Odd, yes, but familiar. And familiarity brings sensibility. It cuts through the haze of strangeness and forces you to focus on something you know. And in that moment of focus, you can do what needs to be done.
"Nice to meet you, Rose," he says cheerily, waggling the explosive. "Run for your life."
And then he's gone again, up the stairs without a second look back because they're closing in and this is his only chance to knock out this relay. They'll move it if he doesn't do this now, and who knows how long it'll be until he can track it again.
He does spare a glance down to his palmheld to make sure the human -- Rose -- was well away, but not until he gets all the way to the roof. He sets the explosive just as the dummies break through the door, cutting off his exit.
"Fair enough, then," he calls out to them. "I can change the rules, too." He resets the timer for 30 seconds, waves cheerily, and throws himself off the building, hoping that being chased by living show window dummies is enough of a distraction to --
It is. He utterly and completely fails to miss the ground, bobbing instead a few feet from the pavement.
The Doctor spares one more glance to the roof and sees the dummies looking down after him. Then, with a push off the side of the building, he flies off down an alley as fast as he can.
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Date: 2006-01-24 06:40 pm (UTC)"Nice to meet you, Rose," he says cheerily, waggling the explosive. "Run for your life."
And then he's gone again, up the stairs without a second look back because they're closing in and this is his only chance to knock out this relay. They'll move it if he doesn't do this now, and who knows how long it'll be until he can track it again.
He does spare a glance down to his palmheld to make sure the human -- Rose -- was well away, but not until he gets all the way to the roof. He sets the explosive just as the dummies break through the door, cutting off his exit.
"Fair enough, then," he calls out to them. "I can change the rules, too." He resets the timer for 30 seconds, waves cheerily, and throws himself off the building, hoping that being chased by living show window dummies is enough of a distraction to --
It is. He utterly and completely fails to miss the ground, bobbing instead a few feet from the pavement.
The Doctor spares one more glance to the roof and sees the dummies looking down after him. Then, with a push off the side of the building, he flies off down an alley as fast as he can.
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