repeat it for me?

"Five. Right. Yeah." I confirm.

"Why'd you say nine?" He asks me, and I can see Amy and River also looking at me in confusion.

"I didn't." I argue, having no clue as to what he's on about.

"We need another way out of here." River interrupts, as I vow to myself to keep quiet for a bit, not wanting any more confusion over numbers.

"There isn't one." Father Octavian looks at her in exasperation.

"Yeah, there is. Course there is. This is a galaxy class ship. Goes for years between planet falls. So, what do they need?" The Doctor looks around at us all. Would it kill him to explain something without making us guess?

"Of course." River looks around in realisation.

"Of course what? What do they need?" Amy asks.

"Can we get in there?" Father Octavian ignores Amy, also understanding what The Doctor is on about.

"Well, it's a sealed unit, but they must have installed it somehow. This whole wall should slide up. There's clamps. Release the clamps." He points at River, as she fiddles with one of her pieces of technology.

"What's through there? What do they need?" Amy asks again, in an attempt to not be ignored for once.

"They need to breathe." River explains.

The Doctor's POV-

River's constant fiddling with whatever technology she can get her hands on finally pays off, and the rear wall of the flight deck slides up to reveal what I thought I knew was there all along.