Book: Shada. Page 3

Professor, this was a monstrously irresponsible act. People around you constantly insist that I am monstrously irresponsible, but you have not just broken my records - you have taken monstrous irresponsibility to a whole new level!

- Award winning? Critically acclaimed? Made from jelly? - by the originality of the assumptions made by the Doctor, one could understand that he was already desperate to find out anything.

“You always say that,” retorted the Doctor. “I’m not listening anymore.

- Most likely! You should definitely become a historian!

He did not have time to finish, because it was at that moment that the end of the pole buried itself in a particularly swampy area of the bottom and got stuck in it. Despite the Doctor's desperate attempts to reclaim the rebellious piece of wood, the pole remained sticking out in the middle of the river. Romana followed him with a sad look, while the boat, by inertia, drifted farther and farther.

- Well, yes. But even if we succeeded, you would still not find spring: May week begins in mid-June.

“Simple,” Romana corrected.

At first, Romana did not understand his persistence: an excellent path led along the river, along which they could safely walk, enjoying the views and not risking drowning. However, the Doctor took up the rowing pole with such enthusiasm that Romana decided to relax and go with the flow in any possible sense of this expression.

From the Doctor's point of view, K-9 beat Romana on all fronts: he unconditionally obeyed orders, appeared as soon as they were called, and turned off at the touch of a button.

At the age of five, Skagr finally became convinced that God does not exist. Realizing this, people usually experience either relief or despair. Skagra was the only one who immediately thought: “Wait a minute. So I can take his place.