"Oh, now, that's clever. Look. Single molecule fabric, how thin is that?! You could pack a tent in a thimble" the Doctor says walking around the lab.
"Ooo! Gravity simulators. Terraforming, biospheres, nano-tech steel construction. This is brilliant. Do you know, with equipment like this you could, ooo, I don't know, move to another planet or something?" I say.
"If only that was possible."
"If only that were possible. Conditional clause."
"I think you two better come with me."
*Time skip*
There's a swimming pool in the foreground, and a transmat in a corner.
"Your both smarter than the usual UNIT grunts, I'll give you that."
"He called you a grunt. Don't call Ross a grunt. He's nice. We like Ross. Look at this place" the Doctor says.
"What exactly do you want?"
"We were just thinking. What a responsible eighteen year old. Inventing zero carbon cars? Saving the world" I say.
"Takes a man with vision."
"Mmm, blinkered vision. Because ATMOS means more people driving. More cars, more petrol. End result, the oil's going to run out faster than ever. The ATMOS system could make things worse."
"Yeah. Well, you see, that's a tautology. You can't say ATMOS system because it stands for Atmospheric Emissions System. So, you're just saying Atmospheric Emissions System system. Do you see, Mister Conditional Clause?"
"It's been a long time since anyone said no to you, isn't it?" I ask.
"I'm still right, though."
"Not easy, is it, being clever. You look at the world and you connect things, random things, and think, why can't anyone else see it? The rest of the world is so slow" I say.
"Yeah."
"And you're all on your own."
"I know."
"But not with this. Because there's no way you invented this thing single handed. I mean, it might be Earth technology, but that's like finding a mobile phone in the Middle Ages. No, no, I'll tell you what it's like. It's like finding this in the middle of someone's front room. Albeit it's a very big front room" the Doctor says.
"Why, what is it?" Jenkins asks.
"Yeah, just looks like a thing, doesn't it? People don't question things. They just say, oh, it's a thing" I say.
"Leave it alone" the Doctor and I step into the transmat.
"Us, we make these connections. And this, to us, looks like a teleport pod" I say as the Doctor pushes a button and we both vanish.
"Orbit now holding at five five six point three, sector two seven zero."
"Oh" the Doctor and I say, the Sontarans all turn to look at us.
"We have an intruder."
"How did they get in?" I ask.
"In tru da window? Bye, bye!" The Doctor says pressing the button again, they appear, running towards Jenkins and Luke.
"Ross, get out! Luke, you've got to come with us" I say just as a Sontaran appears just before the Doctor can zap the teleport with his sonic screwdriver.
"Sontaran! That's your name, isn't it? You're a Sontaran. How did I know that, hey? Fascinating, isn't it? Isn't that worth keeping me alive?" The Doctor says laughing a little.
