The Doctor mutters something that might sound suspiciously like "I've had worse" but it's all rather muffled thanks to him cradling his nose in his hand. Eva's...well, she's incredibly pointy and a bit vicious with those elbows of hers, the Doctor eyeing them even as she finally settles against his shoulder.
And here he'd been thinking Eva was the last human alive prone to panic.
He gives her an awkward pat on her shoulder with his free hand, the other one still cupping his nose and what with how his whole face hurts, it occurs to him that maybe he needs to regenerate with more hands next time because he's already running out of them. The news about Daniel explains all sorts of things, though, right up there the question of where that other human had turned up to. The Doctor doesn't know much about the Goa'uld, but he's heard enough about the Yeerks from Tom to get a good picture about what that means. Infested and trapped in his own body. Like his own little personal Pandorica, only instead of just sitting there for all time stuck with yourself, there's a parasite moving itself in without even a "May I".
(Also, Master, lovely to see you're as helpful as ever, because they haven't quite established just how much the locals can understand them) The Doctor shoots the other Time Lord one of those frowns that apparently only his best enemy can get out of him, his eyes narrowing over his hand. The Master has a bad habit of saying aloud all the dark little thoughts that everyone in the cell probably had as well but aren't willing to admit, even to themselves.
The Doctor included. His mouth settles into a line.
He's the first to break eye contact from the Master, still frowning away behind his palm. "What about removing a Goa'uld from its host?" he asks, since the Master had to go turn around and do the practical thing and ask a good question.
He tries to slide his hand away from Eva's shoulder so he can check his pockets for his sonic. Jamie's there to help him support the woman and he's grateful that for every Master being so -- so infuriatingly complicated that there's also a Jamie McCrimmon. Jamie's rock-solid and what's more, he's had plenty of experience being tossed in and out of cells with him too. The Doctor tries to give off an air that he knows precisely what they need to do, how they need to do it, and that it's only a matter of time before they escape. It's a bit of a multi-part Thing, really! Pretend you know how to rescue Daniel and the rest of the crew, Eneesh's bugs included, and maybe you can fool the others into believing it too.
Hopefully Eva and Vala can shed some light on this. Despite all the species he's run into, this is new to him. Even if he could find his sonic, he doesn't know what setting to use and aiming at Daniel on Shuffle means he could accidentally kill him.
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And here he'd been thinking Eva was the last human alive prone to panic.
He gives her an awkward pat on her shoulder with his free hand, the other one still cupping his nose and what with how his whole face hurts, it occurs to him that maybe he needs to regenerate with more hands next time because he's already running out of them. The news about Daniel explains all sorts of things, though, right up there the question of where that other human had turned up to. The Doctor doesn't know much about the Goa'uld, but he's heard enough about the Yeerks from Tom to get a good picture about what that means. Infested and trapped in his own body. Like his own little personal Pandorica, only instead of just sitting there for all time stuck with yourself, there's a parasite moving itself in without even a "May I".
(Also, Master, lovely to see you're as helpful as ever, because they haven't quite established just how much the locals can understand them) The Doctor shoots the other Time Lord one of those frowns that apparently only his best enemy can get out of him, his eyes narrowing over his hand. The Master has a bad habit of saying aloud all the dark little thoughts that everyone in the cell probably had as well but aren't willing to admit, even to themselves.
The Doctor included. His mouth settles into a line.
He's the first to break eye contact from the Master, still frowning away behind his palm. "What about removing a Goa'uld from its host?" he asks, since the Master had to go turn around and do the practical thing and ask a good question.
He tries to slide his hand away from Eva's shoulder so he can check his pockets for his sonic. Jamie's there to help him support the woman and he's grateful that for every Master being so -- so infuriatingly complicated that there's also a Jamie McCrimmon. Jamie's rock-solid and what's more, he's had plenty of experience being tossed in and out of cells with him too. The Doctor tries to give off an air that he knows precisely what they need to do, how they need to do it, and that it's only a matter of time before they escape. It's a bit of a multi-part Thing, really! Pretend you know how to rescue Daniel and the rest of the crew, Eneesh's bugs included, and maybe you can fool the others into believing it too.
Hopefully Eva and Vala can shed some light on this. Despite all the species he's run into, this is new to him. Even if he could find his sonic, he doesn't know what setting to use and aiming at Daniel on Shuffle means he could accidentally kill him.