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- The Toymaker had regained his original demeanour now, all smiles and gestures. 'Oh, it‘ll be a battle, Doctor. A two-pronged assault. You and all your friends are free to go if, and it‘s a big if I have to say, your white team beats my red team at chess and you complete the jigsaw puzzle within the humbug tin.‘
- The tin burst open and four thousand jigsaw pieces flew up and positioned themselves in an empty frame floating in the air.
- 'There, I‘ve made it a bit easier for you.‘
- The Doctor looked at the jigsaw - the picture was clearly of him. It was also on the reverse, but upside down and back to front.
- 'I said ― easier, Doctor. Not easy.‘
- 'Oh, thank you very much.‘
- 'But you must complete the puzzle at exactly the same moment as your chess team wins or you become mine. Complete it a moment before or a moment after and all this disappears.‘
- The Doctor nodded. 'But I, of course, stay behind and build a new realm as your new... co-host, yes?‘
- 'Precisely. I grow bored of white, Doctor. Next time, I might go for a more rustic look - wooden beams, a coal fire. Something that would fire your imagination. Rallon‘s has got weary, Doctor. A white void is the best he can do. Pitiful, really.‘
- ***
- Divided Loyalties, Round 3, Chapter 4
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