Doctor Who: The Shadows of Avalon

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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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He sent a wide-beam sonic pulse at exactly the right frequency all the way down that path between him and the tower, and was rewarded with a very satisfying series of detonations. The First Doctor skipped about at every fireball that burst into the sky. Finally, the smoke and flame died down. ‘There you go, all done.'

‘There could have been one right underneath us!'

‘Yeah, but it's not the kind of mistake you have to live with.' That was the other thing about his centuries of additional experience, he was a little more willing to roll the dice. Or perhaps it was just at this point he didn't give a damn. What the hell, his clothes were already ruined, might as well mess up the bodywork too. It wasn't like he was planning to trade the old thing in.

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