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[thedoctorwho]

Returning from WWII London with charges in tow, the Doctor opens the door to allow all those from Milliways back into the bar

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[heyfootballhead]

Objection!

"Zombies aren't real." says one dubious football head.

[thedoctorwho]

"These weren't really zombies the way you think of them," the Doctor shoots back. "It's just much easier to say zombie than 'bioengineered Chula warrior drone'."

[heyfootballhead]

"It still sounds like something out of a fifty-cent science fiction movie," Arnold protests.

[thedoctorwho]

"You might be surprised just how many of those fifty-cent science fiction movies are based on real things."

[heyfootballhead]

His eyes widen substantially. "Like melting people and giant insects?"

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor nods. "I've seen both."

[heyfootballhead]

Okay, he really didn't expect a positive answer to that.

"Really? Did you almost get melted? Or eaten?"

[thedoctorwho]

"Almost melted, no. Almost eaten, yes."

[heyfootballhead]

"Wow, by a giant bug! What did it look like?"

[thedoctorwho]

"Picture a praying mantis three meters long and as tall as I am, and you'll be pretty close."

[heyfootballhead]

Considering how tall the Doctor is compared to Arnold...

"That's huge! Did you have to rely on the help of a witty native and slightly dumb yet really comical sidekick to make it out alive?"

Arnold is a big fan of science fiction.

[thedoctorwho]

He thinks a second. "I wouldn't exactly call Amarin 'witty', nor would I dare accuse Jo of being either 'dumb' or 'comical', and I wouldn't so much say I 'relied' on them. But apart from those details, yes. Ish."

[heyfootballhead]

"Not so much like the movies after all, then," he laments. "But still really cool."

He is impressed!

"I'm Arnold, nice to meet you."

[thedoctorwho]

"Hello, Arnold. I'm the Doctor. And no, it's not quite like the movies. For one thing, it rarely ends quite so tidily."

[heyfootballhead]

"Gigantic bug guts?" he suggests with a slight wince.

[thedoctorwho]

"I was thinking more of the eight children she left behind who also had to be destroyed before they could follow in Mommy's footsteps." All trace of emotion slowly drains out of his voice. "Little things. No bigger'n you. But already tasted blood, so there wasn't a way to save them."