| B'ellana
Well, it looks like we've done it. We've materialized safely inside the force field. Score one for Time Lord technology! Although it looks like the score only is one... The other TARDIS doesn't seem to have made it through. I wonder what happened to it? Well, no point in dwelling on that now. Much more interesting is the crowd of goggle-eyed Spacers outside. As we watch on the viewscreen, their surpise quickly gives way to something that looks more like fear, and they go rushing off. "Where are they g..." Sigin begins, then breaks off as they come rushing back with some kind of equipment. The next thing we see on the viewscreen is a rain of liquid that briefly blocks out the scene in front of us. "They're disinfecting the TARDIS!" exclaims Ragan. In a moment, the shower has stopped, and we figure we can probably come out without getting sprayed with disinfectant. Some hope. They spray us all down anyway, of course. Even as we're trying to talk to them! The Doctor makes the mistake of trying to start a conversation before they're done and almost ends up with a mouthful of the stuff. It'd be funny if it weren't so... annoying. Not to mention stupid. OK, the elimination of disease sounds like a great idea on paper, but leaving your immune system so vulnerable that procedures like this are necessary... I shake my head, but say nothing. There's no point in antagonising them, right? They haven't really done anything to deserve it. Yet. Finally, the sterilization procedure seems to be complete, and now they're willing to talk! "Who are you?" says an official-looking person -- probably security. "And how did you get in here?" Daneel comes forward and spews out a bunch of authorization codes in that beautiful, precisely modulated voice of his, and the man seems to relax a little, even if he's still understandably confused. Go Back
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