She sighed quietly to herself, remembering a few friends who had fallen into self pity after drinking themselves into oblivion.
"I love you too, Howard, but you really need to rest," Barbara's voice was still calm and gentle. "Close your eyes again, listen to me talk for a while."
Barbara told Howard about the time they'd traveled with the Doctor and landed on a planet that was utterly peaceful. The tranquility was so plentiful, that it could almost be felt like a kind of humidity. She told him about how Ian had acquired a shadow in the form of a small bird. It followed him everywhere. He could barely shower, or eat without the bird being by his side, and wanting to do exactly what he did.
Before they left the planet, the Doctor had to spray pheromones on another bird so that it wouldn't try and get into the TARDIS, or latch itself to the outside during dematerialisation. As much as Ian thought the bird a nuisance, he missed it after they'd gone, and moped around the TARDIS for ages.
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"I love you too, Howard, but you really need to rest," Barbara's voice was still calm and gentle. "Close your eyes again, listen to me talk for a while."
Barbara told Howard about the time they'd traveled with the Doctor and landed on a planet that was utterly peaceful. The tranquility was so plentiful, that it could almost be felt like a kind of humidity. She told him about how Ian had acquired a shadow in the form of a small bird. It followed him everywhere. He could barely shower, or eat without the bird being by his side, and wanting to do exactly what he did.
Before they left the planet, the Doctor had to spray pheromones on another bird so that it wouldn't try and get into the TARDIS, or latch itself to the outside during dematerialisation. As much as Ian thought the bird a nuisance, he missed it after they'd gone, and moped around the TARDIS for ages.