Utopia [4]

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"All passengers prepare for boarding." Atillo said over the radio "I repeat, all passengers prepare for immediate boarding. I repeat all passengers prepare for immediate boarding. All troops fall back to the silo. I repeat all troops fall back to the silo. I repeat all passengers prepare for immediate boarding,"

Martha and Angela were heading in the opposite direction from the queues carrying circuit boards.

"Excuse me." Martha called out "Hey, what was your name?"

"Creet," Angela remembered

"That's right, miss," Creet nodded

"Who are you with, Creet? You got family?" Martha asked

"No, miss. There's just me,"

Angela smiled sadly.

"Well, good luck." Martha said, "What do you think it's going to be like in Utopia?"

"My mum used to say the skies are made of diamonds," Creet described.

"Good for her. Go on, off you go. Get your seat,"

Creet continued on.

Martha and Angela entered the lab where the Doctor and Yana were working on either side of a large clear circuit board in the center of the lab.

The Doctor sniffed one of the wires. "Is this?"

"Yes, gluten extract. Binds the neutralino map together," Professor Yana explained

"That's food. You've built this system out of food and string and staples? Professor Yana, you're a genius,"

"Says the man who made it work,"

"Oh, it's easy coming in at the end, but you're stellar. This is, this is magnificent. And I don't often say that because, well, because of me,"

"Well, even my title is an affectation. There hasn't been such a thing as a university for a thousand years. I've spent my life going from one refugee ship to another,"

"If you'd been born in a different time, you'd be revered. I mean it. Throughout the galaxies,"

"Why don't you two just kiss already?" Angela suggested as she set down her circuit boards.

"I conquer," Jack teased as he raised his hand in agreement causing Angela to snort as the Doctor glared over at them.

"Oh, those damned galaxies. They had to go and collapse. Some admiration would have been nice. Yes, just a little, just once,"

"Well, you've got it now. But that footprint engine thing. You can't activate it from onboard. IT's got to be from here. You're staying behind." The Doctor realized

"With Chantho. She won't leave without me. Simply refuses,"

"You'd give your life so they could fly,"

"Oh, I think I'm a little too old for Utopia. Time I had some sleep,"

"Professor," Atillo's voice came through the comm system "tell the Doctor we've found his blue box,"

"Ah!" The Doctor cheered as the TARDIS was shown on the monitor "Professor, it's a wild stab in the dark, but I may just have found you a way out,"

***

A little later, the TARDIS was in the laboratory and the Doctor was dragging a power cable out of it.

"Extra power." The Doctor cheered "Little bit of a cheat, but who's counting?"

"That would be like asking how many times my brothers and I prevented the Apocalypse," Angela laughed

"Jack, you're in charge of the retro feeds,"

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