Logopolis

The Doctor favored her with a charming smile. "Don't worry. They're old friends of mine. And, yes, I sent a message to let them know we were coming. The Monitor seemed very excited to hear that we could help with their little project."

"Little project," Ragan murmered sarcastically to the others. "Stabilizing the entropy of the entire universe and he calls it a 'little project!'" Several of them chuckled. The Doctor ignored them. Picking up a sheaf of printout from atop the TARDIS console, he opened the doors and strode out.

The Monitor -- the chief mathematician (and thus chief everything) of Logopolis -- was there to meet them. He shook the Doctor's hand enthusiastically. "My dear Doctor! How nice to see you again!"

"And you, Monitor," the Doctor replied. He then quickly introduced all of his companions, the Monitor cordially greeting each of them. But it was obvious that something else was on the Logopolitan's mind. At last, once the introductions were made, he reached his hand out to the papers the Doctor held. "Is that... Is that the code for the signal you described?"

"See for yourself," the Doctor said, and handed him the printout.

The Monitor perused it rapidly, flipping through the pages and absorbing the densely-printed mathematical notation with ease. His face grew more and more astonished as he went along, and at last he looked up at the Doctor with an expression that bordered on awe. "But this is incredible!" The hand with which he held the papers was shaking. "This will allow us to stabilize the universal entropy with one transmission! It will eliminate the need for the CVE's entirely! And there are... Well, it will take some analysis to work out all the implications, but they are potentially staggering!"

"Well, then," said the Doctor, still smiling. "What are we waiting for? Let's get started, shall we?"

1. And so the Monitor lead them to Logopolis' antenna dish...

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