Book: Shada

“I'm just trying to see a picture of the incident with your eyes,” the constable explained, shaking his head. “You see, during the whole time of my work, people have not stolen so many rooms. They often stole from rooms, but in such a way as to take it away entirely - this rarely happens. For lack of a better word, I would say - here Smith paused and leaned confidentially towards the gatekeeper, clearly intending to give him secret information - that this has never happened, sir.

“Of course not,” the Doctor answered for Chronotis. “Look at him: this man's greatest crime is that he dilutes Earl Gray with milk! And reads books from the middle.

“Yes, yes,” the Doctor continued dreamily. - Ancient Artifacts will not be easily given to anyone. The book sensed danger and decided that you could protect it. Perhaps she even made the professor direct you to the right shelf. She liked you, Bristol.

“Yes, yes,” the Doctor continued dreamily. - Ancient Artifacts will not be easily given to anyone. The book sensed danger and decided that you could protect it. Perhaps she even made the professor direct you to the right shelf. She liked you, Bristol.

“You tried to blow me up,” the ship reminded coldly. - Since then I have experienced several serious psychological crises. At first I could not believe that my infallible Lord and Master had not succeeded in his ingenious plan. I thought you were never wrong. Was sure that we are all dead. Of course, as soon as I realized that you are no different from others, new concepts of being opened up to my mind. Thanks to the Doctor for this.

- Make some tea! - repeated the polyphonic chorus.

“Okay,” the Doctor admitted after a while. - You just imagine what it is like to travel through the space-time funnel. But mind you, that's what they built you for!

On the obverse of the medal was engraved in large letters: "I AM A GENIUS".

- Calm, calm ... Believe me, your plan would not have worked anyway. Between us, with this one small sphere, you would have conquered the Universe for so long that the end of the world would have come earlier. Why didn't you think about it?

Yes, I see you have a party here! Although I cannot approve of the choice of the guests. Believe my experience, Skagr, when inviting friends, you need to strike a balance between evil and not-so-evil. Otherwise, the holiday will go down the drain. Give instructions to their thugs. The doctor nodded at the kraag commander. - Where are the cookies?

- Only the madman is not afraid here.

- By the way, I tried to get around the word "dead end", just so as not to provoke panic. I suggest calling this place “cul-de-sac”.

- Once the Doctor found a way to avoid death, although everyone was convinced that it was impossible. Are you not afraid that he will be able to repeat this trick? - and Romana smiled softly.

- This is what I am trying to explain to others. The universe is one big headache, no man in his right mind would want to subdue it. You can't even sell it, because whoever buys such a colossus ...