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[wearafeznow]

Right.

[ The Doctor appears on the screen, a spy glass in front of his left eye, a smile flittering across his face. ] It has come to my attention that there's a lot of ticking today. Tick-tick-tick. [ Spinning the camera around, he's wearing earplugs. ] Even these badboys aren't doing anything about the din. Terribly inconsiderate, but then you should hear the noise pollution in London.

Never trust something that's ticking, they're probably after your hand. [ Curling his hand into a hook shape. ] Pond-!

[ Now the camera wobbles as Eleven jumps over an old chest. It's not quite clear where they are. ] Have you found that deerstalker? If we're going to do this, then we might as well do this properly. [ With a flourish. ] I need to look the part.

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[charring]

The ticking is in your head. It's in a lot of people's heads. Earplugs won't work.

[Don't mind her if she sounds a bit strained.]

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[wearafeznow]

Well, that explains a lot.

[ Just plucking them out then, wincing a little at the noise. ] There's bound to be a source, something getting into all our skulls. S'not often I don't know what's going on. [ Waving a hand. ] But still, the deerstalker might make me feel better on the matter.

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[charring]

Deerstalker caps are pretty cool. [Charlie, don't encourage the strange man.] Did anyone explain curses to you? I think that's what this is. Not that it makes it any less obnoxious.

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[wearafeznow]

Yes, Pond gave me all the low-up. Wait, no, lowdown. Oh. Oh. A curse, how wonderful.

[ Turning the eyeglass around to magnify his own eye. ] My very first curse, now I feel like a proper citizen.

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[charring]

Pond? Amy? You're a friend of Amy's? [She grins. Sir, whoever you are, you've just won over Charlie just by being Amy's friend.] That's right. You are fully initiated into City life. Congratulations. I'm Charlie.

[pterosaur]

[Janine's telepathy gets translated into sound over the device, but it's kind of tinny today.]

It's telepathic ticking. I think it's on my frequency. Bandwidth? Whatever.

[dulcisnuntius]

It is a little crazy-making.

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[waitedforyears]

[ Amy has stuck her head in a drawer. ] I've found a balaclava, a beret and a fedora. This place is badly organised.

[ It's a drawer full of hats. She's going through them. A homburg sails through the air. ]

This ticking's driving me crazy.

[synanthrope]

Tick-tick-tick goes the clock, doesn't stop, doesn't stop.

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[wishgrant]

I don't think you've t' worry about someone being after your hand unless you're Captain Hook!

[iwasherefirst]

Better keep that. Hand comes in handy from time to time.

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[generated_anomaly]

The ticking is interesting, and incessant, and curious! What would anyone do with someone else's hand? What would it be useful for?

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[leathered]

[ This Doctor is a little unimpressed by the hat quest, but he says nothing about it. ]

It's a curse. Investigating won't do any good.

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[wearafeznow]

And it's a pleasure, Charlie. I'm the Doctor, err, one of them. It's all taking a bit of time to get used to.

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[charring]

I met another one of you. Leather jacket, very short hair.

[wearafeznow]

Well, as long as you give it to the Captain and not the Croc.

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[wearafeznow]

People are always after a Captain's something.

[ Beaming. ] Hello.

[wearafeznow]

[ Rhyming is never good in the Doctor's book. ] You're not a doll, are you?

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[wearafeznow]

Can I have the fedora? I think I'd look cool, like Sinatra.

[ He likes this place, coming up to her wearing a yellow hard hat. ] Ticking generally does.

[wearafeznow]

People don't tend to like constant noise. But then again, Silence is always much worse.

[synanthrope]

Sometimes people call me doll.

Dollface.

But no I'm not a doll.

[wearafeznow]

Ooh, well that's not good. Is it like this always?

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[waitedforyears]

You look nothing like Sinatra. [ Laughing at him, because he looks ridiculous is what he looks like. Yes. ]

I thought you wanted a deerstalker. And this ticking's especially bad.

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[feigns]

I half expect to be accosted by a mouse.

[pterosaur]

Usually only if you're alone.

Ugh. [Her head moves so the eye isn't visible, though a stretch of the huge beak still fills the screen.] I'm going to try drowning it out.